Newspapers Review: Weekly anti-settlement protests and developments in Sheikh Jarrah focus of Palestinian dailies

RAMALLAH, The three Palestinian Arabic dailies, al-Hayat al-Jadida, al-Ayyam, and al-Quds, published today highlighted the Israeli army crackdown on anti-settlements, anti-occupation protests in the West Bank and the protests in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem against Israel’s ethnic cleansing policy that aim to uproot the Palestinian residents and replace them with Jewish settlers.

Here are the main headlines of the three dailies.

Al-Hayat al-Jadida:

The battle to defend Sheikh Jarrah continues despite the repression. The flag of Palestine is flying in the neighborhood.

A statement from the President’s legal advisor regarding the decision by law about the domain of the state.

Abu Rudeineh: The siege of Sheikh Jarrah is rejected and condemned, and we warn of its repercussions.

A demonstration at Megiddo prison in support of prisoners.

Hussein al-Sheikh: Our unity is the painful weapon for the occupation and its propaganda.

Alarms heard in the north over a drone.

Foreign Ministry welcomes South Africa’s constitutional court ruling that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism.

Al-Ayyam:

Contact area heated; demonstrations, injuries, Beita uprising foils settlers’ plans.

Gaza: Eight people were injured due to an explosion in an agricultural area.

United Nations: Force evictions should end.

The Israeli army fails to bring down a drone that came from Lebanon.

The occupation suppresses a massive demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah against settlement and eviction.

Presidency warns of the repercussions of the siege of Sheikh Jarrah.

More than 65,000 people performed Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Corona: 13 deaths and 2545 injuries

A child was run over by a settler east of Qalqilya.

One person was killed in Jaffa, and two wounded in Taybeh and Kufr Qassem.

Fears of Russian military intervention in Ukraine escalate; tension on the ground between separatists and government forces.

Al-Quds:

54 people were injured and dozens suffocated in the weekly West Bank demonstrations.

Assault on protesters and solidarity activists in Sheikh Jarrah.

13 deaths and 2545 corona cases in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

The Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union affirms the illegality of settlements and demands support for the Palestinian budget.

Extensive evacuations as Washington monitors a huge Russian military build-up.

Corona in Israel: 60 deaths and 7,468 new cases.

Source: Palestine News & Info Agency

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