The three Palestinian Arabic dailies published today highlighted settler violence and vandalism in the West Bank as well as the funeral of Minister of Prisoners Affairs, Qadri Abu Bakr, who died in a car accident in the north of the West Bank. Al-Quds and al-Ayyam dailies said in the main front-page story headline that the settlers continued to attack Palestinians, vandalizing property and arson of fields and vehicles. The third daily, al-Hayat al-Jadida, while also reporting on the settlers’ terrorism, highlighted the funeral; attended by President Mahmoud Abbas, of the late prisoners’ minister Qadri Abu Baker, who died in a car accident near Salfit. It also said that the Palestinian administrative detainees who were on hunger strike demanding an end to their incarceration without charge or trial have ended their strike after reaching a deal with the Israeli military for not renewing their detention after the current one expires. Al-Ayyam said the resistance in Jenin downed an Israel drone as the army talks about a large-scale operation in the city. It said in a story quoting Nabil Shaath, representative of President Abbas on international relations, saying that Spain is seriously considering recognizing the Palestinian state. It also said in another story that Washington links the visa waiver for Israelis to actions in the West Bank. It also quoted the UN commissioner on human rights saying that the list of companies working in the illegal Israeli settlements has been updated. Al-Quds said US Secretary of State Blinken expressed to his Israeli counterpart his concern about the settlers’ violence that affected American Palestinians. It said the Organization of Islamic Cooperation called for collective action to prevent the desecration of the Holy Quran.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA