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Viewing cable 09JERUSALEM2303, JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): Prisoner exchange deal

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09JERUSALEM2303 2009-12-22 06:55 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Jerusalem 
VZCZCXRO2500
OO RUEHROV
DE RUEHJM #2303 3560655
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 220655Z DEC 09
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7071
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 8012
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 4979
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 4829
RUEHNC/AMEMBASSY NICOSIA 6317
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 4748
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 3352
 
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 002303 
 
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 (12/22): Prisoner exchange deal 
still up in the air 
 
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Main Stories: 
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The three dailies report that the Israeli cabinet will continue 
discussions today regarding the prisoner exchange deal. Ma'an and Al 
Jazeera report that the Israeli cabinet will announce its decision 
later today. It is reported that Hamas officials expect to have the 
deal concluded before the end of the year. 
 
Independent daily Al-Quds' lead headline highlights Israeli Prime 
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence on deporting some of the 
prisoners to Gaza or outside the country. Independent daily Al-Ayyam 
reports that Hamas officials refuse to deport any of the released 
prisoners. 
 
Palestinian Authority (PA) official daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida front 
pages an article citing Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot publishing the 
names of nine prisoners that Hamas wants released but Israel refuses 
to approve. 
 
Independent news outlet Ma'an reports that the Palestinian 
Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council appointed Minister of 
Prisoners Issa Qareqe to launch an investigation into the reported 
organ theft of deceased Palestinians by Israeli officials in the 
1990s. 
 
Al-Ayyam reports that settlers attacked and threw stones at a 
Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem last night. PA 
presidency representative Rafiq Al-Husseini visited the family and 
condemned the attack. 
 
Citing DPA, Al-Quds reports that PLO Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat 
noted that Egyptian Chief Intelligence Omar Suleiman asked Israeli 
decision makers to take decisive measures to stop settlement 
activity in order to pursue peace negotiations with the 
Palestinians. 
 
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BLOCK QUOTES: 
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Al-Quds runs an editorial under the title "We Need an International 
Investigation After the Israeli Official Admission of Organ Theft" 
calling for an international committee to look into the issue, 
punish officials responsible for the theft, and enact measures to 
prevent such incidents from happening in future. The writer 
questions whether the international community will do this or 
continue to have double standards in regards to its bias against 
Palestinians. 
 
RUBINSTEIN 
N