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  Selfishness is the scourge of man. Islam has fought this unjust selfishness with just brotherhood. The Messenger of God (sws) said "Muslims are brothers among themselves. They are neither unjust, nor quitters, nor liars to one another. Whoever is at the service of his brother, God is at his service. Whoever relieves a Muslim, God will relieve him on the Day of Resurrection" (Al Bukhari and Muslim)

                    SPAIN TRIES TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH THE MAGHREB After years of tension and divergences with Morocco and Algeria, the Spanish government is trying to improve its relations with the second country, collaborating on terrorism and the fight against illegal immigration. In 2022, relations with Algeria were on the verge of breaking down, when the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, joined the countries that support the autonomy plan for Western Sahara drawn up by Morocco, putting an end to the Alaouite Kingdom, in its traditional policy of neutrality Algeria maintained the supply of natural gas to Spain, under the condition that not a single litre was reshipped to Morocco. Madrid accepted this condition and is rigorously applying it. The only thing Spain does is process the LNG (natural liquefied gas) that Morocco acquires in several countries, but which needs to be regasified. Spain does this and Algeria certifies that th...

                                                        THE LAST AFRICAN COLONY After years of conflict between the colonizers and the so-called liberation movements, Africa has been liberated, and by virtue of the decisions of the United Nations and the African Union, the territories that were under the control of foreign countries have the right to become independent nations. It does not matter how big they are. The important thing is that no African country takes over another, usually a neighboring country. This is the case of Western Sahara, which Spain administered until 1975. That year, Madrid handed over the administration to Morocco and Mauritania, with the prospect of holding a self-determination referendum on a certain day. When its inhabitants are not consulted about their future and the territory is appropriated as “part of” another Afri...

                           M ACRON, FIRST EUROPEAN LEADER IN THE WHITE HOUSE Anticipating the other members of the European Union (EU), French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Washington on Monday to hold talks at the White House with Donald Trump; a meeting that both leaders described as “affable”. In fact, acting as spokesman for the EU, Macron reproaches Trump for maintaining a policy of retaliation with the Europeans, whom he accuses of a whole series of problems: tariffs; NATO quota; restrictions on meat imports; imposition of genetically modified foods and other aspects where the differences are notable. However, France should be a primary partner given that it participated in the American struggle for independence against the British. The symbol of friendship between Americans and French is the Statue of Liberty, installed on an island in front of New York. A work built by the French. In a joking manner, Tr...

                                                               TRUMP’S TWO DILEMMAS “King” Donald Trump (see TIME cover) has resumed his term as president to face two dilemmas, Ukraine and Gaza. The first of these is the one that really interests him and his goal is to convince President Zelensky to withdraw In all of Trump’s speeches there is one thing he never mentions: “How did the war in Ukraine start? Because of the invasion of this country, which was always pro-Russian, by Moscow’s armed forces under Putin’s orders.” Trump is convinced that the war in Ukraine will end through a plan of his own, approved by Putin. A plan drawn up through concessions: Ukraine must return to the situation that existed before the invasion. NATO will definitely not accept Kiev’s entry, although it deceitfully promised this to Zlensky. And as for...

                                                      NASRALLAH BURIED IN BEIRUT There is no doubt about it. Israel's greatest success in the Gaza war was the assassination of the political leader of the Hezbollah party, Hassan Nasrallah, a man of great charisma. Tens of thousands of people attended his funeral today. The yellow flag of Hezbollah floats over Lebanon. For decades, the leader gave speeches followed by thousands of his supporters with total devotion. He was the leader and personal reference for the combat of the movement he led, classified as terrorist in the West. Nasrallah did not give his speeches in person but through a telematic link, but the Israeli Mossad services knew where he resided; simply at the movement's headquarters, where the Jewish secret services had no great problem in eliminating him physically. Hezbollah sees the funera...

                                  USA: THE MISTAKES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Man is the only animal that trips twice on the same stone. We have heard it and we will hear it again. The latest example was given by the US Democratic Party when it was led by Joe Biden. Americans do not want a woman to be president of the largest democracy in the world. It is their culture. Feminism is advancing in America and Europe, but misogyny is still alive. In the history of the US there has never been a woman who was president. American women can be magistrates; attorneys general, governors and even vice presidents, which is the lower level of heads of state. In 2016, Hilary Clinton was named the Democratic candidate for the presidency. She failed. Trump was the winner. This year, the Democrats did not learn their lesson and presented the vice president, Kamala Harris. Trump ousted her again. The Democratic Party has t...

                                         THE DIPLOMACY OF DECEPTION There is a belief in the world that diplomacy, working secretly on real bases, provides analysis that contributes to the stability of one or another country. False! Diplomacy is the art of deception, which lies and uses half-truths to benefit its true objectives. The case of Ukraine is the latest to prove this. Since 2018, the former Secretary General of NATO, Stotenbelr, has been promising Zelensky that his country would be a member of the organization. He told him so many times that the Ukrainian president became sure that he would soon belong to this great political-military force. In reality, NATO never intended to incorporate Kiev. It already has enough borders with Russia, and if those of Ukraine were added, it would provoke a dangerous reaction from the president, Putin. Although it does not say so, NATO wants...

                                             THE END OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE We are on the threshold of the end of the war in Ukraine, after the meeting in Riyadh of two delegations led by the foreign ministers, Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov; in the presence of the Saudi minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud. This meeting will result in a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Saudi Arabia is showing all its diplomatic capacity to help resolve the most difficult and complicated conflicts. One of the problems to be resolved is the position of President Zelensky, who remains reluctant to hold talks between the leaders of the US and Russia. Zelensky fears, rightly, that peace in his country must pass through territorial concessions from Kiev. There is no other solution in the opinion of President Trump. Achieving peace is always a difficult operation because conce...

                                                 TWO WARS - TWO SOLUTIONS? Before being re-elected for a second presidential term, Donald Trump said that if he returned to the White House, he would end the war in Ukraine “immediately.” A promise that requires the support of Putin, whom he considers a “friend” but not an ally. It is clear that the solution lies in the concessions that Zelensky must make. The Ukrainian president does not ignore this and tries to lose as little as possible. Ukraine was part of the Russian empire for millennia. It would later join the Soviet Union. This should not be forgotten. The people of Lugansk are as Russian as the Muscovites. In truth, Zelensky has been deceived in one of his great wishes: that Kiev joins NATO. Jens Stoltenberg, the former Secretary General of the Atlantic organization, promised him, week after week, that Ukrai...

                                                 SPHIX, THE RIVER OF THE DEAD.   1600 years before the Christian era, Greek civilization gave rise to great figures in history: from Alexander the Great to Pericles, passing through Aristotle; Archimedes; Homer; Socrates; Leonidas and Hippocrates. At that time, the Greeks worshipped the phenomenon of “mythos” considering it to be part of the existing reality. This belief was composed of a series of legends that were accepted as part of human existence. The philosophical tradition of the Hellenic people used “mythos” to identify the Athenians. One of these legends, perhaps the most unique, was that of Sphix, described as the river of the dead. Sphix had the power to take people to a second life. It should be noted that all religions, without exception, affirm that life does not end on earth, because a secon...

                                        ARAB LEADERS REJECT TRUMP'S PLAN Arab leaders meeting in Cairo adopted a declaration on Monday rejecting the so-called peace plan for Gaza put forward by US President Donald Trump, which supports the forced exile of the inhabitants of the Palestinian enclave. A population of 2 million people cannot be forced to abandon their lands and homes to find themselves in exile, although in this case they would be welcomed in Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries. Since the US president presented his plan, international opinion in the Arab nations expressed that it is an exile that is condemned by the United Nations and by various international institutions. Peace in Gaza cannot come through the expulsion of its inhabitants. The plan would lead to the colonisation of Gaza and the establishment of new Jewish settlements on its territory. It is a completely ir...

                            ARAB COUNTRIES CONDEMN NETANYAHU'S PROPOSAL Arab countries registered in the Arab League have expressed strong criticism of a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, in which he suggested that the Palestinian population of Gaza could be settled in the desert areas of Saudi Arabia. "Saudi Arabia has large territories that can accommodate Palestinian exiles who would be banished, in particular those from Gaza," said Netanyahu, unleashing a wave of criticism and furious reactions among the Arab and Muslim populations. On several occasions, Netanyahu has pointed out that the problem of the Gaza war would be solved if the 2 million Palestinian population were banished. The enclave would be linked to the West Bank and some new Jewish settlements could be established in Gaza. The Gulf countries, Jordan and Egypt in particular, have issued statements condemning Jewish leaders who support Nta...