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Newspaper Review: Israeli Police Murder of Arab Youngster in 1948 Land, Focus of Dailies

RAMALLAH, November 9, 2014 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies highlighted in their Sunday issue the Saturday incident in which Israeli police killed an Arab resident of the town of Kafr Kanna, inside the 1948 borders, for purportedly attempting to stab him.

Following are the main headlines:

Al-Quds:

- President [Abbas]: we are heading to the UN Security Council this month in order to set a deadline for the end of [Israeli] occupation.

- An Israeli police officer kills a youngster in Kafr Kanna for allegedly attempting to stab him.

- Israeli police chief declares operating at the third readiness level.

- An Israeli decision to seize 13 thousand dunums of land in the village of Beit Iksa, [northwest of Jerusalem] for military purposes.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida:

- President [Abbas]: we are heading to the UN Security Council this month in order to set a deadline for the end of [Israeli] occupation …

- Israeli police kills an Arab resident of Kafr Kanna in cold blood … [Israeli PM] Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to withdraw the [Israeli] nationality of ‘those calling to devastate Israel.’

- [Israeli Minister of Environmental Protection] Amir Peretz: Netanyahu is a ‘hostage’ in the hands of extremists.

- [Israeli ex-Prime Minister] Ehud Olmert: [ex-Prime Minister] Ehud Barak pocketed millions in bribes from arms sales.

- [Israeli] occupation orders to seize 13 thousand dunums of land in the village of Beit Iksa, [northwest of Jerusalem].

- [European Union’s High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy] Federica Mogherini: EU is seeking a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

- [French Foreign Minister] Laurent Fabius: France will uphold its role in case the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations fail.

- [PM] Rami Hamdallah announces he will go on a tour to collect funds pledged by donor countries during Gaza Reconstruction Conference.

- US officials: another European country is expected to recognize the Palestinian state.

Al-Ayyam:

 

- Galilee, [northern Israel]: clashes erupt in Kafr Kanna in the wake of [Israeli] police’s cold-blooded murder of an Arab resident.

- Leadership decides to prepare applications to join ICC and other international organizations and treaties.

- [French Foreign Minister] Laurent Fabius: France will likely recognize state of Palestine [at some point], but [the question is] when and how?

- Netanyahu pledges to withdraw the [Israeli] nationality of ‘those calling to devastate Israel.’

- [Israeli] occupation decides to seize 13 thousand dunumd of land in the village of Beit Iksa, [northwest of Jerusalem], turning it into a big prison.

- Federica Mogherini: Jerusalem can, and shall be, a capital for two states, and this is a message for the world.

- [PM] Rami Hamdallah announces he will go on a tour to collect funds pledged by donor countries during Gaza Reconstruction Conference.

- European countries warn Israel: we will recognize the State of Palestine and we will not keep waiting forever.

M.N./T.R.

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