SAFAR 13, 1439 AH THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2017 Max 35º 32 Pages 150 Fils Established 1961 Min 18º ISSUE NO: 17371 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Putin visits Iran for talks Hamas cedes Gaza crossings to Dubai hosts summit, positions New Kuwait football chief to 6 on Syria, nuclear deal 7 Palestinian Authority control 19 self as Africa investment hub 16 push FIFA over Kuwait ban Amir renames Sheikh Jaber as PM, tasks him to form Cabinet MPs call to appoint competent ministers to avoid disputes By B Izzak Nakba Balfour KUWAIT: Two days after the government’s resignation, HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday asked the outgoing prime minister to form the new Cabinet. HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah submit- ted his Cabinet’s resignation to the Amir on Monday fol- From the editor’s desk lowing a political dispute with the National Assembly after 10 lawmakers filed a no-confidence motion against a min- ister after a lengthy grilling over alleged financial and administrative violations. By Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and acting [email protected] Information Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al- Sabah, who was grilled, categorically denied the allega- tions. The Cabinet stepped down after a large number of ir Arthur James Balfour is a name forgotten by MPs declared their support for the no-confidence motion, many, but will forever ring in the memories of Palestinians. He served as foreign secretary in which meant he could have been voted out of office. S The new Cabinet will be the 35th since Kuwait’s par- David George Lloyd’s government of the United liamentary life began in 1962 and is Sheikh Jaber’s sev- KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- Kingdom between 1916 and 1919. On Nov 2, 1917, Sabah after reappointing him as prime minister yesterday. — KUNA Balfour signed a single paper that arguably destabi- enth government since he was appointed to the post in lized the Middle East for the next 100 years. The Dec 2011. No deadline has been given for the formation paper I speak of is known around the world as the of the Cabinet amid reports that it could take longer MPs and groups stepped up the pressure. The liberal that if the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al- Balfour Declaration. It was an official letter from the than normal. Even before Sheikh Jaber was asked to National Democratic Alliance (NDA) warned that Sabeeh is retained in the Cabinet, he will file to grill her, British government addressed to Lord Walter form the Cabinet, lawmakers had emphasized the need retaining Sheikh Mohammad in his previous post or in adding that her grilling is ready. Meanwhile, MP Safa Rothschild, who was a prominent leader of the Jewish for a better selection of ministers and a change of the any other portfolio will trigger a fresh political crisis. Al-Hashem said yesterday she has proposed to form a community in Britain and the Zionist Federation, previous methodology to pick up competent and effi- The group urged the prime minister not to aim to high-level delegation comprising the speakers of par- whose goals were to create a Jewish state. The decla- cient ministers to avoid disputes with MPs. appoint ministers who represent various wings of the liaments in the GCC to meet GCC leaders in a bid to ration read: Several lawmakers had insisted the need to take into ruling family or appoint more members from the ruling mediate a settlement over the Qatar crisis. She said that account the fast and grave developments in the region family rather than competent ministers. It warned that she is confident that Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Dear Lord Rothschild, and the risks that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) this will lead to more problems. Ghanem will embrace the proposal through the I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on could collapse over the Qatar rift. Yesterday however, Opposition lawmaker Mubarak Al-Hajraf warned Assembly’s foreign relations committee. behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspira- tions which has been submitted to, and approved by the Cabinet. them 100,000 rupees ($1,500) to arrange their travel His Majesty’s government view with favor the MoH delays decision for jobs in the state. The men from Uttar Pradesh state establishment in Palestine of a national home for the in northern India were arrested on Tuesday when they Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to tried checking in at the airport with fake tickets, police facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clear- to hire Indian nurses; said. The men have been charged with cheating and ly understood that nothing shall be done which may forgery and are being held in custody. prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non- duped workers with Lata Sirsat, senior inspector with the Mumbai police, Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and said a police team was going to Uttar Pradesh to find political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country. the unauthorized recruitment agents who duped these I should be grateful if you would bring this declara- fake tickets arrested men with fake documents. “All the men are in their 30s tion to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation. KUWAIT/MUMBAI: A decision was made to delay and poor,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Signed, the hiring of nurses from India until further regulations Indian officials are trying to crack down on unautho- Arthur Balfour and rules are set, Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi rized agents who promise to organize well-paid jobs as On the centennial of the Balfour Declaration, said yesterday. Speaking to the press after meeting the cleaners and laborers in the Gulf states but cheat peo- British Prime Minister Theresa May stated that she Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil Jain, Harbi said that ple along the way with complaints ranging from non- KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi meets Indian would celebrate the occasion with “pride”. She will the decision was made after discussions on the issue payment of wages to physical abuse. Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil Jain yesterday. — KUNA also attend an exclusive event that celebrates the were held with the ambassador. Adverts asking workers seeking jobs overseas to promise that paved the way for the creation of The health ministry is interested to hire the best of only go through licensed agents are played on the radio seeking jobs in the Gulf states is a new development. apartheid Israel and rendered millions of the best medical technicians and nurses from India, and daily. Vivek Sharma, the protector of emigrants in Uttar “This trend started about two to three years ago and Palestinians stateless. this decision was taken accordingly, said the minister. Pradesh, said this case of fraud was rare. “This fake now most people going to the Gulf are from Uttar Here is a land that was inhabited by Palestinian The Kuwaiti and Indian governments will further dis- ticket fraud and on such a scale involving 30 people is Pradesh. They are very poor people and in many cases Arabs, was ruled by the Ottomans and promised by cuss the issue and announcements will be revealed the first such instance that I have come across,” Sharma their villages don’t even have roads,” said migrant rights the British to the Zionist Federation as a homeland for soon, said the minister. told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. activist Bhim Reddy. Government figures show there the Jews without consulting a single Palestinian. Other Separately, Mumbai police arrested 30 men trying to Uttar Pradesh is among the poorest states in India are some six million Indian migrants in the six Gulf than the fact the British government had no right to fly to Kuwait on fake tickets and visas and are looking and poverty and lack of jobs force many to migrate to states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United make such a declaration, it was absolutely disgraceful for the unlicensed recruitment agents who charged major cities such as Mumbai but campaigners said Arab Emirates and Oman. — Agencies to see that letter failed to even mention the Palestinians by name and was rather shy by just addressing the 90 percent of the inhabitants of Palestine as ‘the non-Jewish communities in Palestine’. Even though the declaration may seem to promise Uzbek planned NY civil and religious rights, it completely negated the political rights of Palestinians to self-determination. Proposal calls to The omission of Palestinian rights created sustenance attack for weeks; for Zionist Jews to completely ignore the rights of Palestinians living in the holy land. From the ‘youm al Trump vows to end deport expats for nakba’ (the day of catastrophe) till this day, Israel con- tinues to forcefully displace Palestinians from their homes and replace them with Jewish settlers migrating green card lottery 5 traffic violations from all around the world. NEW YORK: The Uzbek immigrant who killed eight KUWAIT: A high ranking security source said acting Israel continues to break several UN resolutions Sayfullo Saipov Donald Trump people in New York’s worst attack since Sept 11, 2001 and human rights laws while it continues to be sup- Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic ported by the so-called ‘free world’. As the Arabic planned the assault for weeks and left behind handwrit- of New York police intelligence and counter-terrorism.