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| 02JERUSALEM143 | READYING PECDAR TO FILL THE "HAMAS GAP" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PECDAR DIRECTOR MOHAMMAD SHTAYYEH REPORTS THAT HE HAS ARAFAT'S BLESSING TO ESTABLISH PECDAR RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT WOULD FILL THE ASSISTANCE GAP RESULTING FROM THE PA'S CLOSURE OF HAMAS-AFFILIATED CHARITIES. SHTAYYEH WELCOMED U.S. EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE GULF COUNTRIES TO STEER CHAR [...] |
2002-01-17 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PTER KWBG |
| 02JERUSALEM2756 | FATAH LEADER ON HAMAS CELL IN JERUSALEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL AND PLC MEMBER CRITICIZED HAMAS FOR CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN JERUSALEM, SAYING THIS WAS PART OF A WIDER COMPETITION BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS OVER WHICH DIRECTION TO TAKE THE RESISTANCE. THE DISCOVERY OF A HAMAS CELL IN EAST JERUSALEM WILL COMPLICATE THE ONG [...] |
2002-08-22 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
| 03JERUSALEM2293 | HAMAS READY TO EXTEND TRUCE, PA MINISTER CLAIMS [...] (C) Following up on his conversation with Embassy PolOff last week (reftel), PA Minister of Culture Ziad Abu-Amr, in a meeting with A/PO in Ramallah on 8/4, said that Hamas leaders would tell PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza this week that they are prepared to extend the cease-fire for [...] |
2003-08-05 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 03JERUSALEM2771 | FATAH LEADER HINTS AT PM ABBAS'S DOWNFALL [...] (C) Summary: Fatah Central Committee member and frequent Arafat ally Sakher Habash, in a conversation with Pol/C in Ramallah 9/3, said he saw only two ways out of the ongoing political crisis in the Palestinian Authority: either PM Abbas makes amends with Arafat and the Fatah leadership, or h [...] |
2003-09-04 16:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS |
| 03JERUSALEM2819 | THE TALE OF PM ABBAS'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, disappointed and embittered after losing a power struggle with Arafat that left him publicly branded as a traitor, sent his letter of resignation to the PA President on September 6, then vented his frustrations to the Legislative Council in a closed [...] |
2003-09-08 17:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS |
| 03JERUSALEM4246 | ISLAMIC RADICALS ATTACK EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AHMAD MAHER CAME UNDER ATTACK BY ISLAMIC ACTIVISTS WHILE VISITING AND PRAYING AT THE HARAM ASH-SHARIF ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 22. A VIDEO SHOWS MAHER BEING MOBBED BY ANGRY WORSHIPPERS AND APPARENTLY CHOKED BRIEFLY BY A CLOTH AROUND HIS NECK. WORSHIPPERS REPOR [...] |
2003-12-22 16:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG |
| 04JERUSALEM171 | HOW HAMAS IS WORKING TO REPLACE THE PA AND THE PLO [...] (C) Summary: A range of Palestinian thinkers and activists are reporting that Hamas is moving with unprecedented boldness to establish itself as an alternative leadership to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PLO. Hamas leaders are publicly arguing that stalled roadmap implementation, the w [...] |
2004-01-20 05:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAL KWBG IS |
| 04JERUSALEM4203 | PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP WORRIED AS ARAFAT'S [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat's health deteriorated suddenly the evening of November 3, according to ConGen sources in Ramallah, who said his doctors in Paris had moved him to an intensive care unit after he began vomiting and experiencing fatigue and fever. Negotia [...] |
2004-11-04 10:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV KPAL IS |
| 04JERUSALEM4306 | ABD RABBO: LIFE AND DEATH WITH SUHA -- STRANGER [...] (C) Summary: PLO ExCom member Yasir Abd Rabbo told DPO November 9 that Suha Arafat's undignified rant on al-Jazeera in which she accused the Palestinian leadership of conspiring against her husband had found no resonance among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Instead, her behavior had [...] |
2004-11-09 16:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KWBG FR |
| 04JERUSALEM926 | ARAFAT BLOCKS COURT ORDER UNFREEZING HAMAS ACCOUNTS [...] (C) ON THE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS OF YASIR ARAFAT, PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY (PMA) GOVERNOR AMIN HADDAD CALLED ECON/C MARCH 23 TO REPORT THAT ARAFAT HAD INSTRUCTED THE PMA AND THE PA SECURITY SERVICES TO BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARCH 21 HIGHER JUDICIAL COUNCIL ORDER UNFREEZING 39 BANK [...] |
2004-03-23 15:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1578 | WB/G SITREP: APRIL 18, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was wounded by IDF gunfire near Ramallah on April 17. Eight Palestinians were arrested from April 15-17 throughout the West Bank. Two firebombs were thrown at passing Israeli vehicles on road 443 and near Ofra settlement on April 1 [...] |
2005-04-18 16:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM1617 | WB/G SITREP: APRIL 19, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, IDF troops arrested three Hamas members and two Fatah militants on April 18. IDF troops in Nablus found three kilograms of explosives hidden in a house in Askar refugee camp on April 18. The IDF imposed a curfew on Burqa village, north of Nablus, on April 18 [...] |
2005-04-19 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL ASEC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1633 | WB/G SITREP: APRIL 20, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian man was hospitalized April 19 after he was shot by an Israeli soldier. Palestinian militants also reportedly fired shots at Bet Romano settlement in the Old City of Hebron April 19. The IDF arrested five Palestinians April 19 in various areas of [...] |
2005-04-20 14:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM1655 | WB/G SITREP: APRIL 21, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian shepherd was attacked by a number of settlers from Betar Illit settlement, near Husan village by Bethlehem on April 20. Six Palestinians were arrested in various areas of the West Bank April 20. In the Gaza Strip, one IDF soldier was moderately [...] |
2005-04-21 14:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM1668 | WB/G SITREP: APRIL 22, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, 11 Palestinian and foreign peace activists were lightly injured when hit by rubber-coated bullets during clashes with the IDF in the village of Bil,in, west of Ramallah, April 21. The IDF found and defused a six-kilogram explosive device near Jenin on April 21 [...] |
2005-04-22 14:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM1772 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/29) - ABBAS'S FIRST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-29 11:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAL KWBG IS KPAO PREL OPRC |
| 05JERUSALEM1792 | WB/G SITREP: MAY 2, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- ONE [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 2, one IDF soldier and one PIJ gunman (Shawfiq Abd al-Ghani) were killed in a shootout during an IDF operation in Saida village, by Tulkarm, according to Israeli and Palestinian media. In Gaza, one Palestinian was killed during a gunfight between members of the Eddiri [...] |
2005-05-02 16:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1813 | WB/G SITREP: MAY 3, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. The West Bank was quiet May 2-3. Fatah will hold primary elections to determine PLC candidates on May 27 or June 1, according to PLC speaker Rawhi Fattuh. In Gaza, PA security forces arrested in Gaza City three Hamas members suspected of preparing to fire Qassam rockets. The [...] |
2005-05-03 14:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1849 | WB/G SITREP: MAY 4, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF forces conducted several incursions near Jenin, Nablus and Hebron in the West Bank on May 3, but no deaths or serious injuries resulted. PA President Abbas is expected to leave Ramallah May 7 for an international tour including Chile, Brazil, Japan and India. A PA Interio [...] |
2005-05-04 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1859 | WB/G SITREP: MAY 5, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF troops shot and killed two unarmed Palestinian teens near Bayt Liqya village (off Route 443) on May 4, during stone-throwing clashes and protests against the separation barrier. In Gaza, two mortar shells exploded May 4, one east of an IDF post near Khan Yunis and the othe [...] |
2005-05-05 12:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1891 | WB/G SITREP: MAY 6, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah won at least 60 percent of 906 municipal council seats in May 5 elections held in 84 localities in the West Bank and Gaza, based on preliminary results and exit polling, but Hamas also garnered 35-37 percent. Militants fired four Qassam rockets toward Sderot May 5-6, ac [...] |
2005-05-06 14:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1987 | WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN KILLED AT WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on May 16 shot and killed a Palestinian as he approached an Israeli checkpoint on foot near Tulkarm. The IDF on May 15 shot and wounded two Palestinians who had thrown firebombs near 'Abud village, northwest of Ramallah. In the Gaza Strip, four Isra [...] |
2005-05-16 17:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1996 | WB/G SITREP: CLASHES IN GAZA CITY BETWEEN PA [...] (SBU) Summary: At least three Palestinians were shot and injured the evening of May 16 in Gaza City during an altercation that broke out between members of the PA civil police and the anti-riot police unit. The ensuing gun battle went on for several hours. In the West Bank, PA police on M [...] |
2005-05-17 16:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2009 | WB/G SITREP: IDF MISSILE STRIKE INJURES ONE HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, the IDF fired missiles at two Hamas militants May 18, injuring one critically, as the two were reportedly preparing to fire mortars into the Gush Katif settlement bloc. The IDF action followed a barrage of five mortars into the settlement earlier in the day [...] |
2005-05-18 16:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2051 | WB/G SITREP: HAMAS MILITANT SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, a Hamas militant on May 18 died from wounds received from an Israeli missile strike earlier that day. The IDF and UNRWA reported that Palestinian militants fired a total of 45 mortar shells and homemade rockets overnight May 18-19 at Israeli targets through [...] |
2005-05-19 18:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2059 | WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN KILLED IN GAZA STRIP; [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, IDF soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian militant overnight May 19-20 and wounded another during an early morning attack on the Kfar Darom settlement with anti-tank rockets and mortar fire. No Israelis were reported injured. The IDF and UNRWA reported [...] |
2005-05-20 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2225 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 1, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, an Israeli settler shot and wounded a Palestinian near Itamar settlement, near Nablus, May 31. In al-Fraides village, near Bethlehem, three Palestinians were assaulted by Israeli settlers May 31. Five Fatah and six Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) members were [...] |
2005-06-01 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2250 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 2, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen Palestinian and foreign peace activists were injured from tear gas inhalation during clashes with IDF troops over construction of the separation barrier near the village of Beit Suriq, northwest of Jerusalem, June 1. Israeli security forces arrested 21 Palestinians in [...] |
2005-06-02 15:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2419 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 10-14, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Summary. Two Palestinians were shot and injured during clashes between different al-Aqsa cells by Manasra Square in Ramallah on June 12. The IDF shot and injured a a Palestinian youth in Saida village near Tulkarm on June 11, according to Palestinian security sources. UNRWA reported [...] |
2005-06-14 16:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2436 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 15, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. Four Palestinian family members were shot and killed in Jabaliya in Gaza June 14, when an internal family dispute between two brothers turned violent, according to UNRWA. In the West Bank, the IDF entered Dura, west of Hebron on June 14, and shot and injured two Palestinians i [...] |
2005-06-15 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2461 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 16, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested four members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) June 15. Israeli settlers uprooted or set on fire 140 Palestinian-owned olive trees near Nablus-area settlements. In the Gaza Strip, IDF forces entered al-Mughragha overnight June 15-16 and arre [...] |
2005-06-16 12:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2508 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 17, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian militants fired two Qassam rockets at the Israeli town Sderot on June 16, but caused no injuries or significant damage. A Palestinian Preventive Security (PSO) agent died in Ramallah June 16 from an accidental discharge of his weapon. Two Palestinians were shot a [...] |
2005-06-17 12:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2570 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 22, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested alleged 10 PIJ activists June 21, most in Qalqiliya and Nablus. The IDF also arrested a Palestinian woman who attempted to stab an IDF soldier at a checkpoint near Tulkarm on June 21, according to Israeli newspapers. There were no injuries in the incident. In [...] |
2005-06-22 14:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2643 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 27, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian gunmen shot and killed two Israelis and injured two others outside Bayt Haggai settlement near Hebron June 24. PIJ and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed credit. In subsequent IDF incursions into the area, the IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Dura village, [...] |
2005-06-27 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2670 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 28, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Palestinian militants launched a total of six mortar shells and one Qassam rocket from the southern Gaza Strip. Erez Crossing was open June 27, and 4,200 laborers and 405 merchants crossed into Israel. An IDF military court has convicted a former IDF soldier of manslaughter, [...] |
2005-06-28 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2673 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 29, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five disengagement opponents and one Palestinian were lightly wounded in June 28 stone-throwing clashes that broke out in al-Mowassi in Gaza. In the West Bank, IDF raids continued in the area of Allar, Attil, and Saida. Several Palestinian activists suffered minor injuries in c [...] |
2005-06-29 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2739 | WB/G SITREP: JUNE 30, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNRWA and Israeli media reported that five Palestinians were injured, one of them seriously, as stone-throwing clashes between Palestinians, Israeli settlers, and Israeli security forces continued for a fourth day in al-Mowassi. A large IDF force entered Nablus after three IDF [...] |
2005-06-30 13:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2786 | WB/G SITREP: JULY 01, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five Palestinians and one IDF soldier were lightly wounded June 30 in Nablus during an IDF incursion in response to reports, ulimately unfounded, that two soldiers had been kidnapped. UNRWA and Israeli media reported that disengagement opponents in the al-Mowassi area of Gaza [...] |
2005-07-01 16:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2911 | WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIANS KILLED, SEVENTEEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, an Israeli security guard on July 8 shot and killed a Palestinian teenager near Bayt Liqya, west of Ramallah. The Israeli Police are reportedly conducting an investigation of the incident. A second Palestinian teenager on July 10 died from bullet wounds re [...] |
2005-07-11 16:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2955 | WB/G SITREP: SENIOR PA OFFICIAL ASSAULTED IN WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior official from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of the Interior (MOI) on July 12 sustained injuries from an attack by unknown assailants as he traveled from Jerusalem to Ramallah. The MOI official was later hospitalized, but is expected to recover from his in [...] |
2005-07-12 16:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2970 | WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIANS KILLED, FIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya that killed four Israelis and wounded at least 90 others, and the attempted car bombing by a Palestinian in the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron, the IDF on July 13 launched an operation into Tulkarm, killing two Pal [...] |
2005-07-13 16:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM3005 | WB/G SITREP: OPERATIONS IN TULKARM, GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF operations in Tulkarm continued for a second day following the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya, which killed five Israelis. A general closure remains in effect for the entire West Bank and Gaza Strip. In Nablus, the IDF on the evening of July 13 shot and killed a loc [...] |
2005-07-14 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM3019 | WB/G SITREP: TARGETED KILLINGS, ROCKET ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, Israeli helicopters on July 15 fired missiles at a vehicle traveling near Salfit, killing at least two Hamas activists. Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and PA security forces have engaged in street battles July 14-15, resulting in the deaths of at least [...] |
2005-07-15 15:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM3095 | WB/G SITREP: JULY 21, 2005 (1400 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In Gaza, one IDF soldier was lightly wounded by a mortar shell fired at an IDF outpost near Neve Dekalim settlement. Israeli media reported that Israeli police arrested about 250 disengagement opponents who tried to enter Gaza, some of whom reportedly tried to cut through the [...] |
2005-07-21 11:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3181 | WB/G SITREP: JULY 26, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IDF soldiers shot and seriously injured a wanted Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) member in Hebron July 26. The local planning and construction committee in Jerusalem approved July 25 plans to build a new Jewish settlement inside the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem [...] |
2005-07-26 14:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3250 | WB/G SITREP: JULY 27, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, a Palestinian teenager was killed when hit by a car driven by an Israeli settler near Karmi Tzur settlement. According to PA security sources, an unarmed Palestinian teenager was shot and killed by the IDF during an incursion in Jenin July 27. The IDF arrest [...] |
2005-07-27 15:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3317 | WB/G SITREP: JULY 28, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, according to Palestinian security sources, a 15-year old Palestinian wqas shot and killed by the IDF when IDF troops entered into Jenin July 27. The IDF arrested a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) official during the operation. In Gaza, a five-year-o [...] |
2005-07-29 05:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3325 | WB/G SITREP: JULY 29, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, IDF forces entered into Shufa village near Tulkarm July 28 and killed a 29-year old Palestinian, whom the IDF said helped organize the recent suicide bombing in Netanya. The IDF arrested a total of four PIJ militants in Ramallah, Jenin, and Hebron July 28. In [...] |
2005-07-29 12:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3528 | PA MINISTER ASKS USG TO HELP COMBAT GROWING HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Abu Libdeh told Staffdel Savit on July 28 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is working to fight terrorism and beat Hamas at its own game by establishing several schemes to protect the vulnerable segments of Palestinian society and "keep you [...] |
2005-08-05 14:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCOR KTFN KWBG IS |
| 05JERUSALEM3557 | WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 8, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Tulkarm August 6 during an incursion into the city, according to Palestinian security sources. Two Israeli settlers, including a 10-year-old boy, were shot and injured by Palestinian gunmen near Ateret settlement, north of Ramallah [...] |
2005-08-08 16:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3580 | WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 9, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has suspended its activity in Gaza after militants fired at their offices in Khan Yunis August 8 and in the aftermath of recent kidnappings of foreign aid workers. The IDF shot and killed a Palestinian in Nur Shams Refugee C [...] |
2005-08-09 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3626 | WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 10, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, the IDF entered Tulkarm for an arrest operation on August 9, seizing two alleged Hamas members and leaving three Palestinian youths injured in stone-throwing clashes during the operation. Gunmen shot and lightly injured two Israeli settlers in a car near Hebro [...] |
2005-08-10 15:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3683 | WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 11, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank on August 10, ten Palestinians were injured during clashes with the IDF over construction of the separation barrier west of Ramallah. In Gaza, Israel radio reported August 11 that two Palestinians in Rafah were injured when an improvised hand grenade exploded. [...] |
2005-08-11 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3701 | WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 12, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF entered the Nablus casbah on August 11 and clashed with gunmen from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, injuring one Palestinian in the clashes. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian police on August 11 found an explosive device near the Eley Sinai settlement. The [...] |
2005-08-12 15:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3703 | DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 12, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of disengagement, several key coordination issues are much closer to being resolved than a week ago. Representatives of settler farmers and anonymous private donors agreed early August 12 on a contract to sell the greenhouses and other infrastructure for just under USD [...] |
2005-08-12 16:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05JERUSALEM3791 | DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 17, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: At a trilateral crossings meeting August 17, USG representatives tabled a proposal for spending the USD 50 million in supplemental assistance to upgrade four of the crossings between the West Bank/Gaza Strip and Israel and asked for PA and GOI responses within the next few days. [...] |
2005-08-17 17:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05JERUSALEM3914 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 23, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the morning of August 23, approximately 15,000 IDF soldiers and Israeli Police commenced operations to evacuate more than 2,000 settlers and their supporters from Sa Nur and Homesh settlements in the northern West Bank. According to press, most of these people were infiltrat [...] |
2005-08-23 16:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS |
| 05JERUSALEM3983 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 24, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 1800 local time August 23, all settlers were evacuated from Sa Nur and Homesh settlements, completing evacuation of all residents and protesters from the Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements. Israeli forces told Israeli press that they were prepared for heav [...] |
2005-08-24 15:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05JERUSALEM4288 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 0900 local time September 12, all settlers and IDF personnel had departed the Gaza Strip. PA security forces took over Gaza settlement areas in stages before dawn September 12. Rafah crossing was closed in both directions by Israel, pending an agreement on border crossin [...] |
2005-09-12 15:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05JERUSALEM4644 | OCTOBER 2 PALESTINIAN CLASHES WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Clashes took place in Gaza on October 2 between Palestinian Authority (PA) policemen and Hamas gunmen. Three Palestinians were killed -- a senior police officer and two civilians -- while at least 51 were wounded, many of whom were bystanders. Two police stations in the vicinity [...] |
2005-10-03 16:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG |
| 05JERUSALEM5669 | HAMAS AND FATAH OFFICIALS REJECT HOUSE RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah and Hamas spokesmen reacted strongly to the U.S. House of Representatives resolution against Hamas participation in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. While most of the official Hamas statements focused on U.S. "interference" and "hypocrisy," Ga [...] |
2005-12-20 17:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1004 | EREKAT ON JERICHO DEMARCHE, USG ASSISTANCE, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PLO Chief Negotiator and PLC member Sa,eb Erekat told Consul General during a March 9 meeting that he feared the withdrawal of U.S./U.K. Jericho Monitoring Mission (JMM) personnel would negatively impact civilians living in Jericho if the GOI takes military action against the six [...] |
2006-03-10 15:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PGOV IS PREL PTER |
| 06JERUSALEM1009 | AID AGENCIES CONSIDER ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID partners, UN agencies, and NGOs agreed in a March 3 consultation that they would not be positioned to cover serious gaps in healthcare service delivery and increasing food insecurity in an environment of deteriorating security and political restrictions. USAID highlight [...] |
2006-03-13 05:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ECON EAID PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1046 | HAMAS POLITICAL 'GUIDELINES' FIRM ON RESISTANCE, [...] (SBU) Palestinian press March 12 carried excerpts of Hamas' political "guidelines" for the next cabinet, first published on a Hamas website, which outline the movement's positions on Palestinian resistance, the inviolability of the "right of return," and parameters for maintaining the "tahd [...] |
2006-03-13 15:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1080 | PASF SUPPORT TO CONGEN DURING JERICHO CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite widespread anger over rumors of USG complicity in the March 14 IDF attack on the Jericho prison, PA Security Forces (PASF) worked closely with the ConGen to mitigate violence against AmCits over the course of March 14. ConGen officers were able to enlist Interior Ministry [...] |
2006-03-15 15:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL ASEC CASC MOPS IS PTER PGOV |
| 06JERUSALEM1085 | PA FINANCES: SALARIES PAID THOUGH STILL SHORT ON [...] (C) Summary: PA Deputy Finance Minister al-Wazir confirmed that the PA had disbursed basic salaries for civil servants and security service members March 15. Though the PA was still short on funds, al-Wazir said that Arab Bank had agreed to re-open a USD 50 million credit line for the PA to [...] |
2006-03-16 08:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1106 | FATAH LEGISLATORS SEE ISRAELI ACTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. During a March 13 meeting in Bethlehem, four Fatah Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members asserted that Israeli policies had played a deciding factor in the Hamas victory in the January 25 legislative elections. These mid-level Fatah leaders, who are close to Fatah's g [...] |
2006-03-17 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1117 | FATAH FACTION CALLS FOR PA TO DISSOLVE [...] (C) In the wake of the Hamas PLC victory and the March 14 IDF Jericho raid, calls by Fatah cadres to dissolve the Palestinian Authority and transfer responsibility for administering the West Bank and Gaza back to Israel as occupying power have begun to resurface. Paragraph 3 contains the text [...] |
2006-03-17 16:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG KDEM PGOV |
| 06JERUSALEM1119 | JERICHO RAID: POLITIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR KEY [...] (C)SUMMARY: The March 14 Israeli raid on the Jericho prison has hurt President Abbas, (Abu Mazen) standng among Palestinians and bolstered the perceptin that his administration is vacillating and oftn incompetent. Criticism from the HAMAS leadershp has been focused on the U.S. and U.K., rather [...] |
2006-03-17 17:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PAL PGOV ASEC IS |
| 06JERUSALEM114 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) Summary. Central Elections Commission (CEC) officials January 9 reported to the Consul General that the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has provided conflicting messages on its ability to provide Election Day security. The MOI has agreed to abide by CEC procedures for early voting for the [...] |
2006-01-09 18:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM1144 | ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER ON UPCOMING LIFE UNDER [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) A March 20 discussion between Pol Chief and PA Assistant Foreign Minister for Refugees and Palestinian Expatriates Ma'in Shraym revealed deep concern regarding the impending takeover by Hamas of the PA, and of the rumored selection of Hama [...] |
2006-03-21 14:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG UNGA |
| 06JERUSALEM1145 | RAISING ISSUE OF 89 PALESTINIANS ON THE [...] (C) In connection with ref (a), Con Gen Pol specialist contacted Azzam Ahmad, head of the Fatah PLC faction and former PLO ambassador to Baghdad. Post stressed the need for the PA to do everything possible to keep other Palestinians from leaving Baghdad for Jordan and indicated that we are in [...] |
2006-03-21 14:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS MOPS IZ PA JO |
| 06JERUSALEM1153 | JOB-SEEKING MILITANTS ATTACK PA OFFICIALS, OFFICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of intense gun battles erupted on March 20 in Gaza between armed gunmen and Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF). During the fracas, Civil Police Chief BG Ala'a Husni's motorcade was attacked and at least twelve people were injured. PA Ministry of Interior (MOI) [...] |
2006-03-21 16:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1175 | HAMAS-LED CABINET TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) During a March 19 meeting in Gaza with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas, Hamas PM-designate Isma'il Haniyyah presented Abbas with a list of cabinet ministers for the next Palestinian government. The Palestinian media, citing unnamed Hamas and PA sources, has identified [...] |
2006-03-22 16:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1180 | ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DEMARCHE: PALESTINIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) In accordance with reftel, Polchief spoke on March 22 with Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizational Affairs Marwan al-Jilani about the upcoming Arab Summit. Jilani said that while President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will be attending, it was still unclear whether Jilani [...] |
2006-03-22 17:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG SU IZ |
| 06JERUSALEM1231 | AI SITREP MARCH 27: CULLING BEGINS IN GAZA; ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: The WHO and the PA reported that preparations for culling had begun and that infected flocks in Rafah and Jahr el-Deik began to be culled March 27. The PA has promised compensation for Gaza farmers with infected flocks. The Israeli labs returned negative test results for two [...] |
2006-03-27 15:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1262 | PLC APPROVES HAMAS-LED CABINET, GOVERNMENT PLATFORM [...] (C) Summary. Following two-days of debate, the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) March 28 approved the Hamas government platform and 24-member Palestinian cabinet. The vote was 71 in favor, 36 against, with two abstentions. Fatah and Third Way PLC members led the opposition to the gove [...] |
2006-03-28 17:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1271 | AI SITREP MARCH 28: PA FINISHES CULLING IN RAFAH; [...] (SBU) PA Agriculture Ministry Gaza Director of Control and Quarantine Said Siyam said the PA had culled 13,000 chickens in Rafah March 27 and asserted that they would start culling chickens in farms located in Jahr el-Deik and Tel el-Hawa March 28. Siyam said the lab test results for Tel el [...] |
2006-03-29 06:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1283 | AI SITREP MARCH 29: PA COMPLETES CULLING OF ALL [...] (SBU) WHO Representative Mahmud Daher told EconOff March 29 that the PA had completed culling the flock of 23,000 in Tel el-Hawa and had buried the carcasses in the former Israeli settlement of Netzarim. Although the neighboring areas originally objected to the burial site, the villagers eve [...] |
2006-03-29 14:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1286 | "FIL MISH-MISH": PA ISSUES TENDER FOR MOBILE [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) Telecom Ministry issued a tender March 28 for eligible strategic partners to bid on a 30 percent share of a second mobile telecom operator in the West Bank and Gaza. This operator would be granted a new license to establish and operate a GSM telecom network an [...] |
2006-03-29 15:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS TINT TSPL PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1287 | PALESTINIAN REACTIONS TO ISRAELI ELECTIONS [...] (C) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) welcomed acting PM Olmert's comments after the election supporting negotiations, and a number of Fatah interlocutors stressed Abu Mazen's genuine willingness to negotiate. Fatah members all stressed that any progress in negotiations depended upon Israel [...] |
2006-03-29 15:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1318 | LOCAL DONORS' CONTACT POLICIES WITH PA: EITHER [...] (C) Summary: Key donors and implementing agencies active in the West Bank and Gaza reviewed their current contact policy with the PA in a March 30 meeting. The European Commission's Technical Assistance Office is still awaiting official guidance from Brussels. The Norwegian Representative O [...] |
2006-03-30 16:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1319 | EVICTION FINALLY COMES FOR EAST JERUSALEM FAMILY [...] (C) Summary. An East Jerusalem Palestinian family, engaged in a protracted legal battle with the Government of Israel (GOI) to maintain ownership of their home in Silwan, was summarily evicted March 29. According to an attorney involved in the case, privately hired Israeli security guards [...] |
2006-03-30 16:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1327 | AI SITREP MARCH 31: PA CULLS 96,700 FOWL IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) WHO Representative Mahmud Daher reported to EconOff March 31 that the PA had completed the culling and burial of 96,700 birds from all infected areas in Gaza. He said the PA continued to conduct surveillance and to monitor areas where these outbreaks had occurred. Samples taken from th [...] |
2006-03-31 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1328 | GAZA PULL-OUT GETS CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH FROM UNEP [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced March 30 that its environmental assessment had yielded a "clean bill of health" for the former Israeli settlement areas in Gaza. Key conclusions were that certain areas needed minor clean-up and a land use plan. UNEP said [...] |
2006-03-31 15:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1337 | PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS COMMISSION FACING INSOLVENCY [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) officials warned international donors that the CEC faced insolvency unless it received immediate financial assistance to cover its one-year budget. CEC Chairman Dr. Hana Nasir said that the CEC -- an independent agency whose leade [...] |
2006-04-03 13:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1339 | LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION REQUESTS USG [...] (C) Summary. The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), owner and operator of Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem, is facing a May 22 final hearing in the Israeli High Court on the hospital's tax liability to the Government of Israel (GOI) -- specifically an employer tax based on a 1967 [...] |
2006-04-03 14:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1341 | AI APRIL 3 UPDATE: TWO NEW CONFIRMED CASES IN [...] (SBU) World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Mahmud Daher reported to EconOff April 3 that two new cases of Avian Influenza (AI) had been confirmed in two egglayer farms in Rafah. Each farm has 2,000 egglayers. Daher said the PA planned to cull the infected flock immediately. He ad [...] |
2006-04-03 14:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1342 | VIOLENT CLASHES IN GAZA FOLLOWING KILLING OF PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four Palestinians were killed and 33 were wounded in clashes following the killing of Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) military leader 'Abd Yusif al-Quqa (Abu Yusif) in Gaza City. Al-Quqa was killed on March 31 when a bomb exploded as he walked past a parked car. PRC spokesmen [...] |
2006-04-03 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1346 | SENIOR PA ADVISOR:"WE'RE COUNTING ON THE [...] (C) "Al-Ayyam" editor Akram Hanniyyah told visiting NEA A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams on April 1 that he expects Hamas to focus on governing rather than politics or resistance in the short term, but that he believes the challenge of actually governing PA controlled areas would prove too much fo [...] |
2006-04-04 06:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1348 | EREKAT ON THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 31 discussion, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member and PLO Negotiations Affairs Chief Sa'eb Erekat told NEA A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, LTG Dayton and Consul General that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) must focus on three areas in the coming months: revitalizing [...] |
2006-04-04 07:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PGOV IS PREL PTER |
| 06JERUSALEM1377 | PLC APPROVES EXTENSION OF PA'S 2005 BUDGET [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) approved in three readings March 29 an amendment to the Budget Law extending the PA government's legal authority to collect revenues and authorize expenditures based on the 2005 budget until May 31, 2006, when the Finance Minister must present [...] |
2006-04-04 11:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1382 | IAF BOMBS NSF SITE NEAR ABU MAZEN'S GAZA OFFICE [...] (SBU) Israel Air Force (IAF) aircraft fired three missiles at 1440L at a helicopter-landing pad in the Gaza City Ansar 2 compound, a largely abandoned National Security Force (NSF) facility that was used for the storage and maintenance of former President Arafat,s helicopters. The facility is [...] |
2006-04-04 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1383 | BANKS IN WEST BANK/GAZA TOLD THAT ISRAELI BANKS [...] (C) Action request at para 5. 2. (C) Arab Bank Regional Manager Mazen Abu Hamdan told EconChief April 14 that Arab Bank was informed that afternoon by its Israeli correspondent bank, Bank Hapoalim, that all Israeli banks would cease working with commercial banks operating in the West Bank/ [...] |
2006-04-04 15:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM139 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) January 11 appealed for independent Fatah candidates running in the district races to withdraw their candidacies. Palestinian contacts suggest that this request will have minimal effect on most of these candidates. [...] |
2006-01-12 10:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM1410 | PA SECURITY FORCES: CONTINUED LACK OF CLARITY IN [...] (C) Over a week after the assumption of power by the Hamas cabinet, the reporting relationships of the component parts of the PA Security Forces (PASF) remain unclear - both to us and to Palestinians. Hamas Interior Minister Said Siyam was named on March 29 by incoming PM Hanniyyah, and Siyam [...] |
2006-04-05 12:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG MCAP MOPS |
| 06JERUSALEM1420 | MOST DONORS STILL AWAITING GUIDANCE ON CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: Donors participating in a donor-only Local Development Forum (LDF) meeting April 5 outlined their contact policy and assistance strategies in response to the new Palestinian Authority (PA) government. Most donors said they had received no specific guidelines from their governme [...] |
2006-04-06 07:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1436 | LACK OF MONEY AND A SINGLE TREASURY ACCOUNT LIKELY [...] (C) Action request/comment in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Although the new PA Finance Minister had publicly promised to pay PA salaries by April 15, he told the PA cabinet April 5 that he had received a ministry with an empty treasury. USD 40 million in external assistance from Saudi Arabia [...] |
2006-04-06 14:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1448 | ABU MAZEN SECURITY ADVISOR ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) In an April 6 conversation with Pol Chief, Sahim Fateh (Abu Hisham), a close advisor on security affairs to PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) indicated that Abu Mazen is unlikely to take operational control over the National Security Forces (NSF), and reiterated a long-standing positi [...] |
2006-04-07 16:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG MCAP MOPS |
| 06JERUSALEM1467 | PSO FORCES HAMAS LEADERS TO LOSE FACE IN TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate incidents, Preventive Security Organization (PSO) officers in Gaza initiated symbolic confrontations with HAMAS Prime Minister Isma'il Hanniyah and Interior Minister Said Siam. In both cases, the HAMAS officials backed down rather than escalate the altercation w [...] |
2006-04-10 14:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1469 | ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The IDF responded to several weeks of steadily increasing Qassam rocket attacks with a barrage of artillery and missile strikes in Gaza. Presidential Security sources reported the Israeli strikes killed 17 Palestinians, including several civilians, and destroyed two homes. Local [...] |
2006-04-10 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1486 | VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN GAZA AMID REPORTS OF HAMAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The IDF continued shelling Gaza for a fourth day in response to the launching of six more Qassam rockets into Israel. PA Interior Minister Siad Siam and Foreign Minister Mahmud al-Zahar reportedly initiated a low profile political effort to convince Fatah and Palestinian Islamic [...] |
2006-04-11 14:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1487 | NABIL AMR DESCRIBES HIS ROLE AS PRESIDENTIAL MEDIA [...] (C) Former PA Minister of Information Nabil Amr told PolChief on April 6 that he had been appointed as media advisor in the President's office. (Note: In an April 10 meeting, President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said he had yet to officially appoint any assistants, but planned to do so. End no [...] |
2006-04-11 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1488 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE APRIL 11: 2 MORE CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-11 14:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1501 | PALESTINIAN FACTIONS DIVVY UP PLC COMMITTEES [...] (C) The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) formally approved member assignments to 12 PLC committees following negotiations between Hamas, Fatah, and the other factions in the Council. Hamas is slated to control six of the 12 committees, Fatah four, and one each for Salam Fayyad's Third [...] |
2006-04-12 13:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1508 | UN AGENCIES REVIEW CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN FACE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) head described on April 11 the likely humanitarian risks facing the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the coming months and the UN's contingency planning for what he described as a "predictable and inevitab [...] |
2006-04-12 14:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF EAID ECON KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1524 | TAXI PERMIT DISPUTE PRECIPATES AL-AQSA ATTACK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah-affiliated militants attacked the offices of the PA Prime Minister Isma'il Hanniyah and Transportation Minister Ziad Thatha on April 13 in response to the HAMAS-led government,s decision not to disburse taxi permits that PA officials have used in the past to co-opt armed Fat [...] |
2006-04-14 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1565 | PASF ELEMENTS ATTACK PLC BUILDING IN KHAN YUNIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest in a series of attempts by Fatah loyalists to embarrass and discredit the HAMAS-led Palestinian Authority (PA), gunmen attacked and occupied the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) building in Khan Yunis on April 15 to protest the PA's failure to pay March salaries [...] |
2006-04-17 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS MOPS |
| 06JERUSALEM1567 | HAMAS PREDICTS CHAOS IF INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION [...] (SBU) Summary. In what may appear to be an escalating war of words, Hamas officials, including PM Isma'il Haniyyah, April 14-16 lashed out at U.S., European, and Israeli efforts to isolate and undermine the new Hamas-led government. In comments before tens of thousands of Muslim worshipper [...] |
2006-04-17 16:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM157 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat January 12 provided the Consul General a one-page statement endorsed by 19 of the 39 Jerusalem PLC candidates. The statement, which includes the signatures of four Hamas candidates, urges that elections be held as scheduled regardless of any potential [...] |
2006-01-13 17:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM1590 | MIXED PALESTINIAN REACTIONS TO TEL AVIV BOMBING [...] (C) Summary. Disparate Palestinian reaction to the April 17 suicide bombing in Tel Aviv has shed further light on divisions between the Hamas leadership and President Abbas. While Abbas and the senior Fatah leadership have condemned the attack, Hamas officials -- either affiliated with th [...] |
2006-04-18 16:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1620 | PALESTINIAN OPINION-MAKERS VOICE DOUBTS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Consul General met with a group of ten influential Palestinian contacts on April 20 to explain changes in USG policy following the formation of the new PA government and it's rejection of Quartet requirements. Several of the Palestinian interlocutors voiced objections to the U [...] |
2006-04-21 15:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1621 | GREEKS, ARMENIANS PREDICTING CALM DURING HOLY FIRE [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem religious officials from the Greek and Armenian Patriarchates are cautiously optimistic that the April 22 Holy Fire celebration in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher will pass without incident. Greek Patriarchate officials April 21 were confident that deposed [...] |
2006-04-21 16:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1622 | IMPLICATIONS OF JAMAL ABU SAMHADANEH SELECTION AS [...] (C) The April 20 announcement of PRC head Jamal Abu Samhadaneh as Inspector General for the MOI is widely seen as a reaction to Abu Mazen's recent appointment of Rashid Abu Shubak as internal security chief and has set up a confrontation between the Hamas cabinet and Abu Mazen. The President [...] |
2006-04-21 16:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PTER |
| 06JERUSALEM1644 | CONTINUING FATAH-HAMAS FRICTION [...] (C) Supporters of Fatah and Hamas continue to clash in the wake of Khalid Meshaal's statements in Damascus on April 21, the appointment of Jamal Abu Samhadanah to the Interior Ministry, and Abu Mazen's subsequent cancellation of that appointment. Damascus-based Hamas leader Meshaal, speaking [...] |
2006-04-24 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PTER |
| 06JERUSALEM1648 | FORMER PLC MEMBER ASSESSES ELECTIONS, HAMAS, AND [...] (C) Summary. Former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Ziad Abu Zayyad (Jerusalem, independent) April 21 presented his assessment of the challenges confronting Palestinians and the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) to Senator Christopher Dodd and the Consul General. On the re [...] |
2006-04-24 16:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1672 | ABU MAZEN AND GOVERNMENT AT ODDS ABOUT "NEW" [...] (C) The ongoing dispute between the PA President and government regarding the formation of a "new" security force sheds light on tensions regarding security relationships and attempts by Hamas to promote law and order in Gaza. Hamas appears to be looking for a way to use its military wing, the [...] |
2006-04-25 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG MCAP MOPS |
| 06JERUSALEM1673 | YASSER ABED RABBO: MAKING THE CASE AGAINST HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. During an April 24 meeting in Ramallah with the Consul General, PLO Executive Committee (PLO-EC) member Yasser Abed Rabbo argued that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Fatah needed a more coherent strategy to deal with Hamas and gain support among the public. Abed Rabbo said th [...] |
2006-04-25 15:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1685 | NABLUSIS CONCERNED ABOUT PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) In a series of meetings with prominent Nablus personalities on April 25, Consul General heard concerns about the future of the Palestinian government and relations with Israel. Munib al-Masri, a leading businessman and host for the meetings, outlined his private-sector initiative intended [...] |
2006-04-26 14:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1686 | PECDAR HEAD MAKES PITCH FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. During an April 24 meeting with the Consul General, former Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Public Works and Housing Mohammed Shtayyah criticized statements from Hamas leader Khaled Mishal, which he said reflected the inability of the Hamas-led PA to respond to the growi [...] |
2006-04-26 15:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1697 | PA OWES EAST JERUSALEM HOSPITALS FOR WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. According to East Jerusalem medical care providers, the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to incur costs of over USD 800,000 per month for specialized care for the cases it refers from the West Bank despite empty coffers. (Note: A negligible number of cases are referred [...] |
2006-04-27 09:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1704 | KARNI CROSSING ATTACK: INTRA-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT? [...] (S) The April 26 attack on the Karni crossing (details ref (a)) appears to have been the work of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), according to PA security sources and an April 26 conversation between Consul General and Fatah PLC member Mohammed Dahlan. The PRC has officially denied any [...] |
2006-04-27 14:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1717 | PLO NEGOTIATIONS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ON POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 16:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1748 | JERUSALEM CATHOLIC HOSPICE DESCRIBES PROBLEMS FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 25 meeting with ConGen Poloff, the lead attorney for the Hospice Saint Vincent de Paul -- a Vatican-supported institution situated near the Old City of Jerusalem -- appealed for USG intervention with the Government of Israel (GOI) in response to the constructi [...] |
2006-05-02 10:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1760 | UNRWA HEAD ABU ZAYD ON CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner General Karen Abu Zayd told Consul General on May 1, in advance of her upcoming trip to Washington, that the situation in Gaza is worsening due to the general deterioration of the Palestinian economy, exacerbated by the non-paymen [...] |
2006-05-02 12:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM1782 | PALESTINIAN LEGAL SNAPSHOT: AL-AQSA GUNMEN IMPOSE [...] (C) Summary. In a case that underscores the precarious nature of the Palestinian Authority (PA) judicial system and the absence of law and order in Palestinian controlled areas, gunmen from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades last month intervened in a private homeowner dispute by imposing a sol [...] |
2006-05-05 13:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM SCUL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1850 | PALESTINIAN POLITICAL FIGURES ON SALARIES, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Akram Hanniyyah and PLC member Salam Fayyad commented to Consul General in separate May 9 meetings that the payment of PA salaries is a critical issue. Hanniyyah pressed for immediate disbursement of the USD 70 million in Cairo, saying it would shift the press story fro [...] |
2006-05-09 15:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1852 | AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL TO DENY CARE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 meeting with EconOffs, CEO of Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) Tawfiq Nasser warned that AVH would be forced to deny "catastrophic care," such as pediatric dialysis and oncology treatment, to Palestinians due to a lack of funding. AVH, together with St. John Eye Hos [...] |
2006-05-09 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID EFIN KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1853 | PA FINANCIAL CRUNCH HAS LOCAL CONSEQUENCES [...] (C) Summary. In a sign that the Hamas-led government's financial difficulties are trickling downward, a somber Hani al-Hayek -- Fatah mayor since May 2005 of the Bethlehem-area town of Bayt Sahur (population 13,000) -- informed ConGen Poloff May 5 that his municipality faced a serious finan [...] |
2006-05-09 15:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1854 | ABBAS-HANIYYAH TALKS PRODUCE FEW RESULTS; CLASHES [...] (C) Summary. Talks initiated over the May 6-7 weekend between President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Hamas PM Isma'il Haniyyah failed to resolve disagreements over security responsibilities and appointments. Clashes erupted between Fatah and Hamas for a second day, May 9, in the Gaza Stri [...] |
2006-05-09 16:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM1883 | FIRST SHIPMENT OF USD 10 MILLION IN MEDICAL [...] Two trucks loaded with medicine and medical supplies left the CARE International warehouse in Ramallah the morning of May 10, headed toward Gaza. The two truckloads are the first shipment as part of the USD 10 million pledge of in "in kind" medical assistance to the Palestinians that was annou [...] |
2006-05-10 15:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL EAID KPAO KPAL KWBG TSPA OIIP |
| 06JERUSALEM190 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian and Israeli officials met January 16 to work on technical issues relating to voting in East Jerusalem. Officials discussed the possibility of issuing 6,000 tickets to East Jerusalem residents to allow them to vote at designated post offices. Both sides are schedu [...] |
2006-01-17 17:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM1904 | HAMAS RESPONSE TO QUARTET MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The PA government and HAMAS leadership put out varied responses to the Quartet's decision to establish a mechanism to deliver aid to Palestinians. Prime Minister (PM) Isma'il Hanniyah complained that the international community is still placing conditions on the PA. Foreign Mi [...] |
2006-05-12 09:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1915 | PALESTINIAN HOSPITALS IN NEED OF DIALYSIS MEDICINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Government hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza have less than a two-week supply of dialysis products to meet the needs of 292 patients in Gaza and 400 in the West Bank, according to CARE International staff. In some [...] |
2006-05-12 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM1917 | PALESTINIAN PRISONERS PROPOSE "NATIONAL ACCORD [...] (C) The "National Accord Document" put out by prominent Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on May 10 has been placed on the agenda of the "National Dialogue" due to be held on May 24-25. However, initial tepid Hamas reactions have exacerbated concerns among Palestinian observers that the [...] |
2006-05-12 16:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM1918 | SETTLER HARASSMENT OF PALESTINIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN [...] SUMMARY. Settlers from Ma'on and Hill 833 outpost in the southern Hebron Hills have waged an ongoing campaign of harassment against Palestinian schoolchildren traveling from Um Tuba to their school in al-Tuwani, according to Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). CPT believes that settlers attack [...] |
2006-05-12 16:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM1985 | AL-KIDWA ON FINANCES, HAMAS, OLMERT, AND [...] (C) In May 16 meeting with the Consul General, newly appointed presidential advisor for diplomatic and political affairs Nasser al-Kidwa pushed for immediate release of money in Arab League accounts. He said Hamas had discussed the idea of a NUG with Abu Mazen, who had warned that any governm [...] |
2006-05-16 16:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2004 | ABU MAZEN REPORTEDLY MOVES TO RETAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian sources in the PA President's office and the General Intelligence reported May 14 that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) has moved to retain administrative control of the PA security forces (PASF) by appointing an advisory committee composed of key security chiefs. The meas [...] |
2006-05-17 14:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PREL MOPS |
| 06JERUSALEM2007 | INTERIOR MINISTER DEPLOYS MILITANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Siad Siam deployed the recently formed Special Security Force, composed of militants from several factions, in Gaza on May 17 following several weeks of escalating violence. Siam took this action after gunmen assassinated two prominent HAMAS military leaders in [...] |
2006-05-17 15:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2008 | JERUSALEM PLC MEMBER CALLS FOR MORE NUANCE IN [...] (C) Summary. During a May 15 meeting with the Consul General, Fatah Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Bernard Sabella called for more nuance in the international community's approach toward the new Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA). Sabella agreed that pressure should be pla [...] |
2006-05-17 16:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2028 | SECURITY FORCES DEPLOYED IN PARALLEL AS EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security forces under President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) control deployed throughout Gaza on May 17 and 18 in response to the HAMAS-led government's deployment of a new security force composed of militants from factions loyal to HAMAS. Egyptian officials hosted a meeting between high-l [...] |
2006-05-18 16:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG MOPS PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2033 | GAZA STANDOFF CONTINUES; HAMAS FUNDS SEIZED AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A tense standoff between security forces under President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) control and Interior Ministry forces continued in several localities in Gaza on May 18 and 19. Four Palestinians were injured in clashes overnight on May 18 during a gun battle in Gaza City. Talks betwee [...] |
2006-05-19 14:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG MOPS PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2036 | HEBRONITES DISCUSS SETTLERS, ECONOMY AND HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. In a May 18 meeting with the Consul General, prominent Hebronites expressed concerns about settlers, the economy and Hamas' stewardship of the government. Hebron Governor Jabari expressed his appreciation for USG assistance in past difficulties involving the Ibrahimi Mosque/T [...] |
2006-05-19 15:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG EAID |
| 06JERUSALEM2058 | FAYYAD AND ABED RABBO ON NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Salam Fayyad and PLO Executive Committee (PLO-EC) member Yasir Abed Rabbo told the Consul General at a May 20 meeting in Ramallah that plans are moving forward for the National Dialogue, but some of President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) closest [...] |
2006-05-22 13:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2060 | UNRWA OFFICIALS OUTLINE CONTACT POLICY WITH PA, [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 12 meeting with IO Assistant Secretary Kristen Silverberg, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi said that his agency would maintain "minimal" contact with the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. Grandi argued that some technical interaction is necessar [...] |
2006-05-22 13:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2066 | ASSASINATION ATTEMPTS AGAINST FATAH SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sporadic but intense clashes between Fatah- and HAMAS-affiliated forces left at least six people dead in Gaza between May 20-22. The clashes began following the attempted assassination of General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) Chief Tariq Abu Rajab, who was severely injured on May 20 [...] |
2006-05-22 15:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2068 | LIVELIHOOD OF GAZA FISHERMEN THREATENED [...] (SBU) According to an April World Food Programme (WFP) report, local demand for fish in Gaza has doubled and put pressure on Gaza fishing grounds, already restricted to 6 nautical miles from the shore. (Note: The Oslo Accords designated 20 miles of fishing grounds for Palestinians in Gaza. [...] |
2006-05-22 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PHUM EAID EFIS KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM2098 | RELATIVE CALM RETURNS TO GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gaza was relatively calm on May 23 after senior Fatah and HAMAS officials agreed to take steps to prevent further violence. However, rival armed groups continue to patrol the streets and a potential remains for a return of violent clashes. PA government spokesman Ghazi Hamad tol [...] |
2006-05-23 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS ASEC CASC |
| 06JERUSALEM2118 | SPORADIC VIOLENCE IN GAZA; IDF OPERATION LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sporadic violence continued in Gaza May 23-24. In Ramallah, a May 24 IDF arrest operation targeting a PIJ activist resulted in four Palestinians dead and at least 35 wounded. HAMAS spokesmen publicly accused the Fatah-dominated Preventive Security Organization (PSO) of orches [...] |
2006-05-24 14:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS ASEC CASC |
| 06JERUSALEM2134 | FATAH AND HAMAS MEET TO EASE TENSIONS IN GAZA AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions remain high in Gaza despite efforts by Fatah and Hamas to calm the situation. Clashes took place in Gaza City and a kidnapping elsewhere. The death of a PSO chief appears to be a "work accident" and not part of the ongoing clashes. Fatah and Hamas representatives me [...] |
2006-05-25 15:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS ASEC |
| 06JERUSALEM2135 | ABBAS SETS DEADLINE FOR "NATIONAL DIALOGUE" [...] (C) Summary. Representatives from Fatah, Hamas, other Palestinian factions, and civil society convened May 25 in Ramallah and Gaza City for a two-day session of "National Dialogue." In his speech before conference delegates in Ramallah, Palestinian President Abbas (Abu Mazen) set a 10-day [...] |
2006-05-25 17:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2140 | WFP ANTICIPATING 25 PERCENT INCREASE IN CASELOAD [...] (SBU) In a May 24 meeting, World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Country Director Jacques Higgins and West Bank Program Officer Claire Conan briefed USAID Health and Humanitarian Services Officer and EconOff on concerns about deteriorating food security in the West Bank and Gaza. Although WFP's [...] |
2006-05-26 12:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM2150 | INTERIOR MINISTRY PULLS BACK SOME OF ITS FORCES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PA Interior Ministry scaled back its deployment of the HAMAS-affiliated Special Security Force in Gaza on May 26. The HAMAS commander of the force, Yusif al-Zahar, told the media that the move is intended to reduce tensions in Gaza, while noting that the Interior Minister exp [...] |
2006-05-26 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS ASEC CASC |
| 06JERUSALEM2151 | DIVERGENT REACTIONS TO ABU MAZEN'S NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Hamas has yet to articulate a consistent position on Abu Mazen's intention to hold a national referendum proposal. Fatah officials have noted the discrepancy in statements from Hamas, a division which they hope to exploit in the coming 10-day discussion period. Meanwhile, the [...] |
2006-05-26 15:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2165 | IDF RAID IN GAZA KILLS 4 MILITANTS; INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Undercover IDF units operating in Gaza killed 4 militants and injured 8 others during a May 30 pre-dawn ambush of a PIJ cell preparing to launch Qassam rockets into Israel. The raid followed several days of increasing Qassam attacks from Gaza. Interior Minister Said Siyyam May 28 [...] |
2006-05-30 13:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS ASEC CASC |
| 06JERUSALEM2170 | NATIONAL DIALOGUE PROCEEDING [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian President Abbas agreed with Hamas representatives May 28 to divide the National Dialogue into three separate tracks: a Ramallah track on the prisoners' initiative; a Gaza track on easing Fatah-Hamas tensions; and a PLO track, possibly to take place in Cairo, on ref [...] |
2006-05-30 15:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2199 | PRM 2006 AMBASSADORS' FUND PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) Summary. Post requests that PRM consider funding a Gaza Strip refugee camp project under the Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees program (reftel). The proposal requests USD 21,740 to support a project by the Palestinian NGO, Palestine Save the Children Foundation, to educate Palestinian wome [...] |
2006-05-31 14:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2201 | LIVING CONDITIONS DECLINE IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Anecdotal reports collected by ConGen FSN and USAID staff resident in Gaza indicate that Gazans have witnessed a decline in their living conditions in recent months. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), Gazans have generally pared down consumption of goods to essential [...] |
2006-05-31 15:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON ETRD PREL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2223 | EREKAT DENOUNCES ISRAELI PLAN TO REVOKE JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat June 1 faxed to the ConGen a letter addressed to NEA A/S Welch criticizing statements by Israeli Interior Minister Roni Bar-On, published in the Israeli media on May 30, threatening to revoke the residency status of three Hamas PLC members from Jerusa [...] |
2006-06-01 15:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2224 | OCHA INCREASES EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR PALESTINIANS [...] (SBU) Citing deteriorating economic conditions, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revised its original appeal for the West Bank and Gaza upwards from USD 215 million to USD 385 million. OCHA head David Shearer said the new funding was predomina [...] |
2006-06-01 15:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF EAID ECON KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2244 | SEVERAL KILLED AND WOUNDED IN HAMAS-FATAH CLASHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sporadic but intense clashes June 1-5 between Fatah and Hamas gunmen in the Gaza Strip resulted in eight Palestinians deaths and 21 injuries. Hamas gunmen on June 5 set fire to the official PBC Palestinian TV broadcasting station in Khan Yunis. Four Palestinian military wing [...] |
2006-06-05 15:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS ASEC CASC |
| 06JERUSALEM2245 | BANK OF PALESTINE PAYS SOME PA SALARIES; OTHER [...] (C) Summary: In response to instructions from the PA Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Palestine (BoP) began June 4 to deposit PA salary payments into BoP accounts of PA employees. Funds for the payments reportedly came from a PA account for domestic revenues held at the BoP's Ramallah branc [...] |
2006-06-05 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2246 | ABU MAZEN, HAMAS HEADING TOWARD SHOW-DOWN OVER [...] (C) Summary. A show-down between Abu Mazen and Hamas is looming as the midnight June 5 deadline to reach consensus on the prisoners' initiative nears. Absent an agreement, Abu Mazen intends to proceed with a presidential decree to hold a referendum on the initiative within the next 40 days [...] |
2006-06-05 15:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2273 | ABBAS APPOINTS NEW WEST BANK COMMANDER OF FORCE-17 [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian President Abbas (Abu Mazen) appointed Mahmud Damra to head the West Bank contingent of Force-17, a security force under the president's exclusive authority. Damra is suspected by the GOI of involvement in several lethal attacks against Israelis, including one that [...] |
2006-06-06 16:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2274 | ABBAS DELAYS ISSUANCE OF REFERENDUM DECREE [...] (C) Summary. Following June 6 consultations between President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and the PLO Executive Committee (PLO-EC) in Ramallah, spokesmen for the president announced that he intends to delay for several days issuing a decree on holding a national referendum. The delay reportedly stem [...] |
2006-06-06 16:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2299 | VIOLENT CLASHES CONTINUE IN GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sporadic clashes between Hamas and Fatah-affiliated forces continued throughout the Gaza strip on June 6 and 7. Two Preventive Security Organization (PSO) members (and three construction workers) were injured June 5 as a result of an attack on PSO headquarters in Gaza City. A [...] |
2006-06-07 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2309 | RISING TENSIONS AS PUBLIC HEALTHCARE WORKERS [...] (SBU) According to Palestinian daily Al-Ayyam, public healthcare workers took to the streets in separate, uncoordinated protests in Bethlehem, Nablus, and Ramallah June 6. Al-Ayyam reported that the protesters hailed from various health institutions and marched informally, carrying signs tha [...] |
2006-06-08 12:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EAID PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2315 | DESPITE AGREEMENT TO REDEPLOY, HAMAS SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Fatah and Hamas officials agreed June 7 to redeploy the Ministry of Interior Special Security Forces from populated areas and main thoroughfares in the Gaza Strip. Despite the agreement, UN personnel and Fatah contacts reported June 8 that SSF are still visibly present [...] |
2006-06-08 14:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2381 | HAMAS FIRES QASSAMS INTO ISRAEL; INTENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the June 9 deaths of 8 Palestinian civilians by a suspected errant Israeli shell, HAMAS militants launched a barrage of Qassam rockets into Israel. In statements to the media, PM Haniyyah and other PA government spokesmen called on the international community to halt Isr [...] |
2006-06-12 16:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPAL KWBG PREL IS ASEC |
| 06JERUSALEM2391 | PA ADVISOR AKRAM HANIYYAH ON POLITICAL STATE OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Senior PA Advisor and "al-Ayyam" editor Akram Haniyyah told visiting NEA A/S Welch, the Consul General, and NSC/IPA LoGerfo on June 7 that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) is in a strong political position following his decision to call for a referendum on the prisoners' initiative. [...] |
2006-06-13 07:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2399 | INTENSE FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES; AT LEAST 9 KILLED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violent clashes between Fatah and Hamas groups continued in Gaza on June 12, spreading to the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus and Salfit. Two people were killed in Gaza as a result of these clashes. There were no fatalities or major injuries in the West Bank incidents, but [...] |
2006-06-13 13:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ASEC KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM240 | SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatah and Hamas candidates in Gaza signed an agreement pledging to refrain from displaying weaponry and abide by the democratic process. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met January 18 for additional discussions regarding Jerusalem voting. During a January 18 meeting at C [...] |
2006-01-19 17:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM2402 | WEST BANK/GAZA BANKERS SEEK TO COOPERATE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Bankers operating in the West Bank and Gaza say they are prepared to adopt new procedures to avoid a threatened cutoff of check clearing and other banking services by Israeli commercial banks. They assert that a severing of banking ties will adversely affect both the Palestinia [...] |
2006-06-13 14:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2404 | WEST BANK/GAZA BANKERS AND MONETARY AUTHORITY HEAD [...] (C) Summary: Senior representatives of banks operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip warned June 7 that they will cease extending credit in three months as a result of non-payment of Palestinian Authority (PA) employee salaries. Rising indebtedness of PA employees will soon require banks t [...] |
2006-06-13 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2405 | PALESTINIAN BANKERS' SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Senior representatives of Palestinian and regional banks operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip expressed their security concerns to USAIDoffs and EconOffs June 7 over possible violent attacks against bank branch offices in response to non-payment of salaries (reftel). Arab Bank Regio [...] |
2006-06-13 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KWBG JO |
| 06JERUSALEM2406 | PLC POSTPONES DECISION ON REFERENDUM; CEC PREPARES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an emergency session of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on June 12, HAMAS legislators challenged the legality of President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) decree calling for a July 26 referendum on the prisoners' initiative. After several hours of heated debate, the PLC ag [...] |
2006-06-13 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2442 | ONGOING FATAH-HAMAS DISCUSSIONS ON PRISONERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Abbas (Abu Mazen) reportedly agreed to continue discussions with the PA government on the prisoners' initiative during a June 13 meeting with PM Isma'il Haniyyah in Gaza. Fatah officials report that HAMAS is insisting on modifying the prisoners' document to include lang [...] |
2006-06-14 14:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2443 | WHERE IS THE BOTTOM? PALESTINIAN STOCK MARKET [...] (SBU) Palestinian stock prices continued to fall, with the Al-Quds Index losing 4.57 percent in the week ending June 8 and closing at 540.69. The Average Daily Trading Volume (ADTV) reached USD 2.89 million compared to USD 4.01 million four weeks ago. Lotos Investment analyst Waleed Makkieh [...] |
2006-06-14 14:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2444 | GAZA VIOLENCE AND WEST BANK UNREST CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah-Hamas violence continued in Gaza June 14, resulting in the death of a Hamas activist and the wounding of a Preventive Security Organization (PSO) official in Khan Yunis. President Mahmud Abbas condemned the June 13 Israeli air strike in Gaza that killed 11 Palestinians, in [...] |
2006-06-14 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER ASEC KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2470 | ABU MAZEN/HANIYYAH REACH REPORTED DEAL ON SSF; [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Isma'il Haniyyah reportedly agreed June 14 to integrate members of the HAMAS-affiliated Special Security Force (SSF) into the PA Civil Police. Presidential security sources report that the two sides have yet to agree on whether the SSF will be i [...] |
2006-06-15 15:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2471 | PALESTINIAN BANKS CEASE TRANSACTIONS WITH THE PA [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Abed stressed recently that local banks are not transacting with the Palestinian Authority (PA) government, in observance of the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control regulations. He noted that they are not accepting in [...] |
2006-06-15 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KTFN KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2473 | PRCS HEAD SAYS KEY MOU IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. During a June 14 meeting in Ramallah with Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) president Yunis al-Khatib, the Consul General encouraged al-Khatib to work diligently to resolve the outstanding issues in advance of the June 20 International Conference of the Red Cross and the [...] |
2006-06-16 04:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2485 | FATAH GUNMEN ATTACK GOVERNMENT FACILITIES IN WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatah gunmen June 15-16 attacked Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and governmental offices in the West Bank, and fired at the car of a HAMAS PLC member in Jenin. As of 1500L on June 16, ConGen Fatah contacts reported that HAMAS-affiliated Special Security Forces (SSF) rema [...] |
2006-06-16 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER ASEC KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2486 | PALESTINIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES WANT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian pharmaceutical companies called on donors, in a June 14 briefing, to coordinate with them on relief efforts and consider procuring Palestinian-manufactured drugs. They also asked donors to intervene with Israeli authorities to facilitate the passage of their produ [...] |
2006-06-16 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EAID PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2509 | NABIL AMR ON REFERENDUM, ABU MAZEN [...] (C) Summary. During a June 14 meeting in Ramallah with the Consul General, presidential media advisor Nabil Amr said that Abu Mazen was correct to proceed with the national referendum -- despite Amr's own objections to the prisoners' initiative -- in order to force the demise of the Hamas-l [...] |
2006-06-19 08:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2511 | FATAH-HAMAS REPORTEDLY NARROWING DIFFERENCES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah sources reported that an agreement on the prisoners' initiative is near. Within Fatah, preliminary discussions have begun on a national unity government (NUG). The Interior Ministry Special Security Force (SSF) is still deployed in Gaza, despite reports of a June 14 agreemen [...] |
2006-06-19 15:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2545 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY DISBURSES PARTIAL SALARIES [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority Finance Minister Abdel Razeq announced to Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members June 19 that the PA would start paying partial salaries in Gaza through the post offices that day and is considering doing so in the West Bank, as well. The local press June 20 [...] |
2006-06-20 15:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KTFN KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM256 | HAMAS MUNICIPAL COUNCILS HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the course of the 2005 local elections, Hamas assumed leadership for several municipal councils in the West Bank and Gaza. Hamas's political priorities and strategies at the municipal level are a strong indicator of the movement's likely priorities after the Palestinian Legisl [...] |
2006-01-20 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM257 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Elections Committee (CEC) published the finalized procedures for East Jerusalem voting on January 19. President Abbas signed a decree advancing the voting period for members of the PASF by one day to begin on January 21. Dozens of East Jerusalem residents clashed wit [...] |
2006-01-20 16:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM2576 | MUNIB AL-MASRI TOUTED AS POTENTIAL PM IN NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Amid speculation that Fatah and Hamas are nearing consensus on the prisoners' initiative, and possibly agreement on a National Unity Government (NUG), Fatah and private sector sources have suggested that prominent Nablus businessman, Munib al-Masri, is a potential candidate for [...] |
2006-06-21 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM2577 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY DISBURSES PARTIAL SALARIES [...] (C) Palestinian dailies reported June 21 that the Palestinian Authority would start paying partial salaries to PA employees in the West Bank through post offices, and that the payment would be NIS 1,350 (USD 304) per employee for those earning NIS 1,500 to 2,500. According to relatives of PA [...] |
2006-06-21 16:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ELAB KTFN KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2598 | TULKARM INDUSTRIES FACE BARRIERS TO MOVEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 21 meeting with the Consul General and NEA/IPA Director, Tulkarm business leaders and the Acting Governor described how restrictions on the internal and external movement of persons and goods in the West Bank had precipitated the governorate's economic decline and im [...] |
2006-06-22 14:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND EAID PREL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2604 | LOOKING TO PLUG IN: PALESTINIANS SEEK ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) is seeking to import electricity from Egypt and Jordan in order to reduce energy bills and diversify its supply, according to local press reports the week of June 19. 2. (SBU) (Note: The Israeli Electricity Company (IEC) generates 95 percent [...] |
2006-06-23 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAID PGOV KWBG JO EG |
| 06JERUSALEM2606 | PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN SEEKS HELP WITH [...] (C) Palestinian-American businessman Zahi Khoury (please protect) met with the Consul General and the Ambassador June 20 at the Consulate General in Jerusalem to discuss problems at the Karni/al-Mintar crossing. 2. (C) As the Chairman of the Board of the Palestinian Economic Development ( [...] |
2006-06-24 09:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2611 | PALESTINIAN COMPANIES LEAVING THE WEST BANK AND [...] (C) Summary: Some Palestinian companies are moving their production facilities from Gaza and the West Bank to Egypt and Jordan, according to Palestinian businessmen, on account of frequent and prolonged closures of the Karni/al-Mintar crossing and limited throughput. Due to non-payment of P [...] |
2006-06-26 07:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2650 | GAZA MILITANTS ABDUCT ISRAELI SOLDIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) and HAMAS militants staged a brazen raid on an IDF outpost on the Israeli side of the Gaza border June 25, killing two soldiers and abducting a third. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a statement denouncing the attack as a violation of the "un [...] |
2006-06-26 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV PTER IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2672 | PA EMPLOYEES STRIKE IN PROTEST OF UNPAID SALARIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) workers in the West Bank and Gaza went on strike June 22 in protest of non-payment of salaries. Municipal workers in some localities also went on strike. The PA Employees Union called off a planned June 28-29 strike due to political/security develop [...] |
2006-06-27 14:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PHUM KLAB KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2680 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) Israeli ground and air forces initiated operations in Gaza late on June 27 and early on June 28. Israeli ground forces now occupy land in the southern Gaza strip, including the disused Gaza airport. Israeli aircraft damaged three bridges in central Gaza, and Palestinian contacts report l [...] |
2006-06-28 09:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2696 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) held a press conference in which they displayed a copy of the ID card of missing Israeli settler Eliyahu Asheri and threatened to kill him if IDF forces did not leave Gaza. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades has threatened additional kidnappings and rock [...] |
2006-06-28 15:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2726 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) Israeli military forces have reportedly expanded their foothold in southern Gaza and moved into northern Gaza. At least four Qassam rockets were launched at an Israeli town, and IDF naval and air forces have shelled Qassam rocket launch areas. The remains of missing settler Eliyahu Asher [...] |
2006-06-29 09:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2748 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - DAMAGE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The electricity is out in 75 percent of Gaza, according to USAID Gaza-based field staff. The electricity distribution company began June 28 to rotate the available electricity to different areas in six hour shifts. The electricity shortage is also impacting hospitals, municipa [...] |
2006-06-29 13:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ENRG ECPS EPET KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2751 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) The IAF conducted an airstrike against PIJ militants in Gaza City and IDF forces continued to shell Qassam launching areas; however, Qassam rockets continued to be launched. Press reports indicate that Hamas militants blew a hole in the border wall between Gaza and Egypt, and that both E [...] |
2006-06-29 14:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2754 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to USAID staff in Gaza, there are no reports of critical food shortages, but Gazans are stocking up on food supplies. Hospitals and clinics have emergency supplies for 14 days. All crossings remain closed. Diesel supplies are being quickly depleted, according to a [...] |
2006-06-29 15:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM2762 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) Airstrikes in Gaza and shelling of open areas continue; IDF forces have conducted a number of raids in the West Bank. IDF ground forces have reportedly not entered northern Gaza. PA sources say that the breach blown in the Gaza/Egypt border wall has been repaired. There has been intens [...] |
2006-06-30 09:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2766 | MGGZ01: FACTIONS CONDEMN HAMAS ARRESTS, REFUSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A full day after the June 29 arrest of approximately 90 Hamas cabinet ministers, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members, and others, Fatah and Hamas continue to condemn the Israeli action. Hamas is reportedly still working out what steps are necessary for the government [...] |
2006-06-30 11:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2769 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) Political developments led the news Friday afternoon: the GOI announced the revocation of Jerusalem residency permits for four detained Hamas officials and Prime Minister Hanniyyah delivered a sermon in which he sketched out the Hamas plan for continued governance, including a proposal for [...] |
2006-06-30 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2771 | MGGZ01- QUICK ACTION CLOSES BREECH IN WALL BETWEEN [...] (C) At 1245L on June 29, gunmen from the Popular Resistance Committees and the Hamas-affiliated Izzedine Qassam Brigades detonated a landmine along the Egypt-Gaza border, according to Khalil Khatib, a security officer in President Abbas' office (reftel). The explosion blasted out two adjace [...] |
2006-06-30 15:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2772 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 1 [...] (C) The last 24 hours have been relatively quiet in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. IDF airstrikes and shelling in the West Bank and Gaza and Palestinian mortar and rocket attacks into Israel continue, but there have been no reported injuries. The manager of the Gaza power plant told Econ Chief [...] |
2006-07-01 11:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2775 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 2 [...] (C) Israeli airstrikes over the last 24 hours damaged the Gaza office of Prime Minister Ismael Hanniyyah, among other targets. IDF forces continued their raids on Hamas-associated offices in the West Bank. Statements made by the office of President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) that blamed Hama [...] |
2006-07-02 09:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2804 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 3 [...] (C) A statement on July 3 by groups claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of IDF corporal Gilad Shalit threatened that the abduction would be a "closed case" if Palestinian prisoners are not released by 0600 on July 4; they did not elaborate on their statement. IDF forces entered nort [...] |
2006-07-03 10:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2812 | MGGZ01: HAMAS TEMPORARILY RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a news conference on July 2, the PA Council of Ministers Secretary General announced that Prime Minister Ismail Hanniyah has entrusted the portfolios of arrested Hamas ministers to other ministers. PA Minister of Information Yusuf Rizqah stressed that there is "no political [...] |
2006-07-03 13:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2813 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 4 [...] (C) A 0600 ultimatum regarding kidnapped IDF Corporal Galid Shalit passed without any significant developments. The IDF arrested three al-Aqsa Brigades' militants implicated in the June 25 killing of Israeli settler Eliyahu Ahsheri. The PLC held an emergency session on July 3, focused on the [...] |
2006-07-04 08:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2820 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 5 [...] (C) A Qassam rocket impacted in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on July 4; the extended range, target, and timing of the attack resulted in wide press coverage and statements from Israeli political leaders; the military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility. The IDF initiated a third inc [...] |
2006-07-05 11:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2821 | PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS COMMISSION SUSPENDS [...] (C) Ammar Dweik, the Chief Electoral Officer for the Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC), on July 5 confirmed to ConGen Poloff that the CEC had received a two-sentence letter from Abu Mazen's Chief of Staff Rafiq Husseini requesting that the CEC suspend preparations for the July [...] |
2006-07-05 15:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM2825 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 6 [...] (C) IDF forces on July 6 expanded their incursion in the northern Gaza to the three dismantled settlements that had been the site of previous Qassam rocket launches. The Israeli move follows the launching of two additional Qassam rockets, one of which came near the southern city of Ashkelon. [...] |
2006-07-06 12:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2826 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - NO FISH IN GAZA [...] (SBU) World Food Programme (WFP) Information Officer Kirstie Campbell told EconOff July 4 that the IDF continues to prohibit fishing off the coastline of Gaza and that none of the 3,000 licensed fishermen have been allowed to fish since June 25. Head of the El-Tawafeek Fishermen Association [...] |
2006-07-06 12:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS PHUM EAID KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM2835 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 7 [...] (C) The casualty rates associated with ongoing IDF operations spiked sharply on July 6 and 7, with at least 21 Palestinians reported killed and over 65 wounded; one Israeli soldier was reported killed and several more wounded. At least eight Qassam rockets were fired, with no reported injurie [...] |
2006-07-07 10:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2852 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - IDF INCURSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID Gaza-based staff report that the IDF incursions in Gaza are directly impacting the treatment and handling of sewage in Gaza, portending negative environmental and health-related consequences. End Summary. 2. (SBU) IDF operations in northern Gaza continue to prevent [...] |
2006-07-07 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PHUM PREL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2853 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION TEAM ARRIVES TO IMPLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: European Commission officials said July 5 that the Commission's Management Team to implement the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) would be fully operational in Jerusalem during the week of July 10. The Acting World Bank Country Director said the Emergency Services Support [...] |
2006-07-07 15:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON PREL PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM2854 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 8 [...] (C) ConGenoffs assisted in the transfer of 68 American citizens from Erez Crossing to the Allenby Bridge for passage to Jordan on July 8. Another 34 Amcits originally scheduled to depart Gaza either failed to bring the proper documentation for transit or failed to show up at Erez. IDF mil [...] |
2006-07-08 12:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2855 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 9 [...] (C) IDF forces appear to have withdrawn from parts of the northern Gaza strip, but remain present in the central and southern sections. An explosion near Gaza City on July 8 that killed a mother and two of her children has attracted wide media attention. Prime Minister Hanniyyah released a 5 [...] |
2006-07-09 10:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM286 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) Summary. Voting by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces continued for a third and final day, January 23, with turnout reported around 82 percent of registered voters at the conclusion of the second day of voting. ConGen contacts expect final turnout over 90 percent of registered [...] |
2006-01-23 15:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM2867 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) The IDF continues its presence in central and southern Gaza. IDF raids continue, as do Qassam rocket launches. The factions claiming responsibility for the abduction of IDF corporal Gilad Shalit told the media on July 9 that they alone control Shalit's fate, and reiterated their demands [...] |
2006-07-10 10:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2886 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) IDF operations are continuing in central and southern Gaza. IAF air strikes on suspected Palestinian militants July 10-11 resulted in nine Palestinian deaths. One air strike near Beit Hanoun targeting gunmen instead struck Palestinian civilians, killing four. Israeli media reported t [...] |
2006-07-11 13:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM PTER |
| 06JERUSALEM2898 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) IDF forces reportedly moved through the central section of Gaza on July 12, dividing the Gaza Strip in two. An IDF airstrike on a house near Gaza City killed seven Palestinians and wounded several others, possibly including Hamas military wing leader Mohammed Deif. Initial reports regard [...] |
2006-07-12 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2902 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) IDF military action in Gaza continued on July 12-13, although news coverage was overshadowed by the developing situation on the Israeli-Lebanese border. PA sources list 26 Palestinians killed on July 12, including the family that died in the IDF attack that reportedly wounded Hamas milita [...] |
2006-07-13 12:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2919 | AMID PALESTINIAN JUBILATION, ABU MAZEN CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian public reaction to the July 12 Hezbollah attack and kidnapping of two IDF soldiers was immediate and overwhelmingly positive. Hamas praised the Hezbollah attack and called for a unification of efforts to attain the release of Palestinian and Arab prisoners. The P [...] |
2006-07-13 15:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2937 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) Violence declined in Gaza on July 13-14, in comparison to previous days. Palestinian gunmen and activists attempted to force open the Rafah border crossing on July 13, but were dispersed by the Palestinian Presidential Guard. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) told the press July 13 that the f [...] |
2006-07-14 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2940 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) Palestinian gunmen blew open a six-meter hole in the wall separating Gaza from Egypt near the Rafah crossing on the evening of July 14, enabling close to 3,000 Palestinians to cross from Egypt into Gaza. At least one Egyptian security officer was injured in the exchange of gunfire; Eg [...] |
2006-07-15 10:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM2941 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) The majority of IDF activities appear oriented to the Israel/Lebanon border area. 2. (SBU) In Gaza military developments, there was an IDF strike near Beit Hanoun on July 16 ; apparently an Israeli UAV opened fire on a group of Hamas gunmen firing at Israeli tanks across the fence line. [...] |
2006-07-16 08:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3001 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) IDF forces reentered northern Gaza on July 17; at least two Palestinians have been reported killed in this latest incursion. IAF aircraft struck government buildings, and supported ongoing operations in northern Gaza. There were approximately 15 Qassam launches from Gaza, with damage but [...] |
2006-07-17 10:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3005 | PLO ENVOYS RETURN EMPTY-HANDED FROM DAMASCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two PLO envoys traveled to Damascus on July 9 in order to deal with the crisis that began with the kidnapping of IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit on June 25. The envoys met with Syrian Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa', Syrian Ba'ath officials, the Democratic Front for the Liberation o [...] |
2006-07-17 11:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL ASEC IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3022 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) The Rafah crossing opened July 18 to allow 2,000-3,000 Palestinians on the Egyptian side of the crossing to enter Gaza. Palestinian contacts report that more than 700 Palestinians transited into Gaza as of 1300 local. The IDF July 18 withdrew from parts of Beit Hanoun following its Ju [...] |
2006-07-18 11:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3029 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) Approximately 100 American citizens left Gaza on July 19. Approximately 5,200 Palestinians passed through the Rafah crossing into Gaza on July 18. The IDF July 19 launched a large incursion into the al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing six Palestinians, including civilians, with at least 50 [...] |
2006-07-19 13:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3080 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 20 SITREP [...] (C) One hundred and three American citizens were evacuated from Gaza to Amman on July 19. IDF operations in the central Gaza Strip continued on July 20, killing two and wounding four. In Nablus, the IDF continued an operation against the main PA security forces compound. Palestinian Presid [...] |
2006-07-20 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3082 | EUROPEAN UNION TEAM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TEMPORARY [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of the management unit implementing the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM), the European Union plans to support the World Bank's Emergency Services Support Program (ESSP) under Window I starting in an early August. Under Window II, the European Commissi [...] |
2006-07-20 16:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON PREL PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3093 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 21 SITREP [...] (C) Israeli Defense Forces withdrew from the al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza on July 21 after a three-day operation that left 16 Palestinians dead and approximately 130 wounded. In Nablus, the IDF continued its operation against the PA headquarters complex. Two Qassams were fired from Gaza i [...] |
2006-07-21 13:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3096 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 22 SITREP [...] (C) Events in Gaza and the West Bank have been quieter than in previous days. The IDF ended its multi-day operation in Nablus, after demolishing a number of PA security buildings. One of the wanted Palestinians was reportedly pulled alive from the wreckage following the IDF departure. Presid [...] |
2006-07-22 08:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3100 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 23 SITREP [...] (C) The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) continued arrest operations in the West Bank and small incursions into the Gaza Strip on July 22-23, and Qassam rockets continued to be launched from Gaza into the western Negev and Sderot. Media reports that Palestinian factions in Gaza had reached agree [...] |
2006-07-23 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3129 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 24 SITREP [...] (C) There continued to be isolated incidents of violence in Gaza July 23-24, with reports of three Palestinian fatalities. The IDF arrested 20 Palestinians in the West Bank on July 24. 11 Qassams were launched from Gaza into Israel on July 23, and an additional three were launched on July 2 [...] |
2006-07-24 12:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3163 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 25 SITREP [...] (C) There continued to be incidents of violence in Gaza, July 24-25, with reports of six Palestinian fatalities. The IDF arrested 12 Palestinians in the West Bank July 24. At least four Qassam rockets were launched at the western Negev and Sderot July 24, and another three were launched, as [...] |
2006-07-25 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3178 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 26 SITREP [...] (SBU) Heavy fighting between IDF forces and Palestinian factions in Gaza is ongoing, with reports of at least 14 Palestinian fatalities. At least nine Qassam rockets were launched into Israel, as of 1500 local July 26. Local media gave prominent coverage to Secretary Rice's meeting with PA [...] |
2006-07-26 12:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3221 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (SBU) At least 28 Palestinians have died since July 26, including civilians, during an IDF incursion into the Shijaya and surrounding neighborhoods in Gaza City. According to medical sources, at least 80 Palestinians have sustained injuries during the operation, which is ongoing as of 1400 [...] |
2006-07-27 12:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3238 | ABU MAZEN DISBURSES PAYMENTS; TEMPORARY [...] (C) Summary: The Office of PA President Abbas (Abu Mazen) began disbursing USD 91 million in payments to suppliers, PA employees and pensioners, social hardship cases, and the unemployed on July 23. According to the President's Office, payments were not disbursed to PLC members, PA ministers, [...] |
2006-07-28 12:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KTFN KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM324 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Fatah activist associated with Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) candidate Ghassan Shakaa was killed in Nablus early on January 24, reportedly by gunmen associated with rival Fatah leader Jamal al-Tirawi. Large Fatah and Hamas rallies on January 23 marked the officia [...] |
2006-01-24 17:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM3241 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (SBU) IDF units withdrew from the Shijaya neighborhood of Gaza City on the morning of July 28. At least 30 Palestinians died during the three-day incursion, including one PRC gunmen, two HAMAS military-wing activists, and several civilians, including a 73-year old woman and 13-year old boy. [...] |
2006-07-28 14:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3252 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 31 SITREP [...] (SBU) Post is working with Embassies Tel Aviv and Cairo to facilitate the departure of approximately 80 Americans from Gaza via the Rafah crossing on August 1. Palestinian Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat confirmed to the Consul General on July 31 that he was informed by Government of Israel [...] |
2006-07-31 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3313 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 1 SITREP [...] (SBU) The Rafah crossing did not open as planned on August 1 in order to allow more time for coordination among the concerned parties. As a result, the planned departure from Gaza of approximately 77 Americans and 10 PD grantees was also delayed. Post is attempting to facilitate the trans [...] |
2006-08-01 13:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3316 | ISRAELI HIGH COURT TO ALLOW TEMPLE MOUNT FAITHFUL [...] (C) Jerusalem attorney Danny Seidemann confirmed to ConGen Poloff an August 1 decision by the Israeli High Court to grant entry by the Temple Mount Faithful -- an extreme right-wing Israeli group dedicated to rebuilding the Jewish temple on the site of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in the [...] |
2006-08-01 15:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3347 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 2 SITREP [...] (SBU) Post is coordinating with Embassies Tel Aviv and Amman to facilitate the departure from Gaza on August 3 of approximately 80 Americans and 10 PD grantees via the Erez crossing and onward to Jordan. 2. (SBU) IDF shelling and rocket fire into northern and southern Gaza on August 1 [...] |
2006-08-02 11:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3357 | ISRAELI POLICE PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE CLASHES IN [...] (C) Israeli police in Jerusalem are preparing for possible confrontations with Jewish and Muslim protesters on August 3 in the wake of the August 2 Israeli High Court decision to allow members of the Temple Mount Faithful (TMF) to enter the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount (reftel). Visitation [...] |
2006-08-02 14:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3358 | IMPENDING HOME DEMOLITION DRAWS APPEALS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli and international human rights activists have appealed to the Jerusalem municipality to prevent the scheduled demolition of an East Jerusalem home. The municipality has so far rejected the appeals to cancel the demolition order, arguing that the house was built illegall [...] |
2006-08-02 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM338 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY [...] (C) Con Gen election observers report elections proceeding smoothly in Jerusalem and Ramallah in the first hours of voting. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), speaking to the media, commended the ongoing polling and described the events as "an election festival." Three polling stations i [...] |
2006-01-25 09:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM340 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY [...] (C) As of 12:30 pm local time, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections continued to go smoothly. There was media coverage of PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Hamas leader Mohammed Zahar casting votes in their respective locations. There continued to be reports of some votin [...] |
2006-01-25 12:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3403 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 3 SITREP [...] (SBU) Post facilitated the departure of 49 Americans from Gaza on August 3 via the Erez crossing enroute to Jordan through the Allenby Bridge. The departure of 10 Public Diplomacy grantees has been deferred. 2. (SBU) Israeli police closed the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount to all non-Musl [...] |
2006-08-03 14:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3415 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 4 SITREP [...] SUMMARY: Three Palestinians were killed and two wounded August 4 as a result of IDF operations in Gaza. In the West Bank, the IDF arrested 11 Palestinians. The Rafah crossing remains closed as of August 4, but the Karni/al-Mintar and Nahal Oz crossings are operational. Nine of ten electric [...] |
2006-08-04 14:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3435 | EREKAT REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO SECURE RELEASE [...] (C) PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat August 6 faxed to the ConGen a letter addressed to NEA A/S Welch denouncing the August 5 IDF arrest in Ramallah of Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Speaker Aziz Dweik. Erekat called the Consul General on August 6 to ask if the USG would intervene w [...] |
2006-08-07 11:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3439 | LIVING CONDITIONS IN GAZA CONTINUE TO DECLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Anecdotal reports collected by ConGen FSN and USAID staff resident in Gaza indicate that living conditions in Gaza continue to decline. Electricity and water are in short supply, in addition to food, fuel, credit and overall economic opportunity. Electricity imports from Isr [...] |
2006-08-07 13:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EAID PREL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3440 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 7 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. The IDF concluded a three-day operation on August 6 in southern Gaza that resulted in 17 Palestinians killed, including seven civilians. Palestinian militants fired Qassam rockets the evening of August 5, resulting in no injuries or damage. Palestinian gunmen shot and kille [...] |
2006-08-07 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM345 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY [...] (C) As of 2:30 pm local time, PLC elections continued to go smoothly with 45 percent voter turnout in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip after seven and a half hours of voting. CEC Chairman Hanna Nasser estimated that voter turnout would be 75-80 percent by the end of the day and predicted that [...] |
2006-01-25 14:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3464 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 8 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Gaza was generally quiet overnight August 7-8. Five Qassam rockets were launched from Gaza into Israel, but there were no reported injuries or damage. In the West Bank, IDF forces arrested three wanted Palestinians. Several staff members at the PA Prime Minister's office in [...] |
2006-08-08 14:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM347 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY [...] (C) As of 6:00 pm local time, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections continued to go smoothly with only sporadic reports of violence. The Central Elections Commission reported voter turnout at 64.7 percent with 810,000 voting in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Slow lines at East Jerusa [...] |
2006-01-25 17:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ASEC KDEM KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM348 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY [...] (C) As of 9:00 pm local time, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections continued to go smoothly in most areas, with nearly 81 percent voter turnout in the West Bank and Gaza Strip after over 12 hours of voting. The CEC determined that there would not be an overall extension of the votin [...] |
2006-01-25 20:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV |
| 06JERUSALEM349 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of midnight on Election Day, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) was counting votes with preliminary results not expected until later on January 26. Polls in Jerusalem closed at 2100L, two hours after the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The election was notably free of serious vo [...] |
2006-01-25 22:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06JERUSALEM3519 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 9 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Three Qassam rockets were fired from northern Gaza into Israel on August 8. The IDF responded with shelling, resulting in at least two injuries. In the West Bank, an Israeli air strike August 9 in the Jenin refugee camp killed two Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) activists, [...] |
2006-08-09 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3540 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 10 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sporadic violence continued in the Gaza Strip on August 9-10. Three Palestinians, including a five-year old girl, were killed and two homes destroyed in separate Israeli Air Force strikes. In the West Bank, Israeli forces arrested 13 people on August 9-10. The Rafah, the Ka [...] |
2006-08-10 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3555 | ABU MAZEN'S OFFICE BUYS TRANSFORMERS FROM EGYPT [...] (C) PA President Abbas' office authorized the purchase August 3 of seven power transformers from Egypt with USD 1.8 million provided by the Arab League to the Egyptian Electric Company, according to the UN Special Coordinator's Office (UNSCO) and press reports. These transformers are to repla [...] |
2006-08-11 11:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN EAID KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3560 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 11 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israeli military operations destroyed three homes in Gaza on August 10-11; there were no reports of fatalities. An Italian tourist was stabbed to death in Jerusalem on August 10 in what Israeli officials are describing as a "possible terror attack." In the West Bank, three P [...] |
2006-08-11 13:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CASC ASEC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3561 | FRUSTRATION GROWING WITH ABU MAZEN WITHIN [...] (C) Summary. Criticism is growing within Palestinian circles over President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) political strategy. ConGen contacts within Fatah and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) have also expressed frustration with Abu Mazen's decision to conduct a multiple country tour in the [...] |
2006-08-11 13:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3563 | TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM DISBURSES [...] (C) The European Commission, through the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM), completed disbursement, over the last 10 days, of the first tranche of allowances to PA health sector workers. The allowances were disbursed through commercial banks and did not go to any PA Health Ministry emp [...] |
2006-08-11 16:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KTFN KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3593 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701 TO PALESTINIANS [...] (SBU) The Consul General delivered reftel points regarding UN Security Council Resolution 1701 calling for the full cessation of hostilities in Lebanon to PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat on August 12 in Jerusalem. Erekat said he would deliver a copy of the Security Council resolution to [...] |
2006-08-14 13:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG PHUM UN UNSC IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3595 | ISRAELI ARAB FLIGHT A BOON TO BETHLEHEM ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The influx of as many as 1,500 Israeli Arabs fleeing Hizballah rockets provided a significant boost to Bethlehem's beleaguered economy. During the past month, hotel occupancy rates and sales at restaurants and food markets dramatically increased, thus more than offsetting the [...] |
2006-08-14 14:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND CASC KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3596 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 14 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Low level violence in Gaza continued over the weekend, August 11-13, with no reported Qassam rocket fire. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed responsibility for the firing of two rockets on August 14 from northern Gaza toward Ashkelon. Israeli media reported some l [...] |
2006-08-14 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3611 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 15 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli aircraft overnight August 14-15 fired rockets at a suspected Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) house in the Jabaliya refugee camp, injuring at least 10 Palestinians. The IDF continued operations in the vicinity of the Gaza airport, where clashes resulted in two Palest [...] |
2006-08-15 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3625 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 16 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli aircraft overnight August 15-16 fired rockets into the home of a suspected al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades member in Khan Younis, killing two Palestinians and injuring at least three others. A Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) member was killed during clashes between PIJ gun [...] |
2006-08-16 14:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3635 | SEPARATION BARRIER ROUTE REVISED, BUT PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a July 2006 report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Palestinian and NGO contacts have informed ConGen that despite revisions, the route of the separation barrier will cut off tens of thousands of Palestinians from Palestinian-o [...] |
2006-08-17 07:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3651 | HAMAS STAKES OUT TOUGH LINE ON NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hamas representatives have staked out a tough position on the creation of a new national unity government (NUG) in public statements following the August 16 agreement between PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Prime Minister Isma'il Hanniyah to begin negotiations on such [...] |
2006-08-17 13:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM3652 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 17 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A 14-year old Palestinian was killed and four others were injured as a result of fighting between Fatah and Hamas militants in Gaza on August 16. A Hamas activist was killed in Gaza City when a bomb he was building exploded prematurely. Palestinian militants fired three rock [...] |
2006-08-17 13:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM366 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: DAY AFTER [...] (C) Palestinian political figures awoke on January 26 to the signs of a political earthquake, with Hamas now generally expected to gain a majority in the new Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). Fatah candidates Sa'eb Erekat and Mohammed Dahlan said the results were "a disaster" and spoke o [...] |
2006-01-26 12:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM3670 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 18 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The body of a Palestinian reportedly killed by Israeli gunfire was found in Gaza on August 17. Three Palestinians in Gaza City were wounded when an Israeli Air Force plane attacked a metal workshop. The military-wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for a rocket launched from [...] |
2006-08-18 12:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3678 | PALESTINIAN PARTICIPANTS TO 61ST UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) President Abbas' office provided ConGen the official delegation list of Palestinians planning to attend the 61st UN General Assembly in New York. ConGen will follow up on arrival and departure times for the Palestinian delegation. 2. (SBU) Palestinian official delegation: -- [...] |
2006-08-18 13:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
| 06JERUSALEM3679 | PALESTINIAN STOCK MARKET ENDS FREEFALL; REGULATORS [...] (SBU) Summary. After plummeting for months, Palestinian stocks have gained 20 percent since mid-July 2006. The Palestinian Securities Exchange (PSE) August 13 reinstated a wider daily price trading range of five percent, thereby suggesting that concerns over market volatility have eased. PS [...] |
2006-08-18 14:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3680 | WEST BANK/GAZA BANKS LIMIT LENDING, DELAY DEFAULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to mounting Palestinian personal debt due to the non-payment of PA salaries, banks operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have essentially ceased consumer leading. Commercial lending continues, but at steadily declining levels. Some of the banks have postponed [...] |
2006-08-18 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3682 | ABU MAZEN PAYING FLAT-RATE ALLOWANCES [...] (C) Summary: The Office of the PA President will disburse through commercial banks, starting August 19, a flat-rate allowance of NIS 1500 to PA employees, PA pensioners, some social hardship cases, and those on the unemployment rolls. The PA Presidency plans to issue a press statement August 1 [...] |
2006-08-18 15:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3708 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 21 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) units arrested PA Deputy Prime Minister Nasir al-Din Ashair and Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Secretary General Mahmoud al-Ramahi. Two Palestinians were killed and several injured in clashes between Palestinian militants and the IDF in Gaz [...] |
2006-08-21 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3716 | PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR WILL ASSIST USSC [...] (SBU) U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton met August 17 with Palestinian business leaders who acknowledged that security and economic revitalization go hand-in-hand, made suggestions for more private sector involvement in the management of the crossings, and pledged to do their part to [...] |
2006-08-22 11:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ASEC PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3717 | DISTURBANCES AT BANKS DURING DISTRIBUTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The PA President's Office released a statement on August 18 announcing payment of a flat-rate allowance to 170,000 Palestinians, paid for the back-to-school period from Arab League transfers. Crowds formed at some banks to protest their action to withhold a portion of the allo [...] |
2006-08-22 12:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3752 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 22 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades gunmen threatened to open the Rafah crossing by force on August 21. Seven Palestinians were wounded in Gaza overnight August 21-22; three were injured in an IDF operation near the Karni crossing, and four were [...] |
2006-08-22 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CASC ASEC KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM3799 | HAMAS MINISTER ALLEGED TO HAVE SMUGGLED CASH INTO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KTFN KWBG IS EG |
| 06JERUSALEM3800 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 23 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF shelling August 22 targeted Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) members, killing three near Khan Younis while injuring another seven Palestinians. One IDF soldier sustained injuries from an anti-tank rocket in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli operation into the Shijayah [...] |
2006-08-23 14:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3801 | UN SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN ARRIVING AUGUST 29 [...] (C) In a August 23 meeting with DPO, UN Deputy Special Coordinator Kevin Kennedy advised that SYG Annan would be arriving in Jerusalem Tuesday, August 29 for meetings with President Abbas and GOI Prime Minister Olmert. Kennedy said Annan planned to convey some points on Israeli-Palestinian i [...] |
2006-08-23 14:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER KPKO IS LE KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3804 | EREKAT OUTLINES NEXT STEPS TO CODEL SHAYS [...] (C) Summary. During an August 19 meeting in Jericho, PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat told Codel Shays that the conflict in Lebanon resulted in a defeat for political moderation. Erekat maintained that extremist forces such as Hamas and Hezbollah have gained as a result of the violence, [...] |
2006-08-23 15:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3812 | UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN PARTICIPANTS TO 61ST UN [...] (SBU) President Abbas' office provided ConGen several additional names to the official delegation list of Palestinians planning to attend the 61st UN General Assembly in New York. ConGen has yet to receive arrival and departure times for the Palestinian delegation. 2. (SBU) The updat [...] |
2006-08-24 11:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
| 06JERUSALEM3822 | PA PRESIDENT'S OFFICE DENIES SALARIES PAID TO [...] (SBU) In an August 23 letter to the Consul General, President Abbas's Chief of Staff Rafiq Husseini stated that a story appearing in "Haaretz" newspaper alleging that Abbas had paid salaries to 5,000 Hamas "Operational Force" members "is totally untrue." Husseini added that the Office of the [...] |
2006-08-24 15:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KFTN PTER KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3823 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 24 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian militants on August 24 detonated an explosive device near the wall at the Rafah crossing separating Gaza from Egypt. PA and Egyptian security successfully brought the situation under control. IDF units operating near Khan Younis overnight August 23-24 killed one [...] |
2006-08-24 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM3839 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 25 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rafah crossing opened August 25 allowing thousands of Palestinians to transit from the Egypt and Gaza sides of the crossing. Israeli aircraft conducted air strikes in Gaza City and the Jabaliya overnight August 24-25, injuring eight Palestinians. The Palestinian Islamic [...] |
2006-08-25 15:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM385 | POTENTIAL MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES: ZIAD ABU AMR AND [...] (C) Two possible compromise candidates that Hamas may offer in upcoming consultations over government formation with President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) are Ziad Abu Amr, a re-elected independent PLC member from Gaza City and Mustafa Bargouthi, the head of the "Independent Palestine" party whi [...] |
2006-01-27 16:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM386 | PA BASIC LAW: SEPERATION OF POWERS AND SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PA Basic Law and Presidential Decrees are the primary legal bases for government formation and control of the PA Security Forces (PASF). While the law is clear on some issues such as the selection of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, the Basic Law does not say a [...] |
2006-01-27 16:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06JERUSALEM3870 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 28 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nine Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in separate incidents throughout Gaza August 25-28. An Israeli Air Force (IAF) plane bombed and destroyed the home of a Hamas military wing member overnight August 25-26. Two journalists were wounded by an IAF airstrike [...] |
2006-08-28 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3893 | FATAH CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING: FEW RESULTS, LOTS [...] (C) Summary. The August 23-25 meeting of the Fatah Central Committee (FCC) in Amman produced few if any results. Participants stated publicly that no firm date has been set for the Sixth Fatah Congress, but announced ongoing efforts to field representatives. Separately, FCC sources said t [...] |
2006-08-29 16:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3932 | MGGZ01- JERUSALEM AUGUST 30 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nine Palestinians were killed in separate incidents throughout Gaza August 28-29. Palestinian militants fired several antitank shells against the IDF in Gaza, injuring one IDF soldier. One Qassam rocket landed near Sderot on August 29, causing no injuries. Israeli forces k [...] |
2006-08-30 14:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3933 | TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM: UPDATE AND [...] Action request for Department in para. 11. 2. (C) Summary: Window II (fuel) and Window III (allowances) of the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) continue to function. Window I, the World Bank's Emergency Services Support Program (ESSP), is still pending as the Bank finalizes the gr [...] |
2006-08-30 14:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3949 | ABBAS PROCLAIMS SUPPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2 GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told striking PA employees gathered outside his Ramallah office August 30 that they have a right to express their opinion by all appropriate means, thus signaling his support for a planned general strike set to start September 2. He urge [...] |
2006-08-31 14:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM ELAB |
| 06JERUSALEM3965 | MGGZ01- JERUSALEM SEPTEMBER 1 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IDF troops withdrew from the Gaza City neighborhood of Shajayah on August 31, after a four-day incursion. Unknown gunmen kidnapped and later released a relative of HAMAS' Executive Force commander in Khan Younis on August 31. In a separate incident, Palestinian gunmen kille [...] |
2006-09-01 13:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM3987 | NON-PAYMENT OF PA SALARIES IMPERILS MICROFINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-payment of PA employee salaries is threatening the viability of microfinance programs operating in the West Bank and Gaza, according to lending agencies. In Gaza, where the local economy is extremely dependent on PA salaries, loans with payments more than 30 days overdue h [...] |
2006-09-05 15:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM3996 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/06): THE HAMAS GOVERNMENT [...] Ahmad Majdalani commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Is it a Salary Crisis or a Ruling Crisis?" (9/6): "None of the slogans of change and reform, the basis on which the current parliament and government were voted, has been implemented. Although the government would like to bl [...] |
2006-09-06 09:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4029 | WIDE PARTICIPATION AS GENERAL STRIKE ENTERS FIFTH [...] Summary: A general strike by PA employees in protest of non-payment of salaries since March (see ref) entered its fifth day, September 6. Union leaders have estimated 80-90 percent PA employee participation. Although the strike is more comprehensive in the West Bank than in Gaza, it has br [...] |
2006-09-06 14:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM EFIN KWGB |
| 06JERUSALEM4031 | TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM: FIRST [...] (C) Summary: The first meeting of the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) Consultative Group, September 1, reviewed implementation progress to date. Both Windows II (provision of fuel to health, water, and sanitation sectors in Gaza) and III (allowances) have been implemented fully by th [...] |
2006-09-06 15:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EAID KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4076 | NEED TO PRESS CONGRESS FOR USD 75 MILLION IN FY07 [...] (SBU) We urge the Administration to approach Congress as soon as possible to request full funding of the Administration's FY 2007 request of USD 75 million for West Bank/Gaza ESF. Even though we have ceased our support to the PA government, the U.S. government has continued to support the P [...] |
2006-09-08 14:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4232 | PA PRESIDENT'S OFFICE CONSIDERING RAMADAN [...] (C) Presidential Economic Advisor Mohammed Mustafa told EconChief by telephone from Dubai September 19 that the Office of the PA President was considering payment of an allowance before the start of Ramadan to the same group of PA employees, PA pensioners, some social hardship cases, and thos [...] |
2006-09-19 15:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4238 | TRANSFER OF EGYPTIAN TRANSFORMERS TO GAZA POWER [...] (C) The executive managing director of the Gaza Power Gernerating Company (GPGC), Walid Salman, told ConGen EconChief September 19 that the first shipment from Egypt of temporary replacement transformers for the damaged Gaza Power Plant may arrive within a week. Salman advised that the GOI h [...] |
2006-09-20 14:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL ENRG KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM4239 | KUWAITI COMPANY GRANTED SECOND PALESTINIAN MOBILE [...] (SBU) PA Minister of Telecommunications Jamal al-Khoudari announced publicly September 18 that the Kuwaiti telecommunications company Wataniya Telecom has been awarded the second mobile phone operating license for the West Bank and Gaza. (Note: Palestine Cellular Communications Ltd. (Jawwal [...] |
2006-09-20 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EINV PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4272 | RAFAH CROSSING OPENS; WEST BANK AND GAZA CLOSED [...] (C) The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened September 22 for the first time since August 25. Thousands of would-be travelers had already gathered on the Gaza side of the crossing when it opened at 0830 hours, according to PalTrade Gaza-based staff. The crossing closed for about an [...] |
2006-09-22 14:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4283 | RAFAH CROSSING OPENED FOR THREE DAYS THEN CLOSED; [...] (SBU) The Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was open for passenger traffic in both directions September 22-24. Close to 10,000 travelers passed through Rafah during the three-day period, according to press reports. The crossing did not open September 25. Rafah had been comple [...] |
2006-09-25 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4335 | JORDAN AND EGYPT PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO WEST [...] (SBU) Summary. With the recent opening of a second electricity feeder line to Gaza, Egypt is now supplying Rafah with a total of 17 MW. Power previously provided to Rafah via feeder lines from Israel is now being diverted to other areas of Gaza where electricity remains in short supply. Th [...] |
2006-09-28 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAID EFIN PREL PHUM KWBG JO EG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4346 | EU-BAM CHAIRS SECOND COORDINATION AND EVALUATION [...] (C) Summary: In a productive second meeting of the Coordination and Evaluation Committee on the Rafah crossing chaired by the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM), Israeli and Palestinian delegations, with a USG delegation present as observers, reviewed the Rafah crossing operati [...] |
2006-09-29 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG |
| 06JERUSALEM4349 | PA PRESIDENT'S OFFICE DISBURSES NIS 1500 [...] (SBU) The PA Presidency publicly confirmed September 28 that it disbursed USD 65 million total in allowances, funds for overseas missions, and payments to some suppliers this week, using funds received from Saudi Arabia (USD 15 million) and Qatar (USD 50 million). Allowances of NIS 1500 (USD [...] |
2006-10-02 10:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4427 | PA DECISION TO BREAK TIES WITH ISRAELI FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: In late September 2006, the PA's Ministry of Finance advised its long-time petroleum product supplier, the Israeli company Dor Alon, that the PA will not renew its contract with the company after its December 31, 2006 termination date. The PA Acting Minister of Finance announ [...] |
2006-10-10 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4472 | PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON CROSSINGS AMA [...] (C) ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 10 with Palestinian negotiators from the previous PA government who were involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Access and Movement (AMA). The informal meeting, the first in a series of prel [...] |
2006-10-12 12:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV ETRD KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4511 | PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON RAFAH/KEREM SHALOM [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 12 with Palestinian negotiators from the previous PA government who were involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Access and Movement (AMA). The informal meeting, the second in a se [...] |
2006-10-16 12:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV ETRD KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4544 | FUEL SHORTAGES CONTINUE IN WEST BANK; CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The PA's exclusive supplier of petroleum products, the Israeli company Dor Alon, continues to restrict shipments of petroleum products to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Fuel shortages are particularly acute in the northern West Bank. The severity of shortages, however, may have [...] |
2006-10-17 14:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4566 | PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON GAZA-WEST BANK LINK [...] (C) Summary: ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 17 with Palestinians who were involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA). The informal meeting, the third and final in a series of preliminary brainstorming d [...] |
2006-10-19 11:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4568 | PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON WEST BANK MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 17 with Palestinians involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA). The informal meeting, the third in a series of preliminary brainstorming discussions intende [...] |
2006-10-19 12:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4570 | PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON GAZA-WEST BANK LINK [...] (U) Summary: ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 17 with Palestinians who were involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA). The informal meeting, the third and final in a series of preliminary brainstorming d [...] |
2006-10-19 14:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM458 | HAMAS EMPHASIZING UNITY AND MODERATION; FATAH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hamas leaders inside the West Bank and Gaza continue to emphasize unity and moderation in their public statements, while the ConGen has received reports that senior PASF and Fatah officials are growing increasingly fearful of the impending transfer of governmental authority. Hamas [...] |
2006-02-01 16:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06JERUSALEM4587 | BARRIERS TO MOVEMENT AND ACCESS OBLIGE HEBRON [...] (SBU) Summary: Hebron-based companies have largely been denied permission to send their goods into Gaza through the Karni/al-Mintar crossing, according to prominent Palestinian businessmen. Passage is sometimes allowed with the payment of exorbitant unofficial fees. Hebron-produced school [...] |
2006-10-20 08:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PREL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4590 | PROBLEMS AT KARNI FORCING COCA-COLA TO SERIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The chairman of the local Coca-Cola bottler, Zahi Khoury, says the company is slowly giving up on Gaza since it cannot get its West Bank-produced product into Gaza. Khoury cautioned that there will be no new investment in Gaza without credible guarantees that exports produced the [...] |
2006-10-20 12:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4630 | ECONOMIC FREEFALL DAMAGING GAZA INDUSTRY; BANKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Severely restricted throughput at Karni/al-Mintar crossing, non-payment of PA salaries, and IDF incursions continue to seriously undermine Gaza's economy, particularly its industrial base. With arrears mounting and almost no new lending, banks operating in Gaza are under incr [...] |
2006-10-27 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4631 | GAZA'S POWER PLANT TO RESTART SOON [...] (C) The executive managing director of the Gaza Power Generating Company (GPGC), Walid Salman, advised EconChief October 23 that the Gaza power plant may be ready to produce electricity again as early as the first week of November. He explained that the installation and commissioning of two [...] |
2006-10-27 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL EAID KWBG PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM4632 | RELIGIOUS WORKERS FACE VISA DENIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: American religious workers from Christian organizations in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain visas from the Government of Israel (GOI). Of those issuQ visas, many receive only a 3-month tourist visa or a one-year &humanitarian wor [...] |
2006-10-27 15:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4681 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON JAMAL AL-KHUDARI [...] (C) Jamal al-Khudari, the current PA Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology, has been mentioned in Palestinian circles as a potential Prime Minister in a new PA government. He was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council in January 2006 as an independent from Gaza Cit [...] |
2006-10-31 12:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KBIO PGOV KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM4713 | COMPANY SHORT-LISTED FOR RADIO TRUNKING BID IN [...] (C) The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology is completing its selection of the winner for a radio trunking provider in the West Bank/Gaza, one using push-to-talk radio technology. Former PA Telecommunications Minister Sabri Seidam told EconChief tha [...] |
2006-11-03 10:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4722 | TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM LAUNCHES [...] (SBU) Hans Duynhouwer, the head of the Temporary International Mechanism's management unit confirmed to EconChief October 30 that the expansion of Window III is underway. Starting October 13, the TIM began disbursing NIS 1500 (USD 350) payments to "low income cases" or those PA employees nor [...] |
2006-11-03 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4735 | BIO OF MOHAMAD SHBEIR, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE [...] (C) Following is biographic information developed by post on Mohamad Shbeir, the former President of the Islamic University in Gaza. -------------- MOHAMAD SHBEIR -------------- 2. (C) Mohamad Shbeir was president of the Islamic University in Gaza until his resignation in 2005. He ta [...] |
2006-11-06 16:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4747 | STRIKING TEACHERS AGREE TO RETURN TO WORK; RISK OF [...] (SBU) REPRESENTATIVES FROM PRESIDENT ABBAS'S OFFICE, THE GENERAL UNION OF TEACHERS AND THE PA MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, LABOR AND HIGHER EDUCATION REACHED AN AGREEMENT NOVEMBER 6 ENDING A TEACHERS' STRIKE LAUNCHED AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN PROTEST OF NON-PAYMENT OF PA EMPLOYEE SALARIES. [...] |
2006-11-07 15:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4757 | PROPOSED FIFTH MINARET RENEWS DEBATE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A JORDANIAN PROPOSAL TO BUILD A FIFTH MINARET FOR THE AL AQSA MOSQUE ON OF THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT HAS RENEWED CALLS BY RIGHT-WING ISRAELIS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SYNAGOGUE IN THE SAME AREA. JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH ANNOUNCED A CONTEST FOR THE DESIGN OF THE MINARET IN OCT [...] |
2006-11-08 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4759 | TEORRISM FINANCING COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, post provides the following information on Terrorism Financing Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO at post: TFCO: Amy Schedlbauer, Economic Section Chief, 972-2-622-7281, schedlbaueraw@state.gov Deputy TFCO: Stephen O'Dowd, Economic Officer, 972-2-622-7 [...] |
2006-11-08 15:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4760 | PALESTINIAN CEC DISCUSSES CURRENT SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONGEN REPS MET WITH HANA NASSER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PALESTINIAN CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION (CEC), AND ALSO Q-CHAIRED A MEETING OF THE CEC-ELECTION REFORM SUPPORT GROUP (ERSG) ON NOVEMBER 7 IN RAMALLAH. PRIVATELY, NASSER CRITICIZED FATAH'S LACK OF DISCIPLINE DURING THE PLC E [...] |
2006-11-08 16:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4761 | WORLD BANK GRANTS USD 13 MILLION TO AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE WORLD BANK HAS APPROVED TWO GRANTS TO AID AVIAN INFLUENZA PREVENTION AND CONTROL EFFORTS IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. A USD 3 MILLION SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY GRANT, SIGNED WITH UNDP IN OCTOBER 2006, WILL SUPPORT PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES TO BE IMPLEMENTED OVER AN IN [...] |
2006-11-08 16:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4769 | PALESTINIAN EMIGRATION ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) THE PALESTINIAN DIASPORA AND REFUGEE CENTER (SHAML) ANNOUNCED AT AN OCTOBER 31 PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA IS CONTRIBUTING TO A MARKED INCREASE IN PALESTINIAN EMIGRATION. ACCORDING TO SHAML, FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS HAVE APPROVE [...] |
2006-11-09 13:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV QM |
| 06JERUSALEM4772 | HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN BEIT HANOUN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING THE IDF'S NOVEMBER 1-8 INCURSION INTO BEIT HANOUN (SEE REFTEL), THE AREA'S WATER AND ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED AND AN IDF-IMPOSED CURFEW ON RESIDENTS PREVENTED THEM FROM OBTAINING ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES. DURING THE INCURSION, THE IDF GRANTED ACCESS TO BEIT HAN [...] |
2006-11-09 14:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID ECON KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4773 | PA PROMISE OF TEACHER SALARY PAYMENTS UNFULFILLED; [...] (SBU) AS PART OF AN AGREEMENT REACHED NOVEMBER 6 (REFTEL) THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD BEGIN PAYING PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS NIS 1,000 ON NOVEMBER 9. MINISTER OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JAMAL AL-KHUDARI ORDERED POST OFFICE WORKERS, WHO ARE OBSERVI [...] |
2006-11-09 15:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4774 | PROBLEMS IN PALESTINIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM LEAD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE PALESTINIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM SUFFERS FROM A SEVERE SHORTAGE IN THE NUMBER OF JUDGES, WHICH HAS LED TO SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN PROCESSING CRIMINAL CASES, ACCORDING TO ISSA ABU SHARAR, THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE PALESTINIAN HIGHER JUDICIARY COUNCIL. THE BACKUP OF CASES HAS IMPACT [...] |
2006-11-09 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM4786 | FATAH REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL NAMES ABBAS GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, the Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) named President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) the General Commander of Fatah. That makes Abu Mazen the formal leader of the Fatah movement and represents a political victory over the Secretary General, Farouq al-Qadummi. The FR [...] |
2006-11-13 14:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4787 | TEACHERS RECEIVE PARTIAL PAYMENT; STRIKE ENDS; [...] (SBU) PA PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS RECEIVED A PARTIAL SALARY PAYMENT OF NIS 1,000 ON NOVEMBER 11 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PA GOVERNMENT AND THE GENERAL UNION OF TEACHERS (REFTEL), ACCORDING TO PRESS ACCOUNTS CONFIRMED BY ECONSPECIALIST. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPENED ON NOVEMBER 11 FOR [...] |
2006-11-13 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4799 | DEMOLITION OF EAST JERUSALEM HOMES DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: TWO HOMES IN THE EAST JERUSALEM NEIGHBORHOOD OF ISAWIYYAH RECEIVED A 10-DAY STAY OF DEMOLITION NOVEMBER 14, A DAY BEFORE THEIR PREVIOUS STAY WAS TO EXPIRE. RABBIS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HAS TOLD CONGEN THAT THE JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY SENT SURVEYORS ON NOVEMBER 13 TO MAP AND PHOTOGRAPH [...] |
2006-11-15 16:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4807 | EXPOTECH 2006 DEMONSTRATES PALESTINIAN IT SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE THIRD ANNUAL PALESTINIAN IT SECTOR EXHIBITION EXPOTECH 2006 FEATURED A RECORD 49 COMPANIES, INCLUDING SEVEN PARTICIPATING FROM GAZA VIA A BROADBAND LINK. A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS FROM U.S. IT COMPANIES WERE ON DISPLAY. SECURITY-RELATED PRODUCTS WERE MORE PROMINENT THAN IN [...] |
2006-11-16 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON BEXP KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM483 | HAMAS LEADERS: BIOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL DATA [...] (C) The incoming, newly elected Hamas PLC membership is a diverse and well-educated group. Some of the most prominent incoming PLC members bring with them administrative experience developed during the al-Aqsa Intifada, when Islamic charities and traditional reconciliation committees moved in [...] |
2006-02-02 17:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06JERUSALEM4833 | PROPOSAL WOULD EVACUATE SOME OUTPOSTS AND LEGALIZE [...] (C) Summary: The Yesha Council has rejected a proposal (REFTEL A) to evacuate fifteen illegal outposts in the West Bank in exchange for "legalizing" eight others, saying it is too early for such negotiations. This proposal, from Israeli MK Otneil Schneller would also create a new settlement ne [...] |
2006-11-22 11:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4835 | FORMER PA MINISTER SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER PA MINISTER AND CURRENT MEMBER OF THE FATAH REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL (FRC) ABD-AL-AZIZ SHAHIN (ABU ALI) WAS SHOT BY UNKNOWN GUNMEN NOVEMBER 21. SHAHIN, A CLOSE ALLY OF PLC MEMBER MOHAMAD DAHLAN, WAS MODERATELY WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK. SHAHIN IS IN GAZA'S AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL IN MODE [...] |
2006-11-22 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4844 | TEACHERS RECEIVE BALANCE OF NOVEMBER SALARIES; [...] (C) PA PRESIDENCY ECONOMIC ADVISOR MOHAMMED MUSTAFA CONFIRMED TO ECONCHIEF NOVEMBER 22 THAT THE PRESIDENCY WAS PAYING THE BALANCE OF PA TEACHERS NOVEMBER SALARIES THROUGH BANKS OUT OF FUNDS THE PRESIDENCY HAD RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF KUWAIT. ARAB BANK, BANK OF PALESTINE, AND BANK OF JORDAN [...] |
2006-11-24 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4849 | EU-BAM CHAIRS THIRD COORDINATION AND EVALUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A PRODUCTIVE THIRD MEETING OF THE COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE (CEC), ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS MADE PROGRESS TOWARDS TACKLING OUTSTANDING ISSUES CONCERNING OPERATIONS AT THE RAFAH CROSSING POINT, INCLUDING: -- UPDATING THE PALESTINIAN POPULATION REGISTRY AND HAND [...] |
2006-11-27 15:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG |
| 06JERUSALEM4863 | ALLOWANCES PAID TO PA EMPLOYEES IN NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: The PA government paid all PA employees an allowance of NIS 1000 (USD 233), starting November 25 in Gaza and November 28 in the West Bank. The Union of Public Employees called on PA employees to pick up their allowances but to continue the general strike. The Temporary Internat [...] |
2006-11-30 15:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4893 | PA HEALTH SECTOR UNION AGREES TO END STRIKE; [...] (C) Summary: The PA government and the PA health sector employees union reached an agreement December 3 to end the health sector strike with payment of salary arrears. Health sector employees are scheduled to return to work December 5 but vowed to restart the strike if salary payments are not [...] |
2006-12-04 16:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG QA |
| 06JERUSALEM4905 | AL-MAGHAZI REFUGEE CAMP: WOMEN BENEFIT FROM USG [...] SUMMARY: ConGen PD Specialist traveled to the al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza on November 28 to visit a sewing factory run by the Palestinian NGO, Palestine Save the Children Foundation (PSCF), and to monitor the project funded by a USG grant. He met with Ali Mansour, the Director of PSCF, [...] |
2006-12-06 13:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4909 | SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK UNDERWAY NEAR NEW [...] (C) Summary: A Palestinian foreman working at the construction site of the new Israeli police station located in the E-1 area east of Ma'ale Adumim told poloff December 6 that he had seen plans for the construction of a 600-unit housing complex adjacent to the police station. The foreman said [...] |
2006-12-06 15:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4915 | LETTER FROM PA PRESIDENT ABBAS TO THE SECRETARY [...] (U) Action request for the Department in paragraph 2. 2. (C) President Abbas has written to the Secretary regarding an attempt to take control of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) as a result of a U.S. court ruling in the Ungar case. The PIF has retained its own U.S. legal counsel to [...] |
2006-12-07 13:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EINV EFIN KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM4917 | SEPARATION BARRIER AND THE VILLAGE OF SHEIKH SA'AD [...] (C) Summary: Palestinians living in the Sheikh Sa'ad neighborhood, just southeast of the Jerusalem municipal boundary, are awaiting a ruling from the Israeli High Court regarding the route of the separation barrier. The separation barrier was erected in September 2002 and cuts through the nei [...] |
2006-12-07 14:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4920 | THREE EAST JERUSALEM HOMES AND ONE BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: AN EAST JERUSALEM BUSINESS WAS DEMOLISHED DECEMBER 5 AND THREE EAST JERUSALEM HOMES WERE DEMOLISHED OR PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED DECEMBER 6. ALL OF THE AFFECTED STRUCTURES HAD RECEIVED ORDERS OF DEMOLITION FOR LACKING BUILDING PERMITS, THOUGH AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE HOMES WERE PARTIA [...] |
2006-12-08 15:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4932 | UN'S 2007 CONSOLIDATED APPEAL REACHES USD 453.6 [...] (SBU) On December 7, UN representatives in Jerusalem announced the launch of the 2007 consolidated appeal for 12 UN agencies and 14 NGOs. The USD 453.6 million emergency appeal is designed to help meet the growing humanitarian need in the Palestinian territories. This amount represents a 15 [...] |
2006-12-11 14:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4933 | EFFORTS TO PREVENT DEMOLITION OF DARI HOME IN EAST [...] (C) Summary: Ahmed Dari's home in the Issawiyah neighborhood of East Jerusalem was demolished December 11 after efforts by the Israeli NGOs Rabbis for Human Rights and the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions to stop the demolition failed. Rabbis for Human Rights told ConGen PolOff on De [...] |
2006-12-11 15:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4979 | SHIKAKI ON HAMAS AND PUBLIC OPINION [...] (C) Begin Summary. In a December 14 meeting with USSC Dayton, Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, assessed that Abu Mazen can reach an agreement on a new government with what he described as the "moderate" element of Hamas. Shikaki said that he b [...] |
2006-12-18 05:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5000 | FAYAD CALLS FOR LEADERSHIP, SUGGESTS BARGHOUTI IN [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. SENATORS MCCAIN (AZ), LIEBERMAN (CT), COLLINS (ME), THUNE (SD), AND REPRESENTATIVE KIRK (IL) MET DECEMBER 18 WITH PLC MEMBER AND FORMER MINISTER OF FINANCE SALAM FAYYAD AND SAID AFTERWARDS THAT THEY WERE UPLIFTED BY HIS OPTIMISM IN THE FACE OF A WORSENING PALESTINIAN CRISIS [...] |
2006-12-19 16:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5005 | 2006 OLIVE HARVEST: HIGH YIELD EXCEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2006 Palestinian olive harvest was very successful and is expected to produce USD 100 million in olive oil sales - tripling the USD 30 million earned in 2005. (Note: Olive harvests are cyclical, with each low year followed by a high year - 2006 was a cyclical high year fo [...] |
2006-12-20 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5007 | CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION: PROSPECT OF EARLY [...] (C) Begin Summary. In a December 20 meeting with PolChief, the Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail said he thinks PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is using consultations with the CEC on possible early elections to pressure Hamas and that [...] |
2006-12-21 05:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5021 | EREKAT TELLS CODEL KERRY TO EXPECT ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Begin Summary. Noting that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is serious about calling early elections, PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat told Senators Kerry and Dodd in a December 21 meeting that Fatah needs internal party reform, assistance to security forces, and the prospect of a [...] |
2006-12-21 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5030 | EU-BAM CHAIRS THIRD COORDINATION AND EVALUATION [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING A PRODUCTIVE BUT MORE EMOTIONAL FOURTH MEETING OF THE COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE (CEC), ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS CONTINUED THEIR SLOW PROGRESS ON TACKLING OUTSTANDING ISSUES CONCERNING OPERATIONS AT [...] |
2006-12-22 13:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG |
| 06JERUSALEM5031 | KARNI/AL-MINTAR CROSSING CALL CENTER CONTINUES TO [...] (U) This is a joint cable with Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Palestinian companies, including several representing U.S. firms, continue to charge that a call center established by the GOI late last year to coordinate the flow of goods through the Karni/al-Mintar crossing fuels cor [...] |
2006-12-22 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG KCOR IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5048 | QADURA FARIS: ABBAS-OLMERT MEETING, PRISONERS, [...] (C) Begin Summary. Fatah grassroots leader Qadura Faris told the Consul General in a December 27 meeting that he anticipates Palestinians will disappointed by the implementation of Israeli gestures announced after the December 23 meeting between PA President Abbas and PM Olmert and that this [...] |
2006-12-28 05:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5049 | QADURA FARIS: ABBAS-OLMERT MEETING, PRISONERS, [...] (C) Begin Summary. Fatah grassroots leader Qadura Faris told the Consul General in a December 27 meeting that he anticipates Palestinians will disappointed by the implementation of Israeli gestures announced after the December 23 meeting between PA President Abbas and PM Olmert and that this [...] |
2006-12-28 05:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5050 | ABBAS, FATAH OLD GUARD CLASH ON GAZA FIELD [...] (C) Summary. President Abbas created a 17-member Fatah field committee for Gaza December 23 to lead reform and mobilization efforts, and plans to establish a similar committee for the West Bank shortly. Fatah Central Committee (FCC) powerbrokers are resisting efforts to bypass them, however [...] |
2006-12-28 08:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV IS KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM5055 | PALESTINIAN IT COMPANIES SAY RESTRICTIONS ON U.S [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by FCS Tel Aviv. 2. (C) Summary. West Bank-based representatives of U.S. companies complain that Israeli restrictions on IT products entering the West Bank and Gaza result in significant delays and high transportation costs. Identical products offered by [...] |
2006-12-28 14:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5056 | RESTRICTED THROUGHPUT AT KARNI/AL-MINTAR CROSSING [...] (C) Summary: By operating at limited capacity, the Karni/al-Mintar crossing continues to deprive Gaza factories of raw materials and reliable access to markets, according to Gaza industrialists. The Palestinian Federation of Industry estimates that Gaza's industrial sector has suffered more [...] |
2006-12-28 15:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5057 | KARNI/AL-MINTAR CROSSING OPERATIONS FAVOR ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: Gaza residents report that Israeli-produced goods are capturing greater market share in Gaza as a result of Karni/al-Mintar crossing closures and reduced operations. They attribute the trend to the difficulties faced by West Bank companies in shipping their goods to Gaza, the ex [...] |
2006-12-28 15:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5060 | HANIYAH EXITS RAFAH BY CAR; GAZA INFIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. PA PRIME MINISTER ISMAYIL HANIYAH EXITED RAFAH BY VEHICLE DECEMBER 28, VIOLATING PROTOCOLS REQUIRING ALL PERSONS TO CROSS THE BORDER ON FOOT EXCEPT VIPS WITH PRIOR COORDINATION, ACCORDING TO EU-BAM. 300 PALESTINIANS WHO CROSSED THE BORDER FROM EGYPT NEAR THE 1630 CLOSING TIME W [...] |
2006-12-29 12:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PTER IS KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM5064 | CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. During their December 28 meetings with Senator Specter, PLC members Salam Fayyad, Hanan Ashrawi and Sa,eb Erekat emphasized (1) the reconstruction of PA security forces, (2) reform within Fatah, and (3) renewed efforts in a rapid, viable negotiating process. Erekat praised PA P [...] |
2006-12-29 13:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5065 | MASKIYYOT: NEW SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT OPPOSITE [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to the Maskiyyot pre-army school on December 29, students told Poloff that houses for 30 families evacuated from Gush Katif would be constructed in a separate, uncleared area, opposite the highway from the school. Peace Now's chief settlement watcher told Poloff [...] |
2006-12-29 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM529 | PA DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER CONFIRMS ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority Deputy Finance Minister Jihad al-Wazir confirmed that the Israeli clearance revenue transfer would appear in the PA's bank account February 7. He asked for USG assistance in obtaining letters from the Saudi and Qatari government by February 7 that noted th [...] |
2006-02-06 17:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KBIO KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM530 | PA DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER CONFIRMS ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority Deputy Finance Minister Jihad al-Wazir confirmed that the Israeli clearance revenue transfer would appear in the PA's bank account February 7. He asked for USG assistance in obtaining letters from the Saudi and Qatari government by February 7 that noted th [...] |
2006-02-06 18:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KBIO KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM561 | HAMAS GOVERNMENT TALKS ONGOING IN CAIRO [...] (C) Senior Hamas officials, representing the political leadership in Gaza and Damascus, February 6 commenced talks in Cairo on the formation of the next Palestinian cabinet. The Damascus delegation included Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mish'al, deputy chief Musa Abu Marzouk, and burea [...] |
2006-02-07 16:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM EG |
| 06JERUSALEM563 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY WILL DISBURSE SALARIES, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Palestinian Authority (PA) Deputy Finance Minister Jihad al-Wazir confirmed February 7 that he will disburse salaries February 8 since he has managed to cobble together almost USD 113 million. He does not yet have enough to cover unemployment, retirement, or social b [...] |
2006-02-08 04:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KBIO KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM581 | ABU MAZEN'S OFFICE STRATEGIZING FOR HAMAS-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Ghaith al-Omari told Consul General February 7 that his office is working to formulate a response to HAMAS's victory in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Al-Omari said the PA is considering a number of ideas to strengthen presidential cont [...] |
2006-02-08 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06JERUSALEM585 | PALESTINE INVESTMENT FUND MOVED UNDER PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) President Abbas issued a presidential decree February 4, 2006, that named a new board of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) and moved the PIF under the responsibility of the President and away from the PA cabinet. According to the presidential decree which the ConGen has seen, the cha [...] |
2006-02-08 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KBIO KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM606 | APPROACHING PA TO QUELL VIOLENT REACTIONS TO [...] (C) In accordance with ref (a), Consul General raised issue of taking active, public measures to calm the controversy in connection with publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed with President Mahmoud Abbas on February 9 (other topics septel). President Abbas agreed with the seriousness [...] |
2006-02-09 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO XF |
| 06JERUSALEM607 | BIO-DATA ON RUMORED NEW PALESTINIAN PM [...] (U) Press reporting of the HAMAS meetings with Egyptian officials in Cairo suggested that HAMAS may nominate Jamal al-Khudari as Prime Minister designate. Jamal al-Khudari is a prominent businessman and independently elected PLC member from the Gaza City district. While al-Khudari ran as an [...] |
2006-02-09 15:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM611 | ORGANIZED LOOTING OF FORMER SETTLEMENT GREENHOUSES [...] (C) Summary: On February 6 and 7, armed men looted greenhouses in a former settlement in Gaza. USAID reported that 250 dunums of greenhouses in the former settlement of Gan-Or sustained heavy damage. Although the police arrested 50 looters, only 14 cases have been turned over to the Attorn [...] |
2006-02-09 19:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV EAID KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM612 | ORGANIZED LOOTING OF FORMER SETTLEMENT GREENHOUSES [...] (C) Summary: On February 6 and 7, armed men looted greenhouses in a former settlement in Gaza. USAID reported that 250 dunums of greenhouses in the former settlement of Gan-Or sustained heavy damage. Although the police arrested 50 looters, only 14 cases have been turned over to the Attorn [...] |
2006-02-09 19:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV EAID KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM620 | ABDUCTION OF EGYPTIAN DIPLOMAT POSSIBLE WARNING TO [...] (C) The kidnapping of Egyptian diplomat Husam al-Musly February 9 in Gaza has been met with condemnation by both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. Initial press reports link the kidnapping to Fatah-affiliated factions aggrieved over their non-inclusion in the PA security services and/or s [...] |
2006-02-10 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KWBG EG |
| 06JERUSALEM666 | MOI DG SALAMAH: HAMAS WILL NOT COLLAPSE QUICKLY [...] (S) SUMMARY: PA Interior Ministry Director General Ibrahim Salamah told Poloff and USSC staff during a February 13 meeting that he disagreed with predictions of a rapid collapse of a HAMAS-led government. Salamah said HAMAS is capable of enduring international pressure for quite some time tha [...] |
2006-02-14 16:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ASEC KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM67 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) Summary. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) January 4 delivered a letter to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) requesting that the commission be "relieved of its duties" for the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. CEC Chief Elector [...] |
2006-01-05 17:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM670 | PLC CONVENES, MAKES SOME CHANGES TO STATUS QUO, [...] (C) The current Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) met February 13 in Ramallah and Gaza (via DVC) and took a number of controversial decisions, including the approval of a draft law giving President Mahmud Abbas the power to appoint judges without PLC endorsement to the Constitutional Court [...] |
2006-02-14 16:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KDEM KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM692 | FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO [...] (C) Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Nasser Al Qidwa asserted in a February 15 briefing of foreign diplomats that the election results do not give Hamas a popular mandate to change the legal, social, or political basis of the Palestinian system. He declared the election results prove P [...] |
2006-02-15 15:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM693 | MUSTAFA BARGHOUTHI ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Summary. During a February 14 meeting in Ramallah with the Consul General, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)-elect member Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi denied reports emanating from Hamas sources that he or other individuals from his faction, "Independent Palestine", were engaged in negot [...] |
2006-02-15 16:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM720 | INCOMING FATAH PLC MEMBERS TAKE 'WAIT AND SEE' [...] (C) Summary. In separate February 15 meetings with ConGen Poloff, newly elected Fatah Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members Dr. Emile Jarjou'i and Dr. Bernard Sabella, urged caution from both Fatah and the international community in its approach toward the incoming Hamas-led govern [...] |
2006-02-17 11:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM723 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (2/17): HAMAS IN A NEW [...] Columnist Samih Shbeib commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Following the Formation of the [Palestinian] Legislative [Council]" (2/17): "Israel and the United States do not view Hamas as a political party capable of standing up to recent Middle East developments, and accordi [...] |
2006-02-17 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 06JERUSALEM725 | NEW PLC: POSITIVE ABU MAZEN SPEECH; HAMAS [...] (C) In the February 18 swearing-in of the new Palestinian Legislative Council, President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) asked Hamas to form the next government, but also attempted to bind Hamas to negotiations with Israel based on previous agreements and President Bush's vision of a two-state solu [...] |
2006-02-18 16:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM79 | OLIVE GROVE DESTROYED IN SOUTHERN WEST BANK VILLAGE [...] (SBU) Palestinian villagers from the southern West Bank village of Juwaya January 6 discovered 102 olive trees -- planted over 30 years ago -- deliberately cut down, presumably by settlers residing in nearby Ma'on settlement. According to contacts from the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), [...] |
2006-01-06 17:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PHUM |
| 06JERUSALEM795 | EREKAT URGING ABU MAZEN TO TAKE TOUGH STAND [...] (C) Summary. During a February 22 meeting with NEA DAS Dibble and the Consul General, PLO Chief Negotiator Dr. Sa'eb Erekat said that he had urged Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to stand firm against Hamas. Erekat, who speculated that Hamas could announce the [...] |
2006-02-23 17:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM799 | GI CHIEF AL-TIRAWI OFFERS IDEAS ON PASF CONTROL, [...] (S) In a February 23 meeting with PolChief, General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) Chief Tawfiq al-Tirawi said he favors plans to retain presidential control of the PA Security Forces (PASF) through the creation of an Officers Committee and a restructured National Security Council (NSC). With regar [...] |
2006-02-24 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ASEC KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM80 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) Summary. Hamas January 5 endorsed a Code of Conduct for the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections that it had earlier refused to sign in October. The Chief Electoral Officer for the Central Elections Commission (CEC), Ammar Dweik, reported that Abu Mazen had yet t [...] |
2006-01-06 18:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM |
| 06JERUSALEM800 | PA MINISTRY: LET HAMAS FAIL BY THEMSELVES [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Consul General, Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Housing and Public Works Shtayyeh urged donors not to stop assistance to the Palestinians. Shtayyeh asserted that Hamas would not be able to govern and would be in office only temporarily. He ad [...] |
2006-02-24 15:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID PREL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM801 | SALAM FAYYAD ON HAMAS [...] (C) In meetings with NEA DAS Dibble and Consul General on February 22, Third Way party leader Salam Fayyad discussed Hamas' plans and the challenges they would face once in power. Consul General and DAS Dibble emphasized the need for other parties to stay out of government so that Hamas would [...] |
2006-02-24 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV |
| 06JERUSALEM802 | FAYYAD AND AL-WAZIR ON PA'S CURRENT AND FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Salam Fayyad said February 22 he did not think a Hamas-led government would receive large amounts of external assistance. Fayyad said he thought the PA could manage to survive to May or mid-June but only by liquidating assets in the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF). PA Deputy Fi [...] |
2006-02-24 16:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM805 | FAYYAD DESCRIBES FLUID POLITICAL SITUATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 25 meeting with visting NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Third Way party leader and former Finance Minister Salam Fayyad described the political situation as fluid, with Hamas likely to take longer to form a government than previously anticipated and not likely to las [...] |
2006-02-27 07:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN EAID KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM818 | PLC INDEPENDENTS WARN FINANCIAL PRESSURE COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PLC moderates Hanan Ashrawi (Third Way) and Mustafa Barghouti (Independent Palestine) told NEA A/S Welch during separate meetings on February 25 that international financial pressure could lead to a collapse of the PA and a breakdown in security. Ashrawi and Barghouti urged the US [...] |
2006-02-28 07:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM819 | A/S WELCH 2/25 MEEETING WITH SA'EB EREKAT [...] (C) Summary: During a February 25 meeting in Ramallah, PLO chief negotiator Sa,eb Erekat told visiting NEA A/S Welch that Fatah would not join a Hamas government unless Hamas agreed to President Abbas, platform of peaceful negotiations. The Hamas cabinet would therefore likely consist of Ham [...] |
2006-02-28 08:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM820 | AKRAM HANIYYAH: HAMAS GOVERNMENT IS TEST CASE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Akram Haniyyeh, a key adviser to President Abbas and the publisher of Palestinian daily "Al Ayyam," told visiting NEA A/S Welch that Hamas, takeover of the Palestinian Authority would mark the first time a Sunni Islamist movement assumed the reins of government; its success or fa [...] |
2006-02-28 08:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM836 | RESPONSE TO SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) No evidence exists of trafficking in persons in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, according to the PA Ministry of Labor and local NGOs. The West Bank and Gaza Strip is neither a territory of origin nor a destination for international trafficking in men, women, or children. Traffickers who [...] |
2006-02-28 15:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL PREF PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG KWBG KPAL |
| 06JERUSALEM887 | LETTER FROM NEW (HAMAS) PLC SPEAKER TO CONSUL [...] On March 1, Post received a fax from Aziz Dweik, newly elected speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council. Text in paragraph 2; Post does not intend to respond to this letter. 2. Begin text: HE Mr. Jacob Walles Consul General of the United States Jerusalem Your Excellency, It [...] |
2006-03-02 13:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KPAL KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM888 | IRANIAN FINANCING FOR HAMAS? [...] (S) ConGen contacts in Fatah and the PA have not been able to confirm press reports that Iran pledged to provide USD 250 million in funding to the incoming Hamas government. However, our contacts do agree that Hamas is reaching out to countries such as Iran to obtain funding in the face of Isr [...] |
2006-03-02 13:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL EFIN KPAL KWBG IR |
| 06JERUSALEM903 | FORMER JERUSALEM PLC MEMBER ASSESSES HAMAS, ABU [...] (C) Summary. During a March 2 meeting with ConGen Poloff, former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Ziad Abu Zayyad (Jerusalem, independent) provided his assessment of the challenges confronting the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the new PLC. On Hamas forming the next Palestinia [...] |
2006-03-03 17:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 06JERUSALEM906 | KARNI CLOSURE CAUSING FOOD SHORTAGE IN GAZA [...] (SBU) The West Bank/Gaza Country Director for the World Food Program (WFP) Arnold Vercken told ECON and USAIDOffs March 3 that the continued closure of the Karni crossing was rapidly depleting food stocks in Gaza and leading to substantial price increases. He noted that, between January and [...] |
2006-03-03 17:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF EAID ECON KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM936 | PLANNED MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Israeli Supreme Court issued an injunction February 22 halting construction of the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, funded by the U.S.-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, and appointed former Chief Justice Meir Shamgar to lead a 30-day mediation period. The first arbitratio [...] |
2006-03-06 15:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KPAO IS |
| 06JERUSALEM954 | OCHA REPORTS ON DIFFICULTIES PALESTINIAN FARMERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 1 briefing to diplomats, UN OCHA head David Shearer said Palestinian farmers continued to face difficulties reaching their land in the "seam-zone" -the West Bank area lying between the separation barrier and the Green Line. The difficulties centered on a restrictive [...] |
2006-03-07 13:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF EAID ECON KWBG |
| 06JERUSALEM955 | RAJUB: ABU MAZEN MUST SHOW LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 6 meeting with the Consul General, former PA National Security Advisor Jibril Rajub repeatedly called for Abu Mazen to show strong leadership on internal Fatah reform and executive powers. Rajub withheld judgment on the March 4-6 meetings of the Fatah Revolutionary [...] |
2006-03-07 13:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAL IS |
| 06JERUSALEM974 | PLC SUSPENDS PROCEEDINGS AMIDST FATAH/HAMAS RANCOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Speaker Aziz Dweik suspended PLC sessions for two weeks following a rancorous March 6 session that featured a Fatah walkout and the passage of a HAMAS-sponsored resolution that revoked a series of expanded presidential powers and bureaucratic [...] |
2006-03-08 16:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PGOV IS |
| 06JERUSALEM994 | UN AGENCIES APPEAL FOR USD 1.25 MILLION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Three United Nations agencies -- the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) -- issued an appeal March 6 to local donors for USD 1.25 million for emergency medical supplies for the Palestinian A [...] |
2006-03-09 12:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EAID PGOV KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1000 | SHOOTINGS ON JERUSALEM-WEST BANK SEAM: 2 [...] (SBU) According to Israeli police and Arabic-language press, two al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militants (both East Jerusalem residents) shot at Israeli Border Police and contract security guards near the Shaykh Sa'ad checkpoint in Jerusalem o/a 2020 May 26. Nearby Border Police guards returned f [...] |
2007-05-29 15:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PREL KPAL IS ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1006 | GAZA: 4 HAMAS DEAD IN IDF STRIKES; ROCKETS HITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT LEAST 29 QASSAM ROCKETS STRUCK ISRAEL FROM MAY 27 THROUGH 1600 LOCAL MAY 30, KILLING AN ISRAELI MAN, LIGHTLY INJURING TWO OTHERS, DAMAGING THREE BUILDINGS AND AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES, AND SETTING A WHEAT FIELD ON FIRE. AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLED TWO HAMAS MILITARY-WING MEMBE [...] |
2007-05-30 14:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1023 | BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT: GAZA NSF COMMANDER JAMAL [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) JAMAL M M KAYYAD (SPELLED "KAIED" ON HIS PA TRAVEL DOCUMENT) IS COMMANDER OF NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES (NSF) FOR GAZA. PERSONAL DATA AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS. 2. (C) PERSONAL. DPOB: SAIDA, LEBANON, 19 JULY 1958. MARRIED TO HUSUN M HAMAD. RESIDES IN [...] |
2007-06-01 08:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PINR |
| 07JERUSALEM1024 | BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT: NEW POLICE CHIEF KAMAL [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) KAMAL AL-SHAYKH (ALSO SPELLED "SHEIKH" IN SOME PAST REPORTING) IS THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE PALESTINIAN POLICE (APPOINTED IN MAY 2007). PERSONAL DATA AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS. 2. (C) PERSONAL. AL-SHAYKH COMES FROM MAZRA AL-QIBLIYA, A VILLAGE NORTHWE [...] |
2007-06-01 08:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PINR |
| 07JERUSALEM1034 | LAUNCH OF "PALESTINIAN ECONOMY" SITE ON STATE [...] CONSULATE GENERAL JERUSALEM IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF "PALESTINIAN ECONOMY," A NEW COMMUNITY WEB SITE FACILITATED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TEAM. THE WEB SITE IS A COLLECTION OF IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY, DESIGNED TO HELP FACILITATE INFORMATION [...] |
2007-06-01 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PHUM SENV KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1064 | ABBAS APPOINTS JOINT FORCE COMMANDER TO IMPLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian security contacts and press report PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Ismayil Haniyah agreed June 2 to create a "Joint Security Force," composed of Hamas "Executive Force" and Fatah "Special Force" personnel and led by retired National Security Forces (NSF [...] |
2007-06-04 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1090 | CODEL LEAHY MEETS WITH EREKAT AND TRAVELS TO ABUD [...] (C) PLO Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat told CODEL Leahy May 30 that there is no hope for the moderate Palestinian leadership unless the GOI agrees to negotiate permanent status issues with PA President Abbas. Erekat called on the USG to encourage the GOI to move towards a permanent status agre [...] |
2007-06-07 07:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1093 | FATAH-HAMAS GUNBATTLES BREAK OUT IN RAFAH; ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. IN THE MOST SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF FACTIONAL VIOLENCE SINCE MAY 21, ONE FATAH FIGHTER WAS KILLED AND NINE OTHER PALESTINIANS WERE INJURED IN RAFAH CLASHES EARLY JUNE 7. A BRIEF GUNBATTLE BETWEEN PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF) AND HAMAS GUNMEN BROKE OUT IN GAZA CITY JUNE 6 AF [...] |
2007-06-07 13:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL IS PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1094 | PA PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR DISCUSSES CELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR MUSTAFA IS CONFIDENT THAT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT WILL ALLOCATE THE NECESSARY FREQUENCIES FOR A SECOND PROVIDER OF MOBILE PHONE SERVICE IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. HE IS ALSO FULLY CONVINCED THAT A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED AT THE GENERAL ADM [...] |
2007-06-07 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ECPS KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1095 | UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN VIEWS OF COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA PRESIDENCY ECONOMIC ADVISOR AND PALESTINE INVESTMENT FUND CEO MOHAMMED MUSTAFA SAID THAT AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE SALE OF OFFSHORE GAZA GAS BY CONCESSION OPERATOR BG GROUP TO THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENTQD BE COMPLETED IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS. MUSTAFA SAID HE DISAGREED WITH THE H [...] |
2007-06-07 14:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1100 | CONFLICT CONTINUES BETWEEN FATAH FIELD COMMITTEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 6 meeting with PolChief, Fatah West Bank Field Committee Chairman Hussein al Sheikh said the head of Fatah's Office of Mobilization Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala,a) is trying to restructure Fatah to consolidate his own power and undermine the Field Committees. Al Sheikh said he [...] |
2007-06-08 08:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1105 | SUPPORTING PRO-FATAH NGO'S IN NORTH RAMALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 6 meeting with PolChief and USAID/OTI Deputy Country Representative, Yousef Barakeh, the Fatah Secretary General in Jalazoun refugee camp and a member of the North Ramallah Fatah Committee outlined his efforts to strengthen Fatah in this politically competitive region t [...] |
2007-06-08 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1106 | SUPPORTING PRO-FATAH NGO'S IN NORTH RAMALLAH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-08 10:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1107 | AMBIGUOUS STANDARDS CONTINUE TO FRUSTRATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian importers of U.S. products continue to complain of obstacles to trade. Among the obstacles cited are: (1) an arbitrary GOI standards-compliance process for imported products, including baby formula; (2) extended delays in the release of products from Ashdod port; [...] |
2007-06-08 12:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD IS KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM112 | HOME DEMOLITIONS IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished 81 structures, including 63 homes, in East Jerusalem for lack of permits in 2006, according to a report released by the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD). Activists from ICAHD and the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim argue P [...] |
2007-01-22 11:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1155 | GAZA: FACTIONAL TENSION HIGH DESPITE EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah and Hamas-aligned gunmen traded kidnappings and drive-by shootings in Gaza City June 7-8. Gunmen allegedly associated with the Presidential Guard (PG) kidnapped two Hamas members, and the "Executive Force" kidnapped a PG soldier. Drive-by shootings and preparations of r [...] |
2007-06-08 13:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL IS PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1172 | GAZA: SIX KILLED IN FACTIONAL CLASHES; NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT LEAST NINE PALESTINIANS (6 FATAH OR PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF), AND 3 HAMAS) WERE KILLED IN RENEWED FACTIONAL VIOLENCE IN RAFAH AND GAZA CITY FROM JUNE 8 TO 1600 LOCAL ON JUNE 11. BOTH SIDES ALLEGE SEVERAL ABDUCTIONS AND ABUSE/TORTURE OF PRISONERS. HAMAS PM ISMAYIL [...] |
2007-06-11 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1178 | CODEL PRICE MEETS WITH PLC MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 29-31 visit, Codel Price--Reps. David Price (D-NC, Chairman of the House Democracy Assistance Commission), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Nick Rahall (D-WV), and Gwen Moore (D-WI)--met with three current and former PLC members and civil society representatives. PLC memb [...] |
2007-06-12 15:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAL KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1179 | HEAVY FACTIONAL FIGHTING IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary. At least 14 Palestinians were killed in gunbattles in Gaza as of 1600 on June 12, with heavy violence in most cities and especially in Gaza City, the site of most political and security headquarters. Hamas warned all Palestinian security forces (PASF) to vacate their bases, an [...] |
2007-06-12 17:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1186 | EIGHT MORE KILLED IN HAMAS ATTACKS IN GAZA CITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Heavy factional fighting continues in Gaza City and central Gaza as of mid-day local. Approximately 8 Palestinians have been killed so far today (since midnight): 3 "Executive Force" fighters in a &work accident8, 2 Fatah militia in Gaza City, and 3 National Security Forces (N [...] |
2007-06-13 11:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1189 | FCC SUSPENDS FATAH'S PARTICIPATION IN THE NUG [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Fatah Central Committee (FCC) decided on June 12 to "suspend" Fatah's participation in the national unity government (NUG). Fatah leaders report that some FCCs members urged that Fatah withdraw from the government completely, but that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) [...] |
2007-06-13 14:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1191 | GAZA UPDATE: 1800 LOCAL JUNE 13: HAMAS PRESSURES [...] (SBU) Summary. Interfactional violence continued in Gaza June 13, with at least 16 Palestinians killed since 1200 local. Most fighting involved Hamas military-wing/8Executive Force8 attacks against Palestinian security forces (PASF) installations and homes/offices of senior Fatah leaders an [...] |
2007-06-13 15:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC PINS |
| 07JERUSALEM120 | SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK CONTINUES AT NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK IS IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. IN A JANUARY 19 VISIT TO THE SITE, POLOFF SAW SIGNIFICANT NEW GRADING IN THE AREA THAT A PALESTINIAN FOREMAN HAD INDICATED ON DECEMBER 6 WILL BE THE LOCATION OF A POSSIBLE 600-UNIT HOUSING COM [...] |
2007-01-22 15:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1201 | JOINT PLO-EC AND FCC MEETING OFFERS BOLD POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: A joint PLO-EC/FCC meeting on June 14 recommended to PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) that he break the political partnership with HAMAS and dismiss the current government. Egyptian efforts to broker a cease-fire between HAMAS and Fatah delegations in Gaza continue. Abu [...] |
2007-06-14 14:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1230 | ABBAS DISMISSES GOVERNMENT AND WILL FORM EMERGENCY [...] (S) On the evening of June 14, PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) signed decrees dismissing the national unity government (NUG), declaring a state of emergency, and creating the legal basis to form an emergency government. On June 15, Presidential Advisor Nabil Amr announced that Salam F [...] |
2007-06-15 12:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1232 | NABIL AMR AND AZZAM AL-AHMAD ON SELECTION OF NEW [...] (SBU) Nabil Amr told the ConGen POL specialist on June 15 that President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and his close advisors are nearing consensus on names for cabinet ministers under PM Salam Fayyad and will meet at 1800 local June 15 at the Muqata' in Ramallah to finish consultations. He said [...] |
2007-06-15 16:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER KPAL |
| 07JERUSALEM1253 | GAZA: FOOD AND FUEL AVAILABLE FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Basic food commodities and fuel remain available in Gaza, but prices are increasing and food stocks are declining rapidly, according to Gaza residents, UN agencies and NGOs. UNRWA and WFP have resumed operations, but UNRWA says it has only 10 days of flour in its warehouses. [...] |
2007-06-18 14:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1254 | BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CABINET [...] (SBU) Biographies of new Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members are listed starting in para. 2. According to PM Salam Fayyad, this government will likely be expanded in the next 30 days to include more ministers from Gaza and to reduce the number of ministers responsible for multiple por [...] |
2007-06-18 15:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KWBG IS KPAL PREL PINR |
| 07JERUSALEM126 | SIGNED LETTERS SENT REGARDING STOPPING CASH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-23 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KWBG EG |
| 07JERUSALEM1265 | HANIYAH "APPOINTS" NEW PASF COMMANDERS, CO-OPTS [...] (SBU) According to PASF contacts and Arabic-language press, former Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyah (Hamas) has issued orders dismissing several Palestinian security forces (PASF) commanders (most of whom are no longer in Gaza), including Director-General for Internal Security Rashid Abu Shbak [...] |
2007-06-19 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL IS PTER PGOV |
| 07JERUSALEM1266 | SOME AID ARRIVES IN GAZA, MOST CROSSINGS CLOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: Fuel imports continued to flow into Gaza June 19, and several truck loads of humanitarian assistance entered through Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza. Gaza-based contacts report continued panic buying June 19, but, with the exception of wheat-flour, sugar, and dairy products, [...] |
2007-06-19 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1267 | FATAH LEADERS PINNING THE BLAME AND TAKING NEXT [...] (S) Summary: Fatah leaders are seeking to isolate HAMAS following the swearing-in of the new government under PM Salam Fayyad. Marwan Barghuti issued a statement from jail to endorse PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen)'s decision to dismiss the national unity government (NUG) and form a n [...] |
2007-06-19 15:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1274 | FOOD SUPPLIES ENTER GAZA; LIMITED PASSENGER [...] (SBU) Summary: WFP delivered wheat-flour and oil to Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing June 20, with the concurrence of nearby Hamas forces. Limited movement of foreigners and injured Palestinians occurred at Erez. Israeli incursions into Gaza took place June 20, resulting in the death of [...] |
2007-06-20 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1275 | HEBRON REMAINS QUIET, THANKS TO RESPONSIVE [...] (C) Summary: In June 12 conversations with the Consul General, the Hebron governor, the mayor of Hebron, and a Hebron-based Fatah PLC member noted that Hebron remains calm, despite on-going violence in Gaza and the areas, strong Hamas elements. Hebron Mayor Osaily stressed his priority to pr [...] |
2007-06-20 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID PREL KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1276 | GAZA BANKS OPERATING NORMALLY BUT TAKING [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and regional banks operating in Gaza are open and report "business as usual." Hamas is currently taking a "hands-off" approach to Gaza's banking sector, but banks are implementing some precautionary measures, such as restricting the authority of Gaza-based staff and [...] |
2007-06-20 15:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1279 | CONSUL GENERAL MEETS NEW PA MINISTERS; NEW [...] (C) Summary: Consul General and USAID West Bank/Gaza Mission Director met June 19 with two newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members, explaining to them that the USG is resuming broad-based assistance and suggesting that discussions and planning on best use of this assistanc [...] |
2007-06-21 04:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
| 07JERUSALEM1285 | HAMAS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO LEGITIMACY, SEEKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: HAMAS leaders in the Gaza Strip - including Former Prime Minister Haniyah and several HAMAS PLC members - have publicly questioned President Abbas's authority to dismiss the government and claim to represent the legitimate Palestinian Authority government. Abbas's office says HA [...] |
2007-06-21 14:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1290 | CONSUL GENERAL MEETS WITH NEW PALESTINIAN MINISTER [...] (C) The Consul General met the newly appointed Minister for Information and Justice Riad Malki on June 20 at the Ministry of Justice headquarters in Ramallah. Noting that he is the new government's spokesman as well as responsible for two significant ministerial portfolios, Malki said the jo [...] |
2007-06-22 07:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER EAID KDEM IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1292 | CONSUL GENERAL AND UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL [...] (U) In a June 21 meeting with UNRWA Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd, the Consul General confirmed the USG contribution of $40 million to UNRWA's 2007 Emergency Appeal and reaffirmed the USG commitment to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. AbuZayd expressed appreciation for continuing [...] |
2007-06-22 09:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PREF IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1295 | PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL SLAMS HAMAS, SUPPORTS ABBAS [...] (C) The PLO Central Council met in Ramallah June 20-21 and issued a statement (summarized in paras. 3-4) that condemned Hamas for its action in Gaza and expressed support for PA President/PLO ExComm Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Salam Fayyad. (Note: The Central Council is a 115-me [...] |
2007-06-22 11:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1296 | GAZA HOSPITALS STRUGGLE TO SERVE PUBLIC; JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Critical health care assistance is being supplied to Gaza hospitals, including a truck load of dialysis equipment funded by USAID. ICRC and other international organizations have resumed their work in Gaza. Twenty-one truck loads of food aid were shipped into Gaza June 21. [...] |
2007-06-22 11:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1297 | ABBAS SPEECH TO PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL AND REACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Abbas's speech to the PLO Central Council on June 20 condemned HAMAS's actions in the Gaza Strip in unambiguous terms and called for a revival of the PLO without HAMAS. Consulate contacts expressed support for the clear direction that Abbas offered in spite of contin [...] |
2007-06-22 11:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1303 | CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH PA PM FAYYAD [...] (C) Begin Summary. Palestinian Authority PM Salam Fayyad told CODEL Issa June 24 that West Bank security is his first priority, and he will seek GoI coordination for the movement of the PASF between West Bank cities. He said improving access and movement in the West Bank is his second pri [...] |
2007-06-25 13:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
| 07JERUSALEM1304 | HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CONTINUES TO TRICKLE INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: Imports into Gaza remain mostly limited to humanitarian shipments. After Kerem Shalom crossing closed early June 25 due to mortar fire, WFP shipments of sugar, flour, and oil were diverted and passed through Sufa crossing. Gaza hospitals are all operational despite run-down f [...] |
2007-06-25 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1305 | PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR MOVES TO OPERATE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian private sector leaders in the West Bank and Gaza are promoting a variety of proposals to "privatize" the Karni/al-Mintar and Kerem Shalom crossings. Private sector representatives in Gaza reached an agreement June 20 on a plan that would authorize a newly-established [...] |
2007-06-25 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1317 | PRICES STABILIZE AS FOOD REMAINS AVAILABLE IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Food prices for most items in Gaza have returned to just above normal following the panic-buying and price increases that occurred immediately following the Hamas takeover of Gaza. Gaza is not experiencing shortages of basic commodities. Hamas threatened to confiscate goods f [...] |
2007-06-26 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1320 | CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH YASER ABED RABBO [...] (C) Begin Summary. PLO Executive Committee Secretary General Yaser Abed Rabbo told CODEL Issa June 24 that the government of PM Salam Fayyad, if successful, could lead to the creation of a new political current, mobilize disaffected voters, and weaken HAMAS. He accused HAMAS of trying to i [...] |
2007-06-27 08:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
| 07JERUSALEM1321 | GAZA CASH SHORTAGE MAY PREVENT PA SALARY PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Banks in Gaza do not have sufficient cash to pay Palestinian Authority (PA) employee salaries next week, and Israeli authorities are preventing cash transfers through the Erez crossing, according to bank officials. Cairo Amman Bank should begin paying UNRWA salaries in two days, [...] |
2007-06-27 08:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG KTFN IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1329 | HANIYAH'S SPEECH SEEKS TO BOLSTER HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a speech on June 24, former HAMAS PM Ismail Haniyah blamed Israel and the U.S. for problems between HAMAS and Fatah and criticized the planned Sharm al-Sheikh summit. Haniyah reassured Gazans that they are safe. He blamed a "trend" in Fatah for undermining the political p [...] |
2007-06-27 12:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1330 | NEW PALESTINIAN MINISTER FOR PLANNING DESCRIBES [...] (C) The Consul General met with the newly appointed Minister of Planning and Labor Samir Abdullah June 25 at the Ministry of Planning headquarters in Ramallah. Abdullah began by saying that recent events in Gaza -- while unfortunate -- could nonetheless create opportunities for positive chan [...] |
2007-06-27 13:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KDEM |
| 07JERUSALEM1334 | ABU MAZEN EXEMPTS GAZANS FROM PA TAXES TO DENY [...] (SBU) PA President Abbas issued a presidential decree June 26 exempting Gazans from fees for services provided by PA entities, value-added tax on local activity, and from income tax on companies and individuals. Press accounts described the move as a response to the difficult circumstances u [...] |
2007-06-27 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1345 | NABLUS INCURSION: AT LEAST 12 PALESTINIANS [...] (SBU) According to Palestinian security contacts and Arabic-language media, Nablus has been under curfew since 0330 local on June 28 when the IDF entered the city and clashed with Palestinian militants around the Old City, Rafidiya neighborhood and Balata Refugee Camp. Militants responded to [...] |
2007-06-28 13:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1346 | AGREEMENT REACHED TO RESUME TRANSFER OF REVENUES [...] (C) Summary: The GOI agreed June 27 to resume the transfer of frozen clearance revenues, starting with a transfer of NIS 500 million on/about July 1, according to PA Prime Minister and Finance Minister Salam Fayyad. Regular monthly clearance revenue transfers will resume as well, along with [...] |
2007-06-28 14:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KFTN KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1349 | LIMITED HUMANITARIAN SHIPMENTS CONTINUE TO MOVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Karni/al-Mintar, Kerem Shalom, and Sufa crossings were open to select humanitarian and commercial shipments June 28, as operations at the crossings remains ad hoc given the fluid security situation. ICRC transferred 17 sick and injured patients out of Gaza June 28. End summar [...] |
2007-06-28 14:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1360 | HUSSAYN AL-SHAYKH: SECURITY FIRST PRIORITY [...] (C) Begin Summary. On June 28, Fatah grassroots leader Hussayn al-Shaykh told PolChief that he supports the new government and the appointment of Salam Fayyad as Prime Minister. He urged an immediate re-examination of the entire security apparatus, claiming that West Bank PA security forces [...] |
2007-06-29 10:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
| 07JERUSALEM1363 | NABLUS INCURSION: IDF WITHDRAWS FROM CITY CENTER, [...] (SBU) According to Palestinian security contacts and press, the IDF is wrapping up operations in/around Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus as of 1400 local June 29, and has left the city center. The IDF shot and killed al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Haytham Salih in al-Dahiya early June 29, an [...] |
2007-06-29 12:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1371 | DFLP CLAIMS MORTAR STRIKE ON KEREM SHALOM CROSSING [...] (SBU) The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) claimed joint responsibility (along with the PRC and al-Baraq Army) for mortar attacks against Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings on June 27, claiming the attack was "retaliation for the murder of Palestinians by occupation forces [...] |
2007-07-02 13:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KWBG KPAL IS PGOV |
| 07JERUSALEM1372 | CLEARANCE REVENUE TRANSFERS AND CASH SHIPMENTS TO [...] (C) PA Ministry of Finance Director General of Customs Hatem Yousef confirmed to Econoff July 2 that the GOI had transferred July 1 NIS 500 million (USD 118 million) in clearance revenues to the PA. Yousef said that this amount will be sufficient to pay PA employees their full salaries for J [...] |
2007-07-02 13:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM138 | EXCAVATION BEGUN TO CONNECT SILWAN TO THE OLD CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI ORGANIZATION ELAD HAS BEGUN EXCAVATION OF A TUNNEL FROM THE POOL OF SILWAN TOWARDS THE WESTERN WALL, ACCORDING TO ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS NGO IR AMIN. IR AMIN REPORTS THAT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 METERS OF TUNNEL HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE PALESTI [...] |
2007-01-24 13:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1406 | KHALIL SHIKAKI ON FATAH'S WEST BANK SITUATION AND [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) Director Dr. Khalil Shikaki told U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) LTG Keith Dayton on July 3 that Fatah is disorganized and has failed to consolidate power in the West Bank, but remains the protector of liberal values in P [...] |
2007-07-09 04:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS KWBG KPAL |
| 07JERUSALEM1411 | PA PAYS EMPLOYEE SALARIES; HAMAS BLOCKS ENTRY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid full salaries to public employees July 4 for the first time in 15 months, according to local press reports and Ministry of Finance officials. In accordance with an earlier PA cabinet decision nullifying appointments and promotions after Dec [...] |
2007-07-09 07:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1420 | CONTINUED ROADWORK AND CONSTRUCTION ON POLICE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff observed July 2 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem, and the exterior of the police station building is near complete. Retaining walls for roadways and grading along the hillsides leading up to and surrounding the police s [...] |
2007-07-09 11:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KWBG PREL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1429 | PM FAYYAD LAYS OUT SECURITY/DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. At a July 5 meeting in Ramallah, PM Salam Fayyad told Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY) that the PA must make immediate progress--including a political track with Israel--because this government is probably Palestinians' last chance. PM Fayyad said security is his government's pr [...] |
2007-07-10 09:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS OREP EAID PGOV ECON |
| 07JERUSALEM143 | DRAFT BUDGET SENT TO PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) ACTING PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) FINANCE MINISTER SAMIR ABU AISHEH SUBMITTED THE FY 2007 PA BUDGET TO THE PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL JANUARY 16 AFTER THE PA CABINET APPROVED IT DECEMBER 27, ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTS. THE PROPOSED BUDGET TOTALS USD 2.562 BILLION, INCLUDING [...] |
2007-01-24 14:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1435 | JAPANESE AGRICULTURE ASSISTANCE IN JORDAN VALLEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) Jordan Valley agricultural development initiative began in March 2007 with a technical assistance program and two feasibility studies scheduled to run 18-22 months. The technical assistance program will train Palestinian far [...] |
2007-07-10 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ETRD IS JA JO KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM144 | WORLD BANK STUDY TIES GAZA'S ECONOMIC REVIVAL TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A WORLD BANK STUDY OF ALTERNATIVES FOR PALESTINIAN TRADE HAS CONCLUDED THAT OPENING THE RAFAH TRADE CORRIDOR FOR EXPORTS FROM THE GAZA STRIP THROUGH EGYPT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST THE FLAGGING PALESTINIAN ECONOMY. ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, THE RAFAH TRADE CORRIDOR PROVIDES COMPE [...] |
2007-01-24 15:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KWBG IS EG |
| 07JERUSALEM1440 | PALESTINIAN TRADE UNION LEADER KIDNAPPED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) Chairman Shaher Sa'ad was kidnapped in the West Bank town of Nablus on the afternoon of July 10. He was released unharmed following one hour of physical threats and demands by the kidnappers for him to (a) resign his post [...] |
2007-07-11 14:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON KPAL KWBG CASC ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1441 | JULY 11 PLC MEETING FAILS TO REACH A QUORUM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) did not reach a quorum for the July 11 meeting called by PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), because of a boycott by HAMAS legislators. Contacts in Abbas' office say he is considering next steps. End Summary. PLC FAILS TO REACH [...] |
2007-07-11 15:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1453 | UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN MOBILE TELECOM TENDER - GOI [...] (C) Gulf-owned mobile provider Wataniya Telecom, which won the second mobile telecom operator license in the West Bank/Gaza on September 18, 2006, continues to wait for a frequency to be allocated by the GOI (see reftel) before it can commence operations, according to PLO Negotiations Support [...] |
2007-07-13 13:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1454 | FAYYAD TO CONTINUE AS PRIME MINISTER; THREE NEW [...] (C) On July 13, shortly before the expiration of the state of emergency declared by PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), three new ministers were sworn in: Ali Khashan as Minister of Justice, Ibrahim Ibrash at Minister of Culture, and Tahani Abu Daqqa as Minister of Youth and Sports. Con [...] |
2007-07-13 13:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS PINR |
| 07JERUSALEM1455 | GAZA ECONOMIC LOSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: According to data compiled by the Palestinian private sector, the closure of the Karni/al-Mintar crossing following the Hamas take-over of Gaza is causing catastrophic damage to Gaza's economy. Since the June 12 closure of the crossing, 80 percent of Gaza factories have closed [...] |
2007-07-13 13:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAID EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1458 | SNAPSHOT: NABLUS AREA ECONOMY LIMITED BY [...] (SBU) ConGenOffs traveled on July 12 and 13 throughout the areas surrounding the West Bank cities of Tubas, Nablus, Salfit, and Qalqiliya for a snap-shot view of the movement and access issues facing Palestinians. Several truck loads of freshly-picked Jordan Valley vegetables waited in a fou [...] |
2007-07-16 06:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 07JERUSALEM1463 | PM FAYYAD AND HIS GOVERNMENT CONTINUE AFTER END OF [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Following expiration of the 30-day state of emergency declared on June 14, PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) accepted PM Salam Fayyad's resignation and then directed him to form a new government. Until a new government receives a vote of confidence by the PLC -- whi [...] |
2007-07-16 13:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1473 | POSITIVE PALESTINIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Most West Bank political contacts said they were pleased by President Bush's July 16 speech and praised his call for an international meeting to support progress toward a two-state solution. Most contacts said the speech offers an opportunity to move forward with negotiations [...] |
2007-07-17 15:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1482 | LIMITED MOVEMENT AT GAZA CROSSINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sufa crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open on July 17, the Karni/al-Mintar, Kerem Shalom, and Rafah crossings were closed. WFP plans to deliver eight truck loads of wheat flour per day to Gaza July 17-22 through Sufa, while ICRC transferred 25 patients from Ga [...] |
2007-07-18 11:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1483 | UTILITY PAYMENTS INDIRECTLY SUBSIDIZING HAMAS IN [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 17 that he no longer wants the European Union to fund utility payments through the Temporary International Mechanism (Window II) or the GOI to deduct utility payments from clearance revenues. Fayyad belie [...] |
2007-07-18 12:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1486 | PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY AND GAZA BANKS [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) and banks operating in the Gaza Strip continue to implement measures to thwart Hamas interference in the banking sector, according to PMA Deputy Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Most commercial banks have moved their headquarters to the West Ban [...] |
2007-07-18 13:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1487 | PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP WANTS STATUS QUO ON GAZA [...] (S) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Salam Fayyad informed Consul General on July 17 that they do not support at this time increasing throughput at Gaza crossings beyond humanitarian assistance and commercial food shipments. Abu Mazen [...] |
2007-07-18 14:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ECON ETRD KPAL PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1489 | MIXED REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRISONERS RELEASE [...] (C) Begin Summary. The July 17 posting of the names of 256 Palestinian prisoners who are scheduled for early release on July 20 generated mostly positive press coverage, including front page photos of families celebrating the anticipated release. The Q Ministry of Prisoners Affairs welcomed [...] |
2007-07-19 09:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1491 | VATICAN NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Chief Vatican negotiator Fr. David Jaeger told PolOff July 12 that his team had just wrapped up a "positive but incomplete" negotiating session with the GoI on a general legal/fiscal agreement and made some progress on tax exemptions, judicial remedies and property claims. Jaege [...] |
2007-07-19 10:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF IS PBTS VT KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1496 | USAID MEETS WITH PA MINISTERS OF HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) USAID Mission Director met with Minister of Health Fathi Abu Moghli and Minister of Planning Samir Abdallah July 16 to discuss USAID programs in West Bank/Gaza. Abu Moghli stated that he intends to (1) develop a strategic plan for the health sector and (2) work with USAID on its ongoing [...] |
2007-07-19 10:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1499 | ABBAS SLAMS HAMAS IN OPENING OF PLO CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In a strongly-worded speech to the PLO Central Council (PLO CC) on July 18, President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) rejected dialogue with "Hamas mutineers" and called for Hamas leaders to be punished for taking over PA institutions in Gaza. He also called for early presidential a [...] |
2007-07-19 11:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1502 | QADURA FARES ON INTERNATIONAL MEETING AND FATAH [...] (C) Summary. In a July 18 meeting with PolChief, grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Fares welcomed President Bush's call for an international meeting and said serious momentum is needed to bring Palestinians and Israelis back to the negotiating table. He said Fatah reform has stalled since Hama [...] |
2007-07-19 13:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM IS |
| 07JERUSALEM151 | PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON [...] (S) Summary: The Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) is now emphasizing actions against money laundering over countering terrorist financing because of the current political situation in the PA. It continues to draft anti-money laundering legislation that will put into law many of the same [...] |
2007-01-26 07:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | EFIN PGOV PTER KTFN KWBG IS IZ |
| 07JERUSALEM1514 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATORS CONCERNED ABOUT PLC'S [...] (C) Summary: The Fatah PLC bloc intends to boycott the July 22 PLC session called by the Hamas Acting Speaker. Fatah and independent PLC members say they are concerned about the future role of the PLC, given that the body has been unable to convene with a quorum while the new government is m [...] |
2007-07-20 14:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PTER IS KDEM |
| 07JERUSALEM1519 | NORWEGIAN AND PA VIEWS ON PROPOSED AHLC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 17 that he supports the proposal to convene an Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in September 2007. Fayyad stated that the meeting should be limited to AHLC members only. He also suggested that a proposed follow-on [...] |
2007-07-23 11:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1522 | PLC SESSION FAILS AGAIN, FAYYAD CONTINUES GOVERNING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-23 14:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KDEM PGOV PREL PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1523 | PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL SUPPORTS ABBAS, CONDEMNS HAMAS [...] (U) Summary: The PLO Central Council (PLO-CC) released a July 20 statement (Ref A) after two days of meetings supporting President Abbas and PM Fayyad and calling on HAMAS to restore the Gaza Strip to PA control. PLO-CC Speaker Salim Zanun said this PLO leadership body will follow Abbas' le [...] |
2007-07-23 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
| 07JERUSALEM1524 | HAMAS REPLACES THREE GAZA MAYORS, PRESSURES OTHER [...] (C) Summary. Hamas has taken control of three Gaza municipalities, replacing Fatah mayors and city council members. Gaza's other Fatah mayors report limited Hamas interference, but express concern about the agenda of Hamas' former Minister of Local Government. Gaza City's mayor described e [...] |
2007-07-23 14:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER KDEM PREL |
| 07JERUSALEM1525 | HAMAS MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME EXPLAINED [...] (S) Summary. Hamas has gained access to considerable funds through money laundering schemes, according to Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) Deputy Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Imported goods are paid for from accounts outside Gaza or even with cash at point of origin. The Gaza recipient pa [...] |
2007-07-23 16:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM153 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES NUG AND NEED TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary. In a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem with U/S Nicholas Burns, PLC member Salam Fayyad and PLO Executive Committee Member Yasser Abed Rabbo put the Fatah-Hamas struggle in the context of the regional Iranian threat. They discussed the possibility that PA President Mahmoud Abbas ( [...] |
2007-01-26 07:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1535 | MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE REQUESTS MORE US ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: PA Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud al-Habbash told USAID Mission Director on July 23 that his ministry's efforts are focused on (1) land reclamation; (2) constructing roads for small farmers; and (3) developing water projects. Abu Hassan requested additional funds for Ministr [...] |
2007-07-24 13:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON KWBG KPAL PHUM PGOV |
| 07JERUSALEM1536 | NEW PA JUSTICE MINISTER'S PRIORITY IS "SERVICES TO [...] (C) Summary. At a July 23 meeting in Ramallah, Justice Minister (MoJ) Ali Khassan told USAID Country Director Sumka and PolOff that he is concentrating on rebuilding the MoJ and instilling a focus on provision of services to the people. He said he is developing plans to build the MoJ into a s [...] |
2007-07-24 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV KDEM IS KJUS |
| 07JERUSALEM155 | QADURA FARIS AND U/S BURNS: FATAH REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Former PLC member Qadura Faris told U/S Burns in a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem that Fatah needs serious reform and reform-minded leaders must work to restore public confidence in the party and Fatah's ability to administer the PA. He said efforts to establish a National Unity G [...] |
2007-01-26 07:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1554 | PRISONERS' AFFAIRS MINISTER ON PRISONERS RELEASE, [...] (C) Summary. On July 24, newly appointed Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami told PolChief that he welcomed the July 20 release of 256 prisoners, but criticized the "unilateral" nature of the release and urged Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on criteria for the release of more p [...] |
2007-07-26 11:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1562 | NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE POLL FROM GAZA AND [...] Summary. According to a July 8 - 15 National Democratic Institute (NDI) poll, Palestinians disapprove of the Hamas takeover in Gaza, support early PLC and Presidential elections, want to see Fatah-Hamas reconciliation, and believe that Fatah is reforming itself. Marwan Barghouthi is the polit [...] |
2007-07-27 11:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1565 | DAHLAN RESIGNS AS NSA; ABBAS ACCEPTS RESIGNATION [...] (C) According to Palestinian contacts, President Mahmud Abbas accepted Muhammad Dahlan's July 26 resignation as National Security Advisor (NSA) for health concerns. The resignation letter and reply follow in paras. 2 and 3, respectively. Muhammad Dahlan's Resignation --------------------- [...] |
2007-07-27 14:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG PINS IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1567 | NEW PA PLATFORM: CABINET PLEDGES TO DELIVER [...] (C) Summary. In a progressive platform to be publicly announced July 28, PM Salam Fayyad's Cabinet commits "to fully abide by (PA and PLO agreements) including those agreements signed with Israel." The platform contains no references to revolutionary struggle. In a July 27 conversation wit [...] |
2007-07-27 15:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV IS PREL PINS KISL |
| 07JERUSALEM1569 | IDF BLOCKS HOMESH ENTRANCES, BUT ALLOWS SETTLERS [...] (SBU) Israeli settlers continue to gather at the site of the former Northern West Bank settlement of Homesh, dismantled as part of the Disengagement plan in August 2005. Several thousand settlers have visited the site or stayed overnight since the July 24-25 Tisha B'Av holiday, commemorating [...] |
2007-07-27 15:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS PBTS |
| 07JERUSALEM1570 | NEW MUGHRABI GATE RAMP ROUTE STILL UNDEFINED [...] (C) Summ |