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02AMMAN4317
2002-08-05 08:19:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Amman
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UNCLAS AMMAN 004317
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 stories in all papers today, August 5,
highlight yesterday's "wave" of Palestinian attacks
against Israelis, including a suicide bus bombing in
the north of Israel. Headlines mark the attacks as a
retaliation by the Palestinian resistance to Israel's
brutality against the Palestinian people. Stories
also carry President Bush's "condemnation" of the
attacks and the Palestinian and Israeli reactions.
Editorial commentaries hold Israel responsible for the
continuation of the violence
Editorial Commentary on Middle East Issues
-- "The occupation and the suffering of the
Palestinians"
Chief Editor Taher Udwan writes on the back page of
independent, mass-appeal Arabic daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm
(08/05): "Israel's crimes go almost unnoticed by the
international media and hardly receive any coverage if
compared with the coverage given to a suicide bombing
inside Israeli territories. This international
silence towards the Palestinians' incredible suffering
under occupation is being used by Sharon and his
government to continue his cycle of killings and
destruction. Meanwhile, the main and only reason for
this tragedy continues to be overlooked, namely the
occupation. The return of the suicide bombings to
what they used to be puts Sharon and even Bush in
tight spot, simply because the Palestinian Authority
no longer exists on the ground, and the only real
presence of security in the West Bank is for the
Israeli army. This suggests their failure to bring
the Palestinian people down to their knees and to
strip them of their spirit and their resistance."
-- "Israeli terrorism springs violence in Palestine"
Daily columnist Rakan Majali writes on the back page
of center-left, influential Arabic Al-Dustour (08/05):
"Even Israeli newspapers are saying that Israeli
confrontations, escalation and the use of its military
machine will only lead to more suicide bombings.
Whatever Israel decides to call these bombings, the
outcome is the same, namely that the state of
frustration and desperation, that results from the
Hebrew State's exercise of humiliation and oppression
against Palestinian people and denial of their rights,
will only lead to more bloodshed.
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 stories in all papers today, August 5,
highlight yesterday's "wave" of Palestinian attacks
against Israelis, including a suicide bus bombing in
the north of Israel. Headlines mark the attacks as a
retaliation by the Palestinian resistance to Israel's
brutality against the Palestinian people. Stories
also carry President Bush's "condemnation" of the
attacks and the Palestinian and Israeli reactions.
Editorial commentaries hold Israel responsible for the
continuation of the violence
Editorial Commentary on Middle East Issues
-- "The occupation and the suffering of the
Palestinians"
Chief Editor Taher Udwan writes on the back page of
independent, mass-appeal Arabic daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm
(08/05): "Israel's crimes go almost unnoticed by the
international media and hardly receive any coverage if
compared with the coverage given to a suicide bombing
inside Israeli territories. This international
silence towards the Palestinians' incredible suffering
under occupation is being used by Sharon and his
government to continue his cycle of killings and
destruction. Meanwhile, the main and only reason for
this tragedy continues to be overlooked, namely the
occupation. The return of the suicide bombings to
what they used to be puts Sharon and even Bush in
tight spot, simply because the Palestinian Authority
no longer exists on the ground, and the only real
presence of security in the West Bank is for the
Israeli army. This suggests their failure to bring
the Palestinian people down to their knees and to
strip them of their spirit and their resistance."
-- "Israeli terrorism springs violence in Palestine"
Daily columnist Rakan Majali writes on the back page
of center-left, influential Arabic Al-Dustour (08/05):
"Even Israeli newspapers are saying that Israeli
confrontations, escalation and the use of its military
machine will only lead to more suicide bombings.
Whatever Israel decides to call these bombings, the
outcome is the same, namely that the state of
frustration and desperation, that results from the
Hebrew State's exercise of humiliation and oppression
against Palestinian people and denial of their rights,
will only lead to more bloodshed.
GNEHM