ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 13 Sport | 20 Philippines Qatar a partner QMMF’s Simon seeks to boost not a market for impresses at relations with Turkey: Musiad Japan MotoGP Qatar. president. practice. SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 2015 • 26 Dhul-Hijja 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6579 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar pledges Israeli troops kill six Palestinians in clashes GAZA CITY: A week of violence between Israelis and Palestinians spread to the Gaza Strip yesterday, with Israeli troops killing six in clashes on the border and Islamist movement Hamas calling for $8m to fight more unrest. A fresh wave of stabbings also hit Israel and the West Bank, including a revenge attack by a 17-year-old Jewish suspect that wounded two Palestinians and two Arab blindness Israelis. Gaza had been mainly calm as unrest has shaken annexed east Jerusalem and the occu- Backs global initiative for children pied West Bank in recent days. But clashes broke out yesterday east of Gaza City and DOHA: Qatar has pledged $8m female) as well as members of Khan Yunis along the border with the Jewish (QR29.2m) to combat blindness IAPB. Qatari volunteers are also state, with Israeli forces opening fire and and support affected children part of the initiative. killing six Palestinians, including a 15-year- all over the world, in partner- The initiative is part of Qatar’s old, and wounding 80, according to medics. ship with International Agency role in backing global health Hundreds of Palestinians, some with their for the Prevention of Blindness agenda by enhancing its part- faces covered by keffiyeh scarves, defied the (IAPB). nership with other countries soldiers by making victory signs and throw- Israeli security forces run during clashes with Palestinians in Beit El, near the West Bank city of Assistant Foreign Minister and concerned organisations to ing stones. It was the deadliest clash in Gaza Ramallah, yesterday. for International Cooperation achieve development goals, Qatar since the summer 2014 war with Israel. Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed News Agency reported yesterday. “Forces on the site responded with fire bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Qatar Charity (QC) and Orbis towards the main instigators to prevent their City, Haniyeh said, “we are calling for the There have been 13 stabbings since last Thani has announced the part- UK earlier launched a cam- progress and disperse the riot,” an army strengthening and increasing of the Intifada.” Saturday, including the revenge assault. Five nership with IAPB and Qatar’s paign for more than QR4m to spokeswoman said. “It is the only path that will lead to libera- of the alleged attackers have been killed. pledge to support the initiative. reduce blindness in children in Palestine Liberation Organisation tion,” he said. “Gaza will fulfil its role in the Yesterday’s escalation came as Israeli During a meeting with Princess Bangladesh. The campaign was Secretary-General Saeb Erekat accused Jerusalem intifada and it is more than ready security forces sought to prevent the further Sophie Rhys-Jones, Countess of launched after the Countess of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for confrontation.” spread of Palestinian unrest, with Netanyahu Wessex, the Minister said the Wessex visited QC headquarters and his government of “committing a new Stabbing attacks in the West Bank, having said the country faced a mostly unor- initiative aims to provide treat- in Doha. massacre of Palestinians” in Gaza. Jerusalem and Israel along with rioting have ganised “wave of terror”. Abbas has spoken ment and care for millions of Under this partnership, QC The clashes came as Hamas’s chief in raised fears of a third Palestinian Intifada, out against violence and in favour of “peace- blind children around the world will mobilise support for the Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, called the spreading following the first that began in 1987 and the ful, popular resistance,” but many youth are and prevent blindness in devel- campaign, while Orbis UK will violence an Intifada, or uprising, and urged second in 2000. Netanyahu condemned the frustrated with his leadership as well as oping countries worst hit by the implement it, by virtue of its further unrest. attack by the Jewish youth, a sign of concerns Israel’s government. condition. experience of more than 15 years In the Friday sermon at a mosque in Gaza it could trigger further violence. AGENCIES Princess Sophie was in Qatar in the combat of blindness in on a four-day trip, with the blind- Bangladesh. ness prevention charity, Orbis There are 7.4 million people in UK, to mark World Sight Day. Bangladesh who are blind or visu- She is Patron of Vision 2020: ally impaired, of whom 1.4 mil- Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisian democracy group The Right to Sight and Global lion are children. Cataract is the Ambassador of IAPB. Members most common cause of blindness OSLO: The Tunisian National The National Dialogue Quartet this Quartet, not to the four indi- and terrorist attacks, have come of the agency also attended the in Bangladesh and around 5,000 Dialogue Quartet — a democ- is made up of four key organisa- vidual organisations as such,” the together in a spirit of unity, com- meeting. children are diagnosed each year. racy group — has been awarded tions in Tunisian civil society: The committee said. The laureates will promise and tolerance.” The initiative will be imple- Cataract is easily treated the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisian General Labour Union; receive their prizes at a ceremony The prize was awarded nearly mented by supporting healthcare with surgery, yet rural areas of “its decisive contribution to the the Tunisian Confederation of in Oslo on December 10. five years after a desperate centres to conduct blindness- Bangladesh are hard to reach building of a pluralistic democ- Industry, Trade and Handicrafts; The award won praise from Tunisian street vendor set him- related surgeries and provide and communities can find it racy”, the Norwegian Nobel the Tunisian Human Rights around the globe, with UN chief self on fire, touching off a wave high-quality mobile medical units. extremely difficult to access the Committee has announced. League; and the Tunisian Order Ban Ki-moon hailing the groups’ of unrest which left more than Awareness and training activities right treatment. There aren’t The group of four organisa- of Lawyers. work as “an inspiration to the 300 people dead and eventually will also be held as part of the enough experienced surgeons tions established “an alternative, The jury cited the group for “its region and the world”. toppled the dictatorial president initiative. to perform the surgery, which peaceful political process at a time decisive contribution to the build- US President Barack Obama Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, inspiring The scheme includes a coali- makes the situation worse. when the country was on the brink ing of a pluralistic democracy in called the award “a tribute to uprisings across the region. tion of physicians from all over of civil war,” the Committee said Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine the perseverance and courage of the world and specialist Qatari THE PENINSULA yesterday, referring to the period Revolution of 2011”. “The Nobel the Tunisian people who, in the AGENCIES ophthalmologists (male and Picture on page 2 following Tunisia’s 2011 revolution. Peace Prize for 2015 is awarded to face of political assassinations See also page 5 Al Attiyah reigns supreme Coalition raids Yemen’s Marib province Russian air SANA’A: Warplanes from the the port city of Aden to which the president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saudi-led coalition raided posi- government returned last month The coalition has come under strikes kill 300 tions of the Iran-backed Shia after six months in exile. criticism over the civilian death insurgents east of the rebel- Raids also targeted rebels in toll in its campaign. rebels in Syria held capital yesterday, military Hodeida in western Yemen, other UN Under-Secretary-General sources said. military sources said. for Humanitarian Affairs Stephen MOSCOW: Russia’s Defence The air strikes targeted Houthi In the evening, coalition war- O’Brien called for a swift investi- Ministry said yesterday its planes rebels in the west of Marib planes struck rebel arms depots gation of a suspected deadly air had struck the headquarters of province, amid ongoing clashes on the Nahdain hill south of strike on a wedding in Dhamar the Liwa Al Haqq militant group between them and forces loyal Sana’a. After they overran Sana’a province on Thursday. Medical in Syria, killing 200 insurgents, to President Abdrabuh Mansur unopposed in September 2014, sources said at least 28 people were including two Islamic State (IS) Hadi. the rebels widened their control killed, while the rebel-controlled field commanders in Raqa, the Pro-Hadi fighters backed by to several provinces, advancing Saba news agency said 51 died in RIA news agency reports. Gulf forces have been pushing to in March on Aden where Hadi that attack. “We did not conduct In separate attacks in the regain control of Marib province had taken refuge before fleeing any operation in Dhamar,” coali- Aleppo region, the ministry said to advance on the capital Sana’a. to Riyadh. tion spokesman Brigadier General Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and co-driver Matthieu Baumel celebrate its planes had killed 100 insur- They set their sights on Marib The coalition then launched Ahmed Al Assiri said on Thursday. after winning the Morocco Rally, the ninth and penultimate round of gents. Russia’s air force hit over after pushing the rebels out of a fierce air campaign against the 2015 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, in Agadir, Morocco, 60 “terrorist targets” over the five southern provinces, including them and allies loyal to ousted AGENCIES yesterday.