"And the fact that the US administration, including the US Embassy in Doha, has instantly and sharply reacted to the entire drama to convince people around the world that the leaks are genuine, creates more suspicion of the whole thing being fake," the paper said.
Saudi Arabia has shrugged off newly leaked U.S. diplomatic cables that say King Abdullah urged a U.S. attack against Iran. Saudi Foreign Ministry spokesman said the cables "do not concern us."
Most explosive issues
There were two issues that were considered to be the most explosive by the Middle East analysts and commentators: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia's repeatedly calling on the U.S. to strike Iran's nuclear sites and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak approaching Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas before Israel's 2008 assault on Gaza and asking if they would be willing to take over the Gaza Strip after the defeat of Hamas.
Following its three-month investigation, a four-person UN Fact Finding Mission led by Justice Richard Goldstone concluded that serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law were committed by Israel in the context of its military operations in Gaza from December 27, 2008 to January 18, 2009, and that Israel committed actions amounting to war crimes, and possibly crimes against humanity. During the Israeli military operation, code-named "Operation Cast Lead," more than 1,400 Palestinians were killed, including women and more than 340 children, and houses, factories, wells, schools, hospitals, police stations and other public buildings were destroyed.
NBC quoted a Cairo blogger as saying: "There is now evidence that Egypt is aiding Israel in isolating Hamas; that Mubarak has nothing but utter hatred for the Muslim Brotherhood and utter distrust towards Qataris and Syrians; that the entirety of the Arab Gulf region, including Qatar, are weary of Iran's lies and would love to see Iran gone or disarmed; and that they all would secretly support a strike on Iran from either the U.S. or Israel. The dichotomy between their rhetoric and actions was finally exposed as hypocritical and duplicitous to their people and the world."
Hisham Kassem, former publisher of Egypt's first independent daily newspaper, Al Masry al Youm, was quoted as saying that the leaked documents provide "further exposure of how rotten and double-faced the regimes are: the double standard of public discourse on one hand and what is said behind closed doors on the other."
According to NBC, Arab analysts in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt concluded that Arab politicians won't change their policies but will be more guarded in their future conversations with U.S. officials. "They are just going to get better at covering up information," said Rania al Malky, editor-in-chief of the Daily News, an Egyptian English language newspaper.
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