Kuwait Reappoints Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid as PM

Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid. (KUNA)
Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid. (KUNA)
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Kuwait Reappoints Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid as PM

Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid. (KUNA)
Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid. (KUNA)

Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid has been reappointed as premier by an emiri order, state news agency KUNA reported on Tuesday.

Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah had accepted the government's resignation on November 14 and ordered it to act in a caretaker capacity until a new one is formed.

Sheikh Sabah had submitted the cabinet's resignation on November 8.



Qatar Rejects ‘Provocative’ Statements Issued by Netanyahu's Office

Majed al-Ansari, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson. (Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Majed al-Ansari, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson. (Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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Qatar Rejects ‘Provocative’ Statements Issued by Netanyahu's Office

Majed al-Ansari, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson. (Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Majed al-Ansari, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson. (Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Qatar strongly rejected on Saturday what it described as “provocative” Israeli statements made by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Majed al-Ansari, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said the “Israeli statements fall short of the most basic standards of political and moral responsibility”.
He added: "Picturing the ongoing aggression in Gaza as a defense of civilization brings back rhetorics used by regimes throughout history to justify their crimes under false pretenses”.
Earlier, Netanyahu’s office called on Qatar, a key mediator between Israel and the Hamas group in Gaza, to "stop playing both sides with its double talk and decide if it's on the side of civilization or if it's on the side of Hamas".