One month after Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah set a new equation that would shape the next round of confrontation with Israel, the Zionist entity seems to be always perplexed and hesitant…
 
Indeed, Israeli local authorities are preparing a drill that would take the name of “Administrations’ Game.” The drill would take place in Israel’s Gush Dan, or the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area, the region mentioned by the Resistance leader in his latest speech as the heart of the Zionist entity.
 
Gush Dan extends from Netanya in the north to Ashdod in the south at a distance of 90km and from the Mediterranean in the west to Ariel in the east at a distance of 20km. The area is closely linked to the city of Tel Aviv through social, economic, and cultural ties. The Tel Aviv metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in Israel (1,500 km2) and consists an estimated population of over 2 million; more than 1/3 of the Israeli population. This metropolitan area is not equipped with enough shelters and underground emergency exits since it was considered to be an area far from rocket threats.
 
In the past few years, Gush Dan cities witnessed inner migrations from volatile areas near the border with Lebanon. Gush Dan comprises 22 cities and towns: Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Holon, Ramat HaSharon, Ramat Gan, Giv’atayim, Bnei Brak, Herziliya, Or Yehuda, Giv’at Shumuel, Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikya, Ra’anana, Rishon LeZion, Hod HaSharon, Kfar Sava, Yehud, Ramla, Lod, Rosh HaAyin, and Ness Ziona, Rehovot. Gush Dan is also Israel’s technological and industrial center where the Ben Gurion airport is located.
 
According to Israeli daily Yedihot Ahronot, the heads of Israeli local authorities met with Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai and representatives of the Internal Front. They discussed the problems that would be caused by the downfall of Hezbollah missiles in these cities. They also discussed the complicated situation that would be faced by the authorities in case of any confrontation, including problems in infrastructure, services and sanctuaries.
 
The Israeli daily, meanwhile, noted that the mentioned maneuver aims at theoretically working in the face of a situation in which missile fall in the heart of the Zionist entity.
 
At the end of the drill that lasted a few hours, the participants took lessons and concluded results, Yedihot Ahronot said, adding that the Israeli Defense Ministry and the Israeli Army were stressing that the internal front would be the second front in any upcoming war for a long time because the missiles will cover all the Palestinian occupied territories.
 
Meanwhile, Israeli daily Maariv that Israeli is preparing to hold the ‘Turning Point 4’ drill at the end of May. This drill would be Israel’s hugest drill ever, meaning it would be bigger than the ‘Turning Point 3’ drill because it would cover the whole enemy’s entity. All local authorities will take part in the drill alongside the Israeli government’s ministries and some sectors that weren’t present at the time of the previous drill. Even more, and for the first time since the second Gulf War, the warning sirens would be launched in all Zionist cities and settlements while institutions and settlers would be trained on how to deal with such urgent situations from inside their homes.

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Thursday the need to rebuild trust with the United States was key to upcoming talks and called on Washington to follow up words with action.
 
“My message to the US is that the time has come to walk the talk,” he told a news conference in Islamabad.
 
Qureshi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are scheduled to lead talks in Washington next week aimed at boosting the economy and security of Pakistan, a key ally in the fight against Al-Qaeda and the long war in Afghanistan. They will chair the March 24 talks on what the State Department says will be economic development, education, agriculture and security.
 
“I believe our forthcoming dialogue will provide a good opportunity to re-build confidence and trust on both sides,” said Qureshi. “We want these talks to be broad based and that is why I am proposing a completely different format for interaction between the two countries.”

Arab League chief Amr Mussa was on Thursday still hopeful that Lebanon would receive an invitation through the proper diplomatic channels to attend the Arab summit in Libya.
it is pertaining to mention here that due to a row over the disappearance of prominent Shia cleric Ayatullah Musa al-Sadr in Libya in 1978, President of Lebanon Michel Suleiman has decided to not attend an Arab League summit in Tripoli.

During a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Ali al-Shami, Mussa denied that he had delivered Lebanon the invitation to attend the summit.
Asked if he believed Libyan leader Moammer Qadhafi would expel the Lebanese community if Beirut decides to boycott the summit, Mussa noted that the issue will be discussed by the Lebanese cabinet. “I don’t want to interfere in it. However, I hope that all Arab countries participate in the summit.”
He denied that the issue of Imam Moussa al-Sadr’s disappearance was on the summit’s agenda. Yet, Al-Shami explained to reporters that a draft resolution issued by Arab foreign ministers ahead of the summit includes an article that calls for “solidarity with the Lebanese Republic.”
The article includes two clauses. The first is on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the second backs efforts to find out the truth about Sadr’s disappearance.
“This is an article in a resolution. It is not an article on the agenda” of the summit, Mussa stressed. He also said Sadr’s issue wouldn’t be discussed if Lebanon decided not to attend the summit.

According to Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir),  Spokesman for the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands Zahi Anjidat said that the Palestinians of the holy city and the occupied lands managed on Tuesday morning to create a human cordon protecting the Aqsa Mosque.

The spokesman affirmed that a large number of Palestinian men and women from Al-Quds and the 1948 occupied lands were able to create a human shield around the Aqsa Mosque in order to protect it from any possible Israeli break-in.

He pointed out that extremist Jewish groups declared their intention to storm the courtyards of the Aqsa Mosque following the opening ceremony of the ruin synagogue in order to initiate another ceremony for the building of the alleged temple of Solomon.

In the same context, violent clashes broke out Tuesday morning in different Al-Quds areas especially in the vicinity of the Old City and the Aqsa Mosque, while the Israeli occupation forces are still besieging the holy city for the fourth consecutive day and prevent thousands of Palestinians from reaching the holy Mosque.

The IOF troops used batons and tear gas and flashbang grenades as well as mounted policemen and dogs to suppress the Palestinian protesters.

Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib, the deputy head of the Islamic Movement in occupied lands, and Sheikh Ali Abu Sheikha, a senior Islamic Movement official were among those who were physically assaulted.

In light of the Israeli restrictions imposed on the entry of men into the Aqsa Mosque, dozens of Palestinian women were able to enter it as they were chanting slogans in response to the voices of Israeli settlers who gathered in Al-Buraq plaza in preparation for launching a sudden attack on the holy Mosque.

 Speaking at the “Morning of Revolution” program aired on TV’s Channel 3, Mohammad Hossein Musapur said that the holy city has been a hub for fostering the culture of Ahl-ol-Bayt (AS) for 13 centuries.

Hazrat Fatemeh Masumeh (SA), the daughter of the seventh Shia Imam (AS) passed away and was buried in Qom in 201 Hijri (816 A.D.) while traveling to visit her brother Imam Reza (AS) in Khorasan. The city has been a pilgrimage destination ever since.

“It has also been a scientific center in the Islamic world in the past 80 years, since the establishment of Qom Seminary School,” Mr. Musapur said, adding that currently some 60,000 Iranian and 10,000 expatriate students are studying religious sciences in the holy city.

Stressing the importance of Qom, he noted that the movement leading to the Islamic Revolution also originated in the holy city.

Qom lies 156 kilometers southwest of Tehran