Israeli Attacks Amount to War Crimes: FM Discuss Situation
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1996 - 2021 SILVER JUBILEE YEAR UBS,UBS Nomura hit French Cup: hhardest as EU Mbappe magic finesfin crisis-era sets up title bond cartel victory for PSG BusinessB | 12 Sport | 15 FRIDAY 21 MAY 2021 9 SHAWWAL - 1442 VOLUME 26 NUMBER 8629 www.thepeninsula.qa 2 RIYALS Join Ooredoo ONE: Save QR 1,140 on the Wi-Fi router and installation* *12-month contract required Terms and Conditions Apply 1894/2021 Amir, Jordan King Israeli attacks amount to war crimes: FM discuss situation THE PENINSULA — DOHA in Palestine The dangerous situation in the occupied Pace of Judaisation and QNA — DOHA territories in Palestine requires urgent action to stop the Israeli attacks, Deputy settlements has increased Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign to the point of ethnic Hamad Al Thani yesterday Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin held a telephone conversation Abdulrahman Al Thani said yesterday at cleansing of Palestinians. with H M King Abdullah II ibn the UN General Assembly emergency Al Hussein of the Hashemite meeting convened to discuss the situ- Kingdom of Jordan, during ation in Palestine. community must work seriously to which they reviewed brotherly He reaffirmed Qatar’s condemnation ensure protection of the Palestinians and relations between the two of the Israeli military forces attacks on stop Israeli aggression against them. We countries and ways to support defenceless civilians in Jerusalem neigh- wonder when the international com- and strengthen them. bourhoods and holy places, which are munity will act to deter Israel,” the During the call, they dis- war crimes and violations of human Foreign Minister said, expressing his sur- cussed regional and interna- rights and international laws. prise about the silence of the interna- tional issues of common The failure of the UN Security Council tional community and inaction against Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin concern, especially the latest to bear its responsibility erodes trust in what Israel is doing in Gaza and Al Quds. Abdulrahman Al Thani addressing the UN General Assembly session, yesterday. developments in Palestine, the credibility of UN to achieve its basic He said the pace of Judaisation and where they expressed their goal which is establishment of peace and settlements has increased to a point that establishment of a Palestinian state with particular attack on Al Shati refugees strong condemnation of the security in the world, he said, calling on can be described as ethnic cleansing. borders of 1967.” camp where tens of civilians were killed continued shelling by the the international community to assume “We must work to achieve a compre- The attacks on Gaza have caused including ten members of one family. Israeli occupation forces of its responsibility. “The international hensive settlement and the death of hundreds of civilians, in `P2 civilians in Gaza Strip, calling for an immediate cease-fire and the protection of Al Aqsa Mosque, holy sites and Minister delivers first Qatari Qatar's campaign defenceless civilians. tracking number to QLife Pharma nears one million fully Hamas, Israel vaccinated people agree on Gaza FAZEENA SALEEM THE PENINSULA of the vaccine. 89.8% of over ceasefire 60s (the most vulnerable pop- ulation group) have been vac- REUTERS — GAZA With recent expansions to the cinated with at least one dose, COVID-19 vaccination while 84.3% have received both Israel and Hamas will cease programme implemented by doses. 64.8% of people over 40 fire across the Gaza Strip the Ministry of Public Health years of age are also fully vac- border as of 2 am on Friday, (MoPH), Qatar is likely to reach cinated against COVID-19. an official with the Palestinian the one million figure of fully At present, all people aged faction said, bringing a poten- vaccinated people in the 30 and above are eligible to tially tenuous halt to the country soon. receive the COVID-19 vaccine. fiercest fighting in decades. So far 928,979 people have Parents can also register their Israel's security cabinet received both doses of the children aged 12 to 15 years to said it had voted unanimously vaccine under the National receive the Pfizer-BioNTech in favour of a "mutual and COVID-19 Vaccination Program. COVID-19 vaccine. With the unconditional" Gaza truce pro- The vaccination rollout has increase in number of people posed by mediator Egypt, but sped up over the past days with vaccinated, the number of added that the hour of imple- over 40,000 vaccines being people tested for COVID-19 has mentation had yet to be administered per day. also increased. A total of 17,127 agreed. Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of Finance, H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, and According to data released people were tested yesterday. The development came a other officials during the handing over of the tracking number to QLife Pharma. by the Ministry yesterday, as Of them, 3,842 were tested for day after US President Joe many as 40,058 vaccine doses the first time. Among the total Biden urged Israeli Prime Min- THE PENINSULA — DOHA and in appreciation of the of local industries and the were administered in the past number of people tested, only ister Benjamin Netanyahu to efforts made by the pharma- enhancement of their pro- 24 hours. A total of 2,190,807 313 new COVID-19 cases were seek de-escalation, and amid Minister of Commerce and ceutical sector in the country duction and export capabilities vaccine doses had been admin- found — 1.8% of people tested. mediation bids by Egypt, Qatar Industry and Acting Minister of during the COVID-19 in a manner that supports their istered by Thursday. 208 of the new cases were from and the United Nations. Finance, H E Ali bin Ahmed Al pandemic. expansion and access to global At present, 55.6% of the eli- the community and the rest A Hamas official said the Kuwari, has delivered the first “The launch of the Qatari markets.” gible population of the country from travellers returning from ceasefire would be "mutual tracking number to QLife Product Coding and Tracking Al Khalifa highlighted the has received at least one dose overseas. `P3 and simultaneous". Pharma. Office comes within the importance of this step for Rocket attacks by Hamas The ceremony to hand over framework of the country’s Qatari companies, adding: and allied Islamic Jihad had the tracking number was also strategy and efforts to improve “After obtaining the approval resumed after an eight-hour attended by Qatar Development the quality of national products of the General Assembly of the pause yesterday, as Israel con- Bank (QDB) CEO, Abdulaziz bin and enhance their competi- GS1, we worked diligently to tinued shelling that it said Nasser Al Khalifa, and tiveness in all local, regional establish an office in Doha. aimed to destroy the factions' Mohamed Hassan Al Malki, and global markets. Fur- Today we celebrate the launch military capabilities. Assistant Undersecretary for thermore, it is an affirmation of of the first Qatari product with Since the fighting began on Industry Affairs at the Ministry the remarkable development a national tracking number, and May 10, health officials in Gaza of Commerce and Industry Qatar has achieved in the we aspire for this step to be the say 232 Palestinians, including (MoCI). industrial sector,” said the Min- start of new horizons for our Close to 2.2 million vaccine 65 children and 39 women, This comes on the occasion ister on the occasion. national products, whether at doses have been administered have been killed and more of QDB’s inauguration of the He added that the step the level of local or interna- in the country, with 64.8% than 1,900 wounded in aerial Qatari Product Coding and “constitutes an incentive for the tional circulation, in order to of over-40 population fully bombardments. Authorities Tracking Office, in a step that private sector to continue its achieve our strategy and vaccinated against COVID-19. put the death toll in Israel at is the first of its kind in Qatar, efforts toward the development Qatar’s national vision.” `P3 12. SEE ALSO `P4 QU researchers work on bio-fertilizer to grow crops with seawater THE PENINSULA — DOHA Food Security Call from the increase Qatar’s food security fruit quality, enhance soil tolerance capacity of the plant, commented, “We are thrilled Qatar National Research Fund sustainably. quality, and allow for the use of which will allow for the use of to work together with our col- Qatar University (QU) and the Ministry of Municipality This bio-fertilizer will saltwater for the sustainable irrigation waters with higher leagues at Qatar University to researchers are collaborating and Environment, and aims to improve plant productivity and production of conventional salt concentrations. This can pilot this technology. We with Agrico and the Centre of crops such as tomatoes. play an important role in pro- believe it can have a significant Biotechnology of Sfax, Tunisia, The ability of crops to grow moting sustainable food pro- impact on the sustainability of to develop sustainable methods The ability of crops to grow using saltwater using saltwater will permit for duction in Qatar.” the food supply chain in Qatar to increase crop production. will permit for a drastic alleviation of the a drastic alleviation of the The project will foster and look forward to seeing it QU's Center for Sustainable pressure on Qatar’s scarce ground-water pressure on Qatar’s scarce international collaboration in action.” The project is in col- Development (CSD) was resources. ground-water resources. between local researchers and laboration with Agrico, where recently awarded a project to Dr.