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06ABUDHABI303
2006-01-30 14:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
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MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIANS AND DEMOCRACY

Tags:  OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC 
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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000303 

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 MCKUNE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIANS AND DEMOCRACY


UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000303

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 MCKUNE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIANS AND DEMOCRACY



1. SUMMARY: "AL-KHALEEJ" WONDERED WHY THE UNITED STATES AND
EUROPE INSIST ON PUNISHING ALL THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE WHEN ALL
THEY DID WAS PRACTICING DEMOCRACY. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL-BAYAN"
CALLED ON PALESTINIANS TO LOOK FORWARD TOWARD A BETTER FUTURE AND
FORGET THEIR POLITICAL DIFFERENCES. END SUMMARY.


2. Under the headline "Punishing Palestinians for their
democracy", Sharjah-based Pan-Arab daily "Al Khaleej,"
(circulation 85,000) 1/29 editorialized:

"Why does the United States and Europe insist on the collective
punishment of the Palestinian people, when all they did was
practice democracy... This proves the fact that West's slogans
of democracy, freedom, and human rights are nothing but bridges
to fulfilling Western interests and mainly the Zionist ones..."


3. Under the headline "Moderation. and the ease of
transformation", Dubai-based Arabic daily "Al Bayan,"
(circulation 90,000) 1/30 wrote:

"...The Fatah Movement ponders a moment of criticism and
revision. After all, it is her right and duty to do so. Hamas
however is living a moment of ecstasy and is also entitled to do
this. These two movements should not necessarily conflict with
each other as both of them stand against the same face of
occupation. If the elections separated them from each other,
what will group them together is something stronger and it should
be so. The occupying bulldozer does not differentiate between
Palestinian houses nor does it recognize the walls' line. The
Palestinian situation is in a state of confusion as a result of
the election results and is at its best foggy. Moving into a new
chapter requires the same transparency that governed the recent
elections, and no Palestinian should accept less."

SISON