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09TEGUCIGALPA332	UPDATE ON JERZEEZ DE HONDURAS LABOR VIOLATION CASE [...] (U) Summary: Fruit of the Loom,s (FOTL) Russell Corporation (RC) and various U.S.-based NGOs, the Honduran General Workers Confederation (CGT) and former Russell workers from its now closed Jerzees de Honduras (JDH) plant continue to disagree over the sincerity and significance of the measure [...]	2009-05-08 00:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ELAB ETRD HO KDEM ECON

09TEGUCIGALPA339	PEPE LOBO TURNS ON FOURTH URN [...] (C) Summary: Honduras continues to be in a state of tension caused by President Zelaya's increasingly strident campaign to hold a referendum (the Fourth Urn) calling for the convening of a constituent assembly that would make radical changes to the nation's constitution. In a major surprise, [...]	2009-05-12 00:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA34	REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Reftel requested commentary on how the international financial crisis is playing out in Honduras. Detailed reporting on the subject appears in refs B through I. Following responses are keyed to questions posed in reftel. End Summary. ----------------------------------------- [...]	2009-01-16 18:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA345	AMERICAN APPAREL BRANDS SEEK DIALOGUE ON HONDURAN [...] (U) Summary: Embassy hosted a meeting of U.S. brand name apparel manufacturers April 28 in San Pedro Sula to discuss the global financial crisis, their short-term and long-term Honduran operational plans, and responsible management of plant closings. The group unanimously expressed interest i [...]	2009-05-12 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD HO KDEM ECON
09TEGUCIGALPA348	ADMINISTRATIVE COURT AGREES TO HEAR SUIT AGAINST [...] (U) In a ruling that pleased opponents of President Zelaya's proposed referendum, known as the "Fourth Urn" on convening a constituent assembly (reftels B and C),Judge Jorge Alberto Zelaya of Honduras' "Administrative Court" determined on May 12 that he would hear a suit against the legality [...]	2009-05-13 00:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA35	HONDURAN ECONOMY SLOWS IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: The international economic difficulties have impacted on Honduras in the way of slower growth, although the country still managed GDP growth of 4 percent in 2008. Looking to 2009, we expect the U.S. recession to hurt Honduras, export performance of apparel, and traditional produc [...]	2009-01-16 20:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA353	Mission Integrated Strategy to Fight Crime and Illicit [...] Summary and Background: The Mosquitia is a huge swath of territory accounting for nearly 20 percent of Honduras' land mass on the eastern border with Nicaragua. The area is swampy, undeveloped, difficult to access and virtually uninhabited (only 60,000 people),which over the centuries has mad [...]	2009-05-15 00:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR PREL SOCI KCRM KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA354	TWENTY-TWO HONDURAN POLICE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN [...] In just over the first four months of 2009 (through May 11),22 Honduran police officers have been killed in the line of duty, most in Northern Honduras where there is a higher incidence of narcotrafficking and organized crime. This number far exceeds the number of fallen officers in neighbori [...]	2009-05-15 00:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR PGOV EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA355	NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEPE LOBO'S [...] (C) National Party (NP) Presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo travels to Washington at a delicate moment in Honduras. Democracy has been successful in Honduras over the past 28 years, but the system remains institutionally weak and fragile. Although we maintain a strong working relatio [...]	2009-05-15 00:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SMIG EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA358	PRESIDENT ZELAYA GIVES USD12.5 MILLION TO THE [...] (C) Summary: On May 11 the Honduran government announced that President Zelaya had tasked the Honduran Military (HOAF) with the project of building a commercial terminal adjacent to the Honduran air force base at Soto Cano, which is home to the U.S. Joint Task Force-Bravo. The public announcem [...]	2009-05-15 22:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS MARR SNAR PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA366	HONDURAS REVIEW OF CUBAN RELATIONS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Investment activity between Honduras and Cuba remain limited, and the Government of Honduras does not appear to exert political influence over Cuba. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya stated on May 8 that one of the OAS General Assembly,s (OASGA) key orders of business at its session [...]	2009-05-20 00:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA379	YOUR TRIP TO SAN PEDRO SULA, HONDURAS, FOR THE OAS [...] (C) Summary: We warmly welcome you to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. San Pedro is the business capital of the country, but not the seat of government, so both the Government of Honduras and the U.S. Embassy will be working out of temporary facilities there. Your visit provides an excellent opport [...]	2009-05-22 20:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EAID KCRM KCOR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA380	OPPOSITION BUILDS TO PRESIDENT'S POLL ON [...] (C) Summary: The country's political institutions have lined up against a plan by President Zelaya to hold a poll canvassing popular support for the holding of a referendum on a constituent assembly. A court ruling is expected soon, perhaps as early as the week of May 25, and could probably g [...]	2009-05-23 00:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA381	FOREIGN MINISTER RODAS - AMBASSADOR DISCUSS OASGA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the upcoming Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) over breakfast with Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas on May 23. The Ambassador conveyed the Secretary's keen interest in visiting Honduras and participating in a successful and constructi [...]	2009-05-25 21:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KSUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA382	FOREIGN MINISTER RODAS - AMBASSADOR DISCUSS OASGA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the upcoming Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) over breakfast with Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas on May 23. The Ambassador conveyed the Secretary's keen interest in visiting Honduras and participating in a successful and constructi [...]	2009-05-25 21:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KSUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA39	HONDURAS: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY: This report is a response to the U.S. Department of Labor action cable (Reftel) regarding the worst forms of child labor in Honduras. The Government of Honduras (GOH) has made clear progress addressing the worst forms of child labor with a new more effective eradication plan, a nation [...]	2009-01-20 19:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA395	FOURTH URN UPDATE: COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF [...] (C) Judge Jorge Zelaya Zaldana of the Administrative Court of First Instance, ruled on May 27 in favor of the Attorney General in the case he brought against the government (ref A). The Attorney General's case alleged that the government's planned use of the National Statistical Institute (IN [...]	2009-05-28 22:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA405	HONDURAS NOT YET TO COMMON GROUND ON CUBA AND OAS, [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador hosted President Zelaya and Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas for lunch on May 29 to discuss the issue of Cuba in the upcoming Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) meeting on June 1-3 in San Pedro Sula. The Ambassador stressed the domestic back [...]	2009-05-30 02:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL OAS KSUM CU HO
09TEGUCIGALPA409	FOURTH URN UPDATE: PRESIDENT ZELAYA ORDERS ARMED FORCES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya interrupted regularly-scheduled programming on May 29 to declare that the public opinion poll to canvass support for the addition of a Fourth Urn on the holding of a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution set for June 28th would go forward [...]	2009-06-01 21:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA424	FOURTH URN UPDATE: CONGRESS CENSURES THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 22:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA431	ZELAYA SHARES DETAILS ON OAS CUBA RESOLUTION [...] (C) President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya shared details in a June a 7 meeting with the Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM, on his negotiations with ALBA members and Cuba over the negotiations on Cuba at the Organization of American States General Assembly in San Pedro Sula June 2 and 3. Zelaya said that h [...]	2009-06-08 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL OAS KSUM CU HO
09TEGUCIGALPA438	ZELAYA AND THE FOURTH URN [...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In a lengthy meeting on June 7, the Ambassador conveyed our concerns to President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya over the increasingly polarized political situation in Honduras, attributing much of the blame on his recent actio [...]	2009-06-09 23:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA439	ZELAYA AND THE FOURTH URN [...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In a lengthy meeting on June 7, the Ambassador conveyed our concerns to President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya over the increasingly polarized political situation in Honduras, attributing much of the blame on his recent actio [...]	2009-06-09 23:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL OAS KSUM CU HO
09TEGUCIGALPA445	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] The major locally-generated media reaction to President Obama's speech in Cairo is the following Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based liberal newspaper, Tiempo by Billy Pena. San Pedro Sula has the largest population of people who trace their family roots to the Middle East. Begin text: [...]	2009-06-11 11:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA451	HONDURAS CONSIDERS OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 20:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA461	HONDURAS: May2009 INL Monthly Report [...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in May 2009. ----------------------------- Police/Prosecutor Training ----------------------------- 2. Post sent seven police officers and three customs agents from the Honduran Internal Revenue Office (DEI) to the ILEA course: Bo [...]	2009-06-15 18:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA462	(C) ZELAYA ZIG-ZAGS THE RED LINES [...] (C) Summary: Zelaya is coming closer to stepping over our red lines on maintenance of the constitutional order. His actions have been singularly focused on attempts to push for a poll and a referendum for a constituent assembly to reform the Honduran constitution; the tactics he has used have [...]	2009-06-15 20:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA464	PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S LIMOSINE RECEIVES TWO IMPACTS [...] (C) In the evening of June 12, local media reported a possible attack against President Manual "Mel" Zelaya after the front windshield of the motorcade vehicle in which he was riding in Tegucigalpa received two impacts from objects of unknown origin. The unknown objects cracked the windshield [...]	2009-06-16 00:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC HO PGOV PREL SOCI
09TEGUCIGALPA465	LIBERAL PARTY SEEKS CONSENSUS WHILE A FRUSTRATED [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with Former President and Liberal Party stalwart Carlos Flores and Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos to discuss the current political crisis over President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya's push for a poll to seek support for a referendum to have a const [...]	2009-06-16 00:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA474	AMBASSADOR WARNS HONDURAN MILITARY ON COUP RUMORS [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, hosted Honduran Military Joint Chief Romeo Vazquez Velasquez and Deputy Chief Miguel Garcia Padgett for breakfast on June 18 and conveyed in the strongest terms USG concerns about rumors that the military would move against the government if Honduran politic [...]	2009-06-18 17:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA479	HONDURAN POLITICAL CRISIS UPDATE AND PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Honduras may be racing towards a political train wreck that could threaten its 28 year old democracy. The crisis has been caused by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's reckless drive to hold a referendum (Fourth Urn) in the November general elections on whether to convene a constituen [...]	2009-06-19 22:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA485	HONDURAN PARTICIAPTION IN IRENA [...] Per reftel, Econ office contacted Jos Lorenzana, Multilateral Political Director at the MFA, regarding Honduras, participation in International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). 2. According to Lorenzana, Honduras was waiting to receive the IRENA documents from Germany. Upon receipt, the [...]	2009-06-22 16:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENG KGHG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA486	SEEKING HONDURAN SUPPORT FOR REINCORPORATION OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Poloff spoke on June 15 with Rafael Carbajal, General Manager of The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) in Honduras. Carbajal asserted that although the Honduras branch of IBAF had limited resources and was therefore solely concerned with spreading the sport do [...]	2009-06-22 18:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA489	HONDURAN POLITICAL CRISIS UPDATE AND PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Honduras may be racing towards a political train wreck that could threaten its 28 year old democracy. The crisis has been caused by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's reckless drive to hold a referendum (Fourth Urn) in the November general elections on whether to convene a constituen [...]	2009-06-23 14:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA49	MCNAB CASE DIPNOTE DELIERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 23:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID SENV EFIS
09TEGUCIGALPA491	HONDURAN SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL TO APRROVE [...] (C) Poloff visited the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on June 23 to inquire about the 23 applications for independent candidacies the institution had received. TSE President Saul Escobar (who represents the Christian Democratic Party) told us that 16 of the 23 independent candidacies had pa [...]	2009-06-24 13:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA492	PROTESTS AGAINST THE FOURTH URN [...] (U) The Alliance for Peace and Democracy, led by religious, private sector and professional organization leaders, marched in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, second largest city and business center, on June 23 in support of democracy and to protest President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya,s attempt to hold a Ju [...]	2009-06-24 20:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA493	Ambassador Meets with OAS Representatives on June 28 Poll [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, The Ambassador met with representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS),which had just announced acceptance of a Honduran government request to send monitors for the June 28 poll (reftel),despite a Honduran court ruling that the poll was illegal. OAS r [...]	2009-06-25 14:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OAS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA495	HONDURAN PRESIDENT FIRES MILITARY JOINT CHIEF; [...] (C) Summary. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya fired the Military Joint Chief General Romeo Vasquez the evening of June 24 after the latter refused to carry out an order to provide support for the June 28 poll to support a November referendum on constitutional reform, a poll ruled illegal by a Honduran [...]	2009-06-25 16:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA496	IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 19:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC
09TEGUCIGALPA50	HONDURAS: GOH-Embassy Task Force Launched To Oversee Merida [...] Summary: The Ambassador hosted the inaugural meeting of the Bilateral Merida Task Force at his residence on January 21. The meeting was an opportunity for the U.S. and Honduran inter-agency teams to meet, identify their roles and discuss both the context of the Merida effort and set common goa [...]	2009-01-23 10:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS EAID MOPS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA501	CONGRESS PULLS BACK FROM THE BRINK ON REMOVING [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of June 25, the National Congress came close to bringing to the floor a vote on the removal of President Zelaya from office. The Ambassador strongly advised Congress President Micheletti against such hasty action that could plunge Honduras into a deeper constitutio [...]	2009-06-26 20:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA502	HONDURAS: POLITICAL AND LEGAL STANDOFF CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Presented with widespread defiance from the Military, Congress, the Justice system, pro-democracy protesters and the private sector, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has been forced to rely on loyal social activists, labor unions, the police and government bureaucrats for his attempt [...]	2009-06-26 20:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA503	HONDURAN ARMED FORCES LEADERSHIP CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: The political stir over President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya,s proposed opinion poll regarding a constituent assembly (Ref A) has precipitated an even more substantive crisis over the country,s military leadership. While the poll serves as a major political distraction, it is the questi [...]	2009-06-26 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA504	HONDURAN MILITARY ARRESTS PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] (C) At approximately 02:30 local time (04:30 Washington) Honduran military forces entered the Presidential Palace and arrested President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Embassy sources report Zelaya was taken to the Air Force Base adjacent to Toncontin International Aiport and then flown by military air [...]	2009-06-28 14:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA505	HONDURAN COUP: SITREP 1, 06/28/09, 10:30 LOCAL TIME [...] (C) Streets of Tegucigalpa remain calm for the most part as of 10:00 local time (12:00 Washington),although black smoke was seen rising from the area around the Presidential Palace around 08:30, apparently from burning tires. One source at a nearby hotel reported seeing a car burning. A mi [...]	2009-06-28 16:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA507	HONDURAN COUP: SITREP 3, 06/28/09, 16:00 LOCAL TIME [...] (C) Congress officially named Roberto Micheletti interim President of the Republic at approximately 14:15 local time, despite urging by the Ambassador to avoid taking that step. He was sworn in at 15:40. Local channels began transmitting live session of Congress around 13:30, with the Congress [...]	2009-06-28 21:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA508	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #6: EVENTS AS OF 06/30/09 [...] (U) The anti-regime demonstration in Tegucigalpa peaked June 29 with a maximum of approximately 3,000 protesters before being dispersed by police and military, but has re-formed and as of noon local is headed along Avenida Miraflores toward the Presidential Palace, where RSO anticipates a clas [...]	2009-06-29 19:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA509	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MAXIMUM SECURITY [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-06-29 19:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA510	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MID- AND HIGH-LEVEL [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-06-29 19:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA511	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR SPECIAL PRISON REFORM [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-06-29 20:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA512	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR THREAT RESPONSE PRISON [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-06-29 20:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA513	IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 20:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA514	HONDURAN COUP: SITREP #4 06/29/09 AS OF NOON LOCAL [...] (U) Minister of Security Jorge Rodas reported to Ambassador on June 28 at 16:00 local (18:00 EDT) that there had been virtually no incidents of violence or unrest in the country Sunday, save for those isolated small cases already mentioned in Sitrep #2. The ruling regime called a 21:00-06:00 [...]	2009-06-29 20:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV MARR CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA515	ZELAYA DISCUSSES CURRENT SITUATION WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on June 29. Zelaya briefed the Ambassador on the current diplomatic initiatives being undertaken by the OAS, UN and SICA in support of his government. He expressed appreciation for the clear U.S. response to the coup. The Am [...]	2009-06-29 22:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA516	GUIDANCE REQUEST: DEALING WITH MICHLETTI REGIME IN [...] (C) Summary: Per reftels, President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti was sworn in yesterday at 14:15 local as President of Honduras. By 17:00, the Embassy had already been invited to the Congress to a celebration of the new Administration. The Embassy refused the invitation and immediately [...]	2009-06-30 01:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS EFIN SNAR ECON EAID MARR PBTS
09TEGUCIGALPA517	HONDURAN COUP:SITREP 5, 06/29/09, 18:30 LOCAL TIME [...] (C) Police and military units dislodged protesters from in front of the Presidential Palace around 16:00, and 40-45 arrests were made. Shots were fired but no one was killed, according to police sources. Earlier in the afternoon police dispersed crowds with tear gas, which reduced the number [...]	2009-06-30 01:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA519	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR SPECIAL PRISON SYSTEM [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-06-30 20:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA52	NOMINATING COMMITTEE SENDS FINAL LIST OF SUPREME [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court Nominating Committee came to a compromise and submitted a list of 45 candidates for the Supreme Court to the Congress on January 23, despite intense political pressure and a media frenzy, mostly driven by leaks from politicians and from the committee itself. Notab [...]	2009-01-23 20:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA520	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR CENTRAL PRISON [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-06-30 20:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA521	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #6: EVENTS AS OF 06/30/09 [...] (U) The anti-regime demonstration in Tegucigalpa peaked June 29 with a maximum of approximately 3,000 protesters before being dispersed by police and military, but has re-formed and as of noon local is headed along Avenida Miraflores toward the Presidential Palace, where RSO anticipates a clas [...]	2009-06-30 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA523	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #7: EVENTS AS OF 07/01/09 [...] (U) The pro-Zelaya demonstration in Tegucigalpa near the Presidential Palace in front of the Clarion Hotel concluded with minimal violence. A crowd of approximately 5,000 moved toward the OAS mission, which is located approximately three blocks south of the U.S. Embassy. There are continued [...]	2009-07-02 00:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA527	Honduran Coup Timeline [...] Summary: The following is the Embassy's timeline of political and legal events leading up to the June 28, 2009 coup. We believe that the military and the Congress conspired in the coup. There were also decisions that impacted on Zelaya's legal situation. Nevertheless, while there is evidence [...]	2009-07-02 20:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KJUS EAID PHUM MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA529	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST COUP [...] (C) Summary: The media war over the legitimacy of the Honduran coup has taken front stage with various competing interests protesting either in support of the new regime or for the return of ousted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Both groups claim to be defending the constitution and the rule o [...]	2009-07-02 20:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECPS PGOV SOCI DS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA53	NOMINATING COMMITTEE SENDS FINAL LIST OF SUPREME [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court Nominating Committee came to a compromise and submitted a list of 45 candidates for the Supreme Court to the Congress on January 23, despite intense political pressure and a media frenzy, mostly driven by leaks from politicians and from the committee itself. Notab [...]	2009-01-23 20:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA530	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #8: EVENTS AS OF 07/02/09 [...] (U) There have been a number of demonstrations, with more planned, in Honduras' major cities. While there have been isolated reports of road barricades and small demonstrations in rural areas, credible USG and Amcit sources from widespread villages and towns report that life is basically cont [...]	2009-07-02 21:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA531	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #8: EVENTS AS OF 07/02/09 [...] (U) There have been a number of demonstrations, with more planned, in Honduras' major cities. While there have been isolated reports of road barricades and small demonstrations in rural areas, credible USG and Amcit sources from widespread villages and towns report that life is basically cont [...]	2009-07-02 22:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA532	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #9 (UNCLASSIFIED) 07/03/09 AS [...] (U) Beyond Tegucigalpa, the Honduran countryside remains largely peaceful with some isolated demonstrations on both sides of the issue. In Tegucigalpa, protests both in favor and against the regime are taking place as in past days with little incident. The pro-coup rally outside the President [...]	2009-07-03 21:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA533	HONDURAN COUP: STEPS TOWARD RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Separately from the discussion track the Ambassador is conducting per ref A, Embassy has opened up a back-channel of communication with remnants of the deposed Zelaya Government and dissident members of Congress who are interested in establishing a dialogue leading to national rec [...]	2009-07-04 20:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA535	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #10 (UNCLASSIFIED) 07/04/09 [...] (U) All demonstrations have remained peaceful. Today's pro-Zelaya protest, numbering approximately 4,000 to 5,000 people, began at the Pedagogical University, then moved to the Clarion Hotel and onward toward the Supreme Court building. That group, then numbering 10,000, proceeded to Toncont [...]	2009-07-04 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MASS EAID KDEM PHUM SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA537	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #11 (UNCLASSIFIED) 07/05/09 [...] (U) Overnight, the pro-Zelaya protesters from outside Tegucigalpa remained camped out at the Pedagogical University in the capital. Their Sunday demonstration began there, and grew to a crowd of 5,000 by 11:00 local (13:00 EDT),when they began to march to Toncontin International Airport. Cha [...]	2009-07-06 00:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA54	HONDURAS MERIDA LOA SIGNING IS BIG EVENT [...] Summary: Honduran Minister of Security COL Jorge Rodas Gamero and Ambassador Llorens signed the first Merida Letter of Agreement in the region on January 9 amidst more fanfare than previous LOAs have ever received. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya participated in the event and made certain to shi [...]	2009-01-23 20:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS EAID MOPS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA542	HONDURAN ECONOMY LIKELY TO LIMP THROUGH 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Unless the current political turmoil leads to prolonged civil unrest, Honduras should be able to avoid a major economic crisis for the balance of 2009. However, recent policies, together with an unfavorable external environment, are severely constraining the options of whoever wi [...]	2009-07-07 00:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA543	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #12 07/06/2009 AS OF 1600 [...] (C) Following his attempt to land at Toncontin Airport yesterday, President Zelaya landed first in Nicaragua and finally in San Salvador. President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador held a press conference at Comalapa airport late last night with Zelaya, OAS SYG Insulza and other presidents (Kirc [...]	2009-07-07 01:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA544	AMBASSADOR SPEAKS WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke today to President Zelaya. Zelaya informed the Ambassador that he was in Managua and said he was scheduled to fly to Washington at 1900 hrs. He thanked the Ambassador for hosting members of his family at the Residence. He also expressed appreciation for the strong su [...]	2009-07-07 01:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA545	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-07-07 17:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA546	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR D.A.R.E. TRAINING, JULY [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-07-07 17:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA548	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR FBI ANTI-KIDNAPPING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-07-07 18:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA555	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #13 07/07/2009 AS OF 1530 [...] (C) National press carried prominent stories of President Zelaya's meeting today with the Secretary. The Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya Monday night (Ref A),and President Zelaya thanked the Ambassador for USG support and said he strongly supported a multilateral approach to promote a n [...]	2009-07-08 13:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA56	CONGRESS PUSHES THROUGH NEW COURT, RESISTS THREATS [...] (S) Summary: Congress elected a new Supreme Court, taking all candidates from a list supplied by the Nominating Board (reftel),minutes before its constitutional deadline the night of Sunday, January 25. Congress successfully resisted intense pressure from President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to ele [...]	2009-01-26 22:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA562	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR FBI ANTI-KIDNAPPING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-07-08 22:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA563	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR FBI ANTI-KIDNAPPING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-07-08 22:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA564	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #14 07/08/2009 AS OF 1500 [...] (U) Zelaya supporters reportedly planned today to block traffic entering Tegucigalpa coming from the direction of Danli. As of 1000 local (1200 EDT),approximately 4,000 protesters had gathered near the highway exit to Danli at a shopping center, "Villas del Sol." As of 1320 local (1520 EDT) [...]	2009-07-08 23:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO ASEC
09TEGUCIGALPA565	AMCHAM VIEWS ON HONDURAN COUP [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, the Ambassador, Consul General, and the Econ section met with the executive directors of the Honduran AmCham to convey the USG position in the wake of the coup. The Ambassador condemned the coup, informed them that the U.S. only recognized President Zelaya as the legi [...]	2009-07-08 23:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV BBSR EINV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA566	THE RED TEAM: WHO WANTS ZELAYA BACK? [...] (C) Summary: The groups demonstrating since June 28 for the return of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, which for want of a better term we will henceforth call the "Red Team," are primarily comprised of labor unions, peasant groups, teachers and leftist students and social activists. The movement [...]	2009-07-09 01:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA567	HONDURAN SOCIETY WELCOMES ARIAS TALKS [...] (U) Summary: Despite ongoing protests from both sides, Hondurans appear to accept the U.S.-backed idea to bring President Zelaya and the Micheletti regime together for talks with President Arias of Costa Rica later this week. On Tuesday, Congress held its first session since June 28, seven da [...]	2009-07-09 01:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO ASEC
09TEGUCIGALPA568	HONDURAN COUP: THE "WHITE TEAM" [...] (C) Summary: Those demonstrating in support of the June 28 coup, who have made the color white the symbol of their movement, share the sincere belief that Zelaya's removal from office was a patriotic act in defense of democratic principles and the constitutional order. The "White Team," which [...]	2009-07-09 13:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA573	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #15 07/09/2009 AS OF 1500 [...] (U) As of 1040 local (1240 EDT),there are 2,500 Zelaya supporters blocking traffic on the highway between Choluteca and the El Salvador and Nicaraguan borders near the Germania bridge. This demonstration again confirms pro-Zelaya demonstrators' statements on Tuesday of plans to change their [...]	2009-07-09 23:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA574	HONDURAN COUP: WHO'S AT THE TABLE IN SAN JOSE [...] (C) Summary: The members of the delegations accompanying President Manuel Zelaya and de facto caretaker Roberto Micheletti represent a contrast, with long-time, core advisors on the Zelaya side, while Micheletti's team is comprised of bi-partisan, non-ideologues, united by their mistrust of Z [...]	2009-07-10 00:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA577	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #16 07/10/2009 AS OF 1500 [...] (U) On July 10, approximately 2,000 Zelaya supporters assembled to block all north and south bound traffic on the CA-5 highway north of Tegucigalpa. The highway is the major traffic artery connecting the capital with Soto Cano Airbase, as well as the commercially important cities of Comayagua [...]	2009-07-10 21:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA578	SUPREME COURT JUSTICES THINK COUP WAS ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: A source on the Supreme Court staff said many justices think the removal of President Zelaya was unlawful. However, they rationalize it as necessary to avoid a bloodbath. The justices are uneasy with any suggestion that Zelaya receive amnesty. The source said a proposal being [...]	2009-07-11 01:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA579	HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/10/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-11 01:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA580	AMBASSADOR URGES RECONCILIATION TO NATIONAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador strongly urged Honduran National Party Leaders Ricardo Alvarez and Maria Antonieta Belgran to support the Arias process to reach a negotiated agreement for the restitution of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The Ambassador noted the President's and Secretary's supp [...]	2009-07-11 02:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA581	PRESIDENT ARIAS ON MEDIATION [...] (C) President Arias called the Ambassador to inquire as to the status of his efforts to soften the position of the de facto regime. The Ambassador informed him that the meeting with regime leadership was scheduled for today at 3pm. The Ambassador promised Arias that he would brief him after t [...]	2009-07-13 13:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA584	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 2 [...] (C) Summary: The Attorney General's (AG) aggressive pursuit of corruption charges against Zelaya administration officials seemingly outweigh his consideration for the deteriorating human rights situation. While the situation is not yet dire, civil liberties have been denied, arbitrary arrest [...]	2009-07-13 18:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA586	HONDURAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY VIEWS ON COUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The vast majority of the Honduran business community both publicly and privately supports the removal of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya from office June 28. Major business organizations have published full-page ads over the past week supporting the coup and recognizing the legiti [...]	2009-07-13 21:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EINV EAID ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA587	ZELAYA OPENS COMMUNICATIONS WITH CARLOS FLORES [...] (C) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and former President Carlos Flores, meeting in New Orleans July 12, agreed to remain in informal contact to help resolve the political crisis engulfing Honduras since the June 28 coup. Zelaya pledged to stay engaged in discussions hosted by Costa Rica [...]	2009-07-13 23:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA588	HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/13/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 00:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA589	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 3 [...] (C) Summary: The human rights situation in Honduran appeared to deteriorate over the weekend as two pro-Zelaya political organizers were killed, a dissident member of Congress reported that her home was raided, and 11 Venezuelan reporters were arrested and then strongly encouraged to leave th [...]	2009-07-14 00:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO

09TEGUCIGALPA591	HONDURAN COUP: IS THERE A "PINK TEAM?" [...] (C) Summary: Refs C and D profiled the coalitions currently agitating for the return of President Zelaya (the "Red Team") and opposing his return (the "White Team"). This message explores whether there is any significant "pink" ground between these two camps that can help bridge the differenc [...]	2009-07-14 20:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA592	HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/14/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is the third in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ----------------------------------------- Zelaya and Micheletti Maintain Hard Lines ----------- [...]	2009-07-14 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA593	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the Ambassador, Zelaya said he was focused on reaching a negotiated settlement using the channel opened up in New Orleans in conversations with former President Carlos Flores. He said Flores had the clout and influence, which along with the Embassy and USG [...]	2009-07-15 00:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA594	HONDURAN COUP: LIBERAL PARTY CANDIDATE AT [...] (C) Summary: In a July 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos worried that his campaign had been harmed by the recent coup, which fractured his Liberal Party. Of even greater concern to Santos was the possibility the November 29 elections would leav [...]	2009-07-15 00:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA595	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #18 07/14/2009 AS OF 1600 [...] (U) At approximately 9:21 local (11:21 EDT) approximately 700 Zelaya supporters gathered at the National Pedagogical University. By 10:14 local (12:14 EDT),Zelaya supporters began marching and grew to approximately 4000. At 11:41, Zelaya supporters arrived at the Embassy. The demonstrators [...]	2009-07-15 13:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA596	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT ARIAS [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke to Costa Rican President Oscar Arias yesterday afternoon. Arias reiterated his position that the Saturday mediation session in San Jose will be critical to his efforts. He said he planned to put on the table the core issues that need to be dealt with soon if a soluti [...]	2009-07-15 19:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA600	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #19 07/15/2009 AS OF 1500 [...] (U) At 10:15 local (12:15 EDT),approximately 3,000 pro-Zelaya demonstrators gathered outside the National Pedagogical University and marched to the Clarion Hotel. At 11:40 local (13:40 EDT),the group marched from the Clarion Hotel to the National Institute of Women, where some protestors th [...]	2009-07-15 22:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA605	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 4 [...] (U) Summary: The human rights situation in Honduras remains tense despite a public invitation for international human rights groups to monitor the situation. The curfew was reinstated the night of July 15 and will last at least through the weekend. Opponents of the de facto regime continue [...]	2009-07-16 19:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA607	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #20, 07/16/2009 AS OF 15:00 [...] (U) At 09:15 local (11:15 EDT),approximately 300 pro-Zelaya demonstrators gathered on the southern edge of Tegucigalpa to block the CA-5, Honduras's main highway. An additional 700 Zelaya supporters were en route to the CA-5 north of the city to do the same. At the same time there were also [...]	2009-07-17 01:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA608	HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/16/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- -- Delegations announced for Saturday negotiations [...]	2009-07-17 01:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA610	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 16 CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Arias stressed that substantive progress needed to made during Saturday's talks in San Jose. Key South American countries such as Argentina and Brazil were not satisfied with progress thus far and were pressing SYG Insulza to re-insert himself into the process. Pressure from the [...]	2009-07-17 18:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA611	TFH01: REPORTS OF FROZEN BANK ACCOUNTS DENIED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Attorney General's Office and local banks both deny reports that bank accounts of people tied to the deposed government of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya have been frozen. The Embassy has contacted government and banking officials to chase these reports down, and found that i [...]	2009-07-17 18:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA612	TFH01: WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR WEEKEND VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: While civil action has so far remained peaceful save for the death of one protester on July 5, there has been a palpable increase in tension leading into the scheduled July 18 round of negotiations between President Zelaya and de facto regime head Micheletti. The prospects for [...]	2009-07-17 19:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV MARR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA614	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #21 07/17/2009 AS OF [...] (U) As of 09:00 local (11:00 EDT),pro-Zelaya demonstrations today, July 17, were expected to be similar to those of yesterday, July 16 (Reftel),with demonstrators congregated around the CA-5, Honduras's main highway, at the north and south ends of Tegucigalpa. As of 09:40 local (11:40 EDT),[...]	2009-07-17 21:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC AEMR KFLO PINR
09TEGUCIGALPA615	TFHO1: THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE CHIEF [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador and DATT met with Honduran Chief of Defense (CHOD) MG Romeo Vasquez Velasquez to press the importance of the de facto regime's serious participation in the Arias-led negotiations on July 18, as well as the repercussions if the talks do not show substantive progres [...]	2009-07-17 21:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT PGOV
09TEGUCIGALPA616	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Arias called the Ambassador at approximately 2:30 pm our time. The Ambassador briefed him on a series of meetings that we have held in the past 30 hours in support of his mediation effort. The Ambassador discussed the productive sessions he had had with the business community, [...]	2009-07-17 22:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA617	TFH01: WHO'S WHO OF THE HONDURAN COUP [...] (C) Summary: As the Zelaya and Micheletti teams prepare to engage for a second round of talks in Costa Rica July 18 on restoring the constitutional order in Honduras, the fate of any deal that may emerge from the talks will most likely be determined by a relatively small number of opinion-maker [...]	2009-07-17 23:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA618	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: DONORS EVALUATING ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Donors are evaluating their assistance to Honduras in the wake of the June 28 coup and subsequent suspension of Honduras from the OAS. All members of the G-16 group of official donors to Honduras, with one exception, have suspended communication with the de facto interim govern [...]	2009-07-17 23:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA619	TFH01: FULL-COURT PRESS TO BRING MICHELETTI AROUND [...] (C) Summary: During the week of July 13 the Ambassador and Embassy officers met with numerous Micheletti supporters to press for the reinstatement of President Zelaya through the Arias process. The Ambassador emphasized the USG's strong support for the process and outlined the serious and lo [...]	2009-07-18 01:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA620	TFH01: DELIVERY OF MILLENIUM CHALLENGE LETTER [...] (U) A copy of the Millenium Challenge letter informing the Honduran Goverment of their right to suspend or terminate all funding due to the current political situation was delivered to the office of the General Director for MCA in Honduras Martin Ochoa and to the Foreign Ministry on July 17, 20 [...]	2009-07-18 01:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN EAID ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA621	TFH01: IMPACT OF COUP AND AID CUT-OFF ON HONDURAN [...] (C) Summary: The expected reduction in international aid as a result of the June 28 coup will cause hardship for the de facto regime, but the Honduran economy should still be able to avoid collapse this year, barring an unexpected shock, such as a trade embargo or natural disaster. The econom [...]	2009-07-18 20:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA622	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #22 (UNCLASSIFIED) [...] (U) As of 11:00 local (13:00 EDT),approximately 1,600 pro-Zelaya demonstrators are gathered at Zelaya's "Popular Bloc" movement headquarters near Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, and are blocking the nearby major thoroughfare Boulevard Fuerzas Armadas. RSO notes the demonstrat [...]	2009-07-18 20:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA623	TFHO1: HONDURAN COUP SITREP #23 (UNCLASSIFIED) AS [...] (U) As of 10:30 local (13:00 EDT),no protests have been reported in Tegucigalpa or other cities, and roads and highways connecting Tegucigalpa to the rest of the country are open. Pro-Zelaya demonstration leaders are meeting at Zelaya's "Popular Bloc" movement headquarters near Toncontin Air [...]	2009-07-19 17:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA624	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #24 07/20/2009 AS OF [...] (U) As of 08:30 local (10:30 EDT),RSO contacts indicated that pro-Zelaya demonstrators would gather at the National Congress in downtown Tegucigalpa later in the morning. It was also reported that teacher's unions would accompany the "reds" in the afternoon. At 09:15 local (11:15 EDT),appr [...]	2009-07-21 00:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA627	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Arias called the Ambassador on July 21. He said he was concerned with the hard line positions taken by both the Zelaya and Micheletti sides. The Ambassador agreed adding that de facto regime President Roberto Micheletti's public statements were particularly unhelpful, including [...]	2009-07-21 20:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA631	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #25 07/21/2009 AS OF [...] (U) As of 08:55 local (10:55 EDT),approximately 100 pro-Zelaya supporters congregated at the entrance to Tegucigalpa's Kennedy neighborhood. As of 10:08 local (12:08 EDT),an estimated 1,500 peaceful demonstrators had congregated with five policemen stationed there as well. As of 11:11 loca [...]	2009-07-21 22:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA632	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/21/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. -------------------------------------------- Micheletti Remains Firm in his Public Stance -------- [...]	2009-07-22 01:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA633	TFHO1: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION POST [...] (SBU) Summary: The mainstream Honduran media and the de facto regime have attempted to shape international perceptions of the June 28 coup through an evident reporting bias, intimidation, the closure of media outlets, and violence. While the pressure exerted by the de facto regime on the medi [...]	2009-07-22 13:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA635	TFH01: ARIAS DISCUSSES MEDIATION EFFORT [...] (S) Early afternoon on July 22, the Ambassador spoke to President Arias. Arias confirmed that the de facto regime of President Roberto Micheletti had made a sudden decision to attend the afternoon session in San Jose. Arias was very pleased. He said the meeting is now pushed back to 4:00 p.m [...]	2009-07-22 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KDEM PGOV PINR PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA636	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #26 07/22/2009 AS OF [...] (U) As of 09:36 local (11:36 EDT),approximately 200 Zelaya supporters congregated and proceeded to block traffic on the Boulevard Santa Fe in Tegucigalpa. The demonstrators talked about possibly disrupting the planned pro-Micheletti march scheduled for 10:00 local (12:00 EDT). As of 11:57 l [...]	2009-07-22 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA637	TFH01: PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya told the Ambassador that he believes that the Arias process is close to failure. He blamed the de facto regime's intransigence for the near collapse of the mediation. He urged the U.S. to take stronger punitive measures against the Micheletti regim [...]	2009-07-23 17:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL PGOV AEMR ASEC CASC KDEM MARR PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA638	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #27 07/23/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) RSO contacts have indicated there will be an increase in activity today, July 23. As of 09:15 local (11:15 EDT),approximately 1,500 peaceful pro-Zelaya demonstrators blocked traffic on the road to the Soto Cano base at the El Durazno post. At this time, 100 military and police were st [...]	2009-07-23 18:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR AEMR PINR
09TEGUCIGALPA64	HONDURAS CATCHES PLANE LADEN WITH COCAINE IN [...] (C) Summary. Honduran armed forces and law enforcement personnel captured a Venezuelan-registered airplane bearing over 1500 kilograms of suspected cocaine and two go-fast boats in a USG supported joint Honduran operation in the early hours of January 28. The operation demonstrated the abili [...]	2009-01-29 20:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MOPS PREL KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA645	TFHO1: OPEN AND SHUT: THE CASE OF THE HONDURAN COUP [...] (C) Summary: Post has attempted to clarify some of the legal and constitutional issues surrounding the June 28 forced removal of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. The Embassy perspective is that there is no doubt that the military, Supreme Court and National Congress conspired on June 28 in wha [...]	2009-07-24 00:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA647	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/23/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ----------------- San Jose Proposal ----------------- 2. (U) Arias' new eleven point proposal [...]	2009-07-24 15:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA648	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #28 07/24/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Early Friday morning, July 24, due to the rumored arrival of President Zelaya, pro-Zelaya supporters gathered around the off-ramp to Danli on Tegucigalpa's peripheral highway with plans to caravan to the Las Manos border crossing with Nicaragua. As of 09:30 local (11:30 EDT),police and [...]	2009-07-24 17:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR AEMR PINR
09TEGUCIGALPA649	TFHO1: OUR FULL COURT PRESS TO REACH A RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Post continues to apply pressure on all fronts to bring the conflicting sides to a resolution of the political crisis through the Arias process. The Ambassador and Embassy Officers have met with private sector leaders, civil society representatives, political figures and other fi [...]	2009-07-24 17:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA657	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. Names of the propose [...]	2009-07-27 14:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA658	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/24/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ------------------------------------------ Three Branches Analyzing San Jose Proposal ------------ [...]	2009-07-27 16:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA659	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #29 07/27/2009 AS OF [...] (U) Over the weekend, most activity was concentrated in southern Honduras due to the arrival of President Zelaya at the Las Manos border crossing with Nicaragua on Friday, July 24. RSO reports there were several military and police roadblocks that prohibited most pro-Zelaya supporters from r [...]	2009-07-27 18:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR AEMR PINR
09TEGUCIGALPA661	CLASHES AT BORDER PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Conditions along the Honduras-Nicaragua border where pro-Zelaya demonstrators have congregated across from the encampment of President Zelaya have become a potential flash point for an escalation to violence in the Honduran political crisis. Human rights groups have lodged prot [...]	2009-07-28 00:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA662	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/27/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. --------------------------------------- Zelaya Spends the Weekend at the Border ------------------ [...]	2009-07-28 00:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA663	PRESIDENT ARIAS DISCUSSES HIS MEDIATION EFFORTS [...] (S) President Arias called the Ambassador the evening of July 27 to get an update on the situation in Honduras and our efforts to support his mediation efforts. The Ambassador responded that the situation was mixed. On the positive side, the Honduran military was now moving in the direction [...]	2009-07-28 15:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL PGOV AEMR KDEM MARR PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA664	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #30 07/28/2009 AS OF [...] (U) As of 10:30 local (12:30 EDT),approximately 500 pro-Zelaya demonstrators departed the Pedagogical University with plans to march on the headquarters of the private sector lobby group, COHEP. Apart from one road block in Santa Barbara, there were no reports of other significant activity. [...]	2009-07-28 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA665	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/28/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ------------------------------------- Full Court Press to Honduran Congress ---------------------- [...]	2009-07-29 00:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA666	TFH01: FOLLOW-UP REPORT ON BANK ACCOUNT FREEZES [...] (U) Summary: Ref A reported rumors, none of which Post was able to confirm of banks closing the personal accounts of people associated with the Zelaya administration and their families. Further investigation has confirmed that there was no/no wholesale freezing of accounts and that the banks h [...]	2009-07-29 15:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KDEM PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA67	AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTION OF THE HONDURAN SUPREME [...] (C) Summary: The election of Honduras' Supreme Court was both an historic and galvanizing event for the country, with public pressure leading to the selection of the most independent court in Honduran history. Private threats by President Manual "Mel" Zelaya and his advisors were withstood b [...]	2009-02-02 22:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA672	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #31 07/29/2009 AS OF [...] (U) As of 09:00 local (11:00 EDT),there was a roadblock by approximately 200 pro-Zelaya demonstrators in La Flecha in the Santa Barbara Department blocking the highway between San Pedro Sula and Copan. In Tegucigalpa, pro-Zelaya protestors met at the Pedagogical University and blocked the cit [...]	2009-07-29 22:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA673	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/29/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ------------------------------------ Diplomatic Visa Revocation Top Story ------------------------ [...]	2009-07-29 23:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA677	TFH01: HONDURAN CONGRESS REVIEWS AMNESTY ARTICLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran de facto regime is analyzing in detail the San Jose Agreement to ensure it conforms with Honduran law and the Constitution before the Micheletti regime makes a final decision on whether to accept the agreement. Embassy Political and Economic officers met with all m [...]	2009-07-30 17:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA680	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #32 07/30/2009 AS OF [...] (C) As of 11:30 local (13:30 EDT),approximately 300 pro-Zelaya demonstrators gathered at El Lolo on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa and attempted to block the northern route of the CA-5, Honduras's main highway to San Pedro Sula. Another group of approximately 100 protesters at El Durazno a fe [...]	2009-07-30 21:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA683	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/30/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. -------------------------------- Reports of Violence at Roadblock -------------------------------- [...]	2009-07-31 00:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA684	TFHO1: ASSESSMENT OF THE CONSULAR SECTION'S [...] (U) Summary: The coup against President Mel, Zelaya on June 28th tested the Consular Sections ability to safeguard American citizens in a time of political uncertainty. The section proved to be up to the challenge, successfully processing hundreds of AmCit calls on the ACS hotline, and makin [...]	2009-07-31 15:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CLOK CMGT CPAS CVIS CFED
09TEGUCIGALPA686	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 30 CONVERSATION WITH [...] (S) The Ambassador spoke with President Arias on the evening of July 30 to brief him on his meeting earlier in the day with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya in Managua. The Ambassador noted that in the three-hour round of meetings he had urged Zelaya to "put on his presidential suit," take the d [...]	2009-07-31 20:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL ASEC KDEM MARR PGOV PINR AEMR CASC
09TEGUCIGALPA687	TFHO1: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 5 [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran human rights situation continues to be difficult as tensions rise in the prolonged political uncertainty. Another aggravating factor has been the presence of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya on opposite sides of the Honduran- [...]	2009-07-31 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA688	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #33 07/31/2009 AS OF [...] (C) On July 30, Honduran National Police (HNP) arrested 100 people after pro-Zelaya demonstrators clashed with police charged with disbanding the protest. One demonstrator was shot in the head and seriously wounded. Police contacts assert that the police and military were only armed with non [...]	2009-07-31 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA692	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a dinner on August 1 with former President Carlos Flores and Micheletti team members to the Arias mediation, Arturo Corrales and Vilma Morales (neither are members of the Micheletti regime; see Bio notes para 7). Morales and Corrales said they remained comm [...]	2009-08-03 19:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR KDEM MARR PGOV PINR PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA695	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #34 08/03/2009 AS OF [...] (U) A relatively quiet weekend was marred by two deaths. The protester shot in the July 30 conflict between pro-Zelaya demonstrators and police (Reftel) died August 1, marking the crisis' second confirmed fatality. In a military checkpoint incident, a car passenger was shot dead by a solider. [...]	2009-08-03 23:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA696	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/03/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. -------------------------------------- CONGRESS CONSIDERING POLITICAL AMNESTY -------------------------------------- 2 [...]	2009-08-03 23:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA697	TFH01: DE FACTO REGIME PREPARES 2009 HONDURAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2009 Honduran Budget was introduced and approved by the de facto regime July 2009. The Honduran fiscal year is from January to December, and the exiled government had yet to submit its 2009 budget (which was due to Congress on September 15, 2008). Central government reven [...]	2009-08-04 21:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	BBSR EAID ECON EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA698	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #35 08/04/2009 AS OF [...] (U) Approximately 500 pro-Zelaya protestors began demonstrating in Colonia Kennedy without blocking traffic. As of 10:45, the protestors were demonstrating aggressively, painting cars and marching down Blvd. Suyapa, blocking a lane of traffic. By 12:00, the protest size has grown to 1000 demo [...]	2009-08-04 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA699	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/04/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. --------------------------------------------- ---- CONGRESS GIVES "GREEN LIGHT" ON POLITICAL AMNESTY -------------------- [...]	2009-08-04 23:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA700	TFH01: HONDURAN CONGRESS KEEPS AMNESTY DOOR OPEN [...] (C) The congressional commission tasked with analyzing the amnesty element of the San Jose Agreement presented their assessment to Congress on August 3. In its report, the commission stated that Congress has the legal authority to grant amnesty for political crimes as described in the San Jos [...]	2009-08-05 00:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA703	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #36 08/05/2009 AS OF [...] (U) Approximately 500 protestors congregated outside of the pedagogical university at 09:55 local (11:55 EDT). At 10:15, the protestors departed the university and began marching down Blvd. Fuerzas Armadas. As of 11:50, the demonstration had grown to approximately 3000 people protesting outs [...]	2009-08-05 23:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA706	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: SANTOS SUPPORTS SAN JOSE [...] (U) Summary: In an August 5 national television interview, Liberal Party presidential nominee Elvin Santos expressed his support for the San Jose Accord, called for the conditional return of President Zelaya, and stated that he had no personal involvement in the events of June 28. End Summa [...]	2009-08-06 17:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA707	TFHO1: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The freedoms of expression and of the press in Honduras continue to be threatened as members of the de facto government intimidate and attempt to close media outlets, harass journalists, and seize the cameras of photographers and filmmakers. On an unofficial visit the UNHCR Spe [...]	2009-08-06 18:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA710	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #37 08/06/2009 AS OF [...] (U) Approximately 120 pro-Zelaya protestors gathered outside of the TIGO mobile telephone company office at 09:15 local (11:15 EDT),claiming the owner was a supporter of the coup. The crowd grew to 2500 by 10:30, and at 11:00 marched to Las Proceres Avenue, passing by the GSO warehouse and m [...]	2009-08-06 23:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA711	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/06/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (U) The letter from Assistant Secretary Richard Verma to Senator Lugar is being portrayed in Honduran media as a "so [...]	2009-08-06 23:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA712	TFH01: ACTION REQUEST: MEETING WITH ZELAYA CABINET [...] (C) This message is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) The Ambassador convened an August 6 meeting with President Zelaya's cabinet ministers who are residing in Tegucigalpa. The Ministers of Health, Government, Commerce and Industry, Labor, and Tourism were present, along [...]	2009-08-07 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA713	\\\\ZFR ZFR ZFR////TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #38 08/07/2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 22:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA715	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training in 2009, pursuant to The Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of Human Rights. 2. (SBU) Names of [...]	2009-08-10 16:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPKO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA716	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #38 08/07/2009 AS OF [...] (U) At 09:10, approximately 60 pro-Zelaya supporters gathered on the exit from Tegucigalpa's ring road to the road to Danli, the main route to the Nicaraguan border, preparing to demonstrate. At 11:50, the crowd grew to approximately 1,000-1,200. The leaders of the protest announced that if [...]	2009-08-10 17:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA717	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/27/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. --------------------------------------- Zelaya Spends the Weekend at the Border ------------------ [...]	2009-08-10 18:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA720	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #39 08/10/2009 AS OF [...] (U) At 09:50 local time(11:50 EDT),pro-Zelaya followers were gathering at the Pedagogical University preparing for a march/demonstration. At 10:30, a medium size (1000-5000 demonstrators) group was marching from the university northbound on Blvd. Miraflores. At 11:50, they arrived at the Un [...]	2009-08-10 21:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA722	TFH01: HONDURAN CONGRESS RECEPTIVE TO SAN JOSE [...] (C) Poloff represented the U.S. Mission in a meeting between the "troika" of the G16 donors' group and Honduran Congressional deputies, headed by the current President of Congress Jose Alfredo Saavedra Paz on August 5. (Note: the troika represents the current, previous and future chairs of th [...]	2009-08-10 21:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA723	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 8 meeting with National Party presidential nominee Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and other National Party leaders. Lobo expressed his support for the San Jose Accord, noting private polling that showed that more than 50 percent of the public now wants Zela [...]	2009-08-10 21:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA724	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 7 meeting with Liberal Party presidential nominee Elvin Santos. Santos expressed support for the Arias mediation saying it was good for the country and also for his own political interests, since it would hopefully lead to some measure of reconci [...]	2009-08-10 22:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA726	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOCIAL LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 8 meeting with leaders of the pro-Zelaya social movements, in response to a request from President Zelaya. These leaders represent the radical left-wing support base of the Zelaya movement. Participants were agrarian movement leader Rafael Alegria [...]	2009-08-11 00:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA727	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE FIRST FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 9 lunch with First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya and members of the First Family. They believed that reconciliation among the Liberal Party would be very difficult, and they viewed it as unlikely that Elvin Santos would be able to recover ground [...]	2009-08-11 00:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA730	TFHO1: AMERICASBAROMETER ARTICLE ON PREDICTING [...] (U) Summary: In the latest "AmericasBarometer Insights" article, public opinion researchers Mitchell Seligson and John Booth point to their conclusion in a book published earlier this year that Honduras demonstrated "greater risk for unrest, political turmoil, and support for antidemocratic [...]	2009-08-11 18:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA731	TFH01: Drug Trafficking Activity Before and After the [...] (SBU) Summary: After a series of successful seizure operations in the first half of 2009, the political crisis in Honduras, triggered by the ouster of President Jose Manuel Zelaya on June 28, is already showing its effects by degrading the ability of the Honduran National Police to engage in co [...]	2009-08-11 19:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA733	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #40 08/11/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Tegucigalpa: Pro-Zelaya followers marched from the outskirts of Tegucigalpa today to gather in a vicinity of the Clarion Hotel for demonstration targeting the Presidential Palace. The crowd totaled between 3,000 and 5,000. Police kept the demonstrators away from the Presidential Palac [...]	2009-08-11 23:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA737	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/12/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) In an August 12 phone conversation with independent Presidential candidate Carlos H. Reyes, the Ambassador stressed th [...]	2009-08-13 01:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA738	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #41 08/12/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Tegucigalpa: Pro-Zelaya demonstrations on August 11 were large (over 5,000 people). The largest march into the city was led by Padre Tamayo who led a group of marchers from Olancho. Protestors first congregated at the Clarion Hotel where they heard speeches from First Lady Xiomara de Ca [...]	2009-08-13 01:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA740	TFHO1: ZELAYA'S ADMINISTRATION: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? [...] (C) Summary: This message is an update on the status of various Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Administration cabinet-level officials. The Ambassador held a meeting on August 6 (ref A) with those officials currently in Tegucigalpa, he met with others in Managua on July 30, and maintains contact with oth [...]	2009-08-13 18:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA741	TFH01: STATUS OF USG ASSISTANCE TO HONDURAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the events of June 28 the United States Government has halted communications with high-level GOH officials and has been steadily suspending programs with the GOH in compliance with USG policy guidance. The following is a summary of the current status of actions taken b [...]	2009-08-13 18:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR ETRD MASS OEXC PGOV PREL SCUL
09TEGUCIGALPA742	TFH01: HONDURAN PEACEKEEPING FORCES RETURN BEFORE [...] (SBU) Spain canceled its arrangement to include a Honduran unit in its contribution to UNIFIL in Lebanon and returned it to Honduras from Spain, as a strong sign of its rejection of the June 28 coup against President Zelaya. The 51-member Honduran peacekeeping (PKO) force had been undergoing t [...]	2009-08-13 20:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV KDEM MASS EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA744	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #42 08/13/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Tegucigalpa: On August 13, a medium-sized (1000-5000) group of pro-Zelaya followers gathered at the Pedagogical University. As of 11:55 local (13:55 EDT),demonstrators were arriving at the Public Ministry. As of 14:00, approximately 1500 demonstrators marched to Radio Globo, where th [...]	2009-08-13 21:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA745	TFH01: HONDURAN TOURISM SUFFERS POST-COUP BLUES [...] (U) Summary: Tourism, the third largest revenue source in Honduras, is significantly down since June 28, having borne the brunt of the economic impact of the coup d'etat. Hotels report higher vacancy rates and airlines have noticed a significant drop in bookings, which have led them to cancel [...]	2009-08-13 21:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR EAIR ECON ETRD HO KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA755	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #43 08/14/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Tegucigalpa: On August 14, a medium-sized (1000-5000) group of pro-Zelaya followers gathered at the Pedagogical University. As of 11:00 local (13:00 EDT),demonstrators entered the Colonia Kennedy neighborhood south of the university, then proceeded along the city's ring road to the Na [...]	2009-08-14 21:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA763	TFHO1: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 6 [...] (SBU) Summary. The human rights situation in Honduras remains tense as mostly peaceful protests of 1,000 to 5,000 continue across Tegucigalpa for the fourth straight day. Tuesday,s violence is being attributed to small elements of youth within the protests who have responded to police counter [...]	2009-08-17 13:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA765	TFH01: AMBASSADOR HOSTS DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 13 conversation among leaders representing a wide range of views, from pro-Zelaya to pro-regime and moderates in between. In this deeply polarized country, one-sided viewpoints tend to dominate media coverage and the public discourse. This meeti [...]	2009-08-17 18:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA766	TFH01: UNIVERSITY RECTOR ON CAMPUS VIOLENCE AND [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Rector of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) Julieta Castellanos Ruiz on August 12. UNAH was the site of a violent clash between student pro-Zelaya protestors and police on August 5 (reftel),as well as an incident August 4 when students pelted L [...]	2009-08-17 18:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA770	TFH01: PRESIDENT ARIAS' CALL TO AMBASSADOR LLORENS [...] (SBU) Costa Rican President Arias called the Ambassador late on Friday, August 14. He seemed to be recovering well from the flu and was at his home resting. The Ambassador briefed him on how he saw the situation in Honduras and stressed the importance of a successful visit by the OAS Foreign [...]	2009-08-17 21:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KDEM MARR PGOV PINR PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA772	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #44 08/17/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) On August 17, as of 10:15 local (12:15 EDT),a group of approximately 50 pro-Zelaya taxi drivers with their vehicles arrived near the Presidential Palace in Tegucigalpa to demand a bonus that had been promised in 2008. (Note: This government-paid bonus was promised in order to end a str [...]	2009-08-17 23:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA775	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #45 08/18/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) On August 18, as of 11:30 local (13:30 EDT),a medium (1,000-5,000 people) group of pro-Zelaya supporters arrived at the Supreme Court; police also arrived. 2. (SBU) On August 17, in Villanueva, Cortes, a suburb of San Pedro Sula, members of the anti-bomb squad found a de-fused grenad [...]	2009-08-18 21:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA778	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/18/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. ---------------------------- Micheletti on Live Talk Show ---------------------------- 2. (U) In an August 18 interview on t [...]	2009-08-18 23:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA779	TFH01: HONDURAN JUDGE REMOVED FROM CASE AGAINST [...] (U) Summary. The Supreme Court of Honduras removed Judge Maritza Arita from her involvement in the case of three Hondurans charged with vandalism during an August 11 protest. Judge Arita claims her separation is politically charged and has formally denounced the action before human rights gr [...]	2009-08-18 23:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA78	FINMIN SEEKS HELP CONVINCING ZELAYA OF GRAVITY OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Rebecca Santos told us she sees President Manuel Zelaya,s trip to Washington later this month as an opportunity to persuade him to adopt an economic stabilization program and enter [...]	2009-02-05 17:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IMF HO
09TEGUCIGALPA783	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #46 08/19/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) On August 19, as of 12:00 local (14:00 EDT),a small group of less than 1,000 pro-Zelaya supporters demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy. Charge and PolOff met inside the U.S. Embassy lobby with Rafael Alegria and other demonstration leaders and listened to their concerns about the [...]	2009-08-19 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO

09TEGUCIGALPA785	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/19/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) In an August 17 meeting between the elections donor working group (GSE) and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) hosted [...]	2009-08-20 00:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA786	TFH01: INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. A delegation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) arrived in Tegucigalpa August 16 to evaluate the human rights situation in the country. During the first two days the delegation met with two separate groups of Congressmen, the National Police, the Supreme Co [...]	2009-08-20 18:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA787	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #47 08/20/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) On August 20, as of 12:00 local (14:00 EDT),a small group of less than 1,000 pro-Zelaya supporters marched on Colonia el San Jose del Pedegral in the vicinity of Toncontin International Airport. 2. (SBU) On August 19, at 15:15, a pro-Zelaya vehicular procession of over 100 cars and m [...]	2009-08-20 20:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA789	TFH01: G-16 MEETINGS WITH SUPREME COURT, ATTORNEY [...] (U) Summary. Representatives of the Group of 16 donor countries (G-16) met on August 18 and 19 with the Supreme Court, the Attorney General's office, and the National Commission on Human Rights. The meetings were held in response to a G-16 letter raising concern about the human rights situat [...]	2009-08-21 00:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA790	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #48 08/21/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) On August 21, as of 12:30 local (14:30 EDT),a medium-sized group (1,000-5,000 people) of pro-Zelaya supporters were congregating in front of the Channel 36 building. There was a police presence with this demonstration. 2. (SBU) As of 10:00, a small group (200 people) of the pro-reg [...]	2009-08-21 19:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA798	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/21/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) The five-magistrate "Constitutional Hall" of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) agreed on August 20 to review a legal ch [...]	2009-08-21 21:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA799	TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL, [...] (C) Summary: Emboff who had previously lived in northern Honduras visited longstanding colleagues and friends along the North Coast to gauge opinion of citizens outside the circles of power. Emboff visited an orphanage in San Pedro Sula, a small inland town near the coastal city of Trujillo, [...]	2009-08-21 22:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA802	TFH01: MEDIA REACTION HONDURAN POLITICAL CRISIS 8-21-09 [...] (U) Editorial in the Tegucigalpa-based conservative paper El Heraldo (8-21-09): "Time passes and there does not seem to be a way out of the political crisis. The isolation from the regime continues and with the suspension of some funds for key projects such as the Dry Channel; this last case i [...]	2009-08-24 18:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA806	TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and Econoff visited the city of Comayagua, Comayagua Department and the towns of Cane and Tutule in La Paz Department to gauge the political and economic effects of the current political crisis outside the capital. Emboffs spoke with agricultural producers and exporters, [...]	2009-08-24 22:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA809	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #49 08/24/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) At approximately 0830 local (1030 EDT),the Organization of American States group of Foreign Ministers arrived in Tegucigalpa. The delegation included Argentinean Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, Canadian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Peter Kent, Costa Rican Foreign Minister Bruno [...]	2009-08-24 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA811	TFH01: MEDIA REACTION OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT [...] (U)Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based conservative paper La Prensa (8-24-09): "The arrival... of seven Hispanic-American foreign Ministers is announced for today; perhaps they will listen and later ponder on the situation as the Inter-American Human Rights Commission did that stuck to an ag [...]	2009-08-24 23:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA813	TFH01: MEDIA REACTION OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT [...] (U)Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based conservative paper La Prensa (8-24-09): "The arrival... of seven Hispanic-American foreign Ministers is announced for today; perhaps they will listen and later ponder on the situation as the Inter-American Human Rights Commission did that stuck to an ag [...]	2009-08-25 13:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA817	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #50 08/25/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) At approximately 0945 local (1145 EDT),a group of approximately 1,000-5,000 pro-Zelaya demonstrators gathered peacefully at the National Pedagogical University and marched to the Clarion Hotel. As of 1130 local (1330 EDT),the demonstration had moved toward the Intercontinental Hotel an [...]	2009-08-25 22:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA820	MISSION EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING [...] (SBU) On August 25, the Charge chaired a Mission Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review our security posture in response to the Department's press release stating the Embassy would suspend the issuance of nonimmigrant visas beginning August 26. 2. (SBU) The EAC concluded that [...]	2009-08-25 23:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA830	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #51 08/26/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) As of 14:00 local (16:00 EDT),a medium size group of pro-Zelaya demonstrators marched from the Clarion Hotel to the Embassy. The demonstrators peacefully disbanded at 13:55 local (15:55 EDT). Their message to the US was: "We request you do not support elections in Honduras and that OAS [...]	2009-08-26 23:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA831	TFH01: FOREIGN MINISTER DELEGATION FACES DE FACTO [...] (C) Summary: The OAS delegation of foreign ministers and OAS Secretary General which visited Honduras August 24-25 to press all parties to accept the San Jose Accord as the peaceful solution to the current political crisis concluded without a concrete result, due primarily to inflexibility on [...]	2009-08-27 02:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA832	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/26/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Representatives of the G-16 donor community met at the World Bank office on August 26 to discuss [...]	2009-08-27 14:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA841	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #52 08/27/2009 AS OF [...] (U) According to local press reports, at 0300 local (0500 EDT) this morning, police located a homemade bomb inside a vehicle parked outside of the Programa Nacional de Beneficio Rural (PRONABER) building, next to the Secretaria de Comercio (SETCO). The bomb was reported to have contained accele [...]	2009-08-27 19:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA842	TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 7 [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations in Honduras have been peaceful since violent outbreaks on August 12 and 13. However, allegations of human rights violations continue to be made by various human rights groups following the departure of the visiting delegation from the Inter-American Commission on [...]	2009-08-27 20:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA843	TFH01: MEDIA REACTION US VISA SUSPENSION, OAS VISIT AND [...] (U) Editorial in the Tegucigalpa-based liberal newspaper (8-26-09): "The U.S. government suspended the issuance of visas starting August 26, for non immigrants and non emergency cases, which implies almost the (entire) totality of these documents for Hondurans that want to travel to the U.S. S [...]	2009-08-27 21:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CVIS SMIG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA844	HONDURAS PRESS COVERAGE OF INSULZA READOUT TO OAS [...] (U) Summary. All four major dailies covered the August 26 presentation to the OAS by Secretary General Insulza. They highlighted the failure of the August 24-25 mission of OAS Foreign Ministers, but noted that Insulza remains hopeful that a negotiated settlement to Honduras' political crisis [...]	2009-08-27 21:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA845	TFH01: MEDIA REACTION U.S. POLICY AND OAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 21:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA847	TFH01: MEDIA REACTION [...] (U) Op-ed by Rafael Delgado Elvir in the San Pedro Sula-based conservative paper La Prensa (8-19-09): "The circumstances surrounding the coup d'tat are keeping us in a state of high social upheaval. Day by day we witness marches and protests that indicate the existence of deep wounds and in th [...]	2009-08-28 14:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA849	TFH01: MEDIA REACTION [...] (U)Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based liberal paper Tiempo (8-27-09): "The Under Secretary for Andean and Southern Affairs, Christopher McCullen, has said in Montevideo that the U.S. government will put more pressure on the de facto government because it is very important to restore the inst [...]	2009-08-28 20:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA85	HONDURAN UNION LEADERS DISCUSS GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with leading union leaders in Honduras to discuss the current state of labor in Honduras, on February 3. The Ambassador took the opportunity to convey U.S. support for human rights and labor rights. He shared his view of the U.S-Central American Free Trade [...]	2009-02-09 22:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAGR EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA850	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #53 08/28/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) As of 11:00 local (13:00 EDT),a medium sized group of pro-Zelaya demonstrators had gathered at the Honduran Social Security Institute (IHSS) on Blvd. Santa Fe and had moved to Colonia Polo Paz for a memorial service for a protestor that was shot and killed during a demonstration at that [...]	2009-08-28 22:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA851	TFH01: NATIONAL PARTY LEADERS ON THE CRISIS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Poloffs, National Party (NP) leaders Federico "Fred" Breve and Oscar Alvarez laid out the current Nationalist position on the Honduran political crisis, prospects for a resolution and their views on how the crisis will affect Honduran politics and society in the [...]	2009-08-31 14:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA859	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #54 08/31/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) As of 13:20 local (15:20 EDT) a medium sized group of pro-Zelaya supporters that had been marching in Colonia Monterrey had ended their demonstration and dispersed. --------------------------------- Infrastructure and Communications --------------------------------- 2. (U) As a res [...]	2009-08-31 23:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA860	TFH01: ZELAYA APPOINTED HEAD OF ANTHROPOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Dario Euraque, the general manager of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH),was dismissed from his position on August 21 in what Euraque believes was a political move due to his appointment to the position under the Zelaya administration. Dr. Euraque is a [...]	2009-08-31 23:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA862	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya the evening of August 31. Zelaya said he was happy to be back in Washington and noted that this was the fifth time he had visited the U.S. since the June 28 coup. He said he looked forward to the opportunity to meet key players in the [...]	2009-09-01 17:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KDEM MARR PGOV PINR PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA864	TFH01: FOUR DETAINED MINORS RELEASED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary. Four minors detained on July 25 by Honduran security forces near Las Manos during pro-Zelaya protests at the border of Honduras and Nicaragua were released on August 27 and 28 following pressure by the local UNICEF representative. In a recent investigation, UNICEF was unable to c [...]	2009-09-01 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA866	THF01: ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN BEGINS [...] (U) Summary. The official campaign period for the November 29 election began on August 31. While most attention will focus on the presidential candidates (plus three presidential designees),128 congressional representatives and 298 mayors will also be elected. The Supreme Electoral Tribuna [...]	2009-09-01 23:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA867	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP: LOCAL PRESS WRAP-UP [...] (U) Summary. This is a round-up of local news reported in major Honduran dailies from August 29 through September 1. End Summary. 2. (U) "El Heraldo," "La Prensa," and "La Tribuna" September 1 report that Venezuelan President Chavez admits it is highly unlikely that President Zelaya will re [...]	2009-09-01 23:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA87	HONDURAN CONGRESS SELECTS NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. The Honduran Congress elected Luis Alberto Rubi Avila and Roy David Urtecho Lopez as new Attorney General and deputy, respectively, on February 8 from candidates selected by a constitutionally-mandated proposing board. Following tradition, the two candidates each come from one o [...]	2009-02-10 14:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA870	TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SANTOS SEES [...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos told the Ambassador on September 1 that a solution to the Honduran political crisis must come before the November 29 election. The Ambassador said that supporters of de facto regime head Roberto Micheletti, particularly those on t [...]	2009-09-02 17:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA871	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH FORMER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with former president and Liberal Party "godfather" Carlos Flores on August 31 to discuss the political crisis and the state of relations within the Liberal Party. While Flores acknowledged his opposition to the coup had placed distance between himself and de f [...]	2009-09-02 18:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA880	TFHO1: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK FACES PRESSURE TO [...] (U) Summary: The board of governors of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) will deliberate on September 18 on whether to formally suspend lending to Honduran entities, which it placed on hold following the coup. In response to the pause in lending, the de facto Hondur [...]	2009-09-02 23:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN HO KDEM PGOV PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA882	G-16 REVIEWS MEMBER POSITIONS AND DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary. The G-16 donors' group, currently chaired by Canada, met on September 2 to review meetings held on September 1 by the EU and OAS regarding Honduras' political crisis. There was discussion of the advisability of meetings between the G-16 and electoral candidates and the concern t [...]	2009-09-03 20:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV KDEM XG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA883	TFHO1: DE FACTO REGIME TOUTS IMF ACT AS SIGN OF [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Honduran de facto regime is trumpeting the IMF,s inclusion of Honduras in the worldwide increase in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) for members as a sign of international recognition for the regime. Honduras received an allotment of SDR 96 million (approximat [...]	2009-09-03 20:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON AMB CONS DAO DCM AID FCS PAS POL ORA
09TEGUCIGALPA884	TFHO1: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOBO SAYS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. National Party presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo told the Ambassador on September 2 that he is concerned that forcing the return of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya now entails the risk that elections will not be held. Lobo believes the period following the election may be [...]	2009-09-03 21:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA885	G-16 REVIEWS MEMBER POSITIONS AND DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary. The G-16 donors' group, currently chaired by Canada, met on September 2 to review meetings held on September 1 by the EU and OAS regarding Honduras' political crisis. There was discussion of the advisability of meetings between the G-16 and electoral candidates and the concern t [...]	2009-09-03 22:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV KDEM XG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA886	TFHO1: MONSIGNOR JUAN JOSE PINEDA OPPOSES ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met on September 2 with Monsignor Juan Jose Pineda, the Auxiliary Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, to discuss the political crisis and the current landscape for acceptance of the San Jose Accord. Although Pineda is politically opposed to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, h [...]	2009-09-03 23:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA887	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP: LOCAL PRESS WRAP-UP [...] (U) Summary. This is a round-up of local news reported in major Honduran dailies on September 2. End Summary. 2. (U) "La Tribuna," "El Heraldo," and "La Prensa" September 2 carry headlines reporting that Honduras will not be excluded from an Association Agreement between Central America and [...]	2009-09-03 23:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA888	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP: LOCAL PRESS WRAP-UP [...] (U) Summary. This is a round-up of local news reported in major Honduran dailies on September 3. End Summary. 2. (U) An "El Heraldo" headline states that President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was greeted in Washington with protests and the newspaper features a photo of anti-Zelaya protestors n [...]	2009-09-03 23:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA889	TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUSIDE THE CAPITAL, [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with local mayors, business leaders and anti-coup supporters in the towns of Danli and El Paraiso. The political opinions varied widely; however there appeared to be a strong desire to move forward either through November elections or the San Jose Accord. The mayor of [...]	2009-09-04 19:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA890	TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE FROM PRO-ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with nine members of a pro-Zelaya advocacy group in Danli, El Paraiso Department. The group called for the immediate restitution of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the restoration of constitutional order in Honduras. Many members of the group described their experi [...]	2009-09-04 20:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA891	TFH01: JUSTICE FOR MY ENEMIES: DE FACTO GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the June 28 forced removal of President Zelaya, the Public Ministry and the de facto regime have waged a concerted effort to discredit and intimidate Zelaya cabinet members and coup opponents through investigations of a string of alleged criminal activities. Formal investi [...]	2009-09-04 20:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA892	PRO-COUP BUSINESSMAN CLAIMS LECH WALESA PLANS VISIT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Prominent businessman Adolfo (Fito) Facusse, who opposes the return of President Zelaya, told EconCouns on September 3 that he and others were involved in planning for a visit to Honduras by former Polish president Lech Wales [...]	2009-09-04 22:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL HO PL
09TEGUCIGALPA90	SOUTHCOM COMMANDER'S HONDURAS VISIT REINFORCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Taking place on the heels of a near constitutional crisis over the election of the Supreme Court (Ref A),the visit of SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral James Stavridis on January 29-30 could not have been better timed to reinforce our message of democracy and civilian control of the mil [...]	2009-02-10 18:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS EAID KDEM SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA900	TFH01: AMBASSADOR URGES REGIME SUPPORTERS TO [...] (C) Summary. A small group of de facto regime supporters, who met with the Ambassador on September 7 at his request, were in agreement that Honduran society is deeply polarized and that a solution to the country's crisis must be found within the framework of the San Jose Accord. However, sev [...]	2009-09-08 23:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA901	TFHO1: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NATIONAL PARTY FIGURES [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met with former Honduran president and National Party leader Rafael Callejas and Honduran business mogul and National Party financier Miguel Facusse for lunch September 7 to press for their support to pressure the Micheletti regime to accept the San Jose Accord. Callejas [...]	2009-09-09 00:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA902	TFH01: AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT ARIAS DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and President Arias reviewed the Honduran situation on September 9. They discussed the Secretary's meeting with President Zelaya last week in Washington, as well as the U.S. position on economic assistance, visas and the elections. The Ambassador also briefed Aria [...]	2009-09-09 20:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA903	TFHO1: DE FACTO REGIME'S POSITION ON PUBLIC [...] (U) Summary: On August 28, the Ministry of Finance of the de facto regime published an advertisement in the major dailies describing the current conditions of public finances in the country and actions the de facto regime is taking to manage public finance during the rest of the year. The an [...]	2009-09-09 21:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BBSR ECON EFIN HO KDEM PGOV
09TEGUCIGALPA904	TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PROPOSE JOINT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador urged, in a September 8 dinner at his residence, presidential candidates Elvin Santos, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, and Bernard Martinez and presidential designate Adela Echeverria, to tell de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti that for the good of Honduras he needs t [...]	2009-09-10 00:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA908	TFHO1: IMF REPRESENTATIVE OUTLINES PLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a September 9 meeting with EconCouns, International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative Mario Garza said that the IMF is conducting a vote of its members on what government to recognize in Honduras. The vote count will probably take place on September 18. If there is no quorum [...]	2009-09-10 23:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IMF HO
09TEGUCIGALPA909	THF01: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH G-16 DONORS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador briefed the G-16 donors' group, in a September 9 meeting at his residence, on U.S. policy. According to the UNDP representative, some UN member states are calling on the UN to halt its technical electoral assistance in Honduras. He encouraged nations who disagree [...]	2009-09-11 13:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV KDEM XG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA910	TFH01: DE FACTOS INFLEXIBLE ON ZELAYA RETURN [...] (S) Summary. Two participants in a September 7 meeting the Ambassador held with de facto regime supporters (reftel) met on September 7 and 8 with de facto regime head Roberto Micheletti and urged that he submit to President Arias a list of proposals to ensure the compliance of President Manuel [...]	2009-09-11 20:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA919	TFHO1: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DE FACTO FM LOPEZ [...] (C) Summary: As per Department instructions, the Ambassador met with de facto regime Foreign Minister Carlos Lopez Contreras at the home of a mutual friend on September 14. The Ambassador discussed the visa revocations. Lopez confirmed he had received the notice on September 11 and understo [...]	2009-09-17 02:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA92	CENTRAL BANK FOR ECONOMIC INTEGRATION PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) Nick Rischbieth met with the Ambassador on February 2 to discuss the effects of the global financial crisis on Central America and on CABEI's operations. After a year of record disbursements, CABEI's acc [...]	2009-02-10 23:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EAGR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA920	TFH01: ZELAYA CABINET COMMITTED TO SAN JOSE, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Cabinet officials of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya told the Ambassador on September 15 that their government is committed to the San Jose process. However, they expressed concern that their supporters are losing patience and are starting to advocate adoption of extreme meas [...]	2009-09-17 02:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA921	TFHO1: REACTION TO U.S. VISA REVOCATIONS, NIV [...] (C) Summary: Public statements from de facto regime members and supporters in response to the September 10 revocation of their U.S. visas have in general been understated, with a few attacks directed at the Ambassador. In private meetings, however, the response has been a mix of anger and conf [...]	2009-09-17 16:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA922	TFH01: ARIAS MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of September 16, President Arias briefed the Ambassador on the results of his meetings with the Presidential candidates in San Jose. Overall, Arias believes these meetings were positive and resulted in the issuance of a public statement by four of the five candidat [...]	2009-09-17 17:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA924	BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADERS SAY DE FACTO OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: At a September 14 meeting with three business community leaders, the Ambassador urged them to continue to press all concerned parties to support the San Jose Accords. Amilcar Bulnes, who heads a leading Honduran business association, said that he and his colleagues had unsuccess [...]	2009-09-17 21:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA930	TFHO1: RURAL REGION SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE [...] (U) Summary: During a September 2 visit to two towns in the southeastern province of El Paraiso, embassy officers found that political tension, police actions, and consumer uncertainty following the June 28 coup have caused short-term damage to the local economy. El Paraiso is a primarily a [...]	2009-09-17 23:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD HO KDEM PGOV PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA939	TFH01: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAYS CONGRESS RATHER [...] (C) Summary. Supreme Court magistrate David Calix Vallecillo, who claims he was outside Honduras during the period shortly before and after the June 28 coup, told Poloffs that the Supreme Court has not issued any binding judicial decisions regarding the country's political crisis. Calix said [...]	2009-09-18 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA940	TFHO1: PHONE CONVERSATION WITH DE FACTO FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Consul General (CG) received a phone call September 17 from Gabriela Nunez, de facto regime Minister of Finance. Nunez was calling to find out if her U.S. visa had been revoked, as she anticipated being invited to Washington, D.C. by the World Bank for consultations. CG confirmed [...]	2009-09-18 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CVIS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA941	TFH01: PROSPECTIVE SCENARIOS FOR HONDURAS [...] (C) Signature of the San Jose Accord by Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and de facto regime leader Robert Micheletti is the optimal solution to the political crisis besetting Honduras since the June 28 coup, and the Department and the Mission has worked hard to achieve this objecti [...]	2009-09-18 23:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA944	TFH01: ZELAYA CLAIMS TO BE IN HONDURAS [...] (C) At 1040 local (1240 EDT) local pro-Zelaya Channel 36 announced that Presient Zelaya had returned to Honduras and was already in Tegucigalpa, at the UN Building. Although such rumors had arisen many times since the June 28 coup, Post immediately began calling sources to determine whether t [...]	2009-09-21 19:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA945	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #55 09/21/2009 AS OF [...] (U) At 1300 local (1500 EDT),President Zelaya appeared on a balcony before a crowd of over 5,000 supporters who had gathered outside the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, but made no statement. Earlier via radio and television channel 36, Zelaya publicly stated he was ready to sign the San Jo [...]	2009-09-21 22:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA946	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #56 09/21/2009 AS OF [...] (U) At 17:15 local time (19:15 EDT) de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti, surrounded by his Cabinet, delivered a public address to the nation from the presidential palace. Micheletti said President Zelaya's return to Honduras is irregular and does not change the situation of Honduras. Mic [...]	2009-09-22 01:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA947	TFH01: NEED FOR COMMISSION [...] (C) Honduran authorities can no longer handle their deteriorating political situation and need the intervention of an international commission, preferably headed by senior UN and OAS officials accompanied by regional foreign ministers. The current situation is rapidly deteriorating. There is [...]	2009-09-22 15:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA948	TFH01: NEED FOR COMMISSION - CORRECTED CABLE [...] (C) Summary: Honduran authorities may no longer be able to handle their deteriorating political situation and need the intervention of an international commission, preferably headed by senior UN and OAS officials accompanied by regional foreign ministers. The current situation is rapidly dete [...]	2009-09-22 16:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA949	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #56 09/22/2009 AS OF [...] (U) Security forces removed protesters from the Brazilian Embassy in the early morning hours, employing tear gas, according to Brazilian Embassy sources. Estimates on the number of protestors removed range from 500 to 1,000, depending on the source. According to a televised police announceme [...]	2009-09-22 19:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA95	(C) IRANIAN OUTREACH TO LATIN AMERICA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 17:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PINR ETRD MARR PREL PTER SNAR
09TEGUCIGALPA950	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DRAFTED GUARANTEES FOR [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidates Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of the National Party, Felicito Avila of the Christian Democratic Party (DC),and Bernard Martinez of the Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party (PINU),along with former Presidents Ricardo Madu [...]	2009-09-22 23:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA951	TFH01: POLITICAL WRAP-UP [...] (C) Summary. President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and a group of supporters remain in the Brazilian Embassy. The Armed Forces have allowed food and water to be delivered to the Embassy compound and are permitting the departure of Zelaya supporters and local Embassy staff. Rumors are circulatin [...]	2009-09-23 00:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA952	TFH01: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION [...] (C) Summary. Freedom of the press and expression continue to be threatened in Honduras by the de facto regime and its supporters. Recent actions against anti-coup media outlets continue to create a hostile environment for them. The Ambassador expressed to the head of the National Telecommun [...]	2009-09-23 00:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA953	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #58 09/22/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) As of noon local (1400 EDT) the Brazilian charge d'affaires reported to Emboffs that the electricity and water had been restored in their Embassy. Both the Armed Forces (HOAF) Chief of Defense and the de facto security minister have promised safe passage to embassy employees and Zelaya [...]	2009-09-23 00:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA954	TFHO1:AMCHAM BOARD SAYS POLITICAL CRISIS IS [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Honduran American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Honduras) said that the political crisis is seriously affecting their businesses and the economy as a whole, at a September 17 meeting with Embassy economic officers. One company has barred American employees from trav [...]	2009-09-23 00:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR CASC CVIS EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA955	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #59 09/23/2009 AS OF [...] (U) De facto regime foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras read a statement in English on television the evening of September 22. A question and answer period in Spanish followed. Lopez Contreras' statement said de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti is ready to engage in a discussion wi [...]	2009-09-23 19:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA956	TFHO1: CURFEWS GROUNDING AIR TRAFFIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Central American Air Navigation Services Corporation COCESNA) confirmed that Air Traffic Control (ATC) services have been unaffected by the curfew and continue with no interruptions to ATC services, including services provided to flights between the U.S. and Latin America that fly [...]	2009-09-24 01:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR PGOV CASC KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA957	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #60 09/23/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Post continues to pursue confirmation from security forces on behalf of the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires that he will be permitted to re-enter his embassy if he leaves. While individual field commanders for the armed forces and police state they will allow safe passage when informed, they [...]	2009-09-24 01:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC EAIR ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA958	TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION SINCE ZELAYA'S RETURN [...] (C) Summary. The human rights situation following the return of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has deteriorated. Post confirmed the death of one anti-coup protestor on September 22 in Tegucigalpa and is working to confirm another alleged death of an anti-coup protestor in San Pedro Sula [...]	2009-09-24 01:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA959	TFH01: ZELAYA'S NEW CONTROL CENTER: THE SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke on the phone with Brazilian Charge d'Affaires Francisco Catunda the morning of September 23. Catunda remains host to President Zelaya and a large number of supporters in his embassy. Catunda thanked the Ambassador for the extensive USG assistance in facilita [...]	2009-09-24 01:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL HO BR
09TEGUCIGALPA960	TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SANTOS AND LOBO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met on September 23 with the four presidential candidates who had signed a communique expressing support for the San Jose Accord after a September 16 meeting with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. The candidates told the Ambassador that they are scheduled to meet [...]	2009-09-24 16:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA961	TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO TELL ZELAYA AND [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met on September 23 with the four presidential candidates who had signed a communique expressing support for the San Jose Accord after a September 16 meeting with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. The candidates told the Ambassador that they are scheduled to meet [...]	2009-09-24 16:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA962	TFH01: TALKING TO GENERAL VASQUEZ AND PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: We have been working with Chief of Defense General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez to improve conditions for President Zelaya's party and Brazilian diplomats in the Brazilian chancery. Vasquez is willing to help but has also insisted that Zelaya be more active in encouraging his supporte [...]	2009-09-24 19:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA963	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #61 09/24/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Bertha Oliva de Nativi, executive director of human rights NGO Committee for the Family of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH),told Poloff on September 23 that Francisco Moncada Alvorado was the name of the victim confirmed killed by security forces due to anti-coup violen [...]	2009-09-24 19:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA966	TFHO1: DE FACTO FINANCE MINISTER EXPRESSES CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: In a series of phone calls to the Consul General (CG) September 24, de facto Finance Minister Gabriela Nunez expressed worry over the deteriorating security situation since the unexpected return to Honduras of President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya. She also angrily questioned the decis [...]	2009-09-25 00:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM CVIS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA967	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #62 09/24/2009 AS OF [...] (U) The Executive Director of the Center for the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (CPTRT),a Honduran human rights NGO, sent a letter on September 22 to the President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly requesting that the UN send a medical and human right [...]	2009-09-25 00:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA975	TFHO1: STOCKS OF STAPLES STILL SUFFICIENT [...] (U) Summary: The de facto regime temporarily suspended the nationwide curfew during the day on Wednesday, September 23 to allow Hondurans to stock up on food, fuel and cash; the curfew was lifted for most of the day on September 24. On September 23, thousands of people rushed to stores, bank [...]	2009-09-25 23:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD EAGR ELTN PINS PGOV SOCI KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA977	TFH01: CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON THE SIEGE AT THE [...] (C) Within the framework of Department guidance regarding contact with Honduran officials and military, the Ambassador spoke by telephone with de facto regime Chief of Defense MG Romeo Vasquez Velasquez on two occasions September 25 to discuss the situation at the Brazilian Embassy and the cur [...]	2009-09-26 00:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA978	TFHO1: HONDURAS STILL HAS MONEY IN THE BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the post-coup period, some worried if Honduras had sufficient foreign exchange (FX) reserves to finance trade while maintaining its fixed exchange rate. The two major contributors to Honduran FX reserves are Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and remittances. Although during t [...]	2009-09-26 00:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD KDEM BBSR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA979	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #64 09/25/2009 AS OF [...] (C) Post is thoroughly investigating claims of a gas attack against the Brazilian Embassy. 2. (SBU) A Zelaya supporter reported that the de facto government was not allowing presidential candidates Cesar Ham(UD) and Carlos H. Reyes (independent, pro-Zelaya) into the Brazilian embassy to see [...]	2009-09-26 00:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA982	TFH01: CANDIDATES MEET ZELAYA AND MICHELETTI AND [...] (U) Summary. The four presidential candidates who on September 16 traveled to Costa Rica to meet with President Arias met on September 24 with de facto regime head Roberto Micheletti and later the same day with President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya at the Brazilian Embassy. There was widespread [...]	2009-09-28 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA983	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #65 09/28/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Four members of a five person OAS delegation were denied entry at Toncontin International Airport on September 27, with U.S. Embassy officers present. Two of the diplomats were U.S. citizens. The fifth diplomat, John Biehl, was permitted to enter Honduras. Details on this incident will [...]	2009-09-28 22:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA985	TFH01: DEPORATATION OF FOUR OAS STAFF MEMEBERS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Four of the five members of the OAS delegation that arrived in Tegucigalpa on September 27 were denied entry into Honduras and deported on commercial flights to Miami and San Jose, Costa Rica. Poloffs were present at the airport to provide ground transportation to the delegatio [...]	2009-09-28 23:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA986	TFH01: ALLEGED GAS ATTACK AGAINST BRAZILIAN [...] (C) Summary. Embassy received reports on September 25 that a gas attack had been carried out against the Brazilian Embassy and that persons inside the Embassy, including President Zelaya, had become ill. Embassy investigated the allegations. The Brazilian Charge told Embassy that he believe [...]	2009-09-29 13:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA988	TFH01:THE AMBASSADOR HOSTS COFFEE TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador hosted a coffee at the Residence on September 27 to promote dialogue between the pro and anti-Zelaya camps. The presidential candidates discussed their meeting with President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti on September 24. T [...]	2009-09-29 22:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA989	TFH01: DECREE LIMITING CIVIL LIBERTIES [...] (U) Summary. The de facto regime issued an executive decree on September 26 limiting for a period of 45 days the freedoms of speech, association, movement, and due process. The National Telecommunications Commission executed the decree by suspending the operating licenses of a pro-Zelaya tele [...]	2009-09-29 22:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC HO

09TEGUCIGALPA99	COURTESY VISIT WITH NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Patricia Rodas, February 11. Discussion centered on upcoming Summit of Americas and the OAS General Assembly as well as President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's upcoming trip to the Washington and Denver. [...]	2009-02-13 21:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KSUM KDEM AORC ICJ KV
09TEGUCIGALPA990	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #66 09/29/2009 AS OF [...] (U) OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza announced yesterday, September 28 that de facto president Micheletti had invited the OAS to bring a delegation to Honduras on October 7 with permission to send an advance team on October 2. The Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya this morning. H [...]	2009-09-29 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA991	TFH01: MICHELETTI AGREES TO A NATIONAL DIALOGUE IN [...] (C) De facto regime head Roberto Micheletti told OAS Secretary Jose Miguel Insulza that he would convoke a meeting with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's cabinet members and other political actors in a national dialogue to promote reconciliation, at the end of a meeting held by the two September [...]	2009-09-30 01:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA993	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #67 09/30/2009 AS OF [...] (C) Liberal party Congresswoman Argentina Valle told Poloff on September 29 that Congressional leaders decided to establish a commission that will examine the decree passed by the Executive Branch on September 26 that severely limited civil liberties (ref Tegucigalpa 989). Earlier on September [...]	2009-09-30 22:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA994	TFH01: DECREE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACCORDING TO [...] (C) Summary: Special Prosecutors for Human Rights Sandra Ponce and German Enamorado told Ambassador on September 29 that they believed the decree limiting civil liberties enacted by the de facto regime on September 26 was unconstitutional and that they had initiated action calling on the Supre [...]	2009-09-30 22:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA996	TFHO1: COMPANIES COMPLAIN CURFEWS CRUSH COMMERCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The business community has urged de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti to consider the negative impacts of curfews to business and provide exemptions for maquillas and commerce, according to Honduran Private Enterprise Council (COHEP) representatives. A recent decree limi [...]	2009-09-30 23:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BBSR EIND EINV ELTN ETRD EWWT PGOV PINS
09TEGUCIGALPA999	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP 68 10/01/2009 AS OF [...] (U) The OAS announced that an advance team led by Victor Rico, OAS Secretary for Political Affairs, will arrive in Honduras on October 2 to prepare for the arrival of the delegation of Foreign Ministers and OAS Secretary-General Insulza on October 7. 2. (U) A delegation of Brazilian Congres [...]	2009-10-01 23:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TELAVIV100	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, JANUARY 13, 1700 HRS [...] (SBU) As of 1700 local on January 13, 102 truckloads of humanitarian supplies, including 2 tankers of industrial diesel, were transferred into the Gaza Strip via Kerem Shalom. The Nahal Oz fuel terminal was closed today because of nearby military operations. The Karni crossing, open yesterday [...]	2009-01-13 16:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PTER EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1006	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media cited President Shimon PeresQs satisfaction over his meeting with President Obama last night. Media quoted the office of the White House Press Secretary as sayin [...]	2009-05-06 11:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1014	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. NPT Issues ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted: Quartet envoy to the Middle East Tony Blair as saying that the U.S. administration is working on a new strategy for talks between Israel and the Palestinians and [...]	2009-05-07 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1016	ISRAELI GICNT PLENARY DELEGATION TO BE DETERMINED [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the GOI reiterated plans to attend the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary in The Hague in June 2009. According to MFA Arms Control Advisor Israel Tikochinski, the GOI has not yet decided at what level the GOI will attend the plenary. He noted that [...]	2009-05-07 12:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RS NL IS
09TELAVIV1017	ISRAEL LIKELY TO POSTPONE GICNT WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Per reftels, the GOI will likely postpone its proposed Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) expert-level workshop tentatively scheduled for November 2009. According to MFA Arms Control Advisor Israel Tikochinski, the GOI was not aware of competing GICNT events also sch [...]	2009-05-07 12:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR XF KGIC PREL IS
09TELAVIV1023	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Quartet Mideast envoy Tony Blair was quoted as saying in an interview with The Jerusalem Post that PM Benjamin Netanyahu can be a peacemaker. Blair praised Netanyahu for f [...]	2009-05-08 10:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1034	NETANYAHU'S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS SPARK POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's cabinet on May 3 approved the 2009-2010 budget framework that seeks to shrink Israel's annual budget deficit in part through cuts in expected expenditures. Details on those cuts were released later in the week, sparking the first major politi [...]	2009-05-08 16:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1039	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Pope Benedict XVI in Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that PA President Mahmoud Abbas declined PM Benjamin NetanyahuQs invitation to meet with him. The media reported that Netanyahu will me [...]	2009-05-11 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV104	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 14, 1200 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Operation Cast Lead continues with IDF troops moving forward, very slowly, towards the center of Gaza City as talks over a ceasefire, and its terms, continue. Approximately 20 rockets landed in southern Israel overnight, although there were no reports of any damage. Two rocke [...]	2009-01-14 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EAID EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS CASC KWBG
09TELAVIV1041	GOI REJECTS COOPERATION WITH GOLDSTONE MISSION [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for UN and International Organizations Affairs Evyatar Manor told Pol Couns May 11 that the GOI has definitively decided not to cooperate with the Goldstone Mission to investigate allegations of war crimes during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Manor stressed tha [...]	2009-05-11 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN KWBG IS
09TELAVIV105	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1052	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the first day of Pope Benedict XVIQs visit to Israel. The media, taking their cue from Israeli public figures, are critical of the pope for what was [...]	2009-05-12 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1058	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Pope Benedict XVI in Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to promise during his meeting with President Obama at the White House on Monday that Israel will remove all r [...]	2009-05-13 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV106	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, JANUARY 13, 1700 HRS [...] (SBU) Kerem Shalom was the only crossing open between Gaza and Israel on January 14, except for limited humanitarian evacuations through Erez. Kerem Shalom transferred 102 truckloads of humanitarian supplies, including three tankers of diesel destined for Gaza hospital generators. The GOI's [...]	2009-01-14 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1060	REP. WEXLER DISCUSSES IRAN WITH IDF INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Representative Robert Wexler (D, Florida),accompanied by Deputy Chief of Staff Joshua Rogin and DCM Moreno, met with Israel Defense Forces Intelligence Chief, MG Amos Yadlin, on Sunday 10 May 2009. MG Yadlin focused his discussion on the preparations for the upcoming visit of Prime Min [...]	2009-05-13 12:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MPOS KNNP IR IS
09TELAVIV1069	REP. WEXLER DISCUSSES NATO WITH ISRAELI NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Opinions vary widely within the GOI regarding an enhanced relationship with NATO. According to National Security Adviser Uzi Arad, there are those within PM Netanyahu's administration who view an enhanced relationship as a real opportunity, including FM Avigdor Lieberman. Others [...]	2009-05-13 13:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROG KWBG IR UK IS
09TELAVIV1070	CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM AYALON [...] (C) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler met with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on May 10. Looking toward PM Netanyahu's May 18 meeting with President Obama, Wexler advised that Netanyahu should support President Obama's engagement with Iran. Wexler said he was confident that the tw [...]	2009-05-13 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IR SA SY EG TU IS
09TELAVIV1073	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Israel-South Africa Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that a Qsenior AmericanQ conveyed a message to PM Benjamin Netanyahu demanding that Israel not surprise the U.S. with [...]	2009-05-14 14:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1082	NAZARETH AND THE POPE: A MODEL FOR ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: In preparation for the Pope's visit on May 14th, the municipality of Nazareth, in conjunction with the Government of Israel (GOI),undertook a massive construction and infrastructure renovation initiative with a budget of almost 25 million NIS ($6 million USD). City officials want t [...]	2009-05-15 08:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI ELAB IS VT
09TELAVIV1098	ISRAEL: A PROMISED LAND FOR ORGANIZED CRIME? [...] (SBU) Organized crime (OC) has longstanding roots in Israel, but in recent years there has been a sharp increase in the reach and impact of OC networks. In seeking a competitive advantage in such lucrative trades as narcotics and prostitution, Israeli crime groups have demonstrated their abil [...]	2009-05-15 14:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS SNAR CMGT KFRD KCOR KCRM KTIP PINR IS
09TELAVIV1099	UNION CHIEF UP, BUDGET CHIEF OUT, AS CABINET BUSTS BUDGET [...] (SBU) On May 13, about fifteen minutes after the cabinet voted 26-4 in favor of the proposed 2009-2010 budget, Ministry of Finance Budget Director Ram Belinkov resigned, citing what he felt was inappropriate handling of the budget process. Belinkov strongly objected to the profound and highly [...]	2009-05-15 18:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS
09TELAVIV1105	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1106	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, ODC Chief and MCPO conducted a site survey on May 14 to verify the continued possession by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of 35 Night Vision Goggles (PVS-7D - Nivisys). ODC offs confirmed that all reftel night vision devices (NVDs) were accounted for with the exception of s [...]	2009-05-18 13:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
09TELAVIV1115	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 10:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1122	PAPAL VISIT TO ISRAEL UNDERSCORES DIVISIONS MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pope Benedict XVI's May 11-15 visit to the Holy Land, while billed as a pilgrimage of reconciliation and peace, served perhaps more to underscore ongoing divisions between Jews and Christians, Muslims and Christians, Israelis and Palestinians, and Israel and the Vatican. Coming [...]	2009-05-20 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF KPAL VT IS
09TELAVIV1124	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1125	MG SHAMNI REPRIMANDS KFIR BRIGADE COMMANDER FOR [...] (SBU) MG Gadi Shamni, commander of the IDF Central Command, publicly reprimanded the commander of the West Bank's Kfir Brigade, Col. Itai Virov, on May 19 for statements Col. Virov made to a military court in which he defended the use of violence when detaining Palestinian suspects. (Note: Th [...]	2009-05-20 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1126	BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER DISCUSSES UTILITY OF JEDG [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1129	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-21 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1138	GOI DEMARCHE ON PA LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) MFA Director General Yossi Gal convoked the Charge May 21 to deliver a demarche on the Palestinian Authority's letter of January 21 to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in which the PA requested that the Prosecutor "extend his jurisdiction to cover claims against Israel" [...]	2009-05-21 13:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1140	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1141	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON STABILIZING GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1149	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu told his Likud party's Knesset faction yesterday, following a stormy debate on the outposts, that coordination with Washington over the Iranian [...]	2009-05-26 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV115	GAZA SITREP, JANUARY 15, 1230 - GAZA ON FIRE [...] Summary: (S//REL USA, ACGU) Israeli-fired artillery rounds struck a warehouse on the UNRWA compound in Gaza City between 0900 and 1000 local on January 15, sparking a fire that threatens fuel storage sites and wounding three. The Embassy has been in contact with IDF Southern Command to urge [...]	2009-01-15 11:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MOPS PINS PINR KWBG EG IS KPAL CASC PHUM
09TELAVIV1153	NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP OUTREACH TO ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: GOI interlocutors raised familiar themes with a delegation from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) during a recent outreach meeting at the SOREQ Nuclear Research Center on May 14. The GOI continues to seek formal recognition for adhering to NSG Guidelines, and supports a German asso [...]	2009-05-27 04:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ETTC PARM NPT IS
09TELAVIV1155	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported on the trip to London of three confidants of PM Benjamin Netanyahu to hold talks with Special U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, which are expected to focus [...]	2009-05-27 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV116	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1163	GOI SAYS IT IS READY TO EVACUATE OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Since Prime Minister Netanyahu's May 18 meeting with POTUS, the GOI has publicly announced and demonstrated its intent to dismantle illegal West Bank outposts. On May 20, Ha'aretz reported that Minister of Defense Barak told the YESHA settlers council that the GOI was ready to evacuate ill [...]	2009-05-28 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1164	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1167	STABILIZING GAZA [...] (C) Ambassador met with Israeli MFA Director General Yossi Gal on May 27 to follow up on reftel, the main points of which we passed to MFA and the Prime Minister's Office on May 23 as a non-paper, given that GOI offices were closed for the weekend. Gal said he took as point of departure that t [...]	2009-05-28 14:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL EAID
09TELAVIV1171	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "How We Beat Obama" Senior op-ed writer Akiva Eldar commented in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (6/1): "Let's agree that Obama in his naivete really has become preoccupied with inconsequential matters, such as a handful o [...]	2009-06-01 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1176	NETANYAHU OFFICIALLY REJECTS U.S. POSITION ON [...] (U) On June 1, Israeli press reported that PM Netanyahu officially rejected the USG position against Israeli expansion of West Bank settlements, including construction to facilitate "natural growth." Speaking to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Netanyahu reportedly declared t [...]	2009-06-01 15:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1177	CODELS CASEY AND ACKERMAN MEET WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Post hosted two CODELS during the week of May 25: one from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by Senator Casey, the other from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs led by Congressman Ackerman. Both delegations met with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who conveyed similar [...]	2009-06-02 06:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS IR KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1181	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1182	ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS MEET ON GAZA RECOVERY [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director Irit Ben Abba called EconCouns evening of June 2 to give a readout of the GOI-PA meeting on end-use assurances and Gaza recovery. Ben Abba said the meeting had been led by she and Karim Nashashibi and had gone very well from the GOI perspective. So well, in fact, tha [...]	2009-06-02 10:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV1184	CODELS ACKERMAN AND CASEY MEETINGS WITH PRIME [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Ackerman and Casey met separately May 26 and 27 with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The Prime Minister discussed his visit to Washington, focusing on his discussions of Iran, a regional approach in support of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and his approach to the P [...]	2009-06-02 13:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KNNP IR KWBG EG IS
09TELAVIV1191	WATER: GOI FEARS LACK OF PWA MAINTENANCE WILL [...] (SBU) Keying on the April 2009 World Bank Assessment of Restrictions on Palestinian Water Sector Development and in anticipation that water issues may be raised at the June 8-9 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting, Lt. Col. Uri Singer, COGAT Deputy Foreign Relations Head called in EconCouns [...]	2009-06-03 08:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1192	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV12	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1209	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV121	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, JANUARY 15, 1700 HRS [...] (SBU) The Joint Coordination Room (JCR) convened a 9:30 meeting to introduce the newly appointed Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Yitzhak Herzog, to the diplomatic and international organizations communities in order to demonstrate the GOI's priority on maintaining humanitarian aid for Gazan [...]	2009-01-15 17:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1216	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 11:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1218	IDF WEST BANK COMMANDER SHAMNI BRIEFS THE [...] (C) Summary. Major General Gaddi Shamni, the commander of the IDF's Western Command, briefed the Ambassador June 4 on what he termed the development of relations of cooperation and mutual trust between his coammnd and the PA Security Forces at all levels over the past year. Shamni described [...]	2009-06-05 12:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1220	RIGHT-WING KNESSET MEMBERS PROPOSE LOYALTY BILLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israel's Knesset is in various stages of considering several bills introduced by right-wing Knesset Members (MKs) intended to counter manifestations of anti-Israeli politics among Israeli Arabs. The measures include criminalizing participation in annual protests characterizing [...]	2009-06-05 13:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IS
09TELAVIV1221	TRILATERAL WATER WORKING GROUP MEETING, APRIL 21, [...] (C) Summary. With the U.S. as chair, the Trilateral Water Working Group (TWWG) met in Tel Aviv April 21, to facilitate technical discussions on current Israeli and Palestinian water issues. This was the first meeting held since June 2008. The discussion revolved around the general lack [...]	2009-06-05 13:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1226	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "NetanyahuQs Moment" The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized (6/8): QFaster than expected, the Prime Minister has reached the moment when he must decide between adhering to his outdated political platform and advanci [...]	2009-06-08 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1235	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 05:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1237	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN MEETING ON BANKING ISSUES [...] (SBU) Bank of Israel (BOI) Assistant Supervisor of Banks David Zaken called EconOff on June 8 to express BOI satisfaction with the June 7 Israeli-Palestinian meeting on anti-money-laundering and counter-terror-finance (AML/CTF) practices in West Bank and Gaza banks. The BOI arranged the meet [...]	2009-06-09 07:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV124	GAZA SITREP, JANUARY 16, 1200 [...] (S) As of 1100 local on January 16, the USDAO had reported that Israeli heavy armor and mechanized forces were moving into southern Gaza from the Sufa and Kerem Shalom crossings, moves which suggest a ground operation is in the making in the vicinity of the Philadelphi corridor. The Israeli [...]	2009-01-16 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PINS PINR KWBG EG LE IS KPAL CASC
09TELAVIV1246	GOI INTERIOR MINISTER WANTS SETTLEMENT EXPANSION [...] (SBU) In a June 8 radio interview, Interior Minister and Shas Party head Eli Yishai publicly committed to using his Ministry's funds to promote expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Prompted by reports that no settlement construction tenders have been issued since PM Netanyahu took [...]	2009-06-09 12:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1250	EGYPTIAN EMBASSY ALLEGES YA'ALON COMMENT INDICATES [...] (C) Egyptian DCM Sameh El Souefi briefed members of the diplomatic community including Pol Couns May 28 on the May 24-25 visit of MFA spokesman and director of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's office Hossam Zaki. El Souefi provided a readout along predictable lines of Zaki's discussions with De [...]	2009-06-09 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1251	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 12:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV126	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Gaza Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and other media reported on feverish efforts to achieve a cease-fire by this weekend. Israel Radio reported that Amos Gilad, the head of the Defense Ministry's political-se [...]	2009-01-16 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1262	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz quoted sources close to PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that he will announce in his foreign policy speech scheduled for Sunday the adoption of the Roadmap and the "two-state solut [...]	2009-06-11 09:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1263	ACTION REQUEST: LEAHY VETTING FOR RONEN MALKA [...] (SBU) The Israel Defense Force has selected the individual named in para 2 to participate in the Marshall Center Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS) scheduled for June 26-July 31, 2009. Post has no derogatory information on this individual. Post requests that Department vet this [...]	2009-06-11 10:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM IS
09TELAVIV1270	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast - BLOCK QUOTES ONLY Block Quotes: ------------- I: "Bibi's Dilemma" Shimon Shiffer, senior diplomatic correspondent wrote in the mass-circulation, pluralist Yedioth Ahronot (6/12): "Among the prime minister's close aides, there is a clash between two schools of thought regarding [...]	2009-06-12 10:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1273	GOI FOLLOW-UP REQUESTS FROM JUNE 7 [...] (S) In follow-up to the June 7 Israeli-Palestinian meeting on anti-money-laundering and counter-terror-finance (AML/CFT practices in West Bank and Gaza banks (REFTEL) GOI officials reviewed with EconOff next steps and additional information they have sought from the Palestinian side. In sepa [...]	2009-06-12 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV1291	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minister Netanyahu's Speech I: "For Obama's Ears Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote in the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (6/15): "Three words will remain from the speech at Bar Ilan University: "demilitarized Palestinian state." ... They clarify that if there should b [...]	2009-06-15 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1293	ISRAELI RESPONSE TO IRENA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Post conveyed the points regarding possible USG membership in IRENA (reftel) to GOI Ministry of National Infrastructure, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Environmental Protection on June 11. Upon receiving the demarche, Infrastructure Ministry (which is responsible for energy m [...]	2009-06-15 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KGHG SENV IS
09TELAVIV1295	NETANYAHU'S "BAR ILAN ADDRESS" REFLECTS EMERGING [...] (C) Summary. PM Netanyahu's June 14 speech was a balancing act to deal with widely-perceived U.S. pressure without causing the collapse of his coalition. By announcing his acceptance of a demilitarized Palestinian state beside Israel, Netanyahu moved to the center and embraced positions sup [...]	2009-06-15 13:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1299	SPECIAL TREATMENT IS NOT ENOUGH: THE GOI [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOI disputes World Bank assertions--widely picked up by U.S. analysts--that the North Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant (NGWWTP) project is at a standstill because the GOI had not approved entry of necessary equipment and materials into Gaza, noting that all approvals were iss [...]	2009-06-16 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1305	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Netanyahu's Speech 2. Iran I. "Walking Between the Raindrops" Yossi Alper, a member of the Peace and Security Council and a regular contributor to the conservative independent Jerusalem Post wrote6/16): "At the end of the day, another right-wing leader, steeped in Revisionist ideol [...]	2009-06-16 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1306	GOI REITERATES DESIRE FOR INCREASED [...] (S/NF) Yehuda Shaffer, head of the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority (IMPA),reiterated GOI desire for increased bilateral Israeli-Palestinian cooperation on anti-money-laundering and counter-terror-financing (AML/CFT) enforcement in a meeting with EconOff and [...]	2009-06-16 14:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV1309	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Netanyahu's Speech 2. Iran Block Quotes Only: ------------- Â [...]	2009-06-17 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1324	GOI DISCUSSES LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH HOF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 10, Fred Hof, Special Advisor for Regional Affairs in the office of Special Envoy Mitchell, held a series of meetings with GOI officials from the MFA and MOD to discuss the situation in Lebanon and Syria and the possibilities for progress towards opening negotiations with each. [...]	2009-06-18 08:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL LE SY UN IS
09TELAVIV1326	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Netanyahu's Speech 2. Iran 3. Mideast Block Quotes Only: ------------- Â [...]	2009-06-18 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1329	EMBASSY VIEWS ON 2009 JEDG [...] (C) The June 29 Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) meeting presents the opportunity to discuss the eventual severance of the JEDG from its connection to the 2003 Loan Guarantee Agreement (LGA),and its continuance as an annual bilateral economic consultation between the two countries. Thi [...]	2009-06-18 13:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1334	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON M-113 ENGINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Post raised the possible unauthorized retransfer of M-113 engines by the GOI through Israeli company L.A. Nordan to U.S. company Pan Pacific Enterprises (PPE). According to both the Israeli MOD and L.A. Nordan, no M-113 engine transaction or retransfer occurred, co [...]	2009-06-19 07:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
09TELAVIV1336	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION: U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09TELAVIV1337	OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS BOYCOTT KNESSET TO PROTEST [...] (U) The Kadima-led opposition this week united to oppose the government's attempts to pass several measures aimed at increasing the long-term stability of Israeli governments, but also specifically intended to assist Prime Minister Netanyahu. Opposition leader Livni pushed to have the six op [...]	2009-06-19 13:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1338	VICE PRIME MINISTER SHALOM ON HIS NEW REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with VPM and Minister for Regional Development Sylvan Shalom on June 18 to discuss the latter's coordinating role in the GOI interministerial committee on West Bank economic development. Shalom outlined his role, which is limited at this point to trying to coordin [...]	2009-06-19 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KWBG KPAL IS
09TELAVIV1339	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Netanyahu's Speech 2. Iran 3. Mideast Block Quotes Only: ------------------- Â [...]	2009-06-19 14:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1340	LIBERMAN'S VISIT TO MOSCOW AND MINSK PART OF GOI [...] (S) Summary. The MFA's readout on Foreign Minister Liberman's June 2-3 visit to Moscow closely tracked with Embassy Moscow reftel, but with some interesting differences of nuance: the Israelis stated that Liberman's outreach to the Russians represents a new foreign policy priority for Israe [...]	2009-06-19 14:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON MASS RU IR IS
09TELAVIV1342	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Block Quotes Only: ------------------- Â [...]	2009-06-22 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1346	UPDATE ON UNSCO PROPOSAL FOR GAZA [...] (SBU) Following up on our earlier conversations, and promising contacts at the June 8 AHLC meeting in Oslo, UN Senior Coordinator Robert Serry's staff met with Ministry of Defense PolMil Bureau official Oded Herman and Office of the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COG [...]	2009-06-22 13:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1349	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Block Quotes Only: ------------------- Â [...]	2009-06-23 10:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV135	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, JANUARY 16, 1700 HRS [...] (SBU) Only the Kerem Shalom crossing was open on January 16; it handled 76 truckloads of supplies and three fuel tankers. In the wake of yesterday's firefight around the UNWRA compound in Gaza and destruction of its main warehouse, UNWRA did not operate its usual cargo convoys from Kerem Sha [...]	2009-01-16 16:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PETER EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1353	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday in Rome that he would not rule out the renewal of Egyptian-brokered negotiations with Hamas in an attempt to secure the releas [...]	2009-06-24 09:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1355	ISRAELI HEAD OF CIVIL ADMINISTRATION DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting in Bet El, Head of the Civil Administration in Hebron, Brigadier General Yoav "Poli" Mordechai (please protect),told U. S. Security Coordinator (USSC) Chief of Operations and Plans, Colonel Stephen Moniz, that improved security coordination with the Palestinia [...]	2009-06-24 13:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG MCAP PGOV PREL ECON IS
09TELAVIV1360	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday in Paris PM Benjamin Netanyahu continued to refuse to yield ground on the settlement construction issue, even though French President Nicolas Sarkozy squar [...]	2009-06-25 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1373	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 12:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE IS UN KS
09TELAVIV1374	GOI STRUGGLES TO FIND WAY FORWARD IN GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1378	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Post raised the provision of voltage control oscillators through foreign consignee Elisra Electronic Systems to the Israel Defense Force. According to Kobi Fogler from the Directorate of Security Defense Establishment (MALMAB),four oscillators were lost during tests, while t [...]	2009-06-26 09:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS

09TELAVIV1379	MOD READOUT ON BARAK'S MEETINGS IN CAIRO [...] (S) Summary. Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited Cairo June 21 and met one on one with President Mubarak, Intelligence Minister Soliman, and Defense Minister Tantawi. MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham, who was part of Barak's delegation, provided PolCouns with a readout June 23 based on [...]	2009-06-26 13:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV138	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast Summary: -------- Veteran journalist Eitan Haber wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "[And] we,in our little corner, in the Middle East, in Israel, are tensely waiting to see whether you will continue the tradition of American presidents of the pas [...]	2009-01-20 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1382	MOD READOUT ON BARAK'S MEETINGS IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 04:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1387	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1398	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1434	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1437	MOFAZ CHALLENGING LIVNI WHILE NETANYAHU COURTS BOTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Defense Minister and current Kadima Knesset Member (MK) Shaul Mofaz in recent weeks has been more vocal and direct in challenging party leader Tzipi Livni's leadership. Mofaz's recent statements -- in which he questioned her ability to lead, faulted her for not joining [...]	2009-07-02 15:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1459	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted remarks made yesterday by Vice President Joe Biden in Baghdad on ABC-TV's "This Week" program: "We cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot [...]	2009-07-06 11:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1462	INCENTIVES TO WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS MAY PERSIST [...] (U) On 5 July, the Knesset Finance Committee broadened the criteria by which the government will grant National Priority Area (NPA) status, which could allow the continuation and a potential increase of incentive benefits for West Bank settlers. The NPA bill gives the GOI the legal authority to [...]	2009-07-06 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1471	NEW TAKE ON BUILDING ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN BANKING [...] (SBU) Irit Roth, Director of Country Legal Counsel and Compliance Division Head for Citi Israel, described operational difficulties as the main impediment to increased business between Israeli and Palestinian private banks in a meeting with EconOff on 6 July. While echoing some of the AML/CF [...]	2009-07-07 08:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV15	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 5, 16:00 [...] (S) Summary: IDF ground operations continued January 5 with heavy artillery fire and troop advances on Gaza City. After bisecting the Gaza Strip, IDF ground forces are methodically closing in on Gaza City. IDF leadership describes a "root canal" ground operation aimed at preventing rocket fi [...]	2009-01-05 17:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID ASEC IS
09TELAVIV1502	GOI'S NEW TERROR FINANCE DESIGNATION STRATEGY [...] (C) GOI officials outlined significant changes in Israel's approach to terror finance designations to a USG delegation on June 30-July 1. The Israelis described new efforts to engage previously designated entities (mostly charitable NGOs) to encourage reform and increase funding to legitimate [...]	2009-07-08 09:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1503	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media quoted President Obama as saying yesterday on CNN-TV that the U.S. has Qabsolutely notQ given Israel a green light for a possible attack on IranQs nuclear facilities. The Preside [...]	2009-07-08 10:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1507	STAFFDELS MAKOVSKY AND BENAIM'S MEETING WITH MOD [...] (S) Summary. Congressional Staffdels Makovsky and Benaim, accompanied by PolCouns, met with MOD Chief of Staff BG Mike Herzog July 2. Their discussion covered improved Egyptian counter-smuggling performance, Egypt's efforts to promote Palestinian national reconciliation, the Arab role in th [...]	2009-07-08 14:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG EG IS
09TELAVIV1510	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that yesterday State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly dismissed as QinaccurateQ a report published in an Israeli media outlet [Yediot] that Israe [...]	2009-07-09 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1516	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited Israeli assessments that the U.S. and Israel both believe that QIran could, but probably won't, build a bomb within a year.Q According to these appraisals, there i [...]	2009-07-10 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1521	ISRAEL CONFIDENT OF 2010 OECD ACCESSION BUT TAKING [...] (SBU) In separate meetings with Foreign Affairs, Finance and Environment officials, GOI interlocutors expressed confidence that Israel is well on track for accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by April 2010. MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Aff [...]	2009-07-10 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON IS
09TELAVIV1529	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that yesterday, during a special cabinet session in Beersheva, PM Benjamin Netanyahu called on PA President Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian leaders to meet. Ye [...]	2009-07-13 09:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1535	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1547	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV156	IPR/ISRAEL: OCR DOES NOT RESULT IN AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) for Israel, which could have resulted in significant progress on improving Israeli intellectual property (IP) regime in the area of research-based pharmaceuticals, has not yielded an agreement despite strong efforts by the USG to reach one. [...]	2009-01-20 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR IS
09TELAVIV1562	PRESIDENT PERES VISITS ASTANA AND BAKU [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli President Shimon Peres, along with 3 ministers and a 60 person commercial delegation, visited Astana and Baku June 29 - July 1. The stated purpose was to advance the Israeli industrial and business agenda in these countries not traditionally considered close diplomati [...]	2009-07-16 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR AJ KZ IS
09TELAVIV1564	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in HaQaretz) reported that yesterday, in a policy address to the Council of Foreign Relations, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave Iran an ultimatum to ac [...]	2009-07-16 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1565	MFA COMMENTS ON MEETINGS WITH MOROCCAN AND OMANI [...] (C) Summary. Senior MFA officials recently met in Europe with the Moroccan MFA Director General and the Omani Foreign Minister. While the meetings were positive, the Israeli impression is that moderate Arab states are looking for Israeli steps on final status issues, not a settlements freez [...]	2009-07-16 14:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MO MU MR IS
09TELAVIV1574	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1579	POLICE REPORTEDLY CLOSE TO RECOMMENDING INDICTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Israeli press reported on July 15 that police are nearing a decision to recommend to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz that he indict Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beitenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman on money laundering and fraud charges. Following such a recommendation, we expe [...]	2009-07-17 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1611	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1615	2009-2010 GOI BUDGET APPROVED [...] (U) Three and a half months after being introduced, the 2009-2010 GOI budget was approved by a majority of 58 Members of Knesset (MK)--versus 36 MKs against--in final readings in the Knesset on July 15. The budget framework includes deficit ceilings of six percent of GDP in 2009 and 5.5 per [...]	2009-07-21 10:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1619	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1626	ACTION REQUEST: LEAHY VETTING FOR U-241 [...] (SBU) The Israel Defense Force has selected the individuals named in para 2 to participate in the U-241 medical exchange for combat experienced doctors at Ft. Bragg, July 31-August 14, 2009. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests that Department vet these indi [...]	2009-07-22 07:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM IS
09TELAVIV1630	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Deputy State Department Spokesman Robert Wood as saying yesterday: QNo one is asking Israel to act outside its national security interests. What weQre asking both parti [...]	2009-07-22 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1632	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1640	GENERAL GILAD DEBRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON EGYPT MEETINGS [...] (S/NF) During their July 23 meeting, Ministry of Defense PolMil Bureau Director Amos Gilad updated the Ambassador on Gilad's recent meetings with senior Egyptian security officials. Gilad said he had met with Intelligence Minister Soliman's deputy, Mohammed Ibrahim over breakfast for three ho [...]	2009-07-24 07:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL EG IS
09TELAVIV1648	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Assistant Secretary of State Philip Crowley as saying yesterday, at the daily State Department briefing: QThere had been some reporting after yesterdayQs briefing that I [...]	2009-07-24 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1656	AMBASSADOR PRESSES GAZA/WEST BANK ISSUES WITH AMOS [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense PolMil Bureau Director Amos Gilad on July 23 to get an update on Gilad's meetings with senior Egyptian officials (septel),to underscore USG support for phase one of the UN Gaza reconstruction plan, to urge continued expansion of the flow of commod [...]	2009-07-24 13:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1657	MOD SAYS NO MASS OUTPOST EVACUATION PLANNED, [...] (SBU) On 23 July, Amos Gilad, director of the MOD's Political Military Bureau, told Ambassador that recent Israeli press reports inaccurately stated that the MOD is planning a one-day mass evacuation of outposts (reftel). From 21-22 June, Ha'aretz reported that the MOD had formulated a plan, a [...]	2009-07-24 14:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1659	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 05:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1671	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 06:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1685	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 13:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1688	PM A/S SHAPIRO'S JULY 22-23 VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro met with a number of GOI officials on July 22-23 to stress the importance of the U.S.-Israeli political-military relationship, and to discuss among other issues Israel's Qualitative Military Edge (QME). GOI interlocutors [...]	2009-07-30 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG CH IR SA LE IS
09TELAVIV1689	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1693	ISRAEL REPORTS FIRST H1N1 DEATH, ORDERS INOCULATION OF [...] SUMMARY. Israel's Ministry of Health announced the country's first H1N1-related fatality on Monday, July 27. To date, 1,500 cases of H1N1 have been reported, with 30 to 40 new cases each day. For the first time in Israel's history, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued an order for the [...]	2009-07-30 13:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CASC MED IS
09TELAVIV1694	IDF TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT [...] (C) Initial IDF rejection of allegations of criminal conduct by troops involved in Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip has given way to admission that some 100 complaints have been leveled at the Israeli military regarding the conduct of its forces during the military assault on Hamas. Media [...]	2009-07-30 15:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS
09TELAVIV171	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1710	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday all media reported that on Friday Saudi Arabia sharply rejected American calls for gestures toward Israel. The Jerusalem Post noted that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who a [...]	2009-08-03 10:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1717	POLICE FORMALLY RECOMMEND INDICTMENT OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Israeli police on August 2 recommended to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz that he indict Foreign Minister Avidgor Liberman on charges of bribery, money laundering, obstruction of justice, fraud, and breach of trust. The recommendation followed an eight-year investigation into Lieberman' [...]	2009-08-03 14:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1718	POLICE FORMALLY RECOMMEND INDICTMENT OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Israeli police on August 2 recommended to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz that he indict Foreign Minister Avidgor Liberman on charges of bribery, money laundering, obstruction of justice, fraud, and breach of trust. The recommendation followed an eight-year investigation into Liberman' [...]	2009-08-03 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1719	DAS GLASER'S JULY 29-30 VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Danny Glaser met with several GOI officials on July 29-30 to express confidence in the Palestinian financial sector, identify Israeli concerns in Palestinian anti-money laundering/counter fin [...]	2009-08-03 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EAID EFIN KTFN KPAL IS
09TELAVIV1721	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast ------------------------ Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------ All major print media reported about the international protests against the eviction of two Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheik Jarrah. The media quoted Secre [...]	2009-08-04 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1726	GOI, NGO ASSESSMENT OF JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. The consensus among GOI officials and Israeli NGOs is that the Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) will not proceed independently of the Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Project (RDS) due to funding and/or legal concerns. GOI interlocutors asserted that Israel has sufficient d [...]	2009-08-05 03:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL IS JO KWBG
09TELAVIV1732	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mieast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Iran ------------------------ Key stories in the media ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Washington issued another diplomatic protest over Israeli conduct in East Jerusalem on Monday, its second in as many weeks. Assistant Sec [...]	2009-08-05 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1739	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: *********************** * Missing Section 004 * ********************* ********************* * Missing Section 005 * ********************* ********************* * Missing Section 006 * ********************* ********************* * Missing Sectio [...]	2009-08-06 10:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1767	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Nabil ShaQath, a Fatah Central Committee member, listed 14 preconditions set yesterday by Fatah delegates meeting in Bethlehem to dialogue with Israel, amon [...]	2009-08-07 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1780	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that the members of the Quartet are trying to arrange a meeting between PM Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas during the course of the UN Gen [...]	2009-08-10 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1783	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 13:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1791	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Fatah members as saying that Israel should release jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, who came in third in the movementQs Central Committee elections [...]	2009-08-12 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1802	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that Israeli and Hamas spokespeople have presented conflicting reports on progress in the talks about the possible release of Gilad Shalit. YediotQs Arab affairs corres [...]	2009-08-13 13:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1808	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a senior Israeli diplomatic source as saying that Israel might agree to a move led by President Obama in which it would pledge to freeze construction in settlements if i [...]	2009-08-14 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1809	GOI SEEKS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSISTANCE. [...] (SBU) Summary. Post Econ Counselor received a written request from GOI Ministry for Environmental Protection (MEP) Director General for assistance in upgrading Israel's environmental law enforcement capabilities. New civil law procedures could reinforce existing mechanisms which rely chiefly [...]	2009-08-14 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG TBIO IS
09TELAVIV1824	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1831	ISRAELI REACTION TO FATAH CONGRESS MIXED [...] (C) Summary. We have noted a mixed Israeli reaction to the Sixth Fatah Congress and the elections to the Fatah Central Committee. Repeated references to the legitimacy of "resistance" and "popular struggle" in Congress speeches have raised concern among many Israelis, yet at the same time, t [...]	2009-08-18 07:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1832	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 09:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1838	LIEBERMAN INDICTMENT SCENARIOS [...] (C) Reftel reported that the Israeli police recommended August 2 that Attorney General Mazuz indict Foreign Minister Lieberman on bribery, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and other charges. Political insider and media commentator Alon Pinkas (protect) reviewed the legal process wi [...]	2009-08-18 15:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS
09TELAVIV1841	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted a senior Israeli diplomatic source as saying yesterday that U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell is well aware that the Netanyahu government has [...]	2009-08-19 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1842	MINISTERS PUBLICLY SPLIT ON SETTLEMENTS [...] SUMMARY: Government ministers are sending mixed signals in the press on Israel's position regarding settlements ahead of the expected meeting next week between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Special Envoy Mitchell. Political tensions are growing as several influential ministers visited illegal o [...]	2009-08-19 11:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1846	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 10:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1854	NETANYAHU'S RIGHT GETS LOUDER, BOLDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following a tour of illegal outposts by four cabinet ministers on August 17 (reftel),and ahead of Netanyahu's expected meeting in London next week with Senator Mitchell, some right wing members of the government have continued to up their rhetoric in support of settlements and [...]	2009-08-21 08:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IS
09TELAVIV1855	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited the White House as saying yesterday that President Obama wants Israel and the Palestinians to restart stalled peace talks as soon as possible and that he urged both side [...]	2009-08-21 10:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV186	HIGH COURT REVERSES ELECTION COMMITTEE BAN ON ARAB PARTIES [...] SUMMARY: Amidst growing tension between Israeli Jews and Arabs over hostilities in and around the Gaza Strip, two right-wing parties and a now-defunct centrist party successfully petitioned the Knesset's Central Elections Committee (CEC) to exclude two Israeli Arab political parties from cont [...]	2009-01-21 17:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM IS
09TELAVIV1862	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet that he would like to resume direct negotiations with the PA following the U.N. Genera [...]	2009-08-24 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1863	GOI OUTLINES POSSIBLE U.S. GESTURES TO IRAN [...] (S) On August 17th, Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI) gathered a round-table of in-house experts to discuss possible gestures to Iran that the U.S. and international community could utilize during negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and the resumption of relations. The panel consisted o [...]	2009-08-25 06:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON PREL IR IS
09TELAVIV1866	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in London yesterday. Major media reported that officials in his entourage continued to lower expectations in advance [...]	2009-08-25 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1867	ISRAEL SPACE AGENCY HAS HIGH AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) Post ESTOff met with Zvi Kaplan, Director General of the Israel Space Agency (ISA),on August 25, who outlined an ambitious agenda for Israel in space sciences, and in particular for the ISA's showcase conference in January. This message is background and heads-up for likely engagement b [...]	2009-08-25 12:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA PREL IS
09TELAVIV1868	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 10:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1873	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1880	ISRAELI MFA ASKS USG TO BROKER OPENING TO INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary: In an August 26 meeting with PolCouns senior MFA officials Kahanoff and Ben-Abba asked for U.S. help, prior to the scheduled November visit of President Obama to Indonesia, in facilitating the development of Israeli-Indonesian relations. Specifically, they asked if President O [...]	2009-08-27 14:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IN JA IS
09TELAVIV1886	ISRAEL HIKES INTEREST RATE TO HEAD OFF INFLATION [...] (SBU) Amid intense Israeli and international speculation, the Bank of Israel (BoI) became the first central bank to raise interest rates since initial signs of a global recovery. The August 24 hike of 0.25 percent brings the BoI's benchmark rate to 0.75 percent, up from 0.50 percent where it [...]	2009-08-28 09:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1887	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] All conflicts are soluble; 2. Israel is the stronger party; 3. And so it must take the greater risks for peace. Liberals are exasperated by Israel's failure to embrace these principles categorically. Yet we survive in this region because we don't. Edward Kennedy understood all this and more. [...]	2009-08-28 09:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1893	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On August 30, The Jerusalem Post reported that, following the Jerusalem Post/Rafi Smith poll published on Friday, left-wing parties have lamented President ObamaQs unpopularity. Media qu [...]	2009-08-31 10:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1895	ISRAEL'S PRESENTATION FOR UNRWA AT 60 [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for the UN and International Organization Evyatar Manor August 31. PolCouns reviewed U.S. efforts in support of Israel's request for a speaking role at the UNRWA at 60 event, and stressed our view that if Israel is invited [...]	2009-08-31 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF UNGA IS KPAL
09TELAVIV1904	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-01 10:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1915	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted an unnamed Israeli diplomat as saying that there is no disagreement with the U.S. regarding the issue of construction freeze in the settlements. The diplomat was quoted [...]	2009-09-02 12:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1918	FORMER PRIME MINISTER INDICTED, FORMER MINISTERS [...] (SBU) The past few days have highlighted, for better and for worse, corruption and ethical conduct among Israel's political elite. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted on August 30 on charges breach of trust and fraudulent conduct. Meantime, Olmert's former Finance Minister Avraha [...]	2009-09-02 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1925	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV193	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1933	ISRAEL: NEXT MONTH PIVOTAL REGARDING IRAN [...] (S) Summary: The GOI views a number of important meetings in September -- including the P5 1 Foreign Ministers, the IAEA Board of Governors, the UN General Assembly and the G-20 -- as pivotal in determining the next course of action regarding Iran's nuclear program. According to MFA Director [...]	2009-09-03 12:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP PGOV IAEA IR RU CH IS
09TELAVIV1948	ISRAEL'S FISCAL OUTLOOK [...] (C/NF) Summary: Israel is likely to meet the 2009 fiscal conditions for U.S. loan guarantees signed at the last Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) meeting on June 29, but it is less certain that Israel will meet the 2010 expenditure conditions for FY2011 loan guarantees. The country face [...]	2009-09-04 08:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1950	GOI CONSIDERS SEPTEMBER 2 JEC MEETING CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The September 2 Israeli-Palestinian Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting marks the first ministerial-level meeting between the Netanyahu government and the PA and the first time in recent memory that the JEC has been chaired at the ministerial level. Vice PM and Minister for Re [...]	2009-09-04 08:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KPAL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1951	THE WAY FORWARD ON FISCAL ISSUES FROM THE 2009 JEDG [...] (C/NF) Summary: The United States pressed Israel at the 2009 JEDG to consider creating a budget "watchdog" group and institute a new, more effective fiscal rule. In follow-up meetings with Treasury and Emboffs, all three major economic actors in Israel's government agreed with the necessity o [...]	2009-09-04 09:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1953	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "A Question of Trust" Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (9/4): QTepid, cold, frozen: Benjamin Netanyahu is now officially willing to declare a settlement constructi [...]	2009-09-04 10:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1955	LIKUD RIGHT WING FLEXES ITS MUSCLES [...] (C) Summary. Israeli media reports claiming that Prime Minister Netanyahu's has agreed to a temporary freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank has mobilized opposition within elements of the Likud party. A small but vocal group of junior Knesset Members (MKs) announced plans for a [...]	2009-09-04 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1957	ISRAELI UPDATE ON JORDANIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. A senior Israeli NSC official told us September 4 that National Security Adviser Arad's August 31 visit to Amman was a good opportunity to exchange views but did not produce any results. Contrary to Jordanian expectations reported reftel, Israel does not intend to allow a visit [...]	2009-09-04 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG JO IS
09TELAVIV1974	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1975	ISRAEL WANTS GREATER BMENA ROLE [...] (SBU) ESTH officer met with MFA Magreb Director Eynat Shlein-Michael on September 3 to follow up at her request on the BMENA demarche presented August 18 (ref A). She underscored that Israel remains quite interested in BMENA progress, and she personally believed it was one of the Bush administ [...]	2009-09-08 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KMPI KDEM IS
09TELAVIV198	LIFTING OF SANCTION ON NON-MISSION-CRITICAL TRAVEL [...] This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem message. 2. With a cease fire now in effect in the Gaza Strip, Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem are lifting the request to defer all non-Mission-critical travel to either post (reftel). 3. Official USG tr [...]	2009-01-23 07:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT ASEC OVIP KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1980	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1997	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu has shortened his planned visit to the U.N. from four days to two. Officials in NetanyahuQs bureau are quoted as saying that the central rea [...]	2009-09-10 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2003	ISRAEL: PA'S NON-RESPONSE THROUGH BANKING DIALOGUE [...] (C) GOI officials have expressed concern over the lack of sustained engagement by the Palestinians through the bilateral banking dialogue (see reftel). The GOI is still waiting for information and responses to questions posed to the Palestinians before the last banking meeting, which was held [...]	2009-09-10 13:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2004	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon September 9 and raised the Goldstone report, the UNGA event marking the 60th anniversary of UNRWA, possible problems with the AHLC, the Wataniya project and the Lebanese border village of Ghajar. The Ambassador noted [...]	2009-09-10 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2011	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anniversary of 9/11 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday before an audience of Likud members in Tel Aviv that Israelis were ready to make concessions for peace [...]	2009-09-11 10:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

09TELAVIV2014	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK, [...] (SBU) Summary: MOD officials and representatives from Reshef Technologies confirm that the components from reftel shipments have been and will be used to produce proximity fuzes. Reshef Technologies has produced and delivered 8,333 proximity fuzes assembled from shipment components to the MO [...]	2009-09-11 12:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
09TELAVIV2015	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 06:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2019	GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (C) PolCouns delivered the President's invitation regarding a global nuclear security summit (reftel) to PM Netanyahu's National Security Advisor Uzi Arad on September 13. Arad described press speculation that Israel would not attend the conference as "nonsense," adding that he could see no [...]	2009-09-14 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PTER PREL IAEA IS
09TELAVIV202	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2020	RESPONSE TO MEETING REQUEST WITH EGYPTIANS ON [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel, polmiloff on September 14 raised with MFA Director for Arms Control Rodica Radian-Gordon the possibility of meeting with Egyptian officials shortly following the IAEA General Conference (GC) in order to initiate discussion on advancing a Middle East free of weapons of [...]	2009-09-14 15:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09TELAVIV2021	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 06:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2028	THE GOLDSTONE REPORT AND ISRAELI INVESTIGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Israel has undertaken investigations of approximately 100 complaints it received concerning the activities of the IDF during Operation Cast Lead. The GOI has published a report called The Operation in Gaza: Factual and Legal Aspects, which details the context in which the war [...]	2009-09-15 12:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS
09TELAVIV2036	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 06:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2045	OPPOSITION LEADER LIVNI TALKS PEACE PROCESS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Sen. Gillibrand met on September 3 with Kadima Chairman and Knesset opposition leader Tzipi Livni. Livni told Gillibrand that Israel must reach a two-state solution with the Palestinians that represents an end to the conflict and does not include a right of return for Palestinia [...]	2009-09-16 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG PTER IR SY IS
09TELAVIV2050	IDF SOUTHERN COMMAND AND SHIN BET BRIEFINGS ON [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Gillibrand received separate briefings on the Gaza security situation by the IDF Southern Command and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) September 2 and 3. Major General Yoav Gallant told the CODEL that the Southern Command's role is to manage the threat from Gaza, but [...]	2009-09-16 10:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER OREP KWBG IS
09TELAVIV206	ISRAELI THINKING ON LEBANON ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: From January 1-10, Poloff and visiting NEA Lebanon desk officer Matthew Irwin discussed Lebanon in meetings with Israeli MFA, MOD, and NSC officials, as well as local academics and journalists. Overall the meetings confirmed that Israel shares the goal of supporting Lebanese mod [...]	2009-01-23 16:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY IR IS
09TELAVIV2060	DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE AD-HOC [...] (SBU) EconCouns discussed the upcoming Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Irit Ben Abba on September 16. Ben Abba said the GOI was still unclear on why the meeting could not have been postponed, though the Israelis welcome the fact that it w [...]	2009-09-17 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL EAID PGOV
09TELAVIV2061	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Goldstone Report 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that at the conclusion of their meetings yesterday, U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell and PM Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to meet again to [...]	2009-09-17 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV208	ISRAELI CONCERNS ABOUT UPCOMING GAERC MEETING ON [...] (C) MFA Policy Advisor Tal Becker called the Ambassador to express concern about the upcoming GAERC meeting in Brussels on the Middle East scheduled for Monday, January 26. According to Becker, the French are pushing hard to change the GAERC document in ways that will make things more flexi [...]	2009-01-25 15:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL AORC KWBG PHUM IS EU FR
09TELAVIV2080	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 06:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2089	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu, PA President Mahmoud Abbas, and President Barack Obama will meet this week, despite U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell's [...]	2009-09-21 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2096	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2098	CODEL ROHRABACHER DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) Summary. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) visited Israel August 19-21 for a series of meetings with Israeli officials, primarily focused on the peace process, regional security issues, and arms sales. Rohrabacher met with Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon, Deputy Foreign M [...]	2009-09-22 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV2099	WHY THE GOLDSTONE REPORT MATTERS SO MUCH TO ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli leadership is deeply alarmed by the Goldstone Report on many levels. Their initial reaction was to deplore the report for accusing much of Israel's military and political leadership of intentionally targeting the civilian population of Gaza during Operation Cast Lea [...]	2009-09-22 14:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2101	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media viewed President ObamaQs QcoldQ announcement after his meeting yesterday with PM Benjamin Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas at New YorkQs Waldorf Astoria Hotel as a sign of [...]	2009-09-23 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2102	THE GOLDSTONE REPORT AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Deputy PolCouns met September 22 with MFA Legal Advisor Ehud Keinan and Principal Deputy Legal Advisor Daniel Taub to follow up on Israel's reactions to the Goldstone Report and seek more specificity concerning the IDF investigatory process. Keinan and Taub stresse [...]	2009-09-23 14:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2105	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 12:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2118	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the speech delivered by PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) yesterday. The PM blasted IranQs nuclear program and the welcome Presi [...]	2009-09-25 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2126	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that, two days before the opening of talks between Iranian and U.S. officials, the Islamic Republic carried out a test launch of long-range missiles capable of reaching I [...]	2009-09-29 11:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2131	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Electronic media reported that the Security Cabinet has approved the release of 20 female Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for proof that Gilad Shalit is alive. In a stateme [...]	2009-09-30 13:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2147	ISRAEL TO RELEASE WOMEN PRISONERS IN RETURN FOR [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister's Office released a statement September 30 confirming media reports that the security cabinet has decided to release twenty Palestinian women prisoners in return for "updated and unequivocal proof regarding the well-being and status of Gilad Shalit." Prime Minister N [...]	2009-09-30 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PHUM EG KWBG GM IS
09TELAVIV2149	ISRAEL MAKES PROGRESS ON DESALINATION SUBSTITUTION [...] (U) Summary: Now entering its fifth year of substandard rainfall, Israel is making notable progress in substituting desalinated sea water for natural source fresh water for public consumption. Expanded production from existing seawater facilities should reach 160 million cubic meters (mcm) an [...]	2009-09-30 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EINV IS
09TELAVIV2164	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the deal reportedly brokered by Germany and Egypt, in which Hamas will give Israel tomorrow a video recording proving that Gilad Shalit is alive. In exchange Israel will [...]	2009-10-01 11:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2166	GOI HARDENS LINE ON PA WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] (SBU) MFA's Middle East Economic Bureau Director Yael Ravia called EconCouns late Wednesday evening to inform Embassy of the hardened GOI position on a potential Palestinian Authority request for permanent WTO observer status. Ravia said the current GOI position, which she confirmed had been [...]	2009-10-01 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG ETRD ECON PREL IS
09TELAVIV2167	GOI REJECTS FORMING GAZA INVESTIGATORY COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary: Reports in the Israeli media September 30 announced that Defense Minister Barak had proposed the formation of an independent commission to conduct a separate investigation of incidents of civilian deaths in Operation Cast Lead, but MFA later denied the media report, noting that [...]	2009-10-01 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2168	ARAD COMMENTS ON SILWAN DINNER, ASSURES USG OF GOI [...] (C) On September 30, Embassy heard from NGO and Consulate General Jerusalem colleagues that Elad, a right wing religious Zionist group dedicated to asserting Jewish claims to Jerusalem was hosting a tunnel opening ceremony and dinner that evening at a new tunnel site. According to these rep [...]	2009-10-01 14:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2176	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Hams has handed over to Israel a recent video recording of Gilad Shalit in exchange for the release by Israel of 20 female Palestinian prisoners, and that IDF Chi [...]	2009-10-02 10:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2187	WHY THE GOI IS SO CONCERNED WITH KEEPING THE [...] (C) Summary. The past week's discussions with GOI officials about the Goldstone Report have revealed a neuralgic Israeli concern about preventing the report from moving from Geneva to New York. Israeli officials all the way up to PM Netanyahu have insisted that Israel is dead set against re [...]	2009-10-05 11:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV UN KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2188	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend the media cited Israeli officialsQ overall satisfaction over the deal involving the publishing of a 2Q42 recording of captive soldier, Gilad Shalit, in exchange for the re [...]	2009-10-05 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2196	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media emphasized the continued violence around the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Clashes continued yesterday between Palestinian demonstrators and security forces. One Israeli soldier wa [...]	2009-10-06 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2202	BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY -- CASE NO. K-2400 [...] (SBU) Summary: FMS Aerospace is a two-person intermediary in the field of aerospace and defense favorably known to Post. According to owner Tal Barak, FMS Aerospace has no interest in handling nor possesses the facilities to store U.S. Munitions List (USML) controlled items. Barak acknowled [...]	2009-10-07 08:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
09TELAVIV2205	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "Restraint in a Delicate Place" The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized (10/7): The growing tension surrounding the Temple Mount threatens to undermine the calm Israel has enjoyed for the past few months.... Netanyahu [...]	2009-10-07 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV221	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2215	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 08:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2222	SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY, TEL AVIV [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 15:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CASC KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS IS
09TELAVIV2225	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2227	ISRAELI, JORDANIAN, AND EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: An Israeli official provided the official view of the October 4 rise in tensions connected to the Temple Mount, citing deliberate Palestinian escalation despite advance understandings between the Waqf and Israeli National Police. The Egyptian and Jordanian DCMs provided contrastin [...]	2009-10-09 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KISR JO EG IS
09TELAVIV2230	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations 3. Israel-NATO Cooperation ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday, in his opening speech to the KnessetQs winter session, PM Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the Qtwisted repor [...]	2009-10-13 10:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2234	MFA CLAIMS POLICE VIDEO PROVES LACK OF SETTLER [...] (C) In light of the Palestinian Authority's decision to request a special session of the UN Human Rights Council linking the Goldstone Report to "events at Al-Aqsa," Foreign Minister Lieberman convinced the Israel National Police to authorize MFA to use a police video of disturbances on the T [...]	2009-10-13 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2235	BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY -- CASE NO. K-1623 [...] (SBU) Summary: American Aviation LTD is a representative/intermediary well-known in Israeli defense industry circles. According to American Aviation General Manager Avi Ezra, the company primarily represents U.S. and Western European companies. Ezra said that American Aviation does possess [...]	2009-10-13 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
09TELAVIV2245	ISRAELIS MULL RESPONSE TO TURKISH "HUMILIATIONS" [...] (S) Summary. Turkey's decision to cancel Israel's participation in the joint Turkey-U.S.-Italy-NATO-Israel Anatolian Eagle air exercise received heavy media coverage here October 11-13. Although the IDF adhered to agreed language on the international portion of the exercise being postponed [...]	2009-10-13 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MOPS MASS TU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2254	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations 3. Iran 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Jewish Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),an associate of President Obama, is likely to become the United St [...]	2009-10-14 13:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2255	GENEVA INITIATIVE ANNEXES SEEK TO RESTORE VISION [...] (SBU) Summary. Since releasing its annexes last month, the Geneva Initiative (GI) is continuing to look for ways to promote its model peace agreement, the Geneva Accord, and to generally support peace efforts. Representatives of the Geneva Initiative told PolOff on October 6 that while they [...]	2009-10-14 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2256	ISRAELI UAV FOOTAGE OF EXPLOSION IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) On October 13, the Israel Air Force publicly released video footage taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) shortly following the October 12 explosion of an apparent arms cache in the Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi. The IAF UAV footage show Hizballah operatives removing rockets and oth [...]	2009-10-14 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY UN IS
09TELAVIV2270	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) reported that, following the failure in obtaining a settlement construction freeze and Arab gestures towards Israel, the U.S. administration is dr [...]	2009-10-15 10:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2275	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2283	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USUN AMBASSADOR SUSAN [...] (S) Summary. Israelis are even more anxious than usual these days as the Goldstone Report is being discussed in Geneva and New York. Israeli leaders have developed a virtually obsessive reaction to the report, which they see as both an assault on the State of Israel and it's democratic inst [...]	2009-10-16 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IR TU IS
09TELAVIV2294	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted GOI officials as saying yesterday that the Moscow conference on the Middle East may be in jeopardy as a result of Russia's support for the U.N. H [...]	2009-10-19 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV23	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2310	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that President Shimon PeresQ Facing Tomorrow Conference will open in Jerusalem tonight. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, an [...]	2009-10-20 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2318	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 06:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2319	Tel Aviv POCs for Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 12:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT IS
09TELAVIV2324	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 06:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2333	NSC APPLAUDS U.S. SUPPORT IN TERRORISM [...] (SBU) The Ministerial Committee on National Security Affairs (the Security Cabinet) designated 50 Al Qaida and Taliban-affiliated groups as terrorist organizations during a discussion of "Global Jihad" on 20 October. These designations come as a result of reporting, monitoring and enforcemen [...]	2009-10-22 15:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ECON IS
09TELAVIV2334	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 05:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2343	BOI-PMA BANKING MEETING HELD [...] (C) Dudu Zaken, Assistant Supervisor of Banks at the Bank of Israel (BOI),informed EconOff that a bilateral Israeli-Palestinian banking meeting was held on 21 October. Surplus cash in Palestinian banks was a primary topi of discussion. In mid-August, the BOI allowed deposit of 300 million [...]	2009-10-23 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV235	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Climate Change and Environment ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted President Obama as saying in an interview with Al-Arabiya that the time has come for Israel and the Palestinians to return to the negotiating t [...]	2009-01-27 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2357	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2362	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media reported that yesterday President Obama marked the fifteenth anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. He was quoted as saying: [...]	2009-10-27 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2364	COGAT REVIEWS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY. In response to an October 21 comment made during the JPMG that Israel should expand access to Gaza, Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) Amos Gilad asked that visiting NEA/IPA Director Thomas Goldberger meet with COGAT Head of Foreign Relations Lt. Col [...]	2009-10-27 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2365	AMBASSADOR RICE,S OCTOBER 21ST MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice met with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on October 21. Ambassador Rice emphasized that it is in both U.S. and Israeli national interests that serious negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians must begi [...]	2009-10-27 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IR IS CY AF PK
09TELAVIV2375	AMBASSADOR RICE,S OCTOBER 20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: During U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Rice,s October 20th meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Peres said he planned to meet with Abu Mazen early the week of Oct. 26. He said Israel should fully investigate the actions of its soldiers, as well as the s [...]	2009-10-28 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2376	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to arrive in Israel on Saturday after preparatory talks by U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mit [...]	2009-10-28 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2377	ISRAEL INCSR 2009 PART I [...] (U) Israel is not a significant producer of or trafficking point for illicit narcotics. However, domestic demand fuels a diverse local drug market that relies on smuggling from both neighboring and more distant countries. Imported marijuana, hashish, ecstasy, heroin, cocaine, and LSD are all [...]	2009-10-28 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR IS
09TELAVIV2379	BOI TO ACCEPT EXCESS SHEKELS, STILL SEEKS [...] (SBU) The Bank of Israel (BOI) will accept another tranche of surplus shekels from the West Bank "by the end of the week (i.e. 31 October)," according to Dudu Zaken, Assistant Supervisor of Banks. The sum of the deposit will be approximately NIS 400 million. BOI Governor Stanley Fischer is a [...]	2009-10-28 15:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2380	ISRAEL SUPPORTIVE OF FOOD SECURIY PROPOSAL; SEEKS FURTHER [...] SUMMARY: Israel plans to support the joint USG-U proposal on food security at the FAO Summit Nov. 16-18 in Rome. While delivering the reftel demarche, Econoff also solicited GoI's thinking on cooperative efforts with USAID in third countries. End summary. 2. Econoff delivered reftel's l [...]	2009-10-29 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EID IS
09TELAVIV2381	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 10:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2388	GOI LEGAL TEAM REVIEWING GOLDSTONE INVESTIGATION [...] (U) The GOI issued a communique October 27 on PM Netanyahu's decision to appoint a top-level legal team, headed by Attorney General Meni Mazuz, to "formulate recommendations on possible alternatives" regarding Israel's response to the Goldstone Report. Other members of the team include IDF A [...]	2009-10-30 15:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2394	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 06:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2396	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 08:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2401	ISRAELI MFA POLITICAL RESEARCH BUREAU DISCUSSES [...] (C) POLOFF and NEA/IPA Desk Officer met with MFA's Political Research Bureau (INR equivalent) on October 14 to discuss recent developments in Syria and Lebanon. MFA analysts explained that lately the political atmosphere in Lebanon suggests progress toward resolving the political crisis. So [...]	2009-11-02 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV LE SY IS
09TELAVIV2409	MOD SETTLEMENTS STRATEGY DEPENDENT ON US-ISRAEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MOD is taking a wait-and-see approach on both settlements and outposts, pending the outcome of USG-GOI negotiations on a moratorium, according to Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad. On settlements, Herman noted that any MOD attempts to restrict th [...]	2009-11-02 16:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
09TELAVIV241	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 10:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2410	ISRAELI SECURITY SERVICES ARREST "JEWISH TERRORIST" [...] (C) Summary: Israeli security services announced October 31 that they had arrested an American-born settler in connection to a number of crimes and terrorist attacks over the past 12 years. Yaacov "Jack" Teitel was arrested on October 7 for posting anti-homosexual flyers, and later confessed [...]	2009-11-02 16:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KCRM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2415	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2420	ISRAEL PROPOSES JUNE 2010 GICNT WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Per reftels, the GOI remains interested in hosting a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop focusing on legal aspects and the forensics involved with combating nuclear and radiological terrorism. Per ref C, the GOI had agreed to postpone the workshop until a later [...]	2009-11-03 13:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IS
09TELAVIV2424	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts 3. One Year after ObamaQs Election ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported on the first anniversary of President ObamaQs election. Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...]	2009-11-04 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2425	SENIOR MFA AND MOD OFFICIALS DESCRIBE COMPLEX [...] (S) Summary. In separate meetings October 28 and 29, MOD Pol-Mil Director Gilad and MFA Deputy Director General Hadas described different aspects of Israel's complex relations with Jordan. Gilad effusively praised security cooperation with Jordan, calling it the "main pillar" of Israel's se [...]	2009-11-04 12:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KISL KWBG JO IS
09TELAVIV2430	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs conducted site surveys at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Silver Arrow/Elbit to verify the receipt of gyroscopes from U.S. suppliers to be installed in Israeli-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Both IAI and Silver Arrow acknowledged receipt of the gyroscopes, [...]	2009-11-05 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
09TELAVIV2431	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. QMofaz in the Footsteps of Sharon Senior commentator Ari Shavit wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (11/5): Q[Former Defense Minister Shaul] Mofaz's basic assumptions are those of [Ariel] Sharon: On one hand, at this p [...]	2009-11-05 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2442	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as saying yesterday in a televised address that he had no wish to seek reelection through a presidential p [...]	2009-11-06 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2443	GOI BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY ON M/V FRANCOP [...] (C) Summary: During a carefully orchestrated public relations event on November 5, the GOI briefed ambassadors, defense attaches and members of the diplomatic corps at the Nahal Soreq Ammunition Center on the arms shipment confiscated from the M/V Francop. Participants, including polmiloff, w [...]	2009-11-06 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER PARM IR LE SY IS
09TELAVIV2445	ISRAELI ARABS: PARTNER OR POWDER-KEG? [...] (C) The Israeli Arab community plays a role in domestic stability and Israeli engagement with the Palestinians and Arab world. However, as it continues to lag behind the majority Jewish population in most social, political, and economic indicators, leaders of the community sense a growing dis [...]	2009-11-06 12:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IS
09TELAVIV2446	HAMAS FACING SEVERE FUNDING SHORTAGES [...] (S/NF) Hamas has been facing severe funding shortages over the last several months--primarily due to the GOI policy of restricting cash in-flows from Hamas headquarters in Damascus and fund-raisers, according to Israeli Security Agency (ISA, also commonly known as Shin Bet) officials. ISA of [...]	2009-11-06 12:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN KTFN IS
09TELAVIV2454	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Obama in the White House today. HaQaretzQs banner -- QObama Showing Israel WhoQs Boss with S [...]	2009-11-09 12:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2456	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 [...] (SBU) Summary: RPA Port Aviation represents foreign airlines cargo services in Israel, including Uzbekistan Airways and Georgian Airlines. According to RPA Port Aviation Airport Office Manager Refael Dayan, the company has had a long-standing relationship with the Government of Georgia. Howe [...]	2009-11-09 14:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC GG IS
09TELAVIV246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 11:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2462	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2465	SHAUL MOFAZ BRIEFS THE AMBASSADOR ON HIS PEACE PLAN [...] (C) Summary/Comment. Member of Knesset (Kadima) and former Deputy PM, Defense Minister and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. General (retired) Shaul Mofaz briefed the Ambassador November 9 on the peace plan that he announced at a press conference the previous day. Mofaz' plan provides for the [...]	2009-11-10 15:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2466	LABOR PARTY REBELS INCHING TOWARD A SPLIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Labor Party Knesset Members (MKs) opposed to Defense Minister Ehud Barak's leadership of the party continue to try to recruit the crucial fifth member to their ranks to enable them to formally split from the party. Labor MK Daniel Ben Simon, who had earlier this year sided with [...]	2009-11-12 05:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV2467	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2473	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (S) Summary. Israel is deceptively calm and prosperous. The security situation inside Israel is the best since the outbreak of the Second Intifada, the economy has weathered the storms of the international economic crisis, and Netanyahu's governing coalition is stable, for the time being at le [...]	2009-11-12 15:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KWBG IS IR
09TELAVIV2479	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Muslim-Americans ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz published the results of a survey conducted over the past days among Israelis by Dialog: - The majority of the public -- 57% -- supports t [...]	2009-11-13 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2482	ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE VERSHBOW MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1 and 2, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, met with a number of senior Israeli defense officials in Israel including: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General (DG) Pinchas Buchris; Head of MOD Poli [...]	2009-11-16 08:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG SY IR SA LE TU
09TELAVIV2483	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

09TELAVIV2495	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly as saying yesterday: QOur position is clear. We support the creation of a Palestinian state that is contiguous a [...]	2009-11-17 11:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2496	GAZA CASH: GOI SECURITY AND POLICY CONCERNS [...] (S) Summary: A senior GOI security official cited several security and policy concerns in permitting the transfer of U.S. dollars and Jordanian dinars into Gaza, though he promised to raise the topic within the appropriate interagency committee. The GOI continues to view its policy of restric [...]	2009-11-17 14:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EFIN KTFN IS
09TELAVIV2498	GOI/IDF ADDRESS SOLDIER INSUBORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: The Israel Defense Force (IDF) and GOI responded quickly to yet another soldiers' demonstration on November 16 protesting against outpost evacuations in the West Bank. Israeli media outlets report that the IDF may examine further the "hesder" program combining yeshiva religious [...]	2009-11-17 15:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2499	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday the Jerusalem Municipal Planning Committee approved a plan to build 900 housing units in the cityQs southeastern neighborhood of Gilo. Leading media repor [...]	2009-11-18 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2500	40TH JOINT POLITICAL-MILITARY GROUP: EXECUTIVE [...] (S) Summary: During the Executive Session of the 40th Joint Political Military Group (JPMG),U.S. and Israeli counterparts continued discussion on the creation of four new Qualitative Military Edge (QME) working groups. GOI interlocutors continued to raise concerns regarding the F-15 sale to [...]	2009-11-18 14:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG CH IR RU SA LE TU IS
09TELAVIV2501	40TH JPMG: COUNTERSMUGGLING TECHNICAL DISCUSSION [...] (S) Summary: Concurrent to the Joint Political Military Group (JPMG) Executive Session, IDF J5 and Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI) officers briefed U.S. JPMG delegation members on current arms transfers and weapons smuggling into Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. IDF J5 and IDI officers first focused o [...]	2009-11-18 14:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG IR LE IS
09TELAVIV2502	40TH JPMG: NEA REGIONAL DISCUSSION (PART 3 OF 4) [...] (S) Summary: As part of the 40th Joint Political Military Group (JPMG),U.S. and GOI counterparts discussed security issues in the Near East region. GOI officials expressed support for the P5 plus 1 engagement process with Iran, but doubted the process would lead to any change in Iranian behavior - [...]	2009-11-18 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG IR SA LE IS
09TELAVIV2503	40TH JPMG: INTERNATIONAL, EXPORT CONTROL AND JSAP [...] (S) Summary: As part of the 40th Joint Political Military Group, U.S. and Israeli interlocutors discussed Russia, Afghanistan/Pakistan, and East Asia, focusing specifically on China. On Russia, both U.S. and GOI officials stressed the importance of maintaining a balanced relationship with Mos [...]	2009-11-18 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER CH IR RU IS
09TELAVIV2504	NEW DG AT MINISTRY OF FINANCE SEEKS COOPERATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Cunningham met with Haim Shani, the new Director General of the Ministry of Finance on November 13. Shani, who took charge on November 1, shared some of his priorities as DG. He also provided a few details of his vision of the joint high-tech dialogue he hopes to [...]	2009-11-18 14:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV2505	ENGAGING THE GOI ON PROCEDURES AT WEST BANK [...] (SBU) EconCouns took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting with Ministry of Defense Advisor Oded Herman to raise ref A talking points and to discuss a further incident at the Jalameh crossing on November 13 (Ref B). Herman explained that there are three organizations that handle security [...]	2009-11-18 15:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KREC KTIA KWBG ODIP ASEC EAID PREL IS
09TELAVIV2506	ISRAELI COMPLAINTS ABOUT TURKEY'S ROLE WITH IRAN [...] (S) Reftel reported that the French MFA readout to Embassy Paris on the Israeli-French Strategic Dialogue included Israeli claims that Turkey, with the full knowledge of PM Erdogan, has facilitated the supply of weapons-related materials for Iran's nuclear program. MFA Director of Political [...]	2009-11-19 09:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP EFIN TU IR FR IS
09TELAVIV2513	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2514	ISRAELI REACTIONS TO GILO CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: Israelis across the political spectrum have lined up in support of Israeli expansion in Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem following the controversy over plans for new construction next to the existing neighborhood of Gilo (reftel). Many Israelis feel a strong connection to [...]	2009-11-19 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2519	DEPUTY SECRETARY RAISES TRANSIT OF GAZA STUDENTS [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with Yuval Diskin, head of the Shin Bet, Deputy Secretary Steinberg raised USG concern about the Israeli requirement that Palestinian students needing to exit Gaza and travel through Israel to apply for U.S. visas and/or transit to the Allenby Bridge be accompanie [...]	2009-11-20 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS
09TELAVIV2520	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2525	CODEL LIEBERMAN'S NOV 16 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary. While in Israel participating in the Saban Forum, CODEL Lieberman met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 16 in Jerusalem. They discussed the PM's recent meeting with President Obama in Washington, restarting negotiations with the Palestinians, and regional issues [...]	2009-11-20 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SY TU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2526	GOI INTERAGENCY DISCUSSION ON TURKEY [...] (S) SUMMARY. On November 15, Israeli officials told NSC Senior Director Dan Shapiro during a GOI interagency briefing hosted by National Security Advisor Uzi Arad, that they believe Turkey is engaged in an ongoing strategic realignment towards the Middle East and away from the West, and that t [...]	2009-11-23 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MARR TU IS
09TELAVIV2530	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 13:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2535	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2536	Israeli Climate Change Policy Faces Grim Reality [...] (SBU) Summary. Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry (MEP) admits that its evolving climate change policy will not be able to reduce the country's CO2 emissions anywhere near the degree that climate change advocates recommend. Studies project a full doubling of Israel's emissions from to [...]	2009-11-24 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG OECD IS
09TELAVIV2541	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2542	ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The GOI appreciated reftel message regarding the U.S. posture on Iran's nuclear program. According to MFA Director for Nonproliferation Haim Waxman, the GOI remains interested in next steps, including in the immediate time period U.S. plans for the IAEA November 26 Board of Gover [...]	2009-11-25 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IS
09TELAVIV2543	ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The GOI appreciated reftel message regarding the U.S. posture on Iran's nuclear program. According to MFA Director for Nonproliferation Haim Waxman, the GOI remains interested in next steps, including in the immediate time period U.S. plans for the IAEA November 26 Board of Gover [...]	2009-11-25 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IS
09TELAVIV2544	ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The GOI appreciated reftel message regarding the U.S. posture on Iran's nuclear program. According to MFA Director for Nonproliferation Haim Waxman, the GOI remains interested in next steps, including in the immediate time period U.S. plans for the IAEA November 26 Board of Gover [...]	2009-11-25 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IS
09TELAVIV2545	ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The GOI appreciated reftel message regarding the U.S. posture on Iran's nuclear program. According to MFA Director for Nonproliferation Haim Waxman, the GOI remains interested in next steps, including in the immediate time period U.S. plans for the IAEA November 26 Board of Gover [...]	2009-11-25 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IS
09TELAVIV2554	NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 24 briefing to the diplomatic corps held at the Canadian Embassy, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero described positive meetings with GOI interlocutors in which both NATO and the GOI expressed interest in enhancing the NATO-Israel relation [...]	2009-11-27 09:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS NATO CA IS
09TELAVIV2556	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2559	PRELUDE TO 2009 JEDG MID-TERM REVIEW [...] (SBU) Ahead of the December Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) mid-term review, Econoff met with contacts at the Bank of Israel and the Ministry of Finance to assess progress on several of the key issues raised in the June 2009 JEDG meeting in Washington. While strong consensus remains [...]	2009-11-27 13:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV2560	INITIAL ISRAELI REACTIONS TO NETANYAHU'S [...] (C) Summary. PM Netanyahu's November 25 announcement of the "suspension of new (building) permits and new construction" in the West Bank for a period of 10 months appears to be generally well received in Israel even while generating virulent opposition on the far right and with the settler m [...]	2009-11-27 13:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2561	INTEREST RATE HIKE AND THIRD QUARTER DATA EVIDENCE [...] Summary: On November 23, the Bank of Israel (BoI) announced a 0.25 percent increase in interest rates, bring the BoI rate to 1 percent in a move intended to return inflation to well within the target range yet low enough to support the continuing economic recovery. Preliminary third quarter [...]	2009-11-27 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV2567	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2568	ISRAEL BEGINS PREPARATION FOR GICNT WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) On November 25, Polmiloff passed to GOI officials reftel points regarding Washington support for the GOI's proposal to host a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop in Jerusalem, June 7-8, 2010. On November 27, Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Senior Direc [...]	2009-11-30 12:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC RU IS
09TELAVIV2575	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2577	GOI ALARMED BY EU DRAFT COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. MFA Senior Deputy Director General Barak briefed PolCouns December 1 on the Israel's "alarm" at the Council of the European Union's draft text on the Middle East Peace Process. Barak stressed that the EU draft, if adopted by the EU foreign ministers December 7, would seriously [...]	2009-12-02 09:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2580	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday at an economic conference that the 10-month moratorium on new housing starts in the West Bank is a one-time, temporary deal, and [...]	2009-12-02 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2585	ARAD CLAIMS RELATIONS WITH EGYPT "NEAR ALL-TIME [...] (S) Summary. National Security Adviser Arad, in the course of a discussion of non-proliferation issues with visiting U/S Tauscher December 1, commented on the Netanyahu government's relations with Egypt, calling them regional "good news" and suggesting that ties to at least key sections of [...]	2009-12-02 12:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS EG IS
09TELAVIV2594	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV260	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2603	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Netanyahu told a group of more than 20 members of the Yesha Council of Jewish Settlements in the Territories that he is not their enemy, but that he wil [...]	2009-12-04 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2604	SETTLEMENT FREEZE: YEDIOTH REPORT ON IDF CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (U) Influential journalist Alex Fishman, lead military correspondent for Yedioth Ahronoth, published an article on Friday, December 4 (Note: this is the equivalent to the Sunday paper) in which he conveyed IDF concerns about the extent of GOI political support for IDF efforts to uphold the law [...]	2009-12-04 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2617	SETTLEMENT FREEZE: YEDIOTH REPORT ON IDF CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (U) Influential journalist Alex Fishman, lead military correspondent for Yedioth Ahronoth, published an article on Friday, December 4 (Note: this is the equivalent to the Sunday paper) in which he conveyed IDF concerns about the extent of GOI political support for IDF efforts to uphold the law [...]	2009-12-04 12:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2627	GHAJAR DISCUSSIONS WITH UNIFIL TO RESUME DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary. According to a briefing by MFA IO A/S-equivalent, the GOI inner cabinet voted in favor of the MFA's proposal that Israel accept the UNIFIL "temporary" plan for the divided village of Ghajar on the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan. MFA Director General Gal b [...]	2009-12-04 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN LE IS
09TELAVIV2643	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Foreign Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that settlers are preparing for a heated confrontation with security services over the construction freeze in West Bank settlements. For the first tim [...]	2009-12-07 11:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2648	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in HaQaretz) reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the KnessetQs Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Syria is now willing to negotiate without p [...]	2009-12-08 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2654	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 1 PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to owner Zev Kaptowsky, Contact International is an GOI-authorized dealer registered with the Israel Ministry of Defense and Israel National Police (INP). Kaptowsky notes that Contact International answered an INP tender for 2,500 M-1 carbines with the provision that [...]	2009-12-08 13:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
09TELAVIV2655	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE [...] (S) Summary: Representatives from M. Paz Logistics and Global Law Enforcement and Security confirmed that they are for the first time working together to provide night vision devices and rifles to the Togolese Armed Forces. However, the company representatives' accounts of the potential tran [...]	2009-12-08 13:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ETTC KOMC TO IS
09TELAVIV266	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2669	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from Rafael Advanced Defense System's Missiles and Netric-Center Warfare Division confirmed receipt of the five turret and five logic laser harnesses in April 2009. According to Rafael Deputy Director for Security and Information Security Director Moshe Greens [...]	2009-12-09 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC CO IS
09TELAVIV2670	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that the QGolan Heights and Jerusalem Referendum BillQ is expected to return to the Knesset plenum for a key vote, after a late-nig [...]	2009-12-09 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2678	REPORTED MESSAGE FROM KING ABDULLAH TO NETANYAHU [...] (C) Yair Hirschfeld, the director general of the Economic Cooperation Foundation, a respected Israeli NGO that is very active in track two peace efforts, briefed PolCouns December 2 on renewed Jordanian pressure on the GOI over Jerusalem. According to Hirschfeld, King Abdullah recently sent [...]	2009-12-10 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL JO KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2679	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran/President Obama 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night thousands (over 30,000, according to major media outlets) of settlers and right-wing sympathizers rallied near PM Benjamin NetanyahuQs off [...]	2009-12-10 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2682	TWWG: ISRAEL AND PA GRAPPLE OVER WATER PROJECTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL IS PS
09TELAVIV2683	MORATORIUM: GOI ADDRESSING EXCEPTIONS, RELIEF [...] (U) Summary/Comment: Nearly two weeks into settlement construction moratorium enforcement, the GOI is addressing the difficult issues of exceptions and compensation, while facing increased opposition from the settler movement. The MOD has established an exceptions committee to consider petitio [...]	2009-12-10 14:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2684	KNESSET APPROVES RESUMED CONSIDERATION OF [...] (U) A majority of Knesset members voted December 9 in favor of continuing legislative discussions on a bill that passed its first reading last year. The bill would require a referendum on any GOI decision to withdraw from territories occupied in 1967 over which Israel has asserted sovereignty [...]	2009-12-10 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG SY IS
09TELAVIV2685	GOI'S PROPOSED NATIONAL PRIORITIES [...] (U) ZFR CANCEL ENTIRE MESSAGE. MESSAGE WAS RETRANSMITTED UNDER NEW MRN: TEL AVIV 2686. CUNNINGHAM [...]	2009-12-10 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2686	GOI'S PROPOSED NATIONAL PRIORITIES AREA TO INCLUDE [...] (U) On the evening of 9 December, PM Netanyahu's office announced that it will seek cabinet approval on 13 December for a redrawn National Priority Area list that would include 90 settlements, most of which are outside of the settlement blocs and east of the separation barrier. NPA status would [...]	2009-12-10 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2687	VARIETY OF IMPORTS INTO GAZA INCREASED [...] (U) The Office of the Quartet Representative's (OQR's) Private Sector Development Specialist reported December 8 that the variety of goods entering Gaza has increased significantly during the last two months, though the overall quantity has remained steady, at about 100-130 double truckloads p [...]	2009-12-11 07:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2694	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President ObamaQs Nobel Speech 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Hayom bannered President ObamaQs statement in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in Oslo yesterday endorsing the concept of Qjust war.Q Yediot headlined: QP [...]	2009-12-11 11:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV27	ISRAEL TO USE U.S. LOAN GUARANTEES [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV2701	Global Context Section of the QDDR - ISRAEL [...] Embassy Tel Aviv offers the following responses to queries posed in ref A regarding the trends in Israel that will most likely affect the conduct of diplomacy and the execution of development programs over the next ten to twenty years. The challenges that Israel will face diplomatically will [...]	2009-12-11 13:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI IS
09TELAVIV2702	DEPUTY SECRETARY RAISES TRANSIT OF GAZA STUDENTS [...] (C) Following up on DepSec Steinberg's discussion with Shin Bet on transit of Gazan students through Israel (reftel),EconCouns discussed possible options with Shin Bet's head of international relations, Alan Moss. Moss said he had met with his COGAT counterpart, Uri Singer, and they had revi [...]	2009-12-11 15:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2707	DEFENSE MINISTER BARAK BRIEFS THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Defense Minister Ehud Barak briefed members of the diplomatic corps December 11 on the role of the Labor Party in Netanyahu's coalition government. Barak noted Labor's role in moderating the coalition's right-wing tendencies, and stressed the GOI's commitment to move forward [...]	2009-12-14 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWBG SY IS
09TELAVIV2709	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2712	CABINET APPROVES NEW MAP OF PRIORITY ZONES THAT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 15:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2715	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 13:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2720	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2725	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 10:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV273	ISRAEL'S REACTION TO MORTAR AND ROCKET FIRE [...] (SBU) Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have exchanged numerous salvos over the past week, but the unilateral cease-fires that brought an end to major hostilities in the Gaza Strip on January 18 have not fully unraveled. Tensions flared on January 27 when a roadside bomb struck an Isr [...]	2009-02-02 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS LE KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2734	STAFFDEL KUIKEN-CAMMACK'S MEETING WITH PM ADVISOR [...] (S) Summary: During a December 14 meeting with Senate staff members (Michael Kuiken, Senate Armed Services Committee, and Perry Cammack, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations),the Prime Minister's Director for Policy Planning Ron Dermer confirmed a solid U.S.-Israeli relationship that weather [...]	2009-12-18 08:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2736	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) MCPO confirmed the Israeli MOD's continued possession of two Gen III FOM 1600 "Astroscope" image intensifiers during an inspection on December 16. The two Astroscope image intensifiers (serial numbers 40992 and 41016) are stored at an IDF [...]	2009-12-18 09:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
09TELAVIV2738	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that DM Ehud Barak steadfastly expresses his determination to carry out the 10-month moratorium on settlement construction and that he will not recant his opposition to I [...]	2009-12-18 11:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2750	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Copenhagen Climate Change Summit ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the senior cabinet ministers who constitute the so-called Qforum of sevenQ are to convene again this morning at the PMQs Off [...]	2009-12-21 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2756	HAPOALIM VP: BANK'S DECISION ON CORRESPONDENT [...] (U) This is an action cable (see para 7). 2. (C) Summary: Bank Hapoalim Executive Vice President Boaz Raday highlighted ongoing concerns about re-establishing correspondent banking relations with Palestinian banks in a 17 December meeting with Econoffs. Raday discussed an internal review t [...]	2009-12-22 09:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2757	U/S TAUSCHER'S DECEMBER 1-2 VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher visited Israel December 1-2. U/S Tauscher focused her visit on setting the stage for a successful Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (RevCon) in May 2010. She consulted with GOI int [...]	2009-12-22 09:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP EG IR
09TELAVIV2759	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 10:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2777	CODEL SKELTON'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Skelton met with Prime Minister Netanyahu November 16 at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Their discussion covered Netanyahu's meeting with President Obama the previous week, Netanyahu's interest in resuming negotiations with the Palestinians, the Iranian nuclear [...]	2009-12-23 10:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP MASS SY TU FR KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV2778	CODEL SKELTON'S MEETING WITH IDF CHIEF OF GENERAL [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Skelton met with Lt General Gabi Ashkenazi at the MFA November 15. Their discussion covered U.S.-Israeli cooperation on missile defense and cyber warfare, the Iranian threat, Syria and Lebanon, Israeli-Palestinian relations, the Goldstone Report, and IDF training and readiness. L [...]	2009-12-23 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MOPS MASS KWBG SY IR IS
09TELAVIV2779	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- TodayQs newspapers continue to closely follow the latest developments in the talks on the prisoner exchange deal for the release of Gilad Shalit. Israel is said to have conveyed its latest [...]	2009-12-23 11:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV278	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that Hamas is supposed to give an answer today to a cease-fire proposal. The Jerusalem Post reported that top Hamas official Ahmed Yousef told the newspaper [...]	2009-02-03 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV28	REQUEST TO DEFER NON-MISSION CRITICAL TRAVEL [...] This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem message. 2. Due to ongoing military activities in the Gaza Strip, and ongoing rocket fire at southern Israeli cities (including a strike on the south Tel Aviv suburb of Rehovot on January 6),and regular demonstrations in th [...]	2009-01-06 15:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT ASEC OVIP KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2808	TREASURY ACTING A/S BAUKOL'S MEETING WITH BOI [...] (U) Summary: Visiting Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the Treasury Department, Andy Baukol, met with Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fisher December 15, following the Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) Mid-Term Review. Fischer addressed the BoI's efforts to assis [...]	2009-12-24 08:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS KWBG EFIN
09TELAVIV2809	DEPUTY PM SILVAN SHALOM MEETS TREASURY ACTING A/S [...] (U) Summary: Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Andy Baukol met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Cooperation Silvan Shalom in his Knesset office on December 14 to discuss GoI efforts to assist the development and growth of the Palestinian econom [...]	2009-12-24 09:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KWBG
09TELAVIV2810	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 09:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2812	ISRAEL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Israel. Embassy Tel Aviv's point of contact for this report is: Jason Grubb, Political-Military Officer, Tel: 972-3-519-7460; e-mail: GrubbJB@State.gov. 2. Begin Text: Israel Four Israeli citizens were ki [...]	2009-12-24 11:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC IS
09TELAVIV2813	IS KADIMA ABOUT TO SPLIT? [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli media is reporting extensively on efforts by PM Netanyahu to split the opposition Kadima party, which currently has one more seat in the Knesset than Netanyahu's Likud. Dissatisfaction with Tzipi Livni's leadership of Kadima has been an open secret for some time, but [...]	2009-12-24 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV2819	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that, following PM Benjamin NetanyahuQs conversation with Kadima leader Tzipi Livni yesterday, Kadima is likely to reject his offer, spurring a possib [...]	2009-12-28 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2823	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the White House made clear in a statement yesterday (http:// www.whitehouse.gov / the-press-office / statement-white-house-press-secretary-robe [...]	2009-12-29 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2830	ISRAEL DEFENDS DECEMBER 26 NABLUS RAID [...] (S) Summary: Following the murder of Rabbi Meir Avshalom Hai on December 24, senior MOD and IDF officials strongly expressed the GOI's obligation to protect its citizens in response to acts of terrorism -- as demonstrated by the December 26 Nablus raid which resulted in the deaths of three Pa [...]	2009-12-29 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MOPS KWBG KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2843	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that yesterday Hamas denied a report by Al Arabiya-TV that claimed that the movementQs leadership has rejected the latest offer presented by a German mediator regardi [...]	2009-12-30 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2846	KADIMA NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON WHETHER TO JOIN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Netanyahu met December 28 with Kadima head Tzipi Livni to discuss the possibility of Kadima joining a coalition government, and Kadima held an internal meeting to review its options. Kadima MKs Ronit Tirosh and Otniel Schneller, who are both identified in press r [...]	2009-12-30 13:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IL
09TELAVIV2849	RESULTS OF RECENT ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN TOURISM [...] (SBU) Rafi Ben-Hur, Senior Deputy Director-General at the Ministry of Tourism, briefed Econoff on the recent Israeli-Palestinian Joint Tourism Committee (JTC) meeting and on plans for coordinated Israeli-Palestinian tourism initiatives. Ben-Hur stressed the importance of joint efforts to mark [...]	2009-12-31 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2851	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Hayom reported that U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell is slated to arrive in Israel next Thursday. The reported purpose of his visit [...]	2009-12-31 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV29	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 6, 1800 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Israel continues to press forward intensely with Operation Cast Lead while Israeli officials rebuff diplomatic entreaties to enter into a short-term cease-fire with Hamas that would restore the status quo ante. Prime Minister Olmert reiterated Israel's demands that Hamas ceas [...]	2009-01-06 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PREF PINR KWBG PINS MOPS IS LE EG
09TELAVIV294	ONE WEEK UNTIL GENERAL ELECTIONS - BIBI OUT IN [...] (C) Summary: One week ahead of general elections, the polls, pundits and politicians are nearly unanimous in their assessment that Binyamin Netanyahu will be the next Prime Minister. Polls have consistently given his Likud Party about thirty seats, and the overall balance of the 120-member [...]	2009-02-03 16:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KWBG IS
09TELAVIV308	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Elections 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced yesterday that U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell will return to the region at th [...]	2009-02-04 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV313	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu told an audience of new immigrants in Tel Aviv: QIf you vote for another party, the Likud will be weakened, but if you [...]	2009-02-05 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV314	BARAK WARNS HIZBALLAH, GOL AND SARG OF "PAINFUL" [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Defense Barak issued a series of tough warnings earlier this week intended to deter an expected Hizballah attack on Israel or Israeli interests abroad. Barak also sent signals to the governments of Lebanon and Syria that the IDF would target Lebanese state interests [...]	2009-02-05 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS SY LE IS
09TELAVIV33	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV334	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All print media led with the last election polls: Kadima trails behind Likud by one to three Knesset seats; a swelling Yisrael Beiteinu comes in third, ahead of and the Labor P [...]	2009-02-06 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV341	THE FINAL POLLS AND A POST-ELECTION TIMELINE [...] SUMMARY: The campaign strategists and media are united in their efforts to ignite public interest in the upcoming February 10th elections to Israel's 120-member Knesset. The final polls conducted by Israeli media and published on February 6 are predicting a closer race than they were a week [...]	2009-02-06 16:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM IS

09TELAVIV342	THE FINAL POLLS AND A POST-ELECTION TIMELINE [...] SUMMARY: The campaign strategists and media are united in their efforts to ignite public interest in the upcoming February 10th elections to Israel's 120-member Knesset. The final polls conducted by Israeli media and published on February 6 are predicting a closer race than they were a week [...]	2009-02-06 17:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM IS
09TELAVIV343	THE FINAL POLLS AND A POST-ELECTION TIMELINE [...] SUMMARY: The campaign strategists and media are united in their efforts to ignite public interest in the upcoming February 10th elections to Israel's 120-member Knesset. The final polls conducted by Israeli media and published on February 6 are predicting a closer race than they were a week [...]	2009-02-09 05:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM IS
09TELAVIV344	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the election campaign on its last day. All media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying yesterday for the first time that he endorses Kadima chair Tzipi Livni. [...]	2009-02-09 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV346	NETANYAHU'S CAMPAIGN MOVES FROM THE CENTER TO THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu told a standing-room audience at the Institute for Policy and Strategy's ninth annual Herzliya Conference that he would pursue solutions to three challenges as Prime Minister: Defense, Peace, and the Economy. Netanyahu, appearing confident [...]	2009-02-09 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON IS
09TELAVIV347	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the election campaign on its last day. All media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying yesterday for the first time that he endorses Kadima chair Tzipi Livni. [...]	2009-02-09 12:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV348	THE ISRAELI ARAB COMMUNITY AND THE 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Arab parliamentarians and civil society activists told an audience of diplomatic representatives that an increasing sense of alienation among Arab Israelis would likely lead to an all-time low voter turnout for te February 10 general elections. Factors contriuting t [...]	2009-02-09 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM IS
09TELAVIV350	GOI ESTABLISHES COMMISION ON ILLEGAL BEDOUIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI PREL EFIN ELAB EIND IS
09TELAVIV352	ELECTION DAY SCENESETTER AND THE LIEBERMAN DARK [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of elections to the 18th Knesset, the electorate, the analysts and the candidates are grappling with the confusion of a race that the final polls predict has narrowed significantly between the Likud and Kadima parties to the point where it is anyone's guess which party [...]	2009-02-09 18:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KWBG PINS IS
09TELAVIV36	SENATOR SPECTER DISCUSSES GAZA, SYRIA, AND IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) and the Ambassador on December 29, 2008 met with Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Likud Party Knesset Members Silvan Shalom and Yuval Steinitz. Netanyahu conveyed his support for Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, adding that the long-r [...]	2009-01-07 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KWBG SY IR IS
09TELAVIV361	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV362	With Elections Over, Campaigning Begins [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The polls have closed, but Israel remains without a clear winner in national elections held on February 10. Tzipi Livni's Kadima Party thus far has won 28 seats to Likud's 27 in the 120-member Knesset, but Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu still could well vault into the lead aft [...]	2009-02-11 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM IS
09TELAVIV363	LIKUD CHAIRMAN NETANYAHU TALKS IRAN, PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu met with members and staff of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on January 30 to discuss Iran, peace talks with the Palestinians, and the possibility of conducting negotiations with Syria. Ne [...]	2009-02-11 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IR KWBG SY IS
09TELAVIV371	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that yesterday President Obama congratulated President Shimon Peres on the successful election process in Israel. Peres explained the Israeli [...]	2009-02-12 11:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV380	PRIME MINISTER OLMERT DISCUSSES HAMAS, PALESTINIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Ambassador Cunningham and members and staff of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on January 29 to discuss Israel's recent military operation in Gaza, peace talks with the Palestinia [...]	2009-02-13 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS TU SY KPWG IS
09TELAVIV381	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV384	MFA COMMENTS ON UNFREEZING RELATIONS WITH QATAR [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East (NEA A/S-equivalent) Yacov Hadas briefed PolCouns February 12 on Israel's efforts to normalize relations with Qatar and Mauritania which were frozen during the Gaza operation. Regarding Qatar, Hadas said the Qataris had offered Israel to reo [...]	2009-02-13 13:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER QA MR KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV390	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Israeli Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted senior GOI officials as saying that PM Ehud OlmertQs decision to condition a Gaza cease-fire and the opening of the border crossings on [...]	2009-02-17 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV398	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran 4. Aftermath of Israeli Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Ehud Olmert is convening the diplomatic-security cabinet today to discuss the release of Gila [...]	2009-02-18 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV4	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-02 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV402	GOI INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP PREPARING TO RESPOND [...] (C) Alon Ushpiz, Chief of Staff to MFA Director General Aharon Abramovich, contacted Pol Couns February 18 to review the GOI's preparations for Secretary General Ban's Board of Inquiry (BOI) on IDF actions in Gaza. Ushpiz noted that the BOI is a "potential source of concern" for Israel due to [...]	2009-02-18 14:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC UN KWBG IS
09TELAVIV415	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Shimon Peres intends to wrap up his consultations today with the 12 political parties that earned seats in the incoming Knesset toward the formation of a new gove [...]	2009-02-19 11:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV42	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 7, 1900 [...] (C) Summary: IDF operations were suspended from 1300 to 1600 local to allow Gaza residents to collect food, water, and other humanitarian supplies; pauses are likely to continue at least every other day. A spokesman for PM Olmert "welcomed" Egyptian President Mubarak's truce proposal and anno [...]	2009-01-07 18:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS EG FR
09TELAVIV420	SENIOR U.S. AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS DISCUSS EFFORTS [...] (S) SUMMARY. Stephen Mull from the Office of the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs and his delegation met with senior Israeli MFA officials on February 6 to discuss meetings held earlier in the week in Copenhagen that focused on ways to counter the smuggling of weapons prima [...]	2009-02-19 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PHUM PTER PINR MASS MOPS EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV421	THE RESULTS ARE OFFICIAL AND THE COALITION COUNTDOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The official results of the February 10 elections confirmed that Kadima has a one-seat lead over Likud, established Yisrael Beiteinu Party (YBP) as the third largest party, and consigned the Labor Party to fourth place. President Peres embarked on consultations with twelve par [...]	2009-02-19 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM IS
09TELAVIV422	IDF DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES GAZA OPERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Israel Defense Force (IDF) Deputy Chief of Staff MG Dan Harel in a meeting with Ambassador Cunningham and senior U.S. officials said Egyptian and U.S. assistance is critical to slowing the flow of weapons and munitions into Gaza. Cooperation against smuggling is better with Egyptian [...]	2009-02-19 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINR MASS MOPS EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV423	DEAD SEA COSMETICS AND SKINCARE INDUSTRY FRAUD [...] SUMMARY: In the past few years, sales of Dead Sea cosmetics and skincare products at kiosks in shopping malls across America has grown into a huge industry. A lesser-known, but problematic, aspect of the Dead Sea industry is that its personnel is comprised of many young Israelis working on tou [...]	2009-02-20 05:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT KFRD ELAB SOCI IS
09TELAVIV424	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that this morning, after 65 Knesset members recommended yesterday that Benjamin Netanyahu create the governing coalition, President Shimon Peres [...]	2009-02-20 12:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV431	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Aftermath of Israeli Elections 3. Iran 4. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with last nightQs fruitless meeting between Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima chair Tzipi Livni. [...]	2009-02-23 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV437	COORDINATING THE GAZA EVACUATION: TEL AVIV'S ACCOUNT [...] SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv coordinated a multinational evacuation from the Gaza Strip during 19-22 Jan 2009. More than 500 foreign nationals, representing citizens from 36 countries, were successfully evacuated. Among them were over 150 American citizens and their immediate family member [...]	2009-02-24 07:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CMGT PINS PREL IS
09TELAVIV44	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 8, 1500 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel early on January 8 and lightly injured three civilians; Israeli forces responded with artillery fire. Military officials suspect Palestinian groups operating in Lebanon conducted the attack and sought to avoid e [...]	2009-01-08 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS EG FR
09TELAVIV441	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that some European leaders and many influential voices in the Arab world are full of Qgloom-and-doom predictions about Benjamin Netanya [...]	2009-02-24 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV449	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Formation of Netanyahu Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has relayed messages to Israel in the past week expressing anger at obstacles Israel is placing to the [...]	2009-02-25 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV45	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 14:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV452	CODEL CARDIN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Cardin called on Prime Minister Olmert at his Jerusalem office February 16. Olmert and the CODEL discussed the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, Turkey's role in the indirect negotiations with Syria, the Iranian nuclear threat, and Olmert's peace offer to Palestinian President [...]	2009-02-25 15:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IR SY TU IS
09TELAVIV453	ISRAEL: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW 2009: POST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 2008 - January 2009, Israel underwent an Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) to address its deficiencies in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection (see reftels). While several GOI officials made a good-faith effort to implement an agreed-upon action plan, the net resul [...]	2009-02-25 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR IS
09TELAVIV457	CODEL CARDIN DISCUSSES IRAN, SYRIA, PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) SUMMARY During their trip to Israel, CODEL Cardin discussed Iran, Syria, Israel-Palestinian negotiations, and the Israeli elections with Likud Party leader and candidate for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu described a nuclear Iran as the greatest threat facing Israel, and u [...]	2009-02-26 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR SY
09TELAVIV459	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Politics 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted top advisers to PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday that he is expected to lobby Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next week against U [...]	2009-02-26 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV465	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 12:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV466	EMBASSY TEL AVIV'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CE CH EG EI ELAB IN IS KCRM KFRD KPAL KTIP KWMN MD NP PHUM PREF RO RP RS SMIG TH TU UK UP UZ
09TELAVIV468	US PARTICIPATION IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND [...] Pol Couns delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director General for International Organizations (IO A/S equivalent) Eviatar Manor February 27. Manor expressed appreciation for the U.S. decision not to continue to participate in the Durban Review Conference based on the current draft outcome [...]	2009-02-27 15:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN IS
09TELAVIV471	GOI WILLING TO PASS THE BUCK BUT NOT THE SHEKEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 16:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PTER PREL IS
09TELAVIV48	FRENCH-EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL "POSITIVE" BUT NOT [...] (C) Despite press reports press reports quoting an Elysee announcement to that effect, Israel has not accepted the ceasefire proposal made by President Mubarak of Egypt and President Sarkozy of France on January 7. MOD and PMO sources confirmed that Israel still has serious concerns regardin [...]	2009-01-08 17:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KWBG UNAUS FR EG IS
09TELAVIV483	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV485	GOI PLANS FOR DEALING WITH FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] Yadin Entebbe, the head of the Capital Markets Division at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) says that Israel has not yet borne the full brunt of the worldwide economic crisis. The GOI has come out with a three-pronged plan to deal with the crisis -- providing loan guarantees to banks to make cap [...]	2009-03-02 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV IS
09TELAVIV5	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 2, 15:00 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local and international media highlighted FM Livni,s January 1 comments in Paris that a ceasefire was unnecessary and would give Hamas time to regroup. Israeli troops deployed around Gaza have relaxed their posture, but remain prepared for ground incursions. Rocket and mortar st [...]	2009-01-02 15:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID IS
09TELAVIV500	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Any dialogue must be both preceded by and accompanied by harsher sanctions against Iran, both within the framework of the UN Security Council and outside it. Otherwise, the talks are liable to be perceived by both Iran and the international community as acceptance of Iran's nuclear program. [...]	2009-03-03 06:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV509	EGYPT/ISRAEL: READOUT OF 16TH QUARTERLY MEETING OF [...] Egypt and Israel met on two separate occasions for the 16th quarterly Joint Committee meeting of the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) - February 19 and 26 in Jerusalem. The first meeting on February 19 was suspended by the Egyptians, who indicated at the time that their action was in response [...]	2009-03-03 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL EG IS
09TELAVIV517	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 06:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV53	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 08, 1230 [...] (S) SUMMARY: As of 1215 local, the security cabinet is meeting following a three hour meeting of PM Olmert, FM Livni, and DM Barak in which they were to discuss how to respond to the UNSCR resolution for a ceasefire and whether to recommend beginning phase 3 of Operation Cast Lead, which woul [...]	2009-01-09 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER EAID EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV534	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Various media reported that yesterday the IAF assassinated senior Islamic Jihad militant Khaled ShaQalan in northern Gaza. Another senior militant and five ot [...]	2009-03-05 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV540	DEPUTY BOI GOVERNOR SAYS ISRAEL POISED FOR STRONG RECOVERY [...] Professor Zvi Eckstein, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel and Professor of Economics at Tel Aviv University says that for Israel, the economic crisis is entirely imported. As a consequence, Israel's emergence from its economic downturn will happen only when the U.S. economy turns around s [...]	2009-03-05 15:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS
09TELAVIV546	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in HaQaretz) reported that yesterday the police national fraud squad announced that it had enough evidence to recommend indicting PM Ehud O [...]	2009-03-06 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV55	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Gaza Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday three IDF soldiers were killed in the fighting in Gaza. Media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet will decide this morning whether to e [...]	2009-01-09 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV553	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Formation of NetanyahuQs Government ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday the media reported that Yisrael BeiteinuQs Avigdor Lieberman is likely to receive all the cabinet portfolios he is demanding from PM-designate Benja [...]	2009-03-09 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV58	CORRECTED: GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 09, 1230 [...] (S) SUMMARY: As of 1215 local, the security cabinet is meeting following a three hour meeting of PM Olmert, FM Livni, and DM Barak in which they were to discuss how to respond to the UNSCR resolution for a ceasefire and whether to recommend beginning phase 3 of Operation Cast Lead, which woul [...]	2009-01-09 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER EAID EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV581	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold, one of PM-designate Benjamin NetanyahuQs top foreign policy advisers, as saying [...]	2009-03-10 13:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV597	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold, one of PM-designate Benjamin NetanyahuQs top foreign policy advisers, as saying [...]	2009-03-11 11:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV60	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, JANUARY 9, 1700 [...] (SBU) As of 1700 local, 41 truckloads of food and medical supplies had transited the Kerem Shalom crossing, all of it commercial. Pickup and distribution on the Gaza side is still limited, in part by UNWRA's decision not to ask its contractor to operate until the IDF has a better coordination [...]	2009-01-09 16:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV600	GOI PROPOSES INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR FUNDS TO [...] Channeling funds to enable the re-building of Gaza whilst ensuring the money is not misdirected to destabilizing elements. 2. Empowering the Palestinian Authority (PA) and other institutions in Gaza committed to peaceful co-existence in the region. 3. Developing a mechanism for money [...]	2009-03-11 15:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PTER PREL IS
09TELAVIV601	THE AMBASSDOR BRIEFS EU AMBASSADORS ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 09:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV602	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. FAA Downgrading of Israeli Aviation Status ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media quoted Likud sources as saying that Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann will probably lose his job in the new gove [...]	2009-03-12 10:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV605	ACTING A/S FELTMAN,S DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman met with MFA officials on March 4 to discuss his upcoming visit to Syria, the GOI talks on Ghajjar with the UN, the status of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, and Israel's relations with Mauritania and the Gulf states. Deputy Dire [...]	2009-03-12 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG EAID EG QA MR MU JO LE IS
09TELAVIV613	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 10:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV617	PROBABLE NEW ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER'S HARDLINE [...] (S) Summary. Former IDF Chief of General Staff Boogie Ya'alon is widely expected to be Bibi Netanyahu's Defense Minister in the government that Netanyahu will likely announce next week. Ya'alon is something of a political enigma in Israel since he has roots in the left but has become known [...]	2009-03-13 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG EG IR SY IS
09TELAVIV632	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 10:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV64	GAZA SITREP, JANUARY 12, 1200 [...] (SBU) Summary: Political debate continues within Israel about the future of Operation Cast Lead, with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, most of the security cabinet, and some senior leaders in the Israeli military successfully pushing forward with the campaign, while Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and [...]	2009-01-12 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINS KWBG CASC EG IS SY KPAL EAID
09TELAVIV646	NETANYAHU GETTING TO CRUNCH TIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu is nearing the first "deadline" he faces in forming a governing majority in the Knesset. The Likud leader prefers to have coalition pacts signed prior to Sunday, March 22, which would guarantee him a majority in the Knesset, but he co [...]	2009-03-18 16:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV647	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz quoted sources close to PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday that the Likud leader will make his first working visit to Washington on May 3, pending an official invi [...]	2009-03-19 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV653	Israel's Technology Sector: The Future at Risk [...] (U) Israel's economy was fundamentally altered by the rise of a robust high-technology innovation sector over the past twenty years. The key factors contributing to its formation were strong national intellectual capital resources, state-supported innovation programs in the defense and non-def [...]	2009-03-19 13:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL EINV ECON ENRG PINR IS
09TELAVIV654	ISRAEL'S RELATIONS WITH THE GULF STATES FOCUS ON [...] (S) Summary. MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Yacov Hadas provided PolCouns March 16 with an overview of Israel's relations with several of the Gulf states. Hadas described Israel's relations with the Gulf as a function of the Gulf Arabs' fear of Iran, but also as due to the A [...]	2009-03-19 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV662	AGENDA FOR NETANYAHU'S FIRST 100 DAYS AND FIRST [...] (C) Summary. In a March 11 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns, PM-designate Bibi Netanyahu's transition team laid out their agenda for the first one hundred days of the new government, which Netanyahu is expected to announce March 18. The top item on their agenda is passing a budget, [...]	2009-03-20 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV675	NETANYAHU REQUESTS EXTENSION IN EFFORT TO BRING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 20 President Shimon Peres granted Prime Minister-Designate Binyamin Netanyahu's request for a 14-day extension to form a coalition. Netanyahu's request stemmed from the agreement he reached the evening of March 18 with Labor party chief and Defense Minister Ehud Bara [...]	2009-03-20 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV676	Environment Minister Criticized as OECD Assessment [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Outgoing Environment Minister Gideon Ezra was given a failing grade by the Israeli environmental NGO community in a review of his three year tenure. He sided with the government against policy choices endorsed by his own ministry staff, weakened rather than strengthened environm [...]	2009-03-20 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG TBIO IS
09TELAVIV682	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media reported that on Saturday night police sappers disarmed a powerful 100-kg bomb in a car outside HaifaQs Lev Hamifratz shopping mall, thwarting a potential terrori [...]	2009-03-23 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV69	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 13:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV695	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the 1,478 convention delegates of the divided Labor Party will come together this afternoon in Tel Aviv to decide whether to join PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's [...]	2009-03-24 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV698	RESPONSE TO GICNT WORKSHOP AND EXERCISE PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: The GOI takes its obligations as a partner nation of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) seriously, and is interested in participating in the GICNT workshop and Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting hosted by the Republic of Korea in Seoul, April 14-16. Howev [...]	2009-03-24 16:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC MCAP PARM PINR PREL PTER KGIC KS IS
09TELAVIV700	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV704	NETANYAHU SECURES A COALITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister-Designate Binyamin Netanyahu saw his coalition cemented the evening of March 24 when the Labor party's Central Committee voted to join the next government. Netanyahu also has agreements with Yisrael Beitenu (YB) and SHAS, giving him a 66-seat coalition. Netanya [...]	2009-03-25 15:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV710	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV717	WELCOME TO ISRAEL [...] The Embassy Community is very happy to welcome you to Tel Aviv. This is one of three information cables that will be sent to you from post. The three cables are (1) Welcome to Israel, (2) TMTHREE - Welcome to Post, and (3) Shipping Instructions. The following information should help make you [...]	2009-03-27 07:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	APER IS
09TELAVIV722	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV723	MOD MASKING SANSANA SETTLEMENT AS ESHKOLOT [...] (SBU) Summary: On 23 March, Ha'aretz reported and the MOD confirmed that MOD Barak recently approved a plan to declare the non-GOI recognized settlement of Sansansa as a neighborhood of the Eshkolot settlement. Based on this approval, the Civil Administration deposited a detailed outline for c [...]	2009-03-27 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV725	BOI PROPOSED SPENDING INCREASE TO COMBAT RECESSION [...] The Bank of Israel (BOI) presented a plan of modest spending increases to combat Israel's economic downturn. The cost is about NIS 4.4 billion (USD 1.1 billion),designed to offer incentives for the labor market, for infrastructure investment and for exporters. Implementation would raise the [...]	2009-03-27 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS
09TELAVIV729	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 POST-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, polmiloff and Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) senior commercial specialist visited A.D. Consultants, Ltd, on March 18 at its offices in Nes Ziona, a small city approximately 15 miles south of Tel Aviv. A.D Consultants President and CEO Gaby Peretz, his deputy Gener [...]	2009-03-27 13:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMCSG IS
09TELAVIV730	ISRAELI VIEW OF HAMAS IN GAZA: UNDER PRESSURE, [...] (C) A senior Israeli journalist with close ties to Defense Minister Barak and the IDF offered PolCouns March 27 what he described as the security establishment's assessment of Hamas' situation in Gaza. Far from the big political boost they anticipated following Operation Cast Lead, Hamas fee [...]	2009-03-27 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV EAID KWBG IS
09TELAVIV734	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and other media reported that PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu met last night with a handful of close associates to discuss ministerial postings, a move he hopes will ward of [...]	2009-03-30 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV752	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV753	GOI WILL NOT ATTEND GICNT WORKSHOP AND EXERCISE [...] (C) Due to the Passover Holiday, the GOI has opted not to attend the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop and Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting hosted by the Republic of Korea in Seoul, April 14-16. According to MFA Arms Control Department Officer Israel Tikochins [...]	2009-03-31 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC MCAP PARM PINR PREL PTER KGIC KS IS
09TELAVIV763	TEL AVIV'S FRAUD SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2009 [...] Israel is a highly westernized nation with a vibrant democracy and strong economy. It boasts a high literacy rate, a high GDP, and relatively low unemployment. It is also a nation that travels. However, while visa demand peaked in summer 2008, it has declined during the reporting period, presum [...]	2009-03-31 14:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT CPAS PTER ASEC KFRD IS
09TELAVIV765	PRIME MINISTER BENYAMIN NETANYAHU [...] (U) NOTE: This profile is the first in a series of reports on key members of the new Israeli government, which is scheduled to be sworn in on March 31, 2009. ---------------------- NETANYAHU'S MATURATION ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to o [...]	2009-04-01 04:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IS
09TELAVIV766	MFA BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON TURKISH INTEREST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Acting Director General Yossi Gal briefed the Ambassador March 31 on Gal's visit to Turkey. Gal, who had returned from Turkey March 30, explained that a strong thread of U.S.-related material ran through his discussions. The visit was to follow up on FM Livni's meeting with [...]	2009-04-01 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU IR SY IZ KWBG IS
09TELAVIV767	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel: Swearing-In of Netanyahu Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli diplomatic source as saying that the Americans will watch Netanyahu closely. All media led with yest [...]	2009-04-01 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV786	NETANYAHU SET TO MANAGE BROAD BUT UNWIELDY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 16:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IS
09TELAVIV793	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel: Netanyahu Government 2. Mideast 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Electronic media reported that at noon today a terrorist carried out an attack at the settlement of Bat Ayin (Gush Etzion),armed with an axe. A [...]	2009-04-02 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV798	ISRAEL LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD FOR U.S. PISTACHIO [...] Israel announced on March 30 that it was imposing tariff of 23 percent on pistachio imports, except for a duty-free quota of 100 tons of Turkish pistachios under the Israel-Turkey trade agreement. "Turkish" pistachios above the 100-ton quota are widely believed to be of Iranian origin. Smug [...]	2009-04-02 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PTER IR TU IS
09TELAVIV799	NORWEGIAN MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Norwegian Special Representative for the Middle East Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Ambassador to Israel Jakken Biorn Lian said Norway, as chair of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC),continues to press donors to live up to pledges made at confe [...]	2009-04-02 16:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL EG SA NO IS
09TELAVIV80	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, JANUARY 12, 1700 HRS [...] (SBU) As of 17:00 local on January 12, 97 truckloads of humanitarian goods had transited Kerem Shalom crossing (63 truckloads of food, 1 of medical equipment, and 33 of other goods). An additional 27 truckloads of grain passed through the Karni crossing, which was open this afternoon; Karni is [...]	2009-01-12 18:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV800	YUVAL STEINITZ NAMED FINANCE MINISTER [...] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Dr. Yuval Steinitz from the Likud Party to the post of Minister of Finance. Steinitz is a widely-published philosopher and thinker, with the reputation of being able to digest and make sense of complex issues. He is reportedly a fiscal conservative [...]	2009-04-03 08:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS
09TELAVIV802	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the murder of a 13-year-old boy and the wounding of a seven-year-old boy when an axe-wielding Palestinian man attacked them in the settlement of Bat Ayin [...]	2009-04-03 11:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

09TELAVIV803	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your upcoming visit to the region comes during a time of transition in Israeli politics. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took office April 1 after assembling the largest government in Israeli history, and apparently one of the largest in the world. The government of 30 Minist [...]	2009-04-03 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL IS
09TELAVIV807	FOREIGN MINISTER LIEBERMAN HAS ARRIVED [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV IS
09TELAVIV808	FOREIGN MINISTER LIEBERMAN HAS ARRIVED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's steady climb in the Israeli political system now has him firmly planted as leader of Israel's third-largest party, Yisrael Beitenu (YB),and has earned him a spot as Israel's top diplomat. Lieberman does not hide that his goal is the Prime M [...]	2009-04-03 16:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL EG IS
09TELAVIV812	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. DPRK: Missile Launch ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that the Netanyahu government is conducting a thorough policy review in which all diplomatic components -Q from the Roadmap to the Annapolis proc [...]	2009-04-06 10:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV818	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV823	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV824	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 10:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV825	MINISTERS OF ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Israel's new government under Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was sworn in last week with the largest cabinet in Israel's history. Gilad Erdan of Likud was appointed to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and he appears to be taking an activist stance early in his tenu [...]	2009-04-08 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS PGOV PREL SENV OECD
09TELAVIV827	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: While Mitvach Ha'ir, Ltd., continues to possess a chaotic filing system and questionable security practices, the subject purchase order with Lou's Police Distributors appears to be legitimate. That said, Mitvach Ha'ir manager Avi Rubin was unable to provide a DSP-83 for the l [...]	2009-04-10 08:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
09TELAVIV831	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited Iranian President Mahmoud AhmadinejadQs announcement yesterday that his country has made great strides in uranium fuel production and uranium enrichment. HaQaretz and Israe [...]	2009-04-10 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV842	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend the media highlighted the tension between Egypt and Hizbullah. The media cited EgyptQs claim that Hizbullah sought President Hosni MubarakQs [...]	2009-04-13 12:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV854	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv cited tension among Israeli diplomatic sources regarding the upcoming visit of U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell, following the argument between [...]	2009-04-14 10:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV858	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 05:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV860	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 04:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV863	ISRAEL PROPOSES TO HOST GICNT WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has proposed hosting an expert-level Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop in November focusing on legal aspects and forensics issues related to combating nuclear and radiological terrorism. According to MFA Director for Arms Control Rodica Rad [...]	2009-04-17 08:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC IS
09TELAVIV865	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
09TELAVIV876	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to Washington on May 17 and meet with President Obama on May 18 or 19. The Jerusalem Post reported that the visit will t [...]	2009-04-20 13:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV887	LOWEY DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS AND IRAN WITH [...] (C) Summary. On April 16, CODEL Lowey met with Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Danny Ayalon to discuss the peace process and Iran. Foreign Minister (FM) Lieberman also joined for part of the meeting. Ayalon and Lieberman both emphasized that Iran is the biggest threat to Israel, the region, [...]	2009-04-21 08:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV888	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Ahmadinejad Speech at QDurban 2 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media reporting and comments are focused on Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Memorial Day. All media underscored Iranian President Mahmoud AhmadinejadQs spee [...]	2009-04-21 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV895	CODEL LOWEY DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE WITH [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Lowey discussed peace with the Palestinians April 16 with senior GOI officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak, Foreign Minister Lieberman, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. General Ashkenazi, Minister for Strategic Affairs Yaalon, and Deputy Foreign [...]	2009-04-22 08:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS EG JO IR
09TELAVIV897	ISRAEL ASKS RUSSIAN DFM TO POSTPONE UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 21, PolOff met with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexey Skosyrev to discuss the recent visit to Israel by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov. Saltanov's main meetings were with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Lieberman, and National Secu [...]	2009-04-22 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG RU UN IS
09TELAVIV90	GAZA SITREP, JANUARY 13, 1200 [...] (S) Summary: Israeli media reports PM Olmert indicated to foreign leaders January 12 that he was prepared to give Egyptian-sponsored cease-fire talks a chance prior to a decision on a third phase of Operation Cast Lead. At the same time, Olmert stated in a speech to Israeli southern city may [...]	2009-01-13 10:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MOPS PINS KWBG CASC EG IS JO KPAL EAID
09TELAVIV912	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday HaQaretz quoted FM Avigdor Lieberman as saying in an interview with the Russian newspaper Moskovskiy Komsomolets that the Obama administration will p [...]	2009-04-23 10:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV919	MOD ADVISOR COMMENTS ON EGYPTIAN INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Summary. Egyptian Intelligence Minister Soliman visited Israel April 22 and met separately with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak, and Foreign Minister Lieberman. According to MOD Arab affairs advisor Hacham, who participated in Soliman's meeting with Barak, they discussed [...]	2009-04-23 15:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KWBG EG JO IS
09TELAVIV92	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV920	RENEWAL OF EU/ISRAEL ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an EU contact, the EU has not made a formal decision to suspend talks on a potential relationship upgrade because of the foreign policy of the new Israeli government, despite a front page article in the April 23 Ha'aretz to the contrary. However, some EU member state [...]	2009-04-23 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG EU IS
09TELAVIV925	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV931	MFA CITES MAJOR PROGRESS ON TAXATION ISSUES IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Religious Affairs Bahij Mansour told Poloff April 27 that the most recent (April 24) working-level talks between Israel and the Vatican resulted in significant progress on several outstanding taxation issues, including an agreement in principle that the Vatican w [...]	2009-04-27 14:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF IS
09TELAVIV932	TWO POSSIBLE SWINE FLU CASES IN ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Two possible cases of swine flu have been reported in Israel since April 25. Both cases are Israeli men who recently returned from visits to Mexico and are displaying symptoms consistent with the virus. Based upon criteria set by the Israeli Ministry of Health, the men have been quara [...]	2009-04-27 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO AMED CASC WHO IS
09TELAVIV935	DEFENSE MINISTER BARAK: EXPERIENCED ASSET FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Binyamin Netanyahu's government settles in, it benefits from the continuity provided by Defense Minister and Labor party leader Ehud Barak, who served the same role in former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government. Barak brings valued military experience and leadership at a [...]	2009-04-28 08:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV936	CODEL KYL'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Kyl, accompanied by the Ambassador, called on Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu April 6 in the first official U.S. meeting with Netanyahu since he formed a government. The main topics of discussion were stopping Iran's nuclear program and Netanyahu's approach to peace-makin [...]	2009-04-28 08:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KNNP KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV94	NATO SYG DE HOOP SCHEFFER DISCUSSES GAZA CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: During his January 11-12 visit to Israel, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer discussed the Gaza conflict with Defense Minister Barak, Foreign Minister Livni, Prime Minister Olmert, and Likud Party leader Netanyahu. De Hoop Scheffer said Barak suggested the duration of [...]	2009-01-13 12:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO PINS KWBG KPAL EG JO IS
09TELAVIV941	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV948	GOI BRIEFS CODEL LOWEY ON EGYPTIAN EFFORTS TO HALT WEAPONS [...] (S) Summary. During CODEL Lowey's April 16 meetings with the Israeli leadership (other subjects reported reftels),Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak and IDF Chief of General Staff Ashkenazi commented on Egypt's role in stopping the smuggling to weapons and explosives into Gaza. [...]	2009-04-28 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV949	TWO CONFIRMED SWINE FLU CASES IN ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Two cases of swine flu have been confirmed by viral sequencing performed at Tel Hashomer Hospital as of April 28. Ministry of Health Officials and the director-general of the hospital only yesterday (ref B) characterized the first of the two cases as just a "slim" chance of swine flu. Fi [...]	2009-04-28 14:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO AMED CASC WHO IS
09TELAVIV952	GOI BRIEFS CODEL LOWEY ON EGYPTIAN EFFORTS TO HALT [...] (S) Summary. During CODEL Lowey's April 16 meetings with the Israeli leadership (other subjects reported reftels),Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak and IDF Chief of General Staff Ashkenazi commented on Egypt's role in stopping the smuggling to weapons and explosives into Gaza [...]	2009-04-28 16:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV953	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted President Obama as saying on IsraelQs 61st birthday that the U.S. bond with Israel is Qas unshakable as ever as both nations pursue p [...]	2009-04-30 09:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV958	MGSF01: ISRAEL H1N1 INFLUENZA A UPDATE [...] (SBU) Deputy Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman announced in a radio interview today that the two men diagnosed with swine influenza A/H1N1 in Israel are recovering and would likely be discharged to their homes later today or tomorrow. As of 1600 local time, there are no further confirmed cases, [...]	2009-04-30 15:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TELAVIV966	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz cited the concern of PM Benjamin Netanyahu's aides that President Obama will "surprise" the Prime Minister with unanticipated ideas and demands at the [...]	2009-05-01 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV969	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 14:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL IS
09TELAVIV976	MINISTER OF STRATEGIC AFFAIRS MOSHE YA'ALON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu named Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe (Boogie) Ya'alon to serve as Minister of Strategic Affairs. Ya'alon, whom pundits predicted would serve as Defense Minister before Labor joined the governing coalition, brings to Netanyahu's cabinet extensive military [...]	2009-05-04 04:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV982	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu called Dr. Michael Oren to inform him that he has officially been appointed IsraelQs ambassador to the U.S. L [...]	2009-05-04 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV984	Israeli High-Tech Surviving the Global Downturn [...] (SBU) Despite fears that the global economic recession would severely impact Israel's high-technology sector, industry analysts and participants are pleased with the resilience it has shown. Though potentially vulnerable on several fronts, both the production and R&D facets of the sector are su [...]	2009-05-04 13:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL EINV ECON ENRG PINR IS
09TELAVIV985	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Scope Metals Group, Ltd., acknowledged contact by Indian company Sudarrshan Technical Services regarding the provision of stud nuts to the Indian Air Force. According to Scope Metals General Counsel Stanley Frisch and Exports Department Chief Efrat Benjamin, [...]	2009-05-04 13:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IN IS
09TELAVIV986	MGSF01: TWO ADDITIONAL H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED IN ISRAEL; [...] (SBU) Over the weekend two additional cases of H1N1 were confirmed in Israel, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the nation up to four. To date, all reported H1N1 infections in Israel have been in people who have recently visited Mexico; no secondary transmission has been observed [...]	2009-05-05 04:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09TELAVIV99	LEFT-WING GENERALS ON GAZA SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Retired IDF General Daniel Rothschild, President of the Council for Peace and Security, briefed the diplomatic corps on January 12 at Peace Now on the background and future of the Gaza operation. Rothschild believes that Operation Cast Lead has achieved deterrence, and Israel is [...]	2009-01-13 16:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IS KPAL KWBG PINR
09TELAVIV990	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in HaQaretz) reported that the U.S. administration is apparently toughening its stance towards Israel. HaQaretz reported that National [...]	2009-05-05 12:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09THEHAGUE104	CWC: MEETING WITH IRAQI DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Delreps met with Iraqi Ambassador Siamand Banaa and Iraqi delegate Abbas Al-Khafaji on February 12. Delreps offered congratulations, as this was the official day the Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force for Iraq. Delreps then inquired about Iraqi plans for participation in t [...]	2009-02-18 10:07:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE107	CWC: GOVERNMENT EXPERTS MEETING TO CONSIDER THE [...] (U) This cable reports on subject meeting held in The Hague 11-13 February 2009, and is organized along the lines of the meeting agenda. Ref A is U.S. guidance for the meeting. US officials attending the meeting were Richard D'Andrea (Department of State ISN/CB) and Larry Denyer (Department [...]	2009-02-19 15:43:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE116	NETHERLANDS: PREPARATION FOR EU AND G20 SUMMITS [...] Summary: Dutch MFA officials noted that the financial crisis will feature prominently in the February meeting of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) and will be the central focus of the March 16-17 GAERC. The EU will use both meetings to prepare for the European Coun [...]	2009-02-23 16:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE118	NETHERLANDS: CONSIDERING PLEDGE AT MARCH 2 [...] Summary: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) is considering a pledge of humanitarian assistance at the March 2 Palestinian conference in Sharm al-Sheikh. However, Dutch Foreign Minister Verhagen is unlikely to pledge direct budgetary assistance to the Palestinian Authority. End summary [...]	2009-02-24 11:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG NL
09THEHAGUE128	CWC: DEMARCHE FOR ALLIES REGARDING AN IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 10:04:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC IR
09THEHAGUE129	CWC: MEETINGS ON IRAQ'S ACCESSION TO THE CWC ON [...] (SBU) On the margins of the 55th Executive Council (EC) session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),Delreps met with representatives of Iraq, the United Kingdom, and the Technical Secretariat. Although the tone of EC-55 toward Iraq was congratulatory, Iraqi o [...]	2009-02-25 12:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC IZ
09THEHAGUE132	FOREIGN TAKEOVERS OF DUTCH ENERGY COMPANIES [...] SUMMARY: Following the Essent takeover by Germany's RWE on January 22, Nuon announced February 23 that it had agreed to a takeover bid by Sweden's Vattenfall. Two other large Dutch energy companies have been linked in the media to takeover discussions. In addition to competition issues, Esse [...]	2009-02-25 15:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE134	NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS: VIEWS ON DURBAN, HRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch share U.S. concerns about the Durban Review Conference and see the U.S. approach as "decisive" for their future participation. The Dutch are also considering their future participation in the Human Rights Council and strongly encourage U.S. participation. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-02-25 15:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL UN
09THEHAGUE135	NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON FEBRUARY GAERC [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch MFA reviewed the GAERC agenda for February 23-34, including Afghanistan, the Middle East, Sudan, the EU's Eastern Partnership, the Western Balkans, and the economic crisis. Dutch plans for the March 2 Middle East conference are covered in reftel A, and Dutch views on the [...]	2009-02-26 07:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AF NL ZL
09THEHAGUE136	EAC THE HAGUE CONVENED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2009 [...] (SBU) EAC The Hague convened on February 25, 2009, to discuss the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 at Amsterdam,s Schiphol Airport and determine if all appropriate measures have been taken. 2. (C) Those present at the EAC were the Charge,, CONS, CWDEL, RSO, GRPO, POL/ECON, DAO, GLO, L [...]	2009-02-26 07:15:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ASEC NL
09THEHAGUE137	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: SEEKING AID PLANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 08:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PK NL
09THEHAGUE138	NETHERLANDS/UN: UNDECIDED ON APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 12:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA NL
09THEHAGUE140	SITREP ON TURKISH AIRLINE PLANE CRASH [...] Summary: As of 1700 hrs local time, Mission has confirmation six American citizens, including four Boeing and one Shell employees, were on board Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 which crashed near Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands February 25. Mission has been unable to confirm whether any of t [...]	2009-02-26 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAIR NL
09THEHAGUE141	CWC: QUESTIONS REMAINING ON LIBYA'S CONVERSION [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (SBU) On February 20, Delreps Clagett, Ferguson, Prather, and Robinson met with the new Libyan Permanent Representative to the OPCW Ambassador Ahmed Al Walid and Mr. Mohadeb Gheton of the Libyan delegation to try to obtain more specific infor [...]	2009-02-26 16:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC LY
09THEHAGUE143	CWC: EC-55 DESTRUCTION INFORMALS [...] (SBU) On February 16, the Destruction Informals session before the 55th Executive Council (EC-55) was opened by the EC Chairperson, Ambassador Oksana Tomova of Slovakia. The meeting consisted of presentations in two parts: details on verification/ implementation by the Technical Secretariat, [...]	2009-02-27 10:36:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE144	CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF EC-55 [...] (SBU) On the margins of the 55th session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' Executive Council, the U.S. Del met with a number of other delegations to discuss OPCW affairs, including the selection of a new Director- General, which will be a priority for the delegation [...]	2009-02-27 11:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE145	SITREP 2 ON TURKISH AIRLINE PLANE CRASH [...] Summary: According to our current information, there were seven (not six, as previously reported) AmCit passengers aboard Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, which crashed upon landing at Schiphol Airport February 25. Four AmCit passengers are confirmed dead. One AmCit is seriously injured but has [...]	2009-02-27 14:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAIR NL
09THEHAGUE148	SITREP 5 ON TURKISH AIRLINES PLANE CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General continues to provide assistance to American citizens and family members. The Dutch government is discussing plans for a memorial service, but there are no confirmed details. The investigation at the crash site is to wrap up on March 3 when the plane will be m [...]	2009-03-02 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAIR NL
09THEHAGUE149	NETHERLANDS/NATO ENLARGEMENT: PROTOCOLS ON TRACK [...] (U) The Dutch expect to deposit the protocols for accession of Albania and Croatia to NATO by mid-March. End Summary. 2. (U) Policy Advisor Anouk Vos, from the Dutch MFA's NATO Affairs Security and Defense Policy Division, noted that Queen Beatrix signed the law accepting the NATO protoco [...]	2009-03-02 16:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL NL
09THEHAGUE152	NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-BARAKAAT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 16:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KTFN ETRD CA SO NL
09THEHAGUE153	NETHERLANDS - CABLE 1 OF 2: DUTCH POSITIONS IN ADVANCE OF [...] Summary: This is the first of two cables providing post's answers to questions in Ref A about Dutch plans for the G20 summit and responses to the financial crisis. At the G20 summit, the Dutch are likely to recommend using a slightly expanded, more representative G20 format to strengthen the [...]	2009-03-04 16:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE154	NETHERLANDS - CABLE 2 OF 2: DUTCH POSITIONS IN ADVANCE OF [...] This is the second of two cables providing post's answers to questions in Ref A about Dutch plans for the G20 summit and responses to the financial crisis. -------------------------------- III. THE BROADER ECONOMIC CRISIS -------------------------------- 2. Response H: The global econom [...]	2009-03-04 16:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE156	Follow up on Turkish Airlines Plane Crash [...] (U) Post is not submitting regular sitreps on the situation surrounding the February 25 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight No. 1951, reporting instead on developments as needed. 2. (SBU) Summary: A memorial service, to be attended by the Charge and Consul General, will be held March 7 at Schip [...]	2009-03-05 16:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAIR NL
09THEHAGUE163	Details on Investigation into Turkish Airlines Plane Crash [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch Safety Board presented its preliminary findings into the cause of the February 25 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 at a March 4 press conference, pointing principally to a malfunctioning radio altimeter. At the request of the Dutch, Boeing issued a multi-operator [...]	2009-03-06 14:42:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAIR NL
09THEHAGUE167	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH 6 [...] (SBU) The two weeks following EC-55 were relatively quiet, marked by a nearly complete absence of OPCW meetings and/or consultations. The general WEOG assessment of EC-55 was positive, with many delegations noting Iran's unusually cooperative attitude. ABAF reform remains on the agenda, as [...]	2009-03-10 15:33:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE174	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch welcomed recent U.S. meetings in Syria. They agree an EU association agreement with Syria is inappropriate at this time and believe the EU is unlikely to approve such an agreement in the near term. End summary. 2. (C) Poloff shared reftel A points with key MFA contac [...]	2009-03-11 17:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY NL
09THEHAGUE175	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT FOR GAZA INTERDICTION PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support the Gaze interdiction program and will propose (1) a "matrix" of possible actions by member states under their laws, (2) preambular language about Allies' overall efforts to promote peace in the Middle East, and (3) a clarification that participating nations make [...]	2009-03-11 17:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL NL
09THEHAGUE177	DUTCH VIEWS ON INCLUSION OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION IN THE [...] (U) Summary: The GONL supports the EU's decision to include international aviation in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in 2012. At the same time, the GONL would like to see the issue concurrently being addressed on a global scale, largely through the International Civil Aviation Organizati [...]	2009-03-12 15:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL
09THEHAGUE179	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (SBU) The 55th Session of the Executive Council (EC-55) went more smoothly than expected (Ref B),with the Iranian delegation a much lower profile. Led by the Head of Iran"s National Authority, the Iranians deferred a substantial number of agenda items during the week but allowed most to prog [...]	2009-03-13 14:32:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE180	(S) NETHERLANDS/IRAN: EXPORT CONTROL AUTHORITY TO [...] (S) EmbOff met March 10 with Kees Jan Steenhoek, Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs, to discuss reftel points. Steenhoek is responsible for the GONL's export control process. He appreciated the information as he said the GONL had not been aware of AMT Netherlands' exports to Iran. [...]	2009-03-13 15:29:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE NL IR
09THEHAGUE181	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR MARCH 9-13, 2009 [...] (SBU) The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met March 10 to prepare for a meeting of the WEOG representatives to the Executive Council (EC) requested by the Chair to discuss the selection process for a new Director-General (DG). Only two formal candidatures have been announced, Algeria [...]	2009-03-16 13:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE193	NETHERLANDS: COMPANIES SUFFER FROM ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, [...] SUMMARY: The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Analysis (CPB) released its updated forecast March 17 for a Dutch economy in "deep recession." GDP is predicted to decline 3.5 percent in 2009. Businesses across a number of sectors report they are facing decreasing revenue, fewer orders, and lower [...]	2009-03-20 13:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE196	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MARCH 31 MEETING [...] (S) Your participation in the Afghanistan conference and the March 31 meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen is well-timed to advance key U.S. priorities, particularly in securing Afghanistan. Verhagen and the whole Dutch government remain among our strongest allies, but Dutch domestic [...]	2009-03-23 10:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL OVIP PINR MOPS PHUM AF NL
09THEHAGUE197	NETHERLANDS: UPDATE ON KEY AVIATION ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch government and KLM are both keen to learn the details of the new U.S. Administration's aviation policy, especially as it relates to the Second Stage of the U.S.-EU Air Transport Negotiations. The aviation tax, implemented in July 2008, continues to cause controversy and [...]	2009-03-23 11:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL
09THEHAGUE198	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH POSITION ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 12:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ECON EAID ADB NL
09THEHAGUE199	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: MINISTER KOENDERS ATTENDING [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 13:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PK EAID ECON EFIN NL
09THEHAGUE2	NETHERLANDS: SHELL DISCUSSES BUSINESS IN IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch government agrees that doing business with Iran poses risks for Dutch companies, and it will continue to discourage new investments there. Shell has again pushed back its investment decision on the Persian LNG project, this time until late 2010. However, Shell's go-slo [...]	2009-01-02 09:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ETTC PREL NL IR
09THEHAGUE200	NETHERLANDS/NATO/KFOR: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 16:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV NL
09THEHAGUE204	NETHERLANDS: COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING EASTERN AND CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) supported the increase of EU's Balance of Payments facility to assist Central and Eastern European economies hit hard by the economic crisis. The GONL also favors doubling the size of IMF's New Arrangements to Borrow (NAB) and is willing [...]	2009-03-25 15:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EFIN PREL NL
09THEHAGUE205	(S) CWC: INQUIRIES IN THE HAGUE ABOUT MIRZAYANOV [...] (U) Action requested para 5. 2. (S) On March 25, in a private conversation, Canadian delegate asked U.S. and UK Delreps whether they had heard of the Mirzayanov book "State Secrets: An Insider's View of the Russian Chemical Weapons Program." Canadian Rep added that Mirzayanov now appeared [...]	2009-03-26 09:08:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE206	NETHERLANDS: ING SEEKS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN U.S. [...] This is an action request for State and Treasury; see paragraph 9. 2. Summary: The head of ING's insurance operations in the United States said the significant presence of U.S. mortgage-backed securities on ING's books necessitated a Dutch government bailout and layoffs. Although ING's ba [...]	2009-03-26 13:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
09THEHAGUE208	NETHERLANDS: SOLVING GUANTANAMO LEGAL ISSUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Dutch MFA has hired Leiden University to organize a study to address the legal issues surrounding Guantanamo. Study leader Professor Nico Schrijver told post that Dutch FM Verhagen has a personal interest in this issue. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The study includes three panels [...]	2009-03-27 06:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PHUM PTER NL
09THEHAGUE210	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR MARCH 16-26, 2009 [...] (SBU) After Iraq's delivery of its initial declaration, Delreps met with the Iraqi Ambassador and delegate on March 17 to discuss preparation for Iraq's presentation at the April destruction informals and the importance of having Iraqi experts arrive in The Hague in advance of that meeting. [...]	2009-03-27 08:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE212	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: NO DELIVERABLES FOR NATO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch do not expect to announce new "deliverables" on Afghanistan and Pakistan during the upcoming NATO and EU summits. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff shared reftel A points with key contacts at the Dutch MFA, MOD, and PM's office. Maarten Boef, head of the Dutch MFA Uruzgan [...]	2009-03-27 14:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS NL PK AF MARR
09THEHAGUE221	NETHERLANDS: MODEST THIRD STIMULUS AND SAVINGS PACKAGE [...] SUMMARY: On March 25, the government presented another stimulus and savings package to stimulate employment and sustainable economic growth in the short term, while ensuring stable government finances in the medium and long term. The latest stimulus measures total 6.5 billion euro. Together w [...]	2009-04-01 14:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV NL
09THEHAGUE228	Media Reporting: Secretary Clinton's at the Afghanistan [...] The visit of Secretary Clinton to the Netherlands to attend the Afghanistan Conference was headline news days before her arrival. Questions about whether the Dutch offered to host the conference or whether the U.S. asked them to had died down before the conference actually began. All media car [...]	2009-04-04 06:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL EAID AF PK IR KPAO NL
09THEHAGUE236	CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 56TH [...] (SBU) The two main topics that are likely to dominate Executive Council (EC) debate and informal discussions are the search for a new Director General and Iraq's recent submission of its declaration. On the DG search, candidates continue to emerge - most notably from the Western European an [...]	2009-04-09 15:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE238	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH SUPPORTIVE OF MOST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The Dutch strongly appreciated U.S. support for the March 31 Afghanistan conference in The Hague. The Dutch can probably support most of the requests ("Afghanistan Asks") in reftel A, but the list should be presented as [...]	2009-04-11 11:47:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL
09THEHAGUE240	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MARCH 31, 2009 CONVERSATION [...] (U) March 31, 2009; 3:30 p.m.; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Central Asia David Sedney Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary Piper Campbell Daniel King (Embassy Notetaker) China V/FM Dawei Wu [...]	2009-04-14 08:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON EMIN CH AF PK
09THEHAGUE242	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW,S MARCH 31, 2009 [...] (U) March 31, 2009; 6:10 pm; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary of State James Bever, Director for Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force USAID Piper Campbell, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary Rebecca Callaway (Embassy Notetaker) Netherland [...]	2009-04-14 09:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EAID NL AF PK
09THEHAGUE243	(C) NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTING U.S. FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch will strongly support the U.S. candidacy for the Human Rights Council (Council or HRC). The Dutch are critical of the HRC and have suggestions to improve it. Jacobi also noted close cooperation on the Durban Review Conference declaration and a possible joint initiative [...]	2009-04-14 12:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL
09THEHAGUE244	CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, APRIL 1-2, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two of the three Industry Cluster consultations at the OPCW on April 1-2 saw a continuation of discussions from the last Industry Cluster in February (ref A). Little progress was made on either Schedule 2A/2A* low concentrations or enhancements to declarations of Other Chemical [...]	2009-04-14 15:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE245	CWC: URGENT LEGAL QUESTIONS ON U.S. SUPPLEMENTAL [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, Delreps met with OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) Legal Advisor Santiago Onate, Director of Verification Horst Reeps, Chemical Demilitarization Branch Head Dominique Anelli and other TS [...]	2009-04-14 17:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KTIA CWC IZ

09THEHAGUE247	SCSLâ€™S TAYLOR TRIAL MEETS KEY MILESTONE, BUT SCSL [...] (SBU) On February 27, 2009, the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL or Court) took another step toward completing its work when the Prosecution rested its case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor -- the last SCSL case at the trial stage. The Court could potentially complete its work b [...]	2009-04-15 15:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KAWC
09THEHAGUE253	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR APRIL 6-17, 2009 [...] (SBU) Following the industry cluster consultations (Ref A),the Chairperson of the Executive Council (EC) held informal consultations on the status of preparations for EC-56 (reported in ref B). Informal consultations were also held on Article X Assistance and Protection on April 7, and on r [...]	2009-04-17 18:35:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE254	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MARCH 31, 2009 CONVERSATION [...] (U) March 31, 2009; 5:000 p.m.; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew Jim Bever, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID Piper Campbell, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary Eric Falls (Embassy Notetaker) Egypt Ms. Wafaa Bassim, Ambassa [...]	2009-04-20 07:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON EAID EG AF SU NL
09THEHAGUE261	NETHERLANDS: RISK TO COALITION GOVERNMENT OVER JSF [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 10:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NL
09THEHAGUE263	CWC: UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP IN THE HAGUE [...] (U) On March 26-27, 2009, the Dutch Foreign Ministry, Clingendael Institute for International Relations and VERTIC co-hosted a workshop on UN Security Council Resolution 1540 in The Hague. Participants included representatives from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPC [...]	2009-04-22 13:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN PARM PREL PTER CWC KPAO UNSC
09THEHAGUE264	NETHERLANDS/JSF FLYING INTO THE PERFECT STORM [...] (C) Summary: The philosophical opposition of Labor Party members, the economic crisis, and unfavorable U.S. reports have brought Dutch support of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program to the political breaking point. Parliament is in a stalemate as it goes into a second day of emotionally charged [...]	2009-04-23 14:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL NL
09THEHAGUE268	(S/NF) NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: "AFGHANISTAN ASKS" [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL
09THEHAGUE269	NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: MAY 25 SEMINAR ON [...] (U) This message contains an action request; see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will host a multilateral seminar May 25 in The Hague titled: "Improving the Effectiveness and Legitimacy of UN Targeted Sanctions." The objective is to advance the i [...]	2009-04-24 15:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER NL
09THEHAGUE270	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 16:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU NL
09THEHAGUE271	NETHERLANDS/JSF: COMPROMISE WINS [...] (C) Summary: Political grandstanding by parliamentarians opposed to the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program gave way to a late-night announcement of a compromise during the second day of debates. At the invitation of Parliament, cabinet members, including PM Balkenende, responded to questions on the [...]	2009-04-24 16:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL NL
09THEHAGUE277	NETHERLANDS/ANTILLES-ARUBA SOFA: EXTENSION ACCEPTED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of the Netherlands is in agreement with the U.S. proposal to extend the current bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by exchange of diplomatic notes. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On May 1 POLMIL Officer received the GoNL diplomatic note response to Department' [...]	2009-05-01 09:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PREL AA NA NT XL NL
09THEHAGUE278	NETHERLANDS/ANTILLES-ARUBA SOFA: EXTENSION ACCEPTED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of the Netherlands is in agreement with the U.S. proposal to extend the current bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) by exchange of diplomatic notes. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On May 1 POLMIL Officer received the GoNL diplomatic note response to Department' [...]	2009-05-01 09:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PREL AA NA NT XL NL
09THEHAGUE279	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: LOGISTICS SUPPORT PROPOSAL "TOO [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 11:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MOPS SU NL
09THEHAGUE282	NETHERLANDS CONFIRMED CASE OF H1N1 FLU [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post convened a Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG) meeting on May 1 to discuss the recent confirmed case of H1N1 (Swine Flu) in the Netherlands, review the Mission,s current preparedness plans (including Mission trip wires) and update a recently- sent warden notification. Th [...]	2009-05-01 15:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC NL KFLU AEMR CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09THEHAGUE286	CWC: MEETINGS ON IRAQ ON THE MARGINS OF EC-56 [...] (SBU) Having submitted its initial declaration in March, Iraq made its debut as a "possessor state" at Executive Council (EC)-56. U.S. representatives in Washington, Baghdad and The Hague worked closely with counterparts to set up a series of preparatory meetings with Iraq, the UK, and membe [...]	2009-05-06 11:51:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE287	CWC: MEETING WITH OPCW LEGAL ADVISER ON U.S. [...] (C) On April 23, U.S. Executive Council Representative Robert Mikulak and Delreps met with senior Secretariat officials to follow up on the updated U.S. submission on recovered chemical rounds in Iraq. In accordance with REF B instructions, U.S. Delreps had delivered the updated letter to th [...]	2009-05-06 12:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE288	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW 56TH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Executive Council (EC) 56 was characterized by a high interest in the search for a new Director-General (DG),an extensive agenda of routine business and increasingly obstructive behavior by the South African delegation. Iraq's presentation of its former chemical weapons (CW) program t [...]	2009-05-06 17:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE295	CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF EC-56 [...] (SBU) On the margins of the 56th session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' Executive Council (ref A),the U.S. Del met with a number of other delegations to discuss OPCW affairs as well as the Algerian and Turkish candidates to be next Director-General (DG). Meeting [...]	2009-05-08 18:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE296	CWC: EC-56 DONORS MEETING AND DESTRUCTION INFORMALS [...] (SBU) On the day before the formal opening of the 56th session of the Executive Council (EC),U.S. Del participated in the Donor Coordination Meeting (hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the Destruction Informals (chaired by EC Chairperson Amb. Oksana Tomova). The Donors Mee [...]	2009-05-08 18:51:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE301	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: SUPPORTING SUU KYI'S RELEASE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch will continue to support the release of Ang Sang Suu Kyi. The Dutch welcome U.S. views as they reassess efforts to improve the situation in Burma. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) SUPPORTING CONTINUED SANCTIONS AND SUU KYI'S RELEASE: Poloff discussed reftel A points with Seni [...]	2009-05-14 11:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL NL BM
09THEHAGUE307	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRIORITIES FOR MAY 2009 GAERC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY/BACKGROUND: The Dutch views on Russia, Iran, counter piracy, EU proceedings, Bosnia and development aid are described in the following paragraphs. The Dutch MFA reviewed its positions in a letter to parliament (ref A),and MFA officials Rochus Pronk and Cees Bansema briefed local [...]	2009-05-18 12:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PHUM EU IR RU NL
09THEHAGUE308	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: FUNDS APPROVED FOR IDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PK NL
09THEHAGUE309	NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: URGENT REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para 5. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) is concerned the European Court of First Instance will rule that Jose Maria Sison does not belong on the EU sanctions list. The GONL may be unable to retain its domestic desi [...]	2009-05-19 15:55:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN NL
09THEHAGUE310	NETHERLANDS: DRIVING ON WITH NEW PAY-PER-KILOMETER ROAD [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch government has delayed the first stage of its proposed road pricing system until 2012 at the earliest. This new system would replace fixed automobile taxes with a pay-per-kilometer system. Despite the delay, Parliament still looks poised to pass the new system into l [...]	2009-05-20 13:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV EU NL
09THEHAGUE312	CWC: MISSING THE 2012 CONVENTION DEADLINE: [...] (SBU) On May 22, Delreps Beik and Robinson delivered reftel demarche on projected U.S. destruction dates beyond the 2012 extended Convention deadline to the Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, and the new Chairman of [...]	2009-05-22 17:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE313	NETHERLANDS: REASSESSMENT OF DUTCH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite the economic crisis, the Netherlands continues to comply with the UN recommendation of spending 0.7 percent of GDP on official development assistance (ODA) with an additional 0.1 percent for other overseas projects. Faced with sharp criticism of Dutch aid policy's effectiv [...]	2009-05-26 07:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EAID NL
09THEHAGUE315	NETHERLANDS: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF [...] (S/NF) On May 13, Econoff shared with the Dutch Foreign Ministry's Terrorism/New Threats Unit and the Finance Ministry's Integrity Division reftel points concerning the UNSC 1718 Sanctions Committee designation of DPRK entities. The Foreign Ministry's terrorism finance coordinator Wendela Hari [...]	2009-05-27 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM NL
09THEHAGUE316	NETHERLANDS: CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) is providing 18 million Euros (USD 24.5 million) of adaption-related development aid in 2009. The GONL wants to contribute more, but plans are hampered by a challenging budget environment. The Dutch are most amenable to collaborating wi [...]	2009-05-27 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG NL
09THEHAGUE317	NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC NL
09THEHAGUE322	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (U) In response to Ref A, following is an analysis of Dutch relations with Cuba in the first half of 2009. (Note: Ref B reports on Dutch relations with Cuba in the second half of 2008. End note.) ----------------------------- Political Relations with Cuba ----------------------------- [...]	2009-05-29 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL EU NL CU
09THEHAGUE324	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR MAY 11-29, 2009 [...] (SBU) Official meetings at OPCW are still few and far between, with the exception of this week's industry cluster (reported septel). In accordance with Refs A and B, the Del continues to inform key individuals of the recently published chemical demilitarization schedule. This has evoked conc [...]	2009-05-29 17:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE328	NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER; SECRETARY,S JUNE 1OTH [...] (S) Your participation in the Regional Command-South RC-South) meeting and the bilateral with Dutch Minister of Defense Emert van Middelkoop comes at a critical time for the advancement of key U.S. priorities. Van Middelkoop and the Dutch government as a whole remain among our strongest allies, but [...]	2009-06-02 16:18:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF PAK NL
09THEHAGUE329	INVITATION TO ATTEND U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE-HOSTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy The Hague is conducting a tabletop exercise (TTX) on July 14th, 2009 with the primary goal of training Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) in the procedures and expectations following a simulated U.S. nuclear accident on Dutch soil. Post invites addressee posts [...]	2009-06-02 16:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL
09THEHAGUE33	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: INCLINED TO SUPPORT U.S. "WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are inclined to support the U.S. proposal of "carrots and sticks" to encourage separatist regions in Georgia to give up their aspirations of independence. However, the West's first goal should be restoring international access to the regions and addressing any humanit [...]	2009-01-14 15:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU NL
09THEHAGUE333	NETHERLANDS PRESSING FOR INVITATION TO PITTSBURGH [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is already pressing for confirmation that the Netherlands will be invited to the September 2009 G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. The Dutch know their perseverance paid off with invitations to [...]	2009-06-05 11:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL NL
09THEHAGUE338	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 16-17 GICNT VISIT TO THE HAGUE [...] (U) Welcome to The Hague. Your visit to The Hague can strengthen ties with a proven ally on many issues, especially on nonproliferation and counterterrorism. As co-chair of the 5th Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),your focus will be on multi-lateral [...]	2009-06-10 03:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC NL
09THEHAGUE339	NETHERLANDS/UN: UNDECIDED ON MYERS CANDIDACY FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 09:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA NL
09THEHAGUE340	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH VIEWS ON THE JUNE GAERC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY/BACKGROUND: The Dutch views on the economic crisis, EU institutions, climate change negotiations, Russia-Ukraine gas, the Western Balkans, the Middle East Peace Process, Syria, Cuba, and Sudan are described in the following paragraphs. MFA officials Rochus Pronk and Peter Jan Kl [...]	2009-06-10 09:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU NL
09THEHAGUE35	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: EU UNLIKELY TO ACT QUICKLY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch believe the EU is unlikely to move forward quickly on the association agreement with Syria. FM Verhagen would be unlikely to approve such an agreement at this time. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Embassy delivered reftel A points to Peter van der Bloemen, Dutch MFA senior poli [...]	2009-01-15 15:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY NL
09THEHAGUE352	CWC: WRAP UP FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 2009 [...] (U) Over the past two weeks, the two main topics of discussion at the OPCW have been the search for a new Director General (DG) and recent news of the current U.S. chemical weapons destruction schedule. On the DG search, the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) heard presentations by three [...]	2009-06-15 16:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE357	NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that the Government of the Netherlands (GONL) pledged 86.7 million euro (USD 120 million) at the April 17 Tokyo Donor Conference, all of which will be channeled through the Dutch Embassy in Islamabad. The GONL has also pled [...]	2009-06-19 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PHUM PREF PK NL
09THEHAGUE362	CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, MAY 25-27, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two of the three Industry Cluster consultations at the OPCW on May 25-26 saw a continuation of discussions from the previous Industry Cluster consultations in February and April (refs A and B). Little progress was made on either Schedule 2A/2A* low concentrations or enhancement [...]	2009-06-22 16:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE368	CWC: MEETINGS OF SENIOR U.S. EXPERTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Between June 23 and 25, two senior-level U.S. experts visited The Hague to brief key stakeholders at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the U.S. program for destroying its chemical weapons (CW) stockpile (ref A),including projected operating sche [...]	2009-06-25 17:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE370	NETHERANDS: ENERGY MARKET LIBERALIZATION USHERS IN FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Netherlands' top two electricity and gas utilities have fallen into foreign hands. German energy giant RWE has acquired Essent (30 percent share of Dutch utility market) for EUR 9.3 billion (USD 13.1 billion); Swedish state-controlled firm Vattenfall has acquired Nuon (34 per [...]	2009-06-26 07:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PGOV NL
09THEHAGUE371	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JUNE 15-22, 2009 [...] (SBU) As instructed in Ref A, U.S. Delreps met with Mohadeb Gheton of Libya on June 22 to deliver the U.S. non-paper detailing specific requests for greater transparency and information about Libya's conversion of its former Chemical Weapons Production Facility (CWPF) at Rabta and the destruc [...]	2009-06-26 11:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE375	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: JULY 4 INVITES RESCINDED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 15:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL IR PINR
09THEHAGUE376	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MFA REPORTING FROM TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iranian and EU governments have exchanged protests, including a second formal protest by the Dutch MFA to the Iranian Charge d'Affaires in The Hague. Tehran is looking for splits in the EU position. The Dutch proposed and expect an EU meeting on June 26 to maintain unity. Si [...]	2009-06-26 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IR NL
09THEHAGUE387	NETHERLANDS/BIOTECH: DUTCH PROPOSAL TO CONSIDER [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 and 23, Embassy officers met with representatives of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality and the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning to discuss the Dut [...]	2009-07-02 16:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL NL
09THEHAGUE39	NETHERLANDS: HR VETTING CENTCOM SOVEREIGN [...] The following individual has been selected to attend a CENTCOM Sovereign Challenge Training Conference 16-19 March 2009. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by this individual. NAME - Colonel Hans Van der [...]	2009-01-16 15:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL
09THEHAGUE395	NETHERLANDS: OVERVIEW FOR THE PRESIDENT'S JULY 14 [...] (C) Your July 14 meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Pieter Balkenende provides an opportunity for us to urge the Dutch to continue as part of NATO in Afghanistan and to enlist PM Balkenende in solving Guantanamo issues. For his part, Balkenende will seek to continue the Dutch role in the G20 and [...]	2009-07-06 12:08:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL OVIP ECON EFIN PINR MOPS NL
09THEHAGUE398	NETHERLANDS: POTENTIAL TOPICS FOR PRESIDENT'S JULY [...] (SBU) Reftel provided some background on Prime Minister Balkenende and the challenges he faces. The second cable examined the four main topics likely to come up in your July 14 meeting. This cable concludes with short summaries on other topics that might arise (energy security, human rights, [...]	2009-07-06 15:30:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ENRG OVIP PHUM PREL RU NL
09THEHAGUE399	NETHERLANDS: LEAD TOPICS FOR PRESIDENT'S JULY 14 [...] (C) As indicated in our overview cable, Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende hopes to limit discussion to four major topics during his meeting with the President: Afghanistan/Pakistan; the economic crisis/G20; Middle East Peace Process/Iran; and climate change. He will also mention the New York 400 cele [...]	2009-07-06 15:30:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ECON EFIN MOPS OVIP PINR PREL NL
09THEHAGUE40	CWC: IRAQ'S ACCESSION TO THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) Action requested ) see para 6. 2. (SBU) After the news of Iraq's delivery to the United Nations of its accession documents to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),U.S. Delegates to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) met with OPCW Acting Director General, [...]	2009-01-16 17:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE402	CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 19. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (SBU) As for the previous two Executive Councils (EC),the selection of the next Director-General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( [...]	2009-07-07 10:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE404	NETHERLANDS: WHA PDAS KELLY'S JUNE 25, 2009 [...] (U) June 25, 2009; 8:45 am; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: United States ------------- Craig Kelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, WHA Eric Falls (Embassy notetaker) Netherlands ----------- Laurent Stokvis, MFA Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs Peter Potman, [...]	2009-07-07 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL BL NU CU VE
09THEHAGUE410	CWC: MEETINGS OF SENIOR U.S. EXPERTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (SBU) During their June 23-25 visit to The Hague, Robert Mikulak (ISN/CB Director and U.S. Representative to the OPCW's Executive Council (EC)) and Tom Hopkins (Principal Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs) briefed representativ [...]	2009-07-08 15:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE411	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JUNE 23 TO JULY 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) Senior Washington experts Tom Hopkins (Principal Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs) and Bob Mikulak (ISN Director of Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction) visited The Hague June 23-25 to discuss the U.S. progra [...]	2009-07-08 18:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE415	CWC: OPCW'S PROPOSED INITIAL VISIT TO IRAQ AND [...] (U) This is an action message: see paras 10-12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will not send its advance team to visit Baghdad July 12-16, but will postpone this visit until the question of the team's security is clearl [...]	2009-07-10 17:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PARM PREL KTIA CWC IZ
09THEHAGUE418	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ENROUTE TO YES ON MOST [...] (U) This cable follows up on post's ""Netherlands /Afghanistan: Getting to YES post-2010"" (reftel C). 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch consensus-based political process for post-2010 commitments in Afghanistan remains on track for a Cabinet decision in the fall followed by a parliamentary review in l [...]	2009-07-13 15:45:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
09THEHAGUE419	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ENROUTE TO YES ON MOST [...] (U) This cable follows up on post's "Netherlands /Afghanistan: Getting to YES post-2010" (reftel C). 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch consensus-based political process for post-2010 commitments in Afghanistan remains on track for a Cabinet decision in the fall followed by a parliamentary review [...]	2009-07-13 16:01:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
09THEHAGUE421	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JULY 6-10, 2009 [...] (SBU) As will happen during the upcoming Executive Council (EC) session, discussions this week were dominated by the search for a new Director-General (DG). After additional consultations with a number of delegations, including with a small group of western and like- minded states in which h [...]	2009-07-14 07:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE422	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JULY 6-10, 2009 [...] (SBU) As will happen during the upcoming Executive Council (EC) session, discussions this week were dominated by the search for a new Director-General (DG). After additional consultations with a number of delegations, including with a small group of western and like- minded states in which h [...]	2009-07-14 07:43:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE436	CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, JULY 9, 2009 [...] SUMMARY: Both industry consultations on July 9 included presentations and discussion of new technical data gathered to aid consultations, along with a continuation of discussions from the May consultations on low concentration limits for Schedule 2A/2A* chemicals and enhancements to the OC [...]	2009-07-20 11:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL EIND OPCW CWC
09THEHAGUE437	CWC: SUMMARY WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Led by its new Chairman, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco Tonda (Mexico),the 57th Executive Council (EC-57) ran smoothly, ended early, and moved forward its most important issue -- the selection process for a new Director-General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapo [...]	2009-07-20 11:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW
09THEHAGUE44	NETHERLANDS: NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPANSION NOT IMMINENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands will not lead a European "nuclear renaissance." If Europe's commitment to nuclear power takes off, the Dutch will eventually follow. There is a growing consensus that the Netherlands cannot achieve its ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets w [...]	2009-01-20 09:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO NL
09THEHAGUE443	CWC: IRAQ ISSUES DURING OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) In a series of bilateral meetings surrounding Executive Council 57 (EC-57) the week of July 13, members of the U.S. delegation met with Iraqi Ambassador Siamand Banaa, new Iraqi delegate to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Muhanned Al-Miahi, Iraqi Foreign Mi [...]	2009-07-21 18:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL OPCW CWC IQ
09THEHAGUE444	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT ROTOR BLADE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch export control authority has denied an export license for power plant turbine blades destined for Iran. Dutch officials have formally asked other European countries with companies that produce similar parts to block their export to Iran. The Dutch have asked us informally [...]	2009-07-22 15:01:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL ENRG NL IR
09THEHAGUE446	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH AFTER ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch consideration of military contributions following the Afghan August elections are intertwined with their decision on post-2010 commitments (ref B). Senior leaders remain dedicated to an active contribution posture after the elections and confirm their commitment to sustain p [...]	2009-07-23 13:33:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL
09THEHAGUE450	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH POSITIONS IN ADVANCE OF JULY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of the July 27-28 GAERC meeting, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials briefed EMBOFFS on Dutch positions on the Swedish Presidency, the Baltic Sea Cooperation plan, Iceland, Somalia, Iran, and the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia. Few concrete de [...]	2009-07-24 10:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN EUN NL
09THEHAGUE451	CWC: PRESENTATIONS BY DG CANDIDATES, JULY 15, [...] (SBU) The seven candidates to succeed Rogelio Pfirter (Argentina) as the next Director-General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) each presented themselves to the Executive Council (EC) on July 15. During the day-long closed session presided over by EC Ch [...]	2009-07-24 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AU FI GM ID TU UK AG
09THEHAGUE452	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (SBU) The 57th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) successfully concluded, and on schedule, with a full day devoted to the presentations by the candidates for Director General (July 15) and major agreement in the Council by [...]	2009-07-24 16:24:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE455	CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE OPCW [...] (SBU) During the Executive Council, July 14-17, the U.S. delegation met bilaterally with the Chinese, Libyan, Japanese and French delegations to discuss a variety of issues. The Indian delegation convened a meeting of interested delegations to present its views on industry issues, and U.S. C [...]	2009-07-27 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE462	CWC: DESTRUCTION INFORMALS, JULY 13, 2009 (EC-57) [...] (SBU) On July 13 before the formal opening of the Executive Council (EC),the new EC Chairperson, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco (Mexico),convened the customary informal consultations on chemical weapons destruction issues. In addition to the usual presentations by the Technical Secretariat (TS) [...]	2009-07-30 07:43:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE463	CWC: DESTRUCTION INFORMALS, JULY 13, 2009 (EC-57) [...] (SBU) On July 13 before the formal opening of the Executive Council (EC),the new EC Chairperson, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco (Mexico),convened the customary informal consultations on chemical weapons destruction issues. In addition to the usual presentations by the Technical Secretariat (TS) [...]	2009-07-30 07:43:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE464	DUTCH INITATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 07:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN NL
09THEHAGUE475	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch overseas development assistance (ODA) budget is facing cutbacks as a result of the economic crisis. The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) therefore plans to reduce its 2009 ODA to Kenya and Ethiopia. Because the GONL considers Somalia to be a priority country wit [...]	2009-08-07 12:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON NL
09THEHAGUE476	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MFA REPORTING FROM TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch describe a "cleansing" in Iran, with massive arrests of civil society networks. Vocal protests continue in Tehran. At the inaugural activities, the Dutch opted to send their DCM to the procedure in the Iranian parliament, and no representative to the ceremony at which [...]	2009-08-07 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IR NL
09THEHAGUE481	CWC: U.S.-CHINA CONSULTATIONS: RESPONSE FROM [...] (C) On August 7, Delreps Granger and Smith met with Chinese Deputy PermRep Chen Kai and Chinese delegate Xu Feng to deliver reftel points. Delrep informed Chen of Washington's positive response to China's standing invitation for bilateral discussions in Beijing and site visits to Nanjing and [...]	2009-08-10 16:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CH JA
09THEHAGUE485	NETHERLANDS/UN 1267 SANCTIONS: DUTCH REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 09:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC NL
09THEHAGUE498	NETHERLANDS: ASSESSMENT OF JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 12:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL IS JO NL KWBG
09THEHAGUE499	GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (C) Fifty-nine of 75 partners sent high-level representation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary Meeting held in The Hague, Netherlands, June 16-17, 2009. Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen hosted the meeting. U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary (AA/S) Eliot [...]	2009-08-18 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS
09THEHAGUE500	GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS
09THEHAGUE501	GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS
09THEHAGUE514	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: POST-2010 DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) This cable continues reporting on post's efforts to get the Dutch to ""yes"" on a post-2010 deployment in Afghanistan (reftels). 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Labor Party leader Bos told the Ambassador in confidence (STRICTLY PROTECT) the Dutch will likely stay in Afghanistan post-2010 but not in Uruzgan [...]	2009-08-25 14:59:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AF NATO NL
09THEHAGUE518	CWC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE SELECTION OF A NEW [...] (SBU) Dr. Robert Mikulak, ISN/CB Director and U.S. Representative to the Executive Council (EC),visited The Hague August 27-28 to consult with key delegations on the selection of a new Director- General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Accompanied by [...]	2009-08-31 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE519	NETHERLANDS: SOY ISSUE VEXES GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands is fully aware of recent findings of unapproved biotech corn dust in U.S. soy product shipments (ref A). The Agriculture Minister intends to raise the issue at the September 7 EU Ag Council meeting. The Dutch food/feed industry is a large consumer of soy product [...]	2009-09-01 09:07:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EUN TBIO NL
09THEHAGUE52	NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 15:49:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER KTFN IR NL
09THEHAGUE521	REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING SESSION, OCTOBER 8-9, THE [...] (SBU) The State Department's Office for the Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy (S/EEE) and Embassy The Hague will host an internal energy conference October 8-9. This training continues the tradition of similar events in Athens and Sofia in recent years. The objective is to provide energy offic [...]	2009-09-02 14:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET OTRA NL
09THEHAGUE526	CWC: STATUS UPDATE ON IRAQ'S DESTRUCTION PLANS, [...] (U) This is an action request -- see paras 16 and 22. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ Â [...]	2009-09-03 07:05:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	IZ LY PARM PREL RS CWC
09THEHAGUE53	NETHERLANDS: ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT EU'S CASPIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 15:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET NL EU
09THEHAGUE537	NETHERLANDS HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN [...] The Dutch Foreign Ministry confirmed delegates to the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate are as follows: -- Jan-Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister -- Maxime Verhagen, Minister of Foreign Affairs -- Bert Koenders, Minister for Development Cooperation -- Jacquelin [...]	2009-09-04 15:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA NL
09THEHAGUE54	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRIORITIES FOR JANUARY GAERC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch are looking to reactivate the EU border mission in support of Israel-Palestine peace negotiations. On Guantanamo, the EU will consider a common position, but the Dutch are not willing to accept detainees. On Ukraine/Russia, the Dutch will support continued negotiatio [...]	2009-01-23 11:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU NL CZ
09THEHAGUE543	AMBASSADOR DAALDER PRESSES DUTCH TO STAY THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, Ambassador Ivo Daalder, argued for the extension of the Netherlands, military deployment and aid to Afghanistan beyond 2010 during high-level meetings, a speech, press interviews, and a reception in The Hague on September 3, 2009. This cable cove [...]	2009-09-10 14:35:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV NATO NL AF
09THEHAGUE546	NETHERLANDS: FEEDBACK ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several climate change issues are proving difficult to resolve within the EU, according to Dutch negotiators. For example, EU support for a 30 percent emission reduction by 2020 is "crumbling" and the debate over burden sharing of climate change costs is gathering steam. Our interloc [...]	2009-09-11 07:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG NL
09THEHAGUE547	UPDATE ON NETHERLANDS HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 14:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA NL
09THEHAGUE549	CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: There were meetings on September 8 of the two ongoing Industry Cluster consultations. The consultation on enhancements to declarations for other chemical production facilities (OCPFs),facilitated by South African Delegate Marthinus van Schalkwyk, was uneventful and made no progr [...]	2009-09-11 17:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL EIND CWC
09THEHAGUE550	NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN UNGA FOOD SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 07:35:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA NL
09THEHAGUE556	NETHERLANDS: LOOKING FOR CFE GUIDANCE [...] (C) The Dutch welcome more information about U.S. plans to resolve the impasse between Russia and the United States regarding the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). PolDep shared reftel discussion points with Erica Schouten, MFA Head of NATO Affairs, MFA Senior Policy Advisor [...]	2009-09-14 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO NL
09THEHAGUE557	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 1-11, 2009 [...] (SBU) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has returned to work in full force, with delegations and Technical Secretariat (TS) staff alike back from the August recess. The Geneva Group met September 4 with a briefing by Mary Blanca Rios (U.S.) on that week's meeting [...]	2009-09-14 16:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC CWC
09THEHAGUE559	NETHERLANDS/NATO: VIEW ON U.S. FORCE REDUCTIONS IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Embassy The Hague strongly endorses USNATO's concerns about proposed U.S. force reductions in Europe (ref A). At a time when we are asking the Dutch to remain committed to NATO operations, additional reductions in U.S. NATO forces will undercut our appeal. Additionally, [...]	2009-09-15 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER NL

09THEHAGUE560	NETHERLANDS: PUSHING SRI LANKA ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) The Dutch support U.S. efforts to encourage the GSL to permit the free movement of IDPs. On September 14, post delivered ref A points to MFA Senior Policy Officer Andrea Nederlof, in the Department for Asia and Oceania. Nederlof responded that the Dutch ambassador in Colombo has been "ver [...]	2009-09-15 16:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID NL

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