SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ISLAM REPRESENTS BIGGEST

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 004791 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: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ISLAM REPRESENTS BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR U.S. ¶1. SUMMARY: SHARJAH-BASED PAN-ARAB DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" 10/28 FRONT-PAGED A STORY DATELINED IN WASHINGTON CLAIMING THAT DURING A MEETING IN JERUSALEM THAT INCLUDED AMERICAN AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS AND EX-OFFICIALS THE TWO PARTIES AGREED TO CONSIDER ISLAM AS THE PRINCIPAL THREAT FOR BOTH NATIONS. END SUMMARY. ¶2. "AL-KHALEEJ" 10/28 FRONT-PAGED A STORY BY ITS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT. THE STORY HEADLINED: "A SPECIAL MASS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR ISRAEL, AN AMERICAN-ZIONIST CONFERENCE CONCLUDES THAT ISLAM REPRESENTS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE." ¶3. THE STORY ADDED THAT THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES PARTICIPATED IN A SPECIAL SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND THE ISRAELI PEOPLE, A PROJECT THAT WAS PROMOTED BY THE CHRISTIAN-JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP ORGANIZATION. ¶4. THE STORY ALSO REPORTS INFORMATION FROM A CONFERENCE THAT WAS ATTENDED BY "ZIONIST OFFICIALS AND A NUMBER OF HAWKS IN THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION AND WAS CONCLUDED RECENTLY. THE CONFERENCE RECOMMENDS A FREEZE OF ALL PEACE EFFORTS UNTIL THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY ELIMINATES ALL RESISTANCE GROUPS. THE CONFERENCE RECOGNIZES THAT RADICAL ISLAM REPRESENTS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF CIVILIZATION AND THE NEED TO ESTABLISH A NEW ORGANIZATION FOR NATIONS OF THE WORLD REPLACING THE UN." ¶5. THE STORY ADDED THAT THE CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN KING DAVID'S HOTEL IN JERUSALEM AND CONCLUDED WITH FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS: -- CEASE ANY DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TOWARDS THE PA UNTIL IT ELIMINATES ALL RESISTANCE GROUPS AND TEACHES PALESTINIAN YOUTH HOW TO DEAL WITH AND ACCEPT ISRAEL. -- CERTIFY THAT RADICAL ISLAM REPRESENTS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE THE TERMINATION OF NAZISM, FASCISM AND COMMUNISM. -- URGE ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD TO HELP ISRAEL IN ITS EFFORTS COMBATING THE SO-CALLED PALESTINIAN TERRORISM. -- THE NEED TO ESTABLISH A NEW MODEL OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD BEYOND THE EXISTING FORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS. ¶6. THE STORY CONCLUDED THAT AMONG THOSE WHO ATTENDED FROM THE AMERICAN SIDE WERE: RICHARD PEARLE, DANIEL PIPES, FRANCK GAFFNEY AND CALL THOMAS. FROM THE ISRAELI SIDE THOSE ATTENDING INCLUDED BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, AWZI LANDAU, AVIDOR LEIBERMANN, EHUD OLMERT AND BEN ALON. ALBRIGHT