RAMALLAH, June 15, 2015 (WAFA) – The killing of 22-year-old Abdullah Ghnaimat by Israeli forces in the Ramallah village of Kafr Malik together with President Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks during the 25th African Union Summit in Johannesburg hit the front page headlines of the three Arabic Palestinian dailies.

Covering the killing of Ghnaimat in its main front page news item, al-Ayyam reported that the martyr was first shot and then run over by an Israeli military vehicle.

Al-Quds reported in this regard that Ghnaimat’s funeral procession was attended by overwhelming Palestinian crowds and that the heinous murder was widely condemned.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida reported in this regard that Israeli occupation forces savagely ‘assassinated’ Ghnaimat.

Al-Ayyam printed a photo featuring a Palestinian woman confronting and shouting at Israeli forces shortly after Ghnaimat was killed in Kafr Malik. Al-Hayat al-Jadida printed another photo featuring hundreds of Palestinians taking part in Ghnaimat’s funeral procession.

While Ghnaimat’s killing dominated the front page of al-Ayyam, al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida opted to give prominence to the remarks made by President Mahmoud Abbas during the 25th African Union Summit in Johannesburg.

Al-Quds reported on Abbas as calling on state leaders to advocate the Palestinian people for ending the Israeli occupation and urging the labeling of Israeli settlements’ products.

Abbas was quoted in al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida as stating, any initiative to make peace should fall within the framework of setting a deadline for ending the Israeli occupation.

Highlighting other Israeli forces’ practices throughout the occupied Palestinian Territory, al-Quds reported that Israeli forces leveled Palestinian lands near Nablus and that clashes broke out in East Jerusalem.

Al-Ayyam reported that Israeli soldiers and settlers forced their way into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

The three dailies highlighted Israel’s attempts to defend its conduct during the 2014 onslaught on Gaza in an inter-ministerial report. The Israeli internal report was issued about two weeks before a UN report into the onslaught.

Al-Quds reported that attempting to forestall the UN inquiry commission’s report about the latest Israeli aggression on Gaza, Israel claims its military didn’t target Palestinian civilians and adhered to all legal standards.

It reported on the Palestinian cabinet as affirming that it would not back down from its demand to conduct an international inquiry into the onslaught. It also reported on Hamas as affirming that Israeli forces’ violations against Palestinian civilians are documented by photo and video material.

Al-Ayyam reported on Israel as defending its latest onslaught as both ‘lawful’ and ‘legitimate’, claiming that civilians were not [intentionally] targeted. Al-Hayat al-Jadida slammed the Israeli report as meant to ‘legitimize’ Israeli war crimes that were broadcasted during the latest onslaught.

Highlighting expanding boycott of Israel, al-Quds and al-Ayyam reported that the Norwegian insurance giant, KLP Kapitalforvaltning has divested its shares from Israeli projects in the West Bank.

The three dailies reported that despite of video footage showing Israeli soldiers savagely beating an unarmed Palestinian with their fists and a riffles butt in the Ramallah refugee camp of al-Jalazoun, Israeli military decided not to open an investigation but to impose lenient penalties on them.

The three dailies also reported that the Israeli government has approved a draft legislation that would allow hunger-striking Palestinian detainees to be force fed.

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