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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 09JERUSALEM665 |
MUNIB AL MASRI DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION, EARLY [...] (C) Summary: In an April 13 meeting with the Consul General, independent Palestinian billionaire and PLO Central Council member Munib Al Masri said national reconciliation talks stalled on key questions concerning elections, government formation, and the PLO. Al Masri said he suggested "a [...] |
2009-04-14 13:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM666 |
SUPERVISION AND COMPLIANCE IN GAZA BANK BRANCHES [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early April, Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) and banking sector contacts outlined their supervision and compliance operations in Gaza bank branches. The PMA made a similar presentation to GOI officials at a Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting on [...] |
2009-04-14 13:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IS KTFN KWBG PGOV |
| 09JERUSALEM67 |
SETTLERS STRONGLY SUPPORT IDF OPERATION IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary. The Yesha Council Chairman told Poloff that four of the six IDF soldiers killed in Gaza since the beginning of military operations on December 27 were settlers from the West Bank/East Jerusalem. Settler contacts told PolOff that they strongly support IDF operations in Gaza, but [...] |
2009-01-07 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KWBG IS GZ |
| 09JERUSALEM672 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/16): PALESTINIANS SEE DOUBLE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-16 08:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM674 |
FATAH MEMBERS JOSTLE FOR INFLUENCE AHEAD OF SIXTH [...] (C) Summary: As preparations for the Sixth Party Congress proceed, Fatah members have begun to jostle for influence over future membership in the Fatah Central Committee (FCC), which will be decided by the Congress. With delegate lists nearly finalized, aspiring Fatah leaders are competing [...] |
2009-04-16 13:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM675 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/17): PALESTINIANS: U.S. BEARS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-17 06:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM678 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/20): PALESTINIANS: NEW [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-20 09:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM679 |
PALESTINIAN BOYS DESCRIBE BEATING BY SETTLERS AND [...] (C) Summary. Three Palestinian shepherd boys were attacked and beaten by settlers from Ma'on in the south Hebron hills on April 5, according to the boys and a volunteer from Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). The children's accounts given to CPT immediately following the incident, and to Pol [...] |
2009-04-20 14:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM681 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): PALESTINIANS: POWERFUL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-21 09:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM685 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/22): PALESTINIANS EXPRESS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-22 10:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM686 |
HOME DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM AND THE WEST [...] (C) Summary. The GoI Ministry of Interior demolished a home in East Jerusalem April 22, and the Civil Administration demolished four structures in a Palestinian village southeast of Nablus. The number of home demolitions decreased in East Jerusalem in March and April following critical comme [...] |
2009-04-22 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM687 |
MIGRON UPDATE; EVICTION ORDERS ISSUED NEAR ADAM [...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently issued eviction orders for Palestinians living near Adam settlement, and the PA is helping the Palestinians appeal these orders. The evictions may be related to the GOI's plan to expand Adam to incorporate the settlers from Migron outpost. The Migron settlers [...] |
2009-04-22 14:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM689 |
YESHA COUNCIL CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES COUNCIL MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. The YESHA Council held an expanded meeting in January at which it established a Secretariat of ten former Council leaders and a core group of 25 Council members, which will meet every two months. The expanded Council, with over 200 members, will meet only two or three times pe [...] |
2009-04-23 13:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM690 |
HAMAS-AFFILIATED "BANK" OPENS IN GAZA; PMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Islamic National Bank (INB) opened in Gaza City on April 22. Speaking at the opening ceremony, INB CEO Ala'a al-Din Al-Rafati said that INB will offer full banking services, including taking deposits and making loans. However, the Palestinian Monetary Authority PMA) annou [...] |
2009-04-23 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IS KTFN KWBG PGOV |
| 09JERUSALEM692 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/23): PALESTINIANS: TANGIBLE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-23 16:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM694 |
NO CLEAR TREND EVIDENT IN RECENT UNIVERSITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Employee and student elections are widely seen by Palestinians as indicators of the relative standing of political factions at a given point in time. Recent elections reveal no clear trend in favor of either Fatah or Hamas, who continue to compete for influence and attempt to s [...] |
2009-04-24 09:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 09JERUSALEM696 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/24): PALESTINIANS SEEK [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-24 10:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM697 |
PALESTINIANS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT RISING TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian contacts explained a recent increase in violent incidents in Jerusalem and the West Bank as resulting from increased tension brought on by Palestinians' growing sense of insecurity. In conversations with PolOff, Palestinian contacts pointed to the new Israeli govern [...] |
2009-04-24 10:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS ASEC KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM698 |
UPTICK IN SETTLER VIOLENCE IN APRIL [...] (C) Summary. Incidents of settler violence in April include multiple attacks on Palestinians in the Hebron area, clashes south of Gush Etzion settlement bloc, and damage to a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance. Settler activist Nadia Matar called for the assasination of the [...] |
2009-04-24 12:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL CVIS |
| 09JERUSALEM7 |
GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 2, 1300 LOCAL: NO LET-UP IN [...] (C) Summary. From 1300 January 1 through 1300 on January 2, at least 54 rockets (including 12 Grad-types) struck Israel, injuring three Israelis. Israeli airstrikes focused on northern Gaza and Gaza City killed at least 21 Palestinians (including several children), most notably senior Hamas [...] |
2009-01-02 12:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC |
| 09JERUSALEM70 |
GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 7 [...] (SBU) Summary. An estimated 30-40 truckloads entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing and an additional five to ten entered via Rafah crossing on January 7. A total of 360,000 liters of fuel for the power plant entered via Nahal Oz on January 7, but had not been picked up on the Gaza side a [...] |
2009-01-07 18:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
| 09JERUSALEM702 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/27): PALESTINIAN DIVISION [...] Talal Ukal of Al-Ayyam writes in "A decision Round, not [more] talks"(4/27): "Overshadowed by an atmosphere of pessimism, or, in the best case scenario, cautious optimism, the fourth round of talks- which could very well be the last in the series of inter-Palestinian dialogue - is scheduled t [...] |
2009-04-27 09:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM705 |
GOI COMMITTEE PROPOSES UNIFICATION OF MAALE ADUMIM [...] (C) Summary. NGO Peace Now confirmed press reports that the Israeli Ministry of Interior (MOI) internal panel recommended unification of West Bank settlements Maale Adumim and Qedar (southeast of Maale Adumim). This step could potentially annex 3,000 acres of land to Maale Adumim and pave [...] |
2009-04-27 14:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM71 |
PA REQUESTS CASH FOR GAZA HUMANITARIAN NEEDS, [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) has asked the Bank of Israel (BOI) to facilitate transport of cash from West Bank banks to their Gaza branches. The cash is required for humanitarian and PA salary payments. The PMA request included cash required to meet UNRWA,s social [...] |
2009-01-07 18:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KWBG PGOV PINR PTER |
| 09JERUSALEM711 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/28): DECISION TO CLOSE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-28 10:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM716 |
PUNITIVE HOME DEMOLITION ORDERED BY MOD [...] (C) Palestinian press reported April 28 that GoI Minister of Defense Ehud Barak signed a demolition order for the home of Qassem al-Mughrabi, a Palestinian who was shot to death on September 22, 2008, after injuring 16 IDF soldiers and one civilian with his car in downtown Jerusalem. Press re [...] |
2009-04-28 13:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM717 |
OFRA SETTLEMENT BATTLES LEGAL CASE OVER ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary. NGO Yesh Din updated Poloff on April 28 on its legal action in the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) to compel the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) to evacuate and demolish nine homes in Ofra settlement. Yesh Din believes these homes were constructed illegally on private Pa [...] |
2009-04-28 13:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ASEC KPAL PINR IS KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM719 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/30): UNITY TALKS "POSTPONED" [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-30 10:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM72 |
GAZA CONTACTS DESCRIBE DETERIORATING CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Contacts report that aerial bombardment lessened overnight on January 6 in Gaza city, but intensified in south and central Gaza. Gaza contacts also reported a worsening humanitarian situation, with displaced persons crammed into UNRWA shelters and lengthening bread lines. They e [...] |
2009-01-07 18:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IS KWBG MOPS PHUM |
| 09JERUSALEM727 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/01): NEW U.S. POLICY OF OPEN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-01 09:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM729 |
PALESTINIANS DESCRIBE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel described the GOI's closure of a gap in the separation barrier north of Jerusalem. The now-sealed barrier runs between the West Bank town of al-Ram and East Jerusalem. The barrier generally follows the route of the Jerusalem municipal boundary, except where it cuts throu [...] |
2009-05-01 11:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD KWBG IS PINR |
| 09JERUSALEM73 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/08): "SIGNS OF A TRUCE AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-08 10:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM732 |
PATIENT REFERRALS FROM GAZA RESUME [...] (C) Summary: On April 27, the Palestinian Authority (PA) resumed referring patients from Gaza for medical treatment in East Jerusalem, Israel, and Jordan, following a month-long suspension resulting from a dispute between the PA and the Hamas-controlled government in Gaza. The PA's coordinator [...] |
2009-05-01 14:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG PTER IS |
| 09JERUSALEM734 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/04): CONCERNS MOUNT OVER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-04 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM736 |
JERUSALEM MAYOR DESCRIBES PLANS FOR SILWAN BUT [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Mayor Barkat told the Consul General May 1 that the Municipality is nearly ready to submit a new Jerusalem master town plan to the District Committee for approval. Barkat also said he is developing a neighborhood plan for al-Bustan, which will require the demolition o [...] |
2009-05-04 14:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM742 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/05): LOW EXPECTATIONS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-05 10:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM749 |
HUMANITARIAN AID ACCESS TO GAZA REMAINS LIMITED [...] (SBU) UN and NGO contacts report that movement of humanitarian aid into Gaza continues to face significant obstacles. USAID and NGOs cite increased difficulty in securing access since late February. Despite GOI assurances to the USG in March and an Israeli Cabinet decision that all food woul [...] |
2009-05-06 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID PGOV KWBG PTER IS |
| 09JERUSALEM75 |
GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 8, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The IDF maintained its positions on January 8 and continued operations around Gaza City and Rafah. Up to 10,000 Palestinians from Rafah evacuated their homes in response to leaflets warning of impending operations in the area. A humanitarian pause began at 1300. Three rocket [...] |
2009-01-08 12:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS IS |
| 09JERUSALEM751 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/07): PALESTINIANS: LET'S [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-07 09:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM752 |
ISRAELI BORDER GUARD KILLS PALESTINIAN AT IBRAHIMI [...] (C) Summary. An Israeli border policeman shot and killed a mentally disabled Palestinian at the entrance of Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron late May 6. According to the International Committee for the Red Cross, the Palestinian was unarmed and had passed the security checkpoint. Palestinian secu [...] |
2009-05-07 10:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM754 |
PA BORROWS HEAVILY TO PAY SALARIES [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) borrowed heavily from local banks to pay its employees' salaries on May 7. Salaries were disbursed in the West Bank, but little was disbursed in Gaza due to the shortage of banknotes. As of 1700 local, no cash had entered Gaza for the banking syst [...] |
2009-05-07 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IS KWBG PGOV |
| 09JERUSALEM756 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/08): WORRY THAT WEST [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-08 11:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM76 |
HAMAS REPEATS CALLS FOR THE END OF ABBAS' TERM ON [...] (C) Summary. Hamas broke its recent silence on the duration of PA President Abbas' term, with its representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, reiterating that it will end January 9. He argued that Abbas' ineffectual handling of the crisis in Gaza, in addition to Hamas' previous legal arguments [...] |
2009-01-08 15:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC KWBG KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM773 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/11): PALESTINIAN ANGER OVER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-11 11:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM78 |
AS RESOURCES DWINDLE, GAZAN CONTACTS SHARE [...] (C) Summary. Gaza contacts reported a growing scarcity of vital resources and described to ConGenoffs the strategies they employ to survive. The internally displaced, who have moved in with family or to UNRWA shelters, face an especially dire situation, according to contacts. Even in their [...] |
2009-01-08 16:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IS KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF |
| 09JERUSALEM781 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/12): PALESTINIAN FRUSTRATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-12 08:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM783 |
JERUSALEM MAYOR PRESENTS NEW TOWN PLAN, FAILS TO [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Mayor Barkat presented a new Jerusalem town plan to the District Planning Committee on May 5. The new town plan aims to develop jobs and tourist areas in Jerusalem, and specifically mentions developing East Jerusalem and constructing new housing in East Jerusalem. Mu [...] |
2009-05-12 13:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 09JERUSALEM784 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/13): "A WEAK AND BIASED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-13 06:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM785 |
CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSES PA GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (S) Summary. Congressman Wexler discussed PA government formation and other issues with President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad on May 9. Abbas and Fayyad assured the Congressman that the new Palestinian government would abide by Quartet principles, and advised the USG to separate the is [...] |
2009-05-13 10:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL PGOV OREP EAID PTER IS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM79 |
GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 8 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open to shipments on January 8. Attempts to use Erez for shipments were unsuccessful due to the deaths of Palestinian workers from IDF fire. UNRWA and the ICRC have announced that they are suspending operations due [...] |
2009-01-08 16:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
| 09JERUSALEM797 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/14): PALESTINIANS WONDER: [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-14 09:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM800 |
1,500 ISRAELIS ATTEND MAY 12 DEMONSTRATION AT [...] (U) Summary. Around 1,500 Israelis, including busloads from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as well as West Bank settlers, attended a May 12 demonstration at the evacuated settlement of Homesh. The northern West Bank settler council and several settler organizations are lobbying for Homesh to be re [...] |
2009-05-14 10:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM803 |
PALESTINIANS OUTLINE IMPLICATIONS OF ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. Palestinians outlined serious consequences for a viable and contiguous Palestinian state resulting from the decision by the Israeli Minister of Interior to join the Qedar settlements to the Ma'ale Adumim Municipality. The Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem and the Mayor of Abu Di [...] |
2009-05-14 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 09JERUSALEM806 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/15): BLEAK PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-15 09:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM807 |
UPTICK IN SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN MAY [...] (C) Summary. NGO and Palestinian security contacts have reported multiple incidents of settler violence during the first two weeks of May, continuing a trend reported in March and April (reftels). Specific recent incidents include Hebron area settlers attacking Palestinian farmers, settlers [...] |
2009-05-15 11:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL PTER |
| 09JERUSALEM811 |
SHEPHERD HOTEL PLANS SUSPENDED, BUT THE [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Jerusalem Municipality Department of Building, Licensing, and Enforcement told PolOff May 7 that plans for the construction of two new Israeli apartment buildings on the Shepherd Hotel property in East Jerusalem are set to be approved by the Licensing Committee w [...] |
2009-05-15 14:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER UK |
| 09JERUSALEM812 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/18): PALESTINIANS: U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-18 08:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM815 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/19): PALESTINIANS QUESTION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-19 10:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM817 |
LATEST ROUND OF FATAH-HAMAS RECONCILIATION TALKS [...] (C) Summary. A fifth round of reconciliation talks in Cairo between Fatah and Hamas concluded on May 18 without significant progress, according to Fatah negotiator Azzam al-Ahmad. The parties failed to reach agreement in any of the substantive areas discussed, including formation of a facti [...] |
2009-05-19 13:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL KDEM IS GS |
| 09JERUSALEM823 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/20): UNITY TALKS: "USELESS, [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-20 09:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM824 |
SETTLERS ATTACK PALESTINIAN FARMERS AND ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary. Settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and Israeli and international activists who had gathered on May 19 to plow fields in the northern West Bank, according to Arik Ascherman of "Rabbis for Human Rights." The resulting skirmish resulted in minor injuries and the arrest of one P [...] |
2009-05-20 13:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IS KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM825 |
NEW FAYYAD GOVERNMENT FORMED [...] (C) Summary. A new Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet under the leadership of PM Salam Fayyad was sworn in on May 19 by PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Coming after a difficult, prolonged negotiation over Ministerial positions, the new government includes representatives from four pol [...] |
2009-05-20 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM843 |
COORDINATION FAILURE RESULTS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Palestinian sources state, that in the early morning hours of May 21, two Palestinian General Intelligence (GI) officers, in the course of an Israeli-approved operation against Hamas in the West Bank city of Qalqiliya, exchanged fire with an undercover Israel Defense Forces (IDF) [...] |
2009-05-22 04:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS MOPS |
| 09JERUSALEM846 |
REGIONAL SETTLER COUNCIL MOVES ON EXPANSION OF [...] (C) Summary. The Jordan Valley Regional Council issued a tender on May 12 for 20 houses in Maskiyot settlement for settler evacuees from Gaza, and held a tour for contractors on May 17. The 20 houses will be constructed outside Maskiyot's built-up area, roughly doubling the settlement's fo [...] |
2009-05-22 13:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL EAGR |
| 09JERUSALEM847 |
150 FAMILIES TO MOVE INTO NEW GIVAT ZEEV [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited West Bank settlement Givat Zeev and observed more than 300 units nearing completion. According to the settlement's developer, 150 families will move into the new neighborhood, Givat Zeev Illit, in August. The developer said he has sold 800 units, exceeding the nu [...] |
2009-05-22 13:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL CASC |
| 09JERUSALEM848 |
PALESTINIAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY PLEASED BY NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts in the Palestinian business community are generally pleased with the new Palestinian Authority government, but concerned that the timing and method of government formation has deepened political differences. Contacts emphasized the need for the new government to suppor [...] |
2009-05-22 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS PREL |
| 09JERUSALEM849 |
NEW PA CABINET SECRETARY ON GAZA RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet Secretary Hassan Abu-Libdeh said on May 21 that any new programs for Gaza recovery should come as PA initiatives, stressed that the PA's top priority for Gaza is to secure donor funding to support its plan for Gaza, and cautioned [...] |
2009-05-22 15:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PHUM PREL PTER KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM852 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/26): PALESTINIANS: NO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-26 11:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM853 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/27): PALESTINIANS: "MEEK U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-27 09:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM856 |
JENIN SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS LURE BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Herbawi Home Center ) a first-of-its-kind home appliance superstore in the West Bank ) held a grand opening in Jenin on May 21. Company owners and local government officials say the investment was made possible by security gains in the city over the past two years. Owners [...] |
2009-05-27 13:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD KWBG IS PINR |
| 09JERUSALEM857 |
"OUTPOST" MAOZ ESTHER DISMANTLED, TEN "DELIMITING" [...] (C) Summary. On May 21, Israeli border police dismantled, for the third time, six caravans at a site north of Ramallah called Maoz Esther by settlers. Settlers immediately began rebuilding the caravans. Settler leadership claimed to be unconcerned by the GOI's decision to dismantle Maoz E [...] |
2009-05-27 14:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM859 |
EAST JERUSALEM SETTLEMENT "NOF ZION" ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Residential units in the Nof Zion settlement in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem are not selling and the builder is in serious financial difficulty. According to the developer, prospective buyers of the high-end apartments were "uncomfortable" with Nof Zion's [...] |
2009-05-28 13:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IS KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM860 |
CHEMICAL BANS AFFECTING SANITARY STANDARDS AT WEST [...] (C) Summary: Israeli restrictions on chemical imports have led to a reduction in product sanitary standards at West Bank dairies, posing a food safety concern as well as affecting Palestinian businesses. At least three major West Bank dairy companies can no longer obtain chemical sanitizing [...] |
2009-05-28 13:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD BEXP EAGR PREL KWBW IS |
| 09JERUSALEM861 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/28): "WHAT OBAMA'S PROMISES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-28 13:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM868 |
FATAH MAYOR IN GAZA QUITS UNDER PRESSURE FROM HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. The Mayor of Gaza's al-Qarrara Municipality, a Fatah member, is resigning from his post June 1, having come under pressure from Hamas on the distribution of foreign assistance. His deputy (a Hamas member) will take over as mayor. Commenting on Gaza's political scene, the Mayor [...] |
2009-05-28 14:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER |
| 09JERUSALEM869 |
PA SET TO BORROW ITS WAY PAST ANOTHER PAYDAY [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance officials claim that a new round of borrowing from commercial banks will allow the PA to pay civil servant salaries in the first week of June. Other than the monthly transfer from Brussels, PA officials report only small amounts of [...] |
2009-05-28 15:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ECON EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV IS |
| 09JERUSALEM870 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-01 14:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM871 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-01 14:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM872 |
WEST BANK TENSIONS RISE FOLLOWING PA AND IDF [...] (C) Summary. Two security incidents have increased tension in the West Bank. The IDF killed Hamas militant 'Abd al-Majid Dudin near Hebron on May 28. Also, in the early morning of May 31, three Palestinian Authority security forces (PASF) officers, two Hamas militants, and an unarmed Hama [...] |
2009-06-01 14:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM874 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/02): PALESTINIANS: GIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-02 09:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM875 |
CODEL CASEY MEETS WITH NEW PA MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Codel Casey discussed problems of economic development in the West Bank and the situation in Gaza with two new ministers in the new Palestinian Authority (PA) government and two prominent figures in the Palestinian private sector. The Palestinians focused on restrictions on ac [...] |
2009-06-02 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IS ECON OREP |
| 09JERUSALEM876 |
SETTLERS RIOT IN WEST BANK AS "PRICE TAG" FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Settlers rioted south and west of Nablus on June 1, attacking a minibus of Palestinian laborers and setting fire to dozens of acres of fields and olive trees near the villages of Burin and Jit, reportedly in response to GOI evacuations of minor outposts in the area (Ref A). Is [...] |
2009-06-02 15:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KWBG KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM878 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/03): PALESTINIAN ANTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-03 08:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM886 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/04): "THE STRATEGIC AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-04 11:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM888 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/05): DEEP PALESTINIAN CONCERN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-05 10:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM889 |
HAMAS FORCED TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. A collapsed Ponzi scheme linked to the tunnel trade has cost Gazans an estimated USD 200m, caused political problems for Hamas, and forced Hamas to agree to partially compensate victims for their losses. Hamas officials have been forced to defend their reaction to the crisis [...] |
2009-06-05 10:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER ETRD PREL KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM89 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/09): "SAVING GAZA TO SAVE THE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-09 11:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM890 |
JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (06/05): OVERWHELMINGLY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-05 11:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM891 |
FATAH PLC MEMBERS JOIN FAYYAD'S GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) More than two weeks after swearing in the new Fayyad government (reftel), Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) swore in two additional ministers from the Fatah PLC bloc on Thursday, June 4. Their addition to the cabinet, after the last-minute "boycott" of the [...] |
2009-06-05 11:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM892 |
SETTLERS LASH OUT AGAINST USG [...] (C) Summary. ConGen contacts in West Bank settlements are uniformly angry at U.S. statements calling for a freeze in settlement expansion and the dismantling of outposts. Poloffs visited with a number of settler leaders who asserted that U.S. opposition to settlement activity "will push peop [...] |
2009-06-05 12:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM893 |
PA SECURITY FORCES COMBAT HAMAS IN QALQILYA FOR [...] (S) Summary. PA Security Forces (PASF) killed two Hamas militants and arrested another June 4 in the second violent confrontation with Hamas in Qalqilya this week. A continuing Preventive Security Organization (PSO) investigation of the Hamas cell uncovered a sophisticated and well-armed hid [...] |
2009-06-05 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER MOPS KWBG KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM894 |
GOI COMMITTEE APPROVES PLAN FOR 200-ROOM HOTEL IN [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli Ministry of Interior (MOI) on June 2 approved a plan for a 200-room hotel in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of East Jerusalem, which will involve the demolition of a Palestinian wholesale market and kindergarten. The approval was welcomed by the Jerusalem Municipality, [...] |
2009-06-05 14:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IS KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM895 |
IDF DEMOLISHES 18 SITES IN NORTHERN JORDAN VALLEY; [...] (SBU) Summary. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) demolished structures at 18 sites in the northern Jordan Valley on June 4, displacing 190 Palestinians from their homes in Area C. Tubas Governor Sami Musallam claimed the demolitions are designed to drive Palestinians from the Jordan Valley an [...] |
2009-06-05 14:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
| 09JERUSALEM896 |
IDF EASES ACCESS THROUGH THREE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 3, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) eased access through three West Bank checkpoints, two around Ramallah and one north of Nablus. ConGen officers verified on June 5 that some infrastructure has been removed at the two Ramallah-area checkpoints, one of which controls the [...] |
2009-06-05 14:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD PHUM KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM897 |
PALESTINIANS WELCOME PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4 [...] (U) Summary. Palestinians welcomed President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials praised the speech, highlighting the President's commitment to an independent Palestinian state. Several Fatah leaders told Post officers privately that President Obama's speech [...] |
2009-06-05 15:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS PTER KISL |
| 09JERUSALEM898 |
HEBRONITES LAY OUT PRIORITIES TO EASE MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Hebron's Mayor and business leaders told ConGenOffs that GOI restrictions on movement and access continue to stifle the city, particularly in Hebron's Old City and the Ibrahimi Mosque/Cave of Machpela area. Though two key road obstacle removals last year facilitated commercial [...] |
2009-06-08 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
| 09JERUSALEM899 |
ONE PALESTINIAN PROTESTER KILLED, AT LEAST FOUR [...] (C) IDF soldiers and Israeli border police, responding to a June 5 protest against the separation barrier in Ni'lin, killed one Palestinian and injured four others, at least one critically. A 36-year-old Palestinian protester died on the scene when hit in the chest by live fire, according to [...] |
2009-06-08 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS KWBG KPAL IS CASC |
| 09JERUSALEM900 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/08): PALESTINIANS: WAITING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-09 07:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM91 |
GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 9, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the passage of a UNSCR calling for a cease-fire, the IDF maintained its positions on January 9 and continued operations in northern Gaza and around Khan Yunis, generally on the outskirts of urban areas. IAF and Israeli naval strikes targeted northern Gaza and some ar [...] |
2009-01-09 12:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS IS |
| 09JERUSALEM945 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/09): PALESTINIANS: NEW [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-09 08:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM965 |
NEW HOME DEMOLITIONS AND DEMOLITION ORDERS IN [...] (C) Summary. According to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), two home demolitions were carried out in Jerusalem's Old City on June 9. One was an apartment in the Christian Quarter, and the other a second-floor addition in the Muslim Quarter. ICAHD also reported that [...] |
2009-06-09 14:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM966 |
SALFIT LEADERSHIP RAISES PROBLEMS OF ROADBLOCKS, [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with the Consul General on June 8, the Mayor of Salfit Municipality and Governor of Salfit District both expressed concern about a road gate that has closed the main road into Salfit. They also described untreated wastewater seeping into Salfit from the nearby s [...] |
2009-06-09 14:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL SENV IS KISL KPAL KWBG |
| 09JERUSALEM97 |
ICRC AND PCRS DETAIL HORRIFIC SCENES IN EVACUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) statement on January 8 described the discovery of four children next to their dead mothers and at least 12 dead bodies in a house in Gaza City's Zaytun neighborhood. A Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) medical worker pr [...] |
2009-01-09 17:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM MOPS ICRC KWBG KPAL IS GZ PREF |
| 09JERUSALEM970 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/10): "ISRAELI INTERESTS ARE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-10 09:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM971 |
JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES TWO MORE DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem municipal officials, accompanied by police, served two demolition orders and ten warning notices in the al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan to Palestinian homeowners on June 10. Local residents and Palestinian officials expressed concern that as many as 88 homes in al-Bu [...] |
2009-06-10 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL |
| 09JERUSALEM975 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/11): PALESTINIANS: ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-11 09:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 09JERUSALEM98 |
GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 9 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing was open on January 9 and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station was closed. Movement of fuel and aid shipments in Gaza is severely limited, given UNRWA and ICRC's suspension of movement following lethal incidents involving the IDF (septel). Most of Gaza homes re [...] |
2009-01-09 18:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD CASC IS |
| 09JERUSALEM99 |
PA KEEPS A LID ON WEST BANK DEMONSTRATIONS, NO [...] (S) SUMMARY. Demonstrations took place across the West Bank on January 9, with 43 reported injuries. Hamas condemned PA public order efforts and called for more protests. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on January 9 that PASF has standing orders to prevent violence and confrontations [...] |
2009-01-09 18:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PTER ASEC PGOV IS |
| 09JERUSALEM994 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/12): PALESTINIANS: END [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-12 10:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM101 |
PA FOCUSES ON WEST BANK ENERGY SECTOR: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) is taking steps to improve governance and increase accountability in the West Bank energy sector. Its goal is to improve the sector's performance and lower its impact on the PA's budget. Reform of the sector, including the establishment of an in [...] |
2010-01-15 18:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV IS JO |
| 10JERUSALEM102 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/19): President Abbas continues [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-19 10:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM11 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/05): Potential US peace plan [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-05 07:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM111 |
NGO CONTACTS WARN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv - Consulate General Jerusalem cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to NGO and GOI sources, the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) intends to "reassess" the legal status of the land on which three West Bank outposts are built, despite previous GOI stateme [...] |
2010-01-19 16:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM112 |
WEST BANK CROSSINGS REMAIN FOCUS OF FRUSTRATION; [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian private sector contacts emphasize that moving goods between the West Bank and Israel remains a complicated and time-consuming process. The continued use of a "back-to-back" process, which requires goods to be transferred from Palestinian to Israeli trucks, plus a l [...] |
2010-01-19 17:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM114 |
FAYYAD LAYS OUT 2010 BUDGET AND PROJECT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told donors that the PA is likely to require USD 1.2 billion in external budget support in 2010, and urged early disbursement. He presented the PA's priority project list for 2010, which includes over USD 5 billion in proje [...] |
2010-01-19 18:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV FR NO |
| 10JERUSALEM115 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/20): Israeli authorities level [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-20 07:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM129 |
PA AND FATAH OFFICIALS CONSIDER HOLDING LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. Senior Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah officials have begun discussing the possibility of holding local elections in 2010 to replace existing local councils, all of whose terms expired in 2009 or earlier. There are several factors driving the push for elections, including [...] |
2010-01-20 15:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL KWBG PGOV |
| 10JERUSALEM130 |
CLOSURE ORDERS FOR EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN [...] (C) On January 19, Ishaq Budeiri, General Manager of the Arab Studies Society at Orient House, told Post he had received no indication that the GOI is considering allowing the current closure order on Orient House to lapse when it expires in February 2010. Budeiri said that in the past, ren [...] |
2010-01-20 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM132 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/21): Local press report that [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-21 07:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM134 |
TDA GRANT SUPPORTS RENEWABLE ENERGY, PALESTINIAN [...] Summary. At a January 20 signing ceremony attended by press and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials, the U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) awarded a nearly $440,000 grant to support the development of a high efficiency, alternative energy heating and cooling system for an affordable housi [...] |
2010-01-21 16:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV ENRG KWBG KPAL |
| 10JERUSALEM135 |
IDF OPENS KEY WEST BANK ROAD TO PALESTINIANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) opened an important West Bank road southwest of Hebron to Palestinian vehicle traffic on January 15, in compliance with an October 2009 Israeli Supreme Court ruling. The IDF's response to the ruling could have implications for the easing of other [...] |
2010-01-21 16:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM136 |
JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION PERMIT STATISTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: Statistics released by the Municipality of Jerusalem reveal an eight-to-one disparity in application rates for new construction permits between the city's overwhelmingly Israeli West and its majority-Arab East. This disparity, which is consistent with previous years, persists [...] |
2010-01-22 09:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM137 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/22): Palestinian media ask [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-22 09:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM139 |
PRESIDENT ABBAS DEMONSTRATES SUPPORT FOR FAYYAD, [...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC, Fatah's quasi-parliamentary body) held its second assembly January 15-19 in Ramallah, during which members of the FRC discussed the ongoing stalemate in negotiations with Israel and reconciliation with Hamas; reviewed reports and financial r [...] |
2010-01-22 19:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM141 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/25): Local press report that [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-25 08:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM148 |
2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE WEST [...] Obtain temporary copy of certificate of registration from the Ministry. 2. Deposit initial capital, which is 25 percent of the capital plus official bank fees (1/1000 of stated capital). 3. Obtain signature of the required documents by a local lawyer. 4. Register with the commercial Regist [...] |
2010-01-25 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC KWBG |
| 10JERUSALEM155 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/26): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-26 07:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM156 |
GAZA BRANCHES OF PALESTINIAN BANKS TURN AWAY [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian bank branches in Gaza have been turning away large Israeli Shekel (NIS)-denominated deposits, according to the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA), Gazan merchants, and Palestinian bankers. Contacts in the gas sector in Gaza voiced concerns that they may not have eno [...] |
2010-01-26 07:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM16 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/06): New settlement [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-06 10:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM161 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): President Abbas under [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-27 15:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM165 |
DE FACTO SOCIOECONOMIC SEPARATION PERSISTS BETWEEN [...] (C) Contacts ranging from ultra-nationalist Israeli hard-liners to anti-settlement peace activists and Arab community leaders agree that a de facto separation persists between Israeli-majority West Jerusalem and Arab-majority East Jerusalem. East Jerusalem's rapidly-growing Arab population [...] |
2010-01-27 17:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM166 |
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a January 25 decree forming a committee to examine allegations against Palestinians in the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone report). PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consu [...] |
2010-01-27 18:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PHUM KAWC IS |
| 10JERUSALEM168 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-28 09:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM175 |
HATEM ABDEL QADER ON FATAH, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (C) In a January 22 meeting with Post, Fatah activist and former Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abdel Qader said that with local government elections on the horizon, Fatah needed to "build confidence between the party and the people" by focusing on social iss [...] |
2010-01-29 08:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS KDEM |
| 10JERUSALEM176 |
ISRAELI ANTI-SETTLEMENT ACTIVISTS SWELL SHEIKH [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-29 09:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI IS |
| 10JERUSALEM178 |
ISRAELI ANTI-SETTLEMENT ACTIVISTS SWELL SHEIKH [...] (SBU) Protests by anti-settlement activists in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on January 15 and 22 drew an unusually large turnout and resulted in a total of 35 arrests. The demonstrations were attended by a mostly-Israeli crowd of veteran peace activists, undergraduates, [...] |
2010-01-29 10:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM180 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/29): Clashes continue between [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-29 11:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM185 |
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESSES GAZA ELECTRIC [...] (C) Summary. In a calculated move to decrease its financial burdens and increase the fiscal sustainability of the Gaza Strip's only electrical power plant, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is cutting back its payments for the plant's industrial fuel. The PA's goal is to press the Gaza Electr [...] |
2010-01-29 20:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PREF ENRG GZ IS |
| 10JERUSALEM187 |
GAZA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REMAINS SERIOUS, WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the end of the war in Gaza, the coastal territory remains in a challenging humanitarian situation, with modest improvements in access for humanitarian and commercial goods. The average number of monthly shipments into Gaza increased by nine percent in 2009 com [...] |
2010-01-29 21:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EAGR PREF GZ IS |
| 10JERUSALEM188 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/01): Settlement-related [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-01 09:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM192 |
NABLUS BUSINESSMEN VOICE CONCERN OVER ONGOING [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 28 trip to the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the city's business leaders briefed the Consul General on the impact of Israeli restrictions on the region's business climate. Nablus's aluminum-producing factory (the only one in the West Bank), like many manu [...] |
2010-02-01 17:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS BEXP |
| 10JERUSALEM193 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/02): President Abbas said he [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-02 12:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM199 |
AS OLD GUARD RESIGNS, YESHA COUNCIL SETTLERS [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 11, Pinchas Wallerstein resigned as director-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip (known as the "YESHA Council," from the Hebrew acronym for "Judea, Samaria, and Gaza"). Wallerstein told the Israeli press that he was re [...] |
2010-02-02 18:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM2 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/04): The new year starts with [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-04 07:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM201 |
AS OLD GUARD RESIGNS, YESHA COUNCIL SETTLERS [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 11, Pinchas Wallerstein resigned as director-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip (known as the "YESHA Council," from the Hebrew acronym for "Judea, Samaria, and Gaza"). Wallerstein told the Israeli press that he was re [...] |
2010-02-02 20:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM202 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): Prime Minister Fayyad [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-03 08:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM214 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/04): PA and Hamas officials [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-04 07:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM215 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/05): Fatah and Hamas leaders [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-05 09:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM217 |
LOVE AND MARRIAGE: A PALESTINIAN MARRIAGE AND BENEFIT [...] (U) The single most pernicious pattern of fraud encountered by Post is marriage and benefit fraud employed by Palestinian men. Under the pattern, individuals exploit certain aspects of Sharia Law or use fraudulent divorce certificates to engage in sham divorces and then marry Americans solely [...] |
2010-02-05 13:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD PTER KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM224 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VIST TO [...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary: Your meetings will give you a chance to see USG assistance efforts first hand; hear from Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on progress in implementing his state-building plan; and learn from private sector and key economic policy makers what is needed to create the conditions f [...] |
2010-02-05 22:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM226 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/08): President Abbas meets [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-08 10:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM230 |
MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON INCITEMENT AT [...] (C) The Palestinian Authority (PA) employee who delivered an impromptu sermon inciting violence at a West Bank mosque on January 29 was "disturbed," according to Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Mahmoud Habash. The employee, who works in Habash's ministry, has been counseled for his s [...] |
2010-02-08 17:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG KISL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM231 |
JERUSALEM MAYOR WRESTLES WITH "LOCAL" POLITICS ON [...] (C) Assessing the performance of Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat in his first year in office, Barkat's aides, allies, and opponents point to the difficulty the "apolitical" Barkat (a former software executive) has had in managing a broad coalition containing a diversity of religious-nationalist, s [...] |
2010-02-08 18:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM232 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/09):Palestinian official says [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-09 07:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM233 |
ISRAELI TRAVEL BAN AGAINST PROMINENT EAST [...] (C) On February 9, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad contacted the Consul General to express strong concern about the Israeli government's imposition of a six-month overseas travel ban on Khalil Tufakji, an Arab resident of East Jerusalem and prominent cartographer, as report [...] |
2010-02-09 17:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM234 |
FORMER PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPEAKER [...] (S) Former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Speaker (and prominent Gazan) Rawhi Fattouh described three generational groupings inside Hamas today, and characterized each as more radical than its predecessor. The oldest generation consists mainly of religious leaders with little influen [...] |
2010-02-09 18:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM236 |
PALESTINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Tamara Cofman Wittes discussed efforts for Middle East peace, the growing distance between Palestinian and Israeli societies, and the role of women with Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and Palestinian civil society activists. Participants lamented de [...] |
2010-02-09 18:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI KDEM KPAL KWBG KWMN IS |
| 10JERUSALEM238 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/10): President Abbas asks the [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-10 07:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM25 |
"ECONOMIC" SETTLERS PROTEST THEIR INCLUSION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent conversations, residents of "economic" settlements -- established to provide cheaper housing and higher standards of living than available in "Green Line" Israel -- objected to their inclusion in the Israeli government's settlement moratorium. Leaders in these comm [...] |
2010-01-06 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM258 |
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a series of February 7 meetings in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials emphasized that nonviolence was the only viable strategy for the Palestinian pro-peace camp, and said they were committed to interdicting violent actors in the West Bank, regardless of [...] |
2010-02-10 16:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM26 |
PERMITS FOR 24 NEW HOUSING UNITS ON MOUNT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 5 vote, the Jerusalem Municipal Planning Board approved construction permits for 24 apartments in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of at-Tur on the Mount of Olives. NGO sources and press reports suggest the developer of the project is backed by settler organizati [...] |
2010-01-06 16:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM261 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/11): IDF soldier killed at [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-11 08:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM265 |
RISING TENSIONS IN SHU'FAT REFUGEE CAMP AS ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Summary. According to UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) staff, Israeli police and Jerusalem municipality officials conducted intermittent operations in the Shu'fat refugee camp in East Jerusalem between February 7 and February 10. As of February 10, Israeli auth [...] |
2010-02-11 15:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM266 |
PALESTINIAN POLICE OFFICER KILLS IDF SOLDIER [...] (C) SUMMARY. A plain-clothes Palestinian Authority (PA) Civil Police Captain stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Sergeant near Nablus on February 10. The IDF Sergeant subsequently died of his injuries. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad issued a statement later that day condemning the actio [...] |
2010-02-11 16:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM269 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/12): Israeli air raids on the [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-12 09:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM27 |
SEVEN ARCHES HOTEL TARGETED BY ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: In the midst of debate over the approval of 24 new Israeli residential units on the Mount of Olives (reftel), press reports that the nearby Seven Arches Hotel had been sold to Israeli owners generated further controversy. The hotel's Jordanian management described the reports [...] |
2010-01-06 17:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 10JERUSALEM275 |
LARGE VILLAGES SOUTH OF HEBRON CUT OFF FROM MAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-12 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM276 |
DOES HAMAS HAVE A CASH FLOW PROBLEM IN GAZA? [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-12 15:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ECON EFIN EG GZ KPAL KTFN PGOV PTER QA |
| 10JERUSALEM277 |
PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES DISCOVER ROCKET BURIED WEST OF RAMALLAH [...] (C) On February 11, Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials informed Post that they had recently discovered a homemade, Qassam-style rocket buried underground, west of Ramallah. These officials said they had handed the rocket, which appeared to have been buried over a year ago and was no long [...] |
2010-02-12 16:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM279 |
NABLUS DEVELOPER ON AREA C CONSTRAINTS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian private sector contacts and developers in Nablus report that a closed Israeli military road north of the city is preventing progress on 15 construction projects that would ease urban congestion and further develop Nablus's economy. Despite the constraints, the cons [...] |
2010-02-12 16:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV OPIC KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM281 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/16): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-16 11:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM286 |
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON COORDINATION WITH ISRAEL [...] (S) In recent meetings with Post, Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials reiterated their commitment to continued Israeli-Palestinian security coordination. They expressed frustration with what they termed a one-sided Israeli approach, and highlighted the importance of keeping coordination o [...] |
2010-02-16 16:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM288 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/17): President Abbas says [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-17 11:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM29 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/07): Israel plans for more new [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-07 12:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM291 |
"POPULAR RESISTANCE": FIVE YEARS ON [...] (SBU) February 19 marks the fifth anniversary of weekly "popular resistance" protests against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bil'in. Since demonstrations against the barrier began, they have attracted a wide range of anti-settlement NGOs and international activists. [...] |
2010-02-17 12:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM292 |
PALESTINIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY 17 [...] (C) On February 9, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet announced that municipal elections would be held on July 17 throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and called on the Central Elections Committee (CEC) to proceed with making arrangements. CEC Chairman Hanna Naser said efforts are un [...] |
2010-02-17 13:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KDEM |
| 10JERUSALEM296 |
JERUSALEM MAYOR BRIEFS ON UPDATED BUSTAN [...] (C) Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat updated the Consul General on the municipality's plan for the East Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of al-Bustan (just southeast of the Old City). The plan calls for the demolition of 20 homes and the renovation of 80 others, as part of the construction of tourist fa [...] |
2010-02-18 05:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM299 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/18): The investigation into [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-18 07:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM301 |
ARAB RESIDENTS OF EAST JERUSALEM'S AL-BUSTAN [...] (SBU) In recent conversations, Arab residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Bustan, and the lawyers and city planners they have retained to represent them, expressed strong opposition to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat's proposal that al-Bustan (immediately south-east of al-Aqsa Mosque) [...] |
2010-02-18 16:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM303 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/19): Dubai police believe [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-19 09:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM307 |
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MINISTER DELIVERS TELEVISED [...] (U) Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Mahmoud Habash delivered a Friday sermon on February 19, entitled, "Islam is a Religion of Tolerance and Mercy." Palestinian television broadcast the sermon live. The same topic was the official weekly theme for the appro [...] |
2010-02-19 19:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL KISL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM315 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/22): Deputy Secretary Jacob [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-22 08:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM32 |
JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES STATISTICS ON 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Municipality of Jerusalem released statistics for home demolitions in 2009, showing that the number of demolitions in (predominately Arab) East Jerusalem decreased slightly compared to previous years. Anti-demolition advocates do not dispute these statistics. They credit US [...] |
2010-01-07 18:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM321 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/23): The Europeans start to [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-23 06:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM329 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting with Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stressed the importance of Israel ending Area A incursions and creating conditions for the Palestinian private sector to generate sustainable economic growth. He s [...] |
2010-02-23 16:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL PINS EAID IS |
| 10JERUSALEM33 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/08): President Abbas says he [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-08 09:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM330 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW MEETS PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: During his February 21 meeting with Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew, Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Planning Ali Jarbawi described the PA's development project planning process and his ministry's donor coordination role. Jarbawi stressed the importance of easing restrictio [...] |
2010-02-23 16:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM331 |
OFFICIAL PALESTINIAN PROTESTS, SKIRMISHES IN WEST [...] (SBU) Summary. The February 21 Israeli cabinet decision to include Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs/Ibrahimi Mosque and Rachel's Tomb (near Bethlehem) as "national heritage sites" prompted a flurry of strong official criticism from senior Palestinian officials, as well as demonstrations in bot [...] |
2010-02-23 17:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM332 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETINGS WITH UNRWA [...] (SBU) During his February 19 visit to the Jalazone refugee camp in the West Bank, Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew toured the camp's UNRWA health clinic and discussed UNRWA's operations with UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Grandi, Deputy Commissioner General Margot Ellis, Deputy Director for G [...] |
2010-02-23 17:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KPAL KWBG IS LE |
| 10JERUSALEM341 |
EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENTS AND ACTIVISTS ALARMED AS [...] (C) Summary. Municipality of Jerusalem inspectors, accompanied by Israeli police, served a total of 12 "notices of illegal construction" to residents in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem on February 24, according to one resident and anti-demolition activist. A municipality official [...] |
2010-02-24 21:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM342 |
SETTLER COUNCIL CHAIRMAN: TWO STATE SOLUTION "NOT [...] (C) Summary. The Chairman of the "Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip," Dani Dayan, told the Consul General on February 22 that Dayan believed West Bank settlements are "irreversible" and that the two-state solution is not feasible. Dayan said he continues to [...] |
2010-02-24 21:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM344 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/25): More demolition orders [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-25 08:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM351 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/26): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-26 09:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM354 |
CONGEN JERUSALEM ICT OFFICER [...] Per reftel: ConGen Jerusalem's ICT officer is Sarah Beran, Economic Section, email: berans@state.gov, office: (972) 2 622 7245. ETD 06/2012. RUBINSTEIN [...] |
2010-02-26 15:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON KWBG |
| 10JERUSALEM356 |
CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON ARAB-OWNED MALL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction is underway on a landmark Arab property in East Jerusalem. The building, originally intended to open as a hotel in 1967, is now scheduled to open with retail, commercial, and hotel space in January 2011. The Nuseibehs, a very prominent Jerusalem-Palestinian family, [...] |
2010-02-26 17:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EINV PGOV KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM357 |
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REQUEST FOR WTO OBSERVER [...] (SBU) Representatives of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) met with Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian private sector representatives to discuss the PA's pending request for World Trade Organization (WTO) observer status. PA Prime Minister Fayyad and Minister [...] |
2010-02-26 17:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD USTR WTRO ECON KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM358 |
PRIME MINISTER FAYYAD VISITS HEBRON TO CALM LOCAL [...] (C) Following a week of demonstrations in Hebron protesting the Israeli government's decision to include the Ibrahimi Mosque/Cave of the Patriarchs on a list of Israeli national heritage sites, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad attended Friday prayers in the Ibrahimi Mosq [...] |
2010-02-26 18:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG SCUL KISL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM40 |
PALESTINIAN MOBILE OPERATORS ASK FOR HELP IN AREA C [...] (C) Summary: The two Palestinian mobile telephone operators (Jawwal and Wataniya) say they continue to struggle with lack of coverage throughout the West Bank, penetration of Israeli settlement-based cellular networks into Palestinian urban areas, and small frequency allotments (compared to t [...] |
2010-01-08 16:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ECPS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM41 |
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY LEADS HIGH-PROFILE CAMPAIGN [...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) has launched a high-profile campaign against products from Israeli settlements found on Palestinian store shelves, and has called for further international boycotts of settlement [...] |
2010-01-08 17:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM42 |
MUHAMMAD DAHLAN ON FATAH REFORM, ISRAEL, [...] (C) Summary. The new Fatah Central Committee (FCC) is reaching out to the Fatah grassroots in ways the former FCC never did, according to FCC and Palestinian Legislative Council member Muhammad Dahlan. Fatah anniversary celebrations in January; upcoming union, syndicate, and journalist elec [...] |
2010-01-08 17:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KDEM KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM43 |
PM FAYYAD AND SECURITY CHIEFS ARGUE FOR INCREASED [...] (C/NF) Summary: In January 7 conversations with Post, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials offered sober assessments of the December 24 shooting of an Israeli settler in the West Bank and the subsequent Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raid that led to the death of three Palestinian suspe [...] |
2010-01-08 18:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM45 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/11): Israelis and Palestinians [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-11 09:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM52 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/12): Special Envoy Mitchell [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-12 08:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM60 |
IDF DEMOLISHES HOMES IN WEST BANK VILLAGE OUTSIDE [...] (C) Summary: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers entered the village of Khirbat Tana in the northern West Bank early on January 10 and demolished some of the residents' homes and animal shelters. Post contacts confirmed that 21 houses and 12 non-residential structures were demolished, displa [...] |
2010-01-12 19:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM61 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/13): Palestinian Authority [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-13 07:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM67 |
OPIC PRESSES WEST BANK HOUSING INITIATIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: An Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) delegation visited Jerusalem and Ramallah January 5-7 to prepare for the February launch of the West Bank-based Affordable Mortgage and Lending Corporation (AMAL), attend the launch of a small business loan guarantee program aime [...] |
2010-01-13 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN EAID OPIC KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM69 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/14): Senior US administration [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-14 07:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM77 |
HAMAS CALLS PUBLICLY FOR A HALT TO GAZA ROCKET FIRE [...] (U) On January 12, Hamas "Prime Minister" Ismail Haniyeh publicly called on all armed factions in the Gaza Strip to observe the de facto cease-fire in place since Israeli combat operations in Gaza ceased in January 2009. In his statement, Haniyeh urged other factions to "reinforce the nation [...] |
2010-01-14 17:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL GZ IS |
| 10JERUSALEM84 |
JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/15): General Jones reaffirms [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-15 08:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 88JERUSALEM3168 |
FUNDAMENTALISM AND THE INTIFADA: [...] S - ENTIRE TEXT. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ 2. ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM IS POSING AN INCREASING CHALLENGE TO SECULAR NATIONALIST PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS ON THE WEST BANK. RECENT WEEKS HAVE SEEN DIRECT CHALLENGES BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD-CREATED GROUP "HAMAS" TO [...] |
1988-09-23 14:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PINR PNAT PTER KPAL IS JO EG |
| 90JERUSALEM3430 |
FATAH AND HAMAS CLAIM RECONCILIATION [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: FOLLOWING TWO MONTHS OF CLASHES AND ACCUSATORY LEAFLETS, HAMAS AND FATAH HAVE ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE ANNOUNCING THEIR RECONCILIATION. THE LEAFLET, WHICH CLAIMS TO SPEAK ALSO FOR THE UNLU, CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO SOLVE DIFFERENCES, RESPECT F [...] |
1990-09-25 12:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KISL PINS IS |
| 95JERUSALEM2191 |
IDF KILLS WANTED HAMAS ACTIVIST IN HEBRON [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. A WANTED HAMAS IZZ ED-DIN AL-QASSAM CELL MEMBER, TAHIR QAFISHA, WAS AMBUSHED AND SHOT DEAD BY AN UNDERCOVER UNIT OF THE ISRAELI BORDER POLICE JUNE 29 AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO HEBRON. TWO HOMES IN WHICH QAFISHA ALLEGEDLY HID WERE DEMOLISHED, AS [...] |
1995-06-30 15:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KISL KWBG IS |
| 95JERUSALEM318 |
ARAFAT ORDERS ARREST OF ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADERS [...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY: NABIL SHA'ATH INFORMED CONSUL GENERAL LATE JANUARY 24 THAT FOUR PRINCIPAL ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADERS IN GAZA HAD BEEN ARRESTED BY THE PPF. SHA'ATH SAID THAT ARAFAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IS DETERMINED TO TAKE CONCRETE STEPS AGAINST ISLAMIC RADICALS. ARAFAT REPORTE [...] |
1995-01-25 08:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PTER PINS PLO IS US |
| 95JERUSALEM3642 |
PALESTINIANS EXPRESS SHOCK, ANXIETY ABOUT THE [...] CLASSIFIED BY EDWARD G. ABINGTON, CONSUL GENERAL. 1.5B-D. THIS IS A JOINT CONGEN JERUSALEM, EMBASSY TEL AVIV CABLE. 2. SUMMARY. PALESTINIANS HAVE REACTED WITH SHOCK TO THE NOVEMBER 4 ASSASSINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN, FOLLOWED BY ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HIS DEATH MEANS T [...] |
1995-11-05 18:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG KISL PLO KPAL PTER IS |
| 96JERUSALEM3094 |
HAMAS BIDING ITS TIME [...] CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL EDWARD G. ABINGTON, JR. REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) BIR ZEIT UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR HISHAM AHMAD TOLD POLOFF THAT HAMAS IS LAYING LOW FOLLOWING CRACKDOWNS BY THE PA AND ISRAELI SECURITY AFTER TERRORIST ATTACKS EARLIER THIS YEAR. IN HIS VIE [...] |
1996-11-08 15:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG KISL PTER |
| 98JERUSALEM2378 |
ALLEGED OSAMA BIN LADEN CONNECTION TO PALESTINIAN BANK [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFICER JERRY FEIERSTEIN, REASON 1.6X1. 2. (S) OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS CLOSE CONNECTIONS TO, AND POSSIBLY AN OWNERSHIP SHARE OF, AL-AQSA ISLAMIC BANK, A NEW BANK GIVEN PRELIMINARY APPROVAL BY THE PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY (PMA) TO OPERATE IN PALESTINIAN [...] |
1998-08-25 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PTER EFIN KWBG KPAL JO SA |
| 99JERUSALEM1970 |
"ABU SAOOD:" (ONE OF) ARAFAT'S REVILED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL JOHN E. HERBST, REASON 1.5(B). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) PALESTINIANS INCREASINGLY COMPLAIN THAT ARAFAT'S COTERIE OF "GATEKEEPERS" ARE EXERCISING A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF POWER AND PREVENTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEGITIMATE BUSINESS WITH ARAFAT F [...] |
1999-07-02 11:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KDEM PINR |