The Arab Press this week continued its biting attacks on the United States, and especially Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Citing Powell for his assertion that his country's embassy would be moved to Jerusalem, which he declared the eternal capital of Israel, Al Akhbar journalist Said Sonbol noted: "Powell might have intended to please Israel, and the Congress-members who support it, and who put its interests at a superior level than the US interests. Powell understands quite well that pleasing Israel and getting its blessings is of utmost importance for those who are in power in the United States. Disregarding Israeli interest could provoke the anger of the stern US Jewish lobby."
Ignoring the highly-motivated and professional pro-Arab lobby in Washington, Sonbol bemoans the fact that "the Arabs are helpless, and the US-Arab community has no influence on the US political life." Sonbol also calls on this week's Arab summit to "remind the USA of the decision adopted in Cairo to sever diplomatic relations with any state that transfer its Embassy to Jerusalem."
Last week, Al-Akhbar stated: "The American Secretary of State did not hesitate to demonstrate humiliation and submission when he recently visited Israel; he stood humble, a Jewish yarmulke on his head, in front of the memorial of the false Holocaust of the Jews in WWII; he also sat in front of the new Israeli leadership like a student listening to the opinions of that same leadership that opposes the American role in the peace process, without being able to answer..."
Quoting "Kayhan International", Iran's official IRNA news agency called Powell "pro-Israeli at heart and totally indifferent to the beliefs and sentiments of the world the Arab and Palestinian aspirations." Kayhan blasted Powell's "blind support for the Zionist regime on an issue which is still on the agenda of negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the Zionist entity." In Cairo, Arab League Secretary-General, Ismat Abdul Maguid, said that the US, Russia, the European Union and international organizations "should expect disastrous consequences for the region and of all the countries of the world in the region if embassies were moved to al-Qods. (Jerusalem)"
Ignoring the highly-motivated and professional pro-Arab lobby in Washington, Sonbol bemoans the fact that "the Arabs are helpless, and the US-Arab community has no influence on the US political life." Sonbol also calls on this week's Arab summit to "remind the USA of the decision adopted in Cairo to sever diplomatic relations with any state that transfer its Embassy to Jerusalem."
Last week, Al-Akhbar stated: "The American Secretary of State did not hesitate to demonstrate humiliation and submission when he recently visited Israel; he stood humble, a Jewish yarmulke on his head, in front of the memorial of the false Holocaust of the Jews in WWII; he also sat in front of the new Israeli leadership like a student listening to the opinions of that same leadership that opposes the American role in the peace process, without being able to answer..."
Quoting "Kayhan International", Iran's official IRNA news agency called Powell "pro-Israeli at heart and totally indifferent to the beliefs and sentiments of the world the Arab and Palestinian aspirations." Kayhan blasted Powell's "blind support for the Zionist regime on an issue which is still on the agenda of negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the Zionist entity." In Cairo, Arab League Secretary-General, Ismat Abdul Maguid, said that the US, Russia, the European Union and international organizations "should expect disastrous consequences for the region and of all the countries of the world in the region if embassies were moved to al-Qods. (Jerusalem)"