Identifier
Created
Classification
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06TELAVIV1950
2006-05-18 16:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tel Aviv
Cable title:  

ISRAEL DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS HE WILL ASSIST, AS MUCH

Tags:  PREL PHUM PREF KWBG IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TEL AVIV 001950 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA, NEA/IPA (MAHER)
STATE FOR PRM (PDAS GREENE)
PENTAGON FOR OSD ISRAEL DESK OFFICER (ANDERSON)
DIA FOR DHO-6
NSC FOR DPNSA ABRAMS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/18/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM PREF KWBG IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL
SUBJECT: ISRAEL DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS HE WILL ASSIST, AS MUCH
AS HE CAN, ON MDA ISSUES

Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Gene A. Cretz. Reasons: 1.4 (b,
d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L TEL AVIV 001950

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA, NEA/IPA (MAHER)
STATE FOR PRM (PDAS GREENE)
PENTAGON FOR OSD ISRAEL DESK OFFICER (ANDERSON)
DIA FOR DHO-6
NSC FOR DPNSA ABRAMS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/18/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM PREF KWBG IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL
SUBJECT: ISRAEL DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS HE WILL ASSIST, AS MUCH
AS HE CAN, ON MDA ISSUES

Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Gene A. Cretz. Reasons: 1.4 (b,
d).


1. (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told
Ambassador Jones May 17 that, per the Ambassador's request,
he will use his influence as a cabinet member to support
efforts to resolve outstanding issues and clear the way for
Magen David Adom's (MDA) incorporation into the international
Red Cross movement. He said he will look into MDA's charter
to see whether there are ways to make it independent from the
GOI, but cautioned that there is a security dimension to the
issue, and noted that MDA draws on the GOI budget. Peretz
said he will also look into the matter of Palestinian Red
Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance drivers being detained at
checkpoints with an eye to preventing further hindrance of
approved PRCS drivers: "If it falls within my power, I will
do what I can."


2. (C) Other issues covered in the meeting, including
Palestinian humanitarian issues, Iran, terrorism, and
trafficking in persons, are reported in septels.

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