Identifier
Created
Classification
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07JERUSALEM867
2007-05-11 12:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:  

NEW ROADS, GRADING AND TERRACING AT E-1 POLICE

Tags:  PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS 
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DE RUEHJMA #0867 1311211
ZNY CCCCC ZZH ZUI RUEWMCE1619 1311206
P 111211Z MAY 07
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC0000
INFO ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC
C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 000867 

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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

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

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/10/2017
TAGS: PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
SUBJECT: NEW ROADS, GRADING AND TERRACING AT E-1 POLICE
STATION

REF: JERUSALEM 649

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

C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 000867

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

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

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/10/2017
TAGS: PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
SUBJECT: NEW ROADS, GRADING AND TERRACING AT E-1 POLICE
STATION

REF: JERUSALEM 649

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


1. (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF OBSERVED MAY 10 THAT CONSTRUCTION IN
THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM HAS
CONTINUED AT A HEIGHTENED PACE SINCE POLOFF'S APRIL 27 VISIT.
SUBSTANTIAL ROADWORK HAS BEGUN, TWO NEW AREAS HAVE BEEN
GRADED, AND ONE NEW AREA HAS BEEN TERRACED. (NOTE: PHOTOS
SENT TO NEA-IPA AND EMBASSY TEL AVIV. END NOTE.) END SUMMARY.



2. (C) GRADING OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE ISRAELI POLICE
HEADQUARTERS CONTINUES IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MAALE ADUMIM
AND JERUSALEM. ON MAY 10, POLOFF OBSERVED SUBSTANTIAL GRADING
IN TWO AREAS ADJACENT TO THE LARGE GRADED AREA SOUTHWEST OF
THE POLICE STATION. REBAR REINFORCING OF ONE GRADED AREA
GROUND HAS BEEN COMPLETED.


3. (C) A NUMBER OF ROADS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED SINCE POLOFF'S
APRIL 27 VISIT (REFTEL). THE MAIN ROAD FROM HIGHWAY 1 NOW
FORKS INTO TWO MAJOR ROADS, ONE CURVING AROUND THE TOP OF THE
HILL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE POLICE STATION AND THE OTHER
CURVING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT HILL. THE LOWER ROAD FORKS
INTO THREE ROADS, WHICH LEAD TO THE THREE GRADED AREAS AND
THE TERRACED AREA. (NB: THIS TERRACED AREAS WAS INITIALLY
IDENTIFIED ON DECEMBER 6 BY A PALESTINIAN FOREMAN AS THE AREA
INTENDED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 600 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. END
NOTE.) THE UPPER ROAD ALSO FORKS INTO THREE ROADS. ONE
LEADS TO THE POLICE STATION; ONE LEADS TO THE LOWER GRADED
AREAS AND AROUND THE NORTHEASTERN SLOPE OF THE HILL; AND ONE
LEADS AROUND THE SOUTHEASTERN SLOPE BEHIND THE POLICE
STATION. THE LATTER ROAD AROUND THE SOUTHEASTERN HILL FORKS
INTO TWO SMALLER ROADS, BOTH OF WHICH DEAD END.

WALLES