RAMALLAH, June 5, 2012 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies Tuesday focused on a meeting between Fatah and Hamas officials to name the upcoming cabinet members, in addition to the series of Israeli airstrikes against the Gaza Strip.
The main front page article in al-Quds newspaper reported that Fatah Central Committee member Azzam al-Ahmad, who heads its delegation to the reconciliation talks, is expected to meet with Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk in Cairo to consider the candidates for the upcoming national unity government.
Al-Ayyam’s prime headline featured an Israeli airstrike that targeted a dairy factory near Gaza City on Sunday, injuring a Palestinian who was reported in moderate condition. It said a Palestinian had died of his wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike against a group of fighters near Khan Younis on Friday.
The newspaper printed a picture of young Palestinian boys checking the destroyed site of the factory.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida printed a picture of President Mahmoud Abbas and Turkish President Abdullah Gül during Abbas’ visit to Istanbul on Sunday. It said Abbas is expected to head to Paris and meet the French president Francois Hollande on Friday.
Al-Quds’ front page commemorated the 45th anniversary of the June 5, 1967 war, which Palestinians refer to as Naksa, or setback, emphasizing the Palestinians’ persistence to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state.
The newspaper also featured promises by an Israeli official to allow families of Palestinian prisoners from Gaza to visit their sons detained in Israeli jails within a month.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Ayyam reported on sharp disagreements among Israeli government officials regarding an eviction order by the Supreme Court against Ulpana outpost near the illegal settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah.
An op-ed by Hani al-Masri in al-Ayyam newspaper tackled the current Hamas and Fatah meetings to agree on the formation of the national unity government and discussed the obstacles that lie ahead of the upcoming government.
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