Page 14 basketball Pages 15 & 16 THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT figure skating Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 26-27, 2021 / SHABAAN 13-14, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17647 16 PAGES 150 FILS JOBS IN PLAY MANY OTHERS DON’T WANT ... CAN’T DO Opinion Second look rumoured on Congratulations to Arabs over Netanyahu’s victory demographics bean-count By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times Sixties, seventyish ... not so bad ACCORDING to the results of the fourth parliamentary elections in Israel, the victory of the current Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- tanyahu was a source of joy, both in secret and in public, for many Faris Al-Abdan and Najeh Bilal and renew residence permits. people in the Middle East. This is because they consider Israel as Al-Seyassah Staff a natural ally to repel the Iranian terrorist aggression that has con- Al-Seyassah daily quoting sources indicated the Higher Advisory Com- tinued for four decades. mittee for Labor Affairs will consider next Sunday amending the decision There is no doubt that the failure to achieve a stable government KUWAIT CITY, March 25: Informed sources at the Pub- banning the issuance of a work permit for this segment of employees. in the past two years was due to the fact that Israel was paying the lic Authority for Manpower (PAM) said a breakthrough is The same sources told the daily there is a tendency to amend and add some new price for all its deferred crises caused by the administration of for- looming on the horizon for those who have reached the age conditions, which give the decision flexibility in work and exclude some of those mer US president Barack Obama when it had worked through the covered by it, excluding at the same time the cancellation of the decision. nuclear agreement to strengthen the claws and fangs of the Iranian of 60 and above, and are holding high school certificates and The sources explained among the proposals, is the development of private health monster in the region. It had also contributed to provoking internal below, or the equivalent certificates, to obtain a work permit insurance, different from the current one and at a higher cost for this category, in crises in more than one Arab country under the slogan of “the Arab Spring”, which hindered the comprehensive normalization project addition to an increase in the resi- with Israel. dence fees in general. Meanwhile, the Trump administration worked for four years to The sources emphasized that remove the negative influences left behind by the democratic ad- the aim of reviewing the decision ministration. is to benefit from the existing ex- During the era of Trump’s rule and his alliance with Netanyahu, periences, especially the employ- we saw how the train of normalization began quickly. Given that ment of workers who employers the rest of the Arab countries will end up joining sooner or later, cling to and refuse to leave be- the issue of strategic stability is strongly emerging. It is the com- cause of their great experiences, mon denominator between the Arab countries and Israel, which noting that raising the residence existentially needs to bring down the Iranian military nuclear proj- fees and stipulating health in- ect and ballistic missiles, perhaps more than the Arab countries, surance will keep only eligible despite the risks Israel faces in this regard. workers who can bear this cost. Therefore, the presence of Netanyahu in power now means con- The sources stated the commit- tinuation of the path that started about three years ago in terms tee’s meeting on Sunday will be of normalizing ties with the Arab countries and neutralizing the attended by the Public Authority Iranian threat, so that the region can enjoy the peace that it had for Manpower, the Chamber of missed for 70 years. There were no Arab or Israeli leadership ex- Commerce and Industry, the Gen- cept for the late Anwar Sadat who dared to abort the dangers of war eral Federation of Kuwait Work- through peace, something that Netanyahu has been insisting for ers, the Ministry of Commerce years and has worked for since he came to power in 1996. and Industry, the Ministry of Inte- Throughout the past decade, Israel has been the catalyst for rior, and some other bodies. suppressing Iranian movements both in Lebanon and Syria. This Meanwhile, the Public Author- crystallized in the military neutralization operations of the Revo- ity for Manpower denied what is lutionary Guard in Syria, which helped a lot to stem the Iranian being circulated in social media expansion in the region and encircle it through harmony in con- regarding the decision not to re- frontation, either in Yemen or Iraq or Syria. new the residence permit of those There is also a great benefit in the Arab alliance with Israel, who are 60 years and hold only which is deepening the partnership with the Western ally, as it is high school certificates and below true that there are several Arab countries that are allies of the Unit- has been amended, reports Al- ed States, but historically Israel is considered as the strongest ally. Anba daily quoting PAM sources. It has enormous political power in Washington, and is a strong de- The PAM source said the de- fense against the Iranian plan, which does not accept any peace or cision has been in effect since stability in the region before achieving its dark expansionist goals. Jan 1, 2021 without any excep- This fact assumes the existence of a strong ally with the ability tion or amendment, and all that to confront. We have experienced Israel on more than one occasion is rumored is completely untrue, in the region, especially when it bombed the Iraqi military nuclear In this photo released by the Suez Canal Authority, a boat navigates in front of a cargo ship, Ever Given, March 24, 2021, after stressing that any decision or reactor. While there was no retaliation to this matter, the experi- it became wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal and blocked all traffic in the vital waterway. An Egyptian official warned it could amendment related to regulating ment could be repeated if Tel Aviv found it necessary to stop the take at least two days to clear the ship. (AP) the labor market and employ- Iranian nuclear program. ment is issued by the authority At that point, the whole world will be on its side, and the region and published through the au- as well as the world will enjoy peace, not just the Arab countries, Oops! thority’s official websites. which continue to endure the behavior of the Mullahs regime. Dissatisfaction Email: [email protected] Maritime navigation in the Suez canal will be “temporarily” The ship, operated by the shipping company Evergreen, suspended until a giant container ship, which recently ran was bound northwards to the Mediterranean, on its way to A number of specialists and Follow me on: aground, is moved, Egyptian authorities said on Thursday. the Netherlands’ port city of Rotterdam from China. academics have expressed their Huge efforts are continuing to refloat the Panama-flagged The Suez canal, which connects the Red Sea to the Medi- dissatisfaction with the Public ship, Ever Given, which is carrying a combined weight of terranean, is a chosen route for around 12 percent of all Authority for Manpower deci- 224,000 tonnes. But, moving the 400m-long (1,312ft) vessel global trade. sion which prevents the renewal [email protected] will take days, due to its sheer size and heavy load. “We are determined to keep on working hard to resolve of residence permits for expa- A total eight large tugboats are taking part in the tiresome this situation as soon as possible,” Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd. triates who have reached the efforts to nudge the boat, which became lodged sideways said. “We would like to apologize to all parties affected by this age of 60 years and do not hold in the waterway after having been run aground, the canal’s incident, including the ships travelling and planning to travel university degrees or who have authority chief Lt Gen Osama Rabie said. through Suez canal.” (Agencies) reached the age of seventy years, in general, but are experienced Newswatch and are competent and difficult to replace. Speaking to Al-Seyassah dai- ERBIL: At least 27 members of the so-called Islamic State (IS) Experts urge caution after ly, they say, the decisions will were killed in a military operation launched southeast of Mosul, harm many citizens, including the Iraqi military said in a statement Wednesday. private school owners and the The Iraqi forces, backed by the US-led international coalition real estate, and deprive business and Iraq’s aircraft, launched the military operation on March 9 and owners of the experiences of continued over 14 days in the Makhmour mountain in southeast of many expatriates. Nineveh’s provincial capital Mosul, it added. India detects new variant Head of the Kuwaiti Contract- The operation, included 312 airstrikes, destroyed 120 caves and ing Companies Federation, D sites of the militants, killing some of them, it noted. Salah Bursli said the recent de- It was carried out in coordination with the federal security forces NEW DELHI, March 25, (AP): A new and potentially troublesome The Health Ministry said in a statement that the variant was found variant of the coronavirus has been detected in India, as have vari- in 15%-20% of the samples sequenced from Maharashtra state. The cisions regarding non-renewal and the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, it stated.