RAMALLAH, Monday, April 08, 2019 (WAFA) – Palestinian prisoners’ decision to postpone their planned mass open-ended hunger strike in Israeli jails dominated the front page headlines in Monday’s issue of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies.
Al-Quds reported that Palestinian prisoners have suspected their planned open-ended hunger strike amid ongoing dialogue with the Israeli Prison Service (IPS).
Al-Ayyam said in this regard that prisoners have postponed their planned open-ended hunger strike following a progress in the dialogue with the IPS.
On the other hand, al-Hayat al-Jadida opted to highlight the planned demolition of Palestinian structures in its main front page news article, a theme that was also covered in the other two dailies.
It said that Israeli occupation authorities delivered demolition notices to nine Palestinian homes in Yatta in the southern West Bank district of Hebron as well as to four animal barns in Beit Jala town, located near Bethlehem.
The dailies said that Israeli occupation authorities are imposing a general closure on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on the election day, scheduled on April 9.
According to al-Quds, Israeli forces showered the compound of a Palestinian school in the southern West Bank city of Hebron with tear gas canisters, causing dozens of students to suffocate.
Moreover, the dailies said that the UK strongly condemned Israel’s advancement of plans and tenders to construct more settlement units in the West Bank.
Al-Quds reported well-informed Palestinian sources revealing that Egypt has relayed mutual security demands between Israel and Hamas to consolidate the calm in the besieged Gaza Strip.
It also spotlighted the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research’s critical policy brief titled Palestinian Elections: An Opportunity to Restore National Unity or a Step to Permanent Separation?
Al-Ayyam reported well-informed Palestinian sources stating that the new Palestinian government will swear the oath of office during this coming weekend.
It added that head of Jerusalem’s Religious Endowments (Waqf) and Islamic Holy Places Sheikh Abedel-Azeem Salhab accessed Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first time following a 40-day ban.
Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida said that Israel has denied a United Nations Commission entry into Palestine (the occupied Palestinian territories).
Regionally, al-Hayat al-Jadida highlighted member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee’s member Azzam al-Ahmad in the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s 140th General Assembly’s meeting in Doha.
It reported al-Ahmad calling on the Inter-Parliamentary Union to confront Israeli aggressive actions against the Palestinian people and rein in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset.
The dailies reported Jordan’s King Abdullah II affirming that his country’s position on the Palestinian question is “clear and steadfast”.
Al-Hayat al-Jadida reported Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi stating his country does not know the details of the US-touted Mideast plan, dubbed deal of the century, but the position of Jordan is fixed.
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