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Excerpts: New Egyptian Cabinet.India re Palestinian rights. Israel
Excerpts: New Egyptian Cabinet.India re Palestinian rights. Israel warns =
Lebanon re Hezbollah threats. China re cyber power March 01, 2014
+++SOURCE: AlArabya News 1 Mar.=9214:=94New government in Egypt sworn in=94=
, Staff =
Writer
SUBJECT: New Egyptian Cabinet
QUOTE: the new Cabinet includes three Christians and four women but no =
Islamists
FUL L TEXT :A new Egyptian government was sworn in on Saturday[1 Mar.], =
with popular army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi re-appointed as =
the now-sole deputy premier and defense minister, Al Arabiya News Channel =
reported.
The new cabinet, led by new Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, was unveiled =
after the previous government resigned on Monday[24 Feb.] amid mounting =
criticism of its failure to tackle a floundering economy and worsening =
industrial unrest.
Sisi previously held the position of defense minister in the previous =
government. He is widely expected to win the forthcoming presidential =
election but has yet to formally announce his candidacy. He must vacate the =
position of defense minister in order to run.
Sisi backed the previous government through tumultuous times, including a =
heavy crackdown on ousted President Mohammed Mursi=92s Muslim Brotherhood =
movement and a nationwide referendum that adopted a new constitution while =
Islamic militant insurgency and terror attacks surged.
Interior Minister Mohammad Ibrahim has kept his post, along with 20 other =
ministers.
Disapproval
Opposition parties have previously expressed their disapproval regarding =
Ibrahim, claiming his ministry is involved in =93criminal practices.=94
Al-Dostour Party (The Constitution Party), the Egyptian Social Democratic =
Party (ESDP), Misr al-Hurreya (Free Egypt Party), and the Bread and Liberty =
Party said Saturday that they demanded the restructuring of Ibrahim’s =
interior ministry.
=93Calling for the Ministry of Interior=92s restructure, a demand raised by=
the =
2011 revolution, was never with the intention of revenge [against] the =
police,=94 the Daily News Egypt quoted their statement as saying.
They also said that revolutionary demands included ensuring judiciary =
independence and achieving social justice.
The new Cabinet includes three Christians and four women, but no Islamists. =
It removes most ministers who were members of political parties formed afte=
r =
the 2011 ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
Al-Ahram newspaper said the cabinet reshuffle also included the merging of =
12 ministries to six.
The ministries that were combined included trade and investment, planning =
and cooperation, youth and sports, higher education and scientific research=
, =
local and administrative development, and transitional justice and the hous=
e =
of representatives.
Below is an excerpt from al-Ahram newspaper of the ministers from the =
previous government who will remain in their posts:
1. Minister of Defence Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
2. Minister of Interior Mohammad Ibrahim
3. Minister of Tourism Hisham Zazou
4. Minister of Transportation Ibrahim Domeiri
5. Minister of Communication Atef Helmy
6. Minister of Local Development Adel Labib
7. Minister of Agriculture Ayman Abu Hadid
8. Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim
9. Minister of Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation Amin A-Mahdy
10. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Noor.
11. Minister of Culture Saber Arab
12. Minister of Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ashraf =
al-Arabi
13. Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy
14. Minister of Information Doreya Sharaf al-Din
15. Minister of Environment Laila Iskandar
16. Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail
17.Minister of Religious Endowments Mokhtar Gomaa
18.Minister of Education Mahmoud Abou al-Nasr
19. Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel-Moteleb
20. Minister of Sports and Youth Khaled Abdel-Aziz
The newly appointed ministers are:
1. Minister of Justice Nayer Abdel-Moneim Othman
2. Minister of Military Production Ibrahim Younis
3. Minister of Health Adel al-Adawi
4. Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouli
5. Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Wael al-Degwi
6. Minister of Manpower Nahed Ashri
7. Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy
8. Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker
9. Minister of Finance Hani Qadri Demian
10. Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali
11. Minister of Aviation Mohamed Hossam Kamal
This new interim government is the sixth since 2011. It=92s also the second =
interim government after Mursi=92s ouster in July.
The new Cabinet will face a host of challenges ranging from Egypt=92s unsta=
ble =
security situation to a battered economy drained of resources.
+++SOURCE: Saudi Gazette 1 Mar.=9214:=94Visit has enhanced strategic =
partnership=94by Faheem Al-Hamid
SUBJECT:India=92s External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid re Saudi Crown =
Prince visit
EXCERPT:
[ IMRA:Saudi Gazette reporter Al-Hamad asked the following question:]
What is the Indian view towards retrieval of legitimate Palestinian rights? =
What is your vision with regard to Iranian interim nuclear agreement and ho=
w =
to resolve it?
In our country the consensus on the Palestinian cause cuts across all =
political parties, regions, sections and communities. It is a truly nationa=
l =
consensus for Palestine. Palestine has been central to our foreign policy a=
s =
articulated by Jawaharlal Nehru. It has been a very important part of our =
history and of our foreign policy. India continues to remain steadfast and =
unwavering in its commitment to the Palestinian cause for a sovereign, =
independent, viable and united State of Palestine living within secure and =
recognized borders with East Jerusalem as its Capital, side by side and at =
peace with Israel as endorsed in the Quartet Roadmap and United Nations =
Security Council Resolutions 1397 & 1515.
[IMRA: No response was given re Iran.]
+++SOURCE: Al Arabya News 28 Feb.=9214:=94Israel warns Lebanon to halt Hezb=
ollah=92s =
threats=94, by Staff Writer with Agence France Presse
Subject: Israel warns Lebanon re Hezbollah threats
Israel warned Lebanon on Friday[28 Feb.] to quash threats emanating from =
Hezbollah, after its air force raided a site belonging to the Lebanese =
Shiite group.
On Wednesday[26 Feb.], Hezbollah threatened that it will respond to Israel=
=92s =
Monday[23 Feb.] night air strike near the Syrian border that killed two of =
its members.
Israel has neither confirmed nor denied carrying out the strike, in keeping =
with its silence on at least three such attacks over the past year targetin=
g =
suspected Hezbollah-bound convoys of advanced weapons from civil war-torn =
Syria.
In an unusually forthright public statement about the incident, Hezbollah =
said on Wednesday[25 Feb.] it would =93choose the time and place and the =
proper way to respond=94 against Israel, with which it fought a war in sout=
h =
Lebanon in 2006, Agence France-Presse reported.
Israel has frequently promised to target Lebanon at large in any new =
conflict, noting that Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim militia, =
had politicians in the Beirut government.
=93It is self-evident that we see Lebanon as responsible for any attack on =
Israel from the territory of Lebanon,=94 Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister =
Yuval Steinitz said on Friday [28 Feb.]
=93It is the duty of the Lebanese government to prevent any terrorist attac=
k – =
whether a terrorist or missile attack, or any other kind – on the State of =
Israel,=94 he told Israel Radio.
Israel is technically at war with Lebanon and Syria.
Israeli analysts have been mostly dismissive of Hezbollah=92s threat this =
week, arguing that its fighters were too busy helping Syrian President =
Bashar al-Assad battle a three-year-old rebellion to open up a new front =
with Israel.
+++Source; Reuters news release 28 Feb.=9214: =93China re =91cyber power=94
QUOTE: =93Chinese President Xi Jinping . . .aims to turn China into a =91c=
yber =
power=92 =93 =91without internet security, there is no national security =
=91 =94
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping is to take the reins of a =
government body for Internet security and aims to turn China into a “cyber =
power”, official state media reported on Thursday[27 Feb., as the country =
steadily tightens its grip online.
Since coming to power, Xi has presided over an intensifying online crackdow=
n =
that has drawn criticism from rights groups and dissidents at home and =
abroad.
China has also faced growing accusations of carrying out state-sponsored =
hacking attacks around the world, charges the government strongly denies.
Among the security body's aims would be to coordinate Internet security =
among different sectors, and to draft national strategies, development plan=
s =
and major policies, Xi was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
"Efforts should be made to build our country into a cyber power," he said, =
adding that without Internet security, there was no national security.
Last year a secretive Chinese military unit believed to be behind a series =
of hacking attacks was brought to light by a U.S. security group =
[ID:nL4N0BJ3QA], and in December another security firm said Chinese hackers =
had spied on European foreign ministries before a G20 meeting. =
[ID:nL1N0JP0BY]
Xi also said that working on public opinion online was a long-term =
responsibility, and the Internet
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Sue Lerner – Associate, IMRA =
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