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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08JERUSALEM1200 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/09): NATIONAL DIALOGUE - TO [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "National dialogue should be comprehensive" (7/09): "...Certainly Abu Mazen's visit to Damascus does not mean the end of... Palestinian national dialogue. [The dialogue] will not be successful unless it includes all of the factions and. [...] | 2008-07-09 10:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1201 | PA MAKES JUNE SALARY PAYMENT, BUT WORRIES ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid June salaries on July 7. PM Fayyad told the Consul General that the PA is now out of cash and, absent new donor contributions, would not be able to make next month's salary payment in early August. Fayyad and Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) [...] | 2008-07-09 12:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER KFTN |
08JERUSALEM1202 | REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING [...] (C/NF) Post requests department review the finding of ineligibility under INA 212(a)(3)(B) for Jihad al-Wazir (DPOB: 20 July 1963, Gaza),the Governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority. We understand the ineligibility results from claims that al-Wazir currently is a member of Fatah. We hav [...] | 2008-07-09 12:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CVIS CLOK PTER EFIN KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1203 | NABLUS MALL CLOSURE SPARKS PA ANGER [...] (C) Summary. PA leaders say they are furious about the IDF's closure of Nablus' largest mall (reftel). Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on July 8 that the GOI had not previously mentioned the mall (owned by publicly-traded real estate company al-I'timan) in GOI-PA discuss [...] | 2008-07-09 14:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KTFN KWBG PTER KISL KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1208 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/10): VANISHING HOPES FOR [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Truce talks, dialogue, and agreement" (7/10): "...it is obvious that the possibility of an agreement... or even a meeting [between Fatah and Hamas] has almost disappeared... The truce [with Israel in the Gaza Strip] will not last long fo [...] | 2008-07-10 08:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM121 | PA CONVICTS TWO FOR MURDER OF OFF-DUTY IDF [...] (SBU) National Security Forces (NSF) contacts confirmed press reports that on January 22 a PA military court in Hebron convicted Ali Abd al-Hamid Dandis and Amar Badr Halim Taha of "intentional killing" (a charge similar to voluntary manslaughter and not as serious as premeditated murder) in [...] | 2008-01-23 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV |
08JERUSALEM122 | GAZA: LIMITED DELIVERIES CONTINUE; HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Limited truckloads of aid passed through Kerem Shalom crossing on January 23. The Gaza Power Plant received 200,000 liters of fuel oil on January 23, allowing the Plant to generate electricity until January 26. Despite the resumption of electricity, Gaza hospitals report con [...] | 2008-01-23 15:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM1224 | Daughter of Prominent Palestinian Activist Faces [...] Zeina Hutchison, a U.S. legal permanent resident and daughter of prominent Palestinian legislator and human rights activist Hanan Ashrawi, contacted Post July 9 to report the problems she had encountered when entering Israel with her Israeli Travel Document (carrying a tourist visa) at Ben Guri [...] | 2008-07-11 04:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL IS KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1227 | JERUSALEM 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 09:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1230 | FAYYAD THANKS CODEL ACKERMAN FOR USG SUPPORT, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CODEL Ackerman on July 5 that the PA's capacity to govern has improved significantly in the last year, despite continued IDF incursions into the West Bank that undermine PA security reform efforts. Fayyad thanked the C [...] | 2008-07-14 05:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL EAID PTER KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1231 | HAMAS PRESSURES PALTEL FOR CASH AND CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Hamas is attempting to exert direct control and squeeze revenue out of the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PalTel) in Gaza. Following PalTel's refusal to meet Hamas' terms, armed Hamas officials raided PalTel offices and stores on July 6, forcing PalTel to close them tempora [...] | 2008-07-14 05:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER ECPS KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1232 | E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE [...] (C) PolOffs visited E-1 on July 10 and observed normal traffic and activity at the police station. Security guards at the entrance said the station is fully functional. 2. (C) PolOff observed no activity at the former police station at Ras al-Amud on July 11. A security guard at the sit [...] | 2008-07-14 07:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PBTS IS |
08JERUSALEM1234 | DISTRICT COMMITTEE APPROVES 1783 NEW RESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Nasrat Dakwar told PolOff July 9 that the Jerusalem Regional Planning Committee approved 1783 new residential units in East Jerusalem on July 8. The new units -- 983 in Har Homa and 800 in Pisgat Ze'ev -- expand the Israeli built-up area in East Jerusalem, a [...] | 2008-07-14 08:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1235 | MASKIYOT: INTERNAL FENCE MOVED OUTWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the Northern Jordan Valley settlement of Maskiyot July 2 and confirmed reports that the settlers have moved the internal fenceline outward. PolOff observed that this move opens 4-5 dunams for development. Jordan Valley Regional Council Chairman Dubi Tal told PolO [...] | 2008-07-14 08:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1237 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/14): WHICH COMES FIRST: UNITY [...] Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Obstacles to Palestinian dialogue"(7/14): "...the overwhelming majority of [the Palestinian] people ...believe that dialogue is the solution [to internal Palestinian division]...[however]... the most dangerous obstacle in the way of dialogue is th [...] | 2008-07-14 08:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1240 | BILIN REJECTS GOI PROPOSAL TO REROUTE SEPARATION [...] (C) Summary. Bilin village representatives told Poloff July 8 and 9 that the GOI's revised plan for the nearby section of the separation barrier will reconnect 121 dunums (30 acres) of land to the village, expropriate a further 140 dunums for new construction, and leave over 2,000 dunums (500 [...] | 2008-07-14 08:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1245 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/15): THE LINK BETWEEN NATIONAL [...] Independent Al-Ayyam prints an editorial by Muhannad Abdul Hamid entitled, "All roads are closed to the [national] unity initiatives" (7/15): "...the initiative by [Palestinian Authority President] Abu Mazin [to begin a dialogue with Hamas] has gained special attention because it was presented [...] | 2008-07-15 10:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM125 | PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS TELL CODEL VOINOVICH PA IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator George Voinovich (R-OH),accompanied by Representatives Phil Gingrey (R-OH),Rob Bishop (R-UT),Steve Pearce (R-NM),and Michael Turner (R-OH),met separately on January 6 with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Foreign Minister Riad Maliki. Maliki [...] | 2008-01-24 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IS KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1256 | THREE U.S.-BOUND GAZAN STUDENTS DETAINED AT EREZ CROSSING [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 14, only two of the five Gazans whose transit through Erez crossing Post had sought to facilitate were approved. The other three were unable to travel to Jerusalem for their visa interviews. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On July 2, Post submitted the names of five Gazans [...] | 2008-07-15 15:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL IS PHUM |
08JERUSALEM1257 | EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENTS FEAR EVICTION ORDER WILL [...] (C) Summary. On July 14, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) upheld an order to evict the al-Kurd family from their residence in Shaykh Jarrah, after nine years of litigation over the property's ownership. (Note: Shaykh Jarrah is home to much of East Jerusalem's most valuable and histor [...] | 2008-07-15 17:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS |
08JERUSALEM1259 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/16): "HAS THE WORLD BECOME [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "A call on the international community to halt Israeli actions." Everyday Israel performs acts of tyranny [against Palestinians] such as destroying houses, confiscating land or insisting on building barriers in the middle of farming villages that [...] | 2008-07-16 10:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM126 | GAZA: SOME FUEL SHIPMENTS; RAFAH REMAINS OPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Shipments of fuel continued on January 24 at the Nahal Oz fuel transfer station. The Gaza Power Plant reduced output to 45 MW on January 23 to save fuel, causing renewed power shortages throughout Gaza City and spurring hospitals to use their power generators. A growing numbe [...] | 2008-01-24 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM1260 | HEBRON'S OLD CITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, PolOffs visited Hebron's newly rebuilt Chazon David "synagogue outpost" (removed 33 times by Israeli security forces),the Beit Hashalom (Rajabi House) complex that houses 20 families, and the Beit Romano yeshiva complex where Israeli MOD Barak recently approved a new [...] | 2008-07-16 10:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1262 | REACTION TO PRISONER EXCHANGE: PA CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah leaders publicly cheered the release of Lebanese prisoners but privately feared that Hizbollah, not the PA, will receive credit for Palestinian prisoners released in the future. PA Prisoners Affairs Minister Ashraf Ajrami said the GOI has not [...] | 2008-07-16 14:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1263 | BET EL SETTLEMENT: NEW ROAD, SMALL-SCALE HOUSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff observed clearing work for planned housing and construction on a new road at Bet El settlement's entrance on July 15. Bet El mayor Moshe Rosenbaum told PolOff that settlers have been able to build "a little" inside the settlement but were warned by the GOI not to occupy [...] | 2008-07-16 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL IS |
08JERUSALEM1264 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/17): THE PRISONER RELEASE - "A [...] Al-Quds reprints an editorial without attribution to the original source (UAE paper Al-Khalil) under the title, "The naivety of betting on Obama" (7/17): "Many Arab writers and political analysts are betting on Obama's victory in the U.S. elections, thinking that if he wins, it will also cons [...] | 2008-07-17 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1273 | INCREASE IN UNCOORDINATED ISRAELI VISITS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF-escorted visits to Joseph,s Tomb in Nablus (Area A) have increased in size and frequency in recent months, according to Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials. Nablus security commanders told PolOff and POL FSN July 16 that they recognize the GOI's right to make co [...] | 2008-07-17 15:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM IS KIRF |
08JERUSALEM1274 | PALESTINIAN ICONS: MOST PROMINENT IMAGES/FIGURES [...] (SBU) Summary. The most prominent images that West Bank Palestinians displayed in prisoner exchange rallies and celebrations in Ramallah on July 16 were of Dalal al-Mughrabi (female terrorist who hijacked an Israeli bus in 1978),freed PLF terrorist Samir Quntar, Yasir Arafat and Hizbullah le [...] | 2008-07-17 15:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PTER IS KMDR KPAO |
08JERUSALEM1277 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/18): PRISONER EXCHANGE - FIRST [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "And what about the 11,000 Palestinian Prisoners?" (7/18): "...the prisoners' exchange deal which took place a couple of days ago between Hizbollah and Israel was the successful result of difficult negotiations conducted under United Nations sponso [...] | 2008-07-18 10:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1278 | GAZA CROSSINGS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza contacts report an average of 65 truckloads/day of humanitarian goods and food entered Gaza July 13-17 via Sufa crossing, while gravel, grains and animal feed were transferred via the conveyer belt at Karni/al-Mintar. The back-to-back terminals at Karni remains closed. [...] | 2008-07-18 12:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1279 | PA CLAIMS SUCCESSES IN PUBLIC ORDER/ANTI-HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF),police and General Intelligence (GI) contacts told PolOff and POL FSN July 16-17 that the PA has arrested 17 Hamas activists and criminals in an intensification of ongoing security efforts in Qalqiliya and villages near Tulkarm and Salfit. Secur [...] | 2008-07-18 13:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1280 | SAGA OF BETHLEHEM STONE EXPORTS CONTINUES [...] (C) The on-again, off-again ability of Bethlehem stone exporters to use a crossing point near the city (reftels) is apparently off again. According to Ihab Khalil, Executive Manager of "the Union of Stone and Marble in Palestine," Israeli soldiers manning the crossing point near Bethlehem be [...] | 2008-07-18 13:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL IS KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1308 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/21): WHICH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 11:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1309 | CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/21): [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1320 | PREVIEWING HAMAS DESIGNATIONS WITH PM FAYYAD [...] (S) EconChief delivered reftel points and list of organizations to Aziz Abu Dagga, chief of staff to PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, on July 21. Abu Dagga expressed appreciation for the information in advance of Treasury DAS Glaser's upcoming visit and said that he would convey it directly to [...] | 2008-07-22 08:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN KWBG PTER |
08JERUSALEM1322 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/22): WESTERN DECLARATIONS THAT [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Brown's Visit and his Positive Declarations" (7/22): "During his visit to the Palestinian lands and Israel, British Premier Gordon Brown showed positive understanding of the situation and peace demands. He talked frankly and clearly regarding the [...] | 2008-07-22 10:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1324 | INDEPENDENT GAZA LEADERS DECRY "SIEGE," BLAME [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based PLO Executive Committee member Riyad al-Khudari told PolOff by phone on July 21 that Hamas has reorganized nearly all local administration and goods suppliers under its control through use of cartels, and is effectively collecting tax/customs revenues in Gaza. Gaza C [...] | 2008-07-22 11:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1325 | EAST JERUSALEM FAMILY FIGHTS EVICTION ORDER WITH [...] (SBU) Muhammad and Fawziya al-Kurd told PolOff on his July 21 visit to their Shaykh Jarrah home that they will continue to resist an Israeli eviction order despite legal setbacks (reftel). Fawziya said the family has been resisting Israeli efforts to remove them for two decades and will not [...] | 2008-07-22 11:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS |
08JERUSALEM1327 | PA PLANS REPAIR OF BETHLEHEM'S CHURCH OF THE [...] (C) Summary. PA Local Government Minister Ziad al-Bandak and Presidential Advisor Issa Qassisiya told PolOff in multiple July conversations that the PA considers restoration of the Nativity Church basilica roof a "national priority" and will proceed despite objections from the Church's rival [...] | 2008-07-22 12:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV SCUL KIRF IS |
08JERUSALEM1328 | AT LEAST 16 INJURED, DRIVER KILLED IN NEW [...] (SBU) Local press and police report at least 19 people were injured (one seriously) when a Palestinian drove a heavy front-loader into several cars (overturning one) on King David Street at approximately 1400 local. A Border Policeman and armed civilian shot and killed the driver, Ghassan Abu [...] | 2008-07-22 13:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER IS ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1329 | FURTHER NABLUS ARRESTS AND INCURSIONS; FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: According to PA security and Nablus business contacts, the IDF made several incursions into Nablus July 21-22 and made twenty arrests, including a PLC member and board members of al-I'timan, the developer of the Nablus shopping mall ordered closed by the GOI on July 6 (reftels). [...] | 2008-07-22 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KWBG PTER KTFN KISL IS |
08JERUSALEM1330 | MOI'S AL-YAHYA STRENGTHENS STRATEGIC PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 17, PA Minister of Interior Abd Razaq al-Yahya issued two decisions to strengthen the Strategic Planning Department (SPD). The decisions place the SPD within the MOI and authorize the SPD Director General to represent the Minister on issues related to security sector ref [...] | 2008-07-22 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1335 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/23): AMERICA HAS NO PERMANENT [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rasim Ebaydat from Jerusalem, entitled, "America has no permanent enemies, when will Arab moderates learn that???" (7/23): "...America sees that engaging Iran... is better than encountering it militarily. This Iranian-American relationship shoul [...] | 2008-07-23 11:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1339 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/24): "BARAK OBAMA WILL SOLVE [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs an editorial by Abdullah Awwad entitled, "Barak Obama will solve it" (7/24): "...the democratic candidate is here promising that he will work to solve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, from his first moment in the White House ... Bush promised that the two-state sol [...] | 2008-07-24 12:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1340 | ISRAELI ARAB VISITS TO JENIN HAVE MINIMAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Arabs have trickled into Jenin since the GOI began allowing visits to the city in June. Palestinian government and business contacts in Jenin say the hoped-for economic benefits have not materialized. Most Israeli Arabs who cross the barrier, they say, are coming to se [...] | 2008-07-24 13:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IS KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1342 | PA NEEDS ARAB SUPPORT TO MAKE JULY SALARY PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministers have publicly stated that the PA will not be able to pay July's salaries without receipt of additional "Arab and foreign" assistance. So far in July, the PA has received only the European Commission's monthly contribution of USD 23 million (w [...] | 2008-07-24 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG SA KU QA AE |
08JERUSALEM1343 | MASKIYOT: 20 HOUSES APPROVED IN NEW WEST BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers confirmed to PolOff July 24 a decision by MOD Barak to approve 20 construction of houses in Maskiyot, in the upper Jordan Valley, for families evacuated from Shirat Hayam in Gaza in 2005. The houses are part of a 2006 plan initiated and then canceled by then-MOD Amir [...] | 2008-07-24 15:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1349 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/25): DIFFERING VIEWS ON [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs an editorial by Rajab Abu Sirriyyeh entitled, "Barack Obama: the journey in search of the Jewish voice" (7/25): "...Obama's attitude towards the Israeli side...has become clearer and more practical. [His visit to Sderot]...aims to portray Israel as a victim of Pales [...] | 2008-07-25 10:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1353 | GAZA: MORE FOOD AND FUEL; BUT CONDITIONS LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: More than a month into the ceasefire, UN and NGO contacts report that flows of basic commodities and fuel into Gaza are higher than in the period immediately prior, and the GOI is allowing imports of cement and gravel, items that had been prohibited since June 2007. With the [...] | 2008-07-25 13:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG PHUM KISL PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1354 | PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CRITICIZES ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) met in Ramallah on July 23 and released a statement that criticized Israeli settlement activity and incursions, slammed Hamas for harassing PLO/Fatah leaders, and welcomed national dialogue based on the Yemeni Initiative. The statement also c [...] | 2008-07-25 13:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG IS PREL |
08JERUSALEM1355 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/28): "Bush...seeks to achieve [...] Al-Quds runs an editorial by Faysal Abu Khadra entitled, "Obama...and the Miracle of Israel" (7/28): "It is sad to hear and read that the African-American Senator whose father is a Muslim and whose mother is a white American Christian has a tendency towards [miraculously supporting Israel] rath [...] | 2008-07-28 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1356 | PALESTINIANS CRITICIZE GOI PLANNING PROCESS IN [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with PolOffs, Palestinians and NGO representatives were uniformly critical of the GOI's planning process for Area C villages. All contacts criticized the GOI initiative to create master plans for several villages in Area C as an opaque process that will [...] | 2008-07-28 13:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1358 | JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES BEIT HANINA HOME [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished part of an apartment building belonging to Majid Abu Ayshah in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina on July 28, stating that the building exceeded its permit and that the Municipality was legally obligated to uphold the court-order [...] | 2008-07-28 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1361 | HAMAS LASHES OUT AT FATAH AFTER GAZA CITY BOMBING [...] (C) Summary. Hamas spokesman and local press reported that a bomb killed five Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades militants, including a senior al-Qassam commander and nephew of Hamas leader/PLC member Khalil al-Hayya late July 25. Fatah PLC bloc leader Azzam al-Ahmad told al-Jazira TV July 26 tha [...] | 2008-07-28 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER PGOV ASEC IS |
08JERUSALEM1362 | UPDATE ON OPIC MORTGAGE FINANCE FACILITY [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) visited Jerusalem and Ramallah July 18-23 to further OPIC,s affordable mortgage finance initiative, launched by PA President Abbas and OPIC CEO Mosbacher on April 14. OPIC VP Drumheller discussed timing and imp [...] | 2008-07-28 15:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1364 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/29): "There is worse to come if [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Israel destroys peace...and we destroy ourselves?!!" (7/29): "Finally the Israeli Premier, Ehud Olmert, confessed that achieving peace this year is unlikely....Israel has continued its settlement activities everywhere especially in Jerus [...] | 2008-07-29 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1365 | FUGITIVES: PA STRUGGLES TO MANAGE DISGRUNTLED [...] (C) Summary. Preventive Security (PSO) contacts told POL FSN that eight al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fugitives intentionally sickened themselves by drinking shampoo on July 22 to protest their continued detention, IDF threats to target them, and prison conditions, while another fugitive threaten [...] | 2008-07-29 13:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1368 | SETTLER VIOLENCE ESCALATES AGAINST BURIN [...] (C) Summary. Following several reports of settler violence directed against the Palestinian village of Burin, south of Nablus, PolOffs visited the village July 28 and met with Mayor Ali Eid, village council members and residents whose homes and fields were damaged by settlers' attacks. In t [...] | 2008-07-29 13:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM137 | FATAH CENTRAL COUNCIL DISCUSSES SIXTH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. On January 15, eleven of the fourteen Fatah Central Committee (FCC) members discussed preparations for the Sixth Fatah Congress. They agreed that 1,500 representatives to the Congress, which will elect Fatah's leadership, will be selected from numerous Fatah organs by February [...] | 2008-01-28 11:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1370 | MULTIPLE IDF INCURSIONS NABLUS; PA INVESTIGATING [...] (SBU) PA security officials told PolOff and POL FSN July 29 that the IDF entered Nablus late July 28 and early July 29, arresting three Fatah members, including M'amun al-Safadi in the Nablus Kasbah (Old City) and occupied a five-story building for four hours. Nablus Governor Jamal Muhaysin t [...] | 2008-07-29 14:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PGOV PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1372 | WATANIYA'S WAIT IS OVER: MOBILE TELECOM PROVIDER [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, after negotiations lasting more than eighteen months, the Palestinian Authority reached agreement with the GOI on the spectrum necessary to allow the West Bank's second mobile telephone operator to do business. Wataniya Palestine now needs to import and install network [...] | 2008-07-29 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1374 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/30): Demolition of Palestinian [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "With what right are Palestinian houses destroyed?" (7/30): "It has become impossible to tolerate the official international, Arab and Palestinian silence regarding the Israeli Authority's actions of planned and intensive demolition operati [...] | 2008-07-30 09:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1380 | QALQILIYA SECURITY CHIEFS CLAIM SUCCESSES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Qalqiliya security chiefs told PolOff July 29 that PA security forces (PASF) completed a campaign against vehicle-theft gangs, Hamas activists and wanted criminals in Area B villages from July 15-21, and plan a smaller campaign in villages SE of Qalqiliya in early August. Qalq [...] | 2008-07-30 15:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM1381 | PA CRACKS DOWN ON HIZB AL-TAHRIR, BANS PLANNED [...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 28 that Hamas is supporting Hizb al-Tahrir's attempt to create unrest in the West Bank in a "marriage of convenience" between the Islamist groups. PA security contacts told PolOff and POL FSN July 27-29 that PA Interior Minister Abd [...] | 2008-07-30 15:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER KISL |
08JERUSALEM1382 | MASKIYOT PREPARES TO EXPAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Maskiyot July 29 to review the site where the GOI recently approved construction of twenty houses for settler evacuees from Gaza. The plots are located where the GOI initiated and stopped construction in 2006, which is approximately 400 meters southeast of Maskiyo [...] | 2008-07-30 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1384 | FAYYAD-DAYTON: JENIN COORDINATION, HAMAS, AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. PA PM Fayyad told USSC LTG Dayton July 29 that he accepts the USSC offer for British BG Deverill to help coordinate donor efforts on economic and governance issues in Jenin. Fayyad urged that further work on Jenin not delay security efforts in other West Bank priority areas, inc [...] | 2008-07-31 04:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1385 | JERUSALEM 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 11:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1387 | TENSION CONTINUES IN GAZA AS HAMAS CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary. Tensions remain high in Gaza City following the multiple bombings on July 25, and subsequent Hamas crackdown. Hamas leaders told press July 31 that closed NGOs will be permitted to reopen, but Fatah and independent officials are skeptical and say Hamas gunmen used the crackdown [...] | 2008-07-31 12:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM1389 | AL-KURD FAMILY APPEALS FOR HELP TO PREVENT [...] (C) Summary. PolOff and PolSpec met with members of the al-Kurd family and their representatives July 31. Fawzieh al-Kurd presented documents in support of her claim to her East Jerusalem house and invited the Consul General to visit the neighborhood to observe the situation. A neighbor to [...] | 2008-07-31 13:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1390 | PM FAYYAD COMPLAINS AFTER TWO UNARMED YOUTHS SHOT [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 30 that shootings that killed two Palestinian youths near Ni'lin July 29-30 raised questions about IDF rules of engagement (ROEs) in the West Bank. He said information available to the PA suggests that lethal force [...] | 2008-07-31 14:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PGOV PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1404 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/01): Strong support for [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rajeh Abu Asab entitled, "Making the national dialogue successful is in the Palestinian and Arab interest" (8/01): "Abbas has announced the launch of the Palestinian-Palestinian national dialogue following his meeting with President Hosni Mubarak [...] | 2008-08-01 11:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1406 | PA DENIES REPORT OF HAMAS DETAINEE RELEASE, [...] (C) Summary. After press reported that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) ordered the release of all Hamas members arrested in the West Bank since July 25, PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 31 that the PA has not ordered a mass release and PA security forces (PASF) will contin [...] | 2008-08-01 12:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1407 | NEW HAMAS ARRESTS TARGET GAZA'S SENIOR FATAH [...] (C) Summary. Hamas arrested 17 of the Gaza Strip's senior Fatah leaders early August 1, including Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa and Fatah Central Committee (FCC) member Zakariya al-Agha. Senior Hamas spokesman Abu Zuhri called a arrests a response to "continued political detention of Hamas [...] | 2008-08-01 12:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM141 | PA RETRIES GUNMEN CONVICTED OF KILLING OFF-DUTY [...] (C) PA Interior Ministry (MoI) and National Security Forces (NSF) confirmed that a Palestinian military court retried Ali Abd al-Hamid Dandis and Amar Badr Halim Taha in the December 28 shooting deaths of two off-duty IDF soldiers, and sentenced both to life imprisonment on January 25. PM Sa [...] | 2008-01-28 14:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1410 | DISAGREEMENTS STALLING FATAH SIXTH GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Fatah members told PolSpec in July that PA President Mahmud Abbas and some in the Central Committee are determined to hold Fatah's Sixth General Congress by November, but three principal issues are delaying the Congress. First, Fatah members are divided on whether to hold the C [...] | 2008-08-01 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1412 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/04): A message to those who [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Enough...!!" (8/04): "The sad events in the Gaza Strip during the last three days and their results have shocked and surprised Palestinians throughout the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, in refugee camps and abroad, not only because they form a [...] | 2008-08-04 07:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1413 | CONFISCATION ORDERS ISSUED FOR 36 DUNUMS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary. Sami Musallam, PA Governor of Tubas, informed PolOff that the IDF confiscated 36.8 dunums of land from Palestinians in the Jordan Valley village of Bardalah. Musallam said the infrastructure for Bardalah crossing (between Israel and the West Bank) is already on the land being co [...] | 2008-08-04 12:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1415 | HAMAS FURTHER CONSOLIDATES POWER WITH DEFEAT OF [...] (C) Summary. 11 Palestinians were killed and 106 injured on August 2 after Hamas police stormed Hillis clan neighborhoods in Gaza City to seize suspects in the July 25 beach bombing. 188 clan members entered Israel near Nahal Oz fuel depot, where they were disarmed, strip-searched and affor [...] | 2008-08-04 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM142 | PA FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKING INCREASED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. PA Foreign Minister (MFA) Assistant Deputy Minister Mufid Shami (with responsibility for Western Hemisphere affairs) told PolOff on January 28 that the MFA has a "good feeling" about USG commitment to the peace process post-Annapolis and takes the upcoming visits of Generals Fra [...] | 2008-01-28 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1422 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/05): Desperate calls for end [...] Independent Al-Quds carries its daily editorial entitled, "How can we regain our waning confidence?" (8/05): "A lot has been said about the low level to which the Palestinian attitude has fallen due to this destructive division between the two major parties [Fatah and Hamas] in the Palestinian [...] | 2008-08-05 09:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1429 | SURGE IN SETTLER VIOLENCE DIRECTED AT PALESTINIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Across the West Bank this summer, settler groups have clashed with the IDF, Palestinians, Bedouins, and Israeli and international peace activists. Post has heard eyewitness accounts of projectiles fired at Nablus area villages, beatings of Palestinians near Hebron, and torched a [...] | 2008-08-05 13:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS ASEC |
08JERUSALEM143 | GAZA: RESTRICTED FUEL SHIPMENTS AT NAHAL OZ; AID [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings have been closed since January 23 and 24, respectively. Restricted fuel shipments were transferred at Nahal Oz fuel station on January 28. Gaza City residents continue to experience eight to 12 hours without electricity each day. The Petroleum [...] | 2008-01-28 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM1432 | RENEWAL OF CLOSURE ORDERS FOR PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security (MoI) renewed closure orders in early August against eight East Jerusalem Palestinian institutions. The General Manager of the Arab Studies Society (closed in 2001) told PolOff August 6 that the closure leaves a vacuum in Palestinian le [...] | 2008-08-06 12:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1433 | SWITZERLAND OF THE SETTLEMENTS: ILLEGAL OUTPOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the illegal outpost of Havat Yair in the northern West Bank on July 25, where twenty-two settler families live and have established a popular brunch restaurant in what they call their "Switzerland." The outpost is led by lawyer Doron Nir Tsvi, who often represents [...] | 2008-08-06 12:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1434 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/06): National dialogue must be [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Dialogue based on attachment to Palestine" (8/06): "Although [Palestinian] parties [Fatah and Hamas] have closed their ears to the calls made by both Palestinians and the wider Arab world for a serious and effective dialogue for the sake o [...] | 2008-08-06 13:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1442 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/07): A call for public and [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 07:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1444 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/07): A call for public and [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "Where is the role of the public...?" (8/07): "The tragic situation in which we [Palestinians] live is characterized by three signs: - The first sign is the destructive bloody conflict for authority and the preference of narrow group interests ove [...] | 2008-08-07 08:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1446 | PA POLICE CHIEF OUTLINES FORCE PRIORITIES, DECRIES [...] (C) Summary. PA police chief MG Hazim Attallah told PolOff that GOI-PA security coordination is unsatisfactory, with twice as many IDF incursions and increased clearance delays for police operations since July 1. While PA police are increasingly effective at fighting crime, the PA General I [...] | 2008-08-07 13:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PREL |
08JERUSALEM1448 | PA CIVIL DEFENSE WORKS TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Civil Defense Chief MG Ibrahim Atiani said his priorities are improving building code enforcement and safety inspections and decreasing emergency response times. He said cooperation with Israeli civil defense authorities is generally excellent, with j [...] | 2008-08-07 13:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PINR PREL PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1449 | PA 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 14:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1450 | PM FAYYAD AND PMA GOVERNOR AL-WAZIR DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser met with PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on July 28 to discuss the USG's intent to designate thirteen organizations and one individual for their ongoing support of Hamas (Ref A). PM Fayyad said his government has already taken "courageous" steps to cut of [...] | 2008-08-07 14:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN ECON PHUM KISL KWBG IS EAID |
08JERUSALEM1451 | DOJ ATTORNEYS DISCUSS ZAKAT COMMITTEES WITH AWQAF [...] (C) Summary: Department of Justice attorneys met with Palestinian Authority Deputy Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Salah Zuheika on July 15 to review the operation and composition of zakat committees in the West Bank and the Palestinian Authority's restructuring of these committees in [...] | 2008-08-07 14:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN KTFN KWBG PTER PGOV KISL |
08JERUSALEM1471 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/08): Frustration at lack of [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Another Palestinian-Israeli summit but...!" (8/08): "Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas met with the Israeli Premier, Ehud Olmert, in a series of organized meetings between the two sides [on August 6]. As usual, the new mee [...] | 2008-08-08 09:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1474 | PA NATIONAL SECURITY COMMANDER ASSESSES SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. In August 2-7 conversations, National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff and POL FSN that the NSF is leading small-scale/local security efforts throughout the West Bank targeting armed/organized criminal and terrorist suspects, and ha [...] | 2008-08-08 10:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1476 | YESHA COUNCIL LEADER DAYAN: ""TWO STATE SOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan confirmed recent settlement approvals by Israeli MOD Barak and showed Poloff areas under construction on July 24. Dayan, who is secular but leads an exceedingly religious constituency, addressed the challenges he sees for the settlement movemen [...] | 2008-08-08 12:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1482 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/11): Mourning over the death [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs its daily editorial by Hamada Fara'neh entitled, "Advice for the Palestinian President" (08/11): "More than ever before, President Mahmoud Abbas needs the solidarity of the Fatah movement. The movement, as a political struggle organization, is the mother that delivere [...] | 2008-08-11 08:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1487 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/12): Who deserves [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial entitled, "Egypt... and the Palestinian Situation" (08/12): "Rafah and the other crossings were opened per international arrangements and agreement, and what actually closed them down is the takeover by force of the authority in Gaza and the continuit [...] | 2008-08-12 10:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1488 | SHAVEI SHOMRON OPENED, IMPROVING SOME, BUT NOT ALL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: ConGenOffs visited Shavei Shomron checkpoint, northwest of Nablus, on August 11 and observed an unmanned, open road gate with traffic passing freely. However, OCHA officials reported at 1600 local on 8/11 that the IDF was present at the checkpoint and conducting ran [...] | 2008-08-12 13:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PHUM IS ECON PBTS |
08JERUSALEM1491 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/13): Palestinian insistence on [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 09:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1495 | NABLUS AREA SETTLERS EXPLAIN THEIR VIOLENT SUMMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In PolOff's August 8 visits to Yitzhar and Bracha settlements, Yitzhar spokesman Yigal Amitai denied recent reports of settler violence aimed at Palestinians as "retaliatory, false, or misreported." Poloff observed new construction at both settlements. END SUMMARY History of [...] | 2008-08-13 14:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM ASEC IS |
08JERUSALEM1496 | YESHA AGREES TO MOVE MIGRON'S OUTPOST; RESIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Yesha Council voted unanimously August 11 to approve an ""understanding"" with the Israeli MOD to move Migron outpost in exchange for permanent, legal housing in one of four possible nearby West Bank locations. The understanding provides for the construction of new homes be [...] | 2008-08-13 14:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1498 | "POSITIVE BUT INCOMPLETE" ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY COORDINATION MEETING IN JENIN [...] (S) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told PolOff and POL FSN August 11-12 that they had a positive meeting with IDF commanders in Jenin on August 11. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General August 11 that the meeting was "positive and important." National Security Forces (NSF) commande [...] | 2008-08-14 07:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PGOV IS PREL PINS |
08JERUSALEM1499 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/14): "Dangerous Signs in [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 09:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1508 | CHECKPOINT NORTH OF HEBRON OPENS WITH STRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congenoffs observed the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint north of Hebron August 13 and verified that it is open for six hours daily, but only to commercial traffic to and from the Tarqumiyah crossing with Israel. Hebron Mayor Khaled Osaily said the limited opening is positive, but the [...] | 2008-08-14 14:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1509 | EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENT ARRESTED IN ON-GOING [...] (C) Summary. Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood resident Maher Hanoun was arrested in early August for resisting eviction from his home. Hanoun's lawyer told PolOff August 12 that he is workingto free Hanoun pending resolution of the disputeover ownership of the land, but the courts have made no pro [...] | 2008-08-15 08:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1511 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/15): The status of Palestinians [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Azzam Tawfiq Abu Al-Su'oud entitled, "Will there be a New Middle East?" (8/15): "Since the beginning of [Bush's] presence in the White House, we have heard about American plans for a new Middle East ... We are accustomed to the idea that the Ameri [...] | 2008-08-15 10:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1513 | PA CLOSES WEST BANK NGOS SUSPECTED OF TERROR [...] (S) Summary. PA security contacts report closure of at least 12 institutions suspected of Hamas connections August 4-13, on orders from PM Salam Fayyad and PA Interior Minister Abd al-Razaq al-Yahya. According to President Abbas' Military Secretary, BG Jihad al-Jayusi, Abbas and Fayyad order [...] | 2008-08-15 11:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PTER PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1519 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/18): All talk and no action on [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "National Dialogue...Again" (8/18): "We are getting tired of calling for [Palestinian] national unity and we request that it be achieved as quickly as possible to end the division ... Everybody is talking about the national dialogue, its [...] | 2008-08-18 09:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1522 | HOME DEMOLITIONS STRIKE ANGRY CHORD IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished four homes in East Jerusalem on August 13, two in the Ashkariya neighborhood of Beit Hanina (north Jerusalem). Local residents told PolOff that Ashkariya is zoned as "green land" even though it is privately owned, and said the Municipality [...] | 2008-08-18 12:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1527 | NEW JENIN-AREA IDF INCURSIONS; PA CONDUCTS LOCAL [...] (C) NSF and General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) contacts told PolOff and POL FSN that the IDF entered Rummana village (Area B, NW of Jenin) late August 16 and detained four members of the Mukhabarat. The four were operating inside the village when the IDF entered and were released after one ho [...] | 2008-08-19 07:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER |
08JERUSALEM1529 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/19): Palestinian national [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an editorial by Walid Al-Awad, Member of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian People's Party, entitled, "the Palestinian National Dialogue Needs Palestinian Political Will and an Active Arab Role" (8/19): "Despite the increasing talks and press statements claiming [...] | 2008-08-19 10:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1533 | PA CLOSES MORE HAMAS-LINKED CHARITIES [...] (S) Summary. PA security contacts report that they closed 10 Hamas-connected NGOs August 14-18, detained 12 Palestinians for NGO activity linked to Hamas, and will impose management and governing board changes before the NGOs are allowed to operate again. Some of the closed NGOs appear to b [...] | 2008-08-20 09:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PTER PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1534 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/20): LACK OF MOVEMENT ON [...] Independent Al-Quds runs a daily editorial entitled, "A Step in the Road to Releasing Thousands of Prisoners" (8/20): "Each Palestinian prisoner released by Israel reduces the burden and suffering of the Palestinian people in general and of the prisoner's friends and relatives in particular. . [...] | 2008-08-20 11:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1539 | CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES ON ADDITIONAL 330 UNITS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff saw substantial progress on the construction of 330 units in Givat Zeev settlement, north of Jerusalem, that the GOI approved in March. The units appeared approximately 50 percent complete as of August 15. Developer Hanoch Kas said he has sold 550 units (beyond the GOI- [...] | 2008-08-20 11:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS CASC |
08JERUSALEM1547 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/21): WHY DO PALESTINIANS INSIST [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Abdul Rahim Mallouh, entitled, "Why?!!!" (8/21): "[T]he important lesson Palestinian decision-makers, in particular, and the Palestinian people, in general, should take [from int [...] | 2008-08-21 07:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1553 | NABLUS MALL SHOPS REMAIN OPEN AS IDF CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: Shops in Nablus' largest shopping mall remain open following expiration of the IDF's August 15 closure deadline. EconOff toured the mall on August 19 and found all shops operating normally. Shop owners say the IDF has "frozen" the closure order it imposed on the mall's 68 shop [...] | 2008-08-21 13:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KWBG PTER KTFN KISL IS |
08JERUSALEM1555 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/22): Doubt concerning Hamas' [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "Our Cause and the Latest International Variables" (8/22): "Palestinians and Arabs need to benefit from the latest international variables and developments in order to advance the just peace process, taking into consideration that the conditions o [...] | 2008-08-22 08:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1557 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/25): IF THE SHIPS BREAK THE [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by regular columnist Talal Al-Sharif entitled, "The Two Ships--So Breaking the Siege is not in One Direction!" (8/25): "[T]he sailing of the two ships [to the Gaza Strip] is a good step, but political [aspirations] cannot be achieved without pure national [...] | 2008-08-25 07:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1559 | BIR NABALA CHECKPOINT REMOVED; IMPROVES TRAVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConGenoffs verified the complete removal of the Bir Nabala/Rafat Masyoun checkpoint south of Ramallah on August 22. The removal improves travel between Ramallah and its southern villages, where some 50,000 Palestinians reside. Local Palestinians said the previous wait time whe [...] | 2008-08-25 11:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1562 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/26): A First Step towards Full [...] Under the headline "Congratulations on the Prisoners' Release, What's next..!" (8/26),Independent Al-Quds opined in its main editorial: "This is a first step, and Israel should consider it as such, towards the comprehensive release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners crowding Israeli jails a [...] | 2008-08-26 06:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1596 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/27): Guarded Optimism following [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The Settlement Activity Should Be Condemned with Clear Cut Sentences" (8/27): "[T]he U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, talked, after her meeting with [the Palestinian Authority (PA)] President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, about the expans [...] | 2008-08-27 07:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1604 | 41 MORE AL-AQSA FUGITIVES INCLUDED IN [...] (C) Summary. According to PA security contacts, the Israeli Security Agency (ISA, "Shin Bet") accepted 41 al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fugitives into the amnesty/disarmament agreement, including two high-profile militants. The fugitives have been in PA custody for most of the previous year. Ni [...] | 2008-08-27 14:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1605 | UNEASY STATUS QUO AT HEBRON'S IBRAHIMI MOSQUE/TOMB [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns visited Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque/Tomb of the Patriarchs in late August. Visitors to the building must pass through metal detectors, and armed Israeli border police patrol inside and out at all times. Metal security gates separate Muslims and Jews, who worship on differ [...] | 2008-08-27 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1610 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/28): WILL CAIRO TALKS ACHIEVE A [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The National Dialogue as Target and not as Logo" (8/28): "[I]nternal and external factors, such as competition between the Palestinian factions and Arab and international pressure, hinder the achievement of Palestinian national unity. These fac [...] | 2008-08-28 07:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1611 | PA CARRIES OUT LOCAL SECURITY CAMPAIGNS IN TOWNS [...] (C) PA security contacts told PolOff and Pol FSN August 26-27 that National Security Forces (NSF) units with police and intelligence support led patrols and arrest raids near Hebron in al-Dhahiriya (Area A) and Bayt Awa (Area B) from August 24-27. PA spokesmen told local press August 24 that [...] | 2008-08-28 10:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1612 | 25 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STANDS DEMOLISHED BY IDF IN [...] (C) Summary. On August 12, according to Palestinian contacts, the IDF demolished 25 fruit and vegetable stands along route 90 in the northern Jordan Valley. This is the first significant demolition in the West Bank since late March. End Summary. 2. (C) Local produce vendors in the Jorda [...] | 2008-08-28 12:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF ECON EAGR KPAL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1613 | HAMAS RAIDS CENTRAL ELECTIONS OFFICE IN GAZA, TWICE [...] (C) Summary. Hamas Executive Force twice raided the Central Elections Commission's (CEC) Gaza branch August 26-28, removing three staff members for off-site interrogation, confiscating the cellular phone of one staff member, and seizing keys to the CEC's Gaza warehouse to conduct an "invento [...] | 2008-08-28 14:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1614 | BEIT SAHOUR HOPING FOR ISRAELI APPROVAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs visited the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, where NGO Cure International wants to build a children's hospital on Area C land. According to Beit Sahour Mayor Hani al-Hayek, GOI Civil Administration officials support the project. The proposed hospital site is near the [...] | 2008-08-28 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1615 | NEW BARRIER ROUTE AROUND MA'ALE ADUMIM LEAVES WEST [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Shlomo Lecker told PolOff that a new barrier route around Ma'ale Adumim leaves 4,000 dunums (about 1,000 acres) of land outside the area enclosed by the barrier, but still effectively cuts the West Bank in two and separates Palestinians from Jerusalem. Abu Di [...] | 2008-08-28 15:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1616 | JERUSALEM CONTACTS DISCUSS MUGHRABI GATE RAMP [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian officials in press and privately criticized alleged Israeli plans for the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. A Waqf official said the Jerusalem District Committee's guidance for construction is too ambiguous, and that unilateral Israeli acti [...] | 2008-08-28 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KISL KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
08JERUSALEM1621 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/29): PEACE NEGOTIATIONS - [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The Return and not the Permanent Resettlement" (8/29): "[T]he declarations of the [Palestinian Authority] President Mahmoud Abbas in Beirut confirm...that the Palestinian refugees object to the idea of permanent resettlement [in Lebanon]...and t [...] | 2008-08-29 08:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1627 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/02): WHITHER INTERNAL [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by Gaza political scientist Dr. Naji Sadiq Sharab, entitled, "Whither the [Internal] Division..." (9/02): "[T]his internal division [between Fatah and Hamas]...will mean the disappearance of the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state ... it strips [...] | 2008-09-02 10:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1634 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/03): DEBATING THE ROLE OF ARAB [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "A Dangerous Legal Precedent" (9/03): "According to news reports, an American court has issued a ruling to impose a heavy fine on the Palestinian Authority for the 1996 killing of an Israeli-American by Hamas. This has established a (new) legal p [...] | 2008-09-03 09:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1640 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/04): INTERNATIONAL CHANGES AND [...] Independent Al-Quds editorialized in "Special Damascus Summit," (9/4): "Today in Damascus a special quartet summit (which includes French President Sarkozy, President Assad of Syria, Amir of Qatar Al Thani, and Turkish PM Erdogan) is held... The convening of this summit by itself is considered [...] | 2008-09-04 06:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1644 | GAZA: HIGH PARTICIPATION RATES IN PUBLIC SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza public sector labor strike that began on August 30 has been extended to at least September 9. Participation rates have been high - an estimated 90 percent among teachers and 50 percent among health care workers. PA officials and labor leaders told Econoffs that Gaza's p [...] | 2008-09-04 11:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PTER EFIN PGOV KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1651 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/05): INTERNAL PALESTINIAN [...] Wadi' Abu Nassar, Executive Director of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops in the Holy Land, opines in independent Al-Quds under the headline "An agreement to show off, not to implement" (09/05): "Recently, American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice concluded her 17th visit to the Middle East [...] | 2008-09-05 10:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1658 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/08): INTERNAL DIVISION COLORS [...] Independent Al-Quds editorialized in "We are not in Need of More Division," (9/8): "Once again, division in the Palestinian arena has resurfaced in the expression of political positions related to the teachers' strike in the Gaza Strip. This is, of course, not a political issue because the te [...] | 2008-09-08 10:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM168 | GAZA: FUEL DELIVERIES MADE; COURT DECISION SPURS [...] (SBU) Summary: Restricted fuel deliveries were made into Gaza on January 31. Municipal water authorities reported that at least 80 percent of the water and sewage pumps should be operational February 1, as an agreement was reached regarding fuel deliveries within Gaza. The Gaza Power Plant [...] | 2008-01-31 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM1681 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/09): CONTINUED PALESTINIAN [...] Independent Al-Quds editorializes in "The strikes..." (9/8): "We are experiencing extraordinary, catastrophic conditions in all aspects of our political, economic and daily lives. The on-going JERUSALEM 00001681 002 OF 002 strike [by teachers and health care workers] is increasing the [...] | 2008-09-09 09:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1682 | OVERVIEW 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 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR PA IS PHUM KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1685 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/10): ALTERNATIVES TO THE [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by daily columnist Dr. Hasan Abdullah entitled, "The success of Cairo talks Could save our communal ship from sinking" (9/10): "[C]airo talks must lead to an agreement...the agreement should pave the way for presidential and legislative Palestinian electio [...] | 2008-09-10 10:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1688 | LEAVY VETTING FOR USG-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) and Presidential Guard (PG) to USG-funded training in the West Bank and Jordan: Name [...] | 2008-09-10 14:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1689 | HAMAS CONTINUES TO JAIL SENIOR PA, FATAH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. About 100 Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah officials, including the Governors of Gaza and Khan Yunis, remain jailed by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, without a legal basis for their detention or institutional process to review their status. Senior Hamas spokesmen have previously [...] | 2008-09-10 14:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM |
08JERUSALEM169 | UNIONS STRIKE IN REACTION TO PM FAYYAD'S [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) now requires West Bank residents to show proof of having paid their water and electricity bills, and municipal taxes prior to receiving basic government services. Public sector employee associations are staging strikes demanding that the PA rescind [...] | 2008-01-31 15:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1691 | PA SECURITY CHIEFS: NO CHANGES IN IDF INCURSIONS; [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander and Jenin security chiefs, IDF incursions into Jenin have continued at generally the same levels since the beginning of 2008, except for a brief reduction in May 2008, when IDF incursions dropped to about half the ave [...] | 2008-09-10 14:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER |
08JERUSALEM1692 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/11): "ENDLESS NEGOTIATIONS ARE [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs an editorial by daily columnist Abdullah Awwad entitled, "What comes after Negotiations?!" (9/11): "[T]he conflict in Palestine since the beginning [has been a]... conflict rooted in several clashes: between an old and new history...between the geographic contours of [...] | 2008-09-11 09:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1697 | GAZA PUBLIC SECTOR STRIKE EXTENDED TO 9/16 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza public sector labor strike has been extended to at least September 16, according to union leaders. Participation rates are 80 percent among teachers and around 40 percent among health care workers. PA contacts said that the Hamas-led government has reacted by jailing [...] | 2008-09-11 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PTER EFIN PGOV KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1698 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/12): Heightened Speculation [...] Under the title, "The Seventh Anniversary of September 11" (9/12),the independent Al-Quds argues in its main editorial: JERUSALEM 00001698 002 OF 002 "Against the background of the September 11 attacks, the Palestinian issue remained on the margins of developments for the first seven [...] | 2008-09-12 07:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM171 | ABU MAZEN WITH LTG FRASER: FAYYAD IS ROADMAP POINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told LTG William Fraser January 29 that the PA is ready to operate the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but he is skeptical that Hamas will accept this arrangement. He identified PM Salam Fayyad as LTG Fraser's principal interlocutor [...] | 2008-02-01 09:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL IS |
08JERUSALEM1710 | YITZHAR AND YAD YAIR SETTLERS COORDINATE TO ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, settlers attacked Civil Administration officials and IDF soldiers who sought to remove building materials from the West Bank outpost of Yad Yair. Following skirmishes at the outpost, settlers across the northern West Bank organized a march on the nearby IDF ba [...] | 2008-09-12 14:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1712 | IDF DEMOLISHES 32 STRUCTURES IN AL-MUARRAJAT [...] (C) Summary. The IDF demolished 32 bedouin structures east of Ramallah on September 9 in the second significant West Bank demolition in a month. End summary. 2. (SBU) On September 9, IDF soldiers demolished 32 structures in the al-Muarrajat bedouin encampment, south of route 449 between [...] | 2008-09-12 14:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KPAL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1716 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/15): A "MULTIPOLAR" WORLD AND [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial under the title, "Partition on the Basis of International Legitimacy"(09/15): "in a statement seldom made by Israeli leaders, Premier Ehud Olmert said [on September 14] in an address to his government, that the dream of Greater Israel has ended [fore [...] | 2008-09-15 08:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1719 | IDF TENTATIVELY APPROVES 150 NSF TROOPS FOR [...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) West Bank Commander Diab al-Ali Abu al-Fatah told PolSpec that the IDF has tentatively approved the transfer of 150 NSF officers to Hebron. The IDF also approved three new Palestinian police stations in villages near Janin. End Summary. IDF OFF [...] | 2008-09-15 13:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM172 | PM FAYYAD TALKS ROAD MAP WITH LTG FRASER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Salam Fayyad told LTG William Fraser January 29 that freezing settlement construction is the top Palestinian priority for Roadmap implementation. He said the PA will be pragmatic and also seriously address Israeli security concerns. He urged GoI compliance with the obligati [...] | 2008-02-01 09:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PINS IS |
08JERUSALEM1721 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/16): DISCUSSING THE LEGITIMACY [...] Under the title, "Required... Exit From Useless Debate", Al-Quds independent opines in its main editorial (09/16): "The debate over JERUSALEM 00001721 002 OF 002 President Mahmud Abbas' remaining time in office is heating up over the issue of whether it will end on January 9 or at the e [...] | 2008-09-16 10:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1729 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/17): "ONE NATIONAL VISION AND [...] Al-Quds independent writes in its main editorial entitled "Cairo Dialogue is an Opportunity Not to Be Wasted" (09/17): "Fatah and Hamas, or more precisely, the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Government in Gaza, should benefit from this [one-time] opportunity. Dialogue should place [...] | 2008-09-17 09:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1730 | NABLUS, QALQILIYA OPEN TO ISRAELI ARAB CARS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Since early September, the IDF has allowed Israeli-plated vehicles driven by Israeli Arabs to enter the cities of Nablus and Qalqiliya, providing some economic benefits in the cities. Jenin remains closed to Israeli vehicular traffic, but open for pedestrians. End summary. I [...] | 2008-09-17 10:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ECON KPAL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1735 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/18): THE "PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 07:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1738 | LEAHY VETTING FOR USG TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Vetting requirements, post requests clearance to send the following to USG-funded training to be held in Jericho: Hasan Muneer Hasan Issa DOB: 06/25/1970 POB: Kuwait ID: 912353703 Walid Marzouk Mohammad Salhi DOB [...] | 2008-09-18 08:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1739 | CLASHES BETWEEN YITZHAR SETTLERS AND ASIRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 13, clashes occurred between Yitzhar (near Nablus) settlers and Palestinians in the village of Asira al-Qabaliyah. Police have not yet arrested any Palestinians or settlers. The settlers said they were responding to an arson attack against a caravan and the knifin [...] | 2008-09-18 14:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1745 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/19): PREDICTIONS ABOUT LIVNI [...] The main editorial in Al-Quds independent runs under the title "The Ramifications of Livni's Win of the Leadership of Kadima" (09/19): "Palestinians have always dealt with Israeli political developments on the basis of them being an internal issue that chiefly concern Israelis only. The Pale [...] | 2008-09-19 08:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1747 | CANDIDATE LISTS SHAPING UP FOR JERUSALEM'S MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem's Haredi (ultra-orthodox) community is still considering three contenders for the November 11 mayoral elections, but expects to settle on a single candidate in advance of the campaign. Many see MK Porush, anointed as the United Torah Judaism Party (UTJ) candidate in a [...] | 2008-09-19 13:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1748 | FARMERS FRET OVER FALL OLIVE HARVEST PERMITS [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian farmers living along the separation barrier in the northern West Bank have expressed concern over GOI restrictions on permits to cross agricultural gates in the barrier. These restrictions would hamper their efforts to bring in the olive harvest, a significant sou [...] | 2008-09-19 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS ECON KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM175 | PA POLICE RAID COUNTERFEIT DOCUMENT LABS IN HEBRON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent months, PA Police have disrupted several visa fraud rings in the West Bank. They briefly detained and released two individuals suspected of creating and selling counterfeit documents for U.S. visa interviews. The two were among five questioned after ConGenOffs provided [...] | 2008-02-01 15:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KFRD PREL ASEC KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1753 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/22): THE UN, THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Al-Quds independent argues in its main editorial under the title, "International Responsibility" (09/22): [I]nternal political crises in Israel... directly impact the Palestinian issue and efforts to reach a solution [to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict]... How much longer will the internation [...] | 2008-09-22 08:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1757 | MINISTRY OF AWQAF HOPES SAUDIS WILL DISTRIBUTE [...] (C) Summary. The PA Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs called for USG pressure on Saudi Arabia to distribute Hajj visas to Gazans through the Ministry rather than through HAMAS. Doing so would help the PA, he said. He added that the PA wants Gazans to depart through Jordan, not Egypt. Th [...] | 2008-09-22 13:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KISL IS SA |
08JERUSALEM1758 | FRANCISCANS SAY ISRAEL BREACHING STATUS QUO [...] (C) Summary. The Franciscan (Catholic) Custos of the Holy Land has formally complained to the GoI about breaches in the status quo regarding holy places, and his representative has requested that the USG press the GoI to protect Jerusalem's Christian holy sites. According to the Custos, an [...] | 2008-09-22 14:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1759 | ARIEL MAYOR: SETTLEMENT POPULATION "STEADY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman told Poloff September 17 that his secular settlement is "struggling" to grow and has not received construction approvals. He said he will sue the GOI if it includes Ariel in permanent status negotiations. Unlike other Nablus area settlers, Ariel's popu [...] | 2008-09-22 16:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1760 | SETTLERS RIOT AND BURN OLIVE TREES IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, in response to the IDF removal of structures at Yad Yair near Dolev settlement, north of Ramallah, settlers burned olive trees, hurled rocks, and blocked roads near Nablus, Ramallah, and Hebron. On September 19, Poloff saw an increased police and IDF presence [...] | 2008-09-22 16:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1765 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/23): "EAST JERUSALEM [...] The main editorial of Al-Quds independent argues under the title, "Judaization plans are Non-Stop As Are Efforts to Launch Dialogue?!!" (09/23): "A few days ago construction started near the Magreb Gate [Old City, Jerusalem] to build, it seems, settlement neighborhoods. There is also the iss [...] | 2008-09-23 07:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1783 | ARMED PALESTINIAN BOY SHOT DEAD WHILE APPROACHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Early September 20, IDF troops shot and killed a 14-year-old boy as he approached Yitzhar settlement with a Molotov cocktail and a knife. IDF video released to the press shows the boy attempting to light a bomb and the IDF firing on him. Asira al-Qabaliyah's village council to [...] | 2008-09-23 14:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PHUM PTER KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1786 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/24): PALESTINIANS SEE [...] In its main editorial, Al-Quds independent argues under the title, "The Series of 'Accidents' in Jerusalem" (09/24): "The day before yesterday, news reported an accident in West Jerusalem where a Palestinian Jerusalemite ran over a number of pedestrians on one of the city's sidewalks. The acc [...] | 2008-09-24 11:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1791 | MOI AL-YAHYA FORMALLY TO REQUEST HEBRON DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Interior Al-Yahya told USSC LTG Dayton September 16 that the PA has verbal GOI approval to deploy 150 National Security Force (NSF) troops to Hebron and now seeks the approval in writing. Al-Yahya requested USG assistance to obtain Israeli permission to garrison the 3 [...] | 2008-09-25 05:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KWBG PGOV PREL MASS |
08JERUSALEM1792 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/25): CALL FOR A MEDIA AND [...] Under the title, "A Comprehensive Truce, not an Escalation of Disputes, is a Must Before Launching Dialogue", independent Al-Quds argues in its main editorial (09/25): "The success of [internal Palestinian] dialogue does not depend on Egyptian intentions or... the increased support of the Arab [...] | 2008-09-25 08:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1795 | UPDATE ON WATANIYA MOBILE LAUNCH IN THE WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Wataniya made its first license payment to the PA, according to its CEO, who added that the bulk of the company's network equipment should arrive on October 4. The company's launch is scheduled for February/March 2009. Wataniya is still awaiting a GOI network construction licens [...] | 2008-09-25 14:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1802 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/26): PRESIDENT BUSH'S LEGACY [...] In its main editorial, Al-Quds independent opines under the title "Ideas Alone are not Enough" (09/26): "History will judge the presidency of George W. Bush... It was a period full of overseas wars and emergency laws to monitor terrorist suspects and a JERUSALEM 00001802 002 OF 002 re [...] | 2008-09-26 09:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1803 | BILIN RESIDENTS WILL CONTEST LATEST IDF BARRIER [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, in response to an Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) order, the GOI presented a new plan to re-route the separation barrier between the Palestinian village of Bilin and the Israeli settlement of Modiin Illit. Village residents criticized the latest plan and in [...] | 2008-09-26 10:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1808 | SETTLERS REACT TO ATTACK ON ISRAELI PROFESSOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the September 24 pipe bomb attack that wounded Israeli professor Zeev Sternhell at his Jerusalem home and the discovery of leaflets threatening Peace Now representatives at the scene (reftel),settlers condemned the attack and denied involvement. They blamed the medi [...] | 2008-09-26 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1809 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/29): INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON [...] Under the title "So that we don't drown in shallow water," regular columnist Talal Okal opines in independent Al-Ayyam (9/29): JERUSALEM 00001809 003 OF 003 "Does Bush have the ability to make decisions in the time remaining before January of next year? Or, will he and his administrati [...] | 2008-09-29 10:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1823 | JERUSALEM-BASED NGO REQUESTS SUPPORT TO REMOVE [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Majirah say they have been cut off from their center of life by the separation barrier, and that the IDF controls access to their neighborhood via checkpoints. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) may su [...] | 2008-09-29 13:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1824 | PA JUSTICE SECTOR EFFORTS PROGRESSING IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the May 29 signing of its Justice Sector Strategy (JSS),the PA has progressed in implementing several areas of the plan: infrastructure, staffing, and case backlog reduction. PM Fayyad highlighted this progress in recent press statements (ref A). End Summary. Infras [...] | 2008-09-29 14:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID KWBG KPAL CA IS |
08JERUSALEM1829 | JERUSALEM 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 09:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1830 | CORRECTED 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 09:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1831 | FATAH AND HAMAS RELEASE PRISONERS FOR EID AL-FITR [...] (C) Summary. On September 30, the Palestinian Authority (PA) released 38 West Bank HAMAS activists, reciprocating HAMAS's release September 29 of roughly 30 Fatah members in the Gaza Strip. PASF officials report that the released activists have no proven ties to the HAMAS military wing. End [...] | 2008-10-02 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1832 | PALESTINIAN TELECOM: PA WANTS WIMAX FREQUENCY [...] (C) Summary: In May, the PA formally requested GOI allocation of frequency spectrum that would allow the deployment of broadband WiMax internet capabilities in the West Bank. PA telecom contacts say that WiMax technology will enhance competition in the telecom sector and produce revenue for [...] | 2008-10-03 09:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1833 | CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/03): THE [...] Regular columnist Mohamad Yaghy opined in Al Ayyam under the title, "The peace process in the American elections" (10/03): "[T]he differences between the positions of the American presidential candidates regarding the [Palestinian-Israeli] peace process is somewhat unclear ....both of them hav [...] | 2008-10-03 11:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1840 | PA 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 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1841 | ADDITIONAL ORDERS FOR DEMOLITION OF BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to UNRWA, COGAT officers delivered demolition orders for 38 structures at the Milehat-Ka'abneh bedouin encampment in area C on September 22. Bedouin resident in the area told Poloff they have been living seasonally in this location since 1985 and expressed concern [...] | 2008-10-03 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1842 | PALESTINIAN SHEPHERD KILLED NEAR SETTLEMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 27, the body of an 18-year-old Palestinian shepherd was found near Gittit settlement in the Jordan Valley. According to an Israeli Police statement, an autopsy determined the shepherd was killed while "playing with" a 40mm grenade round. Villagers told Poloff they [...] | 2008-10-03 14:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1845 | JERUSALEM 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 11:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1846 | PIONEER SETTLER BENNY KATSOVER INSPIRES VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Settler pioneer Benny Katsover told Poloff that, as head of the "Samaria Action Committee," he does not encourage violence directly, but admitted that young settlers under his direction do resort to violence. As Katsover spoke, settlers reacted to the evacuation of Shevut Ami B [...] | 2008-10-07 09:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1847 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/07): PALESTINIANS NOT [...] Al Quds prints an editorial titled, "No positive signs preceding dialogue" (10/07): "If Hamas rejects the idea of a national consensus government and calls for a national government to be headed by them; and if Hamas insists that President Abbas' term ends on January 9, it is difficult to see [...] | 2008-10-07 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1849 | GAZA FOOD AND FUEL: MORE DIESEL THROUGH THE TUNNELS [...] (SBU) Summary. Gaza-based contacts report that shipments of humanitarian and commercial goods into Gaza from Israel were slightly higher in September compared to previous periods. Fuel imports remain restricted, encouraging smuggling of diesel from Egypt. Gaza sources and press reports note [...] | 2008-10-07 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EAID PTER KTFN KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM185 | BIL'IN VILLAGE: BARRIER NOT YET REROUTED [...] (C) Summary. On January 24, Abdallah Abu Rahman, Coordinator of the Bil'in Land Defense and Popular Committee, told Poloffs that the GoI has taken no steps to reroute the separation barrier between Bil'in and the settlement of Modi'in Illit following a September 7 Israeli High Court ruling. [...] | 2008-02-04 10:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1850 | ATERET COHANIM TAKES OVER TWO NEW PROPERTIES IN [...] (C) Summary. Ateret Cohanim (AC) acquired a Palestinian apartment in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City and plans to open a synagogue this month near the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. The PA's Jerusalem Governor said the PA is looking into the possibility of legal irregularities in [...] | 2008-10-07 14:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1852 | PA PLANS FOR HEBRON DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General October 6 that the GOI has approved a deployment of PA security forces (PASF) to Hebron on/about October 17. National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff/PolFSN October 7 that the PA submitted a request to IDF Ce [...] | 2008-10-07 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER PGOV IS PINS |
08JERUSALEM1861 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/08): "THE END OF [...] Al Ayyam independent daily prints an opinion piece written by Jawad Al Bashiti under the title, "The End to History" (10/08): "During feudal times, the church was the largest real estate owner, but during the... [end to] the history of neo-capitalism, the "Bush-Paulson" state has suddenly beco [...] | 2008-10-08 10:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1871 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/10): INTERNAL PALESTINIAN [...] Regular columnist Mohammad Yaghi opines in Al Ayyam independent daily under the title, "A dialogue to buy time" (10/10): "Many Arab countries see the controversy surrounding the Palestinian Authority Presidency as a continuation of the demise of the PLO. They are trying to avert the collapse [...] | 2008-10-10 11:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1880 | JERUSALEM 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 12:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1883 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/16): 20 YEARS AFTER THE COLD [...] Hani Hurani opines in Al Ayyam under the title "An increasingly chaotic world" (10/16): "In a nutshell, the image of the Arab world, 20 years after the end of the Cold War, suggests that it has been failed to face up to the challenges of economic and political reform and realize stable societ [...] | 2008-10-16 10:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1885 | FATAH CONFERENCE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. October 10-15 Preparatory Committee meetings in Amman for Fatah's planned Sixth Party Conference included extensive discussion on Conference timing, venue, representation, and other modalities. The meetings ended abruptly on October 15 due to the Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) [...] | 2008-10-16 13:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV KDEM IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1886 | HAMAS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN GAZA; SMUGGLING AND [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based Fatah and independent contacts report that Hamas is well- entrenched and controls nearly every aspect of political and economic life in the Gaza Strip. They comment that Israeli-imposed closures have hurt Gazans generally but benefited Hamas, which is increasing its [...] | 2008-10-16 13:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM ECON |
08JERUSALEM190 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST OF PA SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance for the following Presidential Guard (PG) members to attend a USG-funded security training course in Jordan: First name, last name Tareq Nathmi Ihmoud Sadaqa DOB: 25 J [...] | 2008-02-04 15:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1901 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/17): "STALEMATE" IN [...] Former Palestinian Authority Minister Hasan Asfour opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "National dialogue: Interim or final solution?" (10/17): "The current situation requires that there be a comprehensive document that provides answers... [to] the issues of electoral law and mechanisms... [ [...] | 2008-10-17 12:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1903 | PA'S HEBRON DEPLOYMENT DELAYED PENDING FURTHER [...] (C) A PA security forces (PASF) deployment to Hebron, expected to begin on/about October 17, has been postponed pending additional PA-IDF coordination, according to National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah). PA President's Office contacts told PolOff that t [...] | 2008-10-17 14:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PINS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1904 | THREE PALESTINIANS ARE KILLED IN 48 HOURS; PA [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF Kfir Brigade soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians in separate incidents near Ramallah from October 14-16. The IDF claimed all three were carrying Molotov cocktails ("firebombs") when killed, according to press accounts. PA leaders criticized the shootings as unjus [...] | 2008-10-17 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1905 | FIRST RESIDENTS MOVE INTO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs visited the settlement of Nof Zion (View of Zion) in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem, where the first 50 of 100 apartment owners have moved in, and an additional 400 units will be constructed in the next few years. Palestinians from Jabal Mukabbir told [...] | 2008-10-17 14:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1906 | ARAB-ISRAELIS GIVE NABLUS A TEMPORARY BOOST, BUT [...] (C) Summary: According to prominent Nablus businessmen, continuing Israeli access restrictions cripple the city's commercial sector, limit significant economic growth, and are "political restrictions not related to security." They note that the GOI's decision to allow Arab-Israelis (and their [...] | 2008-10-17 14:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1907 | WAQF CONCERNED, FRUSTRATED BY INCREASING ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian media reported hundreds of Israelis visited the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City in numerous visits during mid-October, accompanied by police. Waqf officials confirmed the visits, adding that the Israelis did not attempt to enter or damage buildi [...] | 2008-10-17 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1908 | UPTICK IN SETTLER VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. New reports of settler violence are consistent with the trend of increased settler militancy in recent months (reftels). These incidents have been centered in the Nablus area, but contacts report violence throughout most of the West Bank. End summary. Uptick in Settler Atta [...] | 2008-10-17 15:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1911 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/20): THE GAZA CALM: "IN [...] Bilal Al Hasan opines in Al Quds under the title "Acre events: Omen for a third Palestinian intifada"(10/20): "If the impetus for the two Palestinian intifadas came from the Israeli-Arab conflict... then a [third] Palestinian intifada launched from within the state of Israel will be based on d [...] | 2008-10-20 11:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1913 | GAZA: LABOR STRIKE CONTINUES (WHILE EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Public sector employee representatives said that the labor strike in Gaza, which began in August, will continue until the Hamas government halts its actions against employees perceived to be opposed to Hamas rule. Sixty to eighty percent of teachers are reportedly still participa [...] | 2008-10-20 12:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PTER EFIN PGOV KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1915 | BETHLEHEM: TOURISM SURGES, COMMERCE HINDERED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Bethlehem businesses continue to suffer under the requirement to export goods via Tarqumiya, a crossing point nearly 40 kilometers south of the city. Hotel occupancy is surging as a result of increased numbers of visitors, although tour guides, drivers, and businessmen continu [...] | 2008-10-20 13:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1918 | SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES DURING OLIVE HARVEST [...] (C) Summary. Settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and international activists working with them in a number of West Bank villages October 18-20, according to press and ConGen contacts. The IDF intervened in some cases to stop the attacks, detaining activists and declaring &close [...] | 2008-10-20 15:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1919 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/22): THE ROAD MAP "HAS LOST [...] Al Quds editorial is titled "Palestinians embrace their olives despite settler aggression" (10/22): "No one, regardless of his barbarism and cruelty, can separate the Palestinian from his olive tree, which he considers to be one of his sons... the world and so-called international community s [...] | 2008-10-22 12:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1933 | NEW HAMAS CRACKDOWN IN GAZA; AT LEAST 30 FATAH [...] (C) Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa told PolOff by phone October 22 that Hamas security has arrested at least 30 Fatah activists in a new crackdown, apparently in response to an attempted attack on a Hamas military wing leader. Al-Qassam Brigades (the Hamas military wing) spokesmen told Pales [...] | 2008-10-22 16:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM |
08JERUSALEM1934 | PLO WELCOMES EGYPTIAN PAPER ON FACTIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) released a statement October 22 welcoming Egyptian leadership in efforts to forge a "national consensus government and common political program." The statement implicitly conditions PLO acceptance of an Egyptian proposal on formation of a PA [...] | 2008-10-22 16:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER EG |
08JERUSALEM1938 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/23): PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] Abdullah Awwad opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "A calm JERUSALEM 00001938 002 OF 002 discourse in a noisy moment (10/23): "All that can be said about the rift between Hamas and Fatah or between the Islamic movement and the nationalist one... is that it is a conflict between the Wes [...] | 2008-10-23 09:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1942 | IDF, PA AGREE ON HEBRON SECURITY DEPLOYMENT; PA [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs October 23 that the IDF approved a PASF deployment of about 580 troops to the Hebron Governorate, starting late October 24, for 30 days. PA commanders said the IDF laid down conditions for the deployment's approval as well as [...] | 2008-10-23 14:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PINS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1943 | OPIC'S PLAN FOR AFFORDABLE MORTGAGES IN THE WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Following positive meetings with Palestinian and international partners on October 19-21, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) VP Robert Drumheller reports solid progress on the affordable mortgage finance initiative, announced by President Abbas and OPIC CEO Mosbacher [...] | 2008-10-23 15:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1947 | JERUSALEM 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 10:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1949 | STABBING ATTACK IN JERUSALEM; ARRESTS IN THE WEST [...] (C) Summary. Israeli police on October 23 arrested a Palestinian who had stabbed two Israelis that day in Jerusalem. Later that day, roughly 150 Palestinians clashed with IDF troops who raided the attacker's village. Seven Palestinians were arrested during the campaign, most of whom were r [...] | 2008-10-24 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
08JERUSALEM1950 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/27): POLITICAL AND SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 08:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1952 | PA STARTS SECURITY OPERATION SOUTH OF HEBRON; [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs October 26-27 that joint PASF patrols entered Yatta and al-Samu'a (Area A towns south of Hebron) early October 27, arresting 23 criminal fugitives and Hamas activists and detaining 30 other suspects. The PA National Security [...] | 2008-10-27 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PINS PGOV PTER LE |
08JERUSALEM1956 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/28): PALESTINIAN CONDEMNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 07:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM196 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/05): SUICIDE BOMBINGS - "A [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 11:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1966 | IDF EVACUATES AN OUTPOST NEAR HEBRON; SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. NGO contacts confirm media reports that the IDF evacuated an illegal outpost near Hebron on October 26, and settlers reacted by slashing the tires of 22 Palestinian-owned cars and attacking a nearby Muslim cemetery. Speaking to the press October 26, Hebron area settlers called t [...] | 2008-10-28 15:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1967 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/29): ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE - [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 07:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1974 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/30): IN-FIGHTING VS. FIGHTING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 11:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1978 | ABBAS TO ATTEND RECONCILIATION MEETING IN CAIRO; [...] (C) Summary. Senior Fatah and President's Office contacts told ConGenOffs that President Abbas will participate in the opening session of the November 9-10 reconciliation meeting in Cairo, joined by Arab Foreign Ministers and the Arab League Secretary-General. Hamas Politburo chief Khalid M [...] | 2008-10-30 15:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PTER IS EG JO SY YM SA QA |
08JERUSALEM1979 | PA COMPLAINS ABOUT SHOOTING DEATH OF ELDERLY [...] (SBU) The IDF shot and killed 67-year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abahra early October 29 in al-Yamun (Area A, near Jenin),according to PA security contacts and press reports. Local press quoted an IDF spokesman as saying that Abahra was armed and fired at IDF troops, who returned fire, killing [...] | 2008-10-30 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM IS PREL |
08JERUSALEM1980 | IDF DEMOLISHES HOMES IN TWO WEST BANK BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 29 and 30, IDF soldiers demolished 25 structures in two Bedouin communities: one south of Hebron in Umm al-Khair, and one east of Ramallah in Mughayir al Dir. The demolitions leave 142 people, including 71 children, homeless. These are the first demolitions of inh [...] | 2008-10-30 15:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1982 | JERICHO RESIDENTS REPORT INCREASE IN TOURSIM BUT [...] (C) Summary: Tourism is on the rise in the Jordan Valley city of Jericho, according to city officials and local business representatives. However, they also claim that Israeli checkpoints and poor infrastructure (including an over-taxed sewage system that poses environmental and health hazar [...] | 2008-10-31 08:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG EAID ETRD PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1983 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/31): BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 11:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1985 | SHUTDOWN OF JORDAN VALLEY CROSSING THREATENS WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has closed the principal commercial crossing in the northern Jordan Valley to Palestinian agriculture exports, according to Palestinian farmers and USG contractors. Palestinian farmers report that the closure of Bardala/Bisan crossing will limit their access to intern [...] | 2008-11-03 08:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EAGR ETRD KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1986 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/03): UN Obligations; US [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-03 12:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1987 | YESHA COUNCIL EXPANDING [...] (C) Summary. The Yesha Council is expanding to include one representative from each settlement plus other settler leaders, according to Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan. The new council will have approximately 200 delegates who will convene in early spring. Dayan said the change is intended [...] | 2008-11-03 12:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1990 | NABLUS AREA SETTLERS SEEK IMAGE MAKEOVER [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs met on October 29 with David Haivri, head of a newly established International Liaison Office in Barkan settlement (southwest of Nablus),tasked with strengthening northern West Bank settlers' external relations in Israel and abroad. Haivri admitted but downplayed the re [...] | 2008-11-03 15:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS |
08JERUSALEM1991 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/04): "TIME FOR AMERICA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 10:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1992 | NEW EAST JERUSALEM EVICTION, HOME DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) confirmed press reports that the Jerusalem Municipality intends to evict two Palestinian families from their homes in Bayt Hanina and possibly demolish th [...] | 2008-11-04 13:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1998 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/05): PALESTINIANS ARE LEADERS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 11:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2000 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/06): SPECULATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 12:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2004 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/07): NO PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 06:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2008 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/10): PALESTINIAN FAMILY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 09:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2011 | AL-KURD FAMILY EVICTED IN EAST JERUSALEM; [...] (C) Summary. Israeli police evicted the al-Kurd family from their home in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood on November 9. Local residents fear this will be the first of many such evictions in the neighborhood. Palestinian homeowners in Shaykh Jarrah said at least 27 other familie [...] | 2008-11-10 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM2012 | PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION MEETING COLLAPSES AMID [...] (C) Summary. PLO and Palestinian faction leaders told ConGenOffs that the GOE "postponed" reconciliation talks, scheduled for November 10 in Cairo, after Hamas indicated it would not participate. PLO Secretary-General Yasir Abd Rabbo told press November 9 that Hamas has been creating obstacl [...] | 2008-11-10 14:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PTER IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM2013 | SECULAR AND ULTRA-ORTHODOX CANDIDATES FACE OFF IN [...] (C) Summary. Nationalist candidate Nir Barkat hopes to win the November 11 municipal election based on his platform of balancing religious and secular needs in the city. Ultra-Orthodox candidate Meir Porush, who would continue policies enacted under current Mayor Lupolianski, hopes to win ba [...] | 2008-11-10 14:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM2019 | GAZA: 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 14:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID ENRG KWBG KPAL PHUM |
08JERUSALEM2021 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/12): PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 11:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2024 | CEASEFIRE THREATENED AS MILITANTS, IDF TRADE BLOWS [...] (C) Summary. IDF incursions and airstrikes into the Gaza Strip have killed eleven Palestinians (all acknowledged Hamas and PIJ militants) since November 4, and injured 15 civilians, according to Gazan political and security contacts. Media accounts tally 68 rocket and mortar strikes in Isra [...] | 2008-11-12 15:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM |
08JERUSALEM2029 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/13): UNITY - "BEFORE IT IS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 11:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2035 | NIR BARKAT WINS JERUSALEM MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. "Secular/nationalist" candidate Nir Barkat won the election for Jerusalem's mayor and takes office in early December. He promised in his victory speech to address the needs of secular, religious, and Arab residents of the city. Nearly all Palestinians and some ultra-Orthodox J [...] | 2008-11-13 15:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM2036 | IDF DEMOLISHES TWO WEST BANK HOUSES FOR LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian contacts confirmed that the IDF demolished two Palestinian houses in Shuqba village, west of Ramallah, November 12, on the grounds that they lacked building permits. These are the first demolitions of permanent residential structures in the West Bank since the GoI [...] | 2008-11-13 15:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM2042 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/14): ARAB RELUCTANCE TO PLAY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 11:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2043 | HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE HALTS CONSTRUCTION IN WEST [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction on November 12 against continued construction on 35 housing units in Jabal Artis (aka Pisgat Yacov) outpost, north of Beit El settlement. According to the lawyer representing the two Palestinian owners of the land o [...] | 2008-11-14 14:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PBTS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM2045 | ROCKETS STRIKE ISRAEL AS ISRAEL MAINTAINS GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Gaza militants fired at least 13 rockets into Israel on November 14, lightly injuring an Israeli in Sderot and damaging four buildings. An IAF airstrike injured two PIJ militants near Bayt Lahiya. The GOI has closed all of Gaza's crossings (most have been closed since November [...] | 2008-11-14 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PHUM PTER PREF PREL |
08JERUSALEM2048 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/17): URGENT CALLS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 11:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2050 | GAZA: VIOLENCE CONTINUES; SOME GOODS - BUT NO FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza's Kerem Shalom crossing was open on November 17 for limited food and humanitarian shipments for the first time since November 4, while Nahal Oz fuel transfer station remains closed. At least 14 rockets have been fired from Gaza November 16-17. The Gaza power plant has be [...] | 2008-11-17 16:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KWBG IS PHUM PTER EAID |
08JERUSALEM2052 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): AMERICA'S HONEYMOON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 10:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2058 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/19): PALESTINIANS SEE NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 10:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2066 | PA REQUEST TO TRANSFER PALESTINIAN FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) The Consulate General received a diplomatic note November 18 from the PA Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating PA willingness to accept the transfer by the United States of Walid Ibrahim Justafa Abu Hijazi from Guantanamo Bay to PA custody at any time. According to the note, the U.S. [...] | 2008-11-19 13:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM2081 | GAZA: CROSSINGS CLOSED, ROCKET FIRE CONTINUES; GOI [...] Summary: (C) All Gaza crossing were closed on November 18-19, except for Erez pedestrian crossing, which was open to certain medical cases and international NGO employees. Five Qassam rockets and four mortars were fired toward Israel November 18-19. Israeli naval forces detained 15 fisherman [...] | 2008-11-19 15:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG IS PHUM PTER PREL ECON CASC |
08JERUSALEM2082 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/20): IRAQI SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-20 09:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2084 | FAYYAD RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on November 19 that he is concerned about the apparent decision of Israeli commercial banks to terminate correspondent banking services for Palestinian banks (reftel). Fayyad predicted the cut-off will have th [...] | 2008-11-20 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN KWBG PREL IS |
08JERUSALEM2085 | JORDAN VALLEY CROSSING RE-OPENED TO PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bardala/Bisan crossing in the Jordan Valley was reopened to Palestinian agricultural shipments on November 13. As a result, Palestinian farmers plan to export 85 percent of their Jordan Valley agricultural exports through that crossing. Israeli settlers have access to the [...] | 2008-11-20 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR ETRD KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM2086 | PALESTINIANS CONCERNED ABOUT ISRAELI DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian businessmen and officials are concerned about unilateral Israeli development of tourist infrastructure in the West Bank. The PLO's Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) considers these actions a form of illegal settlement activity and notes that some of the sites are in [...] | 2008-11-20 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD KWBG PREL IS |
08JERUSALEM2087 | YESHA COUNCIL AGREES TO MOVE MIGRON OUTPOST INTO [...] (C) Summary: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told Poloffs November 19 that the GOI will shortly inform the High Court of Justice (HCJ) of its decision to move the Migron outpost five kilometers south into permanent housing to be built inside Adam settlement, east of the security barrier. Wh [...] | 2008-11-20 15:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM2089 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/21): ISRAEL AND GAZA: "THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 11:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2090 | PALESTINIAN ACCESS TO EAST JERUSALEM HOSPITALS [...] (SBU) Summary: A new GOI access restriction for Palestinian hospital staff has severely disrupted the operations of the six Palestinian East Jerusalem hospitals, according to Hospital Network Coordinator Tawfiq Nasser. He said that patients and staff are now restricted to two specific check [...] | 2008-11-21 12:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PHUM KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM2091 | SETTLERS BRACE FOR BATTLE OVER DISPUTED HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on November 16 ordered the settlers occupying the Rajabi compound (referred to by settlers as "Beit Hashalom") in Hebron to evacuate voluntarily within three days while a district court determines ownership. Press report that the IDF plan [...] | 2008-11-21 12:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM2094 | PA ASKS FOR HELP TO COUNTER SETTLER BUSINESSES [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian officials are highlighting economic activity in Israeli settlements and encouraging third countries to discourage trade and other economic links to settlement enterprises. The UK is focused on the issue, which dominated Foreign Secretary Milliband's recent visit to [...] | 2008-11-21 14:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD IS KWBG PREL UK |
08JERUSALEM2096 | LEAHY VETTING FOR PALESTINIAN SECURITY SENIOR [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Vetting requirements, post requests clearance to send the following to a USG-funded senior leader course to be held in the West Bank: Name POB DOB ID 1 Ali Atta al-Sayed Mughrab [...] | 2008-11-21 15:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM2097 | LEAHY VETTING FOR ADDITIONAL NSF TRAINEES [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Vetting requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the PA National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training courses in Jordan and the West Bank: Name POB [...] | 2008-11-21 16:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM2098 | GAZA UPDATE - NOV 21 [...] (C) Summary. Gaza commercial crossings remained closed November 20-21. Erez pedestrian crossing was open to certain medical cases and international NGO employees. The power plant has been shut down since November 13 due to a lack of industrial fuel. Most Gaza households have 8-16 hours/day [...] | 2008-11-21 18:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM2103 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/24): RESISTING "SOFT" U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 12:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2111 | FATAH SIXTH CONGRESS: PREPARATORY COMMITTEE STILL [...] (C) Summary. In November 15-17 Fatah Sixth Congress Preparatory Committee sessions in Amman, senior Fatah leaders say they discussed venue, timing, and representation, but adjourned without agreement. Committee members told PolFSN that prospects for holding the Sixth Congress before the end [...] | 2008-11-24 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV KDEM IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM2112 | ABBAS CALLS FOR ELECTIONS "IF DIALOGUE FAILS"; [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) announced November 23 that he will call for presidential and legislative elections in early 2009 if national dialogue with Hamas fails. Abbas blamed Hamas for the breakdown of national dialogue talks in Cairo and defended peace negotiations wi [...] | 2008-11-24 14:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PTER IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM2113 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 15:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM2114 | CONSTRUCTION RESUMES AT MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli High Court of Justice decided on October 29 to allow the Simon Wiesenthal Center to resume construction of the Museum of Tolerance on the site of the Mamilla Muslim cemetery. The ruling, plus the rapid appearance of construction equipment at the site, has already sp [...] | 2008-11-24 15:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2115 | PAPAL NUNCIO: GOI DENIED PRIESTS ACCESS TO GAZA TO [...] (C) Latin Patriarchate Chancellor Fr. Humam Khzuz and Papal Nuncio contacts in Jerusalem told PolOff November 24 that GOI officials denied the Nuncio (Archbishop Antonio Franco),Khzuz, and Patriarchate secretary Fr. Shawki Batrian access to Gaza early November 23, causing the cancellation of [...] | 2008-11-24 15:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PHUM KIRF PREL VT |
08JERUSALEM2117 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/25): "A NATIONAL UNITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 15:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2121 | GOI PREPARES TO RELOCATE MIGRON OUTPOST [...] (C) Summary. The GOI has informed the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) of its agreement with the Yesha Council to relocate the residents of Migron outpost. The GOI told the court that the residents would be relocated to the eastern side of Adam settlement, but the Adam settlement, like the [...] | 2008-11-25 15:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM2122 | GAZA CROSSINGS OPEN FOR A DAY, BUT POWER PLANT NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 24, the GOI allowed limited humanitarian and commercial shipments, and power plant fuel into Gaza. The crossings were closed again on November 25 due to rocket fire. Erez crossing was open to limited traffic November 24-25. The Gaza power plant is not yet operati [...] | 2008-11-25 15:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER PREF |
08JERUSALEM2128 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/26): "GLOATING OVER AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 08:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM213 | GAZA: SOME SHIPMENTS OF FOOD AND FUEL; [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-five truckloads of commercial and humanitarian shipments entered Gaza through Sufa crossing on February 6, while Kerem Shalom remained closed. Fuel transfers were made via Nahal Oz transfer station, supplying the Gaza Power Plant with sufficient fuel to continue to prod [...] | 2008-02-06 14:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM2133 | MORE HOMES DEMOLISHED IN THE WEST BANK AND EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 18-25, Israeli security forces demolished a total of four homes in East Jerusalem, and one in the West Bank. The home in the West Bank was located in Area C. End summary. Demolition in East Jerusalem ---------------------------------- 2. (C) On November [...] | 2008-11-26 10:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM2152 | HAMAS INTENSIFIES CRACKDOWN ON FATAH IN GAZA; [...] (C) Summary. Fatah and PLO officials in Gaza told PolOff by phone November 26 that Hamas has intensified its campaign against Fatah activists, PLO officials, and non-Hamas NGOs, accusing them of "subversive activities." Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa commented to PolOff that Hamas maintains [...] | 2008-11-26 15:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM |
08JERUSALEM2153 | FAYYAD MEETS PA SECURITY CHIEFS IN HEBRON; PASF [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs that they met with PM Salam Fayyad in Hebron on November 26 to review progress and discuss challenges. The National Security Forces (NSF) commander said PASF have arrested 110 security and criminal suspects in/around Hebron s [...] | 2008-11-26 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG IS PINS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM2154 | PA PREPARES BETHLEHEM SECURITY PLAN TO SUPPORT [...] (C) PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff/PolFSN November 26 that PA security forces will begin a Christmas-period deployment in early December that will continue through early 2009. He said the operation will rotate 800-1000 NSF, police [...] | 2008-11-26 15:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2164 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/28): POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 09:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2169 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/01): PALESTINIANS SEE NO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 11:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2171 | WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary. Poloffs visited the West Bank settlements at Maale Adumim and Alfei Menashe on November 24 and noted ongoing, large-scale construction projects, which the mayors said were approved in 1999 and 2000. The mayors of both settlements urged the USG to condone construction in the area [...] | 2008-12-01 15:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS IS PGOV PREL |
08JERUSALEM2172 | GAZA CROSSINGS REMAIN CLOSED, HUMANITARIAN [...] Summary: (SBU) The Gaza crossings were closed November 28-December 1. The power plant shut down, for the third time since November 12, on November 30 due to a lack of industrial fuel. Gaza markets still have food, but prices are high and selection is limited, according to UN contacts. Hosp [...] | 2008-12-01 15:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
08JERUSALEM2173 | UN Launches 2009 Consolidated Appeal for the West Bank and [...] (U) Summary: The UN launched the 2009 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for the West Bank and Gaza on November 26. The USD 462 million appeal focuses on humanitarian response and assistance to an increasing number of vulnerable Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Most of the appeal is for food, [...] | 2008-12-01 15:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL |
08JERUSALEM2175 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/02): ADMIRING THE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 09:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2178 | PRM ACTING A/S WITTEN ATTENDS UNRWA'S ANNUAL HOSTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) held its semiannual Advisory Commission (AdCom) meeting November 17 and its annual Hosts and Donors Meeting November 18-19 in Amman to discuss current developments affecting Palestinian refugees, UNRW [...] | 2008-12-02 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL |
08JERUSALEM2179 | GAZA: BANK BRANCHES TO CLOSE DUE TO LACK OF CASH [...] (C) Summary. According to PMA Governor Jihad al-Wazir, all bank branches in Gaza will close no later than Thursday, December 4, because they do not have enough cash on hand to pay November salaries to PA employees. According to al-Wazir, PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will issue a public sta [...] | 2008-12-02 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS PTER PGOV |
08JERUSALEM2181 | SETTLER VIOLENCE IN HEBRON CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Hebron settlers have repeatedly engaged in violence to prevent the court-ordered evacuation of the Rajabi compound. According to NGO B'tselem, on November 29, settlers injured seven Palestinians by throwing rocks from the Rajabi compound, badly damaged 28 Palestinian vehicles, s [...] | 2008-12-02 15:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM2183 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/03): "EUROPE TO ACTIVATE ITS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 10:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2186 | GAZA FARMERS HOLD OUT HOPE FOR EXPORTS TO EUROPE [...] (C) Despite the fact that there have been no exports from Gaza since January, Gaza farmers are preparing produce for export to Europe via Israel as early as December 10. USAID contractors said that farmers could earn up to USD eight million this year, if the GOI allows shipment out of Gaza. [...] | 2008-12-03 15:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PREL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM2187 | ESCALATING SETTLER VIOLENCE IN HEBRON AS IDF [...] (C) Summary. The IDF declared the area surrounding the Rajabi compound a "closed military zone" on December 2, and deployed four Border Police companies to Hebron. Violence instigated by settlers injured at least 20 Palestinians as well as some Israeli security personnel, acording to interna [...] | 2008-12-03 16:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM2188 | PA SECURITY OFFICIALS BELIEVE AL-AQSA MARTYRS [...] (S) Summary. Palestinian political and security contacts believe the IDF operation that led to the death of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (AAMB) member Mohammad Kamal Abu Thra'a on December 1 was conceived as an assassination operation from the outset, not as an arrest operation. End summary. [...] | 2008-12-03 17:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM2189 | JENIN: LOCAL JUDGES, PROSECUTORS DESCRIBE [...] (C) Summary. Judges and prosecutors in Jenin told Poloff and SEMERS staff that inadequate resources and interagency cooperation are the major obstacles to improving local administration of justice. They said the security campaign in Jenin has significantly improved public perception of the [...] | 2008-12-03 17:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KJUS KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM2194 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/04): PALESTINIANS: ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 10:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2196 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/05): HAMAS "WALKING INTO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 10:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2197 | IDF EVACUATES RAJABI COMPOUND IN HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. On December 4, some 600 Israeli security forces forcibly evicted 250 Hebron settlers from the Rajabi compound following a last-minute, unsuccessful attempt by Defense Minister Ehud Barak to convince settler leaders to evacuate voluntarily. Evacuation of the compound lasted thirt [...] | 2008-12-05 14:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM2198 | SETTLERS RETALIATE AGAINST PALESTINIANS FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence broke out in Hebron and spread across the West Bank immediately after the IDF's evacuation of the Rajabi compound on December 4, injuring around 25 Palestinians, including one shooting victim in critical condition. Contacts reported seeing burning Palestinian f [...] | 2008-12-05 14:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM2200 | GOI PREPARES NEW CHECKPOINT IN NORTHERN WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has installed, but not yet manned, a new checkpoint northwest of Nablus, a few kilometers south of the Shavei Shomron checkpoint on Route 60. The new checkpoint, if operational, would add a restriction on the primary north-south highway within the West Bank that was [...] | 2008-12-05 15:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV KWBG ETRD IS |
08JERUSALEM2201 | GAZA: LIMITED SHIPMENTS ARRIVE, POWER PLANT DOWN, [...] (SBU) Summary: A limited amount of food, humanitarian supplies, and fuel entered Gaza on December 3. Shipments included much-needed chlorine for the water system. The Gaza power plant received one day of fuel supplies, but did not restart, pending receipt of additional fuel. Hospitals con [...] | 2008-12-05 15:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
08JERUSALEM2202 | FAYYAD TO CODEL WEXLER: CONDITIONS IMPROVED IN THE [...] (C) Summary: PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad thanked Representative Wexler for Congress' continued support for Palestinian assistance programs. He said that the economic situation in the West Bank is better than one year ago due to improved security and unprecedented levels of donor support. [...] | 2008-12-05 16:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON IS OREP |
08JERUSALEM2210 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/09): THE OTHER ENEMY: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 11:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2215 | CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION FACING BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) faces serious financial difficulties, according to Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail, and will be unable to pay December salaries without an additional infusion of funding. The PA Ministry of Finance (MoF) told post it will transfer NIS [...] | 2008-12-09 14:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
08JERUSALEM2216 | GAZA: SOME SUPPLIES ENTER; COOKING GAS IN GAZA NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 60 truckloads of food and humanitarian shipments entered Gaza on December 9, according to UN contacts. The Nahal Oz fuel station transferred two days of power plant fuel and 200 tons of cooking gas on December 9. The cooking gas has not yet been distributed to th [...] | 2008-12-09 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
08JERUSALEM2217 | SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence targeting Palestinians continued December 5-8, especially near Hebron. Settlers set one Palestinian house on fire and stoned Palestinian cars. Two settlers who shot at Palestinians at point-blank range, an incident captured on video by NGO B'tselem, turned the [...] | 2008-12-09 16:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM2226 | GOI ALLOWS PALESTINIAN BANKS TO TRANSFER NIS 100M [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) reported that it received permission from the GOI to transfer NIS 100m (USD 25m) in currency from West Bank to Gaza bank branches. The currency is being trucked to Gaza on December 11. PMA and bank officials say that banks w [...] | 2008-12-11 12:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS PTER PGOV |
08JERUSALEM2230 | OPIC PROMOTES POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) officials discussed the Palestinian Political Risk Insurance (PPRI) project during a visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah in early December. PPRI, announced during the May 2008 Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem (reftel),woul [...] | 2008-12-12 07:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM2231 | LEAHY VETTING FOR ADDITIONS TO THE PALESTINIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Vetting requirements, post requests clearance to send the following to a USG-funded senior leader course to be held in the West Bank: Name POB DOB ID 1 Hikmat Sami Ali Ghn [...] | 2008-12-12 08:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM2232 | LEAHY VETTING FOR ADDED PA NSF TRAINEES [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Vetting requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the PA National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training courses in Jordan and the West Bank: Name POB [...] | 2008-12-12 08:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM2233 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/12): "GAZA SIEGE - PRELUDE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 08:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2237 | CONSUL GENERAL AND SETTLER LEADERS AGREE (AGAIN) [...] (C) Summary: Settler leaders Dani Dayan (Yesha Council Chairman),Shaul Goldstein (Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman),and Elyakim Haetzni (co-founder of Kiryat Arba settlement) met with the Consul General in Jerusalem on December 11, again agreeing from the outset to disagree. The sett [...] | 2008-12-12 15:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER |
08JERUSALEM2238 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): EXPECTATIONS AND FEARS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 11:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2241 | 13 ARRESTED IN JENIN-AREA INCURSIONS; INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) The IDF arrested at least 13 Palestinians in Jenin Governorate towns December 12-13, according to PA National Security Forces (NSF) and District Coordinating Office (DCO) contacts. The IDF arrested 10 youths in Zabuba (Area B, northwest of Jenin),and three others in multiple incursions [...] | 2008-12-15 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2244 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/16): "EXTENDING ANNAPOLIS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 10:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2248 | PA COMPLAINS IDF KILLING OF PIJ ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary. According to PA National Security Forces (NSF) staff, an undercover IDF squad shot and killed a PIJ militant December 16 without giving the PA notice of the operation. According to Jenin Governor Qaddura Musa and NSF staff, the militant had been in voluntary PA custody for seve [...] | 2008-12-16 16:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2250 | GAZA CONTACTS ASSESS HAMAS WANTS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. Gaza political contacts claim that Hamas disfavors military confrontation with Israel and, despite recent statements by Khalid Misha'l and other leaders, wants to continue the ceasefire (tahdiya) if agreement is reached to keep Gaza's crossings open. Contacts who regularly meet [...] | 2008-12-16 17:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM ECON |
08JERUSALEM2252 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/17): RUMORS OF A "MILITARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 11:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2254 | PA ELECTIONS IN GAZA NOT FEASIBLE, SAY PLO, [...] (C) Summary. According to Gaza political contacts, the PA cannot hold elections in the Gaza Strip due to strong Hamas opposition. Barring (improbable) reconciliation between the PLO and Hamas, concurrent West Bank/Gaza elections are not feasible, they suggested. Independent and PLO leaders [...] | 2008-12-17 15:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER PREL KDEM |
08JERUSALEM2258 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/18): "ACTION - NOT JUST LIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 10:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2261 | GAZA: QASSAMS POUND NEGEV; ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and other militants in Gaza fired 27 Qassam rockets and four mortars into Israel December 17-18. One Qassam struck Sderot and injured three Israelis, according to local press. According to Gaza contacts, Israeli airstrikes hit near Jabaliya Re [...] | 2008-12-18 15:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PTER PHUM ECON PREF |
08JERUSALEM2262 | BETHLEHEM OFFICIALS COMPLAIN ABOUT IDF INCURSIONS [...] (C) Bethlehem's Governor and Mayor complained to ConGenOffs that the IDF used Bethlehem's main streets three times over 24 hours en route to raids in towns in Bethlehem Governorate. Governor Salah Tamari said the IDF entered Bayt Sahur and detained Sa'id Awad Shibat early December 18, and en [...] | 2008-12-18 15:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2263 | HIGH COURT AGAIN REJECTS IDF PLAN FOR REROUTE OF [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on December 15 again rejected an IDF plan to reroute the separation barrier near the Palestinian village of Bilin. The village's attorney called the decision precedent-setting, noting that it is the first such HCJ decision prohibiting the [...] | 2008-12-18 15:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM2264 | ISRAELI PLANS FOR SILWAN AND THE HOLY BASIN [...] (C) Summary: The Jerusalem Municipality has approved, but not yet made public, a town plan to facilitate Israeli development in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, acording to Jerusalem lawyer Danny Seidemann. Seidemann also said that the GOI is quietly planning a large a [...] | 2008-12-18 16:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PHUM KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM2265 | PA OFFICIALS CONCERNED EVICTION ORDERS FOR BEDOUIN [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Jahalin bedouin tribe living in area C, along the main road connecting Jerusalem and Jericho, received demolition orders from the IDF on December 8, and verbal instructions to demolish their homes no later than December 15. Palestinian residents and senior PLO and [...] | 2008-12-18 16:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM2266 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/19): THE TRUCE ENDS, WHAT [...] Al Quds, in its main editorial entitled: "Iran ... a reconsideration of several stands is required" remarks that "It is time for the Arabs and Palestinians, with all their factions and movements, to realize that Iran has its own interests, including a special interest in avoiding an attack on i [...] | 2008-12-19 07:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2274 | NEW "HAMAS BANK" TO OPEN IN GAZA DECEMBER 28 [...] (C) Summary: Hamas has announced the "licensing" of a new bank, the Islamic National Bank (INB),in the Gaza Strip. Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir considers the bank an illegal entity, and said the PMA will launch a public campaign against it. He said Hamas is cap [...] | 2008-12-19 13:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID KWBG PTER PGOV PINR IS QA |
08JERUSALEM2275 | SOME POSITIVE CHANGES TO NABLUS ACCESS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the GOI's announcement of eased access and movement restrictions for the Eid al-Adha holiday (reftel),Nablus businessmen say the most important change has been that permits are no longer required for private vehicles and pedestrians to enter Nablus via Beit Iba and Huwa [...] | 2008-12-19 16:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV KWBG ETRD IS |
08JERUSALEM2278 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): OBSTACLES TO PEACE [...] The main editorial in Al Quds, "Prisoners once again," opines: "It is time for the Palestinian side to reject the Israeli position that deals with prisoners of freedom as criminal prisoners...it is time for European mediators, who always demand the release of [abducted Israeli soldier Gilad] Sh [...] | 2008-12-22 09:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2279 | SETTLERS "UNIVERSITY CENTER" PLANS TO DOUBLE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ariel "University Center," an unaccredited Israeli university in the West Bank, plans to increase from 8,400 to 20,000 students by 2020, and build several more permanent buildings to accommodate and educate them, including a new 12,000 square meter library already under c [...] | 2008-12-22 15:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS |
08JERUSALEM2284 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/23): BRIEF TRUCE IN GAZA [...] Mohamad Al Mubarak opines in Al Quds under the title "Will Rumsfeld escape or disappear?": "It is regrettable that the courts have so far not considered the war crimes committed by Rumsfeld, which led to the killing and displacement of millions of innocents and violated international laws and n [...] | 2008-12-23 09:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2285 | PA REPORTS MORE JENIN-AREA INCURSIONS [...] (SBU) The IDF conducted 11 separate raids and patrols in Area A in Jenin Governorate from December 18-22, searching five houses and detaining two Palestinians, according to PA National Security Forces (NSF) and District Coordinating Office (DCO) contacts. The IDF operated in central Jenin tw [...] | 2008-12-23 15:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2289 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/24): REPORTS ON ABBAS' [...] Al Quds editorial "The complicated crisis in Gaza" opines: "The worst scenario that could happen [in Gaza], is the use of military force, especially the Israeli one, in an attempt to topple the Hamas movement, because such an attempt is a definite prescription for bloodshed, extreme loss of li [...] | 2008-12-24 11:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2293 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): "Massacre" in Gaza [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 09:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2294 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): "Massacre" in Gaza [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 10:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2295 | GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 29, 1400 LOCAL: AIRSTRIKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket fire continue as of 1400 local on December 29. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staff report at least 280 Palestinian deaths and 700 injuries since the airstrikes began on December 27. One Israeli was killed in a rocket strik [...] | 2008-12-29 12:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2296 | FAYYAD TELLS SENATOR SPECTER THAT GAZA AIR STRIKES [...] (C) Summary. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) on December 28 that Israeli Air Force strikes on Gaza are "highly destabilizing" for the West Bank and neighboring Arab countries, especially Jordan and Egypt. He said Hamas misread Israeli intentions and added that [...] | 2008-12-29 12:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM2299 | GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 29, 1800 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Airstrikes and rocket fire continue in the Gaza Strip as of 1800 local on December 29. Gaza medical, UN and NGO sources report at least 308 Palestinian deaths since December 27, and at least 900 Palestinians in Gaza have been treated in hospitals for injuries due to IAF fire. [...] | 2008-12-29 16:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2300 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- DECEMBER 29 [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 55 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing on December 29, according to UN contacts. 21 truckloads entered on December 28. Food levels remain critically low, and no fuel has entered Gaza since December 26. End Summary. [...] | 2008-12-29 16:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
08JERUSALEM2301 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/30): Calls for national unity [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 09:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2309 | GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 1300 LOCAL: 2 ISRAELIS, [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1800 local o December 29 to 1300 on December 30, rockets kiled two Israelis and injured at least nine others and Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 more alestinians. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staffreport at least 358 Palestinian deaths and 1070 njuries requiring [...] | 2008-12-30 11:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2313 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Consul General delivered reftel demarche points to Head of PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Sa'eb Erekat in Jericho on December 30. 2. (C) Erekat said PA Minister of Foreign Affairs Riad al-Malki will represent the Palestinians at the December 31 Arab League meeting on the Gaza sit [...] | 2008-12-30 14:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM2314 | SENIOR IDF, PASF COMMANDERS MEET TO DISCUSS WEST BANK SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S) PA security chiefs met with top IDF and COGAT officers late December 29 at Bet El (outside Ramallah) to discuss the West Bank security situation in light of Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip. PA security chiefs told ConGenOffs that the PA urged the IDF to avoid Palestinian demonstrations and [...] | 2008-12-30 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2315 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- DECEMBER 30 [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 100 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom crossing and five truckloads entered through Rafah on December 30, according to PA Crossing Authority contacts. The Gaza power plant was forced to shut down its only functioning turbine around 0 [...] | 2008-12-30 16:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
08JERUSALEM2316 | GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 1800 LOCAL: FEWER [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1300 to 1800 local on December 30, 17 Palestinians were injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, and at least 10 more rockets hit Israel. At least 360 Palestinians have been killed and 1100 injured in airstrikes through 1800 on December 30. Clashes broke out in [...] | 2008-12-30 16:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2318 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/31): "Gaza is dying...what are [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 08:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM2320 | GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 31, 1300 LOCAL: DECREASED [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1800 December 30 through 1300 on December 31, two Palestinians were killed and at least 12 were injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, and at least 40 more rockets hit Israel (including several long-range rockets). At least 364 Palestinians have been killed and [...] | 2008-12-31 12:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC |
08JERUSALEM2321 | EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN HOUSING COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On December 31, the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) reopened after a six-month closure. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security closed the PHC on July 2, 2008, claiming that it was a Palestinian Authority (PA) agency operating illegally in Jerusalem. The Coun [...] | 2008-12-31 13:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PREL PBTS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM2322 | HAMAS ALLEGEDLY EXECUTES SEVEN FATAH PRISONERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah contacts told PolFSN on December 30 that, in the wake of IAF bombings on December 28, Hamas executed seven Fatah members who had been held prisoner at al-Saraya prison in Gaza City. Three additional Fatah members are reportedly missing. Local human rights organizations [...] | 2008-12-31 13:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM2323 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- DECEMBER 31 [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 90 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom crossing on December 31. The Gaza power plant is shut down, and Nahal Oz remained closed for fuel imports. Karni crossing also remains closed. Donor organizations continue to stress the need t [...] | 2008-12-31 15:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
08JERUSALEM243 | PA SECURITY SAYS HAMAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIMONA [...] (S) PA police chief Kamal al-Shaykh and Hazem Attallah (PM Salam Fayyad's military secretary) told PolOff on February 6-7 that Hamas was responsible for the February 4 suicide bombing in Dimona and that the blast is part of a Hamas strategy to sow instability and undermine peace efforts. Att [...] | 2008-02-08 12:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PTER IS PINS |
08JERUSALEM244 | MILITANTS BREAK OUT OF PA PRISON IN NABLUS, ONE [...] (C) General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) contacts report that one prisoner (Muhammad Abu Ramih, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades) remains at large after five al-Aqsa and PIJ fugitives broke out of Junayd Prison in Nablus on February 7. 15 fugitives in the PA prison have been on a hunger strike for two [...] | 2008-02-08 15:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER IS PREL |
08JERUSALEM248 | ARIEL MAYOR: LET ME BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel settlement mayor Ron Nachman told PolOff on February 6 that Ariel would welcome settlers from outlying settlements and outposts into his "existing population center" if he were allowed to build homes for them. Nachman said he has approved town plans to increase Ariel's pop [...] | 2008-02-08 16:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM275 | PA COMPLAINS ABOUT ISRAELI RAIDS ON WEST BANK [...] (SBU) In the early hours of February 12, Israeli security forces raided the offices and homes of fourteen money changers in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, and Hebron, and seized NIS 3 million in cash (equal to USD 830,000),along with computer equipment, documents, [...] | 2008-02-13 16:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM286 | WIREC 2008: INVITATION DELIVERED TO PA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 09:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAL KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV |
08JERUSALEM292 | SILWAN RESIDENTS PROTEST ON-GOING TUNNEL [...] (C) Summary. Ongoing excavations of an ancient tunnel in Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood have angered local residents, who say the digging is damaging their homes and disrupting their lives. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Coordinator Meir Margalit told PolOff the excavat [...] | 2008-02-15 11:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM299 | WEST BANK/GAZA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KPAL KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC |
08JERUSALEM300 | RESIDENTS OF ISSAWIYA AND 'ANATA CRITICIZE LAND [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Issawiya and 'Anata Committees for the Defense of Land and Property and 'Anata's mayor told PolOff on February 14 that the Israeli Civil Administration expropriated 1500 dunums (roughly 375 acres) for roads through the E-1 area connecting Ma'ale Adumim to Almon an [...] | 2008-02-15 15:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM302 | NSU BELIEVES EASTERN RING ROAD WILL ISOLATE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) legal advisor Fuad Hallak told PolOff that the 60-day public review period for the southern portion of the Jerusalem Eastern Ring Road began on January 1 and that Palestinians plan to oppose the expropriation of their land for use in the road. NSU [...] | 2008-02-15 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM303 | MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION IN EAST JERUSALEM: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Construction in East Jerusalem on public land is approved through a five-step process which, depending on the plan's size, complexity, and political sensitivities can take several years to complete. Building plans require approval by both a local and regional committee, a 60-da [...] | 2008-02-15 15:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS IS PHUM KWBG |
08JERUSALEM304 | STATUS OF EAST JERUSALEM BUILDING ANNOUNCEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of numerous press announcements of Israeli construction in East Jerusalem, this telegram details these announcements since the Annapolis meetings and plots each proposal's location on the approval timeline (as "Construction Imminent," "In Approval Process," or "Not Submi [...] | 2008-02-15 15:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM316 | CLOSURE OF EAST JERUSALEM INSTITUTIONS RENEWED [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli MoI in early February renewed closure orders against eight Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem. PA Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abd al-Qader has told the press that the Orient House reopened, but privately admitted that his comments were designed to bri [...] | 2008-02-20 16:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM317 | NABLUS GOVERNOR AND PA SECURITY CHIEFS ASSESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 11 meeting with USSC LTG Dayton in Nablus, Governor Jamal Muhaysin, National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and the local security chiefs assessed the recent Nablus campaign. They said clear and consistent PA political backin [...] | 2008-02-20 16:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER IS PINS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM331 | BETHLEHEM RUNS OUT OF GAS AS STATION OWNERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Most Bethlehem gas stations were closed February 21 after running out of fuel, the result of a protest against an Israeli decision to reroute Bethlehem's fuel supplies through the Tarqumiya commercial terminal 40 kilometers to the south. On February 17, the IDF halted fuel sh [...] | 2008-02-22 14:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL IS KWBG |
08JERUSALEM332 | VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) Summary. In the second major attack on Gaza's Christian institutions in a week, armed militants forced their way into the Lighthouse Baptist School in central Gaza City on February 21, beat one of the guards and vandalized some classrooms. On February 15, gunmen detonated explosives a [...] | 2008-02-22 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER IS PHUM PGOV |
08JERUSALEM337 | ADDITIONAL LAND EXPROPRIATION IN THE WEST BANK [...] (C) On February 23, the IDF issued military orders to expropriate 766 dunams (191.5 acres) of land from Palestinians in al-Ramadin and al-Dhahiriya villages in the southern West Bank. According to the IDF orders, the expropriation is for the purpose of "border adjustment." Abd al-Hadi Hanta [...] | 2008-02-25 15:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM347 | MASKIYYOT: ADDITIONAL POST ANNAPOLIS SETTLEMENT [...] (S/NF) Summary. On February 21, PolOff traveled to the Northern Jordan Valley and confirmed six new caravans at the Nahal pre-military academy settlement of Maskiyyot. Settlers told PolOff that they had moved into the caravans one month before. The six new caravans, inhabited by settler ev [...] | 2008-02-26 14:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM348 | FIVE PARTIAL DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM ON [...] (C) According to Jerusalem Municipality advisor Elad Halevy, the Jerusalem Municipality executed five demolitions of parts of homes in Palestinian East Jerusalem on February 25. Halevy said that in all five cases the construction was done without permits. He added that the builders did not [...] | 2008-02-26 15:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM349 | GAZA HARVEST YIELDS LITTLE EXPORT REVENUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza strawberry and carnation export revenues were low this season in comparison to recent years, due to restricted access through crossing points and shipping procedures that reportedly resulted in damaged products and reduced values in European markets. Export earnings for [...] | 2008-02-26 16:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PHUM |
08JERUSALEM350 | ABU MAZEN'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON OPIC, TELECOM, [...] (C) Summary: PA Presidential Economic Advisor Mohammad Mustafa told the Consul General that local banks have begun issuing loans backed by a loan guarantee facility established by OPIC last year. There have been signs of progress in the effort to secure Israeli release of frequencies for the [...] | 2008-02-26 16:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET EINV ECPS KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM353 | FATAH SIXTH CONGRESS PREPARATIONS STALEMATED BY [...] (C) Summary: Fatah remains divided over preparations for the Sixth Congress. Grassroots leaders reject current Fatah Central Committee (FCC) preparations, which they contend are designed to reconfirm Fatah's Old Guard leadership. Internal Fatah elections continue in most of the West Bank, but [...] | 2008-02-27 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV KMPI KDEM PREL IS |
08JERUSALEM357 | 27 NEW CARAVANS EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF ELI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Eli settlement February 26 and saw ongoing construction of 27 new caravans at the settlement's westernmost edge. Mayor Eli Shtul told PolOff that the caravans will share infrastructure with 17 existing permanent structures called Neve Shir built in 1991. These [...] | 2008-02-27 16:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM358 | PA SAYS DONORS FAILED TO DELIVER IN FEBRUARY, PA [...] (SBU) At a meeting hosted by the World Bank on February 27, Ministry of Finance Director General Mazen Jadallah told a group of key donors that contributions to the Palestinian Authority (PA) have not materialized in February and the PA was running out of money. According to Jadallah, the PA [...] | 2008-02-27 16:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG |
08JERUSALEM362 | IDF OPERATION IN NABLUS ON FEBRUARY 27 [...] (C) Summary. PA security sources reported February 27 that an undercover IDF unit opened fire at five Palestinians in Nablus. Four were arrested and one died of his wounds. According to PA security sources, three were al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades activists whom the PA had sought to include in th [...] | 2008-02-28 12:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PTER PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM364 | GAZA: LOW FUEL SUPPLIES LIMIT WATER AND POWER [...] (C) Summary: Nahal Oz fuel transfer station was open for limited shipments on February 28. Gaza fuel importers claim that gasoline and diesel fuel imports currently meet just 20 percent of Gaza's needs. Most Gazan homes receive water from the mains for just six to ten hours each week. Local [...] | 2008-02-28 13:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM365 | ISRAELI ACTION AGAINST WEST BANK CHARITIES [...] (C) Summary. Israeli security forces raided the offices of three charities in Jenin February 19, according to press reports, destroying property and confiscating equipment and other contents. The IDF carried out similar actions February 26 against two charities in Hebron. In both Jenin and [...] | 2008-02-28 13:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM367 | E-1 UPDATE FOR LATE FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed February 27 that the police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim is nearing completion, and a policeman at the site said the police headquarters will move in the next two weeks. Infrastructure appears ready to support the police station. P [...] | 2008-02-28 15:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM368 | ANOTHER HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, PolOffs witnessed the demolition of a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. Two bulldozers demolished a 60 square meter home in approximately 20 minutes. PolOffs witnessed Israeli security personnel beat the homeowner's brother duri [...] | 2008-02-28 15:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM371 | SETTLER LEADERS AND CONSUL GENERAL AGREE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settler leaders Dani Dayan (Yesha Council Chairman),Pinchas Wallerstein (Yesha Director General),Shaul Goldstein (Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman),and Ron Nachman (Ariel Mayor) shared their views with the Consul General February 25, agreeing from the outset to disagree. [...] | 2008-02-28 16:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM403 | WEST BANK GETS POWER BOOST, BUT EXPANSION LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The interconnection power line between Jordan and Jericho became operational on February 25. The Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO) said that its initial plan was much larger in scope, aiming to connect the Jordan grid to high-voltage lines running to Jericho, Ram [...] | 2008-03-05 13:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM424 | CEC CHAIRMAN ON VOTER REGISTRATION, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary. Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir told USAID and Poloff February 27 that the CEC plans to launch a West Bank/Gaza voter registration drive in one month. Nasir said he fears Hamas will block the Ministry of Education from making Gaza schools available for vo [...] | 2008-03-07 16:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM425 | TERRORIST ATTACK IN JERUSALEM KILLS EIGHT [...] (C) Summary. A terrorist attack at Jerusalem's Mercaz HaRav yeshiva on March 6 left eight students dead and seven wounded. One of the dead was an Amcit, as was one of the wounded. Israeli security has confirmed that the attack was carried out by Ala'a Abu Dhaim from the East Jerusalem neig [...] | 2008-03-07 16:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM454 | FATAH ELECTIONS SUSPENDED IN JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) Mobilization and Discipline (MAD) Committee organized a meeting of 935 Fatah members from East Jerusalem and 26 surrounding villages in Ramallah on March 8 to elect the Jerusalem regional committee and Secretary. After a heated discussion bet [...] | 2008-03-13 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM468 | PA REPORTS CLEARANCE REVENUES CONTINUE TO BE HELD [...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently delivered on a commitment to transfer clearance revenues early each month in order to facilitate Palestinian Authority (PA) payment of public employee salaries, according to a PA Ministry of Finance official. The amount transferred, however, has not significantl [...] | 2008-03-14 16:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM471 | EAST BARTA'A VILLAGE: "TRAPPED IN THE SEAM ZONE" [...] (C) Summary. East Barta'a mayor Ghassan Kabaha told Poloffs February 26 that his village of 4,000 is "trapped in the seam zone," between the separation barrier and the Green Line. Kabaha said most of the village's residents do not have permission to enter Israel and must cross through the s [...] | 2008-03-18 07:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM490 | OPIC'S PROPOSED HOUSING MORTGAGE FACILITY A [...] (SBU) I appreciate the opportunity to offer my strong support for OPIC's proposed mortgage finance facility for the West Bank prior to the OPIC Board's consideration of the initiative this week. We have supported OPIC's efforts to advance this project since it was first proposed in mid-2007. [...] | 2008-03-20 12:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN KWBG |
08JERUSALEM493 | PA REJECTS USAID WHEAT FLOUR DONATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The PA Ministry of Health (MOH) informed the World Food Program (WFP) and USAID on March 17 that Palestinian law requires that wheat flour processed more than six months prior is not suitable for consumption, and therefore that USD 7.2 million of USAID-donated wheat flour in W [...] | 2008-03-21 10:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID KWBG PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM497 | CHIEF JUSTICE AND MINISTRY OF JUSTICE DISCUSS WEST [...] (C) Summary. In November 2007, at PM Salam Fayyad's request, Chief Justice (CJ) Abu Sharar, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Ali Khashan, and Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani agreed to establish a court in Jericho to hear major felony and high level security cases. Abu Sharar told Poloff and [...] | 2008-03-21 16:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM503 | EGYPT-GAZA POWER IMPROVEMENTS POSSIBLE, BUT MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Energy Authority (PEA) Chairman Omar Kattaneh confirmed press reports that tenders would be offered for construction of high-voltage lines to increase the ability of Egypt to provide the Gaza Strip with power. The project aims to boost Gaza's supply of electricity [...] | 2008-03-24 15:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KWBG PHUM EG IS |
08JERUSALEM504 | FATAH-HAMAS AGREE TO RESUME DIALOGUE? OR NOT? [...] (C) Summary. On March 19 and 20, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh received PLO and Hamas delegations in Sana'a to discuss an initiative calling for dialogue between Hamas and PLO factions, including Fatah. On March 23, Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) member and PLC Fatah-bloc leader Az [...] | 2008-03-24 17:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM511 | PA HOLDING THE BUDGET LINE, BUT DECLINE IN DOLLAR [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF reports that the PA's total financing needs for 2008 are now forecast at more than USD 2.1 billion (up from 1.8 billion in December). The IMF notes that donor contributions to date (including USG assistance) have been sufficient to sustain PA operations, but at current [...] | 2008-03-25 13:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM513 | HAMAS APPOINTS NEW "MAYOR" AND CITY COUNCIL IN [...] (C) Hamas appointed Rafiq Maki, the Hamas chairman of the Gaza City engineers' syndicate, as "Mayor" of Gaza City on March 22, and replaced the municipal council with Hamas sympathizers. The PA-appointed mayor, Majid Abu Ramadan (Independent, appointed by PA President Mahmud Abbas) told PolO [...] | 2008-03-25 15:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM514 | FAYYAD TO CODEL BOEHNER: PA APPRECIATES USG [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Fayyad expressed his thanks to CODEL Boehner on March 22 for U.S. budget support to the PA. He said the PA will continue to strengthen transparency and improve the government's financial sustainability. Fayyad said he is encouraged by the improved security situa [...] | 2008-03-25 15:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KWBG IS OREP |
08JERUSALEM529 | PALESTINIANS PROVIDE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON [...] (C) Summary. Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh confirmed on March 26 that President Mahmoud Abbas' (Abu Mazen) conditions to resume dialogue with Hamas remained unchanged. PLC-Fatah bloc leader Azzam al-Ahmed, who signed the Sana'a Declaration with Hamas on March 23, made this same [...] | 2008-03-26 15:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM530 | YATIR OUTPOST NOT REMOVED DESPITE CLAIMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a March 25 visit to the southern West Bank settlement of Yatir, PolOff observed that the four caravans at the Yatir South outpost, which the GOI claimed (reftel) were removed remain in place and inhabited. Yatir settlers told PolOff that they know the GOI is discussing the [...] | 2008-03-26 16:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM538 | PALESTINIAN FRESH PRODUCE TO U.S. [...] (U) USG assistance facilitated the shipment of a sizable quantity of fresh produce from the West Bank to New York via Jordan on March 24. The USD 10,000 shipment of chives and tarragon herbs originated from a farm in Tubas, northeast of Nablus, that has been the recipient of USAID support thro [...] | 2008-03-27 13:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD KWBG |
08JERUSALEM542 | E-1 UPDATE: POLICE STATION NEARLY COMPLETE, [...] (C) Summary. Press reported on March 27 that the Israeli police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim will open Monday, March 31. During a March 24 visit to E-1, PolOffs observed minimal work on the building and on the road, both of which appear nearly complete. PolOff [...] | 2008-03-27 14:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM544 | 31 FATAH-LINKED FUGITIVES GRANTED AMNESTY FOR [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Minister of Interior (MoI) Raji al-Najmi told ConGen Pol Specialist on March 26 that the GOI ISA (Shin Bet) agreed to remove 31 Fatah-linked fugitives from Israeli wanted lists as part of the disarmament/amnesty deal. Al-Najmi said the ISA told him that 5 other fugitives [...] | 2008-03-27 15:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER IS PREL PGOV |
08JERUSALEM546 | SETTLERS RETURN TO HOMESH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a March 26 visit PolOff verified that settlers maintain a presence at Homesh settlement, which was evacuated in 2005. PolOff met 5 youths and a rabbi at Homesh who said they had re-established the yeshiva there. PolOff saw no IDF presence at the settlement. END SUMMARY 2 [...] | 2008-03-27 16:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM547 | FOUR NEW CARAVANS AT TENE OMRIM SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the settlement of Tene Omrim near Hebron on March 26 and confirmed March 26 press reports that four new caravans were installed for families evacuated from Gush Katif. The caravans expand the footprint some fifty feet. Peace Now Settlement Watch Director told P [...] | 2008-03-27 16:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM549 | HAZIM ATTALLAH APPOINTED PA POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) Hazim Attallah (formerly PM Salam Fayyad's military secretary and a security advisor in the Office of the SIPDIS President) was appointed PA police chief effective March 24, replacing MG Faysal "Kamal" al-Shaykh. As part of the appointment, President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) promoted h [...] | 2008-03-28 07:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PINS PINR PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM553 | QADURA FARES CRITICIZES FATAH LEADERSHIP ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Fares told Staffdel Diamond on March 25 that President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is losing credibility because Palestinians see no progress on negotiations and no changes on the ground. He said imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghuthi is the only a [...] | 2008-03-28 09:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM554 | RESPONSE ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN THE PALESTINIAN [...] (U) The Palestinian Authority (PA) under Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Salam Fayyad is committed to fiscal transparency and has instituted a number of reforms since taking office in July 2007. 2. (U) On March 26, Fayyad relaunched the Ministry of Finance website (www.pmof.ps) to se [...] | 2008-03-28 10:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KWBG PREL KPAL EFIN |
08JERUSALEM558 | GAZA: FUEL, FOOD AND ELECTRICITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Four hundred thirty truckloads of commercial and humanitarian goods entered Gaza during the week of March 23-27, slightly above the weekly average. Fuel supplies into Gaza continue to meet only 20 percent of demand. The Gaza Power Plant is expecting a maintenance team on Apri [...] | 2008-03-28 14:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM565 | REMOVAL OF 47 ROADBLOCKS; PALESTINIANS DISMISS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the PA office of Civil Affairs, the GOI Civil Administration informed the PA that 47 obstacles in the West Bank (mostly dirt mounds blocking local road access onto highways) have been or will be removed. PA contacts say the list includes the Taybeh checkpoint betw [...] | 2008-04-01 15:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PREL PHUM ECON IS |
08JERUSALEM566 | ANNOUNCEMENT OF 600 MORE PISGAT ZEEV UNITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the Local Committee for Planning and Building of the Jerusalem municipality convened and approved a plan for 600 new units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev. The approval is the first step in a lengthy process before construction begins. Contacts i [...] | 2008-04-01 16:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM567 | HAMAS SECURITY FORAY INTO AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. University contacts report that Hamas Executive Force gunmen and pro-Hamas students forcibly entered of al-Azhar University in Gaza City on March 31, occupying the campus and assaulting several students and staff before leaving later the same day. University administrators had [...] | 2008-04-01 16:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KWBG IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM568 | FATAH ELECTS JERUSALEM COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. On March 30, the Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) Mobilization and Discipline (MAD) Committee succeeded in its second attempt to organize a meeting of 921 Fatah members from East Jerusalem and 26 surrounding villages to elect 23 Jerusalem regional committee members. Nearly all of [...] | 2008-04-02 09:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM578 | FAYYAD ON TARQUMIYA INDUSTRIAL PARK [...] (C) PM Fayyad's views on the Tarqumiya Industrial Park, as expressed in several conversations with the Consul General and LTG Fraser, differ from those reported reftel. Fayyad told the Consul General and LTG Fraser on March 29 that he "does not care" whether the proposed Turkish industrial par [...] | 2008-04-03 13:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV KPAL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM579 | PA SAYS GOI PROVIDES, THEN RESCINDS, MAP OF [...] (SBU) According to PA Civil Affairs director Hussayn al-Shaykh and Joint Security Committee (JSC) head Samir Makhzumi Qaysi, IDF Central Command liaison officers gave them a map late April 2 of 48 roadblocks that the IDF said it had recently removed. (Note: the PA JSC chief leads the PA's Di [...] | 2008-04-03 13:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PREL PHUM ECON IS |
08JERUSALEM581 | REMOVAL OF TWO OUTPOSTS: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local press reported on April 3 that the GOI removed settlers from the Harhivi and Shevut Ami outposts. According to lawyer Michal Sfard who represents the Palestinian owner of the land at Shevut Ami, four teenage girls were removed from the one-room structure, allowing Israel [...] | 2008-04-03 15:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM586 | SECOND PALESTINIAN MOBILE PHONE PROVIDER STILL [...] (C/NF) Summary: The CEO of the second mobile telephone operator in the West Bank reported on April 3 that he is still waiting for the GOI to provide the necessary frequency spectrum to allow him to begin operations. He complained that the GOI proposals on the table would cripple his ability [...] | 2008-04-04 13:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM587 | WEST BANK ATTORNEYS ON JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary. West Bank attorneys and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate Bjorn Rahm told Poloff that reform of the Palestinian judicial sector must tackle case backlog, train judges, and improve court administration and services to the public. Attorney Loubna Katbeh tol [...] | 2008-04-04 13:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM588 | FATAH-LED UNIONS INCREASE EFFORTS TO BRING DOWN [...] (C) Fatah-led unions intensified their efforts to bring down the Fayyad government (or at least force the PM to bring Fatah members into his cabinet of independents) by beginning a more aggressive set of strikes beginning April 3. Fayyad has not backed down, and instead announced a series of [...] | 2008-04-04 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM593 | MAZMURIYA CHECKPOINT CLOSED TO ALL BUT SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. According to B'Tselem and Palestinians from the Jerusalem villages of Sur Baher and Um Tuba, use of Mazmuriya checkpoint near Bethlehem has been restricted to settlers since March 20. All Arabs, including Jerusalem ID holders, West Bankers with permits, and Arab Israelis, have [...] | 2008-04-07 08:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM600 | UNRWA PROPOSES COMPROMISE ON WEST BANK PROTESTERS' [...] (SBU) Summary. Protests continue in all 19 West Bank Palestinian refugee camps over dissatisfaction with UNRWA assistance. UNRWA Acting Director for West Bank Operations Sami Mshasha told RefCoord April 3 that UNRWA has proposed a compromise to the camp committees to allow food distribution [...] | 2008-04-08 12:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM614 | GAZA: FOOD AND HUMANITARIAN SHIPMENTS CONTINUE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Four hundred truckloads/week of basic food stuffs and humanitarian shipments entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings since March 28. Gazans receive around eight hours of running water and 18 hours of electricity each day, while health care professionals continue [...] | 2008-04-08 14:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM615 | PA EMPLOYS REGULATIONS AND THE COURTS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Fatah-led public employee unions staged a strike on April 7 and called for partial strikes for the remainder of the week. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a decree allowing any party affected by public sector strikes to take those responsible to court. The PA cabinet has file [...] | 2008-04-08 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB KPAL KWBG |
08JERUSALEM626 | PA BOOTS MILITANT ZUBAYDAH OUT OF JENIN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Jenin PLC contacts report that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) ordered al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Zakariya Zubaydah's expulsion from the Jenin Muqata'a (security headquarters) on April 8 in response to a press interview in which Zubaydah called the PA's leadership " [...] | 2008-04-10 13:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM628 | PA STRIKES CONTINUE DESPITE COURT ORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The PA Employees Union and the Palestinian Teachers Union continued their strike on April 10 in defiance of a Palestinian High Court order. The High Court issued an injunction against the strike on April 9 and ordered the union to present its case at a follow-up hearing on Apri [...] | 2008-04-10 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB KPAL KWBG |
08JERUSALEM631 | TRILATERAL FOLLOW-UP: WEST BANK ELECTRICITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian contacts have confirmed that twenty-six villages in the West Bank have been connected to the Israeli electrical grid. According to World Bank representatives and members of OQR Blair's office, twenty-five "master plans" have been approved for Area C villages, mostly [...] | 2008-04-11 08:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KWBG KPAL ENRG IS |
08JERUSALEM632 | TRILATERAL FOLLOW-UP: WEST BANK ELECTRICITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian contacts have confirmed that twenty-six villages in the West Bank have been connected to the Israeli electrical grid. According to World Bank representatives and members of OQR Blair's office, twenty-five "master plans" have been approved for Area C villages, mostly [...] | 2008-04-11 08:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KWBG KPAL ENRG IS |
08JERUSALEM635 | CONSTRUCTION OF 200 NEW HOMES UNDERWAY AT MEVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Mevo Horon settlement April 9 following GOI claims to the Embassy that it would remove shortly six caravans from an outpost near the settlement. Mevo Horon settlers refused to show PolOff the caravans but showed him 200 permanent homes under construction, which Pos [...] | 2008-04-11 11:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM636 | JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES AMCIT'S EAST [...] (C) The Jerusalem Municipality demolished the home of AmCit Khalid Shoman in East Jerusalem's Beit Hanina neighborhood on April 9 after the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rejected Shoman's appeal in late February. Shoman's home was built in 2002 without a permit. Shoman inhabited the ho [...] | 2008-04-11 12:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS CASC |
08JERUSALEM637 | SOUTHERN WEST BANK VILLAGES FACE LAND [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Gheith Nassar told Poloff that the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) announced on April 10 cancellation of a temporary injunction against barrier construction near Eshkolot settlement in the southern West Bank. Nassar said this decision allows the IDF to co [...] | 2008-04-11 12:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM638 | HEBRON AREA MAYORS BLAME UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY [...] (C) Summary. Al-Dhahariyeh Mayor Sami Ishneiwer and Ithna Mayor Jamal Itmeizi told Poloffs April 9 that residents face high unemployment and poverty due to the separation barrier and IDF road closures that cut off their towns from Israel and Hebron. The mayors said their towns suffer from a [...] | 2008-04-11 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM639 | AL-AQSA BRIGADES GUNMEN TORCH NABLUS GOVERNOR'S [...] (SBU) According to Fatah and PA security contacts, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades gunmen Tha'ar Tirawi and associates attacked Nablus Governor Jamal Muhaysin in Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus on April 13, torching Muhaysin's vehicle. Four Palestinians, including one of Muhaysin's bodyguards, were in [...] | 2008-04-14 09:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM640 | PA ALLOWS ZUBAYDAH AND OTHER MILITANTS TO REENTER [...] (C) The PA National Security Forces (NSF) allowed al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leader Zakariya Zubaydah and 19 fugitives accompanying him to reenter the Jenin Muqata'a on April 13 in a compromise brokered by Jenin PLC member Jamal Abu al-Rub and Fatah leader Amr Sa'adi with PA President Mahmud Abb [...] | 2008-04-14 09:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM641 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/14): OLMERT: CHECKPOINTS ARE [...] Independent Al-Quds opens its editorial page with, "Boycotting Carter and opening doors for Livni!" (04/14): "On her way to Qatar to address the Democracy Forum held in Doha, Israeli Foreign Minister Livni called upon Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel in order to encourage Pale [...] | 2008-04-14 10:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM647 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/15): PALESTINIAN GRATITUDE TO [...] Al-Quds independent carries an op-ed entitled, "Egypt's security, its control and authority over its territory is a red line [non-negotiable] for Palestinians" by Palestinian National Council Member Hatem Abu Shaban (4/15): Lately, we have been hearing strange noises from Palestinian groups c [...] | 2008-04-15 10:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM650 | 35 STRUCTURES IN THE VILLAGE OF KHIRBET AL-AQABAH [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs visited the northern Jordan Valley, Area C village of Khirbet al-Aqabah for which there are impending demolition orders. Mayor Haj Sami Sadeq said the village of 300 has repeatedly sought construction permits, all of which have been denied. He said there are standing d [...] | 2008-04-15 13:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM651 | MEVO HORON OUTPOST REMOVED [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the Mevo Horon Agricultural Farm Outpost April 15 and observed the removal of caravans from the site. Settlers at the scene told PolOff that they agreed with the MOD to evacuate the outpost in exchange for building permits for permanent homes in Mevo Horon settle [...] | 2008-04-15 14:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM652 | GAZA: LIMITED FUEL SHIPMENTS TO RESUME 4/16 [...] (SBU) Summary: According to PA contacts, the GOI will allow shipments of industrial fuel for the power plant and cooking gas into Gaza on April 16 via the Nahal Oz fuel transfer station. Nahal Oz has been closed since April 10, following a terrorist attack that killed two Israelis. Gaza fu [...] | 2008-04-15 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM653 | ABBAS CHAIRS PA'S WEEKLY CABINET MEETING IN PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) chaired the PA's weekly Cabinet session April 14 in a public show of support for PM Salam Fayyad's government. Local press gave the Cabinet session favorable coverage emphasizing the theme of Palestinian unity. End summary. Abbas Chairs Cab [...] | 2008-04-15 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG IS ECON EFIN ELAB |
08JERUSALEM654 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/16): NO IMPACT EXPECTED FROM [...] Independent Al-Quds opens its editorial page with, "Abbas's tour and international efforts" (04/16): "the tour which President Abbas started [April 15] after meeting with Israeli Premier Olmert to discuss vital issues, will include Jordan, Moscow and Washington. The most important issues to di [...] | 2008-04-16 08:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM657 | PA STRIKE ENDS; FAYYAD PLEASED WITH OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) came to an agreement with its employees' unions on April 14 to end months of labor disputes that had resulted in intermittent public sector strikes. The two sides agreed that the strikes would end in exchange for a promise to pay salary arrears wit [...] | 2008-04-16 14:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB KPAL KWBG |
08JERUSALEM674 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/17): THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Talal Okal entitled, "There is only one exit... (04/17): "It is clear to everyone that the situation in Gaza is miserable. It has spiraled down into the heart of catastrophe where life has become unbearable... two years have passed si [...] | 2008-04-17 09:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM675 | BARGHUTHI LETTER URGES WIDER REPRESENTATION AT [...] (U) Summary. Para. 2 contains the text of a letter from jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuthi to President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and the Fatah Central Committee (FCC) regarding the planned Sixth Fatah Congress (discussed reftels). Associates of Barghuthi released the letter, which was sig [...] | 2008-04-17 15:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWBG IS KDEM |
08JERUSALEM678 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/18): NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by Dr. Naji Sharab, a political science teacher in Gaza, entitled, "What does the world expect from Palestinians? (04/18):"... the Palestinian question is the only one that enjoys the support of international declarations about its rights, including the righ [...] | 2008-04-18 10:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM679 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY NOT PLANNING TO ATTEND ARAB [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 10:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KBCT PREL KPAL IS SY AL |
08JERUSALEM682 | GAZA: DESPITE HAMAS ATTACKS, SOME CROSSINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Hamas terrorist attacks on the Kerem Shalom and Nahal Oz facilities, both remained open on April 17 for limited shipments of fuel and humanitarian goods. WHO sources report that, despite Hamas claims to the contrary, Gaza hospitals have a sufficient supply of anestheti [...] | 2008-04-18 11:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG PHUM PTER KPAL ETRD IS |
08JERUSALEM685 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): ISRAELI INITIATIVES IN [...] Independent Al-Quds, in its daily editorial entitled, "The truce... the ball is in the Israeli court," opined : "It is very clear from the statement of Hamas leader Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar that Hamas is more likely going to positively interact with the Egyptian suggestions for reaching a truce wi [...] | 2008-04-21 11:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM688 | PA RECEIVES GOI PERMISSION TO REOPEN 20 "AREA B" [...] (C) According to PA police chief MG Hazim Attallah, on April 18 the GOI MoD gave the PA permission to reopen 20 small police stations in B areas throughout the West Bank (specific locations listed para. 3). Attallah told POL FSN that the two sides still need to agree on the number of policem [...] | 2008-04-21 12:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM689 | SETTLERS CONFIRM PLAN TO BUILD NEW UNITS IN ELKANA [...] (SBU) Responding to press reports of new construction planned in Elkana and Ariel, YESHA contacts said the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) approved tenders on April 17 for 52 units in Elkana and 48 in Ariel. These contacts said the Elkana development involves converting 52 "cubiot" caravans [...] | 2008-04-21 12:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PREL PBTS IS |
08JERUSALEM690 | PA MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COUNTERING [...] (C) PA Minister of Religious Affairs Jamal Bawatna and Assistant Secretary Salah Zuhayka told PolOff April 17 that on-going reform efforts at the Ministry are reducing extremist rhetoric in the West Bank. Bawatna said he is focused on mosques, religious schools, and other religious instituti [...] | 2008-04-21 14:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM694 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/22): DOUBTS ABOUT [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by PLO executive committee member Tayseer Khaled entitled: "Annapolis conference launched problematic negotiations and ongoing settlements" that read in part: "... While it is true that Annapolis brought the two sides, Palestinians and Israelis, back to nego [...] | 2008-04-22 08:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM699 | CEC CHAIRMAN: CEC PREPARED FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir told international donors from the Election Reform Support Group (ERSG) that the CEC is prepared to hold presidential and legislative elections with 60 days notice, but will need a rapid, major cash infusion when elections ar [...] | 2008-04-22 12:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM700 | PA ATTORNEY GENERAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani told PolCouns April 21 that the number of PA prosecutors is increasing, but infrastructure and GOI interference continue to impede the work of his office. He said he is focused on anti-corruption cases, but cannot pur [...] | 2008-04-22 13:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM701 | SMALL TOWN POLICING IN THE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Outside the West Bank's large cities, most towns/villages have minimal law enforcement or court infrastructure, due largely to IDF-imposed restrictions and PA budget shortfalls. Criminal justice and property dispute resolution have devolved to family/clan leaders in the absen [...] | 2008-04-22 13:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM702 | GAZA: FOOD AND FUEL UPDATE, APRIL 22 [...] (C) Summary: Gaza-based contacts report that Sufa crossing was open on April 22, while Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel station remain closed due to the recent terror attacks. Gaza power plant managers reported that they may be forced to stop operations on April 23 if no additional f [...] | 2008-04-22 13:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG PHUM PTER KPAL ETRD IS |
08JERUSALEM713 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/24): ABBAS DEMANDS THAT USG [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by regular columnist Talal Okal entitled "There is only one way out" (4/24): "The outcome of the visit of former US president [Carter] does not deserve the media uproar that it created regarding its possible effects and consequences ... Carter asked Hamas t [...] | 2008-04-24 09:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM716 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/25): POTENTIAL FOR PALESTINIAN [...] Al-Quds carried an op-ed by Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zahri entitled "The American role in the Palestinian-Palestinian talks" (4/25) that stated: "Ending the Palestinian internal conflict is a dream for each and every honest Palestinian and Arab. Therefore it is not strange to see ongoing cal [...] | 2008-04-25 07:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM720 | FATAH LEADERS ON POSSIBILITIES OF FATAH-HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. Grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Faris said he met with senior West Bank Hamas leader (and former PA Minister) Nasser al-Din al-Sha'ar April 24 without prior coordination with Fatah officials. Faris said placing preconditions on dialogue will not bring Hamas closer to the PLO and [...] | 2008-04-25 14:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM721 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/28): "WHAT IF BUSH LEAVES [...] Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Jawad Al-Bashiti entitled, "What if Bush leaves and takes with him the promise and vision and the map?" (4/28): "...President Bush did not show President Abbas anything during their latest meeting at the White House that gives Abbas optimism about [...] | 2008-04-28 10:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM722 | E-1 MOVE APPEARS IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary. Ha'aretz reported April 28 that Israeli police will soon complete the move from Ras al-Amud to the newly built police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim. The move will allow the right-wing Israeli group Ateret Cohanim to take over the former police prop [...] | 2008-04-28 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM724 | FAYYAD TO DONORS: ISRAEL "GROSSLY UNDERMINING" PA [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Fayyad used the final Ramallah gathering of donors before the May 2 AHLC meeting to argue that the GOI has not met its commitments to improve access and movement in the West Bank. At the same time, he said, the IDF's continued security operations undermine his efforts to d [...] | 2008-04-29 08:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL EAID IS |
08JERUSALEM725 | PA FISCAL UPDATE: WESTERN DONORS CARRYING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Though donors have provided more budget support than expected to date in 2008, absent new pledges the PA faces a significant financing shortfall later this year. The IMF expects the PA will fall USD 400 million short of its 2008 budget requirements, a gap that will increase to c [...] | 2008-04-29 08:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM726 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/29): VIOLENCE IN GAZA AND [...] In its main editorial entitled, "Why are women and children being killed?", independent Al-Quds opined (4/29): "The Palestinian public may have its own criticisms of Hamas, but the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and West Bank alike make one wonder about the Israeli logic. Israel not [...] | 2008-04-29 09:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM728 | LEAHY VETTING FOR MARSHALL CENTER CANDIDATES [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance to send the following members of the PA Security Forces to USG-funded training at the George C. Marshall Training Center in Germany: Fathi Salim Hussan Tayh POB: Nablus DO [...] | 2008-04-29 14:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM733 | PA SECURITY CHIEFS, IDF COMMANDERS COORDINATE [...] (C) Summary. Following an April 28 meeting with senior IDF officers in Bet El, PA security forces (PASF) commanders report progress in coordination for security operations in Jenin, shortening deployment clearance times, and reopening police stations in Area B. They report IDF criticism of t [...] | 2008-04-30 08:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM734 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/30): "DISAPPOINTMENT AND [...] Official daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida carries an op-ed entitled, "Resistance and the Evolution of Peace ideas" (4/30): "... lately, [there has been] disappointment and pessimism expressed over the outcomes of the meeting between [Palestinian] President Abbas and the President of the U.S. George Bus [...] | 2008-04-30 10:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM736 | E-1 POLICE STATION SET TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND [...] (C) Israeli National Police contacts informed ConGen RSO April 29 that they have the final permit necessary to occupy the newly built E-1 police station. A security guard at the Ras al-Amud police station told PolOff April 30 that the traffic division is scheduled to open May 1 at E-1 and all [...] | 2008-04-30 14:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM737 | GAZA: FUEL AND FOOD UPDATE, 4/30 [...] (SBU) Summary: Sufa crossing was open on April 28-30 to roughly 50 trucks/day of humanitarian and food shipments, while Kerem Shalom crossing has been closed since April 17. Nahal Oz fuel transfer station has been closed to diesel and gasoline shipments since April 10. The Gaza power plant [...] | 2008-04-30 14:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM739 | MEDIA ANALYSIS: Palestinian Media Downplays Role of [...] SUMMARY: Reporting on Palestinian-Israeli violence in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian media typically relegates any provocative action by Palestinian militant factions to the background, focusing instead on Israeli actions and Palestinian deaths and injuries. The resulting coverage downplays I [...] | 2008-04-30 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO KINR |
08JERUSALEM740 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/01): PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF [...] Independent Al-Quds ran its daily editorial entitled "Which map?!" (5/01): "Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni... presented the Palestinian negotiation team... an Israeli vision of a final JERUSALEM 00000740 002 OF 002 agreement [as] a serious, official position presented through the [...] | 2008-05-01 08:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM741 | MOVE UNDERWAY FROM RAS AL-AMUD TO E-1 [...] (C) PolOff visited the Ras al-Amud police station May 1. PolOff saw that the Ras al-Amud police parking lot was nearly full of vehicles and observed officers and security guards moving around inside the compound. Police Spokesman Danny Poleg, who was on the ground, confirmed that the traffic [...] | 2008-05-01 12:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM744 | PALESTINIAN PLANS FOR EARLY MAY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. According to PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and Joint Security Committee (JSC) chief BG Samir Makhzumi Qaysi, the PA has completed logistical preparations for a 400-man deployment to Jenin and plans to start security operations in [...] | 2008-05-01 14:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM747 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/02): IN PRAISE OF FAYYAD'S [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Palestinian workers on their day" (5/02): "It is important during the celebration of international workers' day to recommit to the importance of development projects for industry, agriculture, tourism and infrastructure that allow our peo [...] | 2008-05-02 09:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM750 | CHIEF JUSTICE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Chief Justice (CJ) of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Issa Abu Sharar, Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani, and Justice Minister (MoJ) Ali Khashan told Poloff and USAID on April 30 that 40 Judicial Police officers will be deployed to Jenin on May 3 to deal with the 6,500 p [...] | 2008-05-02 13:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM751 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/05): [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "What is wanted is core Israeli changes on the ground" (5/05): "Once again, Secretary Rice returned to the region and we heard her say... [the] SIPDIS exact same comments that we heard her say during her many previous visits. She talke [...] | 2008-05-05 10:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM753 | PA OPERATION BEGINS IN JENIN: PASF WELCOMED BY [...] (C) Summary. A 485-man force of Presidential Guards (PG),National Security Forces (NSF) and police entered Jenin early May 2. PM Salam Fayyad visited Jenin May 4 with the NSF and police commanders and directed local security officers to be "firm in enforcing the law without discrimination. [...] | 2008-05-05 14:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM754 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/06): GUESSING AT WHAT PROGRESS [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Negotiations... lost time" (5/06): "After meeting with Abu Mazen [Abbas] and heads of the Palestinian and Israeli negotiation teams, Secretary Rice extended her visit to the region in order to continue talks with the Israeli side. We hav [...] | 2008-05-06 09:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM756 | E-1 MOVE NEARLY COMPLETE, PLANS FOR RAS AL-AMUD [...] (C) Summary. PolOff observed a nearly empty police station at Ras al-Amud May 6 and learned from an Israeli guard at the site that the one remaining office will move to E-1 in late May, allowing the police to turn the site over to settlement sponsor Irving Moscowitz. Construction continues [...] | 2008-05-06 15:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL IS |
08JERUSALEM757 | JENIN: PASF EXCHANGE FIRE WITH GUNMEN IN QABATIYA, [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) clashed with gunmen in Qabatiya on May 6, with a bystander killed and two PIJ activists injured in separate exchanges of gunfire. Security contacts report that a PASF patrol was attacked with a pipe bomb and pelted with stones. West Bank National Secur [...] | 2008-05-06 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM759 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/07): PREDICTING THE NEXT 60 [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "They are ignoring our catastrophe" (5/07): "... upon the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Israel, we should remember that negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis have reached a dead end. This is because of extensive settle [...] | 2008-05-07 07:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM764 | JENIN: QABATIYA REMAINS TENSE; IDF INCURSION ENDS [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) maintain checkpoints in and around Qabatiya as of 1300 local May 7 amidst tensions over the May 6 shooting of bystander Mu'min Kmayl and PASF arrest of two PIJ activists. West Bank National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Ali told local press he est [...] | 2008-05-07 11:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM765 | HIGH COURT REJECTS AL-AQABAH'S PETITION [...] (C) Summary. On April 26, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rejected Khirbet al-Aqabah's petitions to rescind demolition orders issued against 11 structures, but said "for the time-being" the Civil Administration will not demolish the mosque, kindergarten, women's center, clinic, and t [...] | 2008-05-07 12:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM768 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/09): CALLS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Total support for the security forces"(5/08): "We all know that Palestinian security forces have started a gradual deployment to several West Bank cities that faces great difficulty. We also know that Israeli forces act... as though the [...] | 2008-05-09 09:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM775 | E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE FROM 9 MAY [...] (C) Summary. During a May 9 visit, PolOffs observed that the move to the E-1 police station is nearly complete and the new station appears fully functional. A security guard at the Ras al-Amud property told PolOffs that university students plan to use the former police station as a dormitory [...] | 2008-05-09 13:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM777 | JENIN OPERATION: TENSE CALM IN QABATIYA; PA [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) officers report successes May 8-9 in seizing contraband and closing outstanding criminal cases and warrants. PASF patrolled in several villages south and east of Jenin with minor opposition from gunmen and stone-throwers, and carried out a raid on a Ha [...] | 2008-05-09 13:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM778 | PA MOI AL-YAHYA DISCUSSES SECURITY TRAINING, JENIN [...] (C) PA Minister of Interior (MOI) Abd al-Raziq Al-Yahya told USSC LTG Dayton on May 7 that he intends to station the National Security Forces (NSF) battalion currently training at JIPTC in Jericho upon its return, and employ it as a reserve force. Al-Yahya said discussion of stationing an add [...] | 2008-05-09 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM789 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/12): LEBANON - IRANIAN EFFORTS [...] Al-Quds independent carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Faisal Abu-Khadra entitled, "Sixty years after the catastrophe... Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are at a stand-still" (5/12): "Almost fifteen years have passed since the Palestinian-Israeli agreement [Oslo] and Israel is still the on [...] | 2008-05-12 09:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM791 | JENIN: PA ARRESTS PIJ MILITANT AND CRIMINALS, IDF [...] (SBU) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) conducted patrols in Jenin and 32 nearby villages May 10-12, arresting a senior leader of the PIJ military wing and 11 wanted criminals. According to PA security commanders, the IDF entered Jenin and nearby Area A towns late May 11/early May 12, unsu [...] | 2008-05-12 12:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM792 | JERUSALEM LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE ENDORSES [...] (C) Summary. A Jerusalem Municipality official told PolOff the Local Planning Committee endorsed a plan for a new access ramp to the Mughrabi Gate that is shorter than the controversial ramp plan submitted in 2007. She said the Regional Planning Committee, which has decision-making authorit [...] | 2008-05-12 13:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM793 | SETTLERS CELEBRATE ISRAEL'S - AND THEIR OWN - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers demonstrated at three West Bank locations - Homesh and Sanur, both evacuated in 2005 and Migron outpost - on May 8, the 60th anniversary of Israeli independence. Press reported 10,000 demonstrators at Homesh, 150 at Sanur, and 2,000 at Migron. Settlers now maintain a 2 [...] | 2008-05-12 14:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM810 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/13): BUSH WILL FIND THE REGION [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by Tayseer Khaled, member of the PLO Executive Committee and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine entitled, "The commemoration of the catastrophe is the wrong time to visit" (5/13): "President Bush is on his way to the region, which is exper [...] | 2008-05-13 09:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM815 | BARRIER CUTS OFF BIDDU AND JABA' FROM JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Mayor of Biddu Ismail Qadan told Poloffs April 30 that the separation barrier cuts off Biddu residents from 4,000 dunums (1,000 acres) of land and 5,000 olive trees. He said the GoI recently completed a tunnel that shortens the drive from Biddu to Ramallah but required the expr [...] | 2008-05-13 13:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM816 | GAZA: FOOD AND FUEL UPDATE, 5/13 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza Power Plant resumed operations on May 12 after being forced to shut down May 10-12 due to a lack of fuel. During the shutdown, water and hospital services were greatly limited in the Gaza City area and homes had only 8-10 hours/day of electricity. The plant restarted [...] | 2008-05-13 13:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS KPAL ENRG |
08JERUSALEM817 | JENIN: PA ARRESTS TWO PIJ MILITANTS; NEW IDF [...] (SBU) PA General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) officers arrested PIJ militants Ra'ad Abu al-Rub and Yusif Kmayl in Jenin May 12, according to a PIJ spokesman, who said another militant, Ala'a Abu al-Rub, escaped a PA arrest attempt in Qabatiya also May 12. National Security Forces (NSF) contacts [...] | 2008-05-13 13:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM820 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/14): CONTRASTING ISRAELI [...] Independent Al-Quds ran its daily editorial entitled "We suggest that Bush visit a refugee camp" (5/14): "Bush will arrive in Israel today to participate in the celebration of its founding... Other leaders and European presidents will follow him to the same JERUSALEM 00000820 002 OF 002 [...] | 2008-05-14 08:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM827 | JENIN: INTERIOR MINISTER VISITS TO GAGE PROGRESS, [...] (U) PA Minister of the Interior (MoI) Abd al-Raziq al-Yahya met with Governor Qaddura Musa and PA security forces (PASF) commanders in Jenin on May 13 to measure the security operation's progress. Al-Yahya criticized IDF incursions into Jenin but said the PA will overcome all obstacles and i [...] | 2008-05-14 12:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM835 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/15): "SETTLEMENTS: THE NEW [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by columnist Sulaiman Al-Wari entitled, "Settlements are the new Palestinian catastrophe" (5/15): "On the sixtieth anniversary of the catastrophe, Israel remains the only occupying country [power] in this modern time. It has not assumed its responsibilit [...] | 2008-05-15 11:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM840 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/16): IGNORING THE NAKBA [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Bias even towards the significance of the catastrophe" (5/16): "... while Israeli and international media are full of news about the JERUSALEM 00000840 002 OF 002 Israeli celebration of its 60th independence anniversary, the Pale [...] | 2008-05-16 10:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM843 | "THE BIBLE IS OUR ROADMAP": SETTLERS OVERTAKE BEIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 15, 150 settlers demonstrated, overtook and spray painted three structures at the West Bank site of Osh Ghraib (known to settlers as Shdema),near Beit Sahour. The municipality wants to build a hospital on the Area C former base that is also adjacent to a USAID funded par [...] | 2008-05-16 12:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM845 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/19): PALESTINIANS: BUSH [...] Independent Al-Quds carried its daily editorial entitled "Important dots above many words!" (5/19): "...The American President repeated in his speech [May 18], in Sharm Al-Sheikh that a solution is possible before the end of the year. He called upon Israel to ease the suffering of Palestinians [...] | 2008-05-19 08:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM852 | JENIN: PASF CONCENTRATES ON TUBAS AREA; MULTIPLE [...] (SBU) National Security Forces (NSF) commanders report detaining 31 criminal suspects and seizing 21 stolen/unregistered vehicles in Tubas and nearby villages May 17-19. Security contacts report that PIJ spokesman Abd al-Fatah Khzaymiah turned himself over to the PA General Intelligence (Muk [...] | 2008-05-19 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM853 | SETTLERS ATTACK PALESTINIAN VILLAGE SOUTH OF NABLUS [...] Palestinian Authority (PA) sources told POL Specialist May 18 that settlers from Yitzhar settlement south of Nablus attacked residents and destroyed property in the Palestinian village of Asira al-Qabaliya May 17. Ammar Saleh, the Secretary for the Asira al-Qabaliya village council, told Pol [...] | 2008-05-19 14:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM857 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/20): CRITICISM OF BUSH KNESSET [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs an editorial entitled, "Bush made the life of moderate Arabs difficult... even impossible" (5/20): "May God help the moderate Arabs who were frustrated by Bush's speech before the Israeli Knesset that ignored the suffering of Palestinians and the peace process, as wel [...] | 2008-05-20 09:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM86 | MOI AL-YAHYA POSITIVE ABOUT PASF EFFORTS, BUT [...] (S) Summary: In a January 15 meeting, MoI Abd al-Razaq al-Yahya told USSC LTG Dayton that the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) had significantly enhanced law and order in the West Bank based on their doctrine of securing Palestinian areas without confronting the IDF. He said the [...] | 2008-01-16 14:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM865 | JENIN: VILLAGE PATROLS AND ARRESTS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) continue patrols in Jenin area villages as of 1400 local on May 20. PA security commanders plan new patrols and raids across the Jenin Governorate in coming days. PIJ suspects remain in custody, but have not been formally charged. End summary. PAS [...] | 2008-05-20 14:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PINS PTER |
08JERUSALEM868 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF PA SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) to a USG-funded training course in the U.S.: Name, Date/Place of Birth, Service (Presidential [...] | 2008-05-21 08:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM869 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/21): "THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION: [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs an editorial entitled, "The Torah speech of Bush at the Knesset and the secularism of the American State," by Muhammad Shaker Abdullah (5/21): "The United States was established... by groups who were escaping religious persecution in Europe in the seventeenth century. [...] | 2008-05-21 10:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM88 | PALESTINIANS CONDEMN DICHTER VISIT TO HARAM [...] (C) Islamic Waqf contacts confirmed that Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter (Kadima) visited the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City the morning of January 15, escorted by dozens of Israeli police. In a January 16 conversation, Azzam al-Khatib, chief of Jerusalem's [...] | 2008-01-16 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS IS KISL |
08JERUSALEM889 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/22): "PALESTINE INVESTMENT [...] In its main editorial, independent daily Al-Quds opined under the title, "Investment Conference... between reality and expectation" (05/22): "There is no doubt that having the Palestinian Investment Conference happen is a success in itself, and that is not a stretch of the truth or exaggerati [...] | 2008-05-22 09:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM89 | MUGHRABI GATE RAMP APPROVAL PROCESS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem contacts confirmed to PolOff January 15 and 16 that plans to reconstruct a ramp leading to the Mughrabi Gate of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount are moving through the approval process. Director of the Waqf Azzam al-Khatib said he wants a new ramp plan approved by Jor [...] | 2008-01-17 10:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM90 | RAS AL AMUD: ISRAELI CONSTRUCTION COMMENCES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff confirmed January 16 that construction has begun on 60 new housing units in the "Maale Zeitim" enclave in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al Amud. An advisor to the Jerusalem Mayor said construction permits were issued "months ago", but thought the timing of the [...] | 2008-01-17 10:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM900 | DUMA VILLAGE FACES HOME DEMOLITIONS IN AREA C [...] (C) Summary. Abd al-Salam Dawabsheh, Mayor of Duma, told Poloffs May 9 that ten Duma residents received home demolition orders on April 14 from the Israeli Civil Administration for building homes and structures in Area C without permits. Seven homeowners hired attorneys to help them apply f [...] | 2008-05-22 13:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM901 | REPORT ON SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, Post is supporting democracy and human rights activists in the West Bank and Gaza and expansion of personal freedoms through regular meetings with human rights activists and organizations, programmatic support to Palestinian civil society, and a concerted media cam [...] | 2008-05-22 13:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM907 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/23): "UNLIKELY BUT NECESSARY [...] Regular columnist of independent Al-Ayyam, Mohammed Yaghi, argues under the headline, "Quick Notes on an Unsuccessful Policy" (05/23/08); "This [Bush] Administration is completely different from all of its predecessors. It has considerably damaged the international standing of the United Stat [...] | 2008-05-23 10:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM909 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/27): The Peace Process - a [...] Under the headline, "Carter's Statements" (05/27),the daily editorial in the independent Al-Quds opined, "Former U.S. President JERUSALEM 00000909 002 OF 002 Jimmy Carter will be remembered in history as the Godfather of the first Arab-Israeli peace process, for which he won a Nobel Pea [...] | 2008-05-27 10:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM910 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/28): THE FAILURE OF FATAH's [...] Veteran columnist Hani Habib opines in independent Al-Ayyam under the title, "Revolutionary Council... and Fayyad's Government" (05/28): "The 25th Fatah [party] convention that just concluded could have been the most important and critical convention of all, since it was held in troubled times [...] | 2008-05-28 08:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM911 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/29): WAITING ON AMERICAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 11:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM915 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/30): WHO WILL BE THE NEXT US [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 11:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM916 | DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a Presidential Delegation to the Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem on May 21-23. The delegation met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on May 21 and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on May 22. Deputy Secretary K [...] | 2008-05-30 14:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS OVIP KIMMITT |
08JERUSALEM917 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT AND PMA GOVERNOR [...] (C) On May 22, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt and Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir met on the sidelines of the Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem where they discussed recent developments in the banking sector in the West Bank and Gaza. Kimmitt [...] | 2008-05-30 15:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM923 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/05): ISRAELI AND US ELECTIONS [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Talal Okal entitled, "After Barak... Olmert loses his chance" (6/02): "...Olmert cannot go to Washington and ask for its support in the middle of his current crisis unless he achieves some progress in his meeting with Palestinian A [...] | 2008-06-02 10:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM925 | ASIRA AL-QABALIYA RESIDENTS FEAR SETTLER ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs spoke with residents of the village of Asira al-Qabaliya, southwest of Nablus, May 27 to confirm reports of attacks by settlers from nearby Yitzhar. A village council employee said attacks increased in the past two months. He said the IDF intervened to stop an attack fo [...] | 2008-06-02 13:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PBTS PHUM IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM926 | UN REPORTS DETAIL DEMOLITIONS IN AREA C AND AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a study released May 27, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reported that the GOI demolished more Palestinian structures for lack of permits in West Bank C Areas in the first quarter of 2008 than in all of 2007. The study cites a 94 percent [...] | 2008-06-02 13:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM927 | MODIIN ILLIT, THE NEWEST "CITY" IN THE WEST BANK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Modiin Illit settlers recently erected two new structures to be used as synagogues at the southeastern edge of the settlement, expanding its footprint by approximately 100 feet. Neighboring Bilin villagers complained to PolOffs that the new structures prejudge the route of the [...] | 2008-06-02 13:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM928 | 884 PLANNED HOUSING UNITS ANNOUNCED IN EAST [...] (C) In coordination with the Israeli holiday marking Jerusalem's reunification, Minister of Construction and Housing Zeev Boim announced tenders for 884 units in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Pisgat Zeev (763 units) and Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim (121 units) on June 1. Potential contrac [...] | 2008-06-02 15:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM932 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/03): PALESTINIAN PESSIMISM IN [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Muhannid Abd-Alhamid entitled, "Do we have other options?" (6/03): "After the American and Israeli performance, who dares be optimistic about reaching a political solution that will end the Israeli occupation and bring international [...] | 2008-06-03 11:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM938 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/04): A CALL FOR A ONE-STATE [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Hani Habib, entitled "Routine or rescue?" (6/04): "As always, when [Palestinian] President Abbas meets with [Israeli Premier] Olmert, we hear, read and see comments, criticism and repeated statements that contain nothing new... End [...] | 2008-06-04 10:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM941 | FATAH REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL CRITICIZES [...] Summary. The Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) met in Ramallah May 24-26 and addressed four key issues: permanent status negotiations, Fatah-Hamas dialogue, the Fatah Sixth Party Congress and PA performance. FRC members criticized the ongoing negotiations and said if there is no permanent s [...] | 2008-06-04 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM945 | JERUSALEM 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 11:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM946 | ABBAS CALLS FOR "COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL DIALOGUE" [...] (C) Summary. In a June 4 speech in Ramallah, PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) called for "comprehensive national dialogue to implement all elements of the Yemeni Initiative" and said "as a result of this dialogue, I will call for new Presidential and legislative elections." Yasser Abd [...] | 2008-06-05 11:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM977 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/06): UNITY TALKS CANNOT [...] Veteran columnist Mohammad Yaghi comments in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Dialogue is primarily about the political agenda" (6/6): "President Abbas' invitation to start a national dialogue and end the state of division is very timely. There is a belief in Ramallah that Israel is [...] | 2008-06-06 11:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM978 | MIXED ASSESSMENTS ON ABBAS' CALL FOR "NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. President Abbas' office announced on June 5 the formation of a committee composed of PLO Executive Committee members to prepare for "comprehensive national dialogue with Hamas to implement the Yemeni Initiative." Fatah PLC bloc leader Azzam al-Ahmad said most ExComm members favo [...] | 2008-06-06 13:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM979 | PREPARATORY MEETING FOR BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] SUMMARY. Palestinian Authority (PA) representatives briefed proposals for police/justice sector donor funding for the June 24 Berlin conference at a German-chaired, June 5 meeting in Jericho. The representatives said the proposals are consistent with the Palestinian Reconstruction and Develo [...] | 2008-06-06 14:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PREL EAID |
08JERUSALEM98 | E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-JANUARY: POLICE STATION READY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs observed January 17 that the final touches are being put on the police station at E-1 and the road leading to it. PolOffs also observed land immediately northwest of the police station continues to be cleared and graded, and a bridge now directly connects Maale Adumim w [...] | 2008-01-18 10:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM983 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/10): DIALOGUE - ONLY WAY OUT [...] Ali Abu Hilal, member of the Palestinian National Council, commented in independent Al-Quds under the headline, "In Order to End Internal Division and Achieve National Unity," (6/10): "It is important to point out that real national unity... is one that is based on a shared Qatform of policy an [...] | 2008-06-10 09:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM985 | GAZA PLC MEMBER DECRIES RESIDENTS' SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based PLC member Rawiya al-Shawwa (Independent) told PolOff by phone on June 9 that Hamas "feels weak and is afraid" but closures and economic woes have undercut moderates. She said Gaza suffers from "economic shutdown and general hopelessness" with almost no private vehic [...] | 2008-06-10 14:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM986 | PA RECEIVES REVENUE TRANSFER; PAYS CIVIL SERVANTS [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance officials confirm receipt on June 10 of 180 million NIS (USD 55 million) in tax clearance revenue from the GOI, the transfer of which had been delayed for nearly a week (reftel). Following receipt of the revenue transfer, the PA paid civil [...] | 2008-06-10 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KWBG IS KPAL |
08JERUSALEM987 | PA SAYS ARAB LEAGUE TO FACILITATE FATAH-HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. Fatah leaders report that the Arab League will facilitate PLO-Hamas "comprehensive national dialogue" as requested by President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Al-Ayyam Chief Editor Akram Haniyah told the Consul General that Abbas announced his initiative to preempt others in the Arab [...] | 2008-06-10 14:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM992 | S/P GORDON'S MEETINGS WITH PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Summary. In meetings on May 31 and June 2, Palestinian interlocutors briefed S/P David Gordon on Palestinian attitudes toward negotiations with Israel and domestic politics in the West Bank and Gaza. Sari Nusseibeh said leaders on both sides could improve their political standing by com [...] | 2008-06-11 08:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
08JERUSALEM993 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/11): POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Hamada Faranah entitled, "Abu Mazen [Abbas] will stay his course" (6/11): "...The power of Abu Mazen lies in the clarity of his positions regarding what he considers to be in the true interest of his people. Therefore, he did not hesitate to state [...] | 2008-06-11 09:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM996 | E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE [...] (C) Danny Poleg, spokesman for the West Bank police headquarters in E-1, told PolOff June 11 that the police completed their move into the E-1 facility, which serves as their new headquarters for the West Bank. Poleg said he did not know if the police still have minor offices at Ras al-Amud. [...] | 2008-06-11 15:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PBTS IS |
08JERUSALEM998 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/12): THE DIFFICULTY OF [...] Al-Ayyam independent daily carries an op-ed by columnist Talal Okal entitled, "We need a change in thinking" (6/12): "In the midst of current events related to the Palestinian situation and its relation to the external world and the Israeli policy of aggression, and the severe consequences of c [...] | 2008-06-12 06:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JOHANNESBURG180 | EASING OF SOUTH AFRICAN BLANK-PASSPORT-PAGE REQUIREMENT FOR [...] Summary: South African Home Affairs authorities have agreed that arriving U.S. citizens who have no blank pages marked "Visas" in their passports, as is normally required for entry into South Africa, may be processed for admission on available pages marked "Endorsements" or "Amendments and En [...] | 2008-11-03 16:14:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CASC CMGT PREL PGOV SF |
08JOHANNESBURG192 | SOUTH AFRICA: NOVEMBER 2008 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the November, 2008 issue of the U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: - Skills shortage one cause of concern for South African water quality - South African Airways staff opposed to outsourcing - Poor management hin [...] | 2008-12-04 13:56:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN |
08JOHANNESBURG194 | SOUTH AFRICA'S CHILD ABUSE REGISTRY NOT YET OPERATIONAL [...] South Africa does not have a searchable registry or database of substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect. In a December 4, 2008, telcon, Selema Mashiane, a Social Worker in the Child Protection Unit of the Department of Social Development (DoSD),explained to Conoff that the DoSD was in [...] | 2008-12-04 15:09:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CASC KOCI CMGT |
08JOHANNESBURG195 | SOUTH AFRICA: ELECTION EXCITEMENT AMONG VOTERS AND [...] SUMMARY. Post observed a high, perhaps even unprecedented, level of participation among the American electorate living in South Africa during the 2007/2008 election cycle. Election interest extended beyond the American electorate to international media, foreign expatriates, and the general S [...] | 2008-12-05 12:06:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CMGT |
08JOHANNESBURG34 | SOUTH AFRICA: GAUTENG PREMIER SHILOWA REPORTS ON THE STATE [...] Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa addressed the provincial legislature on February 18, outlining achievements of the past year and setting priorities for 2008. As in previous years, Shilowa's main emphasis on was on service delivery achievements, poverty alleviation, and measure taken to prom [...] | 2008-02-20 12:37:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EINV ELAB SF |
08JOHANNESBURG40 | SOUTH AFRICA: WITS UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGIST COMMENTS ON [...] Professor Eddie Webster, head of the Sociology of Work Unit at Wits University in Johannesburg and colleague/wife Luli Cullinicos, presented a sociological assessment of the Polokwane conference at a February 29 breakfast seminar. Webster said the 1996 introduction of GEAR without Parliament [...] | 2008-03-03 08:37:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL SF |
08JOHANNESBURG41 | SOUTH AFRICA: FEBRUARY LABOR NOTES [...] Summary: Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced in his February 20 budget speech that the amount of the child support grant would be increased to R220 per month and that eligibility would be extended up to age 15. The Treasury also plans to combine all social insurance into one mega-fund. [...] | 2008-03-03 15:07:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM SF |
08JOHANNESBURG57 | SOUTH AFRICA: APRIL LABOR NOTES [...] South Africa's statistical agency, Stats SA, reports that unemployment dropped to 23 percent as of September 2007, though the number of discouraged workers also increased. Labor federation COSATU threatened strike action over proposed 53 percent increases in electricity tariffs, and suggested [...] | 2008-04-02 10:22:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON ENRG SF |
08KABUL1 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of 11 Afghan nationals in the Presidential Protective Service (PPS) selected to attend firearms training at Camp Watan. Post possesses no derogato [...] | 2008-01-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1008 | ETHNIC DISPUTE PROMPTS PROTRACTED PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Summary: Angry non-Pashtun MPs walked out of the National Assembly's lower house April 12, protesting the centuries old seasonal Pashtun Kochi migration though the Hazarajat and the nomads' 10 reserved parliamentary seats. The lower house has not made quorum since, stalling consideration [...] | 2008-04-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL102 | AF: Afghanistan Energy Projects: Year-End Update [...] (SBU) The following is a short update on the current status of some of the most high-profile USG energy projects in Afghanistan: 2. (SBU) 100 MW KABUL POWER PLANT "GEN SETS" - Despite earlier problems with squatters on the project site, site clearing is underway. Topographical and aerial su [...] | 2008-01-09 02:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH |
08KABUL1027 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) On April 22 the Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Spanta of his deep concern over the government's decision to ban the broadcast of certain Indian soap operas. The Ambassador underlined the issue was the action by Minister of Information and Culture (MOIC) Khoram to curtail media free [...] | 2008-04-25 05:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AFIN |
08KABUL1028 | Jalozai Refugees Returning . . . For Now [...] (SBU) Summary. 1,135 families (6,474 individuals) have returned to Afghanistan from the Jalozai refugee camp in Pakistan since March 1, 2008. Due to adverse conditions in Afghanistan, some returnees may try to go back to Pakistan very soon. 2. (U) Almost two-thirds of Jalozai residents w [...] | 2008-04-25 05:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08KABUL1030 | AFGHAN POLICE: FDD UPDATE FROM ZABUL PROVINCE [...] (SBU) The Focused District Development (FDD) program to reform Afghan police at the local level has yielded positive results in the southern province of Zabul. Elite, national units provided an effective backstop as local units were rotated out for training. The highway was cleared of over 20 [...] | 2008-04-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF |
08KABUL1035 | GOVERNANCE DEFICIT AGGRAVATES URBAN KABUL'S PROBLEMS [...] (U) Summary: Kabul remains unable to deliver effectively basic municipal services such as electricity, clean water, sewage treatment, and trash collection to its rapidly growing population. Deficits in services delivery are aggravated by poor governance and an inefficient government structure. [...] | 2008-04-27 07:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AF |
08KABUL104 | POSSIBLE UN ENVOY ASHDOWN THREATENED IN AFGHAN NEWSPAPER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 02:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1047 | AF: Aynak Copper Mine Technical Negotiations Complete. [...] (U) Summary: Technical negotiations associated with the Aynak Copper Mine project have concluded successfully. The Afghan deposit is estimated to be among the largest in the world and is expected to bring in over USD 450 million in yearly revenues to the government when it begins operation in [...] | 2008-04-28 11:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EPET EFIN ETRD ENRG KPWR EAID AF CH |
08KABUL1050 | PRT CHAGHCHARAN: No Improvements in sight to Runway at [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chaghcharan airport improvement project has had an off-again, on-again existence since the Asian Development Bank (ADB) first provided funding in 2004. The project as originally conceived by the Afghan government would cost approximately USD 3 million to refurbish runways, a [...] | 2008-04-28 11:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS EAIR PGOV EFIN PREL AF |
08KABUL1051 | The Wheat Crop in Nuristan - A Tough Row to Hoe [...] Summary: As wheat matures on the terraces of lower Nuristan, some provincial residents are concerned that the crop will not meet their expectations. With the price of a 50-kg bag of flour reaching 3000 Afghanis (USD 60) in the interior of the province, people are scrambling to make ends meet [...] | 2008-04-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID EFIN PGOV AF |
08KABUL1056 | Safi Aviation's Future in Afghanistan Uncertain [...] (SBU) Econoff met April 24 with Rami Alhmad, Dubai-based managing director of privately held Safi Group and Safi Afghan Airways. Alhmad fretted that Safi's business prospects were perilous but possibly salvageable with a full reorganization. He said that Safi is currently losing USD 12,000-15, [...] | 2008-04-29 09:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV AF |
08KABUL1057 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE - [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of seven (7) Afghan nationals selected to serve in the Presidential Protective Service (PPS) on the protective detail of Director Rahmatullah Nabil [...] | 2008-04-29 09:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL106 | FARAH PROVINCE: IMPROVING DEVELOPMENT BUT WORSENING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 04:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL1064 | FOREIGN MINISTER SPANTA ON PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Foreign Minister Spanta told the Ambassador on April 22 that he would use his meetings in Islamabad the following day to underline Afghanistan's support for Pakistan's new government and explore opportunities for concrete projects (dealing especially with trade and economic cooperation) to [...] | 2008-04-29 12:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON IR PK AF |
08KABUL1066 | UNITED FRONT: DIVIDED BY RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) The opposition United Front political bloc's April 8 conference on insurgent reconciliation provoked considerable internal debate. Party chairman Burhanuddin Rabbani reaffirmed his willingness to negotiate with the Taliban (reftel). Identifying reconciliation as a national priority, he [...] | 2008-04-29 12:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PTER AF |
08KABUL1067 | APRIL 27TH ATTACK ON VICTORY DAY CEREMONY [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: Afghan authorities believe that at least three and possibly as many as seven individuals carried out the April 27 attack against the Victory Day ceremony presided over by President Karzai and attended by IRoA senior officials, politicians and other Afghan VIPs from acro [...] | 2008-04-30 03:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF |
08KABUL1077 | KABUL'S ETHNIC TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Competition for land, basic municipal services, and discrimination may be aggravating latent ethnic tensions among Kabul's increasingly self-segregating Pashtun, Hazara and Tajik populations. The capital's population growth is outrunning the government's gradually improving abi [...] | 2008-04-30 13:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON AF |
08KABUL108 | AF: Afghan Ministry of Mines: Big Plans for 2008. [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Mines Adel told EconOff he intends to shepherd several natural resource tenders, including oil, gas and iron ore deposits, through the biding process this coming year. The Ministry intends to tender two blocks for commercial gas exploration and one for oil explorati [...] | 2008-01-09 09:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EPET EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID AF CH |
08KABUL1089 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CANDIDATES FOR THE USSOCOM [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) Afghan nationals selected to attend the International Special Operation Forces week. Post possesses no derogatory information on these [...] | 2008-05-02 15:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1100 | Afghan Strategic Communications: Better Results by Design [...] (SBU) The recent wave of positive and balanced U.S. and European media coverage of Afghanistan is the result of intense collaborative efforts by U.S. civilian and military personnel inside Afghanistan, at USNATO, and in Washington. Specifically, we have developed an effective strategy to ident [...] | 2008-05-04 13:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PAO AF |
08KABUL1102 | DECENTRALIZATION UNITES THE UNITED FRONT [...] (SBU) Mustafa Zahir, grandson of deceased King Zahir Shah and aspiring United Front presidential candidate, recently shared with us a stump speech he drafted, which proposes replacing the current highly centralized state, organized around a strong presidency, with a decentralized governmental [...] | 2008-05-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL1114 | SPANTA'S APRIL 22-23 COUNTERPARTS TRIP TO ISLAMABAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The MFA's Pakistan desk said Foreign Minister Spanta made his April 22-23 trip to Islamabad to "open a new chapter in relations with the GoP." Spanta invited his Pakistani counterpart, Foreign Minister Qureshi, to Kabul. Spanta pressed Qureshi to name representatives to a Peac [...] | 2008-05-06 07:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER PK AF |
08KABUL112 | Kabul Governor on Security, Governance, and Ethnic [...] (SBU) According to its governor, Kabul province faces the challenges of accommodating a rapidly growing and changing population and uneven development. The Governor highlights subdued ethnic tensions and the problems created by a lack of clearly defined responsibilities among line ministries, [...] | 2008-01-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL1137 | MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT PRESENTS AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR [...] SUMMARY: Governor Delbar Jan Arman was the star of the show at an April 29 conference in Kabul organized by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) and USAID's Capacity Development Program (CDP). Minister of Urban Development Yousuf Pashtoon and a team of seven MoUD engineers presented a strat [...] | 2008-05-08 04:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID EFIN EAGR AF |
08KABUL1147 | ASSEMBLY WALKOUT CONTINUES; STILL NO ELECTION LAW [...] (SBU) The boycott by a group of predominantly non-Pashtun MPs of the National Assembly's lower house plenary sessions continues to prevent consideration of the election law bill. The lower house will adjourn for its summer recess June 4. The assembly's failure to make quorum prior to the recess [...] | 2008-05-11 04:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1150 | LOCAL GOVERNANCE STRATEGIC WORKPLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) on May 4 released its Five-Year Strategic Work Plan, a roadmap for provincial, district, and municipal governance. The plan focuses on four core functions: policy development, institutional development, participatory gover [...] | 2008-05-11 07:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL1161 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Applicants for the Narcotic [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-eight (28) Afghan Nationals selected for training in the Narcotic Interdiction Unit class 13. Post possesses no derogatory i [...] | 2008-05-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1162 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CANDIDATE FOR SENIOR MANAGEMENT [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one Afghan national selected to attend senior management training at the Geospatial-Intelligence Agency headquarters in Maryland. Post possesses [...] | 2008-05-12 12:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1193 | ASSEMBLY REGAINS QUORUM; ELECTION LAW NEGLECTED [...] (SBU) The National Assembly's lower house regained quorum May 11 after Speaker Qanooni forced an end to the non-Pashtun MPs' boycott over the elections law bill's reservation of 10 parliamentary seats for Kochis (REFTEL). Qanooni redoubled his efforts to end the boycott when public sentiment t [...] | 2008-05-15 04:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1210 | ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Although Karzai and the opposition United Front agreed April 9 to separate presidential and parliamentary elections, the National Assembly's lower house has yet to pass the elections law, which would provide the necessary legal basis for an elections calendar. The National Assembly rece [...] | 2008-05-17 14:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF KDEM |
08KABUL1214 | AFGHAN ATTENDANCE AT UNESCO CONFERENCE: YOUTH AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) The Afghan Ministry of Education nominated Kabul University Acting Chancellor Professor Mokamel Alkozai to participate in the UNESCO conference in Bahrain June 15-17: Youth at the Crossroads - A Future without Violent Radicalization (R [...] | 2008-05-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC PREL SOCI UNESCO AF |
08KABUL1223 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TAKES AIM AT THE COALITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions, concluded a 12-day fact-finding visit to Afghanistan May 15. The main themes of his preliminary report are: increasing the transparency of international military forces' investigations of co [...] | 2008-05-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL AF |
08KABUL1233 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty-six (56) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals with [...] | 2008-05-20 18:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1234 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-nine (29) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals wi [...] | 2008-05-20 18:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1235 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eighteen (18) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals with [...] | 2008-05-20 18:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1236 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ninety-eight (98) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals w [...] | 2008-05-20 18:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1237 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eighty-four (84) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals wi [...] | 2008-05-20 18:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1238 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of thirty-five (35) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals wi [...] | 2008-05-20 18:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1239 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eighty-one (81) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals wit [...] | 2008-05-20 18:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1240 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ninety (90) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals with on [...] | 2008-05-20 18:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1241 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of sixty-seven (67) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals wi [...] | 2008-05-20 18:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1242 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eighty-two (82) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals wit [...] | 2008-05-20 18:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL125 | FARAH PROVINCE: IMPROVING DEVELOPMENT BUT WORSENING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL1254 | NANGARHAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: THE PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: In Nangarhar, the most influential political institutions are the Jihadi parties, which capitalize on bonds formed between Jihadi commanders and tribal leaders during the Mujahadin period of the 1990s. In the fight against the Soviets, the Jihadi commanders pro [...] | 2008-05-22 05:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1256 | PAKTIA PROVINCE: IMPROVING SECURITY SITUATION, MAJOR [...] (SBU) From January through the end of May 2008, the security situation in most of Paktia province has been relatively calm, with the possible exception of the Zadran Arc districts of Gerdai Serai, Shwak, and Wasi Zadran on the border with Khost province, and Zurmat district bordering Ghazni, Lo [...] | 2008-05-22 07:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1263 | NANGARHAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: THE PERSONALITIES [...] (SBU) Nangarhar's political scene is dominated by a handful of individuals. Personal loyalty and tribal affiliations are often more important that competence or qualifications in determining who has influence in the province. Gul Agha Sherzai - Governor --------------------------- 2. (SBU [...] | 2008-05-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1275 | PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: GOVERNOR MANGAL TAKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Governor Mangal's first two months in Helmand have been productive, building solid support for his administration. His public outreach efforts are excellent, and he continues to meet regularly with residents of Lashkar Gah and the tribal and civil leadership of Helmand. Mangal [...] | 2008-05-26 05:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL1279 | CANADIAN ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Canadian contributions to rebuiling Afghanistan have been substantial both in miliatry and in development terms. The Canadian military presence in Afghanistan constitutes its largest deployment since the Korean War. In terms of aid, Canada is one of the world's top donors to Afghanistan, maki [...] | 2008-05-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL1280 | MUSA QALA POLITICAL UPDATE: MULLAH SALAM'S LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Efforts to improve governance capacity in the northern Helmand town of Musa Qala face mounting challenges. District administrator Mullah Salam increasingly clashes with the local Afghan security leadership, and area residents have publicly expressed frustration at his leadership [...] | 2008-05-26 12:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL1284 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS FOR THE [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-seven (27) Afghan Nationals selected for training in the Narcotic Interdiction Unit class 13. The below 27 candidates will a [...] | 2008-05-27 06:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1285 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: WOLESI JIRGA SECURITY COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of eleven (11) Wolesi Jirga members invited by Rep. David Price and Rep. David Drier to participate in a House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC [...] | 2008-05-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1288 | UNITED FRONT ON POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION [...] (SBU) United Front Spokesman Hussain Sangcharaki recently elaborated on his political bloc's hope of transitioning to a parliamentary system if it wins the 2009 presidential election. While acknowledging Afghanistan's democratic achievements since the Taliban's ouster, Sangcharaki argued the [...] | 2008-05-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL129 | FARAH PROVINCE: IMPROVING DEVELOPMENT BUT WORSENING [...] (SBU) Summary: The level of development improved in Farah even as security worsened. Security in Farah province deteriorated in late 2007 with insurgent attacks in several districts beginning in the province's east, then westward in an arc across the province's southern border to Farah city an [...] | 2008-01-14 11:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL1297 | Iran Encourages IRoA to Employ Refugee Returnees [...] (SBU) Iran and Afghanistan recently concluded a draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) that obliges the latter to accept set numbers of Afghan refugee graduates of Iranian universities into civil service employment (REFTEL). Iran's ostensible goal for the MOU is to encourage the return of ref [...] | 2008-05-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF |
08KABUL130 | PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS SEEKS DEAL [...] (C) A senior Presidential advisor confirmed that the government supports a consolidated election calendar, with presidential, parliamentary, provincial council and possibly district council elections held during a window in the fall of 2009. He reported that behind the scenes negotiations are [...] | 2008-01-14 12:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL131 | BAGHLAN GOVERNORSHIP LATEST VICTIM OF NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) The government announced on January 9 the removal of Baghlan governor Mohammad Alam Ishaqzai, who had been suspended pending the results of the investigation into the November 6 Baghlan bombing, and his replacement with new-comer Abdul Jabar Haqbin. The government also confirmed publicl [...] | 2008-01-15 02:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM PGOV PINR AF |
08KABUL1313 | Proposal for 2008 Julia Taft (Ambassador's) Fund [...] (SBU) This is a proposal for value-added production training from Zardozi, an Afghan non-profit organization. The project would train 20-30 women in eastern Afghanistan in value-added textile production for international and domestic markets. This project will bring the current value-added [...] | 2008-05-31 10:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1314 | SRSG EIDE'S MAY 19-21 MEETINGS IN TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: During UN Special Representative Kai Eide's mid-May visit to Tehran, senior Iranian government interlocutors denied supporting Afghan insurgents and reiterated their opposition to reconciliation with the Taliban. Ahmadinejad's main concerns are establishment of a timetable for th [...] | 2008-05-31 12:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AF |
08KABUL1320 | DELIVERING A DOSE OF REALITY TO DOSTUM'S DEFENDERS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador told a delegation of General Dostum's parliamentary defenders May 22 that the USG would not intervene with the government on behalf of the Uzbek warlord. Dostum's only recourse is to surrender himself immediately to the attorney general and submit to the legal system. The [...] | 2008-06-01 11:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL1332 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MINISTRY OF INTERIOR GENERAL [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one Ministry of Interior General who will accompany 11 Wolesi Jirga members invited by Rep. David Price and Rep. David Drier to participate in a [...] | 2008-06-03 06:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1334 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE - [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements and reftel, this cable forwards the names of three-hundred sixty (360) Afghan nationals serving in the Presidential Protective Service (PPS). These candidates have served succes [...] | 2008-06-03 06:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1339 | AY QANOOM: IS THE AFGHAN-TAJIK BORDER CROSSING POINT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ay Qanoom is one of five official border crossings between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The Northern Alliance established a ferry service there in 2001 to import supplies to fight the Taliban; however, the rationale for its existence has since disappeared, especially given the op [...] | 2008-06-03 06:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD EFIN PREL AF TI |
08KABUL1345 | PRT GHAZNI: LOCAL LEADERS FORM CIVIL SOCIETY SHURA THAT [...] (SBU) Ghazni city politics are the most vocal and visible politics in the province. The city's five officially recognized "shuras" shape public opinion and influence its expression. In January, a shura encouraged anti-Coalition Forces protests after the accidental shooting of ten Afghan polic [...] | 2008-06-03 08:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1353 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL JUSTICE SYSTEM SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of seventy-six (76) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Justice System Support Program (JSSP). When there are individuals with o [...] | 2008-06-03 17:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1373 | NURISTAN: IMPROVING GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nuristan's capacity for governance continues to grow. Physical construction and institutional development have led to more effective government. Security problems have increased with the spring thaw. A "security shura" in the most problematic district, Kamdesh, is working to [...] | 2008-06-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1393 | THANK YOU [...] We thank Embassy New Delhi's Political Section for allowing our senior political FSN, Kanishka Bakshi, to look over the shoulders of his Indian colleagues for a week a the end of May. Though that week was an especially busy one in India, the section's officers and FSNs still made time to intro [...] | 2008-06-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER AF |
08KABUL1410 | FLOTUS VISIT HIGHLIGHTS AFGHAN PROGRESS [...] (U) The June 8 visit of First Lady Laura Bush to Afghanistan highlighted themes of critical interest to both Afghans and Americans. Mrs. Bush's visit to Kabul and to the province of Bamyan illustrates our assessment that important progress is being made in many parts of the country. In thos [...] | 2008-06-10 06:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL PHUM AF |
08KABUL1413 | PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: GARMSIR'S IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK-led PRT in Lashkar Gah deployed a stabilization team to Garmsir on June 1. The team is working with the district leadership to establish reconstruction and development priorities. The District Administrator has established his office and is meeting with city residents a [...] | 2008-06-10 09:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL1415 | DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch are shouldering a heavy burden as the lead nation in Uruzgan, one of the most underdeveloped provinces in Afghanistan. There are almost daily attacks on ISAF forces and civilians by the Taliban, often resulting in serious injuries or death. The Dutch focus on support [...] | 2008-06-10 11:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL AF NL |
08KABUL143 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S [...] (C) Your visit to Kabul takes place as parliament reconvenes to work on the election calendar and law and to reconsider the media law which President Karzai recently sent to parliament with questions. You will see Karzai's new governance initiatives beginning to show results. Your visit pre [...] | 2008-01-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON PTER SNAR KPAO PREF EAID AF |
08KABUL1438 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: EXECUTIVE SEMINAR TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior officials selected to attend Executive Seminar training in fall 2008. Post possesses no de [...] | 2008-06-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1439 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MINISTRY OF INTERIOR GENERAL [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one Ministry of Interior General who will accompany 11 Wolesi Jirga members invited by Rep. David Price and Rep. David Drier to participate in a [...] | 2008-06-11 13:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1440 | Afghan Presidential Candidates [...] (U) Provided below, for addressees' reference, is a list of declared and likely presidential candidates. Addressees should take care when dealing with those listed not to convey the misimpression of USG endorsement for a particular candidacy. The list is not exhaustive; it is subject to chang [...] | 2008-06-12 02:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1448 | PRT TARIN KOWT - CHORA RESIDENTS TURN OUT TO ELECT [...] (SBU) Summary: Rozi Khan won an election for Chora's district administrator with 30 percent of the total 2600 ballots cast. Six candidates, representing four of the tribes in the district, vied to replace the interim district administrator, an Afghan Army officer. Normally, the Independent [...] | 2008-06-12 12:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL1449 | BUILDING AFGHANISTAN'S AIR CORPS [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Since September 2007, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan,s (CSTC-A) Combined Air Power Transition Force (CAPTF) has made significant progress in developing an appropriately sized, sustainable, and effects-capable Afghan National Army Air Corps (A [...] | 2008-06-12 13:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF |
08KABUL1453 | IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 13:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF |
08KABUL1454 | IROA NOTIFIED OF SUICIDE ATTACK BY FORMER [...] (S) Per reftel, on June 5, PolMilOffs informed Isaq Aloko (IRoA Detainee Commission Director) and Mohammad Zia Salehi (Situation Room Director in Afghanistan,s Office of the National Security Council) that the USG has determined that a former Guantanamo Bay detainee participated in a coordinate [...] | 2008-06-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
08KABUL1459 | BADGHIS PROVINCE: DIFFICULT WEATHER CONDITIONS AFFECT [...] Summary: The combination of the past winter's record-cold temperatures and the current drought has dominated governance activities and will have profound implications for Badghis's agriculture-based economy. Badghis's economic infrastructure remains primitive. The provincial security situati [...] | 2008-06-13 09:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL146 | PAKTIA PROVINCE: DETERIORATING SECURITY, LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The security sitQion in Paktia province deteriorated over the past year with significant Anti-Coalition Militia (ACM) presence. The agriculture-based economy is hampered by a lack of resources, including modern technology and power. Governor Rahmat is unpopular and most provinci [...] | 2008-01-16 06:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL1460 | MOHAQEQ TILTS AGAINST KARZAI [...] (SBU) MP Mohammad Mohaqeq, a leader of the predominantly Hazara Hezb-i-Wahdat party, continues to try to unify his divided ethnic group into a bloc that can maneuver between Karzai and the opposition United Front. Though he might prefer to encourage both into a bidding war for Hazara votes, h [...] | 2008-06-14 06:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL1481 | AF: UPDATE ON USG ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (SBU) The following cable provides an update on USG energy sector projects in Afghanistan. 2. (SBU) KABUL 100 MW GENERATOR SETS (GENSETS) - Work on the site continues apace and the contractor appears to be on schedule. Arrangements for the transportation of the generator sets themselves to [...] | 2008-06-16 13:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL1482 | KARZAI THREATENS PAKISTAN AND MEANS IT [...] (C//REL UK, CAN) Summary: A Palace advisor implied Karzai would not retract his June 16 threat to strike at insurgents harboring in Afghanistan. The MFA said Karzai had not directed his threat against Pakistan's sovereignty or territorial integrity, but against the Inter-Services Intelligence [...] | 2008-06-16 15:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PTER PREL PK AF |
08KABUL1483 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE - [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one hundred thirty (130) Afghan nationals selected to serve in the Presidential Protective Service's Residence Watch Unit. Post possesses no de [...] | 2008-06-17 10:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1492 | CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Canadian security and development efforts in Afghanistan are substantial and noteworthy. Canada is a leading troop contributor. Its troops are placed in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous provinces, where they suffer frequent casualties. Canada is also a major donor, with Afghanistan represe [...] | 2008-06-19 04:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM AF CA |
08KABUL1493 | Afghanistan's Refugee Absorption Reaches Saturation [...] (SBU) Summary: Since January 1 of this year, 143,737 Afghan refugees - the vast majority from Pakistan - have repatriated to Afghanistan with assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While the numbers are relatively low compared to recent years, Afghanistan' [...] | 2008-06-19 06:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK IR AF |
08KABUL1495 | AFGHAN POLICE: ANAP/ABP TRAINING SURGE UPDATE [...] In the onward press of the Focused District Development (FDD) program to train and equip the Afghan National Police (reftels),the network of police-training facilities has been running at full capacity. Most of the network capacity of about about 3,500 spaces is now dedicated to FDD-related [...] | 2008-06-19 08:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MARR AF |
08KABUL1504 | ANTI-KARZAI JUNBESH CONGRESS ELECTS PRO-DOSTUM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Junbesh party congress, held June 17-19 in Kabul after more than a year of dithering and political maneuvering, waxed strongly anti-Karzai and reaffirmed General Dostum's control of the Uzbek political machine. During the three-day event, speakers criticized Karzai's perce [...] | 2008-06-21 06:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL1507 | PRT MEHTAR LAM: GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: Governance in Laghman is improving as the Provincial Council (PC) takes on a more assertive role. The coordinated development strategy in "Laghman Forward" should improve the agricultural sector. The warmer weather has brought an upswing in insurgent activity compared to the quie [...] | 2008-06-22 05:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1508 | GHAZNI PROVINCE: SECURITY REMAINS A CHALLENGE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Security in Ghazni's Pashtun belt remains a challenge, but the Afghan National Police (ANP) are slowly improving. The province is beginning to attract more donor attention, which will hopefully revive Ghazni's stagnant economic development. Ghazni has had four governors in the [...] | 2008-06-22 05:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1523 | ZABUL PROVINCE: SECURITY IMPROVES, ALLOWING MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Security in Zabul is improving thanks to the Focused District Development (FDD) program, but an unintended consequence of better-trained police is that they are attractive to other employers. With improved security comes a focus on road building, training and other development p [...] | 2008-06-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1551 | PRT Herat: Semi-Annual Herat Province Review [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Herat enjoys a relatively stable security situation, an improvement from this past spring when there was a series of kidnappings. Shindand and Guzara districts remain unsettled. Governor Anwari has worked closely with Coalition forces, the Italian-led PRT, international organiz [...] | 2008-06-24 05:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1552 | PRT ASADABAD: GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Wahidi extended good governance and implemented an aggressive development strategy despite ongoing insurgent activity in Kunar over the past six months. Governance is improved; development is increasing; and security is improving slightly. The threat of improvised ex [...] | 2008-06-24 06:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL PTER AF |
08KABUL1553 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D10 STAFF FOR CAMP WATAN TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 26 officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Department r [...] | 2008-06-24 07:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1554 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AIR CORPS STAFF [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two (2) officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Departm [...] | 2008-06-24 08:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL156 | Iran Suspends Deportations In Face Of Strong Afghan [...] (SBU) Iran has suspended its deportation of Afghans after the Afghan government protested in the media and summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires twice to demand a halt to the mid-winter expulsions. In the first two weeks of January, Iran deported more than 9,000 Afghans, who were forced over [...] | 2008-01-17 02:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF |
08KABUL1575 | PANJSHIR PROVINCE: GOOD SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE; [...] (SBU) Summary: Panjshir remains one of Afghanistan's safest provinces. The Governor speaks out strongly against corruption and has taken action to avoid even the hint of impropriety, but the Provincial Council is largely in the Governor's shadow. Development and reconstruction is ongoing wit [...] | 2008-06-24 12:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER AF |
08KABUL1576 | FARYAB: STABLE SECURITY, BUT PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS' [...] (U) Summary: Faryab suffered a severe winter and is currently suffering drought. Faryab is generally secure. Provincial governance performance remains mixed; the Governor and the Provincial Council President are positive forces, while other government institutions such as the provincial po [...] | 2008-06-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1581 | Afghan-Tajik Electric Power PPA Negotiations Short [...] (SBU) Summary: Unexpectedly, when the Afghan Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan arrived in Dushanbe June 20 to sign the Afghan-Tajik Power Purchase Agreement (PPA),a component part of Afghanistan's North East Power System (NEPS) project, he insisted on a lower electricity purchase price [...] | 2008-06-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL1582 | NANGARHAR PROVINCE: SPEEDBUMPS FAIL TO SLOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent suicide attacks and insurgent incursions have failed to dissuade Nangarhar residents from the belief that their province is secure. Residents routinely cite economic concerns as the major problem before security concerns. Nangarharis are concerned about recent events in [...] | 2008-06-25 12:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AF |
08KABUL1583 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FDD-LAW CYCLE 3 STUDENTS FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-nine (29) Afghan nationals selected to be students in FDD-Law Cycle 3. When there are individuals with one name, Post has made a goo [...] | 2008-06-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1584 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NESA EXECUTIVE SEMINAR [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one officer. Post has reviewed the information available on this individual and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Department resp [...] | 2008-06-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1585 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MARSHALL CENTER TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one officer. Post has reviewed the information available on this individual and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Department resp [...] | 2008-06-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1586 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FDD-LAW CYCLE 3 STUDENTS FOR HERAT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-six (26) Afghan nationals selected to be students in FDD-Law Cycle 3. When there are individuals with one name, Post has made a good [...] | 2008-06-25 12:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1602 | KUNDUZ PROVINCE: INCREASED TRADE AND IMPROVED SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Private sector activity, spurred by trade across the new Afghan-Tajik bridge, and improved security are driving economic growth in Kunduz. Security has benefited from improved Afghan army and police capabilities, institutionalized co-operation amongst the security forces and a t [...] | 2008-06-29 09:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD AF TI |
08KABUL1603 | Refugee Admissions Referral: Azizi, Mehria [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul refers Azizi, Mehria Farzhad, one of Afghanistan's first female camerawomen and filmmakers, and her family to the U.S. refugee admissions program (USRAP). Below is biographic information for the principal applicant and her dependents, a description of her persecution claim, [...] | 2008-06-29 12:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PHUM AF |
08KABUL1644 | AF: Uzbek power situation not as bleak, other PPA's on [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Economy Jalil Shams told donors the Uzbeks have begun manufacturing components needed for the Afghan-Uzbek power line. He believes the project will be completed by October 2008. Shams revealed a "backup" plan to import an extra 43 MW of Uzbek power to Kabul along a [...] | 2008-07-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL1701 | "HYBRID" VOTER REGISTRATION BEGINS OCTOBER 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will pursue a &hybrid8 voter registration. Voters who have registration cards from 2004/5 may use these cards at the polls. New voters and voters who lost their card, must register for a new, enhanced voter card. The IEC, [...] | 2008-07-07 10:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREF AF |
08KABUL1707 | KABUL - SVBIED ATTACK ON INDIAN EMBASSY [...] (SBU) At approximately 0830 HRS local time on Monday, July 7, 2008, a suicide vehicle-borne IED exploded outside the front gate of the Indian Embassy in Kabul. LEGATT and RSO personnel from the U.S. Embassy responded to the scene to assist Afghan and Coalition officials on-site with the post b [...] | 2008-07-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC AF |
08KABUL1709 | AFGHANISTAN - JCMB VIII welcomes SRSG Kai Eide, [...] Summary. On July 6, the eighth meeting of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB-VIII) welcomed the co-chairmanship of Kai Eide, the newly-arrived Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. Minister of Finance (MOF) Ahady announced the Government of the Islamic Republic of [...] | 2008-07-08 09:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PHUM ENRG EAIR AF |
08KABUL1719 | AMENDED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FDD-LAW CYCLE 3 STUDENTS FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. This cable retransmits reftel with the addition of one student. 3. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards a list of names and biodata of twenty-seven (27) Afghan nationals selected to be students in FD [...] | 2008-07-09 10:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1720 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL JUSTICE SYSTEM SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one hundred thirty-nine (139) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Justice System Support Program (JSSP). When there are indiv [...] | 2008-07-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL173 | KHOST PROVINCE: STABLE SECURITY SITUATION AND GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Khost's security situation has improved over the last six months. Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition Forces have performed joint operations in less secure areas, and police morale is improving. The generally stable security situation has allowed significant reconstru [...] | 2008-01-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL1747 | KANDAHARI TRIBAL LEADER,S DEATH A TALIBAN [...] (C) The murder July 4 of member of parliament and Alizai tribal leader Haji Habibullah Jan may have removed the linchpin that had kept his Taliban-predisposed tribe engaged in the constitutional political process. Jan was shot dead in Kandahar's Zharey district by unknown assailants while ret [...] | 2008-07-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS PTER PINR AF |
08KABUL175 | PRT NANGARHAR: GOVERNOR SHERZAI: JUMP ON THE PEACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai led a "Peace Caravan" of approximately 300 government and traditional leaders from four eastern Afghan provinces (Nangarhar, Nuristan, Kunar and Laghman) to meet with President Karzai on January 13 in Kabul. His goal was to show support for the [...] | 2008-01-22 02:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF |
08KABUL1770 | AFGHAN UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] The GIRoA will issue a Universal Periodic Report (UPR) on its human rights record at the request of the UN's Human Rights Council (UNHCR). The government is open to including a modestly robust criticism of the its recent track record on human rights, especially in relation to treatment of pri [...] | 2008-07-15 06:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV AF |
08KABUL1782 | JOWZJAN - JUNE 2008 SIX MONTH UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Security in the northern province of Jowzjan has improved over the past six months, at least partly due to efforts of the new governor, Hashem Zari. Some districts bordering Tajikistan remain insecure because of smuggling and other insurgency-related criminal activity. Dostum's [...] | 2008-07-17 06:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1788 | KARZAI RESISTS ADVISOR ON ELECTIONS DELAY [...] (C) Palace political advisor Sigbatullah Sanjar (Protect) is trying to convince Karzai persistent insecurity in the south and east offers him a plausible excuse for postponing elections he otherwise might lose. Karzai continues to resist Sanjar and other supporters' agitation for an elections [...] | 2008-07-17 10:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AF |
08KABUL18 | MUSA QALA RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GIRoA, the U.S., and the UK are cooperating on post-operation development in the recently liberated district of Musa Qala. UK Military Stabilization Team (MST) Officers in Musa Qala are implementing a joint UK and Afghan stabilization plan but need USAID support for the eff [...] | 2008-01-02 05:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL1812 | HEZB-E-ISLAMI CONFERENCE; MOVING BEYOND HEKMATYAR [...] (C//REL UK) SUMMARY: Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan's (HIA) three-day conference in Kabul last week assembled more than 1,000 members from all 34 provinces and most of the country's ethnic groups to elect Abdul Hadi Arghandewal to his second one-year term as party chairman. The party's leadership [...] | 2008-07-19 06:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1813 | VOTER REGISTRATION SECURITY PLAN EMERGES [...] (SBU) The Independent Electoral Commission's security advisor, a seconded Canadian military officer, presented his voter registration security plan (emailed to SCA/A) to the elections security working group on July 17. It includes a threat assessment, spells out the roles of the Ministry of [...] | 2008-07-19 07:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL MARR AF |
08KABUL1816 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL REED TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Afghanistan remains a complex counterinsurgency environment, in which maintaining strong U.S. support for the Afghan government and robust U.S. leadership of international community assistance efforts is critical to ensuring that momentum for victory remains with us. Press reporting em [...] | 2008-07-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AF |
08KABUL1817 | Iran: Another Wave of Deportations? [...] (SBU) Summary: Per a July 12 letter from the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MORR) office in Tehran, Iran will start deporting 85,000 Afghans at the beginning of the Persian month of Asad (July 22). Iran has already deported over 166,000 Afghans since January 1, 2008, mostly yo [...] | 2008-07-19 12:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF |
08KABUL1818 | BAMYAN: HAZARA POLITICS: VIEW FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Bamyan is a bellwether for political attitudes of members of the Hazara ethnic group, and it offers insights to how various parties are seeking to engage the Hazara population. Hezb-e-Wahdat Islami and the Hezb-e-Wahdat Islami-e-Mardum remain the most active and influential parties in th [...] | 2008-07-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1821 | JOWZJAN - JUNE 2008 SIX MONTH UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Security in the northern province of Jowzjan has improved over the past six months, at least partly due to efforts of the new governor, Hashem Zari. Some districts bordering Tajikistan remain insecure because of smuggling and other insurgency-related criminal activity. Dostum's [...] | 2008-07-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1828 | NURISTAN: NEW GOVERNOR, FRESH PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Hazrat Din became Governor of Nuristan on July 5, replacing Tamim Nuristani. His priorities start with popular engagement and good governance, and he intends to establish representative district councils - shuras - for consultations on whom to nominate as district administrator [...] | 2008-07-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL1829 | HELMAND UPDATE: NEW GOVERNOR BRINGS IMPROVEMENTS, MARINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since his arrival in March 2008, Governor Gulab Mangal has been a force for positive change in Helmand province. Mangal is a capable bureaucrat and has an excellent grasp of the political and security challenges facing Helmand. He is building a competent administration, and is d [...] | 2008-07-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1892 | BAMYAN PROVINCE: IMPROVING GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Bamyan Governor Sarabi appears to be growing weary of the jockeying over her post and may be open to changing jobs. The Provincial Development Council has proven itself capable of producing a coordinated development strategy. PRT Bamyan is considering improving several districts [...] | 2008-07-23 05:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL1898 | CODEL REED'S JULY 20 DISCUSSIONS WITH KARZAI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the CODEL,s July 20 office call and subsequent working lunch with President Karzai, Senator Obama reaffirmed both major American political parties, long-term commitment to Afghanistan. He emphasized the Afghan leadership,s obligation to demonstrate determination in fighti [...] | 2008-07-24 02:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS AFIN IR PK |
08KABUL19 | MUSA QALA RECONSTRUCTION PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GIRoA, the U.S., and the UK are cooperating on post-operation development in the recently liberated district of Musa Qala. UK Military Stabilization Team (MST) Officers in Musa Qala are implementing a joint UK and Afghan stabilization plan but need USAID support for the eff [...] | 2008-01-02 05:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL1924 | FOREIGN PRESSURE BACKFIRES ON KAMBAKHSH APPEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. European governments are rethinking their strategy of pressuring President Karzai directly in support of Sayad Parwez Kambakhsh, who is appealing his death sentence for distributing literature found by a local court to be offensive to Islam (ref A). With many observers pessimi [...] | 2008-07-26 07:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AF EU |
08KABUL1948 | HAZARA-KUCHI DISPUTE GOES NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai's effort to make peace between Hazaras and Kuchis engaged in a dispute over grazing lands is not meeting with early success. The largely Pashtun Kuchi nomads say they are considering temporarily pulling back from disputed grazing lands in central Afghanistan at [...] | 2008-07-28 10:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL1970 | AFGHAN VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) The Afghan voter registration process is moving forward. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) presented its operational plan and budget to donors, who responded positively; commitments received cover the total proposed budget of $101.5 million (led by the USG's $65 million and with [...] | 2008-07-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM EAID UNDP |
08KABUL1973 | ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT GAINING TRACTION [...] (U) President Karzai and his team have taken several positive steps to combat corruption in the wake of the Paris Donors Conference, including publishing a comprehensive anti-corruption strategy and establishing a wholly new watch-dog office against future corruption. Encouragingly, a June [...] | 2008-07-31 04:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL1975 | EX-TALIBAN SEEK MEDIATION ROLE [...] (C) On July 29, President Karzai gave the Ambassador a plan for negotiations with the Taliban that he had received from Taliban reconcilees (SEPTEL). In a meeting arranged by the presidency at our request the next day, prominent ex-Taliban said they are well-placed to mediate reconciliation with th [...] | 2008-07-31 06:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR AF |
08KABUL1985 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-seven (27) officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post reques [...] | 2008-08-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL1992 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL REID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Afghanistan remains a complex counterinsurgency environment, in which maintaining strong U.S. support for the Afghan government and robust U.S. leadership of international community assistance efforts is critical to ensuring that momentum for victory remains with us. Press reporting em [...] | 2008-08-03 11:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AFIN OREP |
08KABUL2001 | DEMARCHE TO KABUL AND ISLAMABAD: TAKING STEPS TO [...] (C) Drawing from reftel talking points during their July 22 discussion, the Ambassador urged President Karzai to ensure that the July 14 Council of Ministers decision suspending three meetings between Afghanistan and Pakistan be strictly limited in scope and duration. The Ambassador called fo [...] | 2008-08-03 14:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR AF PK |
08KABUL2065 | EX-TALIBAN PROPOSE PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) President Karzai gave the Ambassador July 29 a two-part letter the former had received recently from unidentified ex-Taliban reconcilees. The letter encourages the government to propose preliminary negotiations to 'the opposition side,' blaming 'the wrongful agreement in Bonn' for prolo [...] | 2008-08-05 12:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR AF |
08KABUL2066 | Afghan President's Incoming Senior Economic Advisor [...] [U] Not for Internet distribution. 2. [SBU] Summary. Officers of the Economic Section met July 28 with Omar Zakhilwal, currently CEO of the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency, who is slated to become Afghan President Hamid Karzai's senior economic advisor, to replace Ishaq Nadiri. L [...] | 2008-08-05 12:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PHUM ENRG EAIR AF |
08KABUL207 | LOCAL COURT SENTENCES JOURNALIST TO DEATH; CASE [...] (SBU) On January 22 in a closed session, the Balkh provincial court sentenced 23-year old journalism student and reporter for the daily Jahan-e-Naw (New World) paper Sayad Parwez Kambaksh to death for distributing an article that judges said violated the tenets of Islam. Kambaksh had been ar [...] | 2008-01-24 11:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOL PHUM KIRF AF |
08KABUL2084 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FDD-LAW CYCLE 4 STUDENTS FOR HERAT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of thirty-three (33) Afghan nationals selected to be students in FDD-Law Cycle 4. When there are individuals with one name, Post has made a go [...] | 2008-08-06 14:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2085 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FDD-LAW CYCLE 4 STUDENTS FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-eight (28) Afghan nationals selected to be students in FDD-Law Cycle 4. When there are individuals with one name, Post has made a go [...] | 2008-08-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2094 | KARZAI HOPES TO BOLSTER GILANI IN FACE OF AFGHAN [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim Spinzada told us August 5 Karzai hopes his SAARC Summit rapprochement with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani would bolster Pakistan's new civilian leadership in its contest with the military and the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (IS [...] | 2008-08-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PTER AF PK |
08KABUL2104 | KARZAI TELLS CODEL REID THE USG HOULD INCREASE [...] (SBU) On August 6, Prsident Karzai told Codel Reid that Pakistan hs permitted terrorist sanctuaries in its teritory and the ISI has a clear role in supportng terrorists entering Afghanistan to kill Ameican troops and Afghan people. He urged the USG to increase pressure on Pakistan to act agai [...] | 2008-08-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL AF PK |
08KABUL2105 | LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE NATO-RUSSIA [...] Post has reviewed its fils andfinds that as of August 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. In the case of individuals with one name, Post has made a good faith effort to ensure that these individuals actually o [...] | 2008-08-09 15:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2109 | Chairman of Economic Committee of Afghanistan's Parliament [...] Not for Internet Distribution. 2. [SBU] Summary. Officers of the Economic Section met July 30 with Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoi, Chairman of the Economic Committee of Afghanistan's Parliament. Sultanzoi, who emigrated from Afghanistan to the United States and worked for 22 years as a United [...] | 2008-08-10 10:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PHUM ENRG EAIR AF |
08KABUL2121 | WHO WILL BE A KUCHI VOTER? [...] (SBU) As reported REF A and REF B, debate in various committees of the National Assembly on a new electoral law continues to focus on the question of Kuchi representation. The 2005 electoral law designated 10 of the 249 seats in the lower house of the National Assembly as "Kuchi" seats. Thes [...] | 2008-08-11 11:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2127 | Afghanistan: Refugee, Internally Displaced, Deportee, and [...] (SBU) Summary: Continued security concerns in rural Afghanistan, notably in Helmand Province, have prompted an increase in internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking a safe haven in Kabul city. Press reports indicate that families who had taken temporary shelter around Lashkar Gah and Kandah [...] | 2008-08-13 01:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08KABUL2128 | RABBANI DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, currently a member of the Afghan Lower House and key leader in the United Front opposition coalition, stressed his commitment to seeing elections through and pressing the government to resolve ethnic disputes in an Aug. 10 lunch wit [...] | 2008-08-13 04:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2129 | SHARANA PRT SIX MONTH UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Paktika experienced a difficult spring; violence was up and the government did not uniformly provide services. The long term outlook, however, remains positive, led by economic expansion. Anti-government activities, particularly indirect attacks and IED events increased. Seve [...] | 2008-08-13 07:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AF |
08KABUL2146 | NGO SECURITY IN LIGHT OF ATTACK ON IRC STAFF [...] (U) On August 13, masked gunmen killed four employees of the International Rescue Committee: three female ex-patriates, including one American, and their male Afghan driver. Another Afghan colleague was injured but survived. According to the media, IRC, and UN contacts, the IRC group was trav [...] | 2008-08-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER AF |
08KABUL217 | SENIOR CLERICS URGE KARZAI TO CRACK DOWN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The High Ulema Council of Afghanistan met with President Karzai to express concern over proselytizing in Afghanistan and issued a public statement urging the government to crack down on missionary activity. The council has also asserted themselves regarding media content and s [...] | 2008-01-27 09:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KPOL PREL PHUM KIRF AF |
08KABUL2173 | HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIRWOMAN: CONCERNED BUT STAYING THE [...] (C) In an August 12 meeting with political counselor, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights (AIHRC) Chairwoman Sima Samar expressed strong support for on-schedule Presidential elections, stating that she did not want Afghanistan to develop into a "Pakistan-type democracy," where leaders serve b [...] | 2008-08-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF PHUM PREL |
08KABUL2174 | KABUL POLICE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING [...] (U) Political officer attended a portion of a training workshop for 40 Kabul police officers and employees held August 12-14 and organized by the Afghan Women Skills Development Centre (AWSDC) and supported financially by INL. The workshop, held at the Kabul Provincial Police Headquarters, was [...] | 2008-08-17 10:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPOL PREL PHUM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2175 | DARI-PASHTO DEBATE DEADLOCKS PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Action in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga (the National Assembly's Lower House) has stalled over a higher education bill because of disagreements over the Pashto and Dari usage of the word "university." The disagreement has stopped most activity in the lower house for more than a week, dela [...] | 2008-08-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2189 | AF: UPDATE ON USG ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (U) The following cable provides a current status update on USG energy sector projects in Afghanistan. 2. (U) KABUL 100 MW GENERATOR SETS (GENSETS) - All work at the site is progressing apace with no significant delays. Equipment and parts are arriving daily, with some 70 pieces already at [...] | 2008-08-19 05:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL2193 | ADVISORS TO RECOMMEND KARZAI SPEAKS ON MANAS AT [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche August 13 to National Security Council Deputy for External Affairs Mohammad Homayoun Tandar. Tandar will recommend President Karzai emphasize at the August 28 Dushanbe Summit the importance of Manas air base to stabilization operations in Afghanistan, bu [...] | 2008-08-19 06:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2221 | IEC SHOWS VOTER REGISTRATION PROCESS TO THE PRESS [...] (SBU) The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) on August 16 hosted a press conference on its plans for voter registration. Independent Ariana TV provided the most substantial coverage, including footage of the IEC's demonstration of "average" Afghans registering to vote. RTA television s [...] | 2008-08-20 04:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2229 | FARAH: SECURITY WORSENS, GOVERNANCE IMPROVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Roohul Amin became Farah's governor on May 4, and is working closely with provincial officials, elders and the international community, but is struggling with ongoing insecurity. Amin's efforts to tackle corruption have produced some positive results. His efforts to secure Farah [...] | 2008-08-21 02:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
08KABUL2233 | AFGHANISTAN PLEDGES TO ACT PRUDENTLY ON MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Notwithstanding the uncoordinated and unhelpful August 18 comments by Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary ("Musharraf was not someone good for Afghanistan. We hope that someone good will replace him."),principals in the Palace, the Council of Minister's Secretariat and the Foreign [...] | 2008-08-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS AF |
08KABUL2236 | November 2008 Conference on Afghan Refugees [...] (SBU) Summary: The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IROA) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will co-host the International Conference on Return and Reintegration in Kabul on November 19, 2008. The conference will address the difficult issues related to the Afghan re [...] | 2008-08-22 02:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08KABUL2245 | PARLIAMENT'S ABSENTEE MP PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of the National Assembly) has failed to make quorum on more than half of its business days since its new legislative session began July 22. Moreover, members lose quorum before they finish the day's business on many other occasions. The poor atte [...] | 2008-08-23 05:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2249 | NEW ELECTION LAW UNLIKELY, BUT ELECTIONS STILL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After lingering on the National Assembly's Lower House agenda for weeks, a proposed election bill is unlikely to come to a vote in time to impact next year's presidential elections. Nonetheless, future candidates and election experts agree that the political consensus and legal [...] | 2008-08-24 06:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2269 | PRT BAMYAN: MINISTER IGNITES HOPE FOR ENERGY, IRON [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Mines Muhammad Ibrahim Adel concluded a week-long visit to Bamyan to explore the feasibility of a coal driven power plant and conduct a site visit to the Haji Gak iron deposit. Accompanied by a team of international and national legal and technical experts, Minister A [...] | 2008-08-25 05:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EPET EFIN ETRD ENRG KPWR EAID AF CH |
08KABUL2310 | PARTIES MUM FOR NOW ON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Political maneuverings for next year's presidential elections are well underway, but most of the major political parties are holding their cards close and have told us they are unlikely to publicly commit to a candidate for some time. Although President Karzai declared hi [...] | 2008-08-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV AF |
08KABUL234 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SENIOR IMET TRAINING CANDIDATES [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of six Afghan government officials selected to attend various senior International Military Education and Training (IMET) courses in the United Sta [...] | 2008-01-28 17:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL235 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Applicants for the Narcotic [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of thirty-three (33) Afghan Nationals selected for training in the Narcotic Interdiction Unit class 11. Post possesses no derogatory i [...] | 2008-01-28 17:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2356 | AMBASSADOR AND FM SPANTA PLEDGE COOPERATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 15:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2357 | NGO RESOLVE IN WAKE OF KILLINGS BUT VIOLENT [...] (C) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are showing resolve in the face of the recent killings of aid workers, but the violence is continuing. Even at the memorial service for the three female expatriate International Rescue Committee (IRC) staffers and their Afghan driver, the IRC Country [...] | 2008-08-28 17:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER AF |
08KABUL2361 | Competent Response to Pakistani Refugees From Bajaur [...] (U) Summary: Beginning the week of August 6, Afghan refugee and Pakistani families living in Bajaur and Mohmand Tribal Agencies in Pakistan began fleeing into Afghanistan due to Pakistani military operations. UNHCR estimates approximately 2,000-3,000 refugee families have crossed into Kunar p [...] | 2008-08-29 03:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08KABUL2387 | PREPARATIONS FOR PHASE 1 VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Provincial staff of the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) are making tentative progress in preparing for the October 6 start date for Phase 1 voter registration, according to the reports of PRT field officers in Kapisa, Bamiyan, Panjshir, and Parwan. Kapisa, Bamiyan, and Parwan h [...] | 2008-09-02 12:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2392 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD STAFF [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of six (6) officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Departme [...] | 2008-09-03 03:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2393 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MARSHALL CENTER TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of two (2) officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Departme [...] | 2008-09-03 03:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2394 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD STAFF TRAINING IN HAWAII AND [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of three (3) officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Depart [...] | 2008-09-03 03:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2402 | PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE GOA'S SHINDAND [...] (U) The following is Embassy's translation of the Office of the President's August 31st statement detailing the results of a GOA investigation of the Shindand operation. 2. (U) Begin text: Nimatullah Shahrani, the Minister for Hajj and Endowment Affairs was assigned as the head of the del [...] | 2008-09-03 06:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL241 | FRENCH ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: WINDOW FOR HIGH LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Charge has suggested that, if FM Kouchner returns to Afghanistan before the March NATO Foreign Ministerial, he should meet with high-level Americans and travel to Kandahar to see how other Allies are managing in the South. Paris is thinking about an expanded French rol [...] | 2008-01-29 12:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL FR AF |
08KABUL2413 | EMBASSY ASKS FOR GOA NOTIFICATION BEFORE ANY [...] (SBU) Polcouns telephoned MFA Senior Advisor Davood Marodian on 9/3, and urged the GOA to inform the Embassy of its timeline on releasing Muhammad Ahmad and to notify the Embassy before any release. Marodian attended FM Spanta,s 9/2 press conference where Spanta announced the GOA would releas [...] | 2008-09-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV AFIN PK |
08KABUL2416 | THINKING AHEAD ABOUT ELECTION CHALLENGES AT THE IEC [...] (SBU) Daoud Ali Najafi, Chief Technical Officer of the Independent Elections Commission (IEC),is thinking ahead about how to resolve potential challenges to the legitimacy of the electoral process. Facing widespread public speculation that insecurity will discourage voter registration, and [...] | 2008-09-04 04:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2429 | AMBASSADOR AND SRSG EIDE AGREE ON NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) In their September 2 meeting, SRSG Eide told the Ambassador that he had concluded that a joint investigation would end in the parties not agreeing on conclusions. A joint investigation without an agreed conclusion would be more harmful than no investigation at all. The internationals and [...] | 2008-09-04 12:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS AF |
08KABUL243 | CABINET PASSES ELECTION LAW TO PARLIAMENT WITHOUT [...] (SBU) The draft election law forwarded by the Cabinet to the Parliament on January 23 is essentially the same as the existing election law, retaining the single nontransferable voting (SNTV) system used in the 2005 parliamentary elections and incorporating no element of proportional representat [...] | 2008-01-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2432 | COLOMBIANS DISCUSS ENGAGEMENT WITH QAL-E-NOW PRT [...] (SBU) A senior Colombian military delegation led by Army Chief of Operations, Major General Matamoros, conducted a third fact-finding mission on Aug 12 and 13 to the Spanish-led PRT at Qal-e-Now in Badghis province. Five other senior Columbian military officials also attended, including Brigad [...] | 2008-09-04 12:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF TI |
08KABUL2443 | ELECTION THEMES: CONSULTATION, CONSENSUS, CHANGE [...] (SBU) Jandad Khan Spinghar, chief of the Afghan election observation organization FEFA, says that in the coming election campaign, people are looking for new leaders to address three challenges: corruption, security, and ethnic conflicts. As the head of an umbrella organization of 14 NGOs, S [...] | 2008-09-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2446 | EMBASSY INFORMS GOA: NO UG OBJECTION TO RELEASE [...] (SBU) Polcouns informed Ibrahim Spinzada, Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the National Directorate of Security (NDS),on 9/6 that the United States had no objection if the GOA released Muhammad Ahmad, son of Aafia Siddiqui, to his relatives from Pakistan (ref a). Spinza [...] | 2008-09-07 12:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV AF PK |
08KABUL2449 | SUBJECT: URUZGAN STRONGMAN ACCEPTS KABUL OFFER TO [...] (C) Summary: Former Provincial highway police (then known as Kandak Amniat-e Uruzgan (KAU)) commander Matiullah Khan said in an August 23 meeting that he accepted the recent offer by Karzai and Ministry of the Interior (MOI) head Moqbel to lead a police patrol kandak responsible for highway s [...] | 2008-09-09 04:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
08KABUL2457 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE NEW [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of fifty (50) officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Depar [...] | 2008-09-09 12:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2458 | MFA CHIEF OF STAFF: SMART ADVOCATE FOR AFGHAN WOMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 14:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV GWI AF DRL |
08KABUL2467 | QANOONI: MOVING FORWARD FROM SHINDAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 7, Ambassador and Wolesi Jirga (WJ) Speaker Qanooni discussed how the US should engage the GIRoA in the aftermath of the Shindand operation. Qanooni stressed his confidence in the good intentions of the US in Afghanistan and his belief that US military support is ess [...] | 2008-09-11 12:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2471 | KARZAI ASKS CODEL TAUSCHER TO WORK TO REDUCE [...] (U)Summary: On September 6, President Karzai told Codel Tauscher that he has confidence in the results of IRoA's investigation of the Shindand operation. He urged the delegation to push Washington to establish a strategy to prevent future civilian casualties. Karzai expressed slight optimism [...] | 2008-09-12 02:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER OREP MOPS ASEC PK |
08KABUL2472 | GENERALLY POSITIVE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Karzai and other Afghan officials generally reacted positively to President Bush,s September 9 speech announcing deployment of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan and to the JCMB,s endorsement of the Afghan National Army expansion. Those officials who opposed additi [...] | 2008-09-12 06:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2473 | WILLIAMSON-HODGKINSON: MOVING FORWARD ON [...] (U) Summary: On September 6-7, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and DOD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Sandra Hodgkinson led a delegation to Afghanistan to discuss the way forward for a number of remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO). End sum [...] | 2008-09-12 10:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER |
08KABUL2478 | PARLIAMENT OVERRIDES KARZAI'S VETO AND ENACTS [...] (U) Summary: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ, Lower House of the National Assembly) approved the media law with a two thirds majority, overcoming President Karzai,s December 2007 veto. Journalists and NGOs reacted positively to the new law, with many speaking favorably of the provisions establishing Radio [...] | 2008-09-14 03:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2486 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD STAFF FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL AND [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of five (5) officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Departm [...] | 2008-09-14 12:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2487 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD STAFF FOR COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of three (3) officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Depart [...] | 2008-09-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL251 | PRT KANDAHAR: WOMEN PROTEST KIDNAPPING OF AMCIT [...] (U) Approximately 500-600 women demonstrated in Kandahar City on January 29 to protest the January 25 kidnapping of American Cydney Mizell, who was working for an international NGO in Kandahar. In addition to calling for the immediate release of Mizell and her Afghan driver, demonstrators urge [...] | 2008-01-31 04:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS AF |
08KABUL252 | PRT KHOST: MADRASSA STUDENTS -- "THE REAL TALIBAN" [...] SUMMARY: Madrassa students and mullahs in Khost have welcomed initial GIRoA efforts to reinforce and better fund balanced religious education in Afghanistan. Hundreds of students and mullahs have stressed to the PRT that the longstanding gap between religious students ) who call themselves t [...] | 2008-01-31 05:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS AF |
08KABUL2535 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE - [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of seven (36) Afghan nationals selected to serve in the Presidential Protective Service (PPS) on the protective details of Parlimentarians Kanooni [...] | 2008-09-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2536 | TURKEY STILL WANTS DOSTUM TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. A visiting Deputy Undersecretary from the Turkish MFA told the Ambassador Turkey may host General Abdul Rashid Dostum for a temporary stay for medical treatment in the near future. But they still oppose a lengthy exile for the Uzbek warlord and prefer he stay in Afghanistan to pla [...] | 2008-09-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF TU |
08KABUL2537 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: URGENT REQUEST FOR MARSHALL CENTER [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of two (1) officer. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Departmen [...] | 2008-09-16 12:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2539 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD STAFF [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of six (2) officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Departme [...] | 2008-09-16 12:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2545 | KARZAI ADVISOR ON AFGHAN-PAK PEACE JIRGA [...] (SBU) Farooq Wardak, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and a close advisor to President Karzai, told PolCouns negotiations on the Oct. 10-11 Peace Jirga between Karzai and new Pakistani President Zardari had been productive, with both presidents agreeing to expand the participants fr [...] | 2008-09-17 11:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF PK |
08KABUL2546 | AFGHANISTAN: UPDATE ON USG AND OTHER ENERGY PROJECTS - [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past six weeks, long and meandering negotiations on Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Afghanistan's neighbors have been successfully concluded, and positive developments with regard to Kajaki, the 100MW GENSET plant, and related distribution systems have occurred. Cu [...] | 2008-09-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL2548 | IEC PRESIDENT ON THE TALIBAN AND ELECTIONS [...] (C NF) Dr. Azizullah Lodin, president of the Independent Elections Commission (IEC),on September 16 told PolCons that he has met several times with different Taliban elements over the past month, including as recently as September 15. These particular Taliban want to change their association [...] | 2008-09-17 12:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2551 | NOT IF, WHEN: IEC FACES DOWN MOD QUESTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Zekria Barakzai, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer of the Independent Elections Commission (IEC),firmly rebuffed the many doubts expressed by his Afghan National Army (ANA) counterpart at the IEC's September 15 security coordination meeting. "This is not a question, whether we will have [...] | 2008-09-18 04:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2562 | TALIBAN-STYLE MORALITY BILL UNLIKELY TO SEE ACTION [...] SUMMARY. Media reports citing a Taliban-style morality law drafted by some National Assembly MPs likely overstate the proposal's support in the Lower House. The proposal gained notoriety in the media last week, as elements of the bill banning make-up, loud music, and dancing on television r [...] | 2008-09-18 11:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM AF |
08KABUL2571 | IROA NOTIFIED OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-20 04:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC MARR PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
08KABUL2573 | NSA RASSOUL ENCOURAGED BY PAKISTAN'S PROMISES OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor Rassoul told the Ambassador that President Karzai had been impressed by the sincerity of Pakistan President Zardari in his assertions that he intended to improve and expand relations with Afghanistan. While Rassoul doubted Zardari could make good on this [...] | 2008-09-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF |
08KABUL2575 | IEC SCRAMBLING TOWARDS VOTER REGISTRATION OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary. Two weeks before the first phase of voter registration opens on October 6 in 14 provinces, the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) is scrambling. Its field operations are up and running but hobbled by the still slow delivery of key equipment and supplies in some areas, incl [...] | 2008-09-21 06:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV MASS AF |
08KABUL259 | HEZBI-ISLAMI RECRUITING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past two months, members of Hezbi-Islami-Afghanistan's (HIA) Executive Committee have visited provincial officials and party faithful in Kunduz and Laghman provinces to discuss plans for the region. In meetings with the PRTs they claimed that provincial officials (inclu [...] | 2008-01-31 14:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL2595 | PARLIAMENT OVERRIDES KARZAI VETOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's Lower House has for the first time overridden several vetoes by President Karzai, effectively bringing into law measures on the media, land ownership, and the establishment of a constitutional implementation commission. However, problems with achieving [...] | 2008-09-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2622 | ELECTIONS ON THE BORDER: A SNAPSHOT FROM KUNAR [...] (SBU) In the northeastern province of Kunar, a patchwork of safe and increasingly prosperous river valleys stitches together dry mountains and high defiles where al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other anti-government forces operate. The hot, dusty, fly-blown capital of Asadabad is some 150 miles [...] | 2008-09-25 11:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2627 | PAKTIKA: COMPLAINTS ABOUT ANP MANPOWER ALLOCATION [...] (C) Citizens and government officials in Paktika's two Focused District Development (FDD) districts, Mata Khan and Sar Hawza, complain about problems with manpower allocation created by Paktika's ANP commander. Due in a large part to diversion of manpower resources, citizens and officials say [...] | 2008-09-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2628 | The Late Nuristan Governor's Unfinished Agenda [...] Nuristan Governor Hazrat Din was killed in a car accident on September 5, only two months after he assumed office (see reftel A). Days before his death, Hazrat Din told the PRT's Integrated Command Group (PICG) that security in the eastern districts of Nuristan was his chief concern. He wanted [...] | 2008-09-27 05:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2631 | Engagement on Afghan-Tajik Bridge Could Enhance Impact [...] (SBU) The Afghan-Tajik bridge continues to drive trade and improve relations between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The border crossing has the potential to become one of Afghanistan's most convenient, but dithering on both sides of the border about staffing the facility and on the Afghan side ab [...] | 2008-09-27 12:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF TI |
08KABUL2632 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD and MOI Staff [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one officer. Post has reviewed the information available on this individual and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Department resp [...] | 2008-09-28 06:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2633 | IEC: IMAGE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH NEED IMPROVEMENT [...] (C NF) A senior strategic communications expert with experience in advising heads of state visited Afghanistan September 14 to 26 to consult with the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) on ways to improve the IEC's public image, media operations, and voter outreach. Hosted by UNDP/ELECT, [...] | 2008-09-28 07:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2634 | NURISTAN: DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR DISCUSSES NEW GOVERNOR [...] On September 7, Dow Ab District Administrator Qari Daud expressed his frustration to the PRT's Integrated Command Team (PICG) about Kabul's lack of inclusion of Nuristan voices in the provincial gubernatorial selection process. He described the security situation in the district as stable, but [...] | 2008-09-28 08:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2641 | URUZGAN GOVERNOR HEADED DOWN PATH OF POLITICAL DEMISE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his one-year anniversary in office, Uruzgan Governor Hamdam conveyed his growing concern that he will not survive a full term. Hamdam's low profile in the province and his inability to check the influence of local power brokers and rebellious ministry directors are [...] | 2008-09-28 11:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2645 | UPDATE ON KIDNAPPED AMCIT ALFRED GEISER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 20 August 2008, AMCIT Alfred GEISER and local national (LN) and partner Abdul SHAKOR were abducted by armed gunman in the Deh-Pak Village in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Over the past five weeks, RSO Personnel Recovery Center (PRCC) and LEGATT have coordinated efforts to [...] | 2008-09-29 06:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER AF |
08KABUL266 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via a U.S. contractor circulating a routine host gov [...] | 2008-02-02 13:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR AF |
08KABUL2678 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE STAFF [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 5 Ministry of Defense officials who have been selected to attend various International Military Education and Training (IMET) courses. Post has re [...] | 2008-10-01 03:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL268 | Extreme Weather Affects Traffic on Afghan-Tajik Bridge [...] (SBU) Summary: Since December 18, 2007, the Afghan-Tajik Bridge has operated full-time according to the agreement reached at a December 17 meeting of Afghan and Tajik officials (reftel). Recent winter weather conditions have led to a decrease in commercial traffic and to the bridge's unexpecte [...] | 2008-02-02 13:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF |
08KABUL2681 | THE VITAL LINK - KHOST-GARDEZ ROAD IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The rugged terrain of the Khost-Gardez (K-G) Pass, and its legacy as a mujahedin stronghold along the southeast approach to Kabul, have been challenges to the completion of an efficient and safe road in the area. Complex geography, tribal networks, and insurgent interference have also hi [...] | 2008-10-01 09:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER AF |
08KABUL2708 | Initial Phase of Voter Registration Faces Tenuous Security [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the commencement of voter registration just one day away - Oct.6, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) is struggling to address a number of issues that illustrate the fragile and fluid security situation that could undermine the registration process in some areas. The [...] | 2008-10-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL PTER MASS AF |
08KABUL2714 | KARZAI'S INEFFECTIVE PARLIAMENTARY OUTREACH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Last month's overrides of presidential vetoes highlight President Karzai's difficult relationship with the National Assembly's Lower House. Several factors contribute to Karzai's poor track record in achieving his legislative goals, including his refusal to form a political par [...] | 2008-10-06 12:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM AF |
08KABUL2722 | AFGHANISTAN: PHASE ONE OF VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Phase one of the Voter Registration (VR) process began on 10/6 with the opening of VR stations scheduled in the 14 provinces of the Phase one region. VR successfully opened in 12 of the 14 provinces with only Nurestan and Ghazni experiencing some logistical and bureaucratic prob [...] | 2008-10-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM AF |
08KABUL2729 | FEELING IGNORED BY KABUL, PANJSHIRIS PULL INWARD [...] (S) Despite having achieved unrivaled success in governance and security, Panjshiris appear to be turning increasingly away from Kabul as they see little attention paid to their valley by those in the national government, including other prominent Panjshiris. Evidence of this can be heard in [...] | 2008-10-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2735 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CANDIDATES FOR AGO PSD TRAINING [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 13 Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL Personal Security Detail training for the Attorney General's Office on October 25, 2008. [...] | 2008-10-09 12:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2738 | FORMER URUZGAN GOVERNOR JMK ACTIVELY LOBBIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting, former Uruzgan Governor and Populazai leader Jan Mohammad Khan (JMK) provided a harsh critique of Governor Hamdam,s tenure. JMK made clear that in his current role as Tribal Affairs Advisor to Karzai he remains deeply involved in Uruzgan politics. JMK [...] | 2008-10-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2741 | JUNBESH LEADER CONFIRMS TURKISH PLAN FOR DOSTUM,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Junbesh Party president Said Noorullah confirmed to PRT Officer that a deal is in the works between President Karzai and Turkish authorities to remove former Junbesh leader and ex-commander General Abdul Rashid Dostum from the Afghan political scene by sending him to Turkey prior [...] | 2008-10-11 12:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2744 | Khost Governor Highlights Challenges to Governance and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Khost Governor Arsala Jamal cited corruption and limited human capital as the primary obstacles to good governance in Khost and Afghanistan. While donor projects positively impact private investment, lack of electricity hamper investors. Jamal feared growing Taliban intimidati [...] | 2008-10-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL2746 | U.S., U.K., FRENCH AND GERMAN AMBASSADORS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 9, French Ambassador Jean de Ponton d'Amecourt met with U.S., British and German Ambassadors to discuss his October 6 briefing by President Karzai on the recent reconciliation meetings in Saudi Arabia. The Ambassadors agreed that the publicity and lack of clarity surro [...] | 2008-10-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF |
08KABUL2752 | Zabul Justice System Shows New Signs of Life [...] (SBU) Summary. In an August 6 public sentencing hearing attended by over 200 local and provincial officials and tribal elders, the invigorated Zabul Court of Appeals handed down five death and fourteen life sentences to a group charged with murdering ten people and wounding six more in Shajoy [...] | 2008-10-13 11:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2756 | KARZAI SHUFFLES KEY CABINET POSITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai announced a long-anticipated Cabinet shuffle Oct. 11, making six key changes in his government. Reactions to these changes ranged from cautious optimism from the international community to healthy skepticism from opposition political leaders. State-owned media [...] | 2008-10-14 02:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM AF |
08KABUL2764 | BALKH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN FRUSTRATED WITH SWEDISH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Balkh Provincial Council chairman recently voiced his displeasure to Swedish PRT officials about Swedish development efforts and asked them for visible reconstruction projects. He repeated a message first uttered by Balkh Governor Atta that Sweden should pack up and leave P [...] | 2008-10-14 05:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF TI |
08KABUL2775 | EMBASSY KABUL RESPONSE TO ROK PLANS FOR MORE [...] (C) In response to reftel, regarding ROKG's interest in expansion of its vocational training program in Afghanistan, post would be very interested in sharing information on our experiences in implementing a successful vocational training program in Konar province. The Konar program consisted o [...] | 2008-10-15 12:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SMIL MASS AF KS PTER |
08KABUL2777 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CANDIDATES FOR AGO PSD TRAINING [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 14 Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL Personal Security Detail training for the Attorney General's Office on October 25, 2008. [...] | 2008-10-16 16:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2778 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI & MOD Staff [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of 10 officers from the MOI and MOD scheduled for training. Post has reviewed the information available on this individual and has found no derogatory [...] | 2008-10-16 16:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2779 | Kunar Preparing for Influx of Refugees from Bajaur [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: An estimated 180 Afghan families living in Pakistan have fled into Afghanistan's Kunar province after Bajaur Agency issued an October 3 order directing all Afghans to leave within three days. Kunar Province's Dep [...] | 2008-10-17 03:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF ETRD EFIN AF PK TI |
08KABUL2780 | DUTCH PREPARE FOR CIVILIAN COMMAND OF URUZGAN PRT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch civilian staff embedded in the Task Force Uruzgan (TFU) and PRT was recently expanded to twelve officials in an effort to ensure civilian control over governance and development issues, and greater involvement in security matters. As of July 26, the senior Dutch civil [...] | 2008-10-18 08:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF TI |
08KABUL2782 | QAYUM KARZAI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS SAUDI [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Abdul Qayum Karzai described to the Ambassador the potential Saudi reconciliation process. He and Abdullah Anas developed the current initiative a year ago and secured Taliban engagement through Anas' connection to Mullah Abdul Salam Zaif (former Taliban Ambassador to P [...] | 2008-10-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AF |
08KABUL2783 | MORE ACTION, LESS TALK NEEDED FROM URUZGAN [...] (C) Summary: The PRT conveyed to Uruzgan Governor Hamdam in explicit terms that his position as governor remained extremely tenuous, given his weak standing among key tribal elders on security and corruption issues, former governor Jan Mohammad Khan,s (JMK) renewed efforts to return to his old [...] | 2008-10-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2785 | ATTA RAISES SPECTER OF INSECURITY IN NORTH [...] (U) Summary: In his remarks at an International Peace Day event, Balkh Governor Atta Mohammed Noor predicted greater insecurity in the northern provinces within a year's time if the north does not receive its share of development projects and if there continues to be what he deems a lack of coo [...] | 2008-10-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN SNAR AF TI |
08KABUL2796 | WESTERN AFGHANISTAN WOMEN TRY OUT SHURAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Life in Western Afghanistan remains difficult for women, particularly in rural and insecure areas. NGOs and government agencies report that families continue to force women and girls into marriages and to otherwise subject them to physical and emotional abuse. Women and girls co [...] | 2008-10-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOL PREL PHUM AF |
08KABUL2797 | AFGHAN OFFICIALS AIR CONCERNS TO SIGAR ON USAGE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Arnold Fields heard two common themes during meetings with the GIRoA Auditor General and senior Afghan MOD and MOI officials: A) that there is insufficient coordination between Afghanistan and the Donor Community, inc [...] | 2008-10-20 02:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWAC AF |
08KABUL28 | Afghanistan Aids Pakistanis Fleeing Kurram Violence [...] (U) Afghan media reported January 2 that President Karzai had ordered an inter-ministerial humanitarian needs assessment in anticipation of more Pakistani refugees fleeing Sunni-Shia fighting in Kurram Agency. The Minister of Refugees and Repatriation is leading an assessment team to the Terza [...] | 2008-01-03 03:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM PK AF |
08KABUL2810 | 3RD AFGHANISTAN TIFA TALKS POSITIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8, U.S. and Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) delegations led by USTR Assistant Secretary for South Asia Michael Delaney and Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Mohammed Amin Farhang met in Kabul for the third round of Trade and Investment [...] | 2008-10-21 06:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV EAID AF PK |
08KABUL2821 | INSURGENTS THWART WFP'S AID DELIVERY TO JAWAND [...] (C) Summary. From October 10 to October 13, Spanish ISAF soldiers from PRT Qal-e-Now, along with Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF),escorted a 25-truck convoy with approximately 300 tons of World Food Program (WFP) and Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) food aid over mountainous and insecure [...] | 2008-10-22 03:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2827 | MINERALS ABOUND IN AFGHANISTAN, AN UPDATE ON THE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A viable engine of economic growth, the mineral sector in Afghanistan is striving for advancement step by step. At times, Afghanistan's steps are firm, promoting modernization, other times they are wobbly or haphazard, resulting in retraction. In recent months, Afghanistan rec [...] | 2008-10-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID EINV PGOV AF |
08KABUL2832 | ELECTION POLITICS AT PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Daoud Ali Najafi, Chief Technical Officer at the Independent Election Commission (IEC),appeared before the leadership of the legislature on October 19 to calm the recent controversy there over the fall 2009 time frame for presidential and provincial council elections. The recent fla [...] | 2008-10-22 13:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2833 | IC REVIEWS INTERIM APPROACH TO KAMBAKHSH CASE [...] (C) Afghan and international media widely reported that the Kabul appellate court on October 21 sentenced Sayad Parwez Kambakhsh to 20 years of imprisonment, vice an earlier sentence of death, for distributing literature found by a local court to be offensive to Islam (REF A.) On the margin [...] | 2008-10-23 04:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM AF |
08KABUL2837 | THREE CHANGES IN CABINET FORESHADOW MORE TO COME [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's Lower House overwhelmingly approved three of four nominees involved in President Karzai's much-anticipated Cabinet shuffle this week, moving forward on what many in the international community are hoping is a renewed focus fighting corruption and improvi [...] | 2008-10-24 01:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2838 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In October 15-16 meetings with visiting DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, representatives from the Afghan Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),NATO, UNDP, the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the International Republican Institute (IRI),and the International Foundation for Elec [...] | 2008-10-25 08:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AF |
08KABUL2839 | ISAF AND PAKISTAN MILITARY AGREE TO BEGIN PLANNING [...] (S) Summary: At a Border Security Subcommittee Meeting (BSSM) on October 18, Pakistani Army and Frontier Corps, ISAF, Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan Border Police (ABP) commanders agreed to begin planning coordinated offensive operations designed to deny safe haven to insurgents on ei [...] | 2008-10-25 09:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | MOPS PREL PGOV AF PK PTER |
08KABUL2840 | PARWAN PROVINCE: GOVERNANCE, ELECTIONS, SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Parwan, one of two provinces that form the northern gateway to Kabul, is relatively free of violence and poppy but remains woefully lacking in development and economic growth due to a lack of human capacity. Governor Taqwa prioritizes development efforts in Charikar, the prov [...] | 2008-10-25 10:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2841 | BORDER SECURITY MEETING ADDRESSES CONTENTIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Senior Afghan and Pakistani military officers addressed disputes over border outposts at the Border Security Subcommittee Meeting (BSSM) on October 18. While these are minor disputes engendered by the poorly demarcated frontier, in some instances, they have degenerated to the po [...] | 2008-10-26 03:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV AF PK PTER |
08KABUL2842 | IMPROVING OPERATIONAL COORDINATION WITH PAK-MIL [...] (C) Summary. Combined Task Force Currahee leadership held a Border Flag Meeting with Pakistani Military (Pak-Mil) officials in southern Paktika province as part of an ongoing process to enhance dialogue between the forces along the border, build trust and improve the flow of information and c [...] | 2008-10-26 06:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2850 | THE PARTY YOU ARE TRYING TO REACH IS UNAVAILABLE - [...] SUMMARY: On October 21, Ghazni,s cell phone network shut down in response to Taliban threats. As of October 25 the phones remain nonfunctional despite Ghazni Governor Mohammad Usman Usmani,s jailing of two local phone company executives and his promises to have the networks up and running aga [...] | 2008-10-26 11:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER AF |
08KABUL2851 | NURISTAN:INSECURITY IN NEIGHBORING DISTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bargi Matal,s district administrator, Mohammed Ishmael, and local leaders described security in their district as stable, and identified security in neighboring Kamdish district as their principal concern. The chief request from Ishmael and Bargi Matal elders was for the PRT to [...] | 2008-10-26 12:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2856 | DOSTUM RECONCILES WITH RIVAL, TIPS HAT TO KARZAI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum apparently reconciled with adversary Akbar Bai Oct. 26, opening the door for his return to public life and jeopardizing efforts to reform his Junbesh-e-Milli party and lock the notorious Uzbek warlord out of Afghan politics. After several months of hous [...] | 2008-10-27 08:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2860 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD/MOI STAFF [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of thirty-two (32)MOD and MoI officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Pos [...] | 2008-10-27 10:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2863 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FDD-LAW CYCLE 5 STUDENTS FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of thirty (30) Afghan nationals selected to be students in FDD-Law Cycle 5. When there are individuals with one name, Post has made a good fai [...] | 2008-10-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2864 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FDD-LAW CYCLE 5 STUDENTS FOR HERAT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-six (26) Afghan nationals selected to be students in FDD-Law Cycle 4. When there are individuals with one name, Post has made a good [...] | 2008-10-27 11:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2865 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL JUSTICE SYSTEM SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of thirty-four(34) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Justice System Support Program (JSSP). When there are individuals with on [...] | 2008-10-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2866 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ADDITIONAL INL CANDIDATE FOR AGO PSD [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one(1) additional Afghan national selected to participate in INL Personal Security Detail training for the Attorney General's Office. When [...] | 2008-10-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2887 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: POLICE OFFICERS FOR ATA VIP COURSE [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of sixteen 16 police officers scheduled to attend an ATA VIP course from December 10 2008 to January 12, 2009 at Camp Watan, Afghanistan. Post has rev [...] | 2008-10-28 05:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2889 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: STUDENTS FOR ATA SD COURSE [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of twenty-four (24) students scheduled to attend an ATA Surveillance Detection course from November 25 to December 16, 2008. Post has reviewed the inf [...] | 2008-10-28 10:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2896 | AGAINST THE ODDS, VOTER REGISTRATION UNDERWAY IN [...] (SBU) Delayed in starting and still struggling across difficult terrain, Nuristan's voter registration process is nonetheless underway and going better than many observers expected. ------------------ FROM HERE TO THERE ------------------ 2. (SBU) Splayed across the jagged teeth of [...] | 2008-10-29 12:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2897 | POLL SHOWS VOTERS UPBEAT ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The Asia Foundation on October 28 published its fourth annual nationwide survey of Afghan public opinion. Media coverage has focused on the finding that security is the main reason for greater overall pessimism among Afghans; while a plurality of 38 percent of believe the country is mov [...] | 2008-10-29 12:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2903 | GHAZNI GOVERNOR ON OCTOBER 25 KILLING OF CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Mohammad Usmani, the Governor of troubled Ghazni province, is struggling to manage fallout from an October 25 incident in Qarabagh district. Allegedly, U.S. forces accidentally killed 22 Afghans, at least nine of whom were private security employees on duty at two long-establ [...] | 2008-10-30 12:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF |
08KABUL2909 | A MORE HANDS-ON APPROACH TO PARLIAMENT RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After some confusion at the Ministry for Parliamentary Affairs following the transfer of former chief Farooq Wardak to the Ministry of Education and the reluctance of a named successor to accept the job, the office's deputy has taken charge indefinitely, with hopes of dedicating [...] | 2008-11-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2913 | UNITED NATIONAL FRONT NEITHER UNITED NOR NATIONAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. The United (National) Front, the main political opposition to President Karzai in Parliament and the upcoming presidential election campaign, has attempted to present itself as a unified coalition of pan-ethnic and pan-regional political parties committed to opposing a second [...] | 2008-11-02 06:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2914 | ELECTION SECURITY COOPERATION IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: Cooperation on voter registration security among the Independent Election Commission (IEC),the Ministry of Interior (MOI),and the Ministry of Defense (MOD) is much improved over its early stumbles (REF A) and the fractious planning of the late summer (REF B.) The security fo [...] | 2008-11-02 07:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2932 | AFGHAN REPUBLICAN PARTY EMBRACES KARZAI'S AGENDA [...] The Afghan Republican Party celebrated its 10-year anniversary this week with a national conference in Kabul, where party leaders made it clear they intend to serve among President Karzai's most reliable supporters in next year's election even though Karzai has said he does not intend to form, [...] | 2008-11-04 10:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV AF |
08KABUL2933 | AFGAN-PAKISTAN-TURKEY MEETING - GOOD SPIRIT, SHORT [...] (C) On 11/3, the Ambassador called separately on Presidential Chief of Staff Mohammad Daudzai and NSA Zalmay Rassoul. The 10/31 Karzai-PM Gailani-President Gul trilateral and the Karzai-Gailani bilateral were long on positive atmosphere, and short on substance. Gailani told Karzai that Pakist [...] | 2008-11-04 12:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2937 | IDLG GOVERNOR'S ADVISORS PROGRAM IN URUZGAN: A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) dispatched nine advisors to Uruzgan Province in a direct response to Governor Hamdam's call for help as he undertook to coordinate the work of insubordinate and unqualified department directors. The advisors are part of an [...] | 2008-11-05 09:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF |
08KABUL2938 | Indian and Pakistani Consulates Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian and Pakistani Consulates watch each others' activities carefully in Herat, while reaching out to Heratis in the medical area, in particular. The Indian Consul follows closely the progress of construction of the Indian-funded, 200-240 million dollar, 42-megawatt Salma dam [...] | 2008-11-05 09:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF TI |
08KABUL2939 | FIRST PHASE OF VOTER REGISTRATION WRAPS UP WELL [...] (SBU) Phase 1 of the voter registration update for the 14 central highland provinces reached its official end date on November 5 with 828,708 voters -- and counting -- added to the rolls (REF A). Nuristan province and selected districts in Ghazni, Wardak, and Logar will remain open until mid [...] | 2008-11-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2940 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DS FSNI TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one officer scheduled to attend a DS FSNI Training course from December 2, 2008 to December 10. Post has reviewed the information available on these [...] | 2008-11-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2942 | PHASE 2 VOTER REGISTRATION OFF TO A GOOD START [...] (SBU) Phase 2 voter registration for the eight northern provinces and Paktya and Kabul provinces began November 5. The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) reported that 322 of the 326 Phase 2 sites are open. Delays in delivery of supplies prevented four sites in remote areas of Badghis p [...] | 2008-11-06 10:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL2943 | FM SPANTA: EIDE THREAT TO RESIGN, KIDNAPPED AFGHAN [...] (C) FM Spanta told the Ambassador at their 11/5 meeting that: (1) Kai Eide told the Afghan UN Perm Rep that he was considering resigning in frustration. The Ambassador and Spanta are urging Eide not to do so. (2) Spanta sought U.S. help in finding the Afghan diplomat kidnapped in Pakistan. S [...] | 2008-11-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL2963 | AFGHANS NERVOUSLY EYE RECONCILIATION TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghan political leaders and ordinary citizens are following reports of reconciliation talks with Taliban representatives with great interest and, in many cases, significant trepidation. A number of individuals who assume USG involvement, have approached us at many levels to [...] | 2008-11-09 04:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV AF SA |
08KABUL2964 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD, MOI Staff [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of two (2) MOD and MOI staff. Post has reviewed the information available on this individual and has found no derogatory information. Post requests D [...] | 2008-11-09 09:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2967 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD, MOI Staff - Cable Revised to [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Lahy vetting requirements, this cable forwardsthe name and biodata of two (2) MOD and MOI staff. Post has reviewed the information available on this individual and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Dep [...] | 2008-11-09 09:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL2968 | HOW PAKISTAN'S ECONOMIC TROUBLES AFFECT AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Afghan exporters are complaining about the impact of depreciation of the Pakistani rupee on their bottom lines. Meanwhile, Afghan importers are taking advantage of the same situation, reportedly stocking up on imported goods to sell later if/when domestic prices rise. Pakistan' [...] | 2008-11-09 09:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AF PK |
08KABUL2969 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF PROSECUTORS FOR NEW [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of seven (31) Afghan nationals selected for training for the new Anti-Corruption Unit in the Government of Afghanistan. The training will be conduc [...] | 2008-11-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL297 | UPDATE: NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT KABUL, [...] This to update the Department on Post's alert of February 2 regarding the report by the Afghan National Police Coordination Center (NPCC) of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) seizure of two bottles of uranium. Following further inspection of the bottle, an NDS liaison officer [...] | 2008-02-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR AF |
08KABUL2970 | The Details of Evolving the PRT Model in Afghanistan [...] (SBU) Summary. Reftel lays out the Mission's ideas for evolving the PRT model in Afghanistan and expanding our civilian support for Operation Enduring Freedom. This message provides a more in-depth look at the structures outlined in Kabul 2784, detailing the new initiatives and tailored grow [...] | 2008-11-10 04:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF MOPS KDEM PINS |
08KABUL2972 | HEZB-E-ISLAMI ON VOTER REGISTRATION, IRAN CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan is continuing to organize a nation-wide political movement and distance itself from its origins as a mujahideen military force under the leadership of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The party has organized members in half of the country's provinces, but recent [...] | 2008-11-11 02:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KDEM PGOV PTER AF IR |
08KABUL2977 | AFGHAN MINISTER OF TRANSPORT SACKED AMID ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) In a November 10 cabinet meeting, President Karzai abruptly dismissed Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) Hamidullah Qaderi on the charge that Qaderi had mishandled preparations for 2008 Hajj travel. Hajj flights from Afghan cities were to begin November 8. However, the Sa [...] | 2008-11-11 04:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV PHUM AF |
08KABUL2978 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES: U.S. COMMITTED TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: In October 15-16 meetings with visiting DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, representatives from media outlets, Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA),Parliament, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC),Equal Access, Afghan Landmine Survivors' Organization (ALSO),and The As [...] | 2008-11-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAO AFIN |
08KABUL298 | PAKTIKA SUPER SHURA IS A SUPER SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: District shura and government leaders from throughout Paktika province met in the provincial capital, Sharana, for three days in a "super shura" (gathering of elders). The shura was a huge success with a large number of attendees from diverse backgrounds, energetic debates, and c [...] | 2008-02-06 03:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS AF |
08KABUL2980 | ATIQULLAH LUDIN APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF LOGAR [...] (U) On October 23 former Mujahedin commander LTG Atiqullah Ludin took up his duties as the new governor of Logar Province just south of Kabul. He replaced Abdullah Wardak, who was killed in an insurgent attack on September 13. In his initial address to Logar residents and officials, Ludin [...] | 2008-11-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL2981 | ZARAR LEAVES MIXED LEGACY AT MOI; ATMAR GETS OFF [...] (C) Summary. In the cabinet reshuffle of October 11, President Karzai replaced Minister of Interior Moqbal Zarar with Minister of Education Mohammad Hanif Atmar. While Zarar was a willing partner with the U.S. and succeeded in making (largely unacknowledged) initial organizational changes and [...] | 2008-11-12 12:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | AFIN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KABUL2986 | RC South: Dutch PRT Overview [...] (U) Summary. Dutch Embassy representatives gave ISAF's PRT Working Group Secretariat an overview of the Dutch Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Uruzgan province. The Dutch Embassy is unsure of the effects of its expiring mandate to lead the PRT, noting that its PRT will become civilian [...] | 2008-11-13 03:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF TI |
08KABUL2987 | PARLIAMENT ASKS FOR ROLE IN RECONCILIATION TALKS [...] (U) Members of Parliament are calling for a formal role in ongoing reconciliation talks in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Farooq Wardak, recently appointed education minister and a key player in the Afghan-Pakistani peace jirgas, appeared before Parliament's Lower House Nov. 12 to explain the gove [...] | 2008-11-13 04:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL3006 | FM SPANTA, NSC DIRECTOR RASSOUL DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) In Kabul on November 8, Assistant Secretary Boucher met separately with Foreign Minister Spanta, National Security Council Director Rassoul, and Presidential Chief of Staff Daudzai to focus on improving governance and fighting corruption as the U.S. goes through the transition and Afgh [...] | 2008-11-17 04:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL3007 | IEC LEADERSHIP'S POLITICAL TO-DO LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: The technical experts of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) have flagged five thorny issues for decision by their superiors. Chief Technical Officer Daoud Ali Najafi has asked the seven Commissioners, led by Dr. Azizullah Lodin (REF A) to issue guidance on: selecting an [...] | 2008-11-17 04:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3008 | FM SPANTA, NSC DIRECTOR RASSOUL DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) In Kabul on November 8, Assistant Secretary Boucher met separately with Foreign Minister Spanta, National Security Council Director Rassoul, and Presidential Chief of Staff Daudzai to focus on improving governance and fighting corruption as the U.S. goes through the transition and Afgh [...] | 2008-11-17 04:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL3009 | IEC LEADERSHIP'S POLITICAL TO-DO LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: The technical experts of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) have flagged five thorny issues for decision by their superiors. Chief Technical Officer Daoud Ali Najafi has asked the seven Commissioners, led by Dr. Azizullah Lodin (REF A) to issue guidance on: selecting an [...] | 2008-11-17 04:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3011 | KAM AIR OWNER CITES KIDNAPPINGS, TAX BURDEN AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 22 meeting with Econoff, the president of Kam Air, Afghanistan's most successful private airline, Mr. Zamarai Kamgar lamented the worsening security climate in Kabul for businessmen, noting the increase in kidnappings of close relatives of high-profile figures. Kam [...] | 2008-11-17 10:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD AF |
08KABUL3012 | PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES OPTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of Parliament continue to debate the timing for next year's presidential election, many of them for political motives. Caught between certain legal provisions to hold the election as soon as March and the reality of logistical and climate challenges to doing so, MPs h [...] | 2008-11-18 03:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3013 | KARZAI BUOYANT AFTER INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE SESSION; [...] (S) Although light in substance, Karzai was pleased with his 11/13 trilateral meeting with King Abdullah and President Zardari, on the margins of the Saudi-sponsored Interfaith Dialogue at UNGA. Karzai welcomed King Abdullah,s concern about the situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and his [...] | 2008-11-18 06:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER AF |
08KABUL3015 | AFGHANISTAN TO CONSIDER U.S. REQUEST ON THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 12:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3019 | AFGHANISTAN'S HAJ FLIGHT WOES PERSIST [...] (SBU) The difficulties in airlifting Afghan Haj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia that led to the dismissal of the last Transport Minister (reftel) are continuing. More than a week after Haj flights were to have begun, only about 900 of the 30,000 Afghans who have paid to make the Haj have actually tak [...] | 2008-11-18 14:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON AF |
08KABUL3020 | LEARNING LESSONS, LOOKING AHEAD ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: As noted reftel, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Afghan security forces continue to improve their cooperation on voter registration security. In the wake of an attack on completed voter registration materials in Wardak province, representatives from the IEC, [...] | 2008-11-19 06:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3025 | KUNDUZ GOVERNOR NERVOUS AS SECURITY TRENDS NEGATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the violence in Kunduz Province has not reached levels found elsewhere in Afghanistan, security incidents are on the rise. Increasingly organized and deadly insurgent attacks throughout the summer and autumn have frayed the nerves of officials in Kunduz Province. Regu [...] | 2008-11-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF |
08KABUL3026 | URUZGAN GOVERNOR PROMISES TO TAKE ON THRIVING POPPY [...] (SBU) Summary: Uruzgan Governor Hamdam has vowed to reduce poppy cultivation in his province by 25 percent this season. Hamdam told the Deputy Minister of Counter Narcotics he planned to create a comprehensive CN strategy with goals in public awareness, alternative livelihood and eradication [...] | 2008-11-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR AF |
08KABUL3027 | DECLINING SECURITY MIGHT SPELL THE END TO HERAT GOVERNOR'S [...] (U) Summary: Following two years of declining security and repeated kidnappings in and around the city of Herat, Governor Anwari's days may be numbered. Responding to citizens' demands and after the President's receipt of a report from a high-level investigating delegation from Kabul, the Min [...] | 2008-11-20 13:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF |
08KABUL3028 | DOSTUM'S VOTER REGISTRATION APPEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Junbesh party founder General Abdul Rashid Dostum has appealed to all Afghans to register to vote in the 2009 elections. In particular, he calls upon mullahs to encourage women to vote and asks businessmen to provide transportation to voter registration centers for people living [...] | 2008-11-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF |
08KABUL303 | UZBEK WARLORD DOSTUM TANGLES WITH POLICE, SNUBS [...] (C) Armed supporters of Uzbek strongman Abdul Rashid Dostum abducted political rival Akbar Bay and brutally beat him at Dostum's Kabul residence on February 2. The standoff that ensued between Dostum's supporters and police sent to the scene ended with with Bay's release and a police withdraw [...] | 2008-02-06 05:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3030 | POLITICAL AND SECURITY SITUATION IN HELMAND: [...] (C) President Karzai is willing to consider a combined ISAF-ANA (with key roles for the U.S. and UK) security plan to improve stability in Helmand, but is convinced reinstating Sher Mohammad Akhunzada (SMA) as governor is the best way to achieve stability (and bring out votes in next year,s electio [...] | 2008-11-22 10:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AF |
08KABUL3031 | RABBANI DISTRUSTS KARZAI ON RECONCILIATION, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On Nov. 18, Former President Burhanuddin Rabbani told the Ambassador he distrusted President Karzai's reconciliation talks with the Taliban and proposals to arm tribal militias. Rabbani said many non-Pashtuns suspect Karzai is pursuing a strategy that sets Pashtuns against the [...] | 2008-11-22 12:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AF |
08KABUL3032 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING FOR MOD AND PPS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) Afghan nationals selected for MOD and PPS training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Depart [...] | 2008-11-23 08:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL3036 | DISCUSSIONS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan officials appear eager to implement the country's new anti-trafficking law, but the level of conceptual clarity on the definition of trafficking differed among government officials. Judicial delay, corruption, and weak coordination remain obstacles to effectively punishing [...] | 2008-11-24 10:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KTIP AF |
08KABUL306 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidates for the Command and [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two (2) Afghan Nationals selected for training at the Command and Staff College. Post possesses no derogatory information on these i [...] | 2008-02-06 08:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL3062 | VIEW FROM THE NORTH: KUNDUZ WOMEN NAVIGATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women in Kunduz Province face problems common throughout the country including illiteracy and violence. However, many Kunduz women are free to work, are much less covered in public than in other areas of the country, and express satisfaction with the Afghan government. The are [...] | 2008-11-24 12:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOL PREL PHUM AF KTIP |
08KABUL3063 | FM SPANTA: MORE HIGH-LEVEL PAKISTAN MEETINGS; [...] (C) Pakistan President Zardari will visit Kabul soon. Karzai and Zardari are scheduled to meet President Gul in Istanbul on 12/5 as a continuation of that trilateral process. Spanta briefed on the 11/17 Cabinet decision to send to Washington the Government,s proposal on a bilateral technical [...] | 2008-11-24 13:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL3084 | UNITED FRONT RETHINKS CAMPAIGN STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Senior United Front leaders have de-emphasized their search for a candidate in next year's presidential election and turned to building "national unity," a possible sign they anticipate a Pashtun victory and seek a greater role in national security issues under the next admini [...] | 2008-11-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF |
08KABUL3085 | AFGHANISTAN: UPDATE ON ENERGY PROJECTS - FUEL SHORTAGE AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Lackluster progress and recent setbacks in the energy sector underscore the difficulties of working in Afghanistan. In particular, critical lack of Afghan government planning and possible corruption, combined with very limited discretionary resources and competing demands, have [...] | 2008-11-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL3086 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN JOINT ECONOMIC COMMISSION MEETING, [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Economic Commission (JEC) focused on the many trade, trucking, and transit issues that bedevil the Pak-Afghan bilateral economic relationship. The two sides agreed to set up three new working groups to deal with these irritants. One aims to negotiate a new Afghanista [...] | 2008-11-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ETRA PREL ECIN EAID AF PK |
08KABUL3087 | GOOD SECURITY ALLOWS PANJSHIR TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE [...] Summary. Panjshir province has become a model for "clean" energy, with virtually 100 percent of electricity coming from renewable sources. Recent projects include Afghanistan's first wind farm providing power for the provincial government center, multiple micro hydro-electric systems, and sol [...] | 2008-12-01 04:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SGNV ENRG PGOV AF |
08KABUL3088 | AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR WOOD'S MEETING WITH THE AFGHAN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wood met November 23 with leaders of the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) for the first time since its reorganization. He underscored the central role Afghanistan's private sector must play in long-term, sustainable development and urged ACCI to become a [...] | 2008-12-01 04:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND AF |
08KABUL3089 | ATMAR LEADS DONORS TO FUNDING DECISIONS ON ANP [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 18, in Minister Atmar's first LOTFA Steering Committee meeting, he steered the group to decisions to fund an increase to ANP salaries, initiate a pilot project to test incentive pay in targeted medium- and high-threat ANP districts, reach a settlement on how to handl [...] | 2008-12-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS AFIN AF |
08KABUL3096 | CROSS-BORDER CALL FOR HELP -- KURRAM AGENCY PASHTUNS AND THEIR AFGHAN BROTHERS SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM THE AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 06:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
08KABUL3097 | OLD GUARD HAZARA POLITICOS RESIST GRASSROOTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's Hazara minority remains entrenched with the same political parties and leadership that have guided the ethnic group for the past 15 years. A handful of elder statesmen and warlords lead these parties, which are a legacy of the predominately Shia Hazaras' refuge [...] | 2008-12-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF |
08KABUL310 | EMBASSY ACTION ON KAMBAKHSH DEATH SENTENCE CASE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Kabul has met with the brother of Sayad Parwez Kambakhsh, whose death sentence for distributing literature found by alocal court to be offensive to Islam is on appal (Ref). The Ambassador has communicated to senior Afghan officials U.S. concerns about the constitutionalit [...] | 2008-02-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM AF |
08KABUL3104 | DOSTUM LEAVES FOR TURKEY [...] (SBU) Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum departed Afghanistan for Turkey this week, following a reconciliation ceremony last month with a political rival and a brief, but notable return to public life (ref A). Dostum had been living under a loose form of house arrest after a violent altercation in Febru [...] | 2008-12-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF TU |
08KABUL3106 | OLD AND NEW RUB TOGETHER IN VOTER REGISTRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The dry, spare southeastern province of Paktya, bordering on Pakistan, retains a solid social framework of Pashtun tribes and traditional values. Its inhabitants are also eager to win their fair share of political representation and development dollars in the new order. As t [...] | 2008-12-03 03:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3111 | DECLARED AND LIKELY AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Provided below, for addressees reference, is an update to reftel from June on declared and likely presidential candidates, with ethnicity in parentheses. Addressees should take care when dealing with those listed not to convey the misimpression of USG endorsement of a particular candidac [...] | 2008-12-03 10:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL3122 | IEC ENGAGES WOMEN MPS [...] With the Embassy and international NGOs as brokers, the Independent Election Commission held a consultative session this week with women MPs to discuss how to increase participation of women in the voter registration process. Although more than 2.5 million Afghans have registered under the cur [...] | 2008-12-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL316 | PAKTIKA PROVINCE: ISOLATION AND POOR SECURITY MAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paktika Province is widely perceived as an undeveloped and insecure Afghan hinterland. This perception is largely accurate, though centers of development and governance are emerging in key populated centers. The key challenge for Paktika is the near total absence of trained pr [...] | 2008-02-07 06:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF |
08KABUL3174 | NOT AFRAID: AFGHAN WOMEN LEADERS, ROLE MODELS, AND [...] (U) An impressive sampling of Afghan women leaders attended a December 4 human rights and gender violence seminar, jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Interior and the US Embassy. International media coverage focused on quotes about increasing threats to women in public life. The participan [...] | 2008-12-08 07:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3175 | NATO SECGEN VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN, NOVEMBER 26 - [...] (SBU) Summary: NATO Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer followed a shortened schedule during his November 26-27 visit to Afghanistan but achieved his substantive purposes. He met with President Karzai and other senior Afghan leaders, UNAMA head Kai Eide, and a visiting UN Security [...] | 2008-12-08 09:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV NATO AF |
08KABUL3176 | SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 10-11, 2008 VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit to Afghanistan. The overall state of the security situation here is more nuanced than the negative drumbeat coming from the media. Steady advances in success by Coalition and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) do not grab the headlines that a spectac [...] | 2008-12-09 03:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER AFIN |
08KABUL3177 | PRACTICING DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) As election season opens in Afghanistan, voters and politicians alike are demonstrating a stubborn enthusiasm for the still-new practice of democracy. The national mood feels dour, reflecting widespread criticism of the weaknesses of the Karzai government; frustration at the rise in ki [...] | 2008-12-09 05:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3182 | SPEAKER QANOONI: BALL IS IN KARZAI'S COURT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker Yunis Qanooni repeatedly claimed he had no particular position on the election debate issue and was flexible on timing, but could not resolve the problem on his own given the strong feelings of fellow parliamentarians. These [...] | 2008-12-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3183 | AFGHANISTAN: WHAT'S REQUIRED TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOOD [...] (SBU) Alternative livelihood programs are a key item in the counter-narcotics toolbox, but no one would contend that they are easy or always successful. Even in purely economic terms, poppy has some advantages that licit alternative crops do not enjoy. This message analyzes those advantages a [...] | 2008-12-09 13:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL ECON ETRD KCRM EAID EINV AF |
08KABUL3187 | AFGHAN LEADERS TELL AMB. KHALILZAD THEY ARE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. USUN Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad met with a broad array of Afghan political leaders, civil society activists, and government officials on the margins of his participation in a UN Security Council fact-finding mission to Afghanistan Nov. 24-27. He heard a common theme of growing pess [...] | 2008-12-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL AF |
08KABUL3190 | UNDERSTANDING IRREGULARITIES IN VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) By December 13, 24 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces will have completed the voter registration update exercise. To date, observed irregularities and partisan quibbles alike revolve around the politically-sensitive question of Pashtun participation. This dynamic makes Phases 3 and 4, in t [...] | 2008-12-11 08:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3191 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: USAID BASIC POLICE LITERACY IN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one-hundred (100) Afghan police selected for basic literacy training from USAID. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by Decemb [...] | 2008-12-11 13:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL3192 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF PROSECUTORS FOR NEW [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty-six (36) Afghan nationals selected for training for the presidential protective service. the new Anti-Corruption Unit in the Government o [...] | 2008-12-11 13:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL3193 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL KERRY TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes the visit of Senator Kerry and his delegation. The overall state of Afghanistan is more nuanced than the negative drumbeat coming from the media. Steady advances in security do not grab the headlines that a spectacular suicide attack does. Progress in d [...] | 2008-12-11 13:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3194 | Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group Established at [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Kabul has established an Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group (ICMAG) to begin a rigorous, systematic effort to better align the respective actions of USG agencies across the civilian and military lines of operation. This decision builds on efforts over the last y [...] | 2008-12-12 04:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF MOPS KDEM PINS KCRS |
08KABUL3195 | Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group Established at [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Kabul has established an Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group (ICMAG) to begin a rigorous, systematic effort to better align the respective actions of USG agencies across the civilian and military lines of operation. This decision builds on efforts over the last y [...] | 2008-12-12 04:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF MOPS KDEM PINS KCRS |
08KABUL3197 | THE ELECTORAL PROCESS FOR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On voting day in 2009, Afghans will choose not only a new president but new members of their provincial councils. At the same polling place, with the same voter registration card, Afghans will cast a separate ballot for between 9 and 24 provincial council representatives, according to [...] | 2008-12-14 04:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3198 | KARZAI URGES DEPUTY SECRETARY TO SUPPORT ZARDARI, [...] (C). In his 12/10 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, President Karzai urged the United States to give Pakistani President Zardari more political and economic backing to strengthen his hand in reforming the Pakistani military and intelligence services. Karzai welcomed the upcoming increase in [...] | 2008-12-14 06:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON AF |
08KABUL3206 | JCMB-X ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary. JCMB-X succeeded mainly in referring several agenda items to subsidiary bodies for further review. Members agreed to pass to a working group a UK-designed proposal to replace the Counter-Narcotics Trust Fund with a body that looks to Post too much like the CNTF. The Internatio [...] | 2008-12-14 12:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR AF |
08KABUL3207 | JCMB-X ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary. JCMB-X succeeded mainly in referring several agenda items to subsidiary bodies for further review. Members agreed to pass to a working group a UK-designed proposal to replace the Counter-Narcotics Trust Fund with a body that looks to Post too much like the CNTF. The Internatio [...] | 2008-12-14 12:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR AF |
08KABUL3208 | DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES GOVERNANCE WITH IDLG DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. At their December 11 meeting, Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) Director General Jelani Popal outlined to the Deputy Secretary the country's key sub-national governance challenges: governance capacity-building at the sub-national level, providing sub-national g [...] | 2008-12-15 04:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR AF |
08KABUL3211 | COMMERCE DEPMIN FARHADI ON WTO ACCESSION, ETC. [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Afghan Deputy Commerce Minister Farhadi says launching the WTO accession process is one of his highest priorities, but he expressed uncertainty about finalizing Afghanistan's Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime by year-end, citing capacity weakness at the ministry. H [...] | 2008-12-15 05:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAID EINV ENRG WTO AF PK |
08KABUL3215 | PHASE 3 VOTER REGISTRATION TAKES UP THE CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) reports that on December 13, the first day of Phase 3 voter registration, 123 of 124 planned voter registration sites opened. Some 7,000 Afghans in Farah, Zabul, Paktika, Khost, Nangarhar, and Laghman provinces signed up to vote, with turnout [...] | 2008-12-15 11:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3222 | AFGHANISTAN - ADDITIONAL FOOD AID NEEDED [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Recommendation. Total food aid from international donors, combined with the Afghan government's wheat purchases, adds up to only one-quarter of Afghanistan's wheat production shortfall estimated at 2.5 million metric tons this year. Commercial imports and smuggling wi [...] | 2008-12-16 08:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PGOV WFP AF |
08KABUL3227 | COURAGEOUS AFGHAN WOMEN LAWYERS, JUDGES, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The turnout of approximately 250 female lawyers, judges, and law professors from Kabul and from several northern provinces to a USAID- and INL-funded women's legal leadership workshop in Kabul from December 15-17 overwhelmed organizers. Over the course of the three days, the Afg [...] | 2008-12-18 11:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOL PREL PHUM AF |
08KABUL3228 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF PROSECUTORS FOR NEW [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty-four (24) Afghan nationals selected by the DEA for training for the National Intelligence Unit for the Government of Afghanistan. Post po [...] | 2008-12-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL323 | PRT LAGHMAN: NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAMS PREVENT [...] (S) Summary. Neighborhood watch programs proved successful in countering a spike in the use of IEDs in Laghman province. IED attacks rose sharply in Laghman province in 2007, resulting in a six-fold increase in casualties to Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). Insurgents used better equi [...] | 2008-02-07 13:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL MOPS AF |
08KABUL3237 | KARZAI URGES CODEL MCCAIN TO SUPPORT ZARDARI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Accompanied by the Charge d'Affaires, Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham dined with President Karzai at the Presidential Palace December 6. Flanked by many from his cabinet, including the Foreign and Defense Ministers, Karzai urged the Senators to secure strong U [...] | 2008-12-21 06:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM AF PK |
08KABUL3239 | GOVERNOR JAMALUDDIN: A NEW FACE WITH FEW RESOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nuristan,s newest governor, Jamaluddin Badr, was appointed in late November 2008, nearly three months after his predecessor,s untimely death (Reftel). Jamaluddin comes to the position with many proposals for improving security, governance, and development, but few resources from [...] | 2008-12-22 03:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
08KABUL324 | SUCCESSFUL WINTER COIN OPERATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN [...] (S) SUMMARY: The rigorous winter in southeastern Afghanistan is traditionally a period of relative inactivity in the conflict with insurgents. However, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and Coalition Forces (CF) in the RC-East Task Force Fury area of operations are conducting several op [...] | 2008-02-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL MOPS AF |
08KABUL3240 | PRT KUNDUZ - KUNDUZ CITY'S INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2001, a number of informal settlements have sprung up around the Kunduz City's old urban core. Made up of returnees, internally displaced persons (IDP) and people simply attracted to the opportunities in the big city, these settlements vary in the level of amenities and or [...] | 2008-12-23 03:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID AF |
08KABUL325 | Logar Province: Chromite Smuggling Undermines Afghan [...] (SBU) Summary: Logar Province's Governor, Provincial Council (PC),and Members of Parliament (MPs) decried the widespread smuggling of chromite (a mineral used in the manufacture of steel and chemicals) by Pakistani smuggling mafias. The officials have repeatedly raised the issue with Minister [...] | 2008-02-09 10:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EMIN PK AF |
08KABUL3276 | AFGHANISTAN GEMSTONE OUTLOOK IN 2009 AND BEYOND SHINES [...] (U) Summary. Worldwide demand for colored gemstones has increased in recent years. Such a development bodes well for Afghanistan, a land with an abundance of emeralds and rubies, two gemstones that rival diamonds in exclusivity and value. The gemstone industry in Afghanistan suffers from a l [...] | 2008-12-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL3277 | AFGHANISTAN: IMF MISSION GIVES DOWNBEAT ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) An IMF staff mission has conducted the fifth review of Afghan performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Fund (PRGF) program and found shortcomings. Their overall message was that GIRoA performance under the program, especially its fiscal aspects, is slipping and political-leve [...] | 2008-12-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID IMF PGOV AF |
08KABUL3280 | HANDICAPPING THE 2009 ELECTION: PASHTUNS AND [...] (C) Voter demographics, ethnic politics, and the electoral system together mean Afghanistan's next president almost certainly will be a Pashtun. For now, and for the forseeable future, President Karzai is the Pashtuns' candidate, and the 2009 election is his to lose. --------------------- [...] | 2008-12-23 13:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3286 | DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL FILIP VISITS KABUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip visited Kabul December 20-21 to meet with Attorney GeneralQs Office, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Interior officials. In the meetings, Attorney General Aloko expressed gratitude for the work of DOJ senior advisors and discussed secu [...] | 2008-12-27 11:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS AF |
08KABUL3287 | HIZB-E ISLAMI COURTS PAKTYA PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary. Although Paktya is not a traditional Hizb-e Islami (HIA) stronghold, the party is making inroads in the province. In its current guise as a constitutionally-respectful political movement, the party stokes Pashtun resentments against the current Afghan government, has established [...] | 2008-12-28 05:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL3290 | AFGHAN FINANCE, FOREIGN MINISTRIES SAY RECC STILL "TBD" [...] (SBU) Deputy Finance Minister Wahidullah Sharani (and now acting Minister of Commerce and Industry) said dates are "still under consideration" for the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC),and the jury is out on just when Kabul might commit to a specific time or venue. Sharani's res [...] | 2008-12-28 10:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAID EFIN AF |
08KABUL3294 | URUZGAN PREPRARES FOR A SUCCESSFUL VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: With less than one month until the January 20 kick-off of the Phase IV voter registration period, Uruzgan election and ANSF officials are making steady progress in planning for a campaign that could lead to at least 100,000 new voters. The veteran Provincial Elections Officer h [...] | 2008-12-28 12:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF |
08KABUL3296 | TWO ELECTION WORKERS SUPERFICIALLY WOUNDED IN [...] (SBU) As reported in international media, a suicide bomber on December 28 detonated an explosives-packed vehicle at an Afghan security forces checkpoint outside the district center in Manduzai district in Khost province. Press reports indicate police stopped the bomber before he reached his [...] | 2008-12-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL3322 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ONSC PPS TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one (1) Afghan national selected for training for the presidential protective service. Post possesses no derogatory information on this individu [...] | 2008-12-29 13:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL3325 | MOI ATMAR - IMAGE VERSUS REALITY IN A MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary. President Karzai appointed Mohammad Hanif Atmar as Minister of Interior (MOI) in mid-October. He charged Atmar with showing progress on a very narrow range of political goals within a tight timeframe. That narrow list of security priorities has now multiplied as Atmar realizes [...] | 2008-12-30 03:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AFIN AF |
08KABUL3332 | TAGAB STABILITY INITIATIVE PROGRESSING SLOWLY [...] (U) UNAMA and the PRT continue to work with the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),USAID, and local leaders to ensure success in the creation of the Afghan Social Outreach Program (ASOP) shura in Tagab, Kapisa. Local figures are already vying for leadership positions in the [...] | 2008-12-30 06:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF KDEM |
08KABUL3333 | BIOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND INFO ON GOVERNOR USMANI [...] Dr. Mohammad Usman Usmani was sworn in as Governor of Ghazni on May 31, 2008. A Durrani Pashtun of the Alokozai sub-tribe, he was born in Daman District of Kandahar province in 1968. Usmani is a medical doctor and a 1999 graduate of Kandahar University. He joined Mir Wais Hospital in 2000 [...] | 2008-12-30 06:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR AF |
08KABUL3334 | AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND (ARTF) [...] At the December 17 Quarterly Donors meeting, the Afghan government met with donors to discuss the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF). The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) and the ARTF donors approved a proposal to reform the Recurrent Cost Window of the ART [...] | 2008-12-30 07:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON AF FAS |
08KABUL3342 | AFGHAN MINISTRY OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS: NOT SPEAKING [...] (SBU) Civil society actors largely agree the Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA) is a weak advocate for Afghan women. The Ministry receives one of the smallest budgets of all Afghan ministries, and four women have rotated through as Minister over the past seven years. MOWA leadership envisions [...] | 2008-12-31 12:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOL PREL PHUM AF |
08KABUL346 | AFGHAN VIEWS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wood on January 31 raised the cluster munitions (CM) issue with President Karzai and National Security Advisor Rassoul, who said the Afghan government would not take any steps that would damage the U.S.-Afghan security relationship. Foreign Minister Spanta told the Am [...] | 2008-02-12 12:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MPS PARM PREL AF |
08KABUL348 | NANGARHAR OFFICIALS PITCH DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai told CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon that projects to bring electricity to the province, including irrigation dams with micro-hydro generators along Nangarhar's southern mountains, would increase security. He said short-term supply [...] | 2008-02-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF |
08KABUL349 | EASTERN AFGHANISTAN GOVERNORS DISCUSS REGION'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The governors of four eastern Afghan provinces decided at a conference in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, that they will work together to help eastern Afghanistan. The governors claimed they are making progress on governance, development, security and counter-narcotics, but that t [...] | 2008-02-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF |
08KABUL350 | THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT DEBATE ELECTION [...] (SBU) The law and calendar for the 2009/10 elections have erupted onto the top tier of the Afghan political agenda in the past week following debates in both houses of parliament and a flurry of meetings involving the three branches of government. President Karzai privately convened influentia [...] | 2008-02-12 13:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL361 | 2007 LIST AND STATUS OF LEGISLATION CONSIDERED BY [...] (SBU) The second annual session of the Afghan Parliament (ended in December 2007) was politically contentious but nevertheless produced significant legislation. The Parliament sent 14 bills to President Karzai for his signature. Political strains between Parliament and the Palace were reflec [...] | 2008-02-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL388 | AF - Request for input for New Required Reports to Congress [...] (U) The following is Embassy Kabul's response to Reftel, which requests input for 2 new reports to Congress on energy. Paragraph 2 offers a brief overview of the energy situation in Afghanistan and U.S. objectives. Paragraphs 3,4,5 and 6 contain the Embassy's responses to questions A, B, C an [...] | 2008-02-18 06:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL398 | COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS AND THE FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development's (MRRD) National Solidarity Program (NSP) is an Afghan success story, fostering local development through Community Development Councils (CDCs),including in some of the most insecure parts of the country. The Ministry proposed trans [...] | 2008-02-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL399 | TURKS WANT DOSTUM TO STAY QUIET IN THE NORTH, [...] (C) Turkish Ambassador to Afghanistan Ethem Tokdemir conveyed to the Ambassador February 14 his government´s intention to encourage the Afghan Government to permit Dostum to return quietly to the north. Tokdemir passed a copy of his talking points cautioning against actions leading to instabilit [...] | 2008-02-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL405 | AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS INDEPENDENCE OF KOSOVO [...] (U) On February 18, the Afghan Foreign Ministry released the following statement in English on their official website in support of the independence of Kosovo: BEGIN TEXT: The Statement of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on the Recognition of Independence of Kosovo Released on: Feb 18 [...] | 2008-02-19 09:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KV AF |
08KABUL409 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL BIDEN TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Last year produced solid gains on the battlefield against the insurgency, on the economy, on local governance and on reinvigorated army and police train and equip programs. These gains reflect a surge in U.S. assistance in FY 2007 (more than in FY 2002-2006 combined) as well as a more [...] | 2008-02-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AF |
08KABUL414 | USOSCE EXPLORES POTENTIAL ROLE FOR OSCE IN [...] (SBU) Post welcomed the visit of Powell Moore and LTC Alan Hester of USOSCE on January 28 - 30 for consultations on how the OSCE might support U.S. and international objectives in Afghanistan. Moore and Hester paid office calls on the Ambassador, Commander of the Combined Security Transition [...] | 2008-02-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF |
08KABUL416 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Expedited Review of Additional [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one (1) Afghan National selected for training in the Narcotic Interdiction Unit (NIU) class 11. Names and biodata for NIU class 11 [...] | 2008-02-19 16:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL417 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: APPLICANT FOR LANGUAGE TRAINING AT [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one Afghan national selected to attend language training at the Defense Language Institute at Lackland Air Force Base. Post possesses no derogat [...] | 2008-02-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL440 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Presidential Protective Service [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of seven (7) Afghan Nationals selected to participate in the Presidential Protective Service Executive Leadership Course offered by the [...] | 2008-02-21 08:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL447 | AFGHANISTAN: POST ASSESSMENT ON THE RELEASE OF NIGHT VISION [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post requests the immediate release of Night Vision Devices (NVDs),specifically 1,750 pairs of the American Technologies Network Corporation ATN NVG7-CGTI Individual Night Vision Device-Night Vision Goggles, to the Governme [...] | 2008-02-23 10:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR AF |
08KABUL450 | PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALA RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reconstruction efforts continue in Musa Qala (MQ). The District Governor, Mullah Salam, continues to work well with the stabilization team and is conducting Shuras outside the District Center (DC) in an effort to overcome continued Taliban intimidation of rural citizenry. Resid [...] | 2008-02-24 10:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL455 | JCMB VII - TOKYO POLITICAL DIRECTOR'S MEETING ON AFGANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 5 in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Komura, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta, and Acting Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General at the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Asplund kicked off the annual Political Director (PD)-level [...] | 2008-02-24 12:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OTRA PREL AF |
08KABUL461 | AFGHANISTAN - JCMB VII DISCUSSES AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY AND [...] SUMMARY: Convened in Tokyo, Japan, the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) held its second session at the Political Directors' level (JCMB-PD) on February 5, and its seventh regular session (JCMB-VII) on February 6, 2008. The Political Directors considered a discussion paper that [...] | 2008-02-25 05:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID OTRA SNAR PREL AF |
08KABUL464 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL [...] As reported Ref (B),seven attendees from Afghanistan will attend WIREC. The Afghan delegation will be headed by the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Washington D.C., the Honorable Said Tayab Jawad. Ambassador Jawad will be accompanied by six officials resident in Kabul, [...] | 2008-02-25 06:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY |
08KABUL467 | KUNDUZ PROVINCIAL SECURITY: IMPROVING COORDINATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Kunduz has successfully instituted several coordination mechanisms for the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and ISAF in the province. The measures have improved cooperation within the ANSF, as well as between ANSF and ISAF. The successful re-launch of Kunduz's Joint P [...] | 2008-02-25 11:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL473 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Afghanistan Pakistan Workshop [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eight (8) Afghan Nationals selected to attend the Afghanistan-Pakistan Workshop in Washington, DC. Post possesses no derogatory inf [...] | 2008-02-25 20:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL48 | MEDIA LAW REJECTION PROVOKES INTERNATIONAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary: President Karzai's surprise December 26 decision to return the media law bill to Parliament's Lower House for further consideration has provoked a sharp reaction from civil liberties monitors at several missions here. They interpret Karzai's action as a challenge to media free [...] | 2008-01-05 08:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM EU AF |
08KABUL484 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Alumni Border Security Participants [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two (2) Afghan Nationals selected to participate in the Alumni Border Security Seminar in Germany. Post possesses no derogatory inf [...] | 2008-02-26 12:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL487 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: VARIOUS IMET TRAINING COURSES [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifteen (15) Afghan government officials selected to attend various International Military Education and Training (IMET) courses. Post possesse [...] | 2008-02-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL491 | DOSTUM IMPEDES UZBEK EFFORTS AT JUNBESH PARTY [...] (C) Afghanistan's Uzbek community is ready for change, but their traditional protector, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, is standing in the way. The larger political background to the ongoing crisis following the February 2-3 abduction of Akbar Bay (ref B) is that Dostum is loosing support. The [...] | 2008-02-27 08:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL497 | KARZAI-DOSTUM STANDOFF CONTINUES; KARZAI MESSAGE [...] (C) Attorney General Sabit announced on February 18 that the government had suspended General Abdul Rashid Dostum from his government post and threatened to arrest him if he refused to cooperate with the investigation into the beating and abduction of Akbar Bay on February 2-3 (reftel). Neith [...] | 2008-02-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL498 | LOCAL GOVERNANCE DIRECTORATE UNVEILS SOCIAL [...] (SBU/NF) The Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) unveiled on February 14 the Afghanistan Social Outreach Program, which aims to establish functional district governance by appointing community councils and work with them to develop memoranda of understanding committing local co [...] | 2008-02-27 12:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL518 | PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALA CONDUCTS [...] (SBU) District Governor Mullah Salam officially opened the Musa Qala Central School on February 28. Several hundred students and dozens of citizens watched Salam open the school and deliver an excellent speech that focused on the importance of education. Salam urged the students to take care [...] | 2008-03-02 12:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL530 | AF: UPDATE ON AYNAK COPPER MINE NEGOTIATIONS, PLANS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS THE AFGHAN MINISTRY OF MINES (MOM),CHINA METALLURGICAL GROUP (CMG) AND WORLD BANK-HIRED CONTRACT ADVISOR GUSTAFSON AND CO. FROM COLORADO, HAVE ARRIVED AT THE FINAL STAGE OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE USD 2.4 BILLION DEVELOPMENT OF THE AYNAK COPPER DEPOSIT. ALTHOUG [...] | 2008-03-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EPET EFIN ETRD ENRG KPWR EAID AF CH |
08KABUL56 | AFGHANISTAN - PRESSURES ON FOOD PRICES INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) Increasing food prices have been a concern since the summer, but the situation deteriorated in November. In December, Pakistan, the major source of imported wheat for Afghanistan, formally imposed a 35% duty on wheat exports, after a November in which the Afghans perceived sporadic Paki [...] | 2008-01-05 11:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL AF |
08KABUL566 | KUNDUZ DAIRY FACTORY LOOKS FOR BUYER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kunduz dairy factory, the largest example of private investment in the city since the fall of the Taliban, is contemplating a sale to a local investor. The USD 8 million factory has never been used due to high input costs, low market price for dairy products and limited dema [...] | 2008-03-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON AF |
08KABUL568 | Afghan Refugee Camp Closures in Pakistan: Scenarios and [...] (SBU) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is developing a contingency plan for Pakistan's refugee camp closures and foresees three possible scenarios involving the return of 130,000, 266,000 or 400,000 refugees, respectively. NGOs are hesitant to commit resources until th [...] | 2008-03-05 10:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF |
08KABUL576 | Baghlan, Afghanistan: New Leadership to Address Provincial [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the tragic suicide attack on the Baghlan Sugar Factory on November 6, 2007, the central government has replaced two leading provincial officials and has increased pressure on Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to combat organized crime and insurgent activity. Baghlan i [...] | 2008-03-06 06:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL578 | AF: Update on USG Energy Projects. [...] (U) The following cable provides a current status update on USG energy sector projects in Afghanistan. 2. (U) KABUL 100 MW GENERATOR SETS (GENSETS) - Delivery of the first six (of total 18) generators for the project is expected in May 2008. While progress is on track with manufacturing, w [...] | 2008-03-06 07:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL579 | IRAN EDUCATES, FUNDS, AND SUPPORTS PLACEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. The Afghan Graduates Association, with the support of the Iranian government, is working to place Hazara Afghan refugee university students educated in Iran into positions within the Afghan government and private sector. Iran has committed to providing salaries, contacts, and visa [...] | 2008-03-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR AF |
08KABUL585 | UNHCR Moves to Zone Defense in Afghanistan But Donors Have [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR is urging donors to concentrate their refugee assistance projects in distinct geographic zones. Their proposal would have major donors working around ongoing efforts of the Japanese in the east, the Germans in the north, and the Italians in the west. Major donors who are [...] | 2008-03-08 03:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF |
08KABUL599 | POLITICIZED PARLIAMENT FACES CHALLENGING 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan Parliament considered more legislation in 2007 (ref A) than in its inaugural session. It is increasingly seen by Afghans as a vehicle to take their concerns to the government. Lower House Speaker (and presidential aspirant) Qanooni's willingness to use his position [...] | 2008-03-09 09:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL601 | KARZAI CONVENES HIGH-LEVEL NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On March 4, President Karzai convened a three-hour meeting of key national and international players to try to sort out the issue of simultaneous elections. His goal was to lay out positions, allow the internationals to make their case directly to Afghan leaders, and, presumably, [...] | 2008-03-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF |
08KABUL602 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Marshall Center Participants [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of four (4) Afghan Nationals selected to attend training at the Marshall Center. Post possesses no derggatory information on these ind [...] | 2008-03-09 15:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL603 | DEMARCHE ANNOUNCING THE U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ministry welcomed the announcement of Mr. Sada Cumber as the new U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). WOOD [...] | 2008-03-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIC AF |
08KABUL613 | THE DISBANDMENT OF ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS (DIAG) IN [...] (C) The Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) for the Stabilization of Afghanistan program, now in its third year of implementation, is showing modest success, has the continued attention of President Karzai, and will soon shift into a phase of significantly greater Afghan ownership. DIA [...] | 2008-03-10 12:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PARM PGOV PTER AF |
08KABUL615 | AFGHANISTAN'S TIP SOLICITATIONS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 [...] Post has received four proposals and submits summary information below. 2. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) requests USD 234,014 for a "Prevention of Human Trafficking in Vulnerable Provinces" project to last 12 months. Recognizing that one of the major reasons for the p [...] | 2008-03-11 05:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG AF |
08KABUL620 | AFGHANS, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MARK WOMEN'S DAY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL PHUM AF |
08KABUL623 | PANJSHIR GOVERNOR OUT ON THE HUSTINGS [...] (U) Summary: Panjshir Governor Bahlul visited Panjshir's districts to hear directly from citizens in an open "town meeting" format. These sessions are examples of accountability in governance and reveal grass-roots concerns. DISTRICT-BY-DISTRICT "TOWN MEETINGS" ---------------------------- [...] | 2008-03-12 05:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL651 | AF: Current Afghan preparedness for ROZ implementation [...] (SBU) This message is keyed to reftel questions about Afghanistan's preparedness to implement the Reconstruction Opportunity Zone (ROZ) initiative after it is passed by the U.S. Congress. Although the Afghan government has been slow in its preparations and lacks capacity to implement many of t [...] | 2008-03-13 14:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL667 | HAZARAS DIVIDED BY KARZAI, UNITED FRONT POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: The once united Hazara ethnic group has politically splintered since the fall of the Taliban; its fragments are being divided between Karzai and the opposition United Front. Powerful Hazara leaders' connections to Iran, or lack thereof, sometimes dictate their affiliation with [...] | 2008-03-16 16:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV AF |
08KABUL674 | AF: AFGHANS REQUESTING POSTPONEMENT OF APRIL 24-25 REGIONAL [...] (U) On March 16, Mr. Enayatullah Nabiel, Director General for Economic Affairs at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Econ Counselor and Econoff that he had just met with the Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan to request a postponement of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (R [...] | 2008-03-17 12:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN EMIN KPWR EAID PGOV AF |
08KABUL68 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OFFICERS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of five Ministry of Defense officers selected to attend training in the United States. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individua [...] | 2008-01-07 04:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL682 | PARLIAMENT'S LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS EMPOWER KARZAI [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly's 2008 leadership elections, in which two deputy speakers and two secretaries were elected from among upper and lower house members, may have further diminished President Karzai's influence in the legislature. While new and independent lower house First D [...] | 2008-03-18 05:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL688 | IN POLITICS DOMINATED BY GIANTS, REFORMERS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of Afghan political parties has grown dramatically since the fall of the Taliban. Though small party leaders often explore coalitions and alliances, two primary competing blocs are emerging: the United Front opposition, and a looser coalition around Karzai. Both g [...] | 2008-03-18 12:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL71 | 2007 IN REVIEW [...] (SBU) 2007 was a year of important progress, but also continued challenge. The good news was on the battlefield, the economy, and strengthened local and national institutions. The bad news was increased terrorism, increased drug cultivation, and corruption. Afghanistan already is seeing leade [...] | 2008-01-07 08:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID SNAR ECON KPAO PREF AF |
08KABUL730 | NEW GOVERNOR APPOINTMENTS CONFIRM IDLG'S ROLE [...] (C) Summary. The Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) has, over the last two weeks, either fired or moved the governors of three provinces, and is ready to relieve several more. Ghazni Governor Faizan has been fired, and replaced by Mr. Sher Khosti. Helmand Governor Wafa was m [...] | 2008-03-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF |
08KABUL734 | AFGHANISTAN'S 2008 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's [...] | 2008-03-24 05:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF AF |
08KABUL738 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CANDIDATE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one (1) Afghan government official selected to attend English language training in the United States. Post possesses no derogatory information on [...] | 2008-03-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL739 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND NATIONAL [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of four (4) Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) officials selected to attend various International Militar [...] | 2008-03-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
08KABUL757 | AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BRIDGE IMPROVES TRADE AND RELATIONS [...] (U) This report has been co-drafted with U.S. Embassy Dushanbe. 2. (SBU) Summary: Afghan and Tajikistani officials have agreed on several steps to improve operations at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bridge. Afghan vehicle traffic to Tajikistan has increased seven-fold and border tax revenue te [...] | 2008-03-25 13:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID AF TI |
08KABUL769 | AFGHAN PLEDGE TO 2008 WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (U) The Embassy EPA Environmental Advisor discussed WIREC 2008 (reftel) with Dad Mohammad Bahir, Deputy Executive Director General (Technical) of the Afghanistan National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) on March 23, 2008. Congratulating Afghanistan for making a WIREC pledge on renewabl [...] | 2008-03-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA AF |
08KABUL770 | AFGHANISTAN'S 2008 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's [...] | 2008-03-26 13:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF AF |
08KABUL814 | AF: Japanese Interested in Funding Training of Afghan [...] (SBU) On March 30 the Charge, accompanied by EconCouns, reviewed with visiting Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Ken Sasae and Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Hideo Sato Japan's plans for assistance to Afghanistan. Sasae reaffirmed Japan's commitment to completing its portion of the Kandah [...] | 2008-04-01 10:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV AF FR |
08KABUL82 | Terms of Reference for a Senior Civilian Representative to [...] Direct all United Nations activities in Afghanistan as SRSG, including UN efforts in Kabul and the rest of Afghanistan by the pillars of the UN system responsible for activities there, including humanitarian, economic and development work. Coordinate, with the Afghan authorities, donor activi [...] | 2008-01-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF |
08KABUL829 | AFGHAN SOCIAL OUTREACH PROGRAM GAINS MOMENTUM AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SUPPORT FOR THE AFGHANISTAN SOCIAL OUTREACH PROGRAM (ASOP),UNVEILED BY THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORATE FOR LOCAL GOVERNANCE (IDLG) ON FEBRUARY 14 (REFTEL),IS GAINING MOMENTUM. IDLG ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROGRAM IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND HAS WELCOMED COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM T [...] | 2008-04-03 05:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL835 | PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALA RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Musa Qala remains stable but the absence of Mullah Salam and the District Shura has slowed government reconstruction efforts and stalled governance development. Ministries' provincial representatives in Lashkar Gah cannot coordinate development activities and will not send staf [...] | 2008-04-03 12:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL841 | NEW GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS HELP PRT KUNDUZ REGAIN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival of both a German airborne infantry company and additional reconnaissance assets has increased PRT Kunduz's ability to provide security and conduct reconstruction activities in Kunduz province. The new company has disrupted insurgent attacks and discovered weapons ca [...] | 2008-04-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
08KABUL85 | Afghanistan Assists Pakistani Refugees [...] (U) The Afghan government and international community - through the auspices of the Afghan Red Crescent and an Afghan government interagency disaster management committee - are providing food, tents, blankets, fuel, cash, and other humanitarian assistance to the families crossing the border to [...] | 2008-01-08 03:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM PK AF |
08KABUL855 | DEPUTY MOI ATTACKS WEAK GOVERNANCE IN FARAH [...] (U) Summary: The First Deputy Minister of Interior, Abdul Khalee Khaled, visited Farah in late March to look at kidnapping, corruption, and weak governance. Over several days, Khaled met with an array of provincial officials and community members, as well as the Provincial Reconstruction Team [...] | 2008-04-06 12:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWMN AF |
08KABUL86 | PANJSHIR PROVINCE: EXCELLENT SECURITY, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Panjshir has no insurgent threat and generally good governance, making reconstruction and development projects possible in the province. With Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP) and "Good Performer" money guaranteed to flow for at least the next fiscal cycle, Panjshir [...] | 2008-01-08 04:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
08KABUL870 | INFORMATION PASSED TO AFGHAN GOVERNMENT ON GLOBAL [...] On April 7, 2008, POLMILOFF passed information sheet and talking points from reftel to Abdul Malik Quraishi, Director of Policy and Oversight, Office of the National Security Council, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA). Quraishi is also a member of IRoA Ministry of Foreign Affairs United [...] | 2008-04-08 14:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR AF |
08KABUL871 | DOSTUM AFFAIR BECOMES EMBROILED IN ELECTION [...] (SBU) Election politics provides the context for the President Karzai, General Dostum, Akbar Bay, and Attorney General Saabit's ongoing maneuvering to resolve the legal tangle resulting from Dostum's February 2 abduction and beating of Turkmen community leader Bay (ref). Bay continues to dema [...] | 2008-04-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF |
08KABUL877 | POLITICAL AGREEMENT REACHED ON SEPARATE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The prolonged political debate between Parliament and the Palace ended this week with an agreement to hold separate Presidential (in 2009) and Parliamentary (in 2010) elections using a Single Non- Transferable Voting (SNTV) system for the parliamentary elections. President Kar [...] | 2008-04-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV AF |
08KABUL878 | RABBANI REBUFFS TALIBAN OVERTURES, HIS GOALS ARE [...] (C) Summary: The opposition United Front assures us that its leader Burhanuddin Rabbani recently rejected Taliban overtures inviting a military alliance against the Karzai government. The Taliban overtures follow the United Front's increasingly vocal criticism of the Karzai government, Rabba [...] | 2008-04-10 15:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER AF |
08KABUL892 | MFA'S DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN'S UNOHCHR CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) MFA Minister Spanta called in Charg to inform him that Afghanistan wants Dr. Sima Samar, currently Chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC),to be considered as candidate for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR). Spanta used his m [...] | 2008-04-13 05:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AF |
08KABUL906 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: LANGUAGE AND ROTARY WING TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) Afghan government officials selected to attend language and rotary wing training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these ind [...] | 2008-04-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |