Arab League Calls for Providing Urgent Educational Needs in Palestine amid Israel’s Aggression

Arab League calls for providing urgent educational needs in Palestine.
Arab League calls for providing urgent educational needs in Palestine.
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Arab League Calls for Providing Urgent Educational Needs in Palestine amid Israel’s Aggression

Arab League calls for providing urgent educational needs in Palestine.
Arab League calls for providing urgent educational needs in Palestine.

The Arab League emphasized the urgent need for comprehensive measures, support mechanisms, and assistance to mitigate the severe impact on Palestine's education sector due to the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Saudi Press Agency said on Sunday.
The Assistant Secretary General and Head of the Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Affairs Sector, Ambassador Saeed Abu Ali, highlighted this call during the emergency meeting of the Council of Educational Affairs for the Children of Palestine at the Arab League's headquarters.
Ambassador Abu Ali underscored that the education sector has been one of the primary targets of the Israeli assaults, resulting in catastrophic human and material losses across both public and private education institutions, as well as UNRWA schools.
He noted that many of UNRWA schools have been converted into shelters that were not spared from destruction, endangering the lives of the civilians taking refuge in them.
Palestinian Minister of Education and Higher Education, Amjad Barham, echoed these concerns, noting that the Israeli occupation aims to undermine the future of the Palestinian people by systematically targeting educational institutions.
He reaffirmed that the Palestinian people remain steadfast in their belief in the right to education, considering it a fundamental and non-negotiable right.



Algeria to Supply Lebanon with Fuel for Power Stations

An exterior view of the building of the Lebanese Electricity Company “Electricite du Liban", in Beirut, Lebanon, 17 August 2024. (EPA)
An exterior view of the building of the Lebanese Electricity Company “Electricite du Liban", in Beirut, Lebanon, 17 August 2024. (EPA)
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Algeria to Supply Lebanon with Fuel for Power Stations

An exterior view of the building of the Lebanese Electricity Company “Electricite du Liban", in Beirut, Lebanon, 17 August 2024. (EPA)
An exterior view of the building of the Lebanese Electricity Company “Electricite du Liban", in Beirut, Lebanon, 17 August 2024. (EPA)

Algeria will immediately begin supplying Lebanon with fuel for its power plants, Algerian state radio said in a statement on Sunday, after Lebanon's electricity company said the day before its supplies were exhausted.

Lebanon has not had round-the-clock power since the 1990s and cash transfers to Lebanon's state electricity company, Electricité du Liban (EDL) to cover chronic losses have contributed tens of billions of dollars to the country's huge public debt.

EDL on Saturday announced a complete nationwide power outage, including at critical facilities such as the airport.

It said then power supply would resume gradually once new fuel supplies were secured, either through a swap agreement with Iraq or other sources.

The Algerian state radio statement did not give any detail.