Identifier
Created
Classification
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04ABUDHABI2424
2004-07-20 12:12:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
null Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 05:17:11 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS TELEGRAM July 20, 2004 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2424 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: OIIP, KMDR Captions: None Subject: MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ UNCLAS ABU DHABI 02424 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: ECON POL AMB DCM Laser1: ACTION: PAO DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB CLEARED: NONE VZCZCADI524 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #2424 2021212 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 201212Z JUL 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5194 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0821 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0857 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002424
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 ZEYA
LONDON PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002424
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 ZEYA
LONDON PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
1. SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION WITHIN THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THE EVENTS WITHIN THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PLEASED SHARON. ANOTHER EDITORIAL
CRITICIZES SECRETARY POWELL'S DISAPPROVAL OF COVERAGE BY SOME
ARAB MEDIA. END SUMMARY.
2. COMMENTING ON THE CONFLICT WITHIN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY,
SHARJAH-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED
07/20:(CIRCULATION 85,000)
". THE DECISION MAKERS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND THE
FIGHTING SIDES SHOULD FEAR GOD AND TRY TO BE MERCIFUL OF THIS
PATIENT AND RESISTANT NATION. THEY SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE MEANS TO
MAKE THIS NATION HOLD ON TO ITS LAND. WILL THESE PARTIES DIVERT
THE ATTENTION FROM THE ENEMY WHO IS ENCIRCLING EVERYONE, OR WILL
THEIR DESIRES DOMINATE, WHICH WILL LEAD THE ZIONIST VAMPIRES TO
HARVEST?"
3. UNDER THE HEADLINE "THE BUTCHER IS HAPPY," DUBAI-BASED
BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 07/19:(CIRCULATION
40,000)
"SHARON IS THE ONLY BENEFICIARY OF THIS SECURITY CHAOS WITHIN THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. THE ZIONISTS' CURRENT HOPE IS THAT THIS
CHAOS WILL LEAD TO A BLOODY CIVIL WAR. WE ARE SURE THAT THE
ZIONIST DREAM WILL NOT COME TRUE BECAUSE OF THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE OCCUPIED LANDS TO HAVE THEIR PUBLIC INTEREST BE
VICTORIOUS OVER THE INTERNAL CONFLICTS."
4. UNDER THE HEADLINE "STABILITY FACTOR," SHARJAH-BASED ENGLISH
DAILY "GULF TODAY" EDITORIALIZED 07/19: (CIRCULATION 15,000)
". THE CHALLENGES FACING KARZAI ARE IMMENSE. HE ADMITTED THERE
WILL BE MANY MORE MESSY YEARS TO COME. THE U.S. HAS AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN BRINGING STABILITY. HOWEVER, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH MAY
BE TEMPTED TO HOLD THE AFGHAN ELECTIONS QUICKLY TO SHOWCASE IT AS
HIS DEMOCRATIZATION SUCCESS IN TIME FOR HIS OWN RE-ELECTION BID
IN NOVEMBER. WASHINGTON SHOULD ALLOW WORLD BODIES MORE ACTIVE
ROLES IN PEACEKEEPING AND IN HOLDING ELECTIONS."
5. CRITICIZING SECRETARY POWELL'S DISAPPROVAL OF SOME OF THE
ARAB MEDIA COVERAGE, ABU DHABI-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AKHBAR AL-
ARAB" EDITORIALIZED 07/18: (CIRCULATION 20,000)
". WHAT THE U.S. IS REQUESTING IS FOR THE ARAB MEDIA TO USE
DOUBLE STANDARDS. WHAT IS REALLY REQUESTED IN THIS CRITICAL PHASE
IS FOR ARABS TO PRODUCE HONEST MEDIA. IF MEDIA WAS FREE FROM ALL
DEVIATION, OPPRESSION, DECEPTION, FALSIFICATION, AND DISTORTION,
IT WOULD BE BLESSED BECAUSE MEDIA HAS BECOME A BASIC PART OF THE
NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS. INDEPENDENCE OF MEDIA IS PART
OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRY AND FREEDOM OF MEDIA IS PART
OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S FREEDOM."
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; NSC
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON PASS TO MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
1. SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION WITHIN THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THE EVENTS WITHIN THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PLEASED SHARON. ANOTHER EDITORIAL
CRITICIZES SECRETARY POWELL'S DISAPPROVAL OF COVERAGE BY SOME
ARAB MEDIA. END SUMMARY.
2. COMMENTING ON THE CONFLICT WITHIN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY,
SHARJAH-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIALIZED
07/20:(CIRCULATION 85,000)
". THE DECISION MAKERS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND THE
FIGHTING SIDES SHOULD FEAR GOD AND TRY TO BE MERCIFUL OF THIS
PATIENT AND RESISTANT NATION. THEY SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE MEANS TO
MAKE THIS NATION HOLD ON TO ITS LAND. WILL THESE PARTIES DIVERT
THE ATTENTION FROM THE ENEMY WHO IS ENCIRCLING EVERYONE, OR WILL
THEIR DESIRES DOMINATE, WHICH WILL LEAD THE ZIONIST VAMPIRES TO
HARVEST?"
3. UNDER THE HEADLINE "THE BUTCHER IS HAPPY," DUBAI-BASED
BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 07/19:(CIRCULATION
40,000)
"SHARON IS THE ONLY BENEFICIARY OF THIS SECURITY CHAOS WITHIN THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. THE ZIONISTS' CURRENT HOPE IS THAT THIS
CHAOS WILL LEAD TO A BLOODY CIVIL WAR. WE ARE SURE THAT THE
ZIONIST DREAM WILL NOT COME TRUE BECAUSE OF THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE OCCUPIED LANDS TO HAVE THEIR PUBLIC INTEREST BE
VICTORIOUS OVER THE INTERNAL CONFLICTS."
4. UNDER THE HEADLINE "STABILITY FACTOR," SHARJAH-BASED ENGLISH
DAILY "GULF TODAY" EDITORIALIZED 07/19: (CIRCULATION 15,000)
". THE CHALLENGES FACING KARZAI ARE IMMENSE. HE ADMITTED THERE
WILL BE MANY MORE MESSY YEARS TO COME. THE U.S. HAS AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN BRINGING STABILITY. HOWEVER, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH MAY
BE TEMPTED TO HOLD THE AFGHAN ELECTIONS QUICKLY TO SHOWCASE IT AS
HIS DEMOCRATIZATION SUCCESS IN TIME FOR HIS OWN RE-ELECTION BID
IN NOVEMBER. WASHINGTON SHOULD ALLOW WORLD BODIES MORE ACTIVE
ROLES IN PEACEKEEPING AND IN HOLDING ELECTIONS."
5. CRITICIZING SECRETARY POWELL'S DISAPPROVAL OF SOME OF THE
ARAB MEDIA COVERAGE, ABU DHABI-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AKHBAR AL-
ARAB" EDITORIALIZED 07/18: (CIRCULATION 20,000)
". WHAT THE U.S. IS REQUESTING IS FOR THE ARAB MEDIA TO USE
DOUBLE STANDARDS. WHAT IS REALLY REQUESTED IN THIS CRITICAL PHASE
IS FOR ARABS TO PRODUCE HONEST MEDIA. IF MEDIA WAS FREE FROM ALL
DEVIATION, OPPRESSION, DECEPTION, FALSIFICATION, AND DISTORTION,
IT WOULD BE BLESSED BECAUSE MEDIA HAS BECOME A BASIC PART OF THE
NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS. INDEPENDENCE OF MEDIA IS PART
OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRY AND FREEDOM OF MEDIA IS PART
OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S FREEDOM."
ALBRIGHT