RAMALLAH,
March 26, 2013 (WAFA) – Two of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies focused
Tuesday on the Arab summit in Doha with al-Quds highlighting a decision by
Qatar to announce a plan to support the Palestinian economy, rebuild Gaza, revive
the peace process and reconciliation.
Al-Ayyam
said in its main headline that the presence of Syria’s opposition leader Muath
Khatib at the summit will give priority attention to the Syrian issue without
compromising the Palestinian question.
The Arab
summit took a lower spot on the front page of al-Hayat al-Jadida, whose two top
stories were on Israel resuming transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority
on regular basis and the second story focused on the 2013 Palestinian budget
Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is going to present to his government for a vote.
These two
subjects were also covered on the front page of Al-Quds, which also highlighted
statements by United Nations Special Coordinator Robert Serry in which he said,
according to the headline, that “there is a chance for a new beginning to the
Middle East peace process.”
Al-Ayyam
highlighted the health situation of Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi, who has
been on hunger strike since August demanding his release from prison.
Attempts by
Jewish fanatics to carry out rituals inside the yards of al-Aqsa Mosque in
Jerusalem were also highlighted on the front page of the daily, which also
reported on its front page on the situation in Syria and Egypt.
The Jewish
fanatics’ violation of the sanctity of al-Aqsa Mosque was also highlighted in
al-Hayat al-Jadida, which also reported on its front page on the health
situation of Issawi.
The paper
also said that Egypt arrested 25 members of Hamas and al-Qaeda in the Sinai and
another story also from Egypt said that orders were given to arrest five
political activists.
A story
about the talks between Turkey and Israel regarding compensation for the
families of the Turkish nationals Israel has killed in the 2010 flotilla
incident was also highlighted on the front page of al-Hayat al-Jadida.
M.S./F.R.
