RAMALLAH, Wednesday, January 15, 2020 (WAFA) – The European Union’s mission to investigate Israeli police brutality against Palestinian civilians in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya dominated the front page headlines in the dailies.

Al-Quds reported that the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah were informed about the violations committed by the Israeli occupation against Palestinians in Issawiya.

Al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida added in this regard that the EU voiced its concern about the worrying developments and violence in Issawiya.

Daily Israeli military raids that resulted in the detention of Palestinians and destruction of property across the occupied West Bank also hit the front page headlines in the dailies.

The dailies reported that Israeli occupation authorities demolished a blacksmith shop in Hizma village, located to the northeast of Jerusalem.

Al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida said that Israeli police conducted a detention campaign in Jerusalem, detaining a number of Fatah activists and summoning others.

Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida said that Israeli occupation authorities closed down two schools in Jerusalem.

According to al-Quds and al-Ayyam, scores of Palestinians suffocated from tear gas as Israeli forces targeted a mosque and several houses in Beit Ummar town, located to the north of Hebron.

President Mahmoud Abbas was reported in al-Hayat al-Jadida pledging to provide all possible support in order to alleviate the suffering of Gaza population.

The dailies noted that Abbas made his pledge as he received a number of Gaza children suffering from cancer and cerebral palsy at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was reported in al-Quds stating that the US administration was still interested in Palestinian-Israeli peace portfolio.

According to al-Quds, Palestinian-Israeli lawmaker Ahmad Tibi and other lawmakers affiliated to the Arab Joint List party discussed with the Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz electricity blackout to the Jerusalem neighborhoods.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida printed a feature story about the recurrent power blackouts in the West Bank. It was titled: Recurrent power blackouts between ]Palestinian[ citizens’ complaint and the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO)’s justifications.

Al-Quds printed a feature storey highlighting the implications of the flooding by Israel of agricultural land in Gaza with rainwater. The story was titled: Israel turns rainwater into a misfortune.

According to al-Ayyam, an Israeli convicted of committing hostile actions against Palestinians was released from Israeli imprisonment.

Chairman of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) Qaddura Fares was reported in al-Hayat al-Jadida revealing that Israeli occupation authorities plan to construct four new detention centers that would accommodate 4,000 prisoners.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida reported Egyptian specialists arguing that Hamas is involved in implementing the US-touted Mideast plan, dubbed deal of the century, and that the positions of Hamas leaders are detrimental to the Palestinian question.

It said that an Israeli court is examining an Amnesty International’s case ordering Israel to revoke the export license of NSO Group, whose software is alleged to have been used by governments to spy on journalists and dissidents.

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