baseball Page 15 golf THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Page 14 Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021 / SHAWWAL 6, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17690 16 PAGES 150 FILS Toll tops 200 ... scramble on for truce A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot behind the smoke of burning tires during clashes with Israeli army soldiers at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 16. (Inset): A Palestinian family sits outside their home after it was hit by an early morning Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, May 17. (AP) No US pressure for ceasefire Opinion GAZA CITY, May 17, the holy city between Palestinian pro- testers and Israeli police. The protests (AP): The Israeli military were focused on the heavy-handed unleashed a wave of heavy policing of a flashpoint sacred site Miser’s money ends in a cheater’s pocket; airstrikes on the Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the threatened eviction Strip early Monday, say- of dozens of Palestinian families by ing it destroyed 15 kilome- Jewish settlers. How long must debtors wait for redress? ters (9 miles) of militant More protests were expected across the region Tuesday in re- tunnels and the homes of sponse to a call by Palestinian citi- nine Hamas commanders, zens of Israel for a general strike. The By Ahmed Al-Jarallah are dozens of solutions that are not getting Summoned on posting as international diplomats protest has the support of Palestinian Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times attention, leaving people mired in debt. Authority President Mahmoud Ab- The loans required to be dropped do not worked to end the week bas’ Fatah party. CURRENTLY, the people of this nation exceed KD 1.6 billion. On the other hand, of fighting that has killed Since the fighting began, the Is- are living on hope, while the government the loans and grants of the Kuwait Fund for Czech envoy voices regret hundreds of people. raeli military has launched hundreds continues to cultivate in the souls a mirage Arab Economic Development amount to of airstrikes it says are targeting of silence by devoting itself to its battle with The latest attacks killed a top KD 7 billion distributed to over 107 coun- KUWAIT CITY, May 17, (KUNA): Czech Republic Ambassador to Gaza leader of the Islamic Jihad Hamas’ militant infrastructure. Pal- the National Assembly, which in turn lacks tries. Most of these will either not be paid estinian militants in Gaza have fired awareness of the parliamentary hallucina- the State of Kuwait Martin Dvorak on Monday expressed deep regret militant group whom the Israeli back, or their interest return does not ex- for posting the Israeli flag on his social media personal account, draw- more than 3,200 rockets into Israel. tions far from the concerns of the people. ceed 2.5 percent and they can be paid in in- military blamed for some of Israeli military officials said Hamas Therefore, we only have His Highness ing a wave of wrath and dismay in shadow of the current tragic condi- stallments for a period of over forty years. tions in Gaza Strip. the thousands of rocket attacks had stockpiled about 15,000 rockets the Amir and His Highness the Crown We all know that these loans are issued launched at Israel in recent days. before the war started. Rocket attacks Prince to appeal to end the people’s suf- Ambassador Dvorak said on the Czech Embassy website that he did according to certain frameworks. Some of not take into consideration sentiments “of many of my close Kuwaiti Israel has said it intends to press continued Monday, with one hitting fering, which has been further complicated them are for non-influential political posi- on for now with its attacks against a building in the city of Ashdod that by short-sighted government actions. and Muslim friends and I desire to apologize to them and also to all tions or special interests. Despite this, we Kuwaitis and Palestinians and all who have been disgruntled by this Hamas, the militant group that rules caused injuries, the Israeli police First of all, we are not asking the po- will not review them now, but a time may Gaza, and the United States signaled said. litical leadership to repay the loans of conduct.” come when we will talk in detail about them, The envoy said he did not intend to express disrespect toward the it would not pressure the two sides traders, large companies, banks or family and about the scandals involving them. for a cease-fire. Declined businesses including the debts of Ahmed Palestinian innocent victims. For now, we beg to ask – Who deserves He has added that since taking office, he has been seeking to estab- At least 200 Palestinians have been US diplomat Hady Amr met with Al-Jarallah, Al-Kharafi, Al-Shaya, Al- that money? Is it the citizens – the main pil- killed in the strikes, including 59 a delegation from the Palestinian Au- Ghanim, and others. We instead ask it to lish the best possible relations between Kuwait and his country. lar of this country, its regime and its rule Dvorak has added that he has expressed no hatred or fanaticism to- children and 35 women, with 1,300 thority on Monday, a day after meet- help the owners of small enterprises and – or the distant countries? What did we people wounded, according to the ing senior Israeli leaders. But the the debtors who were negatively affected ward Muslims, Arabs or any other racial or religious community. benefit from some of those countries dur- “I apologize once more to any person who sensed harm from this Gaza Health Ministry. Eight people Biden administration has declined so by the crisis of the long closure due to the ing the time of our historical crisis, I mean in Israel, including a 5-year-old boy far to publicly criticize Israel’s part in COVID-19 pandemic, which protected regretful act,” he added, re-affirming his keenness on maintaining “the the Iraqi invasion? brotherly relations” with the State of Kuwait. and a soldier, have been killed in on- the fighting or send a top-level envoy people from widespread COVID-19 infec- If the relevant institutions such as the going rocket attacks launched from to the region. tion – or so the Minister of Health assumes Kuwait Foreign Ministry earlier on Monday summoned the Ambas- government, the National Assembly, the sador, expressing vehement rejection of his rhetoric on his personal civilian areas in Gaza toward civilian Speaking to reporters during a trip – but instead spread among them infec- Central Bank, the Kuwait Fund for Arab areas in Israel. to Denmark, Secretary of State Ant- tions of bankruptcy and need such that account on Instagram. Economic Development operated accord- The Kuwait Foreign Ministry, in a press release, stated, “Such be- Violence has also erupted between ony Blinken said the United States they did not find a savior to rescue them ing to the popular proverb “Your uncle’s Jews and Arabs inside Israel, leaving would support any initiative to stop from the situation they are in. havior that constitutes grave harm to sentiments of the State of Kuwait money does not concern”, then it is push- at the official and popular levels is not adequate to the nature of the scores of people injured. On Monday, the fighting, but signaled the country It would perhaps be useful to highlight, ing the country to a great disaster. It is ap- an Israeli man attacked last week by did not intend to put pressure on the as an example, the suffering of a retired diplomacy career, contradicts diplomatic norms, texts of the Vienna plying the popular proverb “Miser’s mon- Convention on Diplomatic Relations.” a group of Arab citizens in the central two sides to accept a cease-fire. Kuwaiti who obtained rights to open in ey ends up in a cheater’s pocket” because it city of Lod died of his wounds, ac- “Ultimately it is up to the parties to Kuwait a franchise of a famous German is stingy towards its own people but spends cording to police. make clear that they want to pursue a restaurant and spent his life savings, but on strangers. The overnight airstrikes in Gaza cease-fire,” he said. the project faltered due to the COVID-19 Your Highness the Amir and Your on Monday hollowed out one floor German Chancellor Angela pandemic and the long closure of the coun- Highness the Crown Prince ... Kuwaitis are Newswatch of a multistory concrete building. A Merkel, who spoke Monday with try, and he ended up facing accumulation getting tired of the impasse. woman picked through clothing, rub- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin of debts. In addition, the creditors filed Although the government and the Nation- ble and splintered furniture in a room Netanyahu, emphasized Germany’s lawsuits against him, which forced him to al Assembly hear the screams of the people Aviation (DGCA) addressed the that had been destroyed. One strike solidarity with Israel, condemned close his only means of earning a liveli- due to their suffering, they do not do any- KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Min- demolished the wall of one room, the continued rocket attacks from hood. He is currently suffering due to the istry of Health has announced airlines operating at the airport on thing to alleviate their pain. Therefore Ku- recording 828 new coronavirus May 11 about determining their leaving untouched an open cabinet Gaza and expressed hope for a swift debts he owes his creditors, prompting him waitis, due to the aggravation of the crisis, filled with bedding inside.