Qatari PM: Our Country Is a Platform for Bringing Everyone to Dialogue

People attend the 22nd edition of the annual Doha Forum in Doha, Qatar December 7, 2024. Reuters/Bassam Masoud
People attend the 22nd edition of the annual Doha Forum in Doha, Qatar December 7, 2024. Reuters/Bassam Masoud
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Qatari PM: Our Country Is a Platform for Bringing Everyone to Dialogue

People attend the 22nd edition of the annual Doha Forum in Doha, Qatar December 7, 2024. Reuters/Bassam Masoud
People attend the 22nd edition of the annual Doha Forum in Doha, Qatar December 7, 2024. Reuters/Bassam Masoud

Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani stressed on Saturday that the Doha Forum 2024 has gone beyond being merely a space to share perspectives to become a global platform that gathers leaders and surmounts global challenges.

Welcoming the participants during the opening of the forum, he said that in a world where events have rapidly evolved and crises have escalated in an unprecedented way, there is a sore need to return to fundamental principles by creating novel solutions for peace, stability and development.

Previous experiences have proven that adhering to the traditional approach to dealing with intractable crises will only lead to reproducing the same challenges, and perhaps exacerbating them, he warned, according to Qatar’s state news agency (QNA).

The forum, he added, is being held while the world stands at a crossroads of critical decisions, either surrendering to the cycle of violence that many regions around the world are grappling with or innovating new solutions that ensure the end of the current violence and lay a solid foundation for enduring peace and fair prosperity and guarantee stability for future generations.

“Gaza is undoubtedly a stark model of this violent cycle, an unprecedented humanitarian tragedy, but also a genocide that happens under the watch of the world which would have dangerous repercussions threatening the entire region, as demonstrated in Lebanon,” he noted.

“Nations must ask crucial questions about the effectiveness of conventional means in dealing with conflicts, as these questions become more urgent with each passing day,” Sheikh Mohammed went on to say.

Successive crises have revealed the magnitude of the gap between traditional methods and systems and the rapidly accelerating contemporary challenges, he outlined, emphasizing that the world today is in urgent need of advanced institutions for international cooperation, which go beyond traditional frameworks and rely on principles of justice and inclusivity, while benefiting from tools of the digital age.

Sheikh Mohammed emphasized that a serious and candid stance is required in the face of the changes of this era, adding that peoples of the region are living in an age of massive technological advancements.

He stressed that everything possible should be done to ensure that these technologies remain tools to drive economic development and promote peace and human welfare.



UAE Sentences Killers of Israeli Rabbi to Death

The court unanimously sentenced the three defendants who carried out the murder and kidnapping to death, while the accomplice who aided them received a life sentence. (WAM)
The court unanimously sentenced the three defendants who carried out the murder and kidnapping to death, while the accomplice who aided them received a life sentence. (WAM)
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UAE Sentences Killers of Israeli Rabbi to Death

The court unanimously sentenced the three defendants who carried out the murder and kidnapping to death, while the accomplice who aided them received a life sentence. (WAM)
The court unanimously sentenced the three defendants who carried out the murder and kidnapping to death, while the accomplice who aided them received a life sentence. (WAM)

The United Arab Emirates on Monday sentenced three people to death for the murder of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who was killed in November in the Gulf country, state news agency WAM reported.

The Abu Dhabi Federal Appeal Court ruled the murder of Zvi Kogan, 28, was committed by the defendants in pursuance of a "terrorist purpose," according to WAM.

Attorney General Dr. Hamad Saif Al Shamsi had ordered the four defendants to be brought to a swift trial in January 2025, following investigations conducted by the State Security Prosecution, which revealed that the defendants had tracked and murdered the victim.

The evidence presented by the State Security Prosecution to the court included the defendants' detailed confessions to the crimes of murder and kidnapping, along with forensic reports, post-mortem examination findings, details of the instruments used in the crime, and witness testimonies.

The court unanimously sentenced the three defendants who carried out the murder and kidnapping to death, while the accomplice who aided them received a life sentence followed by deportation from the country after serving his sentence.

Under UAE law, sentences of capital punishment are automatically subject to appeal and are referred to the Criminal Division of the Federal Supreme Court for review and adjudication.

The Attorney General stressed that the verdict reflects the UAE’s unwavering commitment to combating terrorism in accordance with the highest standards of justice and the rule of law while ensuring fair trial guarantees. He stressed that the UAE judiciary resolutely confronts any attempts to undermine national security and stability.

Furthermore, the Attorney General added that the United Arab Emirates stands as a global model of coexistence and tolerance, where its laws protect all residents, regardless of religion or ethnicity, ensuring their safety and security.