Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SAOPAULO15
2009-01-09 13:49:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
Mideast-- Gaza, Arab-Israeli engagement; Sco Paulo
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SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
SUBJECT: Mideast-- Gaza, Arab-Israeli engagement; Sco Paulo
The Gaza Strip and the challenges of 21st Century war
Article in business-oriented Valor Econtmico (1/9) says: "The
fundamental complexity of this war is the State's involvement with a
terrorist organization with military power.... The combat in Gaza
shows the new reality of the challenges in international security in
the 21st century: not the classic battle between nations on an open
field, but rather the struggle between nations and terrorist
organizations.... From a security point of view it is clear the
State had to act to protect civilians just like any other sovereign
State. However, from a political standpoint, Israel's political
leadership...has the challenge of clearly indicating the success of
the new security situation."
No eyes in Gaza
Article by former President Jose Sarney in liberal Folha de S.Paulo
(1/9) states: "Israel has the right to watch over its borders that
are threatened by Hamas. But its reaction cannot be
disproportionate so that it jeopardizes its image.... Egypt found
peace, Israel solved most of its problems as a State, but their
martyrs, victims of radicalism, might have been sacrificed in vain.
Today, [though we make believe that it is otherwise] the UN really
has no eyes in Gaza."
Eyes in Gaza
Article in liberal Folha de S.Paulo (1/9) says: "Brazil cannot
recuse itself. Neither can it overestimate its chances of
intervening. There is no military solution to the conflict. Left to
themselves, the adversaries will not find the way to peace..... It
is not a matter of labeling the reaction as disproportionate. Does
it accomplish any productive results? So many questions, so many
deaths."
WHITE
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
SUBJECT: Mideast-- Gaza, Arab-Israeli engagement; Sco Paulo
The Gaza Strip and the challenges of 21st Century war
Article in business-oriented Valor Econtmico (1/9) says: "The
fundamental complexity of this war is the State's involvement with a
terrorist organization with military power.... The combat in Gaza
shows the new reality of the challenges in international security in
the 21st century: not the classic battle between nations on an open
field, but rather the struggle between nations and terrorist
organizations.... From a security point of view it is clear the
State had to act to protect civilians just like any other sovereign
State. However, from a political standpoint, Israel's political
leadership...has the challenge of clearly indicating the success of
the new security situation."
No eyes in Gaza
Article by former President Jose Sarney in liberal Folha de S.Paulo
(1/9) states: "Israel has the right to watch over its borders that
are threatened by Hamas. But its reaction cannot be
disproportionate so that it jeopardizes its image.... Egypt found
peace, Israel solved most of its problems as a State, but their
martyrs, victims of radicalism, might have been sacrificed in vain.
Today, [though we make believe that it is otherwise] the UN really
has no eyes in Gaza."
Eyes in Gaza
Article in liberal Folha de S.Paulo (1/9) says: "Brazil cannot
recuse itself. Neither can it overestimate its chances of
intervening. There is no military solution to the conflict. Left to
themselves, the adversaries will not find the way to peace..... It
is not a matter of labeling the reaction as disproportionate. Does
it accomplish any productive results? So many questions, so many
deaths."
WHITE