Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08JERUSALEM1791
2008-09-25 05:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:
MOI AL-YAHYA FORMALLY TO REQUEST HEBRON DEPLOYMENT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 001791
SIPDIS
NSC FOR ABRAMS/RAMCHAND/PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/24/2032
TAGS: IS KWBG PGOV PREL MASS
SUBJECT: MOI AL-YAHYA FORMALLY TO REQUEST HEBRON DEPLOYMENT
Classified By: A/PO Gregory Marchese for reasons 1.4 b and d
C O N F I D E N T I A L JERUSALEM 001791
SIPDIS
NSC FOR ABRAMS/RAMCHAND/PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/24/2032
TAGS: IS KWBG PGOV PREL MASS
SUBJECT: MOI AL-YAHYA FORMALLY TO REQUEST HEBRON DEPLOYMENT
Classified By: A/PO Gregory Marchese for reasons 1.4 b and d
1. (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Interior Al-Yahya told USSC LTG
Dayton September 16 that the PA has verbal GOI approval to
deploy 150 National Security Force (NSF) troops to Hebron and
now seeks the approval in writing. Al-Yahya requested USG
assistance to obtain Israeli permission to garrison the 3rd
NSF battalion at Qadim in the Jenin governate. Al-Yahya also
reported progress on registering and fueling vehicles the USG
recently purchased for the PA. He provided LTG Dayton a copy
of the PA's security sector reform document that the MOI
drafted for PM Fayyad and President Abbas. END SUMMARY
HEBRON DEPLOYMENT
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2. (C) Al-Yahya said that, in a September 14 meeting with NSF
West Bank Commander MG Thiab Ali (Abu Fatah) in Ramallah, IDF
Central Commander MG Gadi Shamni verbally approved deployment
of a 150-man NSF company (from the 2nd special battalion
trained by the USG-funded program in Jordan),with 150 AK-47s
and over two dozen USG-purchased F-150 trucks to Hebron.
Al-Yahya said he will now seek GOI approval in writing.
AREA C NSF GARRISON
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3. (C) Al-Yahya told LTG Dayton that Qadim is Jenin's most
suitable place to garrison the 3rd NSF special battalion,
once it completes basic training later this year. Doing so,
he said, will require USG intercession with the GOI.
Comment: This battalion begins its U.S.-funded training in
Jordan the week of 9/16. Qadim is the site of a former
settlement located in Israeli-controlled Area C, and PA
interloctors report that the GoI has so far rejected this
proposal. End Comment.
PROGRESS ON U.S.-PURCHASED VEHICLE SUPPORT
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4. (SBU) Al-Yahya said the PA is making progress on funding
the registration and fueling of the NSF's 145 USG-purchased
F-150 trucks. Thirty have been registered, and the PA is
revising its budgets to pay for fuel.
SECURITY REFORM
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5. (C) Al-Yahya provided LTG Dayton with a 15-page English
language copy of the "Plan for the Reorganization,
Restructuring and Development of the Security Establishment,"
dated September 14. The cover sheet addressed the document
to PM Salam Fayyad and President Mahmoud Abbas. Al-Yahya
cautioned that there would be amendments pending the PM and
President's review, and noted that reform of the Preventive
Security Organization (PSO) and General Intelligence (GI)
will not occur until certain conditions are met.
MARCHESE
SIPDIS
NSC FOR ABRAMS/RAMCHAND/PASCUAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/24/2032
TAGS: IS KWBG PGOV PREL MASS
SUBJECT: MOI AL-YAHYA FORMALLY TO REQUEST HEBRON DEPLOYMENT
Classified By: A/PO Gregory Marchese for reasons 1.4 b and d
1. (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Interior Al-Yahya told USSC LTG
Dayton September 16 that the PA has verbal GOI approval to
deploy 150 National Security Force (NSF) troops to Hebron and
now seeks the approval in writing. Al-Yahya requested USG
assistance to obtain Israeli permission to garrison the 3rd
NSF battalion at Qadim in the Jenin governate. Al-Yahya also
reported progress on registering and fueling vehicles the USG
recently purchased for the PA. He provided LTG Dayton a copy
of the PA's security sector reform document that the MOI
drafted for PM Fayyad and President Abbas. END SUMMARY
HEBRON DEPLOYMENT
--------------
2. (C) Al-Yahya said that, in a September 14 meeting with NSF
West Bank Commander MG Thiab Ali (Abu Fatah) in Ramallah, IDF
Central Commander MG Gadi Shamni verbally approved deployment
of a 150-man NSF company (from the 2nd special battalion
trained by the USG-funded program in Jordan),with 150 AK-47s
and over two dozen USG-purchased F-150 trucks to Hebron.
Al-Yahya said he will now seek GOI approval in writing.
AREA C NSF GARRISON
--------------
3. (C) Al-Yahya told LTG Dayton that Qadim is Jenin's most
suitable place to garrison the 3rd NSF special battalion,
once it completes basic training later this year. Doing so,
he said, will require USG intercession with the GOI.
Comment: This battalion begins its U.S.-funded training in
Jordan the week of 9/16. Qadim is the site of a former
settlement located in Israeli-controlled Area C, and PA
interloctors report that the GoI has so far rejected this
proposal. End Comment.
PROGRESS ON U.S.-PURCHASED VEHICLE SUPPORT
--------------
4. (SBU) Al-Yahya said the PA is making progress on funding
the registration and fueling of the NSF's 145 USG-purchased
F-150 trucks. Thirty have been registered, and the PA is
revising its budgets to pay for fuel.
SECURITY REFORM
--------------
5. (C) Al-Yahya provided LTG Dayton with a 15-page English
language copy of the "Plan for the Reorganization,
Restructuring and Development of the Security Establishment,"
dated September 14. The cover sheet addressed the document
to PM Salam Fayyad and President Mahmoud Abbas. Al-Yahya
cautioned that there would be amendments pending the PM and
President's review, and noted that reform of the Preventive
Security Organization (PSO) and General Intelligence (GI)
will not occur until certain conditions are met.
MARCHESE