SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2017 SHAWWAL 12, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Airport sees Duterte proposed ‘Jaws’ downs Besiktas sign 427,000 travelers deal to end 72 hotdogs in Pepe from Real; for summer city siege, then 10 minutes to Messi commits holidays,3 Eid backed14 out win36 US eat-fest to19 Barcelona Bloc regrets ‘negative’ Qatar Min 32º response, boycott to remain Max 49º High Tide 09:35 & 23:31 German FM, UN envoy in Kuwait Turkey adamant on base Low Tide • 03:31 & 17:12 40 PAGES NO: 17272 150 FILS CAIRO: Four Arab nations seeking to isolate Qatar over its conspiracy theories alleged support for extremist groups were irked yester- day by what they said was a “negative” response by the tiny Gulf nation to their demands for ending the crisis Are you over 30? roiling the region. Doha’s response, they said, was “not serious” and betrayed Qatar’s “failure” to realize the gravi- ty of the situation. They refrained from slapping further sanctions on Qatar, but said their boycott of the emirate would continue. The announcement followed a By Badrya Darwish meeting by foreign ministers from the four nations - Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain - in Cairo, shortly after they [email protected] said they had received Doha’s reply. The four accuse Qatar of supporting terror groups and also of maintaining close relations i guys, it’s been a long time! But it’s my habit with Shiite power Iran - Saudi Arabia’s nemesis. They not to write during Ramadan - to leave the holy also say Qatar must stop meddling in their affairs. Hmonth away from criticism and conspiracy the- Egypt’s foreign minister, Sameh Shukri, told reporters ories and instead focus on worshipping and fasting. Qatar’s response to the Arab states’ 13-point list of The funniest part was that many of the most serious demands was “negative on the whole.” It did not “lay the issues and news erupted in Ramadan, as if they were foundations for Qatar’s abandonment of the policies it timed. Nevertheless, the holy month is over, and a pursues. It’s a position that does not realize the gravity belated Eid Mubarak to you all. of the situation,” he added. The ministers did not say Let’s start with local issues only - away from serious what their next steps would be - that, they explained, regional politics. No Qatar, no Yemen. No Hamas is a would be announced after further consultations. They terrorist organization. No other issues, etc, etc. No Iraq. Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa (left), Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir (second left), UAE will meet next in Bahrain, but a date has yet to be set. No Daesh. No Mosul battles. Let’s not talk about any- Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (second right) and “We hope wisdom will prevail and Qatar will eventually thing else. Let’s stick to our local issues. They are safer. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri (right) meet in the Egyptian capital Cairo yesterday. (Inset) Qatari Foreign make the right decisions,” Shukri added. This week, my attention was caught by reports of a Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Thani speaks at the Chatham House think tank in London yesterday. — AFP Continued on Page 13 proposal before the manpower authority to limit work visas only to expat workers aged over 30. I have no idea what this means exactly. I’ve tried to understand it left, right and center, but find no common sense in Tabtabaei warns against ties with Israel it. What if a company holds an interview and signs a contract with a potential employee, be it a he or a she, By B Izzak market and demanded an official circular who has the proper skills needed, and what if they are indicating this. AWO honors Fawziya Al-Rifae 29? In which way should that make a difference? KUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Waleed Meanwhile, the appeals court yester- Thank God they are not putting this rule for domes- Al-Tabtabaei yesterday warned Gulf gov- day adjourned the trial of 70 opposition tic helpers, otherwise all of us Kuwaiti women will ernments against normalizing relations activists including current and former march to Hind Al Sabeeh’s office to protest! This only with Israel, saying any such measure will MPs accused of storming the National concerns the private sector. I don’t know if it will also be opposed by the people of the Gulf. He Assembly building after defendants apply to workers on the streets, cleaning companies said on his Twitter account that dealing demanded changing the judges. After and laborers in all fields - porters at the airport, clean- with the Zionist entity is totally rejected making the demand, the court decided ers at public authorities and streets, security in the and will be opposed. to adjourn to allow the presiding judge malls, etc. All of these menial workers who are super The lawmaker also sent a series of make a decision on sending the case to essential for the country must be over 30 years old? questions to acting information minister another court. The appeals court was due But they are healthier and stronger if they are younger Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al- to deliver its verdict in the case last and can better adapt to the working conditions in Sabah after the ministry allowed the month, but it decided to reopen defense Kuwait including low salaries, crowded living condi- publication of a novel he claimed con- arguments yesterday after including a tions and of course the unbearable heat. tained material contravening Islamic number of MPs in the case following the I don’t know about the guys who come up with teachings and public morals. Tabtabaei Assembly’s summer recess. these sick and funny ideas. In which way are they serv- asked the minister if the ministry censor- At least two MPs are among the 70 ing the country? If they want to develop Kuwait, there ship committee reviewed the novel, defendants and the Assembly has refused are real and very significant ways to organize labor in called ‘Soparto’, before it gave its to lift their immunity to appear in the trial. Kuwait. First, stop wasta (connections). Second, stop approval for its publication. But their immunity was lost automatically the trafficking. Third, don’t bring any more unskilled The lawmaker demanded the names when the Assembly went into recess a laborers, regardless of their age. Fourth, get rid of the of the members of the censorship com- month ago. The court did not set a date for unskilled labor that has come here by wasta. This is mittee and asked why it gave the its decision on the change. The criminal the way to organize labor in Kuwait. Put stricter rules approval despite the objectionable con- court had acquitted all the 70 defendants and enforce them when it comes to decent accommo- tents. He also asked if the novel has been who were among a large crowd that dation, salaries paid on time and working and living allowed to be sold in Kuwait and if the entered the Assembly in Nov 2011 following conditions, so that we can attract quality, skilled work- ministry has taken any disciplinary street demonstrations against former prime ers. Not quantity. actions against members of the censor- minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al- CAIRO: Director General of the Arab Women Organization Mirvat Al-Tellawi honors Thank you very much. ship committee. Tabtabaei also asked if Ahmad Al-Sabah, who resigned at the end Fawziya Al-Rifae (left), widow of late Nasser Mohammad Al-Kharafi. (See Page 4) the novel has been withdrawn from the of the same month. News Peru reveals face in brief Improving Egypt-Hamas ties of ancient ruler unsettle Palestinian politics Bombs from ‘Highway LIMA: Introducing the Lady of Cao: using high-tech 3-D of Death’ unearthed printing and based on the skull of an ancient mummy, KUWAIT: Authorities yesterday said unexploded bombs scientists have reconstructed the face of a woman who PLO slams Haley for leading ‘crusade’ from what was known as the “Highway of Death” in the governed in northern Peru 1,700 years ago. The GAZA: A series of meetings between 1991 Gulf War have been uncovered in Kuwait. The Public woman’s mummified remains were discovered at the Hamas and senior officials in Cairo in Authority of Housing Welfare said a military bomb squad Cao Viejo adobe pyramid in 2006 in the Chicama Valley, recent weeks points to improving ties would defuse the ordinance found along Highway 80, just north of the modern city of Trujillo. “Technology which connects Kuwait City to the Iraqi border. between Egypt and the Islamist allows us to see the face of a Palestinian movement, with implica- Construction crews working on a $950 million housing political, religious and cultural project in the area found the bombs. KUNA said “finding tions for Gaza, Palestinian politics and leader of the past,” Culture the wider region. Ismail Haniya, who explosives on the site is not surprising” and contractors Minister Salvador del Solar had been warned they could be there. The “Highway of has recently assumed the post of said when he unveiled a life- Hamas’s leader, said in a speech in Death” got its name when US-led coalition aircraft like bust of the woman on Gaza yesterday that relations with the bombed a convoy of fleeing Iraqi forces, killing hundreds Tuesday in Lima. Gaza Strip’s neighbor to the south- and leaving behind hundreds of burned-out vehicles.