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Haftar and Qatar’s moaning
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who commands the Libyan National Army (LNA), has dominated the breaking news again after ordering his forces to march on capital Tripoli and drive out terrorist militias, takfirist organizations and criminal gangs and rid the country of their dominion, control and crimes. It is a delusion to think that Libyans have, over the last seven years, enjoyed peace and security at home or work. Their oil-rich country has become a safe haven for takfirists, rogue groups and mercenaries. Terrorism, corruption, nepotism and assassinations have spread while the number of militias and terrorist organizations has increased in addition to murders, robberies, kidnappings and acts of torturing to death. Undoubtedly, the majority of loyal Libyans support Haftar and his...
April 11, 2019

Haftar and Qatar’s moaning

The wolf no longer bleats
Those who despair at the strong likelihood that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu has won himself a record fifth term in office are missing a key point. Without exception, each and every Israeli government, regardless of its political color, has quietly pushed the agenda of a Greater Israel, inevitably at the expense of the Palestinians.Had the challenger Benny Gantz won the weekend general election, the tone of the government might have changed but its direction would have been the same. Different sheep’s clothing but the same wolf.Therefore, all the talk of “right-wing” Netanyahu or “centrist” Gantz is meaningless. For years Netanyahu protested that he wanted a peaceful settlement with the Palestinians. Yet every time that peace looked in danger of arriving, he found some...
April 11, 2019

The wolf no longer bleats

DON PRAMUDWINAI
Sustaining the planet for future generations
In the digital age and present context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), we often hear about “big data” and the “Internet of Things (IOT),” which to some may sound highly technical and virtually digital. While Thailand is fully aware of the opportunities and challenges that come with modernity, we also seek an all-encompassing human dimension of inclusive development, particularly during our year as ASEAN Chair. This is why we came up with the theme “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability,” to promote the “Sustainability of Things (SOT),” which means sustainability in all dimensions.Sustainable development is an overarching concept that is directly related to SOT. However, the first aspect of sustainability that usually comes to the mind of the public is...
April 11, 2019

Sustaining the planet for future generations

How do we create jobs?
OkazONE of the main challenges facing governments across the world is creating job opportunities for citizens. It is a key and sensitive point between economic policies of the governments and the citizens.The World Bank has stated that countries in our region will face great challenges in job creation. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa need to create more than 50 million jobs with an annual growth rate of 6.5 percent to ensure political and social stability.Increased competitiveness and a dynamic economy are essential to generate job opportunities and to distribute the fairly among all segments of society.In the Kingdom, we need to determine priorities of promising sectors in which we can generate the biggest number of jobs.Each sector has its own unique characteristic that is...
April 11, 2019

How do we create jobs?

Saudi Arabia’s new faces of power
Saudi Arabia has an ambitious agenda and a strategic planning diplomacy that combines several uses of power resources to protect national interests and security. It is a strategy that emphasizes the need for a strong economy and military, as well as stresses investing in alliances and institutions to expand the influence and legitimacy of state actions.Nations fail because of weak governments, poor education systems, lack of resources, an ineffective system of laws and bad public services, which cause brain drain as people search for a better quality of life and more stable political conditions.However, a high-quality education sector is one of the important factors contributing to a country’s development. Saudi Arabia has witnessed a significant growth in academic institutions, as it...
April 10, 2019

Saudi Arabia’s new faces of power

Seven divorces every hour!
Al-MadinaACCORDING to figures released by the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) recently, there were 58,000 divorces in the Kingdom last year representing about 24 percent of the total number of the marriage contracts, which was put at 158,000 during the year.The Justice Ministry, on the other hand, said courts issued 4,688 divorce deeds all over the Kingdom this February alone, which is a rise of about 14 percent over the number of divorces in the previous month, which was 4,004.The ministry said every month there were between 179 and 253 divorce cases documented in various parts of the Kingdom.This simply means that there were seven divorces taking place in the Kingdom every hour.Divorce, as a family consultant puts it, is a divinely sanctioned system to permanently settle the...
April 10, 2019

Seven divorces every hour!

Pakistanis celebrate National Day
Pakistanisall over the world recently celebrated Pakistan Day. On that day, Muslim leaders from the Indian subcontinent met in Lahore and adopted the resolution called the Lahore Resolution or the Pakistan Resolution, which ended all attempts to unite Muslims and Hindus in one front to demand independence from the British government. When the Indian National Congress started a movement called “Quit India,” Pakistan started a similar one with the slogan of “Divide and Quit India.”The Pakistan Repatriation Council (PRC) recently organized a symposium to mark the occasion. I was invited to deliver a speech in which I drew attention to the inception of the very idea of Pakistan. The idea of a separate nation for the Muslims of the subcontinent evolved through several phases that had...
April 10, 2019

Pakistanis celebrate National Day

The epitome of all evil
Syria, Iran and N. Korea are often thought of when the term the axis of evil comes up. The brutality or the nefarious designs of their regimes command headlines. But when another evil in our neighborhood does its dirty work in full view of the public, it barely draws a line or two on the back pages of media outlets. The silence is deafening.Since the Palestinian march against apartheid and oppression began just over a year ago, 215 Palestinian protestors have been callously murdered by Israeli forces, 43 of them children. More than 18,000 have been shot and maimed by Israeli soldiers and snipers and the numbers are rising. The Palestinians have been marching en masse in a peaceful protest to decry Israeli brutality against the lawful residents of the land. An additional 3,000 or more Gaza...
April 10, 2019

The epitome of all evil

Iran’s terrorist guardians
Tehran has reacted with predictable hysteria to Washington’s announcement that the ayatollahs’ Revolutionary Guard is now considered to be a terrorist organization. To some observers, it is a mystery that this did not happened earlier, not least because the Quds Force, the foreign expeditionary arm of the Guard, has been deemed by Washington to be a terrorist group since 2007.Had the Trump administration wished to go the extra mile, it could also have included the Basij militia, the thuggish band that played a major role in putting down the 2009 popular protests following the fixed presidential election.The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is not simply committed to protecting the ayatollahs from the anger and despair of their own people. It has also seized for itself a pivotal...
April 10, 2019

Iran’s terrorist guardians

Erdogan’s third chance!
My Turkish friend was curious. It was spring, 2016, and I had just finished my TV interview about the improving relations between our countries, after a series of top official meetings and the establishment of a high committee to oversee bilateral projects and initiatives. My colleague wanted to know why Saudi Arabia had been so angry that since 2013 King Abdullah wouldn’t even talk to Mr. Erdogan. And why the change of heart now?I told him that I believed it had something to do with the latter’s support of Obama’s plan to destabilize the Arab world, using Muslim Brotherhood Qatari money and Turkish organization. Iran helped, too. The so-called “Arab Spring” has destroyed the fabric of many countries, and if it had not been for the awakening of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab...
April 09, 2019

Erdogan’s third chance!

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