KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000168 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: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND PALESTINE Block Quotes -------------- Monday, February 05, 2007 -- Conservative Shiite Islamist Dr. Abdul Mohsen Jamal contended in progressive Arabic daily under the title "No Soccer and No Stock Market" (02/05): "We wonder, after seeing what he [President Bush] has done in Iraq, what is left for him to do in another country. The woman who will stand in his way is Nancy Pelosi, who will oppose him and his entourage who thrive on blood, destruction, and body parts. We are sure the American people will unseat him soon if he continues with his foolish policies." -- Liberal pro-government Ambassador Abdulla Bishara stated in conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan under the title "Perez in Qatar's Capital" that (02/05): "There is an international momentum to reach an acceptable solution to the Palestinian issue. This solution will not be fair to the Palestinians, but it will give them something that they could not get without this international support. If these international efforts are lost then so will be the final fate of the Palestinian cause." ********************************************* * 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