RAMALLAH, July 30, 2017 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies Sunday highlighted the presence of thousands of Palestinians at al-Aqsa mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem in celebration of Israel’s removal of installed metal detectors and other items.
The three dailies said that tens and thousands of Palestinians entered al-Aqsa mosque to pray following over two weeks of clashes with Israeli police over the installation of metal detectors.
The papers read that Israeli police held random manual inspection of Palestinians entering the mosque as extremist Jewish settlers provocatively danced and sang outside Bab al-Asbat ‘Lion’s Gate’.
The on-going clashes with Israeli police across the West Bank have been reported in the three newspapers. Al-Quds said that Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in the town of al-Eizariya.
Palestinians in Jaffa clashed with the Israeli police after the death of one Palestinian youth, who was shot by Israeli police.
Israeli forces closed the DCO checkpoint in city of al-Bireh following clashes with Palestinians after soldiers raided PalMedia office and broke into several media institutions that use the office for their operations causing damage and seizing discs and other equipment, as reported by the three dailies.
The three newspapers printed a statement by Jordan‘s King Abdullah II. He said the Palestinian cause and Jerusalem as well as protecting holy sites are a priority.
The papers also quoted former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barack as saying that current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignited the situation in Jerusalem in the past few weeks in order to distract the public from his investigations over corruption charges.
The Palestinian Authority‘s observer at the UN, Riyadh Mansour said that Israel’s provocative measures would only lead to more Palestinian resistance.
President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday underwent routine tests at Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah and all results showed that he is in good health condition, as reported by the dailies.
According to al-Quds, US President Donald Trump fired Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and replaced him with John Kelly.
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