Day: 9 June 2023

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Dozens suffocate as Israeli forces attack funeral procession in southern West Bank

Dozens today suffocated as Israeli forces attacked a funeral procession in Beit Ummar town, north of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, according to an activist. Mohammad Awad said that the heavily-armed soldiers sealed off the main entrance of the southern West Bank town as a funeral procession was approaching the entrance on its way to a local cemetery in Asida area, triggering confrontations. The soldiers showered the mourners and the pallbearers with volleys of tear gas canisters, causing dozens to suffocate and injuring two by rubber-coated steel bullets, one in the foot and the other in the lower back. Israeli severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement within the occupied West Bank through a complex combination of approximately 500 fixed checkpoints, hundreds of flying checkpoints, settler-only roads, over 200 military bases and various other physical obstructions. Closures besides to other measures, taken under the guise of security, are intended to entrench Israel’s 56-year-old military occupation of the West Bank and its settler colonial project which it enforces with routine and frequently deadly violence against Palestinians.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA

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Arab-American Institute: Israel does not meet statutory requirements laid out for every other country that has joined Visa Waiver Program

The Arab-American Institute said Israel does not meet the statutory requirements laid out for every other country that has joined the Visa Waiver Program (VWP)because of its well-documented discriminatory treatment of Arab Americans, particularly Palestinian Americans, and Americans advocating for Palestinian human rights. “In order to join the VWP, a country must guarantee that any American visiting will be treated without discrimination by the country’s authorities. There is overwhelming evidence that Israel fails to meet this standard of reciprocity, with clear and documented cases of Arab Americans routinely facing hours of harsh interrogation, searches of electronic devices, and in some cases, strip searches when traveling through Israeli ports of entry. In other examples, they are simply denied entry,” said the Arab-American Institute in a statement. The statement appealed to sign on to Congressman Jonathan Jackson’s letter, which raises concerns about Israel’s eligibility for the Visa Waiver Program.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA

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Kuwait Amir congratulates Jordan King on coronation anniv.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Friday a cable of congratulations to the King of Jordan Abduallah II on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of his coronation.

In the cable, His Highness the Amir lauded firm and distinguished fraternal relations between the State of Kuwait and Jordan, wishing the king good health and Jordan and its people further progress and prosperity under his wise leadership.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

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Kuwait Crown Prince congratulates Jordan King on coronation anniv.

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Friday a cable of congratulations to the King of Jordan Abduallah II on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of his coronation.

In the cable, His Highness the Crown Prince wished the king good health and Jordan and its people further progress and prosperity under his wise leadership.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

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A house fire leads to the death of a woman and her three children in Basra

The burning of a house in Basra led to the death of a woman and her three children.

A statement by the Civil Defense Directorate stated: Its teams recovered the bodies of a woman and three children suffocated inside a burnt house as a result of inhaling the products of the fire in Al-Qurna district in Basra Governorate.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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Two people arrested on charges of terrorism (the tribal disputes) in Baghdad

Detachments of the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency in the Ministry of Interior arrested two suspects on charges of terrorism (tribal disputes) in the capital, Baghdad.

It stated in a statement: The two defendants raised terror among the security citizens through the use of various firearms (tribal weapons), and they were arrested in accordance with Article 4 of the Anti-Terrorism Law.

The Intelligence Agency called on citizens to report and provide information about outlaws, by calling the free hotline 144.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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Independent MP to / NINA /: Politics in Iraq is confusing… The differences are public and the agreements are hidden

Independent MP Jawad Al-Yasari affirmed: Politics in Iraq is confusing. The differences are public and the agreements are hidden by any law.

He told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that disagreements or agreements about any law cannot take place day and night.. Sometimes differences appear and in secret the agreement takes place and the law goes on.

Al-Yasari added: Although months have passed since the arrival of the budget, and the concerned committees have been studying it, transferring some of its paragraphs and putting it to vote, its paragraphs have only passed through hidden agreements, and they are waiting for their completion today, which was long overdue.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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The Minister of Interior visits Halabja

The Minister of Interior, Abdul Amir Al-Shammari, continued his field tour in the Kurdistan region of Iraq today, Friday, he visited Halabja Governorate and met with its Governor.

The Minister met, according to a statement by the Ministry, with its officials, as well as the traffic and residence directors, and listened to their most important needs and demands, in order to ensure the success of the work and provide the best services to citizens.

He stressed that it will soon witness the opening of several departments of the ministry in Halabja, including the Department of Civil Status, Passports and Residence.

Al-Shammari visited, according to the statement, the 21st Brigade of the Border Forces, and held a meeting with a number of officers and associates, and listened to a briefing on the most important duties and tasks that it performs.

He stressed: the importance of intensifying efforts and follow-up in order to secure the borders, prevent smuggling operations, and combat drugs.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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Oil prices Fall on Friday

Oil prices fell in early Asian trading on Friday.

Brent crude futures fell 36 cents, or 0.5%, to $75.60 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude fell 33 cents, or 0.5%, to $70.96 a barrel.

The two benchmarks fell about a dollar yesterday, Thursday, compensating for some of their losses, which earlier exceeded three dollars, after Washington and Tehran denied the validity of a report by the Middle East Eye website stating that they were close to reaching a nuclear agreement.

For the week, the two benchmarks are on track to incur a loss of about 1% and towards a second week of losses.

Oil prices rose earlier in the week after Saudi Arabia pledged large production cuts, but the gains were pared by an increase in US fuel inventories and weak Chinese export data.

On Thursday, the United States and Iran denied a report that they were close to an interim agreement under which Tehran would halt its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, including allowing it to export up to 1 million barrels of oil per day.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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Aggression commits 121 violations in Hodeida in 24 hours

The aggression forces committed 121 violations of the ceasefire agreement in Hodeida province over the past 24 hours, an official at the operations room to monitor the violations said on Friday.

The official in the operations room told the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) that among the aggression forces violations were six raids of spying warplanes on Hays, and the creation of combat fortifications in Jabaliya and Hays.

He pointed out that the violations also included 11 spy planes flew over Hays, 34 violations of missile and artillery shell, and 65 violations of various gunshots.

Source: Yemen News Agency

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Vigils in Kushar on massacre Tanomah anniversary

The Women’s Authority in the district of Kushar, Hajjah province, organized a protest in memory of Tanomah massacre.

The participants in the vigil stressed the importance of reviving Tanomah massacre in order to identify the ugliness of the crime committed by the Saudi regime by intercepting 3,000 Yemeni pilgrims and killing them in cold blood.

A statement issued by the stand confirmed that the crimes of the Saudi regime will not build Yemen except for more cohesion and alignment to confront the forces of aggression and thwart their plans.

Source: Yemen News Agency