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02AMMAN3332
2002-06-20 08:13:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Amman
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UNCLAS AMMAN 003332
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARN, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, INR/NESA, R/MR,
I/GNEA, B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA FOR ALTERMAN
USAID/ANE/MEA
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH
PARIS FOR O'FRIEL
USCINCCENT//CCPA, USCENTCOM REAR MACDILL AFB FL
STATE PASS TO AID
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR JO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
Summary
-- Lead story in all papers today, June 20, reports on
the suicide operations in Jerusalem, the second in 48
hours, killing seven and injuring about 40 people.
Other stories highlight the White House's decision to
postpone President Bush's address to present his ideas
on the Middle East that was scheduled for yesterday.
Another major story focuses on King Abdullah's talks
with the Egyptian President in Amman yesterday.
Editorial Commentary
-- "The dividing wall presents some positive points"
Columnist Ali Safadi writes on the op-ed page of
center-left, influential Arabic daily Al-Dustour
(06/20): "Despite the many negative points about
Israel's dividing wall . there are a number of
positive points that we have to take into
consideration. For one thing, the wall means the
failure of Israel's military option and also means
that Israel is building because of pressure from the
Palestinian resistance. A second positive point is
the fact that, with the building of this wall,
Israel's ideology of a Greater Israel has become
obsolete. Another point is the fact that this is the
first time that Israel establishes borders between
itself and areas it used to occupy, political borders
that will be hard to change in the future. A fourth
and final point is the destruction of the very
foundations of the settlement movement in the West
Bank."
GNEHM
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARN, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, INR/NESA, R/MR,
I/GNEA, B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA FOR ALTERMAN
USAID/ANE/MEA
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH
PARIS FOR O'FRIEL
USCINCCENT//CCPA, USCENTCOM REAR MACDILL AFB FL
STATE PASS TO AID
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR JO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
Summary
-- Lead story in all papers today, June 20, reports on
the suicide operations in Jerusalem, the second in 48
hours, killing seven and injuring about 40 people.
Other stories highlight the White House's decision to
postpone President Bush's address to present his ideas
on the Middle East that was scheduled for yesterday.
Another major story focuses on King Abdullah's talks
with the Egyptian President in Amman yesterday.
Editorial Commentary
-- "The dividing wall presents some positive points"
Columnist Ali Safadi writes on the op-ed page of
center-left, influential Arabic daily Al-Dustour
(06/20): "Despite the many negative points about
Israel's dividing wall . there are a number of
positive points that we have to take into
consideration. For one thing, the wall means the
failure of Israel's military option and also means
that Israel is building because of pressure from the
Palestinian resistance. A second positive point is
the fact that, with the building of this wall,
Israel's ideology of a Greater Israel has become
obsolete. Another point is the fact that this is the
first time that Israel establishes borders between
itself and areas it used to occupy, political borders
that will be hard to change in the future. A fourth
and final point is the destruction of the very
foundations of the settlement movement in the West
Bank."
GNEHM