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Today in the Israeli Press: The one who stands to gain most from an electoral draw is Benjamin Netanyahu. 🧵

An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Mada Masr and the confiscation of its equipment, and fined editor-in-chief Lina Attalah three million Egyptian pounds (around $54,000) which is the maximum penalty.

El-Sisi’s courts put Attalah on trial over a license that the Supreme Council for Media Regulation refused to grant Mada Masr for eight years, despite the outlet submitting three applications.

An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Mada Masr and the confiscation of its equipment, and fined editor-in-chief Lina Attalah three million Egyptian pounds (around $54,000) which is the maximum penalty.

Judge Mohamed Mubarak refused to give lawyers time to review the case files and ordered the courtroom cleared, before plainclothes security personnel and a National Security officer entered. The judge also appointed an unknown lawyer despite the presence of eight lawyers representing Attalah.

An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Mada Masr and the confiscation of its equipment, and fined editor-in-chief Lina Attalah three million Egyptian pounds (around $54,000) which is the maximum penalty.

The Israeli press has dubbed Netanyahu the “prophet of doom” after he warned Israelis they would die if they failed to elect him tomorrow. 🧵

With 51.8% of the vote, Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s presidential runoff, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate backed by Donald Trump.

Lula’s victory will help shore up democratic institutions in Latin America and to positively shape Brazil’s foreign policy on issues ranging from the Amazon and trade to Palestine.

With 51.8% of the vote, Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s presidential runoff, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate backed by Donald Trump.

After the results were announced, Lula addressed a crowd in São Paulo, saying Brazilians had voted to “guarantee democracy.” He declared that his country “will not be anyone’s backyard,” a remark widely read as a rebuke of US President Donald Trump’s ambitions in Latin America

With 51.8% of the vote, Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s presidential runoff, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate backed by Donald Trump.

In a joint official funeral service, the village of Hammoud in Jordan bade farewell to the victims of Friday’s attack on St. George’s Church, which killed nine people, some of them at the scene and others later of their wounds. The victims had been attending a funeral.

1. Lebanese singer Fadel Chaker returned to the stage on Thursday for his first concert in 14 years, as part of Riyadh Season. The concert, titled “Awdat al-Ghayeb” (The Return of the Absent), came after the military court released him on bail in terrorism-related cases last July.

4. The protests in France drew a wave of Islamophobic rhetoric, notably from Donald Trump, who urged Emmanuel Macron to close France's borders and warned that Paris would soon become a Muslim city. Macron dismissed such remarks, including those from foreign leaders, as unacceptable and "stupid."

1. Lebanese singer Fadel Chaker returned to the stage on Thursday for his first concert in 14 years, as part of Riyadh Season. The concert, titled “Awdat al-Ghayeb” (The Return of the Absent), came after the military court released him on bail in terrorism-related cases last July.

2. The Lebanese government postponed its decision to refer the case of the Hezbollah explosives truck to the Judicial Council, amid reports that arrest warrants had been issued for two Hezbollah officials.

Syrians took to the streets on Friday in Damascus, Homs, Masyaf, Daraa and Raqqa to protest Israeli attacks and military incursions into the countryside of Daraa, Quneitra and Damascus.

Protesters called for the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails and demanded an official response to Israeli violations. On Wednesday night, the Israeli occupation forces killed Muath al-Baair during an incursion into the village of Jamla in the Daraa countryside.