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In Israel TV interview, Kuwaiti TV host calls for ties, shrugs off death threats
Fajr al-Saeed who was castigated for posting New Yearās tweets in Hebrew and Arabic hoping for normalized relations with Israel, tells Israeli TV: āIām only afraid of Allahā
A Kuwaiti media personality made a unique appearance on Israeli television on Tuesday, and brushed off death threats that she received over tweets she made calling for normalization with the Jewish state.
āI didnāt suddenly establish normalization,ā the controversial Fajr al-Saeed, 52, said in a video interview from Kuwait with Israelās Kan public broadcaster. āItās not like I arrived at Ben Gurion Airport and entered Israel and said to you, āLetās go, Iām normalizing relations with you.'ā
āI expressed a wish and a hope. You can take it or leave it, but itās my personal opinion.ā
The founder of Kuwaiti satellite TV station Scope said she has never shied away from controversy.
Saeed, who marked the New Year by tweeting a call in Arabic and Hebrew for Arab-Israeli ties and trade relations, said her opinion of Israel started to change after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
āThe turning point for me was the funeral of Rabin, when I saw world leaders present there,ā she told Kan, saying that if an Arab leader had died at the same time, only heads of state from the region would have attended and world leaders would have sufficed with condolence messages."
In Israel TV interview, Kuwaiti TV host calls for ties, shrugs off death threats
Fajr al-Saeed who was castigated for posting New Yearās tweets in Hebrew and Arabic hoping for normalized relations with Israel, tells Israeli TV: āIām only afraid of Allahā
A Kuwaiti media personality made a unique appearance on Israeli television on Tuesday, and brushed off death threats that she received over tweets she made calling for normalization with the Jewish state.
āI didnāt suddenly establish normalization,ā the controversial Fajr al-Saeed, 52, said in a video interview from Kuwait with Israelās Kan public broadcaster. āItās not like I arrived at Ben Gurion Airport and entered Israel and said to you, āLetās go, Iām normalizing relations with you.'ā
āI expressed a wish and a hope. You can take it or leave it, but itās my personal opinion.ā
The founder of Kuwaiti satellite TV station Scope said she has never shied away from controversy.
Saeed, who marked the New Year by tweeting a call in Arabic and Hebrew for Arab-Israeli ties and trade relations, said her opinion of Israel started to change after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
āThe turning point for me was the funeral of Rabin, when I saw world leaders present there,ā she told Kan, saying that if an Arab leader had died at the same time, only heads of state from the region would have attended and world leaders would have sufficed with condolence messages."
In Israel TV interview, Kuwaiti TV host calls for ties, shrugs off death threats