RAMALLAH, February 11, 2012 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies Saturday focused on new Israeli settlement plans in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Al-Quds prime headline reported on plans by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to turn a deserted military camp south of Bethlehem to a new settlement, saying it would be used to house people of special needs.

Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida also featured this item on their front page along with an Israeli plan to build a Jewish museum on the ruins of Islamic buildings and monuments west of al-Aqsa compound in East Jerusalem.

Al-Ayyam highlighted the weekly anti-settlements, anti-wall demonstrations across the West Bank and the injury of dozens of protesters at the hands of Israeli soldiers. The paper said two protesters and five journalists were shot, whereas dozens of demonstrators suffered gas inhalation due to the Israeli assaults.

Al-Quds newspaper quoted Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu as saying that a Palestinian state on land occupied in 1967 must be established now and Israel must stop stalling.

The dailies reported on escalated settlers’ attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, including razing of 100 dunums of Palestinian-owned land in Yatta, a town east of Hebron, and the clashes that broke out between Palestinians and settlers in Qaryout, near Nablus.

Al-Quds editorial addressed the deteriorating health of Islamic Jihad prisoners Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for 55 days. The daily called on national forces and the international community to take immediate action to save the lives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

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