RAMALLAH, January 19, 2014 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies focused in their Sunday issue on the final statement of the Morocco-based twentieth Al-Quds Committee Meeting in addition to President Mahmoud Abbas's speech there.

Al-Quds, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida and Al-Ayyam quoted President Abbas as saying “the decisions taken by the Jerusalem Committee will support Jerusalem, the holy places and the rights of our people”.

Al-Quds said the final statement of the conference stressed that any harm by the Israeli authorities on Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem undermines any chances for peace. The statement also said that achieving Peace in the Middle East requires Jerusalem to be the capital of the State of Palestine.

Al-Hayat Al-Jadida said the Jerusalem Committee called upon the international community to uphold its responsibilities in protecting the city of Jerusalem through pressuring Israel to stop what it described as “the Israeli colonial practices.”

Al-Ayyam noted to the same news, saying the Jerusalem Committee warned of the ‘consequences’ of the Israeli practices in the occupied Palestinian Territory.

In a separate development, Al-Quds and Al-Ayyam reported that the first shipment of food aid was allowed on Saturday into the besieged Yarmuk refugee camp near Damascus.

Al-Hayat Al-Jadida said that armed groups pulled out of the Yarmouk camp on Friday. The newspaper quoted officials saying that other armed wings are expected to leave in hours.

Al-Ayyam stressed, citing U.S. sources, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s “willingness for a historical settlement with the Palestinians on the long run”.

The three newspapers commented on the results of Egypt’s poll on the post-Muslim Brotherhood constitution, where 98.1% voted in favor, while 1.9% voted against out of a turnout accounting to 38.6% of the overall electorate.

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