RAMALLAH, May 21, 2015 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies focused in their Thursday issue on the Israeli police  killing of a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem on Wednesday, for allegedly attempting to run over two Israeli police members.

The three papers said Imran Abu Dhaim, 42, was shot dead by Israeli police after allegedly attempting to run over two Israeli Border Police officers in Jerusalem’s al-Tur neighborhood.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Ayyam quoted President Mahmoud Abbas as saying that Israel must stop all settlement activities and accept a two-state solution based on 1967 borders.

Al-Quds and al-Ayyam said the Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, James Rawley, and the Director of UNRWA Operations West Bank, Felipe Sanchez, expressed grave concern over recent Israeli plans to transfer Palestinian Bedouins in the central West Bank from their current communities.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Ayyam said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended a pilot program, proposed by 'Defense' Minister Moshe Ya'alon, to separate Israeli and Palestinian bus travel lines in the West Bank.

Al-Quds and al-Ayyam said the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolished a Palestinian-owned building and a house in Jerusalem’s Ras al-Amoud neighborhood, under the pretext of construction without a permit.

Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida said the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem has approved the construction of about 90 settlement units in the illegal settlement of Har Homa, built illegally on the land of Jabal Abu Ghnaim, in East Jerusalem.

Al-Quds quoted Islamic Jihad official Khader Habib who said that Hamas denied conducting negotiations with Israel on a permanent ceasefire in recent months.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida reported on a draft resolution expected to be proposed by France to be presented ahead of the Security Council earlier than September of 2015, to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within 18 months.

The paper highlighted Abbas’ meeting with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs Fredrica Mogherini, during which he said “We are with the peace process, but the Israeli side must take responsibility.”

During the same visit, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed Mogherini of his support to a two state solution for two people, despite his last-minute rejection of the creation of a Palestinian state in an appeal to the right during the most recent election campaign.

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