Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07JERUSALEM1689
2007-08-15 11:09:00
SECRET
Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:
PA SECURITY FORCES ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN SOME "B
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S E C R E T JERUSALEM 001689
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE, NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/WATERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/15/2017
TAGS: PGOV KWBG PINS IS
SUBJECT: PA SECURITY FORCES ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN SOME "B
ZONES" WITH ADVANCE IDF COORDINATION
Classified By: Consul General Jake Walles, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
S E C R E T JERUSALEM 001689
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE, NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/WATERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/15/2017
TAGS: PGOV KWBG PINS IS
SUBJECT: PA SECURITY FORCES ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN SOME "B
ZONES" WITH ADVANCE IDF COORDINATION
Classified By: Consul General Jake Walles, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Following Palestinian and Israeli press reports that
the IDF has permitted Palestinian Authority security forces
(PASF) to operate in Area B, National Security Forces (NSF)
commander BG Diab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) confirmed to
PolOff August 14 that the IDF has allowed uniformed
Palestinian police and NSF personnel to enter several (but
not all) B Zones with advance IDF coordination/clearance.
(Note: Under the Interim Agreement (1995),the PA has
security responsibility for Palestinians in Area B, under the
overriding security authority of the IDF. The Interim
Agreement gives the PA full security authority in Area A, but
Israeli security forces have operated in Area A without
coordination since the outbreak of the Second Intifadah in
September 2000. End note). BG Ali said the IDF has allowed
police and NSF in B Zones that are contiguous with A Zones
and distant from settlements. He also said the IDF permitted
several NSF troop convoys to deploy from Ramallah to Tulkarm,
Jenin and Jericho, and out from Nablus in the past three
weeks.
2. (C) BG Ali said the coordination/clearance process still
needs to be expedited. In some cases, he said, the IDF has
delayed movement for up to 12 hours before granting approval.
He said each time NSF or police are moved out of Area A, the
IDF asks for the exact number of personnel, vehicles, weapons
and ammunition to be moved.
Routine Approval for Anti-Terror Raids
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3. (S) According to BG Ali, the IDF routinely approves
Preventive Security (PSO) and General Intelligence (GI)
arrest operations and "special missions" in B Zones, because,
he said, the Israelis believe PASF are better situated to
identify and arrest Palestinians in certain situations.
WALLES
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE, NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/WATERS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/15/2017
TAGS: PGOV KWBG PINS IS
SUBJECT: PA SECURITY FORCES ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN SOME "B
ZONES" WITH ADVANCE IDF COORDINATION
Classified By: Consul General Jake Walles, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Following Palestinian and Israeli press reports that
the IDF has permitted Palestinian Authority security forces
(PASF) to operate in Area B, National Security Forces (NSF)
commander BG Diab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) confirmed to
PolOff August 14 that the IDF has allowed uniformed
Palestinian police and NSF personnel to enter several (but
not all) B Zones with advance IDF coordination/clearance.
(Note: Under the Interim Agreement (1995),the PA has
security responsibility for Palestinians in Area B, under the
overriding security authority of the IDF. The Interim
Agreement gives the PA full security authority in Area A, but
Israeli security forces have operated in Area A without
coordination since the outbreak of the Second Intifadah in
September 2000. End note). BG Ali said the IDF has allowed
police and NSF in B Zones that are contiguous with A Zones
and distant from settlements. He also said the IDF permitted
several NSF troop convoys to deploy from Ramallah to Tulkarm,
Jenin and Jericho, and out from Nablus in the past three
weeks.
2. (C) BG Ali said the coordination/clearance process still
needs to be expedited. In some cases, he said, the IDF has
delayed movement for up to 12 hours before granting approval.
He said each time NSF or police are moved out of Area A, the
IDF asks for the exact number of personnel, vehicles, weapons
and ammunition to be moved.
Routine Approval for Anti-Terror Raids
--------------
3. (S) According to BG Ali, the IDF routinely approves
Preventive Security (PSO) and General Intelligence (GI)
arrest operations and "special missions" in B Zones, because,
he said, the Israelis believe PASF are better situated to
identify and arrest Palestinians in certain situations.
WALLES