GCC meeting postponed
DOHA: A meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers scheduled to be held in Doha today to discuss reconciliation and decide the timing of the return of ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain to Qatar has been postponed, Al Sharq reports quoting a GCC diplomatic official. The official said that the visit of Kuwaiti Emir H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to Abu Dhabi, Doha and Bahrain last week has boosted efforts for GCC reconciliation.
Meanwhile, Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah said that the diplomatic row between the GCC member states was over politically and only minor hurdles remain.
He called on the member countries to look at the future and not the past, adding that differences can be solved only through meetings and dialogues. The Omani minister said that the GCC summit scheduled to be held in December will be held in Doha. “We should hold the summit on time and at the same venue,”he added.
The Peninsula
KFAR KANA, Israel: Angry Arab-Israeli protesters took to the streets across the country yesterday and police raised alert levels nationwide amid shock waves over the fatal shooting of a young Arab-Israeli.
Shops, schools and businesses were shuttered in Arab towns and villages where a general strike was observed over Saturday’s killing of a 22-year-old in Kfar Kana near the northern city of Nazareth. AFP
