Day: 1 September 2023

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian Friday during an Israeli raid in the Aqaba town in Tubas, Occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that 36-year-old Abdul Rahim Ghannam was killed after being shot in the head by Israeli forces. The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) stated that the Israeli forces stormed the town of Aqaba and wounded four civilians, two of them with live bullets. it reported that the Israeli forces arrested and injured a nber of Palestinians.

Source: Jordan News Agency

An agreement was issued in the latest issue of the Official Gazette between the Jordan’s Ministry of Transport represented by the Jordan Maritime Authority and Spain’s Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda represemted by the Directorate of the Merchant Marine. The agreement addresses the issue of recognition of seafarers’ qualifications according to the provisions of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Monitoring of Seafarers 1978. The agreement stipulates that the two parties are the issuers of the certificates whose national certificates are granted to captains, naval officers and radio operators and whose recognition would be exchanged through acknowledgment. Each administration issues a certificate of acknowledgment of authentication for the purposes of recognising the other party’s certificate. The agreement indicates that the prerequisite for the two administrations to issue certificates of recognition is the certification of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee that full and complete compliance has been made by the two administrations with the provisions of the agreement.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDICO) and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Tunisia signed a memo to exchange experiences in legislation and small projects. The agreement, which came on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the Building Intellectual Property and Smart Growth Programme, was signed by JEDICO Executive Director Abdel Fattah Kayed and the President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Tunisia, Mounir Moakher. According to a statement by the JEDICO, Kayed said the signing of the memo came out of the belief of the two parties in their role in achieving the goals of sustainable development, achieving integration and participation in economic development, developing small and medium enterprises, and the desire of both sides to raise the quality and efficiency of services provided to customers through the exchange of data. Kayed said the memo would increase the exchange of experiences in the field of laws and legislation related to small and medium enterprises between the two countries and the participation of the public and private sectors in international and specialised exhibitions held in both countries, specifically exhibitions that support the entrepreneurial, small and medium projects sector.

Source: Jordan News Agency

A Palestinian was struck with a tear gas canister and several others suffocated as Israeli military forces attacked Palestinians protesting peacefully at the Gaza-Israeli borders to the east of Gaza city, said sources. Israeli soldiers deployed along the borders to the east of the Strip opened fire at dozens of Palestinians who rallied in protest of the Israeli occupation’s continued crimes against Palestinians and their holy sites. A youth was hit and injured in the back by a tear gas canister and several others suffered from suffocation.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed today the statements made by Belgian Minister of Cooperation and Development Caroline Gennez on the violations and crimes of the Israeli occupation in the occupied Palestinian territory. In an interview with the Belgian newspaper De Morgan, Minister Gennez said that 2023 is unfortunately considered the bloodiest year in a long time in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ‘Entire villages are being wiped off the map by the Israelis. The periods of escalating violence are shorter than before but more frequent and more intense,’ she said during the interview. The Belgian minister came under Israeli criticism following her statements. The occupation government summoned the Belgian ambassador to Tel Aviv, Jean-Luc Bodson, for a reprimand session at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the occupation ambassador to Belgium, Idit Rosenzweig-Abu, submitted a letter of protest to the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brussels. In a statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry considered that the Belgian Minister’s statements are fully consistent with international law and resolutions of international legitimacy and support the two-state solution and the principles of human rights. The ministry condemned the heinous and unjustified Israeli attack against the Belgian minister and her statements, affirming that these attacks are part of the misleading propaganda and intimidation of those who criticize the occupying state and attempt to obscure the reality of what the Palestinian people are exposed to.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA

The people of Sana’a province directorates organized vigils in solidarity with the Nigerian people and their right to self-determination and freedom from colonial tutelage, under the slogan “Supporting Niger is a religious duty.”

The participants in the vigils organized after the Friday prayer affirmed their support for the Muslim people of Niger to restore their usurped right and wealth plundered by the French colonialists.

They strongly condemned the intervention of France and the forces of foreign tutelage and its insistence on breaking the will of the people of Niger and undermining their freedom, dignity and independence.

The participants stressed that the blatant interventions in Niger revealed the ugly face of France and the arrogant countries who rant about claims of freedom and human rights in their countries and deny them to other peoples.

Statements issued by the endowments confirmed the solidarity of the people of Sana’a province with their brothers, the Muslim people of Niger.

They called on the peoples and governments of Arab and Islamic countries to assume their responsibilities towards their Nigerian brothers, and to declare strong positions towards France.

Statements called on the Arab and Islamic peoples to celebrate the anniversary of the birth in reverence and support for the Messenger of God, stressing that a sincere return to God and His Messenger is the only way to achieve the pride of this nation , restore its dignity, freedom and independence.

Source: Yemen News Agency

His Excellency Field Marshal Mahdi Al-Mashat, Head of the Supreme Political Council, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for a number of service projects in Sa’ada province.

The President, along with a number of state and local authority officials in the province, laid the foundation stone and opened a number of projects in the field of water at a cost of three million and 290 thousand dollars, benefiting the residents of a number of districts in the province.

President Al-Mashat also inaugurated energy saving projects for a number of hospitals in the province at a cost of more than $55 million.

Source: Yemen News Agency

Today, Friday, the Anbar Operations Command carried out preemptive operations to pursue the remnants of the defeated ISIS gangs.

A statement by the Ministry of Defense said that, in implementation of the directives of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the units of the Land Forces Command, represented by the Anbar Operations Command and the units attached to it, began, on Friday morning, the implementation of a number of preemptive operations, which included inspecting the areas of Rahaliya (Wadi Thamil and Wadi Al-Qaff) in the desert west of Anbar, with support from the Air Force and Army Aviation.”

The statement added that the operation is taking place in several axes and under the direct supervision of the field commanders personally.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The government spokesman, Bassem Al-Awadi, announced today, Friday, the laying of the foundation stone for the railway link project (Basra – Shalamja) tomorrow.

Al-Awadi said in a statement: “After the Ministry of Transport and Basra Governorate confirmed the completion of the procedures stipulated in Cabinet Resolution (23333), related to the implementation of the railway linkage project (Basra – Shalamja), the foundation stone will be laid tomorrow for the launch of the implementation of this vital project, for the transport of passengers and visitors between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is one of the important transportation projects in the region, and it will also contribute effectively to transporting travelers and visitors from Central Asian countries towards Iraq.

He added: “This project is an introduction to strategic transportation projects that will link Iraq and neighboring countries, and the government is working to implement them after remaining for many years in the framework of discussion and research without entering into implementation.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The Ministry of Education, the General Directorate of Physical Education and School Activity honored the student Najla Imad from Diyala Education after she won the gold medal in the international table tennis championship held in Korea and defeated the participating world champions from France, Korea, China and Thailand, uprooting the walls of special needs, confirming “no impossible in front of ambition”.

A statement by the media office in the ministry stated that the Director General of Physical Education, Mohamed Ibrahim Aboudi, blessed Najla with this achievement, conveying to her the greetings of the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Namis Al-Jubouri, praising her for achieving distinction after qualifying to compete in the Paris Olympics, which will be held soon. Stressing that the Ministry of Education is the first supporter of sports and artistic talents and energies, praising their brilliance despite the disability.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The Emirates Journalists Association will host on September 5-6, the meetings of the Standing Committee for Freedoms of the General Federation of Arab Journalists, in the presence of the President of the FAJ, Muayyad Al-Lami, and Muhammad Al-Hammadi, President of the Emirati Journalists Association, Assistant President of the General Federation of Arab Journalists, and Abdel-Wahhab Al-Zaghilat, Chairman of the Freedoms Committee with the participation of representatives of trade unions, bodies and associations from 18 Arab countries, and many fellow members of the Permanent Committee for Freedoms in the Federation.

A statement of the Federation of Arab Journalists said: “The Freedoms Committee of the Federation of Arab Journalists will launch, at its meeting, its annual report on the state of press freedoms in the Arab world for the years “2022-2023”, which will include a monitoring of the situation of press freedoms in the Arab world based on the reports of the 18 member press organizations of the Federation of Arab Journalists by monitoring examples of violations against Arab journalists and media professionals, and by explaining the current situation of freedom of the press and the efforts of the boards of member press organizations in supporting freedom of opinion and expression.

The meeting of the Freedoms Committee will be preceded by the meeting of the Policy Committee of the Federation of Arab Journalists, chaired by Diaa Rashwan, Chairman of the Committee, with the participation of Muayyad Al-Lami, President of the Federation, and members of the Committee on Monday 9/4/2023.

The President of the Emirates Journalists Association, Mohammed Al Hammadi, welcomed the UAE guests of Arab journalists in their second country, the Emirates, stressing the importance of this periodic meeting hosted by the UAE through the Emirates Journalists Association and the role played by the Federation of Arab Journalists in general, and the Committee in particular in defending press freedoms in the Arab world, and the role that the committee must play in confronting external reports issued by organizations far removed from the reality of the region.”

Al-Hammadi stressed, according to the statement, the need for the federation to issue reports and statements during this meeting that record a clear position in the face of professional challenges, in addition to issuing reports evaluating the situation of journalism in the Arab countries, and helping it move towards the future steadily in light of the challenges that the profession and the world are witnessing.

The statement quoted the Secretary of the Emirates Journalists Association, Fadela Al-Muaini, as saying: “This meeting will have a leading role in formulating issues related to the profession of journalism, such as media freedoms and social networking sites, digital freedom and legal responsibility in the digital age.

She added: The presence of Arab journalists in the United Arab Emirates in general and Dubai in particular is an opportunity to learn about the Emirati experience in the field of journalism and media, and to meet with journalists from various Arab countries.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency