Tens of Thousands Hold Anti-Netanyahu Protest Thought for Today WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Tens of thousands of people have held their biggest rally yet against scandal-hit Prime Minister Benjamin An ignorant person will always overdo a thing or Netanyahu, who is the subject of corruption investigations. Around 20,000 joined the “March of Shame” demonstration in Tel neglect it totally. Aviv, holding up signs reading “Crime Minister.” The number of participants was greater than those of all previous protests, which have been held every week for months on end. Amir al-Momeneen Ali (AS)

VOL NO: LV 10482 TEHRAN / Est.1959 Monday, December 4, 2017, Azar 13, 1396, Rabi al-Awwal 15, 1439 Hamas: ‘UN Seeking to Evacuate Palestinian Authority Refusing Aid Workers From Yemen’ to Lift Gaza Sanctions historic deal in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Under the deal, the PA is to take control of Gaza, and end a string of punitive measures against the coast- al enclave, including its refusal to pay the Zionist regime to provide the besieged territory with electric- ity. The Palestinian Authority, how- ever, has missed a deadline for the takeover of the Gaza Strip, which had been set for December 1, and Houthi fighters man a checkpoint in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, on continues to implement sanctions December 2, 2017. against the enclave. GENEVA (Dispatches) – The Unit- that could pave the way to end near- “We demand that the government ed Nations is trying to evacuate at ly three years of war. of Rami Hamdallah assume its re- least 140 aid workers from the Yemeni Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al- sponsibilities in full and lift the capital amid fighting that has cut off Houthi described Saleh’s stance as unjust sanctions imposed on our the airport road but it awaits approval a “betrayal” and stressed that the people in Gaza,” the statement said. from the Saudi-led coalition, UN and former president must reassess his The resistance movement said the other aid officials said on Sunday. policies that are favored by Yemen’s Palestinian Authority had “made Coalition aircraft bombed Houthi enemies. no effort to lift the sanctions and positions in Sanaa overnight, resi- Forces loyal to Saleh “continue to ease the sufferings of the people of dents and local media said, aiming move toward chaos and disturbance Gaza.” to shore up supporters of former Ye- of security and stability” in the Arab meni president Ali Abdullah Saleh country, he said, describing the for- The PA dismissed the charges as as they battle the Houthi fighters. mer president’s move as a “coup” Picture taken on November 27, 2017 shows Palestinian youths carrying a banner during a marathon titled “irresponsible” in a statement of its “Reconciliation is our choice” in the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. It was the fourth day of clashes in against the Yemeni alliance. own. which dozens have been killed, the “We must continue to support the GAZA STRIP (Dispatches) – Hamas made the statement, ad- since, Hamas has been governing Sources close to both factions Red Cross said. fighting fronts because this plot is Hamas says the Palestinian Author- dressing the Palestinian Authority the Gaza Strip, while Fatah is head- were also quoted as saying that the “There is a plane on stand-by in the last card of the forces of aggres- ity is preventing a landmark recon- Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. quartered in the Israeli-occupied Authority was expected to take over Djibouti for 140 international staff,” sion, through which they seek to fa- ciliation deal between the resistance Fatah and Hamas have been at West Bank. Gaza’s control on December 10 fol- a UN official in Sanaa told Reuters. cilitate their occupation of our coun- movement and its rival Fatah party odds ever since the latter scored a Repeated attempts at rapproche- lowing talks between representa- About half were from non-govern- try,” Houthi pointed out. which governs the PA from bearing landslide victory in Palestinian par- ment failed between the two sides tives of the two sides in Cairo later mental organizations, he said. Saudi Arabia has been incessantly fruit. liamentary elections in 2006. Ever until October, when they inked the Saturday. “Fighting is moving toward the air- pounding Yemen in an attempt to port and the situation is very tense. crush the Houthi Ansarullah move- We can’t even evacuate staff,” he ment and reinstall ex-president Abd said. Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch Bahraini Police Tear-Gas Sheikh Qassim Supporters in Diraz United Nations staff have been ally of Riyadh, but the kingdom has confined to their living quarters achieved neither of its goals. ests and promote sectarianism nent Bahraini rights defender. in Sanaa since clashes erupted on The Saudi war, which has been and violence. The cleric has de- In May this year, Sheikh Qas- Thursday, he said. accompanied by a land, naval, and nied the allegations. sim was given a one-year sus- Aircraft from the Saudi-led coali- aerial blockade of Yemen, has so tion bombed Houthi positions in far killed over 12,000 people and Since then, Sheikh Qassim pended sentence on charges of Sanaa overnight on Sunday, resi- caused one of the worst humanitar- who is in his 70s has been con- illegal fundraising and money dents and local media said, aiming ian catastrophes in recent times. fined to house arrest, resulting laundering, which his supporters to shore up supporters of Saleh. In a latest development, at least in the deterioration of his health denounced as a sham prosecu- Saleh announced on Saturday he eight Yemeni civilians lost their condition. tion. was ready to turn a “new page” in lives early Sunday after Saudi war- ties with the Saudi-led coalition planes bombed a residential area in Al-Wefaq issued a statement Over the past months, the Bah- fighting in Yemen if it stopped at- Sa’ada Province. The strikes also in- on Saturday, asserting Qassim’s rainis have staged numerous sit- tacks on Yemeni citizens, in a move jured several others. right to decide for his treatment. ins in front of Qassim’s house in It also expressed discontent at Diraz which is under the siege. the Bahraini regime’s duplicity Daily anti-regime rallies have ‘Relocating U.S. Embassy on the cleric’s health crisis and been held in the tiny Persian accused it of taking advantage of Gulf country since the popu- Would Fuel Violence’ Supporters of distinguished Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim rally in the current situation to pursue its lar uprising began in February CAIRO (Dispatches) – Secretary The White House continues to seri- Diraz, Bahrain, December 2, 2017 own political agenda. 2011. General of the Arab League Ahmed ously explore options to recognize al- MANAMA (Press TV) – Bah- raz. Earlier this week, human rights The demonstrators are de- Aboul Gheit has warned that moving Quds as the regime’s capital, admin- raini police have fired tear gas at Demonstrations were also held groups raised the alarm over Qa- manding that the Al Khalifah the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to the istration sources and U.S. allies told supporters of revered Shia cleric elsewhere in Bahrain in solidar- ssim’s worsening health condi- family relinquish power and let occupied al-Quds would “fuel extrem- CNN, according to a report. Sheikh Isa Qassim, whose life is in ity with the clergyman. tion. a just system representing all ism and violence” in the region. According to U.S. media outlet, “Today we say very clearly that tak- “sources believe that Trump will at- danger under a prolonged house Qassim, the spiritual leader of “The Bahraini government Bahrainis be established. ing such action is not justified ... It tempt to soften the announcement for arrest. Bahrain’s dissolved opposition holds the full responsibility of Scores of people have been will not serve peace or stability, but Palestinians, possibly, … by specify- Local media said security bloc the al-Wefaq National Is- Sheikh Isa Qassim’s well-be- killed and hundreds of others will fuel extremism and resort to vio- ing only West Jerusalem (al-Quds) as forces dispersed the protesters lamic Society, had his citizen- ing, as it imposed the house ar- wounded or detained amid Ma- lence,” Gheit said in a statement pub- the capital of Israel, as opposed to the who attempted to gather outside ship revoked last June over ac- rest and controls his access to nama’s crackdown on dissent lished on the league’s website. eastern part of the city.” Sheikh Qassim’s residence in cusations that he had used his medical treatment,” said Sheikh and discrimination against the “It only benefits one side; the Israeli On the 2016 campaign trail, the the northwestern village of Di- position to serve foreign inter- Maytham al-Salman, a promi- country’s Shia majority. government that is hostile to peace,” real estate mogul vowed to move the added the statement. U.S. President American embassy from Tel Aviv to Donald Trump is due to decide by al-Quds, a move indicating that Wash- Monday on whether to renew a six- ington recognizes the city as the capi- Afghanistan Bomb Attack Kills 6 Civilians, Injures 13 month waiver on the relocation of the tal of Israel. KABUL (Dispatches) – A major blast has saying, “The victims have been taken to the including civilians, in an ambush carried out in U.S. diplomatic mission in the occu- “The president has always said it is a rocked the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s nearby hospital and the governor has ordered the same city. pied territories. There are reports that matter of when, not if. The President is eastern Nangarhar Province, leaving at least six urgent assistance to the victims.” The United States and its NATO allies in- the U.S. president could again delay still considering options and we have civilians dead and thirteen others injured. A woman and a child were among the fatali- vaded Afghanistan as part of Washington’s so- moving the embassy, but recognize nothing to announce,” said a White The Afghan Tolo News television channel ties, according to reports. called war on terror in 2001. The U.S.-led in- al-Quds as the capital of the Zionist House spokesperson, while another said an assailant on Sunday detonated an explo- No group or individual has so far claimed re- vasion toppled the Taliban regime, which then regime. one asserted that no final decision has sive-laden motorbike near the Shirzai Stadium, sponsibility for the deadly incident. started militancy. Sources say Trump will keep the been made. Since the U.S. Congress where a gathering was being held in support of The Sunday blast in Jalalabad came a day Afghanistan is still rife with violence despite U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv for the next ruled in 1995 that the embassy be re- the country’s National Unity Government. after the Daesh terrorists killed at least two the presence of foreign troops across the coun- six months but will relocate the Amer- located from Tel Aviv, every president Attahullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the members of Afghan security forces and in- try. The Daesh terrorist group has gained a ican diplomatic mission to al-Quds at has deferred the troublesome measure provincial governor, also confirmed the blast, flicted injuries on nearly a dozen other people, foothold in the country more recently. “some point” in the future. by issuing a six-month waiver.