Identifier
Created
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03ABUDHABI3731
2003-08-13 08:49:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: ABU MAZEN VISITS THE UAE PALESTINE
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 03/21/2007 11:34:39 AM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM August 13, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 3731 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: OIIP, KMDR Captions: None Subject: MEDIA REACTION: ABU MAZEN VISITS THE UAE PALESTINE SOUTH LEBANON IRAQ Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 03731 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: ECON POL AMB DCM Laser1: ACTION: PAO DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: PAO:RALBRIGHT DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB CLEARED: PAO:TPONCE VZCZCADI304 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #3731 2250849 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 130849Z AUG 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1267 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0698 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0742 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 003731
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
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: ABU MAZEN VISITS THE UAE PALESTINE
SOUTH LEBANON IRAQ
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 003731
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
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: ABU MAZEN VISITS THE UAE PALESTINE
SOUTH LEBANON IRAQ
1. SUMMARY: THE VISIT OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD
ABBAS TO THE UAE AND EVENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, SOUTH
LEBANON, AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. AN "AL
ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE ARAB LEAGUE'S "SILENT ATTITUDE"
FOR THE PLIGHT OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL
BAYAN" CLAIMS THAT THE ISRAELIS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTROYING
THE CEASEFIRE. END SUMMARY.
2. PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS ARRIVED IN THE UAE
ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, AND DEPARTED FOR DOHA ON TUESDAY, AUGUST
12. HIS VISIT WAS COVERED IN ALL ARABIC AND ENGLISH DAILIES AND
FEATURED ON ARABIC SATELLITE TV STATIONS ABU DHABI TV, AL
ARABIYYA, AND DUBAI TV. DURING THE VISIT, PM ABBAS MET WITH
SHEIKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, CROWN PRINCE OF ABU DHABI,
SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHED AL NAHYAN, CROWN PRINCE OF DUBAI,
SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, UAE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF
STAFF, AND SEVERAL OTHER IMPORTANT UAEG OFFICIALS. DURING THESE
MEETINGS, PM ABBASS DISCUSSED THE ROADMAP, HIS RECENT VISIT TO
WASHINGTON, AND ISRAEL'S CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION OF THE FENCE IN
THE WEST BANK, NOTING THAT "THIS WALL IS A MAJOR STUMBLING BLOCK
FOR ACHIEVING PEACE AND IMPLEMENTING THE ROADMAP" IN THE OFFICIAL
EMIRATES NEWS AGENCY ARTICLE APPEARING IN ALL MAJOR ARABIC AND
ENGLISH DAILES.
3. UNDER THE HEADLINE "THE ZIONISTS ARE RESPONSIBLE," DUBAI-
BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED ARABIC DAILY "AL-BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED
8/13:
"THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE BLOODY TERRORIST ARIEL SHARON ARE
PUSHING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. THESE NON-
STOP CRIMES DESTROYED THE CEASEFIRE AND THE TRUCE THAT WAS SOUGHT
BY THE RESISTANCE IN ORDER TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT THEY WANT PEACE
... IT IS THE PALESTINIANS' RIGHT TO RESIST IN ALL WAYS IN ORDER
TO RECLAIM ITS STOLEN RIGHTS ... SHARON AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS HEBREW COUNTRY SHOULD REALIZE THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO
REMOVE THE ROOTS OF RESISTANCE BECAUSE THE PALESTINIAN LAND IS
RIPE TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE ..."
4. CRITICIZING THE ARAB LEAGUE, SEMI-OFFICIAL ABU DHABI-BASED
ARABIC DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" EDITORIALIZED 8/12:
"... THE ARAB LEAGUE HAS BEEN UNFAIR TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE TWICE:
ONCE WHEN IT WAS WATCHING THEM BURN AND TOSS IN THE HEAT OF YEARS
OF WAR, GRIEF, HUNGER, POVERTY, AND SUPPRESSION. AND ONCE AGAIN,
WHEN IT NEGLECTED THEM AND ABANDONED THEM WHEN THEY WERE TRYING
TO COLLECT WHAT WAS SCATTERED, BANDAGE THEIR WOUNDS, AND REDRAW
THEIR OWN FUTURE ... WE HOPE THE ARAB LEAGUE IS SATISFIED WITH
ITS SUMMER AND WINTER HIBERNATIONS AND ENJOYS ITS CONSTANT
LAZINESS AND SLEEPINESS IN ORDER TO GAIN THE REWARD OF THE
OPPRESSOR."
ALBRIGHT
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
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: ABU MAZEN VISITS THE UAE PALESTINE
SOUTH LEBANON IRAQ
1. SUMMARY: THE VISIT OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD
ABBAS TO THE UAE AND EVENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, SOUTH
LEBANON, AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. AN "AL
ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE ARAB LEAGUE'S "SILENT ATTITUDE"
FOR THE PLIGHT OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL
BAYAN" CLAIMS THAT THE ISRAELIS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTROYING
THE CEASEFIRE. END SUMMARY.
2. PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS ARRIVED IN THE UAE
ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, AND DEPARTED FOR DOHA ON TUESDAY, AUGUST
12. HIS VISIT WAS COVERED IN ALL ARABIC AND ENGLISH DAILIES AND
FEATURED ON ARABIC SATELLITE TV STATIONS ABU DHABI TV, AL
ARABIYYA, AND DUBAI TV. DURING THE VISIT, PM ABBAS MET WITH
SHEIKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, CROWN PRINCE OF ABU DHABI,
SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHED AL NAHYAN, CROWN PRINCE OF DUBAI,
SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, UAE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF
STAFF, AND SEVERAL OTHER IMPORTANT UAEG OFFICIALS. DURING THESE
MEETINGS, PM ABBASS DISCUSSED THE ROADMAP, HIS RECENT VISIT TO
WASHINGTON, AND ISRAEL'S CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION OF THE FENCE IN
THE WEST BANK, NOTING THAT "THIS WALL IS A MAJOR STUMBLING BLOCK
FOR ACHIEVING PEACE AND IMPLEMENTING THE ROADMAP" IN THE OFFICIAL
EMIRATES NEWS AGENCY ARTICLE APPEARING IN ALL MAJOR ARABIC AND
ENGLISH DAILES.
3. UNDER THE HEADLINE "THE ZIONISTS ARE RESPONSIBLE," DUBAI-
BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED ARABIC DAILY "AL-BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED
8/13:
"THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE BLOODY TERRORIST ARIEL SHARON ARE
PUSHING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. THESE NON-
STOP CRIMES DESTROYED THE CEASEFIRE AND THE TRUCE THAT WAS SOUGHT
BY THE RESISTANCE IN ORDER TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT THEY WANT PEACE
... IT IS THE PALESTINIANS' RIGHT TO RESIST IN ALL WAYS IN ORDER
TO RECLAIM ITS STOLEN RIGHTS ... SHARON AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS HEBREW COUNTRY SHOULD REALIZE THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO
REMOVE THE ROOTS OF RESISTANCE BECAUSE THE PALESTINIAN LAND IS
RIPE TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE ..."
4. CRITICIZING THE ARAB LEAGUE, SEMI-OFFICIAL ABU DHABI-BASED
ARABIC DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" EDITORIALIZED 8/12:
"... THE ARAB LEAGUE HAS BEEN UNFAIR TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE TWICE:
ONCE WHEN IT WAS WATCHING THEM BURN AND TOSS IN THE HEAT OF YEARS
OF WAR, GRIEF, HUNGER, POVERTY, AND SUPPRESSION. AND ONCE AGAIN,
WHEN IT NEGLECTED THEM AND ABANDONED THEM WHEN THEY WERE TRYING
TO COLLECT WHAT WAS SCATTERED, BANDAGE THEIR WOUNDS, AND REDRAW
THEIR OWN FUTURE ... WE HOPE THE ARAB LEAGUE IS SATISFIED WITH
ITS SUMMER AND WINTER HIBERNATIONS AND ENJOYS ITS CONSTANT
LAZINESS AND SLEEPINESS IN ORDER TO GAIN THE REWARD OF THE
OPPRESSOR."
ALBRIGHT