RAMALLAH, Tuesday, July 19, 2022 (WAFA) - The three Palestinian Arabic dailies published today - al-Quds, al-Hayat al-Jadida, and al-Ayyam - highlighted the news of the Israeli occupation authorities’ approval of five plans to build 3,090 settlement units in the West Bank, and the delivery of demolition and stop work orders in Masafer Yatta, Tubas and the Jordan Valley.

The three newspapers also highlighted the arrival of President Mahmoud Abbas in Bucharest to meet his Romanian counterpart and the prime minister, and his reception of Arab ambassadors accredited to Romania. The President will be heading to France today.

The papers also highlighted yesterday’s cabinet meeting and decisions.

Here are the main headlines:

Al-Quds:

• Approval of five plans to build 3,090 settlement units in the West Bank
• The President arrives in Romania, receives Arab ambassadors, and heads to France today
• Notices of demolition and cutting down dozens of trees in the West Bank
• The government subsidizes the public transportation sector and approves health projects

Al-Hayat al-Jadida:

• The Cabinet approves the reduction of fuel prices by one shekel for public transportation
• The President arrives in Bucharest to meet his Romanian counterpart and prime minister, receives Arab ambassadors accredited to Romania and lays a wreath at the monument of the Unknown Soldier
• During the celebration in Ramallah of Egypt’s National Day, Shtayyeh: Our people are inspired by the July Revolution. Egyptian Ambassador: Resuming the peace process will remain a common Palestinian-Egyptian goal
• The occupation approves the demolition of the home of the family of the prisoner Sbeihat in Rummana, delivers demolition and stop work orders in Masafer Yatta, Tubas and the Jordan Valley, arrests 15 people in the West Bank, and settlers attack Surif and cut down 60 olive trees in Kafr al-Dik

Al-Ayyam:

• The occupation bulldozers raze a large area of land; a decision to demolish a residential building for a prisoner's family in Rummana
• The President begins a visit to Romania
• Tufakji: The occupation approves 1,440 new settlement units
• The government approves recommendations to help the transportation sector by subsidizing fuel and stabilizing transportation prices
• Suffocation cases and trees burnt in an attack by settlers on Surif, and settlers cut down 60 olive trees west of Salfit
• New Jordanian measures to alleviate the suffocating crisis for those coming to Palestine

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