Main headlines focus on the situation in the Occupied Territories.
This reflection, brought up by Walid Ayyub in Fasl Al-Maqal , has been haunting the Arab press for a few weeks since the first clashes broke out inside Israel. Obviously, the Ayyub's question remains unanswered. The Arab press certainly did not consider the adoption by the Israeli Government of a four-billion NIS budget for the development of Arab localities an achievement, nor an appropriate answer from the government to the people's anger. The measure appeared derisory to many commentators, even more so in the light of the Government's decision to boost its aid and protection to Jewish towns located in Arab-populated areas. On another level, the fate of hundreds of young Arabs detained for their alleged participation in confrontations with the police continued raising the concern of Arab press.