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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
09JERUSALEM1961	2009-10-30 06:53	2011-08-24 01:00	UNCLASSIFIED	Consulate Jerusalem

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O 300653Z OCT 09
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6496
RHEHAAA/WHITE HOUSE WASHDC
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUEKJCS/DIA WASHDC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUEADWD/DA WASHINGTON DC//DAS-ZD/DACS-ZK//
RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC//POLAD//
RHMFIUU/CMC WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/CNO WASHINGTON DC//POLAD//
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS 7925
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 4892
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 4742
RUEHNC/AMEMBASSY NICOSIA 6230
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 4661
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 3253

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 JERUSALEM 001961 
 
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 (10/30): Secretary Clinton in the 
region to advance the peace process 
 
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Main Stories: 
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The three dailies lead with stories on Secretary Hillary Clinton and 
Special Envoy George Mitchell's meeting with Palestinian Authority 
(PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Al-Quds 
quotes Palestinian Liberation Organization Chief Negotiator Saeb 
Erekat saying that cessation of settlement activities, particularly 
in Jerusalem, will be the main topic for discussion. 
 
Al-Quds runs separate front page coverage of NEA Assistant Secretary 
Jeff Feltman's statement earlier this week to the House Foreign 
Affairs sub-committee on Middle East and South Asia. The story notes 
that Feltman's statement demonstrated Washington's eagerness to push 
Israeli-Palestinian negotiations forward, but that the US is 
retreating from their original demand that Israel must freeze all 
settlement activities as a condition to resume negotiations. 
 
News on Israeli soldiers and settlers confiscating several dunums of 
farmland belonging to Palestinian families near the Kiryat Arba 
settlement in Hebron yesterday receives prominent coverage in the 
local press. According to the coverage, Israeli soldiers brought 
bulldozers to level the land and destroy the irrigation systems. 
Photos show a Palestinian woman on the ground after being beaten by 
Israeli soldiers. Six individuals were injured, including one 
photographer for the European News Agency. 
 
The local press report on the UN General Assembly spokesperson's 
announcement that the UNGA will convene on Wednesday, November 4 to 
discuss the Goldstone report. 
 
Hamas newspaper Al-Resalah runs a report accusing the PA of not 
allowing any demonstrations in West Bank cities to condemn recent 
Israeli attacks against Al-Aqsa mosque. The report accuses the PA of 
becoming an arm to the Israeli security forces to oppress 
Palestinian resistance to the occupation. 
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BLOCK QUOTES: 
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Al-Quds independent daily runs an editorial under the title "The 
Israeli Hard Line Will Make the Whole Region Explode" (10/30): "The 
election of Benjamin Netanyahu as the Israeli Prime Minister 
reflects the power of the right wing in Israeli society at this 
time. The right wing doesn't believe in peace and exerts every 
effort possible to ensure that peace is never achieved. These 
extremist approaches will definitely make the whole region explode. 
The question remains, who benefits from ruining every chance for 
peace in the region and keeping the region in continuous tension?" 
 
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Cartoons of the week: 
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This cartoon appeared in Al-Quds independent daily on October 24, 
one day after President Abbas issued a presidential decree to hold 
the presidential and legislative elections in January 2010. The 
cartoon shows a Palestinian woman holding an election box. On the 
 
JERUSALEM 00001961  002 OF 002 
 
 
side, a ghost in black that represents the "state of division" 
watches the woman and ironically whispers "not during my era!" 
 
 
 
 
 
This cartoon appeared in Al-Quds on October 30. It shows a tuna box 
with a few houses and a Palestinian flag to represent the kind of 
Palestinian state the Israelis want: limited and controlled. 
 
RUBINSTEIN

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