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âA Palestinian girl draws a figure by Palestinian caricaturist Naji al-Ali under the phrase âNo to compensationâ at the Baqa'a Palestinian refugee camp near Amman.â
Photographed by Jamal Nasrallah.
22 July 2000.
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List of Palestinian Evacuation And Support Fundraisers
Last Update: 05/28/2024
All fundraisers have been looked into by me or vetted by others. If anyone notices issues in validity with any of the fundraisers listed please let me know. Funding updates daily!
Fadi Al-Sharif and family ($26,961/$62,500 goal)
Hayam Taha and family (âŹ18,052/âŹ30,000 goal)
Deyaa and family (âŹ20,046/âŹ30,000 goal)
Deyaa reached the initial evacuation fee for his family and they have extended the goal to pay to support themselves after they evacuate.
Fatima Alshanti (kr22,300 SEK/kr150,000 goal)
Shahed Ghazi and family ($31,049 CAD/$94,838 goal)
Little Yusuf and family (âŹ33,893/âŹ85,000 goal)
Sara & Huda Hajjaj and family ($9,807/$25,000 goal)
Mohammed JH Shamia's family (kr50,017 SEK/kr250,000 goal)
Maram Ahmed and family (âŹ10,425/âŹ30,000 goal)
Hamza Almofty and family ($7,331/$35,000 goal)
Mahmoud Jomaa (âŹ3,143/âŹ10,000 goal)
Dr. Mohammed Shaga ($2,785/$20,000 goal)
Abdulrahman Alshanti and family (kr148,607 SEK/kr350,000 goal)
Besan Almabhouh's family (âŹ9,027/âŹ25,000 goal)
Said Tanani and brothers (âŹ33,829/âŹ50,000 goal)
Donia Tanani and family (âŹ78,277/âŹ100,000 goal)
Hussein Shamiya, his pregnant wife, and son ($19,816/$40,000 goal)
Mohammed Shamia and family ($35,729/$50,000 goal)
Amro Bakr & kids Bakir and Tala (âŹ15,294/âŹ28,000 goal)
Almadhoun family ($27,523/$80,000 goal)
Child Mohammed and family (âŹ20,297/âŹ30,000 goal)
Sana'a and family (ÂŁ28,657/ÂŁ70,000 goal)
Noha Ayyad and family ($35,374/$95,160 goal)
Maryam Ayyad and family ($1,065/$15,000 goal) - Maryam is related to Noha listed above, who is managing her fundraiser.
Hamza Sameer and family ($6,940/$55,000 goal)
Hamza is related to Noha, he is her uncleâs son.
Nazmi Mwafi and family ($6,823/65,000 goal)
Ibrahim Almofty and family ($8,341/$40,000 goal)
Hamdi Hejazi and family ($25,552/$150,000
Mohammed Ali and family ($10,891/$25,000 goal)
Heba and family (âŹ65,972/âŹ80,000 goal)
Mohammed Abuhasanein and family (kr11,156 SEK/kr 350,000 goal)
Rawan and Yemna (kr52,492 SEK/kr319,315 goal)
Laila Auda (âŹ7,784/âŹ35,000 goal)
Ola Madi (âŹ3,284/âŹ40,000 goal)
Tawfik Satoom and family ($6,587/$45,000 goal)
Laila Abd El Bari, her husband, and unborn baby Sham (âŹ8,088/âŹ25,000 goal)
Abdullah Mohammed and family ($7,577/$47,000 goal)
Ruba Abushaban and family (âŹ17,539/âŹ50,000 goal)
Hala, her husband, and their daughter ($7,517 CAD/$50,000 goal)
Hoda and Abdul Rahman ($3,211/$18,000 goal)
Al Maghari family (ÂŁ4,974/ÂŁ74,000 goal)
Arwa Abudawaba and family (kr246,856 NOK/kr500,000 goal)
Hani Alhajjarâs family (âŹ19,680/âŹ50,000 goal)
Ouda family ($20,709 CAD/$50,000 goal)
Rawan Ahmed and family ($17,798/$40,000 goal)
Dr. Wael Eldahdouh's family (âŹ6,001/âŹ110,000 goal)
Abdullah Lulu and family ($8,881/18,000 goal)
Lara, Abdalla, and family (âŹ12,812/âŹ50,000 goal)
Firas Salem and family (âŹ22,687/âŹ65,000 goal)
Amal Abu Shammala's family (âŹ49,805/âŹ53,000 goal)
Dr. Mohammed Alshaer and family (âŹ6,032/âŹ18,000 goal)
Roqaya Al-Hayek and Mohammad Jamal Al-Hayek (âŹ14,769/âŹ25,000 goal)
Haya and family (âŹ7,192/âŹ60,000 goal)
Mohammed Dahdooh and family (ÂŁ46,445/ÂŁ65,000 goal)
INITIAL GOAL COMPLETE!!! Mohammed is now raising money for his family to support themselves once they evacuate.
Ahmad Iyd and family (ÂŁ7,615/ÂŁ150,000 goal)
Renad and family (ÂŁ5,996/ÂŁ25,000 goal)
Mohammed Aljbour and family (âŹ5,501/âŹ25,000 goal)
Sarah's mother (âŹ6,266/âŹ15,000 goal)
Sarah reached her initial goal to evacuate her mother and has raised the goal to provide support for she and her family once they are in Egypt.
Dr. Hasan Adwan and family (âŹ6,149/âŹ98,000 goal)
Marah Atallah and family ($2,285/$27,000 goal)
Dr. Nasrallah Almassri ($9,333/$30,000 goal)
Afnan Hasaballah (âŹ12,011/âŹ15,000 goal)
Muhammad Al-Thalateeni and family (âŹ8,497/âŹ20,000 goal)
Al-Zaeem family ($9,009/$50,000 goal)
Mahmoud Al Tibi and family (âŹ9,193/âŹ60,000 goal)
Almoghrabi family (âŹ8,454/âŹ25,000 goal)
Mohammad's family (âŹ9,578/âŹ30,000 goal)
Aziz and his mother ($3,063/$50,000 goal)
Mohammed, his wife, and their newborn son ($1,101 CAD/$50,000 goal)
Tala, her aunt, and their family (âŹ20,588/âŹ50,000 goal)
Ala Osama ($165/$50,000 goal!!!)
Aesha Balaha and family ($1,867/$10,000 goal)
Farah and family (âŹ4,691/âŹ35,000 goal)
Zinh Dahdooh ($6,991/$40,000 goal)
Rana and family (âŹ9,285/âŹ30,000 goal)
Al-Alami family ($3,798 CAD/$100,000 goal)
Khaled and family ($252/$15,000!!!)
Tamer Alnoaizy and family (âŹ4,115/âŹ20,000 goal)
Ahmed Dawoud and family ($2,300/$87,000 goal)
Omar and family (âŹ7,869/âŹ20,000 goal)
Haytham and family ($2,748 CAD/$70,000 goal)
Hamdi and family ($770 CAD/$62,000 goal!!!)
Mahmoud & Rawan (âŹ1,154/âŹ15,000 goal)
Hashem, Samar, and baby Omar (âŹ385/âŹ45,000 goal!!!)
Aseel Maher and family (âŹ3,295/âŹ30,000 goal)
Mayada Jihad and family (âŹ2,220/âŹ30,000 goal)
Amal, her children, and her unborn baby ($3,991/$15,000 goal!!!) URGENT! 6 DAYS TO COMPLETE!!!
Margaret, Sara, and Maxine's friend and her family (ÂŁ38,325/ÂŁ50,000 goal)
Tahani Shorbajee and family ($5,785/$50,000 goal)
Baby Youssef and family (âŹ8,282/âŹ50,000 goal)
Iman Eyad and family (ÂŁ4,010/ÂŁ60,000 goal)
Mohammed & Hamza Hilles and family (âŹ755/âŹ30,000 goal!!!)
Bilal Salah and family (âŹ25,078/âŹ70,000 goal)
Rabah Dawoud and family ($46,500/$70,000 goal)
Mayess and family ($357/$45,000 goal!!!)
Aahed Hisham and family (âŹ2,807/âŹ50,000 goal)
Hammam Hilles and family (âŹ887/âŹ30,000 goal!!!)
Hazem's family ($104,420 AUD/$100,000 goal)
GOAL COMPLETE!!!
Hazem has made it from Gaza to Egypt, but he and his family are still in need of support.
Mohamed, Samah, and family (âŹ28,951/âŹ63,000 goal)
#tried to ensure these were all fundraisers i was sure of or were vetted by others. i will update daily & add as more come in!#palestine#free palestine#gaza#mutual aid
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List of healthcare workers killed by Israel attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023
Physicians:
Dr. Omar Ferwana, a Professor and former Dean of the Islamic University of Gaza Medical School and an andrologist, Gaza
Dr. Aya Ferwana (Dr Omar Ferwanaâs daughter), a family medicine specialist, Gaza
Dr. Medhat Saidam, a senior burn and plastic surgeon, Shifa Hospital, Gaza and MSc in Burn Care alumnus from Queen Mary University of London
Dr. Mohammed Dabour, a consultant pathologist and dean of pre-clinical medicine at the Islamic University of Gaza Medical School
Dr. Tamer Al-Khayyat, an anesthesiologist and intensivist, European Gaza Hosptial, Rafah
Dr. Mahmoud Al-Khayyat, an internist in Rafah and Dr Tamer Al-Khayyatâs father
Dr. Razan Al-Rakhawi (Dr Tamer Al-Khayyatâs wife), an obstetric and gynecologist, Emirati Womenâs Hospital, Rafah
Dr. Sereen Al-Attar a consultant obstetric and gynecologist at Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis and an Assistant Professor at the Islamic University of Gaza Medical school
Dr. Saeed Drabieh, a urology resident, Shifa Hospital
Dr. Mohammed Al-Samarai, Iraqi volunteer intern physician
Dr. Rafat Abou Foul, radiologist, Beit Hanoun Hospital
Dr. Amal Al-Maqadma, family medicine specialist, Rafah
Dr. Ibtihal Al-Astal, intern doctor, Khan Younis
Dr. Duaa Awad, emergency medicine doctor, Al-Aqsa Hospital
Dr. Moath Nabaheen, emergency medicine doctor, Al-Aqsa Hospital
Dr. Youssef Jadallah, intensivist and anesthesiologist (based in Germany, from Gaza but was visiting his family)
Dr. Inas Yousef, emergency medicine doctor, Al-Aqsa Hospital
Dr. Israa Al-Ashqar, anesthesiology resident, Shifa Hospital, Gaza
Dr. Abdallah Ashour, emergency medicine doctor, Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis
Dr. Hamam El-Deeb, orthopaedic surgery resident, Shifa Hospital, Gaza
Dr. Munther Abu Sariya, consultant pediatrician, Mohammed Al-Durra Pediatric Hospital
Dr. Doaa Shammout, pediatric resident, Rantisi Hospital, Gaza
Dr. Baraa Abu Elaish, intern doctor, Gaza
Dr. Abdlallah El-Helou, general practitioner/internal medicine doctor, Indonesian/Beit Hanoun Hospital
Dr. Muhannad Ezzo Afana, general practitioner, Gaza
Dr. Mohammed Refaat Mekki,
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Dentists:
Dr. Ahmed Al-Hourani
Dr. Nada Mahdi
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Dali
Dr. Bilal Lubbad
Dr. Marwa Swelim
Dr Areej Eid
Dr. Tawfiq Al-Farra
Dr. Abdallah Baghdadi
Dr. Jameel Tarazi
Dr. Maysoon Al-Nuweiri
Dr. Mona Dughmush
Dr. Noha Dughmush
Dr. Mamoun Afana
Dr. Mohammed Afana
Dr. Anis Mekki
Dr. Tasneem Abdulnabi
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Medical/dental students:
Bisan Halasa
Shaimaa Saydam
Abedelrahman Abu Shammala
Nour Al-Ashqar
Yaseen Al-Akhras
Osama Abu Safia
Duha Dughmush
Haneen Al-Shannat
Abdallah Abu Jayab
Zainab Azzam
Mohammed Abu Jiadan
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Medical Scientists:
Prof. Salah El-Din Zanoun
Prof. Ahmed Al-Dalo
Prof. Ameed Mushtaha (Head of laboratories department and blood banks
Nurses:
Mohammed Lubbad Â
Mohammed Al-Azzaiza Â
Ahmed Moshtaha Â
Rami Lubbad Â
Somaya Temraz Â
Mohammed Rafat Gomaa Â
Osama A'eed Abu Safiya Â
Saber Al-Nimnim Â
Mohammed Hamad Â
Mohammed Al-Baz Â
Suleiman Abu Zour Â
Badr Mohammed Abu Daqah Â
Shaimaa Rayan (Midwife)
Maryam Abou Daher
Kefah Sanâallah
Walaa Adwan (Midwife)
Rawaa Al-Thalathini (Midwife)
Samah Rasheed (Midwife)
Rida Al-Masri (Midwife)
Ibrahim Abou Isaac
Amjad Abou Ouda
Ibrahim Al-Farra
Aya Al-Shrafi
Tamer Al Efesh
Momen Mansour
Asmaa Al-Asar
Feras Ftaiha
Diaa Bardaweel
Rana Shalaby
Itemad Miqdad
Zainab Al-Sharafi
Hamdan Malaka
Suheer Jbara
Hassan Al-Hennawi
Sabha Al-Sherafi
Azmi Al-Jamal
Yousef Al-Shareef
Hadeel Fanqa
Emad Esleem
Enas Al-Zeen
Heba Salamah
Nuha Esleem
Amro Masoud
Hanya Qudaih
Mohammed Al-Moqayyed
Ali Nasrallah
Tariq Abu Obaid (cardiac perfusion specialist)
Ahmed Al-Nuweiri
Abdulrahman Shaheen (Ziada)Â
Ahmed Mahmoud Alrann
Dr. Yahya Abduljawad Juda (Public Health, nurse)Â
Haytham Tawfiq AlnabihÂ
Loai Alzuhairi (Nursing student)Â
Saleem Abu Zour
Waleed ElMahalawi
Rola Althalathini (Midwife)
Duaa Ashour
Amer Elramlawi
Safa Zeino
Saja Doghmosh
Moayad Ezzo Afana
Ramadan Doghmosh
Moemen Arab (Nursing student)
Oun Nofal Ashour (Nursing student)
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Paramedics (EMS providers):
Marwan Abou Raida
Hatem Awad
Khalil Al-Sharif
Ahmed Al-Dahman
Yousri Al-Masri
Ahmed Abdel Rahman
Mohammed Al-Ghaliz
Mohammed Ali
Iyad Salim
Abdelrahim Abou Baid
Alaa Abou Ghanima
Naji Al Fayoumi
Mohammed Qateet
Tareq Ashour
Mahmoud Abou Mashayekh
Nafeth Al-Natour
Mahmoud Othman
Mohammed ElOmour
Ibrahim Matar
Yasser Alnaseri
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Physiotherapists:
Ahmed Al-Masri
Ahmed Sameh Abou Herbeed
Shaimaa Sbaih
Mayar Al-Wahidi
Ahmed Ashraf
Shahrazad Al-Akhras
Nour Ibrahim
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Pharmacists:
Ahmed Al-Jerjawi
Aziz Elfarra
Afnan Al-Astal
Shereen Abou Jazar
Eman Abu Al-Jalil
Safaa Hasouna
Ibraheem Meqdad
Mohammed Ali
Maysaa Khader
Nisreen Al-Dammagh
Sally Al-Aydi (Pharmacy student at AlAzhar University)
Mohammed Al-Shannat
Lina Abu Mualaileq
Noor Ibean
Haneen Albasyouni
Amira Dahman
Rawand Albanna
Khaled Abu Maâala
Amal Mekki
Abdullah Altartori (Pharmacy student at AlAzhar University)
Asmaa Abu Salah (Pharmacy student at AlAzhar University)
Mohammad Alshami
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Lab technicians/clinical microbiologists:
Natheer Shaban
Asmaa Hijazi
Rawan Yassin
Alia Al Hinnawi
Maryam Kabaja
Nahid Abdullatef
Mohammed Abu Karsh
Mohammed Shabaan
Riham Elkahlout
Ismail Sharaf
Taiseer Alghouti
Abdulmohsin Abu Alrous
Duaa Jad Allah Â
Optometrists:
Omar Khorsheed
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Attendees of a far-left event on the subject of âCorbyn, antisemitism and justice for Palestineâ were filmed making comments such as âthe Jewish people do not existâ, and âif you walk around expecting to be treated like Jewish âscumâ, thatâs whatâs going to happen to you.â
The event, which was held on Tuesday night at Londonâs Conway Hall, featured speakers such as Tariq Ali, Ben Jamal, the director of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and Richard Kuper of Jewish Voice for Labour.
The eventâs description on social media claimed that âCriticism of Israel is being conflated with antisemitism in ways that threaten free speech and the right to protest while silencing Palestinian voices. We must vigorously oppose all forms of antisemitism, but we canât let smears be used to silence criticism of the Israeli state.
âThis meeting will discuss the importance of challenging any attempt at a witch hunt, strengthening the struggle for Palestinian freedom while maintaining zero tolerance for antisemitism and all forms of racism.â
Joseph Cohen of the Israel Advocacy Movement and a number of other pro-Israel activists were refused admission to the event.
However, footage filmed by Mr Cohen showed a number of people queueing to attend making antisemitic comments.
âThink of the Dollar â thatâs all you care about,â one woman told a Jewish protestor.
âYou like silver, you like gold, thatâs all you care about.â
One person handing out a newsletter on behalf of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who claimed to be Jewish, was also selling books showing a swastika melded together with a Star of David, with the title âZionism â a racist, antisemitic and reactionary tool of imperialism.â
He went on to say that âthe Jewish people do not existâ, before attempting to put a pro-Israel campaigner in a headlock.
A smiling teenager informed Mr Cohen that he supported âI support Hamas. I support Nasrallah, I support Hezbollah.â
Both Hamas and Hezbollah are genocidal antisemitic terror groups, with Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, having said â"If they [the Jews] all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide."
Another man claimed that âevery oppressive regime, the Zionists have been linked to,â while another called Mr Cohen, who is visibly Jewish, âa lecherous, satanic piece of s***âŠâ
After the event, one attendee told Mr Cohen and others that âif you walk around expecting to be treated like Jewish âscumâ, thatâs whatâs going to happen to you.â
She went on to accuse them of being part of the âZionist lobbyâ.
âWhat makes me part of the Zionist lobby?â Mr Cohen asked.
âBecause you think that thereâs antisemitism in the Labour party,â she responded.
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[TASK 136: KUWAIT]
Thereâs a masterlist below compiled of over 180+ Kuwaiti faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.
Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!
THE TASK - scroll down for FCâs!
STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!
STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNGâs, fancasts, alternative FCâs - LITERALLY anything you desire!
STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)
STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didnât use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.
THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK - Â examples are linked!
Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.
Screencaps
RP icons [of all sizes]
Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]
PNG packs
Manips
Dash Icons
Character Aesthetics
PSDâs
XCFâs
Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSDâs!
FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!
FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.
Written Guides.
and whatever else you can think of / make!
MASTERLIST!
F:
Hayat Al-Fahad (1948) Kuwaiti - actress, broadcaster, writer and producer.
Zahrah al Kharji (1962) Kuwaiti - actress.
Huda Hussein (1965) Kuwaiti - actress and producer.
Shemayel (1969) Kuwaiti - singer.
Jamal Al Najadah (1975) Kuwaiti - actress, fashion designer, and media personality.
Haya Al Shuaibi (1979) Kuwaiti - actress and comedian.
Lamya Tareq (1979) Kuwaiti - actress.
Emma Shah (1981) Kuwaiti / Iranian - singer, composer, pianist, guitarist, actress, writer, dancer, and director.
Fatima Al Qadiri (1981) Kuwaiti - musician.
Haya Abdulsalam / Haya Abdul Salam (1983) Kuwaiti - actress and director.
Noha Nabil (1984) Kuwaiti - instagrammer (nohastyleicon) and beauty blogger.
Dalalid / Dalal AlDoub (1986) Kuwaiti - youtuber (dalalaldoub).
Yalda Golsharifi (1986) Kuwaiti - instagrammer (ygolsharifi).
Denise Bidot (1986) Kuwaiti / Puerto Rican - model.
Shujoun Al-Hajri (1988) Kuwaiti - actress and broadcaster.
Ascia / Ascia AKF / Ascia Al Faraj (1989) Kuwaiti / Unspecified White - model, instagrammer (ascia), youtuber (The Hybrids - Ascia & Ahmad), blogger, and fashion designer.
Fouz Alfahad (1990) Kuwaiti - instagrammer (therealfouz).
Fatma Alqadeeri (1993) Kuwaiti - tv host.
Rawan Bin Hussain (1996) Kuwaiti - model and instagrammer (rawan).
Khattafya (1996) Kuwaiti - instagrammer (khattafya) and youtuber (Khattafya and AlKhattafSisters).
Lulu Al Khataf (?) Kuwaiti - instagrammer (lulualkhataf) and youtuber (lulualkhataf and AlKhattafSisters).
Lady Walaa (?) Kuwaiti, Unknown - model (Instagram: lady_walaaly)
Haya Alobaid (?) Kuwaiti - model (Instagram: kuwaity_haya)
Souad Abdullah (?) Kuwaiti - actress.
Fatima Al Safi (?) Kuwaiti - actress and media personality.
Dana Gharib (?) Kuwaiti, Lebanese  - model, media personality, actress and Miss Kuwait for 2015 - 2016.
Dana Al Tuwarish (?) Kuwati / Iraqi - Instagrammer (daneeda_t).
Bibi Alabdulmohsen (?) Kuwati - Instagrammer (bibii63).
Maram / Mariam Al Belushe (?) Kuwati - actress and singer.
Hanan Alnajadah (?) Kuwati - makeup artist and YouTuber.
Lulu Al-Aslawi (?) Kuwati - TV host.
Shayman (?) Kuwati - TV host.
F - Athletes:
Nada Aljeraiwi (1985) Kuwaiti - cyclist.
Maryam Arzouqi (1987) Kuwaiti - sports shooter.
Najla Aljeraiwi (1988) Kuwaiti - cyclist.
Danah Al-Nasrallah (1988) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Noura Alameeri (1988) Kuwaiti - cyclist.
Faye Sultan (1994) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Maha Alsheraian (?) Kuwaiti - paralympic discus thrower.
M:
Mohammed Al Manea (1930) Kuwaiti - actor.
Saad Al Faraj (1938) Kuwaiti - actor.
Ibrahim Al-Sallal (1940) Kuwaiti - actor.
Fakhri Odeh (1941) Kuwaiti - actor.
Jassim Al-Nabhan (1944) Kuwaiti - actor.
Mohammed Al-Mansor (1948) Kuwaiti - actor. Â
Dawood Hussain (1958) Kuwaiti - actor.
Ahmad Johar (1958) Kuwaiti - actor, director and writer.
Abdallah Al Rowaished (1961) Kuwaiti - singer. Â
Tariq Al-Ali (1966) Kuwaiti - comedian and actor.
Basharno / Beesho / Maystro / Bashar al-Shatti (1982) Kuwaiti - singer, songwriter and actor,
Shuaib Rashed (1983) Kuwaiti - talk show host.
Talal Alrashed (1983) Kuwaiti - instagrammer (talal.alrashed).
Ibrahim Dashti (1986) Kuwaiti - singer.
Mutref al Mutref (1986) Kuwaiti - singer.
Fahad Awadh (1986) Kuwati - model (Instagram: fahad_awadh86).
Abdulla Aljasser (1987) Kuwati - singer, songwriter, media personality, social media celebrity and TV presenter.
Humood AlKhudher (1989) Kuwaiti - singer-songwriter and pianist.
Waqar Malik (1989) Kuwaiti - actor, singer, and fashion influencer.
Goubran Bahou (1990) Kuwaiti - facebook star (Goubtube).
Bader Eidan (1992) Kuwaiti - instagrammer (badereidan).
Kwili (1995) Kuwaiti - youtuber (Kwili).
Hassan Alattar (1998) Kuwaiti - singer.
Zain Aldraie (?) Kuwaiti - model and bodybuilder (Instagram: zainaldraie).
Yousef Al-Qenaei (?) Kuwaiti - filmmaker.
Zahed Sultan (?) Kuwaiti - musician.
M - Athletes:
Mraljeb Ayed Mansoor (1939) Kuwaiti - long-distance runner.
Saoud Obaid Daifallah (1944) Kuwaiti - long-distance runner.
Younis Abdallah (1948) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Mohamed Saad (1949) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Fawzi Burhma (1950) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Abdul Aziz Abdul Kareem (1952) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Abdul Latif Abbas (1953) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Fahed Salem (1953) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (1953) Kuwaiti - shot putter.
Ibrahim Muzaffer (1953) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Abdul Kareem Al-Awad (1953) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Ibrahim Al-Rabeeah (1954) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Saleh Faraj (1955) Kuwaiti - hurdler.
Abdullah Abdulrahman (1955) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Fahad Al-Farhan (1955) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Ali Al-Khawajah (1957) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Khaled Khalifa Al-Shammari (1957) Kuwaiti - middle distance runner.
Khaled Hussain (1958) Kuwaiti - middle distance runner.
Mohamed Abdul Wahab (1958) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Khaled Ghaloum (1958) Kuwaiti - hammer thrower.
Sulaiman Qabazard (1958) Kuwaiti - diver.
Ali Al-Baluchi (1959) Kuwaiti - boxer.
Adham Hemdan (1959) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Kamal Al-Athari (1959) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh (1959) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Abdulla Abuqrais (1959) Kuwaiti - diver.
Hisham Al-Sharaf Rashad (1960) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Mohamed Eyiad (1960) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Essa Abbas (1960) Kuwaiti - long jumper.
Tareq Al-Ghareeb (1961) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Najem Najem (1961) Kuwaiti - discus thrower.
Faisal Buressli (1961) Kuwaiti - basketball player.
Kazem Hasan (1961) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Waleed Al-Mohamed Abdulmuhsin (1961) Kuwaiti - rower.
Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi (1962) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Ahmed Al-Ahmed (1962) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Khaled Jahrami (1962) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Saleh Marzouk (1962) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Kifah Al-Mutawa (1962) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Mohamed Al-Thuwani (1963) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Ebrahim Al-Cattan (1963) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Osama Al-Khurafi (1963) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Jasem Al-Dowaila (1963) Kuwaiti - hurdler.
Naji Mubarak (1964) Kuwaiti - hurdler.
Khaled Al-Assaf (1964) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Yousuf Al-Hammad (1964) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Khaled Al-Awadhi (1964) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Ali Hasan (1965) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Ghanem Zaid (1965) Kuwaiti - javelin thrower. .
Waleed Al-Bekheet (1965) Kuwaiti - hammer thrower.
Sayed Al-Tubaikh (1965) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Mohamed Ghaloum (1965) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Faisal Al-Harshani (1966) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Hussain Safar (1966) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Adel Al-Najadah (1966) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Hasan Al-Shammari (1967) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Younes Al-Mashmoum (1968) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Mohamed Bu Sakher (1968) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Salman Mohamed Hussain (1968) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Zeyad Abdulrazak (1969) Kuwaiti - hurdler.
Abdul Marzouk Al-Yoh (1969) Kuwaiti - triple jumper.
Musayed Al-Azimi (1969) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Husain Al-Mutairi (1969) Kuwaiti - boxer.
Saud Al-Muwaizri (1969) Kuwaiti - boxer.
Nahedh Al-Murdh (1970) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Hussain Mohamed Hassan (1970) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Sultan Al-Otaibi (1970) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Hamed Sadeq (1971) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Mohamed Al-Hamar (1971) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Saqer Al-Surayei (1972) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Saleh Al-Sharrah (1973) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Mishal Sayed Al-Harbi (1975) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Abdelmohsen Shahrayen (1976) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Bader Abdul Rahman Al-Fulaij (1977) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Bashar Abdullah (1977) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Fawaz Al-Shammari (1977) Kuwaiti - hurdler.
Bashar Omar (1979) Kuwaiti - middle distance runner.
Fawzi Al-Shammari (1979) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Mohammad Ghareeb (1980) Kuwaiti - tennis player.
Ahmad Gholoum (1980) Kuwaiti - shot putter.
Musaed Abdullah (1981) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Mohammad Al-Azemi (1982) Kuwaiti - middle distance runner.
Faisal Al-Mahmeed (1983) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Ahmad Ajab (1984) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Hussain Fadhel (1984) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Mohammad Ashkanani (1984) Kuwaiti - basketball player.
Ali Al-Zinkawi (1984) Kuwaiti - hammer thrower.
Talal Al-Enezi (1985) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Khalid Ajab (1986) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Saleh Al-Haddad (1986) Kuwaiti - track and field athlete.
Ahmad Abdulghafour (1987) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Mohammad Madwa (1987) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Abdullah Maqdes (1987) Kuwaiti - tennis player.
Majid Al-Ali (1987) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Fahad Al Enezi (1988) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel (1989) Kuwaiti - hurdler.
Hamad Aman (1989) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Ebrahim Al-Zofairi (1989) Kuwaiti - middle distance runner.
Abdulaziz Al-Shatti (1990) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Sulaiman Abdulghafour (1991) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Abbas Qali (1992) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Essa Mohammed Al-Zankawi (1992) Kuwaiti - discus thrower.
Ahmed Al-Dhefiri (1992) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Yousef Karam (1993) Kuwaiti - sprinter.
Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha (1993) Kuwaiti - hurdler.
Faisal Ajab Al-Azemi (1994) Kuwaiti - footballer.
Ahmad Almutairi (1994) Kuwaiti - track and field athlete and wheelchair basketball player.
Yousef Al-Askari (1994) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Hamad Aladwani (?) Kuwaiti - paralympic track and field athlete.
Adel Al-Ghaith (?) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Dhari Almutairi (?) Kuwaiti - paralympic shot putter.
Ahmad Al-Hahdoud (?) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Jamal Ameen (?) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Isaac Atish Wa-El (?) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Ahmed Al-Arbeed (?) Kuwaiti - fencer.
Sayed Farhad (?) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Ali Heidar Ali Mohamed (?) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Faisal Marzouk (?) Kuwaiti - swimmer.
Abdul Latif Rozaihan (?) Kuwaiti - judoka.
Hussain Shareef (?) Kuwaiti - judoka.
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Sondos Alqattan (1991) Kuwaiti - instagrammer (sondos_aq) and beauty blogger. - Has said that domestic workers shouldnât deserve days off and other rights.
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KPRS to honour âfront-lineâ workers for their sacrifices
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 26: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwaiti Public Relations Society (KPRS), Jamal Al-Nasrallah, announced the society will organize a festival to honour what it called the âfront-lineâ workers from the ministries, various institutions, public benefit associations and volunteer teams which played an effective role in facing the challenges posed by the emerging Covid-19 pandemic, reports Al-Rai daily.
Nasrallah said in a press statement, âBased on the associationâs keenness to shed light on the role played by ministries, government and private institutions, and civil society organizations and their efforts in âcombatingâ the corona crisis, the association will also highlight what these front line workers have done and are doing to protect citizens and expatriates and preserve their health by putting their workers at risk in order to confront the pandemic and try to control it, although they face the risk of contracting the virus.â
Al-Nasrallah explained the board of directors is keen to honour all those who have painted a wonderful picture of patriotism by facing the risk of infecting their workers with this epidemic, pointing out that the Kuwaitis have embodied the highest meaning of patriotism and loyalty to their homeland by providing all forms of support Kuwaitis rushed to provide all forms of support for government efforts through donations from charity committees locally and internationally. Al-Nasrallah indicated the workers in government agencies, institutions, civil society institutions and volunteer teams are still making the utmost sacrifices to confront the pandemic, explaining the association will also honor the martyrs in recognition of their invaluable sacrifices.
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Hezbollah Is in Venezuela to Stay @ColinPClarke
 Regime change in Caracas wonât change the countryâs problematic relationship with the terrorist group. BY COLIN P. CLARKE
 | FEBRUARY 9, 2019, 3:29 AM A poster shows Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and Arab leader Jamal Abdel Nasser on Dec. 7, 2006 in Beirut. (Ramzi Haidar/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said that Saudi Arabia is facing a kind of international boycott because of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, noting that the cover of its war in Yemen has begun to collapse.
Nasrallah said in a speech on Friday that Khashoggi, who is widely believed to have been killed, said theâŠ
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Ahmed Daqamseh, in sunglasses, was welcomed home in the village of Ibdir in northern Jordan after being released from prison, where he served 20 years. Credit Numan Alquzaa/European Pressphoto Agency
JERUSALEM â The fragile treaty between the two former enemies was not even three years old when a Jordanian soldier went on a shooting rampage and killed seven Israeli schoolgirls visiting a park in a border area known as the Island of Peace.
On Sunday, almost 20 years after that March 13, 1997, attack, the Jordanian authorities released the soldier, Ahmed Daqamseh, a former corporal, after he effectively completed his term.
Amid the grief and outrage over what became known as the Island of Peace massacre, King Hussein, then the ruler of Jordan, managed to salvage the spirit of reconciliation and provide some balm.
The king paid a rare visit to Israel and made condolence calls to each of the bereaved families. Kneeling to speak with them as they sat on the floor in their homes as part of the Jewish mourning custom of shiva, he apologized and said: âYour daughter is like my daughter. Your loss is my loss.â
While the visit angered many in Jordan, it was seen as a gesture of friendship and humility by many in Israel and the West.
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Two decades later, Mr. Daqamsehâs release rekindled some of those emotions. The Israeli-Jordanian peace has proved firm and lasting, but it still exists mainly at the government level and has not been popularly embraced.
The Island of Peace, about 12 miles south of the Sea of Galilee, was formally returned to Jordan when it made peace with Israel in fall 1994, but was then leased back to an Israeli kibbutz. Mr. Daqamseh fired on the girls, who were on a class outing, from a border post in Jordanian territory.
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After the attack, a Jordanian medical team gave Mr. Daqamseh a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder; a military court sentenced him to life in prison. Life sentences are not open-ended in Jordan, and can essentially be commuted after 20 years.
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Mr. Daqamseh, who also injured five other girls and a teacher in the rampage, said at the time that the seventh and eighth graders had mocked him as he was performing his prayers.
Early on Sunday, Mr. Daqamseh returned to his familyâs home in Ibdir, a village in the governorate of Irbid in northern Jordan. Roya News, an independent Jordanian station, broadcast video of his homecoming, and photographs spread widely in the local news media.
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Israeli radio and news sites described the reception Mr. Daqamseh received from his family and other well-wishers as a heroâs welcome, also posting photographs and video of the local celebrations.
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Mr. Daqamsehâs mother and other relatives gathering on Sunday upon his return home. Credit Jamal Nasrallah/European Pressphoto Agency
A Jordanian military spokesman confirmed the release, but the government appeared to be trying to keep it low key. The police prevented reporters from reaching Ibdir later on Sunday, citing orders from the local governor, who demanded that journalists obtain permission from the Ministry of Interior.
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Mr. Daqamseh, now in his 40s, emerged from prison with patches of gray hair and sunken eyes. He was defiant and showed no remorse.
In his first statement to the news media from his home, he said, âThere is no country named Israel,â adding that any normalization of ties with Israel and the notion that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be resolved by means of a two-state solution were both âlies.â
Some Jordanians continued to see Mr. Daqamseh as a symbol of an anti-normalization movement against the Israeli-Jordanian treaty.
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The Israeli government and the bereaved families had protested earlier calls in Jordan for Mr. Daqamsehâs prison term to be cut short. There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials on Sunday, and relatives who spoke to the news media appeared mostly resigned to his release.
âI always say that our peace with Jordan is with the royal family, not the people or their parliament,â Yisrael Fatihi, whose daughter, Sivan, 13, was killed in the attack, told Ynet, a Hebrew news site.
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Hezi Cohen, the father of Nirit, 13, another victim, described his familyâs daily pain. On one hand, he said, Mr. Daqamseh had served his full sentence. On the other, he said, âIf he had received 20 years for each girl he murdered, he would have rotted in prison for the rest of his life.â
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âA young Palestinian girl helps her grandmother to cross an alleyway in al Baq'a Palestinian refugee camp north of Amman.â
Photographed by Jamal Nasrallah.
25 April 1998.
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Il y a un an, le premier ministre libanais Ă©tait retenu en Arabie saoudite et forcĂ© de dĂ©missionner. DerriĂšre cette machination, Mohammed Ben Salman, soucieux de regagner du terrain sur le rival iranien. Un Ă©pisode qui porte en germe lâhorreur de lâaffaire Khashoggi.
Rien de mieux quâune petite blague pour dĂ©tendre lâatmosphĂšre. Mohammed Ben Salman, le prince hĂ©ritier saoudien, le sait bien. La lĂ©gĂšretĂ© nâest pas le fort de ce colosse impavide dâun mĂštre quatre-vingt-dix, au visage mangĂ© par une grosse barbe noire. Ce qui frappe plutĂŽt ses interlocuteurs, câest son dĂ©bit mitraillette, son regard intense, « fiĂ©vreux » disent certains, et les tics nerveux qui hachent parfois son Ă©locution. Mais ce mercredi 24 octobre, Ă la tribune du « Davos du dĂ©sert », la confĂ©rence-vitrine de son plan de rĂ©formes du royaume, le dauphin de 33 ans comprend quâil doit forcer sa nature.
Câest sa premiĂšre intervention publique depuis lâassassinat du journaliste saoudien Jamal Khashoggi. LâĂ©ditorialiste du Washington Post, trĂšs critique de lâaction de celui que le monde entier appelle « MBS », a Ă©tĂ© liquidĂ© le 2 octobre, dans le consulat saoudien dâIstanbul (Turquie), par une escouade de barbouzes venus de Riyad.
Le jeune ambitieux, souverain bis dâArabie tant son pĂšre, le roi Salman, est effacĂ©, se trouve depuis ce jour dans lâĆil du cyclone. Rares sont les observateurs Ă ne pas voir, sinon sa main, du moins son ombre dans la sordide opĂ©ration menĂ©e sur les rives du Bosphore.
Lâimage du modernisateur Ă©branlĂ©e
Les dĂ©tails aux relents moyenĂągeux fournis par la presse turque â le corps de Khashoggi aurait Ă©tĂ© dĂ©membrĂ© au moyen dâune scie Ă os avant dâĂȘtre dissous Ă lâacide â Ă©branlent son aura de modernisateur. Une image construite autour de quelques mesures spectaculaires, comme lâoctroi du permis de conduire aux femmes, la rĂ©ouverture des cinĂ©mas et le plan « Vision 2030 », qui promet de rompre lâaddiction du pays au pĂ©trole.
La mise Ă mort de Jamal Khashoggi menace aussi lâavenir politique de celui qui se promettait de rĂ©gner durant trois, quatre ou cinq dĂ©cennies dâaffilĂ©e.
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Alors, devant les centaines dâentrepreneurs et dâinvestisseurs du monde entier rĂ©unis au Ritz-Carlton de Riyad, MBS commence par dĂ©noncer un « incident hideux et injustifiable », assurant que la « justice prĂ©vaudra ». Il se lance ensuite dans une longue et improbable tirade Ă la gloire du monde arabe, prĂ©disant que dâici Ă cinq ans, cette rĂ©gion accablĂ©e de tous les maux sera lâĂ©gale de lâEurope.
Et puis, pour finir de sĂ©duire son auditoire, il sâoffre donc une petite plaisanterie. « Le premier ministre Saad reste pour deux jours dans le royaume, dit-il en dĂ©signant le chef du gouvernement libanais, Saad Hariri, assis Ă ses cĂŽtĂ©s. JâespĂšre que vous nâallez pas rĂ©pandre la rumeur quâil a Ă©tĂ© kidnappĂ©. » La salle sâesclaffe mais la boutade a un goĂ»t douteux.
« Le prince hĂ©ritier Ă©tait prĂȘt Ă dĂ©clencher une sorte de guerre civile, entre sunnites et chiites, pour obliger le Hezbollah Ă se dĂ©sinvestir du YĂ©men », assure un protagoniste de lâaffaire.
Car un an plus tĂŽt, Ă lâĂ©poque oĂč les promesses de MBS de « revenir Ă lâislam modĂ©ré » faisaient les gros titres de la presse occidentale, Saad Hariri a bel et bien Ă©tĂ© lâotage du prince hĂ©ritier. ConvoquĂ© Ă Riyad, malmenĂ©, forcĂ© Ă dĂ©missionner, le leader sunnite libanais, chef du Courant du futur, nâavait pu retrouver son poste et sa libertĂ© que grĂące au sursaut dâorgueil de la classe politique libanaise et au forcing des capitales occidentales, notamment Paris. Conçu par MBS comme une maniĂšre de regagner du terrain sur lâIran, le rival honni de lâArabie saoudite, qui a profitĂ© du chaos post- « printemps arabe » pour avancer ses pions dans la rĂ©gion, le coup de force de lâapprenti monarque a tournĂ© au fiasco.
Mohammed Ben Salman, prince hĂ©ritier dâArabie saoudite. FAYEZ NURELDINE/ AFP
Des tĂ©moignages rĂ©coltĂ©s par M auprĂšs dâune dizaine de sources libanaises et Ă©trangĂšres, apportent un nouvel Ă©clairage sur cette crise, rĂ©vĂ©latrice de lâhubris et de lâamateurisme du quasi-rĂ©gent de Riyad. Un mĂ©lange hautement inflammable, qui aurait pu faire exploser le Liban et qui a dĂ©bouchĂ©, un an plus tard, sur la dĂ©flagration dâIstanbul.
« LâidĂ©e de MBS consistait Ă dresser deux fous lâun contre lâautre, Hassan Nasrallah [le chef du Hezbollah, parti-milice alliĂ© Ă lâIran] dâun cĂŽtĂ© et Baha Hariri, de lâautre, le frĂšre aĂźnĂ© de Saad, qui a tentĂ© de prendre son poste, assure un protagoniste de lâaffaire qui, comme la plupart des personnes rencontrĂ©es pour cette enquĂȘte, a requis lâanonymat. Le prince hĂ©ritier Ă©tait prĂȘt Ă Â dĂ©clencher une sorte de guerre civile, entre sunnites et chiites, pour obliger le Hezbollah Ă se dĂ©sinvestir du YĂ©men. » « On nâest pas passĂ© loin de quelque chose de grave », opine un diplomate occidental.
Etrange invitation dans le désert
Quand le chef du gouvernement libanais dĂ©barque Ă Riyad, le soir du vendredi 3 novembre 2017, rien ne laisse prĂ©sager lâĂ©preuve qui lâattend. Le prince hĂ©ritier lâa conviĂ© la veille Ă Â participer Ă un pique-nique dans le dĂ©sert, le hobby fĂ©tiche des Saoudiens quand le mercure commence Ă descendre.
Le quadragĂ©naire se trouvait dĂ©jĂ Ă Riyad en dĂ©but de semaine mais une invitation du royaume, sponsor historique de sa famille et protecteur traditionnel des sunnites libanais, ne se refuse pas. Un convoi officiel le conduit de lâaĂ©roport Ă sa rĂ©sidence privĂ©e. Son pĂšre, le charismatique Rafic Hariri, ex-premier ministre libanais assassinĂ© en 2005, avait obtenu la nationalitĂ© saoudienne, quâil a transmise Ă ses enfants. Avant de basculer en politique, Saad a dirigĂ© depuis Riyad, lâempire de BTP familial, la compagnie Saudi Oger, longtemps bĂątisseur attitrĂ© des palais de la famille royale.
Le lendemain, vers 8 heures, des Ă©missaires du dauphin viennent le chercher Ă sa villa. LâhĂ©ritier Hariri se dit que lâexcursion dans le dĂ©sert commence Ă un horaire Ă©trangement matinal, mais il est prĂȘt, en jeans et tee-shirt.
ArrivĂ© Ă un palais de MBS, le leader libanais est sĂ©parĂ© de son escorte personnelle. Il est introduit dans une piĂšce oĂč trois fidĂšles du prince hĂ©ritier lâattendent : Thamer Al-Sabhan, le gestionnaire du dossier libanais Ă la cour royale, Walid Al-Yaacoub, son adjoint, et Saoud Al-Qahtani, le conseiller mĂ©dia de MBS.
Selon le « New Yorker », Saad Hariri aurait Ă©tĂ© sĂ©questrĂ© dans la mĂȘme salle pendant onze heures dâaffilĂ©e, placĂ© sur une chaise et giflĂ© Ă rĂ©pĂ©tition.
Le premier, militaire de carriĂšre, est un faucon allergique Ă lâIran, associĂ© au clan Salman de longue date. PassĂ© dans la diplomatie, il sâest dotĂ© dâune image dâhomme de terrain, fonceur, en rupture avec les conciliabules de salon, dont ses collĂšgues sont traditionnellement friands. « Il a voulu ĂȘtre le Qassem Soleimani saoudien », rĂ©sume un politicien libanais qui le connaĂźt bien, en rĂ©fĂ©rence au gĂ©nĂ©ral vedette des gardiens de la rĂ©volution, cerveau de lâexpansionnisme iranien au Proche-Orient.
Mais ses maniĂšres frustes ne sont pas Ă la hauteur de ses ambitions. En aoĂ»t 2016, huit mois seulement aprĂšs son arrivĂ© Ă Bagdad comme ambassadeur, le gouvernement irakien, lassĂ© de ses dĂ©clarations fracassantes, obtient son renvoi Ă Riyad. Sa hargne anti-Iran sâest reportĂ©e depuis sur le Hezbollah, le mouvement chiite libanais, alliĂ© de TĂ©hĂ©ran et partenaire de la coalition au pouvoir Ă Beyrouth, quâil qualifie sur Twitter de « Parti de Satan ».
Le deuxiĂšme, plus sophistiquĂ©, sur le point dâĂȘtre nommĂ© ambassadeur Ă Beyrouth, nâen pense pas moins que Hariri est un « pantin », dixit lâun de ses interlocuteurs libanais. Lâinsistance du premier ministre, centriste autoproclamïżœïżœ, Ă composer avec le Hezbollah insupporte les hommes de Riyad. Le Parti de Dieu, en plus de contrĂŽler lâĂ©lectorat chiite libanais, dirige une armĂ©e parallĂšle, qui tient IsraĂ«l en respect dans le sud du pays, combat aux cĂŽtĂ©s des forces loyalistes en Syrie, et compte quelques dizaines de formateurs au YĂ©men, dans les rangs de la rĂ©bellion houthiste.
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Quant au troisiĂšme larron, Saoud Al-Qahtani, il est le maĂźtre dâĆuvre de la campagne de mise au pas des dissidents saoudiens. « LâĂąme damnĂ©e de MBS », disent ses contempteurs.
DâaprĂšs lâagence Reuters, câest lui qui aurait tentĂ© de convaincre Jamal Khashoggi, lors dâune session skype organisĂ©e dans le consulat dâIstanbul, de se rĂ©installer au royaume. RenvoyĂ© dans les cordes par le journaliste, il aurait exigĂ© quâon lui apporte « la tĂȘte de ce chien », lançant son arrĂȘt de mort. Et câest lui, un an plus tĂŽt, qui supervise lâinterrogatoire du trop conciliant Saad, autre obstacle au grand dessein de Mohammed Ben Salman, le refoulement de lâIran. « Al-Qahtani a Ă©tĂ© lĂ pendant toute lâopĂ©ration, affirme un proche du premier ministre libanais. Câest la mĂȘme tĂȘte qui a Ă©tĂ© Ă la manĆuvre dans les deux affaires. »
« Ils lâont traitĂ© de menteur, ils ont affirmĂ© quâil devait leur remettre son passeport saoudien sur le champ. Devant le refus de Saad, ils lui ont dit que dans ce cas il devait dĂ©missionner », assure un connaisseur du dossier.
Ce qui se passe dans les heures qui suivent reste enveloppĂ© dâune part de mystĂšre. Plusieurs mĂ©dias anglo-saxons soutiennent que le dirigeant beyrouthin a Ă©tĂ© frappĂ©. Câest lâavis aussi dâune source haut placĂ©e consultĂ©e par Le Monde. « Ce nâest pas de la torture, mais il a Ă©tĂ© secouĂ©. » Selon le New Yorker, Saad Hariri aurait Ă©tĂ© sĂ©questrĂ© dans la mĂȘme salle pendant onze heures dâaffilĂ©e, placĂ© sur une chaise et giflĂ© Ă rĂ©pĂ©tition.
Les membres de son entourage dĂ©mentent, peut-ĂȘtre sincĂšrement, ou peut-ĂȘtre par Ă©gard pour leur patron. Un autre bon connaisseur du dossier assure quâ« il nây a pas eu de violence physique, mais que les Saoudiens ont Ă©tĂ© brutaux et quâils lâont insultĂ©. Dans leur esprit, ils ne parlaient pas avec le premier ministre du Liban, mais avec un membre de leur tribu, dont lâArabie a fait la fortune. »
Selon cette source, Sabhan et Yaacoub lui auraient reprochĂ© de ne pas sâĂȘtre acquittĂ© de la mission de confiance quâils lui avaient confiĂ©e : transmettre Ă Ali Akbar Velayati, le conseiller diplomatique du Guide suprĂȘme de la RĂ©publique islamique, Ali Khamenei, venu Ă Beyrouth la veille, un message de Riyad sommant TĂ©hĂ©ran de cesser dâinterfĂ©rer dans les affaires arabes. « Ils se sont rendu compte que Saad ne lâavait pas fait, probablement parce quâils sont rentrĂ©s dans son portable. Ils lâont traitĂ© de menteur, ils ont affirmĂ© que son comportement Ă©tait indigne de celui dâun citoyen du royaume, et quâil devait leur remettre son passeport saoudien sur le champ. Devant le refus de Saad, ils lui ont dit que dans ce cas il devait dĂ©missionner et ils lui ont tendu un discours Ă lire devant les camĂ©ras. »
Hariri annonce sa démission
Une chose est sĂ»re : le premier ministre libanais est tombĂ© dans un guet-apens, comme Khashoggi, qui lui nâen est pas sorti vivant. Soumis Ă de fortes pressions, au moins psychologiques, il est obligĂ© dâobtempĂ©rer. Lâun de ses agents de sĂ©curitĂ©, renvoyĂ© entre-temps Ă son domicile, lui a rapportĂ© un costume. Un bureau est amĂ©nagĂ© avec un drapeau libanais. Un crĂ©neau est rĂ©servĂ© sur Al-Arabiya, la tĂ©lĂ©vision porte-voix de Riyad.
Aux diplomates paniqués, les conseillers de Hariri font cette réponse désarmante : « On ne sait pas ce qui se passe. » Le portable de leur patron sonne la plupart du temps dans le vide.
Et câest ainsi quâĂ lâheure du dĂ©jeuner, dâune voix morne, le visage fermĂ©, Hariri annonce son retrait du pouvoir. A lâappui de sa dĂ©cision, il Ă©voque un complot contre sa personne, rĂ©miniscence de lâambiance qui avait conduit Ă lâassassinat de son pĂšre et dĂ©nonce « la mainmise » de TĂ©hĂ©ran et du Hezbollah sur les pays arabes. « Je veux dire Ă lâIran et Ă ses infĂ©odĂ©s quâils seront perdants dans leur ingĂ©rence. Notre nation se relĂšvera (âŠ) et coupera la main qui lui porte prĂ©judice. »
La nouvelle mĂ©duse les Libanais. Cette dĂ©claration au vitriol ne correspond ni au style ni Ă la ligne de leur premier ministre. Lâattelage quâil forme avec le prĂ©sident Michel Aoun, un alliĂ© du Hezbollah, est certes brinquebalant. Mais il a tirĂ© le Liban de deux ans et demi de paralysie institutionnelle.
Aux diplomates paniquĂ©s, qui les assaillent de coups de tĂ©lĂ©phone, les conseillers de Hariri font cette rĂ©ponse dĂ©sarmante : « On ne sait pas ce qui se passe. » Le portable de leur patron sonne la plupart du temps dans le vide. Quand il y rĂ©pond, câest pour dĂ©biter les phrases de son discours de dĂ©mission. « Il semble ne pas avoir toute sa liberté », confie un responsable libanais Ă un envoyĂ© europĂ©en.
Des VIP retenus au Ritz-Carlton de Riyad
Le brouillard sâĂ©paissit le lendemain, dimanche 5 novembre, lorsque lâon apprend que plusieurs centaines de VIP saoudiens ont Ă©tĂ© bouclĂ©s dans les suites du Ritz-Carlton de Riyad, dans le cadre dâune vaste opĂ©ration anticorruption.
Les diplomates sâarrachent les cheveux : si Saad, qui a la double nationalitĂ©, a Ă©tĂ© arrĂȘtĂ©, est-ce pour des raisons politiques ou de droit commun, en lien avec Saudi Oger, qui a fait faillite durant lâĂ©tĂ©Â ? Les premiĂšres rĂ©ponses arrivent le lundi, avec le retour Ă Beyrouth de lâun de ses gardes du corps. Les autoritĂ©s saoudiennes lâont autorisĂ© Ă rentrer au pays parce que sa mĂšre est malade. Le gĂ©nĂ©ral Abbas Ibrahim, le patron de la SĂ©curitĂ© gĂ©nĂ©rale, lâun des principaux services de renseignement libanais, lâa aussitĂŽt dĂ©briefĂ©. Son tĂ©moignage est passĂ© au quotidien Al-Akhbar, proche du Hezbollah, qui est prĂ©fĂ©rĂ© Ă la presse pro-Hariri, jugĂ©e trop complaisante avec lâArabie saoudite. Le journal publie Ă la « une » une photo du chef du gouvernement, sur fond gris sombre, barrĂ© dâun titre choc : « Lâotage. »
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Arabie saoudite : les mystÚres de la purge du Ritz-Carlton
AprĂšs sa prestation tĂ©lĂ©visĂ©e, Saad est transfĂ©rĂ©, sous bonne garde, dans une villa attenante au complexe du Ritz-Carlton. Selon Al-Akhbar, son Ă©pouse, Lara Al-Azm, fille dâun magnat du BTP syrien, qui rĂ©side Ă lâannĂ©e Ă Riyad avec deux de leurs enfants, est autorisĂ©e Ă lui rendre visite Ă deux reprises. Elle aussi sonne lâalerte dans une sĂ©rie de coups de fil Ă Beyrouth. « Cheikh Saad a Ă©tĂ© kidnappĂ©Â ! »
Sur la scĂšne mĂ©diatique, le belliqueux Thamer Al-Sabhan poursuit lâoffensive. Il accuse le Liban dâavoir dĂ©clarĂ© la guerre Ă lâArabie en raison du rĂŽle que joue le Hezbollah au sein de son exĂ©cutif. En parallĂšle, le suave Adel Al-JubeĂŻr, ministre saoudien des affaires Ă©trangĂšres, tente dâĂ©teindre lâincendie mĂ©diatique. « Les allĂ©gations selon lesquelles lâArabie saoudite aurait obligĂ© Saad Hariri Ă dĂ©missionner sont ridicules », dit-il. Durant lâaffaire Khashoggi, ce diplomate chevronnĂ© Ă©copera de la mĂȘme mission ingrate : nier lâĂ©vidence, rĂ©parer les dĂ©gĂąts commis par dâautres.
Le choix saoudien : Baha Hariri, le frÚre
Pour les putschistes saoudiens, lâalternative Ă Saad Hariri ne peut ĂȘtre que son frĂšre aĂźnĂ©, Baha. Un homme dâaffaires de 50 ans, rĂ©sident monĂ©gasque, au tempĂ©rament sanguin. Ce trait de caractĂšre, qui lâavait desservi en 2005, lorsquâil sâĂ©tait agi de dĂ©signer le successeur de Rafic Hariri Ă la tĂȘte du Courant du futur â un poste finalement attribuĂ© Ă Saad â joue dĂ©sormais en sa faveur.
Toutes les figures du clan sont priĂ©es les unes aprĂšs les autres de se rendre Ă Riyad. Objectif : rĂ©unir un conseil de famille, qui propulserait Baha Ă la tĂȘte du gouvernement libanais. Mais aucune nâaccepte de se dĂ©placer. Les manigances du « traĂźtre » sont rejetĂ©es, en coordination avec le premier intĂ©ressĂ©, captif mais avec lequel un canal de communication indirect et sĂ©curisĂ© a Ă©tĂ© Ă©tabli.
Sabhan trĂ©pigne. Il appelle en personne Nader Hariri, le cousin et directeur de cabinet de Saad, concepteur de son credo centriste, accusĂ© de faire barrage aux menĂ©es de Riyad. Lâex-gĂ©nĂ©ral saoudien lui demande, Ă plus de dix reprises, de toutes les maniĂšres possibles, de suggĂ©rer le nom dâun potentiel successeur. Et chaque fois, le fidĂšle Nader rĂ©pond sur un ton faussement candide que « lâalternative Ă Saad Hariri est Saad Hariri ». Sabhan finit par raccrocher, excĂ©dĂ©, aprĂšs trente-sept minutes de duel Ă fleurets mouchetĂ©s.
PassĂ©e la stupeur initiale, la grande majoritĂ© de la population libanaise prend fait et cause pour le captif de Riyad. Les murs des grandes villes du pays se couvrent dâaffiches proclamant « Nous sommes avec toi ».
A partir de là , les sbires de MBS enchaßnent les revers, signes de leur totale impréparation. Mohammed Ben Zayed Al-Nahyan, le régent des Emirats arabes unis et mentor de MBS, accepte certes de recevoir Saad Hariri, le 7 novembre, pour entretenir la fiction de sa liberté de mouvements.
A son retour dâAbou Dhabi, ce dernier est autorisĂ© Ă rĂ©intĂ©grer sa villa, placĂ©e sous haute surveillance. Mais le gouvernement Ă©gyptien, pourtant alliĂ© de lâArabie, rechigne Ă se prĂȘter Ă Â ce petit jeu⊠à moins que le vrai-faux dĂ©missionnaire ne retourne Ă Beyrouth immĂ©diatement aprĂšs son escale au Caire. Une condition rejetĂ©e par MBS.
Le 5 novembre 2017 Ă Beyrouth, la population affiche son soutien Ă son premier ministre alors quâil est retenu Ă Riyad. ANWAR AMRO /AFP
Au Liban mĂȘme, la machination saoudienne tourne court. Le prĂ©sident Aoun a eu le bon rĂ©flexe : refuser la dĂ©mission du chef du gouvernement aussi longtemps quâil ne la lui soumet pas en mains propres. Une rĂ©action inverse lâaurait privĂ© de son immunitĂ© diplomatique et permis Ă ses geĂŽliers de le traiter comme un simple ressortissant du royaume. Les services de sĂ©curitĂ© libanais ont aussi dĂ©menti que sa vie Ă Beyrouth ait Ă©tĂ© en danger.
PassĂ©e la stupeur initiale, la grande majoritĂ© de la population prend fait et cause pour le captif de Riyad. Les murs des grandes villes du pays se couvrent dâaffiches proclamant « Nous sommes avec toi ».
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Le Liban dans lâincertitude aprĂšs la dĂ©mission du premier ministre, Saad Hariri
Hormis une partie de la droite chrĂ©tienne, qui partage lâagenda anti-Hezbollah de la couronne saoudienne, et une poignĂ©e de fanatiques sunnites, viscĂ©ralement hostiles aux chiites, la classe politique serre aussi les rangs.
« Nous ne sommes pas un troupeau de moutons ou un lopin de terre dont la propriĂ©tĂ© passe de main en main, fulmine Nohad Machnouk, le ministre de lâintĂ©rieur. Notre systĂšme politique repose sur des Ă©lections et non des serments dâallĂ©geance. »
Les puissances occidentales, mises au parfum par le gĂ©nĂ©ral Abbas Ibrahim et le ministre des affaires Ă©trangĂšres Gebran Bassil, manifestent progressivement leur mauvaise humeur. Le Quai dâOrsay a pu vĂ©rifier in situ que Saad Hariri est en rĂ©sidence surveillĂ©e. Lâambassadeur de France Ă Riyad, François Gouyette, venu lui rendre visite le 9 octobre, a Ă©tĂ© fouillĂ© Ă Â lâentrĂ©e et Ă la sortie de la villa. Le coffre de son vĂ©hicule a aussi Ă©tĂ© inspectĂ©, en violation du protocole diplomatique. PersuadĂ©s que leur conversation Ă©tait enregistrĂ©e, les deux hommes sâen sont tenus Ă des banalitĂ©s. Mais grĂące Ă lâexcĂšs de zĂšle des gardes saoudiens, la situation du premier ministre libanais ne souffre plus dâĂ©quivoques.
Visite surprise dâEmmanuel Macron
Quelques heures plus tard, lâavion dâEmmanuel Macron se pose Ă Riyad. Mohammed Ben Zayed Al-Nahyan, lâhomme fort des Emirats, que le prĂ©sident français vient de rencontrer Ă Â lâinauguration du Louvre Abu Dhabi, lui a obtenu une entrevue avec Mohammed Ben Salman. « MBZ », comme on le surnomme, est dâautant plus dĂ©sireux dâaider quâil ne goĂ»te guĂšre la derniĂšre foucade de son poulain.
Les deux trentenaires, le Français et le Saoudien, qui ne sâĂ©taient jamais rencontrĂ©s, se jaugent pendant trois heures, dans les salons de lâaĂ©roport. On parle du YĂ©men â les rebelles houthistes, soutenus par lâIran, viennent de tirer, pour la premiĂšre fois, un missile contre Riyad â, de lâaccord sur le nuclĂ©aire iranien, que lâadministration Trump a dĂ©chirĂ©, au grand plaisir de Riyad. « Ăa a Ă©tĂ© franc et parfois chaotique, confesse un conseiller de lâElysĂ©e. A la fin, ils ont Ă©changĂ© leur numĂ©ro de portable et pendant les jours qui ont suivi, ils se sont envoyĂ© une multitude de messages sur WhatsApp. »
« Je suis libre », « jâai Ă©crit mon discours de dĂ©mission de ma main », explique Saad Hariri Ă la tĂ©lĂ©vision le 12 novembre. Mais ce que les tĂ©lĂ©spectateurs voient câest un homme brisĂ©, qui ne croit pas un mot de ce quâil dit.
Les Etats-Unis de leurs cĂŽtĂ©s ont convoquĂ© en urgence Thamer Al-Sabhan Ă Washington. Le 10 novembre, lâombrageux apprenti sorcier se fait remonter les bretelles par David Satterfield, le chef du bureau Moyen-Orient au dĂ©partement dâEtat.
Sâils partagent lâaversion de leur alliĂ© saoudien pour lâIran, les Etats-Unis nâapprĂ©cient pas quâil menace la stabilitĂ© dâun pays pivot comme le Liban, frontalier dâIsraĂ«l, qui abrite un million de rĂ©fugiĂ©s syriens.
Arrive alors le clou du feuilleton : la surrĂ©aliste interview de Saad Hariri par Paula Yacoubian, vedette du paysage audiovisuel libanais. Durant lâentretien, rĂ©alisĂ© en direct de Riyad, le 12 novembre, lâhomme dont le sort obsĂšde toutes les chancelleries dâOccident rĂ©cite la leçon de ses ravisseurs.
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Paula Yacoubian, intervieweuse « maison » de Saad Hariri
« Je suis libre », « jâai Ă©crit mon discours de dĂ©mission de ma main, pour provoquer un choc positif », « si je veux voyager demain, je voyage », « Mohammed Ben Salman est mon frĂšre », etc. Mais ce que les tĂ©lĂ©spectateurs voient est tout autre chose : un dirigeant au visage blafard, les yeux cernĂ©s, fĂ©brile, qui sâarrĂȘte sans arrĂȘt pour boire, et semble au bord des larmes. Un homme brisĂ©, qui ne croit pas un traĂźtre mot de ce quâil dit.
« CâĂ©tait voulu, raconte Paula Yacoubian. Je lâai compris aprĂšs coup. CâĂ©tait une maniĂšre de dire âSOS, ça ne va pasââ. Ăa a montrĂ© au monde entier quâil nâĂ©tait pas libre et quâil fallait trouver un moyen de le faire sortir de lĂ . »
Une porte de sortie française
MBS et sa bande de Pieds NickelĂ©s ont perdu la partie. Par WhatsApp, Emmanuel Macron leur offre une porte de sortie. « Puisque vous affirmez que Hariri est libre mais quâil serait en danger dans son pays, laissez-le sâenvoler pour Paris », dit en substance la proposition.
Le prince hĂ©ritier accepte Ă reculons. Il a besoin de sâextraire de cette crise calamiteuse. Mais la perspective que son cĂ©lĂšbre prisonnier, sitĂŽt Ă©largi, sâempresse de reprendre son tablier de premier ministre, le contrarie.
Le chef dâEtat français devra lâappeler Ă trois reprises, vendredi 17 novembre, pour avoir la certitude que le premier ministre libanais et son Ă©pouse ont pris lâavion. « On a eu lâimpression quâils ne lâont pas relĂąchĂ© de bon cĆur », euphĂ©mise un tĂ©moin de cette dĂ©licate exfiltration. « On nâest pas passĂ© loin dâun clash franco-saoudien », assure un autre.
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Le lendemain Hariri tombe dans les bras de son « sauveur » sur le perron de lâElysĂ©e. Trois jours plus tard, le 21 novembre, il atterrit Ă Beyrouth, oĂč ses partisans lui rĂ©servent un accueil triomphal. Le retour a Ă©tĂ© ponctuĂ© de deux escales : lâune de quelques heures en Egypte, pour remercier le prĂ©sident Abdel-Fattah Al-Sissi de son aide, et lâautre de quarante-cinq minutes sur lâĂźle de Chypre. Cette ultime Ă©tape, parfaitement superflue, a Ă©tĂ© imposĂ©e par MBS. Celui-ci nâa pas avalĂ© que Le Caire prenne ses distances avec lui durant la crise. Hors de question de laisser Hariri rentrer directement du Caire Ă Beyrouth alors que deux semaines plus tĂŽt, cette exigence de Sissi avait Ă©tĂ© rejetĂ©e. Câest le dernier caprice du prince !
Le premier ministre libanais Saad Hariri le lendemain de son retour Ă Beyrouth, le 22 novembre 2017. BANDAR ALGALOUD / SAUDI COUNCIL / ANADOLOU / AFP
Dans les semaines qui suivent, le rescapĂ© des sables saoudiens annule sa dĂ©mission. Une confĂ©rence de relance de lâĂ©conomie libanaise est annoncĂ©e pour le printemps. La routine gouvernementale reprend. Fin fĂ©vrier, Hariri retourne mĂȘme sur les lieux du crime. Il pose tout sourire devant les photographes de lâagence de presse saoudienne, devisant avec le roi Salman de relations bilatĂ©rales, une tasse de cafĂ© Ă la main.
Le dossier libanais a Ă©tĂ© repris des mains de Sabhan le pyromane. A la confĂ©rence du mois dâavril, le royaume promet 1 milliard de dollars (880 millions dâeuros) au gouvernement libanais. MBS donne lâimpression de rĂ©tropĂ©daler, de sâĂȘtre assagi.
Dâautant que lâautorisation de conduire pour les femmes, entrĂ©e en vigueur en juin, remet ses Ă©lans rĂ©formateurs en lumiĂšre. Mais la perception est erronĂ©e. La tragĂ©die Khashoggi lâa dĂ©montrĂ©. Chez le despote de Riyad, les intentions les plus louables cohabitent en permanence avec les impulsions les plus noires. Il est Ă la fois bĂątisseur et fossoyeur. RĂ©formateur et inquisiteur. Docteur Mohammed et Mister Ben Salman.
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Fudged statistics on the Iraq War death toll are still circulating today
What happens when a scientific journal publishes information that turns out to be false? A fracas over a recent Washington Post article provides an illuminating case study in how, even years after theyâre published, uncorrected false claims can still end up repeated time and again. But at the same time, it shows how simply alerting responsible journalists and news editors to repeated errors can do a lot to combat false claims that stubbornly live on even after theyâve been debunked. It all started with a 2006 article published in the eminent journal The Lancet, entitled Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey. The article had many problems, but one of its graphs in particular stuck out. That one figure displayed new estimated numbers of violent deaths in the Iraq War, and came up with numbers massively higher than anything anyone had seriously suggested before. And although the articleâs reported violence numbers increased over time far more rapidly than those reported by other sources, including the Iraq Body Count (IBC) project, the graph gave the inaccurate impression that IBC trends actually tracked their new data quite closely â ostensibly validating what, at first glance, seemed like a very hard-to-swallow new dataset. In addition, the graph included a third dataset purporting to show violence trends measured by the US Department of Defence (DoD), trends that were again presented as consistent with the authorsâ new data. The finished graph was central to the paperâs effort to âmainstreamâ the shocking new numbers by connecting them with other data on war violence. Yet a few weeks after the article was published, letters sent to the Lancet from other researchers discredited the graph entirely.
Falling apart
First, Debarati Guha-Sapir and two colleagues pointed out that the graph used two Y axes, a device notorious for creating the illusion that two curves moving in the same direction at different speeds are in fact moving at the same speed. But this was just one of the problems with the graph. The articleâs authors also tweaked the trends by comparing their own data with cumulative IBC data. Specifically, they plotted the first 13 months of their data against 13 months of IBC data, their second 13 months against 26 months of IBC data, and their third 13 months against 39 months of IBC data. And in another published letter to the journal, IBCâs Joshua Dougherty demonstrated that the DoD curve the authors included did not represent what they said it did. For example, going back to the source, he said the DoD data they cite include both deaths and casualties, and âdo not offer any direct means by which to calculate what number might be deaths, let alone civilian deathsâ. Rather surprisingly, in their reply â also published in the Lancet â the authors actually admitted to several problems with their graph. But their mea culpa was grudging and incomplete. In it, they suggested that the issues with the graph are merely technical, and that the trends really do match â but as the letters mentioned above pointed out, that is not correct. One would think that by this point, deafening alarm bells would have been ringing in the Lancet editorsâ ears. After all, they had just published a highly compromised graph that two letters had utterly discredited. And the authors had even admitted errors, an unusual development to say the least. Surely the Lancet would withdraw the graph; maybe they would at least leave it up online but post a warning sign nearby. But no. Instead, they just left the article and the graph online in perpetuity. And so, in spring 2018, enter the Washington Post and its reporter Philip Bump.
Caught out
To his credit, Bump wrote and published an article marking the 15th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, an event thatâs getting far too little media attention in the UK and US. The article reads well â that is, until it landed on the discredited graph, which it reproduced and presented as if it were legitimate. The Lancet could argue that if Bump had only read the follow-up letters it published, he never would have reprinted the discredited graph. But this argument is akin to saying that there is no need for warning labels on cigarettes because people can just read the scientific literature on smoking and consider themselves warned. But in practice, many people will just assume the graph is kosher because it sits on the Lancet website with no warning attached.
A scene in Fallujah, July 2003. EPA/Jamal Nasrallah As you might expect, the dust-up over the graph is just the tip of the iceberg with the 2006 article. I myself have comprehensively debunked the article, with at least some of the inaccuracies that propped it up. The articleâs lead author, Gilbert Burnham, was censured by the American Association for Public Opinion Research for refusing to explain basic elements of his methodology. He was also sanctioned by Johns Hopkins, which âsuspended Dr. Burnhamâs privileges to serve as a principal investigator on projects involving human subjects researchâ. Johns Hopkins also said it would send an erratum to the Lancet to address inaccuracies in the articleâs text. Bump did not mention any of this fallout from the article he cited; presumably he just didnât come across it in the course of his own research. But maybe he would have been primed to dig deeper if the Lancet had done all it could to label the graph with an appropriate warning. Letters to a journal are better than nothing, but they are not enough to correct a published false claim; it is incumbent on all involved to flag inaccuracies and misrepresentions as conspicuously as they can. That said, this particular chapter at least has a happy ending. I wrote to Bump and the Washington Post and they fixed the story, in the process demonstrating an admirable respect for evidence and a commitment to the truth. The Lancet would do well to follow their example. The Lancet declined to comment on this piece. Read the full article
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NY Times: Jordan Frees Soldier Who Killed 7 Israeli Schoolgirls in â97 Rampage
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Ahmed Daqamseh, in sunglasses, was welcomed home in the village of Ibdir in northern Jordan after being released from prison, where he served 20 years. Credit Numan Alquzaa/European Pressphoto Agency
JERUSALEM â The fragile treaty between the two former enemies was not even three years old when a Jordanian soldier went on a shooting rampage and killed seven Israeli schoolgirls visiting a park in a border area known as the Island of Peace.
On Sunday, almost 20 years after that March 13, 1997, attack, the Jordanian authorities released the soldier, Ahmed Daqamseh, a former corporal, after he effectively completed his term.
Amid the grief and outrage over what became known as the Island of Peace massacre, King Hussein, then the ruler of Jordan, managed to salvage the spirit of reconciliation and provide some balm.
The king paid a rare visit to Israel and made condolence calls to each of the bereaved families. Kneeling to speak with them as they sat on the floor in their homes as part of the Jewish mourning custom of shiva, he apologized and said: âYour daughter is like my daughter. Your loss is my loss.â
While the visit angered many in Jordan, it was seen as a gesture of friendship and humility by many in Israel and the West.
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Two decades later, Mr. Daqamsehâs release rekindled some of those emotions. The Israeli-Jordanian peace has proved firm and lasting, but it still exists mainly at the government level and has not been popularly embraced.
The Island of Peace, about 12 miles south of the Sea of Galilee, was formally returned to Jordan when it made peace with Israel in fall 1994, but was then leased back to an Israeli kibbutz. Mr. Daqamseh fired on the girls, who were on a class outing, from a border post in Jordanian territory.
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After the attack, a Jordanian medical team gave Mr. Daqamseh a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder; a military court sentenced him to life in prison. Life sentences are not open-ended in Jordan, and can essentially be commuted after 20 years.
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Mr. Daqamseh, who also injured five other girls and a teacher in the rampage, said at the time that the seventh and eighth graders had mocked him as he was performing his prayers.
Early on Sunday, Mr. Daqamseh returned to his familyâs home in Ibdir, a village in the governorate of Irbid in northern Jordan. Roya News, an independent Jordanian station, broadcast video of his homecoming, and photographs spread widely in the local news media.
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Israeli radio and news sites described the reception Mr. Daqamseh received from his family and other well-wishers as a heroâs welcome, also posting photographs and video of the local celebrations.
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Mr. Daqamsehâs mother and other relatives gathering on Sunday upon his return home. Credit Jamal Nasrallah/European Pressphoto Agency
A Jordanian military spokesman confirmed the release, but the government appeared to be trying to keep it low key. The police prevented reporters from reaching Ibdir later on Sunday, citing orders from the local governor, who demanded that journalists obtain permission from the Ministry of Interior.
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Mr. Daqamseh, now in his 40s, emerged from prison with patches of gray hair and sunken eyes. He was defiant and showed no remorse.
In his first statement to the news media from his home, he said, âThere is no country named Israel,â adding that any normalization of ties with Israel and the notion that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be resolved by means of a two-state solution were both âlies.â
Some Jordanians continued to see Mr. Daqamseh as a symbol of an anti-normalization movement against the Israeli-Jordanian treaty.
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The Israeli government and the bereaved families had protested earlier calls in Jordan for Mr. Daqamsehâs prison term to be cut short. There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials on Sunday, and relatives who spoke to the news media appeared mostly resigned to his release.
âI always say that our peace with Jordan is with the royal family, not the people or their parliament,â Yisrael Fatihi, whose daughter, Sivan, 13, was killed in the attack, told Ynet, a Hebrew news site.
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Hezi Cohen, the father of Nirit, 13, another victim, described his familyâs daily pain. On one hand, he said, Mr. Daqamseh had served his full sentence. On the other, he said, âIf he had received 20 years for each girl he murdered, he would have rotted in prison for the rest of his life.â
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NY Times: Jordan Frees Soldier Who Killed 7 Israeli Schoolgirls in â97 Rampage
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Ahmed Daqamseh, in sunglasses, was welcomed home in the village of Ibdir in northern Jordan after being released from prison, where he served 20 years. Credit Numan Alquzaa/European Pressphoto Agency
JERUSALEM â The fragile treaty between the two former enemies was not even three years old when a Jordanian soldier went on a shooting rampage and killed seven Israeli schoolgirls visiting a park in a border area known as the Island of Peace.
On Sunday, almost 20 years after that March 13, 1997, attack, the Jordanian authorities released the soldier, Ahmed Daqamseh, a former corporal, after he effectively completed his term.
Amid the grief and outrage over what became known as the Island of Peace massacre, King Hussein, then the ruler of Jordan, managed to salvage the spirit of reconciliation and provide some balm.
The king paid a rare visit to Israel and made condolence calls to each of the bereaved families. Kneeling to speak with them as they sat on the floor in their homes as part of the Jewish mourning custom of shiva, he apologized and said: âYour daughter is like my daughter. Your loss is my loss.â
While the visit angered many in Jordan, it was seen as a gesture of friendship and humility by many in Israel and the West.
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Two decades later, Mr. Daqamsehâs release rekindled some of those emotions. The Israeli-Jordanian peace has proved firm and lasting, but it still exists mainly at the government level and has not been popularly embraced.
The Island of Peace, about 12 miles south of the Sea of Galilee, was formally returned to Jordan when it made peace with Israel in fall 1994, but was then leased back to an Israeli kibbutz. Mr. Daqamseh fired on the girls, who were on a class outing, from a border post in Jordanian territory.
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After the attack, a Jordanian medical team gave Mr. Daqamseh a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder; a military court sentenced him to life in prison. Life sentences are not open-ended in Jordan, and can essentially be commuted after 20 years.
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Mr. Daqamseh, who also injured five other girls and a teacher in the rampage, said at the time that the seventh and eighth graders had mocked him as he was performing his prayers.
Early on Sunday, Mr. Daqamseh returned to his familyâs home in Ibdir, a village in the governorate of Irbid in northern Jordan. Roya News, an independent Jordanian station, broadcast video of his homecoming, and photographs spread widely in the local news media.
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Israeli radio and news sites described the reception Mr. Daqamseh received from his family and other well-wishers as a heroâs welcome, also posting photographs and video of the local celebrations.
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Mr. Daqamsehâs mother and other relatives gathering on Sunday upon his return home. Credit Jamal Nasrallah/European Pressphoto Agency
A Jordanian military spokesman confirmed the release, but the government appeared to be trying to keep it low key. The police prevented reporters from reaching Ibdir later on Sunday, citing orders from the local governor, who demanded that journalists obtain permission from the Ministry of Interior.
Continue reading the main story
Mr. Daqamseh, now in his 40s, emerged from prison with patches of gray hair and sunken eyes. He was defiant and showed no remorse.
In his first statement to the news media from his home, he said, âThere is no country named Israel,â adding that any normalization of ties with Israel and the notion that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be resolved by means of a two-state solution were both âlies.â
Some Jordanians continued to see Mr. Daqamseh as a symbol of an anti-normalization movement against the Israeli-Jordanian treaty.
Continue reading the main story
The Israeli government and the bereaved families had protested earlier calls in Jordan for Mr. Daqamsehâs prison term to be cut short. There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials on Sunday, and relatives who spoke to the news media appeared mostly resigned to his release.
âI always say that our peace with Jordan is with the royal family, not the people or their parliament,â Yisrael Fatihi, whose daughter, Sivan, 13, was killed in the attack, told Ynet, a Hebrew news site.
Continue reading the main story
Hezi Cohen, the father of Nirit, 13, another victim, described his familyâs daily pain. On one hand, he said, Mr. Daqamseh had served his full sentence. On the other, he said, âIf he had received 20 years for each girl he murdered, he would have rotted in prison for the rest of his life.â
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