Newspaper Review: Funeral of two Palestinian martyrs focus of dailies

The three Palestinian Arabic-language dailies focused today on the funeral processions held yesterday for Yazan Khasib and Sufyan Khawaja, two Palestinians killed by the Israeli occupation forces, in Tulkarm and Ramallah respectively.

These are the main headlines:

Al-Quds:

[Massive crowds take part in] the funeral of martyrs Khasib and Khawaja.

Palestinian prisoners [in Israeli prisons] are scheduled to go on [an open-ended] hunger strike starting the first day of Ramadan.

Tens of thousands [of Israelis] take part in the anti-Netanyahu government protests.

At a meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt will press Israel to stop [its escalation] in the West Bank… PLO Secretary-General Hussein el-Sheikh: We will participate in the meeting.

Israel escalates [its attack] on the Naqab region.

Al-Hayat Al-Jadida:

[Massive crowds take part in] the funeral of martyrs Yazan Khasib and Sufyan Khawaja.

Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh meets a Dutch official and the chairperson of the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

PLO Secretary-General Hussein el-Sheikh: Palestinian delegation will participate in the Sharm el-Sheikh meeting.

Nouakchott: Foreign Ministers of the OIC call for intensified efforts to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Al-Ayyam:

Injuries [by Israeli gunfire] in the town of Ni’lin and the village of Nabi Saleh… Israeli officers brutally assault Palestinian young men in Jabal al-Mukaber.

[Massive crowds take part in] the funeral of martyrs Khasib and Khawaja.

Israeli occupation forces demolish two Palestinian-owned shacks in Az-Za’ayyem, [east of Jerusalem].

Palestinian prisoners are determined to go on hunger strike starting the first day of Ramadan.

PLO Secretary-General Hussein el-Sheikh: Palestinian delegation will participate in the Sharm el-Sheikh meeting.

Thousands [of Israelis] take part in the anti-judicial overhaul protests.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency