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00:00New information edition on Mediain TV, welcome.
00:20Al-Quds, holy city, still at the heart of the concerns of the Beysm-Al-Qudsa-Sharif agency,
00:26the Ramadan basket distribution operation is underway.
00:34Hamas is ready to release an Israeli-American hostage
00:38and to make the arrests of four others
00:41in the context of the negotiations on the pursuit of the truce in Gaza.
00:45This proposal, denounced by Israel, is described as manipulation.
00:49Russian President Vladimir Putin will have to come to the negotiating table sooner or later.
00:59This is the statement of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
01:03at the opening of a summit in London,
01:05a virtual summit with some 25 allied leaders from Ukraine.
01:11The Beysm-Al-Qudsa-Sharif agency continues the Ramadan basket distribution
01:19for the benefit of the inhabitants of the holy city.
01:22These baskets are intended for social protection establishments
01:27and Palestinian families in several areas of the city.
01:32On Thursday, the distribution was dedicated to the districts of Silwan,
01:36Touri, Ras al-Amoud, al-Isawiyah and Shoufetz.
01:45Hamas is ready to release an Israeli-American hostage
01:50and to make the arrests of four others
01:52in the context of the negotiations on the pursuit of the truce in Gaza.
01:57The negotiations are underway in Qatar.
02:00The American plan of displacement of the Gazans is still under discussion.
02:04Three African countries would be envisaged by Washington
02:07to transfer the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip.
02:11More details with Raja Engo.
02:17Tensions persist between Hamas and Israel
02:20despite the resumption of negotiations for the end of the war in the Gaza Strip.
02:25The issue of Israeli hostages,
02:28still held by the Palestinian movement, remains the point of blockade.
02:32To move forward in the negotiations
02:34and start the talks for the second phase of the truce,
02:38Hamas is ready to release an Israeli-American hostage
02:42and to make the arrests of four others.
02:45A proposal denounced by Israel as a manipulation.
02:49Washington, on the other hand, accused the Palestinian movement
02:52of wanting to buy time.
02:54The United States and Israel want to release more hostages
02:58by extending the first phase of the truce
03:01while qualifying the demands of Hamas as unachievable
03:05to obtain a permanent ceasefire.
03:07Meanwhile, and despite the opposition of the Arab countries,
03:10Donald Trump is looking by all means to make Gaza the Middle East's Riviera.
03:15The United States and Israel would have contacted
03:18officials from three East African countries
03:21to discuss the use of their territory
03:24as a potential destination for the Palestinians.
03:27The American plan is now aimed at Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland.
03:32These three countries are poor and in some cases torn apart by violence.
03:37Sudanese leaders have declared that they had rejected the American proposal,
03:42while the authorities of Somalia and Somaliland
03:45have denied any contact with Washington on this subject.
03:50The British Prime Minister organized a virtual summit in London this morning
03:55with some 25 leaders, all willing to help maintain peace in Ukraine
04:02in case of ceasefire with Moscow.
04:05Several European countries, Ukraine, NATO, the European Commission,
04:09Canada or even Australia,
04:11are taking part in this meeting to clarify the boundaries
04:15of a coalition of voluntary countries
04:17ready to support a just and sustainable peace in Ukraine.
04:26In Iraq, the head of Syrian diplomacy
04:29is ready to strengthen cooperation with Baghdad
04:33to fight against Daesh.
04:35During his first official visit to Baghdad,
04:38the head of Syrian diplomacy, Asad Shibani,
04:41indicated that Syrian authorities are ready to strengthen cooperation
04:45with neighboring Iraq to fight against Daesh terrorists.
04:51The Syrian minister considers that security is a shared responsibility.
05:01The systematic attacks of Israel against sexual and reproductive health in Gaza
05:08are genocidal acts.
05:10These are the conclusions communicated on Thursday
05:13by a United Nations investigation committee.
05:16These conclusions are described as false and absurd
05:20by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
05:23Here is some information with Rashid Farhan.
05:27A heavy accusation of consequences.
05:30The UN investigation committee has stated that Israeli authorities
05:34have systematically attacked the sexual and reproductive health of Palestinians in Gaza,
05:39evoking genocidal acts.
05:42Our report finds that Israel...
05:44Our report finds that Israel is increasingly resorting to gender-based violence,
05:49including sexual and reproductive violence,
05:51as part of a broader effort to weaken their right to self-determination
05:57by systematically destroying sexual and reproductive health infrastructures.
06:04In response, Israel has strongly reacted.
06:06It denounces accusations that are described as absurd
06:09and insists that the UN should focus on the crimes committed by Hamas
06:15during the attack on October 7, 2023.
06:19The so-called Commission of Inquiry
06:22The so-called Commission of Inquiry of the United Nations Human Rights Council
06:26has published one of the worst slander the world has ever known.
06:30It accuses the victims of the crimes committed against them,
06:33if Hamas committed horrible sexual crimes against Israelis on October 7.
06:39sexual crimes against Israelis on October 7.
06:43However, the UN commission states that Israeli authorities
06:47would have destroyed the capacity of Palestinians in Gaza to have children,
06:51in particular by targeting reproductive health infrastructures,
06:55such as maternity hospitals and the main clinic of in vitro fertilization.
07:00It also points to the use of famine as a method of war.
07:07On the occasion of the International Day of Struggle Against Islamophobia,
07:12organized on March 15,
07:15the Secretary-General of the United Nations
07:17warned against the rise of anti-Muslim sectarianism and intolerance.
07:24Antonio Guterres explained that this phenomenon is part of a wider trend
07:30of rising intolerance and extremist ideologies
07:34and the multiplication of attacks against religious groups and vulnerable populations.
07:46And on the occasion of this International Day of Struggle Against Islamophobia,
07:51the guest of this edition is Adela Zekri,
07:53President of the National Observatory of Struggle Against Islamophobia in France
07:58and Vice President of the French cult, the French cult, the Muslim cult.
08:03Hello to you and thank you for taking the time to answer our questions.
08:10I thank you for your invitation.
08:13So, adopted on March 15, 2022, at the UN General Assembly,
08:18the International Day, launched at the initiative of Pakistan,
08:23is celebrated for the third time this year.
08:26Weren't the United Nations late in the fight against Islamophobia?
08:37Listen, it's already something to be gained,
08:39it's something to be won,
08:40that we can create this day of Islamophobia
08:44because this Islamophobia, unfortunately, has passed in silence.
08:47We didn't talk about it at all,
08:49neither through the world nor through certain countries.
08:52And I would now like to try to explain the situation to you
08:56because the Ministry of the Interior, the French Ministry of the Interior,
08:59has released the figures of anti-Muslim acts in France for the year 2024, the year that has passed.
09:05It talked about 173 anti-Muslim acts,
09:08of which 52% are good deeds and 48% are bad deeds.
09:13This is a completely false figure,
09:16which is below reality for a very simple reason.
09:19Muslims do not have the culture of filing a complaint each time
09:23when they are attacked or when they are victims of anti-Muslim insults.
09:29The problem is very simple.
09:31We can say, for example, that there were more than 50 letters of threat
09:35that were sent either to the CFCM or to the president of the association.
09:40Myself, I received letters of threat and slices of ham in my mail box.
09:45So all these figures were not taken into account by the Ministry of the Interior.
09:51So it gives a figure of 173 anti-Muslim acts.
09:55I can say frankly, if we want to be realistic and fair,
10:00we can go up to 250 anti-Muslim acts during the year 2024.
10:05But these are the figures of the French Ministry of the Interior.
10:09You who live in France, what do you feel as a Muslim?
10:13And what about your co-religionists?
10:19Listen, I can't hear you very well, it's a little bit your voice is hoarse.
10:24But I tell you that we base ourselves on what Muslims also point out to us,
10:29that they tell us, here we were victims of these acts,
10:32and then in the end we did not file a complaint.
10:33And then there is something else that interferes with me and that must interfere with everyone.
10:37It is the way in which these acts of anti-Muslims are treated compared to other acts.
10:43There are, how would I say, two sides and two measures.
10:48I take, for example, the case of a Turkish mosque that was completely set on fire
10:53during the month of Ramadan in Djergo,
10:55for which no one spoke, neither on television nor in the newspapers.
10:59The Minister of the Interior just made a tweet when we asked for it.
11:03Unlike, for example, a synagogue in which they tried to burn the door,
11:09the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior, everyone moved to go and support.
11:13And when it comes to Muslims, there is no one, we hear no one,
11:17neither the political officials, nor at the level of the government,
11:20nor the press, which is very often an accomplice
11:23in relation to these statements, always anti-Muslim and anti-Islam.
11:29So you are Vice President of the French Council of the Muslim Cult.
11:33The birth of the French Council of the Muslim Cult was in 2003.
11:38So, this birth, this council, did it achieve its goal more than 20 years later?
11:47Listen, at the level of the Muslim cult,
11:49I think there is a French Council of the Muslim Cult that is doing its job.
11:53Fortunately, we are here to denounce and attract the attention of the authorities.
11:57But unfortunately, when we have the press,
12:00the daily newspapers that you turn on in the morning,
12:05every morning and evening, we talk about what?
12:07Islam, migrants, terrorists, acts committed against French people, etc.
12:14We condemn all of this. We don't need to be told.
12:17But let's stop putting labels on the backs of Muslims.
12:22And every time, through a Muslim who expresses himself,
12:25it is a terrorist who speaks.
12:27It becomes unbearable.
12:28And the support is currently very critical in France,
12:31as regards Islam and Muslims.
12:33There are schools that are closed.
12:35There are schools in mosques that are also closed.
12:39There is a situation that is frankly worrying.
12:43So, according to you, Mr. Zekri,
12:44what is the cause of this feeling of Islamophobia,
12:48felt even beyond the borders of France, more broadly in the West?
12:55Frankly, I hear your question very badly.
12:57There is something in the blood that is not very good.
13:02Well, listen, at the level of the West.
13:05Sorry?
13:06You want me to ask you the question again?
13:08I was telling you, beyond France,
13:11the future of Muslims, what is the feeling?
13:17Where does it come from, in fact?
13:20Listen, the future of Muslims, they are Muslims, that's it.
13:24The future of Muslims who are in France,
13:26they are in France, many are French citizens.
13:29But they respect the values of the Republic,
13:31respect the laws of the Republic.
13:34But the future is here.
13:35People have made their lives, they have children,
13:38they have built France, they have built France.
13:41Their parents, their grandparents died during the wars
13:43to defend the French flag.
13:45We only ask for one thing.
13:47We ask that we be respected.
13:49It's not because there are some individuals who don't respect it,
13:53or that there are some attacks, or that there are some problems,
13:56that we have to put all Muslims in the same bag.
13:59We still have to make the difference between each other.
14:03And we respect the values of the Republic.
14:07We respect the country in which we live.
14:09We hope that the leaders of this country
14:12do not mix up and that we are also respected.
14:16That's it, it's something very simple.
14:20Yes, you are talking about the future of Muslims in France.
14:23How do you see it?
14:24And do you understand those who return to their homeland to live there?
14:32Frankly, I don't hear your questions, they are cut off.
14:35Do you understand those who return to their homeland to live there?
14:45No, I don't hear the question.
14:47Do I understand those who...
14:51Do you understand those who return to their homeland to live there?
14:55How do you see the future of Muslims in France?
14:57Yes, of course, I understand.
15:00There are many people who return to their homeland.
15:03And then there are many people who leave,
15:04who go to England, who go to Belgium, who go to other countries.
15:09Currently, there are departures to other countries
15:12because people are well considered.
15:14For example, in the United States, there is currently a Muslim diaspora,
15:18even Maghrebis, of very high level,
15:21who prefer to leave France because they don't have open doors.
15:26They haven't been opened, but unfortunately, they are opened elsewhere.
15:29In England, they are opened, in Germany, they are opened.
15:32In the United States, there is currently a Muslim diaspora
15:36who go to the United States to settle
15:38because they can no longer bear the conditions in which they live.
15:42Now there is another subject that is also very interesting here in France.
15:46That is to say that in order to be able to dialogue with power,
15:50the power should respect secularism.
15:52Secularism is the non-management of the state in the cult.
15:56But unfortunately, representatives of Islam in France
15:59are chosen by the prefects or by the Ministry of the Interior.
16:03It is not the Muslims who choose their leaders.
16:07We must make doors in the departments
16:09and allow Muslims to express themselves.
16:11So we are talking about Muslim cults
16:13and those who are currently speaking with the power,
16:16with the Ministry of the Interior,
16:17we have created an association called Forid,
16:20which neither represents the cult nor the Muslims.
16:23And we are told, here are those we are going to dialogue with,
16:26and here are your representatives.
16:27I am sorry, the Muslims must choose their representatives themselves,
16:31like the other cults.
16:33At this point, I consider that there will be respect for us,
16:37but we cannot choose our leaders
16:39because we are currently in a colonial Islam
16:44led by political power.
16:46And that is unacceptable.
16:48We must denounce it, we must fight it,
16:50we must be able to make our voices heard.
16:53Well, thank you, Abdelazikri,
16:55President of the National Observatory of Fights for Fire.
17:00I would like to finish, please,
17:03by wishing Ramadan Mubarak to all Muslims in France
17:08and beyond the Muslims of France,
17:10through the Muslims of the world,
17:12that this blessed month of Ramadan
17:14is a time for peace, for fraternity and for union.
17:17The message has been conveyed.
17:19Thank you very much, Abdelazikri,
17:21President of the National Observatory of Fights
17:23against Islamophobia in France
17:25and Vice-President of the French Council of the Muslim Cult.
17:29You were live with us from Nîmes.
17:33The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio,
17:39declared the ambassador of South Africa to the United States
17:43Persona Non Grata,
17:45accusing him of hating Donald Trump.
17:49The South African presidency reacted
17:51by taking action to expel the regrettable
17:55South African ambassador to the United States,
17:58Ebrahim Rasol.
18:00This decision is part of a hardening of relations
18:05between the United States and South Africa.
18:11This is a major step forward
18:13for women officials in Côte d'Ivoire.
18:16Their maternity leave now extends from three to six months.
18:21A decree on this subject was signed on February 26.
18:25This Ivorian reform arouses satisfaction and questioning.
18:30So what do the main concerned think?
18:33What can be the impacts on public administration?
18:37Elements of response in this report
18:39by Mel Berchel and Anjoua Elfrède-Méhenguin.
18:44In public administrations,
18:45the news is made up by the offices.
18:47Decree 2025-120 extends
18:49the maternity leave of officials to six months
18:52instead of three months.
18:53A reform that arouses many concerned women.
18:56As women officials,
18:58when we are on maternity leave,
19:00the three months we are given are not enough.
19:03Because after seven and a half months,
19:05we are told to take maternity leave.
19:07When we go on maternity leave,
19:09we are on maternity leave for barely two months.
19:12And then we have just one month to leave the baby
19:15and then come to work.
19:16For me, it's not easy.
19:17So really, six months is welcome.
19:20This extended leave is part of a will
19:22to better protect maternity
19:24and to guarantee a better balance
19:26of professional and family life.
19:28Even if for some officials,
19:30this reform raises questions of organization,
19:32on the part of doctors,
19:33this measure is seen as an advantage
19:35for the health of the mother and the infant.
19:38If we extend it for the period
19:41during which the woman can always be close to her child,
19:45can rest after giving birth,
19:47it is already an advantage for the woman.
19:49It allows her to find the workplace
19:52in a more relaxed way,
19:53in a more serene and more effective way.
19:57But it also allows her to be able to
20:00improve the exclusive maternity leave
20:03up to six months.
20:05The time to be able to organize,
20:06to be able to diversify the food and feeding of the child.
20:10But what about the private sector?
20:12The employees of the private sector also expect
20:14a balance of rules for better equality.
20:17She can no longer go to work.
20:18Of course, in the public sector,
20:20I can work, but in the private sector,
20:22I have to leave my child.
20:24I don't know who left me.
20:25I don't know who left my child.
20:26How am I going to work?
20:28I have to sit at home to take care of my child.
20:30Maybe I have a daughter who came to catch her.
20:32There is too much work.
20:34At least six months,
20:35we say that even leaving a six-month-old child
20:38in someone else's hands and then going to work,
20:40it's a bit sad that there is a three-month-old child.
20:43With this decree,
20:44the Ivory Coast joins several African countries
20:46by extending the duration of maternity leave.
20:49It remains to be seen how this measure will be applied
20:52and whether it could inspire other reforms
20:54in favor of workers.
20:57In Senegal, surfing is a sport in full expansion.
21:01Schools and clubs are multiplying.
21:04A total of 16 clubs are affiliated
21:06with the Senegalese Surf Federation.
21:09Moreover, it is Senegal
21:11that leads the African Surf Confederation.
21:14Here is a report by Eva Sania and Sharon Dao.
21:17Surfing is a sport in full expansion in Senegal.
21:26On these waves, Ali and his student will surf.
21:29But before that, a physical preparation is required.
21:36Senegal is not very known for being a surfing land.
21:40However, there are surfing champions,
21:43like Oumar,
21:44current president of the African Surf Confederation.
21:48Senegalese did not have access to this sport
21:50because they did not know it.
21:53Many Senegalese, especially many Africans,
21:55are afraid of the sea.
21:56And those who are afraid of the sea are more afraid of the waves.
21:59And since then, there have been generations
22:01who have practiced surfing.
22:02I am part of the third or fourth generation.
22:04Getting started in surfing
22:06requires more than a simple board under the foot.
22:09You need a board to surf
22:11and a leash.
22:13In addition to a combination,
22:15if it is winter between December, let's say,
22:18until mid-June,
22:20in summer, you need a swimsuit and a board.
22:25My dream is to become a surfing instructor.
22:27And that's why I decided to train.
22:30I am from Casamance.
22:31And at home, we don't have waves that are too violent.
22:35It's different from what I'm used to seeing.
22:38Because in Cabrousse, in my hometown,
22:41I surf, but not with a great mastery of the waves.
22:45This is my third session,
22:47and it is different from the first.
22:50Today, I managed to get up on the board.
22:54I know I'm going to make it.
22:58Once little known,
23:00this sport now has 16 clubs
23:03and 6 training schools in Dakar.
23:06What is our dream today?
23:07There are a lot of boats for Europe
23:10because young Senegalese dream.
23:11But I think that if the state manages to collaborate with us,
23:14we can set up what we call the State Clubs,
23:16from Yorck to Saint-Louis,
23:17to really try to put Surf Paradise
23:19all over the Senegalese coast
23:21and avoid embargoes for Europe.
23:24Since 2017,
23:26Senegal has participated in the World Championships
23:29outside of national and African competitions.
23:32Since the Africa Tour was set up
23:34among the top 10 Africans in Senegal,
23:36there are 6 Senegalese.
23:39We have 3 Senegalese clubs
23:42and a well-organized championship.
23:44There is a very good level of Senegalese at the top.
23:48With more than 700 km of coastline,
23:50Senegal could be a good destination
23:54to put surf ahead
23:56if we believe in it,
23:57the president of the African Surf Confederation.
24:01In Morocco, we now offer you a Ramadan atmosphere
24:05with the students of Sidi Yehia Zair.
24:09A Iftar ceremony was organized
24:11by the prefecture of Sgherat Mara
24:13in favor of young girls living in the student house.
24:18An initiative carried out with a slogan
24:20for all women and girls,
24:22equal rights and autonomy.
24:25A way to see the situation of girls in the rural environment.
24:28This is in this report by Maa Jamal and Youssef Ouhamou
24:31commented by Rachid Farhan.
24:35A collective Iftar in favor of the residents of Sidi Yehia Zair
24:39in the prefecture of Sgherat Mara.
24:42A social initiative
24:43aiming to create a family and solidarity atmosphere
24:46between the residents of the establishment
24:48who spend the holy month days far from their families.
24:54Today's celebration is a collective Iftar
24:56for the residents of Sidi Yehia Zair.
25:00The number is around 76 young girls
25:03from the province of Sgherat Mara.
25:05This initiative is part of a partnership
25:08between the National Initiative for Human Development,
25:11the National Support and the Managing Association of Dar Taliba.
25:15The idea is to create a family atmosphere
25:17for young girls living in these establishments
25:19during this holy month.
25:21A house that welcomes several young girls from the rural world.
25:29This Iftar is organized
25:31in the spirit of a family and Ramadan atmosphere.
25:33We hope that this opportunity will be repeated.
25:36As the head of the establishment, we are very happy.
25:42The ceremony saw the participation of local personalities
25:45active in the social and solidarity field,
25:48as well as cultural and artistic figures
25:50who came to support these young people.
25:52This had a good impact on them.
25:56We are very pleased with this collective Iftar.
25:58It is a very beautiful initiative.
26:00We hope that there will be even more initiatives,
26:03not only for this year, but also for the years to come,
26:06because they are magnificent and we benefit a lot from them.
26:13These Ramadan atmospheres bring us closer
26:15to the atmosphere we live in.
26:17Since we are far from our parents,
26:19we feel like we are at home.
26:24Dar Taliba of Sidi Hiazair welcomes more than 70 young girls
26:28from the rural environment.
26:30She supports their academic journey
26:32and works on their training and social reintegration
26:35to make them the honorable face of the Moroccan woman of tomorrow.
26:40That was the essential news.
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