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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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05JERUSALEM1987WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN KILLED AT WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on May 16 shot and killed a Palestinian as he approached an Israeli checkpoint on foot near Tulkarm. The IDF on May 15 shot and wounded two Palestinians who had thrown firebombs near 'Abud village, northwest of Ramallah. In the Gaza Strip, four Isra [...]
2005-05-16 17:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1996WB/G SITREP: CLASHES IN GAZA CITY BETWEEN PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: At least three Palestinians were shot and injured the evening of May 16 in Gaza City during an altercation that broke out between members of the PA civil police and the anti-riot police unit. The ensuing gun battle went on for several hours. In the West Bank, PA police on M [...]
2005-05-17 16:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2009WB/G SITREP: IDF MISSILE STRIKE INJURES ONE HAMAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, the IDF fired missiles at two Hamas militants May 18, injuring one critically, as the two were reportedly preparing to fire mortars into the Gush Katif settlement bloc. The IDF action followed a barrage of five mortars into the settlement earlier in the day [...]
2005-05-18 16:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2051WB/G SITREP: HAMAS MILITANT SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, a Hamas militant on May 18 died from wounds received from an Israeli missile strike earlier that day. The IDF and UNRWA reported that Palestinian militants fired a total of 45 mortar shells and homemade rockets overnight May 18-19 at Israeli targets through [...]
2005-05-19 18:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2059WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN KILLED IN GAZA STRIP;
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, IDF soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian militant overnight May 19-20 and wounded another during an early morning attack on the Kfar Darom settlement with anti-tank rockets and mortar fire. No Israelis were reported injured. The IDF and UNRWA reported [...]
2005-05-20 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2225WB/G SITREP: JUNE 1, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, an Israeli settler shot and wounded a Palestinian near Itamar settlement, near Nablus, May 31. In al-Fraides village, near Bethlehem, three Palestinians were assaulted by Israeli settlers May 31. Five Fatah and six Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) members were [...]
2005-06-01 15:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2250WB/G SITREP: JUNE 2, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen Palestinian and foreign peace activists were injured from tear gas inhalation during clashes with IDF troops over construction of the separation barrier near the village of Beit Suriq, northwest of Jerusalem, June 1. Israeli security forces arrested 21 Palestinians in [...]
2005-06-02 15:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2419WB/G SITREP: JUNE 10-14, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Palestinians were shot and injured during clashes between different al-Aqsa cells by Manasra Square in Ramallah on June 12. The IDF shot and injured a a Palestinian youth in Saida village near Tulkarm on June 11, according to Palestinian security sources. UNRWA reported [...]
2005-06-14 16:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2436WB/G SITREP: JUNE 15, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary. Four Palestinian family members were shot and killed in Jabaliya in Gaza June 14, when an internal family dispute between two brothers turned violent, according to UNRWA. In the West Bank, the IDF entered Dura, west of Hebron on June 14, and shot and injured two Palestinians i [...]
2005-06-15 15:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2461WB/G SITREP: JUNE 16, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested four members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) June 15. Israeli settlers uprooted or set on fire 140 Palestinian-owned olive trees near Nablus-area settlements. In the Gaza Strip, IDF forces entered al-Mughragha overnight June 15-16 and arre [...]
2005-06-16 12:07:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2508WB/G SITREP: JUNE 17, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian militants fired two Qassam rockets at the Israeli town Sderot on June 16, but caused no injuries or significant damage. A Palestinian Preventive Security (PSO) agent died in Ramallah June 16 from an accidental discharge of his weapon. Two Palestinians were shot a [...]
2005-06-17 12:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2570WB/G SITREP: JUNE 22, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested alleged 10 PIJ activists June 21, most in Qalqiliya and Nablus. The IDF also arrested a Palestinian woman who attempted to stab an IDF soldier at a checkpoint near Tulkarm on June 21, according to Israeli newspapers. There were no injuries in the incident. In [...]
2005-06-22 14:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2643WB/G SITREP: JUNE 27, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian gunmen shot and killed two Israelis and injured two others outside Bayt Haggai settlement near Hebron June 24. PIJ and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed credit. In subsequent IDF incursions into the area, the IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Dura village, [...]
2005-06-27 14:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2670WB/G SITREP: JUNE 28, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Palestinian militants launched a total of six mortar shells and one Qassam rocket from the southern Gaza Strip. Erez Crossing was open June 27, and 4,200 laborers and 405 merchants crossed into Israel. An IDF military court has convicted a former IDF soldier of manslaughter, [...]
2005-06-28 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2673WB/G SITREP: JUNE 29, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five disengagement opponents and one Palestinian were lightly wounded in June 28 stone-throwing clashes that broke out in al-Mowassi in Gaza. In the West Bank, IDF raids continued in the area of Allar, Attil, and Saida. Several Palestinian activists suffered minor injuries in c [...]
2005-06-29 14:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2739WB/G SITREP: JUNE 30, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNRWA and Israeli media reported that five Palestinians were injured, one of them seriously, as stone-throwing clashes between Palestinians, Israeli settlers, and Israeli security forces continued for a fourth day in al-Mowassi. A large IDF force entered Nablus after three IDF [...]
2005-06-30 13:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2786WB/G SITREP: JULY 01, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five Palestinians and one IDF soldier were lightly wounded June 30 in Nablus during an IDF incursion in response to reports, ulimately unfounded, that two soldiers had been kidnapped. UNRWA and Israeli media reported that disengagement opponents in the al-Mowassi area of Gaza [...]
2005-07-01 16:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2911WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIANS KILLED, SEVENTEEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, an Israeli security guard on July 8 shot and killed a Palestinian teenager near Bayt Liqya, west of Ramallah. The Israeli Police are reportedly conducting an investigation of the incident. A second Palestinian teenager on July 10 died from bullet wounds re [...]
2005-07-11 16:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2955WB/G SITREP: SENIOR PA OFFICIAL ASSAULTED IN WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: A senior official from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of the Interior (MOI) on July 12 sustained injuries from an attack by unknown assailants as he traveled from Jerusalem to Ramallah. The MOI official was later hospitalized, but is expected to recover from his in [...]
2005-07-12 16:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2970WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIANS KILLED, FIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya that killed four Israelis and wounded at least 90 others, and the attempted car bombing by a Palestinian in the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron, the IDF on July 13 launched an operation into Tulkarm, killing two Pal [...]
2005-07-13 16:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3005WB/G SITREP: OPERATIONS IN TULKARM, GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF operations in Tulkarm continued for a second day following the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya, which killed five Israelis. A general closure remains in effect for the entire West Bank and Gaza Strip. In Nablus, the IDF on the evening of July 13 shot and killed a loc [...]
2005-07-14 14:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3019WB/G SITREP: TARGETED KILLINGS, ROCKET ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, Israeli helicopters on July 15 fired missiles at a vehicle traveling near Salfit, killing at least two Hamas activists. Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and PA security forces have engaged in street battles July 14-15, resulting in the deaths of at least [...]
2005-07-15 15:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3095WB/G SITREP: JULY 21, 2005 (1400 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Gaza, one IDF soldier was lightly wounded by a mortar shell fired at an IDF outpost near Neve Dekalim settlement. Israeli media reported that Israeli police arrested about 250 disengagement opponents who tried to enter Gaza, some of whom reportedly tried to cut through the [...]
2005-07-21 11:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3181WB/G SITREP: JULY 26, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IDF soldiers shot and seriously injured a wanted Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) member in Hebron July 26. The local planning and construction committee in Jerusalem approved July 25 plans to build a new Jewish settlement inside the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem [...]
2005-07-26 14:10:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3250WB/G SITREP: JULY 27, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, a Palestinian teenager was killed when hit by a car driven by an Israeli settler near Karmi Tzur settlement. According to PA security sources, an unarmed Palestinian teenager was shot and killed by the IDF during an incursion in Jenin July 27. The IDF arrest [...]
2005-07-27 15:33:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3317WB/G SITREP: JULY 28, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, according to Palestinian security sources, a 15-year old Palestinian wqas shot and killed by the IDF when IDF troops entered into Jenin July 27. The IDF arrested a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) official during the operation. In Gaza, a five-year-o [...]
2005-07-29 05:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3325WB/G SITREP: JULY 29, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, IDF forces entered into Shufa village near Tulkarm July 28 and killed a 29-year old Palestinian, whom the IDF said helped organize the recent suicide bombing in Netanya. The IDF arrested a total of four PIJ militants in Ramallah, Jenin, and Hebron July 28. In [...]
2005-07-29 12:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3528PA MINISTER ASKS USG TO HELP COMBAT GROWING HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Abu Libdeh told Staffdel Savit on July 28 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is working to fight terrorism and beat Hamas at its own game by establishing several schemes to protect the vulnerable segments of Palestinian society and "keep you [...]
2005-08-05 14:31:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KCOR KTFN KWBG IS
05JERUSALEM3557WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 8, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Tulkarm August 6 during an incursion into the city, according to Palestinian security sources. Two Israeli settlers, including a 10-year-old boy, were shot and injured by Palestinian gunmen near Ateret settlement, north of Ramallah [...]
2005-08-08 16:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3580WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 9, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has suspended its activity in Gaza after militants fired at their offices in Khan Yunis August 8 and in the aftermath of recent kidnappings of foreign aid workers. The IDF shot and killed a Palestinian in Nur Shams Refugee C [...]
2005-08-09 15:26:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3626WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 10, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, the IDF entered Tulkarm for an arrest operation on August 9, seizing two alleged Hamas members and leaving three Palestinian youths injured in stone-throwing clashes during the operation. Gunmen shot and lightly injured two Israeli settlers in a car near Hebro [...]
2005-08-10 15:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3683WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 11, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank on August 10, ten Palestinians were injured during clashes with the IDF over construction of the separation barrier west of Ramallah. In Gaza, Israel radio reported August 11 that two Palestinians in Rafah were injured when an improvised hand grenade exploded. [...]
2005-08-11 14:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3701WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 12, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF entered the Nablus casbah on August 11 and clashed with gunmen from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, injuring one Palestinian in the clashes. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian police on August 11 found an explosive device near the Eley Sinai settlement. The [...]
2005-08-12 15:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3703DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 12, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of disengagement, several key coordination issues are much closer to being resolved than a week ago. Representatives of settler farmers and anonymous private donors agreed early August 12 on a contract to sell the greenhouses and other infrastructure for just under USD [...]
2005-08-12 16:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05JERUSALEM3791DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 17, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: At a trilateral crossings meeting August 17, USG representatives tabled a proposal for spending the USD 50 million in supplemental assistance to upgrade four of the crossings between the West Bank/Gaza Strip and Israel and asked for PA and GOI responses within the next few days. [...]
2005-08-17 17:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05JERUSALEM3914DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 23, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the morning of August 23, approximately 15,000 IDF soldiers and Israeli Police commenced operations to evacuate more than 2,000 settlers and their supporters from Sa Nur and Homesh settlements in the northern West Bank. According to press, most of these people were infiltrat [...]
2005-08-23 16:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS
05JERUSALEM3983DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 24, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of 1800 local time August 23, all settlers were evacuated from Sa Nur and Homesh settlements, completing evacuation of all residents and protesters from the Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements. Israeli forces told Israeli press that they were prepared for heav [...]
2005-08-24 15:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05JERUSALEM4288DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of 0900 local time September 12, all settlers and IDF personnel had departed the Gaza Strip. PA security forces took over Gaza settlement areas in stages before dawn September 12. Rafah crossing was closed in both directions by Israel, pending an agreement on border crossin [...]
2005-09-12 15:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05JERUSALEM4644OCTOBER 2 PALESTINIAN CLASHES WITH HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary: Clashes took place in Gaza on October 2 between Palestinian Authority (PA) policemen and Hamas gunmen. Three Palestinians were killed -- a senior police officer and two civilians -- while at least 51 were wounded, many of whom were bystanders. Two police stations in the vicinity [...]
2005-10-03 16:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG
05JERUSALEM5669HAMAS AND FATAH OFFICIALS REJECT HOUSE RESOLUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah and Hamas spokesmen reacted strongly to the U.S. House of Representatives resolution against Hamas participation in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. While most of the official Hamas statements focused on U.S. "interference" and "hypocrisy," Ga [...]
2005-12-20 17:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS
05KATHMANDU2549COAS THAPA WELCOMES PROPOSAL THAT KING CALL FOR
[...] (C) In a November 22 meeting, COAS Thapa thought the Ambassador's suggestion that the King call for an internationally-monitored cease-fire was a good proposal. Thapa denied there was any cooling of our military-military relationship and welcomed a visit by PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon. The [...]
2005-11-22 11:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MCAP MASS NP
05KATHMANDU2572 ISRAELI AMBASSADOR HESITANT ON M-16 AMMO SALES
[...] (C) In a November 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador Dan Stav said that the government of Israel (GOI) had received pressure from the Israel Military Industry (IMI) to go through with the delivery of M-16 ammunition to Nepal. Stav noted that the general perception that Israel co [...]
2005-11-25 11:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MCAP PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2668DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES CONCERNED ABOUT MAOISTS,
[...] (C) In separate discussions with the ambassadors of Israel, Norway, Bangladesh, and Germany, the Ambassador discussed our concerns that the recent 12-point understanding between the political parties and Maoists contained no Maoist commitment to give up violence (ref A). He remarked that the [...]
2005-12-01 08:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS NP
05KINSHASA1614CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA: EXPANDING IN THE DRC
[...] (C) As is the case in many African nations, China is working hard to expand its ties with the DRC. Chinese interest in the DRC comes at a moment when the GDRC is itself searching for significant investment to assist with social and economic development, as well as equipment (such as boots and [...]
2005-09-29 08:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN ETRD PREL CG CH
05KINSHASA731CONGOLESE MINING PRIMER
[...] (U) Summary: The natural resources wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is enormous, including diamonds, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, uranium, gold, coltan, niobium, and cassiterite. As the DRC turns its eyes to peacetime economic development, the mining sector will become ever mo [...]
2005-04-29 16:16:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
05KUWAIT113KUWAIT 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, included below is the full text of Embassy Kuwait's 2005 Investment Climate Statement. 2. ---------------------------- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approv [...]
2005-01-09 07:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON KTDB KU OPIC USTR
05KUWAIT1131KUWAIT DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on March 19. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah had already departed for Algiers to prepare for the arrival of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber [...]
2005-03-19 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SY IS IZ KU
05KUWAIT114SENATOR KERRY AND KUWAITI FM AGREE ON NEED FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a 45-minute discussion January 7, Senator John Kerry and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah discussed the necessity of holding elections in Iraq on January 30 and the importance of Sunni participation in the elections and representation in I [...]
2005-01-09 08:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU
05KUWAIT1175KUWAIT COMMITTED TO ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE
[...] (C) During a March 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Ahmed Al-Murad described the March 18 NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting as "excellent." He welcomed NATO's outreach to Arab nations an [...]
2005-03-23 03:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KU NATO
05KUWAIT1286SENATOR REED THANKS KUWAIT FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT;
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),accompanied by the Ambassador, OMC-K Chief and Poloff, met Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah March 27 at the Minister's home. The Senator expressed appreciation to Kuwait for assistance with U.S. [...]
2005-03-29 16:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PGOV KWMN ECON EAID KU
05KUWAIT1308ISLAMIC EXTREMIST HAMAD AL-ALI: GOK CONFUSION ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Extremist Salafi preacher Hamad Al-Ali continues to preach violent jihad in Kuwait despite GOK attempts to promote tolerance in the society. Al-Ali was recently detained by Kuwait State Security (KSS) for alleged links to two of the January shoot-outs between law enforcement of [...]
2005-03-30 14:15:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV KISL KMDR PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT1500AMBASSADOR BRIEFS EU MISSION CHIEFS ON MEPI; EU
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a meeting with EU Chiefs of Mission to discuss Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) projects in Kuwait as well as on-going Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs. The EU Chiefs reported the difficulty they had in convincing the GCC to part [...]
2005-04-13 13:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KMPI KU MEPI
05KUWAIT1777FOREIGN MINISTER: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that he believes that the GOK has enough votes to pass the women's rights bill for Municipal Council elections on May 2 and that once women are regis [...]
2005-05-01 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PBTS KUNC KPAL IZ KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN
05KUWAIT2173ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SURPRISED BY VOTE ON WOMEN'S
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 21 meeting, Speaker of Parliament Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador the May 16 vote on women's political rights was a difficult day and he had not been confident legislation permitting their participation would pass. He named the Prime Minister as the reason for the [...]
2005-05-22 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN ECON EAID IZ KU EPTE WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT2174LAWYER FOR ACCUSED TERRORIST MAKES HIS CASE
[...] (C) Summary: PolOffs met with prominent defense attorney Osama Al-Munawer on May 15, 2005, at the law offices of his father, Ahmed H. Al-Munawer, to discuss the status of pending criminal cases against many of his clients. Al-Munawer is the defense attorney for most of the Kuwaiti nationals [...]
2005-05-22 14:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM PINR KJUS KISL KU TERRORISM ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT2229KUWAITI PM SAYS THERE WILL BE A FEMALE CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 24 call on Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Sabah, the Ambassador congratulated him on the May 16 vote granting women full political rights and encouraged speed in bringing women into senior government positions. The PM said the GOK would appoint a woman cabinet minister, a matte [...]
2005-05-24 16:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON KDEM SOCI KWMN IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2548IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...]
2005-06-08 14:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT2551FM REPORTS ON GCC GOODWILL TOUR, SAYS GOK OPPOSES
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador he had been asked to visit Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE to calm the waters between these GCC states and identify areas for cooperation with fellow GCC member Saudi Arabia. He reported progr [...]
2005-06-08 16:06:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EPET PBTS PGOV KU KGCC
05KUWAIT2893SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KUWAITI OPINION ON IRANIAN
[...] Summary: The election of Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stirred unease among Kuwaiti observers. While few voices predict Iranian foreign policy will substantially change under the new president, the perceived continuation of the status quo has prompted calls for GCC unity and [...]
2005-06-28 14:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KISL PHUM PINR KU
05KUWAIT2925KUWAITIS EXPRESS CONCERN, UNEASE ABOUT NEW IRANIAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Prominent Kuwaitis expressed unease with the recent election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran during June 27 and 28 meetings with Poloff. Although conceding that Ahmadinejad's election would probably not bring about drastic changes to Iranian foreign and do [...]
2005-06-29 15:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MARR KU IR KNPP
05KUWAIT2931PDAS CHENEY IN KUWAIT: WOMEN'S POLITICAL RIGHTS,
[...] (C) During her June 25 visit to Kuwait, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney congratulated Kuwait's first female minister, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak, on her appointment and discussed with her the political reforms and education needed to help Kuwaiti women enter the political arena [...]
2005-06-30 19:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT3023KUWAIT: MDA DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING OIC MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-06 06:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC
05KUWAIT3058SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: LONDON TERROR ATTACKS
[...] Summary: Local commentators aired widely divergent reactions to the London terror attacks. Some called for fighting terror by re-examining Islam and Arab culture to root out the causes, and condemning Bin Laden and his cohorts on religious grounds. Others implicitly blamed the attacks on the U [...]
2005-07-09 13:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO PREL KU
05KUWAIT3246 Engaging Kuwaitis On Terrorism and Islam
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The July 7 terror attacks in London, followed closely by increasingly horrific and deadly suicide attacks in Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt, have deeply affected Kuwaiti leaders and opinion makers. Some contacts have said that the London attacks, in particular, hit them harder than the 9 [...]
2005-07-24 04:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KPAO KISL PREL PHUM KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3325SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS
[...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti writers rallied around Egypt in the wake of the July 23 Sharm El-Sheikh bombings condemning the acts and seeking to assign blame. Most commentators foreswore blaming the acts on Israeli perfidy or U.S. policy, as has been the case after previous attacks elsewhere. Some sought [...]
2005-07-27 11:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPAO KISL PREL SCUL KU
05KUWAIT3384ISLAMISTS OFFER CRITIQUE OF U.S. POLICY, ADVICE ON
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 26, CDA hosted a gathering of Kuwaiti Islamists from the media, academic, religious and political fields for the purpose of engaging Kuwait's religious leaders and opinion makers in a formal dialogue about U.S. policy and world events. The guests, some of whom expr [...]
2005-07-31 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAO KISL PTER KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3397SHARM EL-SHEIKH DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK HOPES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche delivered July 31 by the Charge d'Affairs (CDA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said terrorism and Iraq will be the main topics discussed at the August 3 summit. Al-Jarallah remarked that Arab rhetoric was not enough: [...]
2005-07-31 15:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KSUM KWBG KU
05KUWAIT3583ANTI-WEST, ANTI-ISRAEL AD MAKES ROUNDS OF LOCAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A virulently anti-West, anti-Israel advertisement calling on good Muslims to fight to defend the Quran and their faith appeared in two of Kuwait's five Arabic daily papers on three consecutive days this week. The ad, placed at considerable expense by an individual Kuwaiti said to [...]
2005-08-10 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KISL PREL PTER PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3585KUWAIT RESPONSE: ARAB COUNTRY ASSISTANCE TO THE
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah on August 9 and asked for reftel data on Kuwaiti aid to the Palestinian Authority. The FM promised to provide the figures, but said that any future aid would have to be taken up by the Council of Ministers. (The [...]
2005-08-10 12:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KU WE GZ
05KUWAIT3590ACTING SPEAKER INFORMS AMBASSADOR NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, Acting National Assembly Speaker, August 9 to discuss legislation that would be addressed when the National Assembly reconvened October 17. Al-Sager predicted the National Assembly would approve Project Kuwait legislation for [...]
2005-08-10 13:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EPET KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT3720KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered August 20 ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Under Secretary and International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Al-Murad expressed surprise that Magen David Adom (MDA),the Israeli national society was not a part of [...]
2005-08-20 13:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC
05KUWAIT3775PM URGES ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN, SYRIA; CALLS FOR
[...] (S) Summary: During Ambassador's 30-minute conversation with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Sief Palace August 23, the PM urged the U.S. to heed his advice and engage Iran and Syria. He provided updates on GOK progress in counterterrorism and human traffickin [...]
2005-08-23 14:53:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KU
05KUWAIT3867AID TO PALESTINIANS OPAQUE; QUESTIONS ON GAZA
[...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the Ambassador followed up on his previous request to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (ref B) and asked for clarification on Kuwaiti aid to the Palestinian Authority, particul [...]
2005-08-29 09:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN WE GZ KU
05KUWAIT3974SWISS AMBASSADOR MAKING ROUNDS ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM
[...] (C) Swiss Ambassador to Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, Jean-Phillipe Tissieres, called on the Ambassador on September 7 to brief him on Swiss plans to secure support from Arab and Muslim states for the September 11 consultations in Geneva, and the subsequent October conference, on adopting the [...]
2005-09-07 12:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC
05KUWAIT4209COMBATING EXTREMISM IN KUWAIT
[...] (S) Summary and Introduction: This report responds to the request (ref A) for information on programs for combating extremism. Embassy Kuwait actively engages the Government of Kuwait at every opportunity on every level on ways to combat extremism. Although the GOK has previously discounted [...]
2005-09-27 11:24:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI KISL ASEC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4313FREEDOM AGENDA: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SPOKESMAN SAYS
[...] (C) The Political Relations Head for the Islamic Consensus Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait, told Poloff in a recent meeting that his organization is committed to working within Kuwait's political system as outlined by the Constitution. Mohammed Al-Dallal [...]
2005-10-04 11:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL KWMN KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT4519KUWAITI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON FOUNDATION FOR THE
[...] (U) Summary. In an October 19 meeting with Econ Counselor, the Deputy Director General of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) welcomed the establishment of the Foundation for the Future (reftel),looked forward to a potential role for KCCI in the Foundation's efforts, and expla [...]
2005-10-22 04:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KU WE GZ
05KUWAIT4527FY05Q4 IIP SPEAKER EVALUATION: PATRICK CLAWSON;
[...] SUMMARY: October 1-2, 2005, U.S. Speaker Dr. Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, conducted a speaking tour in Kuwait focusing on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Addressing diverse audiences, Dr. Clawson spoke at Kuwait Unive [...]
2005-10-22 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU
05KUWAIT4641DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOK LABELS IRANIAN STATEMENTS
[...] (C) During an October 30 meeting with Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah characterized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 remarks regarding Israel as "very strong and very strange," reminding the GOK of language from the days of Ayatolla [...]
2005-10-30 13:16:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IR KU
05KUWAIT481FM AND SENIOR MP TELL U/S BOLTON IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 29 visit to Kuwait, Under Secretary Bolton shared with FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed and MP SIPDIS Mohammed Al-Sager U.S. concerns about Iran's nuclear activities and the firm belief that UNSC involvement is necessary. Bolton said the U.S. was following the Europea [...]
2005-02-02 12:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV PTER KU
05KUWAIT4901AMBASSADOR TELLS MFA UNDERSECRETARY THE TIME IS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-27 13:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ KU
05KUWAIT4903MFA UNDERSECRETARY SAYS SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah shared his views on the recent Syrian decision to send officials to Europe in for questioning by the Mehlis commission. Al-Jarallah said the SARG's decision to cooperate was the right one. Al-Jar [...]
2005-11-27 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SY KU
05KUWAIT5063NEA DAS GRAY ENGAGES GOK ON AID, IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: NEA DAS Gordon Gray met with Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, and Minister of Social Af [...]
2005-12-10 07:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM EAID KDEM KPAO CVIS KU
05KUWAIT5101ENGAGING THOUSANDS - KUWAIT'S INTERNATIONAL BOOK
[...] SUMMARY: The Embassy participated in Kuwait's 30th International Book Fair, organized by the National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters, from November 24 to December 2, 2005. Most of the tens of thousands of visitors were conservative Muslims accompanied by family members. Public Affair [...]
2005-12-13 04:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT5137SHI'A CLERIC FINDS NO LOVE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) In a December 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Emboffs he met "no one who was happy" with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government during his early-December trip to Iran. Al-Mohri said he met with the head of the Higher Judiciary Council, a former Minis [...]
2005-12-14 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT5290KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: Iran's Nuclear Program
[...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily newspapers have not covered the Iranian nuclear program and its international implications with great depth. Articles and news pieces have appeared sporadically when there have been major developments. The article below was published in a daily newspap [...]
2005-12-28 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR KU XF
05KUWAIT539FM SAYS MOD SHOULD ADDRESS FUEL; PROMISES AID FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed encouraged that a timeline be established for resolving the fuel issue. He reported that members of Parliament were expressing interest in what that the GOK was providing and that a plan could help to [...]
2005-02-07 14:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID PTER PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM KU
05KUWAIT656ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING,
[...] (C) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses to senior positions in government, Islamists have a strong voice throughout this country. Paradoxically, Islamists lead the national dialogue in calling for d [...]
2005-02-14 13:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
05LIMA2302PERU AND CHILE SETTLE DIFFERENCES OVER 1995 ARMS
[...] SUMMARY: A Joint Declaration, signed by the Foreign Ministers of Peru and Chile on May 22, has settled the bilateral squabble over Chile's delivery of arms to Ecuador during the 1995 Peru-Ecuador border conflict. The Joint Declaration referred to the Chilean Foreign Ministry's Public Declar [...]
2005-05-23 19:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PE CI
05LIMA4179EMBASSY AND EVANGELICALS: BREAKING NEW GROUND
[...] (U) This is the third in a three-part series on Peru,s Evangelical Christians. Reftels described the history and contemporary political strategy of this key emerging group. This cable discusses Embassy outreach. -------- Summary: -------- 2. (U) Peru,s rapidly-growing population of [...]
2005-09-26 20:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA4565ISRAEL AT UNGA - I: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-24 16:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PE UNGA
05LIMA4566ISRAEL AT UNGA - II: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-24 16:49:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PE UNGA
05LIMA4692DEMARCHE -IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM
[...] Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's public call for Israel to be "wiped off the map" (Ref A) was discussed at a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador for Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua and leading Foreign Ministry officials (Ref B). Maurtua expressed disapproval of the Iranian leader's statem [...]
2005-11-03 16:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PHUM PE IR
05LJUBLJANA170SUPPORTING ISRAEL IN WIPO AND ILO: SLOVENIA
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Dr. Biserka Strel, Director of the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office at the Ministry of the Economy, and to Jana Lovsin, Head of the Department for International Cooperation and European Affairs at the Ministry of Labor, Family and Social A [...]
2005-03-15 11:32:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR AORC ELAB IS SI
05LONDON1257TAKING ACTION AGAINST HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister's commitment to the Secretary to proscribe the political wings of Hezbollah and Hamas coupled with the March 1 London meeting to support the Palestinian leadership provide us with our best opportunity in three years to leverage significant change in HMG policy t [...]
2005-02-11 15:31:00Embassy LondonSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER UK XF
05MADRID12004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 08:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID1073UNCHR 61: SPANISH VIEWS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Susana Camara Angulo, MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights, on March 15. Camara Angulo said that generally the GOS agrees with positions presented in the talking points. She stated that even though Spain is no longer a voting member of the UN C [...]
2005-03-18 12:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP UNHRC
05MADRID112004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN CORRECTED VERSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-03 16:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID1139ISRAELI DIPLOMAT ON SPAIN-ISRAEL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Israeli Embassy Political Counselor Alona Fisher met with poloff on March 22 to discuss Israeli views on recent efforts by Foreign Minister Moratinos to improve Spanish relations with Israel. Fisher said bilateral relations have improved markedly in the last few months, after a "very diff [...]
2005-03-23 15:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL IS SP
05MADRID1577SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...]
2005-04-22 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN
05MADRID1578SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...]
2005-04-22 14:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN
05MADRID1879U.S.-SPAIN COUNCIL: MOD BONO EXPRESSES "PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Spain Council, a private bi-national NGO dedicated to strengthening U.S.-Spain relations, held its tenth annual meeting May 13-16 in Seville. Participants included U.S. Council Chairman Senator Chris Dodd, EUR DAS Glyn Davies, Charge Manzanares, Spanish Minister of Defense Jos [...]
2005-05-17 15:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
05MADRID2102COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US DELEGATION TO THE OSCE
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Governor George Pataki, Head of Delegation, Major Gary Berwick, Chairman Charles Gargano, David Catalfamo, Director of Communications, Salvatore Graven, Travel Aide, Jeffery Lovell, Senior Policy Advisor to th [...]
2005-06-02 11:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA PREL SP OSCE
05MADRID2318SPAIN SUPPORTS SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND DIPLOMATIC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-16 07:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SP ICRC
05MADRID2478SPAIN: AMBASSADOR AGUIRRE'S MEETING WITH FM
[...] (C) Summary: One day after his June 27 arrival in Spain, US Ambassador Eduardo Aguirre met with Foreign Minister Moratinos to lay the groundwork for a new relationship after a year of difficult relations with the Socialist government, but also to make clear US concerns about Spanish policy toward V [...]
2005-06-28 14:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID2518SPAIN ON SECURITY SECTOR SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-01 16:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG KPAL MASS PREL SP
05MADRID2714MTCR/SPAIN: MORE SPANISH REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSAL
[...] (C) In a July 20 meeting with MFA International Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez Pantoja and MFA MTCR POC Ambassador Manuel Viturro de la Torre, ESTHOFF provided Ref A U.S. reaction to Ref B Spanish thoughts on Ref C U.S. MTCR North Korea proposal. Rodriguez Pantoja and de la To [...]
2005-07-20 14:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA SP MTCRE
05MADRID3201 AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM LEON:
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon Sept. 7 to review key issues in the US-Spain agenda in the coming months, including BMENA and Latin American issues. He thanked the GOS for its sincere and concrete support for the victims of Hurricane [...]
2005-09-08 16:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP XF XM XL XG
05MADRID3492SPAIN: U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Madrid on 9/27 and met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and Director General for Political Affairs Rafael Dezcallar for wide-ranging discussions on democracy promotion, potential areas for colla [...]
2005-10-04 14:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID3519SPAIN: MFA REQUEST FOR U.S. HELP TO STOP SALE OF
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for ISN/MTR -- see paragraph 8. 2. (S) MFA Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez-Pantoja summoned ESTHOFF September 30 to MFA. Rodriguez-Pantoja said that during the U.S.-Spain bilat on the first day of the September 12-16 Madrid MTCR plenary, and in a subse [...]
2005-10-05 15:43:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL PGOV ETTC SP MTCR
05MADRID3570U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETINGS IN MADRID
[...] Summary. During her September 27 visit to Madrid to meet with FM Miguel Angel Moratinos (REF A),Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky also met with Director General for International Organizations and Multilateral Affairs Arturo Laclaustra to discuss USG initiativ [...]
2005-10-11 16:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TBIO PGOV EAGR SP
05MADRID3610SPAIN ON THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 17:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SP UNGA
05MADRID3642SPAIN: URGING PA AUTHORITY PRESIDENT ABBAS ON
[...] (SBU) Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos intends to reinforce the Quartet message and points similar to those in reftel to PA Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during Abbas' October 18-19 visit to Madrid, according to MFA Director for the Middle East and Africa Alvarro Iranzo. Iranzo said Mo [...]
2005-10-18 13:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SP
05MADRID3650SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General for the United Nations. He said that Spain would not support the resolutions renewing the mandate of committees mentioned in the demarche (Spain usually abstains),but voting against them would [...]
2005-10-18 14:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SP UNGA
05MADRID3757COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COMMERCE
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/U.S. AND DIRECTOR GENERAL ISRAEL HERNANDEZ AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT MIGUEL ROMANO, WHO WILL VISIT MADRID, SPAIN FOR A SERIES OF COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND AMBASSADORIAL PROGRAMS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 10 AND 14, CONCLUDING THAT EVENING WITH [...]
2005-10-26 14:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA BE GM SP
05MADRID4025SPAIN ON THE NOVEMBER 21 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator. Fernandez-Arias said that Kosovo, Syria and Ukraine were not on the agenda.Defense issue points were passed to contacts who deal with defense issues, and when post has a response, we will pass it t [...]
2005-11-18 15:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKPAL ETRD PREL SP
05MADRID4095EUR A/S FRIED AND WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, accompanied by WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, visited Madrid November 15-16 for meetings with Spanish officials to discuss cooperation to advance Broader Middle East reform, the upcoming NATO summits, and areas for possible collaboration in Latin [...]
2005-11-28 15:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MADRID490SPAIN ON TRAINING FOR IRAQI POLICE, IRAN, MIDEAST
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Office Director for the Near East Alberto Moreno confirmed that Spain is willing to train Iraqi police and judicial officials in Spain, but said the GOS would not undertake such training in Iraq, Jordan, or anywhere else in the region. Moreno said the Iraq elections were a v [...]
2005-02-08 16:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SP
05MADRID643SPAIN OPPOSES LISTING OF HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) Charge relayed ref A points to National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana on 2/14, emphasizing the importance the USG placed on pressuring Hizballah to end its terrorist activities. Poloff followed up later in the day with MFA Sub Director General for the Near East (DAS equivalent) Alberto [...]
2005-02-17 16:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL LE SP
05MADRID699SPANISH MUSLIMS VIEWS ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This message is the second of two cables discussing Spain's large and growing Muslim community and is based on Poloff's discussions with leading members of the Muslim community in Madrid (Reftel). Poloff recently met with three prominent members of the Muslim community--Yusuf [...]
2005-02-24 09:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALSOCI KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID980SPAIN SUPPORTS CONSENSUS EFFORTS ON MDA MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Poloff discussed Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross / Red Crescent movement ("the Movement") on March 14 with Manuel Pombo, Ambassador at Large for Humanitarian and Social Affairs. Spain strongly supports the work of the Swiss government in trying to reach a consensus on [...]
2005-03-15 07:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF IS RS CASC ASCH XG SP ICRC
05MANAMA103 BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005
[...] The following is post's Investment Climate Statement submission for 2005. 2. Begin text: INVESTMENT CLIMATE OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The government of Bahrain has a generally liberal approach to foreign investment and is eager to improve Bahrain's attractiveness to internati [...]
2005-01-25 04:47:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD BA
05MANAMA1163BAHRAIN: PREPARING FOR THE SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT
[...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche concerning the Sharm Al Sheikh summit to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa in an August 10 meeting covering a number of issues. Shaikh Mohammed said the summit had not yet been rescheduled and relayed his sense that it could be p [...]
2005-08-10 12:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KDEM BA
05MANAMA1167BAHRAIN: ARAB ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) The Charge August 10 delivered Ref A points concerning Bahraini assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa in a meeting covering several subjects (septels). Shaikh Mohammed said that King Hamad had extende [...]
2005-08-11 14:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KPAL BA
05MANAMA1243FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES GAZA WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) In an August 27 meeting covering several subjects, Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador that the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza was very good news and a step in the right direction. He noted that King Hamad had congratulated Palestinian leader Mahmoud [...]
2005-08-28 11:52:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BA
05MANAMA1256CROWN PRINCE CONCERNED ABOUT SECTARIAN SPILLOVER
[...] (C) Crown Prince Salman expressed concern to the Ambassador August 28 that Iraq will not be able to meet its goal of improving security for some time. While making clear that Bahrain fully supported the U.S. position in Iraq, he worried that a developing sectarian paradigm "is doomed to fail [...]
2005-08-29 13:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA IZ
05MANAMA1257AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE
[...] (C) In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa reaffirmed Bahrain's commitment to move ahead quickly on implementation issues of the U.S. - Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). On the development of the G8 - BMENA Entrepreneurship Center, [...]
2005-08-29 13:37:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EPET ECON KMPI ELAB BA
05MANAMA137BAHRAIN'S MEDIA ON IRAQ ELECTIONS: DEMOCRACY
[...] Summary: Bahrain's media overwhelmingly welcomed the success of Iraq's elections with front-page coverage, banner headlines, and positive editorials on January 31. The Embassy's outreach efforts on Iraq elections paid off with a four-page elections insert on January 30 in "Al Wasat," drawing [...]
2005-01-31 11:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OIIP KDEM KMDR KPAO BA IZ
05MANAMA1385OECD-MENA INVESTMENT PROGRAM: BAHRAIN MEETING OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Working Groups 1 (Open and Transparent Investment Policies - WG 1) and 2 (Investment Promotion Agencies and Business Associations as Drivers of Reform - WG 2) of the OECD-MENA Investment initiative met in Bahrain September 12-14 to review and approve their contributions to a sto [...]
2005-09-26 08:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD BA OECD
05MANAMA1421CROWN PRINCE DISCUSSES INTERNAL, EXTERNAL
[...] (C) Crown Prince Salman told the Ambassador September 25 that he was pleased with the closure of the Israel boycott office and the prospect of congressional ratification of the free trade agreement. He noted that (then) Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed had met with the Israeli deputy foreign [...]
2005-10-03 09:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KMPI KWMN BA IR IZ
05MANAMA1426NEWSPAPER'S FALSE ACCUSATION AGAINST EMBASSY
[...] (C) Arabic daily Akhbar Al Khaleej September 29 printed a small front-page item accusing the Embassy of a superpower of requesting the names of Sunni preachers in Bahrain so it could monitor their statements and criticisms. Several Sunni Imams denounced this alleged request in their September [...]
2005-10-03 12:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO KISL ETRD BA
05MANAMA1429BAHRAIN: U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 2 delivered reftel demarche concerning the U.S. UNGA First Committee resolution on compliance to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said that Bahrain supports all non-proliferation goals and objectives, including the decl [...]
2005-10-03 13:07:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL BA CDG UNGA
05MANAMA1434ISRAELI BOYCOTT SCRAPPED
[...] (C) The GOB has made good on its promise to close its Israeli Boycott Office and is now the subject of heated criticism from the press, parliamentarians, political societies and anti-normalization groups. Following the October 1 opening of its current session, the Parliament appears set to he [...]
2005-10-03 14:50:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD ETTC ECIN ECON BA
05MANAMA1469NEW FOREIGN MINISTER EMPHASIZES DESIRE TO ENHANCE
[...] (C) Newly-appointed Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador October 5 that the United States "has a special place" in his heart and he wants to enhance the already strong bilateral relations. He stressed that King Hamad is committed to the path of democratic reform and expanding w [...]
2005-10-11 09:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PINR BA IZ IR
05MANAMA1485PARLIAMENT BLASTS GOB FOR LIFTING BOYCOTT
[...] (C) In a nearly unanimous vote October 11, the parliament issued a strong rebuke to the GOB for lifting the ban on Israeli goods and closing the boycott office. The parliament expressed its displeasure by issuing a "proposal" to reinstate the Israeli Goods Boycott and reopen the boycott offic [...]
2005-10-12 17:28:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD ETTC ECIN ECON BA
05MANAMA1585PASSIONS AROUSED AT JERUSALEM DAY DEMOS
[...] (C) Summary: The annual Al Quds International Day demonstrations October 28 drew thousands showing their support for the Palestinian people. Participants chanted anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans while carrying Bahraini, Palestinian, and Hizbollah flags along with pictures of Ayatollah [...]
2005-10-30 14:36:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC BA
05MANAMA1602AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Begin summary: The Ambassador advised Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national from Guantanamo to the government of Bahrain. The Ambassador noted continued concerns over the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmad [...]
2005-10-31 15:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER
05MANAMA1603BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-01 07:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER BA IR
05MANAMA1633SCENESETTER: VISIT OF SECRETARY RICE TO BAHRAIN
[...] (C) We warmly welcome your November 11-12 visit to Manama for the Forum for the Future meeting. The Bahraini leadership, which values its relationship with the United States and yearns for more high-level engagement, looks forward to receiving you here. This will be your first opportunity to [...]
2005-11-07 09:36:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL BA OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1668FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL OPENING AND
[...] (U) November 12, 2005; 9:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Speakers: Secretary Rice SIPDIS Bahrain FM Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa Moroccan FM Benaissa UK Foreign Secretary Straw Jordan Planning Minister Al-Ali Russia Deputy Foreign Minister [...]
2005-11-14 10:16:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI EAID PGOV PREL PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1670FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON
[...] (U) November 12, 2005; 12:10 p.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Peter Mulrean (notetaker) 3. (U) SUMMARY. During the afternoon session of the Forum for the Future, participants discussed Civil Society and the Democracy Assistance Dialogue. W [...]
2005-11-14 10:23:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1679FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: REGIONAL MEDIA FOCUS ON
[...] Summary: In contrast to the American press' focus on the November 12 Forum for the Future's failure to issue a final communiqu, characterizing it as "ending in discord" over Egypt's objection on the role of NGOs, the Bahrain and regional media highlighted the broader importance of the Forum' [...]
2005-11-14 16:03:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV KMPI BA
05MANAMA1727BAHRAIN: 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE
[...] (U) Post's update for the 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) is included as follows. Electronic copies of the NTE update and the Arab League chapter update, have been provided to USTR in electronic format, per reftel instructions. ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The Ki [...]
2005-11-23 13:47:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN BA ECTRD
05MANAMA1812ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 3
[...] (C) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman December 3 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. APHSCT Townsend praised Bahrain's role in hosting the conference [...]
2005-12-10 13:38:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV ETRD BA POL OFFICIALS REFORM CTR
05MANAMA1829NAVCENT COMMANDER MAKES INITIAL CALLS ON BAHRAIN
[...] (C) The Crown Prince, DPM Shaikh Mohammed, and MFA Minister of State Abdul Ghaffar all praised the positive role played by the U.S. Navy, both in Bahrain and in the region, during introductory calls December 10 by newly-arrived NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Walsh. All three raised the Navy [...]
2005-12-12 08:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BA BILAT OFFICIALS REGION
05MANAMA1836DAS GRAY DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray met December 4 with Bahrain Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa for a discussion of regional issues. On Iraq, Shaikh Khalid said he was urging Arab Foreign Ministers discussing Iraq reconciliation to meet in Baghdad. Not doing so sends the wrong message. He talk [...]
2005-12-13 06:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD BTIO BA ECTRD OFFICIALS REGION
05MANAMA1880NAVCENT COMMANDER MAKES INITIAL CALLS ON BAHRAIN
[...] (C) The Crown Prince, DPM Shaikh Mohammed, and MFA Minister of State Abdul Ghaffar all praised the positive role played by the U.S. Navy, both in Bahrain and in the region, during introductory calls December 10 by newly-arrived NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Walsh. All three raised the Navy [...]
2005-12-21 10:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BA OFFICIALS REGION BILAT
05MANAMA222AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE
[...] (C) In an introductory meeting with the new Minister of Justice, Dr. Mohammed Ali Al Sitry February 8, the Ambassador discussed the counterterrorism challenges in the region and stressed the importance of aggressively prosecuting the four terrorist suspects currently on trial in Bahrain. The [...]
2005-02-16 10:17:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PTER PREL ASEC BA
05MANAMA230KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (S) Bahrain's King Hamad, despite some continuing worries about Saudi Arabia, expressed optimism about Bahrain and the region in a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador February 15. He was delighted with the state of the bilateral relationship and the leadership role of President Bush. He fel [...]
2005-02-16 15:08:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL ETRD PGOV PHUM BA
05MANAMA251GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, TERRORISM
[...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid discussed with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa in separate meetings February 16 the situation in Iraq following the elections; Iran and its nuclear program; Lebanon and Syria; the threat of terrorism in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Ku [...]
2005-02-23 15:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL ASEC PTER BA IZ IR LE SY
05MANAMA270BAHRAIN PROTESTS IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN INTERNAL
[...] (S) Summary. MFA MinState Abdel Ghaffar delivered a sharp message to the Ambassador February 27 outlining his government's deep concern about Iranian interference in Bahrain's internal affairs, which he said reached a zenith during recent Ashura celebrations. The MFA summoned the Iranian Amb [...]
2005-02-28 07:56:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM BA IR
05MANAMA320GCC SECGEN AFFIRMS RIGHT OF MEMBERS TO SIGN FTA'S
[...] (U) Bahrain's Al Ayam Arabic daily newspaper reported March 1 that GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Atteya confirmed that each GCC member state has the right to sign a free trade agreement with the United States, but the country must notify the other GCC members about the steps taken. He [...]
2005-03-06 14:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON ECIN BA
05MANAMA340SHAIKH MOHAMMED PRAISES LONDON MEETING, ABU
[...] (C) Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador March 7 that the March 1 London conference for assistance to the Palestinians was a great success. In a meeting covering several topics (septels),Shaikh Mohammed said that the focus of the [...]
2005-03-08 13:48:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL BA
05MANAMA347GOB REACTS TO OUTWARD SIGNS OF SHIA ACTIVISM
[...] (C) The GOB has launched a public and private campaign complaining of Iranian interference in Bahraini affairs and attempts to sow sectarianism in Bahrain. Interior Minister Shaikh Rashed said publicly that some people spread hate messages during mid-February Shia Ashura celebrations by chan [...]
2005-03-09 14:51:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV PREL KIRF BA
05MANAMA397BAHRAIN: MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) The Ambassador March 15 delivered Ref A demarche concerning U.S. views in advance of the Arab League summit to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs/Information Minister Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar took note of the demarche but had to depart the meeting before he had a chance t [...]
2005-03-16 15:17:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA
05MANAMA475BAHRAIN'S REACTION TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN ALGIERS
[...] (C) MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told PolEcon chief March 28 that the two main topics of the summit were the Palestinians and Arab League reform. (Note: Shaikh Abdul Aziz did not attend the summit but received a readout [...]
2005-03-29 12:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA531FM DISCUSSES GCC-EU FTA, FORUM FOR FUTURE,
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Mohammed told the Ambassador April 6 that both sides at the recent GCC-EU Ministerial were committed to try to conclude an FTA by the end of the year; local EU and GCC diplomats, conceding that serious issues remain, are skeptical. The EU reiterated concerns about th [...]
2005-04-11 05:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV PHUM BA
05MANAMA553SCENESETTER FOR CROWN PRINCE SALMAN'S APRIL 19-22
[...] (C) The primary reason for the Crown Prince's April 19-22 visit to Washington is to advocate for expeditious Congressional ratification of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With the launch of U.S. FTA negotiations with the United Arab Emirates and Oman, Bahrain knows it has a limi [...]
2005-04-14 13:28:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD KDEM PTER ASEC OVIP BA
05MANAMA65FOREIGN MINISTER ON PALESTINIANS, SAUDI
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa opened a January 11 meeting with the Ambassador by speaking positively of comments made the day before by President Bush about Mahmoud Abbas's electoral victory and the President's invitation for Abbas to visit Washington. Shaikh Moh [...]
2005-01-13 14:04:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PTER BA
05MANAMA795MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE ON PEACE PROCESS: BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-02 13:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA
05MANAMA826BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-11 07:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF BA IS SZ ICRC
05MANAMA855PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABBAS VISITS BAHRAIN
[...] (U) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with King Hamad during a four-hour visit to Bahrain June 14. Also attending the meeting were Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman, and Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed. The King hosted a lunch in honor of Abbas and his delegat [...]
2005-06-15 13:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BA
05MANAMA871KING DISCUSSES DOMESTIC, REGIONAL ISSUES WITH GEN.
[...] (C) Summary. Bahrain's King Hamad reaffirmed to visiting CENTCOM CDR Abizaid June 18 his position that any amendments to the constitution should be done by the legislature, not the King; intervention by the King to entice participation in next year's election would weaken, not strengthen Bahra [...]
2005-06-19 14:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA913BAHRAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-28 10:22:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL BA ICRC
05MANAMA918FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS BRUSSELS CONFERENCE A
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa June 27 and discussed with him, among other subjects, the U.S.-EU International Conference on Iraq in Brussels, the Iranian presidential election, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' June 14 visit to Bahrain [...]
2005-06-28 14:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER BA IZ IR
05MANAMA949KING WORRIES ABOUT NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (S) A major focus of the Ambassador's July 5 discussion with Bahrain's King Hamad was the King's concern about the implications of the election of Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad, he said, faces a big challenge in unifying Iranians, and one way he will generate unity will be by pro [...]
2005-07-06 13:58:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PGOV BA IR
05MANILA3790GENERAL GENEROSA SENGA ASSUMES COMMAND OF ARMED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Lieutenant General Generosa Senga assumed command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from retiring General Efren Abu in an August 15 change of command ceremony. Senga has a reputation as a combat commander. A classmate of Abu's, he is expected to continue many of his pred [...]
2005-08-17 08:56:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PINR PTER RP
05MAPUTO1112MUSLIM IV HITS HOME RUN TELLING AMERICA'S
[...] SUMMARY. Speaking to large audiences of Mozambican Muslims, Abdul Carimo Sau told America's story better than any American could have done. Sau, the Vice President of the Islamic Council of Mozambique, recently returned from the three-week International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on Rel [...]
2005-08-29 15:58:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PINR KPAO MZ
05MASERU311LESOTHO DISCUSSES UN REFORM MATTERS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed UN reform and USG priorities with the GOL Minister of Foreign Affairs during June 20 meeting. Minister Moleleki concurred with the overall message that the U.S. strongly supports a developing focus for the high level events and he reiterated his government's agreem [...]
2005-06-24 12:28:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KUNR AORC PHUM LT UNSC
05MASERU553DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING
[...] (C) On October 28, Ambassador reviewed key points concerning Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's increasing extremism and unacceptable statements including that "Israel must be wiped off the map" during discussion with Lesotho's Foreign Affairs Minister Moleleki. Moleleki stated that in his opin [...]
2005-10-28 12:11:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR LT
05MINSK1169EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 23,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. GOB Customs Service "Stays Outside Politics" On September 16, the State Customs Committee announced that the GOB has not ordered the Belarusian customs [...]
2005-09-27 05:22:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1558EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 28, 2005
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ No Protection from Triple Jeopardy in Belarus 2. On December 20, the Supreme Economic Court (SEC) overturned its own previous ruling and decided that the Belarusian Helsinki [...]
2005-12-30 09:29:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK794EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 13, 2005
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- Â [...]
2005-07-20 08:51:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MUSCAT1002SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S VISIT TO THE REGION
[...] The privately owned Arabic-language daily "al-Watan" published an editorial on June 21 under the headline "Rice's Tour And Lessons Of Democracy": "Secretary Rice said that her country made a mistake when it sought to achieve stability in the Middle East at the expense of democratization, and [...]
2005-06-22 13:41:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1061OMAN ONLINE: DISARMAMENT, DISCONTENT, AND DISSENSION
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message boards "al-Sablah" and "al-Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic- language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, no [...]
2005-07-06 11:20:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT11MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM TRIAL, ISRAEL, AND THE
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on December 30 under the title "You Too": "The United States is not insisting on the death penalty as punishment for the crimes against humanity perpetrated by Saddam Hussein. Yet Iraqi judges intend on prosecuting him to the f [...]
2005-01-03 13:43:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1123INTO THE LION'S DEN: ADDRESSING THE COMMAND AND
[...] (U) The Ambassador delivered his annual address to the Omani Command and Staff College on July 13, followed by an intense question and answer session. Fielding questions on a broad range of topics, including the war in Iraq, the legal status of Guantanamo detainees, the Palestinian-Israeli pea [...]
2005-07-18 03:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPRC KDEM KMPI KPAO XF MU
05MUSCAT1136MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL/PALESTINE; INFLUENCE AND
[...] "Al-Watan," a privately-owned Arabic daily, carried an editorial on July 15 under the headline "The Palestinian Conflict And Urgent Questions": "We are now witnessing an elected Palestinian political authority making successful decisions to peacefully fulfill the goals of its people. Howeve [...]
2005-07-19 06:32:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP XF MU
05MUSCAT1157OMAN ONLINE: MORE PARDONS, LESS PAPERS
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message boards "al-Sablah" and "al-Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic- language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, no [...]
2005-07-21 06:29:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT125MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: DISASTERS, DISTRUST, AND
[...] The privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" published an editorial on January 23 entitled, "Disasters Get Smaller Except in Iraq and Palestine": "It is said that disasters seem smaller with the passage of time, but it is more likely that our hopes grow larger to erase the pain caused by disa [...]
2005-01-24 12:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1253FM POSITIVE ON IRAQ, GAZA
[...] (U) Local and regional media gave wide coverage to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi's August 7 press comments on Iraq and Palestine. Meeting his Egyptian counterpart and Arab League SecGen Moussa to discuss the postponed AL summit, Bin Alawi said that Iraqi political f [...]
2005-08-10 12:04:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPRC XF MU
05MUSCAT1291SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA
[...] Essa bin Mohammed al-Zedjali, owner of the Arabic daily "al- Shabibah," penned an op-ed piece in the August 21 issue (which was translated and reprinted in its sister English-language daily "Times of Oman") entitled "Sharon Replaces Gaza With West Bank": "The dismantling of the settlements in [...]
2005-08-22 07:30:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1305OMAN ONLINE: REPORTING EVACUATIONS AND VACUOUS REPORTING
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message boards "al-Sablah" and "al-Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic- language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, no [...]
2005-08-24 14:42:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT1321MEDIA REACTION: GAZA, THE WEST, AND IRAQ
[...] The privately owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" featured an editorial on August 29 entitled "The Other Side Of Gaza Disengagement": "The world has now started to realize Sharon's real intentions after disengaging from Gaza. He immediately began building a discrimination wall around Jerusalem in [...]
2005-08-29 11:24:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP IZ MU
05MUSCAT1341OMAN ONLINE: PREAMBLES, PLANES, AND PRAYERS
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message boards "al-Sablah" and "al-Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic- language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, no [...]
2005-09-05 05:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT1355OMANI VIEWS ON UN REFORM ISSUES, MDA
[...] (C) On September 5, the Omani MFA IO Chief reiterated the Sultanate's opposition to the G-4 plan for UN Security Council expansion. While sympathizing with USG views on a proposed Human Rights Council and Peacebuilding Commission, he forecast that Oman would remain on the sidelines of those d [...]
2005-09-07 10:44:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MU
05MUSCAT1356MEDIA REACTION: HURRICANE KATRINA, PALESTINE
[...] The privately owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" published an editorial entitled "The Moment Of Truth" on September 3: "The entire world sympathized with the victims of Hurricane Katrina, despite the differences of political opinion that exist between the U.S. and the rest of the world. However, [...]
2005-09-07 10:49:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1361OMANI EXPECTATIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects Arab League praise for the Gaza withdrawal and Iraq's constitutional process, and a firm denunciation of terrorism. The League will likely push for further implementation of the Roadmap, and informally pressure Syria to improve its cooperation [...]
2005-09-07 15:10:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER XF MU
05MUSCAT1381MEDIA REACTION: 9/11, ISRAEL, AND UNITED NATIONS REFORM
[...] The privately owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" published an editorial entitled "Silence Followed By A Question" on September 12: "The whole world mourns the victims of 9/11 in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. However, after a respectful minute of silence, the world will want to raise qu [...]
2005-09-13 05:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1413MEDIA REACTION: THE NEED TO DEFINE TERRORISM
[...] On September 18, privately owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" featured an editorial entitled "Oman's Call To Define Terrorism": "Demanding a clear definition of terrorism, and differentiating between terrorism and legal resistance, was the main demand made by the Sultanate in its speech at the UN [...]
2005-09-19 12:04:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1444MEDIA REACTION: VARIOUS VIEWS OF ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
[...] On September 23, the privately owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" published an editorial entitled "Who Will Protect The Palestinians From Sharon's Threats?": "The gap continues to widen between Palestinian and Israeli behavior. Israel insists on the methods of violence, forced arrests, and destr [...]
2005-09-26 10:45:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1473SULTAN'S ANNUAL ADDRESS
[...] (SBU) Sultan Qaboos' October 1 annual address to the Majlis Oman, lasting under 15 minutes, focused almost entirely on the human resource development, making only a brief reference to foreign affairs and offering little in the way of new initiatives or reforms. Popular hopes that long-unchang [...]
2005-10-03 14:23:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ELAB MU
05MUSCAT1481MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, THE SUPERPOWERS, AND PALESTINE
[...] The privately owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" published an editorial entitled "Could the Tug Of War Succeed In Politics?" on October 1: "The tug of war between the West and the Islamic Republic of Iran over Tehran's nuclear program seems dangerous, but it might actually be a successful policy. [...]
2005-10-04 05:29:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDIR KPAL NOTAG IS
05MUSCAT1482OMAN ONLINE: STORMS, WEAPONS, ALIENS, AND DIPLOMATS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 05:29:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT1499OMAN ONLINE: FREE TRADE (AND FREE TAYBAH!)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 13:23:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT1500OMANTEL PRESIDENT TALKS BUSINESS, BOYCOTT
[...] (U) Summary: A meeting between Omantel's Executive President, Embassy and U.S. Department of Commerce officials produced positive results in removing boycott language from company documents. The company's president also stressed the importance of streamlining procurement decisions to Omantel's [...]
2005-10-05 13:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON ECPS KBCT MU
05MUSCAT1512MEDIA REACTION: NOBEL PRIZE, IRAN, MIDDLE EAST
[...] The privately-owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" published an editorial on October 9 entitled "Has Alfred Nobel's Mission Been Achieved?": "Granting the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its director, Dr. Mohammed al-Baradei, is in itself a noble message. However, we [...]
2005-10-10 12:56:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1513OMAN AFFIRMS NO BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) On September 28, 2005, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, transmitted a letter, via facsimile, to the Embassy for transmission to Robert Portman, United States Trade Representative. (Begin letter text) Please accept my congratulations on your recent appoin [...]
2005-10-11 03:38:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KBCT ETRD ECON PGOV IS MU
05MUSCAT1577OMAN ONLINE: CONSTITUTIONS, COLONIALISM, AND CACOPHONY
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...]
2005-10-19 13:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI KISL MU
05MUSCAT1588MEDIA REACTION: MEHLIS REPORT, ARAB LEAGUE, AND SYRIA
[...] The privately owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" ran an editorial on October 23 entitled "About The Mehlis Report": "The Mehlis report was well-received in Lebanon, but it would have been better for Mr. Mehlis to provide us with a comprehensive report, supported by substantial evidence and buttre [...]
2005-10-25 04:34:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1608OMAN ONLINE: HOT TOPICS FROM AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, AND
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...]
2005-10-26 12:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT1634MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/SYRIA AND ISRAEL/PALESTINE
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" ran an editorial on October 31 entitled "Will The Iraq Scenario Be Repeated?": "Perhaps the fears of Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister are justified regarding a UN Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force against Damascus, particularly in [...]
2005-11-01 04:38:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1643OMAN ONLINE: ELECTRIFYING THE SULTANATE
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...]
2005-11-01 13:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT1703MEDIA REACTION: AMMAN BOMBINGS, ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS, AND
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" featured an editorial on November 11 under the headline "Terrorism Strikes Again" [Note: as reported reftel, the Omani government issued a strong condemnation of the terrorist bombings on November 9. End note.]: "Terrorism has struck again - this tim [...]
2005-11-15 13:47:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1746OMAN ONLINE: BARBARIANS, BAD SHOWS, BIG BROTHER, AND
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...]
2005-11-22 20:16:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT1871OMAN ONLINE: SUICIDE, SHEIKAHS, AND STRIKES
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...]
2005-12-15 17:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT206MUSCAT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RESPONSE TO PRESIDENTIAL
[...] Arabic and English language print media in Oman gave extensive coverage to President Bush's State Of The Union Address, particularly the sections of the speech relating to Iraq and the Middle East Peace Process. Most coverage focused on his warnings to Iran and Syria. Many articles were critic [...]
2005-02-07 05:43:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP PREL MU
05MUSCAT212CHANCE FOR PEACE AND A GENERAL'S CALLOUS COMMENTS
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on February 7 under the title, "Abu Mazen's Historic Opportunity": "There is a `historic opportunity' to resolve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas created this opportunity when he succeeded [...]
2005-02-08 09:06:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT242EB SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD TALKS BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During recent meetings with senior State Department official Frank Mermoud, Omani government officials and members of the local and American business communities provided valuable insights into the upcoming free trade agreement (FTA) talks and the issues facing American companie [...]
2005-02-13 13:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD KTDB EINV CVIS ELAB MU
05MUSCAT258OMAN CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION
[...] (SBU) The Foreign Ministry quickly issued a statement on February 14 that condemned the murder of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri, mourned his loss and expressed confidence that the crime would not undermine Lebanon's stability. MFA contacts were loath to point fingers of blame, but expressed [...]
2005-02-16 03:36:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL LE MU
05MUSCAT271OPPORTUNITY FOR ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, THE SECRETARY'S
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on February 12 entitled, "The Necessity of Ending Confrontation": "Israel and Palestine have agreed -- yet again -- to end violent confrontations between their respective citizens. Similar commitments to peace have been swept a [...]
2005-02-16 07:06:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT317PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR PRAISES PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 19:36:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPRC KWBG KPAL IS MU
05MUSCAT331SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) The Secretary's oral message was delivered to the Foreign Ministry February 27, encouraging Oman's participation in the March 1 gathering in London, its support for the Palestinian Authority, and the reopening of trade offices in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Minister Responsibl [...]
2005-02-27 12:40:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEAID KPAL KWBG ECON EFIN PREL MU XF
05MUSCAT398AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS, AN ARAB SUMMIT AND THE ISRAELI-
[...] On March 5, the Privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" carried an editorial by Atif Abul Jawad, an Egyptian journalist entitled "The Sad Joke": "The 2004 Human Rights Report published by the U.S. Department of State is an expos on the status of human rights world wide. However, one of the u [...]
2005-03-08 05:09:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT428OMAN ONLINE: THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND THE FTA
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat rooms "Al-Sablah" and "Al- Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wh [...]
2005-03-10 10:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT450MEDIA REACTION: AMERICAN POLICY YESTERDAY AND TODAY,
[...] On March 13, the privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" carried an editorial by Sa'ud al-Ansi, former Chief of the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Department, entitled "America, The Past And The Present" that reads as follows: "U.S. policy toward the Arab World is really a numb [...]
2005-03-15 10:30:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT456MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) With the minister out of the country, the Ambassador spoke on March 15 with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr bin Hamed al-Busaidi to convey the USG concerns per ref A. Regarding Syria/Lebanon, Sayyid Badr reiterated Oman's support of the USG position, as expressed by Minister [...]
2005-03-15 12:00:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE IS IZ MU
05MUSCAT490MEDIA REACTION: SHARON AND PALESTINIAN COMMITMENTS,
[...] On March 19, the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled, "Sharon's Dilemma is Growing": "The Palestinian commitment to stop attacks against Israel -- provided Israel stops its hostile actions against the Palestinians -- has put real pressure on Sh [...]
2005-03-23 12:25:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT495SPECIAL OMAN ONLINE: A/USTR NOVELLI DEMYSTIFIES FTA
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat rooms "al-Sablah" and "al- Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wh [...]
2005-03-26 07:14:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT522MEDIA REACTION: ARAB SUMMIT, ISRAELI MACHINATIONS, AND
[...] On March 25, the privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" carried an editorial entitled "The Positive Algerian Summit": "Despite the absence of public enthusiasm for the Arab summit, its outcome was positive. The summit made any peace initiative contingent upon Israel's withdrawal from Arab t [...]
2005-03-30 03:51:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT56MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: TSUNAMI, PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on January 6 entitled "Media Compassion And The Tsunami Crisis": "We should note the outstanding coverage that the Western media gave to the tsunami crisis. It was more than just a headline. They offered 24-hour coverage of the [...]
2005-01-10 11:04:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT562DVC - ELECTIONS KEY TO POSITIVE CHANGE IN IRAQ
[...] Embassy Muscat held a digital videoconference with Dr. Phebe Marr, Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, on the impact of the Iraqi elections on the future of Iraq. Dr. Marr acknowledgopined that the elections were flawed and that sectarian issues played a prominent role in [...]
2005-04-06 08:12:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KIRC OIIP SCUL IZ MU
05MUSCAT597MEDIA REACTION: SETTLEMENT EXPANSION IN PALESTINE, HATE
[...] On April 7, the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled, "Sharon's Projects to Where?" "Despite the Palestinian leadership's insistence that Sharon withdraw from the Gaza strip, it appears that he will once again ignore their requests and go against his previously c [...]
2005-04-12 02:51:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT599GEN ABIZAID'S MEETINGS WITH OMANI FOREIGN, DEFENSE
[...] (C) Senior Omani foreign affairs and defense officials shared views with CENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid on the brewing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with the Omanis consistently advocating direct dialogue as a means to ease pressures and forestall an Iranian nuclear program. The Omanis shared [...]
2005-04-12 02:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR PTER SMIG MNUC XF XD MU
05MUSCAT6SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S TRANSIT OF OMAN
[...] (C) Team Muscat was delighted to learn of your transit of Oman en route to the tsunami-stricken Asia region. In the event your brief refueling stop in Muscat offers the opportunity for an airport meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi, we offer the following ba [...]
2005-01-02 10:35:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MU
05MUSCAT615OMAN FM SPEAKS OUT ON IRAQ, PALESTINE, REFORM
[...] (C) Despite not having made a public statement of support following the January 30 parliamentary elections in Iraq, Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi praised democratic developments in Iraq in an April 12 press interview in Qatar. Speaking on the margins of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, t [...]
2005-04-13 10:01:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC KISL KPAL IZ XF MU
05MUSCAT643MEDIA REACTION: THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT, A NEW ROAD
[...] On April 15, government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled, "The Iraqi Government's Huge Task": "The soon to be announced Iraqi government has a huge mission before it. It must bring security and stability to Iraq, as well as revive the Iraqi soul and strengthen the sens [...]
2005-04-19 02:53:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP IZ XF MU
05MUSCAT676OMAN ONLINE: ARRESTEE TRIAL AND AL-HURRAH INTERVIEW WITH
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat rooms "al-Sablah" and "al- Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wh [...]
2005-04-25 06:20:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SOCI SCUL MU
05MUSCAT682005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR OMAN
[...] Following is the text of the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for the Sultanate of Oman. 2. ECONOMIC OVERVIEW Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum, which accounted for about 66.9 percent of government revenue by October of FY 2004. Oman's proven recoverable oil reserves are e [...]
2005-01-13 10:09:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON KTDB MU
05MUSCAT690MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI DUPLICITY AND AMERICAN DEMAND
[...] On April 21, the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled, "A Strange Position": "The duplicity of the American position toward Israel hurts the prospects of peace in the region. While it is true that America has called for Israel to stop building new settlements, i [...]
2005-04-27 04:41:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT717MEDIA REACTION: PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SECURING THE
[...] On April 26, the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled "Peace in the Middle East": "As a powerful country, the United States has a moral and legal responsibility to seek the best possible solutions for regional political problems and pressures. When people are su [...]
2005-05-03 02:47:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT795MEDIA REACTION: DESECRATIONS, OPERATIONS, MACHINATIONS
[...] Two pieces on the alleged Quran desecration at Guantanamo Bay appeared on the editorial page of the privately-owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" on May 15. The first, entitled "Quran Desecration and al-Aqsa," was written by Lebanese columnist Zuhair Majid: "It is a season of desecration for all [...]
2005-05-17 05:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT866MEDIA REACTION: LAURA BUSH, ABU MAZEN, AND FREEDOM
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an article by Dr. Ali Abdulkarim bin Ali bin Jawad on May 25 entitled "Laura Bush's New Title?": "Laura Bush's speech, in which she called on the people of the Middle East to cooperate for a brighter future, was notable for its positive and re [...]
2005-05-30 09:43:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT875OMANI RESPONSE TO MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE:
[...] (C) Defending Oman's forward-leaning track record toward Israel, and indicating a willingness to go even beyond USG requests for expanding ties with it, the Omani Foreign Ministry argued that Israel's delay in matching Palestinian Authority implementation of Roadmap commitments prevents Muscat [...]
2005-05-31 13:31:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID KPAL KBCT XF MU
05MUSCAT988MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S VISIT, DOHA SUMMIT
[...] "Oman," the government-owned Arabic-language daily, published an editorial on June 20 under the headline "Rice's Visit And The Importance Of The Peace Process": "Secretary Rice's visit to the region is important not only for moving the peace process forward, but also for further developing U [...]
2005-06-21 02:24:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05NAIROBI2409TERRORISM TRIALS: MURDER SUSPECTS RELEASED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kenyan judge ordered June 9 the immediate release of four al Qaida suspects who had been on trial for murder. He ruled the prosecution failed to provide any evidence connecting the accused to the November 2002 suicide-bombing against the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Kikam [...]
2005-06-09 15:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV KISL KE IS
05NAIROBI2619MALINDI: MIXING SUN, DRUGS, CORRUPTION AND A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kenyan coastal resort town of Malindi is schizophrenic: hundreds of Italians - and upcountry Kenyans - dominate the town,s economic lifeline, a tourism industry that caters to tens of thousands of European sun-seekers annually. Some are involved in feeding the town,s sk [...]
2005-06-24 13:36:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PGOV KISL KPAO KE
05NAIROBI2695KENYAN DEPUTY PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ON ARTICLE 98:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Speaker of Parliament, David Musila, explained June 29 that the underlying reason for Kenyan opposition to an Article 98 agreement is that Kenya feels "unappreciated." In recognition for all the security assistance Kenya has provided to the U.S., Kenya should not be requir [...]
2005-07-01 03:24:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PINS ECON SOCI SENV PGOV EAGR KE
05NAIROBI4928FOLLOW UP TO ETHIOPIANS ARRESTED AT JOMO KENYATTA
[...] (S/NF) Explosive residue examination conducted by SIMO (using post's itemisers) on the left insole of the pair of shoes discussed in reftels, detected traces of the highly explosive substance, Pentaerythrol Trinitrate (PETN). On 11/28, Embassy Legal Attach and SIMO expert were given access to [...]
2005-11-29 12:14:00Embassy NairobiSECRETASEC PTER KE
05NAIROBI5180KENYA: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. The first section updates the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism section on Kenya. The second section provides supplemental information. Proposed Text for Patterns of Global Terrorism Report ------------------------------- [...]
2005-12-20 01:42:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MARR EFIN KE
05NASSAU332BAHAMIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EQUATES ISRAEL WITH
[...] (C) Visiting non-resident Israeli Ambassador David Dadonn was not given a meeting with Bahamian Prime Minister Perry G. Christie during his current visit to Nassau. Ambassador Dadonn also reported that his first meeting with Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell ended abruptly after five minutes af [...]
2005-02-16 20:44:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV IS BF
05NASSAU393FOREIGN MINISTER POISED TO RAISE PROFILE IN CARICOM
[...] (C) His intelligence, work ethic, and undisguised ambition have made Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell one of the three or four most powerful members of the Perry Christie Government and a person of growing influence in the Caribbean. Currently the vice-chairman in the Commonwealth Min [...]
2005-02-25 16:57:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL OFDP PGOV XL BF CARICOM
05NDJAMENA326FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON
[...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]
2005-03-03 11:55:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA329FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON
[...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]
2005-03-03 14:14:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA330FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON
[...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]
2005-03-03 14:14:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NEWDELHI1192WEST ASIA ENVOY OFFERS PALESTINIAN SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: GOI Special Envoy for West Asia and the Middle East Peace Process Chinmaya Gharekhan told the DCM on February 15 that India would like to provide and fund security training for the Palestinian Authority, in response to what he said were statements by the Secretary welcoming such [...]
2005-02-15 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IZ IS IN
05NEWDELHI1520GOI UPBEAT ON CYBER-COOPERATION, SERIOUS ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a brief February 22 meeting, National Security Council Secretariat Joint Secretary Arvind Gupta and Deputy Director (Information Security) Commander Mukesh Saini were upbeat on US-India cybersecurity cooperation, clarified the objective of the upcoming April 18-19 Cybersecuri [...]
2005-02-28 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCIP TINT KCRM PREL PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI1546MEA CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 conversation with PolCouns and Poloff, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was generally upbeat about short-term Indo-Pak rapprochement, and expressed cautious optimism about long-term sustainability of this trend. After shari [...]
2005-03-01 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR MOPS KNNP IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1553GOI REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION ON REPORTED PAKISTAN ARMS OFFER TO NEPAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Following up the Foreign Secretary's earlier approach to the Ambassador on the subject of third country arms transfers to Nepal (reftel),Acting MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Renu Pall called in PolCouns and PolOff on March 1 to inf [...]
2005-03-01 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS IN PK NP
05NEWDELHI1764SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...]
2005-03-08 05:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN
05NEWDELHI1783INDIA SEEKS TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON
[...] (S) Summary: During a highly-anticipated February 22 briefing on the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) missile defense system, GOI and USG representatives cited the exchange as evidence of the transformed Indo-US relationship. Throughout the session, GOI statements and questions indicat [...]
2005-03-08 10:58:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1854INDIA'S COMMUNISTS - CONTENT TO SUPPORT THE
[...] (C) Summary: The strong performance of the BJP following recent State Assembly elections has convinced India's mainstream Communists to downplay their differences with the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and cooperate for the time being to meet the "rightist" threat. The Communists [...]
2005-03-10 10:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL PINR IN
05NEWDELHI2550SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON,S APRIL 13-16 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon, we welcome your upcoming visit to India, coming at a time of excellent relations in a fast maturing defense cooperation relationship. You also come soon after Secretary of State Rice's first visit last month, which has been characterized as the most successful visit o [...]
2005-04-05 14:21:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL MASS MOPS PTER IN US
05NEWDELHI3164INDIA WAITING FOR ACTION FROM NEPAL'S KING
[...] (C) Summary: India wants to see progress toward democracy on the ground, not just hear the right words, before resuming arms shipments to Nepal, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on April 27. Dismissing media reports of a "U-turn in Indian policy" as "speculation [...]
2005-04-27 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KDEM PHUM IN NP CH IS SF
05NEWDELHI3220INDIA DENIES UNLAWFUL IMPORT OF CONTROLLED
[...] (C) Following several articles in the international and Indian press, PolCouns queried MEA Director, Disarmament and International Security (DISA),Venu Rajamony on April 26, about the GOI investigation of the case of Asher Karni, an Israeli businessman recently indicted in the US for unlawfu [...]
2005-04-28 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP TSPA ETTC PK IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3242EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS FOR INDIA
[...] (SBU) Export Control System Standards for India, in response to Ref A. The GOI is in the process of introducing new legislation aimed at licensing and controlling the export of WMD and their delivery systems. MEA contacts have stated that they expect to introduce and seek approval of the legi [...]
2005-04-29 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC PARM PREL IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3810PUTIN: "MANY GUESTS IN MOSCOW, BUT ONLY ONE INDIA"
[...] (C) Summary: According to our Indian contacts, President Putin offered India a range of defense and energy cooperation proposals during PM Manmohan Singh's May 8-10 visit to Moscow, renewing top-level bonhomie after his scratchy visit to New Delhi last December. Commenting on Putin's offer to [...]
2005-05-20 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD KNNP TSPA RS CH IN
05NEWDELHI4961US-INDIA NON-PROLIFERATION DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Arms Control A/S Stephen Rademaker and representatives from AC, NP, SA, OSD, and Embassy met GOI counterparts, led by MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar on June 16 to continue the ongoing bilateral dialogue on strategic stability and nonproliferation [...]
2005-06-29 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC IR PK CH IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5047U/S BURNS DISCUSSES PM'S VISIT WITH FS SARAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a three and a half-hour session with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 24, U/S Burns reviewed deliverables for PM Manmohan Singh's July 18 visit to Washington, discussing in detail those of greatest interest to New Delhi (Civil Nuclear cooperation and UNSC reform) and revi [...]
2005-07-01 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ETTC EAGR IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI551MEA WARNS OF NUCLEAR IMPASSE IN NSSP
[...] (C) The Ambassador used a January 20 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar to press for a timely reply to the US requests conveyed via ref A and to underline the importance of India coming to us with draft export control legislation and other outstanding items related to P [...]
2005-01-20 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KNNP TRGY TPHY IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI6218INDIAN MID-EAST ENVOY PITCHES FOR GAZA ROLE,
[...] (C) In an August 10 meeting with the Charge, GOI "West Asia" Special Envoy Chinmaya Gharekhan underlined New Delhi's strong interest in contributing to the task of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, and noted that India was discussing with the Palestinians how best to channel its $50 million ass [...]
2005-08-10 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS IZ IS IN
05NEWDELHI6598PM SINGH TO SEEK FRENCH SUPPORT ON NUCLEAR ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting, French Second Counselor Gilles Bourbao previewed PM Singh's September 11-12 trip to Paris. The primary motivation for the Singh visit is to obtain French support for modifying the international nuclear framework in light of the US-Indian civil nuclear ag [...]
2005-08-26 14:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MASS FR IN EU
05NEWDELHI6735GOI VISITOR DISAPPOINTS ISRAEL
[...] (S) Israel DCM Yoed Magen gave us an unexpectedly downbeat readout of the August 28 visit to Jerusalem by MEA Secretary East Rajiv Sikri, reporting that Sikri appeared SIPDIS more often to be the representative of the Palestinians, rather than India. The Israelis went all out for this visit, supp [...]
2005-09-01 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL IN IS
05NEWDELHI6841INDIA-SYRIA RELATIONS (C-NE5-00868)
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Indian West Asia Envoy Gharekhan's recent trip to Syria was focused on Iraq. India's broader interests in Damascus include Syria's influence on the Israel-Palestine conflict and Iraq, and the GOI's desire to burnish relations with the Muslim world. End Summary. Gharekhan's Visi [...]
2005-09-06 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR IN SY
05NEWDELHI7693INITIAL INDIAN OUTREACH TO THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (C) Summary: India has begun to lobby Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members in advance of the 19-20 October meeting of the Consultative Group (CG),MEA Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Hamid Ali Rao told PolCouns and PolMilOff on 3 Oct. So far, the GOI has engaged [...]
2005-10-03 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG KNNP IS IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI7795DNSA NAMBIAR TO AMB CROCKER: PAKISTANI GLASS HALF
[...] (S) Summary: Playing bad cop, Deputy National Security Advisor Vijay Nambiar gave visiting US Ambassador to Pakistan a twenty minute assessment of Pakistani terrorists' ties to regional and global jehadi groups as a way of "balancing Musharraf's rhetoric." Bangladesh, he feared, was the new hub for [...]
2005-10-06 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PBTS ECON MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7797GOI: NO BASHAR VISIT PLANNED, BUT SYRIA MUST DO
[...] (C) Summary: India's West Asia Envoy C Gharekhan told us he is unaware of plans for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to visit New Delhi, but agreed that Damascus is eager to exploit any opportunity for high-level visits to dispel its deep isolation. Syria must do more for its own sake and Iraq [...]
2005-10-06 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN SY IZ
05NEWDELHI8380GOI TRYING TO SALVAGE ISRAEL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Indian-Israel relations have hit a rough patch because of a recent lack of direction on the part of the ruling UPA government in New Delhi, but both sides say they intend to restore better ties. Over the next few weeks, Congress party leadership will affirm India's interest in m [...]
2005-10-28 11:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN IS
05NEWDELHI9133INDO-RUSSIAN SUMMIT TUNED TO DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI hopes to expand Indo-Russian defense and space cooperation at the December 4-6 Sixth Annual Summit in Russia, but a sluggish economic relationship is dragging down bilateral ties. President Putin and Prime Minister Singh are expected to sign four agreements on defense In [...]
2005-12-03 03:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV KNNP MASS IN
05NEWDELHI9319INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT CITIZENS, SECURE ENERGY INTERESTS IN MIDDLE EAST (C-NE5-00945)
[...] (C) Summary: While India has major interests in the Middle East (energy, trade, expatriate workers, and religious ties),it has historically had lackluster relations in the area. GOI attention focuses on a few nations of particular importance to those interests, primarily Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq [...]
2005-12-12 01:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EPET PTER PINR IN BA IR IS IZ QA MU AE XF
05NEWDELHI9393URGENT REQUEST FOR RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW DELHI
[...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for NEA/SA/EX and HR/RMA. Please see paragraph 6. 2. Summary: Embassy New Delhi respectfully requests that the DRI position (10504002 vice Nair) in our Political Section be immediately re-established and filled for 2006- 2008. Our workload has skyrocketed as US- [...]
2005-12-14 09:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM BT IN US
05NEWDELHI9421AHMADINEJAD'S IRRATIONALITY: AN INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: During PolCouns's introductory call on new MEA Additional Secretary (UN and International Security) KC Singh, Singh shared his impressions from his recent posting as India's Ambassador in Tehran, emphasizing that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's perspective is skewed by his fer [...]
2005-12-15 09:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV KNNP PINR IN IR
05NEWDELHI9485INDIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Below is Post's submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism: Begin text: India remains an important and vigorous ally in the global war on terror. India's law enforcement, paramilitary and armed forces neutralized over 1,500 terrorists in 2005, according to a leading indepen [...]
2005-12-16 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO MASS PGOV PHUM
05NEWDELHI961LOOKING TO REASSERT A MID-EAST ROLE, INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: On February 2, the MEA announced the appointment of retired career diplomat Chinmaya Gharekhan as Special Envoy for West Asia and the Middle East Peace Process. In creating this position, the GOI signaled its hope to raise New Delhi's profile in the Gulf, where India has an unde [...]
2005-02-07 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PINR IS IZ IN
05NOUAKCHOTT762WHY DID MAHMOUD ABBAS VISIT MAURITANIA?
[...] (U) On July 2, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made his first official visit to Mauritania. Spending roughly 24 hours, he met with President Taya and toured Nouakchott,s port. The two men reportedly discussed Abbas' recent trip to the US, including discussions he had had with President B [...]
2005-07-07 10:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MR IS
05OTTAWA1403Canada announces airport rent reductions with 5-year
[...] On May 9 Canada's Minister of Transport, Jean Lapierre, announced a new rent policy for federally owned airports. The new policy is expected to result in close to C$8 billion in rent relief for Canada's airport authorities over the life of the airport leases, which are typically for 60 years. [...]
2005-05-10 18:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV CA
05OTTAWA1647FY 2006 IVLP EU RP Combating International Crime -
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Joe Couto, Director of Government Relations, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, for subject project. EVDB-formatted nomination follows. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automat [...]
2005-06-02 20:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV
05OTTAWA1799CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND A RESPONSE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning full membership for the Israeli National Society (MDA) in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, to Allisa Golberg, deputy director of the human rights division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on June 13. Golberg referred to the me [...]
2005-06-14 17:29:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CA ICRC
05OTTAWA2700CANADA'S GLOBAL SAFEGUARD INQUIRY INTO BICYCLES
[...] The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has published its final report determining that imports of bicycles are a principal cause of "serious injury" to Canadian bicycle manufacturers. CITT has recommended a surtax on assembled or unassembled bicycles with a wheel diameter greater t [...]
2005-09-08 20:09:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD
05OTTAWA2877SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE RESPONSE - MISSION
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. YES B. YES C. YES D. ALCAN POSTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DEMONSTRATORS TO BE APPROXIMATELY 50. HOWEVER, A STEADY DECREASE IN THE NUMBER AND FREQUENCY OF DEMONSTRATIONS DID OCCUR THROUGHOUT CANADA DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD. E. MILITARY ACTIO [...]
2005-09-26 14:47:00Embassy OttawaSECRETASEC PTER
05OTTAWA304A/S RADEMAKER,S MEETINGS WITH CANADIANS ON ARMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a day of consultations in Ottawa on January 11, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC/PDAS Frank Record exchanged views with Canadian Foreign Affairs (FAC) and National Defense officials on U.S. and Canadian arms control and disarmament policy. [...]
2005-02-01 18:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM CD CA NPT FAC
05OTTAWA3229POSSIBLE SHIFT IN CANADA'S UNGA ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) As requested in reftel, poloff met with Wendy Drukier, Deputy Director of United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division, and Anne Flanagan Whalen, Deputy Director of the Middle East Division, at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) on 28 October to discuss Canada's upcoming vote on extending the [...]
2005-10-28 21:25:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL CA IS UNGA
05OTTAWA3230CANADA COSPONSORS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, poloff met with officials from Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) on October 28 to discuss Canada's co-sponsorship of the Holocaust Remembrance resolution. Canadian participants included Ann Flanagan Whalen, Deputy Director of the Middle East Division, Wendy Drukier, Dep [...]
2005-10-28 21:26:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL CA IS UNGA
05OTTAWA3233DEMARCHE -IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel with Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Iran and Iraq Jeffrey McLaren on October 28. McLaren concurred with the points in our non-paper. He said that upon learning of Ahmadi-Nejad's remarks on October 26, Assistant Deputy Minister David Mulroney immediately broug [...]
2005-10-31 13:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER CA IR
05OTTAWA3283US-EU-CANADA DISCUSSIONS OF IRAN (CORRECTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 26, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and a U.S. delegation met with senior EU Commission and Canadian officials in Ottawa to exchange views on Iran and discuss prospects for addressing human rights and security-related concerns. Topics covered included Iran's internal situation, [...]
2005-11-03 20:34:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM IR CA
05OTTAWA3698CANADA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Unclassified entire text. GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in 2005 in partnering with the United States and other like-minded states to support the international fight against terror. With a 5,200 mile undefended border, Canada is one [...]
2005-12-16 21:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CA KCRM KHLS PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KPAO
05OTTAWA641U.S.-CANADA CONSULTATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. and Canada held consultations on February 14 in Ottawa in preparation for the upcoming session of the CHR. Both sides agreed that engaging Mexico before the CHR in a tri-lateral meeting would be important, particularly if Mexico goes forward with an initiative that coul [...]
2005-03-01 19:13:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CA CHR
05PANAMA1553(C) VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA
[...] (C) Embassy Panama is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States and revoking the visa of Winston Spadafora (DPOB: 22 DEC 1941; Panama). Embassy [...]
2005-07-22 22:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2392TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PANAMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a 3-hour private dinner December 5 at the Residence, Ambassador held a wide-ranging discussion with Panamanian Foreign Minister (FM) Samuel Lewis Navarro on subjects including U.S. concerns about the integrity of the Panamanian judicial system (including the recent revocati [...]
2005-12-09 19:35:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA629PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT FRACAS BLURS GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) A public row pitting one Supreme Court Justice against three others has incited vehement public demands for the dismissal of all nine justices. On March 10 the Panamanian government (GOP) institutionalized those demands by forming a State Justice Commission (SJC) comprising state officials and [...]
2005-03-18 21:46:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PM POL CHIEF
05PARIS1052PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the January 12-13, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non-Paris Club members Brazil, [...]
2005-02-18 11:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS1053MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIA, PRESIDENT
[...] LEBANON - SYRIA 2. PRESIDENT BUSH IN EUROPE (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT-PAGES IN THE FRENCH PRESS TODAY DEAL WITH A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS FROM THE RECORD PROFITS OF FRENCH COMPANIES, NAMELY OIL GIANT TOTAL THAT HAS SURPASSED ITS ALL-TIME RECORD, TO THE MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR THE [...]
2005-02-18 11:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1139CODEL SMITH MEETS CHIRAC, FRENCH OFFICIALS, JANUARY 31, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: During their January 31st stop in Paris, Senators Smith, Biden, Leahy, Chambliss, Shelby and Hatch discussed the status of the bilateral relationship, Iraq, Iran proliferation, Afghanistan, the EU´s arms embargo on China, and anti-Semitism in France in separate meetings with French [...]
2005-02-23 11:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL KNNP MARR IZ AF FR
05PARIS114MEDIA REACTION REPORT - JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
[...] JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL RELIEF SUMMIT 2. MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS 3. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE CARRIES AN OP-ED BY SECRETARY POWELL TITLED "DEVELOPMENT AID TO POOR COUNTRIES: A MORAL OBLIGATION." THE ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE, THE J [...]
2005-01-07 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1244MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPE - PRESIDENT BUSH'S
[...] EUROPE - PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS 2. MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF STORIES, WHICH INCLUDE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES AND EUROPEAN POLITICAL AFFAIRS, ARE FEATURED ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES. INSIDE, SEVERAL ARTICLES ARE DEVOTED TO [...]
2005-02-28 11:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1283MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 11:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1306SARKOZY WATCH: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER DE CHARETTE
[...] (C) Summary: In a remarkable initiative, the new head of international relations of the governing UMP party, former Foreign Minister Herve de Charette called on Ambassador Leach March 1 offering a hand of friendship and cooperation. Charette applauded the positive results of U.S. policies across th [...]
2005-03-01 17:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR PINT
05PARIS1309PUBLIC AFFAIRS PERSPECTIVES IN THE WAKE OF THE
[...] Summary: French opinion leaders across the political spectrum commented at length on every stop of the President's trip to Europe. As with the visit of Secretary Rice, several, sometimes conflicting, themes emerged. Even long-standing critics of recent U.S. policy heralded the visit and P [...]
2005-03-01 17:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS1356FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATING HIZBALLAH AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
[...] (S) Summary: On March 1, poloffs delivered reftel demarche on designating Hizballah as a terrorist organization to Julien Deruffe and Yves Trotignon from the MFA's office of counter-terrorism and Remy Bouallegue, Lebanon/Syria desk officer. Poloff also informed Dominique Boche, President Chir [...]
2005-03-02 14:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC PTER EFIN FR EUN
05PARIS1412MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON AND SYRIA - ISRAEL
[...] LEBANON AND SYRIA 2. ISRAEL AND PALESTINE 3. IRAQ - FORMATION OF A NEW GOVERNMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ISSUES SURROUNDING FRENCH HOSTAGE FLORENCE AUBENAS HELD IN IRAQ AND PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN'S DECISION TO KEEP PARLIAMENT MEMBER DIDIER JULIA FROM NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE HOSTA [...]
2005-03-04 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1515MDA:FRENCH RESPONSE ON CONFERENCE FOR MDA
[...] (C) Poloff presented reftel talking points to MFA IO Middle East expert Alice Guitton February 25. On March 4, during a discussion of Israeli participation in other international organizations (septel),MFA DAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix told us that France favored Magen David Adom (MDA) [...]
2005-03-08 14:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF IS FR ICRC
05PARIS152MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE
[...] ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE 2. IRAQ - VIOLENCE BEFORE ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO MAJOR STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES: THE PROJECTED VICTORY BY MAHMOUD ABBAS IN PALESTINE AND WHAT THIS MAY MEAN FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, WEE [...]
2005-01-10 11:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1630MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH POLICY - IRAQ - LEBANON
[...] BUSH POLICY - IRAQ - LEBANON - SYRIA 2. U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM WORLD COURT JURISDICTION OVER CAPITAL CASES B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO MAJOR STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES: THE CONSEQUENCES OF YESTERDAY'S DAY OF SOCIAL PROTEST AND TODAY'S COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST A [...]
2005-03-11 13:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1667FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE ON "DECISIVE YEAR"
[...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine told Ambassador Leach March 11 that Europe was beginning to ask itself whether the Bush Administration's pursuit of democracy and reform in the Arab world and elsewhere might be bearing fruit. Elections in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, [...]
2005-03-14 11:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN
05PARIS167PARIS CLUB -- DECEMBER 2004 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the December 14, 2004 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Staff represented the Secretariat since Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin suffered an SIPDIS unexpected medical [...]
2005-01-10 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS1684MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA - MIDDLE EAST
[...] SYRIA - MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRATIZATION 2. IRAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: SYRIA'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON AND WASHINGTON'S SUPPORT TO THE EU-3 INITIATIVE WITH IRAN ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR INTERNATIONAL STORIES, WITH COMMENTATORS WIDENING THEIR SCOPE TO ANALYZE THE REALITY OF AN "ARA [...]
2005-03-14 14:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1721FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNCHR 61 DEMARCHE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Francois Vandeville, responsible for human rights in the United Nations and International Organizations bureau at the MFA. Vandeville welcomed the U.S. intention to participate "vigorously" in the sixty-first session of the Commission on Hum [...]
2005-03-15 15:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FR UNCHR
05PARIS1727FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN
05PARIS1754MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ: FORMATION OF NEW
[...] IRAQ: FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT 2. SECRETARY RICE TO ASIA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT-PAGES AND SEVERAL EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE, A MEASURE AFFECTING THE SERVICE SECTOR AND WHICH, ACCORDING TO SOME, IS BEING USED AND ABUSED BY THE PROPONENTS [...]
2005-03-16 13:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1802DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF support for U.S. objectives on reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),but stressed their continued desire to keep our messages separate and [...]
2005-03-17 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR
05PARIS1823MOD ADVISOR UPBEAT ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; SEES
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Alliot-Marie's Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot provided Political Minister-Counselor with a readout of the Minister's March 9-10 visit to the United States. He described at length the positive tone in the bilateral relationship, as reflected in Alliot-Mari [...]
2005-03-18 10:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CH FR NATO EUN
05PARIS1828MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ ALASKA OIL DRILLING
[...] IRAQ 2. ALASKA OIL DRILLING 3. PUTIN TO FRANCE B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S FRONT PAGES CARRY A VARIETY OF STORIES, WHICH INCLUDE PUTIN'S VISIT TO PARIS, WITH LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION HEADLINING "PUTIN, THE COLD-SHOULDER FRIEND," AND POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN'S POLL ON TH [...]
2005-03-18 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1883GOF SAYS RUSSIA-FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN MARCH 18
[...] (C) Summary: Laurent Bili, President Chirac's technical advisor on pol/mil and Russia issues, told POL M/C March 21 that the meeting between the Russian, French, German and Spanish leaders on March 18 focused primarily on EU-Russia relations, with the goal of concluding negotiations on the "Fo [...]
2005-03-21 17:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RS FR EUN
05PARIS1959FRENCH RESPONSE ON ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France is resistant to Israel's participation in political consultation groups in UN bodies outside New York, believing that there is no automatic right of participation outside of natural geographic groupings, and is reluctant to establish such a precedent. (Israel's "temporary [...]
2005-03-24 10:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC ELAB KIPR IS FR WIPO ILO
05PARIS196MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN
[...] MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN ELECTION 2. SUDAN PEACE ACCORD 3. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS ARE FEATURED BOTH IN LEAD STORIES AND IN EDITORIALS, INCLUDING DOMESTIC POLITICAL STORIES AND REPORTS ON THE DIFFICULTIES FOR THE TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT TO RE [...]
2005-01-11 12:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS203GOF OFFICIALS UPBEAT ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: GoF officials are stressing to us privately their high degree of satisfaction with Palestinian elections, but express concern that the post-elections follow-up will focus too much on what is demanded of the Palestinian side without pressing Israel to make gestures to the new Pale [...]
2005-01-11 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS FR
05PARIS2039FRANCE ON VARIOUS UN/HR/CHR ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met March 23 with Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen, DAS-equivalent for Human Rights in the MFA's United Nations and International Organizations bureau, to discuss several UN, human rights, and CHR-related issues. End Summary. Cuba ---- 2. (C) In discussing the proposed [...]
2005-03-25 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FR UNCHR
05PARIS2041MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING PRESSURE
[...] (C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syrian Presiden [...]
2005-03-25 18:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR
05PARIS2052MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING
[...] (C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris March 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining firm pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syr [...]
2005-03-29 10:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR
05PARIS209CHIRAC LOOKS FORWARD TO 2005: THE TONE CHANGES,
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During his traditional New Year's address to the diplomatic corps in Paris January 6, President Chirac stated his desire for good relations with the U.S. and extended "friendly wishes" to President Bush in advance of his inauguration (President Bush and UN Secretary General Kofi A [...]
2005-01-12 08:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER EAIR SENV FR
05PARIS2145MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA - LEBANON KYRGYZSTAN
[...] SYRIA - LEBANON 2. KYRGYZSTAN AND RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE 3. UN REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EVERY FRONT PAGE AND NUMEROUS EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE LAUNCHING OF FRANCE'S DIGITAL LAND TELEVISION NETWORK, WHICH WILL GIVE ACCESS TO 14 FREE CHANNELS, DOUBLE TODAY'S ACCE [...]
2005-03-31 10:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS216MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN
[...] MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINIAN ELECTION 2. GUANTANAMO 3. AIRBUS-BOEING AGREEMENT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: POPULAR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE PARISIEN CARRIES PRESIDENT BUSH'S OP-ED ON THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI, IN WHICH HE CONVEYS HIS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S COMPASSION FOR THE VICTIMS AND PROMISES [...]
2005-01-12 12:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2162(C) GENERAL AOUN ON LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: At the Department's recommendation (reftel),DCM met with former Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Aoun at the latter's request March 29. Throughout the hour-long discussion, Aoun stressed his status as the most long-standing opponent of Syria's occupatio [...]
2005-03-31 14:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE PTER FR
05PARIS2262 FRANCE STRENGTHENS PUSH FOR "CULTURAL EXCEPTION"
[...] (SBU) France has ramped up its efforts to influence UNESCO-sponsored discussions on a Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions ("Cultural Diversity Convention"),which it apparently sees as a vehicle to strengthen the "cultural exception" to [...]
2005-04-05 13:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KIPR ETRD FR EUN
05PARIS2263AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) In a thirty-minute farewell call April 5 with Foreign Minister Barnier, Ambassador Leach reviewed improvements in the U.S.-French relationship, noting that Barnier had played an important role in improving communications with Washington. He regretted that the Pope's death prevented Barnie [...]
2005-04-05 13:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR
05PARIS2333GWOT ASSESSMENT: EMBASSY PARIS FEEDBACK
[...] (S) Summary: U.S.-French cooperation on terrorism is mature and broad-based. For a number of reasons, including the memory of terrorist attacks in Paris during the 1980s, the French bring significant expertise, focus and determination to their C/T activities, and are valued partners for a wide [...]
2005-04-07 13:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL FR
05PARIS234MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. POLICY - U.S. IMAGE
[...] U.S. POLICY - U.S. IMAGE 2. IRAQ 3. MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS ELECTION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT BUSH'S OP-ED, WHICH APPEARED YESTERDAY IN LE PARISIEN, BUT ALSO IN OTHER EUROPEAN PUBLICATIONS, IS THE LEAD STORY IN TODAY'S RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO, WHICH HEADLINES "BUSH'S SEDUCTION C [...]
2005-01-13 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2391APRIL 5 KHATAMI VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) Summary: French officials described President Chirac's April 5 discussion with Iranian President Khatami as cordial and focused largely on Lebanon, the Israeli-Palestinian question, and, to a lesser extent, the nuclear issue, which was the main topic of the FM Barnier-FM Kharrazi discussion [...]
2005-04-08 15:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SY LE MNUC PARM FR
05PARIS2456MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - ARIEL SHARON TO
[...] MIDDLE EAST - ARIEL SHARON TO WASHINGTON 2. EU DEFENSE B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND EU MATTERS ARE VERY MUCH IN THE NEWS. THE LATEST POLL CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY EUROPE ONE RADIO AND RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO SHOWS THAT PROPONENTS OF THE `NO' FOR THE REFERENDUM ON T [...]
2005-04-12 12:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2517PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the April 5, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, Isr [...]
2005-04-13 16:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS2555FRENCH AGREE ON NEED TO SUPPORT GAZA
[...] (C) We discussed reftel talking points on President Bush's April 11 meeting with Israeli PM Sharon and the need for the U.S. and EU to send similar messages supporting Gaza disengagement with FM Barnier's Middle East Advisor Christophe Guilhou and MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Christian Jo [...]
2005-04-14 17:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ FR WB
05PARIS2579PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON, PART I
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the March 9-10, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, [...]
2005-04-15 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS2582MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ - RUMSFELD
[...] MIDDLE EAST - IRAQ - RUMSFELD TO BAGHDAD - LEBANON 2. EU CONSTITUTION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORY FOLLOWS PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TELEVISED APPEAL LAST NIGHT IN FAVOR OF THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION. ALTHOUGH HIS COMMENT ABOUT IT BEING IN THE U.S. INTEREST TO STOP EURO [...]
2005-04-15 12:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2635MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 10:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2660SAUDI CROWN PRINCE VISIT FOCUSES ON LEBANON, CLOSE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF contacts report that Lebanon and Syria were the main topics of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's recent meetings with President Chirac, with both sides agreeing on the need for full Syrian withdrawal, rapid formation of a Lebanese government and holding of free and fai [...]
2005-04-19 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SA SY LE ECON PARM FR
05PARIS280FRENCH EX-HOSTAGE DISCUSSES "PLANET BIN LADEN"
[...] (C) Summary: Georges Malbrunot, one of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for just over four months and released on December 21, recounted to Emboffs on January 12 his experience in captivity and his surprise that his captors were not focused solely on combating Coalition forces in Ir [...]
2005-01-14 13:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV KPAO PTER IZ FR
05PARIS2844MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT
[...] LEBANON - SYRIAN PULLOUT 2. RUSSIA - YUKOS TRIAL - PUTIN TO ISRAEL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE SYRIAN PULLOUT FROM LEBANON ELICITS WIDE COVERAGE, PARTICULARLY IN LE FIGARO, WHICH LENDS ITS PAGES TO SEVERAL COMMENTARIES AND INTERVIEWS. ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, NISSIM ZVILI PENS AN O [...]
2005-04-27 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2946GOF AGREES ON NEED SUSTAIN PRESSURE ON SYRIA, WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA and Elysee officials described the GoF as fully agreeing with our message on sustaining pressure on Syria (reftel),except for two points: the timing of Hizballah disarmament, with France favoring a gradual approach, and EU designation of Hizballah, which France continu [...]
2005-04-29 19:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE PTER FR
05PARIS2962MEDIA REACTION REPORT - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM:
[...] INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: EGYPT 2. IRAQ: CALIPARI INVESTIGATION 3. EU-U.S. RELATIONS - EU CONSTITUTION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE REFERENDUM ON THE EU CONSTITUTION AND PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S TEN YEARS IN OFFICE ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORIES. A NEW POLL ON VOTER INTENTION ON TH [...]
2005-05-02 13:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3053CHARGE CAUTIONS LEBANESE GENERAL AOUN AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with former Lebanese armed forces commanding General Michel Aoun in Paris May 4, three days before Aoun's scheduled return to Lebanon May 7, Charge cautioned Aoun on the need to maintain Lebanese opposition unity and to do nothing to delay the conduct of May 29 elect [...]
2005-05-04 18:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE FR
05PARIS306MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH ADMINISTRATION - SECOND
[...] BUSH ADMINISTRATION - SECOND TERM PROSPECTS 2. AIRBUS VERSUS BOEING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ONE WORD, AIRBUS, SUMMARIZES TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS. AS THE EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM GETS READY TO UNVEIL THE A380, HEADLINES COMPETE FOR WORDS TO ILLUSTRATE THE GRANDEUR OF THE NEXT GENERA [...]
2005-01-18 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3183FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3189FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3210USUNESCO - MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT UNESCO EXECUTIVE
[...] Summary: UNESCO continues to be the sole UN organization where Israeli-Palestinian issues are handled with a minimum of polemics and polarization. Following concrete improvements in cooperation on UNESCO activities in the region, the UNESCO Secretariat submitted unbiased draft decisions on t [...]
2005-05-11 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDXE XF XG XD FR UNESCO
05PARIS3231MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH - FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-12 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3305PARIS CLUB - MAY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the May 10, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented SIPDIS the Secretariat. [...]
2005-05-16 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS3415REPORTING CABLE: OECD WORKING GROUP ON WASTE
[...] The Secretariat presented an overview of the draft ESM Guidance Manual that Member countries, in 2004, decided to develop as a means of facilitating the implementation of the OECD Council Recommendation on Environmentally Sound Management of Waste. The U.S. and Canada supported the ongoing dev [...]
2005-05-19 07:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS3416OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE AND
[...] The OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) held its meeting on April 13th and 15th, 2005. In addition, EPOC held a High Level Special Session on the Costs of Inaction on April 14, 2005. Judith E. Ayres, EPA Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, led the delegation. The major ac [...]
2005-05-19 08:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
05PARIS3465MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - RENEWED TENSION
[...] MIDDLE EAST - RENEWED TENSION 2. UZBEKISTAN 3. ARREST OF LUIS POSADA CARRILES B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE EUROPEAN ISSUES DOMINATE FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ON D- 9 BEFORE THE VOTE ON THE REFERENDUM, THE MIDDLE EAST AND RENEWED REGIONAL TENSION ELICIT COMMENTARY FROM CATHOLIC LA CRO [...]
2005-05-20 10:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS349FRANCE 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2005-01-19 15:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
05PARIS3591UNSC: ISSUES FOR FRENCH PRESIDENCY IN JUNE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA IO DAS-equivalent for political affairs Jean-Pierre Lacroix reviewed with poloff May 23 issues likely to be raised during France's June presidency of the U.N. Security Council. IRAN 2. (C) Lacroix said that the big question for the UNSC in June would be the terms of deba [...]
2005-05-24 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO FR UNSC
05PARIS3634MEDIA REACTION REPORT - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL
[...] AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL REPORT 2. MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS TO WASHINGTON 3. EUROPEAN ISSUES - REFERENDUM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: D-3: FRONT PAGES CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE EU CONSTITUTION WHILE PRESIDENT CHIRAC IS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS THE NATION THIS EVENING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION A [...]
2005-05-26 10:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3682MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS IN
[...] MIDDLE EAST - ABBAS IN WASHINGTON 2. CENTRAL ASIA: UZBEKISTAN 3. DARFUR AND NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: IN THE WANING DAYS BEFORE THE VOTE ON MAY 29 TO RATIFY THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION, PRESIDENT CHIRAC GAVE HIS ALL IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS LAST EVENING WARNING THE FRENCH AGAINST "MISTA [...]
2005-05-27 10:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS387MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH INAUGURATION IRAQ -
[...] BUSH INAUGURATION 2. IRAQ - ELECTIONS 3. MIDDLE EAST B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: YESTERDAY'S STRIKES ARE TODAY'S FRONT-PAGE STORY, EXCEPT FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE, WHICH TITLES "EUROPE, IRAQ, IRAN, CHINA: WHAT THE WORLD EXPECTS FROM GEORGE BUSH." THE INSIDE STORIES REPORTING ON THE PRES [...]
2005-01-21 11:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4019MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ERDOGAN IN WASHINGTON -RUN-UP
[...] ERDOGAN IN WASHINGTON 2. RUN-UP TO THE G8 3. A/S FRIED IN PARIS 4. NATO AND DARFUR (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S SPEECH YESTERDAY ON STRATEGIES TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE DOMINATE HEADLINES. RIGHT-WING ORIENTED DAILIES LABEL DE VILLEPIN'S SPEECH AS "NOT BAD" [...]
2005-06-09 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4095FRENCH ON JUNE 13 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff on June 6 about the upcoming GAERC, and followed up with reftel (A) points on June 7 and reftel (D) points on June 10. Reftel B notes that the French continue to oppose reimposing measures against the Cu [...]
2005-06-10 15:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL CM IR IZ LE YI PARM FR EUN
05PARIS4106STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES LEBANON/SYRIA, IRAN/EU-3, AND IRAQ WITH SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar met separately with MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Francois-Thibault and Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche June 3 and discussed Lebanon/Syria, EU-3 negotiations with Iran, and Iraq. Thibault expressed con [...]
2005-06-10 17:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IZ IR LE FR
05PARIS4115MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE
[...] LIBERATION OF FRENCH HOSTAGE 2. G8 - LIFTING OF DEBT FOR POOR COUNTRIES 3. PARIS AIR SHOW: BOEING - AIRBUS 4. IRAN ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THIS WEEKEND'S LIBERATION OF FRENCH JOURNALIST FLORENCE AUBENAS WHO WAS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FOR OVER THREE MONTHS IS TODAY'S UNANIMOUS [...]
2005-06-13 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4145UNESCO: UNESCO Draft Cultural Diversity Convention:
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. The draft convention adopted (over U.S. objections) at the conclusion of the May 25-June 3 UNESCO cultural diversity negotiations, turned out to be about anything but culture. In proceedings marred by unveiled, anti-US hostility, France and the European Commission (EC),[...]
2005-06-13 16:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AORC SCUL FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS4154ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S PARIS MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye told visiting Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried June 8 that French and Dutch voters' rejection of the EU constitution had precipitated a crisis in European affairs. This was not the EU's first such set-back, but it was serious and woul [...]
2005-06-14 09:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN
05PARIS4162MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS
[...] NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS 2. LEBANESE ELECTIONS 3. GUANTANAMO 4. EU AFFAIRS - TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE AFTERMATH OF THE LIBERATION OF FLORENCE AUBENAS STILL CAPTURES THE MOST FRONT-PAGE ATTENTION TODAY. THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE FRENCH HOSTAGE WAS RELEASED LEAD MANY [...]
2005-06-14 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4201FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4203FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4209FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4219MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN EU ISSUES: CHIRAC-BLAIR
[...] IRAN 2. EU ISSUES: CHIRAC-BLAIR MEETING/EUROPE AS U.S. `COUNTERWEIGHT' B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: COVERAGE TODAY IS OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO YESTERDAY'S MEETING BETWEEN CHIRAC AND BLAIR, TO THE RIFT BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS OVER THE EUROPEAN BUDGET AND THE UK'S REQUEST FOR A REBATE. THE HE [...]
2005-06-15 10:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4258MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN REFORM - OIL FOR FOOD
[...] UN REFORM - OIL FOR FOOD SCANDAL 2. EU ISSUES - EU SUMMIT - EU CONSTITUTION 3. U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONS: TENSION OVER CHINA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: "EUROPE PARALYZED" AND "EUROPE IN CRISIS" ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MOST USED HEADLINES TO CHARACTERIZE THE STATUS OF THE EU AS THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT G [...]
2005-06-16 11:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS427MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH INAUGURATION
[...] PRESIDENT BUSH INAUGURATION 2. MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: HOPE FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY HOSTED BY PRESIDENT CHIRAC AT UNESCO AND A NUMBER OF DOMESTIC STORIES MAKE UP TODAY'S FRONT- PAGE STORIES. RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE [...]
2005-01-25 05:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4327MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO MIDDLE EAST
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAN ELECTIONS 3. EU ISSUES - EU SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE RISING PRICE OF OIL AND THE FAILED EUROPEAN SUMMIT ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORIES. FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE "THE EU-25 `FREEZE' THE EU CONSTITUTION;" LIBERATION HEADLINE [...]
2005-06-20 12:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4354MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: RICE REGIONAL
[...] MIDDLE EAST: RICE REGIONAL TOUR - SHARON-ABBAS SUMMIT 2. U.S. - EU SUMMIT / EU ISSUES: TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE FRONT-PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LA CROIX WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE SHARON-ABBAS SUMMIT AND THE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA. A NUMBER OF REPO [...]
2005-06-21 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS444MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ AND THE BUSH DOCTRINE
[...] IRAQ AND THE BUSH DOCTRINE 2. MIDDLE EAST B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLICY ISSUES LEAD ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, AS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY EMBARKS ON THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS TO REVISE FRANCE'S CONSTITUTION. THE PROCESS AIMS TO MAKE THE CONSTITUTION MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EUROPEAN C [...]
2005-01-25 14:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4446MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EUROPEAN ISSUES - BLAIR
[...] EUROPEAN ISSUES - BLAIR SPEECH IN BRUSSELS 2. IRAN ELECTIONS 3. UN REFORM - G4 4. FRENCH - U.S. RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT-PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO TONY BLAIR AND HIS "CHARM OFFENSIVE" (LE FIGARO) IN BRUSSELS AS HE PRESENTED HIS PROGRAM BE [...]
2005-06-24 11:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4659FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S JULY 5 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Upon his appointment as foreign minister June 2, much of the French press and many political pundits (fed by, among others, disdainful career diplomats at the MFA) wrote off Philippe Douste-Blazy as a dilettante. His lack of foreign policy experience, it was said, and penchant for currying [...]
2005-07-01 16:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR FR
05PARIS4705COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S CONSULTATIONS WITH FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: Counselor Zelikow reviewed general themes in U.S. foreign policy with MFA Political Director Stanislas Laboulaye and senior ministry officials. The June 28 meeting took place in conjunction with the Counselor's anti-terrorism consultations in Paris (septel). In response to a Fren [...]
2005-07-06 12:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC CH IR IS FR PETER
05PARIS4816MEDIA REACTION REPORT - INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-11 11:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4878MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR: LONDON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4901PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the June 15, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. The nex [...]
2005-07-13 17:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS4918NABIL SHAATH ON UNGA SEPARATION BARRIER ISSUE,
[...] (C) Following reftel report that FM Douste-Blazy would raise French concerns about an emergency special session at UNGA on the separation barrier, PA DPM Nabil Shaath confirmed to the DCM July 14 that Douste-Blazy had indeed raised the issue with him. Shaath said he would report GOF concerns [...]
2005-07-15 16:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS4920FRENCH RESPONSE ON JULY 18 GAERC
[...] (U) We delivered reftel points on July 6 to Caroline Ferrari, sous-directeur for EU External Relations, and Jean-Louis Falconi, Chief of the MFA's CFSP unit. We discussed the points with Ferrari on July 8 and with Falconi on July 15. Turkey ------ 2. (C) Ferrari noted that she expecte [...]
2005-07-15 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL IR LE SY TU UZ FR UN
05PARIS4971MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
[...] GAZA DISENGAGEMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC ISSUES DOMINATE THE MAJORITY OF HEADLINES TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER FIGARO THAT WARNS OF "AL QAEDA'S ULTIMATUM TO EUROPE." THE REPORT MENTIONS AN INTERNET MESSAGE SENT BY A BRANCH OF AL QAEDA WHICH THREATENS EUROPE WIT [...]
2005-07-19 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5026MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GAZA DISENGAGEMENT, GWOT
[...] GAZA DISENGAGEMENT 2. GWOT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PLANS FOR A HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF THE FRENCH GROUP DANONE BY PEPSICO IS ONE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES AND DOMINATES THE ECONOMIC DAILIES. DANONE IS PORTRAYED AS "PERFECT PREY" AND ECONOMIC LA TRIBUNE POINTS OUT THAT "DANONE'S EMPLOYEES HAVE [...]
2005-07-20 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5084MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN LONDON
[...] NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN LONDON 2. SECRETARY RICE IN AFRICA AND ISRAEL 3. REVALUATION OF CHINESE CURRENCY (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: HEADLINES ARE DOMINATED BY THE ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACKS IN LONDON YESTERDAY. "ANXIETY AFTER THE ATTACKS" LEADS RIGHT-OF- CENTER LE FIGARO UNDERSCORIN [...]
2005-07-22 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5122MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE ATTACKS IN EGYPT DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF ALL THE DAILIES IN FRANCE, WITH VARIOUS HEADLINES SUCH AS: "ENDLESS TERROR" FOR CONSERVATIVE FRANCE-SOIR, "AL-QAEDA'S OFFENSIVE" FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIB ATION, "AL-QAEDA'S DEADLY SUMMER" FOR RIGHT [...]
2005-07-25 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5149 USUNESCO: UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
[...] Summary. The United Nations International Conference on Civil Society in Support of Middle East Peace was held at UNESCO headquarters July 12-13. The conference was organized by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and was invited by UNESCO to ho [...]
2005-07-26 11:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI IS XF UNESCO
05PARIS5178MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM 2. IRAQI'S CONSTITUTION 3. DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM 4. FAMINE IN THE SAHEL: NIGER B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ISRAELI PM AREIL SHARON'S VISIT TO FRANCE, FAMINE IN NIGER, FRENCH AUTHORITIES' DECISION TO EXPAND USE OF PUBLIC VIDEO- SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, AND NASA'S SUCCE [...]
2005-07-27 10:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5202MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ,
[...] WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ 2. ALTERNATIVE TO KYOTO PROTOCOL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF MOST DAILIES TODAY: PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S PRESS CONFERENCE AND THE VERDICTS IN BOTH THE LONG-RUNNING ANGERS TRIAL ON CHILD MOLESTATION AND RAPE AND THE MONT BL [...]
2005-07-28 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5263PM SHARON VISIT HERALDS SYMBOLIC UPTURN IN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Sharon's successful July 26-29 visit to France was marked by warm atmospherics and ostentatious emphasis on improving bilateral relations from both sides, with many French media outlets heralding a new "honeymoon" in French-Israeli relations. The GoF, in we [...]
2005-08-01 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL SY IR PTER PARM FR
05PARIS5376MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SAUDI ARABIA-IRAQ, HIROSHIMA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 14:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5399MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION IRAN
[...] IRAQI CONSTITUTION 2. IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: MANY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES DEVOTE THEIR LEAD STORIES TO SUMMER ISSUES, SUCH AS THE RISING COST OF VACATIONING IN FRANCE. ACCORDING TO LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION, ONE PERSON OUT OF THREE IN FRANCE NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY. FO [...]
2005-08-08 12:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5422MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN - NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5443MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN NASA - DISCOVERY LANDING
[...] IRAN 2. NASA - DISCOVERY LANDING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: IRAN'S RESUMPTION OF ITS NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF TODAY'S MAJOR STORIES, WITH CATHOLIC LA CROIX HEADLINING: "WORLD PRESSURE ON IRAN." THE EDITORIAL URGES THE EUROPEANS NOT TO GIVE UP TOO SOON: "IRAN MAY BE BARTERING FOR [...]
2005-08-10 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5458MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 10:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5480MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH AND U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-12 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5489FRANCE SUPPORTS EFFORT TO ENSURE PEACEFUL GAZA
[...] (C) We discussed ref (a) points on the need to ensure a peaceful Gaza disengagement with MFA DAS-equivalent for Levant/Israeli-Palestinian affairs Christian Jouret August 10. Jouret fully concurred with U.S. views on the critical importance of Gaza disengagement and the urgent need to ensure [...]
2005-08-12 16:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IS GZ FR
05PARIS5507MEDIA REACTION REPORT -MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-16 11:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5539PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...]
2005-08-17 08:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO PTER FR
05PARIS5541MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 10:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5563MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5592MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-19 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5619MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5693MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5767MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL ECONOMY: PRICE OF OIL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5818CHIRAC DEFINES FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY IN ANNUAL
[...] (C) Summary: President Chirac delivered a speech August 29 to France's assembled ambassadors in an annual event this year focused on France's policy toward the EU in the wake of the failed May 29 referendum on a constitutional treaty. As such, it was clearly aimed more at reassuring French c [...]
2005-08-29 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC PTER FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS5855 USUNESCO: UNESCO TO ORGANIZE JUNE 2006
[...] This is a request for guidance, see Para 9. 2. Summary. The UN is planning an international scientific conference on desertification -- "The Future of Dry Lands" -- as part of its International Year of Deserts and Desertification. The conference, organized by a UN inter-agency committee [...]
2005-08-30 15:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5942FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Douste-Blazy kicked off the August 30 second session of the annual Ambassadors' Conference with a more detailed elaboration or "road map" for President Chirac's foreign policy "grand orientation" of the previous day (reftel). On relations with the U.S., Douste-Blazy said th [...]
2005-09-01 13:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS6046MEDIA REACTION REPORT - AFTERMATH OF KATRINA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6076EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Summary and comment: EUR A/S Fried discussed U.S. BMENA strategy, Syria/Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with senior French MFA and Presidency officials September 1-2. MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Thibault concurred that both the November Forum for the Future and Barcelona Summit need to [...]
2005-09-08 08:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XF SY LE KMPI KDEM IS KPAL KPAO FR
05PARIS6080 UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: FRANCE CALLS
[...] Summary. Agence France Press (AFP) reported that during a September 5 meeting with new WTO chief Pascal Lamy, the GOF Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said Sept. 5 that the WTO should not interfere in CD matter. The AFP report says that de Vabres quoted Lamy as saying that WTO [...]
2005-09-08 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6189MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Katrina Gaza
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 10:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6297FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a generally upbeat readout of FM Douste-Blazy's September 6-8 visit to Palestinian territories and Israel, during which he announced new French bilateral aid for Gaza, with a potential value of 40 million euros. Douste-Blazy stressed to Palestinian officials [...]
2005-09-15 14:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS FR
05PARIS6349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - German Elections Katrina and
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 10:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6376(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL
[...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]
2005-09-20 06:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6471MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Nuclear Threat Katrina
[...] Iran Nuclear Threat 2. Katrina and Iraq - Impact on Bush Presidency 3. Iraq - Basra Incident B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Two of today's front pages (Le Figaro and France Soir) are devoted to Hurricane Rita and the state of alert declared in the Gulf of Mexico. Inside, related stories report [...]
2005-09-22 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS651GOF WELCOMES MARONITE PATRIARCH VISIT TO PARIS;
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF continued high-profile outreach to Lebanon's opposition with the January 28-29 visit to Paris of Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who met with President Chirac and FM Barnier and had a historic, private meeting with Paris-based Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Chirac s [...]
2005-02-02 13:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR UNSC
05PARIS6547 (C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION,
[...] (C) At the final negotiating session in Paris on the draft cultural diversity convention, Israel was one of the few countries to stick with the US. (Ref A) 2. (C) On Thursday, newly arrived Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO David Kornbluth gave Ambassador Oliver a read-out of his courtesy call o [...]
2005-09-23 16:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6558MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Global Economy: Cost of
[...] Global Economy: Cost of Reconstruction- Iraq - Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - Political Debate 2. Middle East - Gaza Violence B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A wide variety of stories, domestic and international, lead in today's front pages. Left-of-center Liberation dedicates its lead and a thre [...]
2005-09-26 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6600MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Abu Gharaib -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6709 (C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION,
[...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, reason 1.4 (b and (d). 2. (C) The EU group at UNESCO has decided to play hardball with Israel on the cultural diversity convention. 3. (C) As reported reftels, the French have been putting stro [...]
2005-09-29 17:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS675MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 19 JANUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 19 January 2005 meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the residence of the Norwegian Ambassador to France, members were provided with updates and had constructive discussions of a wide-range of MTCR issues. These included a [...]
2005-02-02 18:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS68MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING
[...] IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING ELECTIONS 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS HAS REPLACED THE ASIAN DISASTER ON MOST OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS STORIES CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE RELIEF EFFORTS BEING [...]
2005-01-05 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS683MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST IRAQ STATE OF
[...] MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAQ 3. STATE OF THE UNION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES ARE FOR THE MOST PART DEVOTED TO THE POPE'S HEALTH AND TO DOMESTIC STORIES, EXCEPT FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND THE FEBRUARY 8 SUMMIT: "TRUCE AT [...]
2005-02-03 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6903U/S DOBRIANSKY SEEKS COORDINATION WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs Dobriansky met with French MFA Director Jean-Maurice Ripert (IO A/S-equivalent) September 30 to discuss democracy promotion, the challenge in Venezuela, coordinated action against avian flu, and prospects for a solution on use of the Israeli [...]
2005-10-06 17:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED KDEM PGOV KUNR VE IS FR UNGA IRC
05PARIS7037USUNESCO: US, ISRAEL AND 10 OTHERS ELECTED TO
[...] Summary. The United States was elected on the first round October 10 to the 21-nation World Heritage Committee ("Committee"),which decides policy matters concerning the 189-Member World Heritage Convention of 1973, such as selection of sites for UNESCO's World Heritage List. Israel also wa [...]
2005-10-13 13:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SENV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS7104MFA RESPONSE ON URGING PA PRESIDENT ABBAS TO SEIZE
[...] (C) We discussed reftel points encouraging the GoF to urge PA President Abbas to seize the opportunity on Gaza disengagement with Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for Levant/Israeli-Palestinian issues, and Christophe Guilhou, Cabinet Advisor to FM Douste-Blazy on Middle East issues, on O [...]
2005-10-17 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS FR
05PARIS7109 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] The following is an action request. 2. The UNESCO cultural diversity convention was brought before the General Conference cultural commission on Oct. 17. USDEL proposed a set of amendments that were voted down by large margins. The commission then voted by 151 to 2 with 2 abstentions to r [...]
2005-10-18 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7118MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 12:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7201MFA READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT ABBAS, LEBANESE PM
[...] (C) Senior MFA officials told us PA President Abbas raised three main points in his October 17 meeting with President Chirac: the need to give Abbas support and more time in addressing Hamas participation in January elections; the need to relaunch the roadmap; and the need to improve daily livi [...]
2005-10-20 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL FR LE SY PTER UNSC
05PARIS7213MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-21 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7220GOF NEARS COMPLETION OF WHITE PAPER ON
[...] (C) The GOF continues to finalize its white paper on terrorism and internal security (ref B). On October 20, Poloff contacted Louis Blin, the MFA's office director-equivalent for terrorism and security, for an update. Blin said the GOF was in a period of "synthesis," in which the inter-agenc [...]
2005-10-21 13:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER FR
05PARIS7230 USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...]
2005-10-21 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7249MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Trade UNESCO - Cultural
[...] Syria 2. Trade 3. UNESCO - Cultural Diversity B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Most front pages and editorials are devoted to the government's decision to partially privatize EDF, the nation's power company. The state is to retain 85 percent of the capital. Editorialists in the specialized and [...]
2005-10-24 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS734FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) completed a nearly two-week trip that had taken him to Iraq, major Middle East capitals, the Palestinian territories, Berlin and London, with a stop in Paris and meetings with President Chirac (septel) and Foreign Minister Barnier January 14. Barnier sh [...]
2005-02-04 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ IS FR
05PARIS7349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bush Presidency -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 10:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7352FRENCH MFA READOUT ON CHAVEZ VISIT, COLOMBIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for South America provided a frank and unapologetic readout October 24 of French policy toward Venezuela and the recent visit of President Chavez. The MFA highlighted France's economic interests in Venezuela, downplayed concerns about human rights, regional st [...]
2005-10-27 11:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR VE BL CO
05PARIS7387MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Oil For Food Bush
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7398GOF CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Benoit Knopper, the MFA's desk officer for Iran, to deliver reftel talking points on the Iranian President's increasing extremism. Knopper noted the GOF's statements condemning the Iranian President's rhetoric. Furthermore, Knopper said, the MFA had convoked in [...]
2005-10-28 17:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR FR
05PARIS7407MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7439ISRAELI FM SHALOM VISITS PARIS, TOULOUSE
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Sylvan Shalom concluded a 3-day visit to France on Saturday, October 29 after visiting Paris and Toulouse. Although Shalom's visit was planned as the latest in a series of bilateral efforts to improve the Israeli-French relationship, international issues predominated, [...]
2005-10-31 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IS FR
05PARIS7461UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...]
2005-11-02 14:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS749MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO
[...] SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO FRANCE 2. IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF TODAY'S PRESS, LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION'S FRONT PAGE CARRIES THE HEADLINE "PARIS AND WASHINGTON MAKE UP" ON THE EVE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...]
2005-02-07 12:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7491MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq CIA Detention Centers
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-03 11:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7521FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...]
2005-11-03 17:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN
05PARIS7587 USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION
[...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...]
2005-11-07 14:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS7626FORMER PM JOSPIN DEFLECTS SPECULATION ABOUT
[...] (C) Over lunch with Ambassador Stapleton on November 2, former prime minister Lionel Jospin said that desire for change, along with widespread disappointment with the record of President Chirac and the center-right, "puts things in place" for a center-left victory in 2007. However, he also cau [...]
2005-11-08 13:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS7675FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN: REMAIN FIRM, DON'T
[...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan assessed the Ahmadi-Nejad government as weakened by internal debate within Iran and lacking competence and experience, during a recent discussion with us. Sivan speculated that Ahmadi-Nejad's recent s [...]
2005-11-09 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IR FR
05PARIS7704FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Total executive notes decision-making void in Iran (para 2) -- Individuals flocking [...]
2005-11-10 14:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7745FRENCH-IRAQI RESEARCHER DESCRIBES RECENT RAMADAN
[...] (C) Summary: A local French-Iraqi anthropologist, Hosham Dawod (protect),briefed us on a recent visit to Qom, Iran, reportedly at the invitation of supporters of Ayatollah Sistani. Dawod, who is a former IVLP participant and an expert on Iraqi tribes and Shi'ism, told us he spent 12 days in [...]
2005-11-14 17:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR IR IZ FR
05PARIS7752MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 11:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7769 UNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) Summary. During a October 25 office call, UNESCO Director General Koichoro Matsuura promised Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg that he would speak out publicly if any UNESCO Member State misused the Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...]
2005-11-15 14:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS7850MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Prisons and
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 12:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7896FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC - ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN,
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 16 to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff and European Affairs DAS-equivalent for EU External Relations Caroline Ferrari, and discussed them with LeDeunff November 18. Embassy Middle East watcher discussed points on November 16 with MFA DAS-equival [...]
2005-11-18 17:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD IZ KPAL PREL SR SY UP YI FR EUN
05PARIS7920FRENCH THINK TANKER ON VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: French think-tanker Francois Gere, who claims to have extensive ties to the local Iranian Embassy as well as the Quai and Israeli Embassy met with us November 18 to report on his recent trip to the Isfahan nuclear facility at the Iranian government's invitation. Gere -- who many [...]
2005-11-21 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR MNUC IR PINR KNUP
05PARIS7948MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to Mongolia Israel-
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7954FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL,
[...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...]
2005-11-22 14:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC
05PARIS7961MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 20 OCTOBER
[...] (C) Summary: On 20 October 2005, ESTH/NP officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the Spanish Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on reviewing results of the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid and on briefing partners on the a [...]
2005-11-22 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS7986MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Angela Merkel to France
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-23 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8049MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Europe: Allegation of GWOT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 12:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8072DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...]
2005-11-29 10:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY
05PARIS8076MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Climate Change - Montreal
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8162MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Alleged CIA Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-01 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8248 USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH
[...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...]
2005-12-05 17:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO
05PARIS831MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS 2. MIDDLE EAST - SHARM EL-SHEIK SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A LARGE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PARIS, HER MUCH AWAITED POLICY SPEECH AND HER CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND FM BARNIER. THE CHO [...]
2005-02-09 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8357MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE IN EUROPE -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8456UNESCO: Ambassador meets with DG to review US-
[...] Summary: The Ambassador's December 6 meeting with UNESCO DG Matsuura focused primarily on three topics: U.S. engagement with UNESCO in the wake of UNESCO's adoption in October of the cultural diversity convention; the importance of increasing the number of U.S. staff at UNESCO and including an [...]
2005-12-14 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC SCUL SKI UNESCO FR
05PARIS8525MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO and EU Agreements
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-19 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS856MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LE FIGARO WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE "THREAT FROM RADICALISM" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFTER THE SHARM EL-SHEIK CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT. "PUTTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK [...]
2005-02-10 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8608MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran International
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 13:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8623 FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...]
2005-12-22 17:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN
05PARIS8626 FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...]
2005-12-23 06:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN
05PARIS878MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-11 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS901FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC PLEASED WITH U.S.-
[...] (U) Summary: On February 9, 2005, the USEP Space Attache/NASA European Representative (NER) joined a European Space Agency (ESA) delegation to brief French President Jacques Chirac on the successful deployment of the European Huygens probe on the surface of the Saturn moon, Titan. Chirac wa [...]
2005-02-14 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA PREL FR
05PARIS908PUBLIC AFFAIRS OVERVIEW OF SECSTATE VISIT TO PARIS
[...] Summary: Three dominant views emerged in the French media from a plethora of reaction to the Secretary's visit to Europe. Coverage of the Secretary's visit to Paris was extensive, and its tenor was quite warm, especially when contrasted with the Iraq-inspired chill in American-French relati [...]
2005-02-14 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS964FRENCH DELAYING TACTICS ON EU DESIGNATION OF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite multiple appeals from the U.S. and Israel, the GoF appears likely to seek a delay in EU designation of Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the EU Clearinghouse meetings February 16. The chief GoF preoccupation appears to be the perceived complicating effe [...]
2005-02-15 18:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC EFIN LE SY FR EUN
05PARIS985MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF
[...] LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF HARIRI - SYRIA 2. KYOTO 3. U.S - EUROPEAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EXECUTIVE LIFE IS TODAY'S TOP HEADLINE STORY, WITH LE FIGARO, LA TRIBUNE AND LES ECHOS REPORTING THAT FRANCE IS READY TO PAY THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSION BETWEEN 525 AND 600 MIL [...]
2005-02-16 13:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PRAGUE1139CZECH REPUBLIC: PRIVITAZATION OF AERO VODOCHODY
[...] (U) Summary. At its cabinet meeting on July 20, the Czech government approved a privatization plan for Aero Vodochody (Aero),the aircraft company formerly partnered with Boeing until their 2003 split. Following the recommendations made by Deloitte & Touche, the government will sell Aero as [...]
2005-08-02 14:41:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV PREL PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1506CZECHS ON UNGA ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) The Czechs intend to co-sponsor the UNGA resolution on Holocaust Remembrance (ref A),according to Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA UN Department. 2. (SBU) Kara indicated that the Czechs are still examining the USG points (ref B) and consulting with other states on the UNGA resolut [...]
2005-10-21 06:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IS EZ UNGA
05PRAGUE1558CZECH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (SBU) Polec officer delivered ref A demarche on October 31 to Miloslav Stasek, director of the Middle East and Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Stasek agreed that the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmadi-nejad were unacceptable. He added that he also met with [...]
2005-11-02 17:32:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PHUM PREL PTER EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1572CZECHS ON NOV 7 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs support tough measures against Syria, Belarus, and Cuba, but do not have the full support of their EU partners. On Iraq, the Czechs will continue their mission independent of any EU mission. In the Balkans, Czechs support the open door policy. However, due to enlarge [...]
2005-11-04 09:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1707IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS PRAGUE BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The recent visit of an Iranian parliamentary delegation to Prague left a trail of conflicting claims and counterclaims between the Iranians and their Czech hosts. Closer investigation has revealed that most Czech officials remain skeptical about Iran, and the Iranians were unsucce [...]
2005-12-09 16:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ PREL PGOV ETRD PINR KNNP IR
05PRAGUE26CZECH MEP ON REPAIRING US-EUROPE RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Longtime embassy contact and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jana Hybaskova termed herself shocked by the depth of anti-American feeling she has found at European institutions such as the Council and Commission, including knee-jerk reactions opposing any U.S. involvement [...]
2005-01-06 06:34:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IZ EZ MEPP
05PRAGUE366AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MORAVIAN-SILESIAN REGION:
[...] Summary. During his February 7-8 visit to Ostrava, regional governor Evzen Tosenovsky told the Ambassador the influence of the regions is growing, and that an accommodation between Prague and the regions must be worked out within his ODS party. The Ambassador visited Vitkovice Steel, which [...]
2005-03-14 06:42:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EINV ETRD MARR EZ IZ
05PRAGUE376CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND
[...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a),China Arms Embargo (ref b),and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...]
2005-03-15 14:38:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN
05PRAGUE534UPDATE ON CZECH DIPLOMATIC AND RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) Summary. On April 14, we met with Ivo Silhavy, Director of the Middle East Department at the MFA, to discuss the latest developments in Iraq. Silhavy described Czech-Iraqi relations as "very good and very intense," building on prior contacts with the Iraqi Minister of Culture and new Ir [...]
2005-04-14 14:32:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EZ IZ IS
05PRAGUE64THE MOUSE THAT ROARED: CZECH EFFORTS IN THE MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 10 lunch discussion, MFA Director of Middle East Affairs Ivo Silhavy discussed the Czech role in the Middle East Peace Process and upcoming elections in Iraq. The Czechs see the Middle East as an area where they can play a role as an honest broker, making use of [...]
2005-01-12 12:11:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ EZ IS
05PRAGUE68 CZECH REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Post's updated investment climate statement for 2005 follows para 2. 2. THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE Maintaining an open investment climate has been a key element of the Czech Republic's transition from a Communist, centrally planned economy to a functioning market economy. The Czech Republic [...]
2005-01-13 07:04:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EZ OPIC USTR
05PRAGUE888CZECH RESPONSE TO JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On June 9, we discussed the points in ref A demarche with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the Czech MFA. Strouhal provided the following responses: A. Kosovo: Strouhal emphasized the importance of the EU playing an active role in th [...]
2005-06-10 13:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL CH CU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE981CZECH FM ON IRAQ, VISAS AND DOMESTIC POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Czech FM Cyril Svoboda on June 27 primarily to discuss an extension of the Czech military police unit in Iraq through 2006 (UN reform issues covered septel). Svoboda said that the GOCR intended to ask the parliament to extend the troop deployment this fa [...]
2005-06-29 11:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CVIS EZ IZ
05PRETORIA1099 SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE
[...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called "The Assay". The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...]
2005-03-15 13:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA3001SOUTH AFRICA: HIGH TELECOM PRICES, LITTLE RELIEF
[...] (U) Summary. President Mbeki condemned South Africa's high fixed telephone line prices in his February 2005 State of the Nation address by stating that they cost ten times more than in developed countries. Mbeki's assertion was mainly directed at Telkom, the de facto monopoly for fixed line [...]
2005-07-28 14:47:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINT ECPS EINV PREL XA SF
05PRETORIA3821 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa Improves in World Bank's Business [...]
2005-09-17 07:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4473SOUTH AFRICA: POST ASSESSMENT OF CASH COURIER
[...] (U) Post responses follow below according to subheadings on Ref A. The Border and the Legal Environment ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) South Africa maintains declaration systems at all border points for cash and other goods. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) requir [...]
2005-11-01 18:53:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SF
05QUITO1645STAFFDEL SEES CN, CT GAPS IN ECUADOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Use of Ecuadorian territory by narcotics and alien smugglers dominated discussions during Staffdel Walker, which visited Ecuador July 4-9. A DEA briefing revealed that agency,s eavesdropping weaknesses, exacerbated by Ecuadorian cellular carriers migration from analog to digita [...]
2005-07-14 15:49:00Embassy QuitoSECRETSNAR PTER MASS PGOV PREL EC CO
05QUITO2480GOE OPEN TO HOLOCAUST RES., LESS SO ON ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs Mauricio Montalvo told DCM and PolChief that the GOE may be open to voting in favor of an Israeli-sponsored holocaust resolution, but that it would be more difficult to change its votes on other anti-Israeli resolutions. He expressed appreciati [...]
2005-10-31 21:58:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IS EC UNGA
05QUITO2499GOE REJECTS IRANIAN REMARKS, CONSIDERING STATEMENT
[...] PolChief, British DCM Peter Evans, and PolOff delivered RefTel points on November 1 to Ambassadors Rafael Veintimilla and Marco Samaniego of MFA Bilateral Relations, requesting that the GOE publicly reject President Ahmadi-Nejad's call to "wipe Israel off the map." Veintimilla said that the GO [...]
2005-11-04 14:37:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL EC
05QUITO2607IRAN: GOE AGAINST NO ACTION, FAVORS UNSC REFERRAL
[...] (C) The DCM delivered RefTel points on November 15 to MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs Mauricio Montalvo, requesting GOE support in opposing the no action motion against the pending human rights resolution on Iran. The DCM stressed the importance of maintaining the Third Committee's credibil [...]
2005-11-15 22:17:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPHUM EC UNHRC
05QUITO834FM TAKES CREDIT FOR "SOFTENED" LATAM-ARAB
[...] In a burst of braggadocio, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Patricio Zuquilanda informed the Ambassador March 31 that the "USG had me to thank" for watering down the inflammatory declaration that would emerge from the May 10-11 summit of South American and Arab state leaders. The original draft, [...]
2005-04-15 22:06:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ECON EFIN EC BR
05RABAT1169MOROCCO ON MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE AND REGIONAL
[...] (C) Poloff met June 2 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss ref(a) demarche regarding the opening of an Israeli liaison office in Rabat, the closure of the Central Boycott Office (CBO) in Damascus, and support for resolving the membership of Magen David Adom [...]
2005-06-07 11:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALIO IS IZ LE PREL SY MO
05RABAT1752MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Through a series of messages addressed to world leaders, King Mohammed expressed his satisfaction with the withdrawal of Israeli settlers from the Gaza strip, according to official Moroccan news agency, Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP). The King called Palestinian President Abbas on August 16 t [...]
2005-08-19 15:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
05RABAT1809MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents - Early Reactions to Algeria's New Ambassador to Morocco - King Mohammed VI Receives King of Bahrain - King Pardons Underage Would-Be Suicide Bomber Twins - International Community Pleased with Tindouf POW Release - PJD and USFP Clash over Cultural Festival [...]
2005-08-26 17:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR MO
05RABAT1854UNDERAGE WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBER TWINS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) In a front-page interview with Pan Arabic daily Asharq Al Awsat on August 31, the 16-year old would-be suicide bomber twins that King Mohammed pardoned on the occasion of the Revolution of the King and People on August 20 (ref A) discussed the factors that led to their descent into Isla [...]
2005-09-02 17:33:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER MO
05RABAT2200MOROCCO: ISRAEL AT UNGA - I: HOLOCAUST
[...] (C) Per reftel, Acting Pol/C met October 24 with MFA Director for UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to discuss support for the UNGA resolution on the Holocaust Remembrance. Bourita said that Morocco will indeed vote for the resolution as the GOM considers it a "follow-up" action to the 28th Special S [...]
2005-10-24 16:15:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS MO
05RABAT2265DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
[...] (C) With a group of fifteen Ambassadors and Embassy representatives, Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri on November 2 to underscore our deep concern regarding the Iranian President's remarks on Israel (refs a and b). In an impressive showing, Ambassadors [...]
2005-11-03 14:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IR MO
05RABAT2266DIALOGUE, DIVERSITY AND CRITICAL THINKING AT
[...] Summary: Morocco's Ramadan public affairs strategy is to adapt to the pace of Ramadan and listen to Moroccans in the context of iftar and post-iftar events. Our observations confirm Moroccan support for "institutionalized dialogue" as well for critical thinking in order to overcome stereotypes [...]
2005-11-04 11:26:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL MO
05RABAT2389MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Contents - Israeli Participation in EuroMed Assembly Sparks Controversy - Mauritanian President Receives Warm Welcome by the King - Morocco Renews Demand for Release of Moroccan Hostages in Iraq - Morocco-South African Relations Still in the Tank - Istiqlal Opts for Socialist A [...]
2005-11-28 17:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
05RABAT2436PALACE ADVISOR AZOULAY DISCUSSES ISRAEL-MOROCCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Andre Azoulay, Royal Advisor to King Mohammed VI and a prominent Jewish Moroccan, on December 2 to discuss Azoulay,s early November visit to Israel, which included meetings with the senior Israeli and Palestinian leaderships and a stop in the Gaza Strip. Azoul [...]
2005-12-06 12:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MO
05RABAT2454MOROCCO: URGENT DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES ON MDA
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref(a) demarche on December 5 to MFA Director of the Division for Humanitarian and Social Issues Sidi Abdelfattah El Kadiri and discussed ref(b) urgent demarche to vote in favor of the MDA with El Kadiri on December 7. Kadiri said he understood that the Swiss had held [...]
2005-12-07 17:31:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IZ MO
05RABAT2491MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Moroccan Government unemployment statistics registered 10.9 percent during the third quarter of 2005, up half a percent from the same period one year earlier. The economy created 65,000 jobs in the building and public works sector, and 41,000 in services; but it lost 24,000 jobs in industry [...]
2005-12-14 16:17:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EAIR SENV SOCI MO
05RABAT2500DEMARCHE ON ASSASSINATION OF GIBRAN TUENI
[...] (C) Polcouns discussed reftel demarche with Hassan Hami, MFA Arab Affairs Division Chief, on December 13, and sent additional copies of the statements by the President and Secretary Rice to MFA Acting Director of Arab Affairs SIPDIS Abdelghani Bellaaziri, who was unavailable. Hami noted th [...]
2005-12-15 12:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALLE MO PGOV PREL PTER SY
05RABAT2540AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO MOROCCO'S DESERT SOUTH
[...] Summary: Ambassador traveled to Morocco's southeastern province of Errachidia December 6-9 to review USG assistance programs in the area and explore ways the Government of Morocco might use Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) funding to generate income and employment in the overwhelmingly rur [...]
2005-12-20 16:33:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EAGR KMCA SENV ASEC PGOV MO
05RABAT458NEXT SIX MONTHS IN MOROCCO
[...] (C) The last half of 2004 brought to fruition in several important ways the Principals, Committee decisions to intensify U.S. relations with Morocco and enhance Morocco,s ability to counter terrorism and extremism following the May 2003 terrorist bombings in Casablanca. This cable reviews pr [...]
2005-03-03 16:57:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS ASEC AMGT MO PDIP
05RANGOON122BIOGRAPHY: U WUNNA MAUNG LWIN (PROPOSED AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post has compiled newly available biographical information on U Wunna Maung Lwin, who has been proposed by the GOB to be the next ambassador from Burma to Washington. Reftel forwarded the GOB's request for agrement and an official CV. U Wunna Maung Lwin, Burma's current amba [...]
2005-01-28 06:30:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR BM
05RANGOON43BURMA 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requirements and Incentives Right to Private Ownership and Establishment Protect [...]
2005-01-11 04:41:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB BM OPIC USTR
05RECIFE113ANTI-TIP AND ANTI-ORGAN TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE IN BRAZIL
[...] (U) Summary. Noting Brazil's prominent role as an exporting and a recipient country, speakers at the August 11-12 trafficking in persons (TIP) symposium in Recife, Pernambuco sponsored by the Latin American Institute for the Protection and Defense of Human Rights (ILADH) NGO cited financial gai [...]
2005-08-31 19:14:00Consulate RecifeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SOCI BR TIP
05REYKJAVIK526 ICELAND: REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL
[...] Cultural programming is a key element of Embassy Reykjavik's public outreach, which aims to foster a positive image of the U.S. among Icelandic citizens and, especially, elites. Following is post's response to questions posed reftel: A. Which of your mission objectives benefits from c [...]
2005-12-27 07:00:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL IC
05RIYADH5371THE LATE SAUDI KING FAHD: A MIXED LEGACY
[...] (C) Summary: A chief architect of Saudi Arabia's transformation from feudal monarchy to modernizing nation state, the late King Fahd will be remembered above all as a modernizer -- a ruler who pushed his subjects to abandon their feudal insularity and join the modern world-- and an institution [...]
2005-08-01 13:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
05RIYADH9219COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JANUARY 20-23, 2006
[...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes the visit of Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) Director Ambassador John R. Miller, G/TIP's Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor, and G/TIP's Reports Officer for NEA Gayatri Patel, and grants to them country clearance fo [...]
2005-12-14 07:31:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
05RIYADH9342CODEL HAGEL MEETINGS IN KSA FOCUS ON IRAQ, IRAN
[...] (C) On November 30 and December 1, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) led a delegation including Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) to the first Senate-level visit to Saudi Arabia in over two years. The delegation received a warm welcome in meetings with King Abdullah [...]
2005-12-18 09:17:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALOVIP PINR PREL PTER SA IZ IR
05ROME1125ITALY: CENTER-LEFT'S PRODI NOT PREDICTING 2006
[...] (C) At a farewell dinner hosted by the Ambassador, center-left leader Romano Prodi predicted his coalition would take at least three additional regions in April 3-4 regional voting. He surprised the Ambassador by not predicting his own victory in next year's national balloting. Despite eff [...]
2005-04-01 17:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IT EUN MEPP ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME1391ITALY: POTENTIAL SALE TO SYRIA OF AIR DEFENSE
[...] (C) Prime Minister Berlusconi's diplomatic adviser, Giovanni Castellaneta, invited DCM and POL MC to his office April 22 to discuss Italian plans to sell an "Air Defense Integrated System" (ADIS) to Syria. Castellaneta said that the Italian firm Finmecannica (a defense industry conglomerate, 3 [...]
2005-04-22 16:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIS IT MASS SY ETTC EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME1785ITALY: CENTER RIGHT NEEDS DRASTIC CHANGES TO WIN,
[...] (C) Vice Minister of Productive Activities Adolfo Urso told the Ambassador May 16 that the center-right coalition seems destined for defeat in the next national elections unless it takes drastic measures soon. Urso believes a larger, more unified center-right party needs to be created, with [...]
2005-05-25 12:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME2372ITALIAN PREVIEW OF THE JULY 18-19 GAERIC
[...] (C) Italian MFA EU Office Director Luigi Mattiolo provided Laborcouns July 14 with a review of the EU Political Directors meeting in Bath, England regarding the July 18-19 GAERIC and responded to reftel points. Mattiolo said the Bath meeting was held in the shadow of the London bombings wit [...]
2005-07-15 11:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID IR LE PREL SY TU UZ IT UN
05ROME2874ITALY SAYS TURKEY WILL LIKELY DOMINATE SEPTEMBER
[...] (C) Summary. On August 24, Poloff met separately with Sergio Mercuri of the MFA's EU office and Stefano Ravagnan of the MFA's Southern Europe office to discuss ref A demarche. Poloff also met with Raimondo De Cardona from the MFA's Balkans office on August 29. Mercuri and Ravagnan stated t [...]
2005-08-29 14:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL TU IT EUN
05ROME3081THE AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON SENATE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call with Ambassador Spogli, Senate President Marcello Pera (Forza Italia) said the center-left would win elections if held today. He cited intra-coalition squabbling (especially over the leadership of the coalition),poor economic performance, fall-out from the [...]
2005-09-15 10:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3179ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRODI AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted lunch on September 20 for Center-Left political leaders Romano Prodi, Piero Fassino, Francesco Rutelli, and Massimo D'Alema. The four politicians were mostly in sync, willing to contradict each other politely, and were only moderately deferential to their p [...]
2005-09-23 11:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3290ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH CENTER-RIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with the four center-right Senate caucus chairmen. They discussed the evolution of the Northern League as a responsible coalition partner, and the Christian Democrats of the Center (UCD) senator spoke positively about "devolution." All were relat [...]
2005-09-30 16:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3631IRAN: ITALY SENDS TOUGH MESSAGE
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Berlusconi publicly condemned the statements made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad. The MFA also immediately phoned the Iranian Ambassador in Rome to protest upon hearing Ahmadinejad's remarks, following up with a short public statement on its web site. The Mayor [...]
2005-10-28 17:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3671ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS'
[...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref d points to MFA interlocutors during the week of October 31. The GOI supports the US position on Middle East, Balkans, and Avian Flu issues. Progress on WTO issues, however, will depend on the whether there is movement on issues of key importance to the GOI - [...]
2005-11-03 16:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL BO KPAL ETRD IT EUN EAGER
05ROME3802GOI SIGNS BLANKET END-USE, RETRANSFER, AND
[...] (U) In May 2005, the Embassy delivered the USG verbal note transmitted in reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). This note offered the GOI the opportunity to sign blanket end-use, retransfer, and security assurances for U.S.-origin defense articles, related training, or defense se [...]
2005-11-17 14:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMASS IT EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME3827ITALIANS WELCOME LEAD ROLE IN EU MISSION AT RAFAH
[...] (C) Summary. NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble held consultations with senior GOI officials on Middle East issues November 15. The GOI officials welcomed the recent agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on reopening the Rafah crossing and noted that an Italian general would lead the EU [...]
2005-11-21 07:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IT EUN
05ROME392824TH ICCROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] Summary: the 24th session of the General Assembly of the International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) met November 9 - 11. The ICCROM Council recommended and the General Assembly approved the hiring of a new Director General. A real gr [...]
2005-11-30 08:43:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN KUNR ICCROM
05ROME4028 ABU MAZEN CALLS FOR ACTIVE EU ROLE IN PEACE
[...] Summary: On a two-day official visit to Italy, Abu Mazen underlined PA commitment to the Roadmap and called for a vigorous EU role in the peace process. He said Palestinians had chosen the path of democracy and called on Israel to remove all obstacles to the conduct of elections, including i [...]
2005-12-09 12:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XF IS IT PLO MEPP
05ROME4155WITH A WARY EYE ON RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Italy's Productive Activities Minister says Italy and the EU are too dependent on Russian energy, and that truly developed countries should be self-sufficient in energy. Italy is actively pursuing alternative energy sources, such as biomass fuel, hydrogen energy, and solar p [...]
2005-12-27 15:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV PREL KDEM SA IR IS IT IQ RU
05ROME4182U.S. Terror Victims Accuse Italy of Siding with
[...] Lawyers of the families of three U.S. victims of Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel in 1995 and 1996, to whom a U.S. Court in 2003 awarded USD 523 million in damages against Iran, have accused Italy of siding with Iran in the legal battle to collect damages from Iran's assets here. The lawyers [...]
2005-12-29 17:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV IR IT KPRP ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
05ROME714ITALIAN UNIONS ON COMPETITIVENESS, IRAN AND IRAQ
[...] Summary. Italian unions, led by CGIL, have proposed a new plan to promote competitiveness that addresses structural weaknesses and the need for increased investment in education, training, infrastructure and R&D. It represents another step towards unity among the trade union confederations [...]
2005-03-03 13:55:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL PGOV IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME878SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY GETS OFF THE FENCE ON
[...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials agreed to forward our "strong and important" message on the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a to Rome to FM Fini, who will make the decision. One official argued, though, that it is in the United States' broader interest to have the meeting take place in ord [...]
2005-03-15 17:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKTFN PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME917UNCHR 61: ITALIAN RESPONSES
[...] (C) Laborcouns met 3/17 with Carlo Campanile, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Office, to deliver reftel points. Italy remains supportive of almost all U.S. positions on pending UNCHR resolutions but will continue to work primarily within the EU framework. Specific Italian concerns include [...]
2005-03-17 15:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IT UNHRC
05SANAA1516AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP, GTMO, ARAB-ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi on June 1 on the Yemen Trafficking in Persons report, return of Yemenis from Guantanamo, and Arab League support for the Arab-Israeli peace process. The FM also discussed details of his recent trip to Ira [...]
2005-06-05 12:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALOPRC PHUM SMIG PREL PARM KCRM KWMN KBCT YM KNP DEMARCHE TRAFFICKING PERSONS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1549OPERATION TATTERED CARPET: LAST JEWS OF YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary. Yemeni Jews are one of the oldest and most culturally distinct diaspora communities in the world. Since the mass migration of Yemeni Jews to Israel in 1949-50, only a few isolated families have remained in Yemen where they attempt to preserve their traditional customs. In recen [...]
2005-06-08 08:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI YM
05SANAA1696SALEH SHARES HIS PLAN FOR IRAQ AND PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador June 19 to pass his advice to the U.S. on how to solve the insurgency in Iraq and advance the Middle East peace process. As the U.S. will not be able to send a Washington envoy to Sanaa for the June 28-30 Organization of the Islamic Conference [...]
2005-06-19 15:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS IZ YM OVIP
05SANAA2095SALEH ON TERRORISM, IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, AND REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with President Saleh on August 1 to deliver ref A demarche for Arab League Capitals and discuss his November meeting with President Bush. Discussions focused on combating terrorism, the situation in Iraq, economic and democratic reforms, and Saleh's trip. News of K [...]
2005-08-01 15:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER KDEM KMCA KMPI KPAL IZ YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA2451MEDIA REACTION ON AL MOAYAD'S SENTENCING IN U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: There is increasing public reaction in Yemen to the July sentencing of Al-Moayad to 75 years in prison by a U.S. federal court for providing material support to terrorism. Although there is less attention devoted by government media to the case, independent and party- affiliated new [...]
2005-08-28 10:55:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
05SANAA2453MEDIA REACTION ON THE ISRAELI PULLOUT FROM THE GAZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, called the "liberation of Gaza" by many, received widespread coverage in all media. Most newspapers ran factual accounts. Official papers, however, including government daily Al Thawra (circulation 40,000),highlighted the official view that [...]
2005-08-28 11:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
05SANAA255INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2005
[...] The following is posts' submission for the 2005 Investment Climate Statement: (Begin Text) Investment Climate 2005 for Yemen: Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requir [...]
2005-02-07 11:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR YM ECON COM
05SANAA2791FM QIRBI DISCUSSES IRAN, SALEH VISIT, CT ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: In a September 18 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abubakr Qirbi discussed potential IAEA action against Iran and Saleh's November visit to Washington. Discussions also focused on several counter-terrorism issues, including support for the extradition of an Iraqi form [...]
2005-09-20 12:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KNNP KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA300NOMINATING YEMEN TV TO UNDERTAKE A TV CO-OP PROJECT
[...] SUMMARY: The US Embassy's Public Affairs Office, Sana'a, nominates Yemen TV to undertake a TV co-op project during FY2005. Two people from Yemen TV, a reporter and a cameraman, would participate. 2. The primary aim of the project is to focus on key aspects of US foreign policy objectives in [...]
2005-02-14 10:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO YM KSRE
05SANAA3170FONMIN "SURPRISED" AT IRANIAN COMMENTS; SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador on October 30 that the ROYG was "surprised" by Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent comments regarding Israel. Qirbi said they were likely meant to score domestic political points in what has become a "popularity contest" between the Pr [...]
2005-10-31 11:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER OVIP IR YM
05SANAA3171REACTIONS TO MEHLIS REPORT: MOSTLY NOT THERE
[...] (U) Summary: Government newspapers took the lead, covering and commenting on the October 20 UN Mehlis report implicating Syrian and Lebanese security officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minster Rafiq Hariri. While op-eds in the official press took no stance on the report, t [...]
2005-10-31 14:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO YM SY UNSC
05SANAA3534GPC CONVENTION: POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, SIGNIFYING
[...] (C) To fluttering banners, flying doves, sound effects reminiscent of Space Odyssey 2000 (with added neighing horses to symbolize the GPC mascot),President Saleh marched into the Aden football stadium on December 15 to officially launch the proceedings of the ruling party's seventh annual con [...]
2005-12-19 14:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3548(S) PUBLISHER THREATENED AND IN SECLUSION AFTER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a visit to Aden, CDA met on December 14 with Basha Bashrahil, International News Editor of the independent Aden-based daily "Al-Ayyam." Bashrahil (strictly protect) expressed to CDA his alarm about recent signals from the ROYG, describing in detail threats against his fami [...]
2005-12-20 11:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL YM
05SANAA3558DAS GRAY ADDRESSES WOMEN'S CONFERENCE, ROYG
[...] Summary. On December 3 - 5, over 300 government and civil society representatives from across the Middle East participated in a Sanaa-based conference entitled "Women's Rights in the Arab World: From Words to Deeds." Participants discussed a variety of topics, including women's roles in poli [...]
2005-12-21 12:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KWMN YM PHUM
05SANAA577YEMEN: SYRIA OUT OF LEBANON, IN DUE TIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi on March 11. Ambassador conveyed the U.S. demand for full compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559, calling for a complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, including the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) pr [...]
2005-03-13 15:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER OVIP LE SY ET ER YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA690SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]
2005-03-23 11:22:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
05SANAA697SHORT OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING IS SAADA
[...] (U) Fighting broke out between ROYG security forces and members of the "Believing Youth" (Shabab al-Moumin) in the northern city of Saada March 19. Four supporters of the late anti-American Shi'ite Cleric al-Houthi were reportedly killed while attempting to flee police after a shoot out at the [...]
2005-03-23 15:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA894SALEH DISCUSSES SECURITY CONCERNS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador the morning of April 9 to discuss renewed fighting in Saada. Saleh immediately launched into requests for USG political and military support for ROYG efforts to defeat al-Houthi rebels in the north. Reiterating an argument he used during last [...]
2005-04-10 13:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA955SANAA EAC MEETING 04/11/2005
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on April 13, 2005, to review the current threat, ongoing security measures and approve reverse trip wires. President Saleh informed the Ambassador that Kanaan had been captured along with several of his top associates and Yemen f [...]
2005-04-16 12:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANJOSE2475COSTA RICA REAFFIRMS ITS SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 16:16:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IS CR UNGA
05SANJOSE2564DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN EXTREMISM
[...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Carlos Cordero, Chief of Multilateral Affairs at the MFA, on October 31. That same evening, Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar released a statement to the press and diplomatic community condemning the inflammatory rhetoric of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahm [...]
2005-11-04 19:23:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PHUM CS
05SANJOSE2565HUMAN INTELLIGENCE THREAT REVIEW FOR U.S. EMBASSY
[...] (S/NF) Per request in reftel, Charge chaired a meeting of the Counter Intelligence Working Group (CIWG) to review and discuss the Human Intelligence (HUMINT) threat level at Post. Attending the CIWG were Charge, A/DCM, RSO, DEA Country Attache, ODR Chief and SIMO Chief. CIWG agrees that the [...]
2005-11-04 19:23:00Embassy San JoseSECRETASEC
05SANJOSE2797COSTA RICA WILL ABSTAIN ON VOTE ON ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Political counselor delivered reftel B talking points to Jose Joaquin Chaverri, MFA Director General (number-three person in the ministry),on December 7. Polcouns noted U.S. disappointment with Costa Rica's votes on December 1, particularly in light of the promise we received that Costa [...]
2005-12-08 12:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IS CS UNGA
05SANJOSE2930PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OTTON SOLIS RUNNING AGAINST
[...] (C) Presidential candidate Otton Solis told Ambassador that CAFTA-DR "would place Costa Rica in the hands of the multinationals." He said the treaty was one-sided, opening the Costa Rican market to U.S. industrial power, against which Costa Rica cannot hope to compete, and in return providing [...]
2005-12-27 19:38:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON CS
05SANSALVADOR2126EL SALVADORS'S EVOLVING FOREIGN POLICY - ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: Following a July 20 visit by Morocco's Health Minister, leading daily "La Prensa Grafica" led July 25 with a 3-page spread detailing El Salvador's evolving political strategy and rapprochement with the Middle East. The article discussed El Salvador's hopes of gaining an ECOSOC, o [...]
2005-07-27 20:35:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MO QA BA ES UNGA
05SANSALVADOR2679 EL SALVADOR: THE DECLINING INFLUENCE OF THE ROMAN
[...] SUMMARY: In the last 17 years, the Roman Catholic Church has lost 12 percent of its share of the nation's population, falling from 64 to 52 percent, and Catholicism seems to have declined in power since the end of the country's 1980-1992 civil war. The proportion of Salvadorans belonging to [...]
2005-09-27 20:18:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PHUM ES
05SANSALVADOR2875SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' BILATERAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SACA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez began his October 20-21 visit to El Salvador with a friendly but businesslike meeting with President Elias Antonio ("Tony") Saca. Saca reaffirmed El Salvador's commitment to CAFTA and to its relationship with the United States, thanking Preside [...]
2005-10-20 22:57:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD OVIP PREL EPET ECIN ES
05SANSALVADOR2979DEMARCHE -IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM
[...] On November 1, Polcouns and poloff delivered talking points (reftel) condemning Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's call for the destruction of Israel to Amb. Mario Rivera Mora, GOES Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Director. Poloff further asked Rivera to have the GOES consider [...]
2005-11-01 23:27:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PHUM IR ES
05SANSALVADOR3480EL SALVADOR: 2005 TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-15 13:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN AA KHLS KPAO ES
05SANSALVADOR3507AFTER THE DELUGE: THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE STAN AND ILAMATEPEC VOLCANO ERUPTION
[...] SUMMARY: El Salvador's geography and geology make it vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanoes. During October, the nation suffered a volcanic eruption, hurricane-induced flooding and mudslides, and an earthquake, although the latter caused little if any [...]
2005-12-16 21:44:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ES
05SANTIAGO1645MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST - SAUDI ARABIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 17:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI IS SA
05SANTIAGO2220MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 20:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
05SANTIAGO2540INVESTIGATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, CRIMINAL
[...] In a December 19 meeting with Consul General to discuss the investigation of the 1985 disappearance of U.S. citizen Boris Weisfeiler, Judge Jorge Zepeda shared information about the broader aspects of his investigation of human rights abuses and criminal activity at the German religous colony [...]
2005-12-20 20:52:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALCASC PHUM CI
05SANTODOMINGO3864DOMINICAN BANKING #9 -- MEJIA SAYS "BANKING FRAUD"
[...] (SBU) This is number 9 in a series of cables on consequences of the Dominican bank failures of 2003. Dominican Banking Series #9 -- Mejia Says It Right Out Loud: "Banking Fraud" More than a year of virtual silence on Dominican banking frauds has ended with Hipolito Mejia's erudite, detail [...]
2005-08-02 19:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4724ISRAEL AT UNGA I & II - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy on October 20 delivered reftel demarches on Israel at the 60th UNGA (Holocaust Remembrance Resolution and opposing anti-Israel bias) to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen. We thanked her for the Dominican Republic's offer to co-sponsor the Holocaust Resolution. We also urged that [...]
2005-10-21 13:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDIS DR PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4941DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN EXTREMISM - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered para 4 reftel demarche via non-paper to MFA Africa and Middle East Affairs director Jose Juan Hernandez Cimadevilla on November 2, emphasizing our request that the Dominican Republic issue a statement rejecting President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent inflammatory rhetoric again [...]
2005-11-07 19:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR PTER PHUM DR
05SANTODOMINGO5102IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE: DOMINICAN
[...] (C) Ambassador on November 16 delivered reftel demarche to Dominicn Republic Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, emphasizing the importance of voting against a no-action motion and in favor of the UNGA Third Committee resolution on Iran. Morales said the Dominican Republic would vote wit [...]
2005-11-18 18:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM
05SANTODOMINGO5157ISRAEL AT UNGA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-25 13:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDIS PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO5340ANTI-ISRAEL BODIES AT THE UN: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy on December 7 delivered reftel talking points to MFA UN director Michelle Cohen, emphasizing U.S. disappointment over the Dominican Republic's change of its vote from "abstain" in previous years to "yes" on the resolution regarding the Division for Palestinian Rights. Political officer [...]
2005-12-10 18:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IS DO UNGA
05SANTODOMINGO614DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI, CAFTA,
[...] (C) Summary: Haiti, CAFTA, extraditions, and compliance with the new IMF agreement dominated the February 7 bilateral breakfast meeting between the Ambassador and Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that the Dominican ambassador to Hait [...]
2005-02-09 18:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ETRD EFIN KJUS DR HA
05SAOPAULO283THE TIP REPORT
[...] (U) This is version II of the Brazil TIP report, incorporating answers to questions raised by version I, and additional information. This report was a coordinated effort between Sao Paulo and Embassy Brasilia, which supplied much of the new information. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: Brazil conti [...]
2005-03-11 10:25:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TIP
05SINGAPORE1788DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Date Time and Place: May 10, 2005, 12:30PM, Istana, Singapore 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Franklin Lavin DAS Marie Huhtala, EAP D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Chris Kava [...]
2005-06-07 08:35:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ECON SN
05SINGAPORE1790DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Franklin L. Lavin. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Date Time and Place: May 10, 2005, 11:30AM, Istana, Singapore 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Franklin Lavin DAS Marie Huhtala, EAP D Executive Secretary Ross Wilson Deputy Spo [...]
2005-06-07 08:39:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SN
05SINGAPORE3397SINGAPORE'S MUSLIM PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER VISITS
[...] (SBU) Singapore's highest ranking Muslim official, Speaker of Parliament Abdullah Tarmugi, made an official visit to Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and Kuwait from November 7 to 13. Abdullah's delegation included a cross-section of ruling party MPs -- R. Ravindran (a Hindu of Indian desc [...]
2005-11-29 09:18:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD SN
05SOFIA1207(U) BULGARIAN ORGANIZED CRIME (C-CN5-00054)
[...] (U) This cable is in response to ref A request for information about organized crime in Bulgaria and the Balkans. Where direct sources are not cited, connections are largely based on information from operational contacts and open-source publications. ----------------------- OVERVIEW AND ACTIVITIES [...]
2005-07-07 07:59:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPINR KCRM PGOV EINV ECON KCOR BU
05SOFIA1239BULGARIA: EXTREME NATIONALIST PARTY ENTERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extreme nationalist political group Ataka (Attack) won 8.7 percent of the vote in June's general election and became the fourth largest political party in the new parliament which commenced in Sofia July 11. If, as expected, the first three parties form a coalition governme [...]
2005-07-12 12:29:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR BU
05SOFIA1280PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...]
2005-07-15 16:37:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BU
05SOFIA1318BULGARIAN COURT REJECTS JEWISH COMMUNITY PROPERTY
[...] SUMMARY: In a July 6 decision, the details of which were not available until July 20, Bulgaria's highest court rejected the property claim of the Jewish community over a valuable piece of land in downtown Sofia that was nationalized during Communism and used for hotel construction. The deci [...]
2005-07-22 11:42:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDASCH PREL KTIA BU
05SOFIA19502006 NTE UPDATE FOR BULGARIA
[...] The following is Embassy's input for the 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report for Bulgaria. The text -- including the ranking of barriers -- has been sent electronically to USTR and State (EB). RANKING OF BARRIERS: The following are general range estimates of what the increase in U.S. e [...]
2005-11-21 14:47:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN ECON KIPR BEXP EAGR PGOV BU
05TAIPEI1086TAIWAN SEEKING CLOSER TIES TO ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan is seeking closer political, economic, and security ties with Israel. Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials are accelerating their campaign to use NGOs and think-tanks to promote Taipei's interests in Israel. Despite Israel's one-China policy, Tel Aviv perm [...]
2005-03-14 22:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR TW IS
05TAIPEI1797VICE PREMIER URGES U.S. TO STUDY FTA WITH TAIWAN
[...] (C) In an April 13 meeting, Taiwan's Vice Premier Wu Rong-I told AIT/T Econ Section Chief that Premier Frank Hsieh would maintain most of the economic policies of his predecessor. He also outlined the government goals for financial reform, which focus on bank consolidation, and fiscal policy [...]
2005-04-15 06:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW CH
05TAIPEI2472MEDIA REACTION: Cross-Strait Relations
[...] Taiwan dailies June 4-6 carried reports on two topics in particular: U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's criticism of China's military expansion and President Chen Shui-bian's willingness to meet with China's President Hu Jintao in the United States. With regard to the first topic, bo [...]
2005-06-06 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI260MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S SECOND TERM, MIDEAST
[...] Bush's Second Term A) "[Condoleezza] Rice Has Endorsed the Neo- conservatism" The "International Outlook" column of the centrist, pro- status quo "China Times" commented (1/21): "Secretary of State appointee Condoleezza Rice's congressional confirmation hearing showed that neo- conserv [...]
2005-01-21 08:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI279MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S INAUGURAL SPEECH, U.S.-
[...] Bush's Inaugural Speech A) "Bush's New Unilateralism and the Iran Crisis" Commentator Nan Fang-shuo wrote in the "Weekly Comment" column of the centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" (1/24): ". We can say that the Bush administration is facing the reality that the United States has beco [...]
2005-01-24 08:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI4227MEDIA REACTION: RUMSFELD'S TRIP TO CHINA
[...] Summary: The second part of a TV interview with President Chen Shui-bian, which was aired Monday evening, carried the front-page headlines in most major Chinese-language Taipei dailies October 18. (The first part of the interview was broadcast on Sunday night.) Almost all major Taipei newspap [...]
2005-10-18 22:56:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI51TFX001: Taiwan Economic Brief December 2005
[...] This cable summarizes selected Taiwan economic events in December 2004. -- Taiwan becomes OECD trade committee observer -- Taiwan leads world in chip packaging and testing -- Taiwan worries about over-reliance on China -- Taiwan's 2004 and 2005 economic performance -- Taiwan aids t [...]
2005-01-07 02:17:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON TW
05TEGUCIGALPA1546 One Maquila Improves Working Conditions in
[...] Summary: In a June 22 press conference, the U.S. NGO National Labor Committee's (NLC's) Director Charles Kernaghan alleged mistreatment of workers in a Honduran maquila that supplies Reebok's NBA and NFL jerseys, a charge that the GOH and Honduran businesses quickly denied, pointing to union [...]
2005-07-27 22:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EINV EIND KTEX PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1693SEND LAWYERS, FUNDS AND GUNNY: SA/LW DESTRUCTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Department of State Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW) program officer (PM/WRA) and Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) ordnance destruction team visited Honduras August 1-5 to review possible future technical assistance. Team and PolMilOff met with Vice Minis [...]
2005-08-12 23:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PARM PREL PTER MOPS SNAR KLIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2195 Honduras: Readout of Secretary Gutierrez
[...] Summary: During an October 19 meeting in San Pedro Sula, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and Honduran Trade Minister Guerrero concurred that Honduras is well on its way towards CAFTA implementation, having passed several key laws and proposed others. IPR protections remain a source of concern fo [...]
2005-10-27 18:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EINV EIND KTEX PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2217 Honduras: Readout of Secretary Gutierrez
[...] Summary: On October 19, Secretary Gutierrez met with President Ricardo Maduro in a closed session. The Secretary encouraged Maduro to attend the Summit of the Americas, and to quickly comply with any outstanding CAFTA requirements to expedite entry into force. Maduro welcomed the Secretary' [...]
2005-10-31 22:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EINV EIND KTEX PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA364HONDURAN LABOR LEADERS' OPPOSITION TO CAFTA: MORE
[...] (U) Summary: In a February 9 meeting with EmbOffs and WHA/PPC Labor Advisor, leaders of Honduras' three major labor confederations explained the reasons for their opposition to CAFTA. Their complaints were wide-ranging, including insufficient protection for labor rights in the agreement, "fin [...]
2005-02-14 20:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB PGOV EAGR SENV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA727HONDURAN CARDINAL OSCAR RODRIGUEZ - A WORTHY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga is likely to be a formidable force during the conclave to select the next Pope. He is a savvy political player and accomplished media communicator, whose moral compass has repeatedly guided his public policy interventions in Hon [...]
2005-04-05 20:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF PHUM ETRD KCRM SOCI HO VA
05TELAVIV1013ISRAELIS BRIEF U/S LEVEY ON TERROR FINANCE STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Security Council Counterterrorism Director General Danny Arditi met with Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and his delegation on February 14 in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv. Arditi said that the GOI has recently switched the focus of its terrorism finance efforts from [...]
2005-02-18 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1019DEPUTY BUDGET DIRECTOR: GOI TO FORMULATE U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Budget Director Yossi Gordon informed Deputy Economic Counselor February 17 that the Ministry of Finance was going to develop a request for U.S. assistance to help pay for the military aspects of disengagement over the next two weeks to one month. He also said that the G [...]
2005-02-18 14:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV102GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: WITH NEW GOVERNMENT, SHARON TO
[...] (C) Summary: The three-month trial period for which the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party has agreed to enter a coalition with Likud and Labor gives Prime Minister Sharon the time -- and majorities in the relevant bodies -- to : -- establish a 66-MK majority government, probably as early as [...]
2005-01-06 15:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1021ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria-Iran "Common Front" ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted President Bush as saying at a news conference on Thursday: "If I was the leader of Israel and I listened to some of the statements by the Iranian ayat [...]
2005-02-18 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1024 ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli and Palestinian officials met in Helsinki February 10 and agreed to reactivate the Joint Environmental Experts Committee (EEC) established under the 1995 Interim Agreement. The EEC will meet in Jerusalem May 2. The two sides also agreed to cooperate on disposition of [...]
2005-02-18 14:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1026SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) On February 13 Senator George Allen and Ambassador Kurtzer met with MFA North American Deputy Yoram Ben Ze'ev and Head of the Research Department Harry Kney'tal. They discussed developments in Europe relating to the designation of Hizbollah as a terrorist organization, and political deve [...]
2005-02-18 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL OVIP IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1027GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: CABINET POISED TO APPROVE
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Sharon is poised to obtain decided Cabinet majorities in two historic votes scheduled for February 20: to approve the "Amended Disengagement Plan -- Evacuation of Settlements and Territories" (the Amended Plan) and to approve a revised route of the separation barrier arou [...]
2005-02-18 15:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1028WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS SIX PALESTINIANS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was lightly injured by IDF riot gas inhalation in the West Bank during a protest against the separation barrier and six Palestinians were arrested by the IDF in the West Bank February 17. Two shooting incidents occurred near Rafah overnight February 17-18, but n [...]
2005-02-18 16:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV103WB/G SITREP: TWO GUNMEN KILLED IN ATTACK ON THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The body of second Palestinian gunman was found late on January 5 near the Erez Crossing, both men having been shot and killed after they succeeded in approaching the crossing overnight January 4-5 along with a group of pilgrims leaving to go on the Hajj. The militants used sm [...]
2005-01-06 16:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1058ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-22 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1061Israel: Economy Grows 4.3% in 2004
[...] (U) On February 14, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published updated 2004 figures showing growth of 4.3% for the year, a significant improvement over growth of 1.3% in 2003. This compares well with 3.6% average growth in the OECD during the year. Israeli GDP per capita increased by 2 [...]
2005-02-22 13:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1062NIRIT'S RESIDENTS HAVE A LONG DAY IN COURT AND
[...] (C) Summary: Dror Ginatt, secretary general of the Israeli town of Nirit on the west side of the Green Line, described Nirit's hearing in the High Court to stop construction of Nof HaSharon as arduous but felt that Nirit got a fair trial. He explained that the three judges, among them Aharo [...]
2005-02-22 13:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1064GAZANS TORN OVER DUBAI INVESTOR'S PROPOSED
[...] Israeli media reported that Dubai businessman Mohammed Alabbar recently visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with an offer to purchase settler homes intact, saving the GOI the need to demolish them. Previously, NSC advisor Gabi Blum told EconCouns that Alabbar's visit had been spon [...]
2005-02-22 15:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV1078ACTING COORDINATOR POPE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings February 9-12, Israeli officials told Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator William Pope that Hizballah is the GOI's top CT priority. They requested USG assistance to convince President Chirac that the group should be placed on the EU's list of terrorist org [...]
2005-02-23 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1080ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-23 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1085GAZANS, FOR VARYING REASONS, FAVOR PA CABINET OF
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent Gazans expressed, for varying reasons, a strong preference for a cabinet of technocrats in conversations with Poloff February 22-23. Minister of Justice candidate and prominent Gaza attorney Sharhabeel al-Za'eem said that Gazans view new faces in the ministries as a c [...]
2005-02-23 14:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1103ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-24 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1110ICRC OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IMPROVED RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting ICRC Delegate-General for the Middle East and North Africa Balthasar Stahelin told the DCM February 18 that he believes that progress in the peace process could help pave the way for the adoption of a Third Additional Protocol that would facilitate full ICRC membership f [...]
2005-02-24 14:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1117MFA OFFICIAL SAYS GOI "ADAMANT" ABOUT GAINING MDA
[...] (C) The GOI is "adamant" about bringing to closure in 2005 the issue of Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, MFA Deputy Director General (A/S-equivalent) for International Organization Affairs Roni Ya'ar told poloff on February 23. He reported [...]
2005-02-24 16:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1121ISRAELI TOURISM MINISTER REQUESTS CHANGE IN U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Tourism Abraham Hirchson stressed the GOI's hope that the USG would change the travel warning regarding travel to Israel. The Ambassador replied that the USG reviewed such warnings on a regular basis, but noted that t [...]
2005-02-25 07:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALCASC PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1124BEDOUIN OF THE NEGEV'S ILLEGAL VILLAGES LIVE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met February 17 with Bedouin community representatives in two Negev desert Bedouin villages not legally recognized by the GOI to discuss issues affecting their lives and possible PD small grants assistance to educational programs. The Bedouin in these two unrecognized [...]
2005-02-25 11:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1125ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Maariv bannered, an "inciting gathering" held last night in Jerusalem by the "hard-core, extremist opponents to disengagement" (according to Ha' [...]
2005-02-25 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1150PA SECURITY REFORM -- WHERE DOES NORWAY FIT?
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 24 meeting with Embassy and USAID officers, Norwegian police advisor Arnstein Overkil identified reconstruction of the PA's police forensic lab and training in crime scene investigation techniques as two possible areas where Norway might undertake programs to ass [...]
2005-02-25 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KWBG KPAL NO IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1170WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 28, 2005 (1200 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary: A suicide bomber affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad detonated an explosive device outside a Tel Aviv nightclub at 2320 hours February 25, killing four people and injuring another 55 Israeli civilians, five of them severely and eight moderately. A fifth victim died of he [...]
2005-02-28 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1171ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democratic Reform in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, Friday night's suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv nightclub dominated the news reports. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, in [...]
2005-02-28 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1173(C) ISRAELI POLITICAL-MILITARY BRIEFING ON
[...] (C) Ambassadors from countries on the UN Security Council and of European Union were summoned to the Foreign Ministry February 28 for a political-military briefing on the February 25 terrorist attack in Tel Aviv that killed 5 Israelis and wounded more than 50. MFA Director General Ron Prosor [...]
2005-02-28 13:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL PTER COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV119ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-07 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1192ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1208YONATAN BASSEY ON THE CHALLENGES OF DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, head of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),reported on February 23 that a few settlers are beginning to make preparations for disengagement. He explained that SELA has final contracts with about 63 families and is negotiating with many others. Unfortunately, s [...]
2005-03-01 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV1210WB/G SITREP: MARCH 1, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian landowners and Israeli and Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli Border Police during a protest against the construction of the separation barrier near the village of Bayt Surik, west of Jerusalem. One Border Police officer was injured. In Jerusalem, at le [...]
2005-03-01 17:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1211DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. During their February 14 discussions, Under Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey and GOI MFA officials SIPDIS focused on the possible designation of Hizbollah as a terrorist group during the EU Clearinghouse meeting on February 16. The GOI has been working proactively to obtain [...]
2005-03-02 04:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1237ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Lebanese-Syrian Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited, and Ha'aretz bannered, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's comment to ABC News in London Tuesday: "There is evidence that Islamic Jihad, headquarter [...]
2005-03-02 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1243WB/G SITREP: PA INTERIOR MINISTER FIRES JENIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Interior Minister Nasir Yusif replaced all the PA security chiefs and deputies in Jenin during a March 1 visit to inspect the overall security situation in the city. The dismissals followed a confrontation that included a brief exchange of gunfire be [...]
2005-03-02 14:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1246POST'S SUBMISSION SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The attached evaluation of protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Israel focuses on areas of specific concern as detailed in reftel B. Post's policy recommendation is being transmitted septel. End Summary. -------------------- Optical Media Piracy ----------- [...]
2005-03-02 15:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV1267ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the IDF's expectation that the PA will act soon to replace the senior echelon in the PA's security services in the West Bank. The newspaper [...]
2005-03-03 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1270"TECHNOCRAT" PRESIDENT RUNS INTO TROUBLE AT
[...] (C) Summary: An angry mob of students, reportedly stirred up by remnants of the previous, Arafat-appointed administration, chased the new al-Azhar University president, Dr. Hani al-Nijim, from his campus office February 28 in response to al-Nijim's announced plan to uphold long-ignored univer [...]
2005-03-03 12:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1271(C) IPR: ISRAEL TO PURSUE LEGISLATION ON PATENTS
[...] (C) Minister of Industry and Trade Ehud Olmert called the Ambassador March 3 to say that the government will push ahead with pending legislation on patents and IPR. Since the legislation is attached to the budget bill, Olmert expected it to be adopted on March 16. In conveying this message, [...]
2005-03-03 13:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALETRD IS KIPR ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV1276WB/G SITREP: IDF RAIDS WB QASSAM ROCKET WORKSHOP;
[...] (SBU) Summary: A car bomb exploded without causing injuries March 3 near IDF soldiers patrolling in the vicinity of Joseph,s Tomb in Nablus. Jewish worshippers were near the area at the time of the explosion. In addition, two explosive devices detonated without causing injury near IDF soldi [...]
2005-03-03 15:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1277LIKUD REFERENDUM DECISION STILL LEAVES SHARON
[...] (C) Summary: Several Likud MKs demanding that Prime Minister Sharon call a referendum on disengagement told poloff that the widely anticipated March 3 Likud Central Committee (LCC) vote to promote legislation needed to enable a referendum is not sufficient to secure their budget votes. They s [...]
2005-03-03 18:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1289ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-04 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1306WB/G SITREP: THREE PALESTINIANS LIGHTLY INJURED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinians clashed with the IDF on March 3 in areas near Jerusalem and Hebron to protest construction of the separation barrier. Three Palestinians were injured and seven others were arrested in the West Bank March 3-4. Palestinians shot at IDF soldiers in Gaza March 3, but n [...]
2005-03-04 15:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV131WB/G SITREP: FATAL ATTACK ON SETTLER NEAR NABLUS;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for an attack on a settler car near Nablus January 7 that left one settler dead. A five-year-old Palestinian boy was accidentally killed in the West Bank January 6 when an IDF jeep ran him over. In Gaza, one Palestinian was kil [...]
2005-01-07 15:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1319ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syrian-Lebanese Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Jerusalem Post cited President Bush's weekly radio address, in which he hailed recent moves toward democracy in the Middle East. Ha'aretz reported that Sharon [...]
2005-03-07 13:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1335RAJOUB REPORTEDLY CLAIMING BROAD POWERS, SUCCESSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Track II activists Boaz Karni and Dov Sedaka recounted to the Ambassador March 2 claims by recent PA National Security Advisor Jibril Rajoub of his own pivotal role and organizational successes within the Palestinian government and security operations. Karni said that in a lengt [...]
2005-03-07 15:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1336ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) This cable is the first part of a three-part message in response to reftel. Embassy point of contact is poloff Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972) (3) 519-7437. Fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 80 hours in preparation of the report. Deputy polcouns spent app [...]
2005-03-07 15:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1337ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-07 15:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1338ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) This is the third part of a three-part message responding to reftel. Embassy point of contact is Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972)(3) 519-7437, fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------- [...]
2005-03-07 15:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1340GAZA DISENGAGEMENT WATER ISSUES: STILL MUCH WORK
[...] (C) Summary: Although Israeli and Palestinian water officials have generally displayed relatively close cooperation, they have not worked out specific arrangements pertaining to Israel's disengagement from Gaza and the northern West Bank. The Israeli Water Commissioner reported that Israel h [...]
2005-03-07 16:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID IS KWBG PREL SENV GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV1352ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz are supposed to sign an agreement tonight regarding the transfer of se [...]
2005-03-08 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1361DAHLAN PROMISES IMPROVEMENTS, COUNSELS GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: Pepsi bottler and leading Gaza businessman, Muhammad Yazgi, told Poloff March 3 that Muhammad Dahlan had promised Gaza businessmen recently that conditions at Gaza's border crossings into Israel would improve in two to three weeks, and asked that Yazgi and other businessmen "have [...]
2005-03-08 15:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1363(C) OTTE SAYS HE'S PRESSING PA FOR SECURITY
[...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte said he would press the PA, during his visit this week, on the need for security service reform, while focusing in his GOI meetings on Israeli-Palestinian economic cooperation. He reported that World Bank President W [...]
2005-03-08 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1386MARCH REVENUE TRANSFER REDUCED BECAUSE OF PA
[...] (C) Summary. The GOI released a total of NIS 188 million in funds to the PA in early March. This is made up of NIS 138 million from the regular monthly revenue transfer plus NIS 50 million in previously attached revenues. The regular transfer of NIS 138 million is significantly below the no [...]
2005-03-09 07:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1395ICRC REP ON POST-THREAT ACTIONS
[...] (C) ICRC Head of Delegation Francois Bellon and Deputy Head Carlos Batallas met March 1 with Polcouns, Legatt and Poloff to review details and follow-up of a reported potential threat to ICRC members inside the Gaza Strip. Legatt had conveyed to the ICRC February 26 a non-specific report he h [...]
2005-03-09 12:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1397ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-09 13:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1404MOSSI RAZ ON THE UNOFFICIAL APPROVAL PROCESS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Mossi Raz, a former Meretz MK, provided a brief history of the growth of settlements, and outlined the hidden support that the Israeli government has given to settlers over the past 13 years. Settlers focused on expanding existing settlements between 1992 and 1996 because Prime [...]
2005-03-09 14:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1419ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media say that today's meeting between Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh that will focus on Israeli- Palestinian neg [...]
2005-03-10 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1420MFA OFFICIAL ON GOI-PA DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Yossi Gal told Ambassador Kurtzer that the PA should promptly seize the opportunity to coordinate with Israel on the economic and civil aspects of the disengagement plan via joint GOI-PA working groups on trade, settlement assets, [...]
2005-03-10 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KWBG KPAL PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1424TECHNICAL TALKS ON POSSIBLE RETURN OF U.S.-ORIGIN
[...] (C) Summary: A joint DOE/State technical team led by Kasia Mendelsohn from DOE's Office of Global Nuclear Material Threat Reduction met with officials from the Israeli Atomic Energy Agency (IAEC) on January 12-13 to discuss possible Israeli participation in the Foreign Research Reactor (FRR) S [...]
2005-03-10 14:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG TRGY PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV1429(C) GOI MOVING AHEAD WITH DATA EXCLUSIVITY
[...] (C) This is an action request message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Post has received a clear message from Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOITL) that the GOI intends to move ahead this week to have the Knesset consider the data exclusivity legislation as pa [...]
2005-03-10 15:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV1430TALIA SASSON'S "EXPLOSIVE" REPORT ON ILLEGAL
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: Attorney Talia Sasson on March 8 submitted a report on illegal settlement activity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The report has been characterized as a "powerful bombshell" and "explosive on an international level." In the d [...]
2005-03-10 17:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1446ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that associates of PM Sharon ordered five different public opinion polls to try to predict the results of elections held after a p [...]
2005-03-11 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1454RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN PRESSING ABU
[...] (C) Russian Ambassador Gennady Tarasov and the Ambassador reviewed Israeli-Palestinian progress in implementing the Sharm al-Sheikh commitments and Syria-Lebanon developments during a March 11 conversation. In response to the Ambassador's question about whether Russian Middle East envoy Kalug [...]
2005-03-11 14:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS LE SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1455(S) ISRAELI VIEWS ON PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI SECURITY
[...] (S) On instructions from Defense Minister Mofaz, BG Eitan Dangott briefed the Ambassador March 11 on the status of Israeli-Palestinian security negotiations and other issues discussed in the Sharm el-Sheik summit. Dangott said that Mofaz and the Israeli security establishment are becoming i [...]
2005-03-11 14:38:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETIS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1457(S) ISRAELI READOUT ON MUBARAK-MOFAZ MEETING IN
[...] (S) BG Eitan Dangott, Military Secretary of Defense Minister Mofaz, briefed the Ambassador March 11 on the meeting held the previous day in Sharm between Mofaz and Egyptian President Mubarak, with the participation of Defense Minister Tantawi and Intelligence Chief Sulayman. Dangott said th [...]
2005-03-11 14:42:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETIS KPAL PREL XF GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV146ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1513ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Sharon told visiting UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday that there would SIPDIS be no progress on the road map until the Palestinian armed [...]
2005-03-14 12:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1524CABINET DECIDES TO REMOVE 24 OUTPOSTS BUT DOESN'T
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Cabinet on March 13 decided to remove the 24 post-March 2001 outposts mentioned in Talia Sasson's report, but not until after implementation of the disengagement plan. Israeli officials said that the GOI is "busy" with disengagement and tha [...]
2005-03-14 15:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1525WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN WOUNDED BY IDF FIRE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was wounded in the West Bank by IDF fire and, according to UNRWA, two Palestinians were wounded in IDF-initiated shootings in Gaza. The IDF, however, says that only one Palestinian was wounded in the same incident. Thousands of Gazans turned out March 12 to pe [...]
2005-03-14 15:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1534PERES MEETS TELLS CODEL CORZINE "WE ARE STILL
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 13 meeting with Senator Corzine and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said there are three crucial events in the next several months: the passage of the budget, the Palestinian Legislative Council elections in July, and the evacuation from Gaza, also s [...]
2005-03-15 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1538WB/G SITREP:7,000 FATAH SUPORTERS RALLY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested two Palestinians March 14 when the men tried to infiltrate the border fence into Israel east of Dayr al-Balah. The men reportedly intended to enter Israel in search of work. Fatah organized a rally of some 7,000 people March 14 in Jabaliya in honor of "Pales [...]
2005-03-15 15:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1548ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-16 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1549ISRAEL'S CONSTRUCTIVE NO-CONFIDENCE MECHANISM:
[...] (C) Summary: The 2003 revision of Israel's no-confidence vote mechanism to require that all Knesset members voting no-confidence pre-designate a single candidate to form a new government was designed to keep government opponents from resorting too frequently to time-consuming no-confidence mo [...]
2005-03-16 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1561WB/G SITREP: ONE ISRAELI SETTLER AND ONE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Israeli settler was injured in a shooting incident perpetrated by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and one Palestinian was injured by IDF fire in the West Bank March 15-16. Gaza was quiet, except for one mortar shell explosion near Neve Dekalim, but no injuries resulted. End [...]
2005-03-16 14:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1580MOSSAD CHIEF TO CODEL CORZINE: SOME FOREIGN
[...] (S) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told CODEL Corzine March 13 that Israeli and U.S. thinking on Iran largely tracks, adding that he believes the EU dialogue with Iran will ultimately fail. Dagan said that Israel has evidence that some foreign fighters have returned home from Iraq, perhaps indica [...]
2005-03-17 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV PREL KWBG IR IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1585WB/G SITREP: AT LEAST SIX PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two Palestinian youths were wounded by IDF gunfire in Tulkarm after they threw a firebomb at an IDF jeep on March 16, and at least six Palestinians were wounded by rubber-coated bullets and tear gas during a protest against the construction of the separation barrier in Safa and [...]
2005-03-17 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1588LABOR MK SNEH TELLS SENATOR CORZINE ISRAEL CANNOT
[...] (C) Summary: Labor MK Ephraim Sneh told visiting Senator Jon Corzine and the Ambassador March 14 that he sees military action against Iran's nuclear program as only a last resort. Sneh advocated external support for popular efforts for regime change in Iran, but stressed that the change has to [...]
2005-03-17 12:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOREP PGOV PINR PREL KPAL MNUC IS IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1589CHILD MARRIAGE IN ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Available evidence indicates that child marriage is infrequent in the general Israeli population, and is confined almost exclusively to specific minority populations. Post gathered information for this report from the Israel National Council for the Child (NCC),the foremost NGO on chil [...]
2005-03-17 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1593C-NE4-01083: ISRAELI INTENTIONS REGARDING THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Israel sees Iran as the primary threat to its security and sees the enrichment cycle as the "point of no return" for Tehran's nuclear weapons program. The GOI believes that diplomatic pressure with teeth, such as sanctions, can affect Iranian behavior, and is lobbying the EU-3 a [...]
2005-03-17 14:58:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP EU IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1594NSC CHIEF SAYS PASSING THE BUDGET IS GOI CHALLENGE
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland told CODEL Corzine March 13 that passing the budget is the GOI's biggest disengagement-related hurdle and that all other issues are operational and will be resolved. The GOI's worst-case scenario is Palestinians attacking Israelis in Gaza while [...]
2005-03-17 15:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV163IDF CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff LtG Moshe Ya'alon told CoDel Kyl January 7 that recent events have ushered in "an era of strategic opportunity" in the Middle East. He said that Israel is facilitating Palestinian elections and believes that Abu Mazen is strong enough to [...]
2005-01-10 13:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1631ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "The start of a new relationship" Senior Arab Affairs op-ed writer Zvi Bar'El wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz : "The gathering of the Palestinian factions and the leadership of the Palestinian Authority in Cairo... not in a crisis, but in an agreement that was well-known in advan [...]
2005-03-18 13:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1633TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2
[...] (U) No assets connected to the Taliban have been found in Israel. No assets related to Usama bin Laden or the Al-Qaida organization, and individuals or entities associated with them, have been detected in Israel. 2. (U) There are no impediments for more robust cooperation with the GOI on [...]
2005-03-18 13:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ETTC KTFN IS COUNTERTERRORISM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1635SENATOR CORZINE'S MARCH 14 MEETING WITH VICE PM
[...] (C) Summary. Senator Corzine and Ambassador Kurtzer met March 14 with Vice Prime Minister, and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert. The meeting focused on recent USG initiatives on intellectual property rights, Gaza disengagement, and the future of GOI interaction with the PA. [...]
2005-03-18 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOREP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1636WB/G SITREP: FIVE PALESTINIANS AND ONE ISRAELI
[...] (SBU) Summary: West Bank settlers wounded five Palestinian workers were wounded in an attack in Nahliel and an Israeli woman was lightly wounded by a metal object thrown at her car in the West Bank March 18. Palestinians launched two rockets in the Gaza strip March 17, but no injuries occurr [...]
2005-03-18 15:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1637ISRAEL AT THE CENTER OF MAJOR MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (U) Summary: Recently, Israel has been the nexus of several high profile money laundering cases. The cases illustrate a continuing need for effective bank supervision and the ongoing level of money laundering associated with criminal activity. On March 6, The International Crimes Unit (ICU [...]
2005-03-18 15:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER EFIN ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV1679TRAFFICKING NGOS WEIGH IN ON WHERE THE SYSTEM IS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Israeli NGOs against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) say that the GOI, while inflicting stricter sentencing of traffickers and implementing other improvements, still falls short in some areas in its efforts to combat TIP. NGO representatives charge that: -- [...]
2005-03-21 07:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG EG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1682IVANOV TELLS ISRAELIS THAT RUSSIAN FUEL DELIVERY
[...] (C) According to Israeli officials, Russian National Security Adviser Igor Ivanov and MINATOM staff told the GOI on March 15 that Russian fuel could be delivered to Bushehr "as early as the end of 2005," although the Russians noted that a more likely date would be June 2006. Ariel "Eli" Levit [...]
2005-03-21 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1683ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, who holds the "Israeli-Palestinian portfolio" in the White House, and David Welch, the "head of the [...]
2005-03-21 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1684EMBLEM: GOI OFFICIAL REPORTS IFRC READY TO
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for International Organizations Roni Ya'ar told poloff late March 18 that he had just learned during a visit to Geneva and Bern that IFRC will shortly announce its intention to convene an international conference, for late September or early October, to amend th [...]
2005-03-21 12:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS PREF PREL ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV170Fischer Accepts GOI Offer to Be Next Governor of
[...] (U) On January 9, Prime Minister Sharon and Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu jointly nominated Professor Stanley Fischer as the next Governor of the Bank of Israel. Fischer accepted the nomination the same day, although it will require further administrative and political approvals, includ [...]
2005-01-10 15:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1720ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported, and most of them bannered, disengagement-related political moves. In yet another apparent defeat for PM Sharon, the Likud faction Monday adopted a comp [...]
2005-03-22 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1729APPROVAL PROCESS FOR 3,650 UNITS IN MA'ALE ADUMIM
[...] (U) Israeli press reported yesterday that the GOI has launched two plans, which together are termed either E1 or A1, to build 3,650 housing units between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem. These housing units would connect the settlement with the city, creating geographical continuity between the [...]
2005-03-22 15:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1730SHARON CAUTIONS CODEL REID ON PROVIDING DIRECT
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon emphasized to Codel Reid March 21 that ensuring Israel's security against terrorism is his primary objective, although he is optimistic about the opportunities created by Arafat's death and the new Palestinian leadership. Codel Reid and Sharon discussed how [...]
2005-03-22 16:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOREP PGOV PTER KWBG MNUC IS IR SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1731SHIMON PERES TELLS CODEL REID TO LOOK AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 20, Codel Reid and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the economic future of Israel and post-disengagement Gaza, the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, the impact of the separation barrier on the lives of Palestinians, the run-up to the budget vote in [...]
2005-03-22 16:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIR IS MNUC OREP PGOV PREF PTER SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1759ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and West Bank Disengagement Plan 2. Global War On Terrorism 3. Israel-China Arms Deals ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that last night the state budget bill passed the hurdle of the Knesset's Finance Comm [...]
2005-03-23 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1805ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-24 12:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1814ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER CAUTIONS ARMS INDUSTRY ON
[...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Director General Amos Yaron told the Ambassador on March 24 that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz had strongly cautioned representatives from Israeli defense firms about ties with China. According to Yaron, Mofaz said that senior MOD approval is required before Israel [...]
2005-03-24 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MCAP MASS CH IS MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1833ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE
[...] (C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams and the Ambassador that arms smuggling continues into both Gaza and the West Bank. Despite success by Palestinian Authority (PA) secur [...]
2005-03-25 08:27:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1840ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-25 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1844(C) OTTE LAMENTS WEAK PA COORDINATION ON
[...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, NEA A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte recounted that President Abbas had been vague in describing his next steps in discussions with EU officials at the Arab League summit in Algiers. Otte said Solana pressed Abbas [...]
2005-03-25 12:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS EU GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1847SHIMON PERES ON DISENGAGEMENT, PALESTINIAN SOCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told NSC director Elliott Abrams, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, and the Ambassador March 23 that the economic needs of the Gaza Strip and West Bank are immediate and pressing, while solutions are slow in coming. In his view, the PA is torn [...]
2005-03-25 13:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL EFIN EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1853SASSON: OUTPOST PICTURE "SO HORRIBLE, I DIDN'T
[...] (C) Summary: Talia Sasson told emboffs that she encountered significant resistance to her information requests from government ministries when doing research for her report on unauthorized outposts. She explained on March 16 that the Settlements Division of the World Zionist Organization re [...]
2005-03-25 15:35:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1854PRIME MINISTER SHARON ON PRESIDENT ABBAS' EFFORTS,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told CoDel Pelosi March 21 that disengagement is a "pre-roadmap" step, and that real progress will depend on the ability of President Abbas and the PA to dismantle terrorist infrastructure. In his view, this has not yet happened, although Abbas has d [...]
2005-03-25 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1870ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Chad Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report on the upcoming Knesset votes on the issues of a popular referendum, which is not likely to be adopted even if Shas party mentor Rabbi Ovadia [...]
2005-03-28 13:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1888(C) MOFAZ ACCUSES PA MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-28 14:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1890WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS BEAT AND INJURE PALESTINIANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF reported no security incidents in the Gaza Strip between March 25-28. UNRWA reported that Palestinian militants fired small arms at Gadid settlement and fired a mortar shell at Netzarim settlement, causing no injuries. Israeli media reported that anti-disengagement "s [...]
2005-03-28 14:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1896SHINUI DECISION VIRTUALLY ASSURES PASSAGE OF 2005
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Sharon appears to have finally secured passage of the 2005 budget. On Saturday March 26, PM Sharon and Shinui Knesset members Yosef (Tommy) Lapid and Avraham Poraz reached agreement that Shinui would support the second and third readings of the 2005 budget in the [...]
2005-03-28 15:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1898DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY EILAND PRESENTS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Director of National Security Giora Eiland presented Codel Pelosi with his view of the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the political and security situations in the region. Attempting to balance what he surmised was Vice Prime Minister Per [...]
2005-03-29 05:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1899VICE PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES CONSIDERS "THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Codel Pelosi and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the political atmosphere surrounding Israel's disengagement from Gaza; the economic forecast for Gaza the "day after" disengagement; the steps that the international community can take to ensure [...]
2005-03-29 05:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1910ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1917WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI FORCES SHOOT AND INJURE THREE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian-made bomb detonated in the car of a prominent Gaza lawyer, injuring him lightly. Gazan militants fired on IDF positions, causing no injuries. In the West Bank, Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians near Hebron and Nablus. Shots we [...]
2005-03-29 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1918CODEL PELOSI URGES FM SHALOM NOT TO ALLOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with Codel Pelosi, Foreign Minister Shalom spoke positively about the direction of Israeli relations with the PA and other Arab neighbors. While lauding some of President Abbas's steps, he said the PA had failed so far to resolve to dismantle terrorist infras [...]
2005-03-29 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1928ISRAELI MFA OFFICIALS WILL HOLD COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor, Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff, and Director for Arms Control Alon Bar will travel to China for meetings with Chinese officials on April 4-5. According to Bar, the purpose of the trip is to discuss counterterrorism [...]
2005-03-29 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM CH IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1938ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 10:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1956WB/G SITREP: EIGHT PALESTINIANS AND THREE PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested eight Palestinians and three uniformed PA policemen in the West Bank March 29. Palestinians shot at IDF soldiers east of Netzarim and near Rafah March 29 in the Gaza strip, but no injuries occurred. End Summary. --------- West Bank --------- 2. (SBU) A [...]
2005-03-30 14:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV199ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-11 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2000ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Arab Summit ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz elaborates on the expanding rift in the PA. Using harsh words, Farouk Kaddoumi, one of the founders of the Fatah movement that Abbas now heads, attacked the PA chairman in a [...]
2005-04-01 09:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2009WB/G SITREP:GAZA QUIET; IDF INJURES THREE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF shot and injured three Palestinians and arrested two others March 31 in the West Bank. Gaza remained quiet April 1, without incident. End Summary. --------- West Bank --------- 2. (SBU) ATTACKS/SECURITY: -- Deaths: Nil. -- Injuries: The IDF shot and i [...]
2005-04-01 12:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2010GILAD TO CODEL PLATTS: THE SECRETARY'S MESSAGE
[...] (C) Amos Gilad, director of the Political-Security Bureau at the Defense Ministry, told Codel Platts that Secretary Rice's recent statement on expanding settlements is "clear," and he is sure the "policy will be implemented in the most efficient way." Gilad had praise for PA President Abbas, b [...]
2005-04-01 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2015SHALOM TOURGEMAN ON DISENGAGEMENT, ABBAS'S
[...] (C) Summary: Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to the Prime Minister, spoke with CoDel Dreier March 29 about Israel's preparations for disengagement. He noted that while the GOI expects two thirds of the Gaza settlers to depart prior to withdrawal, the ranks of the resisters may swell [...]
2005-04-01 13:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2030CODEL DREIER'S MEETINGS WITH KNESSET MEMBERS
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 28 meeting immediately following the Knesset vote against a referendum on disengagement, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, a disengagement opponent, told Codel Dreier and the Ambassador that a divided Likud is in a state of "crisis." He lamented that disengagement could [...]
2005-04-01 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOREP PGOV KWBG PREF PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2045ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media on Sunday and Monday (3, 4 April) led with stories on the Pope's death and disengagement-related reports. Ha'aretz reported Sunday that [...]
2005-04-04 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2053SHIMON PERES DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one-hour meeting in Tel Aviv on March 31, Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told Senator Carl Levin, accompanied by Senate staff and a delegation from the Michigan Fund, that he and Prime Minister Sharon have similar thoughts on continuing disengagement in the West Bank, b [...]
2005-04-04 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL ECON KWBG OREP IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2054FM SHALOM TO CODEL DREIER ON THE PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told CODEL Dreier that the situation is better than 3-4 months ago because Mahmud Abbas is more moderate than Yasir Arafat. He also opined that "something is happening" in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, and Lebanon, and concluded that these countries want [...]
2005-04-04 13:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2077FM SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM TO CODEL SAXTON ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 30 meeting with Codel Saxton and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom expressed dissatisfaction with what he called Palestinian President Abbas's lack of effort to dismantle terrorist groups and the recent turn of roadmap discussions toward final status issues. He [...]
2005-04-05 07:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV2087ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In disengagement related stories, Maariv reported that a broad meeting was held at the Prime Minister's bureau yesterday on settlers' relocation, in which Sharon called on the p [...]
2005-04-05 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2098"REALITY BITES" ABBAS, BRIG. GEN. KUPPERWASSER
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 31, Brigadier General Yossi Kupperwasser described for CODEL Saxton the changing mission of Israeli intelligence-gathering and presented his analysis of the current developments in the Palestinian Authority. Kupperwasser also discussed the battle for hearts [...]
2005-04-05 14:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2120ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2125(S) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TO CODEL LEVIN:
[...] (S) A senior defense intelligence (DMI) officer told Senator Levin March 31 that pre-OIF Israeli intelligence estimates of Iraqi WMD were nearly as wrong as those of the USG. GOI analysts, prior to the war, "knew" that Saddam's regime would never support al-Qaeda or any other terrorist organi [...]
2005-04-06 13:31:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPINR PREL PTER OREP IS IZ GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2135GWOT ASSESSMENT: FIGHTING TERROR AND BUILDING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Counterterrorism is central to Israel's national security priorities and is a key component of Embassy Tel Aviv's Mission Program Plan. It also plays a key role in the progress -- or lack thereof -- of the peace process. A main requirement for moving this agenda forward is fund [...]
2005-04-06 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER PREL IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2138(C) EILAND OUTLINES STEPS TO PREVENT
[...] (S) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Eiland sketched out "preliminary" GOI thinking about the future of Lebanon after a Syrian withdrawal. He described three scenarios for post-Syria Lebanon: democratic stability; a retur [...]
2005-04-07 05:28:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2145ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-07 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2167RAMON UNIT BORDER POLICE -- FIGHTING HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ramon Unit of the Border Police has interdicted weapons, human beings and drugs being smuggled across the Egyptian-Israeli border since its establishment in March 2003. Its commander told Poloff that the unit has intercepted 36 women being trafficked into Israel in each of t [...]
2005-04-08 06:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB PTER KWMN EG IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV2169UZI LANDAU TO CODEL SAXTON: DISENGAGEMENT WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Knesset member and former Minister of Internal Security Uzi Landau told Codel Saxton that disengagement will allow al-Qaeda to move into Gaza. Landau proposed a joint working group between Congress and the Knesset to devise ways to combat international terrorism while still main [...]
2005-04-08 06:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2185ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv headlined: "Iran Is Approaching Nuclear Bomb." The paper cited a senior military source as saying that it is a matter of months. Yediot headlined that the U. [...]
2005-04-08 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2194FATAH ELECTION PREP IN GAZA - IS THE MESSAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Fatah's poor showing in Bar Association elections in Gaza April 2 is an indication that, despite some efforts, the party does not appear to be "getting the message" in Gaza. Fatah Central Committee member Abdullah Efrangi, now the newly-appointed Fatah chief in Gaza, described [...]
2005-04-08 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2205JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN AMERICANS OFFER FUND FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, Senator Carl Levin and Michigan State community leaders met with several Palestinian business leaders to discuss investment opportunities in Gaza. Senator Levin told the group that the aim of his proposed Michigan Fund for Peace and Development, which totals 200,000 U [...]
2005-04-08 13:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2207DETAILS OF SETTLEMENT ASSETS IN THE GAZA STRIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Isaac Gurvich, Economic Advisor to Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres, provided Embassy with a CD-ROM containing data on settlement assets in the Gaza Strip. The CD documents eight agricultural settlements, eight community settlements, and one urban/suburban settlement with abou [...]
2005-04-08 14:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG SENV IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2212ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The leading media carried reports on the Gaza Strip incident of 9 April in which three Palestinian youths were killed by IDF fire, after which Katif Bloc settlement [...]
2005-04-11 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV222ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Russia Relations 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that this afternoon the Knesset approved the 2005 state budget in a first reading, 64- 53, as the [...]
2005-01-12 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2236WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS THREE PALESTINIANS IN GAZA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli police on April 10 arrested 31 Israeli right-wing protesters during a demonstration in the Old City of Jerusalem. Israeli police also arrested eight Palestinians during clashes in the vicinity of the Lion,s Gate entrance to the Old City the same day. Israeli police on [...]
2005-04-11 14:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2255WB/G SITREP: NINE PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinians in Nablus on April 11 clashed with IDF soldiers conducting arrest operations in the city, resulting in light injuries to nine Palestinians. Palestinian gunmen on April 11 opened fire and threw stones at a Palestinian Authority (PA) police station in Hebron, followi [...]
2005-04-12 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2260YOSSI BEILIN DESCRIBES USG ROLE TO CODEL LEVIN:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Carl Levin and his delegation met on March 31 with Yahad Party Chairman Yossi Beilin. With polite frustration, Beilin repeatedly and in detail expressed his view that the U.S. is not doing enough to advance a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beilin said [...]
2005-04-12 12:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KWBG OREP PGOV PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2262ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media extensively covered the Bush-Sharon Crawford meeting, focusing mainly in the differences between the two positions. Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ariel Shar [...]
2005-04-12 13:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2265SUPREME COURT BROADENS ACCEPTABLE CONVERSIONS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court further chipped away at the Orthodox rabbinate's monopoly over conversions to Judaism in its March 31 ruling that the GOI must recognize the non-Orthodox conversions of 15 non-citizen legal residents of Israel that were begun in Israel but formalized abroad, and [...]
2005-04-12 13:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV227(C) SHARON TO CODELS: KEY TO PROGRESS WITH PALESTINIANS IS SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Senators Kyl, Martinez, Murkowski, Sununu, and Biden, and Congressman Adam Smith January 9 and with Senator Kerry January 10, Prime Minister Sharon emphasized that progress with Palestinians depends fundamentally on whether terrorism, violence and inci [...]
2005-01-12 14:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2284GAZAN CROSSINGS, PERMITS, AND ACCESS ISSUES:
[...] (C) Summary: Since the February 8 Sharm el Sheikh summit between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ariel Sharon, the GOI has made several improvements in the Gazan crossings regime, and the IDF has increased its willingness to coordinate with the international community and the TFPI o [...]
2005-04-13 07:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID KWBG PREL ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV229MINISTER SHARANSKY: PA ELECTIONS A GOOD START, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Minister Natan Sharansky told the Ambassador January 10 that the Palestinian elections were important in that they have led to new leadership and opportunities. He added, however, that he could not refer to the elections as "free or democratic" given the "fear" that exists in Pa [...]
2005-01-12 15:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2294ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. U.S.-China-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented President Bush with the latest Israeli intelligence assessments of Iran's nuclear weapons prog [...]
2005-04-13 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV230 2005 Budget Passes First Reading
[...] (SBU) The Knesset approved on January 12 the first reading of the 2005 Budget and the 2005 Arrangements Bill by a vote of 64 in favor to 53 against. The vote included a number of surprises: Likud party rebels who are vehemently opposed to disengagement and threatened to deep six the budget vo [...]
2005-01-12 15:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV2310WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIAN YOUTHS INJURED IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian youth was injured critically when a stray bullet hit him in the chest in Tulkarm in the West Bank April 12. Another Palestinian youth was injured in the Balatah refugee camp in Nablus when an explosive device detonated in his hands April 12. Two mortar shells [...]
2005-04-13 15:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2323ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv cited Israeli sources from Sharon's entourage as confirming that the crisis in US-Israeli security relations recently reached a new high as [...]
2005-04-14 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2329ISRAEL-PRC STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOCUSSES ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Proser (D-equivalent) led a GOI team to China April 3-5 for a strategic dialogue on arms control and terrorism issues. MFA Arms Control Director Alon Bar briefed poloff on the talks after the team's return to Israel. Bar's assessment, which track [...]
2005-04-14 10:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP CH IS IR IN GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV233HAMAS "THE LEAST OF WORRIES" ACCORDING TO ABU
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Abu Mazen confidants in the Gaza Strip Marwan Kanafani, Marwan Abdul-Hamid, and Abdullah Effrangi told Poloff January 11 that Abu Mazen is determined to bring the numerous militant splinter groups "back into the Fatah fold," but, to do so, must first provide both physical [...]
2005-01-12 16:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2338GOI TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PATENT TERM EXTENSION
[...] (C) Summary. On April 13 local research-based pharmaceutical representatives expressed concern about GOI intentions on the issue of patent term extension legislation. The representatives said that they considered the patent-term extension (PTE) roll-back as direct compensation to the generi [...]
2005-04-14 12:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2341PEACE NOW DISCUSSES SUPPORT TO THE SETTLEMENTS,
[...] (C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, General Director of Peace Now, told Embassy econoffs that there are four possible ways for the GOI to fund settlements. These include support through the Defense Ministry for infrastructure, transferring funds to the local councils, funding specific projects, [...]
2005-04-14 12:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2362WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS AL-AQSA MILITANT IN NABLUS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on April 14 shot and killed an al-Aqsa Martyrs, Brigades militant during an arrest operation in the Balatah refugee camp in Nablus, according to Israeli media reports. Palestinian sources, however, have termed the incident a targeted killing by the ID [...]
2005-04-14 15:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2367EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS DEAL TO BE SIGNED IN EARLY MAY
[...] (C) Summary: Egypt and Israel appear to be coming closer to signing a gas deal that has been in the negotiations for years. The GOI says that the governments are ready to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) by early May. In addition, the two companies involved, Israel Electric Corporat [...]
2005-04-15 07:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALENRG IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE
05TELAVIV2376ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Bush vs. Democracy" Extreme right-wing columnist Caroline B. Glick wrote in conservative, independent Jerusalem Post (April 15): "As irony would have it, democracy is now the biggest threat facing the so-called peace process between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.... The thing is, bo [...]
2005-04-15 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2420ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-18 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2421WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE THREE PALESTINIANS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Four Palestinians were injured and one Hamas activist was arrested in the West Bank April 14. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians fired five rockets, two at Neve Dekalim and three at Netzarim, but no injuries resulted, according to UNRWA. The IDF reported that Palestinians shot [...]
2005-04-18 12:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2427PERES ADVISOR, NSC ADVISOR DISCUSS DAHLAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Einat Wilf, foreign policy advisor to Vice PM Shimon Peres, and Gabi Blum, NSC advisor, briefed EconCouns on the recent Aspen Institute conference; the potential for U.S. involvement in Negev/Galilee development; and PA Civil Affairs Minister Muhammad Dahlan's progress on negotia [...]
2005-04-18 14:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL EAID ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2428GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE #2
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of updates on GOI, donor community, and Post preparations for Israeli withdrawal and the post-disengagement Gazan economic and security situation. -- Developments in security coordination have focused on activities of U.S. Security Coordination Mi [...]
2005-04-18 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV EAID ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2436GENERAL WARD AND ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Lieutenant General Ward and the Charge met with Defense Minister Mofaz in Tel Aviv on April 13, 2005, to review the current security situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories. General Ward said he sees the lack of trust and partnership on both sides as contributing to a ne [...]
2005-04-18 14:37:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2439GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR 50 HOUSING UNITS IN ELKANA,
[...] (C) Summary: Press reported on April 18 that the Israel Lands Authority issued a tender for 50 plots to build private, single-family houses in the Elkana settlement of the West Bank. According to the tender, these plots will be available for sale between May 6 and June 16. Press reports in [...]
2005-04-19 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2441ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV245ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Maariv led with, and all media extensively reported on, Israel's concerns that a planned Russian weapons sale to Syria could reach Hizbu [...]
2005-01-13 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2469ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-20 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2479SIKSEK ON SECURITY STAFFING, PROGRESS
[...] (C) ConGen Jerusalem cleared this message. ----------- Summary ----------- 2. (C) In conversations over several days in early April, Brigadier General Samir Siksek told Pol/C and poloff that the U.S. should keep steady pressure on Minister of Interior Nasir Yusif to carry out reforms, [...]
2005-04-20 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2486LEGAL OPINION REQUESTED ON ISRAELI GARBAGE DUMPING
[...] (C) Summary: Media reports of plans for large-scale dumping of Israeli garbage on the West Bank have raised questions about the legality of such waste sites under both Israeli and international law. The Palestinian Environmental Quality Authority will ask that the issue be placed on the agen [...]
2005-04-20 13:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL SENV KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2506NEA ADVISOR DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Environment Shalom Simhon and Finnish Embassy Counselor Matti Tulonen expressed their support for Israeli-Palestinian cooperation on environmental issues in meetings with NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson. The GOI Ministry of Environment is proposing that the Isr [...]
2005-04-21 08:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALSENV EAID PREL PGOV KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2521ISRAELI COURT RULES TO EXTRADITE ROSENSTEIN; GOI
[...] (U) The Jerusalem District Court ruled on April 19 that Ze'ev Rosenstein can be extradited to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. Rosenstein's lawyers have been contesting the extradition and want their client to be tried in Israel. Rosenstein has been in GOI custod [...]
2005-04-22 04:18:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PREL SNAR CJAN IS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2528ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-22 09:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2532MEPP ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: RENEWED
[...] (C) Summary: NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson discussed renewed Japanese interest in leading the Multilateral Peace Process Environment Working Group with Japanese DCM, GOI Minister of Environment, and GOI MFA Director for Multilateral Peace Talks Coordination. Lawson suggested re-engag [...]
2005-04-22 13:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL EAID KPAL IS JA ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV2533ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COOPERATION ON WATER ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: At Trilateral Water Talks in Tel Aviv April 7 Israeli and Palestinian water officials agreed to coordinate on water-related aspects of Gaza disengagement. Israeli Water Commissioner, Shimon Tal, and Palestinian Water Authority Chairman, Fadel Ka'wash, agreed to begin working on a [...]
2005-04-22 13:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALSENV EAID PREL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2537THE GOI'S ECONOMIC PLAN FOR THE NEGEV AND GALILEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Premier Shimon Peres is leading the GOI effort to consolidate a series of public- and private-sector development initiatives for the Galilee and Negev regions, which the GOI will push forward in tandem with disengagement. To date there remains no comprehensive planning docum [...]
2005-04-22 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV2538BASSEY SUGGESTS POSTPONING DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey of the Disengagement Authority (SELA) said on April 18 that it was his idea to postpone disengagement until after Tisha B'Av because the timing would be better for religious reasons. He noted that the settlers have been more responsive to SELA in the past two or [...]
2005-04-22 14:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2540ARAB-ISRAELI REACTIONS TO GOI'S NEGEV AND GALILEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In April Econoff met with several Israeli-Arab advocacy groups who expressed concern over the GOI's economic development plan for the Galilee and the Negev, which the GOI is pushing forward in tandem with disengagement. Citing historical disenfranchisement of Israeli Arabs in imp [...]
2005-04-22 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV2567WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER STABBED IN WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: An IDF soldier sustained moderate injuries after he was stabbed in the neck April 23 near Ganim settlement, east of Jenin. The IDF closed the area while in pursuit of the assailant, but no arrests have been made in connection with this attack. In the Old City of Hebron, settl [...]
2005-04-25 15:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2607WB/G SITREP: ONE IDF SOLDIER KILLED IN THE WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: An IDF soldier died April 25 near Halhoul village, north of Hebron, after being run over by a Palestinian motorist. Other IDF soldiers at the roadblock opened fire, killing the driver, identified as Iyad al-Duwaik. An IDF investigation is ongoing; PA security sources said tha [...]
2005-04-27 05:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2615ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted security sources as saying that Israel will hand over Qalqilya to PA security responsibility next week if the [...]
2005-04-27 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2639DEFMIN MOFAZ DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, Lieutenant General William Ward and the Charge on April 21, Israel's Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said the GOI is taking steps to strengthen Palestinian Authority President Mahm [...]
2005-04-28 07:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2642ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that 40,000 to 90,000 people, depending on the sources, attended [...]
2005-04-28 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2647TIME TO RESTART GAZA WATER PROJECTS?
[...] (U) This joint message from Embassy Tel Aviv and ConGen Jerusalem is an action message; please see paragraph 12. ------------------- Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (C) Following the October 2003 roadside bombing that claimed the lives of three USG personnel in Gaza, we dis [...]
2005-04-28 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON SENV ASEC KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT HUMANITARIAN AID
05TELAVIV2654PLANNING FOR MA'ALE ADUMIM/E1 REPORTEDLY CONTINUES
[...] (S) Summary: The GOI continues its planning for the E1 region of the Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the West Bank. Brigadier General (res) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense Advisor, in an aside told the DCM on April 20 that "there are very strong interests here in Israel" to move forward with [...]
2005-04-28 14:09:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PBTS KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2655WB/G SITREP: ONE IDF SOLDIER INJURED IN GUSH KATIF
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF troops arrested two Palestinian minors at the Jalama checkpoint, east of Jenin, April 27, whom the troops claimed were planning to carry out an attack inside Israel. Two bags loaded with explosives were found with the two youths, one of whom claimed that he was dispatched b [...]
2005-04-28 16:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2667ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted President Bush as saying at a press conference Thursday: "We're working closely with the Russians [...]
2005-04-29 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2698WB/G SITREP: 28 PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING AN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Some 28 Palestinians were lightly to moderately injured in the village of Bil,in, west of Ramallah, during clashes with the IDF that erupted April 28 during protests against the construction of the separation barrier on lands belonging to village residents. Among those injured [...]
2005-04-29 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV271ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that six Israeli civilians were killed and five others were wounded in a combined double su [...]
2005-01-14 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2719ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Visit of Turkish PM Erdogan to Israel, May 1-2 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that an IDF soldier was killed and another was wounded in an operation near Tulkarm, in which a [...]
2005-05-02 09:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2722PERES DESCRIBES POSITIVE CHANGE IN QURAYA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Premier Peres told A/S Welch and Charge April 27 that Palestinian PM Quraya', in an April 21 meeting with Peres, showed a positive change of attitude toward disengagement coordination. Peres said he cautioned Quraya' not to push for final status talks after disengagement; doi [...]
2005-05-02 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL ECON PGOV EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV274EILAND ASSESSES THE CHALLENGES FACING SHARON AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland highlighted the following points in a January 9 meeting with Codel Kerry: -- Israel faces three main challenges in implementing disengagement: a fragile domestic political situation, operational difficulties to evacuate thousands of settle [...]
2005-01-14 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2749LABELING SETTLEMENT GOODS: NOT ALL IS SETTLED
[...] (C) Summary. The agreement between the EU and the GOI on labeling requirements for goods produced outside of Green Line Israel came into force on February 1, 2005. The agreement calls for identification on customs shipping documents of the city of origin for all products shipped from Israel [...]
2005-05-03 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2761SHARON TO CODELS: WE NEED TO BUILD IN THE
[...] (C) During a May 2 meeting with Senator Bill Frist and Senator Joseph Lieberman, Prime Minister Sharon described in familiar terms his concerns about the failure of the Palestinian Authority to dismantle terrorist infrastructure. Sharon said that he personally remains committed to all that h [...]
2005-05-03 13:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL OREP PREL XF SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2762NOF HASHARON SETTLEMENT MAY GET BUYERS:
[...] (C) Summary: Dror Ginatt, Secretary General of the Israeli community of Nirit, told econoff that the town chairman of the settlement of Homesh recently visited him to inquire about moving Homesh's settlers to Nirit after disengagement. Ginatt informed him that there are no vacancies in Niri [...]
2005-05-03 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV277(C) SHARON AND WEISSGLAS ON KARNI TERRORIST
[...] (C) I called Dov Weissglas this afternoon and he reported on his conversation earlier today with Saeb Erekat. Weissglas told Erekat: -- All passages in and out of Gaza have been closed indefinitely. -- Without visible and serious action by the PA, all contacts between Israeli and PA offi [...]
2005-01-14 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV2777ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with various aspects of the disengagement plan. Ha'aretz (banner) and other media quoted Justice Minister Tzipi Livni as saying Tues [...]
2005-05-04 09:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2803MFA NORTH AMERICA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for North American Affairs Yoram Ben Zeev met with NEA DAS Liz Dibble to discuss the future of Hizballah following the partial withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon; the upcoming Quartet meeting in Moscow; GOI internal disengagement politics; and P [...]
2005-05-05 08:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2809ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York 3. May 5 UK Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the PA has informed the Israeli defense establishment that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas has [...]
2005-05-05 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2841ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-06 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV285NSC'S GABI BLUM ON WORLD BANK PROCESS, PERES,
[...] (C) Summary: NSC strategic advisor Dr. Gabi Blum met with EconCouns January 13 to discuss movement on the World Bank process, Shimon Peres' projected role in disengagement planning, and potential GOI dialogue with the PA on settlement assets and other economic aspects of withdrawal. On the Wo [...]
2005-01-14 16:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV2855MOSSAD DIRECTOR MEIR DAGAN TELLS CODEL LIEBERMAN
[...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with CODEL Lieberman on May 2, Meir Dagan, Director of Mossad, laid out steps that he said the United States should take to block Iran's efforts at acquiring and producing nuclear weapons. Dagan also presented his assessments of Iran's support for Hizballah and Pal [...]
2005-05-06 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETOREP PREL KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV286BASSEY UPDATES ON DISENGAGEMENT LEGISLATION,
[...] (C) Summary. Yonatan Bassey, director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),provided Economic Counselor and Economic Officer on January 12 with updates on disengagement planning. Bassey reported that the evacuation legislation should go to its third reading in the Knesset in late January o [...]
2005-01-14 16:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2874ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Israel has informed the PA that it will not release the next tranche of Palestinian prisoners until the PA takes concrete measures against terro [...]
2005-05-09 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2899WB/G SITREP: AL-AQSA MILITANTS AND PA POLICE CLASH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Exchanges of gunfire erupted between al-Aqsa gunmen and PA police May 9 in Jenin, after the police opened fire on an al-Aqsa leader's car when he refused to stop at a PA police checkpoint, according to PA security sources. As of 1300 hours, community leaders were working to co [...]
2005-05-09 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV290FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: In separate January 10 meetings with Codels Kerry and Kyl, both joined by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom articulated Israel's cautious readiness to work with Palestinian President-elect Abu Mazen. Shalom emphasized that Israel will measure Abu Mazen by his performance in [...]
2005-01-18 08:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2921ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. President Bush Visits Latvia, Russia, Netherlands, Georgia (May 6-10) ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In separate interviews broadcast last night on Israel TV, Channel 2-TV, and Channel 10-TV, Shar [...]
2005-05-10 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2924MKS TO CODEL FRIST: SKEPTICISM ABOUNDS
[...] (C) Summary: Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin and Chairman of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Yuval Steinetz told Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist May 2 that PM Sharon would be "making a mistake" if he allows Egyptian troops to deploy along the Gaza-Egypt and the Israel-Egypt borders. [...]
2005-05-10 12:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2925CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH VICE PM SHIMON PERES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, CODEL Frist met with Vice PM Shimon Peres where discussions surrounded the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, Jordan's economic growth and its contribution to the economy in the Palestinian territories, Iran's push to develop nuclear weapons and recent democratic election [...]
2005-05-10 12:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV293NETANYAHU TO CODEL KYL ON ECONOMIC REFORMS,
[...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu outlined for CODEL Kyl and the Ambassador in a January 9 meeting the economic reforms he has undertaken during his tenure. The reforms include cutting government expenses, reducing taxes, privatizing some state-owned enterprises, and fixing t [...]
2005-01-18 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2936SENATOR LIEBERMAN'S MAY 2 MEETING WITH GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary. Senator Lieberman and Ambassador Kurtzer met on May 2 with the Israeli Defense Forces' Chief of Military Intelligence Production Division, General Kupperwasser. The discussion focused on the Palestinian security situation, including the PA's dismantling of terror networks and p [...]
2005-05-10 14:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2938WB/G SITREP: THREE MORTAR SHELLS FIRED IN GAZA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Palestinian man was killed in Yatta village, near Hebron, on May 9, according to Palestinian sources, but the killers and motive remain unknown. PA police said that the man's death appeared to have resulted from a criminal act, but added that they are also investigating whet [...]
2005-05-10 14:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2939CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 2, Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined to CODEL Frist the economic evolution in Israel since he became finance minister in 2003. Netanyahu said he had increased taxes, reduced government expenditures, while simultaneously combating welfare fraud, challengin [...]
2005-05-10 15:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON IS XF ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV294ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, all media led with the possibility of IDF action to counter continued rocket strikes at Israeli targets from the northern Gaza Strip; a 17-yea [...]
2005-01-18 11:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2940FINANCE MINISTRY DIRECTOR GENERAL TELLS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met May 9 with Finance Ministry DG Yossi Bachar to discuss a full range of bilateral economic issues, including Israel's request for U.S. assistance to promote Negev/Galilee development, an overview of the recently-concluded Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) [...]
2005-05-10 15:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2947SETTLER SPOKESMAN: WE WILL FIGHT DISENGAGEMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Eran Sternberg, Gush Katif Spokesman, told econoff on May 4 that, although some settlers are negotiating with the GOI on disengagement planning, the majority favor a continued struggle against the evacuation. He said the GOI is not ready with a solution for relocation, and the s [...]
2005-05-11 08:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2950ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2955FINANCE MINISTRY CONFIRMS GOI DISENGAGEMENT LAW
[...] (C) Finance Ministry staff informed Mission May 11 that GOI disengagement legislation specifies a 3.4% deficit target, including disengagement expenditures, for 2005 only. This corrects statements made by Finance DG Bachar and by other Israeli officials during the Joint Economic Development G [...]
2005-05-11 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2967WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE PALESTINIAN GIRL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Settlers in Hebron beat and lightly injured a Palestinian girl May 10. Also on May 10, the IDF arrested three Fatah activists in Zawata village, near Qalqiliya, and four Palestinians in Yatta, south of Hebron. Israeli police shut down two PA election registration centers in Ea [...]
2005-05-11 15:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2985KNESSET FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR BRIEFS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. Knesset Finance Committee chair Yaakov Litzman discussed Israeli economic and political developments with the Ambassador May 9. Litzman highlighted the difficult budgetary situation created by disengagement, noting that his committee had failed to agree that day on approving le [...]
2005-05-13 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2988ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-13 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2996WB/G SITREP: THREE KATYUSHA ROCKETS LAND IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli settlers beat and lightly injured an elderly Palestinian man working in fields near Salem village on May 12, and IDF soldiers arrested 22 settlers for entering Palestinian villages near Nablus the same day for a demonstration and refusing IDF orders to leave. The arres [...]
2005-05-13 14:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2999PERES ADVISOR AND NSC ADVISOR CITE "SLOWDOWN" IN
[...] (C) Vice PM Peres advisor Einat Wilf and NSC advisor Gabi Blum told EconCouns in separate meetings that a "slowdown" is taking place in joint GOI-PA technical negotiations, in part because of a proposed 70-point agenda the PA orally presented to the GOI that touches on "final status" issues su [...]
2005-05-16 13:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3000SOME GAZANS QUESTION THE NEED FOR SETTLEMENT
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Some elements within the Gazan business community have questioned the importance of intact transfer of the settlement greenhouses following Israeli withdrawal, suggesting that the GOI, the donor community, and the PA have done insufficient work convincing the private [...]
2005-05-16 13:44:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EAID KWBG PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV3001ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom has decided to cut short the term of Ambassador to the U.S. Danny [...]
2005-05-16 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3011ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the blocking of 40 main junctions across the country by disengagement opponents Monday afternoon. Up t [...]
2005-05-17 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3032ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel-U.S. Relations 2. Russia: Yukos Trial ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post quoted White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan as saying Tuesday that the SIPDIS First Lady's visit to the region is "an opport [...]
2005-05-18 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3041 Israeli Arab Town of Shefa' amr Rolls out the
[...] Summary. In an effort to enhance the decision- making process for visa adjudicators interviewing applicants from Israel's minority Arab communities, Tel Aviv's Visa Unit recently organized a professional day trip to the Israeli Arab town of Shefa'amr. Twenty- four Foreign Service Officers, [...]
2005-05-18 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV3057ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-19 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3080ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted sources in Jerusalem as saying that First Lady Laura Bush has included Israel in her visit to the region only because President Bush asked her to do so. [...]
2005-05-20 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3098GOI OFFICIALS GIVE READOUT OF RAMON-DAHLAN
[...] (C) Summary: Several GOI officials shared their views on Tuesday,s meeting between GOI Minister Without Portfolio Haim Ramon and PA Civil Affairs Minister Mohammed Dahlan, with most interlocutors emphasizing that the Palestinians continue to focus on sensitive political issues that slow progr [...]
2005-05-20 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3121ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-23 13:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3127WB/G SITREP: EIGHT PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WB
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, eight Palestinians protesting against the construction of the separation barrier were wounded by the IDF near the village of Bil'in, near Ramallah, May 20, and a 14-year-old Palestinian was wounded by an explosion as he was playing in a valley near the East Je [...]
2005-05-23 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3139ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot writes that PM Sharon is expected to call on PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas today at the AIPAC convention in Washington to coordinate positions with Israel a [...]
2005-05-24 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3151GOI MOVES AHEAD ON STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE NEGEV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI is moving ahead to prepare a comprehensive strategy to develop the Negev and Galilee regions, a plan which has as one of its objectives the reduction of public opposition to and concern over the disengagement. Two private consulting firms Daroma and Mckinsey have been con [...]
2005-05-24 15:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3152WB/G SITREP: FATAH ACTIVISTS CLASH WITH PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 300 Fatah activists the evening of May 23 attempted to enter the Muqata'a in Ramallah in order to visit former Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Arafat's gravesite. Clashes erupted as PA security forces blocked their entrance into the compound. The Fatah activ [...]
2005-05-24 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3167ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Newsweek Reports of Koran Desecration at Guantanamo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that in his speech to the AIPAC convention in Washington Tuesday, PM Sharon urged PA Chairman [P [...]
2005-05-25 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3172WB/G SITREP: TWO WB BANK TEENS ARRESTED WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF on May 24 arrested a Palestinian teenager carrying two pipe bombs in a bag as he attempted to pass through the Huwwara checkpoint, south of Nablus. Israeli sappers later blew up the bag containing the bombs. This arrest follows a similar occurrence May 22, when a Palest [...]
2005-05-25 14:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3188ISRAEL: MODERATING FIRST QUARTER GROWTH POSES
[...] (U) Israeli growth moderated in the first quarter of 2005 to 2.9%, following four quarters of growth in 2004 between 3.5 to 4.4%. Business sector GDP grew by 3.4%, which was also lower than any quarter in 2004. The overall deceleration reflected moderating growth of both exports and imports [...]
2005-05-26 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV3189ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S. Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that over 1,000 families (60 percent of the settlers) from the Katif Bloc (Gush Katif) have signed a letter that will be sent to the High Court of Justice to [...]
2005-05-26 10:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3204WB/G SITREP: PA POLICE OFFICIAL AMBUSHED IN GAZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, Egyptian mediators failed to resolve the conflict between Fatah and Hamas over municipal election results in several Gaza municipalities. Armed militants ambushed the convoy of PA anti-riot police chief BG Abdullah Khalil, wounding his bodyguard on the evenin [...]
2005-05-26 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3205COURT RULING FAVORS FATAH IN GAZA ELECTION DISPUTE
[...] (C) Summary: In response to Fatah allegations of Hamas fraud, a PA appeals court in Khan Yunis invalidated in rulings May 18 and 20 results from the May 5 municipal elections affecting some 46,000 voters in Rafah, al-Bureij, and Bayt Lahiya, and ordered new elections in the affected polling s [...]
2005-05-26 16:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV321ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. President Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night, a Shin Bet agent was killed and seven other security personnel were wounded when a suicide bomber from Hamas blew himself up at t [...]
2005-01-19 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3222ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-27 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3223ISRAEL POLICE TALK POLICY AND TACTICS TO COMBAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Israel National Police (INP) official outlined the GOI's fight against money-laundering and other offenses during the DEA Asset Forfeiture Seminar held May 15 to 19 in Tel Aviv. The official described methods used by criminals to transfer illicit profits, and how the GOI's p [...]
2005-05-27 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV3226WB/G SITREP: PA SECURITY OFFICERS AND CIVIL POLICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Officers from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Preventive Security Organization (PSO) and the PA civil police clashed in Ramallah on the evening of May 26 following a dispute between a PSO officer and members of the civil police. At least three civil police sustained injuries in [...]
2005-05-27 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3227GAZA DAIRY FARMER WANTS INTACT TRANSFER, DESCRIBE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Amidst halting progress on GOI-PA negotiations regarding the disposition of settlement assets, some settlement farmers are making independent attempts to secure the continuity of enterprises in which they have invested significant resources. The CEO of Omer Cattle M [...]
2005-05-27 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG EAID ECON IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3244STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign affairs officials, minister without portfolio Matan Vilnai, senior members of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres' staff, and an opposition leader during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusal [...]
2005-05-31 06:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG OREP EG SY IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3246(S) CODEL KOLBE: SHARON DISSATISFIED WITH U.S.
[...] (S) During a 75-minute meeting May 30 with Codel Kolbe, attended also by the Ambassador, Prime Minister Sharon described several reasons why he is not happy with current developments. In familiar terms, Sharon said that his and Israel's willingness to move forward in the peace process after [...]
2005-05-31 09:37:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETIS KPAL OREP PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV3256ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-31 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. European Union ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on today's transition from Moshe Ya'alon to Dan Halutz in the position of IDF chief of staff. The media cited anger among right-wing politicia [...]
2005-06-01 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV331WB/G SITREP: ONE ISRAELI SHIN BET OFFICER AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: As newly elected PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas met with leaders of several armed militant factions in the Gaza Strip on January 18 at Gush Katif junction, a suicide bomber detonated explosives, killing one Shin Bet officer and wounding eight other Israelis. Hamas claimed cre [...]
2005-01-19 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3399ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Russia: Yukos Verdict ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that the planned meeting between PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas was fina [...]
2005-06-02 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3415ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 13:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV346SNAPSHOT OF A WEST BANK AMCIT SETTLER
[...] (SBU) On 12 Jan 2004 Conoff spoke with an American citizen resident of the West Bank settlement Neve Tsuf, also known as Halamish. The applicant was making an inquiry regarding the report of birth of her American citizen child but was willing to discuss the broader subject of life in a West [...]
2005-01-20 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCASC SOCI KWBG IS ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV3467ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3477WB/G SITREP: SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL KILLED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the family of an alleged Israeli collaborator reportedly killed a senior Fatah official and his brother in Nablus, sparking demonstrations at the Muqata,a in Ramallah. An IDF soldier and two foreign national protesters were injured near Salfit in clashes bet [...]
2005-06-06 13:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV348ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prospect for Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to give PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) a few days to take action to st [...]
2005-01-20 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV350PERES ON INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR PA
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Shimon Peres met with the Ambassador recently and discussed prospects for renewed peace process negotiations with the PA, as well as his new role in coordinating economic aspects of the disengagement plan and development of the Negev and Galilee. Peres was skeptical t [...]
2005-01-20 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG ECON EFIN PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3505POLITICS AND BUREAUCRACY SLOW DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (S) Summary: GOI contacts recently described bureaucratic and political obstacles to disengagement planning and GOI-PA coordination on the transfer of settlement assets, upgrades at the border crossings, and water talks. NSC advisor Gaby Blum characterized the MoD's takeover of leadership on [...]
2005-06-07 07:02:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3517ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3520SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TURNING OF THE TIDE?
[...] Summary: A series of interviews on the disengagement plan conducted by feature writer Ari Shavit has captured the attention of leading opinion makers in the Israeli media for the past week. While those on the right criticize the initiative as a "national disaster" and those on the left as the [...]
2005-06-07 14:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3524(C) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTRY AND DEFENSE MINISTRY
[...] (C) BG Eitan Dangott, Defense Minister Mofaz's Military Secretary, told the Ambassador late afternoon June 7 that the SIPDIS IDF is on alert and will act immediately if Palestinians are seen preparing further mortar or Qassam attacks in Gaza. Dangott hinted, but would not be pinned down, t [...]
2005-06-07 14:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3526WB/G SITREP: THREE QASSAMS FALL ON SDEROT, TWO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hamas militants fired five Qassam rockets into Israel the morning of June 7, three of which landed in the town of Sderot. No injuries were reported, but three Israelis were treated for shock. Also on June 7, Islamic Jihad and, according to some reports, Hamas, claimed respons [...]
2005-06-07 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3538ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-08 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3539A Political Map of the Orthodox Movement in
[...] (U) Summary: The Jewish Orthodox sector in Israel today is composed of an increasingly complex fabric, from ultra-orthodox to "modern" or "liberal" orthodox. Religious strands are represented by political parties in the Knesset -- from Shas and Agudat Yisrael to the National Religious Party (N [...]
2005-06-08 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV355WB/G SITREP: A TOTAL OF FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two IDF soldiers were wounded January 19 southeast of the Erez Crossing, near Nissanit, when Palestinian militants fired an anti-tank missile at a bulldozer they were operating. A total of five Palestinians were killed and another six were injured January 19-20 in Gaza clashes [...]
2005-01-20 14:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3560WB/G SITREP: MORTAR AND ROCKET FIRE CONTINUES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF on June 7 clashed with demonstrators protesting the construction of the separation barrier near the village of al-Ramadin, southwest of Hebron. Two protesters sustained light injuries during the protest. PA President Mahmud Abbas is scheduled on June 8 to travel to the [...]
2005-06-08 15:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3561MOD DG AMOS YARON ON PASSAGES, THE BARRIER, AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General Amos Yaron recently to discuss the status of the seamline barrier around major settlement blocs. Yaron said that the idea of building a wall in Hebron has been turned down by the Attorney General. Yaron noted th [...]
2005-06-09 04:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3582ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-09 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3594WB/G SITREP: TWO IDF SOLDIERS AND ONE PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian militants fired some 17 mortar rounds and rockets on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip overnight June 8-9. Two IDF soldiers were lightly injured when a mortar struck near their outpost in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim. The barrage followed an IAF missile strike [...]
2005-06-09 14:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3620ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Time to Cut" Senior columnist and longtime dove Yoel Marcus wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (June 10): "The psychological warfare and scare tactics [used by the settlers] have produced a drop in public support, from 65 percent to less than 50 percent. The frightening scenarios [...]
2005-06-10 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV363FINANCE MINISTRY DG ON U.S. ASSISTANCE, BUDGET AND
[...] (C) Summary. Economic Counselor and Deputy held a wide-ranging meeting with Finance Ministry DG Yossi Bachar on January 18. Bachar discussed the Cabinet's January 16 decision to name him chair of a committee coordinating all assistance requests to the USG. He believes this would give coher [...]
2005-01-21 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3672 CODEL KOLBE MEETINGS WITH ISRAEL'S FOREIGN
[...] THIS IS A JOINT MESSAGE FROM EMBASSY TEL AVIV AND CONGEN JERUSALEM. 2. (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 29-31 VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK, CODEL KOLBE MET WITH ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM AND ISRAELI VICE PREMIER PERES, AMONG OTHERS. MINISTER SHALOM SPOKE ABOUT THE RECENT ELECTORAL S [...]
2005-06-14 05:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PREL EAID IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3682ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz Sunday reported that the U.S.-Israeli security exports crisis is deepening. The paper noted that Washington has ordered Israel to increase its control [...]
2005-06-14 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV370ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prospect For Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast 3. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored Thursday's inauguration of President Bush in Washington. The three national TV stations bro [...]
2005-01-21 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3727ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Deputy Chief of Staff Moshe Kaplinsky clarified to Palestinian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Abu Zayd Tuesday that there will be n [...]
2005-06-15 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3749SHARON WINS NO-CONFIDENCE MOTIONS WITH NO EFFORT;
[...] (C) Heavy media coverage of the Knesset's three failed no-confidence motions June 14 -- and their incorrect depiction as "defeats" for Prime Minister Sharon -- reflect a slow news week, opportunistic efforts by disengagement opponents to sow doubts with misleading data, and a prime minister s [...]
2005-06-15 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3783ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-17 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV379FM DEFENDS BREAK WITH PA, DENOUNCES IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: At a political/diplomatic briefing for foreign ambassadors, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom defended Prime Minister Sharon's decision to suspend contacts with the Palestinian Authority until the PA takes action against terrorist infrastructure in the territories. Shalom said that [...]
2005-01-21 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV380GAZAN ECONOMY DISRUPTED BY KARNI CLOSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The closure at Karni terminal, which has been in effect since the January 13 attack that killed six Israeli employees, has caused the agriculture, furniture, and garment sectors within Gaza to lose some USD four million and to lay off over 1,000 workers. In the Gazan marketpla [...]
2005-01-21 15:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG ECON ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV381PA SECURITY FORCES BEGIN DEPLOYING IN NORTHERN GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: A force of some 2,000 PA security personnel began deploying in the northeastern Gaza Strip, near Bayt Hanoun and Bayt Lahiya January 21 in an agreed-upon effort between the IDF and Gaza security chief Mousa Arafat aimed at preventing rocket fire at Israeli towns. Observers on th [...]
2005-01-21 15:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV382WB/G SITREP: IDF TROOPS KILL THREE PALESTINIANS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including one 12-year-old boy on January 21. The IDF also shot and injured three other Palestinians in the Gaza strip January 21. End Summary. ---- Gaza ---- (SBU) ATTACKS: -- Death: Israeli media rep [...]
2005-01-21 15:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3844ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank June 18-19 2. Mideast 3. Lebanon: Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet at Sharon's Jerusalem residence [...]
2005-06-20 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3892004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2004, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]
2005-01-24 08:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3891GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: RIBBONS SHOW ISRAELIS' TRUE
[...] (SBU) In recent months, some Israeli motorists who oppose Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan have taken to tying orange ribbons on their vehicles to denote their opposition. Up until about a week ago, orange was the only color streaming from car -- and truck -- antennas, bumpers and [...]
2005-06-21 13:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG SOCI IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3893WB/G SITREP: IDF SWEEP ARRESTS 52 PIJ MILITANTS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 52 PIJ activists in the West Bank on June 20, including 25 in Bethlehem and a senior PIJ leader, Ra'id al-Hijawi, in Jenin, according to PA security sources. Eight Palestinians were injured in clashes with the IDF near Yatta village, south of Hebron, in anti-b [...]
2005-06-21 15:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3894LABOR PARTY PRIMARIES APPROACHING THE STARTING
[...] (C) Summary: The Labor Party's 82-year old interim chairman, Vice Premier Shimon Peres, is currently favored to garner the highest -- but not an outright winning -- vote total among the five contenders in Labor's June 28 party-wide primaries, a so-far lackluster race that could nonetheless de [...]
2005-06-21 16:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3899ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon hosted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday at his Jerusalem residence for their first working visit since the Sharm el-Sheikh [...]
2005-06-22 21:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV391ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv led with the Israeli defense establishment's concern that Iran would crush efforts by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to achieve a hu [...]
2005-01-24 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3951ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-23 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3955WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS AT LEAST 11 WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested five alleged PIJ activists June 22 in and around Jenin, and six Palestinians and one foreign peace activist in anti-barrier protests in Bili'in, near Ramallah, the same day. PA security forces entered the Amari refugee camp to arrest several [...]
2005-06-23 13:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3956FM SHALOM'S BRIEFING TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom summoned Chiefs of Mission to Jerusalem June 22 to give an update on disengagement from Gaza and related issues. Clarifying PM Sharon's previous comments concerning disengagement under fire, he said that extremist attacks would halt disengagement only long enoug [...]
2005-06-23 13:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3970ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Africa: International Aid ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Jerusalem Post, led with a leaked report that the IDF and police have decided to raid the Maoz Hayam Hotel in the Gaza Strip settlement o [...]
2005-06-24 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3971NEW BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER OPTIMISTIC ON ISRAELI
[...] (C) New BOI Governor Stanley Fischer expressed optimism about the Israeli economy in a courtesy call by the Ambassador. Referring to the first-quarter slowdown in GDP growth, Fischer said he had to be a bit circumspect in his views. He nonetheless felt the recent drop of unemployment to 9.1 [...]
2005-06-24 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3973GOI VISION FOR GALILEE AND THE NEGEV, A TRIP BACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the GOI moves to develop its strategic policy plans for the Negev and the Galilee a closer look at the failures of the past efforts is instructive. The three plans - the National Outline Plan 31 (1990) which served to find ways to absorb immigration from Soviet Union and Et [...]
2005-06-24 12:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV3987MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR, BRIGADIER GENERAL
[...] (S) IN A 24 JUNE MEETING, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR, BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES.) BARUCH SPIEGEL PROVIDED ECONOMIC COUNSELOR CLARIFICATION ON A PRESS REPORT INDICATING THAT PLANS WERE UNDERWAY TO EXPAND SETTLEMENTS IN THE JORDAN VALLEY. AS MUCH OF THE RURAL LANDS IN THE JORDAN VALLEY FALL UNDER [...]
2005-06-24 13:46:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3991TAX PLAN APPROVED BY THE GOI
[...] (C) Summary. The GOI approved a multi-year tax plan on June 5, prepared by the tax authority and the State Revenues Administration of the Ministry of Finance. The plan focuses on enabling Israel to become a more attractive and competitive location for investors while reducing income tax rat [...]
2005-06-24 14:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3992WB/G SITREP: AL-AQSA GUNMEN KILL ONE PA POLICEMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades gunmen killed one PA police officer, Ziad al-Bzur, during an assault on Jenin,s main police station June 23, according to PA security sources. The tension between al-Aqsa gunmen and PA police began when police arrested an al-Aqsa member for attacking [...]
2005-06-24 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4030ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Iran: Presidential Election 3. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that during her visit to Jerusalem last week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Ric [...]
2005-06-27 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4035BASSEY UPDATE ON DISENGAGEMENT PREPARATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, Director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),told Economic Counselor on June 14 that although only 300 families have applied for financial compensation, he expects a flood within the next two weeks. He said that 450 mobile homes will be ready in Nitzanim two [...]
2005-06-27 11:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAGR KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4053ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Disengagement 2. Iran 3. U.S. - Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Disengagement issues: Yediot quoted Gush Katif settlers as saying that the extremists that are confronting soldiers and causing trouble do not represent t [...]
2005-06-28 09:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4059AMOS GILAD ON PA POLITICS, DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political-Military bureau head Maj. Gen. Amos Gilad told EconCouns that the high level of USG and international community actors involved in disengagement planning -- including Quartet Special Envoy (QSE) Wolfensohn, Security Coordinator Gen. Ward, and A/S We [...]
2005-06-28 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PTER EAID IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4063AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Japanese Special Envoy Tatsuo Arima and Japanese Ambassador to Israel Jun Yokota met with Ambassador Kurtzer on June 28 to share assessments of the current state of Palestian-Israeli issues. Arima said he had never seen Dov Weissglas, PM Sharon's Senior Advisor, so pessimistic, and that [...]
2005-06-28 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG JA IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4066THREE BEDOUIN MOSQUES IN THE NEGEV ORDERED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has served demolition orders for three mosques built in Bedouin unrecognized villages in the Negev. The regional council for the Bedouin, an Israeli-Arab NGO, is taking action to publicize the threat to these mosques as a means of pressuring the GOI to back off on the dem [...]
2005-06-28 13:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL IS PHUM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV4097ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Guantanamo Detainees 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with disengagement-related issues. Ha'aretz reported that the army will soon declare the Gaza Strip a closed militar [...]
2005-06-29 10:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4107MOSSAD CHIEF ON WEAKNESS OF SYRIA, PREDICTS NO
[...] (C) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told NEA A/S David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that, despite the weakness of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, he is unlikely to be replaced any time soon. Syria,s neighbors prefer to keep Assad in pow [...]
2005-06-29 13:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV PTER MNUC IR SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4110GILAD AND EILAND ON DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION AND
[...] (C) Summary: In separate June 17 meetings with NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Abrams, and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director Eiland and MoD Political-Military Director Amos Gilad both blamed PA failure to act against rocket and mortar attacks on Israel and Israeli settlements on the PA's overall weakne [...]
2005-06-29 13:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV KPAL KWBG GZ EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4112MFA DEMANDS EGYPT DO MORE TO PREVENT SMUGGLING
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor stressed to visiting NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that Egypt is doing "less than the minimum necessary" to stop smuggling along the Egyptian-Gaza border. Prosor floated the idea of allowing the Badr Brigade [...]
2005-06-29 13:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PTER KWBG EG JO IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4118GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: KNESSET FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is to decide in the coming weeks whether allowing the Egyptians to deploy 750 border police along the Gaza-Egyptian border as a security measure associated with implementing the disengagement plan is a material change to the 1973 Israeli-Egyptian Peace Trea [...]
2005-06-30 10:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4119ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored unrest involving settlers and pro- settler demonstrators on Wednesday, including road blockages throughout the country, during which at least five po [...]
2005-06-30 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4142ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the evacuation by the IDF and police on Thursday of the residents of the Maoz Hayam Hotel at the Neve Dekalim settlement in [...]
2005-07-01 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4145U.S. TREASURY RECEIVES GOI BRIEF ON MONEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed U.S. Treasury advisor Szubin and Econoff on GOI efforts against money laundering and terror finance. The police officials cited successes in fighting money launderers, seizing millions of dollars, but also noted difficulties in cooperation and informati [...]
2005-07-01 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER EFIN COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV4149ISRAELI LEFT-WING LEADERS UNCERTAIN OF WHAT WILL
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 29 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, leaders of the Labor and Yahad-Meretz parties could not agree on what steps the GOI will -- or even should -- take following disengagement. The group had divergent views on whether and to what degree Prime Minister Sharon [...]
2005-07-01 12:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4169ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track 3. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a joint session of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and of the Knesset's Constitution, Law, an [...]
2005-07-05 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV417ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom will meet with Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice tomorrow. All media reported on Monday's "historic" UN [...]
2005-01-25 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4183WB/G SITREP: CLASHES BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli Press reported that six Palestinians were injured July 4 in clashes between Fatah and Hamas activists in Bani Suhelia, east of Khan Yunis. Hamas leaders Mahmoud al-Zahar and Mushir al-Masri rejected PA Prime Minister Abu Ala'a's call to form a national unity government [...]
2005-07-05 13:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4194GOI OFFICIAL REAFFIRMS POLICY ON GAZA HOUSES,
[...] (C) Shalom Turgeman, Prime Minister Sharon's foreign policy advisor, told the Ambassador early July 6 that the GOI's policy with respect to Gaza houses remains as conveyed to the Secretary, namely, the GOI will destroy the Gaza houses during the evacuation of the settlements, the Palestinia [...]
2005-07-06 06:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4198GAZAN DISENGAGEMENT-RELATED AGRICULTURE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: A series of discussions with GOI, PA, and Gazan private sector contacts June 27-29 has underscored the pressing need for agreement between the two sides on crossings and the transfer of settlement assets. On crossings, GOI representatives said that Karni terminal will [...]
2005-07-06 08:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4201 GAZA NGO LEADER DESCRIBES HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to Jamal Safi, chairman of the Environmental Protection and Research Institute (EPRI) and winner of the prestigious Zayed International Prize for the Environment, key health and environmental challenges for Gaza include blood-borne infectious diseases, lead poisoning [...]
2005-07-06 09:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID EAGR TBIO SOCI KHIV PREL KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4203ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview with the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat that he will meet with PM Sharon before the dis [...]
2005-07-06 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4207GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: ATTORNEY GENERAL MAZUZ
[...] (C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz told Ministry of Justice Liaison to the Knesset Paz Barnett July 5 to convey directly to Poloff who was waiting in the adjoining office that he is about to announce his decision that an agreement between Israel and Egypt allowing Egypt to place some 750 bor [...]
2005-07-06 12:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4213WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE TEN PALESTINIANS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested two youths July 5 on suspicion of throwing a firebomb at an Israeli car near Nilli settlement, east of Highway 443. IDF forces demolished 17 structures in the West Bank villages of Beit Furik and Ein al-Bida, both in the Jordan valley, on Jul [...]
2005-07-06 14:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4238ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. G-8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At midday, Israel Radio reported on a series of explosions in London, and that Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was supposed to participate in a conference [...]
2005-07-07 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4244WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF troops shot and killed 17-year-old al-Aqsa Brigades member Ahmad Masimi and lightly injured an accomplice, Ahmad Sanakreh, on July 6 in Nablus. According to Israeli security sources, the IDF returned fire after shots were fired at several busloads of settlers who had enter [...]
2005-07-07 13:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4246(C) ISRAEL WILL NOT SUBMIT REVISED OFFER FOR
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftels to Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor staff. Yoram Zara (Director Multilateral Agreements Division); Yair Shiran (Director International Agreements and Trade Policy) and Ami Levin (Multilateral Trade Division, and POC for North America) all stated that Israel [...]
2005-07-07 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV4255ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] July 7 London Bombings 2. Israel-China Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with, and extensively reported on, Thursday's terror bombings in London, in which at least 37 people were killed and 700 others were wounded. [...]
2005-07-08 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV426 ISRAELI ACTIONS ON GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT
[...] Summary: Israel has a legal and institutional framework to protect biodiversity. Although Israel does not have a specific law that prohibits the introduction of alien species, it does restrict the import of plant species included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species [...]
2005-01-25 14:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID SENV TBIO IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV4264ISRAELI PROFESSOR HOPES GOI DEVELOPMENT PLANS WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Ben Gurion University professor working closely with the Bedouin community in the Negev discussed the GOI development initiative for the Negev, still a concern for the Bedouin. The professor said he is putting together a plan which will bring the GOI and the Bedouin leadership [...]
2005-07-08 13:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI SOCIETY ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV4265SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: WAKING UP TO REALITY IN GAZA:
[...] Summary: As the disengagement battle escalates on the ground, with violent confrontations in Gaza resulting in a temporary IDF closure of the Gush Katif settlement bloc, anti- disengagement roadblocks throughout the country, and the first case of a "conscientious objector," Israeli media comm [...]
2005-07-08 14:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR GAZA DISENGAGEMENT MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4267WB/G SITREP: 19 PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WEST BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 19 Palestinians were lightly injured on July 7 during stone throwing clashes that erupted with the IDF during a protest against the separation barrier in the village of Immatin, near Nablus. Also in the West Bank, the IDF arrested seven PIJ militants on July 7 during [...]
2005-07-08 14:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4269FINAL DECISION ON ARIEL SECURITY FENCE LIKELY NOT
[...] (C) Ambassador asked MOD Director General Amos Yaron July 7 about press reports that the Israeli cabinet might decide a new route for the separation barrier around the Ariel bloc of settlements. Yaron responded that Prime Minister Sharon is very unlikely to bring this issue to the cabinet [...]
2005-07-08 16:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4277ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that a delegation of senior Israeli officials that left for Washington over the weekend will ask the U.S. government this evening for s [...]
2005-07-11 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4281NGO'S HOPE GOI PLANS FOR NEGEV AND GALILEE WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli and Israeli-Arab NGO's have expressed growing concern about GOI plans for economic development in the Galilee and Negev. The Chairman of the Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) stated that the core goal of the government's plan is to give land to the Jewish popul [...]
2005-07-11 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL SENV PGOV PHUM EFIN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4284ISRAELI HOUSING MINISTER DISCUSSES SETTLEMENTS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Minister of Housing Isaac Herzog on July 6 at the Knesset to discuss Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the disengagement process. Herzog said that he had stopped all new residential construction beyond the green line, but intends to eventually appro [...]
2005-07-11 12:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4294HOUSING MINISTRY DETAILS MEASURES TO HALT
[...] (C) Summary: Dr. Chaim Fialkoff, Senior Deputy Director General for Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) provided details on MOCH,s reported halt in settler construction in the West Bank. According to Fialkoff, the MOCH halted 51 settler construction pr [...]
2005-07-11 14:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV43ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-04 12:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV430JUSTICE MINISTRY DG PROVIDES DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE
[...] (C) Looking visibly tired, Justice Ministry DG Aaron Abramovich updated Economic Counselor and Deputy on the "hectic" period ahead on disengagement. He said he and his team were about to embark on a week of intensive consultations with the Finance Committee Disengagement Subcommittee prior to [...]
2005-01-25 14:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the delegation of senior Israeli officials to Washington officially presented Israel's disengagement-related aid request to the U.S. admini [...]
2005-07-12 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4321ISRAELI OFFICIALS TRAVEL TO CAIRO TO WORK ON
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 10 trip to Cairo, two senior MFA officials were unable to reach agreement with the Egyptians on an MOU to establish a bilateral committee. The GOI is waiting for an Egyptian reply to an Israeli letter proposing biannual meetings of the foreign ministers and ad-hoc s [...]
2005-07-13 07:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4329ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4335GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: SHARON INDICATES HE WILL SEEK
[...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon indicated to the press July 12 that he will seek Knesset approval of an Israeli-Egyptian agreement -- that has not yet been finalized -- allowing some 750 Egyptian border guard soldiers to secure the Egyptian-Gaza border as part of implementing the disengagement plan [...]
2005-07-13 13:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4367ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's decision to seal off the Gaza Strip to non- resident Israelis through the disengagement move dominates the media, some of which report on scuffles between [...]
2005-07-14 13:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4387ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday afternoon, a 22- year-old Israeli woman was killed and her boyfriend was slightly injured in a shelling attack on Moshav Netiv Ha'asa [...]
2005-07-15 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4402(C) GOI OFFICIALS ARE TALKING TO HAMAS MAYORS
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Defense Force officers are communicating with Hamas mayors in the Palestinian territories on routine matters, although it is unclear whether these contacts are direct or through other Palestinian intermediaries. Post has asked the Ministry of Justice whether the GOI has a [...]
2005-07-15 15:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL ECON IS
05TELAVIV4403ISRAELI MOD DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND GROWING NUMBER OF TERRORIST ATTACKS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 15:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KWBG KPAL PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4405IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY BRIEFS A/S WELCH ON LATEST VIOLENCE, IDF-PA SECURITY COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 17:18:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KWBG PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4417EIVAL GILADY'S VISION OF POST-DISENGAGEMENT GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res) Eival Gilady, a special advisor to PM Sharon on disengagement, met with Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer, and Lt. General Ward to discuss post-disengagement Gaza and future relations between Israel and Gaza. Gilady said that Israel will not tr [...]
2005-07-18 14:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4418WB/G SITREP: MORTAR, ROCKET FIRE CONTINUE IN GAZA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Intense mortar and Qassam fire from Gaza continued through the weekend of July 16-17, easing up somewhat on July 18. On July 17, the IDF killed the Hamas military commander in Khan Yunis in a targeted killing and also killed, in a separate incident, a PIJ militant who was prep [...]
2005-07-18 16:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4419RAMON DESCRIBES DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 14 meeting, Minister without Portfolio Haim Ramon described disengagement coordination priorities for Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer, and Lt. General Ward. Ramon expressed his desire to coordinate $50 million in USG assistance for improving passages with [...]
2005-07-19 04:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EAID ETRD KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4420ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-19 05:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4471PEACE NOW,S PETITION AGAINST AMONA OUTPOST
[...] (C) Summary: On July 4, the NGO Peace Now filed the first petition to Israel,s High Court of Justice against illegal outpost construction. The petition argues that nine houses at the Amona outpost*-as well as the outpost itself*-were built without permits on Palestinian-owned land, making the [...]
2005-07-19 09:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4472ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media reported that the police last night allowed tens of thousands of anti-pullout demonstrators to sleep at Kfar Maimon, five km west of Netivot, w [...]
2005-07-19 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4482WB/G SITERP: PA-HAMAS CLASH IN GAZA AS
[...] (U) This is a joint ConGen Jerusalem/Embassy Tel Aviv cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Up to twelve Palestinians were injured in an extended PA-Hamas clash in the Gaza Strip on July 19. One Palestinian was reported dead due to IDF warning fire when a car tried to force its way through a closed Is [...]
2005-07-19 16:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV45(C) PM'S ADVISOR ON RENEWED REPARATIONS CLAIMS
[...] (C) Summary: A GOI working group charged with developing a five-year plan on Holocaust-era reparations, pensions and restitution is considering a recommendation that the GOI ask Germany for about $500 million -- possibly in the form of new German-made submarines -- in compensation for what the GOI [...]
2005-01-04 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL MASS PL IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4508ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-20 09:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV452ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-26 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4523WB/G SITREP: PA-HAMAS CLASH IN GAZA CITY FOLLOWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite an 0100 July 20 announcement from Fatah and Hamas that they had agreed to end clashes between their forces, Hamas gunmen exchanged fire with PSO forces in Gaza City at about 0200 on July 20. Four Hamas men and one PSO officer were reported injured. Mortar, rocket and [...]
2005-07-20 12:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4538ISRAELI ARABS: GOI NOT AT FAULT FOR ALL PROBLEMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders in Israel's Bedouin and Israeli-Arab communities acknowledge that not all of their problems can blamed on government policies and programs. Leadership and good governance are needed within these communities if they are to overcome current and future challenges. END SUMMA [...]
2005-07-21 07:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV4564ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 09:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4603ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank 2. July 21 London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that at mid-day today, following her meeting with PM Sharon at his Sycamore Ranch, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice r [...]
2005-07-22 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4613WB/G SITREP: GAZA BOY KILLED BY ROCKET THAT FELL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A homemade rocket launched at a Gaza settlement failed to hit its intended target on July 21, killing instead a Palestinian boy in Khan Yunis and wounding his brother. Only one other incident of rocket fire and only one incident of mortar fire were reported from Gaza. PA secu [...]
2005-07-22 14:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4619STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Histadrut labor federation leader and candidate for head of the Labor Party Amir Peretz on July 11 to discuss disengagement, the peace process and Israeli politics. Peretz expressed support for disengagement, but was suspicious that the GOI is intentional [...]
2005-07-25 07:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ELAB ECON EAID KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4621CHIEF DISENGAGEMENT AUTHORITY BASSEY DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Yonatan Bassey, Director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),on July 11 to discuss Israel,s ongoing preparations for the upcoming evacuation of 17 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the northern West Bank under Prime Minister Ariel S [...]
2005-07-25 07:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4653ECF: SEPTEMBER COMPLETION OF JERUSALEM ENVELOPE
[...] (C) Summary: Colonel (ret.) Shaul Arieli, consultant at the Economic Cooperation Foundation and advisor to the High Court on the routing of the separation barrier, told economic officer that it is unlikely that Israel will complete construction of the Jerusalem envelope--the Jerusalem section [...]
2005-07-26 13:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4655MK OMRI SHARON NEARS POSSIBLE PLEA BARGAIN AS NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Sharon's son Omri, a Likud MK since 2003, is nearing a plea bargain with Attorney General Menachem Mazuz over charges related to his role in the alleged illegal financing of Prime Minister Sharon's 1999 leadership campaign for the Likud Party. A political and lega [...]
2005-07-26 15:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4659ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a White House announcement, according to which Richard Jones has been appointed U.S. ambassador to Israel. Ha' [...]
2005-07-27 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV466Privatization Update: GOI Sells Israel Discount
[...] (U) The Israeli government's privatization program is moving forward. On January 22, GOI Accountant General Yaron Zelka concluded an agreement with prominent businessman and Seagram heir Matthew Bronfman for the transfer of 26% of Discount Bank to the Matthew Bronfman group for a price of NIS [...]
2005-01-26 14:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
05TELAVIV4678ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was quoted as saying, in a bannered interview with Yediot, that Israel will pull out from the Philadelphi route by the Jewish New Year (earl [...]
2005-07-27 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4694GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: FINAL VOTES STILL TO COME ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon still faces two GOI votes related to his disengagement plan. The first, a Cabinet vote authorizing the evacuation of settlers, must take place before disengagement implementation begins on August 17. Still to be determined is whether the Cabinet will stick [...]
2005-07-27 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4709HOPE FLOWERS SCHOOL NOT THREATENED BY SEPARATION
[...] (C) Summary: On 20 July, Hope Flowers School Co-director Ibrahim Issa met with Ministry of Defense Advisor Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel and officers from the West Bank District Coordination Offices (DCO) to discuss demolition orders issued against the school's cafeteria. Spiegel to [...]
2005-07-28 12:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4711ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Yediot, led with PM Sharon's ongoing cordial visit to France. Maariv bannered: "Embrace From France." Ha'aretz and Israel Radi [...]
2005-07-28 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4715GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, JULY 28, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of regular reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA. On the six priority areas outlined by Quartet Special Envoy (QSE) Wolfensohn, Ministers Mofaz and Dahlan agreed that door-to-door movement of goods shoul [...]
2005-07-28 15:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4727ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv quoted people who attended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meeting with Defense Minister Shaul M [...]
2005-07-29 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4728(C) ISRAEL CONSIDERS WITHDRAWING FROM GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor (MOITL) is considering withdrawing from the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) if the GOI is unable to maintain offsets at the current level. MOITL staff claim that economic analysis and industry advocacy have made it clear that cost [...]
2005-07-29 13:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV4729KNESSET ADOPTS BACHAR CAPITAL MARKET REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Bachar capital market reforms won Knesset approval on Monday, July 25 by of vote of 62-1-1 (in favor, opposed, abstention). The Bachar reforms force banks to sell off their Kupot Gemel (provident funds) and mutual funds. However, lobbying by the banking industry succeeded [...]
2005-07-29 14:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4749ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israeli Relations 3. Iran: Nuclear Program 4. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (Sunday) and Israel Radio reported that senior Israeli officials Dov Weisglass and [...]
2005-08-01 12:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4755WB/G SITREP: EREZ CROSSING AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 31 the GOI opened the Erez Crossing for Palestinian merchants and the Erez Industrial Zone for Palestinian laborers, both for the first time since the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya. Two UNDP consultants were kidnapped July 29 by a Gaza clan whose members hoped to [...]
2005-08-01 15:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4766Gaza's moderate Islamists muse on "after
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A trio of Islamic scholars from Al Azhar University, like many Gazan interlocutors, on 28 July cited freedom of movement for Gazans and their goods as the test of disengagement. Recently returned from an International Visitors program, the leaders also spoke favorably of relig [...]
2005-08-02 09:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDGZ PREL KPAO OEXC SCUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4770ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Saudi Arabia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that the settler leadership accepted a late-night IDF and police compromise on their mass anti-disengagement protest planned for today. The set [...]
2005-08-02 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4775GAZAN BUSINESS STRUGGLES WITH DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Gazan private sector contacts are on edge over current GOI-PA negotiations regarding the post-disengagement border crossings, arguing that without freedom of movement at Karni, Erez, and Rafah terminals, the Gazan economy will not survive Israel's withdrawal. Business leaders b [...]
2005-08-02 13:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KWBG EAID PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4780WB/G SITREP: GUNMEN KILL PA POLICEMAN, WOUND THREE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Armed men in Gaza killed a PA police officer August 1 during an apparent kidnapping attempt. Gunmen also wounded three PA intelligence officers in Gaza City on August 1. A Palestinian died and five were wounded when an explosive device detonated overnight August 1-2 in a villa [...]
2005-08-02 15:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4791ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that tens of thousands of right-wing activists participated in Tuesday's anti-disengagement [...]
2005-08-03 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4799SHARON AND CHIRAC'S PARIS HONEYMOON: DOWNPLAYING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 2 meeting, French Charge d'Affaires Christophe Bigot told the DCM that Prime Minister Sharon and French President Jacques Chirac agreed in advance to downplay their differences on peace-process issues and instead focus on enhancing bilateral relations during Sharon' [...]
2005-08-03 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MNUC FR IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4800REVISED ISRAELI TEXT OF UNGA HOLOCAUST RESOLUTION
[...] (C) MFA Director for UN Political Affairs Rony Adam discussed the GOI's draft resolution on Holocaust remembrance with poloff on August 2. Adam provided a copy of the revised text (attached),which has minor changes to preliminary paragraphs four (removing the word "unique" to describe World [...]
2005-08-03 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4804WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN CHILD KILLED BY QASSAM IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: One child was killed and up to eleven other Palestinians injured when a Qassam aimed at Sderot landed in Beit Hanoun. Elsewhere in Gaza, former Palestinian prisoners occupied two Palestinian Authority (PA) buildings in Rafah. In the West Bank, Israeli authorities arrested 25 [...]
2005-08-03 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4815ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that police last night halted thousands of anti-disengagement activists at the Peduim junction two km west of Ofakim after the demonstration departed the Negev tow [...]
2005-08-04 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4819DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION: THE CUSTOMS UNION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-04 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON ETRD EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV482ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that newly confirmed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with FM Silvan Shalom at the White House on Wednesday. Israel Radio reported that Secr [...]
2005-01-27 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4820GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 4, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of regular reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA. The IDF will open Karni and Erez terminals two days a week for Gazans during "lockdown;" the GOI is considering a trilateral meeting on the passages; VP [...]
2005-08-04 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4829GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: ISRAELI CABINET SET TO VOTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Cabinet is scheduled to vote August 7 on the evacuation of at least one of the four groups of settlements slated to be evacuated beginning August 17 pursuant to Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan. The vote will take place at the end of a week during which tens of tho [...]
2005-08-04 14:14:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4830ISRAELI HOUSING MINISTER ISSUES TENDERS FOR NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli press reported today, August 4, that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) published notices for two tenders for the sale of a total of 72 residential units, plus commercial space, in Beitar Illit, a settlement southwest of Jerusalem. Housing Minister Isaac He [...]
2005-08-04 14:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4831WB/G SITREP: THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS RALLY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF reported one mortar attack and five shooting incidents in Gaza overnight with no injuries. Israeli police and army units arrested up to 200 protesters attempting to infiltrate into Gaza. According to UNRWA, some 15,000 Palestinians held a rally outside the Palestinian [...]
2005-08-04 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG KPAL PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4838ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4842ISRAELI-ARAB LEADERS BLAME JEWISH EXTREMIST'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI quickly spun into action to contain a potentially volatile atmosphere in Israeli-Arab communities after the August 4 shooting attack by an extremist Jewish settler on a bus in the Arab city of Shfaram that killed four Israeli Arabs. Prime Minister Sharon called the attack [...]
2005-08-05 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV4859SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RELIGIOUS ZIONISM VS. THE STATE
[...] Summary: With disengagement slated to begin less than two weeks from now, it seems most Gaza settlers have grasped that, be it voluntarily or by force, they will soon be effectively "disengaged" from their Gaza Strip homes. The goal, therefore, of the anti-disengagement campaign has shifted [...]
2005-08-05 14:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4861WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER KILLS FIVE ISRAELI ARABS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A religious, right-wing IDF soldier, who had been AWOL for a month, killed four Israeli Arabs on a bus in the north of Israel on August 4, before a crowd killed him (septel). IDF soldiers overnight killed three Palestinians who approached the Gush Katif settlement, reportedly w [...]
2005-08-05 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4862GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 5, 2005
[...] (C) This report summarizes current GOI views on the progress of disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA and updates from the Quartet Special Envoy's (QSE) staff. The August 4 trilateral held under QSE Wolfensohn auspices generated concurrence on how to organize upcoming GOI-PA [...]
2005-08-05 15:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4877ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Netanyahu Resignation 2. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday, immediately before the cabinet voted the final approval for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements of Kfar Darom, Netzarim, [...]
2005-08-08 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4879NETANYAHU BECOMES SPOILER WITHOUT SPOILS AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's dramatic August 7 resignation from government will not affect implementation of the disengagement plan starting August 17. It will also not bring down Prime Minister Sharon's government since the opposition is not sufficiently united to must [...]
2005-08-08 12:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4880FINANCE MINISTER NETANYAHU RESIGNS: ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Benyamin Netanyahu resigned on Sunday, August 7th during the Cabinet session in which the implementation of the first stage of disengagement was approved. Within hours of Netanyahu's resignation the stock market in Israel lost 5.3% of its value. Late Sunday n [...]
2005-08-08 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL ELAB EAIR IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4883CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH GOI SECURITY MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Codel King met with Minister of Public Security Gideon Ezra where discussions focused on disengagement, anti-disengagement protests, and related security concerns. Ezra stressed the importance of intelligence gathering and sharing as a necessary tool in combating terrorism, both [...]
2005-08-08 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
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