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09JERUSALEM1357
2009-08-06 09:13:00
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Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/06): Coverage Highlights
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UNCLAS JERUSALEM 001357
SIPDIS
STATE PASS BBG
STATE FOR NEA, NEA/IPA, NEA/PPD
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE, SIT ROOM
NSC
CMC WASHINGTON DC FOR POLAD
JERUSALEM ALSO FOR ICD
LONDON FOR HKANONA AND POL - TSOU
PARIS ALSO FOR POL
ROME FOR MFO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
SUBJECT: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/06): Coverage Highlights
Disagreements at Fatah Congress
-------------
Main Stories:
-------------
News from the Sixth Fatah Party Congress continues to receive front
page coverage in the local press. All dailies note that the second
day of the conference witnessed "stormy discussions," several of
which required the intervention of Palestinian Authority (PA)
President Mahmoud Abbas. Al-Quds leads with news that Congress
delegates created 18 committees to pursue a number of issues in
detail. Congress Spokesperson Nabil Amr noted during a press
conference that the disagreements among Fatah delegates were
"healthy." Amr stressed that "Fatah is committed to peace but will
stick to resistance as an option as long as Israel occupies the
Palestinian Territories," according to coverage. Al-Ayyam notes that
Fatah delegates criticized Hamas for refusing to allow Fatah members
residing in Gaza to participate in the Congress in Bethlehem.
US condemnation of the eviction of the Hanoun and Ghawi families
continues to receive front page coverage in Al-Quds. The headline
reads "The US summons the Israeli ambassador and renews its
objections against the eviction of the Ghawi and Hanoun families."
The report, citing a source in Tel Aviv, notes that the US
reiterated that the eviction of the two families from the homes in
Sheikh Jarrah was "provocative" and contradicts their obligations
under the Roadmap peace plan.
All dailies run front page coverage on Israeli authorities
submitting new demolition notices on August 5 to 17 families
residing in East Jerusalem and one in Jenin due to their lack of
appropriate building permits. Additionally, the reports note that
Israeli police broke up a protest march in Sheikh Jarrah on August
5. Palestinian Authority spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh is quoted
in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida saying, "The US administration has to take
strict actions. Statements alone are not enough."-------------
BLOCK QUOTES:
-------------
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 001357
SIPDIS
STATE PASS BBG
STATE FOR NEA, NEA/IPA, NEA/PPD
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE, SIT ROOM
NSC
CMC WASHINGTON DC FOR POLAD
JERUSALEM ALSO FOR ICD
LONDON FOR HKANONA AND POL - TSOU
PARIS ALSO FOR POL
ROME FOR MFO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
SUBJECT: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/06): Coverage Highlights
Disagreements at Fatah Congress
--------------
Main Stories:
--------------
News from the Sixth Fatah Party Congress continues to receive front
page coverage in the local press. All dailies note that the second
day of the conference witnessed "stormy discussions," several of
which required the intervention of Palestinian Authority (PA)
President Mahmoud Abbas. Al-Quds leads with news that Congress
delegates created 18 committees to pursue a number of issues in
detail. Congress Spokesperson Nabil Amr noted during a press
conference that the disagreements among Fatah delegates were
"healthy." Amr stressed that "Fatah is committed to peace but will
stick to resistance as an option as long as Israel occupies the
Palestinian Territories," according to coverage. Al-Ayyam notes that
Fatah delegates criticized Hamas for refusing to allow Fatah members
residing in Gaza to participate in the Congress in Bethlehem.
US condemnation of the eviction of the Hanoun and Ghawi families
continues to receive front page coverage in Al-Quds. The headline
reads "The US summons the Israeli ambassador and renews its
objections against the eviction of the Ghawi and Hanoun families."
The report, citing a source in Tel Aviv, notes that the US
reiterated that the eviction of the two families from the homes in
Sheikh Jarrah was "provocative" and contradicts their obligations
under the Roadmap peace plan.
All dailies run front page coverage on Israeli authorities
submitting new demolition notices on August 5 to 17 families
residing in East Jerusalem and one in Jenin due to their lack of
appropriate building permits. Additionally, the reports note that
Israeli police broke up a protest march in Sheikh Jarrah on August
5. Palestinian Authority spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh is quoted
in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida saying, "The US administration has to take
strict actions. Statements alone are not enough." --------------
BLOCK QUOTES:
--------------
1) Al-Quds independent daily runs an editorial under the title,
"Obama and the peace plan" (08/06): "Palestinians and Arabs have all
been optimistic regarding President Barack Obama's promise to bring
g
change to the Middle East and work towards the two state solution
... We hope that Obama's peace plan will be implemented, unlike
previous plans that were abandoned."
2) Talal Okal opines in Al-Ayyam independent daily under the
headline "Fatah affiliates, you have to unite" (08/06): "Given all
the challenges and obstacles facing the Fatah movement, it is
necessary for Fatah affiliates to unite and revisit the movement's
structure and role in Palestinian society ... [Mahmoud] Abbas'
speech laid the foundation for the new Fatah, but Fatah as a
movement still needs to bridge the gaps that developed over the past
20 years in order to end up with an adequate political program that
will help the Palestinian situation".
WALLES
SIPDIS
STATE PASS BBG
STATE FOR NEA, NEA/IPA, NEA/PPD
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE, SIT ROOM
NSC
CMC WASHINGTON DC FOR POLAD
JERUSALEM ALSO FOR ICD
LONDON FOR HKANONA AND POL - TSOU
PARIS ALSO FOR POL
ROME FOR MFO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
SUBJECT: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/06): Coverage Highlights
Disagreements at Fatah Congress
--------------
Main Stories:
--------------
News from the Sixth Fatah Party Congress continues to receive front
page coverage in the local press. All dailies note that the second
day of the conference witnessed "stormy discussions," several of
which required the intervention of Palestinian Authority (PA)
President Mahmoud Abbas. Al-Quds leads with news that Congress
delegates created 18 committees to pursue a number of issues in
detail. Congress Spokesperson Nabil Amr noted during a press
conference that the disagreements among Fatah delegates were
"healthy." Amr stressed that "Fatah is committed to peace but will
stick to resistance as an option as long as Israel occupies the
Palestinian Territories," according to coverage. Al-Ayyam notes that
Fatah delegates criticized Hamas for refusing to allow Fatah members
residing in Gaza to participate in the Congress in Bethlehem.
US condemnation of the eviction of the Hanoun and Ghawi families
continues to receive front page coverage in Al-Quds. The headline
reads "The US summons the Israeli ambassador and renews its
objections against the eviction of the Ghawi and Hanoun families."
The report, citing a source in Tel Aviv, notes that the US
reiterated that the eviction of the two families from the homes in
Sheikh Jarrah was "provocative" and contradicts their obligations
under the Roadmap peace plan.
All dailies run front page coverage on Israeli authorities
submitting new demolition notices on August 5 to 17 families
residing in East Jerusalem and one in Jenin due to their lack of
appropriate building permits. Additionally, the reports note that
Israeli police broke up a protest march in Sheikh Jarrah on August
5. Palestinian Authority spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh is quoted
in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida saying, "The US administration has to take
strict actions. Statements alone are not enough." --------------
BLOCK QUOTES:
--------------
1) Al-Quds independent daily runs an editorial under the title,
"Obama and the peace plan" (08/06): "Palestinians and Arabs have all
been optimistic regarding President Barack Obama's promise to bring
g
change to the Middle East and work towards the two state solution
... We hope that Obama's peace plan will be implemented, unlike
previous plans that were abandoned."
2) Talal Okal opines in Al-Ayyam independent daily under the
headline "Fatah affiliates, you have to unite" (08/06): "Given all
the challenges and obstacles facing the Fatah movement, it is
necessary for Fatah affiliates to unite and revisit the movement's
structure and role in Palestinian society ... [Mahmoud] Abbas'
speech laid the foundation for the new Fatah, but Fatah as a
movement still needs to bridge the gaps that developed over the past
20 years in order to end up with an adequate political program that
will help the Palestinian situation".
WALLES