Day: 3 October 2024

Ramallah – Ma’an – The Customs Police Department dealt with 234 cases during the month of September in cooperation with civil partner agencies and the relevant security services, within the framework of combating the phenomenon of smuggling in all its forms and protecting the national economy.

In the details of the cases:

115 cases in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance to improve state revenues and support the state treasury, detailed as follows:

– Seizing 67 tax and customs cases and transferring taxpayers to the ministry to complete their commercial transactions.

– Seizing 12 cases of goods coming from Israel that do not carry a clearing invoice.

– Seizing 36 cases in the field of smuggled tobacco, which is prohibited from circulation due to its economic damage and draining the state treasury.

Dealing with 75 cases in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy to prevent the spread of illegal goods and settlement goods, detailed as follows:

– Seizing approximately 15 tons of expired goods and des
troying them.

– Seizing approximately 24 tons (of food, cosmetics and cosmetics) that do not carry an identification card in Arabic and materials that violate mandatory technical instructions.

In the same context, 32 cases were dealt with in cooperation with the Ministry of Health to provide food and health security:

– During which, approximately 1732 kg of expired materials were seized and, based on the decision of the competent authorities, they were destroyed.

– [187 kg and 3852 strips] of sexual stimulants and nutritional supplements were seized, which are prohibited materials from circulation and do not have licenses) and were handed over to the competent authorities.

10 cases in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and in support of the agricultural sector and encouraging local products, including:

– 3 cases of agricultural products that do not have agricultural permits or import permits or are banned from trading by a decision of the Minister of Agriculture.

– 7 cases of animal products
that do not have agricultural permits or import permits or are banned from trading by a decision of the Minister of Agriculture.

Two cases of illegal communications in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy:

– 30 banned postal parcels were seized during them.

– 12 mobile devices were seized that did not have licenses from the Ministry of Communications. The seized items were handed over to the Ministry pending completion of legal procedures.

The Customs Control Authority stressed the importance of citizens’ participation in submitting reports on spoiled and expired goods to achieve food safety in society by contacting us via the toll-free number 132 or via the Authority’s official Facebook page.

Source: Maan News Agency

Palestine Monetary Authority: Fuel purchases using electronic payment methods are available without commissions

The Palestine Monetary Authority expressed its dissatisfaction this evening, Thursday, March 10, with some gas station owners announcing the closure of their stations to the public under the pretext that banks have stopped receiving shekels, stressing that banks accept cash deposits from gas station owners in line with their purchases through the Petroleum Authority.

The Monetary Authority explained that it provided modern electronic payment tools without any fees or commissions at gas stations using electronic points of sale and the instant payment system.

She pointed out that the phenomenon of cash dealings has become a burden on the national economy, stressing that the solutions regarding the shipment of the shekel are in the hands of the Israeli side, and we are working with international institutions to mitigate its effects.

Source: Maan News Agency

The National Committee to Implement UNSC Resolution No. 1325, titled “Women, Peace and Security”, chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organized on Thursday a forum for the 24th anniversary of the resolution. The forum was held in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations (UN) Coordinator, and the Delegation of the European Union (EU), with the participation of the Ministries of Interior, Defense, Justice, Media, and Public Prosecution.

The forum, held in the UN House, aimed at highlighting the achievements of Kuwaiti women in various fields, and the sectors that have witnessed development through women’s efforts.

Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Affairs Ambassador Jawaher Ibrahim Al-Duaij Al-Sabah said in her speech that Kuwait has achieved great progress in promoting the women, peace and security agenda, as established in December 2023.

This is clear evidence of our continued commitment to the relentless pursuit of systematic and sustainable integration of women in all efforts r
elation to peace and security, she affirmed.

Kuwait cooperates with prestigious regional and international organizations, such as ESCWA, UN Women, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to raise awareness and implement critical training programs on women’s rights, she stated.

“We believe that teamwork and shared commitment are essential to achieving a future in which women are strong agents of peace and security,” said the Assistant Minister.

She praised the pivotal role of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah in strengthening the strategic partnership with NATO, and raising it further.

Regarding Kuwaiti women accomplishments, women’s participation in the police forces has gone up to 900 women, as well as 19 new women recruits in the National Guard, which is a historical milestone in Kuwait and the region.

Women participation in the justice field has grown, with the employment of 19 women judges, in addition to four directors of public prosecution offices,
enhancing progress in these fields.

Kuwaiti women contribution has expanded to include the diplomatic field, as women constitute 22 percent of the diplomatic corps and work in international capitals, and organizations, Sheikha Jawaher Al-Sabah said that we have made great progress, but much work is still needed, as women are the most affected by conflict, facing the highest rates of displacement, injury, and loss.

She urged the international community to continue efforts to renew commitments, meet challenges ahead, promote gender equality and peace, and ensure women’s voices are heard and valued in all aspects of decision making, and the impact conflict has on women.

On her part, UN Secretary-General Representative to Kuwait Ghada Al-Taher praised in a speech Kuwait’s role and commitment to the agenda.

She stressed that Kuwait’s ranking in the Women, Peace and Security Georgetown Institute Index rose from 123rd to 61st globally, from 2021-2022 to 2023-2024.

She added that Kuwait has advanced ten points i
n the global gender gap, as Kuwait ranks third at the Arab level in the Women, Peace and Security field.

Kuwait has a leading role in the Arab region, the Gulf countries, and at the global level, referring to the speech of the Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

In His Highness’s speech he encouraged countries to recommit to promoting international peace and security during a speech at the Future Summit in New York.

EU Ambassador to Kuwait Anne Koistinen said in a similar speech, that the Union places the agenda at the heart of its priorities for the Foreign and Security policies, stressing that the agenda is an essential tool to ensure respect and security for women.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

Security forces in Nineveh arrested an ISIS member who worked in the military office of the terrorist ISIS gangs south of Mosul.

A source in the Nineveh Police told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that “the security forces arrested the ISIS member while he was in his sister’s house in the village of Hajj Ali in the Qayyarah district south of Mosul.”

He explained that “the security forces took the ISIS member to the headquarters of the Nineveh Police Command to investigate him and present him to the Iraqi judiciary.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Gaza – Ma’an – The freed prisoner deported to Gaza, Abdul Aziz Salha, was killed when Israeli aircraft bombed a tent for displaced people inside a school in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip

. The prisoner, Salha, is from Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, and is accused of killing an Israeli soldier at a Ramallah police station in 2000 at the beginning of the second intifada. He was arrested and sentenced to life in prison before being released in the Shalit deal in 2006.

Source: Maan News Agency

Western media reported about 10 rockets fired towards “Krayot” and explosions heard in occupied Haifa.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Border forces arrested 13 infiltrators of foreign nationalities in northern Iraq.

The Spokesman for the Interior and Security Media Cell, Brigadier General Muqdad Miri, said in a statement: A force from the Third Regiment in the Third Border Brigade arrested (12) infiltrators of Asian nationalities who tried to cross the border illegally within the administrative borders of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, indicating that the first regiment of the same brigade was able to arrest one foreign infiltrator while trying to cross the border.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Doha: HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent on Thursday a cable of congratulations to his brother HE President of the sisterly Republic of Iraq Dr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid on the anniversary of his country’s Independence Day.

Source: Qatar News Agency