Qatari Newspapers Editorials

Doha, March 17 (QNA) - Local newspapers dealt in their editorials on Friday with a number of local and Arab issues, where the newspapers focused on the great Qatari achievements in the fields of innovation, technology and research, and work to localize technology to build a knowledge economy, reviewing the amazing development witnessed by the State of Qatar in this sector and its role in achieving sustainable digital development and diversifying the economy. On the Arab issue, the newspapers highlighted the high pace of escalation in the occupied Palestinian territories since the rise of right-wing governments in the Israeli entity, pointing out to the recent Jenin massacre, in which four Palestinians were killed by the occupation forces. This reflects the current government's support for the policy of systematic field executions carried out by the occupation army and militias against Palestinian civilians. In its editorial on Friday, under the title "Qatar harnessed technology to achieve sustainable digital development" Al-Raya newspaper noted to the qualitative leaps that Qatar has made in building information and communication technology and innovation over the past few years, as it adopted that as a strategic goal to reach sustainable digital development, recognizing the importance of harnessing technology in order to diversify the economy and build it on digital foundations locally, and establishing partnerships with international companies, organizations and countries for the good of humanity. The newspaper said that digital and technological empowerment is an essential element in Qatar's relentless endeavors to achieve comprehensive development. In this context, Qatar has made many great achievements in topics related to innovation, technology and research, perhaps the most important of which are Qatar Science and Technology Park, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, Our legacy project, and the Al-Kharsaah project for the production of independent solar photovoltaic energy. Al-Raya concluded by saying that the National Development Strategy clearly identified the need to focus on knowledge and innovation as one of the most important factors in achieving economic diversification, as Qatar has been interested in enabling everyone to use technology and digital access to make it active and productive elements that contributes to achieving development and building Qatar's bright future. For its part, the English-language newspaper The Peninsula shed light on the 10th Qatar's International Agricultural Exhibition (AgriteQ), and confirmed in its editorial today under the title "Vital Food Security Platform" that based on the staggering impact of climate change on all aspects of human life, including safety, food supply and way of life in general, Qatar has adopted a clear and balanced approach in addressing the phenomenon of climate change which is increasingly posing formidable challenges to all humankind. The Peninsula affirmed that Qatar adopted balanced vision and set food security, sustainable and conservative water use and processing, and addressing climate change among its major development priorities, considering such clear and balanced approaches in all forefronts of developments are essential to achieve long sighted development plan and implement strategies of social and economic sustainability. 

For its part, Al-Sharq newspaper considered that the Jenin massacre, in which 4 Palestinian were killed yesterday, Thursday, is nothing but a continuation of the terrorism of the organized Israeli entity. In its editorial today, the newspaper said under the title "Continuous massacres threaten to ignite violence" that the international community and its institutions, which have become a symbol of weakness and double standards, bear the moral responsibility of every massacre in the occupied Palestinian territories, the failure to put an end to the crimes and unilateral measures of the Israeli entity and its gross violations of international law, which encourages and tempts this racist occupation to persist in its heinous crimes against the Palestinian people. Al-Sharq considered that the systematic escalation taking place every day is nothing but confirmation of the occupation's desire to detonate the situation and drag the region into the square of violence and chaos, warning that this approach will have dire consequences for the Israeli entity itself and for international peace and security. Al-Watan newspaper highlighted the Israeli government's insistence on escalating its violations and crimes against the Palestinian people, as 4 Palestinians were killed by the occupation forces' bullets and 23 others were wounded, yesterday, Thursday, in the city of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank. Under the title "Dangerous Escalation", the newspaper asked in its editorial today, "How long will this aggression against the Palestinians by the occupation continue?... Where is the international community?" The newspaper believed that stopping all illegal unilateral occupation measures might be the correct approach to restoring the political horizon and climate for resolving the conflict. Al-Watan concluded by saying that since the rise of the right-wing governments in the Israeli entity, the pace of escalation in the occupied territories has increased, which threatens to explode the situation. (QNA)