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Monday 24 July 2017

Turkish leader wades into

Qatar crisis with Gulf tour

ADAM SCHRECK ing Al-Jazeera, cutting
Associated Press ties with Islamist groups
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Tur- such as the Muslim Broth-
key’s president waded erhood, limiting ties with
into the diplomatic crisis Iran and expelling Turk-
gripping Qatar and four ish troops stationed in the
other Arab nations on country. Qatar refused,
Sunday, traveling to Saudi arguing that the de-
Arabia and Kuwait as part mands were an effort to
of a three-country Gulf undermine its sovereignty.
tour aimed at helping Turkey and Qatar an-
break the impasse. nounced plans to open
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is Turkey’s first military base
the fifth high-level visitor in the Persian Gulf in
from outside the Gulf to 2015. The base opened
try to resolve the dispute last year and new troops
since it erupted on June have arrived since the
5. The top diplomats of Gulf rift erupted, raising

Israeli border police officers stand guard near newly installed cameras at the entrance to the Britain, France, Germany fears of an escalation with
Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, July 23, 2017. Israel installed new and the United States the countries seeking to
security cameras Sunday at the entrance to a sensitive Jerusalem holy site, as officials began have all been through al- isolate it.
indicating it was considering “alternatives” to the metal detectors at the contested shrine that set ready, underscoring the Fellow Gulf country Kuwait
off a weekend of violence and raised tensions in the region. depth of concern the cri- has attempted to medi-
(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) sis is causing well beyond ate the dispute, so far

Israeli security Cabinet meets to review the region. without success. Erdogan
Erdogan faces a tougher met with Kuwait’s emir,
metal detector policy at shrine challenge in securing a Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed
breakthrough than Tur-
Al Sabah, upon arrival in
key’s NATO allies because the country Sunday eve-
KARIN LAUB wounded by gunfire Sun- Israel denied. Public Secu- of the increasingly warm ning. Erdogan began his
Associated Press day in a residential building rity Minister Gilad Erdan, ties, including the deploy- trip earlier in the day in
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s in the heavily fortified Israeli an outspoken supporter ment of military forces, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf’s
security Cabinet met Sun- embassy compound in Jor- of the security measures, it has built with Qatar in political and economic
day to review a decision dan’s capital. on Sunday for the first time recent years. While mem- heavyweight.
to install metal detectors A Jordanian man later died raised the possibility that bers of the anti-Qatar During his visit to the
at a contested Jerusalem of his wounds, a security of- the metal detectors might quartet have strong trade Red Sea city of Jeddah,
holy site, following a week ficial said. The kingdom’s be removed, provided an links with Turkey, its close- he held talks with King
of escalating tensions with Public Security Director- alternative is found. He said ness to Qatar raises suspi- Salman and his presumed
the Muslim world, mass ate said that before the security measures at the 37- cions of its motives. heir, Crown Prince Mo-
prayer protests and Israeli- shooting, Jordanians had acre esplanade, with eight Saudi Arabia, the Unit- hammed bin Salman.
Palestinian violence.The entered the apartment entry gates for Muslim wor- ed Arab Emirates, Egypt Brief statements of both
ministers met amid mount- building for carpentry work, shippers, were insufficient and Bahrain cut ties and meetings carried by the
ing controversy at home, the statement said The Is- before the shooting attack. transport links with Qatar official Saudi Press Agen-
with some critics saying the raeli Foreign Ministry had “We need different secu- in early June, accusing it cy emphasized that the
government had acted no immediate comment. rity measures and means of supporting extremists. talks focused on ways to
without sufficiently con- The metal detectors were for checking (those enter- Qatar strongly denies the counter terrorism in addi-
sidering the repercussions installed a week ago, in ing) there,” he told Israel allegation and sees the tion to touching on bilat-
of introducing new secu- response to an attack by TV’s Channel 2. Erdan said dispute as politically mo- eral and regional issues.
rity measures at the Holy Arab gunmen there who it is “certainly possible that tivated. Qatari Emir Tamim bin
Land’s most sensitive shrine killed two Israeli police- the metal detectors will be The quartet insisted Qatar Hamad Al Thani said in
and the epicenter of the men. Muslim religious lead- removed” if police recom- accept a tough 13-point his first public comments
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ers alleged Israel was try- mend a different security list of demands to end on the dispute late Friday
In a possible spillover of ing to expand its control at program, but added that the rift, including shutting that Qatar is prepared to
the tensions, three people, the compound under the he is currently “not aware down news outlets includ- engage in dialogue.q
including an Israeli, were guise of security, a claim of such a program.”q