Palestinian Arabic-language dailies focused today on Israel’s backlash against the recent UN vote demanding the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion on the legal status of Israel’s “prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967”.
Following are the main headlines:
Al-Ayyam:
– President Mahmoud Abbas rejected US pressures to postpone the Palestinian draft resolution… A sock and fear are dominating in Israel in the aftermath of the UN vote calling for ICJ opinion on Israeli occupation.
– Injuries in an Israeli raid on the town of Qabatiya, and Israeli occupation army shuts down the entrance to the village of Qusra.
– Israeli occupation orders a halt on the construction of a house in the village of Irtas.
– Outgoing Israeli War Minister Benny Gantz: ‘We have to strive in order for Israel not to commit strategic mistakes.’
– The Republic of Iraq: ‘Our position is clear and frank regarding the issue of Palestine’.
– Ammunition has been stolen from an Israeli army base in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
– Turkey appoints an ambassador to Israel.
Al-Quds:
– Israel is afraid of the International Court of Justice, and Lapid hints at possible escalation with the Palestinians.
– Israeli occupation forces shut down the entrance to the village of Qusra, and Israeli navy attacks fishermen off Gaza.
– Israel criticizes Ukraine for voting in favor of Palestine at UN.
– UNRWA and the PLO welcome the UN’s adoption of a set of resolutions in favor of the former.
– Hamas’s chief Ismail Haniyeh praises Algeria and its support of Palestine and rejection of normalization [of the Israeli occupation].
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida:
– Israeli occupation army shuts down the entrance to the village of Qusra, and orders a halt on the construction of a house in the village of Irtas.
– President Mahmoud Abbas receives the President of International Boxing Association.
– The Second National Conference on UN Security Council Resolution 2250 was inaugurated under the auspices of Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.
– Jibril Rajoub, the President of the Palestinian Football Association, and the President of the International Boxing Association (IBA), Umar Kremlev, lay the foundation stone for the Palestinian Olympic Boxing Center.
– Spanish multinational clothing company INDITEX affirms its commitment to defend human rights and says the statements of the Zara agent in Israel do not represent or reflect the company’s policy.
– 20 people were killed in a bus crash in a bus crash in Egypt’s Nile Delta region.
Source: Palestine News & Information Agency