RAMALLAH, Saturday, November 24, 2018 (WAFA) – Rampage by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and the weekly protests on the Gaza border with Israel dominated the front page headlines in the three Palestinian Arabic dailies on Saturday.
Al-Ayyam actually was the only paper in the three that made the Gaza protests its main top front page story but said in the headline that this Friday was “the most calm” in months. It said that 14 people were injured in “ed” protests.
Al-Quds also reported on Palestinians injured in Gaza, but focused primarily on events in the West Bank, particularly vandalism by Jewish settlers in several West Bank towns and villages.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida, however, totally ignored the Gaza protests on its front page and reported on the settlers rampage in the West Bank saying also that the Palestinian Foreign Ministry has called on the United Nations Security Council to “shoulder its responsibilities” toward the Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories.
It said Foreign Minister Riyad Malki called in a statement from Rome on the international community to overcome its ineptness and make a change to reach the two-state solution.
It also quoted the Japanese foreign minister stating in Rome that work is underway to build roads from Palestine to Jordan and other countries to facilitate Palestinian export to the Middle East region.
Al-Quds quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying that it will not be possible to guarantee stability in the Middle East without solving the Palestinian question.
It said in other news that a Fatah delegation is heading to Cairo on Sunday to continue dialogue on reconciliation.
Al-Ayyam said Hamas security forces are pursuing people who collaborated with the botched Israeli operation in Khan Younis.
It said Israel is again pushing forward the Med-Dead Canal project to satisfy Jordan.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida and al-Quds reported on the decision by the Arab ministers of justice meeting in Sudan to form a committee to expose Israel’s “racist” laws, particularly the Nation-State Basic Law, which has been deemed by many rights organizations as racist because it gives preference to Jews at the expense of other non-Jewish ethnic groups.
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