RAMALLAH, October 30, 2014 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation’s measures against the Palestinians and shooting of the prominent Israeli extremist Yehuda Glick in East Jerusalem hit the front page of the three Arabic Palestinian dailies.

They reported that the West Jerusalem Municipality and Israeli police have stepped up their violent actions against Palestinians in East Jerusalem, demolishing houses and structures in Wadi al-Joz and Silwan ‘without any prior warning’ and imposing high taxes and fines for the second day in a row.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida slammed these practices as an ‘escalation’ and printed a photo of an Israeli bulldozer demolishing some structures in East Jerusalem.

While the Israeli occupation practices are featured as the main front page item in both al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida, al-Ayyam opted to highlight Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks on the situation in East Jerusalem.

It quoted him: “We can’t tolerate what is happening in Jerusalem. The United Nations Security Council will discuss setting up a timeframe to end the occupation and establish the Palestinian state during next month.”

Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Quds quoted Abbas during an interview with Israel’s Channel 10: “If the Israelis miss the opportunity to make peace, the surrounding situation will be worse than what it looks like at the moment.”

Al-Hayat al-Jadida chose another quote: “The Jerusalem issue is a red line and we won’t accept the temporally and spatial division of Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

The three dailies reported that the Israeli occupation authorities have flown surveillance blimps over East Jerusalem. They highlighted the story of extremist right-wing Rabbi Yehuda Glick, who sustained serious wounds after being shot in Jerusalem.

Al-Quds, al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida focused on the demolition of houses and structures in the southern Hebron area, namely in Khashem al-Daraj and Umm al-Khair Bedouin villages.

Al-Quds also reported on the razing of a Palestinian’s farmland to the west of Salfit, threatening of the Byzantine-era Monastery of St. Simion and the arrest of 15 Palestinians by the Israeli occupation forces.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida reported on a potential hit and run incident where an Israeli settler attempted to run over a Palestinian child in Huwara village near Nablus.

Egypt’s underway plan to construct a buffer zone along the shared border with the Gaza Strip, evacuating 1,100 families, was covered by the three dailies.

They published a story on the latest senior US officials’ criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The dailies quoted few official saying: “He won't do anything to reach an accommodation with the Palestinians. The only thing he's interested in is protecting himself from political defeat.” They also said, “He’s got no guts,” and described him as ‘cowardly’ and ‘recalcitrant’.

Al-Quds and al-Ayyam reported that the Israeli party of ‘Yisrael Beituna’ has resubmitted a motion to the Israeli Knesset to ban the call for prayer in Jerusalem Mosques through loudspeakers.

Al-Quds reported that the UN Security Council is set to hold an overnight emergency session to discuss the Israeli settlement plans in the occupied West Bank, primarily East Jerusalem.

Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida quoted the UN official: “Israel’s settlement plans raise suspicions on its commitment to peace.”

They also reported that the Israeli controversial drinks firm SodaStream has decided to shut its plant in the West Bank settlement of ‘Mishor Adumim’.

Regarding the alleged partial sale of two key East Jerusalem buildings to a settlers’ company, al-Quds and al-Ayyam reported on the Freitekh family saying that the sale is fraudulent.

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