RAMALLAH, March 20, 2014 (WAFA) –
The three Palestinian Arabic dailies highlighted on their Thursday issue the
Israeli forces’ killing of a Palestinian minor in Hebron area while he was
heading to work on Wednesday.
They said army forces opened fire
at, and killed, 15-year-old Yousef Shawamreh, from the village of Deir Al-Assal
to the south of Hebron, while he was heading to his work as a natural-plant
collector in a land adjacent to the apartheid wall which separates the West
Bank and Israel.
They also said the Israeli
municipality of West Jerusalem approved a project to build 184 housing units in
two settlements in Jerusalem, 146 in Har Homa (Jabal Abu Ghunaim) and 40 in
Pisgat Ze'ev.
Al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida said
the U.S. Secretary of States, John Kerry, expressed his frustration over
statements made by the Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Ya’alon in which said
‘the United States is not concerned about Israel’s security.’
In a separate subject, al-Ayyam said
Israeli army Wednesday arrested 12 people in the village of Zububa to the
northwest of Jenin, while others suffocated as army forces fired tear gas
canisters towards them.
The three dailies said the Israeli
parliament, Knesset, Wednesday approved to extend a law prohibiting the reunification
of Palestinian families of whom members hold the Israeli nationality while
others hold the Palestinian one.
Al-Quds said Israeli bulldozers are
razing Palestinian-owned lands in Salfit district for the expansion of
settlements and the construction of more housing units.
While al-Ayyam said Prime Minister
Rami Hamdallah Wednesday signed development agreements with the German
government, worth 55 million Euros, Al-Hayat al-Jadida quoted Hamdallah as
saying ‘the Palestinian-German partnership is an example for boosting
sustainable development in Palestine.’
Al-Ayyam said Israeli army artillery
Wednesday targeted several locations of the Syrian army in the Golan Heights
and Israel warned the Assad regime of “paying a high price for supporting
‘terrorists.” Al-Quds said a Syrian soldier was killed in the Israeli attacks.
M.N./T.R.
