Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07TELAVIV763
2007-03-13 15:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Tel Aviv
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UNCLAS TEL AVIV 000763
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UN IS
SUBJECT: UNSYG IN JERUSALEM MARCH 24-26
REF: A) USUN NEW YORK 0183 B) TEL AVIV 0679
UNCLAS TEL AVIV 000763
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UN IS
SUBJECT: UNSYG IN JERUSALEM MARCH 24-26
REF: A) USUN NEW YORK 0183 B) TEL AVIV 0679
1. (SBU) AS REPORTED REFTELS, UNSYG BAN KI-MOON WILL TRAVEL
TO JERUSALEM AT THE END OF MARCH FOR MEETINGS WITH UN STAFF,
AS WELL AS ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN LEADERS. ACCORDING TO THE
UN OFFICER PLANNING THE TRIP, THE UNSYG IS SCHEDULED TO
ARRIVE AT BEN GURION AIRPORT LATE ON MARCH 24. UN OFFICIALS
NOTED THAT THE ISRAELI MFA HAD RAISED VIGOROUS OBJECTIONS TO
THE ARRIVAL TIME, WHICH IS ON A SATURDAY EVENING 30 MINUTES
AFTER THE END OF THE JEWISH SABBATH.
2. (SBU) THE UNSYG WILL MEET WITH LOCAL UN STAFF AND TRAVEL
TO RAMALLAH TO SEE PRESIDENT ABBAS AND OTHER PALESTINIANS ON
MARCH 25. HE WILL MEET WITH PM OLMERT, FM LIVNI, VICE PM
PERES, KNESSET SPEAKER ITZIK, AND POSSIBLY DEFMIN PERETZ ON
MARCH 26. THE MFA HAS ALSO PLANNED A VISIT TO YAD VASHEM AND
SHORT MEETINGS WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE THREE ISRAELI
SOLDIERS ABDUCTED NEAR THE GAZA AND LEBANESE BORDERS LAST
SUMMER. THE UNSYG WILL DEPART EARLY JUNE 27, PROBABLY FOR A
SHORT STOP IN JORDAN BEFORE CONTINUING TO SAUDI ARABIA FOR
THE ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT.
3. (SBU) UN OFFICIALS NOTED THAT THEY HAD READ PRESS REPORTS
ABOUT A VISIT TO THE REGION BY SECRETARY RICE IN THE SAME
TIME FRAME. THE UNSYG'S PARTY HAS REQUESTED OVER 15 ROOMS IN
THE DAVID CITADEL HOTEL IN JERUSALEM FOR THE DURATION OF THE
VISIT.
********************************************* ********************
VISIT EMBASSY TEL AVIV'S CLASSIFIED WEBSITE:
HTTP://WWW.STATE.SGOV.GOV/P/NEA/TELAVIV
YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THIS SITE THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S
CLASSIFIED SIPRNET WEBSITE.
********************************************* ********************
JONES
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UN IS
SUBJECT: UNSYG IN JERUSALEM MARCH 24-26
REF: A) USUN NEW YORK 0183 B) TEL AVIV 0679
1. (SBU) AS REPORTED REFTELS, UNSYG BAN KI-MOON WILL TRAVEL
TO JERUSALEM AT THE END OF MARCH FOR MEETINGS WITH UN STAFF,
AS WELL AS ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN LEADERS. ACCORDING TO THE
UN OFFICER PLANNING THE TRIP, THE UNSYG IS SCHEDULED TO
ARRIVE AT BEN GURION AIRPORT LATE ON MARCH 24. UN OFFICIALS
NOTED THAT THE ISRAELI MFA HAD RAISED VIGOROUS OBJECTIONS TO
THE ARRIVAL TIME, WHICH IS ON A SATURDAY EVENING 30 MINUTES
AFTER THE END OF THE JEWISH SABBATH.
2. (SBU) THE UNSYG WILL MEET WITH LOCAL UN STAFF AND TRAVEL
TO RAMALLAH TO SEE PRESIDENT ABBAS AND OTHER PALESTINIANS ON
MARCH 25. HE WILL MEET WITH PM OLMERT, FM LIVNI, VICE PM
PERES, KNESSET SPEAKER ITZIK, AND POSSIBLY DEFMIN PERETZ ON
MARCH 26. THE MFA HAS ALSO PLANNED A VISIT TO YAD VASHEM AND
SHORT MEETINGS WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE THREE ISRAELI
SOLDIERS ABDUCTED NEAR THE GAZA AND LEBANESE BORDERS LAST
SUMMER. THE UNSYG WILL DEPART EARLY JUNE 27, PROBABLY FOR A
SHORT STOP IN JORDAN BEFORE CONTINUING TO SAUDI ARABIA FOR
THE ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT.
3. (SBU) UN OFFICIALS NOTED THAT THEY HAD READ PRESS REPORTS
ABOUT A VISIT TO THE REGION BY SECRETARY RICE IN THE SAME
TIME FRAME. THE UNSYG'S PARTY HAS REQUESTED OVER 15 ROOMS IN
THE DAVID CITADEL HOTEL IN JERUSALEM FOR THE DURATION OF THE
VISIT.
********************************************* ********************
VISIT EMBASSY TEL AVIV'S CLASSIFIED WEBSITE:
HTTP://WWW.STATE.SGOV.GOV/P/NEA/TELAVIV
YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THIS SITE THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S
CLASSIFIED SIPRNET WEBSITE.
********************************************* ********************
JONES