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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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02AMMAN2447AL-NAKHBA DAY PASSES QUIETLY IN JORDAN -- WAITING
[...] (C) Traditionally a day of protests in Jordan, the May 15 remembrance of al-Nakhba (the "Catastrophe" -- the 1948 founding of Israel) passed quietly in Jordan this year. The Professional Associations sponsored a pro-Palestinian rally in the Shmeisani neighborhood of Amman. A large number of [...]
2002-05-16 14:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL ASEC JO
02AMMAN3242JORDANIANS AWAIT PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Jordanians, confused about the direction of U.S. Middle East policy, are nervously awaiting President Bush's Middle East policy statement, hoping (but doubting) that it will bring clarity and the prospect of genuine progress for the Palestinians. Most Jordanians see U.S. engagement in th [...]
2002-06-17 13:53:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL ASEC IS JO
02AMMAN4652MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-19 11:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4829MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-26 06:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN5511"FRIENDS OF AMERICA" DECRY LACK OF PUBLIC U.S.
[...] (C) A group of self-described "Friends of America" representing the Amman World Affairs Council called on the Ambassador and PolCouns September 22 to deliver a letter from the WAC to President Bush (excerpts in para 7 below). The group members said that they had all lived and studied in the [...]
2002-09-25 05:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ JO
02STATE250963DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...]
2002-12-07 02:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL SY EUN EFIN
03AMMAN1720PALESTINIANS AND PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS PRAISE
[...] (C) During a series of discussions in the days before the start of war in Iraq, prominent Palestinian-Jordanians and Palestinians resident in Jordan told A/DCM that the appointment of Abu Mazen as Palestinian Prime Minister should provide a big boost to good government in the PNA. However, [...]
2003-03-22 15:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV IS IZ JO
03AMMAN3905MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-30 10:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03OTTAWA2128 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; AFRICA;
[...] "Two down, one to go" Under the sub-heading, "The good news from Iraq: There's food in the markets, a new governing council and Saddam's sons are dead," columnist Margaret Wente wrote in the leading Globe and Mail (7/24): "As for the situation in Iraq, I have a hunch it's going better than [...]
2003-07-25 14:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03STATE9334NONPAPER FOR RUSSIAN USE WITH SYRIAN VP KHADDAM:
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SYRIAN VP KHADDAM WILL BE VISITING MOSCOW NEXT WEEK. IN DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS IN WASHINGTON, THE USG HAS REQUESTED THAT THE GOR RAISE SYRIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH. POST IS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE [...]
2003-01-11 02:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL SY
04ABUDHABI1222Strong reaction to President's remarks on
[...] (C) Summary: The response in the UAE to President Bush's April 14 remarks supporting Israel's Gaza withdrawal plan has been stronger and more anti- Administration than what we are used to hearing. The April 17 assassination of HAMAS leader Rantissi ratcheted up the tenor of the criticism, wit [...]
2004-04-19 14:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL TC
04ABUDHABI2346ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY
[...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche during a courtesy call with newly appointed MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan SIPDIS on July 13. Al Haidan gave a pessimistic assessment of the peace process and the Middle East Roadmap. He said Israel's planned w [...]
2004-07-13 12:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALICJ UNGA PREL IS TC
04ABUDHABI4659UAE PRESIDENT HOSTS TALKS WITH ABBAS, QOREI
[...] (U) UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed received PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei December 19, marking the first time Khalifa and Abbas had met since the deaths of Sheikh Zayed and Yasser Arafat. The visit, which received substantial media cov [...]
2004-12-20 11:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL TC
04ABUDHABI906A/S BURNS' MARCH 21 MEETING WITH ABU DHABI
[...] (S) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary William Burns met in Abu Dhabi on March 21 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Deputy Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Armed Force Chief Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed and Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed attended [...]
2004-03-30 05:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD KMPI IZ IR IS TC
04ABUDHABI923U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership a success
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE hosted the second bilateral Strategic Partnership dialogue on March 21 with NEA A/S Burns and UAE Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed leading their respective delegations. The two sides reviewed progress on the comprehensive action plan that was agr [...]
2004-03-30 13:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KDEM PHUM IZ AF IR IS SY TC
04AMMAN1334PRM PDAS GREENE DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 16 meeting with PRM PDAS Greene, UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees Morjane requested U.S. assistance in finding durable solutions for 345 Iraqi-Palestinians in Jordan's Ruweished refugee camp. Morjane -- to the surprise of the UNHCR Jordan re [...]
2004-02-23 16:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ IS JO UNRWA
04AMMAN1738JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL FOCUS ON REFORM
[...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher on March 8 provided a visiting delegation with a preview of his agenda for his upcoming visit to Washington. He said he will emphasize to U.S. officials that any reform efforts in the Middle East must be homegrown, country-specific, and linked to solvi [...]
2004-03-08 16:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IS JO
04AMMAN2004KING ABDULLAH TO CODEL STEVENS ON HIS CONCERN
[...] (C) King Abdullah told CODEL Stevens that Iraqi security forces will not be ready for a July 1 handover of authority, and expressed continuing concern over what he sees as Iranian influence among the Shia in southern Iraq. He was pessimistic about prospects for progress on the MEPP before t [...]
2004-03-17 09:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN202KING ABDULLAH TELLS CODEL SHAYS U.S. MUST STAY
[...] (C) King Abdullah told CODEL Shays January 6 that Jordan strongly backs U.S. efforts in Iraq, but warned against handing over authority or withdrawing coalition troops prematurely. He expressed concern over terrorists infiltrating Jordan's borders, especially along the Saudi frontier, saying [...]
2004-01-08 18:23:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
04AMMAN2165SHEIKH YASSIN'S KILLING COMPLICATES JORDAN-ISRAEL
[...] (C) A visibly upset FonMin Muasher told us March 22 that Israel's killing of HAMAS spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin just days after King Abdullah's meeting with Prime Minister Sharon in Israel embarrassed the King, whose government has recently come under intense criticism for continued [...]
2004-03-22 18:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL IS JO
04AMMAN2754JORDAN PUBLISHES GIST OF KING'S LETTER TO
[...] (U) The semi-official Arabic-language daily al-Ra'i on April 12 summarized a letter from King Abdullah to President Bush stating Jordan's support for the President's vision of a two-state solution as the only acceptable means for ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and achieving stability [...]
2004-04-12 15:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN2770MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-13 11:52:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN2881MUASHER SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON POINTS FROM
[...] (S) Foreign Minister Muasher told the Charge April 15 that the President's April 14 statement with Israeli PM Sharon on the Gaza disengagement plan in essence closes off negotiations on return of refugees, kills the Arab peace initiative, attempts to change the status of the West Bank and Ga [...]
2004-04-15 18:54:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL IS US JO
04AMMAN2882JORDANIANS WORRY CONCESSIONS TO ISRAEL PAVE WAY
[...] (C) Jordanian commentators and contacts almost uniformly criticized President Bush's remarks on April 14 endorsing Israel's plan to withdraw from Gaza, seeing his statements about Palestinians' right of return and Israeli settlements as an inappropriate attempt to prejudge final status issues [...]
2004-04-15 18:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF ASEC KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN3026MEDIA REACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-20 10:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN3075MEDIA REACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 10:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN3298JORDAN. SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON DISCUSSIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-29 12:07:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN331MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-14 15:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN3957U/S LARSON MEETING WITH PNA MINISTER OF ECONOMY,
[...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Minister al-Masri on May 15 on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Also present in the meeting were Larson visit control officer Greg Lawless and notetaker Amy Schedlbauer. 2. (SBU) Larson gave the minister a copy of the draft G-8 Pl [...]
2004-05-19 14:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD IS KPAL PREL
04AMMAN4667SCENE SETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO U.S.
[...] (C) King Abdullah is very pleased to have been invited to attend the G-8 Summit to discuss reform in Jordan, as well as in the Middle East. The King sees himself as a leader in the region on reform and will attempt to speak for other reform-minded Arabs during his visit. The King, however, [...]
2004-06-08 14:28:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL ECON KDEM KPAL MASS IZ JO
04AMMAN5989JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON ARAB BANK,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Central Bank Governor Touqan asserted that the legal suit filed against Jordan's Arab Bank in New York hinges on payment orders issued by Saudi authorities through Arab Bank to beneficiaries in the West Bank. Although some of these beneficiaries may inadvertently b [...]
2004-07-18 04:38:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC PREL PTER JO IZ SA IS
04AMMAN6765GENEVA ACCORD BACKERS CONVENE IN JORDAN; GOJ
[...] (C) Summary. Geneva Accord supporters met at the Dead Sea August 5-7. They agreed to develop a response to PM Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan in the coming weeks. Prior to kicking off the meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher met with the Israeli author of the plan, Yossi Beilin, and re-stated [...]
2004-08-12 13:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN7179IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA DOMINATE LANTOS VISIT
[...] (C) During separate meetings with King Abdullah, GID Director General Sa'ad Kheir, and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, in Amman on August 19, Congressman Tom Lantos focused on the positive in Jordan and criticized leaders from neighboring Arab countries. The Jordanians reiterated their suppor [...]
2004-08-26 05:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SA SY JO
04AMMAN7360MUASHER MEETING WITH S/P DIRECTOR REISS: PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher expressed his frustration with the stalemate in the peace process, calling the Palestinians "unhelpful." Jordan is committed to helping Iraq stabilize, but Muasher noted the GOJ's growing concern about Iran's intentions in Iraq. He criticized Syria's "negative" impac [...]
2004-09-02 15:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS KPAL JO
04AMMAN7400MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-07 12:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN7404GOJ REFORMERS TOUT PROGRESS DURING MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Key GOJ reformers presented a positive picture to S/P Director Mitchell Reiss of Jordan's pioneering progress to implement key economic, political and social reforms, but acknowledged that significant obstacles remain. Several activists, including a former Prime Minister, are no [...]
2004-09-07 14:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN8146UNRWA'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ATTEMPTS TO USE ANNUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Breaking with recent practice, UNRWA's Advisory Commission (AdComm) met in Amman on September 30 in advance of the informal fall meeting of UNRWA major donors and host governments (MDM). Incoming AdComm Chair, Jordan, chose the unusual timing to further its campaign to invigora [...]
2004-10-01 16:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID KPAL JO
04ANKARA1379ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-08 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2268ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 07:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2695ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-12 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2779ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-17 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2894ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-24 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3008PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES
[...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]
2004-06-01 11:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETCASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3033ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-01 18:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3088PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES
[...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]
2004-06-04 11:00:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETCASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3328ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-14 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3484SCENESETTER FOR CODELS FRIST, LUGAR, AND BEREUTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) appears unassailable, with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and no viable opposition party. GOT legal reforms have improved the chances for an accession negotiation start date from the EU in December. Yet AKP struggles with corruption, ad h [...]
2004-06-21 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
04ANKARA3828ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-09 17:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3995ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-19 16:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5717ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-05 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5741ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-06 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6048ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-25 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7190ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-29 05:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04BRUSSELS1586DONORS EYE ISRAELI PULLOUT WITH MIXTURE OF HOPE,
[...] (U) Summary: At a one-day informal meeting of the "no-name" group in Brussels, convened by Canada to discuss Palestinian refugee issues, participants were fixated on the issue of Israel,s proposed withdrawal from Gaza, which they characterized as posing both an opportunity and an enormous cha [...]
2004-04-14 08:39:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID UNRWA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2442THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EU HI-REP
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage and EU Foreign Policy Hi-Rep Solana met June 2 and discussed the Mid-East Peace Process (MEPP),Iraq and the forthcoming US/EU Summit. Solana said the EU would be as supportive as possible regarding the new government in Iraq. He also emphasized the im [...]
2004-06-07 15:13:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL GZ IS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3059US-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LOOK AT UPCOMING ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. US-EU Political Director consultations in Brussels on July 13 discussed a broad agenda including summit follow-up, and compared notes on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Central Asia. EUR A/S Jones told the EU now is not the time to lift its arms embargo on China, and urged the EU, [...]
2004-07-19 07:11:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS ETRD MASS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3211EU HAS SOME QUESTIONS ON UPCOMING AHLC
[...] (C) Summary. The European Commission, which has the lead on AHLC issues, supports US goals for having the AHLC focus on Gaza withdrawal, but is skeptical of the proposed September date. The EC questions whether Israel will have an agreed, concrete withdrawal plan (or, possibly even a gover [...]
2004-07-28 15:54:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL IS KWBG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3772GYMNICH RESULTS ON BURMA, SUDAN, MIDDLE EAST AND
[...] (SBU) The EU Foreign Ministers' informal "Gymnich" meeting in Maastricht on September 3-4 proceeded as expected (reftel). The EU will go ahead with the Asia-EU (ASEM) Summit in Hanoi on October 7-9, as long as Burma attends at the FM or lower level, but the FMs also announced further sanction [...]
2004-09-08 05:02:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4625NEA A/S BURNS' CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) A/S Burns met October 22 with senior EU officials on the way back from his most recent trip to the region. Topics discused were Iraq, Iran, Forum for the Future (FFtF) preparations, and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). The EU outlined its plans to support elections in Iraq, and also [...]
2004-10-27 07:32:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KNNP IZ IR IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5195ENGAGING THE EU ON THE MIDDLE EAST IN 2005
[...] (C) The Middle East remains a nexus of friction between the United States and the European Union. Since 9/11, these differences have affected our ability to work together on Iraq, nuclear proliferation in Iran, Middle East Peace, and the promotion of broader reform in the region. The irony [...]
2004-12-09 12:24:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON MNUC XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DUBLIN1632IRISH RESPONSES ON PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (U) On October 28, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European correspondent. ---- Iraq ---- 2. (C) Keown noted that Member States' foreign ministers were preparing for November 2 discussions in Brussels on measures to support [...]
2004-10-29 14:23:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN
04HELSINKI1137GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...]
2004-09-02 14:58:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN
04HELSINKI1407FINLAND AND THE NOVEMBER 2 GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) We delivered the demarche points from Ref A-C messages to Leena Alto, deputy European Correspondent in the Finnish MFA, and to Jonna Partanen, Counselor in the Secretariat for EU Affairs in the office of PM Vanhanen. Alto and Partanen briefed us on the positions FM Tuomioja will be taking [...]
2004-11-01 15:39:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IZ IR RS SU FI EUN
04HELSINKI1547FINLAND: VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 13-14 GAERC
[...] (U) We met with Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Kimmo Lahdevirta to discuss the agenda for next week's GAERC meeting and the European Council meeting to follow. Finnish views, by issue: 2. (C) China Arms Embargo: Lahdevirta said his understanding is that the EU has reached consensus on revisi [...]
2004-12-10 14:28:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC XF CH HR IR TU UP FI EUN EU GAERC
04JERUSALEM171HOW HAMAS IS WORKING TO REPLACE THE PA AND THE PLO
[...] (C) Summary: A range of Palestinian thinkers and activists are reporting that Hamas is moving with unprecedented boldness to establish itself as an alternative leadership to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PLO. Hamas leaders are publicly arguing that stalled roadmap implementation, the w [...]
2004-01-20 05:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
04MADRID1871NEA A/S BURNS IN MADRID
[...] (C) NEA A/S William Burns paid a five-hour visit to Madrid May 18, meeting with President Zapatero's new National Security Advisor, Carlos Casajuana, and the new Deputy Foreign Minister, Bernardino Leon. The Spanish expressed a desire to work with the US on such issues as encouraging better [...]
2004-05-24 11:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL SP MO AG IZ
04MANAMA572FEISTY FOREIGN MINISTER FLAGS NECESSITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 12:53:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA
04MANAMA612DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S APRIL 19-20 MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Deputy Secretary Armitage, King Hamad and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman pledged their government's full commitment to its strategic alliance with the US. The King and Crown Prince stressed the need to immediately restore order in Iraq with the selection of a stro [...]
2004-04-28 14:28:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL BA
04ROME1707ITALY SEEKS ACTIVE QUARTET ROLE IN GAZA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy would like to see a "substantial" statement emerge from the May 4 meeting of Quartet foreign ministers and would like the Quartet to assume a more active role. The Italian MFA is circulating a non-paper (text in para 5) calling for more robust Quartet and EU activity to [...]
2004-04-30 15:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IS GZ IT MEPP
04ROME1757 ITALIANS STILL OPPOSED TO PALESTINIAN UNGA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY REMAINS OPPOSED TO THE UN PALESTINIAN OBSERVER'S RESOLUTION REGARDING MISSION STATUS AND CONTINUES WORKING TO CONVINCE ITS EU PARTNERS NOT EVEN TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PALESTINIANS. SOME EU MEMBERS, HOWEVER, VIEW THE NEW VERSION MORE FAVORABLY. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) POLOFF [...]
2004-05-05 16:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPAL IS IT UNGA PREL
04ROME4180ITALIAN POSITIONS ON NOVEMBER 2 GAERC AGENDA
[...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo told poloff that the PSC was busy preparing documentation on Iraq for the GAERC and follow-on Council meeting. He also confirmed that Iraqi PM Allawi will have lunch with the Council at 25 plus 3 on November 5. Member States are firming up an econ [...]
2004-10-28 16:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT EUN
04ROME4404EU STRATEGY ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE: ITALIAN VIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Middle East director outlined the state of discussion among EU members for an initiative on Israeli-Palestinian peace. Italy is seeking to insert stronger messages to the initiatives: for Israel, the need to publicly declare readiness for negotiation, and for the Pale [...]
2004-11-17 16:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIS IT KPAL PREL EUN
04ROME902MUBARAK IN ITALY: GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Italian PM and President urged Mubarak to take a more open stance towards the Greater Middle East Initiative, noting Italy's support and the likely endorsement of the EU and NATO for the concept. Mubarak was careful not to rule out Arab participation in the initiative, but arg [...]
2004-03-08 14:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEG IT PREL XE ITALIAN POLITICS
04TELAVIV1276ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-02 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1291PEACE NOW CHIEF SKEPTICAL BUT SUPPORTIVE OF PM'S
[...] (C) Summary: The head of Peace Now told Embassy econoff that he welcomed the PM's initiative calling for the unilateral dismantling of settlements in the Gaza Strip and some in the West Bank. Peace Now is skeptical, however, about the PM's seriousness and cautioned the U.S. to look at the ac [...]
2004-03-02 16:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
04TELAVIV1315ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Performance of Ariel Sharon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum: -In its expansive lead story, Maariv revealed that Shimon Cohen, Tenenbaum's father-in-law, was PM Sharon's agricultural ins [...]
2004-03-03 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1336ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC POLICIES GET HIGH MARKS AT THE
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S. delegation to the 2004 U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group meeting in Jerusalem (JEDG),led by Under Secretary Larson and Treasury Under Secretary Taylor, expressed satisfaction with the steps the Government of Israel has taken to implement the government's ec [...]
2004-03-04 09:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1351ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Performance of PM Sharon's Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum and the fallout from Maariv's revelations about PM Sharon's alleged connection with Tenenbaum's [...]
2004-03-04 12:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1353RUSSIAN ENVOY LOOKS TO UPCOMING QUARTET MEETING TO
[...] (C) Russian Special Middle East Envoy Kalugin, just back from a trip to Saudi Arabia, told the Ambassador March 3 that the Saudis "made some nice noises" about working with Arab League partners in an effort to recommit to the Beirut Arab League declaration, the roadmap, UNSCR 1515 endorsing the [...]
2004-03-04 13:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL RS XF IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1394SHARON DENIES PERSONAL MOTIVATIONS IN TENNENBAUM
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon and his staff have forcefully denied the explosive March 3 "Ma'ariv" story impugning his motives in the handling of the release of Elhanan Tennenbaum as part of the Hizballah prisoner exchange. Contrary to the paper's allegation that Sharon was influenced b [...]
2004-03-05 16:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1408ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-08 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1451MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA PULL-OUT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We assess that the threshold for IDF conventional ground force action in Gaza following a complete Israeli withdrawal, including from the Philadelphia Strip, would be substantially elevated. The loss of IDF-secured roads, fortified bases and settlements, and diminished IDF tactic [...]
2004-03-09 07:50:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KPAL MOPS PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1452POLITICAL/INSITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is unlikely to result either in substantial security turmoil or significant improvement in PA governance in the short-to-medium term. Unlike in the West Bank, the IDF does not maintain a presence within Gaza popul [...]
2004-03-09 07:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL KDEM EAID ECON PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1453ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF GAZA PULL-OUT
[...] (C) Summary: We assess that an Israeli pull-out from the Gaza Strip in and of itself will not result in any major improvements in economic and humanitarian conditions in Gaza over the short to medium term. The manner in which the pull-out is executed could have an economic impact: leaving in [...]
2004-03-09 07:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1455VIOLENT WEEKEND IN GAZA - IS THIS THE STORM BEFORE
[...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, March 6, four suicide bombers who were apparently en route to Erez crossing detonated prematurely, killing themselves and two PA security officers. Eighteen persons were injured as a result of the explosion and/or return fire from the IDF. On Sunday March 7, the IDF [...]
2004-03-09 08:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1466ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Channel 2-TV reported that PM Sharon is "enraged" with IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon, whom he accuses of having caused "enormous" damage and of "blatantly intervening in pol [...]
2004-03-09 12:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1496ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] The requesters hope to obtain Cypriot citizenship and a EU passport. Yediot reported that Israel has asked the U.S. to allow El Al to fly over Iraq to reach its Far East destinations, which would save the company's planes two to three hours of travel. Ha'aretz (English Ed.) published a L [...]
2004-03-10 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1538ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Sharon is slated to meet today in Jerusalem with the three U.S. diplomatic envoys (Stephen Hadley and Elliott Abrams from the White Hou [...]
2004-03-11 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1575ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] March 11 Madrid Bombings 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- led with the multiple, almost simultaneous bombings in Madrid on Thursday morning, in which 198 people were killed and ove [...]
2004-03-12 11:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1587SHINUI SCIENCE MINISTER MAKES CASE AGAINST
[...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Science and Technology (and Shinui MK) Eliezer Sandberg outlined his opposition to unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, adding his view that the Israeli public is moving in that direction as well. Sandberg cited three reasons for his opp [...]
2004-03-12 15:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG TSPL PINR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1598ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Madrid Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- With Yediot and Maariv devoting their entire front pages to the event, all media led with Sunday afternoon's double bombings at Ashdod Port, one of the most sensiti [...]
2004-03-15 12:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1611UNUSUAL FACTORS IN ASHDOD BOMBINGS INVITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several atypical elements of Sunday's dual suicide bombing at the Ashdod port have led Israelis to worry that Hamas and Fatah meant what they said when they announced that the attack, for which the two groups claimed responsibility, signalled a new phase in the Intifada. The atta [...]
2004-03-15 15:14:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER KWBG ASEC PREL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
04TELAVIV1621ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism 3. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post reported that Deputy State Department Spokesman J. Adam Ereli condemned the double Ashdod bombings in the stronge [...]
2004-03-16 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1632FOG REMAINS FOLLOWING SHARON WIN ON VAGUE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Following a vaguely-worded speech that was supposed to be about his disengagement plan, PM Sharon turned a March 15 Knesset vote on that speech into a so-called "vote of confidence" on his government -- which he won 46-45, with 29 members absent. The vote, however c [...]
2004-03-16 16:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1638SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While reaffirming his preference for the roadmap, PM Sharon told Codel Levin on March 14 that he would not "negotiate" with the PA prior to Gaza withdrawal, which he termed a security, not political, solution. Asked what sort of U.S. support he is seeking, the PM said only that he [...]
2004-03-17 08:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1643HOME DEMOLITIONS IN GAZA - HIGH HUMANITARIAN TOLL
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: Humanitarian conditions in Rafah rank among the worst in the Palestinian territories. In the past three years, over 10,000 persons in Rafah have been made homeless by IDF home demolitions. The donor community has spent millions of dollars responding to this ongoing huma [...]
2004-03-17 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON GZ IS KWBG PHUM PREF PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV1644ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-17 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1661SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN THAT SYRIA TRACK CAN WAIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon told Codel Levin that Israel should "finish negotiations" with the Palestinians before turning to the Syrian track. While expressing a willingness to negotiate without preconditions with Bashar, the PM said Syria would first have to dismantle terrorist organizations and [...]
2004-03-17 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1677ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's disengagement plan: -Leading media (Ha'aretz, citing GOI sources) reported that Wednesday Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and other senior security officials [...]
2004-03-18 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1689TRANSPORT MINISTER LIEBERMAN SLAMS SHARON IN
[...] (C) Summary. Transportation Minister and National Union leader Avigdor Lieberman on March 17: -- Called PM Sharon and his unilateral disengagement plan "a failure," which was not supported by the majority of Israelis and which appeared to give in to terror; -- Said the National Union would b [...]
2004-03-19 07:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1698ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jordanian King Abdullah paid a secret visit to Prime Minister's Ariel Sharon Shikmim ranch, Ha'aretz and Yediot reported. The media noted that there are no de [...]
2004-03-19 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1706ZEVULUN ORLEV, MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Zevulun Orlev, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, is a moderate member of the rightist National Religious Party (NRP). He has primarily focused on domestic affairs and internal NRP machinations. Orlev has endeavored to move the NRP into a moderate position in order to prove that it is [...]
2004-03-19 14:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1721ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Assassination of Hamas Leader Ahmed Yassin 2. Mideast 3. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio, followed by the other electronic media, reported that at around 5:30 this morning, Hamas leade [...]
2004-03-22 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1741PM SHARON BANKING ON U.S. TO SAVE DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Following PM Sharon's March 21 meeting with Likud ministers to discuss his disengagement plan, it appears that the Prime Minister may lack the necessary Likud ministerial support for the plan to pass a cabinet vote. Pundits and Embassy political contacts say the PM will need to s [...]
2004-03-22 16:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1742HAMAS CHARGES USG CULPABILITY IN YASIN KILLING;
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Hamas leaders have responded to the IAF's assassination of Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin March 22 by vowing retaliation against Israel and blaming the USG, saying &The Zionists did not take such a step without the approval of the terrorist U.S. Administration. Therefore, it [...]
2004-03-22 16:51:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKWBG KPAL PREL PTER GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV1830ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Dov Weisglass, senior aide to PM Sharon, asked National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, in talks he held with her over the past two days, fo [...]
2004-03-25 12:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1845SHARON'S CABINET SECRETARY DOES THE MATH AND
[...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Secretary Israel Maimon predicted to Ambassador Kurtzer March 23 that the present government would not last long. He cited as evidence of "the beginning of the end" the Shas-sponsored no-confidence motion the previous day -- hastily withdrawn to show solidarity after the [...]
2004-03-25 14:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1866ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Blair in Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Thursday in Washington, the date of PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. was set as April 14. Jerusalem Post (lead story) and Ha'aretz reported that Sharon's bure [...]
2004-03-26 10:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1896ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-29 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1906SHARON INDICTMENT RECOMMENDATION NO SURPRISE; MOST
[...] (C) Summary: The long-anticipated word this past weekend that State Prosecutor Edna Arbel intends to recommend indictment of PM Sharon on bribery charges leaves unchanged for now the calculus that PM Sharon, if thick-skinned enough, can manage his legal and political problems, and remain in o [...]
2004-03-29 13:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1920ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying Monday that if some coalition partners leave the government when he presents his disengagement plan to the cabinet after returnin [...]
2004-03-30 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1934ISRAELI OFFICIALS DISCUSS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings that took place in the hours following the Sheikh Yassin assassination, USD Dov Zakheim discussed the targeted killing and Gaza disengagement with Ministers Olmert and Mofaz and MKs Steinetz and Sneh. (Selected GOI comments from these meetings reported reftels.) Mofaz [...]
2004-03-30 14:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL PGOV MARR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1940ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Withdrawal Plan 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night PM Sharon promised at the Likud convention that registered Likud members would get to vote on his Gaza disengagemen [...]
2004-03-31 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1941LABOR'S ENTRY TO COALITION COULD HINGE ON
[...] (C) Summary: In the face of a possible bribery indictment against PM Sharon, speculation has begun over whether Labor will put on hold any plans to take the place of the right-wing parties in Sharon's coalition if they eventually bolt over Gaza withdrawal (reftel). Before the State Prosecuto [...]
2004-03-31 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1952ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED
[...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here as an official guest of the Foreign Ministry in his current capacity as Director of the Baker Institute, heard that the regional strategic situation faced by [...]
2004-03-31 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1953SHARON'S LIKUD REFERENDUM LIKELY TO STYMIE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon's decision to take his unilateral disengagement plan to a referendum of the full 200,000-strong Likud membership, a body more moderate than its leadership, reinforces his hand in dealing with Likud and other-party ministers and Knesset members who oppose withdrawal. The [...]
2004-03-31 15:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1962ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-01 10:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1970BEILIN BINDS NEW YAHAD PARTY TO GENEVA ACCORD
[...] (C) Summary: New Yahad Party leader Yossi Beilin left no doubt that Yahad and the Geneva Accord are joined at the hip when accord co-author Yasser Ahmed Rabbo sat center stage with Beilin at the party's founding ceremonies on March 31. Copies of the accord and Yahad's basic covenant were both [...]
2004-04-01 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV IS GOI INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV2021ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-02 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2031IN PASSOVER INTERVIEWS, SHARON WARNS ARAFAT,
[...] (SBU) Israel's three major dailies previewed April 2 the separate Passover interviews with PM Sharon that each will publish on April 5. The previews highlighted three of Sharon's themes: -- Targeting Arafat and Nasrallah: In the wake of Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Yassin, [...]
2004-04-02 11:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG PGOV IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2034PERES: LABOR READY TO JOIN LIKUD COALITION
[...] (C) Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres told Ambassador Kurtzer unequivocally April 2 that Labor "could not stay out" of the coalition if and when PM Sharon invites Labor to join. Responding to a scenario where Sharon loses the two right-wing coalition partners over a cabinet vote on unilater [...]
2004-04-02 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2063ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon was quoted as saying in a Passover-eve interview with Israel Radio: "Those who kill Jews and order to kill Jews because of the fact they are Jews deserve to [...]
2004-04-05 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2079ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...]
2004-04-07 12:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2119ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the situation in Iraq. (Maariv's banner: "America in Trouble"; banners in Yediot and Hatzofe evoke the "Iraqi quagmire.") At least 150 Iraqis and 40 Americans were [...]
2004-04-08 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2156ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. Sharon left Israel last night. He is expected to meet with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice today and with President Bush Wed [...]
2004-04-13 11:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2189ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-14 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2199REACTION TO BUSH-SHARON MEETING: SHARON GOT WHAT
[...] (C) Summary: Key Likud disengagement supporters and the major media are declaring PM Sharon victorious after learning of the assurances Sharon received in his April 14 meeting with President Bush. They also assess that Sharon obtained what he needs from the U.S. to push his disengagement plan [...]
2004-04-15 10:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV2200ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-15 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2206OMRI SHARON SEES HARD WORK AHEAD ON DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) PM Sharon's son and Likud MK, Omri Sharon, told poloff on April 14 -- before the PM's White House meeting -- that the main problem facing the pro-disengagement campaign is getting enough Likud members out to vote in the May 2 Likud referendum on the unilateral withdrawal plan. Sharon wor [...]
2004-04-15 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2207THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #71, APRIL 15, 1700
[...] (SBU) Summary. IDF forces detained settlers during the evacuation of Havat Maon outpost April 14. IDF forces clashed with Palestinian protesters at Biddu April 14 and 15, and roughly 3,000 people demonstrated in Ramallah in support of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti. In the Gaza Strip, [...]
2004-04-15 16:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2227ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-16 12:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2231POLLS SHOW DISENGAGEMENT PLAN WINNING LIKUD
[...] (C) Polls conducted after the April 14 meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon show Sharon's disengagement plan winning a majority of Likud voter support. Major media analysts, however, noted that intervening events -- such as a significant terrorist attack or FinMin Benyamin Netanyahu's [...]
2004-04-16 13:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2242ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Holocaust Memorial Day events, which started last night and will continue through tonight. Sunday, all media led with the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz [...]
2004-04-19 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2249PERCEPTIONS OF U.S. "GREEN LIGHT" FUEL ANGER AT
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts throughout the Gaza Strip all concurred that the April 17 assassination of Hamas leader Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi the March 22 assassination of Shaykh Ahmad Yasin and the Bush-Sharon summit were being viewed as a cumulative series of actions against the Palestinian people. [...]
2004-04-19 15:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2250SHARON SECURES KEY LIKUD MINISTERS' SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. PM Sharon has lined up key Likud ministers behind his disengagement plan and set the stage for victory in the May 2 Likud referendum. In the process, Sharon stretched to their full measure USG assurances regarding Israeli retention of West Bank settlement blocs, Israel's right [...]
2004-04-19 17:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2256LIKUD MK SA'AR OPPOSES WITHDRAWAL PLAN BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar told poloff on April 18 that he will quietly oppose PM Sharon's disengagement plan even though he is certain that the plan will win a majority in the May 2 Likud referendum. Sa'ar objects to the plan since it requires withdrawing from Gaza and four northern [...]
2004-04-20 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2259ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Release of Mordechai Vanunu 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major Hebrew media bannered the release of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, which will take place tomorrow. Several media reported that Monda [...]
2004-04-20 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2261PERES TELLS CODEL ISSA "NO GUARANTEE THE FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: Labor leader Shimon Peres told CODEL Issa April 16 that the United States should be promoting modernization in the Middle East -- rather than democratization -- as the best means for furthering the U.S. agenda in the region. Peres recommended using business and investment as key [...]
2004-04-20 13:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2293PEACE NOW DIRECTOR: NETANYAHU AND SHARON FINAGLE
[...] (C) Summary: Peace Now Director Yariv Oppenheimer told poloff on April 20 that PM Sharon and FinMin Netanyahu both know that prior GOI decisions on the fence route leave the Ariel settlement outside the main separation barrier, thereby not meeting Netanyahu's demand that it be fully on the "I [...]
2004-04-21 13:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2324ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-22 13:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2328SHARON TELLS KNESSET NO USG ASSURANCES WITHOUT
[...] (C) With an April 21 poll showing only 44-percent-to-40-percent Likud majority support for his disengagement plan, down from a week ago, an energized PM Sharon told a special Knesset session on April 22 that USG assurances on right of return and retention of settlements are tied to fulfillmen [...]
2004-04-22 15:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV2335KEY MINISTERS AND WEISSGLAS REVIEW POTUS-SHARON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 20 meetings with U/S Bolton and the Ambassador, Olmert and Weissglas said there is still a chance to keep the GOI coalition together, even if disengagement moves forward. However, Minister Lieberman, leader of one of the right-wing parties that is expected to bolt, told t [...]
2004-04-22 15:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2347ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program 3. Release of Mordechai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited PM Sharon's downplaying, in a speech to the Knesset Thursday, of the upcoming Likud referendum on his disengagement plan. [...]
2004-04-23 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2352EREZ INDUSTRIAL ESTATE: DAYS MAY BE LIMITED
[...] (C) Summary: On April 21, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported that the IDF may close the Erez Industrial Estate (EIE) in response to a spate of recent terror attacks at the zone. GOI officials told Gaza Econoff that the GOI is split over whether the EIE should continue operating both in the [...]
2004-04-23 13:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV2353ROLE OF WORLD BANK IN GAZA DISENGAGEMENT PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: On Tuesday, April 20, USAID/West Bank and Gaza Director Garber and Deputy Director Ellis, met with Nigel Roberts, World Bank Country Director. The meeting focused on the Bank's current thinking regarding Gaza disengagement and the Bank's specific plans for organizing an assessm [...]
2004-04-23 13:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2356LEAKED PURPORTED FEASIBILITY STUDY ON GAZA
[...] (C) Y-Net, the website affiliated with mass-circulation Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth, on April 22 published a leaked version of a reportedly Israeli NSC-drafted feasibility study on Gaza settlement relocation. The document is less than the title promises; it is not so much a feasibility study [...]
2004-04-23 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
04TELAVIV2360EU ENVOY'S THOUGHTS ON WITHDRAWAL, INTERNATIONALS'
[...] (C) EU Special Envoy Marc Otte told Ambassador Kurtzer April 23 that European officials are beginning efforts to identify steps that will allow the Palestinians to succeed following an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. He agreed that the international community can identify appropriate roles and [...]
2004-04-23 14:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2382SHARON OPTIONS IN REFERENDUM RUN-UP
[...] (C) With six days to go until Likud's May 2 referendum on his disengagement plan, inaction by three nominally supportive but reluctant key Likud ministers, and narrowing but still winning poll numbers, PM Sharon has available a menu of tactics from which to draw. Most Israeli poll results co [...]
2004-04-26 14:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2412ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] April 27 Damascus Attack 2. Mideast 3. Israel-Hizbullah Deal 4. Cyprus ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported that the U.S. Administration is inclined to present Jordan's King Abdullah II a "balancin [...]
2004-04-28 12:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2421POLLING LULL AND ANTI-WITHDRAWAL DEMONSTRATION
[...] (C) The brief vacuum of polling results, with private and public polls of Likud voters not expected until April 29 and 30 respectively, and the large-scale April 27 anti-disengagement demonstration in Gaza, have increased speculation by media pundits and politicos about whether PM Sharon's d [...]
2004-04-28 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2470ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-30 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2473THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #81; APRIL 30, 2004
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF troops killed one Palestinian during a clash with stone throwers, and another Palestinian woman reportedly died of tear gas inhalation in a separate incident. An IDF incursion team demolished houses throughout the West Bank, including 11 south of Hebron. [...]
2004-04-30 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV6071ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with last night's defeat of PM Sharon in the Knesset vote on the 2005 state budget, which was rejected 69-43. Eight Knesset members were absent. Only Likud [...]
2004-12-02 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6103ISRAEL CONCERNED ABOUT ILLEGAL WATER WELLS ON WEST
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli officials are concerned about water wells on the West Bank that have not been approved by the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Commission. They see the illegal wells as a bad precedent for Gaza disengagement, West Bank withdrawal, and eventual negotiations on water issues [...]
2004-12-03 15:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID IS KWBG PGOV PREL SENV ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6121ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the release Sunday of Azzam Azzam, the Israeli Druze who was convicted of espionage in Egypt, where he was spent eight years in jail. He was exchanged [...]
2004-12-06 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6200ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. has no information regarding the achievement of a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, as indicated in reports comin [...]
2004-12-08 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6259PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas (see septel),an obviously exhausted Labor Party leader Shimon Peres stressed to the Ambassador the depth of his own problems in [...]
2004-12-10 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6285PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas (see septel),an obviously exhausted Labor Party leader Shimon Peres stressed to the Ambassador the depth of his own problems in [...]
2004-12-13 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6286ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Israeli soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the Gaza Strip Sunday when a booby-trapped tunnel blew up under an IDF outpost nea [...]
2004-12-13 12:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6335ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-14 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6368ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6385EILAND SHARES VIEWS ON THE PALESTINIAN SUCCESSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland told Codel Hagel/Biden that the GOI is trying to avoid repeating the "mistakes" it made when PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was prime minister in 2003. In order to help Abbas succeed this time, the GOI, he said, will have to be "more flexible" ab [...]
2004-12-16 09:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6407PERES TELLS CODEL BLUNT IMPORTANT FOR U.S. TO
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 13 meeting, Labor Party leader Shimon Peres told Codel Blunt that he hoped Likud and Labor would form a new coalition to avoid early elections and the consequent postponement of implementation of Gaza disengagement. Peres noted that with Yasser Arafat's death and t [...]
2004-12-16 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6416ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying at the Herzliya Conference last night that 2005 will be a "year of great opportunity" for Israel, and that the disengagement plan is t [...]
2004-12-17 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6453WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN TUNNELERS RESCUED ALIVE;
[...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 11 Palestinians were killed and another 49 were wounded in clashes that erupted during an IDF incursion into the Khan Yunis December 17-18 intended to stop mortar and rocket fire on Israeli and Israeli settler towns. Some 127 families (600 people) fled their homes dur [...]
2004-12-20 15:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6498GUSH KATIF FARMERS SHORT-HANDED FOR HIGH SEASON AS
[...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, December 18, the visiting Thai Labor Minister and the Thai Ambassador to Israel met with 150 Thai agricultural workers in Gush Katif and encouraged them to leave the settlement for security reasons. The meeting resulted in over 80 workers tentatively agreeing to depa [...]
2004-12-22 09:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG ECON IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6502ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night the IDF entered the Khan Yunis refugee camp, from which it had pulled out three days ago, in order to neutralize mortars and Qassam r [...]
2004-12-22 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...]
2004-12-23 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6564ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Monday, all media bannered the deadly tsunami that hit South Asian coasts on Sunday, saying that dozens of Israelis in the area are unaccounted for, especially in south [...]
2004-12-27 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6632NETANYAHU AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: CoDel Lieberman met with Minister of Finance Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, December 28 to discuss elements of the Ministry's economic reform package, as well as prospects for advancing the peace process in the wake of Arafat's death and the rise of a new PA leadership. On the [...]
2004-12-29 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6650SHARON: OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE PROGRESS EXISTS, BUT
[...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon told Sen. Lieberman December 27 that he is confident of forming a new coalition government soon. He said the Left in Israel cannot implement disengagement and has never removed an Israeli settlement; and the Right is against disengagement and removal of settlements. [...]
2004-12-30 08:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6655ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Year of Truth" Columnist Ari Shavit wrote in left-leaning, independent Ha'aretz (December 30): "The two events that best define the outgoing year took place toward its end: On Tuesday, October 26, the Israeli parliament adopted the disengagement plan, and on Monday, November 12, the Palest [...]
2004-12-30 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6657AMBASSADOR AND GAZAN BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met December 23 with Pepsi Gaza CEO Mohammed Yazgi, Gaza Bus Company President Mohammed Abu Ramadan, and engineer and insurance company head Ahed Bseiso -- three Gazan businessmen who also lead the private enterprise organizations PalTrade and the Palestinian Bus [...]
2004-12-30 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6669SHIMON PERES SAYS ECONOMIC AID NEEDED TO STABILIZE
[...] (C) Summary: Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres told Codel Lieberman and the Ambassador December 27 that the Palestinian humanitarian situation is "quite serious," and acknowledged that Israel has a "window of opportunity" to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Calling the Palestinian [...]
2004-12-30 14:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04THEHAGUE2138INFORMAL EU FOREIGN MINSTERS MEETING (GYMNICH),
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner told emboffs that although the Gymnich agenda must remain open until very shortly before the meeting, he expects that it will cover ASEM, the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, the Balkans, and the Sudan. On ASEM the Dutch are looking [...]
2004-08-26 15:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2777NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS FOR NOV 2 GAERC
[...] (U) Summary. MFA Deputy Directors Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) and Dirk Oldenburg (European Integration) briefed emboffs Oct 28th on expectations for the Nov 2 GAERC and the Nov 5 European Council. The GAERC will focus primarily on preparations for the Council, so [...]
2004-10-29 09:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE787AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 24 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on March 24. They discussed Iraq, Afghanistan, the Greater Middle East, the March 22-23 EU GAERC meetings and China human rights issues. Siblesz said a new UNSCR would help the government secure broad support [...]
2004-03-26 05:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM IZ AF IR CH NL
04VATICAN1548VATICAN RAISES CONCERNS ON PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT,
[...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Israel Franco Coppola told Poloff April 16 that the Holy See had concerns about both the Presidential statement issued April 14 and PM Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan. Coppola said that the USG's consent for Israel to keep some parts of the West Bank it has oc [...]
2004-04-21 05:31:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KWBG PREL VT
04VATICAN2058DAS SATTERFIELD REVIEWS MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ WITH
[...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Satterfield reviewed U.S. policy in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, Middle East reform and Syria in a May 17 meeting with Holy See Deputy FM equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin. Satterfield described the Israeli-Palestinian dispute a [...]
2004-05-26 09:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL IS VT IZ
05ABUDHABI231ASD RODMAN MEETS UAE MINDEF MOHAMMED BIN RASHID
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR),ASD Rodman expressed USG appreciation for UAE's contributions to our counter-terror and counter-proliferation efforts. In response to a question on Iraq, ASD Rodman outli [...]
2005-01-16 04:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS MARR PREL IR IQ TC
05ABUDHABI3272SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, GAZA, SAUDI BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 24, UAE Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan and Ambassador discussed UAE attention to halting the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq; Abdullah's planned travel to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al Asad; Gaza disengagement and the UAE [...]
2005-07-26 09:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER UNSC PHUM PINR EAID SY IZ GZ SA
05ABUDHABI3829 MEDIA REACTION:UAE DENIAL, WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA, KATRINA
[...] SUMMARY: UAE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS TO SEND URGENT RELIEF TO THE VICTIMS OF KATRINA AND UAE'S OFFICIAL DENIAL OF REPORTS IN THE ISRAELI PRESS REGARDING THE OPENING OF A REPRESENTATIONAL OFFICE IN DUBAI RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE UAE'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. "AL-ITTIHAD" DAILY URGED [...]
2005-09-07 15:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4045MBZ ON IRAQ, EXTREMISM, PALESTINIANS, SAUDIS
[...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Ambassador and a visiting delegation led by retired U.S. four-star generals over dinner September 20 that he expected the Iraqi people would approve a new Constitution on October 15. MbZ reiterated his support for former [...]
2005-09-25 10:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IZ IR SA SY PK TC
05ABUDHABI4905UAE ANNOUNCES INDIRECT ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced December 1 that indirect elections will be held for half of the Federal National Council (FNC),with the other half being appointed. This move had been anticipated, and in fact promised by UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Mi [...]
2005-12-02 14:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IZ AE
05ABUDHABI5129GCC SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE: IRAN ESCAPES CONDEMNATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council concluded its 29th annual summit in Abu Dhabi December 19 by expressing support for Iraq's December 15 elections, condemning the assassinations of "Lebanese symbols and leaders," calling for a Middle East weapons of mass destruction-free zone, and urgi [...]
2005-12-20 13:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ SY LE IS AE
05ALGIERS1766SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES AND UN
[...] (C) During their August 18 meeting, President Bouteflika and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Richard Lugar discussed Morocco and the Western Sahara (ref A),U.S.-Algerian bilateral relations, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, the coup in Mau [...]
2005-08-21 16:40:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER XF AG UNSC US
05AMMAN1063MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-08 12:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN1099MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-09 11:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN1945MULKI VISIT WARMS JORDANIAN-ISRAELI TIES; CALLS
[...] (C) During a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank March 5-6, Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Mulki announced that Jordan would "intensify its mediating role" between Israelis and Palestinians. Mulki said the Palestinians agreed to accept the dispatch of a Jordanian-trained Palestinian for [...]
2005-03-08 14:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KISL PTER IS SY LE JO
05AMMAN2474POTENTIAL CUTS TO REFUGEE "SAFETY NETS" IN GAZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With donors currently providing only 20 percent of its requested emergency funds (and earmarking them heavily to rebuild demolished refugee housing in Rafah),UNRWA believes it will be forced to scale back its emergency food and employment programs -- which support fully three-f [...]
2005-03-24 16:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA
05AMMAN2531CODEL PELOSI MEETS WITH PRINCE FAISAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Pelosi engaged Regent Prince Faisal in a wide-ranging discussion centered primarily on Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects, the potential for Iraqi stabilization, and developments in Lebanon. Faisal provided the delegation with his perspectives on Iranian interests in the r [...]
2005-03-28 08:58:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL ECON JO
05AMMAN2800UNRWA TO LAUNCH NEW GOI DISENGAGEMENT RESPONSE PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Commissioner General Peter Hansen's departure from UNRWA has kick-started the UN agency's stalled effort to develop a disengagement response plan for the Palestinian refugee community, which comprises about 60 percent of the population of Gaza and 29 percent of the pop [...]
2005-04-05 06:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA
05AMMAN2918UNRWA SEEKS DIRECT ROLE IN DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Karen Abu Zayd, Acting Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),called on Ambassador Kurtzer and Consul General David Pearce in separate April 5 meetings to review the modifications UNRWA is making to both [...]
2005-04-11 10:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA
05AMMAN3126GOJ WELCOMES NEWS OF PARTIAL PRISONER RELEASE,
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Farouq al-Qasrawi welcomed Israel's announcement on April 17 that it will release nine Jordanian prisoners currently held in Israel as a "positive and good step in the right direction." However, he emphasized that Jordan remained committed to bringing all of the prisoner [...]
2005-04-18 15:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
05AMMAN4370THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRIME MINISTER QURAYA'
[...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met with Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ahmed Quraya' May 20 at 5 p.m. at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, on the margins of the World Economic Forum, in Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Wilson Deputy Spokesman E [...]
2005-06-02 13:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KPAL KWBG IS
05AMMAN4593UNRWA REFORM: STAKEHOLDER MEETING ADVANCES DONOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leadership change at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),combined with coordinated donor pressure, turned that agency's latest (May 17-20) round of stakeholder consultations in Amman into a rare debate on the role UNRWA should play in de [...]
2005-06-08 15:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV EAID KPAL IS JO UNRWA
05AMMAN49MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, TSUNAMI AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-04 11:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN5195WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud and his Senior Advisor Bill Behrens held meetings on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea (May 20-22) with numerous businessmen and Government of Jordan (GOJ) leaders who repeated posit [...]
2005-06-28 14:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL JO
05AMMAN5387FOREIGN MINISTER QASRAWI ON UN REFORM, OTHER ISSUES
[...] (U) Charge met with Jordanian FM Qasrawi on July 5 and discussed the following subjects: UN REFORM --------- 2. (C) Charge explained USG positions (ref A) on the various aspects of UN reform, and Qasrawi answered each in turn, spending most of the time discussing Security Council reform. [...]
2005-07-06 12:24:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL KPAL JO
05AMMAN5519STAFFDEL TALWAR AND FM QASRAWI DISCUSS GAZA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 9 meeting, Jordanian Foreign Minister Farouk Qasrawi shared with Senior Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar (SFRC) and Charge his opinions on regional issues. The upcoming Gaza withdrawal, Qasrawi felt, should be followed up with further Israeli withdrawals and a co [...]
2005-07-12 04:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ECON JO IZ
05AMMAN5601MEDIA REACTION ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-14 10:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN6137MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-01 10:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN6238JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH HOSTS PA PRESIDENT ABU MAZEN
[...] (C) Summary. According to a Jordanian official, PA President Abu Mazen expressed to King Abdullah his commitment to a smooth Gaza withdrawal, but voiced frustration with the stance of Israeli PM Ariel Sharon. The King proposed the formation of a committee of Arab foreign ministers to provide s [...]
2005-08-03 14:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL JO
05AMMAN6399MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 13:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN6407GAZA WITHDRAWAL - WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR JORDAN
[...] (C) Senior Jordanian officials continue to do their part to promote a smooth Gaza withdrawal. In statements following his meetings with Abu Mazen, Quartet envoy Wolfensohn, and Israeli Defense Minister Mofaz, the King stressed the importance of supporting Abu Mazen to consolidate control of [...]
2005-08-10 03:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
05AMMAN6413MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-10 09:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN6447ENSURING A PEACEFUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 12:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL GZ IS JO
05AMMAN6496MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND GAZA WITHDRAWAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 08:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN6535MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA WITHDRAWAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-16 11:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN6568CODEL KING MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel King met with Saad Khayr, the King's National Security Advisor, General Mohammed Al-Eitan, Director of the Public Security Directorate (PSD),and Major General Samih Asfura, Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) during their visit to Amman on August 2. Discu [...]
2005-08-17 11:13:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KPAL OREP IZ JO
05AMMAN6742DEMONSTRATORS DENOUNCE "THREAT" TO AL AQSA
[...] (U) Summary. Around 1000 Jordanians peacefully marched in Amman on August 19 to "defend" the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The demonstrators, who had received GOJ approval for the event, shouted anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans in addition to condemning the U.S. presence in Iraq. A smalle [...]
2005-08-22 06:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KISL ASEC IZ JO
05AMMAN6751MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 11:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN6835MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 10:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN7522VISIT OF HOWARD DEAN AND NATIONAL JEWISH
[...] (C) A delegation from the U.S. National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC),led by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and accompanied by three state Democratic party leaders, met separately September 17 with Prince Ali bin al Hussein (acting as Regent in the absence of King Abdul [...]
2005-09-20 06:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL KPAL KMPI EAID ECON PINR IS IZ JO
05AMMAN7525MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 08:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN8955MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM IN JORDAN AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO THE REGION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 12:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN9055JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL
[...] (U) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes CODEL Hagel to Jordan. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is not only one of our closest allies, but it is fully engaged in supporting our most important priorities in the region, including creating a free Iraq, fulfilling the President's vision of a two-state so [...]
2005-11-22 14:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER EAID ECON OREP JO
05AMMAN999MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-07 10:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05ANKARA132ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1802ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1832ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2230ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2524ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-03 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2690ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-10 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2938ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-24 13:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2968ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-25 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA325ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-18 15:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA348CODEL KYL 10 JANUARY MEETINGS WITH TGNA SPEAKER
[...] (C) Summary. On 10 January, a CODEL led by Senator Jon Kyl, including Senator Murkowski, Senator Martinez and Representative Adam Smith, met separately with Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Speaker Bulent Arinc and DPM/FM Abdullah Gul. Speaker Arinc noted Turkey's recent EU-oriented re [...]
2005-01-19 12:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS TU
05ANKARA4163ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-18 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA44ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-04 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4555ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-04 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4636ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 05:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4790ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 15:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4827ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 05:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4840ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4882ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-19 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4905ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5035ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-26 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5354ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5396ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-15 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5507ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-23 04:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5634TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF APNSA HADLEY
[...] Turkish media coverage of APNSA Hadley's September 23-25 visit to Ankara has generally been straightforward, accurate, and positive. Not surprisingly, most papers focused on Hadley's public remarks on the the need for the United States to do more to address Turkey's concerns about PKK terrori [...]
2005-09-27 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5825APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH PM ERDOGAN:
[...] (C) Summary: In a 90-minute meeting with APNSA Hadley on September 23, Turkish PM Erdogan spoke of the challenges in the Middle East and the need for concrete steps to promote democracy. In that context, he stressed his theme of building personal relations with leaders of Turkey's neighbors, [...]
2005-09-30 13:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS KPAL CY
05ANKARA68ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ AND MEPP
[...] (S) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary Bill Burns reconfirmed for senior Turkish MFA Middle East officials US commitment to the fulfillment of Iraq-wide elections on January 30, the establishment of an equitable government thereafter and the creation of an Iraqi security force able to take the l [...]
2005-01-05 16:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL OVIP TU
05ANKARA7138ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 16:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7158ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05BOGOTA8588MDA: COLOMBIA REITERATES SUPPORT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on September 7 to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Ignacio Ruiz. Poloff urged a strong statement at the Geneva consultations, noted the humanitarian goal of the Third Additional Protocol, and stressed that the time was right given the successful Gaza wi [...]
2005-09-13 00:16:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO
05BRUSSELS1542Gymnich Takes No Decision on China Arms,
[...] (SBU) The EU's informal "Gymnich" meeting of foreign ministers sought to place the EU-China relationship in a broader context, but the arms embargo issue loomed over the discussion. A Council staffer told us a consensus still exists within the EU to work on the issue, but a majority of member [...]
2005-04-19 10:30:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID MASS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1593COMMISSION AND COUNCIL EXPECT SHORT GAERC MEETING
[...] (U) A shorter than normal GAERC on April 25 is unlikely to take any significant decisions on external relations topics. On the Middle East, the GAERC is exepcted to issue Conclusions on the MEPP, Iraq and Lebanon. Africa discussion will focus on the Great Lakes, with any new decisions on Zimb [...]
2005-04-22 10:29:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1641APRIL 25 GAERC: EU FMS DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST,
[...] (SBU) EU FMs' April 25 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting went much as expected (REF A),with discussion moving briskly through the day's agenda prior to FMs leaving to attend the signing ceremony for the EU Accession Treaty of Romania and Bulgaria (REF B). The EU [...]
2005-04-26 15:05:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID LE IZ IS ZF ZI RU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2339UK PLANS FOR ITS EU PRESIDENCY: MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. According to UK mission staff in Brussels who cover Middle East issues, the UK hopes to use its July-December EU presidency to work closely with the U.S. in promoting a common agenda. On Iraq, the UK hopes the June 22 conference will help move the EU to do more on rule of law [...]
2005-06-16 15:56:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID UK XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS235READOUT OF EU HIGHREP SOLANA'S TRIP TO MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. EU Middle East Envoy Marc Otte told USEU that, as a result of his January 9-13 trip to the region, EU High Rep Solana sees possibilities and opportunities for positive changes in the election of Mahmoud Abbas as the new leader of the Palestinian Authority. In particular, Solana [...]
2005-01-19 17:10:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV PTER EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2735GAERC: EU FMs ASK SYRIA TO PROMOTE REGIONAL
[...] EU FM's in the July 18 GAERC urged Israel to exercise maximum self-restraint and the Palestinian Authority to take immediate and effective action against those involved in terrorist attacks. They called on Syria to take action to promote regional stability, including by supporting the legiti [...]
2005-07-19 14:07:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SY LE IS IR IZ UZ ZI ID SU CH ZK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS3558EU FOREIGN MINISTERS TO FOCUS ON TURKEY, IRAN,
[...] (C) EU FMs will meet in an extraordinary session the evening of October 2 to focus on Turkey. On October 3 EU foreign ministers will hold their scheduled meeting (GAERC) and will focus on strategy regarding Iran, decide whether current Croatian cooperation with the ICTY merits a start of acce [...]
2005-09-29 16:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL HR RS TU IZ IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS899IF IT'S TUESDAY, IT MUST BE BRUSSELS: VISIT OF
[...] (C) Summary. EU officials pledged full support to Palestinian Authority President Abbas during the London Conference and his March 2 visit to Brussels. Abbas told the Commission that Hizballah, not Hamas, posed the biggest threat to the PA, but told Solana that designating Hizballah would [...]
2005-03-04 16:48:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05CAIRO2280CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK
[...] (C) In a particularly relaxed meeting with CODEL Pelosi March 20, President Mubarak reviewed his efforts to convince Syrian President Bashar to withdraw all his forces from Lebanon (reftel) and reiterated his commitment to improving relations with Israel and pressing forward on solving the Israeli- [...]
2005-03-23 15:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL KPAL KDEM IS IZ IR EG
05CAIRO3842CHARGE PRESSES MDA ISSUE WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the second-ranking official at the MFA),the Charge urged Egypt to play a constructive role on the issue of the Third Protocol and Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Noting earlier demarches [...]
2005-05-19 16:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EG IS ICRC
05CAIRO4336GENERAL WARD'S DISCUSSION WITH OMAR SOLIMAN IN
[...] (C) LTG Ward and Omar Soliman, meeting in Cairo June 6, shared views on the need for a clear chain of authority in the revamped security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Soliman said Israel's total disengagement from Gaza would enhance trust between Israeli and Palestinian security [...]
2005-06-09 13:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ASEC IS EG LTG
05CAIRO4709SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT A SUCCESS IN EYES OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt on June 20 and her speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) led all Egyptian reporting, both in print and on television. Coverage was generally positive, with most commentators applauding what they perceived as a less-aggressive tone bot [...]
2005-06-21 15:59:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EG KPAO OVIP PREL
05CAIRO5035PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA WITHDRAWAL,
[...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney emphasized the importance of reform. Although the FM agreed in principle on the need to "modernize," he asked the U.S. to be patient and emphasized the GOE's need to preserve stability. On the Israe [...]
2005-07-05 06:37:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG
05CAIRO5194SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes you to Egypt and believes your visit comes at a particularly significant moment for reform in Egypt. You will be able to review a number of important internal and regional developments, discussed below, since the S visit, in your me [...]
2005-07-07 17:27:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5472 EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] Assistant Secretary David Welch's statements following a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit received straightforward, lengthy inside-page coverage in almost all Egyptian dailies on July 17, 2005. The coverage stressed Egyptian-U.S. cooperation on the Israeli withdrawal from G [...]
2005-07-18 14:43:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5524VISIT OF NEA PDAS CHENEY: PM NAZIF REVIEWS U.S.
[...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with PM Nazif, Minister of Trade Rashid Rashid and Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin June 30th for almost an hour at Nazif,s office in the "Smart Village" outside Cairo. Cheney urged a more proactive GOE role on direct USG assistance to NGOs in Egypt in the [...]
2005-07-19 15:00:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5544DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING
[...] (U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...]
2005-07-20 12:13:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG
05CAIRO5744 SHARM TERRORISM CONDEMNED: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES,
[...] Summary: The Sharm El Sheikh terrorist attacks on July 23 dominated Egyptian media coverage the following two days (reftel). All commentators condemned the attacks. On July 25, some TV and print press commentators began to question why the attacks occurred and who was behind them; then eng [...]
2005-07-26 16:40:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IS EG
05CAIRO5925ARAB SUMMIT: EGYPT CLEAR ON USG DESIRE FOR CLEAR
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef du Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the MFA's number two) told the Charge July 31 that Egypt understood the U.S. call for a simple and clear definition of terrorism and would factor this view into preparations for the planned August 3 extraordinary Arab Summit expect [...]
2005-08-02 05:11:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC EG IS IR SY
05CAIRO6010CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN INTERIOR
[...] (C) In their August 4 meeting with Interior Minister El Adly, CODEL King discussed the desire for deeper cooperation with Egypt on counterterrorism, Egypt's upcoming elections and associated political demonstrations, the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, Egypt's proposed anti-terrorism legislation [...]
2005-08-04 16:23:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EG
05CAIRO6279ENSURING A PEACEFUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: EGYPTIAN
[...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 14 to Presidential Spokesman and Policy Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad confirmed Egypt's keen desire to see a successful Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and stated that the GOE had communicated with all Palestinian factions to encourage cooperation [...]
2005-08-16 07:54:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS GZ
05CAIRO6447CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL
[...] (C) In an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge discussed Gaza withdrawal, terrorism in the Sinai, Iraq, and Iran. On Gaza, Soliman stressed the need to prevent Gaza from becoming a [...]
2005-08-22 16:02:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL EG IS IZ
05CAIRO6508 ELECTIONS IN EGYPT: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES,
[...] Commentaries this past week indicate that many educated Egyptians think that the presidential elections next month, even if the results are a foregone conclusion, will be a rehearsal for the parliamentary ones next November and a healthy experience for the body politic. The Ghad Party's sup [...]
2005-08-24 10:51:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG
05CAIRO6583CODEL THORNBERRY MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL
[...] (C) In an August 23 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),Congressmen Thornberry and Cramer and Charge Jones discussed Gaza withdrawal, a post-withdrawal plan to preserve peace, and Iraq with EGIS Director Soliman. Soliman stressed that the GOE would treat withdrawal f [...]
2005-08-25 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS IZ GZ
05CAIRO6653EGYPT: ABU MAZEN'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's (Abu Mazen) August 24-25 visit to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in Gaza was marked by both symbolism and substance. Having Abbas enter Egypt via the Rafah crossing signaled Egyptian determination to keep the crossing open and to maintain close w [...]
2005-08-29 14:23:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN
05CAIRO6757EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VERBAL MESSAGE TO THE
[...] (C) The DCM was convoked to the Foreign Ministry September 1 by newly arrived MFA Chef du Cabinet, Ambassador Wafaa Bassim (D equivalent),to receive a verbal message to the Secretary (text at paragraph three) regarding steps Egypt believes Washington should take with respect to the Middle Ea [...]
2005-09-01 16:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IS MEPN
05CAIRO6877VISIT OF CODEL DAVIS TO EGYPT, SEPTEMBER 2-5:
[...] (C) Prime Minister Nazif told visiting members of Congress that Egypt's September 7 presidential elections represent major milestone in Egypt's democratic development. He said that the GOE could not overrule the independent electoral commission's decision to bar outside observers from the pol [...]
2005-09-06 08:40:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV EG IS KPAL KWBG IZ OREP
05CAIRO6958CODEL DAVIS SEPTEMBER 2-5 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK
[...] (C) In an ebullient mood on the eve of the Egyptian presidential election, President Mubarak told visiting Codel Davis that the main reason he was running for president was because the process would fail without him, given the candidates that had chosen to run. While affirming the importance [...]
2005-09-08 11:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV EG OREP
05CAIRO7088ARAB LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS: IRAQ, PALESTINE,
[...] The following are unofficial embassy translations of Arab League resolutions on Terrorism, Palestine, Iraq, and the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom issue, approved by Arab Foreign Ministers during their meeting in Cairo on September 8. The documents were obtained in draft format but have re [...]
2005-09-12 15:07:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IZ IS ICRC
05CAIRO7158STATUS OF GAZA-EGYPT BORDER SECURITY: SEPTEMBER 14.
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers on the scene report that the Egyptian Rafah border terminal is technically closed to pedestrian traffic going either way but that efforts to secure the border are moving slowly. In the 5km stretch to the north of the terminal, hundreds of Palestinians are transf [...]
2005-09-14 12:13:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PINS IS EG
05CAIRO7210STATUS OF GAZA EGYPT BORDER SEPTEMBER 15
[...] (C) Summary: Egyptian forces effectively controlled the Egyptian side of the Gaza border September 15, dividing responsibilities between 350 police to the north of the Rafah terminal and 400 Border Guards to the south. Palestinians were on their way out of Egypt and only Egyptians with ID ca [...]
2005-09-15 14:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PINS IS EG
05CAIRO7418EGYPT-GAZA BORDER: GOE UPDATE SEPTEMBER 24
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 24 meeting, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble and General Emir and Colonel Osama of the Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) discussed the situation at the Egypt-Gaza border, the reason for the confusion following IDF withdrawa [...]
2005-09-25 14:02:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS
05CAIRO7423RAFAH-GAZA BORDER: EGYPT STRUGGLES TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) The recent chaos on the Rafah-Gaza border laid bare Egypt's dilemma of trying to balance its strong support for Palestinian statehood with its efforts to prevent extremism in Egypt. Clearly caught unprepared by the influx of people into Egypt from Gaza, Cairo's "humanitarian" response to [...]
2005-09-26 08:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO7450 AL-GHAD PARTY PUBLIC MELTDOWN CONTINUES: EGYPTIAN
[...] Summary: Public infighting among members of opposition Al-Ghad Party continued, with two members engaged in a shouting match on a popular satellite TV program on September 20. The same day, Al-Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour appeared on another TV program to accuse the government of trying to [...]
2005-09-27 07:46:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ GZ IS EG
05CAIRO7626 EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 2:
[...] Summary: President Mubarak's September 27 inauguration was carried on live TV and followed over the course of the week by coverage and paeans of praise. At the same time, several leading columnists advocated that President Mubarak and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) stick to thei [...]
2005-10-03 11:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7783PDAS ELIZABETH CHENEY'S MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN
[...] (C) During their September 27-30 visit to Cairo, NEA PDAS Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter met with the leadership of Egypt's two strongest opposition political parties, the Wafd and the Ghad. From both, they heard strong complaints about the way the GOE and the ruling National Democratic Party [...]
2005-10-11 10:13:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EG OVIP
05CAIRO7885A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAQ, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA
[...] (C) During an October 9 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit expressed pessimism about the near-term outlook in Iraq, but affirmed support for a comprehensive Arab diplomatic approach aimed at preserving national unity and promoting reconciliation. The Foreign Min [...]
2005-10-13 12:28:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EG
05CAIRO8704NEA A/S WELCH AND ARAB LEAGUE SYG DISCUSS GAZA,
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch and the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa expressed his congratulations to the USG on brokering the Agreement on Movement and Access (the "Agreement"). Moussa also provided an update on pl [...]
2005-11-18 14:44:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EG IZ
05CAIRO8873SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE 2005 U.S.- EGYPT MCC
[...] (C) The U.S. - Egyptian military partnership represents the foundation of our broader strategic relationship. Although both nations benefit from the relationship, we occasionally differ in the strategies we adopt to achieve our shared goals. Egypt is committed to strengthening our ties, and [...]
2005-11-23 14:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS KDEM KPAL IS IZ EG
05CAIRO9055SENATOR HAGEL'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) In a December 4 meeting, President Mubarak discussed with visiting Senator Hagel Egypt's efforts to promote peace and reconciliation in Iraq and outlined some of the obstacles that stood in the way. Mubarak stressed his dim view of the Shi'a and opined that its ties to Tehran and their "d [...]
2005-12-06 06:24:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV OREP ECON EG
05CAIRO9252DEFENSE CHIEF OF STAFF OFFERS REGIONAL OVERVIEW
[...] (C) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces LTG Samy Enan and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed MoD's image in Washington D.C., regional affairs, foreign military financing, direct commercial contracts, and political release of new systems during their November 30 meeting during the [...]
2005-12-13 12:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KPAL PTER IS SY EG IG
05CAIRO9263SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian history: the slow sunset of a quarter century of benevolent but authoritarian rule. At 77, beginning his fifth Presidential term, Hosni Mubarak is the indispe [...]
2005-12-13 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL PHUM EAID KDEM IS IZ SY EG
05DAMASCUS6010Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visits to Damascus by Russian FM Ivanov and Turkish FM Gul, who are reportedly mediating with Syria to cooperate with the International Investigation Commission. Headlines featured Gul's statement, "Our goal is to protect stability in the region and to [...]
2005-11-17 13:55:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6040Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend reported visits to Damascus by Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Secretary General of the Saudi Security Council, carrying a letter from King Abdullah to President Asad, and Renato Rabillo, Leader of the Brazilian Communist Party. Papers on 11/19 quoted a dipl [...]
2005-11-20 14:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6662Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's message to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir conveyed by Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem on current Arab developments, bilateral relations and coordination for the forthcoming Arab summit scheduled in Khartoum. Mouallem and M [...]
2005-12-27 15:49:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DHAKA4135Media Reaction: Israeli Withdrawal From Gaza; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-21 06:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4290MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S CRISIS OVER CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 04:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DJIBOUTI1265SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CJCS GENERAL PETER PACE
[...] (C) Embassy Djibouti heartily welcomes your January 2-3, 2006 visit. A meeting with President Ismail Omar Guelleh is anticipated. 2. (C) Summary: Combating poverty, improving the nation's health and education infrastructure and promoting economic development remain top priorities for Pres [...]
2005-12-28 09:37:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR OVIP ECON EAID DJ
05DOHA1443QATAR WELCOMES ISRAEL'S WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA
[...] The government of Qatar announced its satisfaction with the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in a diplomatic circular received August 16. The circular included an "unofficial translation" in English (para. 2). In its statement, the GOQ calls for withdrawal from all Palestinian territories [...]
2005-08-17 14:13:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL GZ IS QA
05DOHA1609FINAL MEETING WITH ISRAELI TRADE REP
[...] (C) Summary. Dov Segev-Steinberg, Israeli trade representative, shared his views on a range of issues with Poloff in a final meeting before his departure from Qatar the last week of September. While the trade representative did not foresee any change in Qatar-Israeli relations and the current [...]
2005-09-20 11:21:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS QA
05DUBLIN1075PRE-GYMNICH DEMARCHE: IRELAND SUPPORTS TURKEY
[...] Summary: On August 29, Post delivered ref A talking points on the September 1-2 Gymnich Meeting to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent (who replaced Gerard Keown on August 25). Kelly conveyed Ireland's hope that EU accession talks for Turkey would begin as origina [...]
2005-08-31 16:16:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EUN
05DUBLIN1211PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND HOPEFUL ON TURKEY,
[...] (C) Summary: On September 29, Post delivered reftel demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Kelly expressed optimism that EU accession negotiations with Turkey would begin October 3. He noted, however, that Ireland would await UN war crimes prosecutor de [...]
2005-09-30 16:09:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAL PREL EUN HR CROATIA
05DUBLIN1360PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND UNEASY ON MACEDONIA,
[...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Post delivered ref A and B demarches to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Kelly noted the EU's challenge in playing tough with Syria without derailing EuroMed diplomacy and the Barcelona Anniversary Summit. He said that Ireland was n [...]
2005-11-04 15:40:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL KPAL SY YI EAGR MK ETRD BO EI EUN
05DUBLIN489IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On April 22, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. In his responses, Keown focused primarily on Sudan and the Middle East Peace Process. He noted that Minister of State for Overseas Development, Conor Lenihan, had held [...]
2005-04-26 06:56:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EUN
05HELSINKI160AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FM: MIDDLE EAST IS "NUMBER
[...] (C) Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja invited the Ambassador to a working lunch February 2. Tuomioja was more relaxed and upbeat than we have seen for some time; the Ambassador was received unusually warmly and a cordial atmosphere existed throughout. The FM welcomed the President's Fe [...]
2005-02-04 15:59:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN
05HELSINKI475APRIL 25-26 GAERC: FINLAND'S RESPONSE
[...] (C) On April 22 we met with Jarno Syrjala, Finnish MFA's new European Correspondent, to review the agenda for the April GAERC meeting (Reftel). Finnish views follow, by subject. See below for bio information on Syrjala, who has just taken over this position. 2. (C) Iraq: Syrjala said he e [...]
2005-04-25 14:54:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAIR XF IZ SU LE CG ZI RS FI EUN EU GAERC
05HELSINKI930FINLAND: PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER 1-2 GYMNICH MEETING
[...] Summary: (U) The GoF plans to concentrate on three issues at the Gymnich: EU enlargement, the Middle-East Peace Process, and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Finland will strongly support the start of Turkish accession talks on Oct. 3, and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Ollie Rehn (a Finn) [...]
2005-08-26 14:00:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDEU PGOV PHUM PREL FI EUN
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
05PARIS5507MEDIA REACTION REPORT -MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-16 11:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR 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
05PARIS5619MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
05RABAT1162US-MOROCCAN MILITARY CONSULTATIONS: THE MOROCCANS
[...] (C) Summary: The third annual US-Morocco Defense Consultative Committee took place in Rabat on May 18-19, 2005, led on the US side by ASD Peter Rodman and on the Moroccan side by Minister Delegate to the PM in Charge of the Administration of National Defense Mr. Abderrahmane Sbai. During the [...]
2005-06-03 17:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG ETRD IZ KPKO MARR MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
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
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
05ROME1450SYRIA: ITALY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. A mid-level Italian MFA official shares our view that we need to continue to maintain pressure on Syria on full compliance with UNSCR 1559. At the same time, Italy still prefers engagement and the MFA is contemplating [...]
2005-04-28 16:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME1979EUR A/S FRIED'S ROME CONSULTATIONS, JUNE 6-7, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Dan Fried met with Italian officials and press June 6-7 to stress our commitment to a strong U.S.-European partnership working through NATO and with the EU ready to tackle worldwide challenges. Italians viewed the "no" votes in France and the Netherlands on the EU C [...]
2005-06-10 11:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IT NATO
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
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
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
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
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
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
05TELAVIV1058ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-22 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
05TELAVIV1103ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-24 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
05TELAVIV1535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
05TELAVIV2120ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
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
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
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
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
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
05TELAVIV2420ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-18 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
05TELAVIV3121ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-23 13:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
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
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
05TELAVIV3222ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-27 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
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
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
05TELAVIV3467ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
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
05TELAVIV3582ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-09 10:30:00Embassy 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
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
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
05TELAVIV3951ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-23 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
05TELAVIV43ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-04 12:57:00Embassy 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
05TELAVIV4420ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-19 05:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
05TELAVIV4896ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror 3. Iran: Nuclear Program 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banners in Ha'aretz and Yediot, and Hatzofe -- "Deportation Order") reported that, according to a [...]
2005-08-09 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4950ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on mass anti-disengagement prayers held next to Jerusalem's Western (Wailing) Wall on Wednesday, which were attended by 70,000 to 100,000 pro [...]
2005-08-11 13:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5002ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Israel TV broadcast excerpts of an exclusive interview that President Bush granted the station's Washington correspondent Yaron Dekel in Crawford, T [...]
2005-08-12 11:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5034EXPANDED ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5051DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 15, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first day of disengagement proceeded as planned with minimal violence well within anticipated parameters. The message below outlines the dissemination of eviction notices to settlers; the overall security situation in Gaza, including the kidnapping of a French journalist b [...]
2005-08-15 16:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5054ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]
2005-08-16 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5065ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]
2005-08-16 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5078DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 16, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the second day of disengagement, Neve Dekalim settlement remained a stronghold of resistance to evacuation. Settlers and thousands of anti-disengagement activists blocked IDF troops from entering to distribute eviction notices, although the IDF was able to negotiate and br [...]
2005-08-16 15:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5082NSA EILAND SAYS DISENGAGEMENT GOING WELL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland and Deputy Director Eran Etzion assessed that it seems disengagement "is going to be easier than expected." The majority of the discussion centered on what would happen after diseng [...]
2005-08-17 04:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5091ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5099DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 17, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the third day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police began to evacuate several settlements by force, meeting almost exclusively non-violent resistance. While most settlers continued to leave their homes either voluntarily or after brief non-violent refusal, Israeli Polic [...]
2005-08-17 15:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5103(S) ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: GOI
[...] (S) Summary: Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence Aharon Ze'evi Farkash told A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that he was surprised by U.S. media reports on a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that Iran could build its first nuclear weapon only by 2015. He noted that recent U.S. [...]
2005-08-18 07:49:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKPAL KWBG PREF PTER EG IR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5113ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5132CORRECTED COPY: DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the fourth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating Kfar Darom, Kfar Yam, and Neve Dekalim. The security forces encountered some resistance in these settlements, particularly from young infiltrators from outside of the Gaza Strip who barricaded t [...]
2005-08-18 16:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5139ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-19 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5154DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 19, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the fifth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the settlement of Gadid. At the beginning of the day, ten families and over 300 infiltrators remained, but the evacuation was complete by around 1500 hours. The GOI also began demolishing homes i [...]
2005-08-19 14:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5163ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Rocket Attacks on Aqaba and Eilat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that this afternoon in the settlement of Netzarim, the IDF and police are completing their evacu [...]
2005-08-22 14:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Mubarak Presidential Campaign 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the evacuation of Netzarim on Monday concluded the departure of all Gaza settlers. At noon [...]
2005-08-23 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5219IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY UPDATES A/S WELCH ON
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 meeting, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff MG Moshe Kaplinsky told Assistant Secretary Welch, the Ambassador, and Security Coordinator General Ward that disengagement is proceeding ahead of schedule. Kaplinsky praised ongoing GOI-PA security coordination and expressed hop [...]
2005-08-24 05:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5227ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 13:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5233GOI'S EFFORTS AGAINST TERROR FINANCE IN GAZA; GOI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA and NSC officials briefed econoff and poloff August 11 on the GOI's post-disengagement efforts against terror finance in Gaza. An Israeli National Security Council official said an alternative to the Hamas social service network in Gaza, operated by the Palestinian Authority [...]
2005-08-24 14:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN EFIN PREL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5253ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Vice PM and Finance Minister Ehud Olmert as saying, after his meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington Wednesday, that the PA must [...]
2005-08-25 10:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5275ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. is urging Israel and the PA to exercise restraint and not to miss the historic opportunity for peace in the region. Visiting U.S. House Majority Whip R [...]
2005-08-26 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5285DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 26, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli cabinet is expected to approve on August 28 an agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border. Meanwhile, Israeli pundits and the weekend press ponder the impact of disengagement. The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot reported A [...]
2005-08-26 15:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5302ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the suicide bombing that occurred outside Beersheva's central bus station on Sunday morning. Two security guards were seriously wounded and 61 other [...]
2005-08-29 10:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5319ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel's Leadership ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Likud has started its process of toppling PM Sharon. The party's Central Committee will vote on September 26 on a proposal to advance the Likud' [...]
2005-08-30 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5343DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 30, 2005
[...] (SBU) The IDF continues to make steady progress in implementing the GOI disengagement. Hamas and Fatah personnel clashed near Rafah. Otherwise few notable security incidents took place in the last twenty-four hours. The GOI appears to have agreed to a phased handover of settlement areas i [...]
2005-08-30 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV535OLMERT TELLS A/S BURNS TO TIE PALESTINIANS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Ehud Olmert urged NEA A/S Burns and the USG to use creative means of engagement such as developing QIZs when assisting the Palestinians so as to tie Palestinian economic fortunes to continued good relations with Israel. Despite advocating such ties, Olmert rejected any [...]
2005-01-31 08:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5350ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israeli Politics 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At noon today, Israel Radio reported that at least 640 people who participated in a mourning procession in Baghdad [...]
2005-08-31 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5363ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom is holding a meeting in Istanbul with his Pakistani counterpart Mian Kh [...]
2005-09-01 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5404ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Meeting of Israeli and Pakistani Foreign Ministers 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on the "historic" meeting between FM Silvan Shalom and his Pakistani counterpa [...]
2005-09-02 11:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5426ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hurricane Katrina 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz notes that the international community is putting pressure on Israel to allow the Palestinians freedo [...]
2005-09-06 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5518ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Hurricane Katrina 3. Egypt ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and his senior ministers decided this morning that the IDF would withdraw from the Gaza Strip on September 12 through 15. [...]
2005-09-07 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5542ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5562ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer was quoted as saying in a farewell interview broadcast this morning on Israel Radio that the U.S. administration is still wa [...]
2005-09-09 10:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5597ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] IDF Withdrawal From Gaza 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, after 38 years of Israeli military rule, dominated the headlines during the w [...]
2005-09-12 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5672ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society 3. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media highlighted the meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon at the UN on Wednesday, following the President's address to the UN Gen [...]
2005-09-15 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5698ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Officials from the MFA, Environment Ministry, and Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) plan to meet post-disengagement to discuss whether and how to go forward with the Environmental Experts Committee (EEC). Progress on restarting the EEC, suspended [...]
2005-09-16 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV5716GAZA: SECURITY DETERIORATES, PA HESITATES BUT
[...] (C) Summary: A Norwegian diplomat who has covered the Gaza Strip for the past two years sees the security situation deteriorating even further in the coming months. He believes that a variety of armed groups, including factions within Fatah, will continue to seek illicit financial and politi [...]
2005-09-16 13:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL ECON EAID KDEM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5723GAZA STRIP: EUPHORIA OR ANARCHY?
[...] (SBU) A PA Ministry of Interior contact told poloff September 16 that the situation in Rafah remains "a big mess," with movement of Egyptians and Palestinians across the border through up to seven openings. The MOI contact, who visited Rafah on September 15 and remained in touch with his cont [...]
2005-09-16 15:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5734ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5742ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. North Korea's Announced Renouncement of Nuclear Weapons ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (lead stories in Maariv and Yediot) reported on political developments around PM Sharon six days ahead of the Likud Central [...]
2005-09-21 08:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV575ISRAELI BUSINESS LEADER ENVISIONS A
[...] (C) Summary: Dov Lautman, chairman of the board of the Israeli textile giant Delta, talked to EconCouns January 23 about economic prospects for a post-disengagement Gaza Strip. Emphasizing that it is impossible to "predict the future" of security and politics, Lautman argued that donors must [...]
2005-02-01 06:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5771ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with a comment made by PM Sharon before 150 Likud Central Committee members at his Jerusalem residence last night: "I don't want to [...]
2005-09-21 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5779FM SHALOM MEETING WITH CODEL DAVIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom briefed CODEL Davis August 31 on the Government of Israel's Disengagement Plan, and anticipated costs associated with moving military forces and with developing the Negev and the Galilee. Asked about post-Disengagement scenarios and PM Sharon's d [...]
2005-09-22 09:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAL EAID KWBG PREF IS IR LE EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5794NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S
[...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...]
2005-09-21 03:53:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5797GAZA CROSSINGS: GOI TIGHTENS INSPECTIONS OF GOODS
[...] (U) This cable was cleared with ConGen Jerusalem 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to last week's unrestricted flow of people and goods through the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border, the GOI recently implemented additional measures regulating the flow of goods through the Karni crossin [...]
2005-09-23 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ELTN ETRD PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5801ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with issues related to infighting within the Likud. Ha'aretz, Maariv, Jerusalem Post, and this morning's Israel Radio bulletins led with statements by senior m [...]
2005-09-26 07:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5818ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Likud Infighting 2. Gaza Violence ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Ambassador Richard H. Jones as saying this morning, upon presenting his credentials to President Moshe Katsav at the Residence of the President in Jer [...]
2005-09-26 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5853ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's surprise victory at the Likud Central Committee last night. The proposal to move up the party primaries was rejected, 1433 votes to 1329 (5 [...]
2005-09-27 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5866POSSIBLE POST-DISENGAGEMENT SCENARIOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Predictions about the universe of post-disengagement possibilities can be grouped into three possible scenarios and two remote options, according to a range of Israeli observers. The first scenario -- the roadmap scenario -- is the official position of the Government of Israel [...]
2005-09-28 06:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWBG KPAL PINS PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5868ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5897ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV59ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-05 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5983ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian Track 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas are slated to meet on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting was organized under the auspices of [...]
2005-10-06 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6177ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that in a letter sent to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the foreign ministries of Britain, Russia, and th [...]
2005-10-24 09:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6186ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 08:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6241ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. New Delhi Bombings 4. Libby Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot Washington correspondent Orly Azolai reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to move up the date of her visit to [...]
2005-10-31 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6297ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as saying in Washington Wednesday, at a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, that Israel will SIPDIS not frus [...]
2005-11-03 13:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV631ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met this morning with PM Sharon, who updated him on current security contacts with the Palestinians and the upcoming Sh [...]
2005-02-02 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV633NEW DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT FUELS DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: A recent study claiming that the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza is overestimated by up to 1.5 million people has made headlines in Israel and provided ammunition to opponents of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan. The new numbers, howev [...]
2005-02-02 12:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6337ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] 10th Anniversary of Rabin Assassination 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may arrive in Israel as early as the beginning of next week. The Jerusalem Post led with Defense [...]
2005-11-04 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6367ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Paris Riots ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Sharon as saying before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that Hamas members will not be able to walk free in the streets of Pa [...]
2005-11-07 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6413ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar was quoted as saying in an interview with Israel Radio that he does not rule out holding negotiations with Israel if this serves P [...]
2005-11-09 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6468ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-14 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6516ISRAEL/WBG: EU ENVOY ADVOCATES "SOFT" OPENING FOR
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 9 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Mark Otte advised that the GOI and PA were close to a final agreement on re-opening the Rafah crossing. The only major obstacle remaining was the lack of agreement on how [...]
2005-11-16 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EU IS KPAL KWBG PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Labor vs. Likud 2. Gaza: Management of Border Crossings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's announcement, expected during the weekend, as to whether he will remain in the Likud or form a new party. Both Yediot [...]
2005-11-18 07:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6628ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON HAMAS IN ELECTIONS, PEACE
[...] (C) Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 18 that Hamas will continue to honor the tadiyah ("calm") as long as it believes it serves its interests. Eiland said the calm could be extended through Israeli general elections scheduled for March 2006, or [...]
2005-11-23 12:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PINS PREF PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6659ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. Palestinian parliamentary elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that Shimon Peres is considering joining Ariel Sharon, who may offer Peres a future position as "special ambassad [...]
2005-11-28 07:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV669ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV671ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6743ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media extensively covered remarks made by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the annual editors' convention at Sokolov House in Tel Aviv on Thursday, addressing the major issues concerni [...]
2005-12-02 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6751SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9
[...] (C) Mr. Ambassador: Your visit to Israel will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and progress is being made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anxiety in Israel is high about Iran and its nuclear weapons program, political instability in Syria and [...]
2005-12-02 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID ENRG ETTC MASS OTRA PARM TRGY TSPL GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6778ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Elections 2. Iranian Nuclear Race 3. The Syrian Threat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz online and Israel Radio reported that a blast occurred at around 11:30 am Monday at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall in Ne [...]
2005-12-05 12:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6855ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 2. Israeli Election Campaigns 3. Palestinian Leadership and the West ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF resumed "targeted assassinations" in the wake of the Neta [...]
2005-12-09 09:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6874(C) FM SHALOM DISCUSSES SECURITY CONCERNS,
[...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch on December 8 met with FM Silvan Shalom to discuss regional and Israeli-Palestinian issues. Shalom expressed concern about the security situation, claiming that there had been an increase in infiltrations by terrorists and weapons smuggling sin [...]
2005-12-10 15:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KWBG IS TS EG LE AG JO IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6972ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday, a Qassam rocket landed 2 km south of Ashkelon, in an area that comprises strategic installations, and another in a kibbut [...]
2005-12-16 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7003ISRAEL: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Tel Aviv submits the following proposed draft for the Israel section of the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. This draft has been cleared with ConGen Jerusalem, which is producing a report on the Palestinian Authority (septel). ------------------ GENERAL ASS [...]
2005-12-19 13:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7023ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel TV and Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised PM Sharon's courageous moves in an interview with CNN, as, in the words of both statio [...]
2005-12-21 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7079ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All leading media, except The Jerusalem Post, led with the firing from Lebanon of at least four Katyusha rockets at Israeli communities -- particularly Kiryat Shmona -- la [...]
2005-12-28 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7090ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and leading Israeli Internet news web sites reported that this morning, a suicide bomber approached a roadblock in Jabara village near the West Bank town of Tulkarm and blew h [...]
2005-12-29 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7098ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Maariv, led with Wednesday's suicide bombing near Tulkarm, in which IDF officer Uri Binamo and two Palestinians were killed. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were [...]
2005-12-30 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7100CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH EHUD BARAK AND SHIMON
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Shimon Peres and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, in separate meetings, told Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) that they are optimistic about the impact of Kadima on the peace process, and both predicted the Labor party would be marginalized under the leadership of Amir P [...]
2005-12-30 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV752ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-08 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV76NASSER YUSIF ON POSSIBLE SECURITY ROLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Force BG Nasser Yusif told poloffs recently that, if called upon to join an Abu Mazen government as interior minister, he would bring the green-uniform public security forces, Force 17, and the naval or coastal police under his personal operational control, an [...]
2005-01-05 16:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL PTER ASEC GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV839ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) vowed to take action against any future Palestinian cease-fire violation after Palestinians fired more than 4 [...]
2005-02-11 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV87ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Yediot highlighted issues related to the opposition to the disengagement plan. Maariv bannered a call by PM Sharon on IDF soldiers to resist pro [...]
2005-01-06 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV881ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-14 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV922PALTRADE OFFICER ON SETTLEMENT GREENHOUSES, PAPA
[...] (C) Summary: PalTrade cash crops officer Hashim Al-Hussaini spoke to Econoff February 9 on Gazan agribusiness and job creation post-disengagement. On settlement assets, Hussaini emphasized the need for direct GOI-PA security coordination in order to safeguard greenhouses and other infrastru [...]
2005-02-15 15:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KWBG EAID IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV934ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Lebanon Bombing 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher announced Tuesday, a day after the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri, that the U.S. recalled it [...]
2005-02-16 12:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV955SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Allen and Finance Minister Bibi Netanyahu discussed the present situation between Israel and the Palestinians and Gaza disengagement. Netanyahu was guardedly optimistic about prospects for further steps toward accommodation with the PA noting that Abu Mazen faced seriou [...]
2005-02-17 07:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON OVIP KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV961ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon Bombing ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted Wednesday's approval by the Knesset, 59-40, with 5 abstentions, of the Disengagement Plan Implementation Law, empowering the government to pay 3.8 billion [...]
2005-02-17 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE1876NETHERLANDS: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel, DCM, and POLCOUNS met with Dutch FM Bot on June 30 for a tour d'horizon discussion of outstanding issues. Bot praised the excellent (and improving) state of U.S.-Dutch relations, but identified four irritants to be addressed through ongoing consultations: Dutch d [...]
2005-07-01 12:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ IR AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1925PALESTINIAN SECURITY/NETHERLANDS: DUTCH DONATION
[...] (SBU) Acting POLCOUNS and Poloff discussed reftel demarche with the MFA on June 30 and July 7. Astrid Zonneveld (MFA Action Officer for security policy) told A/POLCOUNS that the GoNL would provide up to 500,000 euro to support the Ward Mission, drawing on the Security Policy Bureau's discre [...]
2005-07-07 13:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL KWBG IS NL PKPAL
05THEHAGUE1941NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to reftel, the Dutch MFA was prickly in response to the suggestion there be no "package approach" to UN reform. The Dutch thought Syria was improving its behavior in Lebanon in response to international pressure and suggested they are doing their best under the circ [...]
2005-07-11 14:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEAID LE PREL SY TU UZ NL UN
05THEHAGUE1988NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS ON JULY 18-19 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff participated in the Dutch pre-briefing for the GAERC to be held in Brussels on July 18-19. It will emphasize the fight against terror, in light of the recent London bombings. On Lebanon and Syria, the Dutch believe the situation in Lebanon is "very fragile" and that the [...]
2005-07-15 10:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC NL EUN
05VIENNA2252AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AUSTRIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Plassnik told Ambassador Brown that Austria strongly agreed with the U.S. on the need to reform and strengthen the UN. In particular, Austria supports increased emphasis on rule of law issues as the key to ensuring stability in developing countries, sees a need [...]
2005-07-05 14:52:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNR AORC AU UNSC
06ABUDHABI2954 MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] Summary: The Israeli invasion of Lebanon continues to generate extensive coverage in the UAE's print and electronic media. One writer in "Al-Bayan" criticized the G8 member states for mimicking the United States in condoning Israel's aggression. Another writer in "Akhbar Al-Arab" questioned [...]
2006-07-18 11:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ADDISABABA323AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit held January 23 and 24 in Khartoum highlighted the AU Commission's efforts to "do the right thing" in terms of promoting continental good governance and human rights, as well as social progress, but also produced member state division. Long negotia [...]
2006-02-02 12:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETRD SU AU
06ALGIERS336MFA ADVISES GIVING HAMAS TIME TO CHANGE, AVOIDING
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher told Ambassador, visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan, and DCM January 26 that while Algeria agreed with the U.S. that Hamas must change its position on peace with Israel, they disagreed about "imposing sanctions." Bouzaher advised the U.S. and [...]
2006-02-28 12:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG AG
06ALGIERS455BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH KHARTOUM SUMMIT AND
[...] (C) During a two-hour meeting March 14 with President Bouteflika, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch raised Hamas, noting that the international community had made clear to Hamas what it needed to do. Arab support for that message, including at the upcoming Khartoum Arab summit, would be critical [...]
2006-03-18 07:41:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL AG
06ALGIERS500HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN
[...] (C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclear issue to the Security Council would strengthen possibilities of resolving the problem through diplomacy; urged Algeria to ensure assistance was channeled to [...]
2006-03-21 07:38:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG
06AMMAN1095SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS OUTREACH TO
[...] Summary. Lead stories in all papers over the past fortnight, February 2-14, focus on Hamas' efforts to reach out to Jordan and other nations such as Russia. Media coverage has consisted of meticulous reports of Hamas' statements as they evolved. Editorials and commentary have discussed Jordan [...]
2006-02-14 16:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN1921JORDANIANS CONDEMN ISRAELI RAID ON JERICHO PRISON
[...] (C) The GOJ, local press and post contacts denounced Israel's March 14 military raid on the Palestinian prison in Jericho. Government spokesman Nasser Judeh issued a statement to media that said the Israeli action "represents an unjustifiably serious escalation ... that will only enhance ten [...]
2006-03-15 16:25:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
06AMMAN1926JORDANIANS CONDEMN ISRAELI RAID ON JERICHO PRISON
[...] (C) The GOJ, local press and post contacts denounced Israel's March 14 military raid on the Palestinian prison in Jericho. Government spokesman Nasser Judeh issued a statement to media that said the Israeli action "represents an unjustifiably serious escalation ... that will only enhance ten [...]
2006-03-16 04:39:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
06AMMAN2234SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF GENERAL
[...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 28-29 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTA [...]
2006-03-28 12:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREF
06AMMAN2771MEDIA REACTION ON TEL AVIV BOMBING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 13:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN3180SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT
[...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 6-7 MAY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN RE [...]
2006-05-04 14:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN3299PRINCE FAISAL'S MEETING WITH SENATORS COCHRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: Senators Cochran, Dodd, and Gregg, accompanied by Ambassador Hale, met April 19 with Prince Faisal, who was serving as Regent on that day. Faisal focused on Iran, Iraq, and Hamas' electoral victory. Faisal expressed his appreciation for Congress's support, but stressed Jordan w [...]
2006-05-10 03:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IR SY JO
06AMMAN4124SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID
[...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...]
2006-06-08 09:19:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN4265KING ABDULLAH MEETS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a good-spirited meeting with Israeli PM Olmert on June 8, King Abdullah expressed Jordanian opposition to Olmert's unilateral convergence plan and encouraged the GOI to strengthen Abu Mazen. Olmert reassured the King that Israel would heed Jordan's interests in its plans conc [...]
2006-06-13 09:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL KWBG JO IS
06AMMAN691MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-29 12:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06ANKARA1121ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA317TURKEY/JORDAN: JORDANIAN PM BAKHIT FINDS BROAD
[...] (C) Jordanian Prime Minister Bakhit, accompanied by Foreign Minister Khatib, came to Ankara January 16 to review regional issues prior to King Abdullah's planned visit to Washington, according to Foreign Ministry and Jordanian embassy sources. Bilateral trade issues were discussed as well. [...]
2006-01-27 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR TU JO IZ IR SY XF
06ANKARA3368ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4704TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]
2006-08-11 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4706TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]
2006-08-11 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4710TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]
2006-08-12 08:10:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA6053ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ATHENS3254ATHENS RSI DECEMBER 2006 READOUT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 11, Embassy Athens hosted Chiefs of Mission and others from posts in Amman, Ankara, Beirut, Cairo, Nicosia, Rome (MFO),Sofia, and Tel Aviv, as well as participants from S/CT, INL, NEA, DOJ, OSD, CENTCOM, EUCOM, and the NCTC, for an Eastern Mediterranean conference [...]
2006-12-28 13:44:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER GR
06BEIRUT2292MGLE01: AOUN DISCUSSES SUMMER PLANS; PROMISES TO
[...] (C/NF) In a July 7 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, MP Michel Aoun was optimistic that his new television station would garner a strong sudience and earn a profit. Aoun, along with his adviser Gibran Bassil, commented on Suleiman Franjieh's controversial recent statements, saying th [...]
2006-07-07 14:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCASC IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT2386TFLE01: ISRAEL HITS SOUTHERN BEIRUT HARD; AIRPORT
[...] (C) Subsequent to reftel, Israeli aircraft have bombed two small airports, a power plant, and struck hard at targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Two rockets were reported to have struck Haifa, but Hizballah denied responsibility and UNIFIL could not confirm that the rockets were launched fro [...]
2006-07-14 10:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2539TFLE01: UN REP SEES CRITICAL WINDOW OF
[...] (C) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh. Reiterating concerns expressed previously (refs a and b),Pedersen stressed that Israeli military action would not achieve [...]
2006-08-05 15:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPKO MOPS PREL PTER IS SY LE
06BEIRUT3407LEBANON: PM SINIORA RECOGNIZES NEED TO ENHANCE
[...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora expressed an interest in exploring further ways to enhance the arms embargo provisions of UNSCR 1701. Although he would not provide immediate endorsement for any specific ideas, such as establishing a United Nations "embargo committee," Siniora said they merited f [...]
2006-10-21 08:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT3414LEBANON: DAS DANIN MEETS LEBANESE FORCES LEADER
[...] (C) Samir Ja'ja' told DAS Danin that Syria and Hizballah will try either to stall the international tribunal for the Hariri assassination by loading the cabinet with a blocking minority or by bringing the government down through street demonstrations. Ja'ja' assessed the March 14 coalition as [...]
2006-10-24 14:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BUENOSAIRES1323MEDIA REACTION ZARQAWI'S DEATH; IRAN;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the implications of Al- Zarqawi's death; the chances for a diplomatic solution on Iran; the ties between the Chilean and Bolivian administrations; "what to do" with the Chavez administration; and the Darfur genocide. Leading "Clarin" carries an e [...]
2006-06-12 20:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1584MIDDLE EAST; THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON NORTH
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the escalation of the Middle East violence; disagreement at the UN Security Council regarding a call for ceasefire; UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea; the status of Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne's confirmation as US Ambassador to Argen [...]
2006-07-17 20:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1617MIDDLE EAST; FIDEL CASTRO; MERCOSUR AND VENEZUELA;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the war in the Middle East; Fidel Castro's probable visit to Argentina and the Cuban political transition; and Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US agrees with Israel [...]
2006-07-21 12:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES718MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the US National Security Strategy; immigration demonstration drawing 500,000 in Los Angeles; US Secretary of State Rice's alleged statement that the US could withdraw a significant number of its troops in Iraq; the US Embassy in La Paz's response t [...]
2006-03-28 15:14:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CAIRO172SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SILVERBERG'S
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit. It has been difficult to gain Egyptian cooperation on UN reform. During his meeting with Ambassador Tahir-Kheli in December Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit signaled a willingness to compromise, but this has not yet materialized. The FM w [...]
2006-01-13 17:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KUNR PHUM IS IZ LE SY SU EG UN
06CAIRO1782DEFMIN TANTAWI ON MFO, PSI, DEMOCRATIC REFORM AND FMF
[...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the Ambassador and Defense Minister Tantawi discussed Iraq, Sudan, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),and Tantawi's impressions of his recent visit to Washington. Tantawi reaffirmed the GOE view that for now, U.S. troops must remain in Iraq. On his meetings in Washington, Tantaw [...]
2006-03-23 07:50:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IS EG KNNP
06CAIRO1811SCENESETTER FOR GEN ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO
[...] (C) GEN Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to review our agenda on regional security and the future of our FMF assistance to Egypt. President Mubarak believes, and the MoD's senior leadership will reiterate, that our mil-mil relationship is the cornerstone of [...]
2006-03-23 17:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS IS IZ IR EG SU KPAL KNNP
06CAIRO3119THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MAY 20 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 20, 2006; 11:45AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Ricciardone NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Se [...]
2006-05-25 08:44:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PTER KPAL IS XF
06CAIRO4377SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN VISIT
[...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt warmly welcomes your visit to Cairo. It provides us the opportunity to enhance the investment climate and opportunities for U.S. corporations operating in Egypt's vital petroleum sector. Your meetings with Minister of Finance Yousef Boutros Ghali and Minister of [...]
2006-07-13 16:16:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PGOV EG
06CAIRO4559SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLE, JULY 29-30
[...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt on July 29-30. Your visit to the Multinational Force and Observers' South Camp and other facilities will offer an opportunity to talk to U.S. commanders on the ground about MFO's operational mission and organizational structure, force l [...]
2006-07-25 16:03:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOREP MARR PGOV PREL EG IZ
06CAIRO603SECURITY COORDINATOR LTG DAYTON DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton and the Ambassador discussed the recent Hamas election victory, Palestinian security, and Egyptian-Israeli border security with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Director of Military Intelligence Mowafi Februa [...]
2006-02-01 21:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS
06CAIRO6235COUTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CAMERON HUME
[...] Post welcomes the visit of Charg dAffaires Cameron Hume. Country clearance has ben granted for October 5-8, 2006 visit to Cairo fr the purpose of meetings with Egyptian official. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in paragraph 18 for all visitors requiring Embassy upport. 2. Ho [...]
2006-10-04 17:02:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT OTRA EG
06CAIRO6258COUNTRY CLEARANCE CABLE FOR DRL/IRF WARREN COFSKY
[...] Post welcomes the visit of DRL/IRF Warren Cofsky. Country clearance has been granted for October 8-14, 2006 visit to Cairo to hold meeting pursuant to promoting religious freedom with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Religious Affairs, appropriate non-governmental o [...]
2006-10-09 15:35:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF PHUM OTRA JO EG
06CAIRO6441COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUDAN SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios and delegation. Country clearance has been granted for their visit to Cairo October 20-22, 2006 for the purpose of consultations with senior Egyptian officials. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in paragr [...]
2006-10-17 14:52:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP NATSIOS PREL AMGT OTRA EG SU
06DAMASCCUS4435 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend led with reports of President Asad's phone conversations with Italian PM Prodi, which focused on technical assistance to be offered to Syrian border guards, and featured a statement by the Syrian News Agency denying reports that Syria has accepted Europ [...]
2006-09-11 13:21:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1460Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, Syria/Italy,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Vice President Shara's meeting with a delegation representing the Iraqi Islamic Party. Headlines featured Shara's statement expressing the importance of maintaining Iraq's territorial integrity and forming a government of national unity, and rejection of attempt [...]
2006-04-02 13:27:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS148Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's summit meetings in Jeddah with King Abdullah and in Sharm al-Sheikh with President Mubarak. The goal of Asad's surprise trips to Saudi Arabia and Egypt was apparently to seek support from Arab leaders as he faces a U.N. probe into alleged Syri [...]
2006-01-09 14:43:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1635Damascus Media Reaction: US/EU Decisions to Halt Aid to
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a Syrian Information Ministry statement denying a report by an Israeli newspaper that Syria had sent messages to Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert seeking to resume peace talks between the two countries. The source told Syria's official SANA news agency [...]
2006-04-11 13:35:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1697Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/China,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Sheikh Hashemi Rafsanjani, Head of the Iranian Expediency Council. The meeting dealt with mutual cooperation, the current regional situation, mainly in Iraq and Palestine, and the international conference due to be held in Tehran to [...]
2006-04-13 14:24:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2132Damascus Media Reaction: Terrorism, US/Israel,
[...] Summary: Papers reported that Syria has called for an international conference to distinguish between terrorism and the right of self-determination. Minister of Interior General Bassam Abdul Majid said in a statement on the sidelines of a conference of Interior Ministers of the EU and Adjacent [...]
2006-05-08 12:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2192Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Syria has received 53 families of Palestinian refugees who were trapped at the Jordanian and Iraqi borders for 6 weeks before. "Syria has taken necessary steps to host the Palestinian refugees in cooperation with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and t [...]
2006-05-10 14:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2466Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/UAE, NAM Summit,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Vice-President Farouk al- Shara's visit to the UAE and his meeting with His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, President of the UAE, who received a message from President Asad regarding the latest developments in the region. Shara and Sheikh Khalifa re [...]
2006-05-30 12:51:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2516Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/UK, Syria/China, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers continued to report on Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem's visit to China, featuring his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Earlier, President Hu Jintao opened the second ministerial meeting of the Arab-Chinese Cooperation Forum in the presence of Foreign Ministe [...]
2006-06-01 13:27:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2733Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Bahrain, Syria/UAE,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Syria by King Hamad Bin-Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain and his talks with President Asad. Both leaders stressed their support for the Palestinian people's legitimate rights and the establishment of their independent state, with Jerusalem as its capita [...]
2006-06-11 13:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2899Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/Agha Khan
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on (6/16) reported President Asad's meeting with Syrian official media figures. President Asad discussed on Thursday (6/15) with representatives of the government-run media the role of information, and mechanisms and conceptions that might contribute to its development. [...]
2006-06-19 06:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2975Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, OIC
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Farouk al-Shara discussed the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories and the ongoing national dialogue between Palestine factions with a Palestinian delegation headed by Khaled Meshal, Head of the Hamas Politburo. Mr. Sha [...]
2006-06-20 13:11:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3019Damascus Media Reaction: OIC Ministerial, Syria/Serbia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that FM Walid al-Moallem discussed with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul regional topics of joint concern and issues on the agenda of the 33rd session of OIC Foreign Ministers meeting held in Baku. During a meeting held on the margin of the OIC Ministerial, b [...]
2006-06-21 14:11:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3121Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Kazakhstan,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting with Yar Mohammed Aritsayiev, Kazakh Minister of Information and Culture, which focused on bilateral relations of cooperation, and prospects of boosting them in the economic, cultural, and social spheres. Papers also reported Pres [...]
2006-06-26 13:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3258Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Qatar, Syria/Iran,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani, that focused on the latest regional developments, particularly in the occupied Palestinian territories. Talks also touched upon bilateral relations between Syria and [...]
2006-07-03 14:10:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3289Damascus Media Reaction: Palestinian Territories, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad headed a meeting of the National Progressive Front, during which he reiterated Syria's support of the Palestinian people and confirmed efforts to make their national dialogue a success. Asad said, "Syria stands with full force at the side of [...]
2006-07-05 12:54:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS339Damascus Media Reaction: Palestinian Territories, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad conferred with the Advisor to the Norwegian Foreign Minister for Middle East Affairs, during which Miqdad held Israel responsible for the exacerbated situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Norwegian Advi [...]
2006-07-09 13:52:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3487SARG SHEDS CROCODILE TEARS, AS IT ASSESSES COSTS
[...] (C) Summary: The current conflict in Lebanon puts in play significant Syrian interests, with the potential for either windfall political profits or enormous costs. Political analysts here believe at a minimum that the SARG will benefit from the fatal weakening of Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora a [...]
2006-07-17 14:10:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS3928Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Syria/France,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Mostafa Othamn Ismael, Advisor to the Sudanese President, who reiterated the importance of working to stop Israel's aggression against Lebanon, and called for withdrawal of occupation forces from South Lebanon. Ismael expressed [...]
2006-08-11 09:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4023Damascus Media Reaction: Asad's Speech, Syria/Germany,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's address at the Fourth General Conference of the Syrian Journalists Union. President Asad delivered what the media described as his strongest attack ever on the Lebanese anti- Syrian parliamentary majority, Arab governments, Israel an [...]
2006-08-16 12:11:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4046Damascus Media Reaction: Asad's Speech, Syria/Britain,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that the Syrian Cabinet stressed that President Asad's address to 4th General Conference of the Syrian Journalists Union reflected the impulse of the Syrian people and all the Arab nation and expressed the Arab street's support for the Lebanese national resistan [...]
2006-08-18 06:23:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4071Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon/Israel, Syria/Norway,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Israel's violation of the cease-fire in Lebanon through its landing attempt in Boudai village in the Bekaa Valley, and the ongoing dispute concerning France's participation in the international force. Papers also reported a meeting on Saturday between Foreign Mi [...]
2006-08-20 12:59:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4202 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/Italy,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a message from Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad on developments in the region and bilateral relations, conveyed by Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister Mohammad Reza Baqeri. Baqeri also met with Vice President Shara and Foreig [...]
2006-08-27 13:30:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4237Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Syria/India,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. Talks focused on regional and international developments and the current situation in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and Iraq, and views were exchanged about reviving the Middle East peac [...]
2006-08-28 14:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4251Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria/Venezuela,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with reports of the visit to Lebanon by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Headlines featured Annan's meeting with Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and their press conference in Beirut, in which Annan expressed full solidarity with the Lebanese [...]
2006-08-29 11:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4341Damascus Media Reaction: Annan's Visit, Syria/Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers led with reports of the visit to Damascus by UN SecGen Kofi Annan and his meeting with President Asad, Vice President Shar'a, Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem, and Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Faysal al-Miqdad. Talks focused on the need to consolidate the Lebanese ceas [...]
2006-09-06 04:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4365Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's phone call to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan following up on the situation in Lebanon, and Annan's interview with the daily newspaper Al-Hayat (Sept. 6 edition) describing Syria's cooperation with the UN regarding regional issues as "pos [...]
2006-09-06 13:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5277 Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Jordan, Syria/Libya, Arab
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a letter on Saturday (11/4) from King Abdullah II, focusing on regional developments and ties between Syria and Jordan. The letter was conveyed by Abdul Hadi Majali, Speaker of the Jordanian Parliament and Chairman of the Interim A [...]
2006-11-07 11:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5288 Damascus Media Reaction: Palestinian Territories, Peace
[...] Summary: The Syrian press today focused on the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian territories in light of the recent Israeli escalation, especially in Beit Hanoun. Papers reported Foreign Minister Mouallem's meeting with Khalid Mish'al, Chief of HAMAS' Political Bureau, and Dr. Ahma [...]
2006-11-09 11:37:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5295Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, US Veto of Gaza
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on November 13 reported President Asad's meeting with a US Protestant delegation, headed by Pastor Rick Warren, a prominent Protestant cleric. They discussed Syrian-American relations. The American delegation said that the US administration was mistaken in not start [...]
2006-11-13 14:50:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5320Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/UAE, Syria/Iraq, Golan,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that President Asad received on Sunday (Nov. 19) a letter from Sheikh Khalifa bin Zaied Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, concerning bilateral relations. The letter was delivered by the UAE Ambassador in Damascus Yousef al-Medfaei. On [...]
2006-11-20 13:59:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5412Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Yemen, Syria/Italy,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 17 reported President Asad's visit to Yemen and his meeting with Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Salih focusing on regional developments and bilateral relations. Papers also reported President Asad's press interview published Dec. 15 in a Rome-based daily La Rep [...]
2006-12-17 14:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS624Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Danish
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Shara has informed Moqtada al-Sadr, Leader of the al-Sadr movement in Iraq, about Syria's decision to restore diplomatic relations with Iraq and exchange diplomatic representation at level of ambassadors after the formation of the new Iraqi [...]
2006-02-14 14:43:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS674COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE COORDINATOR
[...] (U) Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants country clearance to Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille Hill for travel to Damascus from February 28 through March 4, 2006. After clearing customs, traveler will be met and assisted at the airport by an Embassy driver who will display a sign with the [...]
2006-02-16 14:40:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ
06GENEVA1673HRC: SPECIAL SESSION ON PALESTINE \
[...] (U) Summary: The Human Rights Council concluded its first \ Special Session on July 6 with the passage of a resolution \ entitled "Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian \ Territory" by a vote of 29-11-5. The resolution demands that \ Israel end its military operations in the OPT, abi [...]
2006-07-07 09:27:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
06JERUSALEM1004EREKAT ON JERICHO DEMARCHE, USG ASSISTANCE, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PLO Chief Negotiator and PLC member Sa,eb Erekat told Consul General during a March 9 meeting that he feared the withdrawal of U.S./U.K. Jericho Monitoring Mission (JMM) personnel would negatively impact civilians living in Jericho if the GOI takes military action against the six [...]
2006-03-10 15:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL PGOV IS PREL PTER
06JERUSALEM1287PALESTINIAN REACTIONS TO ISRAELI ELECTIONS
[...] (C) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) welcomed acting PM Olmert's comments after the election supporting negotiations, and a number of Fatah interlocutors stressed Abu Mazen's genuine willingness to negotiate. Fatah members all stressed that any progress in negotiations depended upon Israel [...]
2006-03-29 15:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1648FORMER PLC MEMBER ASSESSES ELECTIONS, HAMAS, AND
[...] (C) Summary. Former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Ziad Abu Zayyad (Jerusalem, independent) April 21 presented his assessment of the challenges confronting Palestinians and the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) to Senator Christopher Dodd and the Consul General. On the re [...]
2006-04-24 16:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM2201LIVING CONDITIONS DECLINE IN GAZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Anecdotal reports collected by ConGen FSN and USAID staff resident in Gaza indicate that Gazans have witnessed a decline in their living conditions in recent months. According to the World Food Programme (WFP),Gazans have generally pared down consumption of goods to essential [...]
2006-05-31 15:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON ETRD PREL KWBG
06JERUSALEM240SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatah and Hamas candidates in Gaza signed an agreement pledging to refrain from displaying weaponry and abide by the democratic process. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met January 18 for additional discussions regarding Jerusalem voting. During a January 18 meeting at C [...]
2006-01-19 17:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM
06JERUSALEM2855MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 9
[...] (C) IDF forces appear to have withdrawn from parts of the northern Gaza strip, but remain present in the central and southern sections. An explosion near Gaza City on July 8 that killed a mother and two of her children has attracted wide media attention. Prime Minister Hanniyyah released a 5 [...]
2006-07-09 10:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3022MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) The Rafah crossing opened July 18 to allow 2,000-3,000 Palestinians on the Egyptian side of the crossing to enter Gaza. Palestinian contacts report that more than 700 Palestinians transited into Gaza as of 1300 local. The IDF July 18 withdrew from parts of Beit Hanoun following its Ju [...]
2006-07-18 11:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3316ISRAELI HIGH COURT TO ALLOW TEMPLE MOUNT FAITHFUL
[...] (C) Jerusalem attorney Danny Seidemann confirmed to ConGen Poloff an August 1 decision by the Israeli High Court to grant entry by the Temple Mount Faithful -- an extreme right-wing Israeli group dedicated to rebuilding the Jewish temple on the site of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in the [...]
2006-08-01 15:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS
06JERUSALEM3752MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 22 SITREP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades gunmen threatened to open the Rafah crossing by force on August 21. Seven Palestinians were wounded in Gaza overnight August 21-22; three were injured in an IDF operation near the Karni crossing, and four were [...]
2006-08-22 15:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CASC ASEC KWBG KPAL
06JERUSALEM3804EREKAT OUTLINES NEXT STEPS TO CODEL SHAYS
[...] (C) Summary. During an August 19 meeting in Jericho, PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat told Codel Shays that the conflict in Lebanon resulted in a defeat for political moderation. Erekat maintained that extremist forces such as Hamas and Hezbollah have gained as a result of the violence, [...]
2006-08-23 15:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS
06JERUSALEM819A/S WELCH 2/25 MEEETING WITH SA'EB EREKAT
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 25 meeting in Ramallah, PLO chief negotiator Sa,eb Erekat told visiting NEA A/S Welch that Fatah would not join a Hamas government unless Hamas agreed to President Abbas, platform of peaceful negotiations. The Hamas cabinet would therefore likely consist of Ham [...]
2006-02-28 08:29:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS
06KUALALUMPUR1466OIC RELEASES STATEMENTS ON LEBANON AND PALESTINE
[...] (C) Summary: The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) released two documents concerning Lebanon and Palestine following their August 3 meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia (reftel). While both documents reiterated old rhetoric condemning Israel and predictably called for an immediate ceasefire, [...]
2006-08-04 07:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY
06MUSCAT1090MEDIA REACTION: GAZA, IRAQI NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
[...] Israel's Gaza incursion continued to receive strongly negative coverage in the local press. In a July 7 front-page article, privately owned Arabic-language daily "Al-Watan" (circulation 42,000) reported that Israel had used unspecified "internationally-banned weapons." Arabic papers front-pag [...]
2006-07-11 07:15:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06PARIS105MUBARAK VISIT LEAVES GOF REASSURED OF EGYPT'S
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac meeting, GoF contacts described Chirac and Mubarak as on the "same line" on Syria/Lebanon, and concluded that Egypt remains firm in its commitment to press Syria to cooperate with UNIIIC. Mubarak and Chirac agreed that Bashar al-Asad mu [...]
2006-01-06 18:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE EG KPAL IS IR IZ FR
06PARIS1130GOF REAFFIRMS QUARTET CONDITIONS, NO-CONTACT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: MFA and Elysee contacts continue to reiterate GoF attachment to the Quartet conditions and that the GoF has no intention of seeking contacts with Hamas. At the same time, GOF contacts remain reluctant to prejudge the consequences of Hamas refusal to meet Quartet conditions on EU [...]
2006-02-23 17:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS PTER EUN FR
06PARIS1411FM LIVNI VISIT REINFORCES UPSWING IN
[...] (C) Summary: Israel embassy contacts stressed positive atmospherics during FM Livni's March 1 meetings with French PM Villepin and FM Douste-Blazy. Israeli contacts were struck by the degree to which Livni found common ground with French officials, Villepin in particular, despite differences [...]
2006-03-06 18:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL IR FR
06PARIS2027MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-29 13:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2100MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France Iran Middle East -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 12:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4033MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Olmert to Europe
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 12:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4173(C) CHIRAC AND OLMERT DISCUSS RESUMPTION OF
[...] (S) Summary: Elysee contacts described the June 14 Chirac-Olmert meeting as friendly and said the French president was favorably impressed by his first encounter with the Israeli PM. Presidential Middle East advisor Dominique Boche stressed that Chirac urged Olmert to resume negotiations with [...]
2006-06-16 16:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL IS KPAL IR LE FR
06PARIS4360(C) MFA OFFICIAL ASSAILS EU LACK OF SOLIDARITY ON
[...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot (protect throughout),during a June 22 farewell chat with poloff, criticized other EU members -- Spain and Austria in particular -- for going soft on Syria, and offered similar criticism of the Elysee for its more a [...]
2006-06-23 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY IS PGOV FR
06PARIS4449MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Kidnapped
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-28 10:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS452MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Rice Transformational
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 11:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4944MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5116MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-28 10:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5360MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon Cuba
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 11:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5512MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Lebanon - Hezbollah -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS744ISRAELI IO A/S OUTLINES MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES,
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Aharon Leshno Yaar briefed Political Minister-Counselor January 26 on his meetings with French counterparts, stressing his warning to the GoF against new initiatives on Shebaa farms. Yaar confided Israel was also interested in organizing a new coor [...]
2006-02-03 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS853MFA AFFIRMS COMMON LINE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE,
[...] (C) We discussed reftel points on assistance to Palestinians with MFA desk officer for Palestinian affairs Mariam Diallo, who reaffirmed GoF support for the January 30 Quartet statement. She stressed that the GoF had established clear conditions the next Palestinian government must meet to re [...]
2006-02-09 18:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS FR
06RABAT1358PJD AND HAMAS: MOROCCAN POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORTS
[...] (U) Summary: Morocco's largest Islamist political party, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) (Ref A),could win up to 46 percent of the votes in the 2007 legislative elections, according to results from a hypothetical vote question in a poll conducted by the International Republican I [...]
2006-07-17 17:07:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PINR MO
06ROME2965WELCH REJECTS "AMBIGUITY" ON HAMAS RECOGNITION OF
[...] (S) Italy's MFA Middle East director Riccardo Sessa says European countries want to help move the Israeli-Palestinian issue forward, but the issue is how best to do so. He said a breakthrough could require a greater degree of ambiguity on the issue of Hamas recognition of Israel. NEA A/S Welc [...]
2006-10-26 11:35:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV IT XF
06TELAVIV1048ISRAELI NSA EILAND'S INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland and his chief of staff, Roy Dick, told the Ambassador and DCM on March 14 that the Israeli raid to arrest Palestinian detainees formerly monitored by U.S. and UK personnel in Jericho had been planned as early as 2002. He claimed the [...]
2006-03-15 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1064ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON AID TO PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland and his chief of staff, Roy Dick, told the Ambassador and DCM on March 14 that the GOI has not yet established a clear interagency position on assistance to the Palestinians. Eiland said that the NSC's plan on possible steps to reduce [...]
2006-03-16 15:38:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG KPAL LE IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1086PERETZ, THE SHEPHERD WHO AWAITS THE RETURN OF HIS
[...] (C) Summary: Labor Chairman Amir Peretz told the Ambassador and DCM March 17 that he believes that the large number of still undecided voters will be pivotal on election day. Peretz speculated that Labor's real public support may be larger than current polls indicate as traditional Laborites [...]
2006-03-17 17:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1101ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] National Security Strategy of the United States 2. Mideast 3. Bird Flu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banners in Maariv and The Jerusalem Post) reported that on Sunday, Palestinian PM-designate Ismail Haniyeh presented t [...]
2006-03-20 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1114ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio quoted President Bush as saying on Monday: "I see a threat in Iran. The threat is, of course, their stated objective to destroy our strong ally Israel. I've mad [...]
2006-03-21 07:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1145ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iraq 2. US-Israel Relations 3. Mideast --------------- Election polls: --------------- Channel 10-TV and Ha'aretz published the results of a survey conducted by Prof. Camil Fuchs of the Amanet Group's Dialogue Institute: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom w [...]
2006-03-22 12:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1178ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held this week: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom would you vote?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets, results of last week's poll. [...]
2006-03-24 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1191ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held on Sunday: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom would you vote?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets, results of Yediot's poll pub [...]
2006-03-27 13:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1216ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast 3. Iraq 4. Europe: Anti-Americanism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch and Deputy US National Secur [...]
2006-03-29 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1236ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1261ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media bannered the killing of four Israelis in a suicide bombing last night in the West Bank. A Palestinian who was apparently disguised as an ultra- Orthodox Jew hitchhiked a r [...]
2006-03-31 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1295ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that on Sunday, the Central Elections Committee announced it was correcting a mistake in the Knesset elections results, taking one Knesset seat from the Labor Party [...]
2006-04-03 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV136ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited a statement issued Monday by Jerusalem's Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, that PM Sharon, while still in serious but stable condition, began to bre [...]
2006-01-10 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1402ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported on seemingly moderate gestures and pronouncements from Hamas vis-a- vis Israel. Ha'aretz reported that Hamas has been sending go-between [...]
2006-04-07 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1426ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-10 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1438BASSEY DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS OF GAZA EVACUEES AND
[...] (C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),told EconCouns on April 4 that Gaza disengagement was a success because the level of violence was lower than he had predicted a year ago. He commented, however, that the evacuees have had a very difficult time adju [...]
2006-04-10 15:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1460ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Aftermath of Italian Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement in Mashhad on Tuesday that Iran has successfully enriched ura [...]
2006-04-12 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1473ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited President Bush's Passover message, which was issued on Wednesday and centered on the notion of freedom. Major media repor [...]
2006-04-14 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1488ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast 3. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in The Jerusalem Post) reported that new satellite imagery released on Sunday by the Institute for Science and Imagery, a Washi [...]
2006-04-17 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1523SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETS LIEBERMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Yisrael Beiteinu Party chairman Avigdor Lieberman on April 14 to discuss the political landscape in Israel. Avigdor, fresh from a negotiating session with the lead Kadima Party negotiator, Yoram Turbovitz, expressed confidence that his party [...]
2006-04-18 14:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR KDEM PINS KPAL IS JO IR IZ LE ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1533ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that FM Tzipi Livni, who successfully proposed revoking the Jerusalem residency of the Hamas legislators, persuaded a governmental foru [...]
2006-04-20 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1575ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon 4. Jonathan Pollard ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted Senator Joseph Lieberman, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate and a serving member of the Senate Armed Servi [...]
2006-04-21 11:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1600BEGINNING THE DISCUSSION ON ISRAEL'S CONVERGENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's intention to begin implementation of what he calls the "convergence plan" within the next two years (reftels) confronts the USG with decisions on whether and how to engage with Israel on the issue. The complexities, potential benefits, and pit [...]
2006-04-24 16:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1611ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the triple explosion that took place last night in the Sinai resort town of Dahab. Up to 30 people were reported killed and more than 100 wounded. Israel Radio quoted E [...]
2006-04-25 12:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1692ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Yediot reported that James Wolfensohn, the special Quartet envoy, has decided to discontinue his service after 11 months, and not to extend his term, which is due to expire at t [...]
2006-05-01 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1745ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 12:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1819ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Tuesday, at an international convention of mayors taking place in Jerusalem, that Israel will wait for six months to see whether the [...]
2006-05-10 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1843OLMERT TO SEEK U.S. VIEWS ON CONVERGENCE PLAN IN
[...] (S) Summary: According to Brig. Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has a large agenda for his discussions in Washington scheduled for May 23, including the so-called convergence plan. Spiegel claimed that the &plan8 is less a detailed strategy, than a general policy. He i [...]
2006-05-10 17:06:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1854ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1887ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Israel and the US are beginning discussions of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convergence plan this week. The newspaper wrote that the working assumption a [...]
2006-05-15 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1913ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Libya 3. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a statement issued Monday by the White House Press Secretary: "President Bush will welcome Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to the White House on May [...]
2006-05-16 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV194ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-13 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1963ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Upcoming Visit of PM Olmert to Washington 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that on Thursday, the US published a draft of a new international treaty that would forbid the production of fissionab [...]
2006-05-19 12:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1995ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 13:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2017ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Former Republic of Yugoslavia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted comments made by President Bush at his joint White House press conference with PM Ehud Olmert on Tuesday: "Today, Prime Minister [...]
2006-05-24 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2140ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anti-Semitism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Sunday, at a news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh, that he will meet PA Chairman [Pr [...]
2006-06-05 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2157ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that FM Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Amir Peretz will meet today with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David SIPDI [...]
2006-06-06 11:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2272ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Somalia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that at 10 Downing Street on Monday, British PM Tony Blair refrained from endorsing PM Ehud Olmert's plan for a unilateral withdrawal, although he recognized that t [...]
2006-06-13 13:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV2307ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported on President Bush's surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday. Maariv cited a Pew poll held in various European and Muslim countries, according to which Fr [...]
2006-06-14 14:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2339ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying in Paris Wednesday that realignment is unstoppable. The Jerusalem Post wrote that Olmert left his meeting with French President Jacques Chira [...]
2006-06-15 13:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV237ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 05:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2400ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2493ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] MIDEAST 2. ISRAEL-ICRC RELATIONS ------------------------- KEY STORIES IN THE MEDIA: ------------------------- ALL MEDIA REPORTED THAT PM EHUD OLMERT AND PA CHAIRMAN [PRESIDENT] MAHMOUD ABBAS AGREED IN PETRA, JORDAN, ON THURSDAY TO MEET FORMALLY IN A FEW WEEKS. (A YEDIOT HEADLINE [...]
2006-06-23 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2622AG GONZALES' MEETING WITH MINISTER OF PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: In the June 28 meeting, Avi Dichter told the Attorney General and the Ambassador that he fully supports U.S.-Israel cooperation on counter terrorism, and sees no reason to restrict information sharing when it can help save innocent lives. Dichter detailed Israel's response to rece [...]
2006-06-30 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER IS POL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV2714ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli diplomatic officials expressed concern Thursday that the world's reaction to the IDF incursion into northern Gaza, considered relatively mil [...]
2006-07-07 13:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2750ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 12:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2782SHIMON PERES ADVOCATES ACTION ON ECONOMIC PEACE
[...] (C) In a July 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister for Negev and Galilee Development Shimon Peres presented copies of signed letters from Jordan's King Abdallah, Palestinian President Abbas, and Prime Minister Olmert, soliciting former President Bill Clinton to chair an international board [...]
2006-07-13 19:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV2788KNESSET SPEAKER SAYS ISRAEL MUST REACT STRONGLY TO
[...] (C) Summary: Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik told the Ambassador July 12 that Israel must react strongly to Hizballah's July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers and killing of eight others in its cross-border attacks that day and that Israel cannot appear weak. She expressed hope that the internation [...]
2006-07-14 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV289ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported (banners in all newspapers, except Maariv) the suicide bombing that took place near Tel Aviv's old central bus station on Thursday afternoon. Around 30 [...]
2006-01-20 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2901ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV3048ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV305ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today, all major media led with stories related to Wednesday's scheduled elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ha'aretz quoted GOI sources in Jerusalem as sa [...]
2006-01-23 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV313ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned Palestinian voters ahead of Wednesday's elections for the [...]
2006-01-24 15:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3245ISRAELI MOD PRESSED TO TAKE QUICK STEPS TO HELP
[...] (C) Responding to the Charge's urgings that Israel act quickly to end the sea blockade of Lebanon, re-open Beirut International Airport, and allow mobile bridges to be erected in southern Lebanon to facilitate shipments of outside assistance to needy Lebanese, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Head Amos G [...]
2006-08-16 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG MASS LE SY IL
06TELAVIV3458FURTHER ANALYSIS OF MOJ DRAFT PROPOSAL ON ILLEGAL
[...] (C) Dror Etkes, settlement watch coordinator for Peace Now, told econoff on August 30 that there is no specific mention in the draft MOJ proposal about which outposts, whether pre- or post-March 2001, are expected to be retroactively approved. He said that the proposal simply makes it easy f [...]
2006-08-30 15:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3511SASSON SHAKEN BY MOJ PLAN TO LAUNDER, EXPAND
[...] (S) This is an action request message. See paragraph 11. 2. (S) Summary: Talia Sasson, the attorney who wrote the blockbuster report in March 2005 on illegal outposts activity in the West Bank, was visibly disturbed and agitated by a draft proposal in response to her report that the Minis [...]
2006-09-01 15:27:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKWBG PGOV PREL IS
06TELAVIV3561TOURGEMAN AND STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSS LEBANON,
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to Staffdel Talwar that budget wrangling will be taking place between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the next few months as usual. The [...]
2006-09-07 13:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS LE SY
06TELAVIV366ISRAELI NSC SAYS CLARITY NEEDED ON HAMAS IN NEW
[...] (C) During their January 25 meeting at Israel's National Security Council, NSC Director MGEN (Ret.) Giora Eiland and his deputy, Eran Etzion, told NEA DAS Robert Danin the following: -- USG, GOI and Quartet statements on a HAMAS presence in the new Palestinian government need to be clear and [...]
2006-01-26 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL PEACE PROCESS
06TELAVIV3843AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BIBI NETANYAHU
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Likud Party leader Bibi Netanyahu September 26, Netanyahu told the Ambassador he was pleased with his recent visits to Washington and London, and appeared confident that he and his party would make a political comeback as a result of the Israeli public's swing [...]
2006-09-28 08:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IS IR XF
06TELAVIV4037ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that a total of 8 or 9 Palestinians, including two children, were killed Thursday in two IDF operations in the Gaza Strip. Five Qassam rockets landed [...]
2006-10-13 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4086ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a speech at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, PM Ehud Olmert said that the "Lebanon campaign" underlined the threat a nuclear Iran would pose for the " [...]
2006-10-17 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4303THE LIEBERMAN FACTOR IN ISRAEL POLITICS AND U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party is poised to formally join the governing coalition on October 30, following negotiations with PM Olmert and the grudging acceptance of this deal by Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz. Although several Labor MK's have made their vocife [...]
2006-10-27 16:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS US
06TELAVIV4330ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Bush administration is making efforts to train the Presidential Guard of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in order to prepare it for a potential violent [...]
2006-10-31 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4354ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Yediot reported that that US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday after visiting Egypt. According to the paper Negroponte's visit has [...]
2006-11-01 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4473ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US Midterm Elections 2. Beit Hanun Attack 3. Mideast 4. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Please note: block quotes only, Thursday, November 9, 2006. ----------------------------- Â [...]
2006-11-09 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4474MK SCNELLER'S PLAN TO EVACUATE WEST BANK SETTLER
[...] (C) Summary: Econoff and Deputy PolCouns met with member of Knesset (MK) Otneil Schneller to discuss efforts by Prime Minister Olmert's office to negotiate the evacuation of West Bank settlements and outposts with settler leaders. In press reports, Schneller -- settler of the Mikhmas settlem [...]
2006-11-09 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV448ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and UNSC member Germany decided to transfer [...]
2006-01-31 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4486ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US Midterm Elections 2. Beit Hanun Attack 3. Mideast 4. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Please note: block quotes only, Thursday, November 9, 2006. ----------------------------- Â [...]
2006-11-13 09:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4521ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying last night in Los Angeles that the moment of truth has arrived regarding Iran's nuclear program. Olmert was quoted as saying that "no longer ca [...]
2006-11-15 10:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV464ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-NATO Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night, President Bush devoted most of his State of the Union Address to the global war on terror and the Iraq issue. Giving an account of [...]
2006-02-01 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4649ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4699ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on, and Ha'aretz (English Ed.) led with, praise lavished on Thursday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on PM Ehud Olmert for his address on Monday at a memorial ev [...]
2006-12-01 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4713ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Lebanon 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Sunday the diplomatic-security cabinet adopted PM Ehud Olmert's view that the cease-fire must be reinforced. Ha'aretz cited the cabinet's decision that the [...]
2006-12-04 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
06TELAVIV4730AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN'S THOUGHTS ON PALESTINIAN ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams discussed Israeli-Palestinian relations with Minister for Strategic Threats Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) on November 29. Lieberman had requested the meeting to share his latest thinking on the Palestinian question ahead of his pl [...]
2006-12-05 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR EG CY JO
06TELAVIV4851DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ ON AMA, CEASEFIRE, LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by embassy senior staff, called on Defense Minister Amir Peretz December 12 to express appreciation for Peretz's role in maintaining the Gaza ceasefire and to review the status of AMA implementation discussions with the MOD. Peretz, who was flanked by Dep [...]
2006-12-15 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ECON KWBG PHUM IS LE
06TELAVIV4890CODEL MCCAIN MEETS PM OLMERT: IRAQ SITUATION,
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL McCain, made up of Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, John Thune, and Representative Mark Kirk, called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert December 18. Charge and Pol Couns attended the meeting, as did Olmert's senior advisers and the MFA's Deputy Director G [...]
2006-12-20 07:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS IR IZ AF
06TELAVIV4895CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH MINDEF PERETZ:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. CODEL MCCAIN, INCLUDING SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN, JOSEPH LIEBERMAN, SUSAN COLLINS, JOHN THUNE, AND REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK, MET WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE AMIR PERETZ DECEMBER 18. CHARGE AND POL COUNS ATTENDED THE MEETING, AS DID MOD SENIOR STAFF. THE CODEL MENTIONED THEIR VISIT TO [...]
2006-12-20 14:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS MARR
06TELAVIV4971CODEL DODD AND KERRY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Dodd and Kerry discussed their visit to Syria, Israel's relations with the Palestinians, the rising power of Islamic radicalism, and the effect of sanctions on Iran during their December 21 meeting with Foreign Minister Livni. Livni stressed the GOI's reasons for rejecting [...]
2006-12-28 08:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY IR KWBG IS
06TELAVIV558ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-India Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Citing recent comments by President Bush and Acting PM Ehud Olmert, Ha'aretz wrote that it has been mutually agreed that the U.S. will provid [...]
2006-02-07 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV576ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV58ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-06 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV642ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-13 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV693ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV751ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Muhammad Cartoon Controversy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Israel's representative to the UN Danny Gillerman as warning at the UN Security Council Tuesday that an Iran-Syria-Hamas "terror ax [...]
2006-02-22 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV763ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with tension between Israel and Jordan following an utterance by O/C Central Command Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh during a closed meeting on Wednesday with diplomats and journalists, [...]
2006-02-23 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV851ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Global War on Terror 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media -- lead story in Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) -- cited a report put out by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which found that Iran i [...]
2006-02-28 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV853ISRAELIS TELL CODEL SHAYS THEY WON'T TURN OUT THE
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Shalom Tourgeman assured CODEL Shays that the GOI would not withold electricity or take purely punitive economic measures against the Palestinian people, but did say that the GOI believes that all other US, European and Israeli economic assistance sho [...]
2006-02-28 13:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV877ABBAS AND HAMAS: LEFT-OF-CENTER ISRAELI LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 28 discussion hosted by the Ambassador, left-of-center Israeli politicians and advisers advocated support for Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and criticized the GOI's refusal to deal with him. The group generally agreed that the GOI should take a "wa [...]
2006-03-02 09:18:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV881ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Ha'aretz led with developments on the political scene. The media reported that Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to have the party's central committee hold pri [...]
2006-03-02 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV894RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER SPECULATES RIGHT-WING
[...] (C) Summary: National Union (NU) leader MK Benny Elon asserted to the Ambassador March 1 that the right-of-center parties will gain enough seats in the March 28 elections that they could (in the unlikely event they were asked to do so) form a government. He called Kadima an artificial politic [...]
2006-03-03 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KPAL KWBG EG IS JA GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV903ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The concept of a new disengagement from the West Bank was headlined in the weekend's media. On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert is planning to enlist in [...]
2006-03-06 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV92SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 11, 2006 JOINT POL-MIL
[...] (C) The Joint Pol-Mil Group (JPMG) meeting will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and recent progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has stalled. PM Sharon suffered a significant brain hemorrhage on January 4, and is now in critical condition, [...]
2006-01-06 16:41:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR PGOV PTER MASS OTRA PARM ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV922U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG)
[...] (C) On February 22, the Israeli MFA hosted the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group (JCG) -- the prior one having occurred over a year and a half earlier. The Israeli side stressed the importance it placed on the JCG's resumption (following the January meeting of the [...]
2006-03-07 05:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV KPAL KWBG ASEC EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV937ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US/India Civilian Nuclear Accord ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banners in Ha'aretz and Maariv) quoted Acting PM Ehud Olmert as saying Tuesday that Israel will invest no money in construction in the territories in [...]
2006-03-08 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV940DANGERS OF DICHTER'S DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief and Kadima candidate Avi Dichter set off a political firestorm on March 5 by leaking to reporters details of what he claims are A/PM Ehud Olmert's plans for disengagement from parts of the West Bank. Dichter said that aft [...]
2006-03-08 15:18:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV981ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The lead stories in all three major Hebrew-language newspapers focus on interviews with Acting PM Ehud Olmert. (The Jerusalem Post also conducted an interview with him.) [...]
2006-03-10 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV997ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert briefed the US administration last week on the main thrust of his political plan before he delivered it to the loca [...]
2006-03-13 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TOKYO3818JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 02:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06USUNNEWYORK762UNSC: MARCH MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING
[...] (U) In his March 30 briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tuliameni Kalomoh discussed the new Palestinian government, the just-completed Israeli elections, security issues, the humanitarian situation in Gaza and [...]
2006-04-11 15:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
06VIENNA3296AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 09, 2006
[...] SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer and Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel will meet in Parliament Friday to discuss again whether there is still a chance for a grand coalition. In the meantime, Federal President Heinz Fischer has indicated he is prepared to give the two parties "one or two weeks" to come t [...]
2006-11-09 14:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07ABUDHABI1413 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AND THE U.S. OCCUPATION; REPORT ON
[...] SUMMARY: A UAE writer in "Al-Khaleej" opines that America has become bored as a result of its failure to accomplish its objectives in Iraq. "Al-Khaleej" does not believe that dragging other countries, such as Britain, the U.N. and recently France, into Iraq will help solve the Iraqi crisis an [...]
2007-08-23 13:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07AMMAN2305GOJ ELABORATES ON ITS WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNITION OF
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: JORDAN'S RATIONALE FOR WITHDRAWING RECOGNITION OF GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH THEOPHILOS III IS BASED ON UNFULFILLED PROMISES REGARDING THE RECLAMATION OF CHURCH LANDS AND INCREASING THE ROLE OF ARAB MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH MADE TO THE GOJ WHEN THEOPHILOS ASCENDED TO THE PATRIARCHY [...]
2007-05-31 07:25:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI JO KWBG IS
07AMMAN2980STAFFDEL SOCHA TOLD THAT PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with Christopher Socha, Senior Policy Advisor to Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC),Jordanian interlocutors stressed the urgency for movement toward a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and that Jordan was not able to further accommodate Iraqi [...]
2007-07-11 14:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL JO
07AMMAN3162JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: THE ISLAMIST -
[...] (SBU) Municipal election campaigning is in full swing across Jordan with an explosion of posters, rallies, and spontaneous political salons throughout the country. (The political environment in Amman itself, by contrast, remains subdued, given that the mayor and half the municipal council are [...]
2007-07-26 07:33:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL JO
07AMMAN3240JORDAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ISLAMIST BOYCOTT:
[...] (C) Summary. The Islamic Action Front,s (IAF) withdrawal from July 31 municipal elections is being read as a pre-meditated step to undermine the legitimacy of the polling, employed after a last-minute realization that GOJ boosting of nationalist candidates was succeeding beyond IAF expectatio [...]
2007-08-01 15:58:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL JO
07AMMAN3284JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: "A WEDDING FOR
[...] (SBU) In contrast to 2003 (in which all mayors and half of municipal council members were appointed; ref C),this year's municipal elections generated a high national turnout and high enthusiasm, as well as some controversy that resulted in scattered disruptions and violence in the country. Th [...]
2007-08-02 13:46:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL KWMN JO
07AMMAN4663ON ANNAPOLIS, FLEETING HOPE LEAVENS LOW
[...] (C) Summary: As the Annapolis conference approaches, we have been pulsing our Jordanian contacts on their expectations for the event, speaking to a broad range of Palestinians and East Bankers. While few of our contacts evinced optimism about the meeting, neither complaints about its expecte [...]
2007-11-21 16:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL JO IS
07AMMAN4733WHY JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS LOST GROUND IN
[...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood's Islamic Action Front (IAF) party suffered a crippling defeat in the November 20 parliamentary elections. As Jordan's political landscape realigns, the IAF is spinning its defeat several ways in the media. It is joined by the chattering classes, who have [...]
2007-11-29 16:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALJO PGOV KDEM KISL
07ANKARA1175ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1732STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY'S MEETINGS WITH MFA OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate July 2 meetings, HCFA Senior Staff Member Alan Makovsky discussed the Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR),Middle East and regional issues and Cyprus with MFA U/S Apakan, Deputy U/S Cevikoz and Deputy U/S Berk. Apakan reviewed his recent consultations in Israel, noting [...]
2007-07-06 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PTER AJ AM IR IS
07BEIRUT743DEFMIN MURR SAYS DECISIVE BATTLE WITH FATAH
[...] (S) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador in a 5/24 meeting that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) will initiate a major assault on Nahr al-Barid camp in about 4-5 days, the time needed to assemble troops and ammunition and clear the camp of as many civilians [...]
2007-05-25 11:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PARM MOPS PTER PREF LE SY
07BUENOSAIRES1367MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT; US-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover the international conference on the Middle East called by US President George W. Bush; the current status of the US-Russia relationship; and implications of US Treasury Secretary Paulson's trip to Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND [...]
2007-07-18 11:14:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07CAIRO110COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CSC PATRICIA
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of HHS/SCS Medical Officer, Patricia Simone, to Cairo, Egypt January 23-26 to discuss and finalize plans for 2007 activities and to be introduced to the strategic partners at the Ministry of Health, NAMRU-3 and the WHO regional of [...]
2007-01-16 13:40:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA US EG CDC
07CAIRO111COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CSC MELINDA FROST
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of HHS/CDC Acting Associate Director, Melinda Frost, to Cairo, Egypt February 11-16 to attend the WHO Global Communications Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required for this visit. 3. Science & Tech [...]
2007-01-16 13:41:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA US EG CDC
07CAIRO112COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CDC BASSAM JARRAR
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of HHS/CDC Public Health Advisor, Bassam Jarrar, to Cairo, Egypt January 30-February 3 to discuss and finalize plans for 2007 activities and to meet with various GOE and USG officials. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...]
2007-01-16 13:42:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA US EG CDC
07CAIRO1870A DIVIDED ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS "CRIMINAL" ACTS IN
[...] (U) Arab League (AL) foreign ministers, at the request of Egypt, met on June 15 at AL headquarters in Cairo to address Hamas's take-over of the Gaza Strip, next steps by - and assistance for - PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),and the situation in Lebabon (septel). The ministers (from 1 [...]
2007-06-19 05:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MEPN ARABBL KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO2080CONGRESSMEN TOUR EGPYT'S RAFAH BORDER; EGYPTIANS
[...] (SBU) CODEL McCollum, comprising Betty McCollum, (D) Wisconsin, Lincoln Davis (D) Tennesee, and staff toured Egypt,s Rafah Terminal and border on July 3. Major General Nagy Kamal, from the Egyptian Department of Military Intelligence (DMI),briefed on anti-smuggling efforts and escorted the t [...]
2007-07-05 13:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER EG IS
07CAIRO2280SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 31 VISIT OF SECRETARIES
[...] (C) The Egyptians welcome the joint visit of the Secretaries of State and Defense as a clear signal of mutual SIPDIS recognition of shared strategic interests, despite recent highly publicized bilateral tensions. President Mubarak and ministers Aboul Gheit, Tantawi, and Soliman, expect the [...]
2007-07-24 17:01:00Embassy CairoSECRETECON EFIN KPAL MARR PGOV PREL SU EG IS IZ IR
07CAIRO252COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of NNSA Michael Bedke 14 to Cairo, Egypt February 1-20 to meet with Port Authority and Egyptian Customs officials and conduct an engineering survey of the Port of Alexandria. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in pa [...]
2007-01-30 11:36:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG KNNP PARM EG
07CAIRO2730ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS: MIDDLE EAST PEACE MUST BE
[...] (U) During its September 5 annual ministerial meeting, Arab League (AL) foreign ministers confirmed their support for President Bush's proposed meeting for Middle East peace, but stressed a comprehensive approach producing tangible results. AL Secretary General Amre Moussa said in a press con [...]
2007-09-06 14:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS IZ XP
07DAMASCUS109 Syria/Turkey, Syria/Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Feb. 1 reported FM Walid Mouallem's visit to Turkey on Jan. 31 and his meetings with President Sezer and PM Erdogan to convey two messages from President Asad on the latest developments in the region. Mouallem also held talks with Turkish FM Abdullah Gul on bilatera [...]
2007-02-01 14:46:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS15Syria/Europe, US/Syria, Bush's Iraq Strategy, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 8 reported the Jan. 7 visit to Damascus by a British-European parliamentary delegation headed by Former European Commission President Jacques Santier. The delegation met President Asad. Talks focused on developments in Iraq, Lebanon, and the occupied Palestinia [...]
2007-01-08 13:06:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS2CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bashar Al-Asad said he was optimistic about restarting peace negotiations with Israel, claimed (erroneously it appears) the seven opposition activists recently jailed had been released, expressed pessimism on reaching a political resolution in Lebanon given what he desc [...]
2007-12-31 13:35:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM PGOV PHUM SY IS IZ LEB
07DAMASCUS21 US/Russia, Syria/Israel, Syria/Iraq, Syria/EU, HAMAS,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend reported that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticized the latest US sanctions against Russian arms firms for "selling arms to Syria," describing these sanctions as "groundless." The Ministry said in a statement that "yet once again, the [...]
2007-01-09 05:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS341 Syria/Macedonia, Pelosi's Visit, Prisoner-swap, Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Apr. 10 reported FM Mouallem's meeting on Apr. 9 with Macedonian FM Antonio Milososki. Talks focused on the latest developments in the Middle East and the Balkans and prospects of bilateral cooperation. During the meeting, FM Milososki expressed his country's desir [...]
2007-04-11 04:36:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS371 Syria/Iran, Syria/Palestinian Authority, Syria/Iraq,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Apr. 18 reported the Apr. 17 visit to Damascus of Iranian FM Manuchehr Mottaki, during which he held talks with Foreign Minister Mouallem and senior Foreign Ministry officials on bilateral relations and regional issues. Papers also reported VP Shara's meeting on Ap [...]
2007-04-19 09:23:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS393CODEL ISSA VISIT TO SYRIA APRIL 5: MEETING WITH FM
[...] (C) Summary: Congressman Darrell Issa met with Foreign Minister Mu'allim for 45 minutes on April 5. They discussed Syria's desire for a new U.S. ambassador to Syria, intelligence cooperation, the SARG's November 2006 closing of Amideast - which Mu'allim linked to U.S. sanctions, Syria's relat [...]
2007-04-25 09:34:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS424 Syria/Russia, Syria/US, Sharm al-Sheikh Conference,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 5 reported FM Mouallem's participation in the Ministerial Conference of Iraq's Neighboring Countries held in Sharm al-Sheikh on May 4. In his speech at the conference, Mouallem stressed the need to schedule withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq in accordance wi [...]
2007-05-08 05:20:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS431Syria/Cuba, Syria/Libya, Syria/US, Syria/France, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 9 reported Information Minister Mohsen Bilal's meeting on May 8 with Cuban MP Kenia Serrano, during which Bilal stressed Syria's concern to achieve stability and security in the Middle East through a just and comprehensive peace based on UN resolutions. Talks al [...]
2007-05-09 13:37:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS436 Syria/Libya, Syria/UN, Syria/France, Iraq, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian press on May 10 reported President Asad's meeting on May 9 with Libyan Prime Minister El-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi. This is the first high level meeting between the two countries for years. Talks dealt with bilateral relations, mutual cooperation, and topics on the agenda of [...]
2007-05-10 12:59:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS444Asad Speech/Nomination, Syria/PLO, Syria/UK, Syria/Italy,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 11 reported President Asad's speech at the first session of the new People's Assembly on May 10, which approved the nomination of President Asad for a second seven-year term as president and set May 27 as the date for the presidential referendum. Papers also r [...]
2007-05-14 09:39:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS458 OIC Conference, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Cheney,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 16 reported Foreign Minister Mouallem's speech at the meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Islamabad on May 15. Mouallem said that the only way to end violence and realize peace in the Middle East is by Israel's recognition of relevant intern [...]
2007-05-16 11:03:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS470 Palestinian Territories, Syria/Iran, Asad/ Referendum,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 17 featured an official Syrian statement issued on May 16 expressing Syria's deep concern about the bloody clashes among Palestinians in Gaza. "Fighting among Palestinians comes at a time when they must close ranks and boost national unity in the framework of [...]
2007-05-17 13:40:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS485 North Lebanon Clashes, Mouallem, Jafaari, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 22 continued to report on clashes in Naher al-Bared refugee camp in north Lebanon. All papers also featured a lecture at Damascus University by FM Mouallem on May 21 praising Syria's foreign policy under President Asad's leadership, saying that "US pressures an [...]
2007-05-22 12:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS496Asad/Referendum, Syria/UNDOF, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 24 reported VP Shara's lecture at Damascus University on May 23 in anticipation of the May 27 referendum on a new term for President Asad. Vice President Shara renewed Syria's rejection of the war in Iraq, stressing support for the political process in the count [...]
2007-05-24 11:41:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS598 Syria/Greece, Syria/Italy, Syria/Netherlands,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 13 reported the visit to Damascus by Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Dora Bakoyannis and her meeting with President Asad on June 12 about bilateral relations and political developments in Iraq, the occupied territories and Lebanon. Bakoyannis praised Syria's [...]
2007-06-13 13:13:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS625 Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Syria/EU, Syria/Israel,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 20 and 21 quoted Amr Moussa, the Arab League Secretary General, as saying on June 19 that Arab foreign ministers, who met in Cairo last Friday, did not receive any document from the Lebanese delegation on weapons smuggling to Lebanon. The papers concluded that [...]
2007-06-21 09:45:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS684Syria/Denmark, Syria/US, Syria/Sudan, Syria/Russia,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 4 reported President Asad's meeting on July 3 with Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller, focusing on bilateral relations and efforts to revive the peace process. Discussions also dealt with the situation in Iraq and the political process there. The two sid [...]
2007-07-05 13:15:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS694 Mousa, Bilal, Aboul Gheit, Lebanon, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 9 reported the July 8 arrival in Damascus from Riyadh of Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa, for a two-day official visit to Syria. Mousa will meet with senior Syrian officials about the latest developments in Lebanon. He will discuss the Lebanese crisis [...]
2007-07-09 13:33:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS716Primakov, Syria/China, Syria/Iran, Mousa, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 11 featured a press conference on July 11 held by Yevgeny Primakov, Chairman of the Russian Chamber of Trade and Industry and former Russian Premier, at the headquarters of the Rossiiskaia Gazeta newspaper on July 10 emphasizing that it is impossible to achieve [...]
2007-07-13 09:02:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS717 Amr Mousa, Syria/Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 10 reported the visit to Damascus by Secretary General Amr Mousa and his meeting with President Asad on July 9 focusing on regional Arab developments. President Asad expressed support to the Arab League Secretary General mission in Lebanon aiming at achieving ac [...]
2007-07-13 09:03:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS718 Syria/Kuwait, Syria/UAE, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 12 reported that President Asad on July 11 received al letter from Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah connected with bilateral relations between the two sisterly countries and issues of common concern. The letter focused on the latest devel [...]
2007-07-13 09:04:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS727 Syria/UAE, Syria/Netherlands, Syria/Sudan,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 16 reported that President Sheikh Khaifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates arrived in Damascus July 15 on an official 2-day visit. He made a statement upon arrival expressing satisfaction with cooperation in recent years in the economic, trade and [...]
2007-07-16 13:45:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS746Syria/Iran, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 23 featured a statement by Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Ali Husseini on July 22 reiterating the importance of the recent talks between President Asad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad which aimed to improve the strong relations between the [...]
2007-07-23 10:09:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS751Lebanon, Syria/Ukraine, Syria/Iraq, Syria/Israel, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 24 reported the July 23 broadcast by al-Jazeera television of an interview with Hizbollah Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah. Nasrallah said that Syria was SIPDIS ready to engage in the July 2006 war on Lebanon, but Hizbollah did not see any reason for Syria [...]
2007-07-24 09:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS772Lebanon, Peace Process, Palestinian Territories, Iraq,
[...] Summary: All Syrian papers on July 29 featured Hizbollah leader Sayed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on July 28 in mass rally in Bint Jbeil in south Lebanon commemorating the anniversary of the July 2006 war with Israel saying that the Lebanese resistance has foiled US plans for a new Middle East [...]
2007-07-30 06:16:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS775 Iraq, Lebanon, Islam, Palestinian Territories, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 30 reported Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad's meeting on July 29 with Under Secretary of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry Mohammad al-Haj Mahmoud focusing on bilateral relations, developments in Iraq and the effects of the increasing influx of Iraqi citizens [...]
2007-07-30 14:22:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS801 Bilal, Baath Party, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 4 featured a lecture by Information Minister Muhsen Bilal saying that the US project currently aims at lessening the value of victories achieved by the Lebanese resistance and imposing its schemes on Palestine, Iraq and other countries with the aim of seizing [...]
2007-08-07 13:26:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS835 Shara, Syria/India, Nasrallah, Iraq, Palestinian
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 15 reported a meeting with journalists in Damascus by Vice President Shara on August 14 confirming that Syria has no intention of waging war against Israel to restore occupied Golan, but he accused Israel for seeking "any excuse to launch a war." "Israel know [...]
2007-08-15 13:47:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS853Syria/Iraq, Syria/Palestinians, Syria/Israel, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 21 reported the visit to Damascus by Iraqi PM Nouri al-Malki and his meeting with PM Mohammad Naji Ottri on August 20. Talks focused on bilateral relations and mutual cooperation between the two countries and means to improve them. PM Ottri expressed Syria's [...]
2007-08-22 04:39:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS857Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 22 reported President Asad's meeting on August 21 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in which he reiterated Syria's support for the current political process in Iraq and stressed the need to intensify efforts to create a suitable foundation for achievin [...]
2007-08-22 11:51:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07JERUSALEM1189FCC SUSPENDS FATAH'S PARTICIPATION IN THE NUG
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Fatah Central Committee (FCC) decided on June 12 to "suspend" Fatah's participation in the national unity government (NUG). Fatah leaders report that some FCCs members urged that Fatah withdraw from the government completely, but that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) [...]
2007-06-13 14:22:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2344DENIAL OF DOLLARS TO GAZA BANKS HELPS HAMAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cash shipments of NIS sufficient to cover October Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries entered the Gaza Strip November 6, but Israeli authorities continue to deny bank requests for USD and Jordanian dinar (JD) cash transfers, according to bank representatives. Bank officials a [...]
2007-11-09 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER KFTN
07JERUSALEM2431OFRA: A "FLAGSHIP" PESSIMISTIC AND ANGRY ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Residents of the West Bank settlement of Ofra told Poloffs November 16 that convening Annapolis is a mistake and they will stay in Ofra regardless of USG policy or political developments. Six long-time residents of this settlement movement "flagship" said the USG ignores lessons [...]
2007-11-23 11:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07MAPUTO1392MOZAMBIQUE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT
[...] The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) is party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor. The GRM has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions of the labor code, but does not have a regulatory body specifically devoted to child labor [...]
2007-11-28 16:07:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MZ
07MOSCOW4305DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov expressed strong support for the upcoming Quartet meetings and the Middle East Peace Conference. Saltanov proposed bilateral consultations in Washington or New York following his planned Septe [...]
2007-08-31 11:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
07PARIS1 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: SOMALIA, THE ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE;
[...] (SBU) The conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia, conducted with alleged "tacit" or "explicit" U.S. support dominated the international news in France this week. The French press denounced the pending execution of Saddam Hussein and complained that he is being put to death before being tried fo [...]
2007-01-03 05:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS3579PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...]
2007-08-28 18:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PINR FR
07PARIS538 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MIDDLE EAST (IRAQ, PALESTINIAN
[...] (SBU) Following last week's major conferences on the environment, international conferences in Paris this week on child soldiers and on enforced disappearances offered new media opportunities for French officials to portray themselves in opposition to U.S. policy. Moreover, U.S.-French differe [...]
2007-02-09 14:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07ROME162A/S FRIED DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MIDDLE
[...] (C/NF) EUR A/S Daniel Fried discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Middle East with GOI officials in January 10-11 meetings in Rome. (Fried meetings with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema reported septel) On the Middle East, Fried stated that the administration would focus significant attention on the re [...]
2007-01-25 08:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS NATO IT
07SAOPAULO74MIDDLE EAST: PROSPECTS FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN DIALOGUE;
[...] "End Of A Cycle" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (1/31) editorialized: "The Israeli Army's unilateral withdrawal from the Palestinian territories - an idea in which most Israelis placed their hopes for peace - did not work.... The unilateral withdrawal plan conc [...]
2007-01-31 12:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07TELAVIV1029ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Detention and Release of UK Sailors ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Israel Radio reported that around two weeks ago IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit's captors passed on to him a pair of glasses sent by his father. The r [...]
2007-04-06 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1062ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1063ISRAELI MOD CONTACTS SHARE VIEWS ON PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) In a March 29 meeting, Israeli officials from the MOD's POL-MIL Bureau briefed EUCOM Political Advisor (POLAD) Mary Carlin Yates on their assessment of the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and its implications for Palestinian-Israel relations, Israeli thinking about the negative [...]
2007-04-11 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG NATO IZ IS
07TELAVIV1086CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. REPRESENTATIVE GARY ACKERMAN (D, NEW YORK),CHAIRMAN OF MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT APRIL 11. THEY DISCUSSED OLMERT'S APPROACH TO HIS UPCOMING MEETING WI [...]
2007-04-13 10:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1114CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (C) Summary. Representative Gary Ackerman (D, New York),Chairman of the Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu at the Knesset April 11. The discussion covered Netany [...]
2007-04-18 06:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP EFIN IR KPAL IS
07TELAVIV1143ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Gates to Israel, April 18-19, 2007 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post prominently covered the visit of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to Israel. Yediot and Maariv did not report on th [...]
2007-04-19 08:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1163ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Defense Secretary Robert Gates ended his short visit to Israel on Thursday with a meeting with PM Olmert and FM Tzipi Livni. Ha'aretz said that the [...]
2007-04-20 09:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1223ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that, in a high-level defense consultation on Wednesday, PM Ehud Olmert decided that Israel will avoid a broad military response to the Hamas rocket bar [...]
2007-04-26 08:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1263ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Winograd Probe Into 2nd Lebanon War 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend Channel 10-TV unofficially disclosed the basic points of the interim report of the Winograd Commission probing the Second Lebano [...]
2007-04-30 09:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1283ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1288 CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES TWO-STATE SOLUTION, SYRIA, AND IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY FM Livni met with CODEL Pelosi and emphasized that Israel and the U.S. share challenges and values. Speaker Pelosi and the Representatives reaffirmed their commitment to an Israel at peace with its neighbors. Livni stressed that the missing soldiers and the trafficking of arms to [...]
2007-05-01 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL IS SY LE IR IZ
07TELAVIV1348ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot, Israel Radio, and other leading media quoted State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack as saying in his daily briefing on Monday that he would not ex [...]
2007-05-08 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1438ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the shelling of Sderot with Qassam rockets and the internecine fighting in the Gaza Strip. The media reported that more than 20 Qassam rockets fell on Sderot on Tuesda [...]
2007-05-16 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1476ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1514ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that last night the Israel Air Force bombed the house of Hamas parliamentarian Khalil al-Haya in Gaza. He was slightly injured in the attack, but eight others including [...]
2007-05-21 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1558NEW ISRAELI MOD DG BUCHRIS SHARES HIS PRIORITIES
[...] (S) ON MAY 22, AMBASSADOR JONES HELD HIS FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI MOD DIRECTOR GENERAL PINCHAS BUCHRIS. BUCHRIS, WHO HAD BEEN IN OFFICE ONLY 14 DAYS, FOCUSED HIS COMMENTS ON THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP, STRESSING HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SEEING THE RELATIONSHIP PUT "BACK ON TRACK," AN [...]
2007-05-25 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PINR MARR MASS ETTC KNNP KWBG KPAL
07TELAVIV1604ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Senior commentator Nahum Barnea wrote in the popular, pluralist Yediot: "The current government has three negotiation tracks that require discussion.... Each track involves great risks, but refraining from making a choice is no less dangerous. Whoe [...]
2007-06-04 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1644ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. G-8 Summit, June 6-8 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the possibility that a military confrontation with Syria might break out this summer. The media reported that this morning the security cabinet will hold [...]
2007-06-06 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1679ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Yediot headlined that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talked to US President George Bush six weeks ago and received from him the ok to go ahead and open negotiations with Syria. According to the [...]
2007-06-08 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1727ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-13 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1731CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSSES THE ROAD FORWARD WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with FM Tzipi Livni and PM Ehud Olmert on June 3, Senator Lieberman (CT) discussed issues regarding the Palestinian Authority (PA),the war in Iraq, and strategies for confronting the nuclear ambitions of Iran. Lieberman reassured the GOI that the US would maintain an [...]
2007-06-13 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL IR IZ
07TELAVIV1758SETTLEMENTS BACK ON GOI AGENDA?
[...] (C) Summary: On June 12, MK Otniel Schneller briefed the Ambassador on his plan to separate the Israeli and Palestinian populations in the West Bank until the political climate warranted final status negotiations. Schneller's plan envisions creating an interim Palestinian state on 65 perce [...]
2007-06-15 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1842ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Monday the US and EU lifted the embargo on the PA. The media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying: "We intend to lift [...]
2007-06-19 12:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1996ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except the ultra-Orthodox newspapers, led with news on the plea bargain agreement for President Moshe Katsav. As a result Katsav resigned this morning. The media reported that [...]
2007-06-29 09:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2124ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Pakistan 3. Iraq 4. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post reported that the Arab League delegation composed of Egyptian FM Ahmed Ali Abu al-Gheit and Jordanian FM Abdelel [...]
2007-07-11 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2144ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the visit of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which was scheduled for next week, has been canceled. Media quoted President Bush as saying during a press co [...]
2007-07-13 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2183ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed President Bush's announcement of a Middle East conference in the fall. Saying that the White House lowered expectations [...]
2007-07-18 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2221ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to report on the release of 255 Palestinian prisoners this morning. The released prisoners signed a pledge not to return to terrorism and they will be welc [...]
2007-07-20 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2338ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US-Saudi Arms Deal 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- The media reported on Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to increase military aid to Israel to ease concerns over a proposed American weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. The media cite [...]
2007-07-30 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2345ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2417ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US Defense Aid ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- The Bush administration will not be able to increase military aid to Israel next year by USD 0.5 billion due to expenditures on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel had already p [...]
2007-08-09 04:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV246ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported and all major media, except Maariv and The Jerusalem Post, bannered last night's joint statement by PM Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister announcing their decision to appoi [...]
2007-01-23 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2483ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Pakistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that Binyamin Netanyahu won the Likud primary with 73.2 percent of the vote. Far-Right activist Moshe Feiglin garnered 23.4 percent, and World Likud Chairman D [...]
2007-08-15 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2543ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2620ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the meeting between PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas. The Jerusalem Post reported that on Tuesday officials from both sides ad [...]
2007-08-29 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2642ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that three Palestinian children from one family were killed in a strike against rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip. The media quoted the IDF [...]
2007-08-31 03:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV267ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel: Governance 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major electronic media cited the State of the Union Address that President Bush delivered on Tuesday. The media reported that the President dedicated roughly half of his speech [...]
2007-01-24 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2671DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER VILNAI COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary. During a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai described his close working and personal relationship with Defense Minister Barak. Vilnai described his key areas of responsibility at MOD as improving the defense of the homefront; serving a [...]
2007-09-04 14:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MOPS KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2672AMBASSADOR AND DAS DANIN DISCUSS REGIONAL AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin met with MFA DG Aharon Abramovitch in Jerusalem August 28 to discuss ongoing regional and bilateral issues. Abramovitch reported significant progress in the negotiations over stationing Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambul [...]
2007-09-04 16:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG LE SY IS
07TELAVIV2707PRESSURE BUILDING ON ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS
[...] (C) Recent Kassam launches from the Gaza Strip into bordering Western Negev communities and the town of Sderot have ratcheted up the pressure on Israeli political and military leaders to react, especially as at least one Kassam landed near a kindergarten on the second day of school in Israel. [...]
2007-09-07 12:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PREL PINS KPAL KWBG IS
07TELAVIV283ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] State of the Union Address 2. Mideast 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post highlighted a part of President Bush's State of the Union Address: "We could expect an epic battle between Shi'a extremis [...]
2007-01-25 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2853ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-26 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2890ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 10:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2918ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 13:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2947ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-12 13:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2948ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will come to the region early next week. Israel Radio reported that a three-way meeting will be held between her, PM Ehud [...]
2007-10-12 13:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2994SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 06:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3067ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on PM Ehud Olmert's meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace on Monday. The Jerusalem Post banners: "PM Feels Fres [...]
2007-10-23 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3077ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Rabin Assassination Anniversary 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that on Tuesday a Palestinian was killed in an air force attack on a vehicle in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The newspa [...]
2007-10-24 15:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3120ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 10:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3227ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying on Tuesday that the Annapolis meeting will take place during the last week of November. (Ha'aretz quoted chief PA negotiator Qurei as saying that [...]
2007-11-07 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3244ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Global Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Wednesday Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is in charge of the strategic dialogue with the US, met with Secretary of State Con [...]
2007-11-08 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3268ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Columnist Amos Gilboa, former head of Research Division at IDF Intelligence, wrote in the popular, pluralist Maariv: "The Annapolis conference should be a test, a litmus paper, for the Palestinians and the Arab states: Are they willing to support [...]
2007-11-13 12:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3271ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio mentioned that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly in Nashville and quoted her as saying that "Now the opportunity [...]
2007-11-14 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3281ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post led with Israeli demands to the Palestinian Authority that Israel be recognized as a Jewish state. The Jerusalem Post reported that opposition from Palestini [...]
2007-11-15 11:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3376ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 11:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3475ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Egypt ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: Only block quotes, December 7, 2007 -------- Â [...]
2007-12-07 09:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3566ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] President Bush's Doctrine 2. Gaza ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that U.S. general (ret.) James Jones said in his meetings on Tuesday with Israeli ministers that he will not serve as a "judge" and arbitrator of road map [...]
2007-12-19 11:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3586GENERAL JAMES L. JONES' FIRST MEETINGS IN ISRAEL
[...] (S) Summary. Special Envoy for Middle East Security, retired General James L. Jones, met with Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Barak, IDF Chief of General Staff Ashkenazi and members of the General Staff, Foreign Minister Livni, and Israel Security Agency head Diskin December 18. In all of h [...]
2007-12-20 16:21:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPS KPAL IS
07TELAVIV372RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER'S ALTERNATIVE VISION OF
[...] (C) Summary. Renewed Religious National Zionist Party leader, Reserve Brigadier General Effie Eitam, offered both a harsh critique and an alternative vision of Israel in a January 24 meeting with PolCouns and Deputy PolCouns. Eitam stated that the secular Zionist program had run its course, [...]
2007-02-02 14:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI IS KPAL
07TELAVIV433ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that today Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter will meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss the three-way Rice-Olmert-Abbas meeting later this mont [...]
2007-02-08 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV471ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV542OLMERT: DESPITE FRUSTRATION, GOI WILL MAINTAIN
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 20 meeting, Prime Minister Olmert told CODEL Kyl that despite Israeli frustration with Mahmoud Abbas and the Mekka Agreement, the GOI would keep open a channel to him. Olmert asserted that there could be no distinction between a non-Hamas minister and others i [...]
2007-02-21 05:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS
07TELAVIV678ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iraq 2. Syria 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a State Department official in Washington as saying that no one in the US administration, including President Bush, can point out a date for the establishment [...]
2007-03-02 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV697ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "It is the duty of the government of Israel not to reject the hand that is being offered by Saudi Arabia." Zalman Shoval, senior Likud member and former ambassador to the US, wrote in the ma [...]
2007-03-05 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV732ISRAEL-EGYPT: FILM CONTROVERSY OVERSHADOWS
[...] (C) Summary: FM Tzipi Livni is concerned that distorted reports about a recent Israeli documentary film is damaging both GOE-GOI relations and the Mubarak government. Discussion of the film about the IDF's Shaked reconnaissance unit during the 1967 war dominated FM Tzipi Livni's meeting with [...]
2007-03-08 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EG IS
07TELAVIV733LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS DEBATE IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH VISITING S/P DEPUTY DIRECTOR MATT WAXMAN, POLCOUNS AND POLOFF, SENIOR RESEARCHERS AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY,S INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES (INSS) SURVEYED A VARIETY OF REGIONAL THREATS FACING ISRAEL AND OFFERED VARIOUS POLICY AL [...]
2007-03-08 12:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPAL KWBG LE SY IR IZ IS
07TELAVIV757ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 05:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV764ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Saudi Initiative 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Winograd Commission investigating last summer's Lebanon war announced on Tuesday that it will publish interim report in [...]
2007-03-14 09:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV767ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-14 09:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV808ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and the leading Internet news site Ynet quoted US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Thursday before the SIPDIS A [...]
2007-03-15 09:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV824ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that on Wednesday FM Livni discussed with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ways to respond to the formation SIPDIS of a Palestinian unity government and that Arab pa [...]
2007-03-16 09:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV885ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 09:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV957ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV999ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran-Britain Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Ehud Olmert, at a press conference on Sunday evening in Jerusalem with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, proposed a "meeting of all the heads of the [...]
2007-04-04 12:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TOKYO3727JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/14/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-14 06:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4588 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07USUNNEWYORK270UNSC: SYG BAN KI-MOON'S AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST TRIP
[...] In the April 4 briefing of his recent trip to Africa and the Middle East, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon focused on five issues: the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, Darfur and Somalia. This cable will review only his comments on the Middle East Peace Process. His comments on other s [...]
2007-04-06 13:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK505SECURITY COUNCIL SPLIT OVER SUPPORT FOR ABBAS
[...] (SBU) In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, Michael Williams, the recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the Middle East was in a time of crisis. Williams focused his briefing on recent events in Gaza and [...]
2007-06-21 00:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL LE SY IS
07VIENNA1693AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 22, 2007
[...] As withdrawing from the purchase agreement apparently no longer seems realistic, a further reduction of the number of Eurofighter jets to be acquired is becoming increasingly likely, Austrian media say. According to a new strategy paper by the Austrian armed forces, twelve of the interceptors w [...]
2007-06-25 09:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA212AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 27, 2007
[...] FPOe boss Heinz-Christian Strache is expected to give what he called an "unambiguous and definite statement" on the series of controversial photos showing him during a paintball game and giving a neo-Nazi salute, which emerged last week. FPOe sources at the weekend claimed the pictures originat [...]
2007-01-29 15:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA2958AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 17, 2007
[...] All Austrian media report on what is described as "massive squabbling" among the country's leading political parties over the case of teenage Kosovo asylum seeker Arigona Zogaj. On Friday, the Austrian Constitutional Court turned down an appeal from the family seeking initial residence status i [...]
2007-12-17 14:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08AMMAN2133JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR JULY 22 VISIT OF CODEL REED
[...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the visit to Jordan of CODEL Reed. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East, and is active in a broad range of regional engagement activities. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) King Abdullah is ap [...]
2008-07-16 13:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN3080FM BASHIR AND A/S HOOK DISCUSS HAMAS TALKS,
[...] (C) Summary: Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir and IO A/S Brian Hook discussed Jordanian talks with Hamas, the Mughrabi Gate issue, and other regional developments during a lunch on November 1. Addressing recent interactions with Hamas, Bashir maintained that Jordanian policy had no [...]
2008-11-09 06:48:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3389JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE
[...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...]
2008-12-30 04:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3390JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE
[...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...]
2008-12-30 04:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08ANKARA1023ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1627U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]
2008-09-10 16:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALTU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1628U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]
2008-09-10 22:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALTU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1991ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2147ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 11:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA416ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA435ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
08BEIRUT1266LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, SINIORA CRITICIZES U.S.
[...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora complained that the U.S. has not come through on its assistance promises and that USG assistance has been dwarfed by Iranian support for Hizballah. He said U.S. and Israeli mistak [...]
2008-09-02 08:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS IR SY LE
08BEIRUT1473LEBANON: WITH MARCH 14, DAS HALE STRESSES U.S.
[...] (C) March 14 leaders shared their concerns about regional developments with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, especially perceived western (especially French) rapprochement with Syria and possible focus of the next U.S. administration on Iran, at Lebanon's expense. The March [...]
2008-10-10 15:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1671LEBANON: GEAGEA REJECTS TALKS WITH ISRAEL, PUSHES
[...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with the Ambassador and NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said the GOL should impose a weapons ban given the recent clashes between Christian groups in north Lebanon. He said March 14 has had a consistent national platfo [...]
2008-11-24 16:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
08BEIRUT1730LEBANON: SINIORA, WITH GENERAL PETRAEUS, CALLS FOR
[...] (C) In a December 2 meeting, Commander, U.S. Central Command David Petraeus underscored to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora the U.S. commitment to Lebanon and to strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces. Siniora emphasized the need for U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process. On Ghajar, [...]
2008-12-08 16:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS SY
08BEIRUT542LEBANON: TOUR OF THE BLUE LINE; UNIFIL COMMANDER'S
[...] (C) On April 19, Charge and Defense Attache toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. General Graziano continues to stress that Ghajar is his number one issue, predicting that this issue will lead to arm [...]
2008-04-21 17:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY
08BUENOSAIRES259ARGENTINA HOSTS MINISTERIAL IN PREPARATION FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: South American and Arab nations held a ministerial in Buenos Aires February 20-21 to prepare for their upcoming bi-regional summit in the final quarter of 2008 in Doha, Qatar. A senior MFA official assured the DCM in advance that the ministerial would be attended by moderate [...]
2008-02-29 16:43:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ENRG MARR PARM PBTS PNAT SCUL SENV
08CAIRO1067CODEL BAIRD MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN LEADERS ON MARGINS
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Baird discussed Egyptian and regional issues with Egypt's political and business leaders on the margins of the May 18 - 20 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, and presidential son Gamal Mubarak focused on [...]
2008-05-27 11:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EG
08CAIRO247A/S WELCH'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH AMRE MOUSSA
[...] (C) Summary. NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch met Feb 6 with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa. Moussa said that the Arab League and the U.S. "are in the same boat" in Iraq, and argued against a precipitous troop withdrawal. On Lebanon, Moussa will continue to push for implementati [...]
2008-02-11 07:42:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE IS IZ EG
08CAIRO2503QUINT POLICY PLANNING TALKS FOCUS ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The November 18 "Quint" consultations with policy planners from Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (host) and the U.S. yielded a comprehensive dialogue on a range of regional issues, including Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, piracy off the Horn of Africa, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [...]
2008-12-15 14:25:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL EFIN SY LE SU IR IS IZ EG XF
08CAIRO466A/S WELCH MARCH 6 MEETING WITH OMANI FM YUSUF BIN
[...] (S) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi told A/S Welch during their March 6 meeting that the Israelis and Palestinians must "solve their own problems." The U.S. is not to blame ) "you have tried your hardest" ) but Israel has been given chance after chance and squan [...]
2008-03-09 15:42:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL KPAL PTER EG IS XF OM
08CANBERRA186AUSMIN 2008: JOINT COMMUNIQUE AND MEDIA EVENTS
[...] (U) The Joint Communique issued at the conclusion of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) in Canberra on February 23 reflected a reaffirmation of the strength of the U.S.-Australian alliance, and a reiteration by both countries of their commitment to work together to [...]
2008-02-25 20:54:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL AS
08DAMASCUS821UK FOREIGN SECRETARY MILIBAND'S NOV. 17-18 TRIP TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Syrian President Bashar Asad and FM Walid Muallim to take positive steps now on Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, and indirect Syrian-Israeli peace talks. Doing so would help shape coming regional political change [...]
2008-11-19 16:08:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL UK IZ LE IR SY
08DAMASCUS863GUEANT AND LEVITTE TO SARG: GOOD JOB, BUT WORK
[...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Nicholas Suran briefed us December 1 on Claude Gueant and Jean-David Levitte's November 30 visit to Damascus. After stops in Doha and Jeddah, the two Elysee advisors delivered an oral message to President Asad from President Sarkozy, urged Syria to make good [...]
2008-12-02 15:35:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE IR FR IZ SY
08DAMASCUS896SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR SPECTER'S DEC. 29-31 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Damascus looks forward to your visit. You will find President Asad and his regime more confident and self-assured since your meetings in December 2007. In the last year, Syria has successfully maintained and even deepened relationships with Iran, Hizballah, Hamas, an [...]
2008-12-18 16:45:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV LE IR FR IZ SY
08JERUSALEM1166JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/02): RAFAH - "STOP
[...] Independent Al- Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Rafa crossing again" (07/03): "hundreds of Palestinians tried to cross the Egyptian borders through the Rafah crossing...the problem with this sole passageway between Gaza and the world, is that it is controlled by an agreement between E [...]
2008-07-03 08:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1227JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/11): FAYYAD'S PRACTICAL IDEAS
[...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled: "Dr. Fayyad's ideas to end division are practical and constructive" (7/11): "...out of a feeling of deep responsibility towards his people and the cause of his homeland, [Palestinian Authority Premier] Dr. Fayyad has laid out some construc [...]
2008-07-11 09:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1385JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/31): Doubts that future Israeli
[...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial entitled, "The end of Olmert's era" (7/31): "Finally, the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced...that he is not going to run in the primary elections of the Kadima party [scheduled for September] ... What is important for the Palestinian peopl [...]
2008-07-31 11:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1449PA BARELY MAKES JULY SALARIES THANKS TO THE UAE
[...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid salaries in the West Bank and Gaza on August 7, thanks to a transfer of USD 42 million from the UAE and a USD 80 million commercial bridge loan taken against future income. However, the PA did not pay the usual NIS 1000 each to employees still [...]
2008-08-07 14:08:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1491JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/13): Palestinian insistence on
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-13 09:43:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1682OVERVIEW OF HAMAS FINANCES IN GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: Gaza businessmen told Econoffs that the Gaza economy produces around USD 500,000/month in value added taxes, import duties and utility payments for the Hamas government. This is a small fraction of the Hamas-controlled government's budget in Gaza, which has consistently been la [...]
2008-09-09 14:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR PA IS PHUM KWBG
08JERUSALEM1829JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02): BUSH-ABBAS MEETING -
[...] Independent Ma'an online news agency publishes an article about the recent White House meeting between President Bush and Palestinian Authority President Abbas, written by political advisor to Abbas, Ahmad Abdul Rahman(10/02): "[I]t was just a protocol farewell meeting, nothing more, since M [...]
2008-10-02 09:07:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1830CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02):
[...] Independent Ma'an online news agency publishes an article about the recent White House meeting between President Bush and Palestinian Authority President Abbas, written by political advisor to Abbas, Ahmad Abdul Rahman(10/02): "[I]t was just a protocol farewell meeting, nothing more, since M [...]
2008-10-02 09:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1840PA PAYS SEPTEMBER SALARIES EARLY; GAZA CASH
[...] (C) Summary: With the help of Saudi and Kuwaiti budget support, the Palestinian Authority (PA) paid public sector salaries on time for August and September, while continuing to pay down wage arrears owed to its employees. The PA has now paid more than USD 300 million in back salaries in 2008 [...]
2008-10-03 14:13:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1845JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/06): "WHAT IS LEFT OF PEACE
[...] Al Ayyam publishes an opinion piece by columnist Samih Shbib under the title, "A dialogue waiting to be clarified" (10/06): "Hamas has its own agenda [that does not include] the PA and PLO... such an agenda bets on the success of Iranian expansion and consequently, the resurgence of regional I [...]
2008-10-06 11:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1880JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): AN ASSESSMENT OF
[...] Al Quds editorial opines under the title, "Freezing negotiations is an Israeli strategy" (10/15): "Almost a year has elapsed since the Annapolis peace conference... an entire year that has totally failed to produce any real progress in the peace process. Reaching a peace agreement, as recomm [...]
2008-10-15 12:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1947JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/24): PALESTINIAN PESSIMISM
[...] Azmi Khawaja, Palestinian National Legislative Council Member, opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "Cairo dialogues approach a decisive moment"(10/24): "We must succeed in these talks, because their failure would threaten the Palestinian cause... Successful talks would mean an end to the Gaza [...]
2008-10-24 10:33:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2019GAZA: POWER SUPPLY THREATENED AS CROSSINGS REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The Gaza crossings with Israel have been closed since November 4, following a resumption of violence between the IDF and Hamas, resulting in a sharp drop in fuel supplies. The Gaza power plant will likely shut down at 1830 hours on November 10 due to a lack of fuel, according to [...]
2008-11-10 14:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAID ENRG KWBG KPAL PHUM
08JERUSALEM2103JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/24): RESISTING "SOFT" U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 12:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2175JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/02): ADMIRING THE U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 09:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2194JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/04): PALESTINIANS: ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 10:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2210JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/09): THE OTHER ENEMY:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 11:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM945JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/05): 41ST ANNIVERSARY OF 1967
[...] Veteran columnist Talal 'Ukal comments in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Not Much Time Is Left," (6/5): "It is safe to say that [Israeli Prime Minister] Olmert has achieved the goals of his [Washington] visit. I I think those goals can be summarized in the following two points: The [...]
2008-06-05 11:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08KUALALUMPUR1118GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIANS CONDEMN U.S. ALONG WITH
[...] (SBU) Malaysian political leaders and press have reacted with angry rhetoric to Israeli air strikes in Gaza and heavily criticized the U.S. together with Israel. The Malaysian government came out quickly to condemn the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, labeling this action as a "war crime" and ca [...]
2008-12-30 08:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC IS MY
08MADRID52FIRST FORUM OF THE UN ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Aguirre represented Secretary Rice at the opening ceremonies of the First Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) in Madrid January 15-16. UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, President Zapatero, President Erdogan of Turkey, and AoC High Representative Jorge Sampaio inaugurated th [...]
2008-01-18 17:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ODIP UN SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF KPAL
08MOSCOW848DFM SALTANOV ON MOSCOW CONFERENCE, SYRIA, IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Staff Member Talwar, DFM Saltanov reviewed Russia's position on a range of critical issues in the Middle East, underscoring strong U.S.-Russian cooperation in the lead up to and following the Annapolis [...]
2008-03-28 08:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS IR IQ MEP
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