RAMALLAH, July 22, 2015 (WAFA) – The approval of a controversial law by the Israeli parliament, Knesset, to impose up to 20 years imprisonment sentences against Palestinians convicted of stone-throwing made headlines of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies in their Wednesday issue.

They said the Knesset passed on Tuesday evening in the second and third readings a bill sentencing Palestinians convicted of throwing stones at Israeli forces to serve a jail sentence up to 20 years, if it is determined that they intended to cause harm.

The bill also stipulates that Palestinians who throw stones at Israeli vehicles could stay in prison for up to 10 years if prosecutors are unable to prove harmful intent from the stone thrower.

In a different subject, the three dailies said a United Nations Security Council meeting on Tuesday said the situation in Gaza was no longer sustainable, and called for ending Israel’s blockade on Gaza.

Al-Ayyam said Salafi groups in Gaza threatened to launch rocket attacks on Israel in case Hamas, the de facto authority in Gaza, continues to detain a number of Salafi members.

Al-Quds reported on the Israeli army which demolished commercial structures in the town of Idhna, west of Hebron, and razed a  road used for agricultural purposes in the town of Salfit on Tuesday.

Al-Ayyam printed a story of Jewish organizations which called upon their followers to organize provocative visits to Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Ayyam reported on Gaza’s electricity crisis, saying lack of funds needed for purchasing fuel to generate power has recently caused sporadic shutdowns in power supply in the Strip; up to 20 hours without electricity.

It said the European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday condemned Israel’s continued settlement expansion and the Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement.

At the Arab world level, al-Ayyam said 19 Iraqis were killed, and 43 others were wounded in two car bombing incidents in Baghdad.

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