20 Sep 2022; MEMO: The Israeli occupation forces yesterday detained the Director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Omar Al-Kiswani, reported Wafa news agency.
According to local witnesses, the soldiers raided his home, based in Al-Tur neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, before taking him into custody.
The Israeli soldiers confiscated a computer and a number of documents during the raid, without stating any reason for his arrest.
20 Sep 2022; MEMO: The Head of Saudi state oil giant, Aramco, said on Tuesday Europe's plans to cap energy bills for consumers and tax energy companies were not long-term or helpful solutions for the global energy crisis, spurred largely by underinvestment in hydrocarbons, Reuters reports.
20 Sep 2022; MEMO: An aide to Iran's Supreme Leader paid condolences to the family of a woman whose death in police custody has sparked days of protests and promised their rights would not be ignored, Iranian media said on Tuesday, in an apparent effort to defuse tensions, Reuters reports.
20 Sep 2022; MEMO: A former Israeli military official said, Tuesday, that Tel Aviv had made "concessions" to Lebanon for reaching an agreement to demarcate their maritime border to avoid an escalation, Anadolu News Agency reports.
Amos Yadlin, the former Head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Division, said Israel was showing flexibility regarding the disputed maritime border with its neighbour.
"We do not want Gaza in Lebanon, Israel does not want Lebanon to drown," he told Israeli radio 103FM.
20 Sep 2022; MEMO: Palestinian students in occupied East Jerusalem launched a full-day strike from school yesterday to protest the forceful imposition of the Israeli curriculum in their schools by the Israeli occupation's Ministry of Education.
The strike was called for by the Parents' Committee Union in a joint press release on Sunday and supported by all Palestinian factions and civil society organisations who are calling on international institutions to step in and protect Palestinian education.
21 Sep 2022; MEMO: Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detained former Prime Minister and senior official in the Ennahda Party, Ali Laarayedh, for one day after an investigation into suspicions of sending jihadists to Syria, lawyers said yesterday according to Reuters.
It is expected that Laarayedh will appear before a judge today, lawyer Mokthar Jmayi said.
"We are shocked..the file is completely empty and without any evidence," Samir Dilou, another lawyer, said.
21 Sep 2022; MEMO: Sources have reported that a conflict within the Palestinian Authority has led to an unknown group kidnapping the head of the office of Major General Tawfiq Al-Tirawi, a member of the Fatah Central Committee.
The sources told Arabi21 that an unknown group kidnapped the head of Tawfiq Al-Tirawi's office on Monday, in the context of disputes between the various wings of the PA, represented by Hussein Al-Sheikh on one side and Al-Tirawi on the other.
21 Sep 2022; MEMO: The head of the Lebanese Forces Party, Samir Geagea, said Saudi Arabia is ready to support Lebanon on the condition that there is a trustworthy president and government.
Geagea, who met with the Saudi Ambassador to Beirut, Walid Al-Bukhari, wrote on Twitter that they had discussed the upcoming presidential elections, adding that the only salvation for Lebanon is its "Arab depth", and "adhering to the constitution".
CAIRO, Sept 20 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, yesterday, instructed the government to cooperate with Maersk, one of the world’s largest container shipping lines, to establish a network, to produce and distribute green energy and clean fuels for ships.
Sisi discussed with Maersk Chief Executive Officer, Soren Skou, “a project to produce clean fuel for ships, in Egypt, with investments of 15 billion U.S. dollars,” the Egyptian presidency said, in a statement.
The project will provide more than 100,000 job opportunities, it added.
JERUSALEM, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel announced yesterday, it will start to produce natural gas from a disputed Mediterranean maritime field, “as soon as possible,” despite U.S.-brokered border demarcation talks between Israel and Lebanon.
“The production of gas from the Karish rig will commence without delay, as soon as it is possible,” Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid’s office said in a statement, adding, the production “is not connected to the negotiations (with Lebanon).”
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