JERUSALEM, Sunday, February 19, 2023 (WAFA) – Palestinian Arabic-language dailies focused today on President Mahmoud Abbas’s call on the US administration to immediately and effectively intervene to press Israel to stop all dangerous measures, including killings of Palestinians and settlement construction.

These are the main headlines:

Al-Quds:

- In a phone call, President [Mahmoud Abbas] calls on the US to press Israel to stop killings and settlement building… Blinken: We will reach out to Tel Aviv to stop unilateral actions.

- The spokesman for the Supreme Emergency Committee for Palestinian Prisoners Affairs: The prisoners will not go back on their demands.

- Prime Minister Shtayyeh before the African Union Summit: Time has come to hold Israel accountable for its crimes against our people.

- Civil disobedience today in the Shuafat camp, Anata and Jabal Mukaber.

- Injuries, arrests and attacks by settlers.

- The death toll of the Turkey and Syria earthquake exceeds the 46,000 mark, and the number of Palestinians killed by the earthquake rises to 105.

Al-Hayat Al-Jadida:

- President Abbas receives a phone call from Blinken and stresses the need to compel Israel to stop all its unilateral measures.

- Israeli occupation forces assault Palestinians at Bab Al-Amoud.

- Civil disobedience in the Shuafat refugee camp, Anata, Jabal Al-Mukaber and Al-Ram today.

- Settlers attack homes and vehicles in downtown Hebron and assault a Palestinian in Husan.

- Palestinian prisoners continue their collective disobedience against the Israeli Prison Service.

- Prime Minister Shtayyeh: Time has come to hold Israel accountable and condemn it at the level of the International Court of Justice.

- Tens of thousands demonstrate against the Netanyahu government for the seventh week in a row.

Al-Ayyam:

- Settlers launch a series of attacks in the Old City of Hebron.

- Jerusalem: Suppression and arrests by Israeli police in Bab al-Amoud area, and calls for civil disobedience against the occupation today.

- President Abbas to Blinken: We must intervene quickly to stop Israel's actions.

- Addressing the African Summit, Prime Minister Shtayyeh: Time has come to hold Israel accountable for its crimes.

- Two light earthquakes hit the southeast of Nablus.

- The death toll of the Turkey and Syria earthquake exceeds the 46,000 mark.

M.N