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09JEDDAH424	"HEY, THAT'S MINE": U.S. STUDENT AT KAUST ACCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even before its star-studded September 23 official inauguration, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) was being heralded and closely watched as a bold and unprecedented attempt by King Abdullah to transform Saudi society from within (ref C). As expected [...]	2009-11-07 15:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR KPAO SA SCUL SOCI

09JEDDAH44	ACTION REQUEST FOR RESPONSE TO OIC SECRETARY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Below is the text of a congratulatory message from the Organization of the Islamic Conference Secretary General Ihsanoglu to President Obama. The letter appears both on the OIC website and as an advertisement in the Internationa [...]	2009-02-01 13:08:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH443	UNDERGROUND PARTY SCENE IN JEDDAH: SAUDI YOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Behind the facade of Wahabi conservatism in the streets, the underground nightlife for Jeddah's elite youth is thriving and throbbing. The full range of worldly temptations and vices are available -- alcohol, drugs, sex -- but strictly behind closed doors. This freedom to indulge carna [...]	2009-11-18 16:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	SA SCUL SOCI ZR KISL
09JEDDAH444	SAUDI PROPOSED OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: On November 16, Captain Mohammad Ali Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA),presented EconCounselor and PolEconOff with further revisions to the D [...]	2009-11-19 11:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS EAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA
09JEDDAH445	MORE NETWORKING, MORE OUTREACH TO MUSLIM YOUTH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her October 31 - November 1 visit to Saudi Arabia, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC),Farah Pandith, reached out to a wide range of Saudi youth and civil-society activists over the course of two full days in Jeddah. SRMC Pandith discussed h [...]	2009-11-19 11:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR KPAO SA SCUL SOCI
09JEDDAH446	LOBBYING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS SAUDI-STYLE: SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary. As part of her October 31-November 1 visit to Saudi Arabia (ref A),Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith met with Basmah Omair, general manager of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (JCCI) Khadeejah Bint Khuwailed Women's Center (KBKC). The KBKC [...]	2009-11-19 12:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO KWMN PHUM SA SOCI
09JEDDAH45	SAUDI JUDGES HEAR U.S. AND SAG VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post outlined U.S. policies on human trafficking for an audience of Saudi judges, prosecutors, and investigators at a Jan 10-12 workshop on human trafficking at Prince Naif Arab Univerity for Security Sciences (NAUSS) in Riyadh. The workshop addressed the relationship between Isl [...]	2009-02-01 13:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09JEDDAH452	THREATS OF IRANIAN PROTESTS AND H1N1 LOOM OVER HAJJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) continues to prepare for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which will take place November 25)27. While concerns over the spread of H1N1 may lead to significantly fewer pilgrims participating in this year,s pilgrimage, SAG officials appea [...]	2009-11-24 11:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA
09JEDDAH453	SURPRISE APPOINTMENTS AT JEDDAH CHAMBER OF [...] (C) Summary. Almost a month after the hotly-contested election for 12 of the 18 seats on the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) board of directors (ref A),Minister of Commerce and Industry, Abdullah Zainal Alireza, appointed four men and two women (including Mohammed Bin Laden and [...]	2009-11-24 13:55:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KWMN PGOV SA SOCI
09JEDDAH454	END OF A DRY SPELL: FULBRIGHT IS BACK IN THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: After a five-year hiatus, the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program recently resumed in Jeddah. The Saudi Institute for Health Services (SIHS) hosted Dr. R. Kirby Barrick, Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Florida, from October 9 to October [...]	2009-11-24 15:19:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SA SCUL
09JEDDAH456	JEDDAH REGION FLOODING ON FIRST DAY OF HAJJ: 77 [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reported that flash flooding yesterday (November 25) in Jeddah killed 77 and stranded up to 1,000, especially in the poorer districts to the east and south of the city. Total casualty estimates may rise. Rain, a rare occurrence in this region and reported to be "the wor [...]	2009-11-26 14:10:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH457	FLOODING UPDATE: THE TOLL RISES IN "JEDDAH'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 13:53:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SCUL SENV
09JEDDAH460	LATEST ON JEDDAH FLOOD -- COMPENSATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an announcement that SMSed its way around Jeddah late yesterday evening, King Abdullah ordered immediate payment of SR 1 million (USD 267,000) to the surviving families of each victim of last Wednesday's catastrophic flood. The royal decree created a high-level commission to i [...]	2009-12-01 19:33:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH465	THE GREAT JEDDAH FLOOD: CONTINUING CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public and media condemnation of the Saudi local government continues two weeks after flash floods inundated Jeddah. Concern has shifted from the plight of the flood victims to broader issues such as the disaster investigation and a Shoura Council meeting yesterday which urged go [...]	2009-12-07 17:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH466	HAJJ 2009/1430 -- AN AMERICAN'S INSIDE VIEW OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 14:47:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA
09JEDDAH47	HIGHER EDUCATION TAKING A LEAP FORWARD IN SAUDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In early January the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST),slated to open in September 2009, held an on-site pre-orientation in Jeddah for 320 students including 60-70 from the U.S. and approximately 100 students from Saudi Arabia. Virtually all students [...]	2009-02-01 16:57:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KISL PGOV TPHY KPAO SA
09JEDDAH473	FIRST SAUDI WOMAN DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF CHAMBER OF [...] (C) In a historic vote, the 18 members of the board of directors of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) elected a woman as deputy chairman, and several well-respected moderate businessmen to fill other leadership positions. No religious or tribal figures were chosen, despite t [...]	2009-12-14 13:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWMN PGOV SA SOCI
09JEDDAH474	PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA'S MEDICAL CONDITION IN SAUDI [...] (S/NF) Since receipt of reftel A, post has been discreetly monitoring condition of Nigerian President Yar'Adua at King Faisal Specialists Hospital in Jeddah through well-placed medical contacts and passing reports as received to Embassy Abuja and Department. 2. (S/NF) Most recent informati [...]	2009-12-14 13:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV NI PINR PREL SA
09JEDDAH476	SAUDI ARABIA HOPING TO TURN MINING INTO THE THIRD [...] (U) Summary: Behind oil and petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia is trying to make mining the third pillar of its economy. Although its mining operations are small compared to many other countries, and dwarfed by the Kingdom's oil and petrochemical sector, KSA plans to expand its mining industry b [...]	2009-12-16 16:20:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV SA
09JEDDAH477	SAUDI ARABIA'S NEWEST AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the weeks following its highly anticipated official inauguration on September 23, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has found itself at the center of a maelstrom of controversy in Saudi government, religious, and media circles. Saudi Arabia's premier [...]	2009-12-17 11:39:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO SA SCUL KIPR SOCI
09JEDDAH488	JEDDAH FLOOD AFTERMATH: CLEANING UP THE CITY AMID [...] (SBU) Summary: Jeddah officials report 121 dead and 39 missing in the November 25 flash flood that devastated the eastern part of the city, although the public believes the actual toll is much higher and one contact accused the SAG of suppressing the true figures. Most of the city now appears [...]	2009-12-23 11:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH489	REDISCOVERING SOUTHERN ARABIA: NAJRAN, THE EMIRATE [...] (C) Summary: A ConGen visit to the southern Arabia emirate of Najran, December 18-19, 2009, revealed a tranquil, fertile valley tucked within mountainous terrain, where the traditional way of life has remained surprisingly unaffected by the recent violence in Yemen, at various points 5-15 km [...]	2009-12-25 07:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SA SCUL
09JEDDAH5	OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...]	2009-01-05 16:36:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA
09JEDDAH50	UPHEAVAL IN JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE -- SAUDI [...] (C) Summary. In a move that took Jeddah by surprise, on January 31, Minister of Commerce Abdullah Ahmad (Zainal) Alireza relieved the popular, elected chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),Saleh Al-Turki, from his position just seven months shy of the end of his four- [...]	2009-02-02 14:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA
09JEDDAH51	OIC SECRETARY GENERAL SEEKS RENEWED COMMUNICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 1 Post delivered thank you message (ref A) from President Obama to OIC Secretary General Ihsanoglu, who asked for increased communication with USG senior leadership (inviting POTUS to visit OIC) and a renewal of personal communication with Secretary Clinton. OIC seeks [...]	2009-02-02 15:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH6	OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...]	2009-01-05 16:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA
09JEDDAH60	JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM GETS A GREEN LIGHT FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 15:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA
09JEDDAH61	SAUDI ARABIA: CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Saudi Arabia continues to be a destination country for foreign domestic workers, primarily women from East and South Asia, who are either trafficked into the Kingdom or whose treatment after arriving in the country qualifies them as victims of trafficking. --In additio [...]	2009-02-11 06:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09JEDDAH62	CONGEN HEARS PITCH FOR GREATER US INVESTMENT: [...] (SBU) Summary. During a January 28 all-day visit to the Red Sea coastal city of Yanbu, ConGen Jeddah delegation (CG, ECON, FCS, PD) were warmly welcomed by local business and government leaders who encouraged us to carry the message to American industry that Yanbu is open for business where U. [...]	2009-02-11 07:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EINV EWWT SA
09JEDDAH65	IS THE JEDDAH ECONOMY FALTERING? [...] (SBU) Summary. At a February 10 lunch roundtable, hosted by CG on behalf of the American Businessmen in Jeddah (ABJ),leading members painted a gloomy economic picture across nearly all sectors of the local economy. The candid admission by one participant that Saudis have been in denial for [...]	2009-02-12 12:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EPET EINV PREL SA
09JEDDAH66	IS THE JEDDAH ECONOMY FALTERING? [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 12:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EPET EINV PREL SA
09JEDDAH70	SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS BODY COMMENTS ON HAIMDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs met recently with an official of the Jeddah branch of the National Society for Human Rights to discuss a range of human rights issues: freedom of worship, rights of the child, Gaza and TIP. Praising the President's decision to close Guantanamo, our interlocutor expressed c [...]	2009-02-17 12:56:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
09JEDDAH72	JEDDAH'S SITTEEN BRIDGE: CONGEN OFFICERS WITNESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the process of confirming a Saudi newspaper story that Indonesian workers were congregating under a Jeddah bridge awaiting deportation, ConGen officers spoke to several prospective deportees while observing hundreds being loaded into busses en route to the deportation center. [...]	2009-02-18 15:24:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09JEDDAH78	SAG REPORTEDLY ELIMINATING BARRIERS FOR SAUDI [...] (SBU) Summary. The SAG has reportedly decided to eliminate restrictions on Saudi women which prevent them from entering into a number of commercial fields or from running businesses under their own names. The move, which was communicated in writing to the Businesswomen's Center at the Jeddah C [...]	2009-02-25 20:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWMN PGOV PHUM SA
09JEDDAH79	COMEDIAN AHMED AHMED CIRCUMVENTS RELIGIOUS POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 21, well-known Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed and other comedians performed in Jeddah before a mixed-gender audience of nearly 1000 Saudis and expats, who were regaled by comic routines on sensitive topics ranging from the Mutawwa (religious police) to Arabic-s [...]	2009-02-26 16:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV SA SCUL
09JEDDAH84	INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION -- [...] (S/NF) Summary. Consulate General Jeddah received a letter through the post dated February 15 directed to President Obama from the Secretary General of the International Islamic Relief Organization(IIRO) in Saudi Arabia. IIRO Philippine and Indonesian branches, along with IIRO Saudi Arabia E [...]	2009-03-02 11:17:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	KISL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL PINR SA
09JEDDAH85	HIJAZIS COMMENT ON RECENT MEDINA CLASHES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with Hijazi Shi'a to get their views of recent demonstrations in Medina following clashes after Shi'a pilgrims were not allowed to enter Baqi'a cemetery on February 20. Poloffs also spoke to a local Sunni contact with ties to Medina who claims the situation has been blown [...]	2009-03-02 16:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09JEDDAH87	SAUDI ACTRESS STIRS MIXED GENDER AUDIENCE IN JEDDAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A one-act play, &Head over Heels,8 was performed before a small but warmly approving mixed gender audience at Effat University, a private, all-women,s university in Jeddah on February 12. The play, written by and starring Maisah Sobaihi, King Abdul Aziz University Assistant Prof [...]	2009-03-05 09:49:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV SA SCUL
09JEDDAH94	SPARKS FLY AS JEDDAH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary. After years of pushing, the women of Jeddah were finally allowed to meet the elected Municipal Council on neutral ground at the offices of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 5. Hesitant council members entered a meeting room featuring a blocking partition which [...]	2009-03-08 13:32:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWMN PGOV SA
09JERUSALEM100	UNRWA AND ICRC SUSPEND MOVEMENT IN GAZA FOLLOWING LETHAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 8, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) decided to suspend movements inside Gaza following several security incidents involving IDF strikes on UN and ICRC staff, vehicles, and facilities. U [...]	2009-01-09 18:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG KPAL ASEC IS
09JERUSALEM1003	SPECIAL JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINIAN REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1004	TWO H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED IN THE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Health officials have confirmed two cases of H1N1 in the West Bank (Bethlehem). A four-year-old girl was diagnosed on June 10, and her mother on June 13. Both cases were characterized as "mild," and the patients are expected to recover ful [...]	2009-06-15 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1005	PALESTINIANS DISMAYED BY NETANYAHU'S SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's June 14 speech has been overwhelmingly negative. Palestinians believe Netanyahu introduced a series of unacceptable preconditions, as well as limitations on the future Palestinian state that render the call for such a st [...]	2009-06-15 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL KPAO
09JERUSALEM1006	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/16): PALESTINIAN UNEASE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 10:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM101	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 10, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. President Abbas, in a press conference with President Mubarak January 10, called on HAMAS and Israel to accept the UNSC resolution immediately and said the Egyptian proposal is the means to implement the resolution. He said Palestinian reconciliation is necessary, but that pea [...]	2009-01-10 12:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1013	ALLEGATIONS FOLLOW DEATH OF HAMAS DETAINEE IN PA [...] (C) Hamas member Haitham Abdel Allah Amre died while in Palestinian Authority (PA) General Intelligence (GI) custody on June 15 in Hebron. According to PA GI official Mansour Ebwaini, Amre died in a failed escape attempt, falling from the third story of the building in which he was being held [...]	2009-06-16 13:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM102	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 10 [...] (SBU) Summary. All Gaza crossings were closed on January 10. UNRWA restarted coordination with the IDF following a meeting with GOI officials on January 9, and requested permission for trucks to enter Gaza on January 11. UNRWA shelters now hold more than 21,000 displaced people. Health, wate [...]	2009-01-10 16:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD CASC IS PREF
09JERUSALEM1020	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/17): "AHMADINIJAD'S VICTORY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 09:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1026	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/18): REACTIONS TO NETANYAHU'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1028	56 AL-AQSA FUGITIVES RECEIVE AMNESTY FROM GOI [...] (C) Summary: According to Palestinian Authority (PA) officials, the GOI has approved 56 al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade (AAMB) fugitives for full or partial amnesty under a program initiated by the PA and GOI in June 2007. The fugitives, who have been in PA custody, will be subject to varying post-r [...]	2009-06-18 12:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM103	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 11, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 10-11, primarily in northern Gaza. IDF troops moved closer to the urban centers of Gaza City and Khan Yunis. Airstrikes caused a number of casualties, including civilians, mostly in northern Gaza. Gaza-based medical sources reporte [...]	2009-01-11 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1030	INVESTIGATORS UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF ABUSE IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) General Intelligence (GI) officials have confirmed evidence of abuse in the June 15 death of Haitham Abdel Allah Amre while in PA custody. Initial reports that Amre fell to his death while trying to escape appear to be "simply wrong," according to GI [...]	2009-06-18 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG
09JERUSALEM1031	PM FAYYAD RESPONDS TO NETANYAHU'S SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 17 meeting of donors, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad responded to Israeli PM Netanyahu's June 14 speech. He acknowledged the mention of a Palestinian state, but commented that the speech as a whole describes a policy that will not lead to a success [...]	2009-06-18 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1036	FATAH AND HAMAS REACTIVATE COMMITTEES ON PRISONER [...] (S) Summary. Under Egyptian pressure, Fatah and Hamas reactivated two joint committees to discuss releasing detainees and reopening institutions closed for "political" reasons. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Fayyad told the Consul General the PA will not release anyone who would threate [...]	2009-06-19 08:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	EG KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER
09JERUSALEM104	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 11 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open on January 11. UNRWA coordinated several convoys through Kerem Shalom. Karni crossing remains closed. The GOI announced another three-hour "humanitarian pause" on January 11, but there was confusion among UN [...]	2009-01-11 17:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PREF
09JERUSALEM1041	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/19): "HAMAS MUST ACCEPT THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 10:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1042	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/22): "NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 11:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1062	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/23): POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 10:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1063	CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/23): POSITIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1065	WORK PERMITS FOR CONSULATE GENERAL JERUSALEM EFMS [...] (U) Ref A described the situation at post since late 2008, when the GOI informed Embassy Tel Aviv that EFMs of official Americans assigned to ConGen Jerusalem are not eligible for Israeli work permits. This GOI decision has had a serious, negative impact on post's morale and recruiting effort [...]	2009-06-23 14:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT APER PREL IS
09JERUSALEM1067	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/24): PRISONER RELEASES LEAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 06:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1077	FAYYAD LAYS OUT PA PLATFORM, APPEALS FOR PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad delivered a widely publicized speech on June 22, in which he appealed to the Israeli people for mutually beneficial coexistence with a Palestinian state and laid out the PA's domestic priorities. Fayyad also called for the [...]	2009-06-25 13:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG ECON PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1078	IDF AGREES TO REFRAIN FROM INCURSIONS IN FOUR WEST [...] (C) Summary: Senior PA security officials told Post that the IDF informed them on June 24 of a halt to incursions into four West Bank cities -- Ramallah, Bethlehem, Qalqilia, and Jericho -- for one week, except in extreme cases. As of June 25, PA officials confirmed there had been no overnight [...]	2009-06-25 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1079	IDF EASES ACCESS AND MOVEMENT IN THE WEST BANK, [...] (C) Summary: The IDF has taken measures to ease access and movement around a number of West Bank cities since February 2009. The IDF's removal of checkpoints and road obstacles and the easing of restrictions at several manned checkpoints has directly benefited the Nablus, Qalqiliya, Ramalla [...]	2009-06-25 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD PHUM PTRD KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1080	FATAH EXPECTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN RECONCILIATION TALKS, DEFENDS PA SECURITY DOCTRINE REF: JERUSALEM 1036 Classified By: Deputy Principal Officer Greg Marchese for reasons 1.4 ( b) and (d) [...] (C) Summary. Fatah and Hamas delegations will hold reconciliation meetings in Cairo in late June in advance of a planned "signing ceremony" on July 7, according to senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad. Al-Ahmad said Egyptian officials want a "poltical" announcement that puts off the most difficu [...]	2009-06-25 14:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOVE KWBG KPAL PTER PHUM PREL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1081	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/26): "PALESTINIAN UNITY WOULD [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 09:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1087	ABU MAZEN BUILDS SUPPORT FOR A FATAH SIXTH PARTY [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) successfully used a June 23-24 Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) meeting to garner support for holding Fatah's Sixth General Congress on August 4, 2009, in Bethlehem. FRC members backed Abu Mazen's plan on the condition that Fatah delegates fr [...]	2009-06-26 13:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1088	AMAWI BUILDING RENOVATION PROJECT [...] With the approval and signature of the leases for the Amawi building and primary setback property, post would like to pursue the immediate renovation and upgrade of this annex to allow for occupancy of the facility as soon as possible in FY 2010. Post reiterates its request that it be authori [...]	2009-06-26 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD KPAL
09JERUSALEM1089	UNRWA'S June 2009 Advisory Commission Meeting [...] (SBU) At the June 9-10 Advisory Commission (AdCom) meeting of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Amman, Jordan, Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd noted that the total deficit of $107 million, including $39 million of essential operatin [...]	2009-06-26 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG JO SY LE
09JERUSALEM109	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/12): ISRAEL SEEN AS IGNORING [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 10:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1091	TALMON PLANS PAVE THE WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW [...] (C) Summary. Israeli NGO Bimkom provided PolOff a copy of the plan deposited last April to expand Talmon settlement (reftel). The plan includes capacity for 300 total residential units. NGOs report that approximately 60 residential units illegally constructed in the area would be retroact [...]	2009-06-26 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PREL
09JERUSALEM1092	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/29): PALESTINIANS WONDER IF [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1094	CONSUL GENERAL VISITS QALQILIYA; EXPRESSES SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General visited Qalqiliya on June 24, toured a local factory, met the Governor and local business leaders, and emphasized USG support for PA efforts to restore stability and promote private sector growth. Qalqiliya residents emphasized that the city's primary sources [...]	2009-06-29 12:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KPAO ETRD KWBG EAID IS
09JERUSALEM1096	GOI SEEKS TO REGISTER NEARLY 35,000 ACRES OF WEST [...] (C) The Government of Israel is seeking to register roughly 139,000 dunums (or 35,000 acres) of non-contiguous land in areas of the West Bank south of Route 1 and northeast of Hebron. Much of the land is currently used as military zones or nature reserves. Public advertisements on June 26 gi [...]	2009-06-29 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1097	ANNOUNCEMENT OF MUNICIPALITY PLAN TO SCALE BACK [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Municipality contacts confirmed a June 29 Ha'Aretz article, which claimed that the municipality is developing a plan to legalize Palestinian homes that do not interfere with municipal development, such as the construction of roads and schools. Jerusalem Legal Advisor Y [...]	2009-06-29 15:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1098	UPDATE ON SETTLEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary. Israeli NGO contacts briefed PolOff on several West Bank settlement infrastructure projects. Projects include a wastewater pipeline to serve Ariel settlement, a wastewater purification plant in Ofra settlement, a road between Geva'ot and Beitar Illit settlements, and access roads [...]	2009-06-29 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PBTS PREL
09JERUSALEM1101	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/30): PALESTINIANS WANT HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 09:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM111	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 12, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 11-12, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City as troops moved closer to urban areas. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 888 Palestin [...]	2009-01-12 11:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1117	GOI MOVES TO BLOCK PALESTINIAN MEAT AND DAIRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian meat and dairy companies in the West Bank have received notification from the Israeli Ministry of Health that they will no longer be permitted to "export" their products to East Jerusalem as of August 15. Palestinian Authority officials and private businessmen stre [...]	2009-07-01 07:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP EAGR PREL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1120	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/01): PALESTINIANS: HAMAS HAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 10:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1126	FATAH-HAMAS RECONCILIATION TALKS TO RESUME JULY 25 [...] (C) A sixth round of reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah representatives in Cairo ended June 30 without agreement. Fatah officials who participated in the talks blamed the continuing impasse on Hamas intransigence, citing Hamas's insistence on the release of all Hamas-affiliated pri [...]	2009-07-01 14:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1128	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/02): Palestinians: We [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 07:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1137	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/06): Abbas Calls for Cessation [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 10:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM114	CONTACTS SAY WEST BANK SYMPATHY FOR GAZA, HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. In separate January 9 conversations, three prominent Palestinian contacts voiced concerns that the conflict in Gaza is increasing the popularity of Hamas and reducing support for President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),Fatah, and the PA. Fatah Revolutionary Council member Jibril R [...]	2009-01-12 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1142	PA MAKES SALARY PAYMENT AS OVERALL FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid June salaries on schedule July 6, thanks to an influx of cash from a one-time telecom deal. However, a visiting IMF team told donors that the PA is now certain to end the year with substantial commercial debt to banks and private sector arre [...]	2009-07-06 12:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM1149	AHMAD TIBI DISCUSSES FATAH REFORM, PALESTINIAN [...] (S) Summary. Israeli-Arab Member of Knesset Ahmad Tibi told the Consul General June 30 that the two primary issues in the Palestinian political arena are the Fatah Congress and ongoing reconciliation efforts between Fatah and Hamas. Tibi said PA President Abbas (Abu Mazen) managed to bolster [...]	2009-07-06 12:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER EAID KPAL PHUM IS
09JERUSALEM1151	MUNICIPALITY APPROVAL PUTS SHEPHERD HOTEL ONE STEP [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality Licensing Committee approved plans to build two apartment buildings on the Shepherd Hotel property, pending certification from other agencies -- such as the Antiquities Authority and safety inspectors -- according to Municipality officials. The remain [...]	2009-07-06 13:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1152	EAC APPROVES CHANGES TO WEST BANK TRAVEL POLICY [...] (U) On July 1, 2009, the Consul General chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review West Bank travel policy. The meeting was attended by EXEC, RSO, POL, CONS, ORA, MGT, ECON, PD, USAID, USSC, DAO, MSG, and INL. 2. (SBU) This was the first review of West Bank travel [...]	2009-07-07 04:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	ASEC CASC MOPS PTER KWBG
09JERUSALEM1154	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/07): Hamas Must Not Be An [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1155	GAZA CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UN and NGO contacts report that socio-economic conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate as legitimate imports remain limited and the private sector dormant. ConGen Gaza contacts and recent visitors to Gaza report adequate supplies of basic commodities, including a glut of som [...]	2009-07-07 12:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID PGOV PTER ECON KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM116	GAZAN CONTACTS MAKE GOOD USE OF "HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Gaza contacts reported that the daily "humanitarian pauses" in the fighting allow them to take care of household chores and stock up on supplies, but do not mean a complete cessation of IDF attacks. Some contacts and USG partners reported severe damage to their homes from IDF [...]	2009-01-12 16:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID IS KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF
09JERUSALEM1161	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/08): Israel Will Not Commit to [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 10:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1168	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/09): Palestinian Papers Report [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 12:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1169	PREPARATIONS FOR FATAH SIXTH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Preparations to hold the Fatah Sixth Party Congress in Bethlehem on August 4th are underway. Fatah officials expect to publish a delegate list on July 15; this date may be pushed back due to internal wrangling over the number of delegates. Concerns remain about the ability of Gaza-based F [...]	2009-07-09 13:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KWBG IS SY EG
09JERUSALEM117	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom was open for shipments on January 12. All trucks moved through Kerem Shalom on January 11. UNRWA contacts reported that they are operating 36 shelters for 28,116 displaced people. Contacts reported thousands more displaced outside shelters. End Summary. Cros [...]	2009-01-12 17:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
09JERUSALEM1171	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/10): Egyptian Efforts at [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM118	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/13): "IS A CEASEFIRE CLOSER? [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 10:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1184	SETTLER VIOLENCE IN THE WEST BANK CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. NGO contacts, UNRWA, and local Palestinian sources report continuing incidents of settler violence in the West Bank. Reports of violence include settlers setting fire to Palestinian agricultural land, throwing stones at vehicles carrying Palestinians, and attacking Palestinian [...]	2009-07-10 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IS KWBG KPAL PTER
09JERUSALEM119	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 13, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 12-13, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City as troops moved closer to urban areas. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 921 Palestin [...]	2009-01-13 11:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS

09JERUSALEM1190	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/13): "National Unity Should [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 10:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1199	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/14): Conflicting Press Reports [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 08:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1202	AL-QUDS VICE PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON FATAH CONGRESS, [...] (C) Summary. Zakaria al-Qaq, a senior official at Jerusalem's al-Quds University, said that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is using the Fatah General Congress to shore up his authority, following the Hamas take-over of Gaza and the failure of negotiations with Israel. Al-Qaq added th [...]	2009-07-14 13:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1203	ABU ALA'A ON RECONCILIATION AND THE FATAH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. In a July 13 meeting with the Consul General, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) expressed optimism the Fatah General Congress will occur on schedule, but said he "can't exclude surprises." His main concern is whether Hamas will allow Gaza-based delegates to a [...]	2009-07-14 13:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1204	HAMAS CONTINUES TO INTERFERE WITH GAZA ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: According to international NGO and UN sources, Hamas continues to interfere in the distribution of assistance in Gaza. Hamas does not routinely block aid distributed by groups that rebuff its demands, but there have been a number of serious incidents of harassment in recent mont [...]	2009-07-14 14:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM PREL PTER KWBG IS KTFN
09JERUSALEM1205	U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TRAINING [...] (U) Summary: On July 6-8, 2009, at the request of Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to twenty-five PA employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering Law. Pa [...]	2009-07-14 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PINS PTER KWBG EAID
09JERUSALEM1206	FATAH INSIDERS ON THE SIXTH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Two Fatah insiders believe the Fatah General Congress will proceed on schedule, but differed in their prognoses of the event itself. Former Fatah mobilization committee head Hussein al Sheikh said disagreements within the movement could be contained by augmenting the number of d [...]	2009-07-14 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1216	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/15): Palestinian Factions Must [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1217	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY CARRIES OUT TWO HOME [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality, together with the Israeli Border Police, carried out two home demolitions in East Jerusalem on July 13. The Jerusalem Mayor's office denied responsibility for the demolition orders, saying the Municipality only executed orders issued by the GoI Interi [...]	2009-07-15 13:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1220	PALESTINIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS COMPLAIN OF ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli National Police (INP) are exercising increasing control over the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount and interfering with the Jordanian-run Waqf's ability to operate, according to Palestinian religious leaders. The INP, they allege, has prevented the Waqf from carrying out [...]	2009-07-16 07:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL JO KISL IS
09JERUSALEM1221	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/16): "Qaddoumi: Why did you [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 09:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1223	PA ACCUSES AL JAZEERA OF INCITEMENT, SUSPENDING ITS [...] Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) suspended Al Jazeera's license and closed its West Bank offices on July 15. PA officials accused the Qatar-based satellite news channel of systematic incitement and unbalanced coverage after it broadcast inflammatory allegations by Fatah Central Commit [...]	2009-07-16 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PROP PHUM KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM1224	NEW PA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON MEDIA, HAMAS, [...] (C) In a July 13 meeting with Polchief, newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Director of Information Ghassan al Khatib outlined plans to reform the Palestinian Authority's communications strategy. He noted that Hamas support fell in Gaza after December 2008-January 2009 Israeli combat o [...]	2009-07-16 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV KPAO KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1226	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/17): "The dialogue must [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 09:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1229	PM FAYYAD ON SECURITY AND WEST BANK ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In a July 14 meeting, PM Salam Fayyad said he is proud of gains in West Bank security but stressed again the need to end IDF incursions. He also noted an improving economy and cited the opening of a new theater in Nablus as a key development. Finally, Fayyad stressed the import [...]	2009-07-20 04:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1231	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/20): No change in the US [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 10:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1244	RESUMPTION OF FATAH-HAMAS TALKS DELAYED BY [...] (C) The resumption of Fatah-Hamas reconciliation talks in Cairo has been postponed one month to August 25. This followed a stalemate in lower-level dialogue meant to pave the way for progress. Talks at the subcommittee level foundered on the issue of prisoners, with neither Hamas nor Fatah [...]	2009-07-20 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG SY
09JERUSALEM1245	SHOPPING FESTIVAL OPENING DAY REFLECTS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 18, the Consul General attended the opening-day events of the Nablus Shopping Festival, joining Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Nablus Governor Jamal al-Muhaysen in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Tens of thousands of Palestinians thronged the city center, celebrating a day [...]	2009-07-20 14:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS KPAO
09JERUSALEM1246	PA LIFTS SUSPENSION OF AL JAZEERA'S WEST BANK OPERATIONS [...] (U) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) allowed Qatar-based satellite news channel Al Jazeera to resume operations in the West Bank on July 18. This followed the PA's suspension of Al Jazeera's license and closure of its Ramallah bureau on July 15 (reftel) on grounds of incitement and un [...]	2009-07-20 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP PHUM KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM1249	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/21): Cessation of settlements [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1256	UPDATE ON PENDING DEMOLITIONS AND EVICTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. This cable provides an update on the status of nine politically sensitive property issues in East Jerusalem. Developments in three of these cases (the Shepherd Hotel, Shaykh Jarrah evictions, and demolitions in Abasiya -- a subdivision of Abu Tor -- could occur within the next [...]	2009-07-21 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1259	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/22): Growing International [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 10:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1263	FAYYAD DISCUSS WEST BANK ECONOMY, SECURITY AND [...] (C) On July 18, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CODEL Corker that security and socio-economic conditions had improved in the West Bank, while the humanitarian situation in Gaza continued to deteriorate. Fayyad recounted the risky but successful strategy he pursued [...]	2009-07-22 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EAID MOPS KWBG IS OREP
09JERUSALEM1264	GAZA: TUNNEL ECONOMY FLOURISHES, THOUGH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Summary. The tunnel trade into Gaza continues to flourish, although Gaza business contacts are alert to changes in Egyptian security practices and claim to notice some impact from Egyptian anti-smuggling efforts. ConGen contacts report that increasingly high-end, sophisticated products a [...]	2009-07-22 15:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM PREL PTER KWBG IS KTFN
09JERUSALEM1265	RECENT TRENDS IN WEST BANK VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. While levels of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are down this year, the first half of 2009 saw a 44 percent increase in incidents of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians or Palestinian property, and a doubling of the number of Palestini [...]	2009-07-22 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IS KWBG KPAL PTER
09JERUSALEM1266	FOUR PRE-CONGRESS VIEWS ON FATAH [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, contacts from various segments of Fatah and a prominent analyst discussed expectations for the upcoming Congress on August 4. One said Fatah had little to show for its platform of peaceful resistance, and worried that any U.S.-Israeli "deal" on settlements [...]	2009-07-22 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1267	FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH [...] (U) In response to reftel, Consulate General Jerusalem conducted specific consultations with targeted stakeholders regarding the topics in reftel. Our primary line of questioning was: from stakeholders' perspectives, what programs in the USG portfolio should be expanded, what programs are mi [...]	2009-07-22 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC SENV PREL SCUL KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1268	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/23): PALESTINIAN COMMENTATOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 10:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM127	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 13 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing was open for approximately 90-100 truckloads on January 13. Karni's conveyor belt and Nahal Oz were closed. A humanitarian pause occurred from 0900 to 1200. Many Gaza City residents lost power following IDF attacks on January 13. According to UNRWA, the [...]	2009-01-13 16:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC
09JERUSALEM1270	YESHA COUNCIL DIRECTOR-GENERAL REJECTS U.S. CALL [...] (C) Summary. It will be "impossible" for the USG and Israel to agree on settlements without accommodating natural growth, according to YESHA Council Director-General Pinchas Wallerstein. A freeze on settlement construction would have the greatest impact on the settlement blocs, which accoun [...]	2009-07-23 12:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1276	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/24): PALESTINIANS CALL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 10:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1280	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/27): Palestinians seek deeper [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1282	WEST BANK HOUSING PROJECTS: FINANCING ON TRACK, [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and private sector representatives told Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) representatives that obstacles largely related to infrastructure needs still face a number of West Bank housing developments. OPIC updated contacts on th [...]	2009-07-27 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KWBG PGOV IS EFIN
09JERUSALEM1283	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/28): Palestinians looking for [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 09:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1284	MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MOSQUES, HAMAS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmud al Habbash outlined progress in the Palestinian Authority (PA) government's campaign against mosque incitement in a July 16 meeting. Compliance with mandatory PA sermons in the West Bank's 1,800 mosques is now over ninety percent, he claimed [...]	2009-07-28 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP PTER KWBG KPAL KISL IS
09JERUSALEM1285	ABU MAHER TO RETURN, CLAIM FATAH NUMBER TWO SPOT [...] (C) Summary. Fatah official Mohammed Rateb Ghneim (Abu Maher) is expected to arrive in the West Bank July 29, following decades in the Palestinian diaspora. Upon his return, which Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abu Mazen personally negotiated, Abu Maher will effectively become the nu [...]	2009-07-28 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM129	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/14): U.S. RIGHTWING SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 11:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1294	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/29): A Freeze in Settlement [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 09:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1296	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/30): Palestinians look for [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 10:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM130	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 14, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 13-14, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 976 Palestinians dead and 4,418 wounded since hosti [...]	2009-01-14 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1306	ALL QUIET AT THE HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT, [...] (C) Summary. There were no violent confrontations on the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount July 30, in spite of attempts by religious Jews to worship at the site and Palestinian activists' efforts to prevent them. Hundreds of Jews visited the compound under police protection July 29 and 30, durin [...]	2009-07-30 14:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1308	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/31): Palestinians on growing [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 09:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1311	E-1 DEVELOPMENT CONFLICTS WITH PALESTINIAN PLANS [...] (C) Summary. PA officials say that development of E-1 and the Ma'ale Adumim "bubble" threatens the contiguity of a future Palestinian state and Palestinians' access to Jerusalem. Palestinians from five Palestinian towns and one East Jerusalem neighborhood bordering E-1 said the GoI has thwa [...]	2009-07-31 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM132	PD CONTACT IN GAZA SEES "NO PLACE TO GO, AND NO [...] (C) Summary. As the Israeli military operation in Gaza ended its 18th day, a Post PD partner vividly described the severe psychological strain Gazans face as a result of internal displacement and humanitarian suffering. Dr. Awni Karzon, American Corner Gaza Director, spoke of danger and physi [...]	2009-01-14 16:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID IS KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF PTER KPAO
09JERUSALEM1322	PA ON RED SEA DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The PA reaffirmed its commitment to the Red Sea - Dead Sea project (RDS),expressed hesitation about taking a position on the Jordanian Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) until technical studies were completed, and requested a meeting with USG officials at the upcoming World W [...]	2009-07-31 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL IS JO KWBG
09JERUSALEM1323	WATANIYA LAUNCH IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) Summary. The GOI notified the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Wataniya July 30 that, beginning August 1, it would allocate a portion of the bandwidth requested by the PA to launch the second mobile telecom operator. The allocation of 3.8 MHz is less than the 4.8 MHz agreed upon in the July [...]	2009-07-31 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS PREL ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM133	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 14 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing was open on January 14 for approximately 100 truckloads. Nahal Oz fuel transfer station and Karni conveyer belt were closed. An estimated 10 trucks of medical supplies entered through Rafah. ICRC and Gaza water and sanitation authorities reported signif [...]	2009-01-14 17:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PREF
09JERUSALEM1330	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 10:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1333	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 12:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1336	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/04): Fatah Party Congress Seen [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 08:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1343	SETTLER LEADER SHARES VIEWS ON US POLICY, FUTURE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Radical settler leader Arieh King called U.S. policy in Jerusalem "anti-Semitic" and attacked USG officials, including President Obama, during a meeting with PolOff July 29. He demanded that the ConGen "stop meddling in domestic Israeli legal issues." He accused th [...]	2009-08-04 13:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1344	PALESTINIANS, INTERNATIONALS PROTEST EVICTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GoI evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood on August 2, after Israeli courts awarded ownership of the properties to two Israeli organizations, Nakhalat Shimon International (NSI) and the Sephardic Community Committe [...]	2009-08-04 14:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1345	FATAH SIXTH PARTY CONGRESS BEGINS; PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Sixth Fatah Congress began the morning of August 4 in Bethlehem. Abu Mazen delivered a two-hour address to delegates and foreign dignitaries, summarizing Fatah's history but breaking little new ground. Meanwhile, the real drama played out the evening before in an [...]	2009-08-04 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1352	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/05): Palestinians Hope Fatah [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1353	BIL'IN: SEVEN PALESTINIANS ARRESTED IN LATEST IDF [...] (C) Summary. The IDF raided several homes in the Palestinian village of Bil'in in the early hours of August 3, arresting two adolescents and five adults. Six have been charged with stone-throwing and damage to public property, and one with incitement. NGO contacts maintain that the August [...]	2009-08-05 14:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1354	FATAH CONGRESS: ON DAY TWO, QUESTIONS REMAIN ON [...] (C) Summary. A debate over Fatah's past dominated discussions on the second day of the Sixth Congress, leaving little time to focus on preparations for leadership elections. It is possible that elections may slip a day (until 8/7) as a result. Discussions have not yet begun on the politica [...]	2009-08-05 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1357	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/06): Coverage Highlights [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1359	FATAH CONGRESS: DAHLAN'S BACK, PROGRAM IN DRAFT, [...] (C) Key developments on the third day of the Fatah Congress included an apparent deal on elections and the formation of committees to address, inter alia, the political program and Fatah bylaws. 2. (C) After publicly threatening to boycott Fatah Central Committee (FCC) elections over the [...]	2009-08-06 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1360	GOI RENEWING CLOSURE ORDERS ON EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) ConGen contacts report that at least one of eight Jerusalem-based Palestinian institutions closed by the GOI in 2001 has received another six-month renewal of the closure order, and others expect to receive similar notices in the coming days. Taher Hussayni, the caretaker of the Arab Stud [...]	2009-08-06 14:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG SCUL IS
09JERUSALEM1361	TREASURY DAS GLASER VISIT TO JERUSALEM JULY 29-30 [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser met with Prime Minister Fayyad and officials from the Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA),including PMA Governor Jihad al-Wazir, on July 29 to express appreciation for the [...]	2009-08-06 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	EFIN KTFN EAID PREL PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM137	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/15): COMPLAINTS OF "NEVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 09:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1373	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/07): Palestinian Commentators [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 08:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1376	EXTENDED HOURS FOR PASSENGERS, INCOMING CARGO AT [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOI implemented extended hours for passengers crossing the Allenby (King Hussein) Bridge for a two-month trial period, starting August 4. According to ConGen's Palestinian contacts, the passenger crossing remains crowded, but operations are running smoothly on both sides. [...]	2009-08-07 14:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL PGOV ETRD EAID IS
09JERUSALEM1377	FATAH CONGRESS: ELECTIONS PLANNED FOR AUGUST 8 [...] (C) Summary. On the fourth day of the Fatah Congress, a deal to account for absent Gazan delegates in leadership elections collapsed, returning preparations for the Congress' centerpiece event to square one. By the end of the day, a new deal emerged which, if it holds, could allow leadershi [...]	2009-08-07 14:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM138	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 15, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF troops moved central Gaza City the morning of January 15. Contacts there told ConGenOffs by phone that the city is "burning" and residents are fleeing as the IDF advanced into the city center from three directions. They said the threat to their lives increased and humanit [...]	2009-01-15 12:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF AFSN CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1380	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/10): As Fatah Congress Draws [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 09:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1384	U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to 23 Palestinian Authority (PA) employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Law at the request of Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Participants [...]	2009-08-10 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PINS KWBG EAID PTER PREL IS KCRM
09JERUSALEM1392	FIRST FATALITY FROM H1N1 CONFIRMED IN THE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Health officials confirmed that the first death in the West Bank from H1N1 occurred on August 7. A 34-year-old man contracted flu-like symptoms during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Upon his return, he was diagnosed with H1N1 at a Ramallah [...]	2009-08-11 13:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON KWBG SENV TBIO KFLU
09JERUSALEM1394	FATAH CONGRESS: PRELIMINARY CENTRAL COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Fatah officials have released a "semi-official" list of the new Fatah Central Committee (FCC). Only four incumbent FCC members retained their seats in elections held August 10; the other 14 members largely reflect familiar Fatah power centers. The biggest surprise was Abu Ala' [...]	2009-08-11 15:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KWBG KDEM KPAL
09JERUSALEM1396	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/12): New Fatah Central [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1397	LETTER FOR THE SECRETARY FROM EVICTED EAST [...] (U) Members of the Hanun and Ghawi families, who were evicted from their homes in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood August 2 (ref),arrived at the Consulate General's Post 2 facility August 10 carrying a letter addressed to the Secretary. The letter describes the families' eviction [...]	2009-08-12 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1398	YESHA COUNCIL WEAKEND, NEEDS TO DELIVER TO SETTLER [...] (C) Summary. Although it emerged weaker from the 2005 Gaza disengagement and 2006 evacuation of Amona outpost, and is now challenged by a younger generation of radical settlers, the YESHA Council remains the strongest settler organization, according to ConGen contacts. One expert claimed t [...]	2009-08-12 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1401	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/13): Commentators Discuss [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1402	MORE CONSTRUCTION AT KOCHAV YA'AKOV SETTLEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. At least 12 new caravans have been "illegally" constructed in Kochav Ya'akov settlement since June 2009, according to ConGen's NGO contacts. PolOff observed 12 new caravans, which appear to be uninhabited. The Local Council of Kfar Aqab village, with the assistance of Israel [...]	2009-08-13 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PREL
09JERUSALEM1403	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/14): Time Has Come For [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 07:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM141	CONGEN FSN EMPLOYEE PLEADS FOR EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: PD FSN Essam Mattar called PD Chief from Gaza City by phone January 15 and begged for assistance to be evacuated from Gaza. He had fled earlier in the day from his home, which was destroyed by Israeli rocket fire, seeking shelter from Israeli military operations raging in his nei [...]	2009-01-15 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	AFSN KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF PTER KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM143	NEW LAND CONFISCATIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM AND WEST [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality informed an East Jerusalem family that ten dunams (2.5 acres) of their land will be confiscated to build a school for Palestinian children. A Municipality representative told PolOff the Municipality planned to confiscate land throughout East Jerusalem [...]	2009-01-15 16:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
09JERUSALEM144	ICRC SURGEON DESCRIBES CONTROLLED CHAOS AT MAIN [...] (C) Summary. ICRC surgeon Harald de Veen told donors and international medical NGO representatives January 14 that Gaza City's main government hospital, al-Shifa, has been functioning as well as can be expected and coping with massive numbers of injured. He said clinical staff are capable a [...]	2009-01-15 16:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI EAID ICRC KWBG KPAL PREF PTER GZ IS
09JERUSALEM1443	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/17): Internal Fatah elections [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 07:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM145	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 15, 2009, 1700 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: UNRWA's main warehouse of food and medical supplies was engulfed in fire and destroyed on January 15, as a result of IDF shelling. UNRWA suspended some movements in Gaza, but continued operations. Gaza City residents report that the IDF has taken control of several high-rise [...]	2009-01-15 17:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER MOPS
09JERUSALEM1450	FATAH CONGRESS ELECTS FRESH FACES TO FRC [...] (SBU) On August 16, the Fatah Sixth Party Congress released official election results for the (now) 81-member Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC). Voting resulted in a substantially newer FRC, with only 11 incumbents retaining their seats. Many newly-elected members are former First Intifada [...]	2009-08-17 14:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWBG KDEM PINR
09JERUSALEM1451	HAMAS CONFRONTS ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP IN GAZA [...] (C/NF) Summary. Fighting between Hamas-led security forces and Jund Ansar Allah during August 14-15 in Rafah resulted in 28 dead and over 120 wounded. Casualties included Jund Ansar Allah leader Sheikh Abdel Latif Mousa and senior Hamas member Abu Jibril Shamali. Gaza-based contacts said th [...]	2009-08-17 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG KISL
09JERUSALEM146	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/16): EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL - [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1461	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/18): President Abbas Chairs [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 06:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1463	TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXPLORES POTENTIAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director Carl Kress visited the West Bank in August to follow-up on WiMax and Internet data center studies, and to discuss new projects that would promote economic development and generate U.S. exports. Private sector representatives and [...]	2009-08-18 15:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1465	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/19): Palestinians continue to [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 07:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM147	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 16, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The IDF drew back from some parts of Gaza City on the morning of January 16 after heavy fighting and airstrikes killed a number of militants and civilians, primarily in the Tel al-Hawa and Zaytun neighborhoods. An IAF airstrike in northern Gaza City killed Hamas leader Said Si [...]	2009-01-16 11:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF AFSN CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1480	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/20): Egypt continues to work [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 08:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1485	UNGA ATTENDANCE FROM THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (U) In response to reftel action request, information regarding tentative Palestinian Authority (PA) attendance at the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting follows. A. (U) Attendance of the Head of State: PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will attend the UNGA meetings. Po [...]	2009-08-20 14:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA KPAL
09JERUSALEM1486	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/21): Palestinians await new US [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1488	EGYPTIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO PA ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian Representative to the PA Yasir Othman told D/SEMEP David Hale that GOE mediators made no progress during a visit to Amman and Ramallah the week of August 17. Gaps remain on a proposed factional committee, and may have widened on the issue of Hamas prisoners in the West [...]	2009-08-21 10:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1494	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/24): Settlement activity [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 10:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1496	PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY AIMS FOR "GOOD NEWS" [...] (C) Summary: The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA),in consultation with a number of Israeli counterpart agencies, is working to re-start Israeli social security payments to 750 disabled workers in Gaza. Recipients have been unable to cash their disability checks since Israeli banks ceased [...]	2009-08-24 14:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN EAID PREL PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1497	WATANIYA BOARD SETS SEPT 15 DEADLINE FOR SPECTRUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Wataniya Mobile announced on August 23 it will suspend operations, seek repayment of USD 140 million in licensing fees, and pursue damages from the PA if the PA cannot secure GOI release by September 15 of the 4.8 MHz needed for the mobile phone network launch. Wataniya Palest [...]	2009-08-24 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1498	SAUDI SUPPORT PROVIDES BRIEF RESPITE FROM PA [...] (C) Summary: The PA will be able to pay salaries through September and reduce its domestic debt slightly after receiving USD 200m in budget support from Saudi Arabia. The PA Ministry of Finance stressed the PA need for additional support from other Arab countries to make it through the end o [...]	2009-08-24 14:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG PGOV SA QA
09JERUSALEM1499	JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Plans for demolitions and new Israeli construction in several East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhoods are progressing, according to local legal and NGO contacts. Demolitions in Al Bustan and Abasiya could move ahead at any time, they claimed. Islamic Waqf contacts expressed [...]	2009-08-24 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1501	PA RELEASES TWO-YEAR PLAN FOR STATEHOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 25, the PA released a two-year plan for statehood that accepts the PLO's international obligations and commitments, endorses the two-state solution, and vows to establish the apparatus of an independent State of Palestine. It stresses that achieving a state in two ye [...]	2009-08-25 08:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL IS
09JERUSALEM1502	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/25): Prime Minister lays out a [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 09:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1515	HAMAS IMPOSES CONSERVATIVE DRESS FOR SCHOOL GIRLS [...] (SBU) Summary. The school year in Gaza began on August 23 with Hamas imposing a requirement for girls to wear conservative Islamic dress. Teachers and administrative staff were also directed to work segregated by gender. This follows a July order requiring female lawyers to appear in court [...]	2009-08-25 14:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL
09JERUSALEM1516	FAYYAD ON DETAINEES, NABLUS, AND INTERNAL POLITICS [...] (C) In an August 19 meeting with LtGen Selva and the Consul General, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad spoke out against detainee abuse by PA security forces. "We cannot accept the abuse or torture of people," he said. "It is a question of morality, not politics." Fayyad noted four deaths of det [...]	2009-08-25 14:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS PROP KJUS

09JERUSALEM1524	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/26): Prime Minister outlines [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 09:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1527	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/27): Press speculates on [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM153	FATAH GRASSROOTS LEADERS WANT TO "STAND UP" TO THE [...] (C) Summary. Fatah grassroots activists say Hamas will benefit politically from the Israeli operation in Gaza, diminishing Fatah's standing and forcing national reconciliation on Hamas' terms. They say the Palestinian public sees Fatah's choice of negotiations over armed struggle as having [...]	2009-01-16 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG KPAL IS GZ
09JERUSALEM1533	PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETS FOR FIRST TIME [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On August 26, the Palestinian National Council (PNC) convened for the first time since 1998 to fill six seats vacated by deaths on the PLO Executive Committee (PLO/EC). Three of the new members return to the seats traditionally held by their small factions. Two othe [...]	2009-08-27 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KDEM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM154	GAZA UPDATE - JANUARY 16, 1700 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hamas Political Bureau Chief Mish'al told a summit of Arab leaders (and the Iranian President) in Qatar January 16 that Hamas would not accept Israeli conditions for a cease-fire. Military operations in Gaza continued. Nine rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel as of 1600 l [...]	2009-01-16 17:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PTER KWBG ETRD MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM1555	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/28): Conflicting reports about [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM156	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/20): OBAMA's "ERA OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 11:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1560	IDF RAIDS BETHLEHEM RADIO STATION, CONFISCATES [...] (U) This message includes an action request in para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. On August 25, the IDF raided the popular Palestinian radio station "Bethlehem 2000," confiscating two transmitters. The PA Ministry of Telecommunications protested the lack of warning and coordination, and requested [...]	2009-08-28 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAO PREL KWBG KPAL IS PHUM
09JERUSALEM1561	UPDATE ON SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary. Ongoing construction was observed at settlement sites ranging from established blocs inside the separation barrier to Jordan Valley farms during observation trips conducted by PolOff August 21-25. Near Givat Zeev, just north of Jerusalem, construction continues on 300 additional [...]	2009-08-28 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1565	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/31): Indications of progress [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1569	ABU AL FATAH ON NSF PLANNING, COMMAND STRUCTURE, [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting in Ramallah, National Security Forces (NSF) Commander Major General Thiab Muhammad Mustafa Ali al Hamduni (Abu al Fatah) confirmed his long-term vision for the NSF: 10 US-trained "special" NSF battalions stationed at the governorate level and partnered with the ga [...]	2009-08-31 14:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM157	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 20, 1500 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza ceasefire largely continues to hold. A single mortar landing near Nahal Oz and some IDF bulldozers were reported in the central part of the Gaza Strip. Kerem Shalom and the Karni conveyor belt are open for humanitarian and commercial supplies. End summary. Crossi [...]	2009-01-20 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC
09JERUSALEM1573	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/01): Palestinians Continue [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-01 09:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM158	GAZANS RESILIENT IN REBUILDING THEIR SHATTERED [...] (C) Summary. With a cease-fire in Gaza, two Gazans, whose stories Post tracked throughout the 22 days of fighting, are picking up the pieces of their lives and their homes, focusing on the welfare of their families above all else, and getting ready to go back to school. In telcons with PD Off [...]	2009-01-20 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	AFSN KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF PTER KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1584	HAMAS PURSUES THREE-FOLD STRATEGY IN GAZA [...] (C/NF) Summary. In separate meetings August 27, UNRWA Director for Gaza John Ging and Gaza-based Associated Press reporter Ibrahim Barzak characterized Hamas' agenda in Gaza as three-fold: (1) imposing gradual social and cultural change in accordance with Islamic values; (2) seeking internat [...]	2009-09-02 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREF KISL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1585	YESHA COUNCIL SAYS NO EVACUATION UNLESS FREEZE IS [...] (C) Summary. YESHA Council Director-General Pinchas Wallerstein said that the Council would not discuss outpost evacuation unless a freeze on tenders for new settlement construction is lifted. If the freeze were lifted, he said, outpost evacuation could be negotiated on a case-by-case basis. [...]	2009-09-02 15:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1586	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1587	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1595	MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON PA RULE OF LAW, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 meeting, Minister of Justice Ali Khashan noted that international assistance in the security sector had outstripped efforts to build the capacity of the justice sector. He urged increased donor attention to the latter. He criticized of piecemeal approaches to [...]	2009-09-03 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KWBG ASEC IS
09JERUSALEM1596	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/03): Palestinians continue to [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM16	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: OCHA estimates that a maximum of 70 truckloads of supplies would enter Gaza via Kerem Shalom on January 2. Karni and Nahal Oz crossings remained closed, and the GOI did not permit entry of diesel through Kerem Shalom. Gaza City has been entirely without running water for three [...]	2009-01-02 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
09JERUSALEM160	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/21): OBAMA INAUGURATION USHERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1602	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/04): Negotiations Require a [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 09:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1604	CHIEF JUSTICE ON JUDICIAL CHALLENGES, MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 meeting, Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar discussed recent improvements in the Palestinian judicial sector, and the challenge of recruiting qualified judges. He praised Prime Minister Fayyad's support for enforcement of High Court orders and was critical of what [...]	2009-09-04 11:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWBG KJUS ASEC PINR IS
09JERUSALEM1605	DEATHS IN CUSTODY PUT SPOTLIGHT ON WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: The deaths of four Hamas-affiliated detainees held by PA security services since the start of 2009 has focused a spotlight on PA detention practices. Senior PA officials also express concerns about conditions in general-population prisons, noting that the PA's correctional syst [...]	2009-09-04 11:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1606	WEST BANK SETTLEMENT LEADERS FULMINATE ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Local West Bank settlement leaders expressed anger over a possible construction freeze in separate meetings with PolOff on September 2. Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman Shaul Goldstein said he gave up on the YESHA Council after Gaza disengagement and is now organizing me [...]	2009-09-04 13:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG IS KPAO
09JERUSALEM1607	PA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR WTO OBSERVERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The PA will seek full WTO Observer status prior to the WTO's October Ministerial, according to officials at the Ministry of National Economy (MoNE). The PA's decision to pursue observer status has been taken at the mini [...]	2009-09-04 14:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID KWBG PREL IS OVIP
09JERUSALEM1608	PA VIEWS JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE AS CRITICAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The PA-GOI Joint Economic Committee (JEC) met at the Ministerial-level on September 2 to discuss economic issues, including customs, visa restrictions, investor access, inputs for businesses, Wataniya, import of meat products, and marketing of West Bank dairy products in Jerusale [...]	2009-09-04 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL PTER PREL IS
09JERUSALEM161	NEW EVICTION ORDER THREATENS PALESTINIAN HOME IN [...] (C) Summary. An Israeli court issued an eviction order to an East Jerusalem family after a legal case that dates to 1998. The family has secured an extension of the eviction deadline and appealed to a higher court but fears that they will lose their home in the end. This house is close to [...]	2009-01-21 11:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
09JERUSALEM1614	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/08): Relations will not [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 10:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1618	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/09): The Obama peace [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 10:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1621	PLEASE TRANSFER TO HIGH SIDE [...] This is a test of transferring a a document to the high side 2. End test. RUBINSTEIN [...]	2009-09-09 13:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	ACOA AMGT APER KRIM
09JERUSALEM1623	PM FAYYAD: SETTLEMENTS AND PALESTINIAN ECONOMIC [...] (S) Summary: PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on September 8 that a deal on settlements with the GOI needed to be "inclusive" or otherwise risked undermining U.S. credibility. He noted that West Bank economic growth continued to exceed expectations, but warned that, abs [...]	2009-09-09 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV ECON EAID PREL KWBG IS QA KU SA
09JERUSALEM1627	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/10): New settlement units in [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 10:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM163	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing, the Karni conveyor belt, and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station are open on January 21. Ninety AmCits were in the process of evacuating Gaza through the Erez crossing as of mid-day January 21. UNRWA reports that it will seek to avoid a repeat of the Januar [...]	2009-01-21 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER
09JERUSALEM1630	PALESTINIANS RECEIVE LATEST EGYPTIAN FACTIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Abu Mazen received the latest Egyptian factional reconciliation proposal on September 9. The document calls for a "joint committee" with a broad but unclear mandate to oversee reconciliation before elections; allows for a delay in Palestinian elections until mid-2010; and propos [...]	2009-09-10 15:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAL KWBG IS EG
09JERUSALEM1647	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/11): Upcoming Special Envoy [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 08:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1649	AMBITION, LIMITATIONS IN EVIDENCE AT WEST BANK [...] Summary: PolOffs visited the Palestinian Civil Police (PCP) station in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyer in the aftermath of September 3-4 clashes between Palestinian villagers and Israeli settlers from a nearby outpost. The visit illustrated a gap between PCP ambitions and capabilities [...]	2009-09-11 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MOPS KWBG KJUS IS
09JERUSALEM1651	BARAK APPROVES CONSTRUCTION OF 455 WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary. On September 7, Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak publicly approved the construction of 455 new housing units in nine existing West Bank settlements. Issuance of construction permits represented the last step in the GOI approval process. Settler organization sources said th [...]	2009-09-11 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1652	NASER AL-QIDWA ON FATAH, PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary. Newly-elected FCC member Nasir al Qidwa said Fatah's abilities to overcome internal rivalries will determine whether it ultimately emerges stronger after its recent Congress in Bethlehem. He is skeptical that Fatah is prepared for new elections, despite favorable polls, and beli [...]	2009-09-11 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL KUNR IS EG
09JERUSALEM1653	YASIR ABD RABBO AND HANAN ASHRAWI ON PLO REFORM [...] (U) This message includes an action request for the Department -- please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: PLO Executive Committee (PLO/EC) General Secretary Yasir Abd Rabbo outlined plans to reform the PLO in a meeting with the Consul General on September 10. He said the PLO's role was never [...]	2009-09-12 12:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
09JERUSALEM1654	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/14): Palestinian factions [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 06:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM166	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/22): HOPES FOR OBAMA; [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 11:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM168	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 22 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing, the Karni conveyor belt, and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station are open on January 22. Nine AmCits and 24 of their immediate family members departed Gaza through Erez crossing. Water and sewage services remain limited, while UN food distributions continue [...]	2009-01-22 15:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER
09JERUSALEM1688	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/15): Palestinians react to [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1695	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/16): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 12:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1697	DEMARCHE: REINFORCING SPEAKING ROLE FOR ISRAEL AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 13:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPAL KWBG KUNA IS
09JERUSALEM1698	ABU MAZEN APPOINTS NEW INTEL CHIEF: POSITIVE STEP [...] (C) Summary. On September 15, Abu Mazen signed two presidential decrees authorizing key personnel appointments in the intelligence services, in a move widely viewed as an incremental but tangible step toward security sector reform. The decrees name current PA Military Intelligence (MI) Chief [...]	2009-09-16 14:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV PINR KWBG
09JERUSALEM1699	MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON QATAR TRIP, ZAKAT [...] (S) Summary: PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmud al-Habash called Qatar's recent decision to re-open the Qatari Charitable Society (QCS) in the West Bank under PA supervision a positive step. He said the memorandum of understanding (MOU) he signed with QCS gives the PA information on the [...]	2009-09-16 15:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PREL ECON PTER KWBG KPAL KISL QA IS
09JERUSALEM17	GAZA CONTACTS DESCRIBE A MISERABLE LIFE UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary. A wide selection of Gaza Strip political, business, civil society, academic and NGO contacts report fear of airstrikes, deteriorating conditions, minimal or no electricity, increasing food pressures, and a gloomy outlook for resolution of current hostilities. Several who are st [...]	2009-01-02 16:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM ECON EAID
09JERUSALEM1700	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/17): Negative reporting about [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 07:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1701	SETTLER VIOLENCE SETS NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Sources on both sides of recent settler-Palestinian clashes near the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyer provided conflicting explanations of what precipitated the event. This incident illustrates the difficulty in establishing ground truth on incidents of violence [...]	2009-09-17 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1702	PMA, UNRWA AGREE TO CONSOLIDATE CASH REQUESTS, [...] (C) Summary: Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir and UNRWA Deputy Director in Gaza Aidan O'Leary agreed to consolidate PA and UN requests to the Government of Israel (GOI) for cash transfers to Gaza. Al-Wazir and O'Leary also discussed Gaza's burgeoning tunnel economy a [...]	2009-09-17 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KWBG IS PREF
09JERUSALEM1703	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/18): Normalization will not [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 08:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1705	GAZA: LIMITED FOOD, FUEL, AND MEDICINE; [...] (SBU) Summary: Access to Gaza for goods through Israeli crossing points remains severely constrained. While there are adequate stocks of basic food items in Gaza, the lack of variety and continuing price increases are negatively impacting people's health. A lack of medicine is crippling th [...]	2009-09-18 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID PREF PGOV KWBG SENV IS GZ
09JERUSALEM1706	ALLEGATIONS THAT THE PERMIT PROCESS FOR GAZA [...] (C) Summary. A long-standing ConGen contact and supplier of agricultural products to Gaza, Rami Sabi, has requested USG assistance to secure a permit to allow him to keep shipping to Gaza. Since June, he has been unable to secure one of two needed Israeli permits for his goods, despite the f [...]	2009-09-18 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KWBG PREL GZ IS
09JERUSALEM1707	CONTINUED TUNNELING IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The settler organization ELAD continues to excavate a tunnel under the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to NGO sources, despite a stop-work order from Israeli courts. The organization is beginning to publicize its efforts, leading Muslim leaders to criticize the [...]	2009-09-18 16:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1708	CONTINUED TUNNELING IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The settler organization ELAD continues to excavate a tunnel under the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to NGO sources, despite a stop-work order from Israeli courts. The organization is beginning to publicize its efforts, leading Muslim leaders to criticize the [...]	2009-09-18 16:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM171	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/23): "INTERNAL DIVISION, A [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 13:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1711	PALTEL EXECUTIVES ON GAZA OPERATIONS, WATANIYA, [...] (C) Summary. Acting PalTel CEO Kamal Abu Khadijeh and Vice President Kamal Husseini claimed in a September 17 meeting that PalTel, the monopoly fixed-line and mobile provider in the West Bank and Gaza, faces several challenges, including a stalled merger between its mobile operator and Zain J [...]	2009-09-22 13:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL KWBG IS GZ PGOV
09JERUSALEM1712	PA HEALTH MINISTER ISSUES PRESS RELEASE ON [...] (C) On September 20, PA Health Minister Fathi Abu Mughni issued a press release endorsing the recently-issued UN fact-finding report authored by Judge Richard Goldstone. Abu Mughni, according to the press release, called the report an "explicit condemnation" of Israeli combat operations in t [...]	2009-09-22 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG KAWC IS
09JERUSALEM1713	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/23): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 06:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1715	TULKAREM -- IMPROVED SECURITY, BUT NO SIGN OF [...] (C) Summary. In a September 16 visit to Tulkarem, ConGenOffs heard from Palestinian refugees and business leaders that, while security has improved in the city, the local economy is struggling and has not benefited from any easing of internal movement, unlike other West Bank communities. Wit [...]	2009-09-23 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PTER ETRD ECON KWBG KPAL ASEC IS
09JERUSALEM1716	PALESTINIAN PRESS AND PUBLIC REACTION TO SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Local press reaction to the September 22 U.S.-Israeli-Palestinian trilateral meeting in New York was largely divided along partisan lines, with pro-Hamas commentators criticizing PA negotiators for participating in the absence of a full settlement freeze, and analysts aligned with Fata [...]	2009-09-23 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1717	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/24): Palestinian press focus [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 08:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1719	MUTED PALESTINIAN REACTION TO POTUS SEPTEMBER 23 [...] (C) Summary: Despite positive public comments by PA leadership in local media following President Obama's September 23 UNGA speech, mid-level Fatah contacts told Post that, while they welcomed the President's references to Palestinian statehood and the illegitimacy of continued settlement a [...]	2009-09-24 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS PTER
09JERUSALEM172	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (01/23): MITCHELL AS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 13:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1721	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/25): Continued Skepticism [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 06:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1739	RENEWED HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT CLASHES [...] (C) At approximately 7:30 a.m. on September 27, clashes erupted amongst Jewish worshippers, Palestinian protestors, and Israeli National Police (INP) on the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. According to former PA Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abdel Qader, the incident was sparked by the [...]	2009-09-27 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM174	FAYYAD TO DONORS: AFTER GAZA, PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called for national reconciliation in conjunction with a comprehensive plan to rebuild Gaza. He said that the GOI needs to allow in "more than food and medicine" and lamented restrictions on cash transfers that continue to [...]	2009-01-23 15:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KWBG IS PGOV
09JERUSALEM1742	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/29): Palestinians hope for [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 05:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1748	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/30): American Role in Peace [...] Hamada Fara'neh commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Reaching a settlement without a third party" (9/30): "It is not the first time that the US failed to forge an agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis, especially in regards to the final status issues ... It was unsuc [...]	2009-09-30 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM175	PA AGAIN REQUESTS CASH SHIPMENTS TO GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) has again asked the Bank of Israel (BOI) to approve the transport of banknotes to Gaza bank branches. UNRWA successfully transported USD 16 million and NIS 20 million into Gaza on January 20 and 22. No cash has been transferred from the [...]	2009-01-23 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG PGOV PINR PTER IS
09JERUSALEM1751	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/01): Israeli plan for a new [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 08:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1754	PROFILE OF AVIGAIL OUTPOST FOUNDER ELISHA MEIDAN [...] (C) Summary. On September 22, PolOff visited the settlement outpost of Avigail in the Hebron Hills and met with its founder, 30-year-old Elisha Meidan. Meidan, a new husband and father living in a converted bus, explained to PolOff that while he considers himself and his fellow outpost sett [...]	2009-10-01 16:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1755	PA SECURITY FORCES ON ALERT FOR FRIDAY UNREST [...] (C) On October 1, PA Minister of Interior Said Abu Ali assessed the security situation in the West Bank as "extremely tense" following September 27 clashes at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif (reftel). "It recalls the beginning of the second Intifada," he said, "when emotions ran very high. [...]	2009-10-01 20:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1756	LARGE SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL IN EAST JERUSALEM FACES [...] (C) Summary. Israeli developers are resubmitting for GOI review a proposed settlement project in al-Walajah (southwest Jerusalem). If approved and completed, the Givat Ya'el neighborhood would become the largest settlement undertaking in East Jerusalem in the past decade. Jerusalem Municipa [...]	2009-10-01 20:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1758	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02): Palestinians believe the [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 07:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM176	GAZE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 23 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom and Karni conveyor belt are open on January 23. The arrival date of a UN assessment team remains to be determined. End Summary. Crossings --------- 2. (SBU) January 23: Kerem Shalom and Karni conveyor belt are open. Nahal Oz fuel transfer station and Rafa [...]	2009-01-23 15:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER
09JERUSALEM1763	PA LEADERSHIP DISCUSSES SECURITY SECTOR REFORM [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Fayyad's highest priority in the area of security sector reform at present is to address allegations of, and prevent future, prisoner abuse. He convened NGOs on September 30 to encourage active monitoring of the situation, and threatened to dismiss any personnel [...]	2009-10-02 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV PINS PHUM PINR KWBG
09JERUSALEM1764	PA PRESSES ON WTO OBSERVER STATUS, BUT OPENS THE [...] (C) Summary: PA officials claim to have broad support for their bid for WTO observer status from other WTO delegations, while acknowledging USG concerns. PM Fayyad told the Consul General October 1 that he will not put the U.S. in a position where it must vote no on a PA request. He and his [...]	2009-10-02 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KWBG WTRO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1765	IDF SHUTS DOWN WORK AT WEST BANK QUARRIES IN AREA C [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF raided seven Palestinian mining operations in Area C near Bethlehem during the early morning hours of October 1, seizing equipment and stopping work. ConGen contacts note that this is the first time the IDF has acted against these operations in over a year, and expressed [...]	2009-10-02 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EMIN ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1766	RENEWED UNREST ON HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT [...] (C) Summary: On October 4, Israeli police clashed briefly with Arab Israeli protesters attempting to enter the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount platform in order to "protect" the al-Aqsa mosque from hard-line Jewish groups whom protesters believed to be organizing a visit. Arab Islamic Movement [...]	2009-10-05 12:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS KIRF
09JERUSALEM1767	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/05): Further Israeli actions [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 12:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1769	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/06): Palestinians question why [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 08:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM178	WEST BANK SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. New settlement activity in December and January included 184 new housing units in Etz Efraim, augmented infrastructure in some outposts, and progress on previously halted construction in Karmel. End summary. Etz Efraim Breaking Ground for 184 New Units ---------------------- [...]	2009-01-23 16:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PREL
09JERUSALEM1780	UPDATE ON RECONCILIATION DISCUSSIONS WITH GOE [...] (C) In the wake of an October 5 meeting between Abu Mazen and Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman in Amman, head of the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Saeb Erekat told Post that Egyptian negotiators had not shared a draft of the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement under considerat [...]	2009-10-06 17:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1781	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/07): Israeli actions at [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 06:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1786	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/08): Hamas threatens to [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 07:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM179	HAMAS RE-ESTABLISHES CONTROL IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Gaza contacts told PolOffs January 21-22 that Hamas remains in control of the Gaza Strip, opening public offices, restarting limited services, and deploying security forces in the streets. Contacts said Gazans are able to move freely and stores are open, but many are still home [...]	2009-01-23 16:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1790	JERUSALEM MAYOR BRIEFS ON AL-BUSTAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat informed the Consul General and Ambassador Cunningham on October 7 that the Municipality intends to roll out a development plan for the al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem sometime in early November. The plan calls for the demolition o [...]	2009-10-08 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1791	SEIZED HAMAS DOCUMENTS OFFER POTENTIAL INSIGHT [...] (S) Summary and comment. Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) seized four documents during the raid of a Hamas-affiliated think tank in Nablus in late September 2009. The documents were drafted by Nablus-based Hamas leaders and Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members in early [...]	2009-10-08 16:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG IS
09JERUSALEM1792	PA AND UNRWA EFFORTS AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL INCITEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In October 1-2 meetings, PA Minister for Religious Affairs Mahmoud al-Habash and UNRWA Gaza Director John Ging discussed PA and UNRWA efforts to eliminate incitement in PA mosques and Gaza schoolrooms. Al-Habash noted that the PA, which currently controls 80-90 percent of the We [...]	2009-10-09 04:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV KINF KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1793	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/09): Palestinians react to [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 11:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1799	HAMAS SEIZES CONTROL OF AL AQSA UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Hamas authorities seized control of Al Aqsa University in Gaza on October 7 by ousting the university's president after he departed Gaza for the West Bank. This move follows continuing pressure by the Hamas "government" to extend its control over Al Aqsa and other civil socie [...]	2009-10-09 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL
09JERUSALEM18	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 2, 1800 LOCAL: AIRSTRIKES, [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1300 through 1800 on January 2, at least ten rockets struck Israel. Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least five more Palestinians (including three children),while three others died of wounds previously sustained. The house of Imad Aql, a senior Izz al [...]	2009-01-02 16:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC MOPS KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1800	OPIC'S AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE, RISK INSURANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: An Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) delegation visited Jerusalem and Ramallah October 5-7 to further a number of projects, including the affordable mortgage and political risk insurance programs, as well as to expand the loan guarantee fund (LGF). OPIC estimates th [...]	2009-10-09 14:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1803	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/13): Palestinians exert every [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 07:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1804	FRAUD SUMMARY -- JERUSALEM [...] Semiannual fraud report for Consulate General Jerusalem follows, formatted per instructions in ref C. (A) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Jerusalem's consular district includes Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. JERUSALEM: Jerusalem's diverse population includes Palestinian residents of E [...]	2009-10-13 09:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ECON KWBG IS XF
09JERUSALEM1813	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (10/13): Palestinian [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS

09JERUSALEM1815	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/14): Egypt continues to work [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 09:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1830	ABSENCE OF ISRAELI VISAS HINDERS WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli immigration practices are limiting West Bank enterprises' ability to conduct business, according to contacts working on the planned Rawabi housing/commercial estate. Because only companies and NGOs registered in Israel can apply for Israeli work permits, West Bank compa [...]	2009-10-14 14:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV CASC CVIS PREL PREF KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1832	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): UN Security Council [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 07:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1834	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): UN Security Council [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 07:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1838	EAST JERUSALEM HOME DEMOLITIONS RESUME [...] (C) Summary. On October 12, Israeli officials demolished a Palestinian-owned house and dismantled several other structures in the Beit Hanina area of East Jerusalem. The demolitions were the first to take place inside the Jerusalem municipality in nearly three months. PLO official Saeb Ere [...]	2009-10-15 12:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1842	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/16): Hamas continues to stall [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 06:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM186	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/26): WEST BANK: "CLEAN, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 10:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1888	WATANIYA QUIETLY BEGINS OPERATIONS, AIMS TO CREATE [...] (C/NF) Summary. According to Wataniya Palestine CEO Allan Richardson (please protect),the second Palestinian mobile telephony operator quietly began operations October 16 on the 3.8MHz already offered by Israeli Authorities. Richardson stressed that 3.8MHz is insufficient for Wataniya's long [...]	2009-10-16 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ECPS EINV KPAL KWBG IS PREL
09JERUSALEM1889	FAYYAD ACCEPTS MINISTER OF ECONOMY'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. PM Fayyad accepted the resignation of Minister of National Economy Bassim Khoury on October 15, nearly two weeks after Khoury submitted it in protest of the initial PA decision to support deferral of the Goldstone report in the HRC. Sources close to the Prime Minister confirm th [...]	2009-10-16 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM189	ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLENT HAMAS CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. PLO and Fatah officials have alleged that Hamas is undertaking a campaign against Fatah members in Gaza, killing some, maiming or arresting others. Hamas has claimed it is arresting "collaborators" who passed tactical information to the IDF during the Gaza conflict. End summary [...]	2009-01-26 16:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KWBG KPAL IS GZ
09JERUSALEM1890	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) Summary. Since the Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007 and the subsequent establishment of an "emergency government" in the West Bank under PM Salam Fayyad, the trajectories of Gaza and the West Bank have increasingly diverged. In Gaza, Hamas has consolidated control, thanks to externa [...]	2009-10-16 16:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1896	REQUEST FOR WAIVER AND EXCEPTIONS, AMAWI BUILDING, [...] (SBU) Post requests that a waiver of setback and collocation be granted, as mandated by P.L 106-113, and exceptions to certain Overseas Security Policy Board (OSPB) physical security standards be made to permit the establishment of office space for the Post,s Public Diplomacy (PD),United Stat [...]	2009-10-19 08:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ABLD KPAL EAID
09JERUSALEM1897	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/19): Palestinians question [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 10:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM190	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): THE COSTS OF DIVISION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 10:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1906	ABU MAZEN EXPLAINS GOLDSTONE DECISION DURING NEW [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) took personal responsibility for the PA's handling of the Goldstone report during an October 16 speech to the Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC),and emphasized that he had acted at all times with the Palestinians' best interests in mind. He als [...]	2009-10-19 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
09JERUSALEM1907	OVERCROWDED PA PRISONS SEEK DONOR RELIEF [...] (C) Summary. PM Fayyad has consistently singled out reform of the PA prison system as his highest priority in security sector reform, to counter politically damaging allegations of abuse. (Reftels outlined Fayyad's recent efforts -- including replacement of senior personnel -- to address pr [...]	2009-10-19 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG EAID
09JERUSALEM1908	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/20): Palestinians skeptical [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 07:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1915	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/21): President Mahmoud Abbas [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 06:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1925	OLIVE HARVEST KICKS OFF, LESS VIOLENTLY THAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Post contacts say violence during the current olive harvest season has been lower than expected so far, but they offered different reasons for the decline. Rabbis for Human Rights, (RHR) Arik Ascherman said the IDF,s increased presence in Palestinian orchards adjacent to settle [...]	2009-10-21 15:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS EAGR KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1926	PA PRESENTS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR WAR [...] (U) On October 16, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a press release noting that Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had received PA Minister of Justice Ali Khashan and an accompanying delegation in Geneva. The ICC's statement noted that the court would "carefully examine" the issues [...]	2009-10-21 16:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV PREL KAWC KPAL KWBG PHUM IS
09JERUSALEM1928	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/22): Palestinians continue to [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 06:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1932	ABU ALA'A SAYS NEGOTIATIONS REQUIRE DEFINED [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations cannot resume while settlement activity continues, Palestinian negotiator Ahmad Quraya' (Abu Ala'a) told the Consul General in an October 20 meeting. Abu Ala'a urged the USG to play a strong third-party role in order to prevent negotiations from back-sliding to pre [...]	2009-10-22 17:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1933	CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM IN JENIN AS JALAMEH CROSSING [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 4, following the completion of USAID-funded structural improvements, Jalameh Crossing (on the West Bank-Israel border north of Jenin) opened on October 4 for Arab Israelis in personal vehicles to cross into the West Bank and back for the first time since October 2001. [...]	2009-10-22 18:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID KPAL KWBG IS PBTS
09JERUSALEM1934	PASF CRIME SWEEP EXAMPLE OF ONGOING LOW-LEVEL [...] (C) Summary and Comment. A recent two-day "crime sweep" by PA security forces (PASF) northwest of Ramallah exemplifies ongoing low-level security coordination with the IDF in the West Bank. PASF sources said they conducted the operation in areas under partial (Area B) and full (Area C) Isra [...]	2009-10-23 03:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KPAL KCRM MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM1936	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/23): Palestinian press leads [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 05:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1943	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/26): More clashes between [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 06:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1948	ABU MAZEN ISSUES PRESIDENTIAL DECREE CALLING FOR [...] (C) Summary. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a decree October 24 calling for PA presidential and legislative elections on January 24, 2010, and calling on the Central Elections Commission (CEC) to begin preparations for elections. During a joint meeting of the Fatah Central Committee (FC [...]	2009-10-26 14:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
09JERUSALEM1949	UPDATE ON OCTOBER 25 EVENTS AT THE TEMPLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Skirmishes took place between Muslim worshippers and the Israeli National Police (INP) around the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif compound on October 25, apparently triggered by rumors of an impending incursion into the compound by radical pro-settler elements. Unrest spread int [...]	2009-10-26 19:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KISL IS JO
09JERUSALEM195	IDF CONDUCTS PUNITIVE HOME SEALING IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) has refused to hear a case brought against the IDF for sealing the home of an East Jerusalem Palestinian who attacked the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in West Jerusalem in March 2008. The HCJ called the sealing a legitimate deterrent measure and a [...]	2009-01-27 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1950	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/27): President Obama's [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 07:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1952	PALESTINIAN BANKS DROWNING IN SHEKELS [...] (C) Summary: The inability of Palestinian banks to deposit Israeli shekels (NIS) into accounts in Israel is forcing a crisis, according to the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA). West Bank bank branches now hold NIS 1.4 billion in cash, exceeding the capacity of their vaults. The PMA has as [...]	2009-10-27 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1953	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/28): More Palestinian homes [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 06:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1956	OCTOBER 27 HOME DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality executed demolition orders on October 27 for five buildings (a total of nine housing units) in East Jerusalem, displacing or partially destroying the homes of 45 Palestinian residents. The Municipality also dismantled a tent in the Sheikh Jarrah neig [...]	2009-10-28 18:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1957	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/29): President Abbas speaks at [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 05:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM196	PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND HAMAS COMPETE FOR [...] (S) Summary: Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are competing for control over relief efforts in Gaza. On January 24, Hamas officials announced formation of a committee to oversee Gaza relief operations. Local NGOs in Gaza say Hamas has warned them to coordinate their activities with [...]	2009-01-27 16:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	EAID ECON PTER PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1960	ASSESSING RECENT VIOLENCE IN JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. While recent skirmishes on the Haram al-Sharif / Temple Mount over the past month are troubling, stabilizing factors have kept these incidents from sparking broader unrest. Neither the GOI nor the PA appear to be inciting violence, though individual leaders have been less rest [...]	2009-10-29 13:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1961	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/30): Secretary Clinton in the [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 06:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1964	USUN AMBASSADOR RICE VISITS WEST BANK REFUGEE [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 22, USUN Ambassador Susan Rice visited UNRWA facilities in Jalazone refugee camp and visited a Palestinian information technology company and a USAID emergency job program site. UNRWA staff and Palestinians interlocutors alike commented that while some improvements [...]	2009-10-30 14:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1965	DISAPPOINTMENT WITH RESULTS OF "JENIN PLAN" ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Eighteen months after the launch of the "Jenin Plan," local officials express a sense of pride in their own efforts, a mixed sense of economic improvements, and strong criticism of what they consider the GOI's failure to facilitate the plan. Governor Qadora Mousa and key securi [...]	2009-10-30 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1966	ISRAELI PROCEDURES AT USG-REFURBISHED JALAMEH [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Tel Aviv. An action request for the Department is in para 16. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) While new GOI personnel at the Jalameh crossing, north of Jenin in the West Bank, claim to be applying long-established standard procedures, their action [...]	2009-10-30 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ODIP KREC KTIA ASEC EAID KWBG PREL IS US
09JERUSALEM1967	WEST BANK POLLSTERS COMMENT ON RECENT PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. Three early-October polls showed a decrease in support for both Hamas and Fatah following the decision of PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to support a deferral of the Goldstone report. Palestinians still expressed greater trust in Abu Mazen and Fatah than in former Hamas P [...]	2009-10-30 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM KPAL KPAO KWBG PGOV PTER
09JERUSALEM1969	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/2): Palestinians disappointed [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 07:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM197	WEST BANK SECURITY: SIGNIFICANT IDF INCURSIONS; PASF PRESSES HAMAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) chiefs report persistent IDF operations in the West Bank since the end of the conflict in Gaza, including in Area A and using more agressive tactics. PASF officials expressed disappointment and frustration with the IDF operations, given PASF [...]	2009-01-27 17:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER ASEC PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM1970	FATAH NEGOTIATOR ON PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION [...] (S) Summary. Fatah knew in advance that Hamas would not agree to an Egyptian draft proposal for Palestinian reconciliation by an Egyptian-imposed October 15 deadline, according to lead Fatah negotiator Azzam al Ahmad, and Fatah retracted its own agreement after the deadline passed. Now, Abu [...]	2009-11-02 08:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1971	EGYPTIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PA UPDATES ON GOE [...] (C) Summary. In an October 28 meeting with the Consul General in Jerusalem, Egyptian Representative to the PA Yasir Othman provided an update on Fatah-Hamas reconciliation efforts. He said the GOE continues to press Hamas to sign a draft Egyptian reconciliation text, but does not anticipate [...]	2009-11-02 08:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1974	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/3): Palestinians skeptical of [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 07:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1975	REVISED JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/3): Palestinians [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1977	UPDATE ON EAST JERUSALEM HOME DEMOLITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality on November 2 executed three home demolitions in East Jerusalem, displacing 37 Palestinians, including 18 children, according to residents and NGO sources. Local residents told PolOff that the owners of the first two homes were not aware of any demo [...]	2009-11-03 13:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM198	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): MITCHELL AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 11:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1980	USUN AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN CIVIL [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with USUN Ambassador Susan Rice, Palestinian civil society in the West Bank agreed that donors' investments have not yet shown tangible results on the ground. As one participant put it, "money is not buying PM Fayyad love." Several participants noted on [...]	2009-11-03 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL EAID KDEM ECON IS
09JERUSALEM1983	PA SECURITY COMMANDERS CONCERNED OVER IDF [...] (C) Summary. In back-to-back meetings on November 2, PA National Security Forces (NSF) West Bank Commander Major General Thiab Ali (Abu al Fatah) and Palestinian Civil Police (PCP) Chief Major General Hazim Atallah expressed anger and frustration with what they described as un-coordinated Is [...]	2009-11-03 15:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1984	UNSCO AND UNRWA DESCRIBE CONTRADICTIONS IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with USUN Ambassador Susan Rice, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) Robert Serry and UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Director for Gaza John Ging emphasized the need to restart essential infrastructure projects in Gaza, inc [...]	2009-11-03 18:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PGOV EAID KPAL GZ IS
09JERUSALEM1985	MINISTER OF INTERIOR ASSERTS ROLE IN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a sign of the PA Interior Ministry's growing authority and role as the primary point of contact for donors, Minister Said Abu Ali chaired the first meeting in over a year of the Security Sector Working Group (SSWG). The absence of two key security chiefs -- National Security [...]	2009-11-03 18:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV KWBG KPAL PINS IS
09JERUSALEM1986	PM FAYYAD AND AMBASSADOR RICE DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with USUN Ambassador Susan Rice, PM Fayyad said the Palestinian economy is growing at an impressive pace, but can go only so far under occupation. Increasing private sector investment is only possible, Fayyad noted, if Israeli restrictions on Palestinian [...]	2009-11-04 04:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1987	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/4): Palestinians not convinced [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 06:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1990	WEST BANK BUSINESSES CAPITALIZING ON IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bank businesses are expanding, based on improved security conditions, greater internal freedom of movement, and an uptick in consumer spending. Business owners claim continued growth is dependent on easier movement of goods and people within the West Bank, as well as betwe [...]	2009-11-04 13:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1993	PA FORMALLY REQUESTS OBSERVER STATUS AT WTO [...] (SBU) Senior Palestinian Authority officials tell us that the PA formally requested observer status at the November 30 Ministerial Conference in a November 4 letter from PA Ambassador Khraishi to WTO CG Chairman Ambassador Matus in Geneva. The letter was delivered before the November 5 deadli [...]	2009-11-04 16:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL KWBG WTRO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1994	PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY LEANS ON BANKS TO PAY [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority paid October salaries to its employees in the West Bank and Gaza on November 4, drawing from the monthly revenue transfer from Israel and increased lending from local banks, and in the absence of additional external budget support. PA officials are ange [...]	2009-11-04 17:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KWBG PGOV IS KU AE
09JERUSALEM1996	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/5): Palestinian press and [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 07:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM200	Gaza's Aftermath: A Civil Society Activist's View [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 26 meeting with PD Offs, a leading Palestinian civil society activist, Hania Al-Bitar, expressed concern that the war in Gaza has radicalized Palestinian youth, causing them to turn away from peaceful activism in favor of violent opposition. She said Hamas has "won [...]	2009-01-28 14:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM2004	ABU MAZEN ANNOUNCES HIS DESIRE NOT TO SEEK [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a televised speech the evening of November 5, Abu Mazen announced his desire not to be a candidate in the next Palestinian presidential election. His speech was preceeded by two days of leadership meetings in which he privately briefed participants of his plans, [...]	2009-11-05 20:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2006	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/6): Palestinians disappointed [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 07:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2007	PRIME MINISTER FAYYAD ON GOI ROADMAP REQUIREMENT [...] (S) Summary. In a November 3 meeting, Prime Minister Fayyad outlined specific GOI actions that would, in his view, fulfill the GOI's Roadmap obligation to restore the situation on the ground that existed before the Second Intifada began. Fayyad acknowledged that the IDF had redeployed outside [...]	2009-11-06 08:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PINS PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM201	WEST BANKERS RELEASE PETITION CALLING FOR [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Palestinians from a range of political factions in the West Bank issued a petition January 26 calling for national reconciliation and a national unity government. Their stated goal is to generate pressure on President Abbas and Hamas leaders to return to discussions a [...]	2009-01-28 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2017	GLOOMY POLITICAL AND PUBLIC REACTION TO ABU MAZEN [...] (C) Summary: Following Abu Mazen's public statement that he does not want to run for another term as Palestinian Authority (PA) president, senior Fatah and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) members continue to urge him to reconsider, and so far seem unwilling to consider alternative ca [...]	2009-11-06 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2018	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (11/6): President Mahmoud [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2019	U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During the week of November 1, U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to 34 Palestinian Authority (PA) employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) decree. This was the third training course on AML offe [...]	2009-11-06 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN KWBG EAID KCRM
09JERUSALEM2020	OVERVIEW OF EAST JERUSALEM HOME DEMOLITIONS [...] (C) Summary. With many more homes built illegally each year than are demolished, an estimated 20,000 buildings in East Jerusalem -- one-third of the total -- are illegal. Permits for new construction are limited by municipal planning (since the 1970s explicitly aimed to preserve a Jewish maj [...]	2009-11-06 16:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2021	GAZA VS. WEST BANK RESIDENCY: A DISTINCTION WITH A [...] (SBU) Summary. GOI policy continues to differentiate between West Bank and Gaza residents, with the latter prohibited from living or studying in the West Bank. Even Gaza "residents" who have been in the West Bank for years can find themselves subject to immediate deportation back to Gaza and [...]	2009-11-06 18:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KWBG PREL OEXC KMPI IS
09JERUSALEM2023	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/9): Palestinians want [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-09 08:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2024	CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION'S PREPARATIONS IN [...] (C) Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chief Hanna Naser described preparations for presidential and legislative elections, scheduled for January 24, as "at an impasse" pending the results of ongoing Cairo-based reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas. Naser dismissed the idea that vot [...]	2009-11-09 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2025	"EXPOTECH" WEEK PROMOTES PALESTINIAN INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The annual "ExpoTech Technology Week" in Ramallah brought together representatives from international and local information and communication technology firms. The week-long exhibition, funded in part by a $139,000 grant from USAID, promoted international investment in the Pale [...]	2009-11-09 14:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAID KPAO KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2026	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES MORE EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) The Jerusalem Municipality served 17 more demolition orders on November 8, in this case on homes in the already-tense Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem. Of the 17 orders served, eight pertain to homes in the al-Bustan area of Silwan, which is the subject of a development plan propose [...]	2009-11-09 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2027	PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY ASKS FOR FUNDS SEIZED FROM [...] (U) This is an action request for State, please see para 3. 2. (C) In a November 6 meeting, PLO Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat asked the Consul General for USG assistance in securing transfer to the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance of USD 32.5 million in funds seized by Egypt in [...]	2009-11-09 15:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG KPAL PGOV KTFN EG AL
09JERUSALEM2028	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/10): Questions about where the [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 08:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2032	MINISTER OF EDUCATION DENIES PA TEXTBOOKS CONTAIN [...] (C) In a November 3 meeting, PA Minister of Education Lamis Alami argued that most of the incitement-related criticism levied against official PA textbooks cited out-of-date Egyptian and Jordanian textbooks, which the PA has since shelved or heavily edited. "The PA should be held accountabl [...]	2009-11-10 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL KPAL KDEM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2033	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/12): The Palestinian Authority [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 06:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM204	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): HOPES FOR MITCHELL'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 09:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2041	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/13): Palestinian Central [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 06:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2044	VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Visas Viper 2. The following information is provided for watch-listing purposes as the Department and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) deem appropriate. 3. The source for all Visas Viper submissions includes Jerusalem RSO sources, to include both Israeli and Palestinian securi [...]	2009-11-13 18:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PTER ASEC PINR PREL KVPR KWBG
09JERUSALEM2047	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/16): The Palestinian Authority [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 07:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2048	MIXED MESSAGES ABOUT PLO UNSC STATEHOOD INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 07:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS EG
09JERUSALEM205	CORRECTED DATE: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/29): HOPES [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 09:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2050	MIXED MESSAGES ON PLO UNSC STATEHOOD INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Palestinian officials have been sending mixed messages about the seriousness and speed of the PLO's call for a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution declaring a Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital. PLO Chief Nego [...]	2009-11-16 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2052	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/17): Palestinian Authority [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 06:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2063	PLAN FOR NEW ISRAELI NEIGHBORHOOD IN EAST [...] (SBU) NGO and Jerusalem municipality contacts separately confirmed to Post on November 17 that the Jerusalem District Planning Board approved the "Mordot Gilo" plan for construction of 844 residential units inside the Jerusalem municipal borders, and adjacent to the existing East Jerusalem s [...]	2009-11-17 15:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2065	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): Palestinian press [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 06:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2068	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): Palestinian press [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 10:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2072	TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOCUSES ON INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director Carl Kress visited Jerusalem and the West Bank November 10-12 to follow up on pending grants for the MENA Geothermal and Rawabi (reftel) projects, generate interest in the TDA-sponsored May 2010 MENA Energy Conference in Cairo, and [...]	2009-11-18 11:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2077	NEW EAST JERUSALEM DEMOLITIONS NOVEMBER 17-18 [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality executed demolition orders at five sites in East Jerusalem over the course of November 17 and 18, according to municipal, NGO, and local press sources. The demolitions are the most significant in scope since the demolition of nine housing units on Oct [...]	2009-11-18 17:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2078	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/19): Continued settlement [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 05:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM208	MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES THREE HOMES IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality conducted three demolitions in East Jerusalem on January 28, including a large building inhabited by 45 people. The building's owner said the GoI Interior Ministry had postponed demolition until March 31, but that the Municipality acted on its own. Ac [...]	2009-01-29 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2083	EAST JERUSALEM PROPERTY CONTROVERSIES ESCALATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the Mordot Gilo controversy (Refs A and B),Palestinian officials, local NGOs, and East Jerusalem residents continue to accuse the GOI and Municipality of Jerusalem of attempting to change the demographic balance in Jerusalem. In the past 48 hours, Post has co [...]	2009-11-19 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2086	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/20): Popular Campaign Against [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 09:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM209	CORRECTED DATE: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/30): [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 15:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2094	GAZANS FACE COOKING GAS SHORTAGE, HIGH PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary: Humanitarian and commercial shipments from Israel into Gaza in October continued at levels generally consistent with previous months. However, a serious shortage of cooking gas (used for heat and sterilization, as well as food preparation) in recent weeks has led to the closure [...]	2009-11-20 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID PREF IS GZ PTER
09JERUSALEM2095	PA BUDGET: UAE SUPPORT ARRIVES; EUROS PLAN FOR 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has confirmed receipt of a significant contribution of budget support from the UAE totaling nearly USD 150 million, that will allow the PA to make its payroll early this month, prior to the Eid al-Adha holiday. Based on numbers the PA has provide [...]	2009-11-20 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EUN KWBG AE
09JERUSALEM2096	RAWABI LAND TITLE RESOLVED, ON TO THE NEXT [...] (C) Summary: One of the primary hurdles facing the prominent Rawabi residential and commercial development project in the West Bank has been overcome, as the developer has reached agreement with major landowners on a land purchase price. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has taken legal steps [...]	2009-11-20 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EFIN KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2098	SIX PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL [...] (C) The head of General Intelligence (GI, or Mukhabarat) of the Palestinian Authority, Majid Faraj, confirmed to Post that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel detained the GI chief in the West Bank town of Salfit, Muhamad Abdel Hamid, taking him from his home the morning of November 20. Th [...]	2009-11-23 12:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2099	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/23): Progress on Prisoner [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS

09JERUSALEM21	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 4 [...] (SBU) Summary. No crossings were open in Gaza on January 4. On January 3, five truckloads of medical supplies entered through Rafah crossing, and seven medical cases exited there. OCHA contacts estimate that less than 10 percent of Gazans have electricity or running water, and the WFP report [...]	2009-01-04 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
09JERUSALEM2106	MUNICIPALITY DIVIDED OVER EAST JERUSALEM'S [...] (SBU) Summary: An impasse within Jerusalem's municipal government has again delayed the court-ordered evacuation and sealing of Beit Yehonatan (aka Yonatan),a seven-story apartment block built illegally by the pro-settlement Ateret Cohanim organization in 2003 in the East Jerusalem neighbo [...]	2009-11-23 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2113	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/24): Prisoner Exchange and [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2128	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/25): Contradicting Reports on [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2129	UNRWA'S November 2009 Advisory Commission Meeting [...] (SBU) At the November 17-19 Advisory Commission (AdCom) meeting of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA),Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd highlighted chronic funding shortfalls and looked to host and donor governments to consider innovative ways to finance UNRWA operations. UNR [...]	2009-11-25 09:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG JO SY LE
09JERUSALEM2130	PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS, ISRAELI SETTLERS CRITICIZE [...] (C) Summary: In the build-up to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's early-evening November 25 address announcing a ten-month moratorium on new West Bank settlement construction, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) officials issued a flurry of publi [...]	2009-11-25 20:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2131	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (11/26): PA Rejects [...] Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement of a 10-month moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank and the Palestinian rejection of it as a deceitful and manipulative move dominate the local media. (No immediate response to the proposal in Hamas media.) The failure of Hamas [...]	2009-11-26 11:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2132	WEST BANK SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM, TOME [...] (SBU) The GOI's November 25 announcement of a ten-month moratorium on new residential construction in West Bank settlements was the subject of continued criticism on November 26-27. Palestinian officials issued a stream of press statements arguing that the moratorium was meaningless without [...]	2009-11-27 11:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2144	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/30): [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 13:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2146	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/01): PA Calls on [...] Hani Al-Masri writing in Al-Ayyam under the headline "The Impact JERUSALEM 00002146 002 OF 002 of the Prisoner Exchange Deal on the Palestinian Map," urges Hamas to become more flexible after the exchange is concluded to focus on national reconciliation and achieving unity. Al-Masri opi [...]	2009-12-01 10:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM215	HAMAS CALL FOR "NEW PLO" ANGERS PLO, FATAH [...] (C) Summary. Fatah and PLO contacts responded angrily to Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Mesha'al's January 28 call for the formation of a new Palestinian organization to replace the PLO. Mesha'al said in a televised speech that the PLO does not represent "resistance" factions and has lo [...]	2009-01-30 15:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM216	GAZA HUMANITARIAN REPORT JANUARY 30 [...] (SBU) Summary: OCHA reported on January 29 that an average of 80 truckloads per day entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom since the ceasefire. The Gaza water utility cannot make needed repairs on the water and wastewater networks until the GOI allows the entry of essential spare parts. End summary. [...]	2009-01-30 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER
09JERUSALEM2161	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/02): EU Recognition of East [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 08:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2168	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/03): Settlement Moratorium [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 09:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2174	WEST BANK SETTLERS FEEL "BETRAYED" BY NETANYAHU [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's November 25 announcement of a 10-month suspension of new construction in West Bank settlements, Post contacts in the settler community voiced distrust of the GOI, anger at the USG, and a determination to resist GOI efforts to moni [...]	2009-12-03 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM2175	RECORD NUMBER OF JERUSALEM RESIDENCY STATUS [...] (C) An Israeli Ministry of Interior probe into the legal status of thousands of Arab residents of East Jerusalem led to the revocation of 4,577 Jerusalem residency permits in 2008 -- a figure equivalent to 53 percent of all revocations since 1967. NGO and Palestinian sources described the tr [...]	2009-12-03 15:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM218	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/02): PALESTINIAN ALARM OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 10:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2180	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/04): Will the EU Break Under [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 10:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM219	SETTLER ATTACKS IN HEBRON AND NORTHERN WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary. According to NGO B'tselem, Hebron settlers attacked three Palestinian women January 28. The IDF subsequently arrested two of the Palestinian women for filming the attack with a B'tselem-provided camera. In the northern West Bank, Havat Gilad settlers attacked Palestinian farme [...]	2009-02-02 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
09JERUSALEM2197	WATANIYA PALESTINE: ONE MONTH POST-LAUNCH [...] (SBU) Summary. One month following its November 1 launch, Wataniya Palestine has 80,000 subscribers and 300 direct-hire employees. Wataniya CEO Allan Richardson said that the GOI has given "assurances" to the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR) that it will allocate the needed remaini [...]	2009-12-04 14:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ECPS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2201	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/07): Will a Prisoner-Exchange [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 10:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2203	PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of the Interior Said Abu Ali expressed concern about what he called a "troubled and tense" political climate. He predicted, "a resurgence of settler attacks on Palestinians" in the West Bank, and noted that the PA had little control over these [...]	2009-12-07 13:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAL PREL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2208	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/08): Hopes Run High for EU [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 09:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM221	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing, the Karni conveyor belt, and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station are open on February 2. Water and sewage services in Gaza remain limited. The power station reduced its power output on January 31 due to a lack of sufficient fuel. The internal distribution [...]	2009-02-02 15:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER
09JERUSALEM2210	NABLUS SECURITY CHIEFS FIRED FOLLOWING FRACAS [...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the two principal security officials in the Nablus area on the recommendation of a committee formed to investigate a November 29 altercation between National Security Force (NSF) and Palestinian Civil P [...]	2009-12-08 13:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM222	FAYYAD DISCUSSES FINANCES, PLANS FOR PA ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: In a January 28 meeting with the Consul General, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad described his plans to involve the PA in Gaza reconstruction, and expressed concern about the PA's dire financial situation. He also expressed appreciation for the Obama Admin [...]	2009-02-02 16:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KWBG PGOV IS PREF PTER
09JERUSALEM2224	SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM: WEST BANK SETTLERS ANGRY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent GOI outreach to the settler community, Post contacts continue to express distrust of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and blame the USG for the current moratorium on West Bank construction. Meanwhile, most Palestinian contacts remain unimpressed with what they [...]	2009-12-08 15:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2225	A PALESTINIAN COMMERCIAL PROJECT IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The Arab proprietors of a significant real estate development in East Jerusalem report that the first phase of their project, encompassing 70 apartments, is now nearing completion. The project has taken more than a decade, due to the time required to secure the appropriate permi [...]	2009-12-08 16:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KPAL PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM2228	EAST JERUSALEM'S "OUTPOSTS" POTENTIAL FLASHPOINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 2,000 Israelis associated with religious-nationalist Zionist groups currently live in isolated outposts in otherwise Arab-populated East Jerusalem neighborhoods, such as Ras al-Amud, Abu Tor, and the Muslim and Christian quarters of Jerusalem's Old City. Anti-se [...]	2009-12-08 17:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2231	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/09): Ambiguous EU Statement: [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 10:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2232	BERLANTY AZZAM STUCK IN GAZA AS THE UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Lawyers for Berlanty Azzam, the Palestinian student at Bethlehem University who was arrested and removed to Gaza on October 28 by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),continue to pursue her case in the Israeli legal system. In recent weeks, there have been two hearings before the [...]	2009-12-09 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWBG PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2238	H1N1 ARRIVES IN GAZA DESPITE CLOSURE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 6, the de facto Hamas authorities in Gaza announced the first confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus. As of the evening of December 8, health workers confirmed 21 cases of H1N1 in Gaza, including five fatalities. End summary. 2. (SBU) On December 6, the Hamas "Minis [...]	2009-12-10 14:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID ECON KWBG SENV
09JERUSALEM2239	ISRAELI HIGH COURT PROHIBITS BERLANTY AZZAM FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Israeli High Court decided not to allow Palestinian college student Berlanty Azzam to complete her studies at Bethlehem University, following her arrest in the West Bank and removal to Gaza by the Israeli military on October 28. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On December 9, Is [...]	2009-12-10 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWBG PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2240	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/10): Abbas in Egypt and [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2244	NABLUS AREA BUSINESSES: CONTRAST BETWEEN CONSUMER [...] (SBU) Summary. Private sector contacts report consumer-fueled economic improvement in Nablus resulting from movement and access easings, new business from visiting Arab Israelis, and the continued payment of PA salaries. However, stone and marble companies operating in the area continue to s [...]	2009-12-10 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2256	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/11): Additional Funds For [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-11 13:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2257	MUNICIPAL PLANNING FAILURE ENDANGERS VILLAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of the village of al-Walaja, which straddles the line between the Municipality of Jerusalem and the West Bank, are in legal limbo. This is a result of the Jerusalem District Planning Board's February 2009 rejection of a town planning scheme for the village, the Aug [...]	2009-12-11 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2259	WEST BANK MOSQUE TORCHED, SETTLERS SUSPECTED [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-11 16:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG KIRF KISL IS
09JERUSALEM2260	WEST BANK MOSQUE TORCHED, SETTLERS SUSPECTED [...] (C) Summary. Before dawn on December 11, a mosque was set afire in the Palestinian village of Yasuf, south of Nablus, according to Palestinian Authority security officials. Local contacts and press report that Israeli settlers from Kfar Tappuach are suspected of the arson, which was the la [...]	2009-12-11 16:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KIRF KISL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2266	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): "Israel Has Replaced the [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 13:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2267	CORRECTED: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/14): "Israel Has [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 14:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2268	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): US financial support to [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 08:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2271	PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MINISTER OF INTERIOR POINTS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Interior Said Abu Ali expressed frustration at what he characterized as poor Israel Defense Forces (IDF) situational awareness and response time, in the wake of a December 11 arson attack on a West Bank mosque allegedly carried out by extr [...]	2009-12-15 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2272	PRIME MINISTER'S ADVISOR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: Hatem Yousef, former Palestinian Authority (PA) Director General of Customs and VAT and newly-appointed advisor on customs to Prime Minister Fayyad, stressed the importance of World Customs Organization (WCO) observership to Fayyad's institution-building efforts. He urged USG su [...]	2009-12-15 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2273	MAYOR BARKAT ANNOUNCES JERUSALEM RE-ZONING [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Knesset Law Committee met on December 13 with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat to argue against the implementation of a High Court order for the evacuation and sealing of Beit Yehonatan, an illegally-constructed apartment building in the East Jerusalem neighborhood o [...]	2009-12-15 16:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2275	FEW HEADLINES AS ABU MAZEN DEFENDS HIS STANCE ON [...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said little new on negotiations or his personal future in a December 15 speech to the opening session of a two-day PLO Central Council (PLO/CC) meeting in Ramallah, which convened primarily to extend his term as president beyond its expirati [...]	2009-12-15 17:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2276	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/16): President Abbas [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 08:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM228	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): PLO: "NOT JUST AN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-03 12:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2284	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/17): President Abbas: Peace [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 05:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2291	GAZANS IN THE WEST BANK; REPRESENTATIVE INDIVIDUAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The case of Berlanty Azzam, a Bethelehem University student arrested by the GOI and deported to Gaza (reftels),has attracted significant media and NGO attention to the situation of roughly 25,000 Gaza residents living and studying in the West Bank. On December 13, EconOff met [...]	2009-12-17 14:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KWBG PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2292	PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY POLICE CHIEF ON WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Civil Police Chief Hazim Atallah told Post that PA security forces were focused on settler-Palestinian violence and a possible upcoming large-scale prisoner release by Israel. He said that preparations to prevent the former and manage the latter are [...]	2009-12-17 16:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINS IS
09JERUSALEM2294	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/18): President Abbas: "There [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 08:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2296	ASSESSING THE "NEW" FATAH [...] (S) Summary and Comment. In the four months since Fatah (the historically dominant Palestinian national movement) held its long-delayed Sixth General Congress, it has made only limited progress on internal reform. Despite the initial boost he received from the Congress, Palestinian Authorit [...]	2009-12-18 12:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	ECON KDEM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR PREL
09JERUSALEM2298	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/21): Prisoner exchange deal [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 08:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2303	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): Prisoner exchange deal [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 06:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2307	PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials stressed the need to prevent settler violence from provoking a Palestinian response. They noted the difficulty of preventing and containing settler-related violence in flashpoints outside PA security cont [...]	2009-12-22 14:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL KJUS IS
09JERUSALEM2309	HAMAS INTERFERENCE WITH USG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) On December 21, Hamas confiscated two truckloads of USG-funded humanitarian shipments to Gaza, following a pattern of increased interference with USG assistance programs there. Over the last several weeks, Hamas has confiscated other shipments and otherwise harassed NGOs operating in G [...]	2009-12-23 16:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER EAID PGOV PHUM GZ
09JERUSALEM2311	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/23): President Abbas says he [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 05:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2315	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/24): Stories on "Christmas [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 07:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2317	IDF NABLUS RAID KILLS THREE, INFURIATES [...] (C) Summary: Following the fatal shooting of an Israeli settler on December 24, Israeli security forces conducted a large-scale raid into Nablus city center in the early hours of December 26 which resulted in the death of three Palestinian suspects. In the wake of the raid, Palestinian Aut [...]	2009-12-28 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2319	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/28): The PA continues to [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 13:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2323	IMMINENT PUBLICATION OF TENDERS FOR 692 NEW [...] (C) Summary: On December 27, Israel press sources reported the impending publication of 692 construction tenders for new residential units in three Israeli neighborhoods of East Jerusalem: 377 units in Neve Yaakov, 198 in Pisgat Zeev, and 117 in Har Homa. While the details of the tenders a [...]	2009-12-28 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2324	NEW PALESTINIAN CHIEF JUSTICE DISCUSSES [...] (C) Post met with newly-appointed Palestinian Chief Justice and Chair of the High Judicial Council Farid Abdullah Asaed Jallad on December 13. Jallad was selected by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas (Abu Mazen) to replace former Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar, who had reached retir [...]	2009-12-28 15:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KWBG KPAL KJUS
09JERUSALEM2332	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-29 08:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2333	GAZA'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY: FED UP WITH POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary. Gazans are broadly disgusted with political parties (both Hamas and Fatah) and are focused on day-to-day issues of survival, according to Post contacts in Gaza's business community, who remain confident in the resourcefulness and resilience of the business culture in Gaza. The [...]	2009-12-29 09:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PTER KWBG PREF IS
09JERUSALEM2334	PALESTINIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN MUSTAFA AL-BARGHUTI ON [...] (C) Summary. Mustafa Barghuti, who was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in 2006 as the head of the Independent Palestine list, believes that PLC and presidential elections need to occur in the upcoming year in order to preserve the Palestinian democratic experience and st [...]	2009-12-29 10:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2336	BETHLEHEM FATAH DISTRICT REACHING OUT TO MEMBERS, [...] (C) Summary. Bethlehem's Fatah District Committee is focused on reorganizing its ranks and improving outreach to district members, at least in part to prepare for future Palestinian Authority (PA) elections. Fatah should focus on restoring confidence and disciplining its members to avoid a [...]	2009-12-29 12:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAL KWBG PGOV
09JERUSALEM2337	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY REPACKAGES LATEST ZONING [...] (C) Summary: Jerusalem municipal officials briefed Post on December 23 on the latest version of Mayor Nir Barkat's plan for the redevelopment of the currently Arab-inhabited al-Bustan area of Silwan in East Jerusalem. Barkat's proposal calls for the demolition of 19 of al-Bustan's 97 homes, [...]	2009-12-29 14:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2339	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/30): Hamas says it did not [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 07:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM234	EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENTS BLAME SETTLERS FOR [...] (C) Summary. On February 1, eight Palestinian girls were injured when the floor of their classroom in an UNRWA school in Silwan collapsed. Residents of the area blamed the collapse on archeological excavations being carried out by the Elad organization. UNRWA is investigating the cause of [...]	2009-02-03 15:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM2342	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/31): PA Spokesman states that [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 08:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM236	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/04): FEAR THAT SEPARATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 10:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM239	PRESS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS E-1 AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. Israeli and Palestinian press reports on February 2-3 described GOI plans to develop the E-1 area between East Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim and highlighted approximately USD 50 million spent on infrastructure there over the past two years. The infrastructure described in the pre [...]	2009-02-04 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
09JERUSALEM240	GOI TO RELOCATE MIGRON SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. According to a February 4 report in Ha'aretz, the GOI will relocate settlers from the Migron outpost to a new location one kilometer east of the Adam settlement, northeast of Jerusalem. ConGen previously reported (reftels) that the Yesha Council and the GOI agreed to relocate [...]	2009-02-04 17:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PREL
09JERUSALEM242	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/05): "NO NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 09:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM243	PALESTINIANS SEEK USG ASSISTANCE IN REOPENING [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian contacts have asked the USG to encourage the GoI to allow eight Jerusalem-based Palestinian institutions to reopen this month. The institutions were originally closed in 2001, and the closures have been renewed every six months since then. End Summary. PALESTINIA [...]	2009-02-05 09:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM245	FRANCISCANS REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE PROTECTING [...] (C) Summary. The Franciscan (Catholic) Custos of the Holy Land reported vandalism against a monastery on Mount Zion and requested USG assistance to protect Jerusalem's Christian holy sites. A representative of the Custos told PolOff vandals accessed the monastery from the neighboring Cenacl [...]	2009-02-05 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM246	PA WORKS TO LIMIT HAMAS CONTROL OF SHIPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Transportation contacts reported that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Egyptian authorities are working to prevent Hamas from confiscating Arab-donated shipments of humanitarian supplies in Gaza. Contacts said that more than 1,000 truckloads of donations to the PA are waiting [...]	2009-02-05 15:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PREF PTER
09JERUSALEM247	UNRWA REACTS STRONGLY AFTER HAMAS SEIZES GAZA [...] (C) Summary. UNRWA announced that police in Gaza seized assistance intended for 500 refugee families from an UNRWA distribution center in the Gaza Strip. This happened after UNRWA refused to coordinate with the Hamas-run "Ministry of Social Affairs." Director of UNRWA Gaza Operations John G [...]	2009-02-05 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM249	DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM AND THE WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary. Israeli authorities conducted at least 20 demolitions of Palestinian property in the West Bank and East Jerusalem during February 1-4, the highest frequency of demolitions in the past thirteen months. Most of the demolitions were reportedly due to a lack of permits. A Jerusale [...]	2009-02-05 15:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM251	PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FAILS TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING [...] (C) Summary. Fatah sources told ConGen that the Preparatory Committee for the Fatah Sixth General Congress made no significant progress during February 3-4 meetings in Amman. Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) member Muhammad al-Madani said the meetings did not resolve any of the three key q [...]	2009-02-06 08:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM254	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/06): NERVOUS ANTICIPATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 11:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM255	Al Quds University Freezes Official Cooperation with [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the IDF operations in Gaza, the University Council of Al Quds University voted to put a moratorium on official cooperation with Israeli academic institutions. The decision was endorsed by the university President, Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, generally a strong advocate of [...]	2009-02-06 11:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS SCUL KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM258	GUNMEN STEAL UNRWA TRUCKS; UNRWA SUSPENDS ALL [...] (SBU) Transport contacts reported to EconOff late February 5 that gunmen connected to Hamas seized eleven truckloads of Arab donations containing rice and flour intended for UNRWA. The trucks had entered Israel from the Nizzana/al-Aouja border crossing with Egypt and then passed through Kerem [...]	2009-02-06 15:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PTER PREL PGOV KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM259	THE PA 2009 BUDGET, GAZA RECONSTRUCTION, AND CASH [...] (U) Summary: In a speech on February 4, Prime Minister Fayyad presented the 2009 budget and outlined the PA's plan for recovery and reconstruction in Gaza. The PM also announced a two-week delay of salary payments, in order to get assistance projects in Gaza underway immediately. The transp [...]	2009-02-06 15:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM260	SARI NUSSEIBEH AND NASER AL QIDWA: TIME IS SHORT [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with the Consul General, al Quds University President Sari Nusseibeh and former PA Foreign Minister Naser al Qidwa emphasized that time is short to achieve a two-state solution, and the risks of further Palestinian disintegration are high. Both dismissed th [...]	2009-02-06 17:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS QA
09JERUSALEM264	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/09): TURKEY'S "GROWING ROLE" [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM266	REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF SIX USAID ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that the Department authorize six USAID assistance projects in Gaza, including water and sanitation projects and the provision of plastic sheeting to elementary schools. The projects will meet urgent humanitarian needs for the population of Gaza. Authorization [...]	2009-02-09 13:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PTER PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM269	WEST BANK AND GAZA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority's (PA) counterterrorism (CT) efforts improved in the 2008 reporting period. PM Salam Fayyad's government engaged in efforts to control terrorist groups, particularly Hamas. Nevertheless, additional efforts will be required to dismantle terrorist groups in the Wes [...]	2009-02-09 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PTER ASEC EFIN
09JERUSALEM270	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/10): "ISRAELI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 11:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM271	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/11): "POLITICAL PROGRESS... [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 09:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM275	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/12): "A FIRST READING OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 09:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM277	UNRWA RESUMES AID SHIPMENTS TO GAZA [...] (SBU) UNRWA contacts told Poloff that UNRWA resumed aid shipments to Gaza. Forty-eight truckloads of food and non-food items were transferred by UNRWA through Kerem Shalom on February 11. 2. (SBU) The resumption of aid shipments follows the return on February 8 and 9 of 3,500 blankets an [...]	2009-02-12 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREF PTER UNRWA KWBG KPAL IS GZ
09JERUSALEM278	ISRAELI ELECTIONS LEAVE PALESTINIANS PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian political leaders, in conversations on February 11-12, expressed dismay over the results of Israeli elections. Most predicted a rightist bloc would form the next government of Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu as its prime minister. Several predicted a Netanyahu-led g [...]	2009-02-12 16:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM281	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/13): PEACE PROCESS - "BIGGEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM284	PA PLANS FOR MARCH 2 CAIRO CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the Cairo Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy on March 2, the Palestinian Authority has prepared a plan for the early recovery and reconstruction of Gaza. The PA's goal at the conference is to demonstrate that the PA is ready and able to take charge [...]	2009-02-13 13:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV PTER IS
09JERUSALEM288	PA OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON NEW WEST BANK MEASURES [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials have received briefings from the IDF about new measures to improve conditions in the West Bank. The steps include incremental access and movement improvements, more permits for Palestinian VIPs and workers, construction of additional [...]	2009-02-13 16:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM292	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/17): NEWS OF SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM295	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/18): "OBAMA - A TURNING POINT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 11:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM30	GAZA CONTACTS DISCUSS DETERIORATING SITUATION AS [...] (C) Summary. A wide range of political, civil society, and NGO contacts in the Gaza Strip expressed a growing sense of fear and desperation on January 4, with essential services almost completely cut off and the sounds of intense ground combat growing nearer to densely inhabited areas. ConGen [...]	2009-01-04 19:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM ECON EAID

09JERUSALEM303	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/19): "NEW ISRAELI OBSTACLES [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 11:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM308	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/20): "EFFORTS TO JUDAIZE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM312	Ministry of Education Agrees to Student Demands, Avoiding [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to an Education Ministry proposal to revamp the student loan mechanism, the Palestinian Student Councils' Union called for a general student strike at all Palestinian universities in the West Bank for February 22 and 23. The strikes were averted when PA Minister of Ed [...]	2009-02-20 15:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS SCUL KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM314	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/23): PALESTINIANS SEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM315	SETTLERS PROTEST AT FORMER IDF BASE NEAR BEIT [...] (C) Summary. Settlers continue weekly protests near the former IDF base of Shdema where the Beit Sahour municipality is developing a park and plans to build a hospital. The park is heavily-used by Beit Sahour residents, and USAID is funding improvements to it. Gush Etzion Regional Council [...]	2009-02-23 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PREL EAID
09JERUSALEM316	ISRAEL RESTRICTS ACCESS TO "SEAM ZONE" ALONG [...] (SBU) Summary. A series of IDF closure orders will restrict access for West Bank Palestinians to the "seam zone" between the separation barrier and the green line. The January 5 orders primarily impact lands adjacent to completed sections of the barrier in the central and southern West Bank [...]	2009-02-24 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM317	IMPRESSIONS FROM GAZA-BASED LES [...] (S) Summary. ConGen RSO LES who lives and works in Gaza City, said that Hamas remains in firm control of Gaza. He notes that local support for Hamas has decreased since the December 2008 - January 2009 conflict, but decreased support for Hamas does not mean increased support for the current [...]	2009-02-24 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	AFSN PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KISL EG IS
09JERUSALEM318	UNRESOLVED ISSUES REMAIN AFTER FATAH COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) announced on February 19 its recommendation that the sixth party Congress be held April 15 in Jordan or Egypt. In February 18-19 conversations with PolSpecialist, grassroots activists doubted that the Congress would be held as soon as April [...]	2009-02-24 13:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM319	PALESTINIANS SEEK USG INTERVENTION TO SAVE 88 [...] (SBU) Summary: The municipality of Jerusalem has reissued existing demolition orders for 88 Palestinian homes in the al-Bustan area of East Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood. An attorney representing many of the home owners appealed for USG intervention to stop the demolitions. A representati [...]	2009-02-24 13:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM320	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/24): "FACING A MORE HOSTILE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM321	PM FAYYAD: PA HAS IMPROVED WEST BANK SECURITY; [...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad met with six Congressional delegations February 15-22: Codels Kerry, Lieberman, Cardin, and Waxman, and Staffdels Eltrich and Diamond. PM Fayyad emphasized three common themes in his briefings: 1) the PA has improved West Bank security, and the GOI should cea [...]	2009-02-24 15:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER OREP
09JERUSALEM322	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/25): THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 06:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM326	PA RELEASES HAMAS PRISONERS; FAYYAD SAYS NO CHANGE [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) released 52 Hamas detainees on February 24. PM Fayyad said the 52 detainees were scheduled to be released because they posed no threat to the PA or Israel, but that the timing of their release was orchestrated by the Muqata'a in advan [...]	2009-02-25 16:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL CVIS IS KWBG
09JERUSALEM327	SEPARATION BARRIER CLOSURE RESTRICTS MOVEMENT [...] (U) Summary. On February 16, the IDF sealed a gap in the separation barrier between East Jerusalem and the West Bank municipality of al-Ram, and permanently closed the adjacent al-Ram checkpoint. Completion of the separation barrier and closure of the checkpoint in this area means that rough [...]	2009-02-25 16:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM328	FAYYAD LAUNCHES SHARM APPEAL, ASKS DONORS FOR HELP [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority (PA) released the summary of its "Gaza Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan" to donors on February 25. The PA requests USD 2.8 billion in 2009, including USD 1.3 billion in early recovery and reconstruction assistance for Gaza, USD 1.15 billion in direct budg [...]	2009-02-25 17:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM33	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/05): "WHY ARE [PALESTINIANS] [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 11:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM331	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/26): WHAT WASHINGTON CAN DO [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 10:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM337	CONSUL GENERAL'S MEETING WITH JERUSALEM MAYOR NIR [...] (C) Summary. Recently-elected Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat described his "businesslike" approach to municipal governance to the Consul General during a February 23 meeting, saying that he hopes to develop Jerusalem into a tourist haven using the "Disney World" model. Barkat said he wants to in [...]	2009-02-26 13:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG ABLD PREL
09JERUSALEM339	EREKAT TO CODELS: PA SEEKING A NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) Summary: PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat told CODELs Lieberman, Cardin, and Baird that the conflict in Gaza deepened the divisions between the West Bank and Gaza. Erekat said that Fatah and Hamas need to overcome their differences and forge a national unity government that respects pri [...]	2009-02-26 14:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KWBG OREP IS QA KDEM
09JERUSALEM340	"GOVERNMENT" IN GAZA REPLACES MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN [...] (C) Summary. The "Minister" of Local Government (MoLG) in Gaza removed the mayor of al-Zahra and the municipal council in mid-February, installing a committee of individuals associated with Hamas to run the municipality. Deposed Mayor Tarik Hijju, who is a member of Fatah, told PolOff that h [...]	2009-02-26 15:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER
09JERUSALEM343	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/27): UNITY AS THE ANECTDOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 11:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM359	PALESTINIAN FACTIONS BEGIN RECONCILIATION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, released a joint statement in Cairo February 26 following the opening of reconciliation talks. The statement said that five committees will seek to complete this work between March 10 and 30. Fatah and Hamas officials indicat [...]	2009-02-27 15:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM360	SOME ADDITIONAL TYPES OF GOODS ENTER GAZA, OVERALL [...] (SBU) Summary: International assistance agency contacts reported that the GOI has recently approved a slightly broader variety of goods for entry into Gaza. Overall access for goods into Gaza remains strictly limited, however. ConGen contacts said the GOI continues to reject many everyday it [...]	2009-02-27 16:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM37	WEST BANK REACTIONS TO START OF IDF GROUND [...] (C) Summary. Since IDF ground operations began in the Gaza Strip on January 3, the West Bank has seen continued demonstrations. Faction leaders, including jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, are calling for unity and joint protests. PA security forces (PASF) continue to prevent clashes [...]	2009-01-05 16:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GZ
09JERUSALEM371	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/02): "IS ISRAEL ABOVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 11:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM372	MAYORS BLAME CHECKPOINT AND EACH OTHER FOR [...] (C) Summary. Mayors of al-Khas (Khader Hamdan) and al-Nu'man (Yusif Darawi) villages -- in the Wets Bank south of Jerusalem and separated by the separation barrier -- blamed each other, as well as the separation barrier, for a late-2008 rupture in their joint village council. Darawi said th [...]	2009-03-02 12:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
09JERUSALEM373	B'TSELEM REPORTS PLANS FOR EXPANDED SEWAGE SYSTEMS [...] (C) Summary. NGO B'tselem has published on March 3 a report revealing Civil Administration plans for vastly expanded sewage systems in eight West Bank settlements. B'tselem claims the plans signal GOI intentions to expand the settlements themselves. Much of the proposed sewage system expan [...]	2009-03-02 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG
09JERUSALEM376	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/03): "GREAT RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM377	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/04): "JUDAIZING JERUSALEM IS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 06:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM378	UNRWA'S FEBRAURY 2009 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE ADVISORY [...] (SBU) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) convened an Extraordinary Session of the Advisory Commission in Amman, Jordan on February 17. UNRWA underlined its dire financial situation and provided an update on its operations in Gaza. UNRWA a [...]	2009-03-04 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL
09JERUSALEM38	GAZA CONTACTS DESCRIBE DANGERS AND HARDSHIP CAUGHT [...] (C) Summary: On the third day of IDF ground operations in Gaza, ConGen contacts gave various accounts of life in Gaza, including a home eviction by Hamas, a midnight IDF phone call, and the inability to move between the north and south. End Summary. AMIDEAST EMPLOYEE IN RAFAH FORCED TO EVAC [...]	2009-01-05 16:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM ECON EAID
09JERUSALEM381	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/05): PALESTINIANS: [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-05 07:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM385	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ORDERS DEMOLITION OF 55 [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality issued demolition orders on March 3 for 55 apartments located in five buildings in the Ras Khamis area of East Jerusalem, stating that the buildings were constructed without a permit. The Consul General called Jerusalem Mayor Barkat on March 4 to exp [...]	2009-03-05 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG
09JERUSALEM386	WATANIYA MOBILE PHONE LAUNCH DELAYED INDEFINITELY [...] (C) Summary: Wataniya Palestine CEO Allan Richardson told Econoffs that the failure of the GOI to allocate sufficient frequency for Wataniya, as required by a July 2008 agreement, has now indefinitely postponed the launch of the service. In addition, as of March 4, the majority of equipment i [...]	2009-03-06 08:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM389	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/06): PALESTINIANS QUESTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM39	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: JANUARY 5 - LIMITED FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Limited humanitarian shipments and fuel passed into Gaza on January 5. Distribution within Gaza was restricted due to the security situation. Gaza City is increasingly isolated, with movement (including of ambulances) and communication to the south restricted. Gaza City resi [...]	2009-01-05 17:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ETRD IS KWBG PHUM PREF
09JERUSALEM399	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/09): PALESTINIANS ANALYZE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 09:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM402	PRIME MINISTER FAYYAD ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION [...] (S) Summary. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad announced his government's resignation on March 7, to take effect upon formation of a new government, but in no event later than March 31. Fayyad said he is resigning to facilitate formation of a new government. Fatah-affiliated [...]	2009-03-09 11:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM405	PA SENDING FEWER REFERRALS TO ISRAEL; ACCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) is reducing medical referrals to Israeli hospitals, according to the PA Deputy Minister of Health. Referrals continue to East Jerusalem hospitals, which have suffered in recent years due to the closure regime. Following months of negotiations with [...]	2009-03-09 11:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
09JERUSALEM41	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/06): GAZA -- ANOTHER EPISODE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 11:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM42	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 6, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli ground forces continued military operations on January 6 in Gaza. The IDF largely encircled Gaza City and fought militants, but did not enter heavily populated areas. Contacts report IDF forces approaching the southern city of Khan Yunis. Airstrikes and naval bombard [...]	2009-01-06 12:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM44	SUCCESSFUL EVACUATION OF AMCITS, FAMILIES FROM GAZA [...] (U) SUMMARY. On January 2, ConGen Jerusalem successfully evacuated 27 AMCITs and AMCIT family members from Gaza. The evacuees transited through Jordan en route to their final destinations. Post continues to receive calls from additional AMCITs in Gaza seeking assistance in leaving. END SUMMA [...]	2009-01-06 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CVIS KWBG PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM440	AID SHIPMENTS TO GAZA CONTINUE, AD HOC RULES [...] (SBU) Summary: International assistance agencies and NGO contacts report that unclear rules and ad hoc decision-making continue to hamper delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. For example, a high-level GOI decision was required to allow USG-provided jam and halva to enter Gaza, but the exempt [...]	2009-03-09 12:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM443	SECRETARY CLINTON INTERVIEW WITH PALESTINIAN YOUTH TV [...] (U) SUMMARY: A record number of Palestinian viewers tuned into the March 8 airing of the Palestinian Youth television program, "Ali Soutik", to see the program's interview with Secretary Clinton. Popular reaction was overwhelmingly positive to the interview, which was taped during the Secretar [...]	2009-03-10 07:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM444	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES 58 ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian sources informed Post about an additional 56 demolition and two evacuation orders issued by the Jerusalem municipality between March 5 and March 9. Palestinian officials told the Consul General that Israel has adopted a policy of "escalation" in East Jerusalem that co [...]	2009-03-10 08:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM446	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/10): PALESTINIANS HOPE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 10:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM448	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/11): A CALL TO KEEP FAYYAD IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 10:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM454	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/12): HOPES FOR GREATER ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 09:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM46	PA SECURITY CHIEFS DISCUSS GAZA CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. PA security chiefs told PolFSN on January 6 that the security situation in the West Bank remains under control, and that the PA's reputation depends on how the crisis in Gaza is resolved. End summary. 2. (C) National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab al-Ali (Abu al-F [...]	2009-01-06 17:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GZ
09JERUSALEM461	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/13): PALESTINIANS CALL ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 07:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM464	JERUSALEM MAYOR EXPLAINS "MISCOMMUNICATION" OVER [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat invited the Consul General to his office March 12 to explain the "miscommunication" over home demolitions during Secretary Clinton's March 2-4 visit. Barkat said the issuance of demolition orders during the Secretary's visit was simply a matter of "po [...]	2009-03-13 13:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM465	PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: SIGNIFICANT GAPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 10, Palestinian reconciliation talks began in Cairo. The talks are structured around five committees: 1) PA government formation; 2) PLO reform; 3) PA security services; 4) elections; and 5) internal reconciliation. As of March 13, significant gaps became evident on ke [...]	2009-03-13 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL EG
09JERUSALEM466	PA'S HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION PLAN HINGES ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) has moved quickly to put in place a program to assist Gaza residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed during IDF operations in January. The USD 350 million PA plan, designed by PM Fayyad, would put money directly into the hands of individuals [...]	2009-03-13 15:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM47	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: JANUARY 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: WFP contacts report that 59 truckloads of humanitarian and commercial shipments entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom crossing on January 6. A limited shipment of industrial fuel was delivered to the Gaza power plant, which remains shut down due to insufficient fuel supplies. Movement [...]	2009-01-06 17:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD IS KWBG PHUM PREF
09JERUSALEM475	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/16): "WAITING FOR AGREEMENT" [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 13:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM476	PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: CORE ISSUES REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Significant gaps remain on core issues in the reconciliation talks in Cairo, although there is some agreement on secondary issues, according to Fatah and independent sources. Continued Egyptian pressure, including discussion of a signing ceremony for an agreement March 22, is hav [...]	2009-03-16 16:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL EG
09JERUSALEM479	IDF REPLACES BEIT IBA CHECKPOINT, PALESTINIANS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 15, the IDF dismantled the Beit Iba checkpoint west of Nablus and replaced it with a new checkpoint about two kilometers away (reftel). ConGen contacts reported that permits are not currently required at the new checkpoint, resulting in some easing of north-south trave [...]	2009-03-17 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER
09JERUSALEM48	WEST BANK POLITICAL FIGURES GIVE THE PA MIXED [...] (C) Summary. West Bank political figures told ConGen that their constituencies are frustrated and angry with Israeli military operations in Gaza. They gave a mixed review of the PA's handling of the crisis, but suggested that PA President Abbas (Abu Mazen) can only lose Palestinian support [...]	2009-01-06 18:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GZ
09JERUSALEM480	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/17): A CALL FOR A [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM481	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/18): THEORIES ON WHO IS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 11:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM487	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/19): "DIMINISHING CHANCES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM489	GAZA: TUNNEL ACTIVITY PICKS UP AS RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: ConGen contacts in Gaza report that smuggling into Gaza via the tunnels is increasing. Contacts say that large shipments of fuel, food, and electronics from Egypt were transferred into Gaza March 14-19. At the same time, the GOI and Hamas are each making it difficult for aid [...]	2009-03-19 14:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PREL EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER EG
09JERUSALEM49	AS IDF MOVES IN, GAZA CONTACTS EXPRESS ANGER AND [...] (SBU) Summary. A wide range of ConGen Gaza contacts showed signs of increased trauma as they recounted a night of heavy IDF bombardment, an attempt by militants to fire rockets from civilian areas, and shortages of essential materials, including food, water, and fuel. Contacts expressed mount [...]	2009-01-06 18:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IS KWBG MOPS PHUM
09JERUSALEM490	IDF ARRESTS HAMAS POLITICAL FIGURES IN THE WEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The IDF arrested 20 senior Hamas officials in the West Bank overnight on March 18-19. The IDF also re-arrested a separate set of lower-profile Hamas during the week of March 9. Both Hamas and the PA President's office put out statements criticizing the arrests. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-03-19 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM491	GOI DEMOLISHES WEST BANK RESIDENCES, DISPLACING 25 [...] (C) Summary. Israeli authorities demolished four structures on March 18, three of them residential, displacing 25 Palestinians in the village of al-'Azariya in the West Bank, just outside Jerusalem. One house was on the Palestinian side of the barrier, in a built-up area of al-'Azariya. Th [...]	2009-03-19 16:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM498	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/20): "WHAT COMES AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM50	HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR GAZA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. Situation --------- 2. (SBU) The Israeli Defense Forces initiated military action against Hamas in the Gaza strip on December 27. IDF ground forces entered Gaza on January 3. Since the initiation of military action, large numbers of ci [...]	2009-01-06 18:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM501	UPDATE ON DEMOLITIONS AND EVICTIONS IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. In recent days, there have been new press reports about plans for additional demolitions in East Jerusalem. Jerusalem Municipality contacts have stated that these developments are all part of the normal, legal operation of the city, but they have also confirmed Mayor Barkat's i [...]	2009-03-20 15:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM502	MUGHRABI GATE PLANS ONE STEP CLOSER TO APPROVAL [...] (C) Summary. A senior Jerusalem municipal planning official said that the Israeli National Planning Committee has approved the District Committee's recommendation for plans for the Mughrabi Gate ramp, bringing the ramp one step closer to construction. She said the final steps of the process [...]	2009-03-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM503	POSSIBLE 65-UNIT EXPANSION OF NABLUS-AREA [...] (C) Summary. The mayor of Burin, a Palestinian village near Nablus adjacent to the Har Bracha settlement, says he believes ongoing land clearing operations begun three weeks ago are part of a plan for 65 new housing units in Bracha. The mayor said Palestinian laborers working in the village [...]	2009-03-20 15:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM506	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/23): PALESTINIANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 11:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM51	PA MINISTER FEARS FOR HER GAZA FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PA Cabinet Minister Tahani Abu Daqqa (please protect) told PD chief she greatly fears for the safety of her family in Gaza, who are sheltered in a single home in Abasan village. On the night of January 5, Israeli missiles struck the center of the village, shattering all the win [...]	2009-01-07 05:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAO KINR IS PREL
09JERUSALEM516	BLOCKED IMPORTS CRIMP WEST BANK INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary: Israeli restrictions on imports to the West Bank are limiting Palestinian production and manufacturing activities, even at established facilities. Some of the problems are long-standing, but Palestinian businesses report the GOI has tightened access to particular materials, incl [...]	2009-03-23 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD BEXP IS KWBG EINV EAGR PREL
09JERUSALEM522	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/24): PALESTINIANS SEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM528	PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: EGYPT INVITING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 24, Fatah officials reported that Egypt is inviting senior Fatah and Hamas representatives to reconvene on April 1 in Cairo to address the key outstanding Palestinian reconciliation issues: PA government formation, PLO reform, elections, and PA security service reform. EN [...]	2009-03-24 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL EG
09JERUSALEM546	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/25): PONDERING THE IMPACT OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 08:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM549	PA RUNNING SHORT OF CASH (AGAIN) [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials from the PA Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister's Office report that the PA will not be able to make salary payments in early April without an immediate and sizeable influx of donor money. External budget support through the first three months of 2009 is runni [...]	2009-03-25 11:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM561	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/26): PALESTINIANS ASSERT ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 11:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM562	ISRAELI HIGH COURT PRESSES GOI ON WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) issued a conditional order on March 24 seeking to compel the IDF to execute demolition orders on nine houses in Ofra settlement built on private, Palestinian-owned land. DefMin Ehud Barak had previously informed the HCJ that he would not [...]	2009-03-26 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM563	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/27): PALESTINIANS SEE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 05:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM572	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/30): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 10:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM574	ISRAELI POLICE SHUT DOWN EAST JERUSALEM CULTURAL [...] (C) Summary. Israeli National Police (INP) prevented several Palestinian cultural events from taking place in East Jerusalem on March 21-26. These events were part of the Arab League's "Arab Cultural Capital" (ACC) program. Local contacts said that not all of these cultural events received [...]	2009-03-30 14:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09JERUSALEM575	PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: FATAH NEGOTIATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Palestinian reconciliation talks are set to resume April 1-2 in Cairo. In public statements, HAMAS officials have hardened their position against accepting prior PLO agreements and Quartet principles, specifically regarding recognition of Israel. In addition, Hamas is demanding [...]	2009-03-30 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL EG
09JERUSALEM578	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/31): PALESTINIANS REMIND ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 10:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM580	FATAH SIXTH GENERAL CONGRESS: DELAY LIKELY AS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Preparatory Committee for the Fatah Sixth General Congress is not likely to complete planning in time to stage the event April 15, according to senior Fatah sources. The venue, participation lists, and political platform all remain unresolved despite a renewed determinati [...]	2009-03-31 10:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IS KDEM KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM585	INL Assistant Secretary Johnson's Meetings in the West [...] (U) Summary. INL Assistant Secretary Johnson's March 15 visit to the West Bank gave him an opportunity to underscore U.S. support for Palestinian security forces training programs. He visited Palestinian security sector reform projects funded by INL, attended the opening of the new Presidenti [...]	2009-03-31 14:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KWBG KPAL KPAO
09JERUSALEM587	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/31): PALESTINIANS: CULTURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 06:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM59	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 1 [...] (SBU) Summary: OCHA estimated that 80 truckloads of supplies would enter Gaza via Kerem Shalom on January 1, including three truckloads of medical supplies. Karni and Nahal Oz were closed by the GOI for the sixth consecutive day, and will remain closed for security issues, according to UNRWA. [...]	2009-01-07 09:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
09JERUSALEM597	Rival Palestinian Political Factions Claim Victory In UNRWA [...] (SBU) Summary. Competing statements have described UNRWA's employee union triennial elections, for which results were released March 25, as a "victory" for either Hamas or "the PLO." UNRWA and Palestinian contacts maintain that candidates for employee union offices do not run on party platfor [...]	2009-04-01 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM599	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/02): "NETANYAHU CHANGES THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM6	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/02): "The Peace Process is [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-02 11:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM600	PALESTINIAN REACTION TO FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. In response to an April 1 statement by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman that Israel is not obligated by the Annapolis process, PA officials labeled Lieberman "an obstacle to peace" and called on the U.S. to ensure that the new Israeli government commits to previous ag [...]	2009-04-02 14:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM601	NEXT STEPS ON PA GOVERNMENT; FAYYAD REMAINS IN [...] (C) Summary. According to sources in the President's office and close to Fatah leadership, President Abbas and PM Fayyad will consult on April 2 or 3 about next steps for forming a new PA government. Abu Mazen made public statements on April 1 indicating his intent to consult with Egyptian [...]	2009-04-02 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
09JERUSALEM602	PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: FATAH-HAMAS TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Fatah and Hamas delegations held more than six hours of discussions in Cairo on the opening day of a second round of reconciliation talks April 1. Their discussions focused on Hamas' proposal to create an interim PLO body. Senior Fatah officials said Hamas' positions have not [...]	2009-04-02 14:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM61	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 7, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli ground operations and air strikes continued on the morning of January 7 after what Gaza-based contacts described as a relatively quiet night. Ground forces continued to fight militants around Gaza City, and moved closer to Khan Yunis without entering the city. Airstri [...]	2009-01-07 11:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM610	UXO DISPOSAL IN GAZA STALLED [...] (C) Summary. Unexploded ordnance (UXO) removal by the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Gaza has stalled after coordination failures between the UN and Hamas, and between the UN and the IDF, according to UNMAS Gaza's Program Manager. He explained that tens of thousands of pounds of unexplod [...]	2009-04-03 09:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PHUM PTER KWBG KPAL KHDP IS GZ
09JERUSALEM611	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/03): PALESTINIANS SEE NEED [...] According to the report, the meeting comes within the framework of Consulate support for the Palestinian economy and private sector. In other coverage of Consulate activities, an Al- Quds' inside page reports that U.S. Consulate General staff donated more than 800 books to the RISOL Community [...]	2009-04-03 09:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM613	PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: LATEST ROUND OF TALKS [...] (C) Summary. The latest round of Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas ended in Cairo on April 2, less than 72 hours after they began. The talks are expected to resume in two to three weeks. Fatah sought publicly to portray Hamas as intransigent in refusing to go a [...]	2009-04-03 10:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM614	MOVEMENT AND ACCESS EASIER IN WESTERN NABLUS, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Nablus on April 1, ConGenOffs observed an improvement in movement and access on the west side of Nablus. The former checkpoint at Beit Iba has been completely dismantled, and permits still are not required at its replacement checkpoint two kilometers to the w [...]	2009-04-03 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD KWBG IS PINR
09JERUSALEM615	ATTACK KILLS ONE CHILD, INJURES ANOTHER IN WEST [...] (C) Summary. A Palestinian armed with an ax killed one child and injured a second at Bat Ayin settlement, southwest of Bethlehem, on April 2. The Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu the same day to encourage Netanyahu to strengthen the [...]	2009-04-03 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG PTER

09JERUSALEM616	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/06): PALESTINIANS: PEACE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 10:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM618	FAYYAD INTERVENES IN TELCOM ISSUES [...] (C) Summary and Comment. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has intervened in a series of telecommunications issues, including the PalTel Group's request for an extension of its mobile telephone license, a potential merger between PalTel and regional mobile provider Zain, and the frequency and in [...]	2009-04-06 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ECPS PGOV PREL EINV KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM62	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/07): GAZA - "A FASCIST WAR" [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM620	ATERET COHANIM TAKES OVER PALESTINIAN HOME IN [...] (C) Summary. Ateret Cohanim members took over an Old City residence early April 2, claiming they had bought the property, according to Jerusalem lawyer Danny Siedemann. The Palestinian resident Naser Jaber disputed this claim, saying he won a court case challenging his ownership several yea [...]	2009-04-06 13:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG
09JERUSALEM623	PA PAYS WEST BANK SALARIES, GAZA SALARIES ON HOLD [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid civil servant and security salaries in the West Bank on April 6. Salaries for PA employees in Gaza are on hold due to inadequate resources available to the PA and the continuing shortage of banknotes. According to contacts at the Palestine Mon [...]	2009-04-07 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IS KWBG PGOV
09JERUSALEM624	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/07): PALESTINIANS WELCOME [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 10:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM627	ROAD CONSTRUCTION AROUND NABLUS-AREA OUTPOST [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinians in the Nablus area have raised concerns about construction activity on three roads in the vicinity of Hayoval outpost, between the Palestinian village of Qaryut and Eli settlement. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) issued an injunction on April 5 against fu [...]	2009-04-07 13:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM628	EAST JERUSALEM EVICTION ORDER UPHELD IN ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. Israel's High Court of Justice (HCJ) on April 5 rejected a petition lodged by two East Jerusalem families against eviction orders regarding their homes in Shaykh Jarrah. The decision exhausts possible judicial remedy and effectively reinstates eviction orders, which could now b [...]	2009-04-07 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL
09JERUSALEM629	PUNITIVE HOME DEMOLITION LEADS TO SHOOTING, DEATH [...] (C) Summary. A Palestinian was shot to death by the Israeli National Police (INP) after his car hit and lightly injured three INP officers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Bahir April 7. The officers were involved in the demolition of the home of Husam Duwayit, a Palestinian who ki [...]	2009-04-07 14:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM630	ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY MOVES STONE FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 5, the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) removed a stone from just outside the southeastern wall of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount and placed it on the Israeli Knesset grounds. IAA staff assert the stone came from "debris" in the Jerusalem Archaeological Park and co [...]	2009-04-08 07:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM632	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/08): PALESTINIANS LAMENT LACK [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM644	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/10): PALESTINIANS SEE "SLOW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-10 08:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM648	OVER A DOZEN PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN CLASH WITH [...] (C) Summary. Bat Ayin settlers and IDF soldiers on April 8 wounded over a dozen Palestinians, one of them critically, less than a week after the April 2 murder of a young Bat Ayin settler. Palestinian media put the number of injured Palestinians as high as 40, while Israeli press reported [...]	2009-04-10 13:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC PBTS KWBG KPAO PTER IS
09JERUSALEM649	ISRAELI STONE COMPANIES EXPLOIT WEST BANK; [...] (SBU) Summary: While Palestinian stone companies are denied access to the majority of the West Bank, Israeli quarrying operations are flourishing there. Israeli NGO Yesh Din has petitioned to halt Israeli mining operations in the West Bank, and an Israeli Supreme Court hearing is scheduled fo [...]	2009-04-10 13:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD KWBG IS PINR
09JERUSALEM659	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/13): PALESTINIANS WONDER HOW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM66	IDF FIRE KILLS 40, INJURES 45 IN VICINITY OF UNRWA [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF mortar fire in the direction of UNRWA's "al-Fukhara" Jabaliya Prep C Girls school killed 40 and injured 45 on January 6, according to UNRWA. The school was being used as one of 25 emergency shelters for displaced persons in the northern Gaza Strip. An IDF press statement [...]	2009-01-07 13:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GZ
09JERUSALEM661	CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES IN WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Site visits by Poloff in mid-April confirmed large-scale, ongoing construction in Maale Adumim and smaller-scale work in nearby Qedar, extending about 70 meters outside Qedar's current built-up area. There has been no new activity in E-1. The YESHA Council Chairman expressed [...]	2009-04-13 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC PBTS KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM663	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/14): PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 08:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM664	PA OFFICIALS MAINTAIN CONTROL OF COMMERCIAL [...] (C) Summary: The majority of the 100-115 truckloads/day that enter Gaza are not donations or humanitarian relief supplies, but are private sector shipments imported on a commercial basis. ConGen contacts estimate the value of commercial goods that enter Gaza daily at approximately USD two m [...]	2009-04-14 13:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IS KWBG PGOV PHUM
09JERUSALEM665	MUNIB AL MASRI DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION, EARLY [...] (C) Summary: In an April 13 meeting with the Consul General, independent Palestinian billionaire and PLO Central Council member Munib Al Masri said national reconciliation talks stalled on key questions concerning elections, government formation, and the PLO. Al Masri said he suggested "a [...]	2009-04-14 13:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM666	SUPERVISION AND COMPLIANCE IN GAZA BANK BRANCHES [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early April, Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) and banking sector contacts outlined their supervision and compliance operations in Gaza bank branches. The PMA made a similar presentation to GOI officials at a Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting on [...]	2009-04-14 13:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IS KTFN KWBG PGOV
09JERUSALEM67	SETTLERS STRONGLY SUPPORT IDF OPERATION IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary. The Yesha Council Chairman told Poloff that four of the six IDF soldiers killed in Gaza since the beginning of military operations on December 27 were settlers from the West Bank/East Jerusalem. Settler contacts told PolOff that they strongly support IDF operations in Gaza, but [...]	2009-01-07 13:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KWBG IS GZ
09JERUSALEM672	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/16): PALESTINIANS SEE DOUBLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 08:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM674	FATAH MEMBERS JOSTLE FOR INFLUENCE AHEAD OF SIXTH [...] (C) Summary: As preparations for the Sixth Party Congress proceed, Fatah members have begun to jostle for influence over future membership in the Fatah Central Committee (FCC),which will be decided by the Congress. With delegate lists nearly finalized, aspiring Fatah leaders are competing [...]	2009-04-16 13:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM675	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/17): PALESTINIANS: U.S. BEARS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 06:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM678	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/20): PALESTINIANS: NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 09:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM679	PALESTINIAN BOYS DESCRIBE BEATING BY SETTLERS AND [...] (C) Summary. Three Palestinian shepherd boys were attacked and beaten by settlers from Ma'on in the south Hebron hills on April 5, according to the boys and a volunteer from Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). The children's accounts given to CPT immediately following the incident, and to Pol [...]	2009-04-20 14:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM681	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): PALESTINIANS: POWERFUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM685	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/22): PALESTINIANS EXPRESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 10:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM686	HOME DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM AND THE WEST [...] (C) Summary. The GoI Ministry of Interior demolished a home in East Jerusalem April 22, and the Civil Administration demolished four structures in a Palestinian village southeast of Nablus. The number of home demolitions decreased in East Jerusalem in March and April following critical comme [...]	2009-04-22 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM687	MIGRON UPDATE; EVICTION ORDERS ISSUED NEAR ADAM [...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently issued eviction orders for Palestinians living near Adam settlement, and the PA is helping the Palestinians appeal these orders. The evictions may be related to the GOI's plan to expand Adam to incorporate the settlers from Migron outpost. The Migron settlers [...]	2009-04-22 14:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM689	YESHA COUNCIL CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES COUNCIL MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. The YESHA Council held an expanded meeting in January at which it established a Secretariat of ten former Council leaders and a core group of 25 Council members, which will meet every two months. The expanded Council, with over 200 members, will meet only two or three times pe [...]	2009-04-23 13:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM690	HAMAS-AFFILIATED "BANK" OPENS IN GAZA; PMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Islamic National Bank (INB) opened in Gaza City on April 22. Speaking at the opening ceremony, INB CEO Ala'a al-Din Al-Rafati said that INB will offer full banking services, including taking deposits and making loans. However, the Palestinian Monetary Authority PMA) annou [...]	2009-04-23 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IS KTFN KWBG PGOV
09JERUSALEM692	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/23): PALESTINIANS: TANGIBLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 16:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM694	NO CLEAR TREND EVIDENT IN RECENT UNIVERSITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Employee and student elections are widely seen by Palestinians as indicators of the relative standing of political factions at a given point in time. Recent elections reveal no clear trend in favor of either Fatah or Hamas, who continue to compete for influence and attempt to s [...]	2009-04-24 09:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
09JERUSALEM696	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/24): PALESTINIANS SEEK [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM697	PALESTINIANS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT RISING TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian contacts explained a recent increase in violent incidents in Jerusalem and the West Bank as resulting from increased tension brought on by Palestinians' growing sense of insecurity. In conversations with PolOff, Palestinian contacts pointed to the new Israeli govern [...]	2009-04-24 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS ASEC KWBG
09JERUSALEM698	UPTICK IN SETTLER VIOLENCE IN APRIL [...] (C) Summary. Incidents of settler violence in April include multiple attacks on Palestinians in the Hebron area, clashes south of Gush Etzion settlement bloc, and damage to a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance. Settler activist Nadia Matar called for the assasination of the [...]	2009-04-24 12:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL CVIS
09JERUSALEM7	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 2, 1300 LOCAL: NO LET-UP IN [...] (C) Summary. From 1300 January 1 through 1300 on January 2, at least 54 rockets (including 12 Grad-types) struck Israel, injuring three Israelis. Israeli airstrikes focused on northern Gaza and Gaza City killed at least 21 Palestinians (including several children),most notably senior Hamas [...]	2009-01-02 12:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
09JERUSALEM70	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 7 [...] (SBU) Summary. An estimated 30-40 truckloads entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing and an additional five to ten entered via Rafah crossing on January 7. A total of 360,000 liters of fuel for the power plant entered via Nahal Oz on January 7, but had not been picked up on the Gaza side a [...]	2009-01-07 18:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
09JERUSALEM702	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/27): PALESTINIAN DIVISION [...] Talal Ukal of Al-Ayyam writes in "A decision Round, not [more] talks"(4/27): "Overshadowed by an atmosphere of pessimism, or, in the best case scenario, cautious optimism, the fourth round of talks- which could very well be the last in the series of inter-Palestinian dialogue - is scheduled t [...]	2009-04-27 09:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM705	GOI COMMITTEE PROPOSES UNIFICATION OF MAALE ADUMIM [...] (C) Summary. NGO Peace Now confirmed press reports that the Israeli Ministry of Interior (MOI) internal panel recommended unification of West Bank settlements Maale Adumim and Qedar (southeast of Maale Adumim). This step could potentially annex 3,000 acres of land to Maale Adumim and pave [...]	2009-04-27 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM71	PA REQUESTS CASH FOR GAZA HUMANITARIAN NEEDS, [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) has asked the Bank of Israel (BOI) to facilitate transport of cash from West Bank banks to their Gaza branches. The cash is required for humanitarian and PA salary payments. The PMA request included cash required to meet UNRWA,s social [...]	2009-01-07 18:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KWBG PGOV PINR PTER
09JERUSALEM711	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/28): DECISION TO CLOSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 10:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM716	PUNITIVE HOME DEMOLITION ORDERED BY MOD [...] (C) Palestinian press reported April 28 that GoI Minister of Defense Ehud Barak signed a demolition order for the home of Qassem al-Mughrabi, a Palestinian who was shot to death on September 22, 2008, after injuring 16 IDF soldiers and one civilian with his car in downtown Jerusalem. Press re [...]	2009-04-28 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM717	OFRA SETTLEMENT BATTLES LEGAL CASE OVER ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary. NGO Yesh Din updated Poloff on April 28 on its legal action in the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) to compel the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) to evacuate and demolish nine homes in Ofra settlement. Yesh Din believes these homes were constructed illegally on private Pa [...]	2009-04-28 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ASEC KPAL PINR IS KWBG
09JERUSALEM719	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/30): UNITY TALKS "POSTPONED" [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 10:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM72	GAZA CONTACTS DESCRIBE DETERIORATING CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Contacts report that aerial bombardment lessened overnight on January 6 in Gaza city, but intensified in south and central Gaza. Gaza contacts also reported a worsening humanitarian situation, with displaced persons crammed into UNRWA shelters and lengthening bread lines. They e [...]	2009-01-07 18:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IS KWBG MOPS PHUM
09JERUSALEM727	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/01): NEW U.S. POLICY OF OPEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 09:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM729	PALESTINIANS DESCRIBE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel described the GOI's closure of a gap in the separation barrier north of Jerusalem. The now-sealed barrier runs between the West Bank town of al-Ram and East Jerusalem. The barrier generally follows the route of the Jerusalem municipal boundary, except where it cuts throu [...]	2009-05-01 11:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD KWBG IS PINR
09JERUSALEM73	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/08): "SIGNS OF A TRUCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 10:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM732	PATIENT REFERRALS FROM GAZA RESUME [...] (C) Summary: On April 27, the Palestinian Authority (PA) resumed referring patients from Gaza for medical treatment in East Jerusalem, Israel, and Jordan, following a month-long suspension resulting from a dispute between the PA and the Hamas-controlled government in Gaza. The PA's coordinator [...]	2009-05-01 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG PTER IS
09JERUSALEM734	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/04): CONCERNS MOUNT OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM736	JERUSALEM MAYOR DESCRIBES PLANS FOR SILWAN BUT [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Mayor Barkat told the Consul General May 1 that the Municipality is nearly ready to submit a new Jerusalem master town plan to the District Committee for approval. Barkat also said he is developing a neighborhood plan for al-Bustan, which will require the demolition o [...]	2009-05-04 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM742	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/05): LOW EXPECTATIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 10:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM749	HUMANITARIAN AID ACCESS TO GAZA REMAINS LIMITED [...] (SBU) UN and NGO contacts report that movement of humanitarian aid into Gaza continues to face significant obstacles. USAID and NGOs cite increased difficulty in securing access since late February. Despite GOI assurances to the USG in March and an Israeli Cabinet decision that all food woul [...]	2009-05-06 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID PGOV KWBG PTER IS
09JERUSALEM75	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 8, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The IDF maintained its positions on January 8 and continued operations around Gaza City and Rafah. Up to 10,000 Palestinians from Rafah evacuated their homes in response to leaflets warning of impending operations in the area. A humanitarian pause began at 1300. Three rocket [...]	2009-01-08 12:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM751	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/07): PALESTINIANS: LET'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 09:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM752	ISRAELI BORDER GUARD KILLS PALESTINIAN AT IBRAHIMI [...] (C) Summary. An Israeli border policeman shot and killed a mentally disabled Palestinian at the entrance of Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron late May 6. According to the International Committee for the Red Cross, the Palestinian was unarmed and had passed the security checkpoint. Palestinian secu [...]	2009-05-07 10:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM754	PA BORROWS HEAVILY TO PAY SALARIES [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) borrowed heavily from local banks to pay its employees' salaries on May 7. Salaries were disbursed in the West Bank, but little was disbursed in Gaza due to the shortage of banknotes. As of 1700 local, no cash had entered Gaza for the banking syst [...]	2009-05-07 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IS KWBG PGOV
09JERUSALEM756	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/08): WORRY THAT WEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 11:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM76	HAMAS REPEATS CALLS FOR THE END OF ABBAS' TERM ON [...] (C) Summary. Hamas broke its recent silence on the duration of PA President Abbas' term, with its representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, reiterating that it will end January 9. He argued that Abbas' ineffectual handling of the crisis in Gaza, in addition to Hamas' previous legal arguments [...]	2009-01-08 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM773	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/11): PALESTINIAN ANGER OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-11 11:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM78	AS RESOURCES DWINDLE, GAZAN CONTACTS SHARE [...] (C) Summary. Gaza contacts reported a growing scarcity of vital resources and described to ConGenoffs the strategies they employ to survive. The internally displaced, who have moved in with family or to UNRWA shelters, face an especially dire situation, according to contacts. Even in their [...]	2009-01-08 16:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IS KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF
09JERUSALEM781	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/12): PALESTINIAN FRUSTRATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 08:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM783	JERUSALEM MAYOR PRESENTS NEW TOWN PLAN, FAILS TO [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Mayor Barkat presented a new Jerusalem town plan to the District Planning Committee on May 5. The new town plan aims to develop jobs and tourist areas in Jerusalem, and specifically mentions developing East Jerusalem and constructing new housing in East Jerusalem. Mu [...]	2009-05-12 13:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM784	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/13): "A WEAK AND BIASED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 06:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM785	CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSES PA GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (S) Summary. Congressman Wexler discussed PA government formation and other issues with President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad on May 9. Abbas and Fayyad assured the Congressman that the new Palestinian government would abide by Quartet principles, and advised the USG to separate the is [...]	2009-05-13 10:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PREL PGOV OREP EAID PTER IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM79	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 8 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open to shipments on January 8. Attempts to use Erez for shipments were unsuccessful due to the deaths of Palestinian workers from IDF fire. UNRWA and the ICRC have announced that they are suspending operations due [...]	2009-01-08 16:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
09JERUSALEM797	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/14): PALESTINIANS WONDER: [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM800	1,500 ISRAELIS ATTEND MAY 12 DEMONSTRATION AT [...] (U) Summary. Around 1,500 Israelis, including busloads from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as well as West Bank settlers, attended a May 12 demonstration at the evacuated settlement of Homesh. The northern West Bank settler council and several settler organizations are lobbying for Homesh to be re [...]	2009-05-14 10:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM803	PALESTINIANS OUTLINE IMPLICATIONS OF ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. Palestinians outlined serious consequences for a viable and contiguous Palestinian state resulting from the decision by the Israeli Minister of Interior to join the Qedar settlements to the Ma'ale Adumim Municipality. The Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem and the Mayor of Abu Di [...]	2009-05-14 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM806	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/15): BLEAK PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 09:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM807	UPTICK IN SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN MAY [...] (C) Summary. NGO and Palestinian security contacts have reported multiple incidents of settler violence during the first two weeks of May, continuing a trend reported in March and April (reftels). Specific recent incidents include Hebron area settlers attacking Palestinian farmers, settlers [...]	2009-05-15 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL PTER
09JERUSALEM811	SHEPHERD HOTEL PLANS SUSPENDED, BUT THE [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Jerusalem Municipality Department of Building, Licensing, and Enforcement told PolOff May 7 that plans for the construction of two new Israeli apartment buildings on the Shepherd Hotel property in East Jerusalem are set to be approved by the Licensing Committee w [...]	2009-05-15 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER UK
09JERUSALEM812	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/18): PALESTINIANS: U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 08:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM815	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/19): PALESTINIANS QUESTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM817	LATEST ROUND OF FATAH-HAMAS RECONCILIATION TALKS [...] (C) Summary. A fifth round of reconciliation talks in Cairo between Fatah and Hamas concluded on May 18 without significant progress, according to Fatah negotiator Azzam al-Ahmad. The parties failed to reach agreement in any of the substantive areas discussed, including formation of a facti [...]	2009-05-19 13:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL KDEM IS GS
09JERUSALEM823	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/20): UNITY TALKS: "USELESS, [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM824	SETTLERS ATTACK PALESTINIAN FARMERS AND ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary. Settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and Israeli and international activists who had gathered on May 19 to plow fields in the northern West Bank, according to Arik Ascherman of "Rabbis for Human Rights." The resulting skirmish resulted in minor injuries and the arrest of one P [...]	2009-05-20 13:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IS KWBG
09JERUSALEM825	NEW FAYYAD GOVERNMENT FORMED [...] (C) Summary. A new Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet under the leadership of PM Salam Fayyad was sworn in on May 19 by PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Coming after a difficult, prolonged negotiation over Ministerial positions, the new government includes representatives from four pol [...]	2009-05-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KWBG
09JERUSALEM843	COORDINATION FAILURE RESULTS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Palestinian sources state, that in the early morning hours of May 21, two Palestinian General Intelligence (GI) officers, in the course of an Israeli-approved operation against Hamas in the West Bank city of Qalqiliya, exchanged fire with an undercover Israel Defense Forces (IDF) [...]	2009-05-22 04:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS MOPS
09JERUSALEM846	REGIONAL SETTLER COUNCIL MOVES ON EXPANSION OF [...] (C) Summary. The Jordan Valley Regional Council issued a tender on May 12 for 20 houses in Maskiyot settlement for settler evacuees from Gaza, and held a tour for contractors on May 17. The 20 houses will be constructed outside Maskiyot's built-up area, roughly doubling the settlement's fo [...]	2009-05-22 13:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL EAGR
09JERUSALEM847	150 FAMILIES TO MOVE INTO NEW GIVAT ZEEV [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited West Bank settlement Givat Zeev and observed more than 300 units nearing completion. According to the settlement's developer, 150 families will move into the new neighborhood, Givat Zeev Illit, in August. The developer said he has sold 800 units, exceeding the nu [...]	2009-05-22 13:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL CASC
09JERUSALEM848	PALESTINIAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY PLEASED BY NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts in the Palestinian business community are generally pleased with the new Palestinian Authority government, but concerned that the timing and method of government formation has deepened political differences. Contacts emphasized the need for the new government to suppor [...]	2009-05-22 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS PREL
09JERUSALEM849	NEW PA CABINET SECRETARY ON GAZA RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet Secretary Hassan Abu-Libdeh said on May 21 that any new programs for Gaza recovery should come as PA initiatives, stressed that the PA's top priority for Gaza is to secure donor funding to support its plan for Gaza, and cautioned [...]	2009-05-22 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM PREL PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM852	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/26): PALESTINIANS: NO [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 11:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM853	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/27): PALESTINIANS: "MEEK U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 09:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM856	JENIN SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS LURE BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Herbawi Home Center ) a first-of-its-kind home appliance superstore in the West Bank ) held a grand opening in Jenin on May 21. Company owners and local government officials say the investment was made possible by security gains in the city over the past two years. Owners [...]	2009-05-27 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD KWBG IS PINR
09JERUSALEM857	"OUTPOST" MAOZ ESTHER DISMANTLED, TEN "DELIMITING" [...] (C) Summary. On May 21, Israeli border police dismantled, for the third time, six caravans at a site north of Ramallah called Maoz Esther by settlers. Settlers immediately began rebuilding the caravans. Settler leadership claimed to be unconcerned by the GOI's decision to dismantle Maoz E [...]	2009-05-27 14:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM859	EAST JERUSALEM SETTLEMENT "NOF ZION" ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Residential units in the Nof Zion settlement in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem are not selling and the builder is in serious financial difficulty. According to the developer, prospective buyers of the high-end apartments were "uncomfortable" with Nof Zion's [...]	2009-05-28 13:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IS KWBG
09JERUSALEM860	CHEMICAL BANS AFFECTING SANITARY STANDARDS AT WEST [...] (C) Summary: Israeli restrictions on chemical imports have led to a reduction in product sanitary standards at West Bank dairies, posing a food safety concern as well as affecting Palestinian businesses. At least three major West Bank dairy companies can no longer obtain chemical sanitizing [...]	2009-05-28 13:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD BEXP EAGR PREL KWBW IS
09JERUSALEM861	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/28): "WHAT OBAMA'S PROMISES [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM868	FATAH MAYOR IN GAZA QUITS UNDER PRESSURE FROM HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. The Mayor of Gaza's al-Qarrara Municipality, a Fatah member, is resigning from his post June 1, having come under pressure from Hamas on the distribution of foreign assistance. His deputy (a Hamas member) will take over as mayor. Commenting on Gaza's political scene, the Mayor [...]	2009-05-28 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER
09JERUSALEM869	PA SET TO BORROW ITS WAY PAST ANOTHER PAYDAY [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance officials claim that a new round of borrowing from commercial banks will allow the PA to pay civil servant salaries in the first week of June. Other than the monthly transfer from Brussels, PA officials report only small amounts of [...]	2009-05-28 15:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	ECON EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM870	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM871	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 14:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM872	WEST BANK TENSIONS RISE FOLLOWING PA AND IDF [...] (C) Summary. Two security incidents have increased tension in the West Bank. The IDF killed Hamas militant 'Abd al-Majid Dudin near Hebron on May 28. Also, in the early morning of May 31, three Palestinian Authority security forces (PASF) officers, two Hamas militants, and an unarmed Hama [...]	2009-06-01 14:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM874	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/02): PALESTINIANS: GIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 09:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM875	CODEL CASEY MEETS WITH NEW PA MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Codel Casey discussed problems of economic development in the West Bank and the situation in Gaza with two new ministers in the new Palestinian Authority (PA) government and two prominent figures in the Palestinian private sector. The Palestinians focused on restrictions on ac [...]	2009-06-02 14:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IS ECON OREP

09JERUSALEM876	SETTLERS RIOT IN WEST BANK AS "PRICE TAG" FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Settlers rioted south and west of Nablus on June 1, attacking a minibus of Palestinian laborers and setting fire to dozens of acres of fields and olive trees near the villages of Burin and Jit, reportedly in response to GOI evacuations of minor outposts in the area (Ref A). Is [...]	2009-06-02 15:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM878	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/03): PALESTINIAN ANTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 08:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM886	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/04): "THE STRATEGIC AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 11:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM888	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/05): DEEP PALESTINIAN CONCERN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 10:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM889	HAMAS FORCED TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. A collapsed Ponzi scheme linked to the tunnel trade has cost Gazans an estimated USD 200m, caused political problems for Hamas, and forced Hamas to agree to partially compensate victims for their losses. Hamas officials have been forced to defend their reaction to the crisis [...]	2009-06-05 10:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PTER ETRD PREL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM89	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/09): "SAVING GAZA TO SAVE THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM890	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (06/05): OVERWHELMINGLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 11:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM891	FATAH PLC MEMBERS JOIN FAYYAD'S GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) More than two weeks after swearing in the new Fayyad government (reftel),Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) swore in two additional ministers from the Fatah PLC bloc on Thursday, June 4. Their addition to the cabinet, after the last-minute "boycott" of the [...]	2009-06-05 11:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM892	SETTLERS LASH OUT AGAINST USG [...] (C) Summary. ConGen contacts in West Bank settlements are uniformly angry at U.S. statements calling for a freeze in settlement expansion and the dismantling of outposts. Poloffs visited with a number of settler leaders who asserted that U.S. opposition to settlement activity "will push peop [...]	2009-06-05 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM893	PA SECURITY FORCES COMBAT HAMAS IN QALQILYA FOR [...] (S) Summary. PA Security Forces (PASF) killed two Hamas militants and arrested another June 4 in the second violent confrontation with Hamas in Qalqilya this week. A continuing Preventive Security Organization (PSO) investigation of the Hamas cell uncovered a sophisticated and well-armed hid [...]	2009-06-05 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER MOPS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM894	GOI COMMITTEE APPROVES PLAN FOR 200-ROOM HOTEL IN [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli Ministry of Interior (MOI) on June 2 approved a plan for a 200-room hotel in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of East Jerusalem, which will involve the demolition of a Palestinian wholesale market and kindergarten. The approval was welcomed by the Jerusalem Municipality, [...]	2009-06-05 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IS KWBG
09JERUSALEM895	IDF DEMOLISHES 18 SITES IN NORTHERN JORDAN VALLEY; [...] (SBU) Summary. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) demolished structures at 18 sites in the northern Jordan Valley on June 4, displacing 190 Palestinians from their homes in Area C. Tubas Governor Sami Musallam claimed the demolitions are designed to drive Palestinians from the Jordan Valley an [...]	2009-06-05 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM896	IDF EASES ACCESS THROUGH THREE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 3, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) eased access through three West Bank checkpoints, two around Ramallah and one north of Nablus. ConGen officers verified on June 5 that some infrastructure has been removed at the two Ramallah-area checkpoints, one of which controls the [...]	2009-06-05 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM897	PALESTINIANS WELCOME PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4 [...] (U) Summary. Palestinians welcomed President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials praised the speech, highlighting the President's commitment to an independent Palestinian state. Several Fatah leaders told Post officers privately that President Obama's speech [...]	2009-06-05 15:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS PTER KISL
09JERUSALEM898	HEBRONITES LAY OUT PRIORITIES TO EASE MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Hebron's Mayor and business leaders told ConGenOffs that GOI restrictions on movement and access continue to stifle the city, particularly in Hebron's Old City and the Ibrahimi Mosque/Cave of Machpela area. Though two key road obstacle removals last year facilitated commercial [...]	2009-06-08 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM899	ONE PALESTINIAN PROTESTER KILLED, AT LEAST FOUR [...] (C) IDF soldiers and Israeli border police, responding to a June 5 protest against the separation barrier in Ni'lin, killed one Palestinian and injured four others, at least one critically. A 36-year-old Palestinian protester died on the scene when hit in the chest by live fire, according to [...]	2009-06-08 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MOPS KWBG KPAL IS CASC
09JERUSALEM900	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/08): PALESTINIANS: WAITING [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 07:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM91	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 9, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the passage of a UNSCR calling for a cease-fire, the IDF maintained its positions on January 9 and continued operations in northern Gaza and around Khan Yunis, generally on the outskirts of urban areas. IAF and Israeli naval strikes targeted northern Gaza and some ar [...]	2009-01-09 12:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM945	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/09): PALESTINIANS: NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 08:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM965	NEW HOME DEMOLITIONS AND DEMOLITION ORDERS IN [...] (C) Summary. According to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD),two home demolitions were carried out in Jerusalem's Old City on June 9. One was an apartment in the Christian Quarter, and the other a second-floor addition in the Muslim Quarter. ICAHD also reported that [...]	2009-06-09 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM966	SALFIT LEADERSHIP RAISES PROBLEMS OF ROADBLOCKS, [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with the Consul General on June 8, the Mayor of Salfit Municipality and Governor of Salfit District both expressed concern about a road gate that has closed the main road into Salfit. They also described untreated wastewater seeping into Salfit from the nearby s [...]	2009-06-09 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL SENV IS KISL KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM97	ICRC AND PCRS DETAIL HORRIFIC SCENES IN EVACUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) statement on January 8 described the discovery of four children next to their dead mothers and at least 12 dead bodies in a house in Gaza City's Zaytun neighborhood. A Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) medical worker pr [...]	2009-01-09 17:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM MOPS ICRC KWBG KPAL IS GZ PREF
09JERUSALEM970	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/10): "ISRAELI INTERESTS ARE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM971	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES TWO MORE DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem municipal officials, accompanied by police, served two demolition orders and ten warning notices in the al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan to Palestinian homeowners on June 10. Local residents and Palestinian officials expressed concern that as many as 88 homes in al-Bu [...]	2009-06-10 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM975	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/11): PALESTINIANS: ISRAELI [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 09:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM98	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 9 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing was open on January 9 and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station was closed. Movement of fuel and aid shipments in Gaza is severely limited, given UNRWA and ICRC's suspension of movement following lethal incidents involving the IDF (septel). Most of Gaza homes re [...]	2009-01-09 18:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD CASC IS
09JERUSALEM99	PA KEEPS A LID ON WEST BANK DEMONSTRATIONS, NO [...] (S) SUMMARY. Demonstrations took place across the West Bank on January 9, with 43 reported injuries. Hamas condemned PA public order efforts and called for more protests. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on January 9 that PASF has standing orders to prevent violence and confrontations [...]	2009-01-09 18:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PTER ASEC PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM994	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/12): PALESTINIANS: END [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 10:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JOHANNESBURG11	SOUTH AFRICA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] The information in this cable was gathered from a variety of sources familiar with child labor in South Africa. The primary source of information remains the South African Department of Labor (SADOL) supplemented by discussions with the South African academic and NGO community. Regulator [...]	2009-01-23 09:25:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID SF
09JOHANNESBURG117	2009 `STRIKE SEASON' TURBULENT AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Up to 190,000 South African municipal workers plan an indefinite strike from July 27 that will disrupt local service delivery. The strike is being organized by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and its South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMAWU) affiliate [...]	2009-07-24 15:31:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SOCI SF PREL PGOV ECON ELTN EFIN EIND
09JOHANNESBURG133	JOHANNESBURG BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) ROLL-OUT A SUCCESS, [...] The City of Johannesburg launched its long-awaited Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system on August 30, 2009. Independent taxi operators staged a mild protest with a `go slow' on August 31, and there were reports of isolated acts of violence over the following three days which police believe we [...]	2009-09-08 13:25:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ATRN ECON SF
09JOHANNESBURG161	BUSINESS FRETS THAT UNFRIENDLY LABOR BROKER LEGISLATION [...] (C) The South African business community is concerned over the impact of a proposed ban or harsh regulations against labor brokers who employ roughly 550,000 South Africans daily. Curtailing labor brokers has become a rallying call for the trade union movement and appears to have gained the su [...]	2009-11-13 13:56:00	Consulate Johannesburg	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EAID PREL PGOV SF AMGT
09JOHANNESBURG163	ILO SAYS MORE LABOR LEGISLATION IS NOT THE WAY TO GO [...] (C) The International Labor Organization (ILO) believes that South African attempts to tighten labor laws and ban labor brokering are misguided and will decrease South Africa's investment appeal. The ILO said that current South African labor law offers adequate protections but is not enforced [...]	2009-11-18 15:33:00	Consulate Johannesburg	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PREL PGOV ILO SF EAID EFIN EINV ETRD
09JOHANNESBURG2	PRO-PALESTINE DEMONSTRATION AT US CONSULATE JOHANNESBURG [...] (U) Summary - On January 2, 2009, the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) of South Africa mobilized approximately 1000 demonstrators outside the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg. The purpose of the rally was to protest against Israeli military operations currently underway in Gaza and U.S. su [...]	2009-01-02 16:15:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT CASC
09JOHANNESBURG24	SOUTH AFRICA: JANUARY 2009 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the January, 2009 issue of the U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: - ANC Hopes to Ban Labor Brokers - Johannesburg Metro Police Strike - COSATU Condemns the Congress of the People Party (COPE) - COSATU to Refuse [...]	2009-02-06 15:04:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN
09JOHANNESBURG81	SOUTH AFRICA: MAY 2009 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the May, 2009 issue of U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: -Legal work for Zimbabwean migrants? -COSATU unsuccessful in its bid to halt the sale of Vodacom shares -COSATU May Day rallies -Union ends successful tr [...]	2009-05-07 14:31:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN
09KABUL10	AFGHAN INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two simultaneously released reports, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) strongly condemned Taliban and other insurgents' intimidation and killing of civilians and presented a relatively balanced analysis of civilian deaths due to coalition and Afghan Natio [...]	2009-01-04 09:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL1000	PRECARIOUSLY PERCHED BETWEEN CRISIS AND [...] (U) Summary: Between March 21 and 28, representatives from the U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentQs Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) visited AfghanistanQs Ghor province to monitor Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and World [...]	2009-04-21 06:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AF
09KABUL1012	PRESSING AYATOLLAH MOHSENI ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL [...] SUMMARY: The Charge called on Mohammad Asef Ali Ayatollah Mohseni, Afghanistan's highest ranking Shia cleric, on April 16 to register U.S. concerns that the Shia Family Law that emerges from ongoing internal Afghan reconsideration -- if it emerges at all -- be consistent with the protections [...]	2009-04-21 12:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PGOV PREL
09KABUL1016	WARDAK PROVINCE WARILY ENGAGING IN AFGHAN PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. The pilot Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3) is slowly taking shape with its first Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) deployed in Jalrez District in Wardak Province. The creation of the Afghan-led force is proving to be a slow process, but one designed to build a [...]	2009-04-22 07:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1017	JCMB Approves Afghan Police Increase by 15,000 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Afghan government and international community have agreed to increase Afghan National Police (ANP) staffing, by 4,800 for the "Kabul Security Plan" and, in principle (subject to funding),by another 5,000 to 10,000 officers to be deployed in vulnerable provinces before the A [...]	2009-04-22 08:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1018	FRAUD IN ZABUL'S FOOD FOR WORK PROGRAM UNDERMINING [...] (C) Corruption and fraud in the U.N. World Food Program's Food For Work (FFW) initiative has started to undermine governance efforts in Zabul province. According to provincial officials, some local government officials are complicit in falsely certifying uncompleted or non-existent projects, [...]	2009-04-22 08:25:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAGR EAID AF
09KABUL1019	EMBASSY KABUL NEAR-TERM ACTION PLAN ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) We have developed the near-term action plan outlined below to operationalize our priorities for urgent work on elections over the next six weeks. We have designated lead Mission elements for each item and will track progress through the Elections Coordination Group. 2. (C) Begin [...]	2009-04-22 09:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1020	CODEL MCCONNELL AND MOI ATMAR - ELECTION SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. After expressing his gratitude to CODEL McConnell for U.S. support for Afghanistan, Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar described security preparations for the August elections, noting the immense task of safeguarding voting sites, political candidates, election workers, internation [...]	2009-04-22 10:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL AF
09KABUL1022	CHARGE URGES KARZAI TO STRENGTHEN ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 20 meeting with President Karzai, Charge Ricciardone pressed Karzai to fix the Shia family law, gazette the media law and publish a strong presidential decree prohibiting official interference in the electoral process. Karzai assured the Charge that he is working o [...]	2009-04-22 11:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1025	GIROA REQUESTS MILAIR SUPPORT FOR KARZAI PARTICIPATION IN MAY 6-7 TRILATERAL TALKS [...] (S) Ambassador Sidig, MFA Protocol, submitted a diplomatic note April 21 requesting U.S. milair assistance in transporting Afghanistan's President Karzai, his senior ministers and other officials to the May 6-7 Trilateral talks in Washington, D.C. Total passengers estimated to be 30-35 - man [...]	2009-04-22 12:53:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	OVIP PREL MASS AF
09KABUL1029	Afghan Finance Minister Presents "Civilian Surge Plan" for [...] (SBU) In an April 19 meeting with the Charge, Afghan Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal presented an advance copy of the government's "civilian surge plan" for technical assistance. He said he means to discuss the plan - formally approved by President Karzai on April 20, we since learned - in his [...]	2009-04-22 15:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AF PK
09KABUL1037	AFGHAN HIGHER EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF [...] SUMMARY: Afghan higher education was decimated during the civil war and never re-built during the Taliban years. In the past eight years, great improvements have been made, notably in rebuilding infrastructure and reestablishing standards of higher education. However, of the more than 2,300 in [...]	2009-04-23 12:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KIRC SCUL EAID AF
09KABUL1038	AFGHAN GOVERNMENT PLANNING FOR VICTORY DAY--STRONG [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's security agencies are in the midst of intense planning and rehearsals for the annual April 28 "Victory Day" celebration, which commemorates the day in 1992 on which the Afghan mujahedeen overthrew the Russian-backed regime. However, with the last year's failed assas [...]	2009-04-23 15:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PTER AF
09KABUL1039	APRIL 27 AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-IRAN FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 15:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF IR PK
09KABUL1041	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW AND KARZAI ACKNOWLEDGE [...] (C) In his April 2 meeting with D/S Lew, Karzai reaffirmed his confidence that President Zardari's view on the insurgency problem was in line with Afghanistan's, but continued to express distrust of the motivations of the Pakistan army and ISI. Karzai pledged to cooperate with the U.S. to impr [...]	2009-04-25 06:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL1042	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 4/18-4/23: ISAF BRIEFS MPS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-25 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1043	SUPREME COURT DECISION MAY HASTEN PUBLICATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a development that could open the path to gazetting the media law, the Supreme Court has sided with President Karzai's objection to a provision in the media law requiring the Lower House to confirm the president's pick to head state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA [...]	2009-04-25 15:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL1044	INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS FEELING OUT THEIR ROLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 22, the EU exploratory mission on election observation, and a representative of OSCE/ODIHR, briefed donor nation representatives in Kabul on their initial observations. Some team members updated a smaller group of donor nation representatives on April 25, providing a cl [...]	2009-04-26 05:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1046	KARZAI HOSTS PARLIAMENT-US CONVERSATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai, his national security ministers, and several dozen MPs urged the Charge and ISAF representatives on April 26 to join with the Afghan government and Parliament to form a commission on reducing civilian casualties. During a long and impassioned but respectful m [...]	2009-04-26 15:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL105	COMMUNITY SUPPORT CHARACTERIZES PHASE 3 VOTER [...] Phase 3 voter registration ended January 13, with three sites that closed for the Ashura (Muharram) holiday adding back a day on January 14. As of January 15, Independent Election Commission (IEC) data show some 910,471 new voters joined the rolls in Nangarhar, Laghman, Khost, Paktika, Zabul [...]	2009-01-18 08:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1056	CODEL REED AND MOI MINISTER ATMAR DISCUSS POLICE REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Jack Reed and Edward Kaufman met with Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar on April 18. Acknowledging that the Afghan National Police (ANP) is the weak link in Afghan security forces, Atmar emphasized qualitative improvements made over the past year through training and ot [...]	2009-04-27 11:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS AFIN AF
09KABUL1064	Implementing a Comprehensive Counter-Narcotics [...] (U) Summary: Afghanistan produces 93% of the world's opium and heroin with 98% of poppy cultivation concentrated in just seven provinces in the south and southwest. Two-thirds of all opium in Afghanistan is grown in one province -- Helmand, with lesser but significant amounts produced in Fara [...]	2009-04-28 04:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF
09KABUL1068	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ARMY AIR CORPS TRAINING OF AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) individuals selected for Army Air Corps training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully r [...]	2009-04-29 06:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1088	AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNMENT AND DONOR COORDINATED EFFORTS BRING [...] (U) Summary. Continued progress in the building and rehabilitation of Afghanistan's energy transmission and distribution infrastructure will soon result in additional power reaching Kabul. The North East Power System (NEPS) will handle the additional import of Uzbek power after a joint governm [...]	2009-04-29 13:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV
09KABUL1089	One Team One Mission One Network [...] USAID could deliver on its vitally important mission in Afghanistan more effectively if we had better means to coordinate policies and programs with the rest of the Mission, both Embassy Kabul agencies under COM authority, and DoD agencies under CDR CENTCOM and USFOR-A. Current inefficiencies [...]	2009-04-29 14:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AADP KRIM AF
09KABUL1090	Knowledge Management Action Plan for U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 14:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AADP KRIM AF
09KABUL1093	Afghanistan's USG Civilian Uplift - Defining its structure, [...] To implement the President's Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Embassy Kabul requires immediate funding and hiring authority to increase U.S. civilian staff. Our purpose is to build security, governance and development capacity in the Afghan government across all lines of operation at the [...]	2009-04-29 16:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF
09KABUL1094	CANDIDATES EYE POSSIBLE DEALS BEFORE DEADLINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Six days into the two-week registration period for the presidential election, no candidate among the more than 60 names considering a run has filed his or her completed paperwork. Behind-the-scenes efforts to consolidate campaigns among the leading candidates are in full swin [...]	2009-04-30 07:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1095	REACHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AFGHAN LEADERS THROUGH [...] SUMMARY: Reftel provided an overview of Afghan higher education and post's efforts to engage various institutions throughout the country. As it notes, all major Afghan political movements of the 20th century started among students and faculty of Kabul University, including the communists, the [...]	2009-04-30 11:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KIRC SCUL AF
09KABUL1096	2009 DRUG ARREST AND SEIZURE STATISTICS; MARCH 12 - APRIL [...] (U) Summary. This cable is the third in a monthly series recording significant counternarcotics activity in Afghanistan. COUNTERNARCOTICS HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (SBU) DEA/NIU Operation WARTHAWG: On April 20, DEA, in conjunction with Afghan Na [...]	2009-04-30 12:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL1097	OPPOSITION MPS CONTINUE TO FAN DEBATE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although most of Afghanistan's political establishment has moved on, some parliamentarians continue to stir debate over continuity of government after the May 22 constitutional expiration of President Karzai's term. The Supreme Court last month affirmed the legitimacy of Karza [...]	2009-04-30 12:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1099	PALACE PLANS TO GAZETTE MEDIA LAW BUT OTHERS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Supreme Court statement (ref A) siding with President Karzai over the Parliament on the media law is not yet public, but word is leaking out. Palace Chief of Staff Daudzai told us Karzai would gazette the law, minus the disputed provision, rather than return the law to Parlia [...]	2009-04-30 13:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM
09KABUL11	JUNBESH LOOKS AHEAD TO LIFE AFTER DOSTUM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Junbesh-e-Milli leaders are scrambling to lead the party in a new direction following Gen. Dostum's exit from Afghanistan. Junbesh, the country's largest ethnic Uzbek political organization, receives the bulk of its funding from foreign governments, which also influence the [...]	2009-01-04 09:47:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PREL PGOV AF TU UZ
09KABUL1100	ABDULLAH CAMPAIGN STUCK ON VP CHOICES [...] (SBU) Campaign staffers for United Front (UF) presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah hope to lock in vice presidential nominees by May 2 and register their candidate with the Independent Election Commission (IEC) by May 4. Several UF top choices for the First Vice President position have tu [...]	2009-04-30 14:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1107	COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER SAYS RADIO JAMMING ONLY [...] (C) On April 30 Afghan Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amirzai Sangin told Econoff that broadcast jamming is the only effective method to halt Taliban radio broadcasts in Afghanistan. Sangin emphasized that the Taliban do not have radio broadcasting licenses in Afghanis [...]	2009-05-02 12:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECPS ECIN EFIN AF
09KABUL1108	Afghanistan -- Eleventh Meeting of the Joint Coordination [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board April 19: -- approved the Finance Ministry's requests to set up task forces to develop a financing mechanism for the ANDS and to help the GIRoA prepare good projects in priority areas; -- supported the Agriculture Ministry's priorities [...]	2009-05-02 12:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1109	SHERZAI AIDE CLAIMS KARZAI STRONG-ARMS SHERZAI OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nangarhar Governor Gul Aga Sherzai withdrew from the presidential race on May 2, the day after a reportedly lengthy and emotional meeting with President Karzai. Sherzai's campaign manager alleged that Karzai's increasingly emotional and threatening tone pushed Sherzai to end hi [...]	2009-05-02 14:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1111	WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?: FEMALE REGISTRATION FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the April 25 opening of the two-week candidate registration period, over 500 individuals have registered as provincial council (PC) candidates for the August elections. The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) initial reports on candidate registration indicate, howeve [...]	2009-05-03 09:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1116	NEXT STEPS ON ELECTION SECURITY PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government's Presidential Advisory Group (PAG),led by National Security Advisor Rassoul and with the participation of Ministers, other Cabinet-level decision-makers, and international representatives, on April 30 approved a concept of operations for election security, res [...]	2009-05-03 11:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1119	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 4/25-4/30: ELECTORAL LAW [...] Lower House Speaker Yunus Qanooni has urged MPs working on the Electoral Law to resolve ongoing disputes and bring the legislation to the house floor for a final vote (reftel). Because the Constitution prohibits Parliament from changing electoral law in the final year of its five-year term, MPs [...]	2009-05-03 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1120	Supporting Wheat Seed Distribution in Afghanistan [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. 2. (SBU) As reported Ref A, Afghan Agriculture Minister Rahimi has requested $32.4 million from donors to fund urgent procurement of wheat seeds and distribution in time for fall planting. The Mission is aware of two USG programs that would be supportiv [...]	2009-05-03 14:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AF
09KABUL1121	Afghanistan Supports Trilateral Summit Agricultural [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-03 14:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1122	TRILATERAL SUMMIT -- AFGHANS PREFER POLITICAL COMMITMENT ON [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor and Deputy met with Minister of Commerce and Industries Shahrani May 3 to discuss a variety of trade issues leading up to the May 13-14 Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA)in Islamabad. Shahrani also noted his intention to attend the May 6-7 Tril [...]	2009-05-03 14:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD AF PK
09KABUL1124	CHANGES TO VICE PRESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) On May 3, the Independent Election Commission informed donor nation representatives and international stakeholders of a change to IEC regulations on vice-presidential candidates. At a May 2 meeting, IEC Commissioners decided against extending the candidate registration period, due to [...]	2009-05-03 16:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1131	KARZAI REGISTERS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] President Karzai officially registered as a candidate for the Aug. 20 presidential election this morning (May 4),moments before departing for the trilateral meetings in Washington. Karzai registered with Marshall Mohammed Qasim Fahim Khan and Karim Khalili as his first and second vice presid [...]	2009-05-04 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1134	KAMBAKHSH: CLOSE TO A PARDON [...] SUMMARY. (C) President Karzai told the Charge on May 1 Karzai would pardon Parwez Kambakhsh, the journalism student serving a 20-year prison sentence for disseminating an article discussing women's rights and Islam (reftel A) shortly after his May 11 return to Afghanistan from abroad. Karzai [...]	2009-05-04 10:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AF
09KABUL1136	FEFA: THE AFGHAN VOICE IN ELECTION OBSERVATION [...] SUMMARY: Domestic observation will be key to Afghan perceptions of legitimacy in the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections. The Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FeFA),an umbrella organization of over 15 civil society groups, will serve as Afghanistan,s on [...]	2009-05-04 14:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1140	BUTTRESSING THE INTEGRITY OF AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),the UN, the international community, and Afghan government institutions are creating many electoral safeguards for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections. Much of the elections' credibility, for both Afghans an [...]	2009-05-04 16:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1141	Atmar promises private security company rules will address [...] (SBU) Interior Minister Atmar told acting DCM on May 3 that the government was prepared to modify its regulations of private security companies (PSCs) to meet U.S. concerns. Karzai has directed cabinet members to give Atmar the authority to grant the U.S. exceptions to existing regulations on [...]	2009-05-05 05:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC EIND EAID AF
09KABUL1144	INTERIOR MINISTER ATMAR ON CANDIDATE SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 19:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1148	UNDERSTANDING ELECTORAL SAFEGUARDS [...] (SBU) As candidate registration nears a close, and political campaigns begin, questions about irregularities in the voter registration process are eating away at public confidence. Anecdotal reports raise concerns about female participation and fraud. If it persists, a perception of fraud a [...]	2009-05-06 02:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1150	SHIA FAMILY LAW: MOMENTUM TOWARDS A MORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an April 28 meeting with President Karzai, civil society representatives and several MPs discussed specific concerns regarding the Shia Family Law (reftel) and delivered an alternate, progressive draft law. Two days later, faculty at private law school Ketab University held a [...]	2009-05-06 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPOL PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL1173	ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LAW: MOJ [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has completed its initial review of a draft Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law. Embassy review is ongoing, but the draft law is a much needed effort to identify and criminalize the myriad types of violence Afghan women face. Several MPs [...]	2009-05-06 13:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL1174	ABDULLAH REGISTERS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah registered his campaign for the presidential election today (May 6),signing up with two relatively unknown running mates ) evidence that he had failed to attract support outside the splintering United Front opposition coalition. Abdul [...]	2009-05-06 14:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1178	SPANTA AND CHARGE DISCUSS ELECTION POLITICS AND [...] (C) Summary. During a 4/30 meeting with Foreign Minister Spanta, the Charge reiterated U.S. impartiality in the current election cycle. Spanta was not happy with Karzai,s choice of Marshall Mohammed Fahim but could not offer a better candidate of his own. The Charge expressed U.S. disappointment wi [...]	2009-05-07 05:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL AF
09KABUL1181	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/2-5/7: MORE ANGER OVER [...] Lower House MPs exploded in anger Wednesday (May 6) over new reports of civilian casualties resulting from a joint Afghan Army-Coalition forces operation in Bala Boluk district of Farah province this week. Afghan media and NGOs reported between 40 and 160 civilians killed, prompting many MPs t [...]	2009-05-07 13:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL1186	CANDIDATE REGISTRATION REFLECTS PUBLIC OPINION [...] (U) On May 8 at 5:00 p.m. (local time),the two-week candidate registration period for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections will close. As the Independent Election Commission (IEC) compiles the registration data, a strong preliminary trend speaks to poor public opini [...]	2009-05-08 11:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1187	CANDIDATE REGISTRATION REFLECTS PUBLIC OPINION [...] (U) On May 8 at 5:00 p.m. (local time),the two-week candidate registration period for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections will close. As the Independent Election Commission (IEC) compiles the registration data, a strong preliminary trend speaks to poor public opini [...]	2009-05-08 11:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1188	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ARMY AIR CORPS TRAINING OF AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) individuals selected for Army Air Corps training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully r [...]	2009-05-08 14:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1194	A CROWDED FIELD, BUT LITTLE TRUE COMPETITION FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Candidate registration for the Aug. 20 presidential election closed May 8, with at least 44 candidates turning in completed registration forms. We will report septel on provincial council registration, particularly on female candidate registration. President Karzai appears t [...]	2009-05-10 13:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1195	INSIDE KARZAI CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai officially launched his re-election campaign last week, relying on an unusual mix of powerful commanders from Afghanistan's 30 years of conflict and a small group of younger volunteers from newer pro-democracy organizations. To date, former mujahideen command [...]	2009-05-10 13:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1196	SCRUTINY, THEN CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR CANDIDATES [...] SUMMARY: On May 8 the two-week candidate registration period for the August 2009 elections closed. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) now has in hand registration packages from 44 presidential candidates and 3,324 provincial council candidates. By May 15, the IEC must complete its sc [...]	2009-05-10 13:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1199	DEBUNKING THE MYTH - PD WORK REALLY IS POSSIBLE IN [...] SUMMARY: Contrary to popular belief that American diplomats remain isolated behind compound walls, PD officers in Kabul routinely travel around the city and throughout the country. Too much emphasis has been placed on "messaging," too little on building personal relationship that allow the mes [...]	2009-05-11 04:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KIRC SCUL AF
09KABUL12	ASHRAF GHANI SOUNDS OUT THEMES FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C/NF) Former Interior Minister Ashraf Ghani has launched a high-minded, academic critique of the Afghan government, blasting administrative incompetence and President Karzai's refusal to fight high-level corruption for destabilizing the country. In a Dec. 31 conversation with PolCouns, Gha [...]	2009-01-04 09:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF

09KABUL1208	Resourcing a Comprehensive Counter-Narcotics [...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy hosted a one-day workshop on counter-narcotics (CN) to elaborate an overall US and UK action plan to disrupt the nexus of insurgents-narcotics-criminality-corruption and support the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) in its counter-drug efforts. [...]	2009-05-11 10:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL1209	AFGHAN FRAUD SUMMARY [...] Afghanistan has suffered three decades of civil war and unrest. It lacks good road, water, or power systems. International efforts to help rebuild the country are hampered by insurgent attacks, mountainous and difficult terrain, the lack of ingrained government institutions, and the absence of [...]	2009-05-11 12:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CASC CFED CJAN CPAS CVIS AF
09KABUL1211	FEFA ASSESSES PROGRESS, SOME IRREGULARITIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FEFA, the Afghan election observer organization, noted both positive developments and some irregularities in its assessment of the candidate registration process at its May 11 press conference. Looking ahead, FEFA called for the Media Commission and the Electoral Complaints Com [...]	2009-05-11 14:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1217	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA MEZ BASIC TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of sixty-one (61) individuals selected for DEA MEZ basic training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully [...]	2009-05-12 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1218	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU BASIC TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty-eight (38) individuals selected for DEA MEZ basic training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfu [...]	2009-05-12 13:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1219	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD STAFF TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of seven (7) individuals selected for MOD staff training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully requests [...]	2009-05-12 13:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1220	REVISED CABLE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA MEZ BASIC [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of sixty-one (61) individuals selected for DEA MEZ basic training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully [...]	2009-05-12 13:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1221	REVISED CABLE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU BASIC [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty-eight (38) individuals selected for DEA MEZ basic training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfu [...]	2009-05-12 13:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1224	PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) With the May 8 close of the candidate registration period for the August 2009 elections, preliminary IEC numbers show 3,324 provincial council (PC) candidate registrations for Afghanistan's 420 PC seats. As in 2005, candidate registration surged in the final 24 hours of the registration [...]	2009-05-13 07:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1226	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEAHY [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the Administration's new strategy, agreeing on the merit and priority of refocusing on defeating al Qaeda to prevent it, and like-minded local and regional groups, from returning to Afg [...]	2009-05-13 10:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM
09KABUL1227	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING FOR AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of three (3) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's re [...]	2009-05-13 10:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1230	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/9-5/15: MPS DEMAND [...] (SBU) Lower House MPs continue to push for the "legalization" of foreign forces, following intense debate over an incident involving civilian casualties in Farah Province last week (ref A). During May 13 testimony to the Lower House, Justice Minister Sarwar Danesh told MPs President Karzai t [...]	2009-05-14 14:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1231	AFGHAN WOMEN LEADERS ASK CODEL DAVIS FOR MORE [...] SUMMARY: On May 9, Afghan women leaders told Codel Davis that they have high hopes for a greater engagement on women's issues under the Obama administration. The Afghan participants urged the U.S. to focus on an array of issues affecting women, including political rights and economic developm [...]	2009-05-14 17:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AF OREP
09KABUL1232	TALIBAN AND WARLORD QUESTIONS AS THE ECC SETS UP [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a May 12 press conference, the five commissioners of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) introduced their organization, noted the jurisdiction of the ECC and explained the process for the upcoming challenge period. Afghan media representatives pressed the ECC on whethe [...]	2009-05-15 06:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1233	COIN SUCCESS IN ALASAY IS PROVISIONAL: LESSONS FOR [...] (S) Summary. Two months after a clearing operation to restore Afghan government (GIRoA) authority to Alasay, a tenuous security has been established below a line of control that ISAF Forces and the Afghan National Army (ANA) established one-half kilometer beyond the district center. In this [...]	2009-05-15 10:02:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1234	CORRUPTION AND STRUGGLE FOR LEGITIMACY UNDERMINING SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Now that military operations have compelled insurgents to withdraw, at least for now, from much of southern Kapisa, and GIRoA authority has been reasserted, corruption and a struggle for political legitimacy have emerged as obstacles to enduring stability. The uneasy balance be [...]	2009-05-15 12:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL1238	THIS YEAR ELECTIONS ARE VERY GOOD: AFGHAN YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a webchat engaging over 100 university students and other youth through Lincoln Centers in Kabul, Jalalabad, Bamyan, and Mazar-e-Sharif, Embassy officers discussed the role of civil society in elections, with the theme of "more than just a voting day." The students welcomed an [...]	2009-05-17 04:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1239	SUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN: A SNAPSHOT OF THE NORTHEAST [...] (U) Summary: A recent trip to the northeast by a representative of the Embassy's Provincial Reconstruction Team-Sub-National Governance team confirmed the presence there of a number of the same challenges thwarting progress elsewhere in Afghanistan. It also served to dispel a few misconceptions abo [...]	2009-05-17 05:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1243	AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-IRAN MAY 19 TRILATERAL SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-17 08:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF IR PK
09KABUL1255	EXBS ADVISOR APRIL 26 TO MAY 10, 2009 MONTH END REPORT, [...] (U) EXBS Advisor Fetty arrived at Kabul, Afghanistan on April 26, 2009. Advisor Fetty was Advisor in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan prior to his assignment to Afghanistan. EXBS Program Coordinator Roohullah Shekaib attended the UGA Export Control and Policy Workshop held a [...]	2009-05-17 13:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF
09KABUL1256	ENCOURAGING DISCOURSE ON ELECTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The public outreach division of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has developed a multi-layered strategy to educate the Afghan people about the August 2009 elections. IEC public outreach (PO) is striving to provide consistent and accurate messaging at appropriate times i [...]	2009-05-17 13:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1257	UNHCR, ICRC STILL WATCHING FOR CROSS-BORDER FLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary. The leadership of Kabul-based offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) shared an overview of their planning for potential movement of Pakistani refugees to Afghanistan with the Refugee Affairs [...]	2009-05-17 13:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF UN AF PK
09KABUL1259	CABINET TO COUNTER PARLIAMENT'S EFFORT TO [...] (C) Deputy Ambassador urged FM Spanta on May 16 to ensure that the government's response to Parliament's calls to "legalize the presence of foreign forces" would be constructive and avoid any practical constraints on coalition operational requirements. Spanta responded that the government wou [...]	2009-05-18 06:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AF
09KABUL1270	EU POLICE MISSION COMPLETES CONCEPT OF OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL)A) has completed an initial reconnaissance visit to Laghman province, and based on discussions with Task Force (TF) Duke, is preparing a concept of operations for deploying officers to Regional Command East (RC-E). As an i [...]	2009-05-18 13:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF EUN
09KABUL1274	CANDIDATE VETTING INCHES FORWARD [...] SUMMARY: Candidate vetting took another small step forward on May 17, as the Afghan government and the international community agreed to send to the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) an evidence-based list of 110 provincial council candidates linked to illegal armed groups (IAGs),and as [...]	2009-05-19 04:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1276	A MEDIA SUCCESS STORY: SALAM WATANDAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Eikenberry's first exclusive local interview in Kabul highlights a shining success story of Afghan media development: the growth of Salam Watandar (SW) ["Hello Countryman"], a network of 39 rural, independent radio stations in 21 provinces. With programs on current affa [...]	2009-05-19 07:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AF
09KABUL1278	Balkh Province - Security Setbacks, Corruption, Uneven [...] (U) Summary: Strong provincial leadership by Governor Atta makes the Balkh government work, but a worsening security picture in districts west of the provincial capital Mazar-e-Sharif and widespread corruption within his administration threaten to undermine people's confidence in government. B [...]	2009-05-19 13:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR EAID MARR AF
09KABUL1281	YASENI CONCERNED ABOUT KARZAI'S CASH ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lower House Deputy Speaker and presidential candidate Mirwais Yaseni is asking for US assistance to help balance what he sees as President Karzai's significant advantage over other candidates in terms of cash and the use of government resources. Yaseni has opened campaign off [...]	2009-05-19 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1283	NO MAJOR PROTESTS EXPECTED OVER CONTINUITY OF [...] (SBU) Afghan politicians remain divided over support for continuity of government under President Karzai following the May 22 constitutional expiration of his term, but we have not seen evidence that opponents will organize protests against the government's legality (reftel). Privately, an o [...]	2009-05-20 04:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1290	IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN BAMYAN, A HIDDEN STRUGGLE FOR [...] (S) Summary. Bamyan Province is a significant center of gravity for Iranian influence in Afghanistan. Iran has political reach through its sponsorship of the Hezb-e Wahdat (Unity Party),headed by Second VP Khalili based in Bamyan. A Council of Mujahedeen Commanders remains intact there, an [...]	2009-05-20 16:42:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1292	AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-IRAN TRILATERAL SUMMIT [...] (SBU) MFA Senior advisor Davood Marodian informed us that the trilateral summit, postponed from its original May 19 date, has been rescheduled for May 24. He expected more visuals than substance. 2. (C) President Karzai is considering President Ahmadinejad's invitation to Karzai to extend [...]	2009-05-21 04:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PK IR
09KABUL1295	CODEL CARPER - WELCOME TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Senators: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Obama's [...]	2009-05-21 09:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL1296	JUNBESH-WAHDAT ALLIANCE CLOSE TO RELUCTANT KARZAI [...] (SBU) Representatives of the majority-Uzbek Junbesh-e-Milli party and Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Mardum faction of Hazara leader Haji Mohammed Mohaqqeq say their two-party alliance is reluctantly nearing an endorsement of President Karzai's re-election campaign. The two parties agreed last month to sup [...]	2009-05-21 09:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1297	POLITICAL PARTIES A NEAR NO-SHOW ON PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Some 88 percent of the more than 3,300 candidates who registered for this summer's provincial council elections chose to identify as independent candidates rather than associate with one of Afghanistan's 100-plus political parties. The near no-show by political parties on the [...]	2009-05-21 11:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1298	KARZAI'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN PLAN [...] (C) I met with Jelani Popal, the Director General of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (ILDG) and the discussion confirmed my view that governance remains a linchpin of our success in Afghanistan. Popal was particularly focused on weakness in district level governance, where he [...]	2009-05-21 16:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1299	KARZAI SIGNS ELECTION NON-INTERFERENCE DECREE [...] President Karzai has signed and published a decree prohibiting official interference in the election process. The decree has the key elements the USG and international community has urged Karzai to include. We will now turn our attention to the government's implementation of the decree provis [...]	2009-05-22 04:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL130	Badghis Chief Prosecutor Alleges Widespread Corruption [...] (SBU) During a recent meeting with the PRT, Badghis' chief prosecutor, Gaws Mohammad, detailed a disturbing portrait of wide-scale corruption and neglect within the province, singling out Governor Mohammad Ashraf Naseri, among several other provincial officials, for his alleged misappropriation [...]	2009-01-19 11:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EAID AF
09KABUL1300	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: LITERACY TRAINING (1 OF 3) [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty-three (33) individuals selected for police literacy training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request [...]	2009-05-22 09:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1301	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN LITERACY TRAINING (TWO OF [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty-three (33) individuals selected for police literacy training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request [...]	2009-05-22 09:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1302	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN LITERACY TRAINING (THREE OF [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty-four (34) individuals selected for police literacy training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests [...]	2009-05-22 09:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1303	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NSC STAFF TRAINING IN JORDAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one (71) individuals selected for MOD staff training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's [...]	2009-05-22 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1308	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/16-5/21: MPS DEBATE [...] The Lower House moved away from contentious debate over civilian casualties this week and debated legislation regulating the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG),sparking a conversation over whether Parliament should require the popular election of governors. Tajiks, Uzbeks, a [...]	2009-05-24 06:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1309	Paktika - Governor Katawazay Addresses Security, [...] (SBU) On May 17, PRT Paktika (Sharana) facilitated a visit by Governor Katawazay, National Directorate for Security provincial commander General Mohammad Yaseen, and the governor's tribal affairs advisor (and cousin) Mohammad Mateen to Gayan district in northeastern Paktika, on the border with [...]	2009-05-25 05:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL131	OUTRAGE AGAINST COALITION SPECIAL OPS INCREASES IN [...] (C) A series of Coalition special operations in Zabul province during December 2008 and January 2009 heightened emotions and public outcry against coalition forces (CF). This situation provided an opportunity for select provincial leaders to promote their own political agendas. Governor Delb [...]	2009-01-19 12:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1310	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (1 OF [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-05-25 07:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1311	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (2 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-05-25 07:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1312	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (3 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-05-25 07:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1315	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (4 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's [...]	2009-05-25 12:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1319	CANDIDATE CHALLENGE PERIOD ENDS [...] (C) Summary: The May 23 deadline for filing of complaints against registered candidates has passed. The Election Complaints Commission (ECC) collected a total of 268 challenges. Of those, the UN-sponsored Disarmament and Reintegration Commission ("D and RC") submitted 119 names with alleged [...]	2009-05-26 05:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL132	PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND IEC READY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Voter Registration is set to begin on January 20 and the local IEC office and Task Force Helmand (TFH) have coordinated efforts to address security and logistical challenges. However, the required registration materials had not yet arrived in Lashkar Gah on January 17 and delay [...]	2009-01-19 12:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1320	PANJSHIR GOVERNOR MAY TAKE ON KAPISA INSURGENCY [...] (C) Panjshir Governor Haji Bahlol reported to PRTOff May 24 that President Karzai is contemplating moving him to Kapisa province following the August 20 presidential election (contingent upon Karzai's re-election). Bahlol, with a reputation for toughness and a track record of maintaining secu [...]	2009-05-26 06:19:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1321	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LANGEVIN [...] (SBU) Congressmen: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Oba [...]	2009-05-26 06:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1322	QANOONI SIDETRACKS VOTE ON PRIVATE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Lower House Speaker Yunus Qanooni has cut off action on a version of the Private Security Companies (PSC) Law that would have placed restrictions limiting the number of armed personnel allowed for each PSC (refs A-C). Over the objections of many MPs, Qanooni tabled debate on the law, r [...]	2009-05-26 07:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EIND EAID AF
09KABUL1328	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (5 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-05-26 15:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1329	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (6 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's revie [...]	2009-05-26 15:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL133	EU POLICE MISSION EXPLORES DEPLOYMENT TO EASTERN [...] (C) Summary: A senior delegation from the European Union Police Mission to Afghanistan (EUPOL Afghanistan) met January 12 with members of Task Force Duke (RC-E) senior staff to consider possibilities for deployment of EUPOL officers to eastern Afghanistan. Discussion centered on a proposal [...]	2009-01-19 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PGOV AF EUN
09KABUL1335	JUSTICE MINISTER DANESH: SLOW MOVEMENT ON SHIA LAW [...] (SBU) Justice Minister Danesh told us May 25 that the Ministry has completed its formal consultation process with civil society on amending the Shia Family Law. It will, however, continue to take substantive input from stakeholders. The Embassy will soon submit comments, based on analysis fr [...]	2009-05-27 11:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL1336	Afghanistan Repeats Request for Assistance on Water [...] (SBU) At the Islamabad Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA),Afghan Foreign Ministry officials repeated a request to USDEL for assistance on negotiating riparian rights, particularly with Iran. This follows on a request made earlier this year that led to a request fo [...]	2009-05-27 12:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID EFIN AF IR
09KABUL1340	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: POLICE OFFICERS FOR ATA VIP COURSE [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of sixteen 16 police officers scheduled to attend an ATA VIP course. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no [...]	2009-05-28 04:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1342	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (7 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-05-28 09:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1343	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (8 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-05-28 11:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1344	PROPOSAL FOR 2009 JULIA TAFT FUND [...] (SBU) We propose to use the Taft Fund to support building a medical clinic and expanding an existing school at Sohadat land allocation site (LAS),west of Herat. Sohadat LAS is a government-sponsored township for landless former refugees and internally-displaced persons (IDPs). Neighboring v [...]	2009-05-28 13:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PGOV AF
09KABUL1345	Anti-Corruption Unit Pressing Forward in Politically [...] (SBU) Although operating on a shoe-string budget, the Kabul-based Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of the Attorney General's Office is demonstrating the capability to handle a significant and politically sensitive corruption case. Since April 2009, the ACU has been investigating embezzlement charges [...]	2009-05-30 02:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1348	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/23-5/29: AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on May 28 with the Lower House International Relations Committee to discuss the new US strategy in Afghanistan and listen to MPs' concerns about security issues. MPs, led by committee chairman Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf (Kabul, Pashtun),welcomed greater US-Afghan cooperat [...]	2009-05-30 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1350	MPS ASK, "WHEN IS OUR ELECTION?" [...] (SBU) In an interesting conversation with PolOff this week, five Lower House MPs disagreed with each other over when their legislative terms expire next year and when the 2010 parliamentary election should occur. MPs Fawzia Koofi (Badakhshan, Tajik),Sultan Mohammed Awrang (Badakhshan, Tajik [...]	2009-05-30 10:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1351	MANAS AIR BASE: KARZAI-BAKIYEV LETTER; NO PHONE [...] (C) Palace officials informed us they tried a number of times and failed to get through by telephone to Bishkek, to arrange a call between Presidents Karzai and Bakiyev. Karzai wished to express to Bakiyev his support for continued coalition use of Manas to support security operations in Afgh [...]	2009-05-30 10:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AFIN KG
09KABUL1352	FM KOUCHNER REITERATES FRENCH COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Pierre Lallouche, France's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Ambassador Jean d'Amecourt May 14 to discuss increased military and civilian engagement in Afghanistan, elections and bilateral coordi [...]	2009-05-30 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS MARR FR AF
09KABUL136	ANNOUNCING RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA [...] (U) PolMilOffs met with Dr. Davood Moradian, senior policy advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on January 18, 2009 to convey, inter alia, the news that the President recently signed the instrument of ratification for the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol (reftel). 2. (U) Moradian welcom [...]	2009-01-20 02:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA AORC IAEA ENRG PREL TRGY
09KABUL1361	AFGHANISTAN COUNTERNARCOTICS: NARCO-INSURGENCY [...] (C) Summary. Afghan Army commandos and U.S. special forces air-assaulted and seized a large Taliban command center that doubled as a heroin-producing complex in central Helmand on May 19-23. The operation, which included the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA)/National Interdiction [...]	2009-05-31 05:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR KCRM PREL PINS AF
09KABUL137	NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 18, polmiloffs delivered reftel demarche on sanctions against the A.Q. Khan proliferation network to Dr. Davood Moradian, Senior Policy Advisor to the Afghan Foreign Minister. Moradian generally welcomed the news but used the meeting to urge the U.S. to adopt a ''smart [...]	2009-01-20 07:02:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
09KABUL1372	MEDIA LAW: IMPORTANT STEP BUT NO PANACEA [...] (SBU) The Embassy has urged President Karzai to publish the Media Law as soon as possible in order to advance Afghan media's freedoms (reftels). Karzai has told officials at the Ministry of Justice and Office of Administrative Affairs (OAA) to hold off on publication until he consults Supreme [...]	2009-05-31 11:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM AF
09KABUL1377	CODEL LEAHY: CRITICAL TIME IN BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of CODEL Leahy told President Karzai during a 5/26 meeting that this was a critical time for the Afghan-U.S. relationship. Americans needed assurances, especially in this economy, that the money they are spending in Afghanistan is being well spent, and that the people [...]	2009-06-01 08:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER USAID
09KABUL1378	CODEL CARPER STRESSES NEED FOR GREATER AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Thomas Carper, Mark Udall, Jeanne Shaheen, Kay Hagan, and Mark Begich had a productive visit to Afghanistan that included meetings with President Karzai, the Ministers of Defense and Interior, and a visit to Regional Command-East. The Codel delivered effective USG mess [...]	2009-06-01 08:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OREP AF
09KABUL1379	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (9 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-06-01 11:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1380	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (10 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-06-01 11:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1383	GIROA EXTRADITES AFGHAN-AMERICAN CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Following intensive collaboration from May 29 to June 1 within and between the country team and Government of Afghanistan (GIRoA) leaders, GIRoA extradited two Afghan-Americans suspected of attempting to bribe a U.S. military contracting officer. Depending on weather conditions [...]	2009-06-01 13:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KDEM AF
09KABUL139	SECOND THOUGHTS ON KARZAI AMONG AFGHAN ELITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Constituencies important to President Karzai's re-election hopes are voicing dissatisfaction that Karzai is ignoring their counsel and failing to improve local governance and fight corruption. Disappointment with Karzai's performance over the last few years is becoming more comm [...]	2009-01-20 09:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL1390	CODEL LANGEVIN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Codel Langevin (Rep. James Langevin, Rep. Mike Coffman, Rep. Tom Rooney, Rep. Kilili Sablan) met with a relaxed, confident President Karzai May 30 to discuss Afghanistan's greatest challenges - insecurity and weak governance, as well as Karzai's plans for the country's future. [...]	2009-06-02 07:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS KDEM PTER AF
09KABUL1392	AMBASSADOR MEETS MOCI, DISCUSSES TRADE, CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eikenberry, accompanied by Deputy ECOUNS note taker, met with Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Wahidulla Sharani for a courtesy call on May 28. Sharani briefed the Ambassador on Afghan thinking on Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs),WTO accession the status of Afg [...]	2009-06-02 11:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EFIN EAID AF
09KABUL1395	IRAN TRILATERAL: AHMADINEJAD SUGGESTS US-IRAN [...] (C) President Ahmadinejad reacted positively to the USG message to Iran on common interests in Afghanistan and the region (ref b),on the occasion of the Afghan's May 24-25 visit to Tehran. Ahmadinejad suggested cooperation could begin through joint infrastructure projects, or allowing Irania [...]	2009-06-02 12:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SENV AF IR
09KABUL1396	IRAN TRILATERAL: AHMADINEJAD SUGGESTS US-IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 12:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SENV AF IR
09KABUL1398	OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN START TWO WEEKS AWAY; KARZAI IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The presidential election season officially starts June 16, but the major candidates are already in full swing. President Karzai will begin the campaign with a significant head start, having consolidated support from a number of powerful factional leaders. The other major ca [...]	2009-06-02 13:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1399	UNAMA HEAD ASKS OSCE TO STRENGTHEN ELECTION SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA),has sent a letter on May 27, requesting that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) strengthen it [...]	2009-06-03 04:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AF
09KABUL140	VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN AND SENATOR GRAHAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Vice President-elect Joseph Biden and Senator Lindsay Graham visited Camp Bastion in Helmand Province January 11 and were briefed by Brigadier General Gordon Messenger, the British Commander of Task Force Helmand, and UK Senior Civilian Advisor Hugh Powell. COMISAF General McKiernan, R [...]	2009-01-20 10:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS AF
09KABUL1400	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (11 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-06-03 04:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1401	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (12 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty four (24) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Departme [...]	2009-06-03 04:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1405	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/30-6/4: PARLIAMENT [...] Both houses of Parliament picked up their pace in handling legislation this week, with the June 5 recess drawing near. After both houses flirted with proposals to extend the session beyond June 5, or the recess beyond July 20, leadership in both institutions eventually called an end to the cur [...]	2009-06-03 13:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1406	CANDIDATE VETTING: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR STANEKZAI [...] (C) Presidential Advisor and Vice-Chairman of the Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (D and RC) Muhammad Massom Stanekzai told the Ambassador on June 1 the D and RC submitted to the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) the names of 112 Provincial Council candidates and four national- [...]	2009-06-04 06:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PRER AF
09KABUL1409	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ARMY AIR CORPS TRAINING OF AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of nine (9) individuals selected for Army Air Corps training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Departme [...]	2009-06-04 09:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1419	CROSS-BORDER TRIBAL SHURA: NANGARHAR ELDERS MEET [...] (C) Summary: Leaders from Nangarhar Province's three main Pashtun tribes met in Jalalabad May 12 with tribal elders from Pakistan's Khyber and Mohmand Agencies to build cross-border tribal unity and discuss ways to prevent insurgent infiltration and activity. During the shura, Afridi tribal e [...]	2009-06-06 05:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL142	KARZAI APPEALS TO BOUCHER FOR SECURITY IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher met with President Karzai January 6 to discuss security priorities and improved Afghanistan-Pakistan relations. Boucher encouraged closer Afghan-Pak cooperation on intelligence sharing and told Karzai the U. [...]	2009-01-20 11:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF PK
09KABUL1420	ZABUL GOVERNOR NASERI'S TENURE OFF TO A ROCKY START [...] (C) Summary: Governor Muhammed Ashraf Naseri's most significant achievement after two months serving as the Governor of Zabul Province is the drafting of a more realistic development plan. Overall, however, Naseri has failed to connect with the people and an ongoing corruption investigati [...]	2009-06-06 06:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1421	JOINT WARDAK-LOGAR POLICE SUMMIT PART OF EFFORT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: To address police deficiencies in Logar and Wardak provinces, the 3rd Brigade 10th Mountain Division (3/10) is working with national police and the local police chiefs to implement both a bottom-up and top-down police development strategy. Through a series of inspection tour [...]	2009-06-06 07:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1422	REVISED CABLE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI DEA NIU BASIC [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty-seven (27) individuals selected for DEA NIU basic training. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by th [...]	2009-06-06 09:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1423	AMBASSADOR EIKENBERRY AND GOVERNOR AMIN DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An animated Governor Roohul Amin of Farah told Ambassador Eikenberry on May 30 that the situation in his province is improving for ordinary citizens as a result of his efforts to reduce corruption and fight crime, even though Taliban activity is increasing. Under intense press [...]	2009-06-06 12:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1424	AFGHANISTAN'S MEDIA COMMISSION: UP AND RUNNING [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-created Media Commission, slated to play an important role in the upcoming presidential election, is now up and running. In addition to monitoring compliance with the media code of conduct, the Commission intends to organize radio and TV airtime for candidate roundtabl [...]	2009-06-07 02:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1425	AFGHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION FORCE IS TAKING ROOT IN [...] (C) Summary. The positive development of the Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3) in the Jalraz district of Wardak Province demonstrates how the AP3 might successfully be adapted to build local support and responsibility for security. The program still faces a myriad of challenges, though [...]	2009-06-07 02:45:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1426	KARZAI AIDE SPECULATES ON POST-ELECTION CABINET; [...] (C) Palace Chief of Policy Sebghatullah Sanjar told us on June 2 that Karzai had offered a number of positions in his next government to prominent Afghans in exchange for their endorsements. Sanjar asserted Karzai struck those deals without regard to those individuals' abilities or willin [...]	2009-06-07 05:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1427	Knowledge Management Training and Evaluation Team [...] A four-person team, experienced in the application of KM methods, visited Kabul to train staff on classified and unclassified tools currently accessible to them and to evaluate how KM methods could be employed to meet the needs of the U.S. Mission. Network issues aside (these will be addressed [...]	2009-06-07 06:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AMGT PGOV AF
09KABUL1444	UNDP ELECTION FUNDING REQUIREMENTS MET WITH USG [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID forwarded a much awaited cooperative agreement (CA) to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for USD $55 million, making the USG the largest donor in the international community for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. Assuming all other interna [...]	2009-06-07 08:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF

09KABUL1458	OPENING OF ISLAM QALA BORDER CROSSING POINT [...] (SBU) On June 15, the port at Islam Qala (IQ) will be ready for operations. The Embassy's Border Management Task Force is prepared to host an opening ceremony, between June 15 and July 1, for the USD 20 Million Border Crossing Point at IQ, built by the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE). The Ge [...]	2009-06-08 04:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD AF IR
09KABUL1461	FLASHES OF GIROA LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent media statements from MOI and MOD citing civilian casualties caused by the Taliban and supporting the presence of international troops demonstrated unusual and welcomed Afghan leadership in public communications. This may be the result of a patient and determined effort [...]	2009-06-08 10:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS MASS AF
09KABUL1465	AMBASSADOR AND COS DAUDZAI DISCUSS KARZAI'S GOALS [...] (C) Summary. At their May 27 meeting, Mohammed Umer Daudzai, President Karzai's Chief of Staff, agreed to the Ambassador's suggestion to establish a weekly meeting between President Karzai and the Ambassador. Daudzai confirmed Karzai was confident of re-election and the latter was turning his [...]	2009-06-08 10:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MOPS AF
09KABUL1466	DIAG COMMITTEE'S FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To discuss the results of the candidate vetting process, National Security Advisor Zalmai Rassoul hosted a meeting on June 7 for Minister of Interior Atmar, Minister of Defense Wardak, Vice-Chair of the Demobilization and Reintegration Commission Mohammed Stanekzai, Independent [...]	2009-06-08 14:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1467	FORGING A CAMPAIGN OF IDEAS [...] (C) Even before the official start of the presidential election campaign season, most political observers have concluded that President Karzai will easily win re-election. Karzai is gunning for an overwhelming first-round victory by lining up endorsements from nearly all of the country's powe [...]	2009-06-08 14:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1468	INFLUENTIAL PASHTUNS IN AFGHAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the country's largest ethnic group, Pashtuns will play a determining role in this year's presidential election. If the 2009 election breaks down along ethnic lines, as it largely did in 2004, President Karzai will have a significant advantage over other candidates, especia [...]	2009-06-08 14:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1477	UPPER HOUSE SPEAKER MOJADDEDI PRESSING KARZAI FOR [...] During Ambassador Eickenberry's June 9 courtesy call, Upper House Speaker Mojaddedi conceded President Karzai was the only viable presidential candidate but had many flaws. Neither Abdullah Abdullah nor Ashraf Ghani have the personality or capacity to govern, Mojaddedi claimed. However, Mojade [...]	2009-06-09 16:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1478	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER SAMAR LAMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) Chair Sima Samar and the Ambassador discussed on June 9 a range of political and human rights issues. Samar blamed the opposition, including herself, for not organizing a viable challenge to Karzai's re-election bid. She urged [...]	2009-06-09 17:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1485	MINISTERS TELL CODEL LANGEVIN ARMY AND POLICE [...] (C)Summary. Codel Langevin spent a full 24 hours in Kabul, meeting with President Karzai (reftel),Defense Minister Wardak, Interior Minister Atmar, and Afghan Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) representatives. The codel, comprised of Representatives James Langevin (D-RI),Mike Coffman [...]	2009-06-10 12:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1486	GOVERNOR ATTA REVERSES COURSE TO BACK OPPOSITION [...] (C) Balkh Provincial Governor Mohammed Atta Noor disclosed to State PRT officer that he will back the opposition United Front (UF) candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah for president over President Karzai in the reversal of Atta's previous posture towards Karzai. This decision reflects what is sha [...]	2009-06-10 13:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1488	LOCAL KUCHI-HAZARA DEAL DEPENDENT ON NATIONAL AND [...] (C) Summary. The annual conflict posed by the movement of the Kuchi population into the grazing lands of Wardak, Bamyan, and Ghazni Provinces is rearing its head, but the intersection of better grazing as a result of spring rains, a Kuchi readiness to vote in the upcoming elections, and Wardak [...]	2009-06-10 13:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1489	TEPID PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HEDAYAT ARSALA [...] (SBU) Former Senior Minister Hedayat Arsala laid out to the Ambassador on June 8 a substantive agenda that would focus on strengthening governance by fighting government corruption and interdicting the narcotics trade. He asserted that Karzai held such strong advantages of incumbency that the [...]	2009-06-10 14:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL1493	ENSURING CREDIBLE ELECTIONS:KABUL RESPONSES [...] The USG and its international partners are taking steps to help Afghanistan hold credible presidential and provincial council elections in 2009. The augmented U.S. Mission will lead implementation of a number of efforts. Successful realization of these objectives will rely in most cases on br [...]	2009-06-11 02:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1494	FOREIGN MINISTRY REQUESTS INTERVENTION ON ARRESTED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 07:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP PGOV AF
09KABUL1498	EXBS ADVISOR MAY 10 TO JUNE 09, 2009 MONTH END REPORT, [...] (U) EXBS Advisor Fetty attended the EXBS Advisor's conference in Tbilisi from May 31 - June 6. EXBS delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting that they assist Customs with obtaining frequencies and licenses for Motorola Radios EXBS plans to provide to the Kabul I [...]	2009-06-11 08:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF
09KABUL1504	MINISTER OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS ASKS FOR MORE SUPPORT [...] During a June 10 courtesy call on Minister of Women's Affairs Dr. Husn Bano Ghazanfar, the Ambassador reaffirmed the strong U.S. commitment to Afghan women. Both President Obama and Secretary Clinton believe supporting Afghan women is essential to steering Afghanistan toward peace and economi [...]	2009-06-11 13:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1513	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DLI TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one (1) individual selected for DLI training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review o [...]	2009-06-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1514	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SSTAR TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one (1) individual selected for Marshall Center SSTAR training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Dep [...]	2009-06-13 14:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1515	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING OF AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one (1) individual selected for Marshall Center Counterterrorism training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post r [...]	2009-06-13 14:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1519	AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF DAUDZAI [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Chief of Staff Minister Umar Daud Zai (Daudzai) said that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu shared "fresh ideas" on improving Turkish-Afghan bilateral relations and regional ties during his June 11-13 visit here. Daudzai mentioned education, economics, and in [...]	2009-06-14 11:13:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SNAR AF
09KABUL1520	UN 1267 AL QAEDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS TEAM BRIEFS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN 1267 Sanctions Team Coordinator Richard Barrett told D/AMB Ricciardone on June 8 the UN 1267 sanctions program for al-Qaeda and the Taliban was in need of repair and reinvigoration. He outlined a two-step approach to establish the criteria by which sanctioning countries on th [...]	2009-06-14 11:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER UN AF
09KABUL1521	ABDULLAH: UNINSPIRED PLATFORM AND WEAK TICKET BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A week away from the June 16 official start to the campaign season, United Front presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah told polcouns he was disappointed by the recent defection of Wahdat and Junbesh leadership to the Karzai camp, a move he attributed to manipulation by Turkish [...]	2009-06-14 13:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1522	EU, U.S. AMBASSADORS DISCUSS STRATEGY, DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) During a brief June 7 courtesy call, Ambassador Eikenberry briefed European Commission Ambassador Hansjoerg Kretschmer on the US strategy in Afghanistan. The Ambassador told Kretschmer that strategy focuses on the most insecure areas in southern and eastern Afghanistan, and that the civi [...]	2009-06-14 13:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON AF
09KABUL1526	Ambassador's Meeting with Afghan Finance Minister [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eikenberry and Finance Minister Zakhilwal June 8 discussed joint visits to Afghan provinces, including a June 17 trip to open a US-financed border crossing post in Islam Qala, Herat. Zakhilwal welcomed the preliminary, positive assessment by a USAID team that examined the Finan [...]	2009-06-15 08:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AF
09KABUL1528	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JALAL: ISSUES FOCUSED PLATFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11 at his Kabul campaign headquarters, Afghan presidential candidate Sayed Jalal detailed his political platform to Ambassador Carney and identified problems he sees emerging with the elections process. He requested the U.S. to clearly indicate its impartiality - somet [...]	2009-06-15 08:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL154	PHASE 4 VOTER REGISTRATION IMPERFECT BUT UNDERWAY [...] (SBU) Phase 4 of the voter registration update opened largely on schedule on January 20 in Nimroz, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. A broken-down truck delayed delivery of material to Helmand. According to IEC headquarters, voter registration operations will open as early as January 21 in six distric [...]	2009-01-20 13:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1544	Afghan Commerce Minister on Upcoming Af-Pak Transit Trade [...] (SBU) Afghan Commerce Minister Shahrani told EconCouns June 16 that Afghanistan will take a positive, constructive approach in negotiations with Pakistan on a new Af-Pak Transit Trade agreement (APTA),starting June 23. Shahrani noted the GOP's extensive objections to the draft agreement text [...]	2009-06-16 13:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AF PK
09KABUL1547	IN DIRE NEED: A LOOK INSIDE THE MINISTRY OF [...] On June 14 Deputy Minister for Martyrs and Disabled Suraya Paikan told polcouns her Ministry lacks resources to adequately serve Afghanistan's approximately 800,000 disabled people. Priorities for the Ministry include conducting a survey of disabled Afghans, staffing and equipping the four ex [...]	2009-06-16 15:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF PHUM
09KABUL1557	CHALLENGING THE ELECTION PROCESS TO DELIVER: [...] (SBU) Post appreciates Department's efforts to offer us collegial advice on how to improve our handling of the upcoming Afghan election campaign. As will be clear from the specific responses below, much of what has been recommended is already well underway and has been for some time. We would c [...]	2009-06-17 14:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1558	SUPREME COURT CONTINUES TO BACK KARZAI ON MEDIA LAW [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Afghan Chief Justice Azimi on June 7. Azimi stated that President Karzai had the authority to request judicial review of a portion of the Media Law after his veto was overridden, despite there being no obvious legal precedent. Azimi reaffirmed his commitment to [...]	2009-06-17 14:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KCOR KJUS AF
09KABUL156	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: GOVERNORS AND [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At a January 10 conference in Kabul, Afghan central government and provincial authorities -- including eight governors -- agreed that reducing poppy cultivation on a sustainable basis is a high pr [...]	2009-01-21 06:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PHUM KPAO AF
09KABUL1560	QUIET START TO OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON [...] SUMMARY. The presidential and provincial council campaigns for the Aug. 20 election officially kicked off June 16, with a relatively subdued atmosphere in both Kabul and the outlying provinces. Major and minor candidates alike plastered Kabul streets with campaign posters, though few held la [...]	2009-06-18 04:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1561	HEZB-E-ISLAMI AFGHANISTAN BACKS KARZAI, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) Chairman Abdul Hadi Arghandewal told PolOff on June 17 that his party had decided to back President Karzai's re-election campaign and had already started organizing on his behalf. HIA would, however, withhold a public endorsement until Karzai better arti [...]	2009-06-18 04:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1562	SUPPORTERS QUESTION JALALI ON HIS FUTURE [...] (SBU) Former presidential candidate Ali Ahmad Jalali has told supporters he intends to sit out the rest of the campaign and not publicly endorse any other candidate. He hinted his acceptance of the conventional wisdom that President Karzai had amassed an impressive collection of endorsements [...]	2009-06-18 05:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1563	GHANI CRITICIZES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR SLOW [...] (SBU) Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani told PolCouns in a June 16 meeting that he was prepared to harshly criticize the international community and USG for what he saw as a "curiously unengaged" posture on the presidential election. Ghani complained that the IC had not delivered on promis [...]	2009-06-18 05:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1564	YASENI CALLS FOR MORE INVOLVEMENT FROM [...] (C) Lower House Deputy Speaker and presidential candidate Mirwais Yaseni requested more USG and international community involvement in the presidential election to help offset President Karzai's alleged use of government officials and resources to benefit his campaign. In a June 15 meeting wit [...]	2009-06-18 05:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1565	UNAMA HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR FAIRNESS AND CREDIBILITY [...] On June 15, UNAMA SRSG Kai Eide issued a statement in anticipation of the June 16 opening of the campaign period for the August presidential and provincial council elections. Eide called on candidates to campaign with dignity and fairness, noting the responsibility of all candidates to ensur [...]	2009-06-18 14:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1566	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MARSHALL CENTER TRAINING OF AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of eleven (11) individual selected for Marshall Center training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Depar [...]	2009-06-18 14:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1567	Latest Draft of Governor-led Reconciliation Program [...] (SBU) We have just received from the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) an updated version of its proposal for Governor-led reconciliation, originally dating from May 19. The paper remains a "confidential" internal document and has not, to our knowledge, been shared with others [...]	2009-06-18 14:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL1568	SUBJECT: Afghanistan National Program of Peace and [...] (SBU) Summary: At a May 30 meeting with Emboffs, Special President Advisor on Internal Security and Vice Chairman of the Demobilization and Reintegration Commission Mohammed Masoon Stanekzai outlined the main points of a proposal he has presented to President Karzai on reconciliation. The pr [...]	2009-06-18 14:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL1574	Jowzjan Province: Worsening Security; Mixed Reviews on [...] Over the past six months, deteriorating security has been the most significant change in Jowzjan province. Insurgents have demonstrated their ability to launch attacks both in remote districts of the province as well as along the ring road from Sheberghan to Mazar-e-Sharif. While the insurgen [...]	2009-06-20 08:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL1576	COIN SUCCESS IN ALASAY BEGINS TO FRAY - LESSONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-21 02:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1577	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NSA TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucial period in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic Society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dra [...]	2009-06-21 07:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR NATO OVIP PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL158	NEW KHOST GOVERNOR OUTLINES PRIORITIES FOR HIS [...] (C) In a January 14 courtesy call by PRT and maneuver battalion representatives, new Khost Governor Hamidullah Qalandarzai outlined his priorities for the province: improved security (including better coordination among coalition forces (CF),Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF),and local A [...]	2009-01-21 12:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL AF
09KABUL1586	PRT/KUNDUZ - FEYZABAD'S MAYOR DISCUSSES TAX REFORM, CITY [...] (SBU) State PRTOff recently discussed city politics with embattled Feyzabad Mayor Engineer Momenshah. Momenshah, a construction company owner from northern Darwaz District with prior experience in the NGO and development community, was appointed mayor in early 2008 under the sponsorship of for [...]	2009-06-21 12:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL1587	GOVERNOR ATTA DENIES RESIGNATION RUMORS [...] (SBU) Balkh Governor Atta has denied that President Karzai has asked for his resignation because of his support for opposition presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah. Atta said he would resign only if President Karzai also agrees to resign. Several high-profile delegations from Kabul have vi [...]	2009-06-21 12:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL159	Herat: Development Needed in Shindand District [...] Development lags in the critical district of Shindand, astride the ring road, the last spot of poppy cultivation in Herat province and center of intensified Taliban activity after the August 2008 Azizabad civilian collateral damage incident. A refined development program emphasizing water for [...]	2009-01-21 12:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EAID AF
09KABUL1590	GHANI CHALLENGES KARZAI TO OPEN DEBATE [...] The Ambassador launched on June 20 his public engagement with opposition presidential candidates, to counter the widely held perception of U.S. backing for President Karzai's reelection. His first meeting was a press conference with presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani. The Ambassador declared [...]	2009-06-21 13:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1591	THE SIKHS OF AFGHANISTAN - A VANISHING COMMUNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Upper House MP Awtar Singh Khalsa, the only Sikh or Hindu member of the Afghan parliament, said the Sikh and Hindu community had dwindled from approximately 50,000 families before the jihad against the Soviets, to approximately 6,000 people at present. He attributed the populati [...]	2009-06-21 17:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1592	CORRECTED COPY: COIN SUCCESS IN ALASAY BEGINS TO [...] (S) Summary. There are sobering lessons to be drawn from the Alasay Valley in Southern Kapisa, where the strategic dynamics have shifted back in favor of the insurgency just shy of three months after U.S. and French forces assisted the ANA to reestablish Afghan government presence there. This [...]	2009-06-22 02:39:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1593	HAZARA LEADERS SUPPORT KARZAI IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISES OF [...] Hazara political leaders backing President Karzai's re-election have asked Karzai to support the creation of more majority-Hazara provinces in exchange for their influential endorsements among the ethnic Hazara minority, which could constitute as much as 15 percent of the electorate in this su [...]	2009-06-22 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL1594	EGYPT'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptian Charge' d'Affaires (CDA) Karim Sharaf told PolCouns on 6/16 that Egypt was actively contributing to development in Afghanistan, but could do more with funding from international partners. With assistance from the International Community (IC),Egypt could: 1) establish [...]	2009-06-22 09:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PTER EG AF
09KABUL1595	KANDAHAR: A SNAPSHOT OF ELECTIONS ACTIVITY IN AN ACTIVE [...] The first political rally of the campaign season took place in Kandahar city on June 18, with an estimated 1000 members of the Barakzai tribe holding a rally downtown in support of incumbent Hamid Karzai. The rally was entirely peaceful and apparently not organized by the Karzai campaign machi [...]	2009-06-22 09:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL160	KARZAI HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND [...] SUMMARY. President Karzai called on U.S. and international forces to prevent civilian casualties in a State of the Union-style speech opening Parliament's new session January 20. In addition to his appeal to revise the international coalition's military strategy, Karzai ran through a laundry [...]	2009-01-22 10:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM MARR AF
09KABUL1600	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucialperiod in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dram [...]	2009-06-23 02:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AF
09KABUL1640	AMBASSADOR APPEARS WITH YASENI AT PRESS EVENT [...] (U) The Ambassador on June 22 continued his public engagement with leading opposition presidential candidates, appearing with Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni in front of Afghan and international media. The Ambassador reiterated US impartiality and commitment to credible, secure, an [...]	2009-06-23 12:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1643	U.S. SAVES THE DAY ON ANP GROWTH AT LOTFA STEERING [...] (U) Summary. The Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA),chaired by MOI Minister Atmar, faced a daunting task in its Steering Committee meeting of June 14 chaired. The main issue was funding a proposal already approved by the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) and Intern [...]	2009-06-23 12:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS MASS AF
09KABUL1647	ABDULLAH HIGHLIGHTS DECENTRALIZATION PLATFORM IN [...] (U) The Ambassador continued his public engagement with opposition presidential candidates with a joint press appearance alongside Abdullah Abdullah on June 21. During the event, covered widely by Afghan and international media, Abdullah highlighted his proposals to decentralize the governmen [...]	2009-06-23 16:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1648	GHANI: OPTIMISTIC FAIR ELECTION IS POSSIBLE [...] (C) In a June 22 conversation with the Ambassador, presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani was optimistic that the "necessary environment" now existed for a relatively fair and competitive election. Ghani thanked the Ambassador for appearing at a June 20 joint press conference (reftel). The Amba [...]	2009-06-24 09:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL165	CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS JAN 20 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 07:34:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER AF
09KABUL1651	06/23/09 MEETING, ASSISTANT AMB MUSSOMELI AND MOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Ambassador Mussomeli discussed a range of issues with Minister of Interior (MoI) Hanif Atmar on June 23. On the Kunduz Regional Training Center (RTC) DynCorp event of April 11 (reftel),Atmar reiterated his insistence that the U.S. try to quash any news article on the inciden [...]	2009-06-24 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS AF
09KABUL1652	ICRC REPORT ON FARAH CIVCAS INCIDENT STATES 89 [...] (C) Summary. ICRC Head of Mission Reto Stocker met with Ambassador Eikenberry on June 13 and delivered a written report on the events associated with the battle in Bala Baluk, Farah Province, on May 4. The ICRC concluded that the civilian death total was considerably higher than the number e [...]	2009-06-24 12:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PINS AF
09KABUL1655	ENSURING CREDIBLE ELECTIONS: MEDIA LAW AND [...] This is the third in a series of cables updating and providing additional details on Embassy plans and efforts for the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in ref A. This cable addresses the issues of the Media Law and implementation of the May 22 presidential [...]	2009-06-24 13:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL AF
09KABUL1657	PALACE REACTION TO AMBASSADOR'S PRESS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador's press appearances (6/20-Ashraf Ghani, 6/21-Abdullah Abdullah, 6/22-Mirwais Yaseni) have generated much political and media attention. They have also not gone unnoticed by the Palace. FM Spanta called the Ambassador on 6/21, following the Abdullah press conference, to s [...]	2009-06-24 18:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL1658	DEVELOPING A MASTER PLAN FOR TORKHAM GATE [...] SUMMARY: This is a Joint message from US Embassies Kabul and Islamabad with input from US Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The Torkham Gate Working Group met from May 23-24 in Jalalabad and Torkham, reviewed the current strategy and develo [...]	2009-06-25 05:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR KJUS AF PK SNAR MOPS KCRM PREL PINS
09KABUL1661	PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 22, Helmand Independent Election Commission (IEC) Provincial Electoral Officer Engineer Hadi spoke to registered Provincial Council (PC) candidates to describe campaign and elections procedures. His deputy, Abdul Samad, addressed District Field Coordinators (DFCs),not [...]	2009-06-25 06:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL1662	HERAT CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES: KARZAI DOMINATING THE FIELD [...] (U) Summary. Election campaigning is underway in Herat with general resignation, not excitement, among the populace that President Karzai will win. Karzai's campaign spending and outreach to key local figures and organizations have strengthened his position, but some analysts believe he can [...]	2009-06-25 09:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1663	HERAT: KARZAI SEEKS FEMALE VOTES, BUT CANDIDATES FACE [...] (U) President Karzai has moved to develop a strong basis of support among female voters in Herat. On June 22 he opened an electoral campaign center for women there, a sign of anticipation that he will need women's votes on election day. Like his campaign office (reftel),the women's center i [...]	2009-06-25 09:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1665	GHOR: ALL ELECTIONERRING IS LOCAL [...] (SBU) As the election campaign in Ghor kicks off, Governor Sayed Iqbal Munib appears to be campaigning for President Karzai. Munib began a flurry of travel throughout the province in early June, visiting three districts in 10 days, twice with Lithuanian PRT members. According to PRT officers, [...]	2009-06-25 09:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1668	APRIL IN GHAZNI: SECURITY CONTINUES TO DEGRADE [...] (S/REL ISAF) During the month of April, security continued to degrade in Ghazni province, in keeping with the ramping up of the fighting season, and the return of Afghan Taliban and foreign fighters to the province. Enemy attacks mainly focused on patrols, which also highlights the fact that t [...]	2009-06-25 14:22:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1669	MAY IN GHAZNI: GOVERNOR ABSENT [...] (S/REL ISAF) During the month of May, the province remained stable politically with Governor Usmani in control, but the governor was forced to face accusers from Ghazni's Provincial Council (PC) and their allies in Parliament in Kabul on May 20, in a hearing presided over by President Karzai. [...]	2009-06-25 14:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1671	IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN AFHGAN HIGHER ED: SUBTLE BUT [...] SUMMARY: Given cultural and linguistic ties between Afghanistan and Iran, no one is surprised that Iranian influence permeates Afghan higher education. Ironically, just as Iran closes university access to Afghan refugees in Iran, it is becoming more deeply involved in Afghan higher education. [...]	2009-06-26 11:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KIRC SCUL AF
09KABUL1675	IEC: A CREDIBLE ELECTION IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY [...] Summary: On June 22, Ambassador Eikenberry visited the Independent Election Commission (IEC),toured operational elements and after a private meeting, participated in a joint press conference with IEC Chairman Dr. Azizullah Lodin. IEC workers and officials echoed security concerns, but the [...]	2009-06-27 06:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1677	HELMAND GOVERNOR MANGAL UPBEAT, HOPEFUL IN MEETING [...] (U) Helmand Governor Gulabuddin Mangal was upbeat, yet realistic during a June 16 call on Ambassador Eikenberry at the U.S. Embassy. The Ambassador gave Mangal a set of photos taken during last month's grand opening of the Bost Commercial Airfield in Helmand. Mangal thanked the Ambassador and promi [...]	2009-06-27 11:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1678	NSA JONES DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AT THE IEC [...] On June 23, National Security Advisor James Jones attended an elections roundtable at the Independent Election Commission (IEC). Participants included the Ambassador, Ambassador Carney, IEC Chairman Dr. Azizullah Lodin and three other commissioners, IEC Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Daoud Naja [...]	2009-06-28 02:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1679	INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) This, fourth in a series, updates and provides additional details on Embassy plans and efforts for the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in ref A. This cable updates post's efforts to achieve a sizeable contingent of international observers to help en [...]	2009-06-28 02:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1680	Elections Snapshot from Northeastern Afghanistan [...] Controversy ensued in Badakhshan when Zalmay Mojaddedi, a Member of Parliament (MP) close to Karzai, used two GIRoA helicopters to personally distribute emergency assistance items such as tents, blankets and cash to flood victims in his home district of Jurm and neighboring areas in mid-June. [...]	2009-06-28 04:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1682	ENSURING CREDIBLE ELECTIONS: MEDIA AND DEBATES [...] This is the fifth in a series of cables updating and providing additional details on Embassy plans and efforts for the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in ref A. This cable addresses the issues of media engagements with and airtime for candidates. ---- [...]	2009-06-29 04:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL AF
09KABUL1683	KARZAI ASKS NSA JONES FOR GREATER BILATERAL POLICY [...] (C) At their June 23 meeting, President Karzai repeated to NSA Jones his call for a US-Afghan joint team to implement the President's new strategy. He conceded such an initiative could not begin until after the election. Karzai will make his role as a unifying and national, rather than ethnic [...]	2009-06-29 04:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AF PK IR
09KABUL1684	UPPER HOUSE IN QUANDRY OVER FATE OF PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Parliament's Upper House faces a potential crisis this fall when new provincial councils will select replacements for two-thirds of the chamber. If the councils follow the Constitution, they will elect their representatives to the Upper House around Oct. 1, mid-way through a [...]	2009-06-29 04:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1701	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: REACTION TO NEW CN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Counter Narcotics Khodaidad and Deputy Minister of Interior for Narcotics Daud both reacted cautiously on June 28 to the announcement of a new U.S. counternarcotics strategy deemphasizing eradication and increasing support for interdiction and agricultural development. [...]	2009-06-30 10:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR AF
09KABUL1714	PRE-ELECTION POLLING PLANS [...] This is the sixth in a series of cables updating and providing additional details on Embassy plans and efforts in support of the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in reftel. This cable addresses post efforts on pre-election polling. ------------------- [...]	2009-07-02 02:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL172	SHERZAI BASKS IN BUZZ OVER POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nangarhar Governor Gul Aqa Sherzai's trip to the United States this month ignited gossip among Kabul's chattering classes and media about his presidential ambitions and relationship with President Karzai. Rumors that Sherzai attended President Obama's inauguration at the invitat [...]	2009-01-26 07:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1729	KARZAI CRITICIZES FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS [...] In a June 27 press conference, President Karzai took on a variety of issues including voter participation in the August presidential and provincial council elections, foreign interference in Afghanistan, and his choice of Marshall Fahim as his running mate. Karzai asserted that free and tran [...]	2009-07-02 09:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1731	Security Key in Ghazni Election Planning [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Overt candidate campaigning is occurring in Ghazni, but is relatively muted due to the prevailing security situation. Ghazni City - the largest population center and the provincial capital - is the most active area. In the countryside, residents appear to want to vote, b [...]	2009-07-02 11:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1732	Signing of USDA Food for Progress Agreement [...] (SBU) On June 30 with Afghan Minister of Finance Zakhilwal and Ambassador Wayne, Coordinating Director for Economic and Development Affairs signed a USDA-sponsored program agreement (PL 480) for the monetization of soybean oil. Deputy Agriculture Minister Kunduzi was also in attendance. Total [...]	2009-07-02 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID EFIN AF
09KABUL1733	AFGHAN GOVERNMENT'S RESTRAINED INTERVENTION IN [...] (C) Summary. Officials of Paktya province in Afghanistan and tribal elders brokered an agreement on June 15 in an attempt to quiet two years of fighting between the Shia Turi and Sunnis in Pakistan's Kurram Agency. The residents of Bushera, a Sunni enclave on the Pakistani side of the border [...]	2009-07-02 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1734	Afghans Seek 55 Priority Advisors and Claim Revenue [...] (SBU) The JCMB Standing Committee on Development broadly endorsed the Afghan government's revised Civilian Technical Assistance Plan asking for 55 urgently needed advisor positions. Subsequently, the Finance Minister signaled he hopes donors will provide funding for the Afghan government to di [...]	2009-07-02 13:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN AF
09KABUL1735	ANATOMY OF AN INSURGENCY - DECLINING SECURITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Though by no means comparable to the situation in Afghanistan's south and east, the security climate in the country's northwest is worsening in certain districts, and this has local officials concerned. A particular worry is the situation in Ghormach district, administratively [...]	2009-07-02 14:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1736	PLANNING FOR GOVERNANCE CHANGES IN HELMAND [...] (C) The U.K. has begun planning for governance changes in Helmand after August 20 elections, concerned that former governor and local powerbroker Sher Mohammad Akunzada (SMA) or his associates are working to return to Helmand. The UK, appropriately, is concerned that the improvements in gove [...]	2009-07-02 14:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1737	HELMAND OPERATIONS RELY ON ESTABLISHING LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. Civilian-military coordination prior to the start of the July 2 military operations in Helmand has been a key element in the development of a sustainable engagement. While the MEB operations have come on very quickly, the PRT's facilitation of connections between the provincial g [...]	2009-07-02 15:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1738	YASENI DISCUSSES PLATFORM, ASKS FOR CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) At a June 27 dinner between presidential candidate and Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni, Ambassador Carney and SRAP's Jane Marriott, Yaseni laid out reasons for running and his platform. He repeatedly mentioned his lack of funding and asked for United States financial support f [...]	2009-07-02 15:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1741	KHOST: DIFFERING REACTIONS TO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khosties' vastly different reactions to civilian casualty incidents caused by Coalition Forces (CF) versus those caused by insurgents suggest fear and intimidation by insurgents are profoundly impacting the population. Team Khost (PRT and maneuver battalion),at the direction of [...]	2009-07-04 04:13:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1743	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: KHODAIDAD DEFENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 1 meeting with Minister for Counternarcotics Khodaidad, Ambassador Wayne, Director for Development, Assistance, and Economic Affairs, assured the Minister that the U.S. remains committed to the fight against narcotics and the change in strategy would most likely resul [...]	2009-07-04 08:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR AF
09KABUL1745	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: PARDON AND RELEASE OF DRUG [...] (SBU) We recently learned that, on April 30, 2009, President Karzai had issued a decree pardoning five Border Police officers who were convicted in 2007 of transporting approximately 124 kilograms of heroin in a Border Police truck. These five officers (Amrullah, Bilal Ahmad, Shahzad Gul, Sai [...]	2009-07-04 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS AF
09KABUL1747	CANDIDATES DISCUSS PLATFORMS AND ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] SUMMARY: On July 1, Ambassador Eikenberry hosted a roundtable for the members of CODEL Ellsworth with four presidential candidates standing in the August elections. The Ambassador, Ambassador Ricciardone and Rep. Ellsworth focused their comments on U.S. support for a secure, credible and incl [...]	2009-07-05 04:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM OREP PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1748	OPPOSITION CANDIDATES TELL NSA JONES SECURITY AND [...] In a June 23 meeting with National Security Advisor General Jones and Ambassador Eikenberry, leading opposition candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, and Mr. Mirwais Yasini cited security, corruption, good governance, the role of women, and economic development as they key issue [...]	2009-07-05 08:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL PTER AF
09KABUL1754	KARZAI'S JULY 5 ELECTION MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. President Karzai's tightly-conducted 5 July meeting on election security included senior foreign, security and intelligence members of his cabinet and the Chairman of the Independent Election Commission. The SRSG, COMISAF, Ambs. Mussomeli and Carney attended. The Pr [...]	2009-07-06 08:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1762	Beyond 421 - Civilian Staffing Requirements for [...] Embassy Kabul has undertaken a review of our mission to determine the personnel and resourcing requirements to achieve success, a review that complements GEN McChrystal's ongoing 60-day review of ISAF's mission. In Ref A, Embassy Kabul detailed a USG civilian uplift needed to implement the Pre [...]	2009-07-06 15:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT APER PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF
09KABUL1767	KARZAI ON THE STATE OF US-AFGHAN RELATIONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings this week, I discussed with President Karzai a number of issues, including Karzai's concerns with the future of US policy on Afghanistan, and his opinions on where US policy here had failed. The meetings were cordial, but raised certain concerns for me about [...]	2009-07-07 13:29:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF

09KABUL1773	CABINET APPROVED REVISED SHIA FAMILY LAW, EVAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 6 the Cabinet approved a revised Shia Family Law text. Reportedly, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) review team deleted twelve major articles, and the Cabinet an additional article from the version signed by President Karzai. The Ministers also gave the nod to the draft E [...]	2009-07-07 16:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM

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