Tag Archives: Politics

MPs reject lifting Israeli boycott

Furious MPs yesterday slammed the door on any political or economic relations with Israel. There were angry outbursts in Parliament, despite assurances by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa that there was no such move. “We have no plans to forge relations with Israel, whether financially, politically or diplomatically,” he said at parliament’s …

قدسية المجلس

الهرمي: مهازل باسم الحرية أما بشأن مداخلة الهرمي التي أثارت اعتراضات شديدة من قبل بعض النواب، فقد قال فيها: “ان هذا الوطن العظيم يتعرض لمسلسل من المهازل اليومية باسم الحرية وحقوق الانسان، وهو حينما يلتفت يمينا وشمالا لا يجد الا الصبر سلاحا لمواجهة هذا المسلسل اليومي، الوطن الذي عانى الأمرين من هول ما يجري حوله، …

Mohammed Khalid’s Heroes

On the 6th of this month, we woke up to the news that the Bahrain Charge d’Affairs in Iraq has been shot and wounded in a botched kidnapping attempt. Hassan Al-Ansari’s quick thinking saved his life. In a separate incident, the Egyptian ambassador was kidnapped, and later killed according to reports. Terrorists in Iraq seem …

Reports land journalist in the dock

A 52-year-old Bahraini journalist is being prosecuted for allegedly writing for a newspaper abroad without government permission. He should have had official permission from the Information Ministry, the Lower Criminal Court heard. The defendant, a journalist for nearly 30 years, is charged with illegally working as a correspondent for a Kuwaiti newspaper. He admitted at …