TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AND ISRAEL

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KUWAIT 002878 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, NEA/PI, INR/NESA, R/MR, I/GNEA, B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA LONDON FOR TSOU PARIS FOR ZEYA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION SUBJECT: TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AND ISRAEL Block Quotes -------------- Tuesday, July 18, 2006 -- "The Arabs are the Victims of Adventures not Conspiracies" is the title of Walid Abdullah Al-Ghanem's piece in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas (7/18): "The Saudi statement on Lebanon that described the unilateral adventurism without consulting with other was the exact truth. It seems that Arabs and Muslims have surrendered to these adventurers who come out of every corner to harm the nation with their actions, and think they are doing us good." -- In "The Hero...Who Pays the Bill for his Adventures?" by Salim Al-Nashi penned in progressive Arabic daily Al-Qabas (7/18): "Arabs are confused, what can they do? Who...pays the bill in the end? What will happen in the future? ...The statements made by Arab governments do not go beyond denunciation and in no way achieve finding a solution. Arabs will think of one thing only during their next set of meetings and that is who will pay the bill for the destruction in Lebanon." -- Nahar Amer Al-Mahfouz held in "Catastrophes, Destruction, and Ruin" in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-Aam (7/18): "The policies of whim and emotion followers will always lead to failure and loss of the cause. Sadly, both HAMAS and Hezbollah are following a harmful course. They conduct military exercises without gain for their just cause. These small operations delay and do not advance their struggle and are used by Israel as excuses against them and that is what makes theirs failures and Israel's a success." -- "Hezbollah...Remnants of Pride in an Era of Servility" is conservative political activist Dr. Sajed Al-Abdali's piece in moderate Arabic daily Al-Rai Al-Aam (7/18): "Let the cowards of this nation do us good with their silence, as they have gotten us used to. Let those who are hired to write about their trifling subjects be gone. Those whose religion is of surrender and disgrace, you have your religion and we have ours. As for Hezbollah and Mr. Hasan Nasrallah, they are the remnants of pride and dignity in an era of servility and they will not be harmed by those who oppose them." -- Columnist and member of the Kuwait Journalists Society Dr. Ayed Al-Manaa commented in moderate Arabic daily Al-Watan under the title "Israel is the Reason and is Responsible" (7/18): "It is clear that Israel is the reason for the violence the region has suffered since 1948 and until present. It was born by force and without any right. Despite its international birth certificate, it will not stop its military insolence and the occupation of others' land with force. Despite international recognition for its birth, it will not respect international decisions, which has created a growing hostility and hatred that is not limited to neighboring countries but includes millions of Arabs and Muslims." -- Editor-in-chief of pro-government Arabic-language daily Al-Seyassah Ahmed Al-Jarallah penned on the front page of the newspaper, "An Arab World Full of Impurities" (7/18): "Hassan Nasrallah implicated Lebanon and the Arab world with his adventures and forced them into circumstances that do not serve their interests. He exposed the nation to danger in order to carry out external orders telling him what to do and what he should do to serve policies that bear no relation to the interests of Lebanon or Arabs." -- "Between Reality and Popular Views" penned by Kuwait University Political Science Professor, Dr. Shamlan Yousef Al-Issa in pro-government Arabic daily Al-Seyassah (7/18): "There is not the least bit of doubt that Syria's entanglement in a losing battle against the American supported Zionist entity will lead to the destruction of the entire Syrian military apparatus. The half-way solutions proposed at the G8 Summit do not solve the problem. Peace in the region will not be realized without the establishment of a Palestinian state. As for stalling and returning to half-way solutions, it will mean a return yet again to the cycle of violence and terror." KUWAIT 00002878 002 OF 002 ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Visit Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ ********************************************* * TUELLER