RAMALLAH, December 26, 2013 (WAFA) – Al-Quds daily highlighted in its main front page story on Thursday reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry has altered his security plan for the region and no longer supports presence of Israeli forces in the Jordan Valley. It said Kerry is going to propose a security corridor between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

It quoted chief negotiator Saeb Erekat in a separate story saying the Palestinians will not accept an interim solution nor recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida highlighted reports that the Egyptian government has outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood group and considered it a “terrorist” organization.

Al-Ayyam said in separate reports that the Egyptian army foiled a Hamas attempt to blow up a security post in Northern Sinai and said that the explosives used in the Mansoura explosion were smuggled out of Gaza.

Al-Quds said Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah is holding consultations for a government reshuffle. It said Hamdallah met various people it described as technocrats in order to decide on the new composition of his government.

The three papers said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to announce new housing tenders in settlements when the next group of prisoners is released early next week in spite of American and European warnings against it.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida quoted Yasser Abed Rabbo, member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive committee, saying that the United States has no right to decide the Palestinian borders.

Al-Ayyam quoted Abed Rabbo saying let the US give Israel land in California or Washington, but not Palestinian land.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida said in another story that Israeli fanatics continue to hold provocative tours of al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, while al-Ayyam said an Israeli parliamentarian committee has called for not allowing Muslims to carry out maintenance work in Al-Aqsa.

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