The occupation arrests five civilians from Beit Sahour and Dheisheh refugee camp
The Israeli occupation forces arrested, at dawn today, Tuesday, five citizens of Beit Sahour and Al-Duheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem governorate.
Security sources told "Wafa" that the occupation forces arrested Hussein Shomali and Uday Saleh Sadouq from Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem, and the two brothers Bashar and Muhammad Naim al-Masri, and Muhammad Iyad al-Masri (20 years), from Dheisheh camp, after raiding and searching their families' homes.
It is noteworthy that the occupation escalated in the last days of its raids on citizens' homes and the arrest of boys and young men, the last of which was yesterday when eight citizens were arrested from the city of Bethlehem and the towns of Beit Fajjar and Al-Khader.
Settlers block the entrance to Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya
Today, Tuesday, settlers closed the entrance to al-Lubban al-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus, under the protection of the occupation soldiers.
Eyewitnesses reported that settlers had performed Talmudic rituals and provocative actions, and threatened to close the Al-Lubban Girls Secondary School and seize its building.
The occupation soldiers obstructed the entry and exit of people and vehicles to and from the village.
It is noteworthy that Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya is constantly exposed to settlers' incursions into its entrance and schools located on the main Ramallah-Nablus Street. In the past two months, it has witnessed more than 20 attacks and closures by settlers and occupation soldiers.(WAFA)
To describe him as mentally unstable A confrontation between Netanyahu and Olmert before the Israeli judiciary
An Israeli judge has proposed a settlement to close a defamation lawsuit brought by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against his predecessor, Ehud Olmert, because he described him and his family as "mentally disturbed."
A spokesman for former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a judge on Monday proposed a settlement to close a libel suit brought by Netanyahu against his predecessor, Ehud Olmert.
Netanyahu, now the opposition leader, is seeking compensation of NIS 837,000 ($269,000) in the lawsuit, which revolves around comments Olmert made in two interviews with Israeli media last year, in which he said that Netanyahu, his wife and their eldest son were mentally ill.
In his lawsuit, Netanyahu said, "These statements are ugly and crude lies that slander his family."
While local reports said that during a pre-trial hearing, the judge asked Olmert on the basis of his comment when he said that "what cannot be fixed is the mental illness of the prime minister, his wife and his eldest son."
The reports quoted Olmert as saying that he "consulted experts and people close to Netanyahu's family before making his comment."
For his part, Netanyahu's spokesman said that "Judge Amit Yariv proposed a settlement in which Olmert declares that his comments about the mental health of the Netanyahu family were just an opinion and not a fact," noting that Netanyahu agreed to this idea, while it was not clear whether Olmert would accept this settlement.
Qatar and Saudi Arabia suspend WTO litigation over "TV piracy"
Qatar and Saudi Arabia have decided to stop their efforts at the World Trade Organization to resolve a dispute related to the alleged piracy of content on Qatari beIN TV channels.
Qatar and Saudi Arabia have halted efforts at the World Trade Organization to resolve a dispute over the alleged piracy of content on Qatar's beIN TV channels.
Notices published by the World Trade Organization on Friday show that the two countries have told the organization that they are "mutually" suspending their remaining applications before its dispute resolution body.
Saudi Arabia had appealed a decision issued by the World Trade Organization body in 2020 that said Riyadh had violated international rules on intellectual property rights by failing to sue beoutQ, the commercial channel that was broadcasting piracy content.
The organization’s decision was issued after Doha filed a lawsuit in 2018, saying that Saudi Arabia was blocking Qatar’s broadcasting of beIN in the kingdom and refusing to take effective action against the alleged piracy of its content by beoutQ.
The broadcasting of beIN was suspended in the Kingdom, beginning in 2017, as part of a diplomatic, commercial and travel boycott imposed by Riyadh and its allies on Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism. Qatar denied the allegations and said the embargo was aimed at undermining its sovereignty.
Qatar's beIN holds the broadcast rights in the Middle East for many of the world's most important sports and entertainment events, including English Premier League matches and FIFA activities.
Notices published by the World Trade Organization on Friday indicated that Saudi Arabia withdrew its appeal against the organization's conclusions, while Qatar suspended the organization's application for official adoption.
The Doha notification stated that "Qatar agreed to the proposed suspension of the appeal procedures in accordance with the terms of the Al-Ula Declaration," adding that it was a "mutually agreed suspension."
The leaders of the Gulf states signed an agreement at the Al-Ula summit in Saudi Arabia last January to end the bitter dispute between Qatar and its neighbors, including Saudi Arabia.
Under the agreement, Qatar agreed to end all legal battles related to the dispute.
Last October, Riyadh lifted the ban on beIN, despite the resumption of unofficial broadcasting in Saudi Arabia shortly after the signing of the Al-Ula Declaration.
In 2018, Qatar also launched a $1 billion investment arbitration proceeding against Saudi Arabia over the alleged piracy, separate from the World Trade Organization proceedings. There has been no progress in the arbitration process since the signing of the Al-Ula Declaration.