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SAFAR 19,1440 AH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2018 28º 28 Pages Max 150 Fils Established 1961 Min 19º ISSUE NO: 17668 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait and India to sign Israel accuses Syria, Iran of Arqaam forecasts double-digit Mane, Salah fire Liverpool 3 MoU on labor this week 7 ordering Gaza rocket fire 12 earnings growth for Gulf Bank 28 to top of Premier League Muscat says time to accept Israel after Bibi visits Oman Saudi Arabia beacon of ‘light’ • Gulf ‘pillar’ of stability • ‘Russia cannot replace US’ MANAMA: Oman described Israel as an relying on the United States and efforts by their neighbors. Looking forward to seeing accepted Middle East state yesterday, a day President Donald Trump in working towards more meetings like this!” Greenblatt said. after hosting a surprise visit by its prime min- the “deal of the century” (Middle East peace), Israel and some Gulf states share an inter- ister that Washington said could help regional he added. est in curbing Iran’s influence in the region. peace efforts. Oman is offering ideas to help Bahrain’s foreign minister Khalid bin Oman has long been to the Middle East what Israel and the Palestinians to come together Ahmed Al-Khalifa voiced support for Oman neutral Switzerland is to global diplomacy. but is not acting as mediator, Yousuf bin over the sultanate’s role in trying to secure The country helped to mediate secret US- Alawi bin Abdullah, the sultanate’s minister Israeli-Palestinian peace, while Saudi Iran talks in 2013 that led to the historic responsible for foreign affairs, told a security Arabia’s foreign minister Adel Al-Jubeir said nuclear deal signed in Geneva two years later. summit in Bahrain. “Israel is a state present in the kingdom believes the key to normalizing Earlier this year, bin Alawi visited Jerusalem’s the region, and we all understand this,” bin relations with Israel was the peace process. Al-Aqsa Mosque and Netanyahu has on sev- Alawi said. “The world is also aware of this The three-day summit was attended by eral occasions hinted at warmer ties with Gulf fact. Maybe it is time for Israel to be treated Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. US Defense states. He told Israel’s parliament last week the same [as others states] and also bear the Secretary Jim Mattis, and his counterparts in that due to fears of a nuclear threat from Iran, same obligations.” Italy and Germany also participated, but “Israel and other Arab countries are closer His comments followed a rare visit to Jordan’s King Abdullah cancelled his appear- than they ever were before.” Oman by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ance after a flood that hit the Dead Sea Though uncommon, Israeli leaders have ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, which came days after region killed 21 people. previously visited the Gulf state. In 1996, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas paid a Trump’s Middle East envoy Jason late Shimon Peres went to Oman and Qatar three-day visit to the Gulf country. Both lead- Greenblatt welcomed the “warming ties & when he was prime minister and opened ers met with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos. “We are growing cooperation between our regional Israel trade representative offices in both Gulf not saying that the road is now easy and friends” in a tweet late on Friday. “This is a countries. His predecessor, the late Yitzhak paved with flowers, but our priority is to put helpful step for our peace efforts & essential Rabin, made the first trip to Oman in 1994. On MUSCAT: Oman’s Sultan Qaboos meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an end to the conflict and move to a new to create an atmosphere of stability, security his visit on Friday, Netanyahu was world,” bin Alawi told the summit. Oman is & prosperity between Israelis, Palestinians & Continued on Page 24 during the latter’s unannounced visit to the Gulf country on Friday. — AFP Sheikh Salem shed light on Kuwait’s commitment “to Pence attends US supporting refugees and advocating for peace, stability and dignity for all people,” saying “it is a commitment that is part of our national culture”. “Our leader, His Kuwait Embassy’s Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, is a bridge-builder who has sought to create annual gala dinner a broad, multilateral response to the humanitarian crises stemming from conflicts in the region and WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence and beyond,” he noted. top US administration officials gathered at the Kuwait Mike Pence delivered greetings of President Donald Embassy in Washington for an evening honoring Trump and gratitude “for last year’s honor and tonight’s Second Lady Karen Pence, the recipient of the honor and wanted all you to know that he so appreci- Humanitarian Award for her commitment in raising ates the generosity and spirit represented through the awareness about the mental health profession of art event”. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said “on therapy in the US and around the world. The Gala behalf of the US, we thank the good work of Kuwait” Dinner for UNHCR, hosted by Kuwait’s Ambassador to for its assistance and the enormous humanitarian work the US Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah and his wife Sheikha and the efforts it has done for the refugees around the Rima Al-Sabah honoring Karen Pence, is an event that world. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres celebrates the enduring and important friendship and expressed appreciation for the “solidarity and generos- WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence, Second Lady Karen Pence, Kuwait’s Ambassador to the US Sheikh strong partnership between the US and Kuwait that ity” of HH the Amir, the Kuwaiti government and people Salem Al-Sabah and his wife Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah attend a gala dinner on Friday. — KUNA goes back to many decades. of Kuwait. — KUNA (See Page 5) since 2011. News in brief Turkey hosts “The eyes of the world are on us today... I hope we will act with a sincere Data thieves nabbed and constructive understanding and will Syria summit not fail to meet their expectations,” KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested three Erdogan said as he opened the summit in Egyptians for selling data of about 1.8 million citizens with leaders Istanbul. The talks come a day after sev- and expats. Security sources said the suspects sold en civilians were killed by Syrian regime the information for KD 250, including names, address- ISTANBUL: The leaders of Turkey, artillery fire in the northwestern province es, places of work and mobile phone, ID and passport Russia, France and Germany met yester- of Idlib, according to the Syrian numbers. The sources explained that a citizen report- day to try to find a political solution to Observatory for Human Rights, the high- ed he viewed an ad by an Egyptian offering to sell Syria’s devastating civil war, provide est death toll since a ceasefire was such data, and on calling him and getting a copy, he access to humanitarian aid and salvage a reached there last month. realized how dangerous such practices can be and fragile ceasefire in the country’s last Russia, which supports the regime of immediately informed the police. The suspect was major rebel-held bastion. Turkish Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, and ambushed and arrested red-handed. He led police to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wel- Turkey, which backs the rebels, agreed his accomplices, including one who was arrested comed Russia’s Vladimir Putin, France’s to create a buffer zone around Idlib, but ISTANBUL: (From left) Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor while about to leave the country. — By A Saleh Emmanuel Macron and German violence has escalated dramatically lead- Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and French President Chancellor Angela Merkel to the gather- ing up to the summit. Turkey and Russia Emmanuel Macron take part in the “Four-way Istanbul summit on Syria” at the ing on the Syrian conflict, in which more have held talks with Iran on the Syrian Vahdettin Mansion yesterday. — AFP O’Connor converts to Islam than 360,000 people have been killed Continued on Page 24 LONDON: Outspoken Irish singer Sinead O’Connor hit out at what he called a climate of announced on Friday she Several dead as “hate” - while his daughter Ivanka, a has converted to Islam and convert to Judaism, denounced a changed her name to gunman attacks “depraved” attack. “It’s a terrible, terri- Shuhada. Having adopted ble thing what’s going on with hate in the name Magda Davitt last our country frankly, and all over the year, the 51-year-old is now US synagogue world,” Trump told reporters. called Shuhada Davitt. She Sinead O’Connor “Something has to be done,” he contin- also changed her Twitter WASHINGTON: A gunman opened fire ued, saying the perpetrators of such avatar to a black-and-white image of the Nike on Jewish worshippers at a synagogue in attacks “should get the death penalty”. Swoosh logo and the slogan: “Wear a hijab. Just do the US city of Pittsburgh yesterday, Multiple US media identified the it.” “This is to announce that I am proud to have reportedly killing at least four people shooter as a 46-year-old man from become a Muslim. This is the natural conclusion of and injuring half a dozen others before Pittsburgh, Rob Bowers, whose online any intelligent theologian’s journey,” she tweeted. “All being taken into custody. Local media posts were reportedly rife with anti- scripture study leads to Islam. Which makes all other reported the shooter yelled anti-Jewish Semitic comments.