US embassy cable - 04AMMAN9502

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Identifier:	04AMMAN9502
Wikileaks:	View 04AMMAN9502 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Amman
Created:	2004-11-30 12:28:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	KMDR JO
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS AMMAN 009502 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARN, NEA/PA, NEA/AIA, INR/NESA, R/MR, 
I/GNEA, B/BXN, B/BRN, NEA/PPD, NEA/IPA FOR ALTERMAN 
USAID/ANE/MEA 
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
 
TAGS: KMDR JO 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST 
 
                        Summary 
 
-- Lead story in all papers today, November 30, 
highlight King Abdullah's meeting with a high-level 
Palestinian delegation led by Mahmoud Abbas, during 
which the King expressed support for the "Roadmap" 
leading to the establishment of a Palestinian state. 
Another lead story focuses on Prince Hamzah's reply 
letter to the King's letter on Sunday that freed the 
Prince from the "constraints of the honorary position 
of Crown Prince".  In his reply, the Prince honored 
the King's command. 
 
                 Editorial Commentary 
 
-- "Good performance but." 
 
Former Jordanian Minister of Information and columnist 
Saleh Qallab writes on the back-page of semi-official, 
influential Arabic daily Al-Rai (11/30):  "It has been 
nineteen days since the death of Yasser Arafat.  So 
far, one can say that the performance of his 
successors has been good and quite impressive..  If 
Abu Mazen wants the Israelis, Americans and European 
countries to treat him differently from their 
treatment of Arafat, he must make sure that not a 
single bomb or gun or even a bullet stays outside the 
jurisdiction and control of the security forces.  The 
situation would not handle well the Palestinian 
Authority having two faces: one for a peaceful 
solution and the other for resistance and force." 
HALE