Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08JERUSALEM1235
2008-07-14 08:15:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:
MASKIYOT: INTERNAL FENCE MOVED OUTWARD
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 001235
SIPDIS
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE. NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/13/2018
TAGS: KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
SUBJECT: MASKIYOT: INTERNAL FENCE MOVED OUTWARD
REF: JERUSALEM 347
Classified By: Acting Principal Officer Jessica Lapenn, per reasons 1.4
(b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 001235
SIPDIS
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE. NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/13/2018
TAGS: KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
SUBJECT: MASKIYOT: INTERNAL FENCE MOVED OUTWARD
REF: JERUSALEM 347
Classified By: Acting Principal Officer Jessica Lapenn, per reasons 1.4
(b) and (d)
1. (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF visited the Northern Jordan Valley
settlement of Maskiyot July 2 and confirmed reports that the
settlers have moved the internal fenceline outward. POLOFF
observed that this move opens 4-5 dunams for development.
Jordan Valley Regional Council Chairman Dubi Tal told POLOFF
that he intends to sue the GOI in the High Court of Justice
(HCJ) to permit more houses at Maskiyot and the neighboring
settlements of Rotem and Hemdat. END SUMMARY.
Internal fence moved outward
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2. (C) POLOFF visited the northern Jordan Valley settlement
of Maskiyot July 2. Maskiyot settler (also a Gush Katif
evacuee) Yossi Chazut showed POLOFF where settlers had moved
an internal fence line eastward approximately 75 meters to
match the settlement's existing outermost perimeter fence.
He said the move was in response to threat of sheep theft and
had opened 4-5 dunams of land for development.
"Testing the government"
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3. (C) Maskiyot is the site of six caravans that were
installed in January and are inhabited by Gush Katif
evacuees. Jordan Valley Regional Council Chairman Dubi Tal
told POLOFF July 2 that the six caravans are "illegal" under
Israeli law, and that he is "testing the government," which
he does not "think will destroy them." Tal reiterated his
claim that Maskiyot was established by government decision in
1982 as a Nahal pre-military academy with provisions for
civilian residence. According to Tal, eleven families from
Gush Katif are at Maskiyot, either in the six new caravans or
the existing permanent houses.
4. (C) Tal said he intends to bring a case against the GOI
to the HCJ to allow for construction at Maskiyot and the
neighboring settlements of Rotem and Hemdat, arguing that the
GOI established the settlements, facilitated their growth,
and encouraged settlers to populate the Jordan Valley. He
noted that the MOD had recently refused to approve
construction of a new sewer system and school.
LAPENN
SIPDIS
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE. NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/13/2018
TAGS: KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
SUBJECT: MASKIYOT: INTERNAL FENCE MOVED OUTWARD
REF: JERUSALEM 347
Classified By: Acting Principal Officer Jessica Lapenn, per reasons 1.4
(b) and (d)
1. (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF visited the Northern Jordan Valley
settlement of Maskiyot July 2 and confirmed reports that the
settlers have moved the internal fenceline outward. POLOFF
observed that this move opens 4-5 dunams for development.
Jordan Valley Regional Council Chairman Dubi Tal told POLOFF
that he intends to sue the GOI in the High Court of Justice
(HCJ) to permit more houses at Maskiyot and the neighboring
settlements of Rotem and Hemdat. END SUMMARY.
Internal fence moved outward
--------------
2. (C) POLOFF visited the northern Jordan Valley settlement
of Maskiyot July 2. Maskiyot settler (also a Gush Katif
evacuee) Yossi Chazut showed POLOFF where settlers had moved
an internal fence line eastward approximately 75 meters to
match the settlement's existing outermost perimeter fence.
He said the move was in response to threat of sheep theft and
had opened 4-5 dunams of land for development.
"Testing the government"
--------------
3. (C) Maskiyot is the site of six caravans that were
installed in January and are inhabited by Gush Katif
evacuees. Jordan Valley Regional Council Chairman Dubi Tal
told POLOFF July 2 that the six caravans are "illegal" under
Israeli law, and that he is "testing the government," which
he does not "think will destroy them." Tal reiterated his
claim that Maskiyot was established by government decision in
1982 as a Nahal pre-military academy with provisions for
civilian residence. According to Tal, eleven families from
Gush Katif are at Maskiyot, either in the six new caravans or
the existing permanent houses.
4. (C) Tal said he intends to bring a case against the GOI
to the HCJ to allow for construction at Maskiyot and the
neighboring settlements of Rotem and Hemdat, arguing that the
GOI established the settlements, facilitated their growth,
and encouraged settlers to populate the Jordan Valley. He
noted that the MOD had recently refused to approve
construction of a new sewer system and school.
LAPENN