Clashes that erupted at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as hundreds of hardline Israelis stormed the esplanade to commemorate Tisha B’av hit the front page headlines in Palestinian daily newspapers.<\/p>\n
The three dailies said hundreds of hardline settlers forced their way into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and Israeli police assaulted ]Palestinian[ worshippers. Al-Ayyam said a total of 400 settlers forced their way into the esplanade. <\/p>\n
Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida said 15 Palestinians sustained injuries after being assaulted by police. <\/p>\n
New Israeli plans to grab Palestinian land and build settlements in Bethlehem district also hit the front page headlines in the dailies.<\/p>\n
Al-Quds said Israel laid the groundwork to seize and isolate a total of 11,700 dunums of Palestinian land belonging to Bethlehem district.<\/p>\n
Al-Ayyam explained in this regard that Israeli authorities are considering announcing plans to seize Palestinian land in Bethlehem district in order to expand the Israeli settlement of Efrat.<\/p>\n
Al-Hayat al-Jadida said Israeli authorities plan to isolate Bethlehem through the construction of a new settlement.<\/p>\n
Highlighting settlement construction plans in Ramallah district, al-Quds and al-Ayyam said Israel approved the construction of 4,200 new settler units in Modiin Illit settlement, west of Ramallah. <\/p>\n
The three dailies said a Palestinian girl was detained after allegedly stabbing an Israeli soldier at a military checkpoint, west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. Al-Quds and al-Ayyam added that four members of the girl’s family were subsequently detained.<\/p>\n
Al-Quds said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the closure of al-Khan al-Ahmer Primary School in the Bedouin communities, east of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida said the Israeli Supreme Court rejected an appeal submitted by the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs to release hunger-striking Palestinian brothers Muhammad and Mahmoud Balboul from administrative detention.<\/p>\n
Al-Ayyam reported Palestinian human rights organizations called for an investigation to be opened into mounting Israeli authorities’ threats and smear campaign against Palestinian human rights organizations members and staff.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source : WAFA<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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