RAMALLAH,
June 8, 2014 (WAFA) – Egypt’s announcement that Rafah border crossing, on the
borders with Gaza, will be permanently open if run by the Palestinian national consensus
government made headlines of the Palestinian Arabic dailies in their Sunday
issue.
Following
are the main headlines:
Al-Quds:
· Israeli Prison administration places [Palestinian] administrative
detainees in solitary confinement and refuses to refuses to negotiate [with prisoners].
.
· [Prime Minister] Hamdallah: the government is committed to human
capital investment and to major change in education.
· Egypt stresses it support to
the Palestinian people in achieving an independent state of their own with
Jerusalem as its capital.
· Egypt is willing to permanently open Rafah border crossing, [on the
borders with the Gaza Strip], following President [Abbas]’ visit [to Egypt].
· Israeli army raids several homes in Hebron.
· [Hamas leader in Gaza] Ismail Haniya: Our strategy lies in
liberating the land and nurturing the human being.
· [Head of the anti-siege committee in Gaza] Jamal al-Khudari: Israel
ignores the [Palestinian] consensus government.
Al-Hayat
al-Jadida:
· President [Abbas] receives
Nabil Fahmi, [Egypt’s foreign minister], and Nabil al-Arabi, [secretary-general
of the Arab League].
· Prisoner Ayman Tubaish … hundred days in the ‘battle of will’
(hunger strike) against administrative detention.
· Dozens of lawyers protest in front of Megiddo [Israeli prison] … a
call for a general strike today in solidarity with the [Palestinian] prisoners,
[held in Israeli jails].
· Egyptian official: we are ready to open Rafah border crossing,
provided that it is run by the national consensus government.
· [Police] uncovers 10 tons of harmful fertilizers in Bethlehem.
· Three girls drowned and died on Gaza beach [on Saturday].
Al-Ayyam:
· 85 thousand students start the ‘Tawjeehi’ (the general secondary)
examination [in Palestine].
· [Palestinian] administrative detainees enter their 45th consecutive
day of hunger strike, while solidarity activities continue throughout the
[Palestinian] land.
· A March organized in Tel Aviv condemning settlement construction
and occupation.
· PLO angrily protests against Australia’s announcement to refer to East
Jerusalem as ‘unoccupied territory.’
· Egypt announces willingness to permanently open Rafah border
crossing.
· Two sisters and their female cousin drowned and died in Beit Lahiya
beach [north of Gaza].
· Qatar’s ambassador returns to Egypt to participate in al-Sisi
inauguration ceremony.
· President [Abbas] receives Nabil
Fahmi, [Egypt’s foreign minister], and Nabil al-Arabi, [secretary-general of
the Arab League].
M.N./T.R.
