Trump Mideast Plan, Rejected by Palestinians, Faces Dim Prospects
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JUMADA ALTHANI 5, 1441 AH THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 28 Pages Max 19º Min 07º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18048 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait addresses UN Human Lebanon political, economic Saif Ali Khan: A star in Thiem stuns Nadal in ‘epic’ 3 Rights Council review session 6 crises fuelling brain drain 22 Bollywood and on Netflix 28 as youngsters gun into semis Trump Mideast plan, rejected by Palestinians, faces dim prospects Abbas throws ‘conspiracy’ in ‘dustbin of history’ • Erdogan slams ‘unacceptable’ proposal JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump’s long But Trump’s proposals reportedly included no delayed Middle East peace plan won support in Israel Palestinian input and grants Israel much of what it has yesterday but was bitterly rejected by Palestinians fac- sought in decades of international diplomacy, namely Amir attends luncheon at Azayez farm ing possible Israeli annexation of key parts of the West control over Jerusalem as its “undivided” capital, rather Bank. Trump, who unveiled the plan on Tuesday at the than a city to share with the Palestinians. It also offers a White House standing alongside Israel’s Prime Minister US green light for Israel to annex the strategically cru- Benjamin Netanyahu with no Palestinian representa- cial Jordan Valley - which accounts for around 30 per- tives on hand, said his initiative could succeed where cent of the West Bank - as well as other Jewish settle- others had failed. ments in the area. Trump has boasted that his plan will find support but “History knocked on our door last night and gave us most experts believe its unabashed backing of Israel a unique opportunity to apply Israeli law on all of the and tough conditions for the creation of a Palestinian settlements in Judea (and) Samaria,” said Israel’s state mean it is doomed to fail. Major powers and some rightwing Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, using the regional players responded with caution, saying Israeli term for the occupied West Bank. The Blue and Trump’s project deserves study while stressing that a White party led by Benny Gantz, Netanyahu’s main durable solution to the conflict can only emerge election rival in March 2 polls, embraced Trump’s through Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Continued on Page 24 people based on blatant col- Kuwaiti activists lusion of most Arab regimes and benefiting from the wrong policies of some slam Trump plan, Palestinian leaders and the regretful division between call for uprising Fatah and Hamas. “Regardless of some styl- By A Saleh ized and rhetorical phrases used, the Trump-Netanyahu KUWAIT: Condemning Trump’s Middle East peace plan, deal is provocatively the Kuwaiti Progressive Movement (KPM) described the designed to impose arrangements that are completely KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, flanked by HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf proposal - known as the “deal of the century” - as a new contrary to the most basic rights of the Palestinian Arab Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and senior ruling family members, cuts a ceremonial cake yesterday at a luncheon episode in a series of imperialist-Zionist conspiracies people. This unfair deal is publicly rejected by held in his honor at Azayez farm in Abdaly. — KUNA (See Page 2) spanning decades to liquidate the Palestinian cause and Palestinians and Arabs,” a statement issued by the quash the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian Continued on Page 24 states released carefully worded state- Arab countries ments, in what experts said showed that the Palestinian cause has gone out of fashion and that security ties with Aseeri denies in balancing act Washington outweigh any appetite to oppose the plan. quitting, but on Trump plan Just weeks ago, Tehran and Washington appeared on the verge of pressure mounts DUBAI: Arab states have cautiously war after the assassination of a top welcomed the US peace plan for the Iranian general. Iran responded with Middle East, but the balancing act aimed missile strikes on US targets in Iraq, By B Izzak at appeasing their powerful ally risks bringing both sides to the brink. A provoking domestic public opinion and shared hostility to Iran has seen Arab KUWAIT: Minister of Palestinian ire. The plan was unveiled in states in the Gulf quietly move closer to Social Affairs and Labor Washington on Tuesday by President Israel, further displacing the Palestinian Ghadeer Aseeri yester- Donald Trump, flanked by Israeli Prime cause from the headlines. day denied that she has Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who After the deal was unveiled, Riyadh resigned or even plans greeted the proposals enthusiastically in said its support for the Palestinians was to quit as she faces a the face of Palestinian condemnation. “steadfast” but that it “appreciates” the no-confidence vote next The only Arab ambassadors present American efforts and called for the start week amid mounting were from Bahrain, Oman and the United of direct talks. Abu Dhabi called it “an pressure. Aseeri, a new- Arab Emirates - three of Washington’s important starting point” while Cairo said TUBAS: Palestinian demonstrators pray next to Israeli soldiers standing guard during a comer to the Cabinet, closest allies in a region where many it deserved a “thorough examination”. protest outside this West Bank village near the Jordan Valley yesterday against US was grilled last week nations host US forces. Other Arab Continued on Page 24 President Donald Trump’s peace proposals. — AFP over allegations she vio- lated the constitution and undermined the Ghadeer Aseeri status of lawmakers and Kuwait warns against visiting their constituents, and 10 lawmakers filed a no-confidence motion against her. China; first virus cases in UAE For the motion to pass, the votes of 25 MPs are BEIJING: Kuwaiti Ambassador to China and surrounding districts should contact needed and it appears that the number has already Samih Johar Hayat called on Kuwaitis to the consulate. been secured with several lawmakers initially thought refrain from visiting China unless truly Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates to be backing the minister, or at least staying neutral, necessary due to the spread of the coro- said yesterday that a Chinese family of turning their backs on her. If 25 MPs vote against the navirus. In a statement yesterday, the four who arrived from Wuhan were minister, she will be dismissed automatically, some- ambassador warned Kuwaitis against infected with the new coronavirus, in the thing that has never happened in Kuwait before going to affected areas in China, espe- first confirmed cases in the Middle East. because ministers who faced the threat of losing no- cially Hubei province and its capital The health ministry said that the condi- confidence motions opted to resign before the vote. Wuhan. He advised citizens to immedi- tion of the family from Wuhan - the quar- MP Abdullah Al-Roumi was the latest lawmaker to ately contact the Kuwait Embassy in antined Chinese city at the epicenter of join the anti-minister camp yesterday, charging that Beijing and consulate generals in the health crisis - was stable and that Aseeri has taken a number of ill-advised decisions in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong in they were “under medical monitoring”. the past few days aimed at boosting her chances of case of emergency. The World Health Organization con- survival. He joined several MPs who were thought to Kuwait’s General Consul in Shanghai firmed the infections, saying the family be against the motion but changed their mind after Meshaal Al-Shemali also called on arrived in the Emirates earlier this month. Aseeri stripped a senior ministry official responsible Kuwaiti citizens to abstain from traveling They “were hospitalized on 25 and 27 for people of special needs Shafiqa Al-Awadhi of to Shanghai due to the spread of the January after testing positive for coron- most of her powers. new coronavirus strain. Shemali said in a avirus,” it said in a statement, adding that KUWAIT: Thermal temperature scanners are used to screen passengers for fever upon Continued on Page24 statement to KUNA that all Kuwaiti two of the patients never showed any their arrival at Kuwait international airport yesterday. — AFP nationals who are currently in Shanghai Continued on Page 24 2 Local Thursday, January 30, 2020 Kuwait’s Amir attends luncheon banquet at Azayez farm KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah are welcomed at Azayez farm yesterday. — Amiri Diwan photos Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attend a luncheon at Azayez farm yesterday. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Azayez farm in the northern region of Al-Abdali. The lunch- of His Highness the Amir, was attended by His Highness the His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attended yesterday a luncheon held at eon, held by Sheikh Ali Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in honor Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Hamad Al-Sabah and Al-Sabah family members. — KUNA (From left) His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir Sheikh His Highness the Crown Prince His Highness Sheikh Ali Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah welcomes His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah.