SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK CONTINUES AT NEW

C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 000120

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE; NEA/IPA FOR
WILLIAMS/SHAMPAINE/STEINGER; NSC FOR ABRAMS/DORAN/WATERS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/04/2026
TAGS: PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
SUBJECT: SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK CONTINUES AT NEW
E-1 POLICE STATION

REF: JERUSALEM 4909

CLASSIFIED BY: CONSUL GENERAL JAKE WALLES, PER REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)


1. (C) SUMMARY. SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK IS IN THE
E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. IN A JANUARY 19
VISIT TO THE SITE, POLOFF SAW SIGNIFICANT NEW GRADING IN THE
AREA THAT A PALESTINIAN FOREMAN HAD INDICATED ON DECEMBER 6
WILL BE THE LOCATION OF A POSSIBLE 600-UNIT HOUSING COMPLEX
AND THAT THE ROAD LEADING TO THE POLICE STATION WAS RE-ROUTED
TO CURVE BEHIND AND AROUND THAT GRADED AREA. WORK ON THE
EXTERIOR OF THE PRIMARY BUILDING OF THE POLICE STATION HAS
NOT PROGRESSED SUBSTANTIALLY. END SUMMARY.


2. (C) WORK IS CONTINUING IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE
ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW ISRAELI POLICE
HEADQUARTERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, POLOFF SAW SIGNIFICANT
ADDITIONAL GRADING ON JANUARY 19 IN THE AREA THAT A
PALESTINIAN FOREMAN SAID ON DECEMBER 6 WILL BE THE SITE OF A
POSSIBLE 600-UNIT HOUSING COMPLEX. THE ROAD LEADING TO THE
POLICE STATION HAS BEEN RE-ROUTED TO CURVE BEHIND AND AROUND
THE GRADED AREA AND NOW APPROACHES THE POLICE STATION EAST OF
THE ORIGINAL ROAD. THE ORIGINAL ROAD HAS BEEN BULLDOZED AND
GRADED AND IS NOW OVER 10 FT. LOWER THAN IT WAS DURING
POLOFF'S LAST VISIT. SEVERAL MANHOLES LEADING TO UNDERGROUND
PIPING ARE ALSO NOW VISIBLE.


3. (C) COMMENT: THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY ON THE GROUND IN E-1
CONTINUES TO SUGGEST THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK UNDERWAY
GOES FAR BEYOND WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR A POLICE STATION. END
COMMENT.

WALLES