RAMALLAH, November 22, 2014 – (WAFA) – The speech delivered by President Mahmoud Abbas during the International Conference of Local Authorities in Solidarity with the Palestinian People together with West Bank clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces hit the front page headlines of the dailies.

Here are the front page headlines of the dailies.

Al-Quds

-          President Mahmoud Abbas: You presence by itself is a victory for the values of right, justice and peace.

-          Violent clashes erupt with Israeli forces across the West Bank.

-          Four Palestinians are shot and injured by Israeli forces in Ramallah village of al-Nabi Saleh, dozens others suffocate in weekly rallies.

-          Israeli settlers assault Salfit residents, a settler opens fire on a Palestinian vehicle in Beit Ummar village near Hebron.

-          Israel threatens to raid Ramallah and repeat the 2002 scenario.

-          A US court agrees to adjudicate the claims made by 11 Israeli-American families against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization.

-          Israeli authorities prevent 100 internationals from attending a Ramallah conference.

-          Israeli Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch approves easing controls on carrying weapons by Israelis.

-          Settlers assault three Palestinian youths from Jerusalem near al-Musrara.

-          The decision to demolish the houses belonging to Hijazi and Abu Jamal families is put on hold.

-          United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry: an additional understanding was made that would allow 25,000 owners of demolished houses in Gaza to access construction materials.

-          An Israeli ex-minister: The Likud became similar to Kahana.

-          Israel refuses a European appeal to stop the demolition of Palestinian activists’ houses.

-          Israeli warplanes destroy crops to the east of Khan Younes.

-          Israeli ‘Civil Administration’ serves 26 orders to demolish structures in the West Bank.

-          A Palestinian toddler suffocates by tear gas canisters fired by Israeli forces in Beit Liqya village.

Al-Ayyam

-          Abbas: We need to plow our land and sleep in our houses in peace and security without ]the daily terrorism[ of settlers and ]the decades-long nightmare[ of occupation.

-          Abbas: Supporting the recognition of the State of Palestine serves as an attempt to save the two-state solution from fading away.

-          Dozens of Palestinians are shot, injured and arrested as Israeli occupation forces quell rallies in support of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

-          Tensions rise in Jerusalem neighborhoods as the time set to demolish the houses of Palestinian suspects’ houses is approaching.

-          Israel refuses an appeal made by five European countries to stop the demolition of the families’ houses of attackers in occupied East Jerusalem.

-          Israeli ‘Defense’ Minister Moshe Yaalon: Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen’s) incitement could not be ignored, we will witness soon an escalation in the West Bank.

-          An Israeli settler runs over a Palestinian woman in Shu‘fat, another open fire on Palestinians in Beit Ummar.

-          45,000 Muslim worshippers performed the Friday prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque as Israeli occupation forces allow Palestinians holding Jerusalem identity cards access into the mosque.

-          German Chancellor Angela Merkel opposes the ‘unilateral’ recognition of the State of Palestine.

-          A Palestinian is shot and injured by Israeli forces to the east of Jabalia in Gaza Strip.

-          United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry: an additional understanding was made that would allow 25,000 owners of demolished houses in Gaza to access construction materials.

-          The US, Iran are developing a proposal to break the deadlock in the nuclear talks.

-          Two Israelis are injured during a scuffle with Palestinian youths in al-Tur neighborhood of East Jerusalem.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida

-          ­ Abbas: We need to sleep in our houses in peace and security without ]the daily terrorism[ of settlers and ]the decades-long nightmare[ of occupation.

-          The measures to demolish the houses of Abu Jamal and Hijazi families in Jerusalem are put on hold until Sunday.

-          United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry: an additional understanding was made that would allow 25,000 owners of demolished houses in Gaza to access construction materials.

-          The Likud party is instigating incitement against the Arabs.

-          Israel rejects a European call to stop house demolitions in Jerusalem.

-          Some Americans are taking the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization to court, demands a $1 billion in compensation.

-          Thousands of Palestinians perform Friday prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Complex.

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