RAMALLAH, Monday, September 19, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli attacks against Palestinians in the occupied territories were highlighted on the front page of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies published today.
Al-Ayyam daily said in its main front-page story that one person was injured by a live bullet in Housan village near Bethlehem, and students and teachers suffocated from tear gas soldiers had fired at their school in Anata town near Jerusalem and printed a picture showing girls suffering from the tear gas.
Al-Quds daily said that as Israel beefs up its forces in the occupied territories and Jerusalem, many Palestinians were rounded up and detained and others were ordered not to be at Al-Aqsa Mosque as Jewish fanatics plan mass break-ins into Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, during the upcoming Jewish holidays.
It said the Palestinian leaders in Israel have called for a large number of people to participate in the rallies marking the 22nd anniversary of the Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa uprising.
The third daily, al-Hayat al-Jadida, talked about the strike the East Jerusalem schools want to observe in protest against attempts by Israel to force the students to learn from distorted textbooks instead of using the official Palestinian textbooks.
It also said that President Abbas left Ireland yesterday heading to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly meetings. It printed a picture of the President and the Palestinian delegation talking with the Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney in Ireland before their departure.
The paper also said the head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach has arrived in Palestine on a two-day visit.
It had a report about the discovery of a mosaic in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Quds said Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh traveled to London to represent President Abbas at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth.
It also said that a Hamas delegation arrived in Algiers to take part in an effort by the Algerian government to revive the intra-Palestinian reconciliation dialogue.
The three papers also reported on the war in Ukraine and its impact on the supply of energy to Europe, as well as the funeral of Queen Elizabeth.
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