RAMALLAH, Saturday, March 23, 2019 (WAFA) – The Israeli army killing of two Palestinians yesterday during the Friday March of Return protests on the Gaza border with Israel was highlighted on the front page of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies today.

The papers also said dozens were injured in the protests as well from the Israeli army gunfire.

Palestinians were also injured when Israeli soldiers suppressed peaceful protests in the West Bank, particularly in Kufr Qaddoum in the north of the West Bank.

The papers also reported on the vote in the United Nations Human Right Council condemning Israeli use of lethal force against unarmed Palestinians during these protests, particularly in the Gaza Strip.

Al-Ayyam said the upcoming Friday protests have been postponed until Saturday, which coincides with Land Day anniversary and the first anniversary for the start of the March of Return protests. Calls were made for a million-person protest on that day, March 30.

While in Gaza, Al-Hayat al-Jadida said Hamas forces continued to suppress the popular “We want to live” movement that started in Gaza two weeks ago demanding better economic conditions.

Al-Quds said Paris summoned an Israeli diplomat to protest Israeli police intrusion into the French Cultural Center in occupied East Jerusalem to prevent a Palestinian event marking Mother’s Day.

The papers highlighted the week anniversary for the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand and reported that calls for prayer on Friday were sounded throughout the island as the prime minister joined in marking this day.

On the recognition of US President Donald Trump of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as under Israel sovereignty, al-Hayat al-Jadida quoted Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, saying that the legal status of Jerusalem and the Golan are determined by their people.

It also said the Arab world and the international community have condemned this step by Trump.

The same paper reported on its front page that Jana Tamimi, 13, from Nabi Saleh village near Ramallah, was one of four girls her age who handed Pope Francis in the Vatican the torch of peace, which was lit to mark the US nuclear attack on Hiroshima.

It also reported on the Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem yesterday and printed a picture of runners along the Israeli apartheid wall that had a painting of Trump on it.

Al-Quds said US congresspersons are getting ready to introduce a new bill against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement of Israel.

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