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### Viewing cable 10CAIRO161, AFTER CONTROVERSY, NDP MEMBER RECEIVES WARNING FOR MEETING

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10CAIRO161 | 2010-02-04 15:03 | 2011-02-16 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Cairo

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    VZCZCXYZ0004
    RR RUEHWEB

    DE RUEHEG #0161/01 0351519
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    R 041518Z FEB 10
    FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0139
    INFO ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
    RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L CAIRO 000161

    SIPDIS
    FOR NEA/ELA, NEA/IPA AND DRL/NESCA
    TEL AVIV FOR SIEVERS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 2035/02/04
    TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IS EG
    SUBJECT: AFTER CONTROVERSY, NDP MEMBER RECEIVES WARNING FOR MEETING
    WITH ISRAELI AMBASSADOR

    REF: 09 TEL AVIV 2585

    CLASSIFIED BY: Donald A. Blome, Minister-Counselor, State, ECPO;
    REASON: 1.4(B), (D)

    ¶1. KEY POINTS

    -- (U) On February 2, the Press Syndicate issued a warning to
    National Democratic Party (NDP) member XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX for
    violating its ban on contact with Israelis by meeting September 14
    with the Israeli Ambassador in her office at the GOE-funded
    Al-Ahram Center.

    -- (C) XXXXXXXXXXXXXX told us this warning was the lightest reprimand  could have received, as the syndicate could have terminated  membership, thereby threatening XXX employment at the Al-Ahram
    Center.

    -- (C) XXXXXXXXXXXXXX told us she blames the GOE for orchestrating a flurry of critical press articles in the weeks following the
    meeting and the syndicate's disciplinary hearings she was summoned
    to attend.

    -- (C) Civil society contacts were surprised at XXXXXXXXXXXX's meeting with the Israeli Ambassador.  One human rights activist told us
    that while he sometimes meets with Israeli NGOs outside Egypt,
    meetings in Egypt would be "impossible."

    ¶2. (C) Comment:  Almost all of Egyptian civil society maintains a
    negative attitude toward Israel, consistent with the public's anger
    at the Israeli occupation and military actions against Palestinians, and would rule out any contact with the Israeli Government.  XXXXXXXXXXXX's engagement with the Israeli Government
    is exceptional in this context, and the GOE is loath for any civil
    society activist -- particularly a member of the NDP -- to
    challenge the status quo.  End comment.

    ¶3. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX - member of the influential NDP policies
    committee and editor of the GOE-funded Al-Ahram Center's journal
    "Democracy" - told us the Press Syndicate issued XXXXXXXXXXXXX an oral warning February 2 not to meet again with any Israeli, following
    her September 14 meeting with Israeli Ambassador Shalom Cohen.
    (Note:  Ambassador Cohen departed Cairo in late January.  End
    note.)  XXXXXXXXXXXXXsaid the syndicate also cautioned that she would face unspecified "consequences" if she meets again with Israelis. XXXXXXXXXXXX speculated that the syndicate gave her a light reprimand because the GOE did not want to face the political fallout and publicity she believes would have followed a more stringent
    decision.  XXXXXXXXXXXXX disputed the February 2 claim of a Press
    Syndicate disciplinary committee member on satellite television
    that a warning "sufficed" because XXXXXXXXXXXXX expressed regret over the meeting.  XXXXXXXXXXXXXX said she did not apologize to the syndicate, and maintains her "conviction" that it is her "right" to meet with the Israeli ambassador or any other Israeli.  XXXXXXXXXXXXX noted XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX will not meet with Israelis again in Al-Ahram Center office.

    ¶4. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX met with the Israeli Ambassador September 14 in XXXXXXXXXXXXX office at the center to discuss an international conference on the peace process.  Following the meeting, there was a series of critical press articles for about three weeks, and on October 10 the Press Syndicate began investigative hearings on disciplining
    XXXXXXXXXXXX for violating its 1983 ban on contact with Israelis.
    Mustafa told us the Press Syndicate's 1983 ban is often breached, as journalists from pro-government "Al-Ahram" newspaper have interviewed several Israeli leaders since 1983 without consequences.  XXXXXXXXXXXX blamed the GOE for orchestrating a press campaign against XXXXXXXXXXXX, and for directing the Press Syndicate to
    begin hearings.  XXXXXXXXXXXXXX told us XXXXXXXXXXXXX did not expect political fallout from XXXXXXXXXXXXXX meeting, and that XXXXXXXXXXXXXX had frequently hosted Israeli officials in her office, but never the ambassador.

    ¶5. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX noted that following XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX attendance at an August reception at the Israeli Ambassador's residence (we noticed was the only Egyptian guest there), a senior NDP official "close to President Mubarak" called  to ask about XXXXXXXXXXXX presence.  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, who often courts public attention, said that once the controversy began, she wanted to "open up" the subject of contact with Israelis, and therefore appeared on numerous talk shows to defend her right to meet with Israeli officials.

    ¶6. (C) NGO contacts expressed surprise at XXXXXXXXXXXX's decision to meet the Israeli Ambassador at the Al-Ahram Center.  Director XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX said that while he meets Israeli NGOs, such as B'tselem, outside of Egypt at UN or international conference venues, he believes the GOE would not welcome him meeting Israeli NGOs in Egypt.  He judged that the GOE would not accept him meeting with the Israeli Government.  A Cairo University professor who met with Israeli academics following the 1979 Camp David Accords until Israel's 1982 Lebanon invasion told us he follows the decision made by Egyptian universities to refuse meetings with Israeli academics until there is a Palestinian state.  "How can we meet with them while they are killing Palestinians?" he asked.

    ¶7. (C) Also on February 2, the press syndicate suspended XXXXXXXXXXXXX for three months for violating the syndicate ban on contact with Israelis.  XXXXXXXXXXXXX said on satellite television February 2 that he had always received approval from the magazine's chief editor before visiting Israel.  According to XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX told her privately he had always coordinated his visits with "Egyptian security."  XXXXXXXXXXXXXX speculated the syndicate took more substantive action against the lower-profile XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX to balance its favorable  treatment of her.
    SCOBEY

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