RAMALLAH, December 9, 2014 (WAFA) – The dissolution of Israeli Knesset and approval to hold general elections on March 17 and extremist settler groups’ calls to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound hit the main headlines of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies.

Al-Quds

-          ]West[ Jerusalem Municipality issues demolition orders for several Palestinians’ houses in Silwan and Sur Baher.

-          Fatah Central Committee Member Azzam al-Ahmad: Egypt needs more time to prepare for the resumption of the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and reopening Rafah border crossing.

-          Islamic Jihad leader Khaled al-Batsh: The initiative to end the division is still under consultation and has not yet been presented to Fatah and Hamas.

-          Extremist settler organizations, under the umbrella of the Coalition of the Temple, call for a large scale storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque on the occasion of ‘Hanukkah’.

-          Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah: The UN institutions have an essential role in Gaza reconstruction.

-          ]An Israeli military court[ extends the imprisonment of 59 Palestinians, including Wael al-Hashlamon.

-          Israel escalates the situation in the Gaza Strip from the land and sea, violates the ceasefire 40 times.

-          Israeli parliamentarians agree to dissolve the Knesset.

-          A Hamas delegation to visit Tehran.

Al-Ayyam

-          The ‘Temple Organizations Coalition’ calls for storming Al-Aqsa Mosque on a large-scale basis on the eve of an upcoming Jewish festival, new demolition orders are issued for Palestinians houses in Silwan and Sur Baher.

-          Israeli Knesset dissolves in preparation for early general elections slated on March 17.

-          After being accused of launching airstrikes near Damascus, Israel affirms its determination to prevent the transfer of weapons to Hizbollah.

-          Fatah Central Committee Member Azzam al-Ahmad: Egypt needs more time to resume indirect peace negotiations, Hamas signals its pessimism.

-          News that Minister of Education Khawla al-Shakhshir is denied.

-          Israeli authorities demolish the Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Naqab area.

-          Knesset’s Financial Committee fails to approve the transfer of INS 120 million to West Bank settlements.

-          Israeli occupation forces continue to raze lands in Jalud village near Nablus.

-          Palestine will attend the International Criminal Court’s meetings as an observer.

-          ‘Israeli Supreme Court’ postpones issuing a ruling on whether to deport four Palestinian MPs and a former minister from East Jerusalem.

-          An old map for Palestine dating to year 1750 is detected in Cairo.

-          Al-Arabiya News: Israeli strikes killed two Hizbollah memebers.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida

-          Knesset is dissolved; an intense electoral battle starts in Israel.

-          Calls are made to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque during the next week, Talmudic rituals are performed inside the Mosque.

-          Knesset Financial Committee fails to approve the transfer of INS 120 million to West Bank settlements.

-          ‘Israeli Supreme Court’ postpones the issuing of a ruling on whether to deport four Palestinian MPs from East Jerusalem for an indefinite period.

-          A map for Palestine during the Roman Empire period is detected with an Egyptian who arrived to Cairo from the US.

-          The Bedouin village of al-Araqib is demolished, hundreds of residents are displaced.

-          Israeli police arrest nine Syrians from the occupied Golan Heights for raising Hezbollah flags.

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