Bahrain calls Qatar biggest threat to GCC after ‘lies-filled’ Jazeera documentary

Bahraini Foreign Minister Khaled bin Ahmed accused Qatar of being the biggest threat to the GCC. (AFP/File photo)
Updated 17 July 2019
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Bahrain calls Qatar biggest threat to GCC after ‘lies-filled’ Jazeera documentary

JEDDAH: Bahrain lashed out at Al Jazeera on Monday after the Qatari network aired a documentary attempting to undermine the Kingdom.

The program broadcast on Sunday was filled with “lies and fallacies against the state of Bahrain,” Bahraini Foreign Minister Khaled bin Ahmed said.

It is just a “new episode in a series of conspiracies from a rogue state against the kingdom of Bahrain, and against the stability of the entire region,” he added.

“This state has become the biggest threat to the Gulf Cooperation Council.”

Bahrain, along with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt launched a boycott of Qatar two years ago over Doha’s support for extremist groups.

They also accused Qatar of interfering in the internal affairs of other GCC countries and having close ties to Iran.


UK, Canada, Germany and others condemn Israel’s West Bank settlement plan

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UK, Canada, Germany and others condemn Israel’s West Bank settlement plan

  • Statement from 14 countries condemns Israeli security cabinet’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West ‌Bank
LONDON: Countries including Britain, Canada and Germany and ​others on Wednesday condemned the Israeli security cabinet’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West ‌Bank, saying ‌they violated ‌international ⁠law ​and risked ‌fueling instability.
“We call on Israel to reverse this decision, as well as the expansion of ⁠settlements,” said a joint ‌statement released ‍by Britain, ‍which also included ‍Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway ​and Spain.
“We recall that such unilateral actions, as ⁠part of a wider intensification of the settlement policies in the West Bank, not only violate international law but also risk fueling instability,” the statement ‌added.