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09JERUSALEM853
2009-05-27 09:18:00
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Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/27): PALESTINIANS: "MEEK U.S.
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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
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TAGS: PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
SUBJECT: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/27): PALESTINIANS: "MEEK U.S.
RESPONSE TO ISRAELI VIOLATIONS"
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Main Stories:
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A May 26 interview of senior Fatah official Ahmad Quray with Israeli
daily Haaretz leads Al Quds coverage. All front pages run the
interview during which Quray reiterates Palestinian Authority
opposition to starting negotiations with Israel "from scratch," an
idea proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, according to
Quray. Quray also stresses that in any final agreement,
settlements, East Jerusalem and historic sites must be subject to
Palestinian rule ("sovereignty"). He also repeated that
Palestinians will not recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida leads with Palestinian Authority President Abbas'
meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Harper in Ottawa on May 26.
Abbas noted that all settlements are "illegal and illegitimate."
The Wafa article also summarizes Abbas' statements before the
Canadian-Palestinian parliamentary committee where he called on
Israel to halt settlement activities and dismantle West Bank
settlement outposts, stressing that both activities are destroying
chances for regional peace. Al-Ayyam and Al-Hayat Al-Jadida run
separate front page coverage of comments by Canadian Foreign
Minister Cannon highlighting Canadian Government opposition to
settlement expansion and support for the two-state solution.
Al-Quds runs an inside page cartoon showing President Obama
declaring his support for the two-state solution, as settlement
construction crowds in around him. In related news, Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida's front page cites AFP in reporting about Israeli Premier
Netanyahu's intends to dismantle West Bank outposts in the hopes of
gaining U.S. agreement on "natural growth" expansion. According to
coverage, Netanyahu is also seeking U.S. support in countering the
Iranian nuclear threat.
Al-Quds' front page and Al-Ayyam's inside page reports on a British
convoy arriving to Gaza on May 26 with several tons of medical
supplies and advanced medical equipment for Gaza hospitals. Hamas
officials received the convoy and expressed their appreciation for
the gesture, according to coverage.
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BLOCK QUOTES:
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 JERUSALEM 000853
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 (05/27): PALESTINIANS: "MEEK U.S.
RESPONSE TO ISRAELI VIOLATIONS"
--------------
Main Stories:
--------------
A May 26 interview of senior Fatah official Ahmad Quray with Israeli
daily Haaretz leads Al Quds coverage. All front pages run the
interview during which Quray reiterates Palestinian Authority
opposition to starting negotiations with Israel "from scratch," an
idea proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, according to
Quray. Quray also stresses that in any final agreement,
settlements, East Jerusalem and historic sites must be subject to
Palestinian rule ("sovereignty"). He also repeated that
Palestinians will not recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida leads with Palestinian Authority President Abbas'
meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Harper in Ottawa on May 26.
Abbas noted that all settlements are "illegal and illegitimate."
The Wafa article also summarizes Abbas' statements before the
Canadian-Palestinian parliamentary committee where he called on
Israel to halt settlement activities and dismantle West Bank
settlement outposts, stressing that both activities are destroying
chances for regional peace. Al-Ayyam and Al-Hayat Al-Jadida run
separate front page coverage of comments by Canadian Foreign
Minister Cannon highlighting Canadian Government opposition to
settlement expansion and support for the two-state solution.
Al-Quds runs an inside page cartoon showing President Obama
declaring his support for the two-state solution, as settlement
construction crowds in around him. In related news, Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida's front page cites AFP in reporting about Israeli Premier
Netanyahu's intends to dismantle West Bank outposts in the hopes of
gaining U.S. agreement on "natural growth" expansion. According to
coverage, Netanyahu is also seeking U.S. support in countering the
Iranian nuclear threat.
Al-Quds' front page and Al-Ayyam's inside page reports on a British
convoy arriving to Gaza on May 26 with several tons of medical
supplies and advanced medical equipment for Gaza hospitals. Hamas
officials received the convoy and expressed their appreciation for
the gesture, according to coverage.
--------------
BLOCK QUOTES:
--------------
1) Al-Quds independent daily runs an editorial under the title, "All
settlements are illegitimate, not only outposts"(05/27): "What the
international community must realize is that no peace agreement will
ever be reached between Palestinians and Israelis as long as one
single Israeli settlement still exists in the Palestinian
Territories, regardless of its size, its purpose or location... When
Israelis talk about dismantling outposts and whether or not they are
licensed, they are only seeking to... deflect the international
community's attention away from the large, problematic settlements
which continue to expand every day. Everyone should know that all
settlement activities are illegal and illegitimate. There is
nothing legal about building settlements on other people's land."
2) Regular Columnist Omar Hilmi Al-Ghul opines in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida
official daily under the title, "Will the visit have any effect on
Obama?"(05/27): "The two leaders [Abbas and Obama] will find common
ground during the upcoming trip of [Palestinian Authority] President
Abbas to Washington, since Obama is serious about all previous
commitments. Abbas' problem doesn't lie in Obama's continuous
statements [of support], but rather in the absence of effective U.S.
intervention that will halt Israeli attacks such as Jerusalem home
demolitions, settlements, and the occupation... Abbas' problem is
JERUSALEM 00000853 002 OF 002
Main Stories:
--------------
American patience and tolerance of Israeli violations. His problem
is meek U.S. response to Israeli violations...
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 (05/27): PALESTINIANS: "MEEK U.S.
RESPONSE TO ISRAELI VIOLATIONS"
--------------
Main Stories:
--------------
A May 26 interview of senior Fatah official Ahmad Quray with Israeli
daily Haaretz leads Al Quds coverage. All front pages run the
interview during which Quray reiterates Palestinian Authority
opposition to starting negotiations with Israel "from scratch," an
idea proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, according to
Quray. Quray also stresses that in any final agreement,
settlements, East Jerusalem and historic sites must be subject to
Palestinian rule ("sovereignty"). He also repeated that
Palestinians will not recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida leads with Palestinian Authority President Abbas'
meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Harper in Ottawa on May 26.
Abbas noted that all settlements are "illegal and illegitimate."
The Wafa article also summarizes Abbas' statements before the
Canadian-Palestinian parliamentary committee where he called on
Israel to halt settlement activities and dismantle West Bank
settlement outposts, stressing that both activities are destroying
chances for regional peace. Al-Ayyam and Al-Hayat Al-Jadida run
separate front page coverage of comments by Canadian Foreign
Minister Cannon highlighting Canadian Government opposition to
settlement expansion and support for the two-state solution.
Al-Quds runs an inside page cartoon showing President Obama
declaring his support for the two-state solution, as settlement
construction crowds in around him. In related news, Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida's front page cites AFP in reporting about Israeli Premier
Netanyahu's intends to dismantle West Bank outposts in the hopes of
gaining U.S. agreement on "natural growth" expansion. According to
coverage, Netanyahu is also seeking U.S. support in countering the
Iranian nuclear threat.
Al-Quds' front page and Al-Ayyam's inside page reports on a British
convoy arriving to Gaza on May 26 with several tons of medical
supplies and advanced medical equipment for Gaza hospitals. Hamas
officials received the convoy and expressed their appreciation for
the gesture, according to coverage.
--------------
BLOCK QUOTES:
--------------
1) Al-Quds independent daily runs an editorial under the title, "All
settlements are illegitimate, not only outposts"(05/27): "What the
international community must realize is that no peace agreement will
ever be reached between Palestinians and Israelis as long as one
single Israeli settlement still exists in the Palestinian
Territories, regardless of its size, its purpose or location... When
Israelis talk about dismantling outposts and whether or not they are
licensed, they are only seeking to... deflect the international
community's attention away from the large, problematic settlements
which continue to expand every day. Everyone should know that all
settlement activities are illegal and illegitimate. There is
nothing legal about building settlements on other people's land."
2) Regular Columnist Omar Hilmi Al-Ghul opines in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida
official daily under the title, "Will the visit have any effect on
Obama?"(05/27): "The two leaders [Abbas and Obama] will find common
ground during the upcoming trip of [Palestinian Authority] President
Abbas to Washington, since Obama is serious about all previous
commitments. Abbas' problem doesn't lie in Obama's continuous
statements [of support], but rather in the absence of effective U.S.
intervention that will halt Israeli attacks such as Jerusalem home
demolitions, settlements, and the occupation... Abbas' problem is
JERUSALEM 00000853 002 OF 002
Main Stories:
--------------
American patience and tolerance of Israeli violations. His problem
is meek U.S. response to Israeli violations...
WALLES