RAMALLAH, November 5, 2017 (WAFA) – News about the sudden resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri hit the front pages of the three Arabic Palestinian dailies on Sunday.

Al-Quds, al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida said that Lebanese PM al-Hariri suddenly announced his resignation amidst what he described as fear of assassination.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida said that he stated that Lebanon is experiencing in a climate similar to the one that prevailed prior to the assassination of his father, Rafik al-Hariri.

On a different subject, al-Quds and al-Ayyam reported that Israel is planning to intensify security measures in the city of Jerusalem through installing cameras in the Old City.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Ayyam said that Israeli bulldozers razed a Palestinian-ownd land near Salfit, in the occupied West Bank, in order to expand factories that belong to the illegal Israeli settlements of Ariel and Brukhin.

A Palestinian resident was shot by Israeli forces during clashes near the settlement of Karmei Tzur, near the city of Hebron, according Al-Ayyam and al-Quds.

A statement by Ahmad Halas, Fatah Central Committee member, was reported in al-Hayat al-Jadida. He said that a central festival is going to be held in Gaza on Saturday to commemorate the death of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat 13 years ago.

Al-Ayyam reported that thousands of protesters marched in London to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration and in protest of the current visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to London.

Al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadidia published an article written by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, titled “Burden of Lord Balfour.”

Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Ayyam said that Saudi Arabia intercepted a missile that was fired from Yemen to the northeast of Riyadh.

Al-Ayyam reported that Saudi Arabia detained former and current princes and ministers in an “anti-corruption crackdown” led by the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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