RAMALLAH, Sunday, July 16, 2023 (WAFA) – Palestinian Arabic-language dailies focused today on the Israeli occupation forces’ dispersal of a nonviolent rally held yesterday in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan in protest of home demolitions by the occupation authorities.
These are the main headlines:
Al-Quds:
- Injuries in a series of attacks by [Israeli] settlers, and [Israeli occupation forces] suppress a rally against the demolition of homes in Silwan.
- Netanyahu was rushed to hospital and kept under medical supervision.
- Tens of thousands of Israelis take part in renewing demonstrations against the Netanyahu government.
- Israel targets Lebanese with gas bombs, including journalists and a parliamentarian.
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida:
- [Israeli occupation forces] suppress a rally against the demolition of homes in Silwan, and settlers attack Palestinian citizens in Masafer Yatta.
- Israeli occupation forces arrest two Palestinians in Sebastia and a young man from Al-Samou, claiming he was trying to infiltrate into the Israeli settlement of Otnael.
- A Kuwaiti delegation arrives in Palestine, visits Jenin, and participates in the inauguration of the Kuwaiti Martyrs' Monument in the town of Rummana.
- A racist measure: [Israeli national water company] Mekorot reduces the quantities of water supplied to Bethlehem and Hebron.
The Arab parties participating in the Chinese Communist Party conference affirm the necessity of preserving the PLO.
- Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrate against the government and the weakening of the judiciary for the 28th week.
Al-Ayyam:
- Injuries in a series of attacks by armed Israeli settlers, and [Israeli occupation forces] suppress a rally against the demolition of homes in Silwan.
- A young man was wounded and arrested [by Israeli forces] for allegedly trying to infiltrate an Israeli settlement near the town of Al-Samou.
- A female Palestinian was injured by the Israeli occupation forces near the Atara checkpoint.
- The Israeli "Custodian of Absentees' Property"... from confiscating real estate to establishing settlements.
- Heatwaves are sweeping the world.
- Israeli forces fire smoke bombs at a group [of Lebanese] near the border with Lebanon.
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