Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of local and international issues. On the Palestinian cause, Almadinah newspaper criticized Israel's description of the decision of the International Criminal Court to open a preliminary investigation into war crimes in Palestine as shameful ,saying that what is really shameful is the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian lands. On the same issue, Al-Riyadh newspaper regretted President Barack Obama's statement that the Palestinian Authority is not a sovereign state, criticizing contribution by the US to the suffering of the Palestinian people. Continuing on the same file, Alwatan newspaper also criticized condemnation by the US of the decision by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to open a preliminary investigation into the Israeli war crimes against the Palestinians, stressing that what is really shameful is more than seven decades of Israeli crimes against the people of Palestine under US auspices. --More 10:38 LOCAL TIME 07:38 GMT تغريد