Newspaper Review: Death of a Palestinian in Israeli detention focus of dailies

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Arabic-language dailies focused today on the death of Mousa Abu Mahameed, a 40-year-old Palestinian man, in an Israeli hospital yesterday in yet unclear circumstances as Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups held Israel responsible for his death. Abu Mahameed had been held in Israeli detention for two months.

Following are the main headlines of the three Palestinian dailies:

Al-Hayat al-Jadida:

– Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh: ‘Our strategy at the orders of President [Mahmoud Abbas] is to reinforce the resilience of our people and confront the [Israeli] settlement project.’

– Protesters hold a vigil in the city of Taybie against the Israeli policy of home demolitions, while others take part in a convoy of vehicles in Kafr Qara in protest of [Israeli police’s inaction to] criminality.

– The Israeli occupation hands over the body of martyr Mousa Abu Mahameed.

– Israel imposes new restrictions on the entry of foreigners into the West Bank, starting tomorrow.

– Google harnesses its services to the occupying state, and former employees say ‘no tech for apartheid’.

– Temperature is about two degrees above normal.

Al-Ayyam:

– The occupation will close the West Bank’s gates to foreigners as of tomorrow.

– Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli occupation’s prisons “as a result of deliberate medical neglect.”

– The Israeli occupation bulldozes a Palestinian-owned land in the village of Sinjil.

– OCHA: The Israeli authorities demolished and confiscated 55 Palestinian buildings within two weeks.

– Jenin: Dina Jaradat, a Palestinian woman prisoner in Israel, was moved to hospital [following a deterioration in her health condition].

– Iran announces strengthening its civil defense and boosting the readiness of its air defense forces.

– Protesters hold a vigil against the Israeli policy of home demolitions in the city of Taybie.

– A Turkish warship docks at Haifa port, accompanied by an American destroyer.

– Vehicles rally in Kafr Qara in protest of violence and crime.

Al-Quds:

– Palestinian prisoner Mousa Abu Mahameed dies in Israeli prisons.

– OCHA: Israeli occupation forces demolished more than 8,000 Palestinian buildings since 2009.

– The Israeli occupation bulldozes a Palestinian-owned land in the village of Sinjil, and forces a Palestinian family to self-demolish its own home in Silwan.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency

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