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08JERUSALEM1809 2008-09-29 10:59 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Jerusalem
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RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 2655
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 JERUSALEM 001809 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PASS BBG 
STATE FOR NEA, NEA/IPA, NEA/PPD 
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE, SIT ROOM 
NSC FOR ABRAMS 
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 (9/29):  INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON 
ISRAEL - "LIP SERVICE" 
 
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Main Stories: 
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Al-Ayyam leads with news that Israeli Premier Olmert is "trying 
hard" to push through an interim agreement with the Palestinians in 
which the issue of Jerusalem will not be included.  Citing unnamed 
Israeli and Palestinian sources, the story states that the Israeli 
proposal includes a land trade of 7.6 percent of West Bank land, 
including major settlement blocks, in exchange for full Palestinian 
control of the Jordan Valley. 
 
Al Hayat Al Jadida reported on its front page that Palestinian 
Authority President Abbas, "resisted strong pressure" exerted by 
Israel and the US administration to sign a declaration of 
principles.  The two dailies quoted a "source close to the 
President" who revealed that the American administration has 
intensified contacts with Abbas and chief Palestinian Authority 
negotiator Ahmad Quray in an effort to persuade them to sign a 
declaration before President Bush and Israel Premier Olmert leave 
office. 
 
A statement by Fatah leader Nabil Sha'ath about Cairo's efforts to 
end internal Palestinian division receives front-page coverage in 
all dailies.  Sha'ath is quoted saying that a one-day session among 
the various Palestinian factions will be held in Cairo on November 
4.  Al-Quds, which leads with the story, remarks that Hamas has 
shown unprecedented flexibility regarding the formation of a 
national consensus government, in which Hamas will give up its 
demand for controlling "sovereign" ministries. 
 
The dailies highlight remarks by Fatah Central Committee member 
Hakam Bil'awi refuting press reports that Fatah will use military 
action against Hamas in the Gaza Strip should internal Palestinian 
dialogue in Cairo fail.  Bil'awi stressed that such action would be 
contrary to the Fatah's policy, according to the Al-Quds' report. In 
related reporting, Al-Ayyam notes that Hamas released 30 leaders and 
members of Fatah in Gaza on September 28. 
 
All three dailies front-page reports that the U.S. has provided 
Israel with an advanced radar system to detect potential Iranian 
missile attacks. 
 
The dailies report that Israel has imposed a full closure on West 
Bank crossing points on the occasion of the Jewish holiday, Rosh 
Hashanah.  The reports note that the closure started on September 28 
and will remain in force until November 1.  In related news, 
Al-Ayyam quotes Israeli Prime Minister Olmert warning against the 
emergence of a new, secret Jewish group in Israel, who are 
responsible for the recent injuring of an Israeli anti-settlement 
activist.   In other news, the paper reports that an attempt by 
Jewish settlers to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem was thwarted by 
Muslim worshipers on September 28. 
 
--------------- 
Weekend stories 
--------------- 
 
Sunday, September 21, 2008 
Al-Ayyam and Al-Hayat Al-Jadida led with the headline, "Settlers 
execute young man with twenty bullets in Akraba and attack village 
of Kuf Al-Dayk."  Reporting also noted that in Salfit, four 
individuals were injured when settlers accompanied by Israeli 
Defense Forces, entered the town and destroyed property in three 
Palestinian homes. In addition, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida reported that 
 
JERUSALEM 00001809  002 OF 003 
 
 
settler attacks against Palestinian women in Hebron have continued 
over the past four weeks. 
The televised debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama 
received front-page coverage in Al-Quds and Al-Hayat Al-Jadida. 
Al-Quds ran a front page article under the headline,"Amid the worst 
economic crisis of the Bush administration, Obama wins his first 
presidential debate over McCain."  Al-Quds continues that the 
greatest difference between the two candidates was obvious in 
looking at the two candidates appearing next to each other: 
Four-term senator, seventy-two year old McCain with extensive 
foreign policy experience, next to 47 year old, first term, 
"fresh-blooded" African-American Senator Obama.  The debate left 
Americans still wondering who the next President would be, the paper 
concluded. 
Al Ayyam quoted Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs David 
Welch on its front page, stating that, "Washington is focusing on 
four tracks to move the Middle East peace process forward." 
Asserting that there has been progress in moving forward, Welch 
outlined the four tracks implemented since Annapolis and highlighted 
that Annapolis was the first major peace conference to be held since 
the Madrid Conference in 1991 and the only conference on US soil to 
include the participation of senior-level officials from several 
countries. 
Saturday, September 20, 2008 
 
President Abbas' speech to the UN General Assembly received 
highlighted coverage in all dailies.  President Abbas called for a 
comprehensive and true solution that would end Israeli occupation 
and allow for the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, 
next to Israel.  He added that the solution would require 
international involvement.  Abbas pledged to continue peace efforts 
with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's successor. 
 
In a related article, Al-Ayyam and Al-Hayyat Al-Jadida reported that 
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Reuters that she still 
thinks it possible, despite obstacles, to reach a peace deal by 
years-end.  The deal would include agreement on the creation of a 
Palestinian state.  According to the article, Secretary Rice is 
especially hopeful, in view of Israeli Foreign Minister Livni's 
recent meeting with Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Ahmad 
Quray, held shortly after she was tasked with forming a new 
government. 
 
Al-Quds ran an exclusive interview with Ahmad Quray stating that 
"Israel is trying to unilaterally draw the borders for a final 
settlement:  making Jerusalem a Jewish city and clearing out its 
Arab residents."  He also warned Jerusalemites against taking 
disputes over absentee property or land before the Israeli courts 
insisting that, "Israeli courts will lay its hands on the property 
under the guise of State protection and eventually transfer it to 
Jewish ownership."  Quray concluded that, "building a separation 
wall, a synagogue, or taking control of Christian property at 
[Jerusalem's Old City] Jaffa Gate, will not persuade Palestinians to 
give up one inch of Jerusalem, the future capital of Palestine." 
 
The economic crisis in world markets continued to attract front-page 
wire coverage, especially on-going debate between Congress and the 
White House regarding a bail-out. 
 
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BLOCK QUOTES: 
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1.  Under the title "So that we don't drown in shallow water," 
regular columnist Talal Okal opines in independent Al-Ayyam (9/29): 
 
JERUSALEM 00001809  003 OF 003 
 
 
"Does Bush have the ability to make decisions in the time remaining 
before January of next year?  Or, will he and his administration go 
into an election campaign coma?... There are some who believe that 
the current Israeli settlement policy will reduce the Palestinian 
question to ink on paper ... [Arab League Secretary General Amr 
Musa]asked:  Will the US administration allow the UN Security 
Council to adopt a resolution that compels Israel to stop its 
settlement policy?  The US has already supported resolutions that 
consider settlements in the Occupied Territories to be illegal." ... 
He also wonders what international officials mean when they say that 
settlements are an obstacle to negotiations and agreement.  Can't 
they do something to force Israel to stop the policy, or maybe their 
statements are just lip service? ... As a matter of fact, the 
international effort to support Israeli peace negotiations can be 
categorized as ineffective and [operating under the shadow of]... 
American hegemony...  Nobody expects the negotiation process to move 
forward until the gap between the two parties' positions is smaller. 
 Each party will use the remaining time... to reorganize its 
position and papers in preparation of a resumption of negotiations 
when there is a new, U.S. administration next year." 
 
2.  "Bilal Al Hasan wrote in Al Quds under the title, "The political 
basis for Palestinian dialogue" (9/29): "Talks cannot be held about 
upcoming presidential elections if at the same time, heads of 
security threaten to solve the Gaza issue through military action. 
Those who criticize what happened in Gaza because of [Hamas'] use of 
military force, cannot now threaten to employ the same tactics and 
expect to be immune to criticism... especially when U.S. policy is 
biased against the Arab resolution against Israeli] settlements... 
unbalanced dialogue [will not] lead to a new international move that 
pushes Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in the right direction..." 
 
Marchese