MEDIA REACTION: SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002644 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA; INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC SECDEF FOR OASD/PA USCINCCENT FOR POLAD LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR O'FRIEL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT ¶1. SUMMARY: ALL UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO THE SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT AND CARRIED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS IN THEIR ENTIRETY. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL WARNED ARAB LEADERS OF FURTHER CONCESSIONS AND ASSERTED THAT THE MAIN AIM BEHIND PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS ARE TO END PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE. AN "AL BAYAN" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROADMAP REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT TEST FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. ¶2. CLAIMING THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROADMAP REPRESENTS A REAL TEST FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, DUBAI-BASED BUSINESS- ORIENTED ARABIC DAILY "AL-BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 6/04: "... THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT REPRESENTS A CHANGE IN THE U.S. VISION OF MIDDLE EAST ISSUES, AND WE HOPE THAT THESE STATEMENTS WILL BECOME ACTS ... THE ROADMAP IS A REAL TEST, NOT FOR THE ZIONISTS WHO MMAKE PROMISES AND STATEMENTS ON PEACE THAT WE DON'T TRUST, BUT FOR THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION WHO WE FEAR WILL IGNORE THEIR OWN PROMISES (WHICH WE ARE USED TO),ESPECIALLY AS THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS ARE VERY SOON." ¶3. WARNING ARAB LEADERS OF FURTHER CONCESSIONS AND ASSERTING THAT ENDING THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE IS PRESIDENT BUSH'S PRIMARY GOAL AT THE SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT, SHARJAH-BASED PAN- ARAB DAILY "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED 6/04: "THE SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT WAS VERY FAST, AND SO WAS THE ARAB LEADERS ACCEPTANCE OF AMERICAN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S VISION REGARDING TERRORISM, VIOLENCE, AND EXTREMISM 'IN ANY WAY, FROM ANY SOURCE, OR FROM ANYWHERE REGARDLESS OF THE EXCUSES AND MOTIVES,' SOMETHING THE ARAB LEADERS DID NOT SAY ... PRESIDENT BUSH EXPLAINED IT PERSONALLY, STATING THAT THEY (ARAB LEADERS) SHOULD HELP THE PALESTINIAN ADMINISTRATION IN ITS WAR AGAINST TERRORISM. AND BY TERRORISM, HERE IS THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE ..." WAHBA