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Breaking | Marwan Barghouti’s son told Al Arabiya and Al Hadath in an exclusive statement that there are unprecedented positive indicators regarding the release of his father in the second phase of the ceasefire agreement between the resistance and Israel in Gaza.
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Lebanon has been hit by a snowstorm and heavy rains, in the worst weather conditions in a decade.
Snow covered several villages and towns in mountainous areas of the western Beqaa region in eastern Lebanon, the state news agency NNA reported on Thursday.
With snow accumulating up to 25 centimeters, several towns in the Rachaya district became isolated, NNA said.
Heavy rainfall was also reported in Lebanon’s coastal areas.
Municipal authorities and the army have deployed snowplows and heavy machinery to reopen several roads that were blocked by the snowstorm.
The Lebanese Meteorological Service said the country is experiencing cloudy weather that is causing the temperature to drop below the seasonal averages.
Several other Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Türkiye, are also experiencing severe weather conditions with heavy rains and snowfall, particularly in their mountainous areas according to Anadolu.
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Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its stance on Palestinian statehood, stating that normalization with Israel will not happen without an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. The Saudi Foreign Ministry issued the statement at 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday, directly contradicting remarks made earlier by US President Donald Trump.
The statement emphasized that Saudi Arabia’s position on the Palestinian issue is “firm and unshakable.” It cited Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s speech on September 18, 2024, during the opening of the Shura Council’s ninth session. In that speech, the crown prince made it clear that the kingdom remains committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state and will not establish diplomatic ties with Israel without it.
The ministry also referred to the extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh on November 11, 2024. During the summit, the crown prince reiterated Saudi Arabia’s commitment to a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. He also urged more countries to recognize Palestine and called on the international community to support Palestinian rights.
The Saudi statement came just hours after Trump claimed that Saudi Arabia no longer insists on Palestinian statehood as a condition for normalization with Israel. His remarks sparked speculation about a potential shift in Saudi policy, but the Foreign Ministry’s statement dismissed any such notion.
The ministry stressed that Saudi Arabia rejects any infringement on Palestinian rights. It condemned Israeli settlement expansion, land annexation, and forced displacement of Palestinians. It also called on the international community to ease the severe humanitarian suffering in Palestine.
Saudi Arabia reaffirmed that its stance is non-negotiable. “Permanent and just peace cannot be achieved without the Palestinian people obtaining their legitimate rights in accordance with international resolutions,” the statement read. The ministry also noted that this position has been clearly communicated to both the previous Biden administration and the current administration according to the Quds News Network.
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This is a take from media personality Ahmad Mansour:
“Statements #ترامب regarding #غزة pour oil on fire, and reveal old malicious plans that the Palestinians have been resisting since the thirties of the last century, as they resist and sacrifice their blood to preserve their survival in their country.
They will remain [on the land] and will not leave it, as homelands flow in their veins and blood, and what Trump and Netanyahu want is nothing but wishful thinking, and what they were unable to achieve in war, they will not succeed in achieving in peace, as possessing power does not mean that you are capable of everything, because God alone, the Almighty Creator, is capable of everything, and tomorrow is near for those who see it.
