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00TELAVIV4462	BIN LADIN CONNECTION IN GAZA FOUND PUZZLING; CONNECTION TO HAMAS QUESTIONED [...] No summary [...]	2000-08-24 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG PGOV PREL PTER

01TELAVIV4047	HAMAS: PICKING UP THE PIECES, GAINING BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: GAZA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND LONG-TIME HAMAS WATCHER ZIAD ABU AMR TOLD POLOFF JULY 24 THAT HAMAS' INFLUENCE "HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER" IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. IN ABU AMR'S VIEW, DEVELOPMENTS ARE "LENDING CREDIBILITY TO THEIR IDEAS AND DISCOURSE." HAMAS' STATURE HAS AL [...]	2001-07-27 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] State Department Release of 2003 Human Rights Report 2. Alhurra TV Station ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli diplomatic officials as saying that the White House and State Department are not showing the same t [...]	2004-03-01 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1259	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 1, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAF killed three militants from Palestinian Islamic Jihad February 28 in a missile attack in the Shaykh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City. Nine passersby, including a 10-year-old child, were wounded. The IDF demolished 85 kiosks and small vending stands near the Erez Indus [...]	2004-03-01 17:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1276	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1288	NEGOTIATIONS FOR EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project is approaching some of the final hurdles in the negotiations between the many parties, according to the Senior Vice President of the Israeli firm Merhav, Nimrod Novik. In a conversation with Embassy econoff on March 1, Novik said the proce [...]	2004-03-02 14:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV1291	PEACE NOW CHIEF SKEPTICAL BUT SUPPORTIVE OF PM'S [...] (C) Summary: The head of Peace Now told Embassy econoff that he welcomed the PM's initiative calling for the unilateral dismantling of settlements in the Gaza Strip and some in the West Bank. Peace Now is skeptical, however, about the PM's seriousness and cautioned the U.S. to look at the ac [...]	2004-03-02 16:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
04TELAVIV1292	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 2, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: Arafat advisor for human rights and media issues Khalil al-Zaben was shot and killed March 2 by unknown Palestinian gunmen in Gaza City. One settler was injured March 2 after Palestinians fired a mortar on Neve Dekalim. In the West Bank, the IDF killed one Palestinian March 1 n [...]	2004-03-02 18:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1315	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Performance of Ariel Sharon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum: -In its expansive lead story, Maariv revealed that Shimon Cohen, Tenenbaum's father-in-law, was PM Sharon's agricultural ins [...]	2004-03-03 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1325	ISRAELI COUNTER-TERROR OFFICIAL DEFENDS RAMALLAH [...] (S) Summary: NSC Counterterrorism Chief BG Danny Arditi expressed concern to the Ambassador March 1 about continuing support from Hizballah for Palestinian terror groups in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. While the U.S. and Israel are making progress in combating financial flows from Saudi Ara [...]	2004-03-03 15:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV1326	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 3, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF killed three Hamas militants March 3 near Netzarim after the three had reportedly fired two mortars at Netzarim settlement. Two missiles, believed to have been fired from an F-16, destroyed the militants' vehicle and killed the occupants as they tried to leave the area [...]	2004-03-03 18:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1335	U/S LARSON DISCUSSES "GREATER MIDDLE EAST," AN [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson reviewed the President's "Greater Middle East" vision with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Yoav Biran February 23, noting the initiative's efforts at promoting democracy, expanding education, and increasing economic cooperation. Larson sugges [...]	2004-03-04 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV1336	ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC POLICIES GET HIGH MARKS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. delegation to the 2004 U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group meeting in Jerusalem (JEDG),led by Under Secretary Larson and Treasury Under Secretary Taylor, expressed satisfaction with the steps the Government of Israel has taken to implement the government's ec [...]	2004-03-04 09:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1351	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Performance of PM Sharon's Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum and the fallout from Maariv's revelations about PM Sharon's alleged connection with Tenenbaum's [...]	2004-03-04 12:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1353	RUSSIAN ENVOY LOOKS TO UPCOMING QUARTET MEETING TO [...] (C) Russian Special Middle East Envoy Kalugin, just back from a trip to Saudi Arabia, told the Ambassador March 3 that the Saudis "made some nice noises" about working with Arab League partners in an effort to recommit to the Beirut Arab League declaration, the roadmap, UNSCR 1515 endorsing the [...]	2004-03-04 13:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL RS XF IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1354	LIKUD POWER BROKER -- AND REPUTED PARTY BULLY -- [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Likud's outspoken rightist Central Committee member Uzi Cohen and some of his what could only be described as political henchmen presented an alternative peace plan to Poloff and Pol/FSN on March 3 wherein the Palestinians would have their own state -- in a carved-out [...]	2004-03-04 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1362	WERTHEIMER APPARENTLY GIVING UP ON "MARSHALL PLAN" [...] (SBU) Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer told visiting NSC Director Adnan Kifayat and Embassy Econoff on Feb. 24 that he will no longer seek USG financial assistance for his "New Marshall Plan" for the Middle East. Using the phrase "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force him to [...]	2004-03-04 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PREL KWBG TU JO IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1366	(S) ISRAELI CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL FRENCH ARMS [...] (S) MOD DG Amos Yaron expressed concern March 3 to visiting Commerce U/S Kenneth Juster about signals that France might be ready to reverse its restrictive policy on arms sales to China. In a March 4 follow-up meeting, Rami Yungman of the MOD pol-mil bureau told polmiloff that the sources of [...]	2004-03-04 15:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PARM IS CH FR MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1367	ISRAELI REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT MUTED [...] (SBU) Summary: GOI and public reaction to the State Department's 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR) has been relatively low-key in the five business days since the report's publication. The GOI's main substantive public statement -- as reported in the daily Ha'aretz on February 27 -- came from F [...]	2004-03-04 15:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1368	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 4, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed March 4 during an IDF incursion into the Zorub section of the Rafah refugee camp to search for tunnels used to smuggle weapons. Four others, including three more children between the ages of eight and 11, were wounded. One Palestinian was [...]	2004-03-04 16:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1370	ASSASSINATION OF ARAFAT AIDE IN GAZA CITY -- LAW [...] (C) Summary: The March 2 assassination of Khalil al-Zaban, Yasir Arafat's advisor on human rights and media issues, is but the most recent in an ongoing series of events that indicates a decline in law and order in the Gaza Strip. Neither the killers nor their motives have been identified. So [...]	2004-03-04 17:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL KDEM PREL PGOV GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV1375	ETHIOPIAN JEWRY IN ISRAEL [...] Summary: Ethiopian Jews in Israel number approximately 90,000. Fifty percent of them are under the age of 25. Most can trace their families' arrival in Israel to rescue missions such as Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). The vast majority live in impoverished communities w [...]	2004-03-05 08:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL KIRF ET IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV1381	ISRAELI VENTURE CAPITALISTS REQUEST CLARITY ON [...] (C) Summary. Senior Israeli venture capitalists outlined to the Ambassador March 3 difficulties Israeli firms are having selling software relating to homeland security and counterterrorism to certain USG entities. According to Chemi Peres, chairman of one of Israel's largest VC firms, Pitang [...]	2004-03-05 09:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PTER IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS LABOR COMMERCE
04TELAVIV1384	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1389	New Mayor of Dimona Eager to Assist Embassy's [...] (SBU) Summary: ACS Chief, ARSO, Conspec and RSO investigator met with newly-elected Mayor of Dimona, Meir Cohen on March 2, 2004 to discuss the Embassy's ongoing investigation into criminal activity by the Hebrew Israelite Community (HIC). Also present at the meeting was ex-Deputy Mayor, Alber [...]	2004-03-05 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC KFRD IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV1390	ISRAELI READOUT OF IRAN NUCLEAR CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a readout of their consultations with French officials about Iran and other IAEA issues, Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) said the French MFA poldir had told them that the EU-3 agreement with Iran could not be twisted to justify removal [...]	2004-03-05 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IS IR FR GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1391	FAST-TRACK OUTPOST REMOVAL LESS THAN ADVERTISED [...] (C) Summary and comment: The long-promised GOI removal of outposts established after March 2001 suffered another setback on March 4 when the Israeli High Court of Justice postponed the evacuation of six illegal outposts in the West Bank for an additional ten days. The court will hear the se [...]	2004-03-05 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1392	GOI INFO ON RAMALLAH BANK RAID [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings this week with Shin Bet liaison officers and the head of Israel's counter terrorist financing effort at the Israeli NSC and the Mossad, GOI officials provided some additional details on last week's raid on Palestinian banks. The GOI officials rejected the c [...]	2004-03-05 15:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
04TELAVIV1394	SHARON DENIES PERSONAL MOTIVATIONS IN TENNENBAUM [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon and his staff have forcefully denied the explosive March 3 "Ma'ariv" story impugning his motives in the handling of the release of Elhanan Tennenbaum as part of the Hizballah prisoner exchange. Contrary to the paper's allegation that Sharon was influenced b [...]	2004-03-05 16:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1395	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 5, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF imposed a total closure on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip March 5 for the Purim holiday, preventing even Palestinians with permits from entering Israel. The IDF said it would make exceptions only in cases of medical emergency. The closure is expected to last until M [...]	2004-03-05 16:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1408	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-08 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1413	MEETING OF POST TERRORISM FINANCING WORKING GROUP [...] (S//NF) On March 5, the DCM chaired a meeting of mission officers involved in terrorist financing issues. Post Economic, Political, FBI, ORCA, and DATT sections participated in the meeting, updating most recent efforts in working with the GOI on terrorist financing issues. ---------------- [...]	2004-03-08 13:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER SNAR KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1420	SPIEGEL BRIEFS ON FENCE ACTIONS, PREPS MOFAZ FOR [...] (C) BG (res) Baruch Spiegel called POL/C to a short-notice meeting March 8 to detail the latest steps in his assigned effort to address for the MOD measures to relieve the problems for Palestinians caused by the separation barrier. He said the advanced timing of the meeting was designed to c [...]	2004-03-08 18:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PHUM PBTS IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1451	MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA PULL-OUT [...] (S) SUMMARY: We assess that the threshold for IDF conventional ground force action in Gaza following a complete Israeli withdrawal, including from the Philadelphia Strip, would be substantially elevated. The loss of IDF-secured roads, fortified bases and settlements, and diminished IDF tactic [...]	2004-03-09 07:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KPAL MOPS PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1452	POLITICAL/INSITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is unlikely to result either in substantial security turmoil or significant improvement in PA governance in the short-to-medium term. Unlike in the West Bank, the IDF does not maintain a presence within Gaza popul [...]	2004-03-09 07:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL KDEM EAID ECON PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1453	ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF GAZA PULL-OUT [...] (C) Summary: We assess that an Israeli pull-out from the Gaza Strip in and of itself will not result in any major improvements in economic and humanitarian conditions in Gaza over the short to medium term. The manner in which the pull-out is executed could have an economic impact: leaving in [...]	2004-03-09 07:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1455	VIOLENT WEEKEND IN GAZA - IS THIS THE STORM BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, March 6, four suicide bombers who were apparently en route to Erez crossing detonated prematurely, killing themselves and two PA security officers. Eighteen persons were injured as a result of the explosion and/or return fire from the IDF. On Sunday March 7, the IDF [...]	2004-03-09 08:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1464	USING THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE OUR [...] (C) I encourage Washington to convene a meeting of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) as soon as possible. Our combined efforts to focus Israel on our trade and investment concerns are beginning to pay dividends. A new agricultural agreement that will increase access to U.S. agricultural pro [...]	2004-03-09 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BEXP ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1466	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Channel 2-TV reported that PM Sharon is "enraged" with IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon, whom he accuses of having caused "enormous" damage and of "blatantly intervening in pol [...]	2004-03-09 12:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1488	FM SHALOM REVIEWS BUSY TRAVEL ITINERARY; BELIEVES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Shalom told the Ambassador on March 8 that in recent discussions in London and Dublin the Europeans had conveyed a preference for GOI-PA negotiations in the context of the roadmap, as opposed to unilateral steps. UK PM Tony Blair reportedly expressed admiration [...]	2004-03-10 06:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER IS EG XF EU GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1493	LIBYA/IAEA: ISRAEL UNHAPPY WITH REVISED [...] (C) In response to March 10 ref (C) demarche to his deputy, MFA Deputy DG for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff told polmiloff that the GOI, while fully cognizant of "what's at stake" in gaining consensus for a Libya resolution, is unhappy with the reftel Libya resolution language because i [...]	2004-03-10 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC LY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1496	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] The requesters hope to obtain Cypriot citizenship and a EU passport. Yediot reported that Israel has asked the U.S. to allow El Al to fly over Iraq to reach its Far East destinations, which would save the company's planes two to three hours of travel. Ha'aretz (English Ed.) published a L [...]	2004-03-10 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1538	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Sharon is slated to meet today in Jerusalem with the three U.S. diplomatic envoys (Stephen Hadley and Elliott Abrams from the White Hou [...]	2004-03-11 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1546	HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS IN WEST BANK AND [...] Summary: Overall, the humanitarian situation in West Bank and Gaza (WB/G) has not improved. Despite some minor improvements in mobility, the range of socio-economic indicators remain dismal. Over 60 percent of the WB/G population live below the poverty line; Unemployment rates as of fourth [...]	2004-03-11 14:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE HUMANITARIAN AID
04TELAVIV1561	ISRAELI FIU LEFT OUT OF RAMALLAH BANK OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Israeli Money Laundering Prohibition Authority (IMPA),Yehuda Shaffer, told econoff on March 10 that the Israeli financial intelligence unit (FIU) was left out of the Shin Bet/IDF raid on the Palestinian banks on February 24. Shaffer claimed the FIU was only [...]	2004-03-11 15:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG EFIN KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1568	COMBATING RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM; USG-GOI DISCUSS [...] (C) U.S. and Israeli delegations discussed efforts to combat radiological terrorism during February 24-25 talks held in Israel. The parties reviewed existing institutional structures and technologies as well as strategy and approaches for research, development, testing and evaluation. Also [...]	2004-03-12 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TSPL PARM IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1575	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] March 11 Madrid Bombings 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- led with the multiple, almost simultaneous bombings in Madrid on Thursday morning, in which 198 people were killed and ove [...]	2004-03-12 11:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1587	SHINUI SCIENCE MINISTER MAKES CASE AGAINST [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Science and Technology (and Shinui MK) Eliezer Sandberg outlined his opposition to unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, adding his view that the Israeli public is moving in that direction as well. Sandberg cited three reasons for his opp [...]	2004-03-12 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG TSPL PINR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1598	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Madrid Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- With Yediot and Maariv devoting their entire front pages to the event, all media led with Sunday afternoon's double bombings at Ashdod Port, one of the most sensiti [...]	2004-03-15 12:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1611	UNUSUAL FACTORS IN ASHDOD BOMBINGS INVITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several atypical elements of Sunday's dual suicide bombing at the Ashdod port have led Israelis to worry that Hamas and Fatah meant what they said when they announced that the attack, for which the two groups claimed responsibility, signalled a new phase in the Intifada. The atta [...]	2004-03-15 15:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KWBG ASEC PREL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
04TELAVIV1612	SPIEGEL BRIEFS DONORS ON SEPARATION BARRIER [...] (SBU) Summary. Baruch Spiegel, Israeli coordinator on humanitarian issues related to the separation barrier, told donors March 11 that he and his team are trying to find solutions to a variety of localized problems brought to its attention and is trying to apply "lessons learned" from previo [...]	2004-03-15 15:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1613	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 13-15, 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. At approximately 1630 hours March 14, two 18-year-old residents of a Gaza refugee camp blew themselves up at the Ashdod port, killing 10 and injuring 15. Hamas and Islamic Jihad took joint responsibility for the attack. The IDF killed one Palestinian when responding to a roads [...]	2004-03-15 15:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1614	HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN WEST BANK/GAZA SETTLEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Newly released statistics indicate that housing starts in West Bank and Gaza settlements increased 35% in 2003, in a year when total housing starts in Israel and the settlements dropped 8% compared to 2002 figures. The great majority of the new housing appears to be within "th [...]	2004-03-15 16:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1621	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism 3. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post reported that Deputy State Department Spokesman J. Adam Ereli condemned the double Ashdod bombings in the stronge [...]	2004-03-16 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1623	COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND LOOKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the Bureau of Industry and Security met with high-ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli a leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's hi-tech and def industries. [...]	2004-03-16 12:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR COMMERCE ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1631	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 16, 2004; (1630 [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli press reports suggesting that a "severe" military crackdown on Gaza was likely following last week's suicide bombing at Ashdod port and a rumor that internationals were being ordered to leave Gaza, fueled widespread concern that internationals were preparing to evacuat [...]	2004-03-16 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV1632	FOG REMAINS FOLLOWING SHARON WIN ON VAGUE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following a vaguely-worded speech that was supposed to be about his disengagement plan, PM Sharon turned a March 15 Knesset vote on that speech into a so-called "vote of confidence" on his government -- which he won 46-45, with 29 members absent. The vote, however c [...]	2004-03-16 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1638	SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PA [...] (C) SUMMARY: While reaffirming his preference for the roadmap, PM Sharon told Codel Levin on March 14 that he would not "negotiate" with the PA prior to Gaza withdrawal, which he termed a security, not political, solution. Asked what sort of U.S. support he is seeking, the PM said only that he [...]	2004-03-17 08:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1643	HOME DEMOLITIONS IN GAZA - HIGH HUMANITARIAN TOLL [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Humanitarian conditions in Rafah rank among the worst in the Palestinian territories. In the past three years, over 10,000 persons in Rafah have been made homeless by IDF home demolitions. The donor community has spent millions of dollars responding to this ongoing huma [...]	2004-03-17 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON GZ IS KWBG PHUM PREF PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV1644	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-17 11:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1661	SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN THAT SYRIA TRACK CAN WAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon told Codel Levin that Israel should "finish negotiations" with the Palestinians before turning to the Syrian track. While expressing a willingness to negotiate without preconditions with Bashar, the PM said Syria would first have to dismantle terrorist organizations and [...]	2004-03-17 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1662	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 17, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) IDF helicopter gunships fired missiles on a Gaza City building on March 16, killing two members of Islamic Jihad and wounding nine Palestinians. During an ongoing operation to locate tunnels in Rafah, the IDF killed four Palestinians and injured 12. In Gaza City, a Palestinian policem [...]	2004-03-17 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1667	NEW YAHAD CHAIRMAN BEILIN SOUNDS BATTLE CRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Yossi Beilin's close victory in the new Yahad Party's chairmanship race against Meretz MK Ran Cohen blows some new life into the foundering political career of the Geneva Accords architect, but has barely ruffled the political waters. Beilin termed his win a victory for "peace [...]	2004-03-17 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1676	QIZ TALKS: GETTING CLOSER, BUT ISRAELI, EGYPTIAN [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassies Tel Aviv and Cairo. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The third round of Israeli/Egyptian QIZ talks ended without an agreement on March 17 in Jerusalem. As in the previous discussions in Jerusalem and Cairo, the stumbling block remained the minim [...]	2004-03-18 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
04TELAVIV1677	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's disengagement plan: -Leading media (Ha'aretz, citing GOI sources) reported that Wednesday Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and other senior security officials [...]	2004-03-18 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1683	COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the SIPDIS Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),met with high- ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli and American leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's [...]	2004-03-18 13:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR AND COMMERCE ECONOMY FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1684	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 18, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) In Gaza, the IDF ended its operation to search for tunnels at 2100 hours March 17. UNRWA reported that six Palestinians were injured in Rafah between 1500 and 2100 March 17.. The Israeli High Court ordered on March 17 that work on the barrier northwest of Jerusalem be postponed indefi [...]	2004-03-18 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1685	JERICHO MONITORING MISSION: STATUS REPORT AND [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv-ConGen Jerusalem message, coordinated with the British Embassy and British ConGen. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Following a detailed review of the situation at the Jericho prison, the U.S. and British Ambassadors and Consuls General agreed March 15 that Palestinian [...]	2004-03-18 16:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS UK ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1689	TRANSPORT MINISTER LIEBERMAN SLAMS SHARON IN [...] (C) Summary. Transportation Minister and National Union leader Avigdor Lieberman on March 17: -- Called PM Sharon and his unilateral disengagement plan "a failure," which was not supported by the majority of Israelis and which appeared to give in to terror; -- Said the National Union would b [...]	2004-03-19 07:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1698	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jordanian King Abdullah paid a secret visit to Prime Minister's Ariel Sharon Shikmim ranch, Ha'aretz and Yediot reported. The media noted that there are no de [...]	2004-03-19 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1705	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 19, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Four IDF soldiers were injured when a bomb exploded near their tank during an incursion into the Gaza Strip near Netzarim. According to UNRWA, at least four Palestinians were injured during the incursion. In the West Bank, the IDF arrested seven Palestinians and destroyed the home of a [...]	2004-03-19 13:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1706	ZEVULUN ORLEV, MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) Zevulun Orlev, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, is a moderate member of the rightist National Religious Party (NRP). He has primarily focused on domestic affairs and internal NRP machinations. Orlev has endeavored to move the NRP into a moderate position in order to prove that it is [...]	2004-03-19 14:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1707	UN ENVOY PREVIEWS ARAFAT "ASCENSION" PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator Terje Larsen reviewed for the Ambassador his recent exchanges with GOI, PA, Egyptian, and Jordanian officials on PM Sharon's disengagement plan, and laid out an idea for enticing Arafat's cooperation in combating terrorism by offering him an "elevated," cer [...]	2004-03-19 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1708	THE COSTS OF THE INTIFADA TO THE ISRAELI ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. More than three years into the Intifada, a lively debate has ensued about its costs to the Israeli economy, both past and future. A fair degree of unanimity exists among experts that past costs were huge, with Bank of Israel and Ministry of Finance estimates falling somewhere b [...]	2004-03-19 14:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV1721	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Assassination of Hamas Leader Ahmed Yassin 2. Mideast 3. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio, followed by the other electronic media, reported that at around 5:30 this morning, Hamas leade [...]	2004-03-22 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1729	TRADE MINISTER OLMERT PROMISES COOPERATION, ACTION [...] (C) Summary. Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOIT) Ehud Olmert told the Ambassador March 18 that he takes U.S. complaints about trade barriers seriously and would seek to correct problems. He said MOIT will be the point of contact on complaints related to gov [...]	2004-03-22 13:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1741	PM SHARON BANKING ON U.S. TO SAVE DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Following PM Sharon's March 21 meeting with Likud ministers to discuss his disengagement plan, it appears that the Prime Minister may lack the necessary Likud ministerial support for the plan to pass a cabinet vote. Pundits and Embassy political contacts say the PM will need to s [...]	2004-03-22 16:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1742	HAMAS CHARGES USG CULPABILITY IN YASIN KILLING; [...] (S/NF) Summary: Hamas leaders have responded to the IAF's assassination of Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin March 22 by vowing retaliation against Israel and blaming the USG, saying &The Zionists did not take such a step without the approval of the terrorist U.S. Administration. Therefore, it [...]	2004-03-22 16:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KWBG KPAL PREL PTER GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV1743	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 22, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAF assassinated Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin in a missile attack in Gaza City March 22; six other Palestinians were killed and 19 were wounded in the attack (details reported septel). All entry and exit into the Gaza Strip was stopped for Palestinians March 22 in the w [...]	2004-03-22 17:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1752	GUSH KATIF VISA APPLICANTS EXPECT PROTESTS AGAINST [...] Summary. In February, Conoff interviewed three visa applicants from the Gush Katif settlement bloc who shared their views on PM Sharon's disengagement plan. The settlers said they expected Gush Katif residents to oppose the PM's plan through both legal and political channels. One applicant [...]	2004-03-23 07:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IS KWBG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1758	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-23 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1765	ISRAELIS HUNKER DOWN THE DAY AFTER YASSIN KILLING [...] (C) Summary: Israel's politicians wasted little time in taking to the airwaves to defend, or in some cases take issue with, the March 22 killing of Hamas spiritual leader Shaykh Ahmad Yassin. Sources in the PM's office expressed satisfaction with the U.S. response, and an MFA official said t [...]	2004-03-23 13:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1772	ISRAELI-ARAB POLITICIANS DECLARE DAY OF MOURNING, [...] (C) Summary. Israeli-Arab politicians rallied some 2,000 demonstrators in Nazareth March 23 to protest the GOI's assassination of Hamas leader Yasin. The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, in conjunction with the more militant Islamic Movement, also declared March 23 a day of mourning. A Liku [...]	2004-03-23 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY
04TELAVIV1777	Canon White and Former Archbishop of [...] Summary: Lord Carey of Clifton (Former Archbishop of Canterbury) and Canon Andrew White met with Ambassador March 19 to seek his views on ways they could move forward the Alexandria Process Israeli- Palestinian religious dialogue in a manner that would best support the political track of the [...]	2004-03-24 06:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KMPI PHUM KPAO IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1794	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1830	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Dov Weisglass, senior aide to PM Sharon, asked National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, in talks he held with her over the past two days, fo [...]	2004-03-25 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1839	Israeli Economy Pauses following Yassin Killing [...] (SBU) The jury is out on the economic effect of the Yassin killing, but it already appears that tourism is taking a significant hit. While there has been only a moderate fall in Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE),the shekel has fallen steadily since Monday morning against the dollar. Our persona [...]	2004-03-25 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1845	SHARON'S CABINET SECRETARY DOES THE MATH AND [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Secretary Israel Maimon predicted to Ambassador Kurtzer March 23 that the present government would not last long. He cited as evidence of "the beginning of the end" the Shas-sponsored no-confidence motion the previous day -- hastily withdrawn to show solidarity after the [...]	2004-03-25 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1866	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Blair in Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Thursday in Washington, the date of PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. was set as April 14. Jerusalem Post (lead story) and Ha'aretz reported that Sharon's bure [...]	2004-03-26 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1874	POLICE MAY HAVE LEARNED LESSONS FROM ORR [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent effort to avoid a repetition of the October 2000 police killing of 12 Israeli-Arab demonstrators, chief of Israel's national police force has ordered his forces to refrain from using either live ammunition or rubber-coated bullets during the March 30 Israeli Arab "L [...]	2004-03-26 13:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1896	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-29 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1906	SHARON INDICTMENT RECOMMENDATION NO SURPRISE; MOST [...] (C) Summary: The long-anticipated word this past weekend that State Prosecutor Edna Arbel intends to recommend indictment of PM Sharon on bribery charges leaves unchanged for now the calculus that PM Sharon, if thick-skinned enough, can manage his legal and political problems, and remain in o [...]	2004-03-29 13:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1909	PALESTINIANS ANSWER "NO" TO QUESTION, "ARE YOU [...] (C) Summary: Starting in October 2003, the World Bank and Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) have conducted a series of monthly surveys to measure Palestinian attitudes and expectations concerning their economic and humanitarian circumstances. An average of 1253 households and 5 [...]	2004-03-29 14:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID SOCI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV1910	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 27-29, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: A seven-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed March 27 in Balata refugee camp during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Palestinian gunmen. Both sides claimed that inadvertent fire by the other had killed the boy. A group of Israeli settlers occupied and vandalized [...]	2004-03-29 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1911	UN AGENCIES FED UP WITH GAZA RESTRICTIONS; BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of terrorist attacks at or near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, the GOI began requiring UN personnel to walk through the crossing point. The GOI also restricted movement of all containers at Karni crossing following information suggesting that the t [...]	2004-03-29 16:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID ECON PHUM KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1920	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying Monday that if some coalition partners leave the government when he presents his disengagement plan to the cabinet after returnin [...]	2004-03-30 11:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1928	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 30, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and injured two Palestinian suspects in al-Fuwwar village, and eight Palestinians were arrested by the IDF throughout the West Bank March 29. Settlers in Hebron uprooted part of a Palestinian vineyard and placed three caravans on the site, according to press [...]	2004-03-30 13:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1934	ISRAELI OFFICIALS DISCUSS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings that took place in the hours following the Sheikh Yassin assassination, USD Dov Zakheim discussed the targeted killing and Gaza disengagement with Ministers Olmert and Mofaz and MKs Steinetz and Sneh. (Selected GOI comments from these meetings reported reftels.) Mofaz [...]	2004-03-30 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PGOV MARR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1940	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Withdrawal Plan 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night PM Sharon promised at the Likud convention that registered Likud members would get to vote on his Gaza disengagemen [...]	2004-03-31 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT

04TELAVIV1941	LABOR'S ENTRY TO COALITION COULD HINGE ON [...] (C) Summary: In the face of a possible bribery indictment against PM Sharon, speculation has begun over whether Labor will put on hold any plans to take the place of the right-wing parties in Sharon's coalition if they eventually bolt over Gaza withdrawal (reftel). Before the State Prosecuto [...]	2004-03-31 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1946	FIRST OUTPOST REMOVED UNDER NEW LEGAL PROCESS [...] (C) IDF forces succeeded early Wednesday March 31 in their second attempt within 24 hours to remove the outpost of Hazon David near Kiryat Arba in the West Bank. The IDF had failed the previous evening to remove the outpost, reportedly little more than a number of tents and a makeshift synagog [...]	2004-03-31 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1951	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 31, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the pre-dawn hours March 31, settlers moved into 11 houses they claim to have purchased in the predominantly Arab Silwan section of East Jerusalem, sparking clashes between police and Palestinian residents, who reportedly threw stones at the settlers. Police used tear gas t [...]	2004-03-31 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1952	ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here as an official guest of the Foreign Ministry in his current capacity as Director of the Baker Institute, heard that the regional strategic situation faced by [...]	2004-03-31 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1953	SHARON'S LIKUD REFERENDUM LIKELY TO STYMIE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon's decision to take his unilateral disengagement plan to a referendum of the full 200,000-strong Likud membership, a body more moderate than its leadership, reinforces his hand in dealing with Likud and other-party ministers and Knesset members who oppose withdrawal. The [...]	2004-03-31 15:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1962	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-01 10:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1968	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 1, 2004 -- (1400 [...] (SBU) Direct deposit for all PA security forces is scheduled to begin April 1 (see Jerusalem septel). Civilian PA workers are scheduled to have their salaries deposited April 3. At least one Palestinian was injured March 31 when the IDF forcefully broke up an anti-barrier demonstration near [...]	2004-04-01 12:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1970	BEILIN BINDS NEW YAHAD PARTY TO GENEVA ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: New Yahad Party leader Yossi Beilin left no doubt that Yahad and the Geneva Accord are joined at the hip when accord co-author Yasser Ahmed Rabbo sat center stage with Beilin at the party's founding ceremonies on March 31. Copies of the accord and Yahad's basic covenant were both [...]	2004-04-01 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV2021	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-02 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2031	IN PASSOVER INTERVIEWS, SHARON WARNS ARAFAT, [...] (SBU) Israel's three major dailies previewed April 2 the separate Passover interviews with PM Sharon that each will publish on April 5. The previews highlighted three of Sharon's themes: -- Targeting Arafat and Nasrallah: In the wake of Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Yassin, [...]	2004-04-02 11:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG PGOV IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2034	PERES: LABOR READY TO JOIN LIKUD COALITION [...] (C) Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres told Ambassador Kurtzer unequivocally April 2 that Labor "could not stay out" of the coalition if and when PM Sharon invites Labor to join. Responding to a scenario where Sharon loses the two right-wing coalition partners over a cabinet vote on unilater [...]	2004-04-02 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2035	BOI Reduces Interest by 0.2% in March [...] (U) On March 29, the Bank of Israel announced a 0.2 percent reduction in interest rates. This brings the Bank of Israel interest rate to 4.1 percent and represents the thirteenth consecutive interest rate decline since the end of March, 2003. In the press release accompanying its latest rate [...]	2004-04-02 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV2039	GOI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON ISRAEL-EGYPT QIZ [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Gabbi Bar, Deputy Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor confirmed to us April 2 that Israel and Egypt had agreed to 11.7% minimum Israeli content for all Egyptian QIZ products. Bar said the next step is a meeting in Athens April 14, wher [...]	2004-04-02 13:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
04TELAVIV2040	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 2, 2004 -- (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was killed April 2 in a heavy exchange of fire that erupted between IDF soldiers and Palestinian militants during an IDF incursion into the al-Salaam area of the Rafah refugee camp. On April 1, UNRWA said in a press release that it was suspending delivery into [...]	2004-04-02 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2041	UNHAPPY ISRAELI TRADE MINISTER REACTS TO POSSIBLE [...] (C) Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Communications Ehud Olmert called the Ambassador late April 1 to complain about reports that the USG intended to put Israel back on the 301 Priority Watch List. Olmert said such an action would be unjustified. Olmert noted that he [...]	2004-04-02 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV2042	COGAT SAYS UNRWA-IDF CONTAINER DISPUTE MAY BE SOON [...] (C) Summary: UNRWA April 1 announced the suspension of its emergency food distribution program in the Gaza Strip. UNRWA Deputy Director of Operations in Gaza, Krister Nordahl confirmed to Poloff April 2 that UNRWA, frustrated by what it sees as the IDF's refusal to find any interim measures to [...]	2004-04-02 16:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KWBG PREF PREL GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
04TELAVIV2056	RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAJOR GAZA/WEST BANK USAID [...] (C) Summary/Recommendations: On January 30, Chiefs of Mission in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and the West Bank/Gaza USAID Mission Director decided jointly to put an eight-week hold on four USAID projects to allow time to: 1) measure progress in the investigation of the October, 2003 murder of our [...]	2004-04-05 09:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL KWBG ASEC IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
04TELAVIV2063	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon was quoted as saying in a Passover-eve interview with Israel Radio: "Those who kill Jews and order to kill Jews because of the fact they are Jews deserve to [...]	2004-04-05 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2064	SHARON READY TO REPLACE WAYWARD MINISTERS OVER [...] (C) Summary. At the April 4 Cabinet meeting, PM Sharon invited two right-wing ministers to leave the coalition if they are not comfortable with its policies, demonstrating Sharon's confidence that Labor is waiting in the wings to replace these ministers' parties (ref A). Sharon's display of [...]	2004-04-05 12:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2067	NETANYAHU ANNOUNCES MAJOR TAX REDUCTION PROGRAM [...] (U) On Sunday, April 4th, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference at which he announced the third major tax reduction initiative of his tenure. It foresees the following changes in tax and investment laws: -- personal income taxes, primarily for low-income workers, would f [...]	2004-04-05 12:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV2070	SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE GETS QUICK GOI ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary: Aaron Abramovitch, Director General of Israel's Ministry of Justice, told Econ/C April 5 that the GOI was "surprised and confused" by the USG statement that it planned to raise Israel to Special 301 Priority Watch List status unless action is taken on data protection and copyri [...]	2004-04-05 13:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV2079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...]	2004-04-07 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2119	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the situation in Iraq. (Maariv's banner: "America in Trouble"; banners in Yediot and Hatzofe evoke the "Iraqi quagmire.") At least 150 Iraqis and 40 Americans were [...]	2004-04-08 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2123	DETAILS OF EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE APPROVED BY [...] (C) Summary. The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project cleared a crucial hurdle on April 4 when the GOI gave its blessing to the Israel Electric Company (IEC) to negotiate an agreement with the supplier of Egyptian natural gas, Eastern Mediterranean Group (EMG). Under the proposed agreement EMG, [...]	2004-04-08 13:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
04TELAVIV2140	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Iraq and the American entanglement continued dominating the Israeli press. All media reported about the two East Jerusalem Israeli-Arabs who were kidnapped in Iraq. The two were apparently w [...]	2004-04-09 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2156	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. Sharon left Israel last night. He is expected to meet with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice today and with President Bush Wed [...]	2004-04-13 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2163	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #69, APRIL 10-13, [...] (SBU) Summary. Four Palestinians were killed by IDF fire over the reporting period, including a 12 year old girl who lived near Gani Tal settlement in Gaza. In the West Bank, 12 al-Aqsa Brigade members were arrested after they tried to abduct an accused collaborator in Qalqilya. In Gaza ther [...]	2004-04-13 15:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2164	OVER 200 GAZA BUSINESSMEN LAMENT DELAYS AT KARNI [...] (C) Embassy sources reported that over 200 Gazan businessmen attended a Chambers of Commerce meeting on April 13 in Gaza City. They attributed the large turnout to the seriousness of the problems facing businessmen caused by delays at Karni crossing. (Karni is the only commercial crossing s [...]	2004-04-13 16:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG ECON GZ IS PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV2167	While Israel's Economy Grows, Unemployment Remains [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Netanyahu's declaration in late 2003 that the recession has ended appears to look more realistic today than it did at the time. There is increasing optimism in Israeli economic circles regarding a return to growth in 2004. All indications currently point to growth of m [...]	2004-04-14 07:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV2189	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-14 12:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2195	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #70; APRIL 14, 1700 [...] (SBU) Summary. During the reporting period one Palestinian died of shrapnel wounds during a Fatah demonstration. IDF teams demolished the home of a suicide bomber in Nablus, and bulldozed lands near Rafa in northern Gaza. A sit-in strike protesting tighter security measures continued for a [...]	2004-04-14 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2199	REACTION TO BUSH-SHARON MEETING: SHARON GOT WHAT [...] (C) Summary: Key Likud disengagement supporters and the major media are declaring PM Sharon victorious after learning of the assurances Sharon received in his April 14 meeting with President Bush. They also assess that Sharon obtained what he needs from the U.S. to push his disengagement plan [...]	2004-04-15 10:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV2200	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2202	A DAY OF SETBACKS FOR OUTPOST SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Summary: A day after PM Sharon reiterated his commitment to removing unauthorized outposts in Washington, outpost activists and supporters woke up on April 15 to the news that the GOI had removed a few more sites overnight and that the Attorney General ordered some settlement funding hal [...]	2004-04-15 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV2203	ISRAELI-ARAB NGO LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] Summary: An Israeli-Arab advocacy NGO appealed to the diplomatic community at an April 13 gathering to lobby the GOI against renewal of the controversial July 2003 law that bars Palestinians from the Occupied Territories from acquiring Israeli residency or citizenship rights through marriage t [...]	2004-04-15 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV2206	OMRI SHARON SEES HARD WORK AHEAD ON DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) PM Sharon's son and Likud MK, Omri Sharon, told poloff on April 14 -- before the PM's White House meeting -- that the main problem facing the pro-disengagement campaign is getting enough Likud members out to vote in the May 2 Likud referendum on the unilateral withdrawal plan. Sharon wor [...]	2004-04-15 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2207	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #71, APRIL 15, 1700 [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF forces detained settlers during the evacuation of Havat Maon outpost April 14. IDF forces clashed with Palestinian protesters at Biddu April 14 and 15, and roughly 3,000 people demonstrated in Ramallah in support of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti. In the Gaza Strip, [...]	2004-04-15 16:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2227	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 12:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2231	POLLS SHOW DISENGAGEMENT PLAN WINNING LIKUD [...] (C) Polls conducted after the April 14 meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon show Sharon's disengagement plan winning a majority of Likud voter support. Major media analysts, however, noted that intervening events -- such as a significant terrorist attack or FinMin Benyamin Netanyahu's [...]	2004-04-16 13:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2235	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #72; APRIL 16, 1700 [...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF fire killed one Palestinian demonstrator near Ramallah and injured nine near the Old City. The IDF arrested seven Palestinians including a 28-year-old woman carrying a bag of explosives. In Gaza, Hamas and Islamic Jihad organized demonstrations in suppor [...]	2004-04-16 15:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2242	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Holocaust Memorial Day events, which started last night and will continue through tonight. Sunday, all media led with the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz [...]	2004-04-19 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2249	PERCEPTIONS OF U.S. "GREEN LIGHT" FUEL ANGER AT [...] (C) Summary: Contacts throughout the Gaza Strip all concurred that the April 17 assassination of Hamas leader Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi the March 22 assassination of Shaykh Ahmad Yasin and the Bush-Sharon summit were being viewed as a cumulative series of actions against the Palestinian people. [...]	2004-04-19 15:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2250	SHARON SECURES KEY LIKUD MINISTERS' SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. PM Sharon has lined up key Likud ministers behind his disengagement plan and set the stage for victory in the May 2 Likud referendum. In the process, Sharon stretched to their full measure USG assurances regarding Israeli retention of West Bank settlement blocs, Israel's right [...]	2004-04-19 17:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2256	LIKUD MK SA'AR OPPOSES WITHDRAWAL PLAN BUT [...] (C) Summary: Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar told poloff on April 18 that he will quietly oppose PM Sharon's disengagement plan even though he is certain that the plan will win a majority in the May 2 Likud referendum. Sa'ar objects to the plan since it requires withdrawing from Gaza and four northern [...]	2004-04-20 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2257	MAKING BREAD, NOT WAR, IN JAFFA: AN ISRAELI ARAB [...] (SBU) Summary: In the mixed city of Jaffa, where Jews and Arabs buy and sell side-by-side in one of the busiest marketplace environments in Israel, prominent bakery owner Hamis Abouelafia made news this week by presenting a ceremonial loaf of leavened bread to Jews at an end-of-Passover cele [...]	2004-04-20 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV2259	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Release of Mordechai Vanunu 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major Hebrew media bannered the release of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, which will take place tomorrow. Several media reported that Monda [...]	2004-04-20 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2261	PERES TELLS CODEL ISSA "NO GUARANTEE THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Labor leader Shimon Peres told CODEL Issa April 16 that the United States should be promoting modernization in the Middle East -- rather than democratization -- as the best means for furthering the U.S. agenda in the region. Peres recommended using business and investment as key [...]	2004-04-20 13:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2271	BIBI BULLISH ON ISRAELI ECONOMY TO CODEL ISSA [...] (C) Summary: An ebullient Binyamin Netanyahu told CODEL Issa April 14 that Israel's economy is continuing to improve now that reforms are beginning to take effect. Netanyahu's "success" in battling the unions, GDP growing at 3 percent this year, pension reform, and lower taxes are all contri [...]	2004-04-20 16:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV2282	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Release of Mordechai Vanunu 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with the release after 18 years in jail for aggravated espionage of whistleblower, or "atomic spy," Mordechai Vanunu, which took place this morni [...]	2004-04-21 12:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2293	PEACE NOW DIRECTOR: NETANYAHU AND SHARON FINAGLE [...] (C) Summary: Peace Now Director Yariv Oppenheimer told poloff on April 20 that PM Sharon and FinMin Netanyahu both know that prior GOI decisions on the fence route leave the Ariel settlement outside the main separation barrier, thereby not meeting Netanyahu's demand that it be fully on the "I [...]	2004-04-21 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2300	FM SHALOM LIKELY TO HEAD GOI DELEGATION TO OSCE [...] (SBU) MFA Minister Counselor for Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Remembrance Martin Flax told poloff on April 21 that it is the MFA's "working assumption" that FM Silvan Shalom will head the GOI's delegation to the OSCE's Anti-Semitism Conference in Berlin April 28-29. He anticipates the delegat [...]	2004-04-21 14:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV2304	RUSSIAN ENVOY FOCUSES ON QUARTET AND DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Russian Special Middle East Envoy Kalugin told the Ambassador April 20 that President Bush's April 14 statement on Sharon's Disengagement Plan "went further than the Road Map" but was "quite balanced." Kalugin emphasized the value Russia placed on the role of negotiations between the part [...]	2004-04-21 15:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL RS XF IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2324	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 13:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2327	VANUNU, UPON RELEASE, CLAIMS U.S. AGENT LURED HIM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Immediately upon his April 21 release from prison, "nuclear spy" Mordechai Vanunu charged that the woman who lured him into a Mossad trap in 1986 worked for the CIA or FBI. Nevertheless, Vanunu told the press that he would like to emigrate to the U.S. The head of the [...]	2004-04-22 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PGOV PHUM PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV2328	SHARON TELLS KNESSET NO USG ASSURANCES WITHOUT [...] (C) With an April 21 poll showing only 44-percent-to-40-percent Likud majority support for his disengagement plan, down from a week ago, an energized PM Sharon told a special Knesset session on April 22 that USG assurances on right of return and retention of settlements are tied to fulfillmen [...]	2004-04-22 15:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV2335	KEY MINISTERS AND WEISSGLAS REVIEW POTUS-SHARON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 20 meetings with U/S Bolton and the Ambassador, Olmert and Weissglas said there is still a chance to keep the GOI coalition together, even if disengagement moves forward. However, Minister Lieberman, leader of one of the right-wing parties that is expected to bolt, told t [...]	2004-04-22 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2337	GAZANS BREAK FROM JAIL DETAINEES IN OCTOBER 2003 [...] (U) Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) staged a prison break at the civil jail in Gaza City April 21, freeing several suspects held in connection with the October 15 attack on an embassy convoy that killed three Americans, according to a statement issued by the [...]	2004-04-22 16:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KWBG ASEC GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2347	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program 3. Release of Mordechai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited PM Sharon's downplaying, in a speech to the Knesset Thursday, of the upcoming Likud referendum on his disengagement plan. [...]	2004-04-23 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2352	EREZ INDUSTRIAL ESTATE: DAYS MAY BE LIMITED [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported that the IDF may close the Erez Industrial Estate (EIE) in response to a spate of recent terror attacks at the zone. GOI officials told Gaza Econoff that the GOI is split over whether the EIE should continue operating both in the [...]	2004-04-23 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV2353	ROLE OF WORLD BANK IN GAZA DISENGAGEMENT PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On Tuesday, April 20, USAID/West Bank and Gaza Director Garber and Deputy Director Ellis, met with Nigel Roberts, World Bank Country Director. The meeting focused on the Bank's current thinking regarding Gaza disengagement and the Bank's specific plans for organizing an assessm [...]	2004-04-23 13:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2354	NATIONAL UNION MK TELLS CODEL DAVIS THAT [...] (C) Knesset member Yuri Shtern of the right-wing coalition National Union party told visiting Congressmen Tom Davis and Jim Moran during their April 15 meeting that Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan is one-sided and rewards terror. Palestinian leadership is corrupt, he continued, an [...]	2004-04-23 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2356	LEAKED PURPORTED FEASIBILITY STUDY ON GAZA [...] (C) Y-Net, the website affiliated with mass-circulation Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth, on April 22 published a leaked version of a reportedly Israeli NSC-drafted feasibility study on Gaza settlement relocation. The document is less than the title promises; it is not so much a feasibility study [...]	2004-04-23 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
04TELAVIV2360	EU ENVOY'S THOUGHTS ON WITHDRAWAL, INTERNATIONALS' [...] (C) EU Special Envoy Marc Otte told Ambassador Kurtzer April 23 that European officials are beginning efforts to identify steps that will allow the Palestinians to succeed following an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. He agreed that the international community can identify appropriate roles and [...]	2004-04-23 14:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2376	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel's 56th Independence Day 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted events related to Israel's Memorial Day (commemorated from last night through this evening) and Israel's 56th Independence Day (celebrated f [...]	2004-04-26 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2381	ISRAELI ARABS SPLIT OVER THE MERITS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Arab League is hosting a conference on ties between the Arab world and the Arab citizens of Israel in Cairo April 26-27. Arab League Deputy Secretary and PLO Representative Said Kamal, along with mid-level diplomats from the Arab League countries, arranged the program, wh [...]	2004-04-26 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV2382	SHARON OPTIONS IN REFERENDUM RUN-UP [...] (C) With six days to go until Likud's May 2 referendum on his disengagement plan, inaction by three nominally supportive but reluctant key Likud ministers, and narrowing but still winning poll numbers, PM Sharon has available a menu of tactics from which to draw. Most Israeli poll results co [...]	2004-04-26 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2384	Israeli Economic News: Klein Puts Cuts on Hold; [...] (U) On Sunday, April 25, the Bank of Israel announced that there would be no change in interest rates in May, leaving the BOI rate unchanged at 4.1 percent. On the same day, the GOI approved Finance Minister Netanyahu's plan for reducing taxes announced earlier in the month. The cuts include [...]	2004-04-26 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV2388	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: APRIL 26, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian gunmen killed one Israeli border policeman and wounded three others April 25 near Idna village in the West Bank. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Also on April 25, an Israeli undercover unit killed two al-Aqsa militants and woun [...]	2004-04-26 15:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2412	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] April 27 Damascus Attack 2. Mideast 3. Israel-Hizbullah Deal 4. Cyprus ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported that the U.S. Administration is inclined to present Jordan's King Abdullah II a "balancin [...]	2004-04-28 12:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2416	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 28, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli media reported that four Israelis were injured, one seriously, in an attempted suicide car bombing April 28 when a jeep exploded under IDF gunfire as it was speeding towards the settlement of Kfar Darom. Three Palestinians were killed April 26 in the Mughazi camp in an [...]	2004-04-28 14:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2421	POLLING LULL AND ANTI-WITHDRAWAL DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) The brief vacuum of polling results, with private and public polls of Likud voters not expected until April 29 and 30 respectively, and the large-scale April 27 anti-disengagement demonstration in Gaza, have increased speculation by media pundits and politicos about whether PM Sharon's d [...]	2004-04-28 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2436	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post reported that PM Sharon will travel to Washington to attend the AIPAC (Jewish lobby) convention, which will open on May 15. Yediot reported that th [...]	2004-04-29 11:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2455	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #80, APRIL 29, 2004; [...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF forces killed one suspected al Aqsa member and arrested three Fatah activists, and house demolitions and curfews continued in various locations. In the Gaza strip, individuals bombed the home of police chief Ghazi Jablai, one Palestinian was killed for s [...]	2004-04-29 14:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2457	AM AHAD AND LABOR MERGER LIKELY [...] (C) Histadrut International Secretary Nawaf Massalha told poloff April 22 that it is likely Amir Peretz's Am Ahad Party will merge into the Labor Party by January 2005. According to Massalha, who served as a deputy foreign minister in the Barak government, a draft agreement is being circulate [...]	2004-04-29 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV2458	SHARON'S CAMPAIGN: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? LATEST [...] (C) Summary. Results published on April 29 from two major media polls show 47-percent-to-39-percent and 45-percent-to-42-percent Likud majorities against PM Sharon's disengagement plan, reversing the earlier polls that showed similar majorities voting in favor of the plan. Both polls also [...]	2004-04-29 15:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2470	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2471	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: SHARON FACING DEFEAT UNLESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Israeli polls are showing defeat for Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan at the hands of Likud party members. With little time left to campaign, and with the public's focus riveted on the Israeli basketball team's Saturday night final game for the European championsh [...]	2004-04-30 12:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV2473	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #81; APRIL 30, 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF troops killed one Palestinian during a clash with stone throwers, and another Palestinian woman reportedly died of tear gas inhalation in a separate incident. An IDF incursion team demolished houses throughout the West Bank, including 11 south of Hebron. [...]	2004-04-30 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV6036	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted officials in Washington as saying that Deputy U.S. National Security Advisor Steve Hadley will travel to Israel on Sunday for a day of meetings with I [...]	2004-12-01 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6039	GAZAN VIEW ON SECURITY, FATAH FACTIONS [...] (C) Gaza business leader and longtime Embassy contact Mohammed Yazgi told POL/C November 30 that he foresees an eventual security team for Gaza comprised of Mohammed Dahlan, Public Security Chief MG Mousa Arafat, and National Security Forces MG Nasser Yusif -- a combination that he called "the [...]	2004-12-01 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6045	BUDGET MAY FAIL, BUT SHRINKING SHARON GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The anticipated 43-54 failure of PM Sharon's budget late December 1, and the anticipated post-vote dismissal of Shinui ministers, leaves Sharon with a Likud-only government, but does not cause the government to fall. Sharon can bring the budget back to the Knesset as many times as he want [...]	2004-12-01 13:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV6049	AIDS STILL AT LOW LEVELS, BUT HEPATITIS C VIRUS [...] Summary: The incidence of HIV/AIDS remains low in Israel, with about half of new cases from sexual transmission. Most cases of infection from intravenous drug use are among immigrants from the former Soviet Union. At the same time, the incidence of Hepatitis C is high among drug users, and [...]	2004-12-01 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TBIO SNAR SOCI ECON EAID IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV6054	JOINT TOURISM STATEMENT PART OF BROADER ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: On Wednesday, November 24, Israeli Minister of Tourism Gideon Ezra and Palestinian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Mitri Abu Aita released a joint statement promising Israeli-Palestinian cooperation in support of international and religious tourism to the "holy land" (reftel [...]	2004-12-01 15:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6060	RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS IN ISRAEL: CULTURAL AND [...] Summary: During a recent meeting with PD staff, Professor Marina Nizhnik of Tel Aviv University discussed the Russian immigrant community of Israel, with particular emphasis on differences between the more established community that has resided in Israel for the past 10 years and the recent ar [...]	2004-12-02 07:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KPAO ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV6071	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with last night's defeat of PM Sharon in the Knesset vote on the 2005 state budget, which was rejected 69-43. Eight Knesset members were absent. Only Likud [...]	2004-12-02 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6072	ISRAELI MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE U.S. [...] Summary: The Israeli media followed the U.S. Presidential elections with great interest. From the campaign through to the aftermath, commentators focused their attention on several issues: the prospects for changes in U.S.-Israel policy, the likelihood of broader changes in U.S. policy in the [...]	2004-12-02 13:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6088	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Yediot and Maariv, led with PM Sharon's efforts to form a new coalition. Leading media reported that Sharon intends to ask Labor Party Chairman Shimon P [...]	2004-12-03 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6103	ISRAEL CONCERNED ABOUT ILLEGAL WATER WELLS ON WEST [...] (C) Summary: Israeli officials are concerned about water wells on the West Bank that have not been approved by the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Commission. They see the illegal wells as a bad precedent for Gaza disengagement, West Bank withdrawal, and eventual negotiations on water issues [...]	2004-12-03 15:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IS KWBG PGOV PREL SENV ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6113	ISRAELI MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE U.S. [...] Summary: The Israeli media followed the U.S. Presidential elections with great interest. From the campaign through to the aftermath, commentators focused their attention on several issues: the prospects for changes in U.S.-Israel policy, the likelihood of broader changes in U.S. policy in the [...]	2004-12-06 08:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6121	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the release Sunday of Azzam Azzam, the Israeli Druze who was convicted of espionage in Egypt, where he was spent eight years in jail. He was exchanged [...]	2004-12-06 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6146	LIKUD CENTRAL COMMITTEE EXPECTED TO APPROVE [...] (C) Likud's Central Committee is expected to give Prime Minister Sharon the green light December 9 to negotiate with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism (UTJ),and Shas to rebuild Sharon's minority government, now consisting of only Likud's 40 MKs. Sharon's proposal to negotiate with relig [...]	2004-12-06 15:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6149	WB/G SITREP: DECEMBER 6, 2004 (1230 HRS LOCAL): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian militants fired a total of 11 mortar shells at IDF soldiers and Israeli settlers over the December 4-6 weekend. IDF fire injured six Palestinians in Khan Yunis, and seven Palestinians in Rafah refugee camp. Israeli border police found sacks conta [...]	2004-12-06 15:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV6163	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot quoted President Bush as saying Monday, at a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II, that "the United States and my government will be involved with Middle Eastern [...]	2004-12-07 11:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6197	WB/G SITREP: ONE SOLDIER KILLED, FOUR INJURED [...] (SBU) Summary: A member of the IDF canine unit and his dog were killed near Karni Crossing December 7 when an IED exploded as soldiers were conducting a search for weapons. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. Four additional IDF soldiers were injured in the ensuing gun battle as they [...]	2004-12-07 16:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6200	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. has no information regarding the achievement of a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, as indicated in reports comin [...]	2004-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6209	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: EXAMINING PROGRESS AT KARNI [...] (C) Summary: In their discussions of Israel's disengagement plan, the World Bank continues to highlight the Gaza Strip's border crossings as key to Gaza's economic success. The international donor community has approached the Israelis about humanitarian and economic problems that arise from [...]	2004-12-08 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6225	WB/G SITREP: FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF forces killed five Palestinians in the Gaza strip December 7-8, while the number of injured Palestinians was reportedly as high as 11. One Palestinian was injured in Hebron on December 7, while the IDF arrested eight Palestinians December 7-8 in the West Bank. End Summary [...]	2004-12-08 17:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6232	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 11:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6238	WB/G SITREP: FOUR PALESTINIANS KILLED IN RAFAH: [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and killed four Palestinians in two separate incidents December 8-9 while the men were attempting to smuggle weapons across the Gaza-Egyptian border at Rafah. A fifth Palestinian was seriously wounded. In addition to the small number of laborers being allowe [...]	2004-12-09 15:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6259	PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas (see septel),an obviously exhausted Labor Party leader Shimon Peres stressed to the Ambassador the depth of his own problems in [...]	2004-12-10 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL

04TELAVIV6261	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Jerusalem and settlements correspondent Nadav Shragai wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's victory in the Likud convention destroyed the strategy adopted in recen [...]	2004-12-10 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6262	SHARON WINS LIKUD GREEN LIGHT TO NEGOTIATE WITH A [...] (C) The Likud Central Committee's 62 percent majority vote in favor of opening coalition negotiations with Labor, United Torah Judaism (UTJ),and Shas is an important victory in Prime Minister Sharon's long struggle to broaden his minority government, which has dwindled down to 40 Likud MKs. [...]	2004-12-10 12:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6276	WB/G SITREP: 29 PALESTINIANS ARRESTED IN THE WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 29 Palestinians in the West Bank, including presidential candidate Bassam Salhi, December 9-10. In Gaza, at least six Palestinian militants were reportedly wounded in two incidents involving the firing of missiles in the northern Gaza strip and another near the [...]	2004-12-10 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6285	PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas (see septel),an obviously exhausted Labor Party leader Shimon Peres stressed to the Ambassador the depth of his own problems in [...]	2004-12-13 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6286	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Israeli soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the Gaza Strip Sunday when a booby-trapped tunnel blew up under an IDF outpost nea [...]	2004-12-13 12:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6335	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-14 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6368	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6373	LIKUD-LABOR TALKS STALLED AS BOTH PLAY HARDBALL [...] (C) The current snag in Likud-Labor coalition negotiations over which cabinet seats Labor would receive is likely the result of poker game tactics by both sides. Embassy contacts do not expect the snag to prevent a Likud-Labor agreement. Referring to the breakdown in Likud-Labor talks as a " [...]	2004-12-15 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6374	SPIEGEL ON ELECTION OBSERVERS, FENCE, JAYYUS, AND [...] SUMMARY: GOI coordinator for separation barrier issues BG (res) Baruch Spiegel (protect) spoke to POL/C December 14 about the apparent lack of GOI preparations to handle international election monitors, his team's efforts to document outpost and settlement activity, the apparent new responsi [...]	2004-12-15 14:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6375	THE LOW-DOWN ON DISENGAGEMENT LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: Embassy economic officer on December 9 met with Dr. Shavit Matias and Malkiel "Mike" Blass, Deputy Attorneys General at the Ministry of Justice, to discuss the details of the evacuation legislation. While there have been complaints from settlers and MKs that the compensation [...]	2004-12-15 14:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6383	FM SHALOM QUESTIONS ABU MAZEN'S DETERMINATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: While expressing optimism about the opportunities presented by the PA transition, FM Shalom, in a December 1 meeting with Codel Hagel/Biden, questioned Abu Mazen's commitment to dismantling terrorist infrastructure, to stopping incitement and to stepping away from Arafat's legacy. [...]	2004-12-16 09:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6384	PERES TO CODEL HAGEL/BIDEN: DISENGAGEMENT IS [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party leader Shimon Peres told a visiting congressional delegation led by Senators Chuck Hagel and Joseph Biden December 1 that he supports joining the ruling coalition in the interest of advancing disengagement. He predicted (correctly) the likely failure of the 2005 budge [...]	2004-12-16 09:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREF PGOV ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6385	EILAND SHARES VIEWS ON THE PALESTINIAN SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland told Codel Hagel/Biden that the GOI is trying to avoid repeating the "mistakes" it made when PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was prime minister in 2003. In order to help Abbas succeed this time, the GOI, he said, will have to be "more flexible" ab [...]	2004-12-16 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6387	SHARON AND CODEL HAGEL/BIDEN: COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon told Codel Hagel/Biden that he was fully committed to making peace with the post-Arafat Palestinian leadership, but that there would be no compromise on holding the the new leadership accountable for actions to combat the terrorist infrastructure. While rec [...]	2004-12-16 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PTER KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6388	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-16 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6406	GOI RELEASES MORE ATTACHED REVENUES TO PA [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry Senior Advisor Rani Loebenstein informed Mission that Israeli courts will release in December an additional NIS 136 million in attached revenues related to acts of terror. Of this, NIS 16 million will be deducted to pay down PA debts to Israeli utilities. The Mo [...]	2004-12-16 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV6407	PERES TELLS CODEL BLUNT IMPORTANT FOR U.S. TO [...] (C) Summary: In a December 13 meeting, Labor Party leader Shimon Peres told Codel Blunt that he hoped Likud and Labor would form a new coalition to avoid early elections and the consequent postponement of implementation of Gaza disengagement. Peres noted that with Yasser Arafat's death and t [...]	2004-12-16 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6416	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying at the Herzliya Conference last night that 2005 will be a "year of great opportunity" for Israel, and that the disengagement plan is t [...]	2004-12-17 11:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6431	ISRAELI ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN THIRD QUARTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the economy slowed in the third quarter, it will grow close to 4% for the year as a whole. The deficit is likely to come in under the targeted level of 4% as a result of the GOI's lid on spending and a positive revenue picture. The Bank of Israel (BOI) took advantage o [...]	2004-12-17 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV6442	ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT WANTS TO REENGAGE [...] (C) Summary: GOI Environment Ministry officials hope that the USG and/or UNEP can help them reengage with their Palestinian counterparts to address pressing environmental issues. MoE provided a list of action items they consider the most feasible from a longer list of UNEP Desk Study recomme [...]	2004-12-20 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SENV ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
04TELAVIV6443	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 12:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6450	TZIPI LIVNI: NO NEW HOUSING TENDERS IN SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: In her first meeting with the Ambassador as acting Minister of Justice December 16, Likud MK Tzipi Livni stressed that she will not approve any new housing tenders in the settlements while serving as Housing Minister. Livni said she would be ready to discuss problems related to l [...]	2004-12-20 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG ECON IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6453	WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN TUNNELERS RESCUED ALIVE; [...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 11 Palestinians were killed and another 49 were wounded in clashes that erupted during an IDF incursion into the Khan Yunis December 17-18 intended to stop mortar and rocket fire on Israeli and Israeli settler towns. Some 127 families (600 people) fled their homes dur [...]	2004-12-20 15:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6454	NETANYAHU AND PERES PRESENT STARKLY DIFFERENT [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told CODEL Talent December 6 that the new Palestinian leadership must show serious intent to fight terror and corruption before receiving any "gifts" from the U.S. or Israel. Netanyahu said that the GOI should simply "walk out of the Gaza Strip [...]	2004-12-20 16:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN KPAL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6455	MFA ANALYSTS TO CODEL TALENT: SYRIA IS ON A [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Intelligence and Research Harry Kney-Tal told CODEL Talent December 6 that Syria will not relinquish either its hold on Lebanon or its relationship with Iraq without gaining some concessions from the West to replace them. With one million Syrians [...]	2004-12-20 16:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6466	SHARON AND PERES AIM FOR UNITY GOVERNMENT WITHIN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon is well on his way to gaining passage of an amendment to the country's Basic Laws that will meet Labor's demands for senior government positions and allow Sharon to form a new government by New Year's. The amendment would allow for a second alternate prime [...]	2004-12-21 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6470	WB/G SITREP: NO INJURIES IN ANTI-TANK MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Settlers from Zufin settlement, near Qalqiliya, uprooted and torched trees near the West Bank village of Jayyus December 20. Also on December 20, settlers from Yitzhar settlement, near Nablus, disconnected the water supply to an IDF outpost and punctured the tires of a militar [...]	2004-12-21 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6472	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-European Union Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All newspapers reported that Monday, comparing themselves to such freedom fighters as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, the Yesha Council of Jewish Set [...]	2004-12-21 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6489	ISRAELI SECURITY SERVICES TELL CODEL TALENT THAT [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Police BG David Lutsky and the Head of Shin Bet's Protection and Security Division, Doron Bergerbest, told CODEL Talent December 5-6 that cooperation and real-time information sharing is the key to Israeli success in thwarting suicide attacks. Once intelligence on an act [...]	2004-12-21 15:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM
04TELAVIV6498	GUSH KATIF FARMERS SHORT-HANDED FOR HIGH SEASON AS [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, December 18, the visiting Thai Labor Minister and the Thai Ambassador to Israel met with 150 Thai agricultural workers in Gush Katif and encouraged them to leave the settlement for security reasons. The meeting resulted in over 80 workers tentatively agreeing to depa [...]	2004-12-22 09:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG ECON IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6500	TRILATERAL WATER TALKS MOVE FORWARD COOPERATION, [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and Israeli water chiefs and their staffs held a thorough exchange focusing on water supply issues for Gaza and the West Bank during U.S.-Israeli-Palestinian Trilateral Water Talks at USAID offices in Tel Aviv December 9. The Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed [...]	2004-12-22 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IS KWBG PREL SENV ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6502	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night the IDF entered the Khan Yunis refugee camp, from which it had pulled out three days ago, in order to neutralize mortars and Qassam r [...]	2004-12-22 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6504	WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI TROOPS RE-ENTER KHAN YUNIS [...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was killed and three others wounded as Israeli forces re-entered the Khan Yunis refugee camp on December 22 in an effort to halt mortar and rocket attacks on nearby settlements. Palestinian gunmen shot and killed an Israeli security guard December 22 who was pr [...]	2004-12-22 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6505	"THE BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS" [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser told CODEL Talent December 6 that the war on terrorism must be waged across no less than five fronts: the physical battle; the efforts of society itself to endure in the face of continued attacks; society's need to remain true to its values rat [...]	2004-12-22 17:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6525	PEACE NOW READY FOR DISENGAGEMENT, KEEPING AN EYE [...] (C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, General Director of Peace Now, told Embassy economic officer on December 14 that his organization "is very excited" about the disengagement plan because it views settlements as a serious obstacle to peace. While the settlers had not yet, at the time of the me [...]	2004-12-23 08:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
04TELAVIV6535	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...]	2004-12-23 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6546	ISRAELI REASSURANCES ON NONPROLIFERATION SECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials told the Ambassador on December 22 that the nonproliferation section of the EU-Israel plan of action under the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) contained "absolutely nothing new." They described the plan as another attempt by the EU to lock Is [...]	2004-12-23 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
04TELAVIV6547	ISRAELI VIEWS ON IAEA FORUM ON "EXPERIENCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission told the Ambassador on December 22 that the ground rules and agenda for the upcoming IAEA forum on nuclear-weapon-free zones reflect understandings between Israel and the IAEA. The only outstanding issue is that DG [...]	2004-12-23 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL MNUC TRGY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6548	ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT VIEWS ON GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Ministry of Environment has begun to focus on critical environmental issues related to disengagement from Gaza. Ministry officials believe that unless there is close coordination among Israeli ministries and between Israeli and Palestinian officials, there will be ne [...]	2004-12-23 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SENV GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6549	WB/G SITREP: MILITANTS FIRE MORTAR BARRAGE AT GUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of a 24-hour IDF incursion into Khan Yunis to stop rocket launches at Israeli settlements in Gush Katif, Palestinian militants fired a barrage of 20 mortar shells at the settlement block December 23. One Israeli was lightly injured in Netzar Hazani when a mor [...]	2004-12-23 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6550	ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT WANTS TO WORK WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli Ministry of Environment officials hope to work closely with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make progress on some of Israel's most challenging environment problems. Those include: asbestos and hazardous waste cleanups, emergency preparedness, water securit [...]	2004-12-23 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO KSCA EIND PGOV PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV6563	ISRAEL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Post provides below additional information to be used in preparation of the 2004 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report. -------------------------------------- Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Israel has been among the staunche [...]	2004-12-27 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAL KPAO KWBG GZ IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6564	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Monday, all media bannered the deadly tsunami that hit South Asian coasts on Sunday, saying that dozens of Israelis in the area are unaccounted for, especially in south [...]	2004-12-27 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6581	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Foreign Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The tidal waves in South Asia continue to dominate the headlines. Citing international sources, Israel Radio reported that 50,000 people are believed to have died in the ts [...]	2004-12-28 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6614	Consular Field Trip to Haifa [...] Begin summary: On 13 December 2004, the American officers of the Consular Section traveled to Israel's northern port city of Haifa for meetings with community leaders, including the mayor, the chief of police, and others, as well as from a tour of the Haifa Consular Agency. Officers benefite [...]	2004-12-28 13:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT SOCI PINS IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV6626	ISRAELI OFFICIALS ON BUDGET, BACHAR COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. Treasury Desk Officer for Israel Catherine Downard discussed the budget, privatization, and other subjects with Israeli officials on December 13. Her visit to the Karni Industrial Zone will be reported septel. The highlights of her discussions: -- The GOI is committed to mainta [...]	2004-12-29 06:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
04TELAVIV6630	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Tsunami 2. Mideast 3. Pakistan: Nuclear Program 4. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited assessments that the casualty toll of the tidal waves in South Asia has reached 60,000 or even 70,000, and cited UN officia [...]	2004-12-29 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6632	NETANYAHU AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: CoDel Lieberman met with Minister of Finance Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, December 28 to discuss elements of the Ministry's economic reform package, as well as prospects for advancing the peace process in the wake of Arafat's death and the rise of a new PA leadership. On the [...]	2004-12-29 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6649	ALFE MENASHE SETTLEMENT EXPANDING TO THE GREEN LINE [...] (C) Summary. Amira Bahat, council member of the Israeli town of Nirit, which abuts the Green Line, told Embassy economic officer on December 22 that the Alfe Menashe settlement will eventually spread to the Green Line with the construction of over 1,200 new housing units on the West Bank la [...]	2004-12-30 08:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6650	SHARON: OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE PROGRESS EXISTS, BUT [...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon told Sen. Lieberman December 27 that he is confident of forming a new coalition government soon. He said the Left in Israel cannot implement disengagement and has never removed an Israeli settlement; and the Right is against disengagement and removal of settlements. [...]	2004-12-30 08:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6651	ISRAELI FM SHALOM OFFERS CAUTIOUS VIEW ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging that the situation had improved since Arafat's death, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told Senators Lieberman and Dayton on December 28 that he is "discouraged" by Abu Mazen's recent remarks on the campaign trail. Shalom interpreted the speech as an ind [...]	2004-12-30 08:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6655	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Year of Truth" Columnist Ari Shavit wrote in left-leaning, independent Ha'aretz (December 30): "The two events that best define the outgoing year took place toward its end: On Tuesday, October 26, the Israeli parliament adopted the disengagement plan, and on Monday, November 12, the Palest [...]	2004-12-30 11:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6657	AMBASSADOR AND GAZAN BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS PA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met December 23 with Pepsi Gaza CEO Mohammed Yazgi, Gaza Bus Company President Mohammed Abu Ramadan, and engineer and insurance company head Ahed Bseiso -- three Gazan businessmen who also lead the private enterprise organizations PalTrade and the Palestinian Bus [...]	2004-12-30 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6658	SNAPSHOT OF A BORDER CROSSING AND HOPES THAT ABU [...] (C) Summary: Gaza-based NYT stringer Taghreed el-Khodary told the Ambassador December 22 that Gazans are even more interested in having Abu Mazen elected than are West Bank Palestinians -- not from any great love of Abu Mazen, but rather from the positive experience they remember from his bri [...]	2004-12-30 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6665	WORLD BANK PROPOSALS SEEM AN UNLIKELY FIT AT KARNI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On December 15 Emboffs toured the Israeli side of Karni Terminal, the site of a proposed World Bank pilot program of technological and management fixes that include replacing the current back-to-back shipping system with free-circulating trailers. Situated on the eas [...]	2004-12-30 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6669	SHIMON PERES SAYS ECONOMIC AID NEEDED TO STABILIZE [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres told Codel Lieberman and the Ambassador December 27 that the Palestinian humanitarian situation is "quite serious," and acknowledged that Israel has a "window of opportunity" to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Calling the Palestinian [...]	2004-12-30 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6671	ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER OFFERS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on December 30, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz gave Senator Lieberman and the Ambassador a cautiously optimistic assessment of the chances for security cooperation with post-Arafat Palestinian leaders. Mofaz said that disengagement will increase Israel's s [...]	2004-12-30 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6672	PROBLEMS UNLIKELY TO IMPEDE EARLY JANUARY [...] (C) Problems with prospective coalition partners Labor and United Torah Judaism are delaying PM Sharon's efforts to put together a viable coalition, but should not prevent establishment of a new government in early January. Negotiators are generating alternative mechanisms to give Labor leade [...]	2004-12-30 15:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1013	ISRAELIS BRIEF U/S LEVEY ON TERROR FINANCE STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Security Council Counterterrorism Director General Danny Arditi met with Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and his delegation on February 14 in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv. Arditi said that the GOI has recently switched the focus of its terrorism finance efforts from [...]	2005-02-18 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1019	DEPUTY BUDGET DIRECTOR: GOI TO FORMULATE U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Budget Director Yossi Gordon informed Deputy Economic Counselor February 17 that the Ministry of Finance was going to develop a request for U.S. assistance to help pay for the military aspects of disengagement over the next two weeks to one month. He also said that the G [...]	2005-02-18 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV102	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: WITH NEW GOVERNMENT, SHARON TO [...] (C) Summary: The three-month trial period for which the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party has agreed to enter a coalition with Likud and Labor gives Prime Minister Sharon the time -- and majorities in the relevant bodies -- to : -- establish a 66-MK majority government, probably as early as [...]	2005-01-06 15:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1021	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria-Iran "Common Front" ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted President Bush as saying at a news conference on Thursday: "If I was the leader of Israel and I listened to some of the statements by the Iranian ayat [...]	2005-02-18 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1024	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli and Palestinian officials met in Helsinki February 10 and agreed to reactivate the Joint Environmental Experts Committee (EEC) established under the 1995 Interim Agreement. The EEC will meet in Jerusalem May 2. The two sides also agreed to cooperate on disposition of [...]	2005-02-18 14:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1026	SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) On February 13 Senator George Allen and Ambassador Kurtzer met with MFA North American Deputy Yoram Ben Ze'ev and Head of the Research Department Harry Kney'tal. They discussed developments in Europe relating to the designation of Hizbollah as a terrorist organization, and political deve [...]	2005-02-18 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL OVIP IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1027	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: CABINET POISED TO APPROVE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Sharon is poised to obtain decided Cabinet majorities in two historic votes scheduled for February 20: to approve the "Amended Disengagement Plan -- Evacuation of Settlements and Territories" (the Amended Plan) and to approve a revised route of the separation barrier arou [...]	2005-02-18 15:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1028	WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS SIX PALESTINIANS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was lightly injured by IDF riot gas inhalation in the West Bank during a protest against the separation barrier and six Palestinians were arrested by the IDF in the West Bank February 17. Two shooting incidents occurred near Rafah overnight February 17-18, but n [...]	2005-02-18 16:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV103	WB/G SITREP: TWO GUNMEN KILLED IN ATTACK ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The body of second Palestinian gunman was found late on January 5 near the Erez Crossing, both men having been shot and killed after they succeeded in approaching the crossing overnight January 4-5 along with a group of pilgrims leaving to go on the Hajj. The militants used sm [...]	2005-01-06 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1058	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-22 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1061	Israel: Economy Grows 4.3% in 2004 [...] (U) On February 14, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published updated 2004 figures showing growth of 4.3% for the year, a significant improvement over growth of 1.3% in 2003. This compares well with 3.6% average growth in the OECD during the year. Israeli GDP per capita increased by 2 [...]	2005-02-22 13:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1062	NIRIT'S RESIDENTS HAVE A LONG DAY IN COURT AND [...] (C) Summary: Dror Ginatt, secretary general of the Israeli town of Nirit on the west side of the Green Line, described Nirit's hearing in the High Court to stop construction of Nof HaSharon as arduous but felt that Nirit got a fair trial. He explained that the three judges, among them Aharo [...]	2005-02-22 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1064	GAZANS TORN OVER DUBAI INVESTOR'S PROPOSED [...] Israeli media reported that Dubai businessman Mohammed Alabbar recently visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with an offer to purchase settler homes intact, saving the GOI the need to demolish them. Previously, NSC advisor Gabi Blum told EconCouns that Alabbar's visit had been spon [...]	2005-02-22 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV1078	ACTING COORDINATOR POPE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings February 9-12, Israeli officials told Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator William Pope that Hizballah is the GOI's top CT priority. They requested USG assistance to convince President Chirac that the group should be placed on the EU's list of terrorist org [...]	2005-02-23 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1080	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-23 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1085	GAZANS, FOR VARYING REASONS, FAVOR PA CABINET OF [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Gazans expressed, for varying reasons, a strong preference for a cabinet of technocrats in conversations with Poloff February 22-23. Minister of Justice candidate and prominent Gaza attorney Sharhabeel al-Za'eem said that Gazans view new faces in the ministries as a c [...]	2005-02-23 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1103	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-24 12:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1110	ICRC OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IMPROVED RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Visiting ICRC Delegate-General for the Middle East and North Africa Balthasar Stahelin told the DCM February 18 that he believes that progress in the peace process could help pave the way for the adoption of a Third Additional Protocol that would facilitate full ICRC membership f [...]	2005-02-24 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1117	MFA OFFICIAL SAYS GOI "ADAMANT" ABOUT GAINING MDA [...] (C) The GOI is "adamant" about bringing to closure in 2005 the issue of Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, MFA Deputy Director General (A/S-equivalent) for International Organization Affairs Roni Ya'ar told poloff on February 23. He reported [...]	2005-02-24 16:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1121	ISRAELI TOURISM MINISTER REQUESTS CHANGE IN U.S. [...] (C) Summary. During a February 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Tourism Abraham Hirchson stressed the GOI's hope that the USG would change the travel warning regarding travel to Israel. The Ambassador replied that the USG reviewed such warnings on a regular basis, but noted that t [...]	2005-02-25 07:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1124	BEDOUIN OF THE NEGEV'S ILLEGAL VILLAGES LIVE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met February 17 with Bedouin community representatives in two Negev desert Bedouin villages not legally recognized by the GOI to discuss issues affecting their lives and possible PD small grants assistance to educational programs. The Bedouin in these two unrecognized [...]	2005-02-25 11:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1125	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Maariv bannered, an "inciting gathering" held last night in Jerusalem by the "hard-core, extremist opponents to disengagement" (according to Ha' [...]	2005-02-25 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1150	PA SECURITY REFORM -- WHERE DOES NORWAY FIT? [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 24 meeting with Embassy and USAID officers, Norwegian police advisor Arnstein Overkil identified reconstruction of the PA's police forensic lab and training in crime scene investigation techniques as two possible areas where Norway might undertake programs to ass [...]	2005-02-25 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KWBG KPAL NO IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1170	WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 28, 2005 (1200 HOURS LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Summary: A suicide bomber affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad detonated an explosive device outside a Tel Aviv nightclub at 2320 hours February 25, killing four people and injuring another 55 Israeli civilians, five of them severely and eight moderately. A fifth victim died of he [...]	2005-02-28 10:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1171	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democratic Reform in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, Friday night's suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv nightclub dominated the news reports. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, in [...]	2005-02-28 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1173	(C) ISRAELI POLITICAL-MILITARY BRIEFING ON [...] (C) Ambassadors from countries on the UN Security Council and of European Union were summoned to the Foreign Ministry February 28 for a political-military briefing on the February 25 terrorist attack in Tel Aviv that killed 5 Israelis and wounded more than 50. MFA Director General Ron Prosor [...]	2005-02-28 13:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL PTER COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV119	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-07 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1192	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-01 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1208	YONATAN BASSEY ON THE CHALLENGES OF DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, head of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),reported on February 23 that a few settlers are beginning to make preparations for disengagement. He explained that SELA has final contracts with about 63 families and is negotiating with many others. Unfortunately, s [...]	2005-03-01 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV1210	WB/G SITREP: MARCH 1, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian landowners and Israeli and Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli Border Police during a protest against the construction of the separation barrier near the village of Bayt Surik, west of Jerusalem. One Border Police officer was injured. In Jerusalem, at le [...]	2005-03-01 17:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1211	DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. During their February 14 discussions, Under Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey and GOI MFA officials SIPDIS focused on the possible designation of Hizbollah as a terrorist group during the EU Clearinghouse meeting on February 16. The GOI has been working proactively to obtain [...]	2005-03-02 04:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1237	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Lebanese-Syrian Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited, and Ha'aretz bannered, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's comment to ABC News in London Tuesday: "There is evidence that Islamic Jihad, headquarter [...]	2005-03-02 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1243	WB/G SITREP: PA INTERIOR MINISTER FIRES JENIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Interior Minister Nasir Yusif replaced all the PA security chiefs and deputies in Jenin during a March 1 visit to inspect the overall security situation in the city. The dismissals followed a confrontation that included a brief exchange of gunfire be [...]	2005-03-02 14:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1246	POST'S SUBMISSION SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary. The attached evaluation of protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Israel focuses on areas of specific concern as detailed in reftel B. Post's policy recommendation is being transmitted septel. End Summary. -------------------- Optical Media Piracy ----------- [...]	2005-03-02 15:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV1267	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the IDF's expectation that the PA will act soon to replace the senior echelon in the PA's security services in the West Bank. The newspaper [...]	2005-03-03 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1270	"TECHNOCRAT" PRESIDENT RUNS INTO TROUBLE AT [...] (C) Summary: An angry mob of students, reportedly stirred up by remnants of the previous, Arafat-appointed administration, chased the new al-Azhar University president, Dr. Hani al-Nijim, from his campus office February 28 in response to al-Nijim's announced plan to uphold long-ignored univer [...]	2005-03-03 12:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1271	(C) IPR: ISRAEL TO PURSUE LEGISLATION ON PATENTS [...] (C) Minister of Industry and Trade Ehud Olmert called the Ambassador March 3 to say that the government will push ahead with pending legislation on patents and IPR. Since the legislation is attached to the budget bill, Olmert expected it to be adopted on March 16. In conveying this message, [...]	2005-03-03 13:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IS KIPR ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV1276	WB/G SITREP: IDF RAIDS WB QASSAM ROCKET WORKSHOP; [...] (SBU) Summary: A car bomb exploded without causing injuries March 3 near IDF soldiers patrolling in the vicinity of Joseph,s Tomb in Nablus. Jewish worshippers were near the area at the time of the explosion. In addition, two explosive devices detonated without causing injury near IDF soldi [...]	2005-03-03 15:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1277	LIKUD REFERENDUM DECISION STILL LEAVES SHARON [...] (C) Summary: Several Likud MKs demanding that Prime Minister Sharon call a referendum on disengagement told poloff that the widely anticipated March 3 Likud Central Committee (LCC) vote to promote legislation needed to enable a referendum is not sufficient to secure their budget votes. They s [...]	2005-03-03 18:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1289	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-04 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1306	WB/G SITREP: THREE PALESTINIANS LIGHTLY INJURED [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinians clashed with the IDF on March 3 in areas near Jerusalem and Hebron to protest construction of the separation barrier. Three Palestinians were injured and seven others were arrested in the West Bank March 3-4. Palestinians shot at IDF soldiers in Gaza March 3, but n [...]	2005-03-04 15:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV131	WB/G SITREP: FATAL ATTACK ON SETTLER NEAR NABLUS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for an attack on a settler car near Nablus January 7 that left one settler dead. A five-year-old Palestinian boy was accidentally killed in the West Bank January 6 when an IDF jeep ran him over. In Gaza, one Palestinian was kil [...]	2005-01-07 15:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS

05TELAVIV1319	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syrian-Lebanese Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Jerusalem Post cited President Bush's weekly radio address, in which he hailed recent moves toward democracy in the Middle East. Ha'aretz reported that Sharon [...]	2005-03-07 13:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1335	RAJOUB REPORTEDLY CLAIMING BROAD POWERS, SUCCESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Track II activists Boaz Karni and Dov Sedaka recounted to the Ambassador March 2 claims by recent PA National Security Advisor Jibril Rajoub of his own pivotal role and organizational successes within the Palestinian government and security operations. Karni said that in a lengt [...]	2005-03-07 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1336	ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable is the first part of a three-part message in response to reftel. Embassy point of contact is poloff Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972) (3) 519-7437. Fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 80 hours in preparation of the report. Deputy polcouns spent app [...]	2005-03-07 15:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1337	ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-07 15:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1338	ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This is the third part of a three-part message responding to reftel. Embassy point of contact is Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972)(3) 519-7437, fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------- [...]	2005-03-07 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1340	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT WATER ISSUES: STILL MUCH WORK [...] (C) Summary: Although Israeli and Palestinian water officials have generally displayed relatively close cooperation, they have not worked out specific arrangements pertaining to Israel's disengagement from Gaza and the northern West Bank. The Israeli Water Commissioner reported that Israel h [...]	2005-03-07 16:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IS KWBG PREL SENV GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV1352	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz are supposed to sign an agreement tonight regarding the transfer of se [...]	2005-03-08 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1361	DAHLAN PROMISES IMPROVEMENTS, COUNSELS GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Pepsi bottler and leading Gaza businessman, Muhammad Yazgi, told Poloff March 3 that Muhammad Dahlan had promised Gaza businessmen recently that conditions at Gaza's border crossings into Israel would improve in two to three weeks, and asked that Yazgi and other businessmen "have [...]	2005-03-08 15:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1362	NETANYAHU MAY CAVE TO SHAS BUDGET DEMANDS; SHINUI [...] (C) As they scramble for votes ahead of the March 17 budget vote, Prime Minister Sharon and Finance Minister Netanyahu appear ready -- albeit tentatively -- to make budget concessions to Shas, rather than take Shinui back into the coalition. Sharon needs a simple Knesset majority for budget [...]	2005-03-08 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1363	(C) OTTE SAYS HE'S PRESSING PA FOR SECURITY [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte said he would press the PA, during his visit this week, on the need for security service reform, while focusing in his GOI meetings on Israeli-Palestinian economic cooperation. He reported that World Bank President W [...]	2005-03-08 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1386	MARCH REVENUE TRANSFER REDUCED BECAUSE OF PA [...] (C) Summary. The GOI released a total of NIS 188 million in funds to the PA in early March. This is made up of NIS 138 million from the regular monthly revenue transfer plus NIS 50 million in previously attached revenues. The regular transfer of NIS 138 million is significantly below the no [...]	2005-03-09 07:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1395	ICRC REP ON POST-THREAT ACTIONS [...] (C) ICRC Head of Delegation Francois Bellon and Deputy Head Carlos Batallas met March 1 with Polcouns, Legatt and Poloff to review details and follow-up of a reported potential threat to ICRC members inside the Gaza Strip. Legatt had conveyed to the ICRC February 26 a non-specific report he h [...]	2005-03-09 12:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1397	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 13:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1404	MOSSI RAZ ON THE UNOFFICIAL APPROVAL PROCESS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Mossi Raz, a former Meretz MK, provided a brief history of the growth of settlements, and outlined the hidden support that the Israeli government has given to settlers over the past 13 years. Settlers focused on expanding existing settlements between 1992 and 1996 because Prime [...]	2005-03-09 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1419	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media say that today's meeting between Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh that will focus on Israeli- Palestinian neg [...]	2005-03-10 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1420	MFA OFFICIAL ON GOI-PA DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Yossi Gal told Ambassador Kurtzer that the PA should promptly seize the opportunity to coordinate with Israel on the economic and civil aspects of the disengagement plan via joint GOI-PA working groups on trade, settlement assets, [...]	2005-03-10 12:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG KPAL PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1424	TECHNICAL TALKS ON POSSIBLE RETURN OF U.S.-ORIGIN [...] (C) Summary: A joint DOE/State technical team led by Kasia Mendelsohn from DOE's Office of Global Nuclear Material Threat Reduction met with officials from the Israeli Atomic Energy Agency (IAEC) on January 12-13 to discuss possible Israeli participation in the Foreign Research Reactor (FRR) S [...]	2005-03-10 14:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG TRGY PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV1429	(C) GOI MOVING AHEAD WITH DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...] (C) This is an action request message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Post has received a clear message from Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOITL) that the GOI intends to move ahead this week to have the Knesset consider the data exclusivity legislation as pa [...]	2005-03-10 15:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV1430	TALIA SASSON'S "EXPLOSIVE" REPORT ON ILLEGAL [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Attorney Talia Sasson on March 8 submitted a report on illegal settlement activity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The report has been characterized as a "powerful bombshell" and "explosive on an international level." In the d [...]	2005-03-10 17:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1446	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that associates of PM Sharon ordered five different public opinion polls to try to predict the results of elections held after a p [...]	2005-03-11 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1454	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN PRESSING ABU [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Gennady Tarasov and the Ambassador reviewed Israeli-Palestinian progress in implementing the Sharm al-Sheikh commitments and Syria-Lebanon developments during a March 11 conversation. In response to the Ambassador's question about whether Russian Middle East envoy Kalug [...]	2005-03-11 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS LE SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1455	(S) ISRAELI VIEWS ON PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (S) On instructions from Defense Minister Mofaz, BG Eitan Dangott briefed the Ambassador March 11 on the status of Israeli-Palestinian security negotiations and other issues discussed in the Sharm el-Sheik summit. Dangott said that Mofaz and the Israeli security establishment are becoming i [...]	2005-03-11 14:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	IS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1456	MOST KNESSET MEMBERS, PUNDITS PREDICT BUDGET WILL [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon postponed the final votes on the 2005 budget, originally scheduled for March 17, counting on the fact that parties and MKs that could provide the crucial votes will not show their cards until they are pressed against the March 31 deadline -- and facing the p [...]	2005-03-11 14:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1457	(S) ISRAELI READOUT ON MUBARAK-MOFAZ MEETING IN [...] (S) BG Eitan Dangott, Military Secretary of Defense Minister Mofaz, briefed the Ambassador March 11 on the meeting held the previous day in Sharm between Mofaz and Egyptian President Mubarak, with the participation of Defense Minister Tantawi and Intelligence Chief Sulayman. Dangott said th [...]	2005-03-11 14:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	IS KPAL PREL XF GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV146	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-10 11:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1513	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Sharon told visiting UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday that there would SIPDIS be no progress on the road map until the Palestinian armed [...]	2005-03-14 12:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1524	CABINET DECIDES TO REMOVE 24 OUTPOSTS BUT DOESN'T [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Cabinet on March 13 decided to remove the 24 post-March 2001 outposts mentioned in Talia Sasson's report, but not until after implementation of the disengagement plan. Israeli officials said that the GOI is "busy" with disengagement and tha [...]	2005-03-14 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1525	WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN WOUNDED BY IDF FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was wounded in the West Bank by IDF fire and, according to UNRWA, two Palestinians were wounded in IDF-initiated shootings in Gaza. The IDF, however, says that only one Palestinian was wounded in the same incident. Thousands of Gazans turned out March 12 to pe [...]	2005-03-14 15:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1534	PERES MEETS TELLS CODEL CORZINE "WE ARE STILL [...] (C) Summary. In a March 13 meeting with Senator Corzine and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said there are three crucial events in the next several months: the passage of the budget, the Palestinian Legislative Council elections in July, and the evacuation from Gaza, also s [...]	2005-03-15 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1535	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1538	WB/G SITREP:7,000 FATAH SUPORTERS RALLY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested two Palestinians March 14 when the men tried to infiltrate the border fence into Israel east of Dayr al-Balah. The men reportedly intended to enter Israel in search of work. Fatah organized a rally of some 7,000 people March 14 in Jabaliya in honor of "Pales [...]	2005-03-15 15:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1548	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-16 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1549	ISRAEL'S CONSTRUCTIVE NO-CONFIDENCE MECHANISM: [...] (C) Summary: The 2003 revision of Israel's no-confidence vote mechanism to require that all Knesset members voting no-confidence pre-designate a single candidate to form a new government was designed to keep government opponents from resorting too frequently to time-consuming no-confidence mo [...]	2005-03-16 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1561	WB/G SITREP: ONE ISRAELI SETTLER AND ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: One Israeli settler was injured in a shooting incident perpetrated by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and one Palestinian was injured by IDF fire in the West Bank March 15-16. Gaza was quiet, except for one mortar shell explosion near Neve Dekalim, but no injuries resulted. End [...]	2005-03-16 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1580	MOSSAD CHIEF TO CODEL CORZINE: SOME FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told CODEL Corzine March 13 that Israeli and U.S. thinking on Iran largely tracks, adding that he believes the EU dialogue with Iran will ultimately fail. Dagan said that Israel has evidence that some foreign fighters have returned home from Iraq, perhaps indica [...]	2005-03-17 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL KWBG IR IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1585	WB/G SITREP: AT LEAST SIX PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Palestinian youths were wounded by IDF gunfire in Tulkarm after they threw a firebomb at an IDF jeep on March 16, and at least six Palestinians were wounded by rubber-coated bullets and tear gas during a protest against the construction of the separation barrier in Safa and [...]	2005-03-17 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1588	LABOR MK SNEH TELLS SENATOR CORZINE ISRAEL CANNOT [...] (C) Summary: Labor MK Ephraim Sneh told visiting Senator Jon Corzine and the Ambassador March 14 that he sees military action against Iran's nuclear program as only a last resort. Sneh advocated external support for popular efforts for regime change in Iran, but stressed that the change has to [...]	2005-03-17 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PINR PREL KPAL MNUC IS IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1589	CHILD MARRIAGE IN ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Available evidence indicates that child marriage is infrequent in the general Israeli population, and is confined almost exclusively to specific minority populations. Post gathered information for this report from the Israel National Council for the Child (NCC),the foremost NGO on chil [...]	2005-03-17 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1593	C-NE4-01083: ISRAELI INTENTIONS REGARDING THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Israel sees Iran as the primary threat to its security and sees the enrichment cycle as the "point of no return" for Tehran's nuclear weapons program. The GOI believes that diplomatic pressure with teeth, such as sanctions, can affect Iranian behavior, and is lobbying the EU-3 a [...]	2005-03-17 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EU IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1594	NSC CHIEF SAYS PASSING THE BUDGET IS GOI CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland told CODEL Corzine March 13 that passing the budget is the GOI's biggest disengagement-related hurdle and that all other issues are operational and will be resolved. The GOI's worst-case scenario is Palestinians attacking Israelis in Gaza while [...]	2005-03-17 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV163	IDF CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff LtG Moshe Ya'alon told CoDel Kyl January 7 that recent events have ushered in "an era of strategic opportunity" in the Middle East. He said that Israel is facilitating Palestinian elections and believes that Abu Mazen is strong enough to [...]	2005-01-10 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1631	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "The start of a new relationship" Senior Arab Affairs op-ed writer Zvi Bar'El wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz : "The gathering of the Palestinian factions and the leadership of the Palestinian Authority in Cairo... not in a crisis, but in an agreement that was well-known in advan [...]	2005-03-18 13:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1633	TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...] (U) No assets connected to the Taliban have been found in Israel. No assets related to Usama bin Laden or the Al-Qaida organization, and individuals or entities associated with them, have been detected in Israel. 2. (U) There are no impediments for more robust cooperation with the GOI on [...]	2005-03-18 13:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN IS COUNTERTERRORISM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1634	IN SHINUI, DISSENSION PERCOLATES OVER BUDGET [...] (C) Divisions have widened within Shinui between those who advocate withholding party support for the 2005 budget and those who advocate supporting the budget to save the government and the disengagement plan. The pro-budget group has also split over how long party chief Tommy Lapid should s [...]	2005-03-18 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1635	SENATOR CORZINE'S MARCH 14 MEETING WITH VICE PM [...] (C) Summary. Senator Corzine and Ambassador Kurtzer met March 14 with Vice Prime Minister, and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert. The meeting focused on recent USG initiatives on intellectual property rights, Gaza disengagement, and the future of GOI interaction with the PA. [...]	2005-03-18 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1636	WB/G SITREP: FIVE PALESTINIANS AND ONE ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bank settlers wounded five Palestinian workers were wounded in an attack in Nahliel and an Israeli woman was lightly wounded by a metal object thrown at her car in the West Bank March 18. Palestinians launched two rockets in the Gaza strip March 17, but no injuries occurr [...]	2005-03-18 15:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1637	ISRAEL AT THE CENTER OF MAJOR MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) Summary: Recently, Israel has been the nexus of several high profile money laundering cases. The cases illustrate a continuing need for effective bank supervision and the ongoing level of money laundering associated with criminal activity. On March 6, The International Crimes Unit (ICU [...]	2005-03-18 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EFIN ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV1679	TRAFFICKING NGOS WEIGH IN ON WHERE THE SYSTEM IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Israeli NGOs against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) say that the GOI, while inflicting stricter sentencing of traffickers and implementing other improvements, still falls short in some areas in its efforts to combat TIP. NGO representatives charge that: -- [...]	2005-03-21 07:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG EG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1682	IVANOV TELLS ISRAELIS THAT RUSSIAN FUEL DELIVERY [...] (C) According to Israeli officials, Russian National Security Adviser Igor Ivanov and MINATOM staff told the GOI on March 15 that Russian fuel could be delivered to Bushehr "as early as the end of 2005," although the Russians noted that a more likely date would be June 2006. Ariel "Eli" Levit [...]	2005-03-21 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1683	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, who holds the "Israeli-Palestinian portfolio" in the White House, and David Welch, the "head of the [...]	2005-03-21 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1684	EMBLEM: GOI OFFICIAL REPORTS IFRC READY TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for International Organizations Roni Ya'ar told poloff late March 18 that he had just learned during a visit to Geneva and Bern that IFRC will shortly announce its intention to convene an international conference, for late September or early October, to amend th [...]	2005-03-21 12:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREF PREL ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV170	Fischer Accepts GOI Offer to Be Next Governor of [...] (U) On January 9, Prime Minister Sharon and Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu jointly nominated Professor Stanley Fischer as the next Governor of the Bank of Israel. Fischer accepted the nomination the same day, although it will require further administrative and political approvals, includ [...]	2005-01-10 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1720	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported, and most of them bannered, disengagement-related political moves. In yet another apparent defeat for PM Sharon, the Likud faction Monday adopted a comp [...]	2005-03-22 11:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1729	APPROVAL PROCESS FOR 3,650 UNITS IN MA'ALE ADUMIM [...] (U) Israeli press reported yesterday that the GOI has launched two plans, which together are termed either E1 or A1, to build 3,650 housing units between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem. These housing units would connect the settlement with the city, creating geographical continuity between the [...]	2005-03-22 15:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1730	SHARON CAUTIONS CODEL REID ON PROVIDING DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon emphasized to Codel Reid March 21 that ensuring Israel's security against terrorism is his primary objective, although he is optimistic about the opportunities created by Arafat's death and the new Palestinian leadership. Codel Reid and Sharon discussed how [...]	2005-03-22 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PTER KWBG MNUC IS IR SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1731	SHIMON PERES TELLS CODEL REID TO LOOK AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 20, Codel Reid and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the economic future of Israel and post-disengagement Gaza, the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, the impact of the separation barrier on the lives of Palestinians, the run-up to the budget vote in [...]	2005-03-22 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS MNUC OREP PGOV PREF PTER SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1759	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and West Bank Disengagement Plan 2. Global War On Terrorism 3. Israel-China Arms Deals ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that last night the state budget bill passed the hurdle of the Knesset's Finance Comm [...]	2005-03-23 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1805	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-24 12:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1814	ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER CAUTIONS ARMS INDUSTRY ON [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Director General Amos Yaron told the Ambassador on March 24 that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz had strongly cautioned representatives from Israeli defense firms about ties with China. According to Yaron, Mofaz said that senior MOD approval is required before Israel [...]	2005-03-24 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MCAP MASS CH IS MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1833	ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE [...] (C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams and the Ambassador that arms smuggling continues into both Gaza and the West Bank. Despite success by Palestinian Authority (PA) secur [...]	2005-03-25 08:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1840	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-25 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1842	REFERENDUM BILL EXPECTED TO FAIL, BUT SHARON STILL [...] (C) The ongoing political machinations leading up to next week's Knesset votes on the 2005 budget and disengagement referendum legislation, do not change Embassy's expectations that Prime Minister Sharon will muster a Knesset majority for the 2005 budget and that a majority will defeat the re [...]	2005-03-25 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1844	(C) OTTE LAMENTS WEAK PA COORDINATION ON [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, NEA A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte recounted that President Abbas had been vague in describing his next steps in discussions with EU officials at the Arab League summit in Algiers. Otte said Solana pressed Abbas [...]	2005-03-25 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS EU GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1847	SHIMON PERES ON DISENGAGEMENT, PALESTINIAN SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told NSC director Elliott Abrams, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, and the Ambassador March 23 that the economic needs of the Gaza Strip and West Bank are immediate and pressing, while solutions are slow in coming. In his view, the PA is torn [...]	2005-03-25 13:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL EFIN EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1853	SASSON: OUTPOST PICTURE "SO HORRIBLE, I DIDN'T [...] (C) Summary: Talia Sasson told emboffs that she encountered significant resistance to her information requests from government ministries when doing research for her report on unauthorized outposts. She explained on March 16 that the Settlements Division of the World Zionist Organization re [...]	2005-03-25 15:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1854	PRIME MINISTER SHARON ON PRESIDENT ABBAS' EFFORTS, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told CoDel Pelosi March 21 that disengagement is a "pre-roadmap" step, and that real progress will depend on the ability of President Abbas and the PA to dismantle terrorist infrastructure. In his view, this has not yet happened, although Abbas has d [...]	2005-03-25 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1870	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Chad Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report on the upcoming Knesset votes on the issues of a popular referendum, which is not likely to be adopted even if Shas party mentor Rabbi Ovadia [...]	2005-03-28 13:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1888	(C) MOFAZ ACCUSES PA MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-28 14:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1890	WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS BEAT AND INJURE PALESTINIANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF reported no security incidents in the Gaza Strip between March 25-28. UNRWA reported that Palestinian militants fired small arms at Gadid settlement and fired a mortar shell at Netzarim settlement, causing no injuries. Israeli media reported that anti-disengagement "s [...]	2005-03-28 14:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1896	SHINUI DECISION VIRTUALLY ASSURES PASSAGE OF 2005 [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Sharon appears to have finally secured passage of the 2005 budget. On Saturday March 26, PM Sharon and Shinui Knesset members Yosef (Tommy) Lapid and Avraham Poraz reached agreement that Shinui would support the second and third readings of the 2005 budget in the [...]	2005-03-28 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1898	DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY EILAND PRESENTS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Director of National Security Giora Eiland presented Codel Pelosi with his view of the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the political and security situations in the region. Attempting to balance what he surmised was Vice Prime Minister Per [...]	2005-03-29 05:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1899	VICE PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES CONSIDERS "THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Codel Pelosi and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the political atmosphere surrounding Israel's disengagement from Gaza; the economic forecast for Gaza the "day after" disengagement; the steps that the international community can take to ensure [...]	2005-03-29 05:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1910	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-29 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1917	WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI FORCES SHOOT AND INJURE THREE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian-made bomb detonated in the car of a prominent Gaza lawyer, injuring him lightly. Gazan militants fired on IDF positions, causing no injuries. In the West Bank, Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians near Hebron and Nablus. Shots we [...]	2005-03-29 12:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV1918	CODEL PELOSI URGES FM SHALOM NOT TO ALLOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with Codel Pelosi, Foreign Minister Shalom spoke positively about the direction of Israeli relations with the PA and other Arab neighbors. While lauding some of President Abbas's steps, he said the PA had failed so far to resolve to dismantle terrorist infras [...]	2005-03-29 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1927	REFERENDUM BILL FAILS, BUT VOTE LEAVES LIKUD BADLY [...] (C) The landslide defeat of the disengagement referendum bill in a 72-39 Knesset vote March 28 was achieved mainly with the help of opposition parties, whose votes countered the 27 Likud MKs who broke with Prime Minister Sharon and supported the bill. The split in Likud poses no threat to Sh [...]	2005-03-29 15:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1928	ISRAELI MFA OFFICIALS WILL HOLD COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor, Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff, and Director for Arms Control Alon Bar will travel to China for meetings with Chinese officials on April 4-5. According to Bar, the purpose of the trip is to discuss counterterrorism [...]	2005-03-29 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM CH IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1938	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1956	WB/G SITREP: EIGHT PALESTINIANS AND THREE PA [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested eight Palestinians and three uniformed PA policemen in the West Bank March 29. Palestinians shot at IDF soldiers east of Netzarim and near Rafah March 29 in the Gaza strip, but no injuries occurred. End Summary. --------- West Bank --------- 2. (SBU) A [...]	2005-03-30 14:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV198	DESPITE UNITY GOVERNMENT, SHARON STILL STRAINING [...] (C) A division among the 13 Likud disengagement foes in the Knesset may prompt several to give Prime Minister Sharon the eight or so votes he needs to ensure first-reading passage of the 2005 budget. The 13, known as "the rebels," have threatened to vote against the budget -- as they did aga [...]	2005-01-11 11:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV199	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-11 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2000	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Arab Summit ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz elaborates on the expanding rift in the PA. Using harsh words, Farouk Kaddoumi, one of the founders of the Fatah movement that Abbas now heads, attacked the PA chairman in a [...]	2005-04-01 09:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2009	WB/G SITREP:GAZA QUIET; IDF INJURES THREE [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF shot and injured three Palestinians and arrested two others March 31 in the West Bank. Gaza remained quiet April 1, without incident. End Summary. --------- West Bank --------- 2. (SBU) ATTACKS/SECURITY: -- Deaths: Nil. -- Injuries: The IDF shot and i [...]	2005-04-01 12:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2010	GILAD TO CODEL PLATTS: THE SECRETARY'S MESSAGE [...] (C) Amos Gilad, director of the Political-Security Bureau at the Defense Ministry, told Codel Platts that Secretary Rice's recent statement on expanding settlements is "clear," and he is sure the "policy will be implemented in the most efficient way." Gilad had praise for PA President Abbas, b [...]	2005-04-01 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2015	SHALOM TOURGEMAN ON DISENGAGEMENT, ABBAS'S [...] (C) Summary: Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to the Prime Minister, spoke with CoDel Dreier March 29 about Israel's preparations for disengagement. He noted that while the GOI expects two thirds of the Gaza settlers to depart prior to withdrawal, the ranks of the resisters may swell [...]	2005-04-01 13:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2030	CODEL DREIER'S MEETINGS WITH KNESSET MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 28 meeting immediately following the Knesset vote against a referendum on disengagement, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, a disengagement opponent, told Codel Dreier and the Ambassador that a divided Likud is in a state of "crisis." He lamented that disengagement could [...]	2005-04-01 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV KWBG PREF PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2045	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media on Sunday and Monday (3, 4 April) led with stories on the Pope's death and disengagement-related reports. Ha'aretz reported Sunday that [...]	2005-04-04 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2053	SHIMON PERES DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one-hour meeting in Tel Aviv on March 31, Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told Senator Carl Levin, accompanied by Senate staff and a delegation from the Michigan Fund, that he and Prime Minister Sharon have similar thoughts on continuing disengagement in the West Bank, b [...]	2005-04-04 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL ECON KWBG OREP IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2054	FM SHALOM TO CODEL DREIER ON THE PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told CODEL Dreier that the situation is better than 3-4 months ago because Mahmud Abbas is more moderate than Yasir Arafat. He also opined that "something is happening" in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, and Lebanon, and concluded that these countries want [...]	2005-04-04 13:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2077	FM SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM TO CODEL SAXTON ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 30 meeting with Codel Saxton and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom expressed dissatisfaction with what he called Palestinian President Abbas's lack of effort to dismantle terrorist groups and the recent turn of roadmap discussions toward final status issues. He [...]	2005-04-05 07:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV2087	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In disengagement related stories, Maariv reported that a broad meeting was held at the Prime Minister's bureau yesterday on settlers' relocation, in which Sharon called on the p [...]	2005-04-05 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2098	"REALITY BITES" ABBAS, BRIG. GEN. KUPPERWASSER [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 31, Brigadier General Yossi Kupperwasser described for CODEL Saxton the changing mission of Israeli intelligence-gathering and presented his analysis of the current developments in the Palestinian Authority. Kupperwasser also discussed the battle for hearts [...]	2005-04-05 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2120	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-06 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2125	(S) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TO CODEL LEVIN: [...] (S) A senior defense intelligence (DMI) officer told Senator Levin March 31 that pre-OIF Israeli intelligence estimates of Iraqi WMD were nearly as wrong as those of the USG. GOI analysts, prior to the war, "knew" that Saddam's regime would never support al-Qaeda or any other terrorist organi [...]	2005-04-06 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER OREP IS IZ GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2135	GWOT ASSESSMENT: FIGHTING TERROR AND BUILDING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Counterterrorism is central to Israel's national security priorities and is a key component of Embassy Tel Aviv's Mission Program Plan. It also plays a key role in the progress -- or lack thereof -- of the peace process. A main requirement for moving this agenda forward is fund [...]	2005-04-06 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER PREL IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2138	(C) EILAND OUTLINES STEPS TO PREVENT [...] (S) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Eiland sketched out "preliminary" GOI thinking about the future of Lebanon after a Syrian withdrawal. He described three scenarios for post-Syria Lebanon: democratic stability; a retur [...]	2005-04-07 05:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2145	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-07 11:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2167	RAMON UNIT BORDER POLICE -- FIGHTING HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ramon Unit of the Border Police has interdicted weapons, human beings and drugs being smuggled across the Egyptian-Israeli border since its establishment in March 2003. Its commander told Poloff that the unit has intercepted 36 women being trafficked into Israel in each of t [...]	2005-04-08 06:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB PTER KWMN EG IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV2169	UZI LANDAU TO CODEL SAXTON: DISENGAGEMENT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Knesset member and former Minister of Internal Security Uzi Landau told Codel Saxton that disengagement will allow al-Qaeda to move into Gaza. Landau proposed a joint working group between Congress and the Knesset to devise ways to combat international terrorism while still main [...]	2005-04-08 06:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2185	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv headlined: "Iran Is Approaching Nuclear Bomb." The paper cited a senior military source as saying that it is a matter of months. Yediot headlined that the U. [...]	2005-04-08 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT

05TELAVIV2194	FATAH ELECTION PREP IN GAZA - IS THE MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: Fatah's poor showing in Bar Association elections in Gaza April 2 is an indication that, despite some efforts, the party does not appear to be "getting the message" in Gaza. Fatah Central Committee member Abdullah Efrangi, now the newly-appointed Fatah chief in Gaza, described [...]	2005-04-08 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2205	JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN AMERICANS OFFER FUND FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, Senator Carl Levin and Michigan State community leaders met with several Palestinian business leaders to discuss investment opportunities in Gaza. Senator Levin told the group that the aim of his proposed Michigan Fund for Peace and Development, which totals 200,000 U [...]	2005-04-08 13:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2207	DETAILS OF SETTLEMENT ASSETS IN THE GAZA STRIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Isaac Gurvich, Economic Advisor to Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres, provided Embassy with a CD-ROM containing data on settlement assets in the Gaza Strip. The CD documents eight agricultural settlements, eight community settlements, and one urban/suburban settlement with abou [...]	2005-04-08 14:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG SENV IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2212	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The leading media carried reports on the Gaza Strip incident of 9 April in which three Palestinian youths were killed by IDF fire, after which Katif Bloc settlement [...]	2005-04-11 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV222	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Russia Relations 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that this afternoon the Knesset approved the 2005 state budget in a first reading, 64- 53, as the [...]	2005-01-12 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2236	WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS THREE PALESTINIANS IN GAZA, [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli police on April 10 arrested 31 Israeli right-wing protesters during a demonstration in the Old City of Jerusalem. Israeli police also arrested eight Palestinians during clashes in the vicinity of the Lion,s Gate entrance to the Old City the same day. Israeli police on [...]	2005-04-11 14:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2255	WB/G SITREP: NINE PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinians in Nablus on April 11 clashed with IDF soldiers conducting arrest operations in the city, resulting in light injuries to nine Palestinians. Palestinian gunmen on April 11 opened fire and threw stones at a Palestinian Authority (PA) police station in Hebron, followi [...]	2005-04-12 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2260	YOSSI BEILIN DESCRIBES USG ROLE TO CODEL LEVIN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Carl Levin and his delegation met on March 31 with Yahad Party Chairman Yossi Beilin. With polite frustration, Beilin repeatedly and in detail expressed his view that the U.S. is not doing enough to advance a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beilin said [...]	2005-04-12 12:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG OREP PGOV PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2262	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media extensively covered the Bush-Sharon Crawford meeting, focusing mainly in the differences between the two positions. Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ariel Shar [...]	2005-04-12 13:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2265	SUPREME COURT BROADENS ACCEPTABLE CONVERSIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court further chipped away at the Orthodox rabbinate's monopoly over conversions to Judaism in its March 31 ruling that the GOI must recognize the non-Orthodox conversions of 15 non-citizen legal residents of Israel that were begun in Israel but formalized abroad, and [...]	2005-04-12 13:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV227	(C) SHARON TO CODELS: KEY TO PROGRESS WITH PALESTINIANS IS SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Senators Kyl, Martinez, Murkowski, Sununu, and Biden, and Congressman Adam Smith January 9 and with Senator Kerry January 10, Prime Minister Sharon emphasized that progress with Palestinians depends fundamentally on whether terrorism, violence and inci [...]	2005-01-12 14:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2284	GAZAN CROSSINGS, PERMITS, AND ACCESS ISSUES: [...] (C) Summary: Since the February 8 Sharm el Sheikh summit between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ariel Sharon, the GOI has made several improvements in the Gazan crossings regime, and the IDF has increased its willingness to coordinate with the international community and the TFPI o [...]	2005-04-13 07:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KWBG PREL ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV229	MINISTER SHARANSKY: PA ELECTIONS A GOOD START, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Minister Natan Sharansky told the Ambassador January 10 that the Palestinian elections were important in that they have led to new leadership and opportunities. He added, however, that he could not refer to the elections as "free or democratic" given the "fear" that exists in Pa [...]	2005-01-12 15:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2294	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. U.S.-China-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented President Bush with the latest Israeli intelligence assessments of Iran's nuclear weapons prog [...]	2005-04-13 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV230	2005 Budget Passes First Reading [...] (SBU) The Knesset approved on January 12 the first reading of the 2005 Budget and the 2005 Arrangements Bill by a vote of 64 in favor to 53 against. The vote included a number of surprises: Likud party rebels who are vehemently opposed to disengagement and threatened to deep six the budget vo [...]	2005-01-12 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV2310	WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIAN YOUTHS INJURED IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian youth was injured critically when a stray bullet hit him in the chest in Tulkarm in the West Bank April 12. Another Palestinian youth was injured in the Balatah refugee camp in Nablus when an explosive device detonated in his hands April 12. Two mortar shells [...]	2005-04-13 15:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2323	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv cited Israeli sources from Sharon's entourage as confirming that the crisis in US-Israeli security relations recently reached a new high as [...]	2005-04-14 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2329	ISRAEL-PRC STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOCUSSES ON IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Proser (D-equivalent) led a GOI team to China April 3-5 for a strategic dialogue on arms control and terrorism issues. MFA Arms Control Director Alon Bar briefed poloff on the talks after the team's return to Israel. Bar's assessment, which track [...]	2005-04-14 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP CH IS IR IN GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV233	HAMAS "THE LEAST OF WORRIES" ACCORDING TO ABU [...] (C) Summary: Senior Abu Mazen confidants in the Gaza Strip Marwan Kanafani, Marwan Abdul-Hamid, and Abdullah Effrangi told Poloff January 11 that Abu Mazen is determined to bring the numerous militant splinter groups "back into the Fatah fold," but, to do so, must first provide both physical [...]	2005-01-12 16:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2338	GOI TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PATENT TERM EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. On April 13 local research-based pharmaceutical representatives expressed concern about GOI intentions on the issue of patent term extension legislation. The representatives said that they considered the patent-term extension (PTE) roll-back as direct compensation to the generi [...]	2005-04-14 12:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2341	PEACE NOW DISCUSSES SUPPORT TO THE SETTLEMENTS, [...] (C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, General Director of Peace Now, told Embassy econoffs that there are four possible ways for the GOI to fund settlements. These include support through the Defense Ministry for infrastructure, transferring funds to the local councils, funding specific projects, [...]	2005-04-14 12:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2362	WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS AL-AQSA MILITANT IN NABLUS, [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on April 14 shot and killed an al-Aqsa Martyrs, Brigades militant during an arrest operation in the Balatah refugee camp in Nablus, according to Israeli media reports. Palestinian sources, however, have termed the incident a targeted killing by the ID [...]	2005-04-14 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2367	EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS DEAL TO BE SIGNED IN EARLY MAY [...] (C) Summary: Egypt and Israel appear to be coming closer to signing a gas deal that has been in the negotiations for years. The GOI says that the governments are ready to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) by early May. In addition, the two companies involved, Israel Electric Corporat [...]	2005-04-15 07:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE
05TELAVIV2376	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Bush vs. Democracy" Extreme right-wing columnist Caroline B. Glick wrote in conservative, independent Jerusalem Post (April 15): "As irony would have it, democracy is now the biggest threat facing the so-called peace process between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.... The thing is, bo [...]	2005-04-15 10:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2420	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2421	WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE THREE PALESTINIANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Four Palestinians were injured and one Hamas activist was arrested in the West Bank April 14. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians fired five rockets, two at Neve Dekalim and three at Netzarim, but no injuries resulted, according to UNRWA. The IDF reported that Palestinians shot [...]	2005-04-18 12:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2427	PERES ADVISOR, NSC ADVISOR DISCUSS DAHLAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Einat Wilf, foreign policy advisor to Vice PM Shimon Peres, and Gabi Blum, NSC advisor, briefed EconCouns on the recent Aspen Institute conference; the potential for U.S. involvement in Negev/Galilee development; and PA Civil Affairs Minister Muhammad Dahlan's progress on negotia [...]	2005-04-18 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL EAID ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2428	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE #2 [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of updates on GOI, donor community, and Post preparations for Israeli withdrawal and the post-disengagement Gazan economic and security situation. -- Developments in security coordination have focused on activities of U.S. Security Coordination Mi [...]	2005-04-18 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV EAID ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2436	GENERAL WARD AND ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Lieutenant General Ward and the Charge met with Defense Minister Mofaz in Tel Aviv on April 13, 2005, to review the current security situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories. General Ward said he sees the lack of trust and partnership on both sides as contributing to a ne [...]	2005-04-18 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2439	GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR 50 HOUSING UNITS IN ELKANA, [...] (C) Summary: Press reported on April 18 that the Israel Lands Authority issued a tender for 50 plots to build private, single-family houses in the Elkana settlement of the West Bank. According to the tender, these plots will be available for sale between May 6 and June 16. Press reports in [...]	2005-04-19 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2441	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-19 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV245	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Maariv led with, and all media extensively reported on, Israel's concerns that a planned Russian weapons sale to Syria could reach Hizbu [...]	2005-01-13 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2469	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2479	SIKSEK ON SECURITY STAFFING, PROGRESS [...] (C) ConGen Jerusalem cleared this message. ----------- Summary ----------- 2. (C) In conversations over several days in early April, Brigadier General Samir Siksek told Pol/C and poloff that the U.S. should keep steady pressure on Minister of Interior Nasir Yusif to carry out reforms, [...]	2005-04-20 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2486	LEGAL OPINION REQUESTED ON ISRAELI GARBAGE DUMPING [...] (C) Summary: Media reports of plans for large-scale dumping of Israeli garbage on the West Bank have raised questions about the legality of such waste sites under both Israeli and international law. The Palestinian Environmental Quality Authority will ask that the issue be placed on the agen [...]	2005-04-20 13:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SENV KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2506	NEA ADVISOR DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Environment Shalom Simhon and Finnish Embassy Counselor Matti Tulonen expressed their support for Israeli-Palestinian cooperation on environmental issues in meetings with NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson. The GOI Ministry of Environment is proposing that the Isr [...]	2005-04-21 08:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID PREL PGOV KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2521	ISRAELI COURT RULES TO EXTRADITE ROSENSTEIN; GOI [...] (U) The Jerusalem District Court ruled on April 19 that Ze'ev Rosenstein can be extradited to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. Rosenstein's lawyers have been contesting the extradition and want their client to be tried in Israel. Rosenstein has been in GOI custod [...]	2005-04-22 04:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR CJAN IS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2528	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-22 09:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2532	MEPP ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: RENEWED [...] (C) Summary: NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson discussed renewed Japanese interest in leading the Multilateral Peace Process Environment Working Group with Japanese DCM, GOI Minister of Environment, and GOI MFA Director for Multilateral Peace Talks Coordination. Lawson suggested re-engag [...]	2005-04-22 13:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL EAID KPAL IS JA ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV2533	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COOPERATION ON WATER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: At Trilateral Water Talks in Tel Aviv April 7 Israeli and Palestinian water officials agreed to coordinate on water-related aspects of Gaza disengagement. Israeli Water Commissioner, Shimon Tal, and Palestinian Water Authority Chairman, Fadel Ka'wash, agreed to begin working on a [...]	2005-04-22 13:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID PREL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2537	THE GOI'S ECONOMIC PLAN FOR THE NEGEV AND GALILEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Premier Shimon Peres is leading the GOI effort to consolidate a series of public- and private-sector development initiatives for the Galilee and Negev regions, which the GOI will push forward in tandem with disengagement. To date there remains no comprehensive planning docum [...]	2005-04-22 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV2538	BASSEY SUGGESTS POSTPONING DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey of the Disengagement Authority (SELA) said on April 18 that it was his idea to postpone disengagement until after Tisha B'Av because the timing would be better for religious reasons. He noted that the settlers have been more responsive to SELA in the past two or [...]	2005-04-22 14:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2540	ARAB-ISRAELI REACTIONS TO GOI'S NEGEV AND GALILEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April Econoff met with several Israeli-Arab advocacy groups who expressed concern over the GOI's economic development plan for the Galilee and the Negev, which the GOI is pushing forward in tandem with disengagement. Citing historical disenfranchisement of Israeli Arabs in imp [...]	2005-04-22 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV2567	WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER STABBED IN WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: An IDF soldier sustained moderate injuries after he was stabbed in the neck April 23 near Ganim settlement, east of Jenin. The IDF closed the area while in pursuit of the assailant, but no arrests have been made in connection with this attack. In the Old City of Hebron, settl [...]	2005-04-25 15:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2607	WB/G SITREP: ONE IDF SOLDIER KILLED IN THE WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: An IDF soldier died April 25 near Halhoul village, north of Hebron, after being run over by a Palestinian motorist. Other IDF soldiers at the roadblock opened fire, killing the driver, identified as Iyad al-Duwaik. An IDF investigation is ongoing; PA security sources said tha [...]	2005-04-27 05:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2615	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted security sources as saying that Israel will hand over Qalqilya to PA security responsibility next week if the [...]	2005-04-27 10:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2639	DEFMIN MOFAZ DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, Lieutenant General William Ward and the Charge on April 21, Israel's Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said the GOI is taking steps to strengthen Palestinian Authority President Mahm [...]	2005-04-28 07:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2642	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that 40,000 to 90,000 people, depending on the sources, attended [...]	2005-04-28 10:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2647	TIME TO RESTART GAZA WATER PROJECTS? [...] (U) This joint message from Embassy Tel Aviv and ConGen Jerusalem is an action message; please see paragraph 12. ------------------- Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (C) Following the October 2003 roadside bombing that claimed the lives of three USG personnel in Gaza, we dis [...]	2005-04-28 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV ASEC KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT HUMANITARIAN AID
05TELAVIV2654	PLANNING FOR MA'ALE ADUMIM/E1 REPORTEDLY CONTINUES [...] (S) Summary: The GOI continues its planning for the E1 region of the Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the West Bank. Brigadier General (res) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense Advisor, in an aside told the DCM on April 20 that "there are very strong interests here in Israel" to move forward with [...]	2005-04-28 14:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PBTS KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2655	WB/G SITREP: ONE IDF SOLDIER INJURED IN GUSH KATIF [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF troops arrested two Palestinian minors at the Jalama checkpoint, east of Jenin, April 27, whom the troops claimed were planning to carry out an attack inside Israel. Two bags loaded with explosives were found with the two youths, one of whom claimed that he was dispatched b [...]	2005-04-28 16:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2667	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted President Bush as saying at a press conference Thursday: "We're working closely with the Russians [...]	2005-04-29 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2698	WB/G SITREP: 28 PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING AN [...] (SBU) Summary: Some 28 Palestinians were lightly to moderately injured in the village of Bil,in, west of Ramallah, during clashes with the IDF that erupted April 28 during protests against the construction of the separation barrier on lands belonging to village residents. Among those injured [...]	2005-04-29 16:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV271	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that six Israeli civilians were killed and five others were wounded in a combined double su [...]	2005-01-14 12:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2719	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Visit of Turkish PM Erdogan to Israel, May 1-2 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that an IDF soldier was killed and another was wounded in an operation near Tulkarm, in which a [...]	2005-05-02 09:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2722	PERES DESCRIBES POSITIVE CHANGE IN QURAYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Premier Peres told A/S Welch and Charge April 27 that Palestinian PM Quraya', in an April 21 meeting with Peres, showed a positive change of attitude toward disengagement coordination. Peres said he cautioned Quraya' not to push for final status talks after disengagement; doi [...]	2005-05-02 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL ECON PGOV EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2729	SHARANSKY'S RESIGNATION OVER DISENGAGEMENT LEAVES [...] (C) The long-expected May 2 resignation of Minister-without-Porfolio Natan Sharansky was an act of political symbolism by a disengagement opponent that comes too late to affect the course of disengagement. In announcing that he is resigning over his opposition to disengagement, Sharansky sai [...]	2005-05-02 13:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KNAR IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV274	EILAND ASSESSES THE CHALLENGES FACING SHARON AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland highlighted the following points in a January 9 meeting with Codel Kerry: -- Israel faces three main challenges in implementing disengagement: a fragile domestic political situation, operational difficulties to evacuate thousands of settle [...]	2005-01-14 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2749	LABELING SETTLEMENT GOODS: NOT ALL IS SETTLED [...] (C) Summary. The agreement between the EU and the GOI on labeling requirements for goods produced outside of Green Line Israel came into force on February 1, 2005. The agreement calls for identification on customs shipping documents of the city of origin for all products shipped from Israel [...]	2005-05-03 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2761	SHARON TO CODELS: WE NEED TO BUILD IN THE [...] (C) During a May 2 meeting with Senator Bill Frist and Senator Joseph Lieberman, Prime Minister Sharon described in familiar terms his concerns about the failure of the Palestinian Authority to dismantle terrorist infrastructure. Sharon said that he personally remains committed to all that h [...]	2005-05-03 13:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL OREP PREL XF SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2762	NOF HASHARON SETTLEMENT MAY GET BUYERS: [...] (C) Summary: Dror Ginatt, Secretary General of the Israeli community of Nirit, told econoff that the town chairman of the settlement of Homesh recently visited him to inquire about moving Homesh's settlers to Nirit after disengagement. Ginatt informed him that there are no vacancies in Niri [...]	2005-05-03 15:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV277	(C) SHARON AND WEISSGLAS ON KARNI TERRORIST [...] (C) I called Dov Weissglas this afternoon and he reported on his conversation earlier today with Saeb Erekat. Weissglas told Erekat: -- All passages in and out of Gaza have been closed indefinitely. -- Without visible and serious action by the PA, all contacts between Israeli and PA offi [...]	2005-01-14 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV2777	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with various aspects of the disengagement plan. Ha'aretz (banner) and other media quoted Justice Minister Tzipi Livni as saying Tues [...]	2005-05-04 09:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2803	MFA NORTH AMERICA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for North American Affairs Yoram Ben Zeev met with NEA DAS Liz Dibble to discuss the future of Hizballah following the partial withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon; the upcoming Quartet meeting in Moscow; GOI internal disengagement politics; and P [...]	2005-05-05 08:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2809	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York 3. May 5 UK Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the PA has informed the Israeli defense establishment that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas has [...]	2005-05-05 10:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2841	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV285	NSC'S GABI BLUM ON WORLD BANK PROCESS, PERES, [...] (C) Summary: NSC strategic advisor Dr. Gabi Blum met with EconCouns January 13 to discuss movement on the World Bank process, Shimon Peres' projected role in disengagement planning, and potential GOI dialogue with the PA on settlement assets and other economic aspects of withdrawal. On the Wo [...]	2005-01-14 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV2855	MOSSAD DIRECTOR MEIR DAGAN TELLS CODEL LIEBERMAN [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with CODEL Lieberman on May 2, Meir Dagan, Director of Mossad, laid out steps that he said the United States should take to block Iran's efforts at acquiring and producing nuclear weapons. Dagan also presented his assessments of Iran's support for Hizballah and Pal [...]	2005-05-06 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	OREP PREL KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV286	BASSEY UPDATES ON DISENGAGEMENT LEGISLATION, [...] (C) Summary. Yonatan Bassey, director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),provided Economic Counselor and Economic Officer on January 12 with updates on disengagement planning. Bassey reported that the evacuation legislation should go to its third reading in the Knesset in late January o [...]	2005-01-14 16:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2874	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Israel has informed the PA that it will not release the next tranche of Palestinian prisoners until the PA takes concrete measures against terro [...]	2005-05-09 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2899	WB/G SITREP: AL-AQSA MILITANTS AND PA POLICE CLASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Exchanges of gunfire erupted between al-Aqsa gunmen and PA police May 9 in Jenin, after the police opened fire on an al-Aqsa leader's car when he refused to stop at a PA police checkpoint, according to PA security sources. As of 1300 hours, community leaders were working to co [...]	2005-05-09 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV290	FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In separate January 10 meetings with Codels Kerry and Kyl, both joined by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom articulated Israel's cautious readiness to work with Palestinian President-elect Abu Mazen. Shalom emphasized that Israel will measure Abu Mazen by his performance in [...]	2005-01-18 08:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2921	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. President Bush Visits Latvia, Russia, Netherlands, Georgia (May 6-10) ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In separate interviews broadcast last night on Israel TV, Channel 2-TV, and Channel 10-TV, Shar [...]	2005-05-10 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2924	MKS TO CODEL FRIST: SKEPTICISM ABOUNDS [...] (C) Summary: Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin and Chairman of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Yuval Steinetz told Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist May 2 that PM Sharon would be "making a mistake" if he allows Egyptian troops to deploy along the Gaza-Egypt and the Israel-Egypt borders. [...]	2005-05-10 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2925	CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH VICE PM SHIMON PERES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, CODEL Frist met with Vice PM Shimon Peres where discussions surrounded the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, Jordan's economic growth and its contribution to the economy in the Palestinian territories, Iran's push to develop nuclear weapons and recent democratic election [...]	2005-05-10 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV293	NETANYAHU TO CODEL KYL ON ECONOMIC REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu outlined for CODEL Kyl and the Ambassador in a January 9 meeting the economic reforms he has undertaken during his tenure. The reforms include cutting government expenses, reducing taxes, privatizing some state-owned enterprises, and fixing t [...]	2005-01-18 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2936	SENATOR LIEBERMAN'S MAY 2 MEETING WITH GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Senator Lieberman and Ambassador Kurtzer met on May 2 with the Israeli Defense Forces' Chief of Military Intelligence Production Division, General Kupperwasser. The discussion focused on the Palestinian security situation, including the PA's dismantling of terror networks and p [...]	2005-05-10 14:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2938	WB/G SITREP: THREE MORTAR SHELLS FIRED IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) Summary: A Palestinian man was killed in Yatta village, near Hebron, on May 9, according to Palestinian sources, but the killers and motive remain unknown. PA police said that the man's death appeared to have resulted from a criminal act, but added that they are also investigating whet [...]	2005-05-10 14:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2939	CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 2, Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined to CODEL Frist the economic evolution in Israel since he became finance minister in 2003. Netanyahu said he had increased taxes, reduced government expenditures, while simultaneously combating welfare fraud, challengin [...]	2005-05-10 15:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS XF ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV294	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, all media led with the possibility of IDF action to counter continued rocket strikes at Israeli targets from the northern Gaza Strip; a 17-yea [...]	2005-01-18 11:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2940	FINANCE MINISTRY DIRECTOR GENERAL TELLS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met May 9 with Finance Ministry DG Yossi Bachar to discuss a full range of bilateral economic issues, including Israel's request for U.S. assistance to promote Negev/Galilee development, an overview of the recently-concluded Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) [...]	2005-05-10 15:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2947	SETTLER SPOKESMAN: WE WILL FIGHT DISENGAGEMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Eran Sternberg, Gush Katif Spokesman, told econoff on May 4 that, although some settlers are negotiating with the GOI on disengagement planning, the majority favor a continued struggle against the evacuation. He said the GOI is not ready with a solution for relocation, and the s [...]	2005-05-11 08:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2950	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-11 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2955	FINANCE MINISTRY CONFIRMS GOI DISENGAGEMENT LAW [...] (C) Finance Ministry staff informed Mission May 11 that GOI disengagement legislation specifies a 3.4% deficit target, including disengagement expenditures, for 2005 only. This corrects statements made by Finance DG Bachar and by other Israeli officials during the Joint Economic Development G [...]	2005-05-11 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2967	WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE PALESTINIAN GIRL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Settlers in Hebron beat and lightly injured a Palestinian girl May 10. Also on May 10, the IDF arrested three Fatah activists in Zawata village, near Qalqiliya, and four Palestinians in Yatta, south of Hebron. Israeli police shut down two PA election registration centers in Ea [...]	2005-05-11 15:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2985	KNESSET FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. Knesset Finance Committee chair Yaakov Litzman discussed Israeli economic and political developments with the Ambassador May 9. Litzman highlighted the difficult budgetary situation created by disengagement, noting that his committee had failed to agree that day on approving le [...]	2005-05-13 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2988	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 12:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2996	WB/G SITREP: THREE KATYUSHA ROCKETS LAND IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli settlers beat and lightly injured an elderly Palestinian man working in fields near Salem village on May 12, and IDF soldiers arrested 22 settlers for entering Palestinian villages near Nablus the same day for a demonstration and refusing IDF orders to leave. The arres [...]	2005-05-13 14:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2999	PERES ADVISOR AND NSC ADVISOR CITE "SLOWDOWN" IN [...] (C) Vice PM Peres advisor Einat Wilf and NSC advisor Gabi Blum told EconCouns in separate meetings that a "slowdown" is taking place in joint GOI-PA technical negotiations, in part because of a proposed 70-point agenda the PA orally presented to the GOI that touches on "final status" issues su [...]	2005-05-16 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3000	SOME GAZANS QUESTION THE NEED FOR SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary and comment: Some elements within the Gazan business community have questioned the importance of intact transfer of the settlement greenhouses following Israeli withdrawal, suggesting that the GOI, the donor community, and the PA have done insufficient work convincing the private [...]	2005-05-16 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV3001	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom has decided to cut short the term of Ambassador to the U.S. Danny [...]	2005-05-16 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3011	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the blocking of 40 main junctions across the country by disengagement opponents Monday afternoon. Up t [...]	2005-05-17 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3032	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel-U.S. Relations 2. Russia: Yukos Trial ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post quoted White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan as saying Tuesday that the SIPDIS First Lady's visit to the region is "an opport [...]	2005-05-18 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3041	Israeli Arab Town of Shefa' amr Rolls out the [...] Summary. In an effort to enhance the decision- making process for visa adjudicators interviewing applicants from Israel's minority Arab communities, Tel Aviv's Visa Unit recently organized a professional day trip to the Israeli Arab town of Shefa'amr. Twenty- four Foreign Service Officers, [...]	2005-05-18 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV3057	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-19 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3080	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted sources in Jerusalem as saying that First Lady Laura Bush has included Israel in her visit to the region only because President Bush asked her to do so. [...]	2005-05-20 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3098	GOI OFFICIALS GIVE READOUT OF RAMON-DAHLAN [...] (C) Summary: Several GOI officials shared their views on Tuesday,s meeting between GOI Minister Without Portfolio Haim Ramon and PA Civil Affairs Minister Mohammed Dahlan, with most interlocutors emphasizing that the Palestinians continue to focus on sensitive political issues that slow progr [...]	2005-05-20 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3121	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-23 13:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3127	WB/G SITREP: EIGHT PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WB [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, eight Palestinians protesting against the construction of the separation barrier were wounded by the IDF near the village of Bil'in, near Ramallah, May 20, and a 14-year-old Palestinian was wounded by an explosion as he was playing in a valley near the East Je [...]	2005-05-23 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3139	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot writes that PM Sharon is expected to call on PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas today at the AIPAC convention in Washington to coordinate positions with Israel a [...]	2005-05-24 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT

05TELAVIV3151	GOI MOVES AHEAD ON STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE NEGEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI is moving ahead to prepare a comprehensive strategy to develop the Negev and Galilee regions, a plan which has as one of its objectives the reduction of public opposition to and concern over the disengagement. Two private consulting firms Daroma and Mckinsey have been con [...]	2005-05-24 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3152	WB/G SITREP: FATAH ACTIVISTS CLASH WITH PA [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 300 Fatah activists the evening of May 23 attempted to enter the Muqata'a in Ramallah in order to visit former Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Arafat's gravesite. Clashes erupted as PA security forces blocked their entrance into the compound. The Fatah activ [...]	2005-05-24 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3167	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Newsweek Reports of Koran Desecration at Guantanamo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that in his speech to the AIPAC convention in Washington Tuesday, PM Sharon urged PA Chairman [P [...]	2005-05-25 11:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3172	WB/G SITREP: TWO WB BANK TEENS ARRESTED WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF on May 24 arrested a Palestinian teenager carrying two pipe bombs in a bag as he attempted to pass through the Huwwara checkpoint, south of Nablus. Israeli sappers later blew up the bag containing the bombs. This arrest follows a similar occurrence May 22, when a Palest [...]	2005-05-25 14:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3188	ISRAEL: MODERATING FIRST QUARTER GROWTH POSES [...] (U) Israeli growth moderated in the first quarter of 2005 to 2.9%, following four quarters of growth in 2004 between 3.5 to 4.4%. Business sector GDP grew by 3.4%, which was also lower than any quarter in 2004. The overall deceleration reflected moderating growth of both exports and imports [...]	2005-05-26 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV3189	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that over 1,000 families (60 percent of the settlers) from the Katif Bloc (Gush Katif) have signed a letter that will be sent to the High Court of Justice to [...]	2005-05-26 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3204	WB/G SITREP: PA POLICE OFFICIAL AMBUSHED IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, Egyptian mediators failed to resolve the conflict between Fatah and Hamas over municipal election results in several Gaza municipalities. Armed militants ambushed the convoy of PA anti-riot police chief BG Abdullah Khalil, wounding his bodyguard on the evenin [...]	2005-05-26 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3205	COURT RULING FAVORS FATAH IN GAZA ELECTION DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: In response to Fatah allegations of Hamas fraud, a PA appeals court in Khan Yunis invalidated in rulings May 18 and 20 results from the May 5 municipal elections affecting some 46,000 voters in Rafah, al-Bureij, and Bayt Lahiya, and ordered new elections in the affected polling s [...]	2005-05-26 16:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV321	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. President Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night, a Shin Bet agent was killed and seven other security personnel were wounded when a suicide bomber from Hamas blew himself up at t [...]	2005-01-19 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3222	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-27 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3223	ISRAEL POLICE TALK POLICY AND TACTICS TO COMBAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Israel National Police (INP) official outlined the GOI's fight against money-laundering and other offenses during the DEA Asset Forfeiture Seminar held May 15 to 19 in Tel Aviv. The official described methods used by criminals to transfer illicit profits, and how the GOI's p [...]	2005-05-27 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV3226	WB/G SITREP: PA SECURITY OFFICERS AND CIVIL POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Officers from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Preventive Security Organization (PSO) and the PA civil police clashed in Ramallah on the evening of May 26 following a dispute between a PSO officer and members of the civil police. At least three civil police sustained injuries in [...]	2005-05-27 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3227	GAZA DAIRY FARMER WANTS INTACT TRANSFER, DESCRIBE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Amidst halting progress on GOI-PA negotiations regarding the disposition of settlement assets, some settlement farmers are making independent attempts to secure the continuity of enterprises in which they have invested significant resources. The CEO of Omer Cattle M [...]	2005-05-27 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG EAID ECON IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3244	STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign affairs officials, minister without portfolio Matan Vilnai, senior members of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres' staff, and an opposition leader during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusal [...]	2005-05-31 06:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG OREP EG SY IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3246	(S) CODEL KOLBE: SHARON DISSATISFIED WITH U.S. [...] (S) During a 75-minute meeting May 30 with Codel Kolbe, attended also by the Ambassador, Prime Minister Sharon described several reasons why he is not happy with current developments. In familiar terms, Sharon said that his and Israel's willingness to move forward in the peace process after [...]	2005-05-31 09:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	IS KPAL OREP PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV3256	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-31 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3304	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. European Union ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on today's transition from Moshe Ya'alon to Dan Halutz in the position of IDF chief of staff. The media cited anger among right-wing politicia [...]	2005-06-01 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV331	WB/G SITREP: ONE ISRAELI SHIN BET OFFICER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: As newly elected PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas met with leaders of several armed militant factions in the Gaza Strip on January 18 at Gush Katif junction, a suicide bomber detonated explosives, killing one Shin Bet officer and wounding eight other Israelis. Hamas claimed cre [...]	2005-01-19 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3399	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Russia: Yukos Verdict ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that the planned meeting between PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas was fina [...]	2005-06-02 12:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3415	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-03 13:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV346	SNAPSHOT OF A WEST BANK AMCIT SETTLER [...] (SBU) On 12 Jan 2004 Conoff spoke with an American citizen resident of the West Bank settlement Neve Tsuf, also known as Halamish. The applicant was making an inquiry regarding the report of birth of her American citizen child but was willing to discuss the broader subject of life in a West [...]	2005-01-20 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC SOCI KWBG IS ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV3467	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3477	WB/G SITREP: SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL KILLED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the family of an alleged Israeli collaborator reportedly killed a senior Fatah official and his brother in Nablus, sparking demonstrations at the Muqata,a in Ramallah. An IDF soldier and two foreign national protesters were injured near Salfit in clashes bet [...]	2005-06-06 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV348	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prospect for Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to give PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) a few days to take action to st [...]	2005-01-20 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV350	PERES ON INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR PA [...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Shimon Peres met with the Ambassador recently and discussed prospects for renewed peace process negotiations with the PA, as well as his new role in coordinating economic aspects of the disengagement plan and development of the Negev and Galilee. Peres was skeptical t [...]	2005-01-20 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG ECON EFIN PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3505	POLITICS AND BUREAUCRACY SLOW DISENGAGEMENT [...] (S) Summary: GOI contacts recently described bureaucratic and political obstacles to disengagement planning and GOI-PA coordination on the transfer of settlement assets, upgrades at the border crossings, and water talks. NSC advisor Gaby Blum characterized the MoD's takeover of leadership on [...]	2005-06-07 07:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3517	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3520	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TURNING OF THE TIDE? [...] Summary: A series of interviews on the disengagement plan conducted by feature writer Ari Shavit has captured the attention of leading opinion makers in the Israeli media for the past week. While those on the right criticize the initiative as a "national disaster" and those on the left as the [...]	2005-06-07 14:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3524	(C) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTRY AND DEFENSE MINISTRY [...] (C) BG Eitan Dangott, Defense Minister Mofaz's Military Secretary, told the Ambassador late afternoon June 7 that the SIPDIS IDF is on alert and will act immediately if Palestinians are seen preparing further mortar or Qassam attacks in Gaza. Dangott hinted, but would not be pinned down, t [...]	2005-06-07 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3526	WB/G SITREP: THREE QASSAMS FALL ON SDEROT, TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Hamas militants fired five Qassam rockets into Israel the morning of June 7, three of which landed in the town of Sderot. No injuries were reported, but three Israelis were treated for shock. Also on June 7, Islamic Jihad and, according to some reports, Hamas, claimed respons [...]	2005-06-07 15:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3538	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-08 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3539	A Political Map of the Orthodox Movement in [...] (U) Summary: The Jewish Orthodox sector in Israel today is composed of an increasingly complex fabric, from ultra-orthodox to "modern" or "liberal" orthodox. Religious strands are represented by political parties in the Knesset -- from Shas and Agudat Yisrael to the National Religious Party (N [...]	2005-06-08 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV355	WB/G SITREP: A TOTAL OF FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED [...] (SBU) Summary: Two IDF soldiers were wounded January 19 southeast of the Erez Crossing, near Nissanit, when Palestinian militants fired an anti-tank missile at a bulldozer they were operating. A total of five Palestinians were killed and another six were injured January 19-20 in Gaza clashes [...]	2005-01-20 14:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3560	WB/G SITREP: MORTAR AND ROCKET FIRE CONTINUES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF on June 7 clashed with demonstrators protesting the construction of the separation barrier near the village of al-Ramadin, southwest of Hebron. Two protesters sustained light injuries during the protest. PA President Mahmud Abbas is scheduled on June 8 to travel to the [...]	2005-06-08 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3561	MOD DG AMOS YARON ON PASSAGES, THE BARRIER, AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General Amos Yaron recently to discuss the status of the seamline barrier around major settlement blocs. Yaron said that the idea of building a wall in Hebron has been turned down by the Attorney General. Yaron noted th [...]	2005-06-09 04:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3582	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-09 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3594	WB/G SITREP: TWO IDF SOLDIERS AND ONE PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian militants fired some 17 mortar rounds and rockets on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip overnight June 8-9. Two IDF soldiers were lightly injured when a mortar struck near their outpost in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim. The barrage followed an IAF missile strike [...]	2005-06-09 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3620	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Time to Cut" Senior columnist and longtime dove Yoel Marcus wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (June 10): "The psychological warfare and scare tactics [used by the settlers] have produced a drop in public support, from 65 percent to less than 50 percent. The frightening scenarios [...]	2005-06-10 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV363	FINANCE MINISTRY DG ON U.S. ASSISTANCE, BUDGET AND [...] (C) Summary. Economic Counselor and Deputy held a wide-ranging meeting with Finance Ministry DG Yossi Bachar on January 18. Bachar discussed the Cabinet's January 16 decision to name him chair of a committee coordinating all assistance requests to the USG. He believes this would give coher [...]	2005-01-21 07:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3672	CODEL KOLBE MEETINGS WITH ISRAEL'S FOREIGN [...] THIS IS A JOINT MESSAGE FROM EMBASSY TEL AVIV AND CONGEN JERUSALEM. 2. (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 29-31 VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK, CODEL KOLBE MET WITH ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM AND ISRAELI VICE PREMIER PERES, AMONG OTHERS. MINISTER SHALOM SPOKE ABOUT THE RECENT ELECTORAL S [...]	2005-06-14 05:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL EAID IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3682	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S. Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz Sunday reported that the U.S.-Israeli security exports crisis is deepening. The paper noted that Washington has ordered Israel to increase its control [...]	2005-06-14 12:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV370	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prospect For Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast 3. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored Thursday's inauguration of President Bush in Washington. The three national TV stations bro [...]	2005-01-21 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3727	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S. Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Deputy Chief of Staff Moshe Kaplinsky clarified to Palestinian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Abu Zayd Tuesday that there will be n [...]	2005-06-15 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3749	SHARON WINS NO-CONFIDENCE MOTIONS WITH NO EFFORT; [...] (C) Heavy media coverage of the Knesset's three failed no-confidence motions June 14 -- and their incorrect depiction as "defeats" for Prime Minister Sharon -- reflect a slow news week, opportunistic efforts by disengagement opponents to sow doubts with misleading data, and a prime minister s [...]	2005-06-15 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3783	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-17 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV379	FM DEFENDS BREAK WITH PA, DENOUNCES IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: At a political/diplomatic briefing for foreign ambassadors, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom defended Prime Minister Sharon's decision to suspend contacts with the Palestinian Authority until the PA takes action against terrorist infrastructure in the territories. Shalom said that [...]	2005-01-21 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV380	GAZAN ECONOMY DISRUPTED BY KARNI CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The closure at Karni terminal, which has been in effect since the January 13 attack that killed six Israeli employees, has caused the agriculture, furniture, and garment sectors within Gaza to lose some USD four million and to lay off over 1,000 workers. In the Gazan marketpla [...]	2005-01-21 15:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG ECON ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV381	PA SECURITY FORCES BEGIN DEPLOYING IN NORTHERN GAZA [...] (C) Summary: A force of some 2,000 PA security personnel began deploying in the northeastern Gaza Strip, near Bayt Hanoun and Bayt Lahiya January 21 in an agreed-upon effort between the IDF and Gaza security chief Mousa Arafat aimed at preventing rocket fire at Israeli towns. Observers on th [...]	2005-01-21 15:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV382	WB/G SITREP: IDF TROOPS KILL THREE PALESTINIANS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including one 12-year-old boy on January 21. The IDF also shot and injured three other Palestinians in the Gaza strip January 21. End Summary. ---- Gaza ---- (SBU) ATTACKS: -- Death: Israeli media rep [...]	2005-01-21 15:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3844	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank June 18-19 2. Mideast 3. Lebanon: Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet at Sharon's Jerusalem residence [...]	2005-06-20 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV389	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2004, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]	2005-01-24 08:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3891	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: RIBBONS SHOW ISRAELIS' TRUE [...] (SBU) In recent months, some Israeli motorists who oppose Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan have taken to tying orange ribbons on their vehicles to denote their opposition. Up until about a week ago, orange was the only color streaming from car -- and truck -- antennas, bumpers and [...]	2005-06-21 13:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG SOCI IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3893	WB/G SITREP: IDF SWEEP ARRESTS 52 PIJ MILITANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 52 PIJ activists in the West Bank on June 20, including 25 in Bethlehem and a senior PIJ leader, Ra'id al-Hijawi, in Jenin, according to PA security sources. Eight Palestinians were injured in clashes with the IDF near Yatta village, south of Hebron, in anti-b [...]	2005-06-21 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3894	LABOR PARTY PRIMARIES APPROACHING THE STARTING [...] (C) Summary: The Labor Party's 82-year old interim chairman, Vice Premier Shimon Peres, is currently favored to garner the highest -- but not an outright winning -- vote total among the five contenders in Labor's June 28 party-wide primaries, a so-far lackluster race that could nonetheless de [...]	2005-06-21 16:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3899	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon hosted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday at his Jerusalem residence for their first working visit since the Sharm el-Sheikh [...]	2005-06-22 21:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV391	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv led with the Israeli defense establishment's concern that Iran would crush efforts by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to achieve a hu [...]	2005-01-24 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3951	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-23 11:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3955	WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS AT LEAST 11 WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested five alleged PIJ activists June 22 in and around Jenin, and six Palestinians and one foreign peace activist in anti-barrier protests in Bili'in, near Ramallah, the same day. PA security forces entered the Amari refugee camp to arrest several [...]	2005-06-23 13:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3956	FM SHALOM'S BRIEFING TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom summoned Chiefs of Mission to Jerusalem June 22 to give an update on disengagement from Gaza and related issues. Clarifying PM Sharon's previous comments concerning disengagement under fire, he said that extremist attacks would halt disengagement only long enoug [...]	2005-06-23 13:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3970	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Africa: International Aid ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Jerusalem Post, led with a leaked report that the IDF and police have decided to raid the Maoz Hayam Hotel in the Gaza Strip settlement o [...]	2005-06-24 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3971	NEW BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER OPTIMISTIC ON ISRAELI [...] (C) New BOI Governor Stanley Fischer expressed optimism about the Israeli economy in a courtesy call by the Ambassador. Referring to the first-quarter slowdown in GDP growth, Fischer said he had to be a bit circumspect in his views. He nonetheless felt the recent drop of unemployment to 9.1 [...]	2005-06-24 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3973	GOI VISION FOR GALILEE AND THE NEGEV, A TRIP BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the GOI moves to develop its strategic policy plans for the Negev and the Galilee a closer look at the failures of the past efforts is instructive. The three plans - the National Outline Plan 31 (1990) which served to find ways to absorb immigration from Soviet Union and Et [...]	2005-06-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV3987	MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR, BRIGADIER GENERAL [...] (S) IN A 24 JUNE MEETING, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR, BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES.) BARUCH SPIEGEL PROVIDED ECONOMIC COUNSELOR CLARIFICATION ON A PRESS REPORT INDICATING THAT PLANS WERE UNDERWAY TO EXPAND SETTLEMENTS IN THE JORDAN VALLEY. AS MUCH OF THE RURAL LANDS IN THE JORDAN VALLEY FALL UNDER [...]	2005-06-24 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3991	TAX PLAN APPROVED BY THE GOI [...] (C) Summary. The GOI approved a multi-year tax plan on June 5, prepared by the tax authority and the State Revenues Administration of the Ministry of Finance. The plan focuses on enabling Israel to become a more attractive and competitive location for investors while reducing income tax rat [...]	2005-06-24 14:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3992	WB/G SITREP: AL-AQSA GUNMEN KILL ONE PA POLICEMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades gunmen killed one PA police officer, Ziad al-Bzur, during an assault on Jenin,s main police station June 23, according to PA security sources. The tension between al-Aqsa gunmen and PA police began when police arrested an al-Aqsa member for attacking [...]	2005-06-24 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4029	LABOR PARTY PRIMARIES POSTPONED, PERHAPS TO [...] (C) The Labor Party Central Committee's June 26 decision to postpone party chairmanship primaries -- originally scheduled for June 28 -- until after an open-ended investigation into party registration irregularities, could delay the primaries until after disengagement and possibly until Novem [...]	2005-06-27 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4030	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Iran: Presidential Election 3. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that during her visit to Jerusalem last week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Ric [...]	2005-06-27 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4035	BASSEY UPDATE ON DISENGAGEMENT PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, Director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),told Economic Counselor on June 14 that although only 300 families have applied for financial compensation, he expects a flood within the next two weeks. He said that 450 mobile homes will be ready in Nitzanim two [...]	2005-06-27 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAGR KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4053	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Disengagement 2. Iran 3. U.S. - Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Disengagement issues: Yediot quoted Gush Katif settlers as saying that the extremists that are confronting soldiers and causing trouble do not represent t [...]	2005-06-28 09:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4059	AMOS GILAD ON PA POLITICS, DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political-Military bureau head Maj. Gen. Amos Gilad told EconCouns that the high level of USG and international community actors involved in disengagement planning -- including Quartet Special Envoy (QSE) Wolfensohn, Security Coordinator Gen. Ward, and A/S We [...]	2005-06-28 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PTER EAID IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4063	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Japanese Special Envoy Tatsuo Arima and Japanese Ambassador to Israel Jun Yokota met with Ambassador Kurtzer on June 28 to share assessments of the current state of Palestian-Israeli issues. Arima said he had never seen Dov Weissglas, PM Sharon's Senior Advisor, so pessimistic, and that [...]	2005-06-28 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG JA IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4066	THREE BEDOUIN MOSQUES IN THE NEGEV ORDERED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has served demolition orders for three mosques built in Bedouin unrecognized villages in the Negev. The regional council for the Bedouin, an Israeli-Arab NGO, is taking action to publicize the threat to these mosques as a means of pressuring the GOI to back off on the dem [...]	2005-06-28 13:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IS PHUM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV4097	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Guantanamo Detainees 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with disengagement-related issues. Ha'aretz reported that the army will soon declare the Gaza Strip a closed militar [...]	2005-06-29 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4107	MOSSAD CHIEF ON WEAKNESS OF SYRIA, PREDICTS NO [...] (C) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told NEA A/S David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that, despite the weakness of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, he is unlikely to be replaced any time soon. Syria,s neighbors prefer to keep Assad in pow [...]	2005-06-29 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PTER MNUC IR SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4110	GILAD AND EILAND ON DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 17 meetings with NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Abrams, and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director Eiland and MoD Political-Military Director Amos Gilad both blamed PA failure to act against rocket and mortar attacks on Israel and Israeli settlements on the PA's overall weakne [...]	2005-06-29 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV KPAL KWBG GZ EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4112	MFA DEMANDS EGYPT DO MORE TO PREVENT SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor stressed to visiting NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that Egypt is doing "less than the minimum necessary" to stop smuggling along the Egyptian-Gaza border. Prosor floated the idea of allowing the Badr Brigade [...]	2005-06-29 13:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PTER KWBG EG JO IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4118	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: KNESSET FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is to decide in the coming weeks whether allowing the Egyptians to deploy 750 border police along the Gaza-Egyptian border as a security measure associated with implementing the disengagement plan is a material change to the 1973 Israeli-Egyptian Peace Trea [...]	2005-06-30 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4119	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored unrest involving settlers and pro- settler demonstrators on Wednesday, including road blockages throughout the country, during which at least five po [...]	2005-06-30 10:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4142	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the evacuation by the IDF and police on Thursday of the residents of the Maoz Hayam Hotel at the Neve Dekalim settlement in [...]	2005-07-01 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4145	U.S. TREASURY RECEIVES GOI BRIEF ON MONEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed U.S. Treasury advisor Szubin and Econoff on GOI efforts against money laundering and terror finance. The police officials cited successes in fighting money launderers, seizing millions of dollars, but also noted difficulties in cooperation and informati [...]	2005-07-01 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV4149	ISRAELI LEFT-WING LEADERS UNCERTAIN OF WHAT WILL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 29 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, leaders of the Labor and Yahad-Meretz parties could not agree on what steps the GOI will -- or even should -- take following disengagement. The group had divergent views on whether and to what degree Prime Minister Sharon [...]	2005-07-01 12:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4169	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track 3. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a joint session of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and of the Knesset's Constitution, Law, an [...]	2005-07-05 11:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV417	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom will meet with Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice tomorrow. All media reported on Monday's "historic" UN [...]	2005-01-25 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4183	WB/G SITREP: CLASHES BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli Press reported that six Palestinians were injured July 4 in clashes between Fatah and Hamas activists in Bani Suhelia, east of Khan Yunis. Hamas leaders Mahmoud al-Zahar and Mushir al-Masri rejected PA Prime Minister Abu Ala'a's call to form a national unity government [...]	2005-07-05 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4194	GOI OFFICIAL REAFFIRMS POLICY ON GAZA HOUSES, [...] (C) Shalom Turgeman, Prime Minister Sharon's foreign policy advisor, told the Ambassador early July 6 that the GOI's policy with respect to Gaza houses remains as conveyed to the Secretary, namely, the GOI will destroy the Gaza houses during the evacuation of the settlements, the Palestinia [...]	2005-07-06 06:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4198	GAZAN DISENGAGEMENT-RELATED AGRICULTURE [...] (C) Summary and comment: A series of discussions with GOI, PA, and Gazan private sector contacts June 27-29 has underscored the pressing need for agreement between the two sides on crossings and the transfer of settlement assets. On crossings, GOI representatives said that Karni terminal will [...]	2005-07-06 08:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4199	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: VOTE ON DOOMED DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Yisrael Maimon, Cabinet Secretary, told Poloff July 4 that the Likud rebels decided late afternoon July 4 to postpone for two weeks a preliminary vote on a bill that would delay implementation of the disengagement plan by one year. The bill's sponsor, right-wing National Religious Party [...]	2005-07-06 08:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4201	GAZA NGO LEADER DESCRIBES HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Jamal Safi, chairman of the Environmental Protection and Research Institute (EPRI) and winner of the prestigious Zayed International Prize for the Environment, key health and environmental challenges for Gaza include blood-borne infectious diseases, lead poisoning [...]	2005-07-06 09:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID EAGR TBIO SOCI KHIV PREL KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4203	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview with the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat that he will meet with PM Sharon before the dis [...]	2005-07-06 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4207	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: ATTORNEY GENERAL MAZUZ [...] (C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz told Ministry of Justice Liaison to the Knesset Paz Barnett July 5 to convey directly to Poloff who was waiting in the adjoining office that he is about to announce his decision that an agreement between Israel and Egypt allowing Egypt to place some 750 bor [...]	2005-07-06 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4213	WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE TEN PALESTINIANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested two youths July 5 on suspicion of throwing a firebomb at an Israeli car near Nilli settlement, east of Highway 443. IDF forces demolished 17 structures in the West Bank villages of Beit Furik and Ein al-Bida, both in the Jordan valley, on Jul [...]	2005-07-06 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4238	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. G-8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At midday, Israel Radio reported on a series of explosions in London, and that Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was supposed to participate in a conference [...]	2005-07-07 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4244	WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF troops shot and killed 17-year-old al-Aqsa Brigades member Ahmad Masimi and lightly injured an accomplice, Ahmad Sanakreh, on July 6 in Nablus. According to Israeli security sources, the IDF returned fire after shots were fired at several busloads of settlers who had enter [...]	2005-07-07 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4246	(C) ISRAEL WILL NOT SUBMIT REVISED OFFER FOR [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftels to Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor staff. Yoram Zara (Director Multilateral Agreements Division); Yair Shiran (Director International Agreements and Trade Policy) and Ami Levin (Multilateral Trade Division, and POC for North America) all stated that Israel [...]	2005-07-07 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV4255	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] July 7 London Bombings 2. Israel-China Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with, and extensively reported on, Thursday's terror bombings in London, in which at least 37 people were killed and 700 others were wounded. [...]	2005-07-08 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV426	ISRAELI ACTIONS ON GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] Summary: Israel has a legal and institutional framework to protect biodiversity. Although Israel does not have a specific law that prohibits the introduction of alien species, it does restrict the import of plant species included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species [...]	2005-01-25 14:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV4264	ISRAELI PROFESSOR HOPES GOI DEVELOPMENT PLANS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Ben Gurion University professor working closely with the Bedouin community in the Negev discussed the GOI development initiative for the Negev, still a concern for the Bedouin. The professor said he is putting together a plan which will bring the GOI and the Bedouin leadership [...]	2005-07-08 13:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI SOCIETY ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV4265	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: WAKING UP TO REALITY IN GAZA: [...] Summary: As the disengagement battle escalates on the ground, with violent confrontations in Gaza resulting in a temporary IDF closure of the Gush Katif settlement bloc, anti- disengagement roadblocks throughout the country, and the first case of a "conscientious objector," Israeli media comm [...]	2005-07-08 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR GAZA DISENGAGEMENT MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4267	WB/G SITREP: 19 PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 19 Palestinians were lightly injured on July 7 during stone throwing clashes that erupted with the IDF during a protest against the separation barrier in the village of Immatin, near Nablus. Also in the West Bank, the IDF arrested seven PIJ militants on July 7 during [...]	2005-07-08 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4269	FINAL DECISION ON ARIEL SECURITY FENCE LIKELY NOT [...] (C) Ambassador asked MOD Director General Amos Yaron July 7 about press reports that the Israeli cabinet might decide a new route for the separation barrier around the Ariel bloc of settlements. Yaron responded that Prime Minister Sharon is very unlikely to bring this issue to the cabinet [...]	2005-07-08 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS

05TELAVIV4277	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that a delegation of senior Israeli officials that left for Washington over the weekend will ask the U.S. government this evening for s [...]	2005-07-11 10:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4281	NGO'S HOPE GOI PLANS FOR NEGEV AND GALILEE WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli and Israeli-Arab NGO's have expressed growing concern about GOI plans for economic development in the Galilee and Negev. The Chairman of the Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) stated that the core goal of the government's plan is to give land to the Jewish popul [...]	2005-07-11 12:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SENV PGOV PHUM EFIN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4284	ISRAELI HOUSING MINISTER DISCUSSES SETTLEMENTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Minister of Housing Isaac Herzog on July 6 at the Knesset to discuss Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the disengagement process. Herzog said that he had stopped all new residential construction beyond the green line, but intends to eventually appro [...]	2005-07-11 12:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4294	HOUSING MINISTRY DETAILS MEASURES TO HALT [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Chaim Fialkoff, Senior Deputy Director General for Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) provided details on MOCH,s reported halt in settler construction in the West Bank. According to Fialkoff, the MOCH halted 51 settler construction pr [...]	2005-07-11 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV43	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-04 12:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV430	JUSTICE MINISTRY DG PROVIDES DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE [...] (C) Looking visibly tired, Justice Ministry DG Aaron Abramovich updated Economic Counselor and Deputy on the "hectic" period ahead on disengagement. He said he and his team were about to embark on a week of intensive consultations with the Finance Committee Disengagement Subcommittee prior to [...]	2005-01-25 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4304	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the delegation of senior Israeli officials to Washington officially presented Israel's disengagement-related aid request to the U.S. admini [...]	2005-07-12 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4321	ISRAELI OFFICIALS TRAVEL TO CAIRO TO WORK ON [...] (C) Summary: During a July 10 trip to Cairo, two senior MFA officials were unable to reach agreement with the Egyptians on an MOU to establish a bilateral committee. The GOI is waiting for an Egyptian reply to an Israeli letter proposing biannual meetings of the foreign ministers and ad-hoc s [...]	2005-07-13 07:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4329	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-13 11:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4335	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: SHARON INDICATES HE WILL SEEK [...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon indicated to the press July 12 that he will seek Knesset approval of an Israeli-Egyptian agreement -- that has not yet been finalized -- allowing some 750 Egyptian border guard soldiers to secure the Egyptian-Gaza border as part of implementing the disengagement plan [...]	2005-07-13 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4367	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's decision to seal off the Gaza Strip to non- resident Israelis through the disengagement move dominates the media, some of which report on scuffles between [...]	2005-07-14 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4387	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday afternoon, a 22- year-old Israeli woman was killed and her boyfriend was slightly injured in a shelling attack on Moshav Netiv Ha'asa [...]	2005-07-15 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4402	(C) GOI OFFICIALS ARE TALKING TO HAMAS MAYORS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Defense Force officers are communicating with Hamas mayors in the Palestinian territories on routine matters, although it is unclear whether these contacts are direct or through other Palestinian intermediaries. Post has asked the Ministry of Justice whether the GOI has a [...]	2005-07-15 15:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL ECON IS
05TELAVIV4403	ISRAELI MOD DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND GROWING NUMBER OF TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 15:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KWBG KPAL PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4405	IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY BRIEFS A/S WELCH ON LATEST VIOLENCE, IDF-PA SECURITY COORDINATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 17:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KWBG PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4417	EIVAL GILADY'S VISION OF POST-DISENGAGEMENT GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res) Eival Gilady, a special advisor to PM Sharon on disengagement, met with Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer, and Lt. General Ward to discuss post-disengagement Gaza and future relations between Israel and Gaza. Gilady said that Israel will not tr [...]	2005-07-18 14:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4418	WB/G SITREP: MORTAR, ROCKET FIRE CONTINUE IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) Summary: Intense mortar and Qassam fire from Gaza continued through the weekend of July 16-17, easing up somewhat on July 18. On July 17, the IDF killed the Hamas military commander in Khan Yunis in a targeted killing and also killed, in a separate incident, a PIJ militant who was prep [...]	2005-07-18 16:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4419	RAMON DESCRIBES DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 14 meeting, Minister without Portfolio Haim Ramon described disengagement coordination priorities for Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer, and Lt. General Ward. Ramon expressed his desire to coordinate $50 million in USG assistance for improving passages with [...]	2005-07-19 04:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID ETRD KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4420	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 05:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4471	PEACE NOW,S PETITION AGAINST AMONA OUTPOST [...] (C) Summary: On July 4, the NGO Peace Now filed the first petition to Israel,s High Court of Justice against illegal outpost construction. The petition argues that nine houses at the Amona outpost-as well as the outpost itself-were built without permits on Palestinian-owned land, making the [...]	2005-07-19 09:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4472	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media reported that the police last night allowed tens of thousands of anti-pullout demonstrators to sleep at Kfar Maimon, five km west of Netivot, w [...]	2005-07-19 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4482	WB/G SITERP: PA-HAMAS CLASH IN GAZA AS [...] (U) This is a joint ConGen Jerusalem/Embassy Tel Aviv cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Up to twelve Palestinians were injured in an extended PA-Hamas clash in the Gaza Strip on July 19. One Palestinian was reported dead due to IDF warning fire when a car tried to force its way through a closed Is [...]	2005-07-19 16:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV45	(C) PM'S ADVISOR ON RENEWED REPARATIONS CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: A GOI working group charged with developing a five-year plan on Holocaust-era reparations, pensions and restitution is considering a recommendation that the GOI ask Germany for about $500 million -- possibly in the form of new German-made submarines -- in compensation for what the GOI [...]	2005-01-04 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL MASS PL IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4508	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 09:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV452	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-26 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4523	WB/G SITREP: PA-HAMAS CLASH IN GAZA CITY FOLLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite an 0100 July 20 announcement from Fatah and Hamas that they had agreed to end clashes between their forces, Hamas gunmen exchanged fire with PSO forces in Gaza City at about 0200 on July 20. Four Hamas men and one PSO officer were reported injured. Mortar, rocket and [...]	2005-07-20 12:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4538	ISRAELI ARABS: GOI NOT AT FAULT FOR ALL PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders in Israel's Bedouin and Israeli-Arab communities acknowledge that not all of their problems can blamed on government policies and programs. Leadership and good governance are needed within these communities if they are to overcome current and future challenges. END SUMMA [...]	2005-07-21 07:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV4564	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-21 09:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4603	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank 2. July 21 London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that at mid-day today, following her meeting with PM Sharon at his Sycamore Ranch, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice r [...]	2005-07-22 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4613	WB/G SITREP: GAZA BOY KILLED BY ROCKET THAT FELL [...] (SBU) Summary: A homemade rocket launched at a Gaza settlement failed to hit its intended target on July 21, killing instead a Palestinian boy in Khan Yunis and wounding his brother. Only one other incident of rocket fire and only one incident of mortar fire were reported from Gaza. PA secu [...]	2005-07-22 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4619	STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Histadrut labor federation leader and candidate for head of the Labor Party Amir Peretz on July 11 to discuss disengagement, the peace process and Israeli politics. Peretz expressed support for disengagement, but was suspicious that the GOI is intentional [...]	2005-07-25 07:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB ECON EAID KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4621	CHIEF DISENGAGEMENT AUTHORITY BASSEY DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Yonatan Bassey, Director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),on July 11 to discuss Israel,s ongoing preparations for the upcoming evacuation of 17 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the northern West Bank under Prime Minister Ariel S [...]	2005-07-25 07:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4653	ECF: SEPTEMBER COMPLETION OF JERUSALEM ENVELOPE [...] (C) Summary: Colonel (ret.) Shaul Arieli, consultant at the Economic Cooperation Foundation and advisor to the High Court on the routing of the separation barrier, told economic officer that it is unlikely that Israel will complete construction of the Jerusalem envelope--the Jerusalem section [...]	2005-07-26 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4655	MK OMRI SHARON NEARS POSSIBLE PLEA BARGAIN AS NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Sharon's son Omri, a Likud MK since 2003, is nearing a plea bargain with Attorney General Menachem Mazuz over charges related to his role in the alleged illegal financing of Prime Minister Sharon's 1999 leadership campaign for the Likud Party. A political and lega [...]	2005-07-26 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4659	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a White House announcement, according to which Richard Jones has been appointed U.S. ambassador to Israel. Ha' [...]	2005-07-27 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV466	Privatization Update: GOI Sells Israel Discount [...] (U) The Israeli government's privatization program is moving forward. On January 22, GOI Accountant General Yaron Zelka concluded an agreement with prominent businessman and Seagram heir Matthew Bronfman for the transfer of 26% of Discount Bank to the Matthew Bronfman group for a price of NIS [...]	2005-01-26 14:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
05TELAVIV4678	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was quoted as saying, in a bannered interview with Yediot, that Israel will pull out from the Philadelphi route by the Jewish New Year (earl [...]	2005-07-27 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4694	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: FINAL VOTES STILL TO COME ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon still faces two GOI votes related to his disengagement plan. The first, a Cabinet vote authorizing the evacuation of settlers, must take place before disengagement implementation begins on August 17. Still to be determined is whether the Cabinet will stick [...]	2005-07-27 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4709	HOPE FLOWERS SCHOOL NOT THREATENED BY SEPARATION [...] (C) Summary: On 20 July, Hope Flowers School Co-director Ibrahim Issa met with Ministry of Defense Advisor Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel and officers from the West Bank District Coordination Offices (DCO) to discuss demolition orders issued against the school's cafeteria. Spiegel to [...]	2005-07-28 12:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4711	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Yediot, led with PM Sharon's ongoing cordial visit to France. Maariv bannered: "Embrace From France." Ha'aretz and Israel Radi [...]	2005-07-28 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4715	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, JULY 28, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of regular reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA. On the six priority areas outlined by Quartet Special Envoy (QSE) Wolfensohn, Ministers Mofaz and Dahlan agreed that door-to-door movement of goods shoul [...]	2005-07-28 15:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4727	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv quoted people who attended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meeting with Defense Minister Shaul M [...]	2005-07-29 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4728	(C) ISRAEL CONSIDERS WITHDRAWING FROM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor (MOITL) is considering withdrawing from the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) if the GOI is unable to maintain offsets at the current level. MOITL staff claim that economic analysis and industry advocacy have made it clear that cost [...]	2005-07-29 13:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV4729	KNESSET ADOPTS BACHAR CAPITAL MARKET REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Bachar capital market reforms won Knesset approval on Monday, July 25 by of vote of 62-1-1 (in favor, opposed, abstention). The Bachar reforms force banks to sell off their Kupot Gemel (provident funds) and mutual funds. However, lobbying by the banking industry succeeded [...]	2005-07-29 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4749	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israeli Relations 3. Iran: Nuclear Program 4. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (Sunday) and Israel Radio reported that senior Israeli officials Dov Weisglass and [...]	2005-08-01 12:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4755	WB/G SITREP: EREZ CROSSING AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 31 the GOI opened the Erez Crossing for Palestinian merchants and the Erez Industrial Zone for Palestinian laborers, both for the first time since the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya. Two UNDP consultants were kidnapped July 29 by a Gaza clan whose members hoped to [...]	2005-08-01 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4766	Gaza's moderate Islamists muse on "after [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A trio of Islamic scholars from Al Azhar University, like many Gazan interlocutors, on 28 July cited freedom of movement for Gazans and their goods as the test of disengagement. Recently returned from an International Visitors program, the leaders also spoke favorably of relig [...]	2005-08-02 09:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	GZ PREL KPAO OEXC SCUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4770	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Saudi Arabia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that the settler leadership accepted a late-night IDF and police compromise on their mass anti-disengagement protest planned for today. The set [...]	2005-08-02 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4775	GAZAN BUSINESS STRUGGLES WITH DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Gazan private sector contacts are on edge over current GOI-PA negotiations regarding the post-disengagement border crossings, arguing that without freedom of movement at Karni, Erez, and Rafah terminals, the Gazan economy will not survive Israel's withdrawal. Business leaders b [...]	2005-08-02 13:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG EAID PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4780	WB/G SITREP: GUNMEN KILL PA POLICEMAN, WOUND THREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Armed men in Gaza killed a PA police officer August 1 during an apparent kidnapping attempt. Gunmen also wounded three PA intelligence officers in Gaza City on August 1. A Palestinian died and five were wounded when an explosive device detonated overnight August 1-2 in a villa [...]	2005-08-02 15:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4791	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that tens of thousands of right-wing activists participated in Tuesday's anti-disengagement [...]	2005-08-03 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4799	SHARON AND CHIRAC'S PARIS HONEYMOON: DOWNPLAYING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 2 meeting, French Charge d'Affaires Christophe Bigot told the DCM that Prime Minister Sharon and French President Jacques Chirac agreed in advance to downplay their differences on peace-process issues and instead focus on enhancing bilateral relations during Sharon' [...]	2005-08-03 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC FR IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4800	REVISED ISRAELI TEXT OF UNGA HOLOCAUST RESOLUTION [...] (C) MFA Director for UN Political Affairs Rony Adam discussed the GOI's draft resolution on Holocaust remembrance with poloff on August 2. Adam provided a copy of the revised text (attached),which has minor changes to preliminary paragraphs four (removing the word "unique" to describe World [...]	2005-08-03 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4804	WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN CHILD KILLED BY QASSAM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: One child was killed and up to eleven other Palestinians injured when a Qassam aimed at Sderot landed in Beit Hanoun. Elsewhere in Gaza, former Palestinian prisoners occupied two Palestinian Authority (PA) buildings in Rafah. In the West Bank, Israeli authorities arrested 25 [...]	2005-08-03 14:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4815	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that police last night halted thousands of anti-disengagement activists at the Peduim junction two km west of Ofakim after the demonstration departed the Negev tow [...]	2005-08-04 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4819	DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION: THE CUSTOMS UNION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ETRD EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV482	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that newly confirmed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with FM Silvan Shalom at the White House on Wednesday. Israel Radio reported that Secr [...]	2005-01-27 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4820	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 4, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of regular reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA. The IDF will open Karni and Erez terminals two days a week for Gazans during "lockdown;" the GOI is considering a trilateral meeting on the passages; VP [...]	2005-08-04 11:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4829	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: ISRAELI CABINET SET TO VOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Cabinet is scheduled to vote August 7 on the evacuation of at least one of the four groups of settlements slated to be evacuated beginning August 17 pursuant to Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan. The vote will take place at the end of a week during which tens of tho [...]	2005-08-04 14:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4830	ISRAELI HOUSING MINISTER ISSUES TENDERS FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary: Israeli press reported today, August 4, that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) published notices for two tenders for the sale of a total of 72 residential units, plus commercial space, in Beitar Illit, a settlement southwest of Jerusalem. Housing Minister Isaac He [...]	2005-08-04 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4831	WB/G SITREP: THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS RALLY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF reported one mortar attack and five shooting incidents in Gaza overnight with no injuries. Israeli police and army units arrested up to 200 protesters attempting to infiltrate into Gaza. According to UNRWA, some 15,000 Palestinians held a rally outside the Palestinian [...]	2005-08-04 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG KPAL PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4838	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-05 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4842	ISRAELI-ARAB LEADERS BLAME JEWISH EXTREMIST'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI quickly spun into action to contain a potentially volatile atmosphere in Israeli-Arab communities after the August 4 shooting attack by an extremist Jewish settler on a bus in the Arab city of Shfaram that killed four Israeli Arabs. Prime Minister Sharon called the attack [...]	2005-08-05 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV4859	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RELIGIOUS ZIONISM VS. THE STATE [...] Summary: With disengagement slated to begin less than two weeks from now, it seems most Gaza settlers have grasped that, be it voluntarily or by force, they will soon be effectively "disengaged" from their Gaza Strip homes. The goal, therefore, of the anti-disengagement campaign has shifted [...]	2005-08-05 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4861	WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER KILLS FIVE ISRAELI ARABS [...] (SBU) Summary: A religious, right-wing IDF soldier, who had been AWOL for a month, killed four Israeli Arabs on a bus in the north of Israel on August 4, before a crowd killed him (septel). IDF soldiers overnight killed three Palestinians who approached the Gush Katif settlement, reportedly w [...]	2005-08-05 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4862	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 5, 2005 [...] (C) This report summarizes current GOI views on the progress of disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA and updates from the Quartet Special Envoy's (QSE) staff. The August 4 trilateral held under QSE Wolfensohn auspices generated concurrence on how to organize upcoming GOI-PA [...]	2005-08-05 15:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4877	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Netanyahu Resignation 2. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday, immediately before the cabinet voted the final approval for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements of Kfar Darom, Netzarim, [...]	2005-08-08 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4879	NETANYAHU BECOMES SPOILER WITHOUT SPOILS AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's dramatic August 7 resignation from government will not affect implementation of the disengagement plan starting August 17. It will also not bring down Prime Minister Sharon's government since the opposition is not sufficiently united to must [...]	2005-08-08 12:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4880	FINANCE MINISTER NETANYAHU RESIGNS: ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Benyamin Netanyahu resigned on Sunday, August 7th during the Cabinet session in which the implementation of the first stage of disengagement was approved. Within hours of Netanyahu's resignation the stock market in Israel lost 5.3% of its value. Late Sunday n [...]	2005-08-08 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ELAB EAIR IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4883	CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH GOI SECURITY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Codel King met with Minister of Public Security Gideon Ezra where discussions focused on disengagement, anti-disengagement protests, and related security concerns. Ezra stressed the importance of intelligence gathering and sharing as a necessary tool in combating terrorism, both [...]	2005-08-08 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4894	IDF CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS DISENGAGEMENT HAS NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY. In an August 3 meeting with Deputy National Security Adviser Abrams, the Ambassador and Gen. Ward, the IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, said that disengagement has not harmed the IDF as an institution. It has, however, created problems, particularly in the area [...]	2005-08-09 08:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV4896	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror 3. Iran: Nuclear Program 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banners in Ha'aretz and Yediot, and Hatzofe -- "Deportation Order") reported that, according to a [...]	2005-08-09 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4930	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with disengagement-related developments. Ha'aretz highlighted the collecting of army-issued weapons in Sa-Nur and Homesh, two of the northern West Ba [...]	2005-08-10 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4946	NETANYAHU SUPPORTERS SEEK EARLY LIKUD PRIMARIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Supporters of Likud MK and party leadership contender Binyamin Netanyahu who are moving to compel early party primaries received a morale boost with the publication this week of poll results showing Netanyahu with a first-time-ever lead over Prime Minister Sharon in support from [...]	2005-08-10 14:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4948	ROADS LEADING TO NEGEV DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public sector, NGO and academic leaders indicate that success of the GOI's economic development initiative for the Negev is contingent upon a fair, inclusive and robust plan. In their view, that plan should address, among other things, the historical land dispute between the sta [...]	2005-08-11 08:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV4950	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on mass anti-disengagement prayers held next to Jerusalem's Western (Wailing) Wall on Wednesday, which were attended by 70,000 to 100,000 pro [...]	2005-08-11 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4974	GAZA CONTACT SEES IMPROVED SECURITY, DIMINISHED [...] (C) Longtime Gaza contact and PA Interior Ministry civil servant Abdul Samia Efrangi told DCM and POL/C August 10 that Nasser Yusif's consolidation of security services and improvements on the street have Gazans feeling better about security and diminishing their view of Hamas, even though Fa [...]	2005-08-11 14:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4979	BUDGET BATTLE BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 0100 on August 10, the Israeli Cabinet approved the draft 2006 Budget by a vote of 12-8. Negotiations over budget cuts in the wake of former Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's August 7 resignation took longer than expected. The two main changes to expenditure [...]	2005-08-11 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EAIR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV498	(C) RELIGIOUS LEADERS WEIGH MEASURES TO GENERATE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with and cleared by ConGen Jerusalem. 2. (C) Summary: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious leaders of the Permanent Follow-up Committee for the Implementation of the Alexandria Declaration ("the Alexandria Group") met in East Jerusalem January 24 to revi [...]	2005-01-28 09:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF KPAO EAID IS KPAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV499	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will leave next week for a tour of Europe and the Middle East, which will include nine countrie [...]	2005-01-28 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5002	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Israel TV broadcast excerpts of an exclusive interview that President Bush granted the station's Washington correspondent Yaron Dekel in Crawford, T [...]	2005-08-12 11:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5009	(SBU) THE ARREST OF SAADIA HERSHKOP: A [...] SUMMARY: The well-publicized arrest of Saadia Hershkop (DPOB:04-Mar-1987 NY) provides a window into the measures the Government of Israel is willing to take to ensure that Disengagement moves forward, the treatment American citizens may receive if arrested as part of anti-Disengagement activi [...]	2005-08-12 13:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC GZ KPAL PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV501	SHARON BANKING ON SHAS, DISENGAGEMENT SUPPORTERS, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's travails to gain a Knesset majority for the 2005 budget before the March 31 deadline continue to center on bringing Shas into the coalition. Two weeks of fruitless negotiations between Likud and Shas could come to a head January 30, when Sharon plans to m [...]	2005-01-28 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5013	LIKUD INTERNAL STORM POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-12 13:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5014	YONATAN BASSEY: "WE'VE SEEN A REGRESSION IN [...] (C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, Director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),told Economic Counselor on August 9 that approximately 700 settler families are unprepared for the evacuations slated to begin early next week. He blamed the settlers' rabbis and community leaders for misleading th [...]	2005-08-12 14:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV5019	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: GEN. DANGOTT UPDATES [...] (C) DEFMIN Mofaz's Military Adviser, General Eitan Dangott, updated Ambassador August 12 on status of ongoing GOI-Palestinian negotiations on post-disengagement issues, including the disposition of settler housing, the degree of authority for Gaza, improvement in passages, the Gaza disputed bo [...]	2005-08-12 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL MARR PTER IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5021	ISRAEL AND EGYPT REPORTEDLY REACH FINAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Ministry of Defense Deputy Director General Amos Gilad called the Ambassador August 15 to report that Israel and Egypt had reached agreement overnight on the principles and details for the deployment of Egyptian border guards on the Gaza-Egypt border. Gilad said the final touches on the a [...]	2005-08-15 06:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5022	SHARON: DISENGAGEMENT IS "COMPLICATED, PAINFUL AND [...] Prime Minister Sharon met August 14 with an AIPAC-sponsored Congressional delegation headed by Congressman Steny Hoyer and comprised of 10 Democratic Members of the House. AIPAC board members and staffers attended. Ambassador Kurtzer also joined the meeting. Sharon was relaxed and voluble, [...]	2005-08-15 07:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS
05TELAVIV5034	EXPANDED ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5051	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 15, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The first day of disengagement proceeded as planned with minimal violence well within anticipated parameters. The message below outlines the dissemination of eviction notices to settlers; the overall security situation in Gaza, including the kidnapping of a French journalist b [...]	2005-08-15 16:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5054	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]	2005-08-16 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5055	SPIEGEL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON BORDER CROSSINGS AND [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor, told the Ambassador on August 12 that the MOD continues to work with the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to agree on the definition and number of roadblocks in the West Bank (WB). [...]	2005-08-16 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5065	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]	2005-08-16 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5072	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH DELIVERS MESSAGE [...] Summary. President Bush granted an exclusive interview to a national Israeli television station on August 11. Using the interview to convey a strong message to the Israeli public, President Bush emphasized U.S. support for Sharon's disengagement plan, spoke about Abbas's handling to date of t [...]	2005-08-16 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR KPAO MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5077	SECOND MEETING OF THE EGYPT-ISRAEL QIZ COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: The second meeting of the Egypt-Israel Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) committee met on August 14 in Jerusalem. The GOE claimed that more than USD 61 million worth of QIZ products have been sent to the U.S. during the period under review, consisting of at least USD 8.6 million [...]	2005-08-16 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5078	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 16, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the second day of disengagement, Neve Dekalim settlement remained a stronghold of resistance to evacuation. Settlers and thousands of anti-disengagement activists blocked IDF troops from entering to distribute eviction notices, although the IDF was able to negotiate and br [...]	2005-08-16 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5082	NSA EILAND SAYS DISENGAGEMENT GOING WELL, BUT [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland and Deputy Director Eran Etzion assessed that it seems disengagement "is going to be easier than expected." The majority of the discussion centered on what would happen after diseng [...]	2005-08-17 04:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5091	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5093	KNESSET MEMBERS VISIT GAZA SETTLEMENTS, SOME [...] (C) Knesset members who support disengagement as well as those who oppose it have been visiting the Gaza settlements since the disengagement process began August 15. Some have gone to show support for the settlers, while others have gone to show sensitivity to the settlers, but also to suppor [...]	2005-08-17 12:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV5099	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 17, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the third day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police began to evacuate several settlements by force, meeting almost exclusively non-violent resistance. While most settlers continued to leave their homes either voluntarily or after brief non-violent refusal, Israeli Polic [...]	2005-08-17 15:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT

05TELAVIV51	WB/G SITREP: SEVEN DEAD, SIX WOUNDED IN BAYT [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF tank fire killed at least seven Palestinians and injured six more January 5 in Bayt Lahiya, as IDF soldiers attempted to target militants launching rockets at Israeli settler targets. One Israeli child was lightly wounded January 4 when Palestinian militants fired mortars [...]	2005-01-04 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV5103	(S) ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: GOI [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence Aharon Ze'evi Farkash told A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that he was surprised by U.S. media reports on a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that Iran could build its first nuclear weapon only by 2015. He noted that recent U.S. [...]	2005-08-18 07:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KPAL KWBG PREF PTER EG IR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5104	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward met with Minister of Defense Mofaz and his key staff on August 16 to review the status of settler evacuation from Gaza, and to discuss the status of an Israel-Egyptian protocol on troop deployments along Egypt's border with Gaza. A/ [...]	2005-08-18 07:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC KWBG KPAL PINS ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5105	EIVAL GILADY ON GAZA DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res) Eival Gilady, a special advisor to PM Sharon on disengagement, met August 16 with Assistant Secretary (A/S) Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer to discuss progress in Gaza disengagement. Gilady said that the Prime Minister's disengagement plan was proceeding more [...]	2005-08-18 07:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL ETRD EG IS KBTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV511	NEW SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT NOF [...] (C) Summary: Israel is permitting construction to continue at the new northern West Bank settlement of Nof HaSharon (reftel). Residents of Nirit, an adjacent Israeli town west of the Green Line that opposes the establishment of the new settlement, and the private contractor developing the si [...]	2005-01-28 12:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5113	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5124	THE ISRAELI TOURISM SECTOR, JANUARY TO JUNE 2005 [...] (U) Summary: The number of tourist entries from January to June 2005 increased 27.3 percent year-on-year. The Bank of Israel (BOI) is forecasting a total of 1.9 million visitors this year contributing to a 0.2 percent increase in GDP. The BOI and Bank Leumi are citing a calmer security situ [...]	2005-08-18 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5132	CORRECTED COPY: DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, [...] (SBU) Summary: On the fourth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating Kfar Darom, Kfar Yam, and Neve Dekalim. The security forces encountered some resistance in these settlements, particularly from young infiltrators from outside of the Gaza Strip who barricaded t [...]	2005-08-18 16:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5133	SHINUI LIKELY TO SUPPORT EGYPTIAN BORDER [...] (C) A recently-finalized agreement between Israel and Egypt allowing some 750 Egyptian border guards to secure the Egyptian-Gaza border after disengagement is likely to receive Knesset approval with the support of Shinui. Shinui MKs Ilan Leibovitch, Eti Livni, and Ilan Shalgi, told Poloff Aug [...]	2005-08-18 16:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5137	A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Political Security Director Amos Gilad confirmed to visiting NEA A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that Egypt and Israel had reached a general agreement on the deployment of 750 Egyptian Border Guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Israeli DefMin Mofaz is e [...]	2005-08-19 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PARM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5138	NEA A/S WELCH'S AUGUST 16, 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Amos Yaron updated NEA A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward August 16 on the status of post-Gaza disengagement issues. On the disposition of settler housing, Yaron asked the USG to continue its efforts to identify a program manager to oversee removal [...]	2005-08-19 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5139	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-19 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5154	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 19, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the fifth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the settlement of Gadid. At the beginning of the day, ten families and over 300 infiltrators remained, but the evacuation was complete by around 1500 hours. The GOI also began demolishing homes i [...]	2005-08-19 14:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5155	FM SHALOM TELLS A/S WELCH THAT ISRAELIS MUST SEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 17 meeting, FM Silvan Shalom told Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador that disengagement is proceeding better than expected, but still carries a heavy price for Likud politicians. Shalom expressed concern that Palestinian extremists could launch attacks agai [...]	2005-08-21 17:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS UNGA GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5157	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 21, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the seventh day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the remaining southern Gaza Strip settlements of Katif and Atzmona and some remaining families in Shelo/Shalev/Slav -- after a day (August 20) of inaction due to the Sabbath. The Israeli cabinet [...]	2005-08-21 17:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5163	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Rocket Attacks on Aqaba and Eilat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that this afternoon in the settlement of Netzarim, the IDF and police are completing their evacu [...]	2005-08-22 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV518	GOI LAWYERS ON ABSENTEE PROPERTY LAW: HA'ARETZ [...] (C) Summary: GOI lawyers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) told Deputy Economic Counselor on January 26 and 27 that recent changes to the Absentee Property Law (APL) are not aimed at large-scale expropriations of Palestinian land in East Jerusalem a [...]	2005-01-28 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5186	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 22, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eighth day of disengagement, the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlers concluded without incident. The evacuation proceeded smoothly with little of the protest that marked the evacuations of Kfar Darom or Atzmona. Removal and relocation of agricultural equipment from G [...]	2005-08-22 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5197	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Mubarak Presidential Campaign 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the evacuation of Netzarim on Monday concluded the departure of all Gaza settlers. At noon [...]	2005-08-23 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5213	SPIEGEL AND OCHA DISCUSS LOCATIONS TO EASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor, and David Shearer, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),on August 17 discussed the progress made by their technical teams on bridging the gap between the tw [...]	2005-08-23 14:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5219	IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY UPDATES A/S WELCH ON [...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 meeting, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff MG Moshe Kaplinsky told Assistant Secretary Welch, the Ambassador, and Security Coordinator General Ward that disengagement is proceeding ahead of schedule. Kaplinsky praised ongoing GOI-PA security coordination and expressed hop [...]	2005-08-24 05:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5224	SHARON TO CONGRESSIONAL GROUP: ABBAS MUST ASSURE [...] Prime Minister Sharon met for 45 minutes August 22 with an AIPAC-sponsored Republican congressional delegation led by Rep. Roy Blunt. Rep. Blunt began the meeting by congratulating Sharon on the success to date of the disengagement plan, and he asked Sharon to explain Israel's thinking regar [...]	2005-08-24 09:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL OREP PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5227	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 13:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5233	GOI'S EFFORTS AGAINST TERROR FINANCE IN GAZA; GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA and NSC officials briefed econoff and poloff August 11 on the GOI's post-disengagement efforts against terror finance in Gaza. An Israeli National Security Council official said an alternative to the Hamas social service network in Gaza, operated by the Palestinian Authority [...]	2005-08-24 14:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EFIN PREL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5239	SHARON EMBARKS ON THE ROAD TO RE-ELECTION [...] (C) Ariel Sharon's ability to hold on to the Likud leadership and win re-election as the only prime minister ever to evacuate settlements and settlers will depend on his ability to extend the honeymoon with the Left and Center created by his successful disengagement, deal with critical budget [...]	2005-08-24 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KWBG GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5253	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Vice PM and Finance Minister Ehud Olmert as saying, after his meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington Wednesday, that the PA must [...]	2005-08-25 10:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5257	PLAN FOR POLICE STATION IN E-1 IS READY FOR [...] (C) Israeli press reported today, August 25, that the plans for the new Judea and Samaria Police Headquarters, which will be relocated from Ras al-Amud to the E-1 neighborhood of Ma'ale Adumim, are complete and awaiting approval from the Planning Council. Col. Oded Herman of the Ministry of [...]	2005-08-25 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5258	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 25, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli disengagement is proceeding, with demolition of remaining settlements underway. Israeli focus has now turned to the situation of evacuees in Israel, and on political maneuvering post-disengagement. A gun battle that ensued during an Israeli operation near Tulkarm overn [...]	2005-08-25 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5261	DETAILS OF CANCER LAWSUITS RELATED TO ISRAELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials at the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) confirmed to emboffs on August 24 that four former employees have filed lawsuits charging that they developed cancer as a result of exposure to radiation in the Dimona and Soreq nuclear facilities. The IAEC provided to embof [...]	2005-08-26 06:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MNUC TRGY IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5265	ISRAEL'S ARAB SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Israel's Arab population significantly lags behind the Jewish population in income, level of education, level of health care, and employment rate. This message provides an overview of the vital economic statistics of the Israeli-Arab sector, which comprises approximately 20 perce [...]	2005-08-26 07:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI PREL EFIN ELAB EIND IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV5275	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. is urging Israel and the PA to exercise restraint and not to miss the historic opportunity for peace in the region. Visiting U.S. House Majority Whip R [...]	2005-08-26 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5279	AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS IN ISRAEL - A MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI is putting together plans for dealing with a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) and will share those with Embassy once available. The Ministry of Health has purchased USD 10 million worth of the Tamiflu vaccine and has been in contact with international agencies [...]	2005-08-26 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV5285	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 26, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli cabinet is expected to approve on August 28 an agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border. Meanwhile, Israeli pundits and the weekend press ponder the impact of disengagement. The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot reported A [...]	2005-08-26 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5302	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the suicide bombing that occurred outside Beersheva's central bus station on Sunday morning. Two security guards were seriously wounded and 61 other [...]	2005-08-29 10:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5307	Through Israeli Eyes Only: Gaza journalists on the media [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with EMBOFF on 25 August, three Gaza journalists gave similar reasons for what they described as the "Israeli-only" media coverage of disengagement. Fear of kidnapping, as in the case of the French journalist seized on 15 August and freed on 22 August, k [...]	2005-08-29 13:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	GZ IS KWBG KPAO OPRC GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV5308	MINISTER RAMON TELLS A/S WELCH USG MUST KEEP [...] (C) Summary: On August 21 Minister without Portfolio Haim Ramon updated A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer, Acting AID Mission Director Harden and Econoff on the GOI's position on Gaza crossings, particularly the impasse over Rafah. Ramon stressed that Minister of Defense Mofaz remains "totally [...]	2005-08-29 13:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV531	PALESTINIAN INVESTMENT FUND EARNINGS MAY SEED GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) will vote February 10-12 on whether to cash out on over USD 300 million of capital gains made on worldwide investments. Board members are split over the vote, reportedly fearing that PA MinFin Salaam Fayyad will appropriate earnings for his o [...]	2005-01-31 05:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5319	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel's Leadership ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Likud has started its process of toppling PM Sharon. The party's Central Committee will vote on September 26 on a proposal to advance the Likud' [...]	2005-08-30 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5324	LIKUD PRIMARIES NOT A FAIT ACCOMPLI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 29 decision by a Likud Party internal "court" has kicked off a process that could result in early party primaries, but -- press reports notwithstanding -- does not compel them to be held. The court decision validates a petition by supporters of Bibi Netanyahu demandin [...]	2005-08-30 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV534	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Burns and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister SIPDIS Peres outlined GOI efforts to revitalize the Palestinian economy. Noting the unexpected success of PA Prime Minister Abu Mazen's steps toward improving the security situa [...]	2005-01-31 08:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5343	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 30, 2005 [...] (SBU) The IDF continues to make steady progress in implementing the GOI disengagement. Hamas and Fatah personnel clashed near Rafah. Otherwise few notable security incidents took place in the last twenty-four hours. The GOI appears to have agreed to a phased handover of settlement areas i [...]	2005-08-30 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV535	OLMERT TELLS A/S BURNS TO TIE PALESTINIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Ehud Olmert urged NEA A/S Burns and the USG to use creative means of engagement such as developing QIZs when assisting the Palestinians so as to tie Palestinian economic fortunes to continued good relations with Israel. Despite advocating such ties, Olmert rejected any [...]	2005-01-31 08:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5350	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli Politics 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At noon today, Israel Radio reported that at least 640 people who participated in a mourning procession in Baghdad [...]	2005-08-31 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5359	EU HIGHREP SOLANA PRAISES DISENGAGEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA and the EC delegation, High Representative Javier Solana's discussions with Israeli officials on August 28-30 focused on using the success of disengagement to foster movement on the roadmap. Despite a generally positive atmosphere, Solana made little progress [...]	2005-08-31 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL EU IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5360	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 31, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: The Knesset approved (58-23) the Israeli agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border, and the GOI plans to sign the agreement on September 1. Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman briefed General Ward on his August 31 meeting with P [...]	2005-08-31 16:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5363	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom is holding a meeting in Istanbul with his Pakistani counterpart Mian Kh [...]	2005-09-01 12:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5364	SHARON'S POST-DISENGAGEMENT DILEMMA: POLLS SHOW [...] A welter of political polling prompted by the eve-of- disengagement resignation of cabinet minister Binyamin Netanyahu indicates that while Prime Minister Sharon is capable of "taking the country" in national elections, some factions within his Likud party would like to deny him the chance. [...]	2005-09-01 12:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5375	DRUZE LEADER FROM GALILEE SAYS ECONOMIC AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Unemployment and education are key concerns of the Druze community in Northern Israel according to a Druze business and community leader. He indicated that the Druze want a successful and strong Israel and have contributed by serving in Israel's military which is the only signif [...]	2005-09-01 13:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV5404	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Meeting of Israeli and Pakistani Foreign Ministers 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on the "historic" meeting between FM Silvan Shalom and his Pakistani counterpa [...]	2005-09-02 11:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5426	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hurricane Katrina 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz notes that the international community is putting pressure on Israel to allow the Palestinians freedo [...]	2005-09-06 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV544	DOE DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPORT CONTROLS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed a visiting DOE delegation on nuclear export-control measures during meetings in Tel Aviv on January 18-20. In recognition of their adherence to the NSG Guidelines and promulgation of new export control legislation, the Israelis requested U.S. help in obt [...]	2005-01-31 10:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV545	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Yediot and Maariv bannered, an anti-disengagement rally held opposite the Knesset last night, to demand a national referendum or elections. The event, which gat [...]	2005-01-31 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5452	SPIEGEL: TALK OF EXPANDING ARIEL AND MA'ALE [...] (C) Israeli and Palestinian media reported today, September 6, that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz approved the construction of 3,000 housing units in Ariel. Israeli officials were quoted as saying that the 3,000 units would be built over the next ten years, and that the population of Ariel wo [...]	2005-09-06 14:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV5458	ASHKELON DESALINATION PLANT OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary: The Ashkelon desalination plant began providing potable water for the Israeli national water grid in mid-August, according to Gustavo Kronenberg, general manager of the private consortium that built and is operating the plant. By the end of this year, Ashkelon, the largest reve [...]	2005-09-07 07:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV5515	DISENGAGEMENT: GAZA BUSINESSMEN BOTH HOPEFUL AND [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, nine businessmen from the Gaza Strip stressed that freedom of movement for people and goods was essential to achieving economic prosperity after disengagement. They claimed that the GOI's proposal for a trilateral border crossing at Ke [...]	2005-09-07 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL EINV EAID IS PTER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5518	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Hurricane Katrina 3. Egypt ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and his senior ministers decided this morning that the IDF would withdraw from the Gaza Strip on September 12 through 15. [...]	2005-09-07 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5542	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5562	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer was quoted as saying in a farewell interview broadcast this morning on Israel Radio that the U.S. administration is still wa [...]	2005-09-09 10:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5575	ORGANIZED CRIME AND NARCOTICS TRADE IN ISRAEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli law enforcement official, all categories of criminal activity are on the rise. The illegal drug trade, organized crime, murder, and extortion present major challenges to the Israeli police. While countries in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South Americ [...]	2005-09-09 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5581	PEACE NOW ANALYZES THE DISENGAGEMENT PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, Secretary General of Peace Now, said that the disengagement from the Gaza Strip had gone very well, and in particular praised the IDF soldiers and the police for the way in which they negotiated with settlers throughout the evacuations. He said that he had fa [...]	2005-09-09 14:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5597	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] IDF Withdrawal From Gaza 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, after 38 years of Israeli military rule, dominated the headlines during the w [...]	2005-09-12 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV561	MFA LEGAL ADVISOR REAFFIRMS GOI POLICY NOT TO [...] (C) Summary. Following up on a January 30 Ha'aretz article implying that the GOI intended to utilize the amended Absentee Property Law (APL) to make large-scale seizures of Palestinian property, MFA Legal Advisor Ehud Kanaan restated the GOI's intention not to do so. Unfortunately, the addit [...]	2005-01-31 13:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5614	LABOR'S LEADERSHIP RACE CONTINUES TO FIZZLE AS [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's September 11 withdrawal from the Labor Party leadership race further consolidates support for Shimon Peres in party primaries to be held either November 8 or 9, with the final date still to be determined. Polls, including on September 9, consistently sh [...]	2005-09-13 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5641	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the disorder in the PA and along the Philadelphi route. While some media, like Jerusalem Post (banner: "Egypt, PA Vow to Stop Gaza Infiltrator [...]	2005-09-14 09:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5663	TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY AT QALANDIYA [...] (C) Summary: Embassy and Consulate General officers visited the Qalandiya crossing on August 31 and September 7 to observe the ongoing construction taking place at the long-existing and always much-contended checkpoint there. Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense advis [...]	2005-09-14 14:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
05TELAVIV5672	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society 3. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media highlighted the meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon at the UN on Wednesday, following the President's address to the UN Gen [...]	2005-09-15 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5698	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Officials from the MFA, Environment Ministry, and Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) plan to meet post-disengagement to discuss whether and how to go forward with the Environmental Experts Committee (EEC). Progress on restarting the EEC, suspended [...]	2005-09-16 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV570	ISRAEL'S COMMITMENTS TO THE USG AND THE WORLD BANK [...] (S) Summary. As of the end of January 2005, the GOI had shown various levels of commitment to fulfilling its "Weissglas" commitments to the USG. It is following through more consistently on its promise to engage on the World Bank process dedicated to facilitating a viable, post-disengagement [...]	2005-01-31 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5703	MFA SEEKS WAY TO HELP LUTHERAN HOSPITAL TO STAY [...] (C) MFA Director of the Division for Religious Affairs Zvi Tal (protect) told Embassy Poloffs and visiting NEA/IPA Poloff September 14 that the GOI wishes to find a "discreet way" to ensure that the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, run by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF),remains in [...]	2005-09-16 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRC ECON IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5705	IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (S) Senior Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) officials Gideon Frank and Eli Levite told the Ambassador September 8 that a renewed international push on Iran, including referral to the UN Security Council, is necessary, because, based on the response to date of the international community [...]	2005-09-16 11:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5706	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the speech PM Sharon delivered in Hebrew to the UN General Assembly on Thursday. The major media focused on Sharon's conciliatory words, as he reached out to the P [...]	2005-09-16 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5708	ECF UPDATES ON BARRIER AND DESCRIBES MAJOR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Sounding an alarmist note regarding GOI settlement plans in a September 1 meeting with econoff, Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) officials (protect) urged the USG to intervene to prevent the building of the police station in E-1 and said that a planned "new Jewi [...]	2005-09-16 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV571	WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS FIVE PALESTINIANS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the absence of incursions or demolitions in the Gaza strip, the IDF accidentally shot and killed a 10 year-old girl and wounded another 7 year-old Palestinian child in Rafah January 31. As many as 32 Palestinians, including passersby, were injured in violent clashes th [...]	2005-01-31 17:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV5716	GAZA: SECURITY DETERIORATES, PA HESITATES BUT [...] (C) Summary: A Norwegian diplomat who has covered the Gaza Strip for the past two years sees the security situation deteriorating even further in the coming months. He believes that a variety of armed groups, including factions within Fatah, will continue to seek illicit financial and politi [...]	2005-09-16 13:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL ECON EAID KDEM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5723	GAZA STRIP: EUPHORIA OR ANARCHY? [...] (SBU) A PA Ministry of Interior contact told poloff September 16 that the situation in Rafah remains "a big mess," with movement of Egyptians and Palestinians across the border through up to seven openings. The MOI contact, who visited Rafah on September 15 and remained in touch with his cont [...]	2005-09-16 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5734	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-19 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5740	SHARON ENERGIZES ON NECK-AND-NECK LIKUD PRIMARIES [...] (C) With polls showing him either barely winning or barely losing the fight over whether to hold early Likud leadership primaries, Prime Minister Sharon returned from his successful United Nations visit to engage in an unprecedented flurry of internal party lobbying to staunch the efforts of [...]	2005-09-20 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5742	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. North Korea's Announced Renouncement of Nuclear Weapons ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (lead stories in Maariv and Yediot) reported on political developments around PM Sharon six days ahead of the Likud Central [...]	2005-09-21 08:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV575	ISRAELI BUSINESS LEADER ENVISIONS A [...] (C) Summary: Dov Lautman, chairman of the board of the Israeli textile giant Delta, talked to EconCouns January 23 about economic prospects for a post-disengagement Gaza Strip. Emphasizing that it is impossible to "predict the future" of security and politics, Lautman argued that donors must [...]	2005-02-01 06:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5771	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with a comment made by PM Sharon before 150 Likud Central Committee members at his Jerusalem residence last night: "I don't want to [...]	2005-09-21 10:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5779	FM SHALOM MEETING WITH CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom briefed CODEL Davis August 31 on the Government of Israel's Disengagement Plan, and anticipated costs associated with moving military forces and with developing the Negev and the Galilee. Asked about post-Disengagement scenarios and PM Sharon's d [...]	2005-09-22 09:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID KWBG PREF IS IR LE EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5794	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S [...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...]	2005-09-21 03:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5796	EILAND REQUESTS USG PRESSURE TO STOP RUSSIA-SYRIA [...] (S) National Security Advisor Giora Eiland contacted the Ambassador September 23 to seek USG pressure on the Russian government to stop what he said is a possibly imminent agreement to sell Pantsir ground-to-air missiles to Syria. Eiland said the deal could be signed as early as next week dur [...]	2005-09-23 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PARM SY IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5797	GAZA CROSSINGS: GOI TIGHTENS INSPECTIONS OF GOODS [...] (U) This cable was cleared with ConGen Jerusalem 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to last week's unrestricted flow of people and goods through the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border, the GOI recently implemented additional measures regulating the flow of goods through the Karni crossin [...]	2005-09-23 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN ETRD PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5798	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting September 25, Foreign Minister Shalom told Ambassador Jones that the United States remains Israel's best friend and that he hopes for continued USG support to expand Israel's ties to the Arab world, an area on which he has focused. He offered no pre [...]	2005-09-25 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5799	MOFAZ: CALM ALLOWS GOI TO HOLD OFF GAZA ACTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told Ambassador Jones September 25 that the day's calm, after some than 36 hours of Qassam rocket launches and IDF counterattacks, is allowing the GOI to stand back and avoid any further strikes on Palestinian targets. He said any possible ground forc [...]	2005-09-25 16:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5800	NSA EILAND ON POST-DISENGAGEMENT STEPS FOR MOVING [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Advisor Giora Eiland briefed NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 21 on steps Israel and the Palestinians can take over the coming year to build on the success of Israeli disengagement. DAS Dibble raised the situation at Rafah, and Eiland cited major poin [...]	2005-09-26 05:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PINS PGOV KDEM IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5801	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with issues related to infighting within the Likud. Ha'aretz, Maariv, Jerusalem Post, and this morning's Israel Radio bulletins led with statements by senior m [...]	2005-09-26 07:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5802	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting 3. Six-Party Talks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with PM Sharon's situation in the Likud. Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that on Wednesday, Shar [...]	2005-09-26 07:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5818	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Likud Infighting 2. Gaza Violence ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Ambassador Richard H. Jones as saying this morning, upon presenting his credentials to President Moshe Katsav at the Residence of the President in Jer [...]	2005-09-26 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV582	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Under the banner "The Stick and The Carrot," Maariv led with a report that the U.S. administration has conveyed messages to the GOI, according to which a Palestinian state would be establi [...]	2005-02-01 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV583	WB/G SITREP: MILITANTS FIRE 12 MORTAR SHELLS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, IDF fire reportedly injured one Palestinian in the Rafah refugee camp. According to the IDF, Hamas militants fired 12 mortar shells at various locations throughout the Strip in response to the January 31 shooting of a Palestinian girl in Rafah, an incidicent [...]	2005-02-01 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV5848	ADDING INSULT TO INJURY: THE OCTOBER 2000 RIOTS AND [...] The mid-September decision by the Department of Police Investigation in the Ministry of Justice to pursue no indictments in the police killings of 12 Israeli Arabs and one Palestinian during the October 2000 riots has given rise to embarrassment in official circles, and little public expressi [...]	2005-09-27 07:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5849	GAZA: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Gaza, the stronghold of the radical Islamist terrorist organization HAMAS, presents exceptional challenges for USG efforts to combat violent extremism. Our strategic approach is to promote Palestinian democracy, strengthen the rule of law, reform the security sector, offer economic alter [...]	2005-09-27 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV5853	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's surprise victory at the Likud Central Committee last night. The proposal to move up the party primaries was rejected, 1433 votes to 1329 (5 [...]	2005-09-27 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5863	SHARON PUSHES BACK CONTENDERS, KEEPING PRIMARIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon's victory in the September 27 Likud Central Committee vote over early party primaries staunches for now the efforts of leadership contender Bibi Netanyahu and his anti-disengagement cohorts, allowing Sharon to move ahead with his political agenda -- and the [...]	2005-09-27 16:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5864	AMB. JONES' 9/26 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S/NF) In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad indicated that his September 25 meetings in Egypt to discuss the Rafah passage on the Egypt-Gaza border yielded no breakthroughs. Gilad said the Israelis prefer to open Rafah passage a [...]	2005-09-27 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5866	POSSIBLE POST-DISENGAGEMENT SCENARIOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Predictions about the universe of post-disengagement possibilities can be grouped into three possible scenarios and two remote options, according to a range of Israeli observers. The first scenario -- the roadmap scenario -- is the official position of the Government of Israel [...]	2005-09-28 06:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG KPAL PINS PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5868	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5892	BOI FOLLOWS FED AND RAISES INTEREST RATE TO [...] (U) On September 25, the Bank of Israel (BOI) announced a .25 percent increase in interest rates, bringing the short-term rate to 3.75 percent. This was the first change since the Central Bank lowered rates by 0.2 percent to 3.5 percent at the end of January, 2005. In its September 25 press [...]	2005-09-29 07:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE

05TELAVIV5897	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV59	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-05 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5900	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/21 MEETING WITH MFA HEAD OF UN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General and Head of the UN and International Organizations Division Aharon Leshno Yaar told NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble September 21 that the GOI plans to ignore Palestinian efforts to prevent adoption of a new symbol of the International Committee [...]	2005-09-29 12:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS LE GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5903	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/21 MEETING WITH MFA MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Jacob Keidar told Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble September 21 that the GOI hopes, SIPDIS in the aftermath of disengagement from the Gaza Strip, to improve its relations with Arab states in the Gulf and North Africa [...]	2005-09-29 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS MO SENV TS LE BU MU RS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5905	SHARON ADVISOR TOURGEMAN ON CONTACTS WITH THE PA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on September 27, Prime Minister Sharon's foreign policy adviser, Shalom Tourgeman, stressed the importance of the political process with the Palestinians. He said the GOI is preparing a list of possible steps to assist PA President Mahmud Abba [...]	2005-09-30 03:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5913	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-30 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5932	THREAT OF LEGAL APPEAL, PUBLIC CRITICISM COMPEL AG [...] (C) Summary: Israeli-Arab political and advocacy leaders reacted with cautious optimism -- and some suspicion -- to the Justice Ministry Police Investigative Department's (PID) September 28 announcement that it will re-examine the investigation of police officers involved in the October 2000 k [...]	2005-09-30 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV594	ISRAELI PRESS REPORTS CLAIM ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Both Ha'aretz and radio station Kol Israel report Tuesday February 1 that Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has "instructed the government to immediately halt" applying the Absentee Property Law in East Jerusalem. Mazuz is reported to have done this through a letter to Finance [...]	2005-02-01 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5941	ISRAEL/WBG: EU OFFICIAL OUTLINES EXPANDED POLICE [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on September 30, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Marc Otte outlined EU plans to expand its police program in the West Bank and Gaza and EU preparations for a possible third-party role at the Rafah crossing. Otte al [...]	2005-10-03 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU KWBG KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5945	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV595	HAMAS WINS BIG IN GAZA ON "CLEAN GOVERNMENT" [...] (C) Summary: The Hamas sweep in the local-level Gazan elections of January 27 does not indicate a mandate for Hamas overall or broad-based support for continued armed struggle against Israel, according to numerous Embassy contacts. While Fatah compiled a list of candidates perceived as corrup [...]	2005-02-01 14:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5951	MINISTRY OF FINANCE DG BACHAR CREDITS U.S. LOAN [...] (C) In a September 29 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Minister of Finance Director General Joseph Bachar, was very upbeat about the prospects for the Israeli economy. While cautious about predicting that the good times would continue, he noted the positive effect of the calm of the past year, [...]	2005-10-03 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EAID ECON IS PREL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5956	PA-HAMAS CONFRONTATION IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Clashes took place in Gaza City 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 Gaza Ci [...]	2005-10-03 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KWBG KPAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5983	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian Track 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas are slated to meet on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting was organized under the auspices of [...]	2005-10-06 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6006	ISRAEL MOVES AHEAD WITH PATENT TERM EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. The proposed Patent Term Extension (PTE) Revision which passed an initial reading in the Knesset in July 2005, could become law as early as November 2005 and is almost certainly assured a quick approval. Debate is expected to resume in the Knesset Judicial Committee on October 1 [...]	2005-10-07 08:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6010	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Bush's Address to the National Endowment for Democracy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in Hatzofe) reported that, addressing the National Endowment for Democracy [...]	2005-10-07 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6020	WATER OFFICIALS DISCUSS COOPERATION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: At Trilateral Water Talks in Tel Aviv September 22 Israeli and Palestinian water officials agreed to discuss possible new water supplies for Gaza, including the purchase of water from the Israeli grid for the former settlement areas and the possibility of larger quantities from t [...]	2005-10-07 14:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID PREL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6021	SASSON CALLS FOR U.S. TO "SAVE ISRAEL FROM [...] (C) Summary: EconCouns met with Talia Sasson (strictly protect) on September 28 to discuss implementation of her recommendations on curbing illegal settlement activities in the West Bank. Sasson reported a lack of progress in the inter-ministerial committee charged with implementing her rec [...]	2005-10-07 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6022	MOD ADVISOR SPIEGEL SAYS HE HAS NO PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (ret.) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor, told Ambassador Jones on September 27 that one of the most difficult problems in dealing with the passages is the lack of a Palestinian Authority (PA) counterpart with whom to coordinate technical matter [...]	2005-10-07 15:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6025	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei and IAEA ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media bannered the bestowing of the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday upon Hebrew University Professor of Mathematics Robert J. Aumann for his [...]	2005-10-11 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6075	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The three major Hebrew-language newspapers bannered the issue of the fate of the Syrian regime following the "mysterious" suicide of Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan on Wednesday. Y [...]	2005-10-14 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6084	KIDNAPPING OF KNIGHT RIDDER JOURNALISTS [...] (C) The October 12 kidnapping of an American reporter, Dion Nissenbaum, and a British photographer, Adam Pletts, near Khan Yunis is symptomatic of the lawlessness that prevails in the Gaza Strip, according to Embassy Fatah contacts in Gaza. An influential Fatah-affiliated lawyer in Gaza City [...]	2005-10-14 16:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PGOV PINS PTER US UK GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6103	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In their lead stories, all media reported that nearly simultaneous drive-by shootings, one at the Gush Etzion Junction and the other at the settlement of Eli in the [...]	2005-10-17 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6124	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global Economy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas is expected to demand U.S. intervention in halting Israeli construction and dismantling illegal outposts in the West [...]	2005-10-19 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6127	PM OFFICE DG SAYS RETURN TO ROADMAP VITAL TO [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Ilan Cohen, the Director General of the PM,s Office, said that Israeli society needed to heal the serious rifts that had been opened by the disengagement from Gaza. On the peace process, he said that there would be no West Bank disengagemen [...]	2005-10-19 13:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6133	ISRAELI COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICIALS MEET WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli MFA and NSC officials briefed staffers from the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the GOI's efforts against terrorism and terrorism finance. MFA officials stressed the importance of the U.S. role in urging European nations to designate Hizballah [...]	2005-10-20 04:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KTFN PREL COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6146	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 08:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6160	ISRAEL SEEKING REGIONAL COORDINATION ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI is hoping to use an existing health grouping to pull together a meeting of health ministers to coordinate regional preparations on avian influenza. The Turkish Health Minister reportedly has agreed to host such a gathering. GOI officials hope that there can be some US [...]	2005-10-20 13:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL IS CY EG JO KPAL KWBG TU ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6166	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Germany: New Government ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on President Bush's meeting with PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas at the Wh [...]	2005-10-21 08:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6170	ISRAELI NGO PROPOSING TO TRACK INFECTED MIGRATORY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel is making a proposal to the GOI Ministries of Agriculture and Health to set up a surveillance system focused on migratory water fowl which are more likely than over migratory birds to be carriers of the H5N1 strain of avian influ [...]	2005-10-21 12:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR PREL ECON IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6171	EMBLEM: GOI DOES NOT ENDORSE MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Israeli MFA Director for international organizations and human rights Daniel Meron informed post that the Government of Israel (GOI) does not endorse the September 27 declaration by Dr. Noam Yifrach, chairman of the MDA executive committee, which the Swi [...]	2005-10-21 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6176	PERES: GAZA DISENGAGEMENT INCOMPLETE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Premier Peres said that advancing the peace process and combating poverty in Israel would be the most important issues in the lead up to elections late next year. He stated that the GOI's disengagement from the Gaza Strip would be i [...]	2005-10-24 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6177	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that in a letter sent to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the foreign ministries of Britain, Russia, and th [...]	2005-10-24 09:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6186	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 08:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6196	BAHA'I LEADERS DESCRIBE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 19 meeting, the two highest-ranking officers of the Baha'i International Community, Secretary-General Albert Lincoln and Deputy Secretary-General Murray R. Smith, told the Ambassador that SIPDIS the Government of Iran still persecutes members of the Baha'i faith, [...]	2005-10-27 08:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF IR IS TU AE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6197	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6219	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6221	ISRAELI-ARAB LEADERS CALL ISRAEL HOME, BUT WANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli-Arab speakers at an October 20 roundtable with the diplomatic community underscored their solidarity with West Bank and Gazan Palestinians, but stressed that most Israeli Arabs would prefer to remain in Israel -- but with equal rights -- rather than join any future Pal [...]	2005-10-28 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6228	SHARON STAYS HIS COURSE FOLLOWING HADERA BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: The October 26 suicide bombing of the Hadera market by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) that claimed the lives of five Israelis and wounded 20 has resulted in a cycle of violence that -- barring significant additional casualties -- experience indicates will be short-term. As it h [...]	2005-10-28 17:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6238	AVIAN INFLUENZA: GOI ASSISTING PA; GROUPS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli officials are in daily contact with their counterparts from the Palestinian Authority and have been testing birds on behalf of the PA. GOI veterinary officials have provided their Palestinian counterparts with antigens to detect avian influenza. GOI and PA veterinary o [...]	2005-10-31 09:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL ECON KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6241	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. New Delhi Bombings 4. Libby Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot Washington correspondent Orly Azolai reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to move up the date of her visit to [...]	2005-10-31 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6246	STAFFDEL ZWEIG/ADAMS-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: HIRC professional staff members Matthew Zweig and David Adams discussed Hamas and PLC elections, progress on the Wolfensohn agenda, Israeli relations with Muslim states, and UN issues with Israelis, the Wolfensohn team, and USG officials during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on [...]	2005-10-31 16:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6247	SHARON POSTPONES PROBLEMATIC KNESSET VOTE ON [...] (C) Summary: With only hours to go before an October 31 Knesset vote on -- and possible defeat of -- his Cabinet nominations of three Likud loyalists, including Ehud Olmert as finance minister, Prime Minister Sharon postponed the vote by a week in order to rally support and gauge his next step [...]	2005-10-31 17:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS KDEM ELECTIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6250	GOI LARGELY PLEASED WITH SWISS VISIT ON MDA [...] (C) MFA DDG for International Organizations Affairs Roni Ya'ar told the Ambassador October 31 that GOI meetings with visiting Swiss FM Calmy-Rey were productive and remained focused entirely on MDA issues. Ya'ar said that Calmy Rey was on "good behavior" during her visit and did not expand h [...]	2005-10-31 17:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6256	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] UNSC Vote on Syria 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media led with PM Sharon's political situation in the Knesset. The media reported that Sharon decided on Monday to postpone a fateful Knesset vote on [...]	2005-11-01 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6262	UNTSO HEAD MGEN LILLEY SAYS PKO CAN LEAVE WHEN [...] (C) United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Chief of Staff Major General (MGEN) Clive Lilley briefed Ambassador Jones October 27 on UNTSO's mission in Israel and the region, noting how it supports UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Syria (UNDOF),and that its missi [...]	2005-11-01 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR PGOV PTER LE SY EG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6263	SPIEGEL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON EASING MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that terrorists had taken advantage of the removal of some obstacles to movement in Gush Etzion to perpetrate the October 16 deadly shooting attack against Israeli se [...]	2005-11-01 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6264	EC DEL HEAD IN ISRAEL SAYS EU IS AIMING FOR 11/15 [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting at the European Commission Delegation's office in Tel Aviv, EC Delegation Head Ambassador Ramiro Cibrian-Uzal told Ambassador Jones that the EU's objective is to have the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border opened by November 15. Cibrian-Uzal said his EC Dele [...]	2005-11-01 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6266	AMBASSADOR'S IFTAR CELEBRATES RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jones hosted over 80 Muslim, Christian and Jewish guests for an interfaith Iftar dinner on October 27 to break the fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Iftar brought together Israeli-Arab leaders from the political, business and social-action arenas. At [...]	2005-11-01 15:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM KMPI KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6270	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. International Holocaust Commemoration Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Staff Sgt. Yonatan Evron was killed early this morning during an arrest operation in the village of Mirka near [...]	2005-11-02 11:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6279	VPM OLMERT PREDICTS HIS OWN POLITICAL FUTURE, AND [...] (C) Summary: During an October 31 introductory meeting Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (who also is acting Minister of Finance and Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor) told the Ambassador that the Israeli economy was performing well, and that his challenge was to figure out how to spend a r [...]	2005-11-03 07:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN KIPR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6297	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as saying in Washington Wednesday, at a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, that Israel will SIPDIS not frus [...]	2005-11-03 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV631	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met this morning with PM Sharon, who updated him on current security contacts with the Palestinians and the upcoming Sh [...]	2005-02-02 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV633	NEW DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT FUELS DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A recent study claiming that the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza is overestimated by up to 1.5 million people has made headlines in Israel and provided ammunition to opponents of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan. The new numbers, howev [...]	2005-02-02 12:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6332	SHIMON PERES ASKS ADMINISTRATOR JOHNSON FOR EPA [...] Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres has written to USEPA Administrator Johnson requesting that a team of 2-3 EPA experts visit Israel for one week to advise on sustainable solutions for the Ramat Hovav chemical industry and hazardous waste disposal site located in the Negev. Embassy has provide [...]	2005-11-03 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EIND KSCA PGOV IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6333	EMBLEM: GOI REJECTS MDA STATEMENT BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Israeli MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron told poloff November 1 that the Government of Israel (GOI) has made clear to the Swiss its rejection of the widely disseminated oral statement by MDA Chairman Noam Yifrach, but has not [...]	2005-11-03 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY HUMANITARIAN AID
05TELAVIV6337	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] 10th Anniversary of Rabin Assassination 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may arrive in Israel as early as the beginning of next week. The Jerusalem Post led with Defense [...]	2005-11-04 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6353	PERES MAY NEED SECOND ROUND VOTE TO TAKE LABOR [...] (C) Summary: A November 3 poll and Labor Party sources indicate that Shimon Peres' anticipated first-round victory over contender Amir Peretz in the November 9 Labor Party primaries could be in jeopardy absent a high voter turnout and the withdrawal of the two other contenders. Rattled by Pe [...]	2005-11-04 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6355	ISRAEL SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH TO CSD ENERGY ROUND [...] (U) The Ministry of Environment shares U.S. views on the recent Water Round of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and looks forward to working closely with the U.S. and other like-minded parties in the Energy Round. MOE officials have made the following points to ESTH officer [...]	2005-11-04 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG EAID AORC IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6357	LIVNI DISCUSSES THIRD PARTY, HAMAS, OUTPOSTS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador on November 3 that, although "the numbers do not show it yet," Sharon will find a majority for his ministerial nominations because most Likud members do not want new elections. She said that it is significant that Israel has ac [...]	2005-11-04 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6367	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Paris Riots ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Sharon as saying before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that Hamas members will not be able to walk free in the streets of Pa [...]	2005-11-07 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6385	SHARON PICKS SHOWDOWN WITH LIKUD REBELS [...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon brought dissension in Likud to a head November 7 when he knowingly pushed forward his package of Cabinet nominations to predictable defeat in the Knesset. In a -- notably -- prepared speech to the Knesset after it voted down the nominations of Ehud Olmert, Roni Bar- [...]	2005-11-08 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6386	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. France Riots 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with political developments at the Knesset on Monday. They reported that eight Likud "rebels" voted with the opposition to defeat by 61- [...]	2005-11-08 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6396	RAMON SUPPORTS WEST BANK-GAZA RAIL LINK AS AN [...] (S) In a November 8 meeting, Minister without Portfolio Haim Ramon confirmed to Ambassador Jones that the GOI would accept the initiation of a technical feasibility study for what the GOI prefers to call a "transportation connection" between Gaza and the West Bank. Ramon presented proposed t [...]	2005-11-08 15:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON IS KWBG PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6397	MOD'S AMOS GILAD SAYS HE WILL PUSH TO GET GAZAN [...] (C) Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Director Amos Gilad told the Ambassador November 8 that (a) he will work vigorously to ensure that this year's harvest from Gaza is allowed to pass through the Qarni crossing between Gaza and Israel so that it can be distributed to markets beyond; and (b) he will [...]	2005-11-08 16:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KPAL KWBG MARR MASS EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6405	LABOR UNIONS LOSE POWER AND INFLUENCE, RELY ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Histadrut labor federation leaders told poloff October 31 that the movement has lost power to influence legislation since Histadrut's 1994 divorce from the Labor Party, which formerly served as its surrogate in the Knesset. To reverse the organization's declining impact on pub [...]	2005-11-08 17:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6413	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar was quoted as saying in an interview with Israel Radio that he does not rule out holding negotiations with Israel if this serves P [...]	2005-11-09 12:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6425	GOI ISSUES TENDERS TO BUILD IN HAR ADAR AND QARNEI [...] (U) Press reported today, November 9, that the Israel Lands Authority issued a tender for 80 plots to construct single-family houses in Har Adar settlement, northwest of Jerusalem. According to the tender, which was published in Yediot Aharanot, the plots of land will be from 501 to 833 squa [...]	2005-11-09 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6442	UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ISRAEL EXPLAINS PROBLEM WITH [...] (C) Following reftel (B) demarche, Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Central Europe and Eurasia (A/S-equivalent) Mark Sofer contacted poloff to discuss Israeli difficulties with the Third Committee resolution on Uzbekistan. According to Sofer, Israel does not intend to co-sponsor the re [...]	2005-11-10 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC IS UZ GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6444	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that Histadrut Labor Federation Secretary-General, Knesset Member Amir Peretz, defeated Vice Premier [...]	2005-11-10 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6460	PERETZ VICTORY TO BRING LABOR VOTE ON COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than 12 hours after Amir Peretz's surprise victory over Shimon Peres for the Labor Party chairmanship, the party leadership is moving ahead November 10 with plans for a meeting in two weeks of the party's 3,000-member Central Committee to vote on whether to remain in Prime M [...]	2005-11-10 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6467	EMBLEM: ICRC DESCRIBES TIMELINE, PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 8 - 10 conversations with Poloffs, ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart and Swiss Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Andrej Motyl expressed continuing ICRC and Swiss commitment to convening the December 5 - 6 conference on the Third Protocol, but also articulated [...]	2005-11-14 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6468	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6470	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV648	ATTORNEY GENERAL MAZUZ CANCELS CHANGES IN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister and MOIT Minister Olmert confirmed to the Ambassador February 1 that AG Mazuz has reversed the GOI decision of July 2004 concerning application of the Absentee Property Law to East Jerusalem. He also passed us a copy of Mazuz's decision. Separately, Deputy [...]	2005-02-02 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV649	WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI POLICEMAN INJURED AND FIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: An Israeli policeman in the Old City was injured trying to prevent Jewish youth from stoning Arabs, and eight international activists were injured while protesting construction of the separation barrier, on February 1. Five Palestinians were arrested by the IDF in the West Ban [...]	2005-02-02 14:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV651	WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN YOUTH WOUNDED BY IDF [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian was shot and wounded by IDF soldiers during stone-throwing skirmishes near the village of Burqa south of Jenin. Two Palestinian youths were injured during stone-throwing clashes with the IDF in Nablus. Four Palestinians were arrested in various [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV6512	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Agreement on Movement and Access" 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Yediot) reported on the "Agreement on Movement and Access," which was brokered on Tuesday [...]	2005-11-16 09:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6516	ISRAEL/WBG: EU ENVOY ADVOCATES "SOFT" OPENING FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a November 9 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Mark Otte advised that the GOI and PA were close to a final agreement on re-opening the Rafah crossing. The only major obstacle remaining was the lack of agreement on how [...]	2005-11-16 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EU IS KPAL KWBG PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6519	SOME OUTPOSTS READY FOR EVACUATION; GOI [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, advisor in the Ministry of Defense, told the Ambassador on November 4 that the GOI has taken all of the administrative and legal steps necessary to dismantle nine illegal outposts and the nine permanent houses in Amona outpost. He said th [...]	2005-11-16 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV652	MAZUZ ABSENTEE PROPERTY LAW DECISION RILES [...] (SBU) The Absentee Property Law controversy continued to receive press play February 3, although at a less intense level than previously. AG Mazuz's January 31 decision to overturn application the Absentee Property Law (APL) to East Jerusalem led to a predictable outcry by Ministers Sharansk [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV653	WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN YOUTH WOUNDED BY IDF [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian was shot and wounded by IDF soldiers during stone-throwing skirmishes near the village of Burqa south of Jenin. Two Palestinian youths were injured during stone-throwing clashes with the IDF in Nablus. Four Palestinians were arrested in various [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV6530	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 08:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6532	SHARON, PERETZ TENTATIVELY AGREE ON EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz and Prime Minister Sharon tentatively agreed November 17 to call for national elections sometime between the end of February and the end of March, with both seeking to capitalize on their current political strength in the polls and move forward with their [...]	2005-11-17 09:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV654	URI SAGUY ON NEED FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP IN THE [...] (C) Retired IDF intelligence chief MG (ret) Uri Saguy told the Ambassador February 2 that Israel needs active U.S. involvement "desperately" to move forward with the Palestinians after disengagement because the Israeli political system is "stuck," and the current coalition is heading toward a [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SY ISRAEL RELATIONS PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6545	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Labor vs. Likud 2. Gaza: Management of Border Crossings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's announcement, expected during the weekend, as to whether he will remain in the Likud or form a new party. Both Yediot [...]	2005-11-18 07:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6550	(C) LABOR MINISTER SAYS LABOR WILL LOSE TO SHARON; [...] (C) Labor MK and Science Minister Matan Vilnai told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 16 that "thousands" of Labor Party members will vote for Prime Minister Sharon in 2006 elections rather than support new Labor Chair Amir Peretz. Vilnai said the "Peretz revolution" was "too much from the left" a [...]	2005-11-18 08:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6552	AMIR PERETZ: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME? [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz told DAS Danin November 18 that he will focus his upcoming election campaign on socio-economic issues, rather than on peace and security. He stressed the importance of the Labor Party serving as a real opposition party and added tha [...]	2005-11-18 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6557	A/S LOWENKRON'S CONSULTATIONS AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL Assistant Secretary Barry Lowenkron discussed a range of democracy and human rights reform issues with senior MFA officials Yoram Ben-Zeev, Aharon Leshno Yaar and Harry Kneiy-Tal. Topics included the November 14 BMENA Forum for the Future meeting in Bahrain, internal develop [...]	2005-11-20 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS IR TU AE GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6576	SHARON QUITS LIKUD EN ROUTE TO MARCH ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon resigned from the Likud Party at mid-day November 21, announcing that he will head a new party that observers anticipate will carry him to a new four-year term as prime minister. The resignation came only hours after Sharon asked President Katsav to dissolve th [...]	2005-11-21 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6578	ISRAELI NSC CHIEF: GOI "ALONE" IN CONFRONTING [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Chairman Giora Eiland told Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) on November 14 that the GOI feels "alone" in opposing any Hamas participation in the January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. The GOI felt obliged to state publicly [...]	2005-11-21 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6579	GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN MA'ALE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli press reported on November 17 that the Israel Lands Authority issued two separate tenders for the sale of 13 plots in Ma'ale Adumim. The plots range from 431 to 1,067 square meters, and will cost between $69,000 and $125,000. In addition, Minister of Construction and Ho [...]	2005-11-21 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6580	LIVNI PONDERS LIKUD INTERNAL POLITICS AND HAMAS' [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG PTER IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6586	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 07:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV659	NOF HASHARON WALKS, TALKS, AND ACTS LIKE A NEW [...] (C) Summary. In recent conversations in Washington, PM Advisor Dov Weissglas has asserted that the construction of the new community of Nof HaSharon does not constitute building a new settlement, but instead is construction of a "new neighborhood" of Alfe Menashe, a settlement in the West Ba [...]	2005-02-03 14:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6606	UNSCO DE SOTO URGING ISRAELIS TO TURN OVER [...] (C) In a discussion about recent Hizballah-IDF clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Alvara de Soto told the Ambassador at mid-day November 22 that: -- he has helped to broker a "fragile cease-fire" that has led to a momentary calm along the Israel-Lebanon b [...]	2005-11-22 13:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR PTER PBTS MOPS PINS KPKO LE COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6615	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Israeli Elections 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. American Jewry ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the upcoming elections. Leading media reported that President Moshe Katsav announced that he will sign an e [...]	2005-11-23 07:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6617	BUSINESSMAN DISCUSSES EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary: According to Nimrod Novik, the senior vice president of the Merhav Group, "all systems are go" for the export of USD 2.5 billion worth of Egyptian natural gas to Israel over the next two decades. Novik, whose company is the Israeli partner in the deal, noted that the Egyptians had [...]	2005-11-23 08:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6619	SENATOR LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told Codel Lieberman November 22 that he is disappointed that Prime Minister Sharon has left the Likud, and that it is hard to say what will happen in the general elections four months from now. Shalom predicted that he and former Prime Minister Be [...]	2005-11-23 11:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG TS IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6624	KATSAV SETS MARCH 28 ELECTIONS, GIVES SHARON ROOM [...] Summary: Knesset representatives and President Katsav agreed November 23 to schedule elections for March 28, and to dissolve the Knesset by presidential decree, a measure that will allow Prime Minister Sharon to appoint new ministers during the period until elections without Knesset approval. [...]	2005-11-23 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL

05TELAVIV6626	U.S. TREASURY DISCUSSES WITH GOI ESTABLISHMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli military intelligence officials headed by Brigidier-General Kuperwasser met with Treasury policy advisor Lebenson, Post's Defense Attach and econoff to discuss a U.S. Treasury initiative to establish a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) or Financial Follow-up Unit (FFU),a [...]	2005-11-23 12:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6627	GOI TOURISM OVERVIEW AND PROJECT INITIATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Tourism (MoT) Marketing Director Levi told econoff that 1.7 million tourists have visited Israel this year, and brought three billion dollars to the Israeli economy. He stressed that although U.S. travel warnings for Israel have been eased, the warnings have hurt the [...]	2005-11-23 12:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6628	ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON HAMAS IN ELECTIONS, PEACE [...] (C) Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 18 that Hamas will continue to honor the tadiyah ("calm") as long as it believes it serves its interests. Eiland said the calm could be extended through Israeli general elections scheduled for March 2006, or [...]	2005-11-23 12:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PREF PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6639	AMBASSADOR JONES'S COURTESY CALL ON INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: In their introductory meeting on the day of the Labor leadership election, Interior Minister Ofir Pines-Paz told the Ambassador that regardless of who wins, it was not a foregone conclusion that Labor would stay in the coalition because it has two major disagreements with Likud. [...]	2005-11-25 06:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV664	ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE: MAZUZ DECISION UNLIKELY [...] (C) In a conversation with Deputy Economic Counselor February 3, Deputy Attorney General Blass discounted the possibility of a serious challenge to AG Mazuz's January 31 decision on the Absentee Property Law. Although he was unaware that Finance Minister Netanyahu had told Ha'aretz February [...]	2005-02-04 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6641	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv, Yediot, and The Jerusalem Post, published the results of three polls that show improvement in the rating of PM Sharon's party Kadima (Forward). Were elections hel [...]	2005-11-25 09:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6659	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. Palestinian parliamentary elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that Shimon Peres is considering joining Ariel Sharon, who may offer Peres a future position as "special ambassad [...]	2005-11-28 07:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6667	BEDOUIN PROFESSOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT GOI TOURISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Tourism (MoT) has several projects in the planning stages designed to improve the Bedouin employment situation in the Negev. Michal Uziyahu from the Negev Development Authority (NDA) said one tourism plan divides the Negev into six regions and calls for the GOI t [...]	2005-11-28 10:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6669	ISA CHIEF DISKIN VIEWS RAFAH AS TEST CASE [...] (C) Summary: During a November 18 meeting with NEA DAS Robert Danin, Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director Yuval Diskin said that a successfully managed passage at Rafah would encourage the opening of other passages and would benefit Qarni. Diskin expressed concern about Fatah and its leader M [...]	2005-11-28 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6671	GOI UNDERTAKES HOME DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM, [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Over the past several days, we have received reports of GOI demolitions of at least ten Arab homes in East Jerusalem for a lack of building permits. Ha'aretz November 23 reported that the Justice Ministry [...]	2005-11-28 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6673	"KADIMA" ATTRACTING CROSS-SECTION OF POLITICAL [...] Summary: Prime Minister Sharon continues to court national and local politicians from across the political spectrum to join his new party, "Kadima." Former Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres is considering whether to join Sharon and is to announce his decision on November 30. Sharon currently [...]	2005-11-28 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6680	MFA OFFICIALS ON REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told NEA DAS Danin that there are two important questions regarding Middle East peace efforts -- how engaged the U.S. can be in the process when it is tied up in Iraq and elsewhere, and how to keep Israelis engaged when they will be diverted by the upcoming election. [...]	2005-11-29 09:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS
05TELAVIV6683	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran, nuclear program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that former Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres has finalized his decision to leave the Labor Party, Prime Minis [...]	2005-11-29 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV669	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-04 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV670	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. President Bush State of the Union Address ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli source as saying that Sharon and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will disagree on the d [...]	2005-02-04 11:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6708	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All Israeli media led with pre-election stories on the movement of key figures between political parties and on public opinion polls. The Jerusalem Post reports that Professor Uriel Reichman, Shinui fou [...]	2005-11-30 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV671	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-04 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6710	KADIMA TAKES BITE OUT OF THREE PARTIES; PLATFORM [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's Kadima Party continues to siphon off high-profile politicians from other parties, and its support in the polls is climbing. Labor Party MK and Shimon Peres's close confidante, Dalia Yitzik, announced late November 28 that she is joining Kadima. The natio [...]	2005-11-30 16:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS
05TELAVIV6717	Chief Justice Lauds Post's Judiciary Programs, [...] (U) Summary: At a program planning meeting November 29, 2005 in his chambers, Israel's Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak and National Court Administration President Judge Boaz Okun told the PAO, American Center Director, and PD rule of law program specialist that he places a high value [...]	2005-12-01 09:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6719	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli elections 3. Iran, nuclear program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report on Shimon Peres' quitting Labor and political activity and endorsing PM Sharon's Kadima. The Jerusalem Post reports that "former prim [...]	2005-12-01 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6720	AVIAN INFLUENZA: NO CONFIRMED H5N1 IN ISRAEL; [...] (U) INTRO AND SUMMARY: This message is Post's response to Ref A questions regarding the GOI's efforts to prepare for avian and pandemic influenza, and its capability to respond to an AI epidemic. Questions are answered in the order provided in reftel. To date, there have been no/no confir [...]	2005-12-01 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6743	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media extensively covered remarks made by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the annual editors' convention at Sokolov House in Tel Aviv on Thursday, addressing the major issues concerni [...]	2005-12-02 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6751	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 [...] (C) Mr. Ambassador: Your visit to Israel will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and progress is being made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anxiety in Israel is high about Iran and its nuclear weapons program, political instability in Syria and [...]	2005-12-02 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID ENRG ETTC MASS OTRA PARM TRGY TSPL GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6760	EMBLEM: GOI LISTS NATIONS MAYBE WILLING TO SPEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron asked poloff December 2 to pass to the Department a list of nations that the GOI believes might be willing to speak publicly before or during the diplomatic conference in favor of adopting the Third Addit [...]	2005-12-02 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6762	Bank Leumi Privatization a Great Success for [...] (U) On November 15, in a dramatic success for the GOI's three-year-long privatization drive, the Cerberus and Gabriel private investment groups (also known as Barnea Investments),headed by former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle, won the tender and purchased 9.99 percent of Bank Leumi from the [...]	2005-12-02 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6763	Fischer Takes Command: BOI Rate Hike Counters [...] (SBU) In an expected move, the Bank of Israel (BOI) announced a 0.5 increase in interest rates on November 28, bringing the base rate to 4.5 percent. This was the Central Bank's third consecutive monthly hike, and the most pronounced, following increases of 0.25 percent at the end of both Sep [...]	2005-12-02 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6766	EMBLEM: WHY THE GOI NEARLY BALKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Israel did not oppose the recent MDA-PRCS agreements, the issue hits the GOI at an unusually volatile transitional moment in Israeli domestic politics. During this tenuous period an issue such as this that touches on security, or the status of East Jerusalem and the settle [...]	2005-12-02 17:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6778	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Elections 2. Iranian Nuclear Race 3. The Syrian Threat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz online and Israel Radio reported that a blast occurred at around 11:30 am Monday at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall in Ne [...]	2005-12-05 12:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6797	GOI-PA CONTACTS ON CONVOYS FROZEN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Major General Yossef Mishlev, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) advised that the GOI has a plan for re-establishing bus convoys between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The "pilot plan" proposes a single [...]	2005-12-06 16:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN ETRD PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6798	ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN ON NOVEMBER 14 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Jacob Toren told the Ambassador December 5, only hours after the deadly Netanya suicide bombing, that his people are sparing no effort to implement their undertakings vis-a-vis the Palestinians per the November 14 agreement brokered by Secretary Rice. Toren co [...]	2005-12-06 17:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6799	SHALOM OUTLINES GOI REACTION TO ATTACK, BLAMES PA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told the Ambassador December 6 that in response to the December 5 Netanya terrorist attack, the Security Cabinet decided to cancel special travel privileges for Palestinian VIPs, to resume targeted killings, and to combat terrorism and arms smugglin [...]	2005-12-06 17:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6815	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iranian Nuclear Race ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Jerusalem Post and other media reported the IDF is gearing up for a crackdown on the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, wishing to apprehend "all of the terrorists" there. The [...]	2005-12-07 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6846	LABOR MK HERZOG: "SHARON STOLE HANEGBI," AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Labor MK and former Housing Minister Isaac (Itzchak) Herzog discussed the ever-evolving Israeli political scene, including then breaking news that acting Likud Party Chairman and Minister-without-Portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi had decided [...]	2005-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6847	KATSAV'S VATICAN VISIT POSITIVE, BUT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Division Director for Religious Affairs Zvi Tal briefed Poloff November 28 on President Moshe Katsav's November 17 Vatican meetings and on the status of GOI-Vatican negotiations toward a concordat on fiscal and legal matters. Tal, who traveled with Katsav, was upbeat about t [...]	2005-12-08 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6848	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2005, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]	2005-12-08 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6855	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 2. Israeli Election Campaigns 3. Palestinian Leadership and the West ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF resumed "targeted assassinations" in the wake of the Neta [...]	2005-12-09 09:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6872	ISRAEL ON COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche, Israeli MFA Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Department Director Yehuda Yaakov told poloff December 4 that: -- Israel continues to be interested in active participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (Proliferation Security Initiative) and ot [...]	2005-12-09 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6874	(C) FM SHALOM DISCUSSES SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch on December 8 met with FM Silvan Shalom to discuss regional and Israeli-Palestinian issues. Shalom expressed concern about the security situation, claiming that there had been an increase in infiltrations by terrorists and weapons smuggling sin [...]	2005-12-10 15:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KWBG IS TS EG LE AG JO IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6875	MOFAZ TELLS A/S WELCH HE WILL SHUT KARNI, EREZ IF [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador December 9 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has done nothing to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access since both sides met with the Secretary November 15. He underscored repeatedly that security conce [...]	2005-12-10 15:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG IS SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6876	GILAD TELLS A/S WELCH PA ACTION AGAINST PIJ AND [...] (S) Summary: In a December 9 meeting after that with Defense Minister Mofaz (septel),MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad told A/S Welch, the Ambassador, and Col. Dugger (USSC) that he is concerned that Fatah is replacing its "old guard" with extremists. He assessed that if this trend continues, [...]	2005-12-10 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS JO LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6877	ISRAELIS DELIBERATELY "AMBIGUOUS" ON PALESTINIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland and Deputy National Security Advisor Eran Etzion told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch December 9 that the GOI has adopted a deliberately "ambiguous" approach to Palestinian Authority (PA) elections "so the PA can't blame Israel for the p [...]	2005-12-10 16:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV KPAL KDEM KPKO LE SY IS IR TU AE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6884	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Pressures Israel on Safe Passage Agreement 2. Sharon's Kadima Political Moves 3. Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 4. Defense Establishment Expected View of Egypt ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Army Radio reported [...]	2005-12-12 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6886	MOJ LIVNI WANTS ELECTION OBSERVERS TO ENCOURAGE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni raised concerns about the role of Hamas in the upcoming Palestinian elections with A/S Welch on December 8. Livni said she fears Hamas will get more legitimacy from these elections, which will weaken PA President Abbas and damage the concept of d [...]	2005-12-12 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6891	SPIEGEL OUTLINES GOI PLAN TO REMOVE SOME OBSTACLES [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, advisor in the Ministry of Defense (MOD),briefed the Ambassador and Embassy staff on the GOI's three-phase draft plan for the reduction and removal of obstacles to movement in the West Bank. In Phase I, the GOI plans to remove a total o [...]	2005-12-12 16:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6911	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iranian Nuclear Program ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ Major media reported on the Mehlis report, which was delivered yesterday to the UN Security council, claiming that Syrian and Lebanese intelligence knew about the plot to assass [...]	2005-12-13 12:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6920	PHANTOM EFFORT TOWARD NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The Israeli press is decimating forests and spewing ink in its speculation over the claimed efforts of mostly unnamed -- but apparently desperate -- Likud MKs to garner support for a new government in the 15 days remaining before the Knesset's December 29 dissolution. For such an effort t [...]	2005-12-14 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6923	UNDOF COMMANDER REPORTS LIMITED RESOURCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Major-General Bala Nanda Sharma of Nepal, United Nations Disengagement Observor Force (UNDOF) Commander, told the Ambassador December 12 that UNDOF has "no money, no manpower, and no resources" with which to employ new technologies or to expand its mission. Sharma reported th [...]	2005-12-14 15:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS SY LE EG JO PGOV GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6924	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Syria 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media highlighted remarks made in an interview with Newsweek by Kalman Gayer, who advises PM Sharon on public opinion po [...]	2005-12-15 04:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6946	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz led with a report by Akiva Eldar that on Wednesday, Israel succumbed to international pressure and informed the U.S. that it plans to complete preparations on Friday for operatin [...]	2005-12-15 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6970	SUMMARY OF ISRAELI MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SEMINAR ON [...] On December 1, 2005, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) held an export control seminar for the local high-tech and defense industries. The seminar, "Export Controls for Category 6 Technologies of the Wassenaar Arrangement," attracted over 200 participants, among them many Israeli hi- tech exporter [...]	2005-12-16 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETTC ETRD IS MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6971	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Israel is not a regional financial center like Hong Kong or Switzerland due to a lack of financial activity with its neighboring countries. Israel's financial activity is mainly conducted with the financial markets of the U.S. and Europe, and to a lesser extent with Asia. Less than a quarter [...]	2005-12-16 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP KTFN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6972	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday, a Qassam rocket landed 2 km south of Ashkelon, in an area that comprises strategic installations, and another in a kibbut [...]	2005-12-16 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6996	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the state of PM Sharon's health. Israel Radio reported that Sharon was in good condition this morning after he was rushed to Jerusalem's Hadass [...]	2005-12-19 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV70	POSSIBLE UTJ DECISION AGAINST COALITION LEAVES [...] (C) Religious reservations over disengagement, concerns over the independence of its religious school system, and issues of trust -- not only money or political benefits -- are the core issues preventing the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party from completing PM Sharon's desired Likud-Labor-UTJ [...]	2005-01-05 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7002	ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION, [...] (S) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the international community to diplomatically pressure Iran to abandon its program. If a military solution were required, Shamni said he believes the U.S. could d [...]	2005-12-19 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7003	ISRAEL: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Tel Aviv submits the following proposed draft for the Israel section of the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. This draft has been cleared with ConGen Jerusalem, which is producing a report on the Palestinian Authority (septel). ------------------ GENERAL ASS [...]	2005-12-19 13:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7008	SHARON'S HEALTH BECOMES ELECTION ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's hospitalization December 18 for a mild stroke has raised questions of age and health in the current pre-election political climate and raised differing preliminary views as to what effect Sharon's health problems will have on the Kadima party's future. Pol [...]	2005-12-19 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7016	NETANYAHU LEADS A WEAK, RIGHT-LEANING LIKUD AS [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu will likely call for a party decision as to whether Likud should quit the government, and may still try to recruit 61 MKs to create an alternative government to avoid early elections. Observers assess that the latter has littl [...]	2005-12-20 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7022	POVERTY HYPE REFLECTS DECLINE OF SOCIALISM IN [...] (S) In advance of the upcoming elections, many politicians, reporters, and advocacy groups have been trumpeting "poverty" as the most important issue facing Israeli society. In reality, apart from a few isolated pockets, Israel does not face grinding "third world-style" poverty as a systemi [...]	2005-12-21 08:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7023	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel TV and Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised PM Sharon's courageous moves in an interview with CNN, as, in the words of both statio [...]	2005-12-21 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7029	GOI ISSUES TENDERS IN ARIEL AND QARNEI SHOMROM [...] (U) Press reported Monday, December 19, that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) issued a tender for 117 units on two sites in the East Beit quarter of Ariel settlement. According to the tender, which was published in Ha'aretz, one site is 2,465 square meters and will have 27 hou [...]	2005-12-21 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7030	NNSA ADMINISTRATOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 VISIT TO [...] (U) Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security/Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Linton Brooks visited Israel December 6-9 for a series of discussions of ongoing cooperation between NNSA and the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). IAEC Director Gene [...]	2005-12-21 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA ENRG KNNP PARM PINR PGOV PTER EAID TRGY TSPL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV7046	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Taiwan Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice outraged Israeli politicians from across the political spectrum on Tuesday when she praised PM Sharo [...]	2005-12-22 12:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV706	FORMER CIVIL ADMINISTRATION HEAD REVEALS [...] (C) Summary: The former head of the Civil Administration, Brigadier General (ret.) Dov "Fuffi" Sedaka, detailed the complex approval process for construction of new settlements and settlement neighborhoods in a January 30 meeting with Embassy economic officers. He made clear that no matter [...]	2005-02-04 13:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV707	RETROACTIVE APPROVALS FOR SETTLEMENT BUILDING [...] (C) Summary. As reported septel, former head of the Civil Administration, Brigadier General (ret.) Dov "Fuffi" Sedaka, detailed the complex approval process for construction of settlements to Embassy economic officers in a January 30 meeting. During the meeting, he also explained that the b [...]	2005-02-04 13:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7072	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the IDF responded with artillery fire and aerial strikes to Sunday's Qassam fire. A Qassam rocket nearly missed a kindergarten in Kibbutz Sa'ad [...]	2005-12-27 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All leading media, except The Jerusalem Post, led with the firing from Lebanon of at least four Katyusha rockets at Israeli communities -- particularly Kiryat Shmona -- la [...]	2005-12-28 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7090	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and leading Israeli Internet news web sites reported that this morning, a suicide bomber approached a roadblock in Jabara village near the West Bank town of Tulkarm and blew h [...]	2005-12-29 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7096	PERETZ: REMOVE ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS, SPEED UP PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz, who has tried to focus the Israeli electorate on economic issues (reftel),recently criticized the proliferation of Israeli outposts and expansion of settlements in the West Bank as damaging to Israel's international reputation and to prospects [...]	2005-12-29 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7098	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Maariv, led with Wednesday's suicide bombing near Tulkarm, in which IDF officer Uri Binamo and two Palestinians were killed. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were [...]	2005-12-30 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7099	CONFERENCE PROMOTES NEGEV AND NEW MINISTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Globes business daily newspaper hosted several hundred private and public officials at a business conference where the GOI promoted its Negev Development Plan. A panel of prominent GOI officials lead by former Vice Premier Shimon Peres presented the development plan, which ca [...]	2005-12-30 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV71	GOI RESPONSE TO DATA EXCLUSIVITY DEMARCHE [...] (S) Ambassador Kurtzer delivered points in reftel to Vice PM and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert on January 4, 2005. Olmert objected to the language used in the demarche, but he accepted the principle that if the data exclusivity legislation is withheld from passage by the [...]	2005-01-05 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7100	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH EHUD BARAK AND SHIMON [...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Shimon Peres and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, in separate meetings, told Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) that they are optimistic about the impact of Kadima on the peace process, and both predicted the Labor party would be marginalized under the leadership of Amir P [...]	2005-12-30 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV7102	ISRAELI AVIAN FLU-RELATED RESTRICTIONS ON POULTRY [...] SUMMARY: On October 13, 2005 Israel banned all imports of poultry products from Turkey following a reported case of AI there. Israel currently bans the import of poultry and poultry products from areas where AI cases have been confirmed - Southeast Asia, Croatia, Russia, and Romania. The su [...]	2005-12-30 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV711	WB/G SITREP: PIJ AND AAMB INJURE FOUR IDF [...] (SBU) In the West Bank on February 3, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades wounded four IDF soldiers in a shooting attack south of Hebron. Eight international activists were lightly injured in clashes with the IDF when protesting the construction of the seamline barrie [...]	2005-02-04 13:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV7112	ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT [...] (S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israel. At 2309 local time, Israeli forces reported three explosions in northern Israel, but the debris has not been located to date. MOD contacts said several r [...]	2005-12-30 15:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV7113	A PRE-ELECTIONS PRIMER: PARTY PRIMARIES, POLLS AND [...] Summary: Less than ninety days ahead of Israel's general elections, the political landscape the three major parties will maneuver through is clear. December 29 marks the passage of the statutory 21 days since publication of the presidential order to dissolve the 16th Knesset, a formality th [...]	2005-12-30 16:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV723	PERES PURSUES DIRECT TALKS ON GAZA DISENGAGEMENT [...] (S) Summary: DPM Shimon Peres is moving quickly to initiate direct negotiations with the PA on Gaza Disengagement economic issues. Following the template established by the World Bank process, Peres met February 2 with Mohammed Dahlan and Sa'eb Erekat to set a path toward face to face negoti [...]	2005-02-07 08:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV73	WB/G SITREP: EIGHT ARRESTED IN WEST BANK; IN GAZA, [...] (SBU) Summary: Violence continued in Gaza January 4-5 with 11-12 IDF soldiers reportedly injured by Qassam rocket attacks and eight Palestinians, including six members of the same family and one militant, killed by Israeli gunfire. In the West Bank, eight Palestinians were arrested, including [...]	2005-01-05 15:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV731	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-07 11:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV75	JORDANIAN CONSUL SAYS JORDAN WANTS PRISONERS IN [...] (C) Jordanian Consul Mohammed Abu-Wandi told political counselor January 5 that ongoing discussions with FM Shalom over both Shalom's desire to visit Amman and the return of a Jordanian ambassador to Tel Aviv focus on Israel's release of some 13 Jordanian "security" prisoners. Abu-Wandi said [...]	2005-01-05 16:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV752	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-08 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV76	NASSER YUSIF ON POSSIBLE SECURITY ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Force BG Nasser Yusif told poloffs recently that, if called upon to join an Abu Mazen government as interior minister, he would bring the green-uniform public security forces, Force 17, and the naval or coastal police under his personal operational control, an [...]	2005-01-05 16:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER ASEC GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV786	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-09 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV803	DEFENSE MINISTRY DENIES VERACITY OF FEB 8 HA'ARETZ [...] (U) A February 8 article in Ha'aretz quotes a senior security official as saying that Israel will evacuate illegal outposts in the West Bank only after the implementation of the disengagement plan in the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank. According to the security official, the GOI's com [...]	2005-02-09 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV816	ANOTHER WEST BANK AMCIT SETTLER'S ACCOUNT [...] (SBU) On 24 Jan 2005 Conoff spoke with an American citizen resident of the West Bank settlement of Elkana. The American citizen was at the Embassy in Tel Aviv renewing the U.S. passports of her children and was willing to discuss the subject of life in Elkana. 2. (SBU) The American cit [...]	2005-02-10 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC SOCI KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY
05TELAVIV820	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-10 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV826	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: FM SHALOM RESURRECTS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom's late-breaking campaign for a national referendum on disengagement has exacerbated divisions within Likud over disengagement, but will fail given steadfast opposition from Prime Minister Sharon and a Likud-proof majority of Knesset members. Likud [...]	2005-02-10 13:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV839	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) vowed to take action against any future Palestinian cease-fire violation after Palestinians fired more than 4 [...]	2005-02-11 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV85	YOSSI GAL AND ILAN BARUCH DISCUSS AHLC, WORLD BANK [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Yossi Gal and Ilan Baruch of the MFA's Economic Affairs division Wednesday, December 28 to discuss Israeli follow-up from the Oslo AHLC, World Bank-proposed monitoring and benchmarks, and GOI and Israeli private-sector contact with the Palestinians on sett [...]	2005-01-06 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV87	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Yediot highlighted issues related to the opposition to the disengagement plan. Maariv bannered a call by PM Sharon on IDF soldiers to resist pro [...]	2005-01-06 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV881	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-14 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV886	WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 14, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian militants launched three shooting attacks at IDF and Israeli settler targets February 11-14, including one in which militants fired on Israeli laborers who were putting up a fence along the Kissufim Road. No injuries were reported. The GOI agreed February 14 to th [...]	2005-02-14 15:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV891	SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH SHIMON [...] (C) Summary. Senator Allen and Israeli Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Shimon Peres discussed their mutual interest in nanotechnology as well as ways to bolster the Palestinian economy. Peres stressed the importance of moving quickly on improving freedom of movement within Palestinian areas and [...]	2005-02-15 09:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV895	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Assassination of Former Lebanese PM Hariri ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The newspapers -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- banner either threats against PM Sharon or the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri in [...]	2005-02-15 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV904	NETANYAHU AS FINANCE MINISTER: CONFOUNDING THE [...] (C) Summary. Upon assuming office in 2003, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implemented a series of far-reaching economic reforms aimed at overcoming Israel's economic crisis of 2001-2002, the worst in its history. Originally drafted under Netanyahu's predecessor Silvan Shalom, they encom [...]	2005-02-15 12:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI PREL EIND ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV916	WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 15, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Summary: A Palestinian driver said that an Israeli car fired shots at his vehicle north of Nablus on February 14, damaging his vehicle but causing no injuries. The IDF arrested a total of eight Palestinians throughout the West Bank February 14-15. In Gaza, unknown assailants opened fi [...]	2005-02-15 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV922	PALTRADE OFFICER ON SETTLEMENT GREENHOUSES, PAPA [...] (C) Summary: PalTrade cash crops officer Hashim Al-Hussaini spoke to Econoff February 9 on Gazan agribusiness and job creation post-disengagement. On settlement assets, Hussaini emphasized the need for direct GOI-PA security coordination in order to safeguard greenhouses and other infrastru [...]	2005-02-15 15:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG EAID IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV930	SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Member George Allen met with Ministry of Defense Deputy Director General for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad February 13. Gilad focused on GOI efforts to coordinate with Egypt on security aspects of the disengagement plan, in particular [...]	2005-02-16 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV934	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Lebanon Bombing 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher announced Tuesday, a day after the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri, that the U.S. recalled it [...]	2005-02-16 12:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT

05TELAVIV946	WB/G SITREP: TWO AL-AQSA MILITANTS AND A [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF shot and killed two Al-Aqsa militants in the West Bank, while an Israeli settler killed a 15-year-old Palesinian in Ramallah. In Gaza, militants fired mortar shells at Morag and Neve Dekalim. No injuries were reported in either attack. End Summary. --------- West [...]	2005-02-16 15:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS

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