RAMALLAH, February 28, 2017 (WAFA) – The speech delivered by President Mahmoud Abbas at the opening session of the 34th United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting in Geneva hit the front page headlines in the three Palestinian Arabic dailies.
Abbas was quoted in the three dailies: “It is impractical for the sake of peace and justice to discuss temporary solutions or merge the question of Palestine within the framework of regional affairs.”
He was also reported in al-Ayyam as reiterating his demand for an international system to be established for the protection of the Palestinian people.
Abbas called on states that believe in the two-state solution to recognize the state of Palestine and warning parties not to take steps that contribute to strengthening Israeli occupation.
Al-Quds said four Palestinians were injured after Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on several locations across the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian girl was shot and injured by Israeli forces at Qalandia military checkpoint, north of Jerusalem.
Al-Ayyam said scores of Palestinians suffocated from tear gas inhalation fired at them by Israeli forces during clashes in Jabaa town, south of Jenin, in the northern West Bank.
Al-Quds reported Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian boy ]by a rubber-coated steel bullet[ during a raid that sparked clashes in Shufat refugee camp in East Jerusalem.
It added contacts are underway in preparation for summit involving Abbas and US President Donald Trump.
Al-Quds said Fatah Central Committee member Azzam al-Ahmad announced that a political and security agreement has been reached in order to radically address the situation in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein al-Hilweh in Lebanon.
The dailies said Egypt refused entry of Secretary-General of Fatah Central Committee Jibril Rajoub at Cairo airport.
Al-Ayyam reported that the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has suspended a senior UNRWA staff following an Israeli campaign accusing him of having being elected to a political position in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida said Abbas called on UN Secretary-General António Guterres to establish an international protection system for the Palestinian people and develop a binding mechanism and a specified timeframe to end Israeli occupation.
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