The Israeli army announces the killing of two officers in a shooting incident in the Jordan Valley
The Israeli army announced that two officers from a special forces unit were killed in a shooting incident in the Jordan Valley.
The army said that an Israeli soldier killed the two officers in an exchange of fire after they were suspected of being attacked by a Palestinian armed group.
Israel temporarily suspended land leveling 30 protesters arrested after violent confrontations in the Negev
The Israeli occupation authorities announced a freeze on bulldozing operations in the Negev region until a settlement is reached regarding the targeted lands. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounced the recent occupation practices in the area of "repression, abuse and land bulldozing."
The Israeli police had sent large forces to the Negev to secure the land leveling operations that have been going on for two days in the Naqa' al-Saba' villages area in the Negev.
Violent confrontations erupted between the Israeli forces and the villagers, who protested against the bulldozing operations and said that it was the confiscation of their private lands.
The "Jewish National Fund" supervises the bulldozing and cultivation of these lands in preparation for its confiscation. This fund was established in 1901 as a non-profit Zionist organization for the purpose of collecting money from Jews in the world to purchase land in Palestine.
As the protests continued, the Israeli authorities announced a freeze on razing operations until a settlement is reached regarding the targeted lands, which have an area of 45,000 dunams.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Israeli police arrested 30 protesters in the Negev, during the clashes.
For its part, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned "in the strongest terms the heinous crime committed by the occupying power against the Palestinian Arab citizens of the Negev, their land and property."
In a statement yesterday, Wednesday, the ministry denounced "the continuous operations of repression, abuse, and bulldozing of lands for the second day in a row." And she considered that what is happening "is an extension of its (Israel) war on the Palestinian Arab presence."
Tens of thousands of Bedouin Arabs reside in dozens of towns that Israel does not recognize in the Negev, depriving their residents of access to water, electricity, infrastructure, schools, and medical clinics.
The area of the Negev is about 14,000 square kilometers, and it is predominantly desert and inhabited historically by Arab clans, socially related to the tribes of Sinai, the Arabian Peninsula and Jordan.
Saudi Arabia plans to build 14,000 km of railways
The Saudi Minister of Investment, Khaled Faleh, announced that Saudi Arabia plans to build a railway with a length of 14,000 km, to be added to the already existing network.
The Saudi Minister of Investment, Khaled Faleh, announced that the Kingdom plans to build a railway with a length of 14,000 km, to connect all parts of the Kingdom.
This came during his participation in the International Mining Conference in Riyadh, in which he said, "The project will constitute an addition to the existing network in Saudi Arabia."
On Wednesday, Riyadh will host the first session of the International Mining Conference in Riyadh, to discuss the reality and future of mining in the region, with the participation of one thousand personalities from one hundred countries, and more than 150 major global investors.
The Kingdom is preparing a new law to attract local and foreign investors, according to the Minister of Investment.
The total length of the railway networks in Saudi Arabia is 5,330 km, transporting nearly 3 million passengers annually.
Demonstrators in Lebanon block many roads to protest the deteriorating economic conditions
Demonstrators in Lebanon blocked many roads Thursday morning, in protest against the deteriorating economic conditions.
And the "Traffic Control" service, via Twitter, reported that traffic was cut off on many roads and intersections.
The protesters had begun to gather yesterday evening, and a number of them staged a sit-in in front of the Central Bank of Lebanon in Beirut and the bank's branch in Tripoli.
The protesters are calling for the departure and prosecution of the "corrupt ruling system". The protests are taking place amid strict security measures from the Lebanese army, the riot squad and the security forces.
It is noteworthy that Lebanon is suffering from an economic crisis, a decline in the volume of financial flows from abroad, an increase in the volume of public debt and an increase in the exchange rate of the dollar against the Lebanese pound, as it touched the threshold of 32,000 Lebanese pounds to the dollar, which caused the erosion of the purchasing power of individuals.