Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06SAOPAULO1277
2006-12-19 12:11:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE; SAO PAULO
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 001277
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE; SAO PAULO
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 001277
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE; SAO PAULO
1. "Palestinian Crossroad"
Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (12/9)
editorialized: "The Palestinians are on the eve of a civil war, and
PNA President Mahmoud Abbas' decision of calling elections does not
help to calm the situation. However, the call for elections has at
least the merit of breaking an impasse. A possibility is that in
view of the threat of getting themselves involved in a fratricidal
confrontation or losing power through the voting process, Fatah and
Hamas will reach an understanding and finally succeed in creating a
coalition government.... Most of the responsibility for the current
crisis is of Hamas and its obsessive insistence on denying
recognition to Israel's right to existence.... Developments in
recent months have placed the Palestinians in the worst world. If
they succeed in preventing a civil war and deciding their future
through the ballot, they will have to choose between Hamas and
Fatah, whose inefficiency and corruption had already led the
population to prefer Hamas."
2. "In The Middle East, What Was Bad Has Become Much Worse"
An editorial in business-oriented Valor Economico (12/19) remarked:
"The year is ending and any hope of peace in the Middle East was
buried. This year was especially bloody and destabilizing in the
region. The final chapter - sad as the previous ones - is being
written with the beginning of a civil war between Palestinian rival
factions Hamas and Fatah.... Since the political chess is terribly
complex in the region, [PNA President Mahmoud] Abbas risked
provoking an internal war among Palestinians when he tried to pave
the way for an uncertain dialogue with Israel.... The ballot option,
which would be supported by the Palestinian population, is the least
bloody and the one with most chances of fostering a truce among the
rival factions. The climate, however, does not favor the peace
process. A civil war is currently bloodying Iraq, Hezbollah's
Shiites rally on streets the overcome of Lebanon's government, which
may bring the civil war back, and the Iranian government, which
supports the Lebanese Shiite group, has launched open challenges
against the US and Israel. The Arabs deserve a better fate, but
unfortunately it is not on the horizon."
Wolfe
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE; SAO PAULO
1. "Palestinian Crossroad"
Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (12/9)
editorialized: "The Palestinians are on the eve of a civil war, and
PNA President Mahmoud Abbas' decision of calling elections does not
help to calm the situation. However, the call for elections has at
least the merit of breaking an impasse. A possibility is that in
view of the threat of getting themselves involved in a fratricidal
confrontation or losing power through the voting process, Fatah and
Hamas will reach an understanding and finally succeed in creating a
coalition government.... Most of the responsibility for the current
crisis is of Hamas and its obsessive insistence on denying
recognition to Israel's right to existence.... Developments in
recent months have placed the Palestinians in the worst world. If
they succeed in preventing a civil war and deciding their future
through the ballot, they will have to choose between Hamas and
Fatah, whose inefficiency and corruption had already led the
population to prefer Hamas."
2. "In The Middle East, What Was Bad Has Become Much Worse"
An editorial in business-oriented Valor Economico (12/19) remarked:
"The year is ending and any hope of peace in the Middle East was
buried. This year was especially bloody and destabilizing in the
region. The final chapter - sad as the previous ones - is being
written with the beginning of a civil war between Palestinian rival
factions Hamas and Fatah.... Since the political chess is terribly
complex in the region, [PNA President Mahmoud] Abbas risked
provoking an internal war among Palestinians when he tried to pave
the way for an uncertain dialogue with Israel.... The ballot option,
which would be supported by the Palestinian population, is the least
bloody and the one with most chances of fostering a truce among the
rival factions. The climate, however, does not favor the peace
process. A civil war is currently bloodying Iraq, Hezbollah's
Shiites rally on streets the overcome of Lebanon's government, which
may bring the civil war back, and the Iranian government, which
supports the Lebanese Shiite group, has launched open challenges
against the US and Israel. The Arabs deserve a better fate, but
unfortunately it is not on the horizon."
Wolfe