Headlines: Bloody Shabbat in East Jerusalem

Headlines Bloody Shabbat in East Jerusalem

Deadly attack in Jerusalem “, launches in One Release. At least 7 dead at the exit of a synagogue.

As tension between Israelis and Palestinians had already peaked in recent days, the day after the bloody Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, a man opened fire with an automatic weapon on worshipers in a neighborhood populated by ultra-Orthodox settlers.

The fear of the conflagration seized last night in Jerusalem, and more broadly in Israel and the Palestinian territories “, highlighted Freed. This daily also notes that the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz also mentioned at least three injured, including a 70-year-old woman in critical condition, a 20-year-old man in serious condition and a 14-year-old teenager more lightly affected. The assailant was Palestinian, residing in East Jerusalem and he was 21 years old. He was killed by law enforcement. A Hamas spokesman claimed that the attack was a “ act of retaliation “after the operation of the Israeli army, the day before, in the refugee camp of Jenin, in the West Bank, raid which had left 9 dead and 20 wounded, points out Release.

Hamas, but not only…” Spokespersons for Hamas and Islamic Jihad jointly welcome attack, heroic action in revenge for Jenin massacre “, completes the site of the Figaro.

Carnage in Jenin

Never, since the United Nations began in 2005 to count the victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, had such a high toll in a single Israeli operation in the West Bank been recorded. “, emphasizes again Release.

Jewish state special forces had entered the camp around 7 a.m. and targeted the house of armed militants. According to the Israeli army, the operation was intended to arrest Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters. In Freeda resident of Jenin described the Israeli military operation as ” a real butcher “.

In a statement, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the Jerusalem attack, “ particularly abject on this Holocaust Remembrance Day. France has denounced a “ appalling terrorist attack “. Release adds that the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, will visit Israel and the West Bank on Monday and Tuesday to insist on “ the urgent need for de-escalation measures “. A few hours later, the attack on the synagogue – described as ” attack on the civilized world by US President Joe Biden – conversely reinforced fears of a “ killer gear “, estimated Release.

Virtuous Greens vs TotalEnergies

A first, in France, that this preliminary investigation targeting the oil group TotalEnergies. In the sights of justice, alleged crimes against the environment. It is Mediapart which reveals this case. Opened a little over a year ago, following a complaint from three environmental associations, an investigation is indeed aimed at ” environmental degradation that would be due to the extractive activities of TotalEnergies “, reports this online newspaper, according to which, “ in 2022 alone », the French oil group has recorded, launched or extended around twenty new projects relating to the extraction of fossil fuels. Total Energy “ wants to increase its gas production by a third by » 2030.

For exemple, Mediapart cites the development by 2025 of 400 oil drilling wells in Uganda. More broadly, the French group’s projects are in contradiction with its ambition to ” carbon neutral by 2050 », contrary, therefore, to the legal provisions in terms of the defense of the environment.

PS, the battle of the leaders

Crucial day, in Marseille, where this weekend is being held, the 80e Socialist Party Congress. The two camps, which are tearing each other apart to ensure its control, made a display of their rivalries yesterday. What to land The Republican East. ” All of this is unworthy of a party which has given two Presidents of the Republic to France, strangles this daily life of the French Orient. In this context, the Marseille congress will not reach its target (…) it risks being, in the best of cases, the clogging congress without a real captain », predicted, with a sigh, The Republican East

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