Newspaper Review: Dailies highlight Palestinian administrative detainees postponing hunger strike

Palestinian Arabic-language dailies focused today on the decision of the Palestinian administrative detainees in Israel to postpone an open-ended hunger strike that was supposed to start today after the Israel Prison Service responded to some of their demands. These are the main headlines: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida: - Central Committee of Fatah: Subjugating our people and resolving the conflict by the force of terrorism is just an illusion. - Police spokesman: 17 murders and 35 deaths due to traffic accidents since the beginning of this year. - A UN committee: Israel will try to formally annex the West Bank. - Two young men were injured during Israeli military raids into Jenin and Askar refugee camp. - Israeli occupation forces assault and arrest a child in Arraba. - Israeli occupation forces order a halt on the building of a house in Masafer Yatta. - Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails give the Israeli Prison Service an opportunity to complete dialogue [on the situation of administrative detainees]. Al-Quds: - An Israeli draft law would allow the imprisonment of Palestinian children under the age of 12. - Injuries during Israeli raids and confrontations in Nablus and Jenin. - Israeli occupation forces order a halt on the building of a house in Masafer Yatta. - [Tens of thousands of Israelis] resume protests against the Netanyahu government. - Central Committee of Fatah: Subjugating our people and resolving the conflict by the force of terrorism is just an illusion. - China's proposals on the settlement of the Palestinian issue reflect its relentless efforts and active role for the issue. Al-Ayyam: - Confrontations and two Palestinians injured in Israeli raids into Jenin, Askar, and Nur Shams refugee camps. - Central Committee of Fatah: We look forward to a supportive position from our Arab world by rejecting normalization. - Palestinian administrative detainees postpone their strike until the beginning of July. - A vehicle march in support of cancer-stricken Palestinian detainee Walid Daqqa in Baqa al-Gharbiya. - Israeli occupation forces assault and arrest a child in Arraba. - Palestinians demonstrate in the city of Al-Tayibe in protest against the Israeli policy of demolition and restrictions. - Calls to confront an Israeli plan to establish an industrial zone on the lands of Saffa village. Israel: renewed protests against [the Netanyahu government's] weakening of the judiciary for the 24th week.

Source: Palestine news & Information Agency - WAFA

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