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08ISTANBUL370	FIRST OPEN SESSION OF DINK MURDER TRIAL [...] The sixth session of the trial of the accused murderers of Agos newspaper editor Hrant Dink convened on July 7 and was for the first time open to the public, since the primary murder suspect, Ogun Samast, is no longer a minor. In addition to U.S. Consualte General istnabul observers, members o [...]	2008-07-09 08:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL AM TU

08ISTANBUL387	JEWISH COMMUNITY DISCUSSES ARMENIA, ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (C) Summary. The leadership of the Jewish Community of Turkey (JCT) at the Chief Rabbinate of Istanbul shared with us on July 14 their positive perceptions of a visit earlier this month by representatives of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to address the ADL's position on the Armenian Genocid [...]	2008-07-21 11:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL438	AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]	2008-08-15 17:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL439	AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]	2008-08-16 08:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL440	AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]	2008-08-16 08:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL492	STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY MEETS WITH AKP INSIDER AND U.S. [...] (U) Summary: On September 3 a House Foreign Relations Committee staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the future of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) with AKP founding member H. Cuneyd Zapsu; and, in a separate meeting, discussed the Turkish business climate with members [...]	2008-09-15 11:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU EINV IR
08ISTANBUL516	ISTANBUL SAADET PARTY HEAD LOOKS TO THE PAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sadrettin Karaduman, Saadet Party (SP) Istanbul Party Chairman spoke longingly about past glory days when his party controlled the city's administration. Karaduman credited mayors from SP's previous political organizations -- Welfare (Refah) Party (RP) and Felicity (Fazilet) [...]	2008-09-26 10:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL527	TURKEY: ISRAEL AND JEWISH COMMUNITY GOING PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: A September poll reveals that most Turks have significantly negative perspectives of Israel and the United States. Since 2003, this negativity has also translated into a negative impression of the Turkish Jewish population. To combat these impressions, the Israeli Consulate in Ista [...]	2008-10-13 08:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL540	IRANIAN AND AFGHAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY: A SNAPSHOT [...] (C) Summary: We met October 8-10 with UNHCR, provincial, municipal, and police officials, an NGO, and Iranian Baha'i families in Van province in southeast Turkey, to look at conditions facing Iranian refugees. Van hosts between 1700 and 2100 registered refugees, mostly Iranian and Afghan. So [...]	2008-10-23 05:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PINS PREL IT TU
08ISTANBUL557	IRANIAN TOURISM: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGE? [...] (C) Summary: Iran is making a strong diplomatic push to promote tourism cooperation with Turkey and "friendly" organizations like the D8 and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Iran sees tourism and related investment as a way to ease its isolation and boost economic growth, and th [...]	2008-11-03 14:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EINV CVIS SCUL SOCI TU IR
08ISTANBUL560	IRAN EXPERTS REACT TO US ELECTIONS WITH SURPRISE, [...] (S) Summary: Our contacts in Turkey and in Iran who follow US-Iran relations closely, including think tank experts, correspondents, and businessmen, have expressed a range of reactions regarding the implications for US-Iran relations to the election of Barack Obama. Their views ran the gamu [...]	2008-11-05 13:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR US TU
08ISTANBUL573	CHIEF RABBI PRAISES GOT, BUT ANTI-SEMITISM A [...] Summary and Comment: During a November 3 farewell call by the Ambassador on Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva and the leadership of the Jewish Community, Haleva expounded on the good relations maintained between the Jewish community and the Government of Turkey (GOT) on national and local levels, but [...]	2008-11-17 12:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AA TU OSCE
08JAKARTA1000	PRO-PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Indonesia recently hosted an international conference on Palestinian-related issues. Members of the press, Indonesian Islamic parties and legislators, and some international guests--including anti-Israel rabbis--participated in the event. President Yudhoyono w [...]	2008-05-21 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID XF
08JAKARTA1142	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has informed the GOI of the decision by the Government of the United States to disengage from participation in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) due to the HRC's continued politicization and double standards. Indonesian interlocutors agreed that the HRC had problems but ex [...]	2008-06-11 07:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1238	JAKARTA TO HOST CAPACITY-BUILDING CONFERENCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has announcced that it plans n co-host with South Africa a ministerial-level apacity-building conference for Palestine, July 1415. The conference--which would be held in Jakata--aims to generate pledges of training, technial assistance and other forms of capacity-buil [...]	2008-06-25 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ID SF XF
08JAKARTA1260	MAJOR MUSLIM GROUP SPONSORS CONFERENCE; MODERATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a hundred prominent experts from 27 countries gathered to discuss the topic of "Addressing Facets of Violence: What can be Done?" at the Second World Peace Forum hosted by Muhammadiyah--Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organization with over 30 million members. The eve [...]	2008-06-27 08:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1323	ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS -- URGING GOI TO REJECT DRAFT [...] (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche to Bunyan Suprapto, Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on July 9. The DCM underscored that no resolution should be adopted given the ongoing bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority [...]	2008-07-09 10:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID XF
08JAKARTA1384	ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- POINTS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: If the Secretary meets Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Singapore, we suggest that she urge the GOI to carry out the recommendations of the report of the Indonesia-Timor-Leste Commission on Truth and Friendship. We [...]	2008-07-18 08:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1481	ISLAMIC CONFERENCE STRESSES MODERATE THEMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A major Indonesian Islamic organization, Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),and the GOI hosted a large international conference of Islamic scholars in Jakarta last week. Starting with President Yudhoyono's opening address, the conference generally hit on positive themes. As part of this mod [...]	2008-08-04 08:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID
08JAKARTA1572	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ANTI-SEMITISM VISITS INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Jakarta, Gregg Rickman, the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism, met with a wide range of Indonesian government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss anti-Semitism and religious tolerance. Although Judaism is not [...]	2008-08-19 08:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1574	(S) POSSIBLE SALE OF GLOBAL HAWK (UAV) TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Mission appreciates reftel's solicitation of comment on a possible sale of the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to Singapore and has reviewed the implications of the proposed sale. In terms of the GOI's response, the Indonesian military's reaction is likely to be muted [...]	2008-08-20 01:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL PARM MASS ID SN
08JAKARTA1652	U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE OIC VISITS INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sada Cumber, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC),recently visited Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world by population. During the visit, he discussed proposals for greater cooperation between the USG and the OIC. He outlined a propo [...]	2008-09-02 05:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1778	NORTH SULAWESI'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AND [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) Summary: Surabaya Principal Officer visited an active synagogue in North Sulawesi, garnering positive press reports. Representatives of the local Jewish community noted the support of local officials and the tolerance o [...]	2008-09-19 02:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV ID
08JAKARTA185	CENTRAL JAVA -- PROMOTING U.S.-INDONESIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL Regional Security Unit Chief met security policy scholars, and spoke at a local university and Muslim boarding school in Yogjakarta, central Java, January 28-29. He highlighted positive developments in U.S.-Indonesian relations, and opportunities for further cooperation on [...]	2008-01-30 08:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ID
08JAKARTA2145	UNGA -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO OPPOSE ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding anti-Israel resolutions in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to key GOI officials on November 20. We strongly urged Indonesia to oppose such resolutions. Indonesian interlocutors took our points on board, but did not promise any change [...]	2008-11-20 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ID IS
08JAKARTA2264	ANNAPOLIS PROCESS -- GOI SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, DCM engaged a senior GOI official concerning USG demarche (Ref A) urging adoption of a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution endorsing the principles of the Annapolis Peace Process. Our GOI contact said Indonesia planned to support the resolution without amendmen [...]	2008-12-15 10:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ID IS XF
08JAKARTA232	LEBANON -- SEEKING INDONESIAN SUPPORT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The DCM delivered reftel demarche to key GOI official Desra Percaya on February 5, underscored the importance of international support for the Lebanese government and urged Indonesia to strengthen its support for that [...]	2008-02-05 10:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY ID
08JAKARTA434	IRAN/UNSC -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Mission continued efforts to convince Indonesia to support the draft UNSC resolution on Iran's nuclear program. A senior GOI official told the Ambassador on March 3 that Indonesia acknowledged Iran's continued enrichment activities and recognized the strength of UNSC support fo [...]	2008-03-03 09:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL PARM UNSC ID IR
08JAKARTA696	LIFE SENTENCE FOR RAISING SEPARATIST FLAG [...] (U) This message was coordinated with ConGen Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A district court in eastern Indonesia has sentenced a man to a life sentence on treason charges for waving a separatist flag in front of President Yudhoyono in June 2007. The separatist South Maluku Republic (RMS) fl [...]	2008-04-07 11:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA763	A/S HILL DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4 in Jakarta, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill assured key Indonesian officials of the USG's commitment to Southeast Asia. He also explored ways to press for reform in Burma, progress regarding Iran's nuclear program and Middle East peace. On the bilateral front, he discus [...]	2008-04-16 07:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID XB XF
08JAKARTA773	STRESSING MAINSTREAM MESSAGE, ISLAMIC PARTY PICKS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Apparent gubernatorial victories this week in West Java and North Sumatra by the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) were due to skillful grassroots politicking rather than direct Islamic-type appeals, pol [...]	2008-04-17 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA866	SYRIAN CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- REVIEWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Syria's clandestine nuclear facilities with the Department of Foreign Affairs. GOI contact basically took our points on board, but expressed concerns about Israeli actions. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On April 29, Poloff reviewed reftel poi [...]	2008-04-30 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ID SY KN
08JAKARTA869	Public Outreach in South and East Kalimantan [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Officers conducted two public outreach events in Kalimantan during an April 22-24 reporting trip (see reftels). In Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Embassy Officers delivered a presentation and presented PAS materials on the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. In Tarakan, East [...]	2008-04-30 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV ECON PREL ID
08JEDDAH149	ISLAMIC SUMMIT: TOP PRIORITIES INCLUDE SUDAN-CHAD [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In post-Summit meetings with OIC Assistant Secretary General for Jerusalem Affairs Ambassador Samir Bakr and OIC Directors for Political Affairs Yahaya Lawal and Tariq Ali Bakheet, they cited the new Charter revision (to enter into force within six months),the Dakar Agreeme [...]	2008-03-23 11:59:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL OIC SA
08JEDDAH164	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA FEBRUARY 29 AND [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the Eastern Province on February 29 and March 7, Sheikh Mohammed Saleh al-Munajjid at the Omar bin Abd al-Aziz Grand Mosque condemned the Danish newspapers that reprinted in late February Muhammad cartoons, criticized Muslims who supported the West, and called on the Musli [...]	2008-04-07 16:27:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
08JEDDAH268	SAUDI FM ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION, LEBANON, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's June 23 meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, they discussed: nuclear cooperation (reftels A and C),the Saudi pledge for the Nahr al Barid conference (reftel B),implementing the Annapolis Agreement, and debt forgiveness for Iraq. The Amb [...]	2008-06-24 11:21:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP KPAL SA
08JEDDAH447	US CONSULATE JEDDAH HOSTS DEBATE WATCHING EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Consulate Jeddah has hosted two US Presidential debate-watching events to encourage participation and engagement within the Saudi Arabian community. Both events brought together professors, media, and members of Jeddawi civil society and spurned lively and nuanced conversations re [...]	2008-10-26 13:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KMPI KPAO OPRC PHUM SA SCUL SOCI XF
08JEDDAH465	RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN JEDDAH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 06:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS SA
08JEDDAH466	RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN JEDDAH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 06:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS SA
08JEDDAH70	OIC SUMMIT ON GAZA: REBUKES ISRAEL, CALLS FOR AID [...] (S) SUMMARY: The OIC hosted an expanded meeting of its Executive Committee in Jeddah to discuss the situation in Gaza. Attendees included Foreign Ministers and other representatives from approximately 40 member states. The main outcome included a Final Communique reiterating previous OIC rem [...]	2008-02-05 12:34:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PREL KISL PHUM SA
08JEDDAH77	OIC FINAL COMMUNIQUE FROM GAZA SUMMIT [...] (U) The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) issued a Final Communique on February 3 after hosting an expanded meeting of its Executive Committee to discuss the situation in Gaza (Refs A and B). The Communique reiterates previous OIC remarks condemning Israel and urging the internatio [...]	2008-02-10 16:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
08JEDDAH94	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA JANUARY 25 AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Eastern Province on January 25, the Omar bin Abd al-Aziz Grand Mosque sermon condemned the Israeli "blockade," rebuked Israel, and criticized Arabs and Muslims for not doing enough to aid the Palestinians. On February 1 the Imam spoke against domestic violence. (COMMENT: I [...]	2008-02-26 09:59:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
08JERUSALEM1004	MASKED SETTLERS CLUB 68-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN WOMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local NGOs have confirmed press reports of masked settlers beating Palestinians near Hebron on June 8. According to these sources, two elderly Palestinians were injured and one was hospitalized. The victims identified the assailants as settlers from Susiya. Susiya settlers, n [...]	2008-06-12 14:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1007	"PALESTINE LIBERATION FRONT": PLO FACTION STILL [...] (S/NF) Per reftel, Post supplies the following information on the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF, "Abu al-Abbas Group"),which retains a leadership structure but no apparent intent or operational capability to carry out terrorist actions in the West Bank or Gaza Strip. 2. (S/NF) The PLF [...]	2008-06-13 08:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	KPAL PTER KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1008	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/13): AN "APOLOGY" FROM BUSH TO [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial under the headline, "The status of Bush's vision" (6/12): "... Bush has six more months in the White House. Let's assume that the American President and his team have made every possible effort to make progress on the Road map, meanwhile the Israeli [...]	2008-06-13 08:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1010	AREA B PALESTINIAN POLICE STATIONS SPARTAN BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and LTG Fraser staff visited four of eleven newly-opened Palestinian police stations in Area B on June 11 and met with police officers who discussed Israeli coordination and personnel/resource deficiencies. Commanders said they need Israeli clearance to execute any opera [...]	2008-06-13 14:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV ASEC
08JERUSALEM1011	LEGAL SHOWDOWN OVER NINE OFRA HOUSES: SETTLERS SAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli NGOs have petitioned the High Court of Justice (HCJ) to stop construction of nine homes in the West Bank Settlement of Ofra, asserting they are on private Palestinian land. According to the NGOs, the Civil Administration has confirmed Palestinian land registration and [...]	2008-06-13 14:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1015	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/16): SETTLEMENTS - "AN [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "Waiting for the analysis of Rice's statement" (6/16): "Comments by Secretary Rice after hermeeting with President Abbas included statementsthat the time has come to establish a Palestinianstate, and that settlements are an obst [...]	2008-06-16 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM102	PALESTINIAN REACTION TO EL-AD ACQUISITION OF EAST [...] (C) Summary. According to local press and Jerusalem contacts, the Israeli organization El-Ad purchased 11 apartments in 4 buildings in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan in mid-January. President Abbas's Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs said El-Ad's purchases are part of an effort to red [...]	2008-01-18 14:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1020	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/17): THE WAY FORWARD - [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial under the title, "What surprise are we waiting for?" (17/7): "The current Palestinian situation faces two immediate and important challenges; the first challenge is related to the brave initiative that was launched by President Abu Mazin to resume n [...]	2008-06-17 10:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1021	UBAYDIYA MAYOR EAGER TO DELIVER PROJECTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Fatah-controlled slate took control of Ubaydiya's municipal council on May 21 after the elected Hamas led-council resigned and the PA Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) approved a new council. Mayor Sulayman Abdullah and the new council requested USG development and program [...]	2008-06-17 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KDEM EAID IS
08JERUSALEM1026	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/18): WILL THE HAMAS - ISRAEL [...] Independent Al-Quds carries its daily editorial under the title, "East Jerusalem was also occupied in 1967" (6/18): "The logic used JERUSALEM 00001026 002 OF 002 by Israeli officials when talking about settlements in East Jerusalem is a strange logic that makes no sense, especially whe [...]	2008-06-18 09:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1027	SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TENDERS: MAJOR UPTICK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The announcement on June 13 of 1,300 new residential units in "Ramat Shlomo" (adjacent to the Palestinian neighborhood of Shufat) brings the post-Annapolis Conference total of housing units approved and awaiting public review or tender in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to 5,5 [...]	2008-06-18 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM1028	SECURITY INCIDENTS - June 9 - June 15, 2008. [...] The following security incidents were compiled from RSO sources, to include both Israeli and Palestinian security contacts, government officials and publications. These were gathered over the previous week and collected in a database. The information is used by the RSO to determine the security [...]	2008-06-19 04:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PINR CASC
08JERUSALEM1029	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/19): CAN HAMAS ENFORCE THE [...] Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Who can pressure JERUSALEM 00001029 002 OF 002 Israel?" (6/19): "Secretary Rice admitted the dangerous consequences of Jewish settlement activities in the Palestinian Territories, especially in East Jerusalem. During her last visit, she descri [...]	2008-06-19 11:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM104	HAMAS APPOINTS "ACTING MAYOR" IN GAZA CITY, [...] (C) Summary. Gaza City Maor Majid Abu Ramadan (Independent) told PolOff Jauary 18 that Hamas has taken over administrationof the Gaza City Municipality. He said Hamas issystematically replacing unit directors and apponted an "acting mayor" to freeze Abu Ramadan out o municipal operations. [...]	2008-01-18 15:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1047	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/20): THE TRUCE - WHAT'S NEXT? [...] Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "What comes next, after the first day of the truce! (6/20): "Finally, a truce was agreed upon and it has cautiously entered its first day. Everyone is watching, with many differing expectations. Hamas officials, one after the other, confirm their [...]	2008-06-20 11:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1050	UNRWA'S JUNE 2008 ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING [...] (SBU) UNRWA's Advisory Commission held its biannual meeting June 10-11 in Damascus to discuss current developments affecting Palestinian refugees, UNRWA's financial situation, ongoing management reforms, and the development of UNRWA's 6-year, Medium-Term Strategic Plan. End Summary. UNRWA D [...]	2008-06-20 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL
08JERUSALEM1051	ORDER TO REROUTE EXPORTS HITS BETHLEHEM STONE [...] (C) Summary: Bethlehem business leaders claim that a recent Israeli order to reroute trucks carrying containers of stone and marble for export away from a checkpoint near the city to a commercial terminal 40 kilometers to the south will cost them time, money, and customers. Bethlehem Chamber [...]	2008-06-20 13:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL IS KWBG KPAL
08JERUSALEM1053	GAZA CEASEFIRE HOLDS ON 1ST DAY; SUFA, NAHAL OZ [...] (SBU) An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire covering the Gaza Strip took effect at 0600 on June 19, and there have not been any significant security incidents in the area as of 1700 local on June 20. While a Hamas spokesman complained an Israeli navy vessel strafed the Gaza shoreline on June 19, th [...]	2008-06-20 13:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM1055	YITZHAR SETTLERS ATTACK ISRAELI POLICE, THEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers clashed with some 200 Israeli police attempting to remove illegal structures in Yitzhar settlement near Nablus on June 19, resulting in injuries to four policemen and eleven settlers. Local Palestinian contacts told PolOff that settlers subsequently rampaged through n [...]	2008-06-20 14:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM106	SENIOR AL-AQSA MILITANT KILLED IN BALATA CAMP [...] (C) Senior al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Ahmad al-Sanakra was shot and killed in an IDF operation early January 18, according to PA security contacts. Sanakra, brother of top-level al-Aqsa militant Ala'a Sanakra, was wanted by the Israelis since 2004 and was previously wounded twice in I [...]	2008-01-18 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
08JERUSALEM1061	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/23): ISRAEL, SOLE BENEFICIARY [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "The truce and a slightly reduced siege"(6/23): Israel needs the rocket attacks to stop and it has achieved that [goal]. At the same time, it wants to continue its siege (albeit, a bit less restrictive) of the Gaza Strip. Hama [...]	2008-06-23 10:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1069	GAZA CEASEFIRE CONTINUES FOR 4TH DAY; NO CHANGE IN [...] (SBU) The Gaza Strip ceasefire is being observed without significant security incidents as of 1600 local on June 23 (the 4th day since the ceasefire took effect). Local contacts report Israeli Navy fire toward Palestinian fishing boats approaching the GOI's maritime limit line early on June [...]	2008-06-23 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM1073	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/24): "AMERICAN WHISPERING THAT [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "The truce may help to achieve unity or may deepen division"(6/24): The truce may help to make comprehensive national dialogue successful, end division and restore unity. It may also lead to a deepening and perpetuation of div [...]	2008-06-24 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1076	GAZA CEASEFIRE'S CALM BROKEN BY SHOOTING, [...] (SBU) Levels of violence in/around the Gaza Strip remain low on the fifth day of the ceasefire, but there has been one IDF shooting of a Palestinian, three Qassam launches and one mortar fired as of 1630 local on June 24. On June 23, Palestinian contacts report the IDF shot and seriously inj [...]	2008-06-24 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM1085	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/25): "NO HOPE FOR PALESTINE [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "In order to regain Arab and world support" (6/25): Palestinian, Arab and international factors have led to a decrease in interest in the Palestinian cause compared to the support witnessed in the sixties and seventies... Internal Palestinian divi [...]	2008-06-25 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1089	GAZA CROSSINGS CLOSED AFTER QASSAM STRIKES; [...] (SBU) Palestinian press report an 80-year-old farmer was shot and seriously injured by IDF fire early June 25, 500 meters from the perimeter fence east of Khan Yunis. There were no Qassam rockets or mortars fired from Gaza as of 1600 local on June 25. 2. (SBU) UN, Palestinian and NGO con [...]	2008-06-25 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM1094	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/26): ARAB UNITY IMPORTANT TO [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Jerusalem, the capital of the Palestinian State, not American merchandise" (6/26): We were truly shocked by [Barak Obama's] statement about Jerusalem, and by his assertion that Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and should remain undivide [...]	2008-06-26 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1096	GAZA CROSSINGS CLOSED FOR SECOND DAY; QASSAM LANDS [...] (SBU) One Qassam rocket struck an open area near Sderot's industrial zone at about 1245 local on June 26. No injuries or damage resulted, and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility. UN and Palestinian contacts report that IDF troops at Kerem Shalom fired on Palestinians approxim [...]	2008-06-26 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM1098	200 PALESTINIAN OLIVE TREES UPROOTED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Israeli contractors guarded by IDF troops uprooted some 200 olive trees on private land in Bayt Hanina al-Balad, northwest of Jerusalem, and replanted them on other Palestinian-owned land, in conjunction with renewed separation barrier construction. Press reported [...]	2008-06-27 07:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1103	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/27): "ARE WE ON OUR WAY TO [...] Independent Ayyam prints its daily editorial entitled, "Palestinian Visit to Damscus" (6/27): "It is clear that President Mahmud Abbas will visit the Syrian capital [in July] upon the official invitation [by] President Bashar Al-Assad... the invitation to Damascus is not only a show of appreci [...]	2008-06-30 04:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1109	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/30): THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "the prisoners' swap...and the negotiations trip": "...it is obvious that the [Hizbollah] prisoners' swap that Israel approved [includes] prisoners with blood on their hands... so, it is now possible to say that this major obstacle [to the prisoner [...]	2008-06-30 10:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM111	GAZA: LIMITED QUANTITIES OF FOOD AND FUEL DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza Power Plant received 750,000 liters of industrial fuel on January 22 and restarted electricity production following two days of shut-down. Gaza gas station owners refused to make deliveries within Gaza of a 250,000-liter diesel fuel shipment at the Nahal Oz fuel trans [...]	2008-01-22 15:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM1113	PA PRIVATELY CONCERNED ABOUT HIZBULLAH PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) PM Salam Fayyad expressed concern to the Consul General on June 29 regarding the inclusion of Palestinian prisoners in the GOI-Hizbullah prisoner deal. The PA's Prisoners Affairs Minister also expressed concern about the deal, alleging the GOI has sta [...]	2008-06-30 13:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1114	GAZA STRIP LARGELY QUIET; CROSSINGS REOPEN FOR [...] (SBU) Two mortars were fired from Gaza late June 28, but no impacts were reported on the Israeli side of the perimeter fence, and no injuries/damage were reported. Palestinian press report the Israeli Navy fired on fishing boats off the coast near Dayr al-Balah (central Gaza) on June 28, with [...]	2008-06-30 13:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM1135	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/01): HAMAS AT A CROSSROADS - [...] Al- Quds independent prints its daily editorial entitled, "In view of the truce...where does Hamas stand now?" (07/01): "...I think that Hamas today realizes the meaning of practicing authority... Hamas authorities must... know how to run internal Palestinian affairs in the Gaza Strip without [...]	2008-07-01 11:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1137	GAZA CEASEFIRE: ONE ROCKET FIRED, COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) Unknown militants fired one Qassam rocket from Gaza into Israel on June 30, causing no damage and no injuries. The IDF opened fire on unidentified individuals near the border in central Gaza on June 30, causing no injuries. Palestinian press reported that the IDF opened fire twice on sh [...]	2008-07-01 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM1144	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/02): THE GAZA STRIP TRUCE _ [...] In one of its main editorials, under the headline, "Will the Truce Last Long?" independent Al-Quds opines, (07/02) "...In evaluating the truce, one can conclude that it will not last long for several reasons. Mainly, because the basis of Israeli policy is not to implement a true peace with th [...]	2008-07-02 11:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1148	FIVE DEAD, DOZENS WOUNDED IN JERUSALEM BULLDOZER [...] (C) Local press and police reported four Israelis dead and 36 wounded after a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem on a bulldozer attacked several cars and toppled a public bus in downtown Jerusalem shortly after noon on July 2. As of 3:00 local time, Post had no reports of American citizen [...]	2008-07-02 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1150	FIVE DEAD, DOZENS WOUNDED IN JERUSALEM BULLDOZER [...] (C) Local press and police reported four Israelis dead and 36 wounded after a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem on a bulldozer attacked several cars and toppled a public bus in downtown Jerusalem shortly after noon on July 2. As of 3:00 local time, Post had no reports of American citizen [...]	2008-07-02 12:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1165	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS LAUNCH ROCKETS ON PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to PA officials and press, two small rockets were launched July 1 from Bracha settlement south of Nablus toward the Palestinian village of Burin resulting in no injuries. PA Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeinah and PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat condemned the r [...]	2008-07-02 13:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1166	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/02): RAFAH - "STOP [...] Independent Al- Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Rafa crossing again" (07/03): "hundreds of Palestinians tried to cross the Egyptian borders through the Rafah crossing...the problem with this sole passageway between Gaza and the world, is that it is controlled by an agreement between E [...]	2008-07-03 08:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1169	CODEL KERRY REVIEWS NEGOTIATIONS, SITUATION ON THE GROUND WITH EREKAT, FAYYAD [...] (S) Summary. In separate July 1 meetings with CODEL Kerry, PA PM Salam Fayyad reviewed progress on Roadmap implementation, while PLO Negotiations Affairs Chief Saeb Erekat summarized progress on permanent status negotiations. Fayyad thanked the USG for "unprecedented" assistance and said the PA is [...]	2008-07-03 12:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PREL PGOV PBTS IS OREP
08JERUSALEM1170	GOI CLOSES PALESTINIAN HOUSING COUNCIL IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Chairman of the Board of the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) told PolOff that the Israeli Minister of Public Security closed the PHC July 2, claiming that it is a Palestinian Authority (PA) agency illegally operating inside Jerusalem. He said the PHC [...]	2008-07-03 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1174	KHIRBET AL-AQABAH DEVELOPING MASTER PLAN TO [...] (C) Summary. Al-Aqabah Mayor Haj Sami Sadiq and Tubas Governor Sami Musallam told PolOff June 24 that al-Aqabah residents intend to file a master plan with the Israeli Civil Administration to counter a GOI-proposed plan they say leaves 18 structures with demolition orders outside the village's [...]	2008-07-03 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG PBTS IS
08JERUSALEM1178	CONFISCATION ORDERS ISSUED FOR 356 DUNUMS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The IDF issued an expropriation order for 356 dunums (89 acres) of land near al-Hadidiya village on June 15 for the expansion of a military camp. Local Palestinians are concerned the expropriation will block the only road to their village. The PA has retained the Jerusalem Leg [...]	2008-07-07 11:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG IS PHUM
08JERUSALEM1179	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/07): SYRIAN BID TO HOST [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs its daily editorial entitled, "Abbas- Assad meeting and Internal Palestinian Dialogue!!" (07/07): "... there are official declarations and... indications that the situation is not yet ripe for [meetings between Abbas and Hamas leader Mish'al], especially since Hamas [...]	2008-07-07 12:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1188	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/08): "A COMPREHENSIVE DEAL OR [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its main, daily editorial under the title, "The Special importance of Abu Mazin's Visit to Damascus" (7/08): "...Abu Mazin met with a number of leaders from different JERUSALEM 00001188 002 OF 002 Palestinian factions, but did not meet with any Hamas leaders, [...]	2008-07-08 09:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1191	BETHLEHEM STONE EXPORTS RESUME THROUGH CHECKPOINT [...] (U) Stone and marble industry representatives in Bethlehem say that Israeli officials have rescinded an order to reroute trucks carrying containers of stone and marble 40 kilometers to the south. The order had threatened to erode the competitiveness of Palestinian stone and marble, the West B [...]	2008-07-08 14:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL IS KWBG KPAL
08JERUSALEM1192	PA REPORTS MAJOR INCREASE IN IDF WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. PA officials and security commanders report a marked increase in the number of IDF incursions in the West Bank since mid-June. On July 6-8, there were IDF raids in every Palestinian city except Jericho. Nablus officials told PolOff and POL FSN that the IDF entered Nablus on [...]	2008-07-08 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PINS PTER KISL
08JERUSALEM1200	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/09): NATIONAL DIALOGUE - TO [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "National dialogue should be comprehensive" (7/09): "...Certainly Abu Mazen's visit to Damascus does not mean the end of... Palestinian national dialogue. [The dialogue] will not be successful unless it includes all of the factions and. [...]	2008-07-09 10:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1201	PA MAKES JUNE SALARY PAYMENT, BUT WORRIES ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid June salaries on July 7. PM Fayyad told the Consul General that the PA is now out of cash and, absent new donor contributions, would not be able to make next month's salary payment in early August. Fayyad and Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) [...]	2008-07-09 12:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER KFTN
08JERUSALEM1202	REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING [...] (C/NF) Post requests department review the finding of ineligibility under INA 212(a)(3)(B) for Jihad al-Wazir (DPOB: 20 July 1963, Gaza),the Governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority. We understand the ineligibility results from claims that al-Wazir currently is a member of Fatah. We hav [...]	2008-07-09 12:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CVIS CLOK PTER EFIN KWBG KPAL
08JERUSALEM1203	NABLUS MALL CLOSURE SPARKS PA ANGER [...] (C) Summary. PA leaders say they are furious about the IDF's closure of Nablus' largest mall (reftel). Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on July 8 that the GOI had not previously mentioned the mall (owned by publicly-traded real estate company al-I'timan) in GOI-PA discuss [...]	2008-07-09 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KTFN KWBG PTER KISL KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1208	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/10): VANISHING HOPES FOR [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Truce talks, dialogue, and agreement" (7/10): "...it is obvious that the possibility of an agreement... or even a meeting [between Fatah and Hamas] has almost disappeared... The truce [with Israel in the Gaza Strip] will not last long fo [...]	2008-07-10 08:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM121	PA CONVICTS TWO FOR MURDER OF OFF-DUTY IDF [...] (SBU) National Security Forces (NSF) contacts confirmed press reports that on January 22 a PA military court in Hebron convicted Ali Abd al-Hamid Dandis and Amar Badr Halim Taha of "intentional killing" (a charge similar to voluntary manslaughter and not as serious as premeditated murder) in [...]	2008-01-23 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
08JERUSALEM122	GAZA: LIMITED DELIVERIES CONTINUE; HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Limited truckloads of aid passed through Kerem Shalom crossing on January 23. The Gaza Power Plant received 200,000 liters of fuel oil on January 23, allowing the Plant to generate electricity until January 26. Despite the resumption of electricity, Gaza hospitals report con [...]	2008-01-23 15:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM1224	Daughter of Prominent Palestinian Activist Faces [...] Zeina Hutchison, a U.S. legal permanent resident and daughter of prominent Palestinian legislator and human rights activist Hanan Ashrawi, contacted Post July 9 to report the problems she had encountered when entering Israel with her Israeli Travel Document (carrying a tourist visa) at Ben Guri [...]	2008-07-11 04:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL IS KWBG KPAL

08JERUSALEM1227	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/11): FAYYAD'S PRACTICAL IDEAS [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled: "Dr. Fayyad's ideas to end division are practical and constructive" (7/11): "...out of a feeling of deep responsibility towards his people and the cause of his homeland, [Palestinian Authority Premier] Dr. Fayyad has laid out some construc [...]	2008-07-11 09:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1230	FAYYAD THANKS CODEL ACKERMAN FOR USG SUPPORT, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CODEL Ackerman on July 5 that the PA's capacity to govern has improved significantly in the last year, despite continued IDF incursions into the West Bank that undermine PA security reform efforts. Fayyad thanked the C [...]	2008-07-14 05:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL EAID PTER KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1234	DISTRICT COMMITTEE APPROVES 1783 NEW RESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Nasrat Dakwar told PolOff July 9 that the Jerusalem Regional Planning Committee approved 1783 new residential units in East Jerusalem on July 8. The new units -- 983 in Har Homa and 800 in Pisgat Ze'ev -- expand the Israeli built-up area in East Jerusalem, a [...]	2008-07-14 08:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1235	MASKIYOT: INTERNAL FENCE MOVED OUTWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the Northern Jordan Valley settlement of Maskiyot July 2 and confirmed reports that the settlers have moved the internal fenceline outward. PolOff observed that this move opens 4-5 dunams for development. Jordan Valley Regional Council Chairman Dubi Tal told PolO [...]	2008-07-14 08:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1237	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/14): WHICH COMES FIRST: UNITY [...] Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Obstacles to Palestinian dialogue"(7/14): "...the overwhelming majority of [the Palestinian] people ...believe that dialogue is the solution [to internal Palestinian division]...[however]... the most dangerous obstacle in the way of dialogue is th [...]	2008-07-14 08:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1240	BILIN REJECTS GOI PROPOSAL TO REROUTE SEPARATION [...] (C) Summary. Bilin village representatives told Poloff July 8 and 9 that the GOI's revised plan for the nearby section of the separation barrier will reconnect 121 dunums (30 acres) of land to the village, expropriate a further 140 dunums for new construction, and leave over 2,000 dunums (500 [...]	2008-07-14 08:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1245	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/15): THE LINK BETWEEN NATIONAL [...] Independent Al-Ayyam prints an editorial by Muhannad Abdul Hamid entitled, "All roads are closed to the [national] unity initiatives" (7/15): "...the initiative by [Palestinian Authority President] Abu Mazin [to begin a dialogue with Hamas] has gained special attention because it was presented [...]	2008-07-15 10:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM125	PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS TELL CODEL VOINOVICH PA IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator George Voinovich (R-OH),accompanied by Representatives Phil Gingrey (R-OH),Rob Bishop (R-UT),Steve Pearce (R-NM),and Michael Turner (R-OH),met separately on January 6 with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Foreign Minister Riad Maliki. Maliki [...]	2008-01-24 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON IS KWBG
08JERUSALEM1256	THREE U.S.-BOUND GAZAN STUDENTS DETAINED AT EREZ CROSSING [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 14, only two of the five Gazans whose transit through Erez crossing Post had sought to facilitate were approved. The other three were unable to travel to Jerusalem for their visa interviews. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On July 2, Post submitted the names of five Gazans [...]	2008-07-15 15:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL IS PHUM
08JERUSALEM1257	EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENTS FEAR EVICTION ORDER WILL [...] (C) Summary. On July 14, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) upheld an order to evict the al-Kurd family from their residence in Shaykh Jarrah, after nine years of litigation over the property's ownership. (Note: Shaykh Jarrah is home to much of East Jerusalem's most valuable and histor [...]	2008-07-15 17:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1259	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/16): "HAS THE WORLD BECOME [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "A call on the international community to halt Israeli actions." Everyday Israel performs acts of tyranny [against Palestinians] such as destroying houses, confiscating land or insisting on building barriers in the middle of farming villages that [...]	2008-07-16 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM126	GAZA: SOME FUEL SHIPMENTS; RAFAH REMAINS OPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Shipments of fuel continued on January 24 at the Nahal Oz fuel transfer station. The Gaza Power Plant reduced output to 45 MW on January 23 to save fuel, causing renewed power shortages throughout Gaza City and spurring hospitals to use their power generators. A growing numbe [...]	2008-01-24 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM1260	HEBRON'S OLD CITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, PolOffs visited Hebron's newly rebuilt Chazon David "synagogue outpost" (removed 33 times by Israeli security forces),the Beit Hashalom (Rajabi House) complex that houses 20 families, and the Beit Romano yeshiva complex where Israeli MOD Barak recently approved a new [...]	2008-07-16 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1262	REACTION TO PRISONER EXCHANGE: PA CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah leaders publicly cheered the release of Lebanese prisoners but privately feared that Hizbollah, not the PA, will receive credit for Palestinian prisoners released in the future. PA Prisoners Affairs Minister Ashraf Ajrami said the GOI has not [...]	2008-07-16 14:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1264	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/17): THE PRISONER RELEASE - "A [...] Al-Quds reprints an editorial without attribution to the original source (UAE paper Al-Khalil) under the title, "The naivety of betting on Obama" (7/17): "Many Arab writers and political analysts are betting on Obama's victory in the U.S. elections, thinking that if he wins, it will also cons [...]	2008-07-17 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1273	INCREASE IN UNCOORDINATED ISRAELI VISITS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF-escorted visits to Joseph,s Tomb in Nablus (Area A) have increased in size and frequency in recent months, according to Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials. Nablus security commanders told PolOff and POL FSN July 16 that they recognize the GOI's right to make co [...]	2008-07-17 15:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM IS KIRF
08JERUSALEM1274	PALESTINIAN ICONS: MOST PROMINENT IMAGES/FIGURES [...] (SBU) Summary. The most prominent images that West Bank Palestinians displayed in prisoner exchange rallies and celebrations in Ramallah on July 16 were of Dalal al-Mughrabi (female terrorist who hijacked an Israeli bus in 1978),freed PLF terrorist Samir Quntar, Yasir Arafat and Hizbullah le [...]	2008-07-17 15:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PGOV PTER IS KMDR KPAO
08JERUSALEM1277	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/18): PRISONER EXCHANGE - FIRST [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "And what about the 11,000 Palestinian Prisoners?" (7/18): "...the prisoners' exchange deal which took place a couple of days ago between Hizbollah and Israel was the successful result of difficult negotiations conducted under United Nations sponso [...]	2008-07-18 10:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1280	SAGA OF BETHLEHEM STONE EXPORTS CONTINUES [...] (C) The on-again, off-again ability of Bethlehem stone exporters to use a crossing point near the city (reftels) is apparently off again. According to Ihab Khalil, Executive Manager of "the Union of Stone and Marble in Palestine," Israeli soldiers manning the crossing point near Bethlehem be [...]	2008-07-18 13:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL IS KWBG KPAL
08JERUSALEM1308	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/21): WHICH [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-21 11:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1309	CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/21): [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-21 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1322	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/22): WESTERN DECLARATIONS THAT [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Brown's Visit and his Positive Declarations" (7/22): "During his visit to the Palestinian lands and Israel, British Premier Gordon Brown showed positive understanding of the situation and peace demands. He talked frankly and clearly regarding the [...]	2008-07-22 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1324	INDEPENDENT GAZA LEADERS DECRY "SIEGE," BLAME [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based PLO Executive Committee member Riyad al-Khudari told PolOff by phone on July 21 that Hamas has reorganized nearly all local administration and goods suppliers under its control through use of cartels, and is effectively collecting tax/customs revenues in Gaza. Gaza C [...]	2008-07-22 11:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1325	EAST JERUSALEM FAMILY FIGHTS EVICTION ORDER WITH [...] (SBU) Muhammad and Fawziya al-Kurd told PolOff on his July 21 visit to their Shaykh Jarrah home that they will continue to resist an Israeli eviction order despite legal setbacks (reftel). Fawziya said the family has been resisting Israeli efforts to remove them for two decades and will not [...]	2008-07-22 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1328	AT LEAST 16 INJURED, DRIVER KILLED IN NEW [...] (SBU) Local press and police report at least 19 people were injured (one seriously) when a Palestinian drove a heavy front-loader into several cars (overturning one) on King David Street at approximately 1400 local. A Border Policeman and armed civilian shot and killed the driver, Ghassan Abu [...]	2008-07-22 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER IS ASEC
08JERUSALEM1329	FURTHER NABLUS ARRESTS AND INCURSIONS; FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: According to PA security and Nablus business contacts, the IDF made several incursions into Nablus July 21-22 and made twenty arrests, including a PLC member and board members of al-I'timan, the developer of the Nablus shopping mall ordered closed by the GOI on July 6 (reftels). [...]	2008-07-22 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG PTER KTFN KISL IS
08JERUSALEM1335	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/23): AMERICA HAS NO PERMANENT [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rasim Ebaydat from Jerusalem, entitled, "America has no permanent enemies, when will Arab moderates learn that???" (7/23): "...America sees that engaging Iran... is better than encountering it militarily. This Iranian-American relationship shoul [...]	2008-07-23 11:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1339	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/24): "BARAK OBAMA WILL SOLVE [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs an editorial by Abdullah Awwad entitled, "Barak Obama will solve it" (7/24): "...the democratic candidate is here promising that he will work to solve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, from his first moment in the White House ... Bush promised that the two-state sol [...]	2008-07-24 12:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1340	ISRAELI ARAB VISITS TO JENIN HAVE MINIMAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Arabs have trickled into Jenin since the GOI began allowing visits to the city in June. Palestinian government and business contacts in Jenin say the hoped-for economic benefits have not materialized. Most Israeli Arabs who cross the barrier, they say, are coming to se [...]	2008-07-24 13:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IS KWBG
08JERUSALEM1349	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/25): DIFFERING VIEWS ON [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs an editorial by Rajab Abu Sirriyyeh entitled, "Barack Obama: the journey in search of the Jewish voice" (7/25): "...Obama's attitude towards the Israeli side...has become clearer and more practical. [His visit to Sderot]...aims to portray Israel as a victim of Pales [...]	2008-07-25 10:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1354	PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CRITICIZES ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) met in Ramallah on July 23 and released a statement that criticized Israeli settlement activity and incursions, slammed Hamas for harassing PLO/Fatah leaders, and welcomed national dialogue based on the Yemeni Initiative. The statement also c [...]	2008-07-25 13:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS PREL
08JERUSALEM1355	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/28): "Bush...seeks to achieve [...] Al-Quds runs an editorial by Faysal Abu Khadra entitled, "Obama...and the Miracle of Israel" (7/28): "It is sad to hear and read that the African-American Senator whose father is a Muslim and whose mother is a white American Christian has a tendency towards [miraculously supporting Israel] rath [...]	2008-07-28 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1356	PALESTINIANS CRITICIZE GOI PLANNING PROCESS IN [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with PolOffs, Palestinians and NGO representatives were uniformly critical of the GOI's planning process for Area C villages. All contacts criticized the GOI initiative to create master plans for several villages in Area C as an opaque process that will [...]	2008-07-28 13:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1358	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES BEIT HANINA HOME [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished part of an apartment building belonging to Majid Abu Ayshah in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina on July 28, stating that the building exceeded its permit and that the Municipality was legally obligated to uphold the court-order [...]	2008-07-28 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1361	HAMAS LASHES OUT AT FATAH AFTER GAZA CITY BOMBING [...] (C) Summary. Hamas spokesman and local press reported that a bomb killed five Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades militants, including a senior al-Qassam commander and nephew of Hamas leader/PLC member Khalil al-Hayya late July 25. Fatah PLC bloc leader Azzam al-Ahmad told al-Jazira TV July 26 tha [...]	2008-07-28 14:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PGOV ASEC IS
08JERUSALEM1362	UPDATE ON OPIC MORTGAGE FINANCE FACILITY [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) visited Jerusalem and Ramallah July 18-23 to further OPIC,s affordable mortgage finance initiative, launched by PA President Abbas and OPIC CEO Mosbacher on April 14. OPIC VP Drumheller discussed timing and imp [...]	2008-07-28 15:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KWBG
08JERUSALEM1364	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/29): "There is worse to come if [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Israel destroys peace...and we destroy ourselves?!!" (7/29): "Finally the Israeli Premier, Ehud Olmert, confessed that achieving peace this year is unlikely....Israel has continued its settlement activities everywhere especially in Jerus [...]	2008-07-29 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1365	FUGITIVES: PA STRUGGLES TO MANAGE DISGRUNTLED [...] (C) Summary. Preventive Security (PSO) contacts told POL FSN that eight al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fugitives intentionally sickened themselves by drinking shampoo on July 22 to protest their continued detention, IDF threats to target them, and prison conditions, while another fugitive threaten [...]	2008-07-29 13:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1368	SETTLER VIOLENCE ESCALATES AGAINST BURIN [...] (C) Summary. Following several reports of settler violence directed against the Palestinian village of Burin, south of Nablus, PolOffs visited the village July 28 and met with Mayor Ali Eid, village council members and residents whose homes and fields were damaged by settlers' attacks. In t [...]	2008-07-29 13:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1370	MULTIPLE IDF INCURSIONS NABLUS; PA INVESTIGATING [...] (SBU) PA security officials told PolOff and POL FSN July 29 that the IDF entered Nablus late July 28 and early July 29, arresting three Fatah members, including M'amun al-Safadi in the Nablus Kasbah (Old City) and occupied a five-story building for four hours. Nablus Governor Jamal Muhaysin t [...]	2008-07-29 14:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PGOV PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1374	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/30): Demolition of Palestinian [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "With what right are Palestinian houses destroyed?" (7/30): "It has become impossible to tolerate the official international, Arab and Palestinian silence regarding the Israeli Authority's actions of planned and intensive demolition operati [...]	2008-07-30 09:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1380	QALQILIYA SECURITY CHIEFS CLAIM SUCCESSES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Qalqiliya security chiefs told PolOff July 29 that PA security forces (PASF) completed a campaign against vehicle-theft gangs, Hamas activists and wanted criminals in Area B villages from July 15-21, and plan a smaller campaign in villages SE of Qalqiliya in early August. Qalq [...]	2008-07-30 15:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM1381	PA CRACKS DOWN ON HIZB AL-TAHRIR, BANS PLANNED [...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 28 that Hamas is supporting Hizb al-Tahrir's attempt to create unrest in the West Bank in a "marriage of convenience" between the Islamist groups. PA security contacts told PolOff and POL FSN July 27-29 that PA Interior Minister Abd [...]	2008-07-30 15:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER KISL
08JERUSALEM1382	MASKIYOT PREPARES TO EXPAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Maskiyot July 29 to review the site where the GOI recently approved construction of twenty houses for settler evacuees from Gaza. The plots are located where the GOI initiated and stopped construction in 2006, which is approximately 400 meters southeast of Maskiyo [...]	2008-07-30 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1384	FAYYAD-DAYTON: JENIN COORDINATION, HAMAS, AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. PA PM Fayyad told USSC LTG Dayton July 29 that he accepts the USSC offer for British BG Deverill to help coordinate donor efforts on economic and governance issues in Jenin. Fayyad urged that further work on Jenin not delay security efforts in other West Bank priority areas, inc [...]	2008-07-31 04:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PREL PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1385	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/31): Doubts that future Israeli [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial entitled, "The end of Olmert's era" (7/31): "Finally, the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced...that he is not going to run in the primary elections of the Kadima party [scheduled for September] ... What is important for the Palestinian peopl [...]	2008-07-31 11:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1387	TENSION CONTINUES IN GAZA AS HAMAS CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary. Tensions remain high in Gaza City following the multiple bombings on July 25, and subsequent Hamas crackdown. Hamas leaders told press July 31 that closed NGOs will be permitted to reopen, but Fatah and independent officials are skeptical and say Hamas gunmen used the crackdown [...]	2008-07-31 12:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM1389	AL-KURD FAMILY APPEALS FOR HELP TO PREVENT [...] (C) Summary. PolOff and PolSpec met with members of the al-Kurd family and their representatives July 31. Fawzieh al-Kurd presented documents in support of her claim to her East Jerusalem house and invited the Consul General to visit the neighborhood to observe the situation. A neighbor to [...]	2008-07-31 13:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1390	PM FAYYAD COMPLAINS AFTER TWO UNARMED YOUTHS SHOT [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 30 that shootings that killed two Palestinian youths near Ni'lin July 29-30 raised questions about IDF rules of engagement (ROEs) in the West Bank. He said information available to the PA suggests that lethal force [...]	2008-07-31 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1404	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/01): Strong support for [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rajeh Abu Asab entitled, "Making the national dialogue successful is in the Palestinian and Arab interest" (8/01): "Abbas has announced the launch of the Palestinian-Palestinian national dialogue following his meeting with President Hosni Mubarak [...]	2008-08-01 11:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1410	DISAGREEMENTS STALLING FATAH SIXTH GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Fatah members told PolSpec in July that PA President Mahmud Abbas and some in the Central Committee are determined to hold Fatah's Sixth General Congress by November, but three principal issues are delaying the Congress. First, Fatah members are divided on whether to hold the C [...]	2008-08-01 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1412	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/04): A message to those who [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Enough...!!" (8/04): "The sad events in the Gaza Strip during the last three days and their results have shocked and surprised Palestinians throughout the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, in refugee camps and abroad, not only because they form a [...]	2008-08-04 07:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1413	CONFISCATION ORDERS ISSUED FOR 36 DUNUMS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary. Sami Musallam, PA Governor of Tubas, informed PolOff that the IDF confiscated 36.8 dunums of land from Palestinians in the Jordan Valley village of Bardalah. Musallam said the infrastructure for Bardalah crossing (between Israel and the West Bank) is already on the land being co [...]	2008-08-04 12:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1415	HAMAS FURTHER CONSOLIDATES POWER WITH DEFEAT OF [...] (C) Summary. 11 Palestinians were killed and 106 injured on August 2 after Hamas police stormed Hillis clan neighborhoods in Gaza City to seize suspects in the July 25 beach bombing. 188 clan members entered Israel near Nahal Oz fuel depot, where they were disarmed, strip-searched and affor [...]	2008-08-04 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM142	PA FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKING INCREASED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. PA Foreign Minister (MFA) Assistant Deputy Minister Mufid Shami (with responsibility for Western Hemisphere affairs) told PolOff on January 28 that the MFA has a "good feeling" about USG commitment to the peace process post-Annapolis and takes the upcoming visits of Generals Fra [...]	2008-01-28 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1422	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/05): Desperate calls for end [...] Independent Al-Quds carries its daily editorial entitled, "How can we regain our waning confidence?" (8/05): "A lot has been said about the low level to which the Palestinian attitude has fallen due to this destructive division between the two major parties [Fatah and Hamas] in the Palestinian [...]	2008-08-05 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1429	SURGE IN SETTLER VIOLENCE DIRECTED AT PALESTINIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Across the West Bank this summer, settler groups have clashed with the IDF, Palestinians, Bedouins, and Israeli and international peace activists. Post has heard eyewitness accounts of projectiles fired at Nablus area villages, beatings of Palestinians near Hebron, and torched a [...]	2008-08-05 13:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS ASEC
08JERUSALEM1432	RENEWAL OF CLOSURE ORDERS FOR PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security (MoI) renewed closure orders in early August against eight East Jerusalem Palestinian institutions. The General Manager of the Arab Studies Society (closed in 2001) told PolOff August 6 that the closure leaves a vacuum in Palestinian le [...]	2008-08-06 12:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1433	SWITZERLAND OF THE SETTLEMENTS: ILLEGAL OUTPOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the illegal outpost of Havat Yair in the northern West Bank on July 25, where twenty-two settler families live and have established a popular brunch restaurant in what they call their "Switzerland." The outpost is led by lawyer Doron Nir Tsvi, who often represents [...]	2008-08-06 12:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1434	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/06): National dialogue must be [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Dialogue based on attachment to Palestine" (8/06): "Although [Palestinian] parties [Fatah and Hamas] have closed their ears to the calls made by both Palestinians and the wider Arab world for a serious and effective dialogue for the sake o [...]	2008-08-06 13:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1444	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/07): A call for public and [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "Where is the role of the public...?" (8/07): "The tragic situation in which we [Palestinians] live is characterized by three signs: - The first sign is the destructive bloody conflict for authority and the preference of narrow group interests ove [...]	2008-08-07 08:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1448	PA CIVIL DEFENSE WORKS TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Civil Defense Chief MG Ibrahim Atiani said his priorities are improving building code enforcement and safety inspections and decreasing emergency response times. He said cooperation with Israeli civil defense authorities is generally excellent, with j [...]	2008-08-07 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINR PREL PGOV
08JERUSALEM1449	PA BARELY MAKES JULY SALARIES THANKS TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid salaries in the West Bank and Gaza on August 7, thanks to a transfer of USD 42 million from the UAE and a USD 80 million commercial bridge loan taken against future income. However, the PA did not pay the usual NIS 1000 each to employees still [...]	2008-08-07 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1450	PM FAYYAD AND PMA GOVERNOR AL-WAZIR DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser met with PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on July 28 to discuss the USG's intent to designate thirteen organizations and one individual for their ongoing support of Hamas (Ref A). PM Fayyad said his government has already taken "courageous" steps to cut of [...]	2008-08-07 14:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN ECON PHUM KISL KWBG IS EAID
08JERUSALEM1471	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/08): Frustration at lack of [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Another Palestinian-Israeli summit but...!" (8/08): "Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas met with the Israeli Premier, Ehud Olmert, in a series of organized meetings between the two sides [on August 6]. As usual, the new mee [...]	2008-08-08 09:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1476	YESHA COUNCIL LEADER DAYAN: ""TWO STATE SOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan confirmed recent settlement approvals by Israeli MOD Barak and showed Poloff areas under construction on July 24. Dayan, who is secular but leads an exceedingly religious constituency, addressed the challenges he sees for the settlement movemen [...]	2008-08-08 12:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1482	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/11): Mourning over the death [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs its daily editorial by Hamada Fara'neh entitled, "Advice for the Palestinian President" (08/11): "More than ever before, President Mahmoud Abbas needs the solidarity of the Fatah movement. The movement, as a political struggle organization, is the mother that delivere [...]	2008-08-11 08:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1487	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/12): Who deserves [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial entitled, "Egypt... and the Palestinian Situation" (08/12): "Rafah and the other crossings were opened per international arrangements and agreement, and what actually closed them down is the takeover by force of the authority in Gaza and the continuit [...]	2008-08-12 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1491	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/13): Palestinian insistence on [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 09:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1495	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS EXPLAIN THEIR VIOLENT SUMMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In PolOff's August 8 visits to Yitzhar and Bracha settlements, Yitzhar spokesman Yigal Amitai denied recent reports of settler violence aimed at Palestinians as "retaliatory, false, or misreported." Poloff observed new construction at both settlements. END SUMMARY History of [...]	2008-08-13 14:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM ASEC IS
08JERUSALEM1496	YESHA AGREES TO MOVE MIGRON'S OUTPOST; RESIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Yesha Council voted unanimously August 11 to approve an ""understanding"" with the Israeli MOD to move Migron outpost in exchange for permanent, legal housing in one of four possible nearby West Bank locations. The understanding provides for the construction of new homes be [...]	2008-08-13 14:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1498	"POSITIVE BUT INCOMPLETE" ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY COORDINATION MEETING IN JENIN [...] (S) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told PolOff and POL FSN August 11-12 that they had a positive meeting with IDF commanders in Jenin on August 11. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General August 11 that the meeting was "positive and important." National Security Forces (NSF) commande [...]	2008-08-14 07:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PINS
08JERUSALEM1499	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/14): "Dangerous Signs in [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1508	CHECKPOINT NORTH OF HEBRON OPENS WITH STRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congenoffs observed the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint north of Hebron August 13 and verified that it is open for six hours daily, but only to commercial traffic to and from the Tarqumiyah crossing with Israel. Hebron Mayor Khaled Osaily said the limited opening is positive, but the [...]	2008-08-14 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1509	EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENT ARRESTED IN ON-GOING [...] (C) Summary. Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood resident Maher Hanoun was arrested in early August for resisting eviction from his home. Hanoun's lawyer told PolOff August 12 that he is workingto free Hanoun pending resolution of the disputeover ownership of the land, but the courts have made no pro [...]	2008-08-15 08:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1511	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/15): The status of Palestinians [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Azzam Tawfiq Abu Al-Su'oud entitled, "Will there be a New Middle East?" (8/15): "Since the beginning of [Bush's] presence in the White House, we have heard about American plans for a new Middle East ... We are accustomed to the idea that the Ameri [...]	2008-08-15 10:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1513	PA CLOSES WEST BANK NGOS SUSPECTED OF TERROR [...] (S) Summary. PA security contacts report closure of at least 12 institutions suspected of Hamas connections August 4-13, on orders from PM Salam Fayyad and PA Interior Minister Abd al-Razaq al-Yahya. According to President Abbas' Military Secretary, BG Jihad al-Jayusi, Abbas and Fayyad order [...]	2008-08-15 11:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1519	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/18): All talk and no action on [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "National Dialogue...Again" (8/18): "We are getting tired of calling for [Palestinian] national unity and we request that it be achieved as quickly as possible to end the division ... Everybody is talking about the national dialogue, its [...]	2008-08-18 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1522	HOME DEMOLITIONS STRIKE ANGRY CHORD IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished four homes in East Jerusalem on August 13, two in the Ashkariya neighborhood of Beit Hanina (north Jerusalem). Local residents told PolOff that Ashkariya is zoned as "green land" even though it is privately owned, and said the Municipality [...]	2008-08-18 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1529	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/19): Palestinian national [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an editorial by Walid Al-Awad, Member of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian People's Party, entitled, "the Palestinian National Dialogue Needs Palestinian Political Will and an Active Arab Role" (8/19): "Despite the increasing talks and press statements claiming [...]	2008-08-19 10:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1534	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/20): LACK OF MOVEMENT ON [...] Independent Al-Quds runs a daily editorial entitled, "A Step in the Road to Releasing Thousands of Prisoners" (8/20): "Each Palestinian prisoner released by Israel reduces the burden and suffering of the Palestinian people in general and of the prisoner's friends and relatives in particular. . [...]	2008-08-20 11:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1539	CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES ON ADDITIONAL 330 UNITS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff saw substantial progress on the construction of 330 units in Givat Zeev settlement, north of Jerusalem, that the GOI approved in March. The units appeared approximately 50 percent complete as of August 15. Developer Hanoch Kas said he has sold 550 units (beyond the GOI- [...]	2008-08-20 11:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS CASC
08JERUSALEM1547	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/21): WHY DO PALESTINIANS INSIST [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Abdul Rahim Mallouh, entitled, "Why?!!!" (8/21): "[T]he important lesson Palestinian decision-makers, in particular, and the Palestinian people, in general, should take [from int [...]	2008-08-21 07:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1555	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/22): Doubt concerning Hamas' [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "Our Cause and the Latest International Variables" (8/22): "Palestinians and Arabs need to benefit from the latest international variables and developments in order to advance the just peace process, taking into consideration that the conditions o [...]	2008-08-22 08:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1557	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/25): IF THE SHIPS BREAK THE [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by regular columnist Talal Al-Sharif entitled, "The Two Ships--So Breaking the Siege is not in One Direction!" (8/25): "[T]he sailing of the two ships [to the Gaza Strip] is a good step, but political [aspirations] cannot be achieved without pure national [...]	2008-08-25 07:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1562	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/26): A First Step towards Full [...] Under the headline "Congratulations on the Prisoners' Release, What's next..!" (8/26),Independent Al-Quds opined in its main editorial: "This is a first step, and Israel should consider it as such, towards the comprehensive release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners crowding Israeli jails a [...]	2008-08-26 06:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1596	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/27): Guarded Optimism following [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The Settlement Activity Should Be Condemned with Clear Cut Sentences" (8/27): "[T]he U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, talked, after her meeting with [the Palestinian Authority (PA)] President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, about the expans [...]	2008-08-27 07:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1604	41 MORE AL-AQSA FUGITIVES INCLUDED IN [...] (C) Summary. According to PA security contacts, the Israeli Security Agency (ISA, "Shin Bet") accepted 41 al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fugitives into the amnesty/disarmament agreement, including two high-profile militants. The fugitives have been in PA custody for most of the previous year. Ni [...]	2008-08-27 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1605	UNEASY STATUS QUO AT HEBRON'S IBRAHIMI MOSQUE/TOMB [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns visited Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque/Tomb of the Patriarchs in late August. Visitors to the building must pass through metal detectors, and armed Israeli border police patrol inside and out at all times. Metal security gates separate Muslims and Jews, who worship on differ [...]	2008-08-27 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1610	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/28): WILL CAIRO TALKS ACHIEVE A [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The National Dialogue as Target and not as Logo" (8/28): "[I]nternal and external factors, such as competition between the Palestinian factions and Arab and international pressure, hinder the achievement of Palestinian national unity. These fac [...]	2008-08-28 07:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1611	PA CARRIES OUT LOCAL SECURITY CAMPAIGNS IN TOWNS [...] (C) PA security contacts told PolOff and Pol FSN August 26-27 that National Security Forces (NSF) units with police and intelligence support led patrols and arrest raids near Hebron in al-Dhahiriya (Area A) and Bayt Awa (Area B) from August 24-27. PA spokesmen told local press August 24 that [...]	2008-08-28 10:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1614	BEIT SAHOUR HOPING FOR ISRAELI APPROVAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs visited the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, where NGO Cure International wants to build a children's hospital on Area C land. According to Beit Sahour Mayor Hani al-Hayek, GOI Civil Administration officials support the project. The proposed hospital site is near the [...]	2008-08-28 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1615	NEW BARRIER ROUTE AROUND MA'ALE ADUMIM LEAVES WEST [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Shlomo Lecker told PolOff that a new barrier route around Ma'ale Adumim leaves 4,000 dunums (about 1,000 acres) of land outside the area enclosed by the barrier, but still effectively cuts the West Bank in two and separates Palestinians from Jerusalem. Abu Di [...]	2008-08-28 15:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1616	JERUSALEM CONTACTS DISCUSS MUGHRABI GATE RAMP [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian officials in press and privately criticized alleged Israeli plans for the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. A Waqf official said the Jerusalem District Committee's guidance for construction is too ambiguous, and that unilateral Israeli acti [...]	2008-08-28 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KISL KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
08JERUSALEM1621	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/29): PEACE NEGOTIATIONS - [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The Return and not the Permanent Resettlement" (8/29): "[T]he declarations of the [Palestinian Authority] President Mahmoud Abbas in Beirut confirm...that the Palestinian refugees object to the idea of permanent resettlement [in Lebanon]...and t [...]	2008-08-29 08:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1627	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/02): WHITHER INTERNAL [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by Gaza political scientist Dr. Naji Sadiq Sharab, entitled, "Whither the [Internal] Division..." (9/02): "[T]his internal division [between Fatah and Hamas]...will mean the disappearance of the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state ... it strips [...]	2008-09-02 10:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1634	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/03): DEBATING THE ROLE OF ARAB [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "A Dangerous Legal Precedent" (9/03): "According to news reports, an American court has issued a ruling to impose a heavy fine on the Palestinian Authority for the 1996 killing of an Israeli-American by Hamas. This has established a (new) legal p [...]	2008-09-03 09:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1640	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/04): INTERNATIONAL CHANGES AND [...] Independent Al-Quds editorialized in "Special Damascus Summit," (9/4): "Today in Damascus a special quartet summit (which includes French President Sarkozy, President Assad of Syria, Amir of Qatar Al Thani, and Turkish PM Erdogan) is held... The convening of this summit by itself is considered [...]	2008-09-04 06:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1651	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/05): INTERNAL PALESTINIAN [...] Wadi' Abu Nassar, Executive Director of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops in the Holy Land, opines in independent Al-Quds under the headline "An agreement to show off, not to implement" (09/05): "Recently, American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice concluded her 17th visit to the Middle East [...]	2008-09-05 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1658	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/08): INTERNAL DIVISION COLORS [...] Independent Al-Quds editorialized in "We are not in Need of More Division," (9/8): "Once again, division in the Palestinian arena has resurfaced in the expression of political positions related to the teachers' strike in the Gaza Strip. This is, of course, not a political issue because the te [...]	2008-09-08 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS

08JERUSALEM168	GAZA: FUEL DELIVERIES MADE; COURT DECISION SPURS [...] (SBU) Summary: Restricted fuel deliveries were made into Gaza on January 31. Municipal water authorities reported that at least 80 percent of the water and sewage pumps should be operational February 1, as an agreement was reached regarding fuel deliveries within Gaza. The Gaza Power Plant [...]	2008-01-31 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM1681	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/09): CONTINUED PALESTINIAN [...] Independent Al-Quds editorializes in "The strikes..." (9/8): "We are experiencing extraordinary, catastrophic conditions in all aspects of our political, economic and daily lives. The on-going JERUSALEM 00001681 002 OF 002 strike [by teachers and health care workers] is increasing the [...]	2008-09-09 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1682	OVERVIEW OF HAMAS FINANCES IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Gaza businessmen told Econoffs that the Gaza economy produces around USD 500,000/month in value added taxes, import duties and utility payments for the Hamas government. This is a small fraction of the Hamas-controlled government's budget in Gaza, which has consistently been la [...]	2008-09-09 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR PA IS PHUM KWBG
08JERUSALEM1685	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/10): ALTERNATIVES TO THE [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by daily columnist Dr. Hasan Abdullah entitled, "The success of Cairo talks Could save our communal ship from sinking" (9/10): "[C]airo talks must lead to an agreement...the agreement should pave the way for presidential and legislative Palestinian electio [...]	2008-09-10 10:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1688	LEAVY VETTING FOR USG-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) and Presidential Guard (PG) to USG-funded training in the West Bank and Jordan: Name [...]	2008-09-10 14:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1691	PA SECURITY CHIEFS: NO CHANGES IN IDF INCURSIONS; [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander and Jenin security chiefs, IDF incursions into Jenin have continued at generally the same levels since the beginning of 2008, except for a brief reduction in May 2008, when IDF incursions dropped to about half the ave [...]	2008-09-10 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER
08JERUSALEM1692	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/11): "ENDLESS NEGOTIATIONS ARE [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs an editorial by daily columnist Abdullah Awwad entitled, "What comes after Negotiations?!" (9/11): "[T]he conflict in Palestine since the beginning [has been a]... conflict rooted in several clashes: between an old and new history...between the geographic contours of [...]	2008-09-11 09:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1698	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/12): Heightened Speculation [...] Under the title, "The Seventh Anniversary of September 11" (9/12),the independent Al-Quds argues in its main editorial: JERUSALEM 00001698 002 OF 002 "Against the background of the September 11 attacks, the Palestinian issue remained on the margins of developments for the first seven [...]	2008-09-12 07:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM171	ABU MAZEN WITH LTG FRASER: FAYYAD IS ROADMAP POINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told LTG William Fraser January 29 that the PA is ready to operate the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but he is skeptical that Hamas will accept this arrangement. He identified PM Salam Fayyad as LTG Fraser's principal interlocutor [...]	2008-02-01 09:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM1716	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/15): A "MULTIPOLAR" WORLD AND [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial under the title, "Partition on the Basis of International Legitimacy"(09/15): "in a statement seldom made by Israeli leaders, Premier Ehud Olmert said [on September 14] in an address to his government, that the dream of Greater Israel has ended [fore [...]	2008-09-15 08:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1719	IDF TENTATIVELY APPROVES 150 NSF TROOPS FOR [...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) West Bank Commander Diab al-Ali Abu al-Fatah told PolSpec that the IDF has tentatively approved the transfer of 150 NSF officers to Hebron. The IDF also approved three new Palestinian police stations in villages near Janin. End Summary. IDF OFF [...]	2008-09-15 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM172	PM FAYYAD TALKS ROAD MAP WITH LTG FRASER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Salam Fayyad told LTG William Fraser January 29 that freezing settlement construction is the top Palestinian priority for Roadmap implementation. He said the PA will be pragmatic and also seriously address Israeli security concerns. He urged GoI compliance with the obligati [...]	2008-02-01 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PINS IS
08JERUSALEM1721	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/16): DISCUSSING THE LEGITIMACY [...] Under the title, "Required... Exit From Useless Debate", Al-Quds independent opines in its main editorial (09/16): "The debate over JERUSALEM 00001721 002 OF 002 President Mahmud Abbas' remaining time in office is heating up over the issue of whether it will end on January 9 or at the e [...]	2008-09-16 10:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1729	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/17): "ONE NATIONAL VISION AND [...] Al-Quds independent writes in its main editorial entitled "Cairo Dialogue is an Opportunity Not to Be Wasted" (09/17): "Fatah and Hamas, or more precisely, the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Government in Gaza, should benefit from this [one-time] opportunity. Dialogue should place [...]	2008-09-17 09:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1730	NABLUS, QALQILIYA OPEN TO ISRAELI ARAB CARS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Since early September, the IDF has allowed Israeli-plated vehicles driven by Israeli Arabs to enter the cities of Nablus and Qalqiliya, providing some economic benefits in the cities. Jenin remains closed to Israeli vehicular traffic, but open for pedestrians. End summary. I [...]	2008-09-17 10:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1735	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/18): THE "PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 07:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1739	CLASHES BETWEEN YITZHAR SETTLERS AND ASIRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 13, clashes occurred between Yitzhar (near Nablus) settlers and Palestinians in the village of Asira al-Qabaliyah. Police have not yet arrested any Palestinians or settlers. The settlers said they were responding to an arson attack against a caravan and the knifin [...]	2008-09-18 14:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1745	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/19): PREDICTIONS ABOUT LIVNI [...] The main editorial in Al-Quds independent runs under the title "The Ramifications of Livni's Win of the Leadership of Kadima" (09/19): "Palestinians have always dealt with Israeli political developments on the basis of them being an internal issue that chiefly concern Israelis only. The Pale [...]	2008-09-19 08:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1747	CANDIDATE LISTS SHAPING UP FOR JERUSALEM'S MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem's Haredi (ultra-orthodox) community is still considering three contenders for the November 11 mayoral elections, but expects to settle on a single candidate in advance of the campaign. Many see MK Porush, anointed as the United Torah Judaism Party (UTJ) candidate in a [...]	2008-09-19 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1748	FARMERS FRET OVER FALL OLIVE HARVEST PERMITS [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian farmers living along the separation barrier in the northern West Bank have expressed concern over GOI restrictions on permits to cross agricultural gates in the barrier. These restrictions would hamper their efforts to bring in the olive harvest, a significant sou [...]	2008-09-19 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS ECON KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM175	PA POLICE RAID COUNTERFEIT DOCUMENT LABS IN HEBRON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent months, PA Police have disrupted several visa fraud rings in the West Bank. They briefly detained and released two individuals suspected of creating and selling counterfeit documents for U.S. visa interviews. The two were among five questioned after ConGenOffs provided [...]	2008-02-01 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS KFRD PREL ASEC KWBG
08JERUSALEM1753	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/22): THE UN, THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Al-Quds independent argues in its main editorial under the title, "International Responsibility" (09/22): [I]nternal political crises in Israel... directly impact the Palestinian issue and efforts to reach a solution [to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict]... How much longer will the internation [...]	2008-09-22 08:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1757	MINISTRY OF AWQAF HOPES SAUDIS WILL DISTRIBUTE [...] (C) Summary. The PA Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs called for USG pressure on Saudi Arabia to distribute Hajj visas to Gazans through the Ministry rather than through HAMAS. Doing so would help the PA, he said. He added that the PA wants Gazans to depart through Jordan, not Egypt. Th [...]	2008-09-22 13:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KISL IS SA
08JERUSALEM1758	FRANCISCANS SAY ISRAEL BREACHING STATUS QUO [...] (C) Summary. The Franciscan (Catholic) Custos of the Holy Land has formally complained to the GoI about breaches in the status quo regarding holy places, and his representative has requested that the USG press the GoI to protect Jerusalem's Christian holy sites. According to the Custos, an [...]	2008-09-22 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1759	ARIEL MAYOR: SETTLEMENT POPULATION "STEADY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman told Poloff September 17 that his secular settlement is "struggling" to grow and has not received construction approvals. He said he will sue the GOI if it includes Ariel in permanent status negotiations. Unlike other Nablus area settlers, Ariel's popu [...]	2008-09-22 16:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1760	SETTLERS RIOT AND BURN OLIVE TREES IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, in response to the IDF removal of structures at Yad Yair near Dolev settlement, north of Ramallah, settlers burned olive trees, hurled rocks, and blocked roads near Nablus, Ramallah, and Hebron. On September 19, Poloff saw an increased police and IDF presence [...]	2008-09-22 16:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1765	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/23): "EAST JERUSALEM [...] The main editorial of Al-Quds independent argues under the title, "Judaization plans are Non-Stop As Are Efforts to Launch Dialogue?!!" (09/23): "A few days ago construction started near the Magreb Gate [Old City, Jerusalem] to build, it seems, settlement neighborhoods. There is also the iss [...]	2008-09-23 07:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1783	ARMED PALESTINIAN BOY SHOT DEAD WHILE APPROACHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Early September 20, IDF troops shot and killed a 14-year-old boy as he approached Yitzhar settlement with a Molotov cocktail and a knife. IDF video released to the press shows the boy attempting to light a bomb and the IDF firing on him. Asira al-Qabaliyah's village council to [...]	2008-09-23 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PHUM PTER KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1786	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/24): PALESTINIANS SEE [...] In its main editorial, Al-Quds independent argues under the title, "The Series of 'Accidents' in Jerusalem" (09/24): "The day before yesterday, news reported an accident in West Jerusalem where a Palestinian Jerusalemite ran over a number of pedestrians on one of the city's sidewalks. The acc [...]	2008-09-24 11:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1791	MOI AL-YAHYA FORMALLY TO REQUEST HEBRON DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Interior Al-Yahya told USSC LTG Dayton September 16 that the PA has verbal GOI approval to deploy 150 National Security Force (NSF) troops to Hebron and now seeks the approval in writing. Al-Yahya requested USG assistance to obtain Israeli permission to garrison the 3 [...]	2008-09-25 05:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG PGOV PREL MASS
08JERUSALEM1792	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/25): CALL FOR A MEDIA AND [...] Under the title, "A Comprehensive Truce, not an Escalation of Disputes, is a Must Before Launching Dialogue", independent Al-Quds argues in its main editorial (09/25): "The success of [internal Palestinian] dialogue does not depend on Egyptian intentions or... the increased support of the Arab [...]	2008-09-25 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1795	UPDATE ON WATANIYA MOBILE LAUNCH IN THE WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Wataniya made its first license payment to the PA, according to its CEO, who added that the bulk of the company's network equipment should arrive on October 4. The company's launch is scheduled for February/March 2009. Wataniya is still awaiting a GOI network construction licens [...]	2008-09-25 14:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1802	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/26): PRESIDENT BUSH'S LEGACY [...] In its main editorial, Al-Quds independent opines under the title "Ideas Alone are not Enough" (09/26): "History will judge the presidency of George W. Bush... It was a period full of overseas wars and emergency laws to monitor terrorist suspects and a JERUSALEM 00001802 002 OF 002 re [...]	2008-09-26 09:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1803	BILIN RESIDENTS WILL CONTEST LATEST IDF BARRIER [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, in response to an Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) order, the GOI presented a new plan to re-route the separation barrier between the Palestinian village of Bilin and the Israeli settlement of Modiin Illit. Village residents criticized the latest plan and in [...]	2008-09-26 10:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1808	SETTLERS REACT TO ATTACK ON ISRAELI PROFESSOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the September 24 pipe bomb attack that wounded Israeli professor Zeev Sternhell at his Jerusalem home and the discovery of leaflets threatening Peace Now representatives at the scene (reftel),settlers condemned the attack and denied involvement. They blamed the medi [...]	2008-09-26 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1809	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/29): INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON [...] Under the title "So that we don't drown in shallow water," regular columnist Talal Okal opines in independent Al-Ayyam (9/29): JERUSALEM 00001809 003 OF 003 "Does Bush have the ability to make decisions in the time remaining before January of next year? Or, will he and his administrati [...]	2008-09-29 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1823	JERUSALEM-BASED NGO REQUESTS SUPPORT TO REMOVE [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Majirah say they have been cut off from their center of life by the separation barrier, and that the IDF controls access to their neighborhood via checkpoints. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) may su [...]	2008-09-29 13:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1829	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02): BUSH-ABBAS MEETING - [...] Independent Ma'an online news agency publishes an article about the recent White House meeting between President Bush and Palestinian Authority President Abbas, written by political advisor to Abbas, Ahmad Abdul Rahman(10/02): "[I]t was just a protocol farewell meeting, nothing more, since M [...]	2008-10-02 09:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1830	CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02): [...] Independent Ma'an online news agency publishes an article about the recent White House meeting between President Bush and Palestinian Authority President Abbas, written by political advisor to Abbas, Ahmad Abdul Rahman(10/02): "[I]t was just a protocol farewell meeting, nothing more, since M [...]	2008-10-02 09:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1832	PALESTINIAN TELECOM: PA WANTS WIMAX FREQUENCY [...] (C) Summary: In May, the PA formally requested GOI allocation of frequency spectrum that would allow the deployment of broadband WiMax internet capabilities in the West Bank. PA telecom contacts say that WiMax technology will enhance competition in the telecom sector and produce revenue for [...]	2008-10-03 09:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1833	CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/03): THE [...] Regular columnist Mohamad Yaghy opined in Al Ayyam under the title, "The peace process in the American elections" (10/03): "[T]he differences between the positions of the American presidential candidates regarding the [Palestinian-Israeli] peace process is somewhat unclear ....both of them hav [...]	2008-10-03 11:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1840	PA PAYS SEPTEMBER SALARIES EARLY; GAZA CASH [...] (C) Summary: With the help of Saudi and Kuwaiti budget support, the Palestinian Authority (PA) paid public sector salaries on time for August and September, while continuing to pay down wage arrears owed to its employees. The PA has now paid more than USD 300 million in back salaries in 2008 [...]	2008-10-03 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1842	PALESTINIAN SHEPHERD KILLED NEAR SETTLEMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 27, the body of an 18-year-old Palestinian shepherd was found near Gittit settlement in the Jordan Valley. According to an Israeli Police statement, an autopsy determined the shepherd was killed while "playing with" a 40mm grenade round. Villagers told Poloff they [...]	2008-10-03 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1845	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/06): "WHAT IS LEFT OF PEACE [...] Al Ayyam publishes an opinion piece by columnist Samih Shbib under the title, "A dialogue waiting to be clarified" (10/06): "Hamas has its own agenda [that does not include] the PA and PLO... such an agenda bets on the success of Iranian expansion and consequently, the resurgence of regional I [...]	2008-10-06 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1846	PIONEER SETTLER BENNY KATSOVER INSPIRES VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Settler pioneer Benny Katsover told Poloff that, as head of the "Samaria Action Committee," he does not encourage violence directly, but admitted that young settlers under his direction do resort to violence. As Katsover spoke, settlers reacted to the evacuation of Shevut Ami B [...]	2008-10-07 09:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1847	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/07): PALESTINIANS NOT [...] Al Quds prints an editorial titled, "No positive signs preceding dialogue" (10/07): "If Hamas rejects the idea of a national consensus government and calls for a national government to be headed by them; and if Hamas insists that President Abbas' term ends on January 9, it is difficult to see [...]	2008-10-07 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1849	GAZA FOOD AND FUEL: MORE DIESEL THROUGH THE TUNNELS [...] (SBU) Summary. Gaza-based contacts report that shipments of humanitarian and commercial goods into Gaza from Israel were slightly higher in September compared to previous periods. Fuel imports remain restricted, encouraging smuggling of diesel from Egypt. Gaza sources and press reports note [...]	2008-10-07 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON EAID PTER KTFN KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM185	BIL'IN VILLAGE: BARRIER NOT YET REROUTED [...] (C) Summary. On January 24, Abdallah Abu Rahman, Coordinator of the Bil'in Land Defense and Popular Committee, told Poloffs that the GoI has taken no steps to reroute the separation barrier between Bil'in and the settlement of Modi'in Illit following a September 7 Israeli High Court ruling. [...]	2008-02-04 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1850	ATERET COHANIM TAKES OVER TWO NEW PROPERTIES IN [...] (C) Summary. Ateret Cohanim (AC) acquired a Palestinian apartment in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City and plans to open a synagogue this month near the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. The PA's Jerusalem Governor said the PA is looking into the possibility of legal irregularities in [...]	2008-10-07 14:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1861	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/08): "THE END OF [...] Al Ayyam independent daily prints an opinion piece written by Jawad Al Bashiti under the title, "The End to History" (10/08): "During feudal times, the church was the largest real estate owner, but during the... [end to] the history of neo-capitalism, the "Bush-Paulson" state has suddenly beco [...]	2008-10-08 10:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1871	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/10): INTERNAL PALESTINIAN [...] Regular columnist Mohammad Yaghi opines in Al Ayyam independent daily under the title, "A dialogue to buy time" (10/10): "Many Arab countries see the controversy surrounding the Palestinian Authority Presidency as a continuation of the demise of the PLO. They are trying to avert the collapse [...]	2008-10-10 11:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1880	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): AN ASSESSMENT OF [...] Al Quds editorial opines under the title, "Freezing negotiations is an Israeli strategy" (10/15): "Almost a year has elapsed since the Annapolis peace conference... an entire year that has totally failed to produce any real progress in the peace process. Reaching a peace agreement, as recomm [...]	2008-10-15 12:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1883	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/16): 20 YEARS AFTER THE COLD [...] Hani Hurani opines in Al Ayyam under the title "An increasingly chaotic world" (10/16): "In a nutshell, the image of the Arab world, 20 years after the end of the Cold War, suggests that it has been failed to face up to the challenges of economic and political reform and realize stable societ [...]	2008-10-16 10:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1885	FATAH CONFERENCE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. October 10-15 Preparatory Committee meetings in Amman for Fatah's planned Sixth Party Conference included extensive discussion on Conference timing, venue, representation, and other modalities. The meetings ended abruptly on October 15 due to the Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) [...]	2008-10-16 13:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV KDEM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1886	HAMAS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN GAZA; SMUGGLING AND [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based Fatah and independent contacts report that Hamas is well- entrenched and controls nearly every aspect of political and economic life in the Gaza Strip. They comment that Israeli-imposed closures have hurt Gazans generally but benefited Hamas, which is increasing its [...]	2008-10-16 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM ECON
08JERUSALEM1901	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/17): "STALEMATE" IN [...] Former Palestinian Authority Minister Hasan Asfour opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "National dialogue: Interim or final solution?" (10/17): "The current situation requires that there be a comprehensive document that provides answers... [to] the issues of electoral law and mechanisms... [ [...]	2008-10-17 12:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1903	PA'S HEBRON DEPLOYMENT DELAYED PENDING FURTHER [...] (C) A PA security forces (PASF) deployment to Hebron, expected to begin on/about October 17, has been postponed pending additional PA-IDF coordination, according to National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah). PA President's Office contacts told PolOff that t [...]	2008-10-17 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1904	THREE PALESTINIANS ARE KILLED IN 48 HOURS; PA [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF Kfir Brigade soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians in separate incidents near Ramallah from October 14-16. The IDF claimed all three were carrying Molotov cocktails ("firebombs") when killed, according to press accounts. PA leaders criticized the shootings as unjus [...]	2008-10-17 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1905	FIRST RESIDENTS MOVE INTO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs visited the settlement of Nof Zion (View of Zion) in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem, where the first 50 of 100 apartment owners have moved in, and an additional 400 units will be constructed in the next few years. Palestinians from Jabal Mukabbir told [...]	2008-10-17 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1906	ARAB-ISRAELIS GIVE NABLUS A TEMPORARY BOOST, BUT [...] (C) Summary: According to prominent Nablus businessmen, continuing Israeli access restrictions cripple the city's commercial sector, limit significant economic growth, and are "political restrictions not related to security." They note that the GOI's decision to allow Arab-Israelis (and their [...]	2008-10-17 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1907	WAQF CONCERNED, FRUSTRATED BY INCREASING ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian media reported hundreds of Israelis visited the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City in numerous visits during mid-October, accompanied by police. Waqf officials confirmed the visits, adding that the Israelis did not attempt to enter or damage buildi [...]	2008-10-17 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1908	UPTICK IN SETTLER VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. New reports of settler violence are consistent with the trend of increased settler militancy in recent months (reftels). These incidents have been centered in the Nablus area, but contacts report violence throughout most of the West Bank. End summary. Uptick in Settler Atta [...]	2008-10-17 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1911	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/20): THE GAZA CALM: "IN [...] Bilal Al Hasan opines in Al Quds under the title "Acre events: Omen for a third Palestinian intifada"(10/20): "If the impetus for the two Palestinian intifadas came from the Israeli-Arab conflict... then a [third] Palestinian intifada launched from within the state of Israel will be based on d [...]	2008-10-20 11:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1915	BETHLEHEM: TOURISM SURGES, COMMERCE HINDERED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Bethlehem businesses continue to suffer under the requirement to export goods via Tarqumiya, a crossing point nearly 40 kilometers south of the city. Hotel occupancy is surging as a result of increased numbers of visitors, although tour guides, drivers, and businessmen continu [...]	2008-10-20 13:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1918	SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES DURING OLIVE HARVEST [...] (C) Summary. Settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and international activists working with them in a number of West Bank villages October 18-20, according to press and ConGen contacts. The IDF intervened in some cases to stop the attacks, detaining activists and declaring &close [...]	2008-10-20 15:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1919	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/22): THE ROAD MAP "HAS LOST [...] Al Quds editorial is titled "Palestinians embrace their olives despite settler aggression" (10/22): "No one, regardless of his barbarism and cruelty, can separate the Palestinian from his olive tree, which he considers to be one of his sons... the world and so-called international community s [...]	2008-10-22 12:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1934	PLO WELCOMES EGYPTIAN PAPER ON FACTIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) released a statement October 22 welcoming Egyptian leadership in efforts to forge a "national consensus government and common political program." The statement implicitly conditions PLO acceptance of an Egyptian proposal on formation of a PA [...]	2008-10-22 16:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER EG
08JERUSALEM1938	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/23): PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] Abdullah Awwad opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "A calm JERUSALEM 00001938 002 OF 002 discourse in a noisy moment (10/23): "All that can be said about the rift between Hamas and Fatah or between the Islamic movement and the nationalist one... is that it is a conflict between the Wes [...]	2008-10-23 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1942	IDF, PA AGREE ON HEBRON SECURITY DEPLOYMENT; PA [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs October 23 that the IDF approved a PASF deployment of about 580 troops to the Hebron Governorate, starting late October 24, for 30 days. PA commanders said the IDF laid down conditions for the deployment's approval as well as [...]	2008-10-23 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1947	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/24): PALESTINIAN PESSIMISM [...] Azmi Khawaja, Palestinian National Legislative Council Member, opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "Cairo dialogues approach a decisive moment"(10/24): "We must succeed in these talks, because their failure would threaten the Palestinian cause... Successful talks would mean an end to the Gaza [...]	2008-10-24 10:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1949	STABBING ATTACK IN JERUSALEM; ARRESTS IN THE WEST [...] (C) Summary. Israeli police on October 23 arrested a Palestinian who had stabbed two Israelis that day in Jerusalem. Later that day, roughly 150 Palestinians clashed with IDF troops who raided the attacker's village. Seven Palestinians were arrested during the campaign, most of whom were r [...]	2008-10-24 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
08JERUSALEM1950	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/27): POLITICAL AND SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 08:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1952	PA STARTS SECURITY OPERATION SOUTH OF HEBRON; [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs October 26-27 that joint PASF patrols entered Yatta and al-Samu'a (Area A towns south of Hebron) early October 27, arresting 23 criminal fugitives and Hamas activists and detaining 30 other suspects. The PA National Security [...]	2008-10-27 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINS PGOV PTER LE
08JERUSALEM1956	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/28): PALESTINIAN CONDEMNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 07:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM196	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/05): SUICIDE BOMBINGS - "A [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 11:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1966	IDF EVACUATES AN OUTPOST NEAR HEBRON; SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. NGO contacts confirm media reports that the IDF evacuated an illegal outpost near Hebron on October 26, and settlers reacted by slashing the tires of 22 Palestinian-owned cars and attacking a nearby Muslim cemetery. Speaking to the press October 26, Hebron area settlers called t [...]	2008-10-28 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1967	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/29): ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE - [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 07:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1974	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/30): IN-FIGHTING VS. FIGHTING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1979	PA COMPLAINS ABOUT SHOOTING DEATH OF ELDERLY [...] (SBU) The IDF shot and killed 67-year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abahra early October 29 in al-Yamun (Area A, near Jenin),according to PA security contacts and press reports. Local press quoted an IDF spokesman as saying that Abahra was armed and fired at IDF troops, who returned fire, killing [...]	2008-10-30 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM IS PREL
08JERUSALEM1982	JERICHO RESIDENTS REPORT INCREASE IN TOURSIM BUT [...] (C) Summary: Tourism is on the rise in the Jordan Valley city of Jericho, according to city officials and local business representatives. However, they also claim that Israeli checkpoints and poor infrastructure (including an over-taxed sewage system that poses environmental and health hazar [...]	2008-10-31 08:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG EAID ETRD PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1983	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/31): BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS: [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 11:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1985	SHUTDOWN OF JORDAN VALLEY CROSSING THREATENS WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has closed the principal commercial crossing in the northern Jordan Valley to Palestinian agriculture exports, according to Palestinian farmers and USG contractors. Palestinian farmers report that the closure of Bardala/Bisan crossing will limit their access to intern [...]	2008-11-03 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EAGR ETRD KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1986	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/03): UN Obligations; US [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 12:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1990	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS SEEK IMAGE MAKEOVER [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs met on October 29 with David Haivri, head of a newly established International Liaison Office in Barkan settlement (southwest of Nablus),tasked with strengthening northern West Bank settlers' external relations in Israel and abroad. Haivri admitted but downplayed the re [...]	2008-11-03 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1991	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/04): "TIME FOR AMERICA TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 10:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1992	NEW EAST JERUSALEM EVICTION, HOME DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) confirmed press reports that the Jerusalem Municipality intends to evict two Palestinian families from their homes in Bayt Hanina and possibly demolish th [...]	2008-11-04 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1998	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/05): PALESTINIANS ARE LEADERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 11:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2000	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/06): SPECULATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 12:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2004	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/07): NO PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 06:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2008	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/10): PALESTINIAN FAMILY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 09:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2011	AL-KURD FAMILY EVICTED IN EAST JERUSALEM; [...] (C) Summary. Israeli police evicted the al-Kurd family from their home in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood on November 9. Local residents fear this will be the first of many such evictions in the neighborhood. Palestinian homeowners in Shaykh Jarrah said at least 27 other familie [...]	2008-11-10 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2013	SECULAR AND ULTRA-ORTHODOX CANDIDATES FACE OFF IN [...] (C) Summary. Nationalist candidate Nir Barkat hopes to win the November 11 municipal election based on his platform of balancing religious and secular needs in the city. Ultra-Orthodox candidate Meir Porush, who would continue policies enacted under current Mayor Lupolianski, hopes to win ba [...]	2008-11-10 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2019	GAZA: POWER SUPPLY THREATENED AS CROSSINGS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza crossings with Israel have been closed since November 4, following a resumption of violence between the IDF and Hamas, resulting in a sharp drop in fuel supplies. The Gaza power plant will likely shut down at 1830 hours on November 10 due to a lack of fuel, according to [...]	2008-11-10 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID ENRG KWBG KPAL PHUM
08JERUSALEM2021	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/12): PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2024	CEASEFIRE THREATENED AS MILITANTS, IDF TRADE BLOWS [...] (C) Summary. IDF incursions and airstrikes into the Gaza Strip have killed eleven Palestinians (all acknowledged Hamas and PIJ militants) since November 4, and injured 15 civilians, according to Gazan political and security contacts. Media accounts tally 68 rocket and mortar strikes in Isra [...]	2008-11-12 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM
08JERUSALEM2029	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/13): UNITY - "BEFORE IT IS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 11:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2035	NIR BARKAT WINS JERUSALEM MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. "Secular/nationalist" candidate Nir Barkat won the election for Jerusalem's mayor and takes office in early December. He promised in his victory speech to address the needs of secular, religious, and Arab residents of the city. Nearly all Palestinians and some ultra-Orthodox J [...]	2008-11-13 15:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2042	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/14): ARAB RELUCTANCE TO PLAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 11:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2043	HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE HALTS CONSTRUCTION IN WEST [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction on November 12 against continued construction on 35 housing units in Jabal Artis (aka Pisgat Yacov) outpost, north of Beit El settlement. According to the lawyer representing the two Palestinian owners of the land o [...]	2008-11-14 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PBTS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2045	ROCKETS STRIKE ISRAEL AS ISRAEL MAINTAINS GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Gaza militants fired at least 13 rockets into Israel on November 14, lightly injuring an Israeli in Sderot and damaging four buildings. An IAF airstrike injured two PIJ militants near Bayt Lahiya. The GOI has closed all of Gaza's crossings (most have been closed since November [...]	2008-11-14 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM PTER PREF PREL

08JERUSALEM2048	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/17): URGENT CALLS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 11:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2050	GAZA: VIOLENCE CONTINUES; SOME GOODS - BUT NO FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza's Kerem Shalom crossing was open on November 17 for limited food and humanitarian shipments for the first time since November 4, while Nahal Oz fuel transfer station remains closed. At least 14 rockets have been fired from Gaza November 16-17. The Gaza power plant has be [...]	2008-11-17 16:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG IS PHUM PTER EAID
08JERUSALEM2052	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): AMERICA'S HONEYMOON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2058	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/19): PALESTINIANS SEE NEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 10:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2081	GAZA: CROSSINGS CLOSED, ROCKET FIRE CONTINUES; GOI [...] Summary: (C) All Gaza crossing were closed on November 18-19, except for Erez pedestrian crossing, which was open to certain medical cases and international NGO employees. Five Qassam rockets and four mortars were fired toward Israel November 18-19. Israeli naval forces detained 15 fisherman [...]	2008-11-19 15:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWBG IS PHUM PTER PREL ECON CASC
08JERUSALEM2082	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/20): IRAQI SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 09:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2084	FAYYAD RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on November 19 that he is concerned about the apparent decision of Israeli commercial banks to terminate correspondent banking services for Palestinian banks (reftel). Fayyad predicted the cut-off will have th [...]	2008-11-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN KWBG PREL IS
08JERUSALEM2085	JORDAN VALLEY CROSSING RE-OPENED TO PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bardala/Bisan crossing in the Jordan Valley was reopened to Palestinian agricultural shipments on November 13. As a result, Palestinian farmers plan to export 85 percent of their Jordan Valley agricultural exports through that crossing. Israeli settlers have access to the [...]	2008-11-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR ETRD KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2086	PALESTINIANS CONCERNED ABOUT ISRAELI DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian businessmen and officials are concerned about unilateral Israeli development of tourist infrastructure in the West Bank. The PLO's Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) considers these actions a form of illegal settlement activity and notes that some of the sites are in [...]	2008-11-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD KWBG PREL IS
08JERUSALEM2087	YESHA COUNCIL AGREES TO MOVE MIGRON OUTPOST INTO [...] (C) Summary: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told Poloffs November 19 that the GOI will shortly inform the High Court of Justice (HCJ) of its decision to move the Migron outpost five kilometers south into permanent housing to be built inside Adam settlement, east of the security barrier. Wh [...]	2008-11-20 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2089	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/21): ISRAEL AND GAZA: "THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2090	PALESTINIAN ACCESS TO EAST JERUSALEM HOSPITALS [...] (SBU) Summary: A new GOI access restriction for Palestinian hospital staff has severely disrupted the operations of the six Palestinian East Jerusalem hospitals, according to Hospital Network Coordinator Tawfiq Nasser. He said that patients and staff are now restricted to two specific check [...]	2008-11-21 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PHUM KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2091	SETTLERS BRACE FOR BATTLE OVER DISPUTED HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on November 16 ordered the settlers occupying the Rajabi compound (referred to by settlers as "Beit Hashalom") in Hebron to evacuate voluntarily within three days while a district court determines ownership. Press report that the IDF plan [...]	2008-11-21 12:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2094	PA ASKS FOR HELP TO COUNTER SETTLER BUSINESSES [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian officials are highlighting economic activity in Israeli settlements and encouraging third countries to discourage trade and other economic links to settlement enterprises. The UK is focused on the issue, which dominated Foreign Secretary Milliband's recent visit to [...]	2008-11-21 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD IS KWBG PREL UK
08JERUSALEM2098	GAZA UPDATE - NOV 21 [...] (C) Summary. Gaza commercial crossings remained closed November 20-21. Erez pedestrian crossing was open to certain medical cases and international NGO employees. The power plant has been shut down since November 13 due to a lack of industrial fuel. Most Gaza households have 8-16 hours/day [...]	2008-11-21 18:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER IS
08JERUSALEM2103	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/24): RESISTING "SOFT" U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 12:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2111	FATAH SIXTH CONGRESS: PREPARATORY COMMITTEE STILL [...] (C) Summary. In November 15-17 Fatah Sixth Congress Preparatory Committee sessions in Amman, senior Fatah leaders say they discussed venue, timing, and representation, but adjourned without agreement. Committee members told PolFSN that prospects for holding the Sixth Congress before the end [...]	2008-11-24 13:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV KDEM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM2112	ABBAS CALLS FOR ELECTIONS "IF DIALOGUE FAILS"; [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) announced November 23 that he will call for presidential and legislative elections in early 2009 if national dialogue with Hamas fails. Abbas blamed Hamas for the breakdown of national dialogue talks in Cairo and defended peace negotiations wi [...]	2008-11-24 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2114	CONSTRUCTION RESUMES AT MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli High Court of Justice decided on October 29 to allow the Simon Wiesenthal Center to resume construction of the Museum of Tolerance on the site of the Mamilla Muslim cemetery. The ruling, plus the rapid appearance of construction equipment at the site, has already sp [...]	2008-11-24 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2115	PAPAL NUNCIO: GOI DENIED PRIESTS ACCESS TO GAZA TO [...] (C) Latin Patriarchate Chancellor Fr. Humam Khzuz and Papal Nuncio contacts in Jerusalem told PolOff November 24 that GOI officials denied the Nuncio (Archbishop Antonio Franco),Khzuz, and Patriarchate secretary Fr. Shawki Batrian access to Gaza early November 23, causing the cancellation of [...]	2008-11-24 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM KIRF PREL VT
08JERUSALEM2117	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/25): "A NATIONAL UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2121	GOI PREPARES TO RELOCATE MIGRON OUTPOST [...] (C) Summary. The GOI has informed the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) of its agreement with the Yesha Council to relocate the residents of Migron outpost. The GOI told the court that the residents would be relocated to the eastern side of Adam settlement, but the Adam settlement, like the [...]	2008-11-25 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2122	GAZA CROSSINGS OPEN FOR A DAY, BUT POWER PLANT NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 24, the GOI allowed limited humanitarian and commercial shipments, and power plant fuel into Gaza. The crossings were closed again on November 25 due to rocket fire. Erez crossing was open to limited traffic November 24-25. The Gaza power plant is not yet operati [...]	2008-11-25 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER PREF
08JERUSALEM2128	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/26): "GLOATING OVER AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM213	GAZA: SOME SHIPMENTS OF FOOD AND FUEL; [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-five truckloads of commercial and humanitarian shipments entered Gaza through Sufa crossing on February 6, while Kerem Shalom remained closed. Fuel transfers were made via Nahal Oz transfer station, supplying the Gaza Power Plant with sufficient fuel to continue to prod [...]	2008-02-06 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM2133	MORE HOMES DEMOLISHED IN THE WEST BANK AND EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 18-25, Israeli security forces demolished a total of four homes in East Jerusalem, and one in the West Bank. The home in the West Bank was located in Area C. End summary. Demolition in East Jerusalem ---------------------------------- 2. (C) On November [...]	2008-11-26 10:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM2153	FAYYAD MEETS PA SECURITY CHIEFS IN HEBRON; PASF [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs that they met with PM Salam Fayyad in Hebron on November 26 to review progress and discuss challenges. The National Security Forces (NSF) commander said PASF have arrested 110 security and criminal suspects in/around Hebron s [...]	2008-11-26 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG IS PINS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM2154	PA PREPARES BETHLEHEM SECURITY PLAN TO SUPPORT [...] (C) PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff/PolFSN November 26 that PA security forces will begin a Christmas-period deployment in early December that will continue through early 2009. He said the operation will rotate 800-1000 NSF, police [...]	2008-11-26 15:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2164	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/28): POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2169	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/01): PALESTINIANS SEE NO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 11:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2171	WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary. Poloffs visited the West Bank settlements at Maale Adumim and Alfei Menashe on November 24 and noted ongoing, large-scale construction projects, which the mayors said were approved in 1999 and 2000. The mayors of both settlements urged the USG to condone construction in the area [...]	2008-12-01 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PGOV PREL
08JERUSALEM2175	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/02): ADMIRING THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2178	PRM ACTING A/S WITTEN ATTENDS UNRWA'S ANNUAL HOSTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) held its semiannual Advisory Commission (AdCom) meeting November 17 and its annual Hosts and Donors Meeting November 18-19 in Amman to discuss current developments affecting Palestinian refugees, UNRW [...]	2008-12-02 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL
08JERUSALEM2179	GAZA: BANK BRANCHES TO CLOSE DUE TO LACK OF CASH [...] (C) Summary. According to PMA Governor Jihad al-Wazir, all bank branches in Gaza will close no later than Thursday, December 4, because they do not have enough cash on hand to pay November salaries to PA employees. According to al-Wazir, PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will issue a public sta [...]	2008-12-02 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS PTER PGOV
08JERUSALEM2181	SETTLER VIOLENCE IN HEBRON CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Hebron settlers have repeatedly engaged in violence to prevent the court-ordered evacuation of the Rajabi compound. According to NGO B'tselem, on November 29, settlers injured seven Palestinians by throwing rocks from the Rajabi compound, badly damaged 28 Palestinian vehicles, s [...]	2008-12-02 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2183	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/03): "EUROPE TO ACTIVATE ITS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 10:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2186	GAZA FARMERS HOLD OUT HOPE FOR EXPORTS TO EUROPE [...] (C) Despite the fact that there have been no exports from Gaza since January, Gaza farmers are preparing produce for export to Europe via Israel as early as December 10. USAID contractors said that farmers could earn up to USD eight million this year, if the GOI allows shipment out of Gaza. [...]	2008-12-03 15:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PREL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2187	ESCALATING SETTLER VIOLENCE IN HEBRON AS IDF [...] (C) Summary. The IDF declared the area surrounding the Rajabi compound a "closed military zone" on December 2, and deployed four Border Police companies to Hebron. Violence instigated by settlers injured at least 20 Palestinians as well as some Israeli security personnel, acording to interna [...]	2008-12-03 16:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2188	PA SECURITY OFFICIALS BELIEVE AL-AQSA MARTYRS [...] (S) Summary. Palestinian political and security contacts believe the IDF operation that led to the death of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (AAMB) member Mohammad Kamal Abu Thra'a on December 1 was conceived as an assassination operation from the outset, not as an arrest operation. End summary. [...]	2008-12-03 17:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2194	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/04): PALESTINIANS: ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 10:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2196	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/05): HAMAS "WALKING INTO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 10:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2197	IDF EVACUATES RAJABI COMPOUND IN HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. On December 4, some 600 Israeli security forces forcibly evicted 250 Hebron settlers from the Rajabi compound following a last-minute, unsuccessful attempt by Defense Minister Ehud Barak to convince settler leaders to evacuate voluntarily. Evacuation of the compound lasted thirt [...]	2008-12-05 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2198	SETTLERS RETALIATE AGAINST PALESTINIANS FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence broke out in Hebron and spread across the West Bank immediately after the IDF's evacuation of the Rajabi compound on December 4, injuring around 25 Palestinians, including one shooting victim in critical condition. Contacts reported seeing burning Palestinian f [...]	2008-12-05 14:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2200	GOI PREPARES NEW CHECKPOINT IN NORTHERN WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has installed, but not yet manned, a new checkpoint northwest of Nablus, a few kilometers south of the Shavei Shomron checkpoint on Route 60. The new checkpoint, if operational, would add a restriction on the primary north-south highway within the West Bank that was [...]	2008-12-05 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM2202	FAYYAD TO CODEL WEXLER: CONDITIONS IMPROVED IN THE [...] (C) Summary: PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad thanked Representative Wexler for Congress' continued support for Palestinian assistance programs. He said that the economic situation in the West Bank is better than one year ago due to improved security and unprecedented levels of donor support. [...]	2008-12-05 16:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON IS OREP
08JERUSALEM2210	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/09): THE OTHER ENEMY: [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 11:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2215	CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION FACING BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) faces serious financial difficulties, according to Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail, and will be unable to pay December salaries without an additional infusion of funding. The PA Ministry of Finance (MoF) told post it will transfer NIS [...]	2008-12-09 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
08JERUSALEM2217	SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence targeting Palestinians continued December 5-8, especially near Hebron. Settlers set one Palestinian house on fire and stoned Palestinian cars. Two settlers who shot at Palestinians at point-blank range, an incident captured on video by NGO B'tselem, turned the [...]	2008-12-09 16:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2230	OPIC PROMOTES POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) officials discussed the Palestinian Political Risk Insurance (PPRI) project during a visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah in early December. PPRI, announced during the May 2008 Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem (reftel),woul [...]	2008-12-12 07:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2233	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/12): "GAZA SIEGE - PRELUDE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 08:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2237	CONSUL GENERAL AND SETTLER LEADERS AGREE (AGAIN) [...] (C) Summary: Settler leaders Dani Dayan (Yesha Council Chairman),Shaul Goldstein (Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman),and Elyakim Haetzni (co-founder of Kiryat Arba settlement) met with the Consul General in Jerusalem on December 11, again agreeing from the outset to disagree. The sett [...]	2008-12-12 15:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2238	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): EXPECTATIONS AND FEARS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2244	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/16): "EXTENDING ANNAPOLIS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 10:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2248	PA COMPLAINS IDF KILLING OF PIJ ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary. According to PA National Security Forces (NSF) staff, an undercover IDF squad shot and killed a PIJ militant December 16 without giving the PA notice of the operation. According to Jenin Governor Qaddura Musa and NSF staff, the militant had been in voluntary PA custody for seve [...]	2008-12-16 16:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2250	GAZA CONTACTS ASSESS HAMAS WANTS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. Gaza political contacts claim that Hamas disfavors military confrontation with Israel and, despite recent statements by Khalid Misha'l and other leaders, wants to continue the ceasefire (tahdiya) if agreement is reached to keep Gaza's crossings open. Contacts who regularly meet [...]	2008-12-16 17:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM ECON
08JERUSALEM2252	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/17): RUMORS OF A "MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 11:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2258	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/18): "ACTION - NOT JUST LIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 10:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2261	GAZA: QASSAMS POUND NEGEV; ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and other militants in Gaza fired 27 Qassam rockets and four mortars into Israel December 17-18. One Qassam struck Sderot and injured three Israelis, according to local press. According to Gaza contacts, Israeli airstrikes hit near Jabaliya Re [...]	2008-12-18 15:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PTER PHUM ECON PREF
08JERUSALEM2262	BETHLEHEM OFFICIALS COMPLAIN ABOUT IDF INCURSIONS [...] (C) Bethlehem's Governor and Mayor complained to ConGenOffs that the IDF used Bethlehem's main streets three times over 24 hours en route to raids in towns in Bethlehem Governorate. Governor Salah Tamari said the IDF entered Bayt Sahur and detained Sa'id Awad Shibat early December 18, and en [...]	2008-12-18 15:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2263	HIGH COURT AGAIN REJECTS IDF PLAN FOR REROUTE OF [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on December 15 again rejected an IDF plan to reroute the separation barrier near the Palestinian village of Bilin. The village's attorney called the decision precedent-setting, noting that it is the first such HCJ decision prohibiting the [...]	2008-12-18 15:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2264	ISRAELI PLANS FOR SILWAN AND THE HOLY BASIN [...] (C) Summary: The Jerusalem Municipality has approved, but not yet made public, a town plan to facilitate Israeli development in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, acording to Jerusalem lawyer Danny Seidemann. Seidemann also said that the GOI is quietly planning a large a [...]	2008-12-18 16:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2265	PA OFFICIALS CONCERNED EVICTION ORDERS FOR BEDOUIN [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Jahalin bedouin tribe living in area C, along the main road connecting Jerusalem and Jericho, received demolition orders from the IDF on December 8, and verbal instructions to demolish their homes no later than December 15. Palestinian residents and senior PLO and [...]	2008-12-18 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2266	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/19): THE TRUCE ENDS, WHAT [...] Al Quds, in its main editorial entitled: "Iran ... a reconsideration of several stands is required" remarks that "It is time for the Arabs and Palestinians, with all their factions and movements, to realize that Iran has its own interests, including a special interest in avoiding an attack on i [...]	2008-12-19 07:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2274	NEW "HAMAS BANK" TO OPEN IN GAZA DECEMBER 28 [...] (C) Summary: Hamas has announced the "licensing" of a new bank, the Islamic National Bank (INB),in the Gaza Strip. Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir considers the bank an illegal entity, and said the PMA will launch a public campaign against it. He said Hamas is cap [...]	2008-12-19 13:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KWBG PTER PGOV PINR IS QA
08JERUSALEM2275	SOME POSITIVE CHANGES TO NABLUS ACCESS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the GOI's announcement of eased access and movement restrictions for the Eid al-Adha holiday (reftel),Nablus businessmen say the most important change has been that permits are no longer required for private vehicles and pedestrians to enter Nablus via Beit Iba and Huwa [...]	2008-12-19 16:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM2278	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): OBSTACLES TO PEACE [...] The main editorial in Al Quds, "Prisoners once again," opines: "It is time for the Palestinian side to reject the Israeli position that deals with prisoners of freedom as criminal prisoners...it is time for European mediators, who always demand the release of [abducted Israeli soldier Gilad] Sh [...]	2008-12-22 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2279	SETTLERS "UNIVERSITY CENTER" PLANS TO DOUBLE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ariel "University Center," an unaccredited Israeli university in the West Bank, plans to increase from 8,400 to 20,000 students by 2020, and build several more permanent buildings to accommodate and educate them, including a new 12,000 square meter library already under c [...]	2008-12-22 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM2284	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/23): BRIEF TRUCE IN GAZA [...] Mohamad Al Mubarak opines in Al Quds under the title "Will Rumsfeld escape or disappear?": "It is regrettable that the courts have so far not considered the war crimes committed by Rumsfeld, which led to the killing and displacement of millions of innocents and violated international laws and n [...]	2008-12-23 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2289	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/24): REPORTS ON ABBAS' [...] Al Quds editorial "The complicated crisis in Gaza" opines: "The worst scenario that could happen [in Gaza], is the use of military force, especially the Israeli one, in an attempt to topple the Hamas movement, because such an attempt is a definite prescription for bloodshed, extreme loss of li [...]	2008-12-24 11:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2293	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): "Massacre" in Gaza [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2294	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): "Massacre" in Gaza [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 10:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2295	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 29, 1400 LOCAL: AIRSTRIKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket fire continue as of 1400 local on December 29. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staff report at least 280 Palestinian deaths and 700 injuries since the airstrikes began on December 27. One Israeli was killed in a rocket strik [...]	2008-12-29 12:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2296	FAYYAD TELLS SENATOR SPECTER THAT GAZA AIR STRIKES [...] (C) Summary. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) on December 28 that Israeli Air Force strikes on Gaza are "highly destabilizing" for the West Bank and neighboring Arab countries, especially Jordan and Egypt. He said Hamas misread Israeli intentions and added that [...]	2008-12-29 12:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2299	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 29, 1800 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Airstrikes and rocket fire continue in the Gaza Strip as of 1800 local on December 29. Gaza medical, UN and NGO sources report at least 308 Palestinian deaths since December 27, and at least 900 Palestinians in Gaza have been treated in hospitals for injuries due to IAF fire. [...]	2008-12-29 16:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2301	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/30): Calls for national unity [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 09:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2309	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 1300 LOCAL: 2 ISRAELIS, [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1800 local o December 29 to 1300 on December 30, rockets kiled two Israelis and injured at least nine others and Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 more alestinians. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staffreport at least 358 Palestinian deaths and 1070 njuries requiring [...]	2008-12-30 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2314	SENIOR IDF, PASF COMMANDERS MEET TO DISCUSS WEST BANK SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S) PA security chiefs met with top IDF and COGAT officers late December 29 at Bet El (outside Ramallah) to discuss the West Bank security situation in light of Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip. PA security chiefs told ConGenOffs that the PA urged the IDF to avoid Palestinian demonstrations and [...]	2008-12-30 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2316	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 1800 LOCAL: FEWER [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1300 to 1800 local on December 30, 17 Palestinians were injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, and at least 10 more rockets hit Israel. At least 360 Palestinians have been killed and 1100 injured in airstrikes through 1800 on December 30. Clashes broke out in [...]	2008-12-30 16:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2318	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/31): "Gaza is dying...what are [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 08:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2320	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 31, 1300 LOCAL: DECREASED [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1800 December 30 through 1300 on December 31, two Palestinians were killed and at least 12 were injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, and at least 40 more rockets hit Israel (including several long-range rockets). At least 364 Palestinians have been killed and [...]	2008-12-31 12:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2321	EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN HOUSING COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On December 31, the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) reopened after a six-month closure. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security closed the PHC on July 2, 2008, claiming that it was a Palestinian Authority (PA) agency operating illegally in Jerusalem. The Coun [...]	2008-12-31 13:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PREL PBTS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2322	HAMAS ALLEGEDLY EXECUTES SEVEN FATAH PRISONERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah contacts told PolFSN on December 30 that, in the wake of IAF bombings on December 28, Hamas executed seven Fatah members who had been held prisoner at al-Saraya prison in Gaza City. Three additional Fatah members are reportedly missing. Local human rights organizations [...]	2008-12-31 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2323	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- DECEMBER 31 [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 90 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom crossing on December 31. The Gaza power plant is shut down, and Nahal Oz remained closed for fuel imports. Karni crossing also remains closed. Donor organizations continue to stress the need t [...]	2008-12-31 15:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM243	PA SECURITY SAYS HAMAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIMONA [...] (S) PA police chief Kamal al-Shaykh and Hazem Attallah (PM Salam Fayyad's military secretary) told PolOff on February 6-7 that Hamas was responsible for the February 4 suicide bombing in Dimona and that the blast is part of a Hamas strategy to sow instability and undermine peace efforts. Att [...]	2008-02-08 12:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PTER IS PINS
08JERUSALEM244	MILITANTS BREAK OUT OF PA PRISON IN NABLUS, ONE [...] (C) General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) contacts report that one prisoner (Muhammad Abu Ramih, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades) remains at large after five al-Aqsa and PIJ fugitives broke out of Junayd Prison in Nablus on February 7. 15 fugitives in the PA prison have been on a hunger strike for two [...]	2008-02-08 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PREL
08JERUSALEM248	ARIEL MAYOR: LET ME BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel settlement mayor Ron Nachman told PolOff on February 6 that Ariel would welcome settlers from outlying settlements and outposts into his "existing population center" if he were allowed to build homes for them. Nachman said he has approved town plans to increase Ariel's pop [...]	2008-02-08 16:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM275	PA COMPLAINS ABOUT ISRAELI RAIDS ON WEST BANK [...] (SBU) In the early hours of February 12, Israeli security forces raided the offices and homes of fourteen money changers in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, and Hebron, and seized NIS 3 million in cash (equal to USD 830,000),along with computer equipment, documents, [...]	2008-02-13 16:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM292	SILWAN RESIDENTS PROTEST ON-GOING TUNNEL [...] (C) Summary. Ongoing excavations of an ancient tunnel in Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood have angered local residents, who say the digging is damaging their homes and disrupting their lives. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Coordinator Meir Margalit told PolOff the excavat [...]	2008-02-15 11:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM299	WEST BANK/GAZA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KPAL KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
08JERUSALEM300	RESIDENTS OF ISSAWIYA AND 'ANATA CRITICIZE LAND [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Issawiya and 'Anata Committees for the Defense of Land and Property and 'Anata's mayor told PolOff on February 14 that the Israeli Civil Administration expropriated 1500 dunums (roughly 375 acres) for roads through the E-1 area connecting Ma'ale Adumim to Almon an [...]	2008-02-15 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM302	NSU BELIEVES EASTERN RING ROAD WILL ISOLATE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) legal advisor Fuad Hallak told PolOff that the 60-day public review period for the southern portion of the Jerusalem Eastern Ring Road began on January 1 and that Palestinians plan to oppose the expropriation of their land for use in the road. NSU [...]	2008-02-15 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM303	MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION IN EAST JERUSALEM: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Construction in East Jerusalem on public land is approved through a five-step process which, depending on the plan's size, complexity, and political sensitivities can take several years to complete. Building plans require approval by both a local and regional committee, a 60-da [...]	2008-02-15 15:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS IS PHUM KWBG
08JERUSALEM304	STATUS OF EAST JERUSALEM BUILDING ANNOUNCEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of numerous press announcements of Israeli construction in East Jerusalem, this telegram details these announcements since the Annapolis meetings and plots each proposal's location on the approval timeline (as "Construction Imminent," "In Approval Process," or "Not Submi [...]	2008-02-15 15:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM316	CLOSURE OF EAST JERUSALEM INSTITUTIONS RENEWED [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli MoI in early February renewed closure orders against eight Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem. PA Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abd al-Qader has told the press that the Orient House reopened, but privately admitted that his comments were designed to bri [...]	2008-02-20 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM331	BETHLEHEM RUNS OUT OF GAS AS STATION OWNERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Most Bethlehem gas stations were closed February 21 after running out of fuel, the result of a protest against an Israeli decision to reroute Bethlehem's fuel supplies through the Tarqumiya commercial terminal 40 kilometers to the south. On February 17, the IDF halted fuel sh [...]	2008-02-22 14:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL IS KWBG
08JERUSALEM337	ADDITIONAL LAND EXPROPRIATION IN THE WEST BANK [...] (C) On February 23, the IDF issued military orders to expropriate 766 dunams (191.5 acres) of land from Palestinians in al-Ramadin and al-Dhahiriya villages in the southern West Bank. According to the IDF orders, the expropriation is for the purpose of "border adjustment." Abd al-Hadi Hanta [...]	2008-02-25 15:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM347	MASKIYYOT: ADDITIONAL POST ANNAPOLIS SETTLEMENT [...] (S/NF) Summary. On February 21, PolOff traveled to the Northern Jordan Valley and confirmed six new caravans at the Nahal pre-military academy settlement of Maskiyyot. Settlers told PolOff that they had moved into the caravans one month before. The six new caravans, inhabited by settler ev [...]	2008-02-26 14:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM349	GAZA HARVEST YIELDS LITTLE EXPORT REVENUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza strawberry and carnation export revenues were low this season in comparison to recent years, due to restricted access through crossing points and shipping procedures that reportedly resulted in damaged products and reduced values in European markets. Export earnings for [...]	2008-02-26 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PHUM
08JERUSALEM350	ABU MAZEN'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON OPIC, TELECOM, [...] (C) Summary: PA Presidential Economic Advisor Mohammad Mustafa told the Consul General that local banks have begun issuing loans backed by a loan guarantee facility established by OPIC last year. There have been signs of progress in the effort to secure Israeli release of frequencies for the [...]	2008-02-26 16:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET EINV ECPS KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM358	PA SAYS DONORS FAILED TO DELIVER IN FEBRUARY, PA [...] (SBU) At a meeting hosted by the World Bank on February 27, Ministry of Finance Director General Mazen Jadallah told a group of key donors that contributions to the Palestinian Authority (PA) have not materialized in February and the PA was running out of money. According to Jadallah, the PA [...]	2008-02-27 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG

08JERUSALEM362	IDF OPERATION IN NABLUS ON FEBRUARY 27 [...] (C) Summary. PA security sources reported February 27 that an undercover IDF unit opened fire at five Palestinians in Nablus. Four were arrested and one died of his wounds. According to PA security sources, three were al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades activists whom the PA had sought to include in th [...]	2008-02-28 12:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM364	GAZA: LOW FUEL SUPPLIES LIMIT WATER AND POWER [...] (C) Summary: Nahal Oz fuel transfer station was open for limited shipments on February 28. Gaza fuel importers claim that gasoline and diesel fuel imports currently meet just 20 percent of Gaza's needs. Most Gazan homes receive water from the mains for just six to ten hours each week. Local [...]	2008-02-28 13:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM365	ISRAELI ACTION AGAINST WEST BANK CHARITIES [...] (C) Summary. Israeli security forces raided the offices of three charities in Jenin February 19, according to press reports, destroying property and confiscating equipment and other contents. The IDF carried out similar actions February 26 against two charities in Hebron. In both Jenin and [...]	2008-02-28 13:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM367	E-1 UPDATE FOR LATE FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed February 27 that the police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim is nearing completion, and a policeman at the site said the police headquarters will move in the next two weeks. Infrastructure appears ready to support the police station. P [...]	2008-02-28 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM368	ANOTHER HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, PolOffs witnessed the demolition of a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. Two bulldozers demolished a 60 square meter home in approximately 20 minutes. PolOffs witnessed Israeli security personnel beat the homeowner's brother duri [...]	2008-02-28 15:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM371	SETTLER LEADERS AND CONSUL GENERAL AGREE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settler leaders Dani Dayan (Yesha Council Chairman),Pinchas Wallerstein (Yesha Director General),Shaul Goldstein (Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman),and Ron Nachman (Ariel Mayor) shared their views with the Consul General February 25, agreeing from the outset to disagree. [...]	2008-02-28 16:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM403	WEST BANK GETS POWER BOOST, BUT EXPANSION LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The interconnection power line between Jordan and Jericho became operational on February 25. The Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO) said that its initial plan was much larger in scope, aiming to connect the Jordan grid to high-voltage lines running to Jericho, Ram [...]	2008-03-05 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM425	TERRORIST ATTACK IN JERUSALEM KILLS EIGHT [...] (C) Summary. A terrorist attack at Jerusalem's Mercaz HaRav yeshiva on March 6 left eight students dead and seven wounded. One of the dead was an Amcit, as was one of the wounded. Israeli security has confirmed that the attack was carried out by Ala'a Abu Dhaim from the East Jerusalem neig [...]	2008-03-07 16:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM454	FATAH ELECTIONS SUSPENDED IN JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) Mobilization and Discipline (MAD) Committee organized a meeting of 935 Fatah members from East Jerusalem and 26 surrounding villages in Ramallah on March 8 to elect the Jerusalem regional committee and Secretary. After a heated discussion bet [...]	2008-03-13 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM468	PA REPORTS CLEARANCE REVENUES CONTINUE TO BE HELD [...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently delivered on a commitment to transfer clearance revenues early each month in order to facilitate Palestinian Authority (PA) payment of public employee salaries, according to a PA Ministry of Finance official. The amount transferred, however, has not significantl [...]	2008-03-14 16:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM471	EAST BARTA'A VILLAGE: "TRAPPED IN THE SEAM ZONE" [...] (C) Summary. East Barta'a mayor Ghassan Kabaha told Poloffs February 26 that his village of 4,000 is "trapped in the seam zone," between the separation barrier and the Green Line. Kabaha said most of the village's residents do not have permission to enter Israel and must cross through the s [...]	2008-03-18 07:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM490	OPIC'S PROPOSED HOUSING MORTGAGE FACILITY A [...] (SBU) I appreciate the opportunity to offer my strong support for OPIC's proposed mortgage finance facility for the West Bank prior to the OPIC Board's consideration of the initiative this week. We have supported OPIC's efforts to advance this project since it was first proposed in mid-2007. [...]	2008-03-20 12:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN KWBG
08JERUSALEM497	CHIEF JUSTICE AND MINISTRY OF JUSTICE DISCUSS WEST [...] (C) Summary. In November 2007, at PM Salam Fayyad's request, Chief Justice (CJ) Abu Sharar, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Ali Khashan, and Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani agreed to establish a court in Jericho to hear major felony and high level security cases. Abu Sharar told Poloff and [...]	2008-03-21 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM503	EGYPT-GAZA POWER IMPROVEMENTS POSSIBLE, BUT MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Energy Authority (PEA) Chairman Omar Kattaneh confirmed press reports that tenders would be offered for construction of high-voltage lines to increase the ability of Egypt to provide the Gaza Strip with power. The project aims to boost Gaza's supply of electricity [...]	2008-03-24 15:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KWBG PHUM EG IS
08JERUSALEM504	FATAH-HAMAS AGREE TO RESUME DIALOGUE? OR NOT? [...] (C) Summary. On March 19 and 20, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh received PLO and Hamas delegations in Sana'a to discuss an initiative calling for dialogue between Hamas and PLO factions, including Fatah. On March 23, Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) member and PLC Fatah-bloc leader Az [...]	2008-03-24 17:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM511	PA HOLDING THE BUDGET LINE, BUT DECLINE IN DOLLAR [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF reports that the PA's total financing needs for 2008 are now forecast at more than USD 2.1 billion (up from 1.8 billion in December). The IMF notes that donor contributions to date (including USG assistance) have been sufficient to sustain PA operations, but at current [...]	2008-03-25 13:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS KPAL
08JERUSALEM514	FAYYAD TO CODEL BOEHNER: PA APPRECIATES USG [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Fayyad expressed his thanks to CODEL Boehner on March 22 for U.S. budget support to the PA. He said the PA will continue to strengthen transparency and improve the government's financial sustainability. Fayyad said he is encouraged by the improved security situa [...]	2008-03-25 15:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KWBG IS OREP
08JERUSALEM538	PALESTINIAN FRESH PRODUCE TO U.S. [...] (U) USG assistance facilitated the shipment of a sizable quantity of fresh produce from the West Bank to New York via Jordan on March 24. The USD 10,000 shipment of chives and tarragon herbs originated from a farm in Tubas, northeast of Nablus, that has been the recipient of USAID support thro [...]	2008-03-27 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD KWBG
08JERUSALEM542	E-1 UPDATE: POLICE STATION NEARLY COMPLETE, [...] (C) Summary. Press reported on March 27 that the Israeli police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim will open Monday, March 31. During a March 24 visit to E-1, PolOffs observed minimal work on the building and on the road, both of which appear nearly complete. PolOff [...]	2008-03-27 14:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM544	31 FATAH-LINKED FUGITIVES GRANTED AMNESTY FOR [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Minister of Interior (MoI) Raji al-Najmi told ConGen Pol Specialist on March 26 that the GOI ISA (Shin Bet) agreed to remove 31 Fatah-linked fugitives from Israeli wanted lists as part of the disarmament/amnesty deal. Al-Najmi said the ISA told him that 5 other fugitives [...]	2008-03-27 15:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PREL PGOV
08JERUSALEM547	FOUR NEW CARAVANS AT TENE OMRIM SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the settlement of Tene Omrim near Hebron on March 26 and confirmed March 26 press reports that four new caravans were installed for families evacuated from Gush Katif. The caravans expand the footprint some fifty feet. Peace Now Settlement Watch Director told P [...]	2008-03-27 16:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM549	HAZIM ATTALLAH APPOINTED PA POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) Hazim Attallah (formerly PM Salam Fayyad's military secretary and a security advisor in the Office of the SIPDIS President) was appointed PA police chief effective March 24, replacing MG Faysal "Kamal" al-Shaykh. As part of the appointment, President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) promoted h [...]	2008-03-28 07:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PINS PINR PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM553	QADURA FARES CRITICIZES FATAH LEADERSHIP ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Fares told Staffdel Diamond on March 25 that President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is losing credibility because Palestinians see no progress on negotiations and no changes on the ground. He said imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghuthi is the only a [...]	2008-03-28 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM565	REMOVAL OF 47 ROADBLOCKS; PALESTINIANS DISMISS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the PA office of Civil Affairs, the GOI Civil Administration informed the PA that 47 obstacles in the West Bank (mostly dirt mounds blocking local road access onto highways) have been or will be removed. PA contacts say the list includes the Taybeh checkpoint betw [...]	2008-04-01 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL PHUM ECON IS
08JERUSALEM566	ANNOUNCEMENT OF 600 MORE PISGAT ZEEV UNITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the Local Committee for Planning and Building of the Jerusalem municipality convened and approved a plan for 600 new units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev. The approval is the first step in a lengthy process before construction begins. Contacts i [...]	2008-04-01 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM578	FAYYAD ON TARQUMIYA INDUSTRIAL PARK [...] (C) PM Fayyad's views on the Tarqumiya Industrial Park, as expressed in several conversations with the Consul General and LTG Fraser, differ from those reported reftel. Fayyad told the Consul General and LTG Fraser on March 29 that he "does not care" whether the proposed Turkish industrial par [...]	2008-04-03 13:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM581	REMOVAL OF TWO OUTPOSTS: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local press reported on April 3 that the GOI removed settlers from the Harhivi and Shevut Ami outposts. According to lawyer Michal Sfard who represents the Palestinian owner of the land at Shevut Ami, four teenage girls were removed from the one-room structure, allowing Israel [...]	2008-04-03 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM586	SECOND PALESTINIAN MOBILE PHONE PROVIDER STILL [...] (C/NF) Summary: The CEO of the second mobile telephone operator in the West Bank reported on April 3 that he is still waiting for the GOI to provide the necessary frequency spectrum to allow him to begin operations. He complained that the GOI proposals on the table would cripple his ability [...]	2008-04-04 13:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM593	MAZMURIYA CHECKPOINT CLOSED TO ALL BUT SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. According to B'Tselem and Palestinians from the Jerusalem villages of Sur Baher and Um Tuba, use of Mazmuriya checkpoint near Bethlehem has been restricted to settlers since March 20. All Arabs, including Jerusalem ID holders, West Bankers with permits, and Arab Israelis, have [...]	2008-04-07 08:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM614	GAZA: FOOD AND HUMANITARIAN SHIPMENTS CONTINUE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Four hundred truckloads/week of basic food stuffs and humanitarian shipments entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings since March 28. Gazans receive around eight hours of running water and 18 hours of electricity each day, while health care professionals continue [...]	2008-04-08 14:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM631	TRILATERAL FOLLOW-UP: WEST BANK ELECTRICITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian contacts have confirmed that twenty-six villages in the West Bank have been connected to the Israeli electrical grid. According to World Bank representatives and members of OQR Blair's office, twenty-five "master plans" have been approved for Area C villages, mostly [...]	2008-04-11 08:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG KPAL ENRG IS
08JERUSALEM632	TRILATERAL FOLLOW-UP: WEST BANK ELECTRICITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian contacts have confirmed that twenty-six villages in the West Bank have been connected to the Israeli electrical grid. According to World Bank representatives and members of OQR Blair's office, twenty-five "master plans" have been approved for Area C villages, mostly [...]	2008-04-11 08:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG KPAL ENRG IS
08JERUSALEM635	CONSTRUCTION OF 200 NEW HOMES UNDERWAY AT MEVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Mevo Horon settlement April 9 following GOI claims to the Embassy that it would remove shortly six caravans from an outpost near the settlement. Mevo Horon settlers refused to show PolOff the caravans but showed him 200 permanent homes under construction, which Pos [...]	2008-04-11 11:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM636	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES AMCIT'S EAST [...] (C) The Jerusalem Municipality demolished the home of AmCit Khalid Shoman in East Jerusalem's Beit Hanina neighborhood on April 9 after the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rejected Shoman's appeal in late February. Shoman's home was built in 2002 without a permit. Shoman inhabited the ho [...]	2008-04-11 12:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS CASC
08JERUSALEM637	SOUTHERN WEST BANK VILLAGES FACE LAND [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Gheith Nassar told Poloff that the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) announced on April 10 cancellation of a temporary injunction against barrier construction near Eshkolot settlement in the southern West Bank. Nassar said this decision allows the IDF to co [...]	2008-04-11 12:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM638	HEBRON AREA MAYORS BLAME UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY [...] (C) Summary. Al-Dhahariyeh Mayor Sami Ishneiwer and Ithna Mayor Jamal Itmeizi told Poloffs April 9 that residents face high unemployment and poverty due to the separation barrier and IDF road closures that cut off their towns from Israel and Hebron. The mayors said their towns suffer from a [...]	2008-04-11 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM641	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/14): OLMERT: CHECKPOINTS ARE [...] Independent Al-Quds opens its editorial page with, "Boycotting Carter and opening doors for Livni!" (04/14): "On her way to Qatar to address the Democracy Forum held in Doha, Israeli Foreign Minister Livni called upon Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel in order to encourage Pale [...]	2008-04-14 10:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM647	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/15): PALESTINIAN GRATITUDE TO [...] Al-Quds independent carries an op-ed entitled, "Egypt's security, its control and authority over its territory is a red line [non-negotiable] for Palestinians" by Palestinian National Council Member Hatem Abu Shaban (4/15): Lately, we have been hearing strange noises from Palestinian groups c [...]	2008-04-15 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM650	35 STRUCTURES IN THE VILLAGE OF KHIRBET AL-AQABAH [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs visited the northern Jordan Valley, Area C village of Khirbet al-Aqabah for which there are impending demolition orders. Mayor Haj Sami Sadeq said the village of 300 has repeatedly sought construction permits, all of which have been denied. He said there are standing d [...]	2008-04-15 13:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM651	MEVO HORON OUTPOST REMOVED [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the Mevo Horon Agricultural Farm Outpost April 15 and observed the removal of caravans from the site. Settlers at the scene told PolOff that they agreed with the MOD to evacuate the outpost in exchange for building permits for permanent homes in Mevo Horon settle [...]	2008-04-15 14:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM652	GAZA: LIMITED FUEL SHIPMENTS TO RESUME 4/16 [...] (SBU) Summary: According to PA contacts, the GOI will allow shipments of industrial fuel for the power plant and cooking gas into Gaza on April 16 via the Nahal Oz fuel transfer station. Nahal Oz has been closed since April 10, following a terrorist attack that killed two Israelis. Gaza fu [...]	2008-04-15 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM654	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/16): NO IMPACT EXPECTED FROM [...] Independent Al-Quds opens its editorial page with, "Abbas's tour and international efforts" (04/16): "the tour which President Abbas started [April 15] after meeting with Israeli Premier Olmert to discuss vital issues, will include Jordan, Moscow and Washington. The most important issues to di [...]	2008-04-16 08:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM674	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/17): THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Talal Okal entitled, "There is only one exit... (04/17): "It is clear to everyone that the situation in Gaza is miserable. It has spiraled down into the heart of catastrophe where life has become unbearable... two years have passed si [...]	2008-04-17 09:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM675	BARGHUTHI LETTER URGES WIDER REPRESENTATION AT [...] (U) Summary. Para. 2 contains the text of a letter from jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuthi to President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and the Fatah Central Committee (FCC) regarding the planned Sixth Fatah Congress (discussed reftels). Associates of Barghuthi released the letter, which was sig [...]	2008-04-17 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWBG IS KDEM
08JERUSALEM678	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/18): NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by Dr. Naji Sharab, a political science teacher in Gaza, entitled, "What does the world expect from Palestinians? (04/18):"... the Palestinian question is the only one that enjoys the support of international declarations about its rights, including the righ [...]	2008-04-18 10:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM679	PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY NOT PLANNING TO ATTEND ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KBCT PREL KPAL IS SY AL
08JERUSALEM682	GAZA: DESPITE HAMAS ATTACKS, SOME CROSSINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Hamas terrorist attacks on the Kerem Shalom and Nahal Oz facilities, both remained open on April 17 for limited shipments of fuel and humanitarian goods. WHO sources report that, despite Hamas claims to the contrary, Gaza hospitals have a sufficient supply of anestheti [...]	2008-04-18 11:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PHUM PTER KPAL ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM685	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): ISRAELI INITIATIVES IN [...] Independent Al-Quds, in its daily editorial entitled, "The truce... the ball is in the Israeli court," opined : "It is very clear from the statement of Hamas leader Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar that Hamas is more likely going to positively interact with the Egyptian suggestions for reaching a truce wi [...]	2008-04-21 11:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM689	SETTLERS CONFIRM PLAN TO BUILD NEW UNITS IN ELKANA [...] (SBU) Responding to press reports of new construction planned in Elkana and Ariel, YESHA contacts said the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) approved tenders on April 17 for 52 units in Elkana and 48 in Ariel. These contacts said the Elkana development involves converting 52 "cubiot" caravans [...]	2008-04-21 12:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL PBTS IS
08JERUSALEM694	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/22): DOUBTS ABOUT [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by PLO executive committee member Tayseer Khaled entitled: "Annapolis conference launched problematic negotiations and ongoing settlements" that read in part: "... While it is true that Annapolis brought the two sides, Palestinians and Israelis, back to nego [...]	2008-04-22 08:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM699	CEC CHAIRMAN: CEC PREPARED FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir told international donors from the Election Reform Support Group (ERSG) that the CEC is prepared to hold presidential and legislative elections with 60 days notice, but will need a rapid, major cash infusion when elections ar [...]	2008-04-22 12:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM700	PA ATTORNEY GENERAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani told PolCouns April 21 that the number of PA prosecutors is increasing, but infrastructure and GOI interference continue to impede the work of his office. He said he is focused on anti-corruption cases, but cannot pur [...]	2008-04-22 13:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM701	SMALL TOWN POLICING IN THE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Outside the West Bank's large cities, most towns/villages have minimal law enforcement or court infrastructure, due largely to IDF-imposed restrictions and PA budget shortfalls. Criminal justice and property dispute resolution have devolved to family/clan leaders in the absen [...]	2008-04-22 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM702	GAZA: FOOD AND FUEL UPDATE, APRIL 22 [...] (C) Summary: Gaza-based contacts report that Sufa crossing was open on April 22, while Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel station remain closed due to the recent terror attacks. Gaza power plant managers reported that they may be forced to stop operations on April 23 if no additional f [...]	2008-04-22 13:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PHUM PTER KPAL ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM713	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/24): ABBAS DEMANDS THAT USG [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by regular columnist Talal Okal entitled "There is only one way out" (4/24): "The outcome of the visit of former US president [Carter] does not deserve the media uproar that it created regarding its possible effects and consequences ... Carter asked Hamas t [...]	2008-04-24 09:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM716	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/25): POTENTIAL FOR PALESTINIAN [...] Al-Quds carried an op-ed by Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zahri entitled "The American role in the Palestinian-Palestinian talks" (4/25) that stated: "Ending the Palestinian internal conflict is a dream for each and every honest Palestinian and Arab. Therefore it is not strange to see ongoing cal [...]	2008-04-25 07:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM720	FATAH LEADERS ON POSSIBILITIES OF FATAH-HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. Grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Faris said he met with senior West Bank Hamas leader (and former PA Minister) Nasser al-Din al-Sha'ar April 24 without prior coordination with Fatah officials. Faris said placing preconditions on dialogue will not bring Hamas closer to the PLO and [...]	2008-04-25 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PTER IS
08JERUSALEM721	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/28): "WHAT IF BUSH LEAVES [...] Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Jawad Al-Bashiti entitled, "What if Bush leaves and takes with him the promise and vision and the map?" (4/28): "...President Bush did not show President Abbas anything during their latest meeting at the White House that gives Abbas optimism about [...]	2008-04-28 10:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM722	E-1 MOVE APPEARS IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary. Ha'aretz reported April 28 that Israeli police will soon complete the move from Ras al-Amud to the newly built police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim. The move will allow the right-wing Israeli group Ateret Cohanim to take over the former police prop [...]	2008-04-28 14:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM724	FAYYAD TO DONORS: ISRAEL "GROSSLY UNDERMINING" PA [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Fayyad used the final Ramallah gathering of donors before the May 2 AHLC meeting to argue that the GOI has not met its commitments to improve access and movement in the West Bank. At the same time, he said, the IDF's continued security operations undermine his efforts to d [...]	2008-04-29 08:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL EAID IS
08JERUSALEM725	PA FISCAL UPDATE: WESTERN DONORS CARRYING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Though donors have provided more budget support than expected to date in 2008, absent new pledges the PA faces a significant financing shortfall later this year. The IMF expects the PA will fall USD 400 million short of its 2008 budget requirements, a gap that will increase to c [...]	2008-04-29 08:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS KPAL
08JERUSALEM726	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/29): VIOLENCE IN GAZA AND [...] In its main editorial entitled, "Why are women and children being killed?", independent Al-Quds opined (4/29): "The Palestinian public may have its own criticisms of Hamas, but the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and West Bank alike make one wonder about the Israeli logic. Israel not [...]	2008-04-29 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM733	PA SECURITY CHIEFS, IDF COMMANDERS COORDINATE [...] (C) Summary. Following an April 28 meeting with senior IDF officers in Bet El, PA security forces (PASF) commanders report progress in coordination for security operations in Jenin, shortening deployment clearance times, and reopening police stations in Area B. They report IDF criticism of t [...]	2008-04-30 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM734	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/30): "DISAPPOINTMENT AND [...] Official daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida carries an op-ed entitled, "Resistance and the Evolution of Peace ideas" (4/30): "... lately, [there has been] disappointment and pessimism expressed over the outcomes of the meeting between [Palestinian] President Abbas and the President of the U.S. George Bus [...]	2008-04-30 10:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM736	E-1 POLICE STATION SET TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND [...] (C) Israeli National Police contacts informed ConGen RSO April 29 that they have the final permit necessary to occupy the newly built E-1 police station. A security guard at the Ras al-Amud police station told PolOff April 30 that the traffic division is scheduled to open May 1 at E-1 and all [...]	2008-04-30 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM737	GAZA: FUEL AND FOOD UPDATE, 4/30 [...] (SBU) Summary: Sufa crossing was open on April 28-30 to roughly 50 trucks/day of humanitarian and food shipments, while Kerem Shalom crossing has been closed since April 17. Nahal Oz fuel transfer station has been closed to diesel and gasoline shipments since April 10. The Gaza power plant [...]	2008-04-30 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM739	MEDIA ANALYSIS: Palestinian Media Downplays Role of [...] SUMMARY: Reporting on Palestinian-Israeli violence in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian media typically relegates any provocative action by Palestinian militant factions to the background, focusing instead on Israeli actions and Palestinian deaths and injuries. The resulting coverage downplays I [...]	2008-04-30 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO KINR
08JERUSALEM740	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/01): PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF [...] Independent Al-Quds ran its daily editorial entitled "Which map?!" (5/01): "Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni... presented the Palestinian negotiation team... an Israeli vision of a final JERUSALEM 00000740 002 OF 002 agreement [as] a serious, official position presented through the [...]	2008-05-01 08:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM744	PALESTINIAN PLANS FOR EARLY MAY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. According to PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and Joint Security Committee (JSC) chief BG Samir Makhzumi Qaysi, the PA has completed logistical preparations for a 400-man deployment to Jenin and plans to start security operations in [...]	2008-05-01 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM747	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/02): IN PRAISE OF FAYYAD'S [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Palestinian workers on their day" (5/02): "It is important during the celebration of international workers' day to recommit to the importance of development projects for industry, agriculture, tourism and infrastructure that allow our peo [...]	2008-05-02 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM751	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/05): [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "What is wanted is core Israeli changes on the ground" (5/05): "Once again, Secretary Rice returned to the region and we heard her say... [the] SIPDIS exact same comments that we heard her say during her many previous visits. She talke [...]	2008-05-05 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM754	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/06): GUESSING AT WHAT PROGRESS [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Negotiations... lost time" (5/06): "After meeting with Abu Mazen [Abbas] and heads of the Palestinian and Israeli negotiation teams, Secretary Rice extended her visit to the region in order to continue talks with the Israeli side. We hav [...]	2008-05-06 09:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM756	E-1 MOVE NEARLY COMPLETE, PLANS FOR RAS AL-AMUD [...] (C) Summary. PolOff observed a nearly empty police station at Ras al-Amud May 6 and learned from an Israeli guard at the site that the one remaining office will move to E-1 in late May, allowing the police to turn the site over to settlement sponsor Irving Moscowitz. Construction continues [...]	2008-05-06 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM759	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/07): PREDICTING THE NEXT 60 [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "They are ignoring our catastrophe" (5/07): "... upon the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Israel, we should remember that negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis have reached a dead end. This is because of extensive settle [...]	2008-05-07 07:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM764	JENIN: QABATIYA REMAINS TENSE; IDF INCURSION ENDS [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) maintain checkpoints in and around Qabatiya as of 1300 local May 7 amidst tensions over the May 6 shooting of bystander Mu'min Kmayl and PASF arrest of two PIJ activists. West Bank National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Ali told local press he est [...]	2008-05-07 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM765	HIGH COURT REJECTS AL-AQABAH'S PETITION [...] (C) Summary. On April 26, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rejected Khirbet al-Aqabah's petitions to rescind demolition orders issued against 11 structures, but said "for the time-being" the Civil Administration will not demolish the mosque, kindergarten, women's center, clinic, and t [...]	2008-05-07 12:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM768	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/09): CALLS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Total support for the security forces"(5/08): "We all know that Palestinian security forces have started a gradual deployment to several West Bank cities that faces great difficulty. We also know that Israeli forces act... as though the [...]	2008-05-09 09:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM775	E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE FROM 9 MAY [...] (C) Summary. During a May 9 visit, PolOffs observed that the move to the E-1 police station is nearly complete and the new station appears fully functional. A security guard at the Ras al-Amud property told PolOffs that university students plan to use the former police station as a dormitory [...]	2008-05-09 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM778	PA MOI AL-YAHYA DISCUSSES SECURITY TRAINING, JENIN [...] (C) PA Minister of Interior (MOI) Abd al-Raziq Al-Yahya told USSC LTG Dayton on May 7 that he intends to station the National Security Forces (NSF) battalion currently training at JIPTC in Jericho upon its return, and employ it as a reserve force. Al-Yahya said discussion of stationing an add [...]	2008-05-09 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM789	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/12): LEBANON - IRANIAN EFFORTS [...] Al-Quds independent carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Faisal Abu-Khadra entitled, "Sixty years after the catastrophe... Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are at a stand-still" (5/12): "Almost fifteen years have passed since the Palestinian-Israeli agreement [Oslo] and Israel is still the on [...]	2008-05-12 09:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM791	JENIN: PA ARRESTS PIJ MILITANT AND CRIMINALS, IDF [...] (SBU) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) conducted patrols in Jenin and 32 nearby villages May 10-12, arresting a senior leader of the PIJ military wing and 11 wanted criminals. According to PA security commanders, the IDF entered Jenin and nearby Area A towns late May 11/early May 12, unsu [...]	2008-05-12 12:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM792	JERUSALEM LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE ENDORSES [...] (C) Summary. A Jerusalem Municipality official told PolOff the Local Planning Committee endorsed a plan for a new access ramp to the Mughrabi Gate that is shorter than the controversial ramp plan submitted in 2007. She said the Regional Planning Committee, which has decision-making authorit [...]	2008-05-12 13:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM793	SETTLERS CELEBRATE ISRAEL'S - AND THEIR OWN - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers demonstrated at three West Bank locations - Homesh and Sanur, both evacuated in 2005 and Migron outpost - on May 8, the 60th anniversary of Israeli independence. Press reported 10,000 demonstrators at Homesh, 150 at Sanur, and 2,000 at Migron. Settlers now maintain a 2 [...]	2008-05-12 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM810	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/13): BUSH WILL FIND THE REGION [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by Tayseer Khaled, member of the PLO Executive Committee and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine entitled, "The commemoration of the catastrophe is the wrong time to visit" (5/13): "President Bush is on his way to the region, which is exper [...]	2008-05-13 09:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM815	BARRIER CUTS OFF BIDDU AND JABA' FROM JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Mayor of Biddu Ismail Qadan told Poloffs April 30 that the separation barrier cuts off Biddu residents from 4,000 dunums (1,000 acres) of land and 5,000 olive trees. He said the GoI recently completed a tunnel that shortens the drive from Biddu to Ramallah but required the expr [...]	2008-05-13 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM820	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/14): CONTRASTING ISRAELI [...] Independent Al-Quds ran its daily editorial entitled "We suggest that Bush visit a refugee camp" (5/14): "Bush will arrive in Israel today to participate in the celebration of its founding... Other leaders and European presidents will follow him to the same JERUSALEM 00000820 002 OF 002 [...]	2008-05-14 08:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM827	JENIN: INTERIOR MINISTER VISITS TO GAGE PROGRESS, [...] (U) PA Minister of the Interior (MoI) Abd al-Raziq al-Yahya met with Governor Qaddura Musa and PA security forces (PASF) commanders in Jenin on May 13 to measure the security operation's progress. Al-Yahya criticized IDF incursions into Jenin but said the PA will overcome all obstacles and i [...]	2008-05-14 12:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM835	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/15): "SETTLEMENTS: THE NEW [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by columnist Sulaiman Al-Wari entitled, "Settlements are the new Palestinian catastrophe" (5/15): "On the sixtieth anniversary of the catastrophe, Israel remains the only occupying country [power] in this modern time. It has not assumed its responsibilit [...]	2008-05-15 11:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM840	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/16): IGNORING THE NAKBA [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Bias even towards the significance of the catastrophe" (5/16): "... while Israeli and international media are full of news about the JERUSALEM 00000840 002 OF 002 Israeli celebration of its 60th independence anniversary, the Pale [...]	2008-05-16 10:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM843	"THE BIBLE IS OUR ROADMAP": SETTLERS OVERTAKE BEIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 15, 150 settlers demonstrated, overtook and spray painted three structures at the West Bank site of Osh Ghraib (known to settlers as Shdema),near Beit Sahour. The municipality wants to build a hospital on the Area C former base that is also adjacent to a USAID funded par [...]	2008-05-16 12:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM845	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/19): PALESTINIANS: BUSH [...] Independent Al-Quds carried its daily editorial entitled "Important dots above many words!" (5/19): "...The American President repeated in his speech [May 18], in Sharm Al-Sheikh that a solution is possible before the end of the year. He called upon Israel to ease the suffering of Palestinians [...]	2008-05-19 08:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM852	JENIN: PASF CONCENTRATES ON TUBAS AREA; MULTIPLE [...] (SBU) National Security Forces (NSF) commanders report detaining 31 criminal suspects and seizing 21 stolen/unregistered vehicles in Tubas and nearby villages May 17-19. Security contacts report that PIJ spokesman Abd al-Fatah Khzaymiah turned himself over to the PA General Intelligence (Muk [...]	2008-05-19 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM857	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/20): CRITICISM OF BUSH KNESSET [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs an editorial entitled, "Bush made the life of moderate Arabs difficult... even impossible" (5/20): "May God help the moderate Arabs who were frustrated by Bush's speech before the Israeli Knesset that ignored the suffering of Palestinians and the peace process, as wel [...]	2008-05-20 09:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM869	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/21): "THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION: [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs an editorial entitled, "The Torah speech of Bush at the Knesset and the secularism of the American State," by Muhammad Shaker Abdullah (5/21): "The United States was established... by groups who were escaping religious persecution in Europe in the seventeenth century. [...]	2008-05-21 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM88	PALESTINIANS CONDEMN DICHTER VISIT TO HARAM [...] (C) Islamic Waqf contacts confirmed that Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter (Kadima) visited the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City the morning of January 15, escorted by dozens of Israeli police. In a January 16 conversation, Azzam al-Khatib, chief of Jerusalem's [...]	2008-01-16 15:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS KISL
08JERUSALEM889	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/22): "PALESTINE INVESTMENT [...] In its main editorial, independent daily Al-Quds opined under the title, "Investment Conference... between reality and expectation" (05/22): "There is no doubt that having the Palestinian Investment Conference happen is a success in itself, and that is not a stretch of the truth or exaggerati [...]	2008-05-22 09:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM89	MUGHRABI GATE RAMP APPROVAL PROCESS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem contacts confirmed to PolOff January 15 and 16 that plans to reconstruct a ramp leading to the Mughrabi Gate of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount are moving through the approval process. Director of the Waqf Azzam al-Khatib said he wants a new ramp plan approved by Jor [...]	2008-01-17 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM90	RAS AL AMUD: ISRAELI CONSTRUCTION COMMENCES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff confirmed January 16 that construction has begun on 60 new housing units in the "Maale Zeitim" enclave in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al Amud. An advisor to the Jerusalem Mayor said construction permits were issued "months ago", but thought the timing of the [...]	2008-01-17 10:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM900	DUMA VILLAGE FACES HOME DEMOLITIONS IN AREA C [...] (C) Summary. Abd al-Salam Dawabsheh, Mayor of Duma, told Poloffs May 9 that ten Duma residents received home demolition orders on April 14 from the Israeli Civil Administration for building homes and structures in Area C without permits. Seven homeowners hired attorneys to help them apply f [...]	2008-05-22 13:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM907	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/23): "UNLIKELY BUT NECESSARY [...] Regular columnist of independent Al-Ayyam, Mohammed Yaghi, argues under the headline, "Quick Notes on an Unsuccessful Policy" (05/23/08); "This [Bush] Administration is completely different from all of its predecessors. It has considerably damaged the international standing of the United Stat [...]	2008-05-23 10:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS

08JERUSALEM909	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/27): The Peace Process - a [...] Under the headline, "Carter's Statements" (05/27),the daily editorial in the independent Al-Quds opined, "Former U.S. President JERUSALEM 00000909 002 OF 002 Jimmy Carter will be remembered in history as the Godfather of the first Arab-Israeli peace process, for which he won a Nobel Pea [...]	2008-05-27 10:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM910	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/28): THE FAILURE OF FATAH's [...] Veteran columnist Hani Habib opines in independent Al-Ayyam under the title, "Revolutionary Council... and Fayyad's Government" (05/28): "The 25th Fatah [party] convention that just concluded could have been the most important and critical convention of all, since it was held in troubled times [...]	2008-05-28 08:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM911	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/29): WAITING ON AMERICAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM915	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/30): WHO WILL BE THE NEXT US [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM916	DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a Presidential Delegation to the Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem on May 21-23. The delegation met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on May 21 and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on May 22. Deputy Secretary K [...]	2008-05-30 14:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS OVIP KIMMITT
08JERUSALEM917	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT AND PMA GOVERNOR [...] (C) On May 22, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt and Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir met on the sidelines of the Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem where they discussed recent developments in the banking sector in the West Bank and Gaza. Kimmitt [...]	2008-05-30 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM923	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/05): ISRAELI AND US ELECTIONS [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Talal Okal entitled, "After Barak... Olmert loses his chance" (6/02): "...Olmert cannot go to Washington and ask for its support in the middle of his current crisis unless he achieves some progress in his meeting with Palestinian A [...]	2008-06-02 10:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM925	ASIRA AL-QABALIYA RESIDENTS FEAR SETTLER ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs spoke with residents of the village of Asira al-Qabaliya, southwest of Nablus, May 27 to confirm reports of attacks by settlers from nearby Yitzhar. A village council employee said attacks increased in the past two months. He said the IDF intervened to stop an attack fo [...]	2008-06-02 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PBTS PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM926	UN REPORTS DETAIL DEMOLITIONS IN AREA C AND AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a study released May 27, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reported that the GOI demolished more Palestinian structures for lack of permits in West Bank C Areas in the first quarter of 2008 than in all of 2007. The study cites a 94 percent [...]	2008-06-02 13:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM927	MODIIN ILLIT, THE NEWEST "CITY" IN THE WEST BANK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Modiin Illit settlers recently erected two new structures to be used as synagogues at the southeastern edge of the settlement, expanding its footprint by approximately 100 feet. Neighboring Bilin villagers complained to PolOffs that the new structures prejudge the route of the [...]	2008-06-02 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM928	884 PLANNED HOUSING UNITS ANNOUNCED IN EAST [...] (C) In coordination with the Israeli holiday marking Jerusalem's reunification, Minister of Construction and Housing Zeev Boim announced tenders for 884 units in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Pisgat Zeev (763 units) and Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim (121 units) on June 1. Potential contrac [...]	2008-06-02 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM932	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/03): PALESTINIAN PESSIMISM IN [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Muhannid Abd-Alhamid entitled, "Do we have other options?" (6/03): "After the American and Israeli performance, who dares be optimistic about reaching a political solution that will end the Israeli occupation and bring international [...]	2008-06-03 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM938	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/04): A CALL FOR A ONE-STATE [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Hani Habib, entitled "Routine or rescue?" (6/04): "As always, when [Palestinian] President Abbas meets with [Israeli Premier] Olmert, we hear, read and see comments, criticism and repeated statements that contain nothing new... End [...]	2008-06-04 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM945	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/05): 41ST ANNIVERSARY OF 1967 [...] Veteran columnist Talal 'Ukal comments in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Not Much Time Is Left," (6/5): "It is safe to say that [Israeli Prime Minister] Olmert has achieved the goals of his [Washington] visit. I I think those goals can be summarized in the following two points: The [...]	2008-06-05 11:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM946	ABBAS CALLS FOR "COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL DIALOGUE" [...] (C) Summary. In a June 4 speech in Ramallah, PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) called for "comprehensive national dialogue to implement all elements of the Yemeni Initiative" and said "as a result of this dialogue, I will call for new Presidential and legislative elections." Yasser Abd [...]	2008-06-05 11:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER
08JERUSALEM977	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/06): UNITY TALKS CANNOT [...] Veteran columnist Mohammad Yaghi comments in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Dialogue is primarily about the political agenda" (6/6): "President Abbas' invitation to start a national dialogue and end the state of division is very timely. There is a belief in Ramallah that Israel is [...]	2008-06-06 11:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM979	PREPARATORY MEETING FOR BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] SUMMARY. Palestinian Authority (PA) representatives briefed proposals for police/justice sector donor funding for the June 24 Berlin conference at a German-chaired, June 5 meeting in Jericho. The representatives said the proposals are consistent with the Palestinian Reconstruction and Develo [...]	2008-06-06 14:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PREL EAID
08JERUSALEM98	E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-JANUARY: POLICE STATION READY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs observed January 17 that the final touches are being put on the police station at E-1 and the road leading to it. PolOffs also observed land immediately northwest of the police station continues to be cleared and graded, and a bridge now directly connects Maale Adumim w [...]	2008-01-18 10:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM983	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/10): DIALOGUE - ONLY WAY OUT [...] Ali Abu Hilal, member of the Palestinian National Council, commented in independent Al-Quds under the headline, "In Order to End Internal Division and Achieve National Unity," (6/10): "It is important to point out that real national unity... is one that is based on a shared Qatform of policy an [...]	2008-06-10 09:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM985	GAZA PLC MEMBER DECRIES RESIDENTS' SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based PLC member Rawiya al-Shawwa (Independent) told PolOff by phone on June 9 that Hamas "feels weak and is afraid" but closures and economic woes have undercut moderates. She said Gaza suffers from "economic shutdown and general hopelessness" with almost no private vehic [...]	2008-06-10 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
08JERUSALEM986	PA RECEIVES REVENUE TRANSFER; PAYS CIVIL SERVANTS [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance officials confirm receipt on June 10 of 180 million NIS (USD 55 million) in tax clearance revenue from the GOI, the transfer of which had been delayed for nearly a week (reftel). Following receipt of the revenue transfer, the PA paid civil [...]	2008-06-10 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KWBG IS KPAL
08JERUSALEM992	S/P GORDON'S MEETINGS WITH PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Summary. In meetings on May 31 and June 2, Palestinian interlocutors briefed S/P David Gordon on Palestinian attitudes toward negotiations with Israel and domestic politics in the West Bank and Gaza. Sari Nusseibeh said leaders on both sides could improve their political standing by com [...]	2008-06-11 08:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL IS
08JERUSALEM993	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/11): POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Hamada Faranah entitled, "Abu Mazen [Abbas] will stay his course" (6/11): "...The power of Abu Mazen lies in the clarity of his positions regarding what he considers to be in the true interest of his people. Therefore, he did not hesitate to state [...]	2008-06-11 09:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM996	E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE [...] (C) Danny Poleg, spokesman for the West Bank police headquarters in E-1, told PolOff June 11 that the police completed their move into the E-1 facility, which serves as their new headquarters for the West Bank. Poleg said he did not know if the police still have minor offices at Ras al-Amud. [...]	2008-06-11 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PBTS IS
08JERUSALEM998	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/12): THE DIFFICULTY OF [...] Al-Ayyam independent daily carries an op-ed by columnist Talal Okal entitled, "We need a change in thinking" (6/12): "In the midst of current events related to the Palestinian situation and its relation to the external world and the Israeli policy of aggression, and the severe consequences of c [...]	2008-06-12 06:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08KABUL1236	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ninety-eight (98) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals w [...]	2008-05-20 18:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL2735	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CANDIDATES FOR AGO PSD TRAINING [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 13 Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL Personal Security Detail training for the Attorney General's Office on October 25, 2008. [...]	2008-10-09 12:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL2777	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CANDIDATES FOR AGO PSD TRAINING [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 14 Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL Personal Security Detail training for the Attorney General's Office on October 25, 2008. [...]	2008-10-16 16:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KAMPALA1542	UGANDA: GOU CONSIDERS USG POSITION ON ANTI-ISRAELI [...] PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Organizations and Treaties Office Director Isaac Sebulime on November 20, calling on Uganda to vote against or at a minimum abstain on unhelpful and disproportionate resolutions against Israel. Sebulime said that the [...]	2008-11-24 13:00:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY UG
08KATHMANDU1238	NEPAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NP
08KATHMANDU313	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08KHARTOUM1107	PRESIDENT BASHIR ADDRESSES EL FASHER [...] (SBU) For the first time in over a year, President Bashir traveled to Darfur and delivered a speech in El Fasher July 23, declaring the government's commitment to peace and economic development in Darfur. Addressing a crowd of thousands at an event with a heavy security presence, Bashir acknowl [...]	2008-07-23 14:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1133	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ISMAIL REFLECTS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 29 meeting with CDA Fernandez, a sarcastic Sudanese Presidential Advisor and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mustafa Othman Ismail expressed his frustration with the failed U.S.-Sudanese bilateral discussions, claiming that S/E Williamson was ordered to end the nego [...]	2008-07-29 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM UN SU
08KHARTOUM1272	BEJA CONGRESS DISSIDENTS SLAM BEJA LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: On August 18 poloff met with two individuals claiming to be part of a Port Sudan-based dissident faction of the Beja Congress that had opposed the signing of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA). They characterized the ESPA as a sham agreement that served only to improve relat [...]	2008-08-20 08:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1417	SUDANESE INTEL CHIEF WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: The GOS will be hard-pressed to control the actions of Islamic radicals in Sudan if the ICC issues an arrest warrant against President Bashir, NISS Chief Salah Ghosh told CDA Fernandez September 17. Ghosh clarified that he did not tell French Presidential Advisor Bruno Joubert th [...]	2008-09-18 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1551	GOS SEEMS TO BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: Influential regime insider and presidential advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail told CDA Fernandez that the GoS has recalibrated its focus from frantically searching for ways to avoid an ICC indictment of GNU President Al-Bashir to finding a solution to the Darfur crisis. Ismail stated [...]	2008-10-20 11:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1625	FURTHER INFORMATION ON MURDER OF CHINESE OIL [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of Sudan's Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID),the murder of five Chinese oil workers in western Kordofan was apparently triggered when the kidnappers spotted a GOS helicopter tracking their movements and panicked. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Ibrahim [...]	2008-11-07 09:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC AU SU CH
08KHARTOUM1657	DENG ALOR ON NCP INTRIGUE, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor said Egyptian President Mubarak, worried about Sudanese instability, delivered a grim message to President Bashir on November 10 counseling full and rapid compliance with ICC and Darfur issues. Both the Egyptians and Alor see increasing signs of an i [...]	2008-11-13 14:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1659	MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT ELECT FROM [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations (text in para. 2) for President-elect Obama from the President of National Umma Party of Sudan, former PM Al Sadig Al Mahdi. A copy of the original letter is being transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. Begin Text: 5 November 200 [...]	2008-11-13 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1842	MINOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT EMBASSY KHARTOUM RELATED TO ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27-28, several waves of demonstrators gathered outside the Embassy Khartoum Chancery to exhibit solidarity with the cause of Palestinians following Israeli air strikes in Gaza. The demonstrations remained peaceful but were marked by anti-American slogans including "Do [...]	2008-12-28 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM340	SLM/ABDUL WAHID TO LAUNCH OFFICE IN ISRAEL [...] (U) Summary: Abdul Wahid Al Nur has announced that the SLM will open an office in Tel Aviv and praised the Israeli government for giving refuge to Darfur to protect them from genocide. While NCP officials and much of the Sudanese media condemned Al Nur's statements, reaction in Darfur is larg [...]	2008-03-09 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF SU
08KHARTOUM381	UNIVERSITY POLITICS: NCP DOMINANCE, ISLAMIST CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In four separate meetings the week of March 9, student political party leaders told emboffs that the National Congress Party is the most organized and successful political party in Sudan's universities. Many opposition contacts cautioned that this NCP dominance is due not to [...]	2008-03-15 11:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM390	NCP LEADER TOES THE PARTY LINE [...] (SBU) On Sunday, March 16, CDA Fernandez met with Retired Maj. Gen. Al Fatih Abdoun (and former Governor of Khartoum) in his Khartoum home. Known as a flexible and moderate leader, Abdoun assisted in creating the military support that brought President Al- Bashir to power in his 1989 coup. Abdo [...]	2008-03-16 15:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM421	UNAMID WILL BRING SECURITY BUT NOT A PEACE DEAL, SAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur needs security before traditional leaders can play any role in tribal reconciliation, an indigenous NGO leader and Darfur expert told emboff in two separate meetings in El-Fasher on March 19. Contacts emphasized that the Government of Sudan's recent push for tribal rec [...]	2008-03-21 08:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM462	DARFUR: HAC INTERROGATES AMCIT HUMANITARIAN WORKER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the week of March 10, a Korean-American employee of the American Jewish World Service, visiting El Fasher, North Darfur, was questioned by officials of the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) for possible links to a Darfur rebel group which has opened an office in Israel an [...]	2008-03-30 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASO APER CASC PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM471	CHINESE ENGINEERS WAIT FOR THEIR MATERIALS; LACK OF WATER [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt will accept deployment of its infantry battalion in the hopes that its second battalion might be accepted at a later date. UN contractors are refusing to transport Chinese prefabricated housing units to the Nyala super-camp because UN payment offered for transport is too l [...]	2008-03-31 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM477	DARFUR IDPs PROTEST CENSUS IN ABU SHOUK CAMP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Multiples sources confirmed to emboffs that internally displaced persons in Abu Shouk camp near El-Fasher, North Darfur organized a protest on March 31 in opposition to the upcoming Sudanese census. Although protests are common in Darfur's many IDP camps, this is the first prot [...]	2008-04-01 09:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM559	SUDANESE LEADERS COMPLAIN ABOUT FOREIGN INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Speaking at a March 31 to April 1 workshop "Foreign Presence and its impact on National Sudanese Security" organized by the National Assembly Committee on security and Defense, National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Chief Salah Abdullah Muhammad, aka Salah Ghosh, called on the [...]	2008-04-10 13:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM847	DARFUR STUDENTS BEATEN AND DORMITORIES DESTROYED FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to eyewitnesses and participants, Sudanese security services violently broke up a Darfuri student protest at Khartoum University on June 5. Security forces beat the protestors with iron bars, threw several Molotov cocktails into the crowd, and fired handguns into the [...]	2008-06-08 05:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM949	WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MINNI MINAWI (THE VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As reported in reftel, the location of Senior Presidential Assistant, SLM leader, and DPA signatory Minni Minawi has been the source of much speculation throughout Sudan over the past week. Other Darfur rebel factions confirm he crossed the border to Chad, where he had meetings [...]	2008-06-26 06:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM974	JEM'S SENIOR LEADERS DISCUSS REBEL UNIFICATION AND EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27-28, three senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders in London separately met poloff and discussed JEM's ideas on rebel unification; its relations with the SPLM, SLM/Minni Minnawi, Chad, and Libya; and JEM's expectations for the content of any peace deal. Thes [...]	2008-07-02 09:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KIGALI369	RWANDA - SPANISH INDICTMENTS "MERE ARROGANCE" [...] (U) Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including President Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama, continue their campaign against the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). In comments delivered to commemorate Israel's 60th year, Kagame called the [...]	2008-05-27 13:10:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI818	RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review Covers: -- Methane pilot project begins feeding power to national power grid -- International Finance Corporation (IFC) invests $4 million in Kivu Methane Gas Project -- Millicom wins tender to become Rwanda's third telecom provider -- MT [...]	2008-11-24 13:13:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
08KIGALI819	RWANDA ON ANTI-ISRAEL AND COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief met November 24 with Joseph Kabakeza, Director General of Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss reftel demarches on Anti-Israel resolutions (ref B) and the Non-Proliferation resolution (ref A). Kabakeza said his ministry wo [...]	2008-11-24 15:53:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNGA RW
08KIGALI856	DEMARCHES ON UNESCO, IRAN, SOMALIA, KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral and Bilateral Relations Director Kato Ninyetegeka on December 15. On the UNESCO candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Kosni (ref B),Ninyetegeka reacted immediately to the information on Kosni' [...]	2008-12-16 16:44:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNESCO PHUM KPKO PARM RW
08KINGSTON743	JAMAICA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 20:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN TRGY IR GM JM XL
08KINGSTON807	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 18:45:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN JM XL
08KINGSTON838	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING'S RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 20:30:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN JM XL
08KINGSTON957	JAMAICA: RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:49:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PARM SOCI MASS EFIN ECON EAID
08KINSHASA1037	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche November 21 to Alice Kimpembe, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Kimpembe stated that the GDRC favors a peaceful two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. However, she cautioned that it might be [...]	2008-11-24 09:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CG
08KINSHASA1108	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ILLICIT DIAMOND [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on December 11 to Mr. Paul Mabolia Yenga, Kimberley Process Coordinator at the GDRC Ministry of Mines. Mabolia said the GDRC, as a member of the Kimberley Process (KP),is aware of its responsibilities to ensure that diamonds do not enter the internationa [...]	2008-12-16 11:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC ZI
08KOLONIA152	CHINA AND THE FSM EXTOL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) Summary. As frustration with the Compact of Free Association has mounted, FSM leaders have cautiously turned to China for material assistance. Privately, Micronesians have expressed misgivings about China's growing influence. On Independence Day of the Peoples Republic of China October [...]	2008-10-10 06:46:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH FM
08KUALALUMPUR1001	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOHN S. [...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia! Your visit comes at an opportune time as the Embassy is ramping up engagement on law enforcement and rule of law priorities. Clearly, you will also travel at a moment of serious concern in the U.S. and Asia about the threat of global recession, [...]	2008-11-12 09:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MASS MOPS ECON KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1038	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 09:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY MY
08KUALALUMPUR1079	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SYRIA TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 09:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA SY MY
08KUALALUMPUR1118	GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIANS CONDEMN U.S. ALONG WITH [...] (SBU) Malaysian political leaders and press have reacted with angry rhetoric to Israeli air strikes in Gaza and heavily criticized the U.S. together with Israel. The Malaysian government came out quickly to condemn the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, labeling this action as a "war crime" and ca [...]	2008-12-30 08:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC IS MY
08KUALALUMPUR159	MALAYSIA AND OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S REQUEST [...] (U) We informed the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's OIC division on March 7 of Special Envoy Cumber's interest in a meeting with the Malaysian delegation at the OIC Summit in Dakar. We also provided contact telephone numbers per reftel. We have copied the same information to Malaysia's chief O [...]	2008-03-07 11:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OIC KISL SG MY
08KUALALUMPUR366	: SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER,S VISIT TO [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter [...]	2008-05-12 00:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR367	SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter [...]	2008-05-12 05:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR743	GOM PLAYING HARDBALL IN RUN-UP TO KEY BY-ELECTION [...] (C) The Government is increasingly playing hardball in the run-up to de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim,s attempt to return to Parliament via an August 26 by-election in Permatang Pauh district of Penang. On the campaign trail, UMNO (United Malay National Organization) continues to sp [...]	2008-08-21 09:59:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR753	INDICATORS ALL POINT TO ANWAR VICTORY IN AUG. 26 [...] Poloffs in Penang report that local observers continue to expect a decisive victory for Anwar in the Permatang Pauh by-election August 26. Government-influenced media, however, continue to portray the campaign as close, and negative press stories on Anwar are prevalent. Opposition rallies ar [...]	2008-08-25 09:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR775	SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE OIC URGES MORE MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with GOM officials, local and international Islamic intellectuals, the Islamic Development Bank and media, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber described proposals for greater USG-OIC cooperation and dialogue. He urged [...]	2008-09-04 01:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON KIRF MY
08KUALALUMPUR884	GLOBAL HAWK, MALAYSIA AND NONPROLIFERATION GOALS [...] (S) Summary: The potential U.S. sale of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to Singapore via a possible exception or unilateral reclassification within the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) would -- absent MTCR consensus -- negatively affect our engagement in Malaysia on the [...]	2008-10-07 09:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PARM MASS MY
08KUWAIT1008	IRANIAN DISSIDENT CLAIMS TO HAVE INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Iranian cleric and rights activist Shaykh Ahmed Eidan Neisi (protect),in one of his periodic visits to Kuwait, told Poloff that he had information on the whereabouts of missing Israeli pilot Ron Arad that he was willing to share in exchange for money. He claimed that Arad is still alive [...]	2008-09-25 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PINR PHUM PTER IR KU
08KUWAIT1165	KUWAIT COOL TO IDEA OF FEWER UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) Political Counselor on November 25 raised with Hamad Bu Rahamah, Counselor in MFA's Department of International Organizations, reftel points concerning the proliferation of repetitive and unbalanced UNGA resolutions with an anti-Israel bias. In delivering the demarche, POLCOUNS emphasized [...]	2008-11-25 15:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA KU
08KUWAIT12	GOK LOOKING FORWARD TO POTUS VISIT; AMIR TO RAISE [...] (C) In a December 31 meeting with CDA to discuss Iraqi border and other issues (reported septel),MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah said that the GOK is looking forward to the January 11-12 POTUS visit. He added that there are many issues for both sides to discuss. He recalled the Amir's S [...]	2008-01-03 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDRG KU
08KUWAIT1250	KUWAITIS OUTRAGED BY ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA [...] (U) Summary: The GOK and Members of Parliament strongly denounced Israel's December 27 air raids on Gaza. Statements typically use strong language, including terms like "genocide" and "massacre". A number of MPs have called for a rally on the evening of December 28 to provide Kuwaitis with a [...]	2008-12-29 07:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IS KU
08KUWAIT1253	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- KUWAITI MEDIA COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Tuesday, December 30, all Kuwaiti Arabic and English language print dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures related to the ongoing situation in Gaza. In addition to the continued front page news updates, a number of Editors-in-Chief offered editoria [...]	2008-12-30 11:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT1255	KUWAIT LIKELY TO ADOPT "MODERATE" STANCE AT ARAB [...] (C) Summary: MFA Arab Affairs Bureau replied favorably to ref A demarch, affirming GOK support for a "moderate" approach to the Gaza crisis, continuing prohibition on direct contacts with Hamas, hope for a balanced statement from the December 31 Cairo AL ministerial, and current inclination to [...]	2008-12-31 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PHUM KU
08KUWAIT126	KUWAIT DECRIES GAZA SITUATION, SENDS RED CRESCENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to the January 23 breaching of the border at Rafah, Kuwaiti MPs, governmental bodies, and human rights organizations have united in criticism of the humanitarian situation in Gaza. This follows a January 22 Parliamentary declaration condemning Israeli actions in Gaza [...]	2008-01-31 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PGOV PHUM KU
08KUWAIT128	TERROR FINANCE: DESIGNEES CONTINUE TO RANT WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The reaction by the Kuwaiti media and GOK to the January 16 UN Security Council designation of three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah and Mubarak Al-Bathali-- as terrorist facilitators and inciters has remained relatively subdued with the exception of defiant statements from [...]	2008-01-31 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT153	KUWAIT RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait Customs Director General Ibrahim Al-Ghanim downplayed Kuwait's adherence to the Arab League Boycott during a February 7 meeting with Econoff. The Arab League Boycott (ALB) Office lies within the Directorate General of Customs and is directly supervised by the DG. Al-Gha [...]	2008-02-07 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT PREL ECON ETRD AL KU
08KUWAIT203	LEBANON: KUWAIT DONATES USD 5 MILLION TO SPECIAL [...] (C) During a February 18 meeting with visiting former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Kuwait Prime Minister SIPDIS Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah told CDA that Kuwait finalized the allocation of USD 5 million for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He said that Kuwait set aside thi [...]	2008-02-20 15:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN PREL PHUM KDEM KU
08KUWAIT204	GOK DISAPPOINTED IN SYRIAN INTRANSIGENCE ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and NEA/I DAS Butler, senior GOK leaders expressed their disappointment with Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad and the SARG. Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, just back from a trip to Damascus, lamented Syria's [...]	2008-02-20 15:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KSUM IZ KU
08KUWAIT205	KUWAITI CABINET CONDEMNS SHI'A RALLY FOR MUGNIYAH [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, hundreds of Kuwaiti Shi'a reportedly attended a rally to mourn the death of Hezbollah terrorist leader Imad Mugniyah. Kuwait's media are having a field day denouncing the event, and two (Shi'a) MPs who attended are targets of a massive outpouring of public hostili [...]	2008-02-20 16:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KU
08KUWAIT306	DOC ANTI-BOYCOTT COMPLIANCE OFFICE COMMENDS GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI),Customs and Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI),officials from the Department of Commerce (DOC) Anti-boycott Compliance Office commended the progress the GOK has made in eliminating barriers rel [...]	2008-03-17 14:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT PREL ECON ETRD AL KU
08KUWAIT337	U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MARCH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted the third round of the U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue on March 10. During these discussions, Kuwait condemned Iran's support for terrorism, reiterated its commitment to engaging Iran diplomatically, and expressed its support in implementing UNSC resolutions 1 [...]	2008-03-26 06:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MASS PTER KPAL KTFN KCIP ASEC
08KUWAIT36	CODEL WOLF: INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN JERUSALEM; NEED [...] (C) On January 4, Kuwaiti Islamist Mubarak Al-Mutawa told CODEL Wolf that Hamas would put an end to violence and recognize Israel, if it was convinced that Palestinian sovereignty was truly an option. He also praised the CODEL for promoting interfaith dialogue as a key to peace and stability [...]	2008-01-08 15:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PTER KPAL IZ PHUM PINR
08KUWAIT384	KUWAITI LEADERSHIP PRAISES MALIKI FOR BASRA [...] (C) In separate April 2 meetings with A/S Welch, Kuwaiti Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah and Amiri Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef El-Ebraheem offered their support for Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki's Basra campaign. The GOK, which typically expresses a lack o [...]	2008-04-08 07:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT385	GOK TO A/S WELCH: "OUR AID IS ADEQUATE, BUT WE'LL [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, NEA A/S Welch met separately with the Kuwaiti Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Economic Advisor to the Amir to discuss Israel/Palestinians, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, and Iran. A/S Welch pressed all three contacts to enhance Kuwait's political and financial support for Pres [...]	2008-04-08 08:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KPAL PTER KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT435	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 21-22, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Embassy Kuwait looks forward to your return for the April 21-22 Iraq Neighbors Conference. Ambassador Jones arrives April 19, and receiving you will be her first official act. In addition to your primary focus on the multilateral Iraq event, the timing is propitious for advancing bila [...]	2008-04-17 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EAID OVIP KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT497	SCANT ENTHUSIASM FOR PALESTINIAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Econcouns spoke on May 1 with Shaykh Ali Al Sabah, MFA Director of Economic Affairs, and on May 4 with Rabah Al-Rabah, Deputy Director General of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to discuss the May 21-23 Palestinian Investment Conference in Bethlehem. [...]	2008-05-06 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON KPAL KU
08KUWAIT509	5/4/08 AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH KUWAITI MINISTER OF [...] (S) Summary: In a warm and welcoming introductory call, the Amir's eldest son and Minister of the Amiri Diwan, Shaykh Nasser, acknowledged embarrassment and a bit of GoK confusion over the former Kuwaiti GTMO detainee's reported terror attack in Mosul, and outlined an optimistic economic visi [...]	2008-05-11 05:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KU
08KUWAIT614	KUWAITI WOMEN IN ELECTIONS: NO WINS...YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although no women were elected in Kuwait's recent parliamentary contests, women made a strong showing and improved their performance compared to the 2006 elections. Participation among women voters increased from the previous election and many observers believe Kuwait is on t [...]	2008-05-28 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI KU
08KUWAIT62	2008 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SUBMISSION [...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2008 Kuwait Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- Law No. 8/2001 - passed by t [...]	2008-01-15 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG KU
08KUWAIT64	2008 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SUBMISSION [...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2008 Kuwait Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- Law No. 8/2001 - passed by [...]	2008-01-16 04:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV KTDB USTR OPIC KU
08KUWAIT656	KUWAITI FM ON IRAQ SFA, TERRORISM, BASHAR AL-ASSAD [...] Summary: Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed in a June 8 meeting with Ambassador raised concerns that the expiration of Chapter 7 authorities and the negotiation of new SFA/SOFA arrangements between Kuwait and the U.S. could affect Kuwaiti equities on borders, POWs, compensation, and other issues. [...]	2008-06-09 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER EINV IZ SY
08KUWAIT663	LEBANON: KUWAIT RESPONSE ON JUNE 23 [...] (C) In response to reftel request seeking host country support for the June 23 reconstruction conference on Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp, Econcouns spoke with Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, MFA Director of Arab Affairs, on June 5. Al-Mubaraki said he had just met with the Lebanese CD [...]	2008-06-11 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON KU PREF PREL
08KUWAIT700	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- Update: U.S. Designation of [...] (U) Summary and Comment. The June 13 U.S. designation of Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) as a charity that provides financial and material support to al-Qaeda and its affiliates continues receive heavy coverage in the Kuwaiti press. Although the vast majority of publish [...]	2008-06-19 03:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU KWMN MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT734	EMBASSY KUWAIT RESPONSE TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait provides substantial foreign assistance, primarily, but not exclusively to Islamic countries, in line with its foreign policy priorities. Kuwait gives an estimated USD 1 billion annually to 100-plus countries, with significant assistance for Lebanon, the Palestinian Terri [...]	2008-06-26 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EL AL

08KUWAIT735	PETRAEUS DISCUSSES IRAQ SECURITY, KUWAIT-IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his June 25 visit to Kuwait, Gen. Petraeus, accompanied by the Ambassador met with the Amir and Crown Prince (together) and had a separate meeting with the PM, MinDef and FM. At both meetings Gen. Petraeus briefed on the current security situation in Iraq and asked for a [...]	2008-06-26 16:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ
08KUWAIT761	SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT AND EXPERT DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 10, a delegation led by Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and including representatives from the Department of State, the Department of Energy (DOE),the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),and the Nuclear Regu [...]	2008-07-02 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PREL PARM
08KUWAIT808	U/S JARALLAH: IRANIAN WHEEDLING, IRAQI DAWDLING, [...] (C) During their July 15 meeting, Ambassador chided MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah over Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi's public criticism that USG policy toward Iran was "provocative," noting that now is not the time for irresponsible rhetoric. Al-Jarallah characterized as "ve [...]	2008-07-17 07:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL PBTS KU
08KUWAIT86	GOK/PARLIAMENT DISCUSS ISRAELI ACTION IN GAZA [...] (C) Recent Israeli measures in Gaza illicited sharp reactions from the Kuwaiti Government, Parliament and press. The MFA U/S demarched P-5 member representatives on the matter and called for UN Security Council action, calling the Israeli response to HAMAS attacks unbalanced and unjustified. [...]	2008-01-22 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KU
08KUWAIT865	DR. MOHAMMED ON VARIOUS AND SUNDRY: PA FUNDS, [...] (C) Ambassador requested a meeting with Deputy PM and FM Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to review a number of issues prior to both taking summer holidays. During an hour long exchange August 3, the following topics were addressed: -- PA Funding: Ambassador stressed the urgency of the situation a [...]	2008-08-04 16:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM PGOV PTER KPAL KU BG
08KUWAIT911	KUWAIT: CONCERN ABOUT BEING CAUGHT IN U.S.- IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The war of words over Iran's refusal to suspend its nuclear enrichment activities has sparked considerable concern in Kuwait, which fears the situation could devolve into an actual U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites. The nation's media and a number of its parliamenta [...]	2008-08-21 06:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KU
08KUWAIT934	(C/NF) RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (S/NF) This message is an initial response to ref A request for additional reporting on the ruling Al Sabah family's decision-making processes, as well as the relationship between Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah and Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmad Al Sabah. Res [...]	2008-09-01 14:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV KU
08KUWAIT936	(S) SCENESETTER FOR THE KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al Sabah's September 18-19 visit to Washington offers a timely opportunity to honor and reaffirm the unique and indispensable security relationship between our two countries; it is also an important opportunity to encourage the PM [...]	2008-09-02 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER CVIS MASS ECON EINV IR IZ KU
08KUWAIT937	PROMINENT KUWAITI MP SEES OPENING TO SYRIA; [...] (C) Summary: Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, a prominent Kuwaiti Member of Parliament (MP) who met with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a late August visit to Damascus, told the Ambassador he perceived an opportunity to drive a wedge between Syria and Iran and move the former closer to the int [...]	2008-09-03 11:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SY IR KU
08KYIV101	UKRAINE: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, PART [...] Ref A contained part one of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Begin Text of Part II: A.7. Protection of Property Rights MORTGAGES During the last few years, Ukraine's policymakers have launched several initiatives to develo [...]	2008-01-17 07:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08KYIV2243	ANTI-XENOPHOBIA UNIT: OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (C) The Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) Department to Combat Xenophobia has been in operation for about a year, investigating 120 cases. Officials highlighted the achievement of three criminal convictions (for inciting ethnic hatred) during that time. Extremist groups have contributed t [...]	2008-11-13 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI UP
08KYIV774	UKRAINE: VISITS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE AND STABLE MID [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Although recent high-level Ukrainian visits to the Middle East seem to suggest a growing GOU interest in the region; when viewed in context, however, the visits are the most recent in a string of Middle East initiatives long on grandiose announcements of increased co [...]	2008-04-17 11:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IZ ZR ZP UP
08KYIV869	UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - DEMARCHE ON [...] (SBU) We confirmed on May 7, per ref A inquiry, that Ukraine is seeking re-election to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with Iryna Kachenko, UN Desk Officer for elections in the MFA's International Organizations Division. We also conveyed the USG position expressing deep concern about the [...]	2008-05-07 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08LAGOS104	CENTRAL BANK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with the Nigerian Central Bank (CBN) Governor Chukwuma Soludo on March 6 to express U.S. concerns about planned restrictions on foreign investment in Nigerian banks. Soludo remained firm in his intention to press forward with the new rules. While foreigners [...]	2008-03-14 10:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PREL PGOV NI
08LAGOS196	NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST GOVERNORS CLAIM IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi told Poloffs April 12 that paved roads and the absence of teacher strikes were among his most important accomplishments; both were achieved despite wrangling with the State legislature and the persisten attempts by former Presidential Advisor Andy [...]	2008-06-06 11:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
08LAGOS198	NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST GOVERNORS CLAIM IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi told Poloffs April 12 that paved roads and the absence of teacher strikes were among his most important accomplishments; both were achieved despite wrangling with the State legislature and the persistent attempts by former Presidential Advisor And [...]	2008-06-06 12:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
08LAPAZ2671	BOLIVIA CONDEMNS "ISRAELI CRIMINAL AGGRESSION" [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) In response to the violence in the Gaza strip, on December 29 Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca condemned Israel for its "criminal aggression." "We completely disapprove," Choquehuanca told press and announced that Bolivia had demanded that the United Nations (UN) int [...]	2008-12-31 17:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	IS ASEC PGOV PINR PREL KTER BL
08LILONGWE128	MALAWI CITES LACK OF BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) On February 13, Foreign Minister Joyce Banda informed the U.S. Embassy that Israel's lack of interest in developing bilateral cooperation with Malawi was the reason for Malawi's change in voting this year in the UN General Assembly regarding three resolutions biased against Israel. In a p [...]	2008-02-29 11:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS MI
08LILONGWE630	MALAWI: AMB. BODDE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRES. [...] (U) Summary: On October 28, Ambassador Peter Bodde presented his letter of credence to President Bingu wa Mutharika at the State House. Ambassador Bodde previously presented a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister Joyce Banda on October 16 (reftel). During a lengthy private discussio [...]	2008-10-31 11:17:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP EAID KPKO MI
08LIMA1732	NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]	2008-10-31 21:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KHDP ETRD ENRG EC PE
08LIMA1981	LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT - NOVEMBER [...] (U) Summary: * Eradication Report * Maritime Ports Report * PNP Ambushed Outside of Tingo Maria/Police Program Report * Threats to Helicopters * Continued Legal Progress on TIP * Prime Minister Releases First Draft of Anti-Corruption Plan * Money Laundering - Legal news and a new arrest [...]	2008-12-31 19:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LISBON1397	PORTUGAL'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 16-17 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Deputy EU Correspondent outlined internal EU disagreements on how best to proceed on Zimbabwe, Cuba, and the Olympics, but underscored that the group was largely united on Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC) and Georgia. [...]	2008-06-16 14:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IZ IS SY PHUM PREL PGOV PO
08LISBON1655	PORTUGAL POLDIR: CONCERN ON IRAN, WAIT ON KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary. While just absorbing his portfolios, new MFA Political Director Nuno Brito relayed his optimism for a negotiated suspension of Iranian uranium enrichment. Brito also doubted Portugal would recognize Kosovo before September, but would maintain its support for NATO and EU missi [...]	2008-07-11 13:51:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM MNUC PGOV PO YI KV IR
08LISBON1874	FOLLOW-UP REPORTING REGARDING ALLEGATION OF [...] (S/NF) Synopsis: On July 24, a walk-in approached Embassy Lisbon and reported that he knew of 5 to 6 plates of Uranium that are for sale in Portugal. The plates are allegedly in the possession of an ex-Russian General living in Portugal who was using a Portuguese Judge to broker sales. Al [...]	2008-07-31 14:43:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PO PREL PTER
08LISBON205	PORTUGAL PUSHES FOR BALANCED HRC RESOLUTION ON GAZA [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor and Poloff jointly delivered reftel demarche points to MFA officials in both the Middle East and the UN/Human Rights Offices urging a common position against the proposed Human Rights Council (HRC) special resolution on Gaza as presented in reftel. UN Affairs Officer Gon [...]	2008-01-24 14:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EUN PO
08LISBON2388	PORTUGAL FOCUSES ON TRANS-ATLANTIC AGENDA AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal is expected to remain in the background on most of the Gymnich discussions this week including Russia and Georgia, the Middle East, and EU Security Strategy, but will take the lead on the Trans-Atlantic presentation. Portuguese FM Amado will prompt the EU ministers [...]	2008-09-05 08:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PREL PGOV PHUM
08LISBON2601	PORTUGAL RESPONSE ON IAEA DEMARCHE [...] (C) DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Portuguese MFA diplomatic advisor Francisco Ribeiro Menezes on September 19. After MFA consultation Minister Amado's Diplomatic Advisor Paulo Lourenoo today called the DCM and said "We are not happy with the candidacy of Iran and Syr [...]	2008-09-22 16:55:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC PO
08LISBON2719	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV VISITS PORTUGAL [...] (SBU) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stopped in Portugal on November 18 while returning from the G-20 meetings in Washington. In Lisbon he met with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado after which the two gave a joint press conference. Publicly, Lavrov confirmed Moscow's plans to i [...]	2008-11-20 07:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PO
08LISBON2726	PORTUGAL URGED TO OPPOSE UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 15:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	IS LE SY PREL PO
08LISBON2781	CODEL HASTINGS AND THE OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Hastings visited Portugal to report to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Joao Soares regarding Hastings' recent trip through North Africa and the Middle East. Hastings will develop a proposal to allow the OSCE,s Maghreb partners to participate more fully in OSCE [...]	2008-12-15 17:02:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP OSCE PGOV PO PREL
08LISBON594	PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON THE MARCH GAERC [...] (SBU) Assistant EU Correspondent Pedro Severo de Almeida responded to the reftel points with Portugal's views in advance of March's GAERC meeting. He confirmed that the ministers planned to discuss the Balkans, Middle East Peace Process, Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Iran. He also noted the possibil [...]	2008-03-10 12:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF IR GG IS PREL PGOV PO
08LJUBLJANA114	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 10-11 GAERC [...] (C) In their March 5 meeting, European Correspondent Aljaz Arih told ADCM that the Foreign Ministers would issue Council conclusions on Bosnia and Herzogovina, the Stability Pact/Regional Cooperation Council (RCC),Afghanistan, Pakistan, the WTO, and Zimbabwe. He noted that other than the Cou [...]	2008-03-06 11:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE SI
08LJUBLJANA116	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES HOLDS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 15, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles and Director of Office of Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organizations, Doug Rohn held bilateral and U.S.-EU consultations wi [...]	2008-03-07 07:20:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA141	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 28-29 GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 26, A/DCM delivered reftel's points on the March 28-29 Gymnich to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih noted that, in keeping with Slovenia's focus on the Balkans during its Presidency, FM Rupel had decided to devote the second day of the informal FMs' meeting to the Western Ba [...]	2008-03-26 11:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PHUM IS SY LE RS CH SI
08LJUBLJANA185	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...] (C) On April 24, A/DCM delivered the April 28-29 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said that the GAERC would issue conclusions on Burma, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and the Western Balkans. He noted that Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and China/Tibet/Olympics were not on the agenda. [...]	2008-04-24 13:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SI
08LJUBLJANA223	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MAY 26-27 JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) On May 21, A/DCM delivered the May 26-27 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said that the "jumbo" GAERC, which would include Development and Defense Ministers, would issue conclusions on Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process, Iraq, Afghanistan, Georgia, the Western B [...]	2008-05-21 18:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08LJUBLJANA23	EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA MEETING FINDS COMMON [...] (C) At the January 11 U.S. - EU Troika meeting, A/S Fried and EU Presidency, Council, and Commission representatives generally found common ground on Afghanistan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Burma. On Iran, the EU advised that even a weak UNSCR would help pave the way for stronger EU sanctions. The [...]	2008-01-18 08:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV IR IS BM SY ECON ENRG SI
08LJUBLJANA235	SLOVENIAN FM LOOKING FORWARD TO U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (C) At a May 28 lunch, Foreign Minister Rupel stressed to the Ambassador that Slovenia hoped the message of the June 10 U.S.-EU Summit would be our strong transatlantic partnership. He added that the bilateral meetings should not be as prominent. FM Rupel also highlighted the helpful role of [...]	2008-05-29 09:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV ECON EINV SI
08LJUBLJANA24	EUR A/S FRIED URGES SWIFT COORDINATED U.S.-EU [...] (C) In each of his bilateral meetings in Ljubljana January 10-11, EUR A/S Dan Fried discussed the U.S.-EU Summit, saying that it is likely to be in June and planning is underway. In meetings with the PM's advisors and the MFA, they identified possible themes for the summit as regional issues, [...]	2008-01-18 10:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ECON ENRG MARR SI
08LJUBLJANA255	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JUNE 16-17 GAERC [...] (C) On June 12, Pol/Econ Chief delivered the June 16-17 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said the GAERC, which had a very long agenda, would issue conclusions on Cuba, the Western Balkans, Somalia, Sudan, DRoC, and Central Asia (without a discussion). The FMs would sen [...]	2008-06-12 12:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ZL ZK IR IZ IS SY LE CU
08LJUBLJANA257	SLOVENIA CONCERNED THAT USG DECISION ON UNHRC [...] On June 12, Emboff informed MFA Minister Plenipotentiary and EU Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Chair Smiljana Knez of the USG decision to disengage from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) per reftel. Knez said that Slovenia and COHOM regret the U.S. decision and believe that it is too [...]	2008-06-12 15:13:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SI
08LJUBLJANA32	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY 28 GAERC [...] (C) In their January 24 meeting, Deputy European Correspondent Aljaz Arih explained to ADCM that now that Slovenia had the Presidency, it would not express strong positions on the issues. Instead, Slovenia's main task was to organize the GAERCs and put all the issues together. He said, howev [...]	2008-01-24 16:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IR IS SY SI PGOV PK KE
08LJUBLJANA398	SLOVENIA PREDICTS "DIFFICULT" SEPTEMBER 5-6 GYMNICH [...] (C) On September 4, Emboff delivered the points on Georgia and non-Georgia topics in advance of the September 5-6 Gymnich meeting (refs A and B) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Although Gymnichs are usually relaxed, Arih predicted that this one would be difficult because of Georgia. [...]	2008-09-04 15:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM GG RU SI
08LJUBLJANA475	Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy visits Slovenia, reiterates [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy visited Slovenia from October 14-16, during which he reiterated the USG interest in seeing a prompt resumption of the stalled negotiation process between the Government of Slovenia and the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) regarding the [...]	2008-10-21 05:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SI CASC PREL
08LJUBLJANA523	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 15:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA SI
08LJUBLJANA536	SLOVENIA HOPES FOR PROGRESS ON CROATIA BY DECEMBER [...] (C) On December 3, Emboff met with Acting European Correspondent Darja Gruban to deliver reftel's talking points for the December 8-9 GAERC. Gruban predicted that the Foreign Ministers would spend a fair amount of time on the draft conclusions for the European Council, especially on economic [...]	2008-12-04 07:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ZL IS PK CG TU SI
08LONDON1091	LONDON MAYORAL ELECTION: A NATIONAL BELLWEATHER? [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 1 Londoners go to the polls to elect a new Mayor. The incumbent, Labour's Ken Livingstone, is looking to win his third successive term in office but faces a tough challenge from the Conservative candidate, Boris Johnson. At present the race is too close to call. A lot i [...]	2008-04-16 16:42:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UK
08LONDON1172	UK EXPECTS THE BALKANS TO DOMINATE APRIL GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The UK expects the Balkans to be the key discussion item at the April 27-28 GAERC; the UK is still pushing to have a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SSA) with Bosnia signed at this GAERC, but expects it will slip to the May GAERC. According to Martin Shearman, EU Corres [...]	2008-04-25 14:05:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK ZI IR IS CH BM UK
08LONDON1302	LEBANON: UK TO ISSUE PUBLIC STATEMENT, WILL [...] (C) HMG in general, and Foreign Secretary David Miliband in particular, are very concerned about the situation in Lebanon, Miliband's Chief of Staff Matthew Gould told us May 9. Miliband is planning to issue a statement the afternoon of May 9 reflecting the points in reftel; he will also cal [...]	2008-05-09 14:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CASC LE SY RU TU UK
08LONDON132	HORMUZ STRAITS INCIDENT: ALLEGEDLY AN IRGC [...] (S/NF) Summary. A long-time Embassy contact, reportedly relaying information from a close friend who is an active duty member of the Iranian military, told Poloff the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (Naval Forces) independently planned and led the January 6 feint by [...]	2008-01-15 17:43:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IR LE SY UK KR
08LONDON1456	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR THE MAY 26-27 FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 17:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EU UK
08LONDON1535	INTERNATIONAL SECURITY DISCUSSIONS WITH HMG [...] (C/NF) Summary. FCO and Treasury officials said that HMG was taking steps to restrict Iranian banking activity in the UK but is restricted by the legal tools available to it. FCO PolDir Mark Lyall Grant, FCO Director General for Defense and Intelligence Mariot Leslie, and HMT International and [...]	2008-06-03 16:21:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM MARR PREL IR SY UK
08LONDON1632	UK "DISAPPOINTED" WITH USG DECISION ON POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The British Government is "disappointed with the USG decision to 'disengage'" with the UNHRC. Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Foreign Office Head of Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group Susan Hyland and Human Rights UN officer Paul Edwards. The British Gover [...]	2008-06-16 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM UN UK
08LONDON1824	UK ON ARAB GROUP DRAFT UNSCR ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) HMG agrees that the Arab Group draft text on a UNSCR on Israeli settlement activity is not acceptable, FCO Near East Group Head Rob Timline told us July 9 in response to reftel demarche. The UK embassy in Tripoli raised the issue with Libyan Secretary for Arab Affairs Mohammed Siala on July 7 [...]	2008-07-09 16:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC KPAL IS UK
08LONDON1972	SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY [...] (C) Summary. On July 22, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Special Assistant Marc Humphrey traveled to London to meet with Simon Manley (Director for Defense and Strategic Threats at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO). The purpose of this meeting w [...]	2008-07-30 12:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC IAEA FR UK
08LONDON2101	IRANIAN PUGWASH PARTICIPANTS CLAIM TEHRAN [...] (S) Summary: Iranian government advisers at the most recent "Pugwash" Conference on Iran reportedly argued during the August 2-3 seminar that: -- Iran wants direct flights to the United States addressed before any talks on a U.S. interest section in Tehran; -- sanctions do not affect Iran's le [...]	2008-08-12 18:01:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PINS PREL AG IR IS IZ LE UK
08LONDON2691	IRAN: SAFAVI CLAIMS KHAMENEI WILL HOLD HARD LINE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior Iranian cleric and IRGC figure Salman Safavi told a private dinner, attended by Embassy London Iran watcher (Poloff),that Supreme Leader Khamenei will ease or harden the tone of Iran's nuclear policies based on who wins the U.S. presidential election. Safavi gave no s [...]	2008-10-24 18:14:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK
08LONDON2853	PAKISTAN: UK ON FATA INTEGRATION, AF-PAK [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 15:21:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS EAID PK AF UK
08LONDON878	BROWN MEETS MCCAIN: DISCUSS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in London March 20. Brown used the meeting to present his big ideas about reforming the international financial institutions (IFIS) and increasing assistance to Africa as a means to preven [...]	2008-03-27 09:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EFIN EAID UNSC IZ AF IS
08LONDON890	TONY BLAIR AND JOHN MCCAIN TALK ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Tony Blair used his meeting with Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham to underscore the "centrality" of Israel/Palestine in bringing stability to the Middle East. Blair said progress could be made by "building from the bottom up," including by developing [...]	2008-03-27 17:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR PTER IS RU UK
08LONDON929	DAVID CAMERON TELLS JOHN MCCAIN TORIES WONâ€™T BREAK [...] (C/NF) Summary: Conservative party leader David Cameron told Senator John McCain the Tories won't break ranks with HMG on policies affecting British troops in battle. Cameron and Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague told McCain and Senators Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham that Prime Minister [...]	2008-04-01 09:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR IZ AF IS IR PK UK
08LONDON949	EU/GERMANY/BLAIR MISSION/U.S. INFORMAL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The international community's efforts to support the Palestinian Authority through security sector reform, justice sector capacity building, and targeted project assistance need to be better integrated to achieve demonstrable results, representatives of the EU, Germany, the U.S. [...]	2008-04-02 13:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MEPP KPAL UK
08LUANDA1006	CRIME IN LUANDA: FROM BAD TO WORSE [...] Summary: Brazen and violent crimes targeting Westerners have shaken Luanda's international community. Perpetually gridlocked streets make the targets easy pickings for gangs of robbers who have ratcheted up their aggressiveness in attacking vulnerable individuals stuck in traffic. Angolan pol [...]	2008-12-24 06:47:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM AO
08LUANDA172	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FITZGERALD'S MARCH 4-5 [...] (SBU) My staff and I warmly welcome your visit to Luanda March 4-6. This visit provides an excellent opportunity to capitalize on the positive momentum established during the February 21-23 visit of the HSV Swift and follow up on some of the issues addressed by General Ward during his December [...]	2008-02-29 06:13:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA MAAR PREL AO
08LUANDA435	SCENESETTER FOR DAS STEPHEN GANYARD'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) the Embassy Angola team warmly welcomes your June 14 - 17 visit to Angola. This visit provides an excellent opportunity to witness firsthand the devastating effects of landmine and UXO contamination in Angola and explore the ways in which USG support for humanitarian demining and weapons [...]	2008-06-05 13:35:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MCAP KHDP AO
08LUANDA693	ELECTION EVE PREDICTIONS: PEACEFUL, CREDIBLE, [...] (SBU) Angola is fast approaching a pivotal moment in its much troubled history. Within hours, polling booths across Angola will open for the first time in 16 years and only the second time in the history of the nation. At 7:00 AM on Friday, September 5, about 12,400 voting stations are slate [...]	2008-09-04 17:43:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUSAKA44	Zambia Power Generation Update-Light at the End of the [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction. Zambia's installed power generating capacity is 1640 megawatts (MW),and consists almost entirely of hydroelectric power. Ongoing rehabilitation projects reduce actual generating capacity to 1200 MW for the near future, which is well below estimated peak demand [...]	2008-01-14 06:18:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BTIO ZA
08LUXEMBOURG213	VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT AND [...] (U) Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee on 16 July 2008. One submission was presented to and approved by the committee. 2. (S) Name: ABO KHALIL, Adam DOB: 20 July 1980 POB: Rafah, Palestine Nationality: Israeli Father: ABO KHALIL, Taher Mother: NEGA, Shady Possible Al [...]	2008-08-08 15:08:00	Embassy Luxembourg	SECRET	CMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU
08MADRID1132	NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]	2008-10-31 09:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL IR IZ SY SP MR
08MADRID1134	SYRIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SHAABAN DENOUNCES U.S. [...] SUMMARY. Syrian Presidential Advisor and former Emigration Minister Bouthaina Shaaban addressed a receptive audience of approximately 200 policy makers, diplomats, academics, and students of Arab politics and culture at the Spanish-government sponsored "Casa Arabe" cultural exchange institute [...]	2008-10-31 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR SP SY
08MADRID1142	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON NOVEMBER GYMNICH AND JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 29. Regarding the agenda, Benitez said that given the Jumbo GAERC includes defense and development issues in addition to external relations, and that the Congo will likely be [...]	2008-11-03 08:03:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP EUN ETRD RS IS AF PK SY LE
08MADRID1212	CODEL SIRES VISIT TO MADRID, NOVEMBER 13-14, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Codel Sires (Representatives Albio Sires, Lynn Woolsey, Phil Gingrey, Ron Klein, and Laura Richardson) visited Madrid November 13-14 to discuss rail transportation security, counter-terrorism, and bilateral relations. They met with Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, M [...]	2008-11-18 08:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL SP
08MADRID1228	SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS IN [...] (C) Reftel demarche was delivered November 19 to MFA Deputy Director General for the UN Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares and Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. Ucelay reiterated Spain's strong commitment to the MEPP and FM Moratinos' commitment to preventing unhelpf [...]	2008-11-24 12:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP UNGA IS PA
08MADRID1229	SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay received reftel demarche on November 21. Ucelay restated FM Moratinos' belief that the Annapolis Conference was an important step in facilitating efforts by Israelis and Palestinians to conclude a final, comprehensive peace. [...]	2008-11-24 12:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KBWG AL SP
08MADRID1262	SPAIN: MFA ADDRESSES HOST OF NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. POLCOUNS and POLOFF on November 28 met Spanish MFA officials for a wide-ranging discussion on non-proliferation issues. Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament discusse [...]	2008-12-02 12:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER SP SY IAEA IR VE
08MADRID1282	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON DECEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on December 4. Benitez said that the GAERC agenda will include the EU Enlargement, MEPP, the Congo, Pakistan, declarations on ESDP, and Solana's presentation of the European Security St [...]	2008-12-05 09:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN SP ZL IS PK CG TU
08MADRID278	SPANISH SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE [...] (U) March 4, Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay reviewed Spain's support for the Israel-Palestinian peace process, particularly in advance of the March 10-11 EU Foreign Minister's Meeting (GAERC). He said that Spain believed it was critically important to [...]	2008-03-07 15:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI KPAL PREL IS SP
08MADRID282	SPANISH SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE [...] (U) March 4, Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay reviewed Spain's support for the Israel-Palestinian peace process, particularly in advance of the March 10-11 EU Foreign Minister's Meeting (GAERC). He said that Spain believed it was critically important to [...]	2008-03-07 17:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI KPAL PREL IS SP
08MADRID315	SPANISH RENEWABLE ENERGY DELEGATION ENERGIZED BY [...] (U) Post and the Spanish government organized a highly successful renewable energy mission of Spanish companies and GOS officials to Washington and Denver February 11-14. In Washington, the delegation, which was led by Ambassador Aguirre and the Spanish Secretary of State for Tourism and Comm [...]	2008-03-14 12:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ENRG KGHG SENV SP
08MADRID469	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE APRIL 21 - 25 [...] ELAB: Unemployment increases one full point to 9.6% 2. EFIN: IMF says no more room for additional fiscal stimulus 3. EFIN: Banks returning to capital markets 4. EFIN: 198 suspected of tax evasion via Liechtenstein 5. EINV/ECPS: "Everyone expects the Spanish telecoms acquisition" 6. EAIR: [...]	2008-04-25 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB KNNP SENV
08MADRID474	SPANISH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish MFA expects the Balkans to dominate the April 28-29 GAERC but it also has strong opinions on Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Somalia, and the Middle East. END SUMMARY. //SERBIA// 2. (C) Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias told Poloff April [...]	2008-04-28 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID52	FIRST FORUM OF THE UN ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Aguirre represented Secretary Rice at the opening ceremonies of the First Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) in Madrid January 15-16. UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, President Zapatero, President Erdogan of Turkey, and AoC High Representative Jorge Sampaio inaugurated th [...]	2008-01-18 17:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ODIP UN SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF KPAL
08MADRID552	SPANISH CABINET MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES - ZAPATERO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Zapatero's center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was the victor in the March 9 general election. This cable gives brief biographies for the cabinet members in Zapatero's second administration. Overall, the cabinet reflects Zapatero's campaign promises to [...]	2008-05-19 16:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SP
08MADRID579	SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MAY GAERC [...] (C) Spanish MFA Deputy DG for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias told Poloff May 22 that the May "Jumbo-GAERC" would address the Balkans, Iraq, Lebanon, MEPP, Afghanistan, Somalia, Georgia and Zimbabwe and also review the status of all ESDP missions currently deployed, but will not discuss Iran, Cuba [...]	2008-05-23 13:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SP
08MADRID6	SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN - CORRECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: I warmly welcome Senator and Mrs. Lieberman to Madrid. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from the Holidays and starting to focus on what is likely to be a very competitive March 9 general election. Although the media here prefers to focus on differences in the U.S.-Spain [...]	2008-01-02 11:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL SP
08MADRID63	SPAIN ISSUES COMMUNIQUE CRITICAL OF GAZA LOCKDOWN [...] (C) Spanish Director General for the Middle East Alvaro Iranzo called DCM January 21, at the request of FM Moratinos, to provide early warning that Spain would be issuing a communique that would be critical of Israeli military operations in Gaza as well as the border closings. Iranzo, callin [...]	2008-01-23 06:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PHUM PREL SP IS
08MADRID670	SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JUNE GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche points to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on June 12. Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC would address the Western Balkans, Iran, Lebanon, MEPP, Cuba, Somalia, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, but not Iraq, Chad, Belarus, Georgia or [...]	2008-06-13 11:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN SP
08MADRID72	UNHRC ANTI-ISRAEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 10:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SP
08MADRID77	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (U) Spain's Ibex-35 stock index rose by a relatively minor 0.3 percent on Friday to bring the net decline in a very volatile week to 3.8 percent. The index fell 7.5 percent on Monday, rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday, fell 4.6 percent on Wednesday and jumped a one-day record 7 percent on Thursday. [...]	2008-01-28 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP
08MADRID799	WORLD MUSLIM LEAGUE INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE HELD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The World Muslim League, under the patronage of Saudi King Abdullah, held its Inter-faith Conference in Madrid July 16-18. King Juan Carlos hosted the inaugural ceremonies at the Pardo Palace. Although the guest list could not be described as all-inclusive, there was a range [...]	2008-07-21 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PREL UNFPA CIA SA SP
08MADRID827	SPAIN ENGAGES WITH SYRIA TO PROMOTE CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel points to FM Moratinos the morning of July 24. Moratinos said the Spanish sought to engage Syria in dialogue; continual contact would keep Syria focused on the benefits of playing a more constructive role in the region. Moratinos believes that based on the s [...]	2008-07-24 17:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN SY SP
08MADRID84	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (U) Spain's Ibex-35 stock index rose by a relatively minor 0.3 percent on Friday to bring the net decline in a very volatile week to 3.8 percent. The index fell 7.5 percent on Monday, rose 1.7 percent on Tuesday, fell 4.6 percent on Wednesday and jumped a one-day record 7 percent on Thursday. [...]	2008-01-28 14:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD SP
08MADRID94	SPANISH FM MORATINOS BRIEFS CODEL MARTINEZ ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Spanish FM Moratinos briefed Codel Martinez on bilateral developments during an hour-long meeting January 11. With regard to enhanced military support in Afghanistan, Moratinos said that it would be difficult to make any commitments in advance of the Spanish March 9 elections, [...]	2008-01-30 17:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KPWR MEPP PREL SP CU
08MADRID988	S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS SPANISH MFA ON IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. September 11, S/I Ambassador Satterfield briefed Deputy Foreign Minister Lossada on developments in Iraq. He urged the Spanish to reinforce our call for increased regional support for Iraq and to encourage those countries that have already sent diplomatic representation and/or p [...]	2008-09-15 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MOPS PREL IZ SP
08MANAGUA460	NICARAGUA: MKJ SIGNS OIL EXPLORATION AGREEMENTS [...] (C) Summary. President of MKJ Eric Conrad and Nicaraguan Attorney General Hernan Estrada signed oil and gas exploration and production concession agreements for two offshore blocks located 60 miles off the coast of Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea on April 8. The agreements are essentially iden [...]	2008-04-15 21:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL NU
08MANAGUA656	NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS EXERCISE IN MANAGUA [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals, who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Peacekeeping Operations Exercise in Managua from June 2-20 [...]	2008-05-21 22:11:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
08MANAMA22	POTUS VISIT: BIG WELCOME, SMALL PROTESTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 04:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP BA
08MANAMA284	BAHRAIN SELECTS JEWISH WOMAN AS ITS NEXT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 10:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BA
08MANAMA652	BAHRAIN?S KING RECEIVES KHALID MISHA?AL [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain?s King met with Khalid Misha?al despite the USG?s concerns. Sunni Islamists who constitute a majority in the elected lower house of parliament had lobbied for an official welcome for Misha?al. End summary. 2. (SBU) An MFA contact told CDA that following ref B dema [...]	2008-09-22 06:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL BA
08MANAMA663	BAHRAIN: PROPOSED UNSC MINISTERIAL [...] (C) CDA made reftel demarche to Under Secretary Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa, the substantive number two at the Foreign Ministry. Shaikh Abdulaziz commented that while he understood the U.S. opposition to a ministerial UNSC meeting with Israeli settlements as the sole topic, it was such a [...]	2008-09-25 12:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL UNSC IS SA BA

08MANAMA677	BAHRAINI PROPOSAL FOR A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Foreign Minister has called for a new regional organization that would include Israel, Iran, Turkey and the Arab states, and asked for public USG support. End summary. 2. (U) Bahraini Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa delivered a speech at the [...]	2008-10-03 13:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS IR BA
08MANAMA705	BAHRAINI FM WILL SEEK THE SECRETARY'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Foreign Minister plans to ask the Secretary for diplomatic support for his proposed new regional organization, a grouping that would include Israel. End summary. 2. (C) On October 14 Ambassador met with Shaikh Ahmad bin Khalifah Al Khalifah, the head of Bahrain's NSC [...]	2008-10-14 13:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS IR TU BA
08MANAMA765	KING HAMAD ON IRAN, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, RUSSIA, [...] (S) Summary: King Hamad confirmed that Iran expressed concern to Bahrain about U.S. naval "weapons systems." Bahrain plans to continue pushing its proposal for a new regional organization that includes Israel. The King was suspicious of China, apologetic about his upcoming visit to Russia, and warm [...]	2008-11-12 13:49:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR IR RS CH IN BA
08MANAMA795	(U) SCENESETTER FOR THE MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 12-14 REF: A. MANAMA 759 B. STATE 123514 C. MANAMA 773 [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Ambassador Burns, Chairman Mullen, General Petraeus - Embassy Manama is delighted to welcome you all back to Bahrain. King Hamad and his leadership team value your friendship and appreciate your visit. We and they will want to use this visit to advance greater GCC defense coop [...]	2008-12-02 10:35:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR KDEM IR IZ RS CH IN BA
08MANAMA835	IRAN: BAHRAINI FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: Ahmadinejad complained that Bahrain hosts "belligerent" U.S. forces, and reiterated Iran's rejection of Bahrain's proposal for a new regional organization that includes Israel. Bahrain and Iran renewed a 2003 agreement on cooperation against smuggling. End summary. 2. (C) [...]	2008-12-28 12:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR SA BA
08MANAMA839	BAHRAINIS CONDEMN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES [...] (U) Summary: Local media and Embassy contacts were angry at Israel, the U.S., and moderate Arab governments. There were several orderly demonstrations, the largest drawing 3,000 protesters. End summary. 2. (U) Bahrainis reacted angrily but without violence to news from Gaza. Contacts an [...]	2008-12-30 11:38:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL BA
08MANAMA843	DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE GAZA MINISTERIAL [...] (C) With the Foreign Minister in Muscat, CDA made reftel demarche December 30 to MFA Under Secretary Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifah, and separately to ministerial aide Ambassador Saeed Al Faihani. 2. (C) Both officials agreed to brief the FM on U.S. concerns. Both expressed doubt tha [...]	2008-12-30 13:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS KPAL KWBG BA
08MANAMA99	BAHRAIN'S KING HAMAD ON SYRIA, LEBANON AND THE [...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's King Hamad told the Ambassador that Syria was working to have anyone but Siniora represent Lebanon at the Arab League Summit; Qatar was proposing Bouez as a compromise choice for President, and Abu Mazen bemoaned Arab in-fighting. End Summary. 2. (S) During an hour-long aud [...]	2008-02-14 13:53:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER SY SA LE QA BA
08MAPUTO1257	THE CHANGING FACE OF ISLAM IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a large Muslim minority, estimated to range between 20 and 40 percent of the total population, or 4 to 8 million adherents, the role of Islam and Muslims in Mozambique continues to grow in importance. Since the eighth century, Islam has developed along the Swahili coast in M [...]	2008-12-17 13:45:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PTER SCUL MZ
08MELBOURNE22	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MONITORING AND COMBATING [...] (SBU) Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Foreign Affairs Officer Karen Paikin visited Australia January 21-28 to learn about the incidence of anti-Semitism in Australia. Interlocutors from government, law enforcement and the Jewish community acknowledge [...]	2008-03-05 03:17:00	Consulate Melbourne	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AS
08MEXICO1113	MX #2008-102, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Firearms Identification, April 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]	2008-04-14 18:13:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1141	MX #2008-106, STATE/RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/RSO, on VIP Protection Overview, May 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]	2008-04-16 20:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1928	MEXICO ON THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points and the updated P5 1 package for Iran (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),on June 20. Juarez commented that he hoped Iran would accept the package and a diplomatic [...]	2008-06-25 20:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR MX
08MEXICO1932	MEXICO ON SUPPORT FOR IAEA INSPECTION IN SYRIA [...] (S/NF) Poloff conveyed points June 25 on support for IAEA inspections in Syria (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that Mexico, as one of the members of the IAEA Board of Governors [...]	2008-06-25 21:01:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PREL PARM SY MX
08MEXICO2121	MX #2008-194, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team - Gage Calibration, July 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]	2008-07-11 14:35:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO2122	MX #2008-195, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team - Valve Maintenance, July 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]	2008-07-11 14:36:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO2218	ISRAELI RELATIONS WITH MEXICO (C-NE8-00834) [...] (C/NF) Poloff met separately with Enrique Palos, Deputy Director General for Africa and the Middle East at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE),and Lior Keinan, Political Counselor and Press and Cultural Attache at the Israeli Embassy in Mexico City, on July 3 and 8, respectively, to di [...]	2008-07-18 17:24:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PARM PREL IS MX
08MEXICO2416	MX #2008-219, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Gage Calibration, August 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...]	2008-08-06 17:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO2641	MX #2008-240, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Advanced Tactical Operations, September 17, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]	2008-08-28 21:07:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO2752	MX #2008-256, RSO EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on VIP Protection Course, in Mexico City, Mexico, September 22, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before September 22, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guide [...]	2008-09-09 21:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX PTER ASEC
08MEXICO2790	MX #2008-259, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Sensor Aircraft Training, in Hermosillo, Mexico, October 1, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...]	2008-09-12 22:17:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO3103	MX #2008-282, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on SIU Basic Course, in Quantico, Virginia, November 3, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]	2008-10-20 17:30:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO3109	MX #2008-277, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Protection Training Course, in Beltsville, Maryland, November 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...]	2008-10-20 22:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO320	MX #2008-024, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Highway Interdiction/Small Arms/Basic Explosives I.D. course, February 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]	2008-02-05 16:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO321	MX #2008-023, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Tecnicas de Investigacion Criminal, February 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]	2008-02-05 16:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO3403	MX #2008-310, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Small Arms/Basic Explosives I.D., in Distrito Federal, Mexico, December 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]	2008-11-18 16:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO3404	MX #2008-310, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Small Arms/Basic Explosives I.D., in Distrito Federal, Mexico, December 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]	2008-11-18 16:01:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO364	MX #2008-026, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia para Policias Ministeriales del Edo. de Morelos course, March 31, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...]	2008-02-11 20:49:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO3672	MX #2008-322, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Public Affairs Qualification Course, in Ft Meade, MD, January 09, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]	2008-12-15 21:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO3797	MX #2008-339, RSO, LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA Vip Protection for SSP, in San Luis Potosi, January 12, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...]	2008-12-29 19:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO381	MX #2008-032, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Terrorism Recognition course, February 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]	2008-02-12 18:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO383	MX #2008-034, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia para Policias Ministeriales del Edo. De Morelos, April 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by th [...]	2008-02-12 18:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO472	MX #2008-045, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on ILEA Tactical Safety and Survival Seminar, March 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]	2008-02-20 15:35:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO473	MX #2008-045, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on ILEA Tactical Safety and Survival Seminar, March 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]	2008-02-20 15:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO475	MX #2008-045, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on ILEA Tactical Safety and Survival Seminar, March 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]	2008-02-20 16:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO614	MEXICO-IRAN RELATIONS: A LOT OF TALK BUT NOT MUCH [...] (C) More than a year after a dynamic new Iranian Ambassador hit the ground running in Mexico, bilateral relations between the two countries have yet to move beyond the symbolic. Economic ties remain limited and soft-power projections by Iran in Mexico have had little public impact. Mexican off [...]	2008-02-29 22:19:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET	ENRG MX PARM PEMEX PGOV PINR PREL PTER
08MEXICO814	MX #2008-077, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Firearms Identification and Trafficking, April 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]	2008-03-24 18:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
08MILAN73	ITALY: PRIORITIES FOR PROBABLE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Ignazio La Russa is the most likely candidate for Minister of Defense in Berlusconi's government. If given this portfolio, he said he would work to quickly increase MOD's budget, increase Carabinieri police patrols for domestic security, and try to establish military summer camps for Ita [...]	2008-04-23 08:29:00	Consulate Milan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TBIO MARR MCAP IT
08MINSK151	EMBASSY MINSK SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the eighth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security reasons, post requests that the Department protect their identity and not p [...]	2008-02-29 14:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO
08MINSK23	2008 Investment Climate Statement for Belarus [...] Per reftel, the follow is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Belarus: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The government of Belarus officially welcomes foreign investment, which is seen as a source of new production technologies, jobs and hard currency. T [...]	2008-01-15 15:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB OPIC USTR BO
08MONROVIA914	LIBERIA: CHANGES IN THE SENATE: ONE PARTY CHANGE AND ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disputed Acting Senate President Pro Tempore Lahai Lasannah has resigned from the National Democratic Party of Liberia (NDPL) and joined the Liberty Party of Charles Brumskine. Suspended Pro Tempore Isaac Nyenabo is also a member of the NDPL. The case of who is the legitimate le [...]	2008-11-14 12:11:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM LI
08MONROVIA963	LIBERIA TO SOFTEN ITS VOTING PRACTICES ON [...] (C) Summary: The GOL will likely change some or all of its "yes" votes on resolutions with anti-Israel bias to "abstain" or be absent. It will support the resolution on compliance on nonproliferation, arms limitation, disarmament in the plenary (Japan lobbied heavily for Liberia's vote in th [...]	2008-11-25 17:36:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL MNUC PARM IAEA PA LI
08MONTERREY414	KIDNAPPINGS AND ORGANIZED CRIME CHALLENGE CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary. Over the past few weeks, Conoffs have reached out to various players within Nuevo Leon civil society to gauge the effect that the increase in kidnappings since the beginning of the year has had on local institutions. In our conversations with military and police officials, ma [...]	2008-09-02 19:45:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV PHUM MX
08MONTEVIDEO404	VERY LITTLE ANTI-SEMITISM IN URUGUAY, BUT NEED FOR [...] (U) Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Karen Paikin visited Uruguay July 6-7, and found few overt manifestations of anti-Semitism in the country. The visit included meetings with Jewish community members including Montevideo Mayor Ricardo Ehrlich, and with the [...]	2008-07-15 16:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF UY
08MONTREAL58	ICAO Registry of U.S. BILATERAL AERONAUTICAL AGREEMENTS [...] U.S. Mission ICAO has received a February 20, 2008 letter confirming registration by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of various United States' bilateral agreements. The registrations include the following Air Services Agreements(ASAs),amendments, and extensions. --1989 [...]	2008-03-04 15:14:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICAO EAIR KTIA XX
08MOSCOW1118	RUSSIA PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF PNA LEADER ABBAS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 22 meeting, MFA Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Ozerov positively assessed the April 16-18 visit of PNA Leader Abbas to Moscow. Abbas reviewed the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian and Fatah-Hamas talks, stressing that there was room for cau [...]	2008-04-22 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1161	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: A [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, A Level Aerosystems, Izhevsk, Russia. The company is liste [...]	2008-04-25 11:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW1375	MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues planning for a Moscow Middle East conference, despite increasing signs that the event may not take place. Russian officials have said that the GOR does not want to force any party to attend a conference and is presently waiting for a "positive sign" from Israel [...]	2008-05-16 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
08MOSCOW1478	RUSSIA'S ROLE IN THE IRAN-SYRIA-LEBANON TRIANGLE [...] (C) Summary: Russia welcomed the May 21 Doha agreement as an opportunity to put Lebanon on the path toward national reconciliation, but understood that this was a temporary measure to overcome the country's latest political crisis. MFA officials believe the Lebanese factions' decision to avoi [...]	2008-05-23 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1503	INSIDE THE FEDERAL SERVICE FOR MILITARY-TECHNICAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, officials from the Federal Service For Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) explained how their organization coordinates Russian military-technical cooperation with over 20 GOR entities and works with 84 countries. The FSVTS manages RosOboronExport (ROE),issues expor [...]	2008-05-28 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL RS MASS
08MOSCOW1515	PROGRESS IN LEBANON AND SYRIA BODES WELL FOR [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Oleg Ozerov told us on May 28 that positive developments in Lebanon and Syria justified revisiting dates for the GOR's planned Moscow Middle East conference. The GOR believed that settlement of the Lebanese political crisis with the [...]	2008-05-30 03:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1519	TNK-BP INTERNAL FIGHT GOES PUBLIC; BOTH SIDES [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 07:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW180	FM LIVNI VISIT TO MOSCOW: POST-ANNAPOLIS, GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov used Israeli FM Livni's January 17 visit to reiterate Russian interest in hosting a follow-on Annapolis conference, but only when progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks merited reconvening. According to the MFA, Russia will remain flexible on the timing and age [...]	2008-01-25 12:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
08MOSCOW1861	MFA SAYS RUSSIA HOPES TO CONVENE, BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on June 30 that Russia was satisfied with the June 24 meeting of the Quartet, which agreed that its September session would include discussion of the timing and agenda of the GOR's proposed Moscow Middle East conference. Simakov [...]	2008-07-01 10:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
08MOSCOW1961	RUSSIA URGES ARAB GROUP TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1991	RUSSIA RETURNS TO THE HOLY LAND [...] (C) Summary: The return to Russia of historic properties in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the end of the visa regime for travel to Israel, are the latest indicators of deepening Russia-Israel relations that depend significantly upon personal contacts as well as official channels. The properties, [...]	2008-07-11 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MARR IS RS
08MOSCOW2180	RUSSIA ON SARG: OPTIMISM BEFORE REALISM [...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarche July 28 to MFA Syria and Lebanon desk chief Andrei Panov, emphasizing US concerns over the possibility of Russian arms being diverted to Hizballah. Overall, Panov characterized Syria's recent engagement with the international community as positive a [...]	2008-07-29 11:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE RS
08MOSCOW2237	AAR AND BP NEGOTIATING A "CEASE-FIRE" [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 12:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2366	(SBU) TFGG01: Russian media continues to push anti-U.S., [...] (SBU) Summary: In a tone reminiscent of the early 20th century "yellow press", Russian media continues its nonstop coverage of the South Ossetian-Georgian conflict, through the prism of Georgian violence against South Ossetians. The major themes focus on foreign, particularly U.S., involvement [...]	2008-08-13 03:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2414	TFGG01: RUSSIA DEFIANT [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials August 13 and 14 continued a defiant line, with Medvedev insisting that Russia would support an international agreement that recognized the rights of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. FM Lavrov questioned Georgia's territorial integrity and said Washington would need to cho [...]	2008-08-14 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2521	RUSSIA GETS SYRIAN SUPPORT ON GEORGIA, BUT SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Initial indications are that despite Al-Assad's tough talk about basing Russian missiles in Syria, Medvedev did not pledge in the August 21 meeting to provide Iskander missiles. The meeting had reportedly been planned for weeks and was not precipitated by events in Georgia, alth [...]	2008-08-22 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SY RS
08MOSCOW2545	TFGG01: PARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES ABKHAZ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a solid show of support, both the Federation Council and the Duma voted unanimously to urge that President Medvedev recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Parliamentarians blasted Georgia for having launched a military campaign against South Ossetia, and po [...]	2008-08-25 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2618	RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS ISOLATION POST-SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Russia has used the relative silence from countries in Asia and the Middle East regarding events in Georgia, coupled with the "ambiguous" August 28 statement from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),to argue that its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has not left it isolate [...]	2008-09-02 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RS XD XE XF
08MOSCOW2649	JORDANIAN KING'S VISIT FOCUSED ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian King Abdullah's August 24 meeting with Medvedev focused on bilateral issues and was not intended to demonstrate Jordan's support for Russian actions in Georgia, according to both Russian and Jordanian diplomats. The agenda was heavy on economic issues, including ways t [...]	2008-09-04 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR GG JO RS
08MOSCOW2686	MEDVEDEV'S MEETINGS WITH IRANIAN AND AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov shared with us his insights on Medvedev's August 28 meetings with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Karzai on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, during which Kholkhov served as Medvedev's Persi [...]	2008-09-08 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF IR GG RS
08MOSCOW2696	RABBI LAZAR SEES ANTI-SEMITISM DOWN DURING TENSE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar on September 4 to discuss anti-Semitism in Russia and the aftermath of the South Ossetian conflict, including perceptions of Russia's international intentions. Lazar said that potential for a worsening in relations existe [...]	2008-09-09 09:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW2700	MOSCOW TOLERANCE MUSEUM TO OPEN IN 2011 [...] (U) Summary. The Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia announced its plans for the opening of the world's largest museum of Jewish history and culture in Moscow in 2011. Financed by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich and Israeli diamond broker Lev Levaev, the museum evolved from 2004 [...]	2008-09-09 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW2785	RUSSIA "SATISFIED" WITH ISRAEL ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Azeri told the Ambassador that Russia had urged Israel not to resume arms sales to Georgia, but did not directly link this issue to Russian arms sales to Syria and Iran. The MFA explained that Russia was "satisfied" with Israel's position on Georgia, which did [...]	2008-09-16 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG IR IS SY RS
08MOSCOW282	DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov expressed concern that interest in Russia's proposed post-Annapolis conference was waning. Russia hoped the Quartet members would follow through on their commitment to relay their proposals for the conference by the end of [...]	2008-02-04 16:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
08MOSCOW2837	RABBIS SHAYEVICH AND GOLDSCHMIDT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met separately with xxxxx during the week of September 15. xxxxx probed for potential U.S. sanctions against investors in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and flagged concern over Iran's nuclear program. Both xxxxx agreed that manifestations of anti-Semitism in Russia had fal [...]	2008-09-22 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3011	S-300 DEMARCHE DELIVERED; RUSSIA PROMISES TO [...] (S) Charge delivered ref A demarche on the possible transfer to Iran of an S-300 anti-missile system and Igla-S MANPADs to MFA Director for North America Igor Neverov on October 9. Neverov said the MFA would disseminate the information and convey the USG's concern through the appropriate chan [...]	2008-10-09 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL PGOV MASS IR RS
08MOSCOW3026	OLMERT PRESSES RUSSIA TO DO MORE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Israeli PM Olmert's October 6-7 meetings with Medvedev and Lavrov covered a range of issues, and do not appear to have been arranged to head off an imminent Russian sale of S-300 missiles to Iran, despite press reports to the contrary. Olmert pressed Russia to do more on Iran, i [...]	2008-10-10 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR IR IS SY RS
08MOSCOW3059	HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S., IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with HFAC Chairman Berman and the Ambassador, FM Lavrov argued against holding U.S.-Russian relations hostage to ideology and politics, reaffirming the Sochi Declaration commitments. He pushed hard for continued diplomacy with Iran, criticizing unila [...]	2008-10-16 07:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP PTER OREP RS GG IZ IR
08MOSCOW3064	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS URGE U.S. NOT TO LET GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 13 roundtable attended by HFAC Chairman Howard Berman and HFAC staff, analysts argued that Russians perceived NATO expansion as more of a threat than a nuclear Iran, which was not viewed by the political leadership as a "vital issue" for Russia. They warned a [...]	2008-10-16 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP IR IS RS
08MOSCOW3113	RUSSIAN MFA ON PALESTINE AND ISRAEL [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on October 21 that a recent briefing on Israel-Palestinian negotiations by visiting Palestinian Authority officials confirmed doubts within the MFA about the possibility of the two sides reaching a settlement by the end of the y [...]	2008-10-22 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG IS RS
08MOSCOW3201	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. Russian Security Council Secretary and former head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Nikolay Patrushev told Ambassador October 29 that the U.S. and Russia need to rebuild trust and confidence. Citing past examples of U.S.-Russian counterterrorism (CT) cooperation, he contend [...]	2008-10-30 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER GG IR RS
08MOSCOW3219	DFM SALTANOV ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, LIBYA, [...] (C) Summary. During an October 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov provided a positive assessment of the Egyptian-brokered Palestinian talks and indicated GOR hopes for concrete progress at the November 9 meeting between the factions in Cairo. Calling [...]	2008-11-03 04:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS IS LY SO
08MOSCOW3252	RUSSIA-IRAN RELATIONS DRIVEN BY REGIONAL POLITICAL [...] (Summary): MFA Iran desk chief Maksim Ganzey provided us with an overview of Russian relations with Iran that he argued went beyond the nuclear issue and were based largely upon the GOR's need to work effectively with a country that had considerable ability to impact political and economic is [...]	2008-11-06 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MARR IR RS
08MOSCOW3271	RUSSIA LOSES NO MATTER HOW THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Russia will lose no matter how the Iranian nuclear controversy is resolved, according to analysts who argue that Russia faces either the prospect of a nuclear Iran causing instability in the Middle East, or a negotiated settlement that will lead Iran to "drop" Russia in favor of [...]	2008-11-10 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG MARR MNUC IR RS
08MOSCOW3308	NERPA DISASTER WILL CHANGE LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of November 8, 20 people died and 21 were injured on the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa when the fire extinguishing system activated, releasing Freon gas. The submarine, which was undergoing tests in the Sea of Japan before being leased to India, was not damaged, [...]	2008-11-14 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MCAP RS
08MOSCOW3323	RUSSIA'S CONCEPT OF THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary: With the prospect of a major Middle East conference being convened in Moscow in early 2009, analysts explained to us how Russia views the Middle East and how they believe the region, in turn, views Russia. For Russians, the "Middle East" is a concept more than a region, which inc [...]	2008-11-17 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL ECON MARR RS XF
08MOSCOW3393	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY
08MOSCOW346	RUSSIA SEEKS, AND FINDS, A ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Russia is playing a higher profile role in the Middle East peace process, designed to draw attention to Moscow's reemergence on the international stage, which remains a significant motivation in the Kremlin's diplomacy. Russia continues to position itself as a bridge between the [...]	2008-02-08 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY RS XF
08MOSCOW3611	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3616	Scenesetter for Senator Lugar's Visit to Russia [...] (SBU) Your visit to Moscow comes at a time of real disconnect in the U.S.-Russian relationship. Disagreements over European security, Russia's role in its neighborhood, and the Kremlin's creeping authoritarianism were followed by the rupture over Russia's decision to send forces into Georgia [...]	2008-12-15 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3707	SENATOR LUGAR MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S. RELATIONS, POST-START, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, FM Lavrov welcomed the visit of Senator Lugar as recognition that the Senate appreciated the importance of relations with Russia. Lavrov emphasized Russia's interest in concluding a post-START treaty by December 2009 and urged a "quick start" to the [...]	2008-12-22 06:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP ECON PARM OREP RS
08MOSCOW3728	DFM Ryabkov meets Codel Tauscher: Iran, Missile Defense, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting the Codel Tauscher delegation on December 16, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stressed that Russia wanted improved relations with the U.S., even as he acknowledged the "negative mindset" of the Russian public and the damage that issues like NATO enlargement had p [...]	2008-12-23 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW387	FORMER PM PRIMAKOV ON US-GOR DIALOGUE, MD, MAP, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Primakov praised his dialogue with Dr. Kissinger and pushed for strategic reengagement on missile defense. He related Putin's unhappiness over the perceived shift in the post-2 2 U.S. offer, but argued that a [...]	2008-02-13 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON RS
08MOSCOW390	KING ABDULLAH'S LOW KEY MOSCOW VISIT [...] (C) Jordanian King Abdullah met Putin and his presumptive successor, First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev, during a February 11 visit that focused on maintaining continuity in Russia-Jordan relations. MFA First Secretary Elbrus Kutrashev and Jordanian Consul Hasan Saraireh told us separately [...]	2008-02-13 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO RS
08MOSCOW490	JEWISH LIFE IN IVANOVO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jewish community in Ivanovo is close-knit, active and shrinking, as increasing numbers of its young residents emigrate to Israel. While the Jewish community is generally accepted among the wider oblast community and relations with authorities are good, two Ivanovo residents [...]	2008-02-22 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF SOCI RS
08MOSCOW630	THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin and an important factor in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP [...]	2008-03-06 11:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW751	THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP) and the Organization o [...]	2008-03-19 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW817	MOSCOW UNDERSTANDS IRANIAN AMBITIONS, SAY RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a recent round of meetings, prominent Russian analysts argued that Russia's long history of dealing with Iran and its willing understanding of Iran's ambitions to be a great power in the Middle East and wider Islamic world are two important factors in appreciating the GOR appr [...]	2008-03-25 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ETRD IR RS
08MOSCOW848	DFM SALTANOV ON MOSCOW CONFERENCE, SYRIA, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Staff Member Talwar, DFM Saltanov reviewed Russia's position on a range of critical issues in the Middle East, underscoring strong U.S.-Russian cooperation in the lead up to and following the Annapolis [...]	2008-03-28 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS IR IQ MEP
08MOSCOW955	DFM SALTANOV DISCUSSES IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, WITH S/I [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with DFM Saltanov in Moscow April 2, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Russia to encourage Iraq's neighbors to play a greater role in helping to stabilize the country, noting that Iraq was important for [...]	2008-04-08 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ENRG IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW956	RUSSIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Present and former Russian officials welcomed the message from the Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, that the U.S. encouraged increased Russian engagement in Iraq during a round of April 2-3 meetings, and pressed the U.S. to broaden [...]	2008-04-08 07:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW957	RUSSIAN EXPERTS SAY U.S. MUST REMAIN IN IRAQ AND [...] (C) Prominent Russian analysts told Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, SIPDIS and Ambassador Burns, during an April 3 gathering, that preventing the fragmentation and radicalization of Iraq was a key Russian concern, and urged that direct, long- [...]	2008-04-08 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MUMBAI46	INDIAN IT AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH [...] (U) This cable is classified as sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: India's two largest foreign exchange earners - the textile and IT industries -- are struggling to adjust to the appreciation of the Indian rupee against the dollar. However, in a series o [...]	2008-02-11 11:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD IN
08MUMBAI545	TERRORISTS LAUNCH COORDINATED ATTACKS THROUGHOUT MUMBAI [...] Summary. Beginning at about 9:30 pm local time on November 26, an unconfirmed number of terrorists launched coordinated attacks on at least five of South Mumbai's key hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and rail stations. Currently, at least 100 people are reported dead, of which at least six ar [...]	2008-11-27 08:34:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PTER IN
08MUMBAI546	(SITREP 2) MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS: SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) An RSO team has visited both the Trident/Oberoi Hotel and Nariman (Chabad) House, where two of the three hostage standoffs continue. According to RSO investigators at the Trident/Oberoi, the Ministry of Home Affairs paramilitary force, the National Security Guards (NSG) have cleared the [...]	2008-11-27 12:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV IN

08MUMBAI547	SITREP 3: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS - SECURITY FORCES PREPARE [...] (SBU) At 5 pm, the Consul General, A/RSO, and Acting PAO visited the Oberoi/Trident, Taj Palace Hotel, and Nariman (Chabad) House sites to gauge the response and strategy of the paramilitary and police forces in dealing with the hostage situations. Despite an army and police cordon, the CG's [...]	2008-11-27 19:40:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV IN
08MUMBAI548	SITREP 4: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS - SECURITY FORCES BEGIN [...] (SBU) As of 12 pm, operations continue at all three hostage sites: the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the Trident/Oberoi hotels and Nariman (Chabad) House. National Security Guard (NSG)forces have continued clearing operations at both hotels, though an unidentified number of terrorists are still pres [...]	2008-11-28 08:28:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV IN
08MUMBAI550	SITREP 6: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AT TAJ; 5 AMCITS CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 22:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC CASC IN
08MUMBAI551	SITREP #7: AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60 HOURS, ALL [...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault during the night. (Operations at Nariman House had ended around midnight on Friday/Saturd [...]	2008-11-29 06:34:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV IN
08MUMBAI552	SITREP #7 (CORRECTED): AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60 [...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault at the Taj Mahal Hotel that ended in the morning. (Operations at Nariman House had ended [...]	2008-11-29 09:19:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL IN
08MUSCAT102	SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF T. [...] (C) General Moseley: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. We have asked for meetings with the Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman and Mohammed al-Rasbi, Under Secretary for Defense Affairs (Deputy Minister equivalent). Al-Rasbi has been actively engaged in the Share [...]	2008-02-06 08:38:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
08MUSCAT104	MEDIA REACTION: GAZA UNDER TWO SEIGES; OMAN JOURNALIST [...] SUMMARY: The editorial in private Arabic daily "Al Zaman" commented that Fatah leader Abbas is pressuring Hamas for a truce. Private youth-oriented Arabic daily "Al Shabiba" praised an Omani journalist working for Al Hurra TV, saying that Omani journalists can demonstrate their true talent in f [...]	2008-02-06 11:19:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT121	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM [...] (C) Admiral Fallon: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. We have asked for a meeting with Sultan Qaboos, who will appreciate hearing your perspective on events in the region. General Moseley visits the week prior to your arrival and will meet with the Commander of the Roy [...]	2008-02-10 14:28:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
08MUSCAT129	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI BLOCKADE OF GAZA [...] SUMMARY: The editorials in private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" and government-owned "Oman" commented on the need to save Palestinians from Israeli attacks on the basis of moral and legal concerns and human rights. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ MORAL AND LEGAL COLLAPSE ------------------ [...]	2008-02-12 13:25:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT145	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL DENIES PEACE; ISRAEL'S DIPLOMATIC [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in government-owned "Oman" called for Palestinian unity and a more active Arab role in the peace process. "Oman" also called on Lebanon's political parties to stop inciting Lebanese youth to violence. Private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" called on Palestinians and other Arabs to [...]	2008-02-18 13:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT169	OMANI WOMEN SPEAK OUT ON U.S. POLICIES AND OTHER [...] (C) A group of Omani women in a small-group discussion with the Ambassador shared their concern over the U.S. visa issuance process and misperceptions among Americans about the Middle East. While disagreeing with some U.S. policies, the women stressed their positive views about the American p [...]	2008-02-27 11:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN CVIS MU
08MUSCAT173	MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRATS ABANDON IRAQ; MOUSSA POSTPONEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in government-owned "Oman" said that America has failed to keep its promise to Iraq, evident by escalating violence and pursuit of an exit strategy. Private "Al Watan" described the challenges facing Amr Moussa in bringing the different parties closer. It also hailed Presid [...]	2008-02-27 13:49:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT195	OMAN MEDIA CALLS FOR ARAB (AND PALESTINIAN) UNITY [...] In response to the recent escalation of conflict in Gaza, Omani media outlets have called for renewed Arab unity in support of the Palestinians. Under the March 2 headline, "So that Silence Is Not Consent," private Arabic-language daily "al-Watan" urged uniform condemnation not only of Israeli [...]	2008-03-05 13:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KPAL PBTS KPAO MU
08MUSCAT198	SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Embassy Muscat and my wife and I warmly welcome you and Mrs. Cheney back to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the Middle East -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- Oman remains a strong and trusted U.S. ally. The Sultan will be please [...]	2008-03-05 15:53:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP KWMN MASS
08MUSCAT223	MORE PESSIMISM FROM OMANI FM ON UPCOMING ARAB [...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi reiterated his previous pessimistic forecast (ref A) for next week's Arab League (AL) Summit in Damascus. Prospects for positive development on Lebanon and Israel-Palestine were "very modest," although bin Alawi in [...]	2008-03-19 12:05:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MU
08MUSCAT235	SULTAN'S ADVISOR SPEAKS ON IRAN [...] (C) Iran is taking advantage of America's misperceived weakness in the region in order to court the Arab street and fill the resulting power vacuum in the region, according to Special Advisor to the Sultan for Cultural Affairs, Abdul 'Aziz al-Rowas. In a meeting with the Ambassador March 25, [...]	2008-03-26 11:58:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN IR MU
08MUSCAT237	SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES' VISIT TO [...] (C) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. We have requested an audience with Sultan Qaboos bin Sa [...]	2008-03-26 13:29:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MASS MNUC MOPS ECON
08MUSCAT251	OMAN REITERATES COMMITMENT TO ELIMINATE OUTDATED [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Omani officials reiterated their commitment to eliminate the use of outdated boycott language during meetings with officials from the Department of Commerce's (DOC) Anti-boycott Compliance Office. The [...]	2008-04-01 09:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL MU
08MUSCAT262	OMAN REVEALS LOW-PROFILE INITIATIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told me that he has begun a "low-profile" effort to bring the Syrians and Lebanese together and help resolve the Lebanese leadership stalemate. The Omani effort, reportedly in cooperation with Qatar, is focused on g [...]	2008-04-07 12:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE MU
08MUSCAT273	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL SCHWARTZ'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (C) General Schwartz: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. We have requested meetings with Air Vice Marshal Yahya [...]	2008-04-09 12:38:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MASS MNUC MOPS ECON
08MUSCAT281	Oman Media Reaction: Gaza Blockade; Anniversary of Iraqi [...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" continues to focus on Israel's blockade of Gaza and on Palestinian suffering, calling for dialogue between Hamas and Fatah. It also condemned not only the Israeli collective punishment against Palestinian civilians, but also condemned the silence of the internationa [...]	2008-04-15 10:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT298	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN FACTS, IRAQI REALITY AND [...] SUMMARY: private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" continues to opine on the conundrum of Israeli settlement expansion even as its leaders negotiate. State Arabic daily "Oman" wrote that the only solution to the Iraq dilemma is that its people unify to end sectarianism and end American presence there. [...]	2008-04-22 03:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT3	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Oman. We look forward to your arrival on January 7 to tour the Port of Salalah and discuss international trade security in the context of our overall bilateral relationship with Oman. In order to fulfill the objectives of y [...]	2008-01-02 12:57:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL PTER MU
08MUSCAT317	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER "IMPRESSED" BY BRIEFING [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on April 24 covering a number of subjects (septels),Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi briefly shared his impressions of his discussions with Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Qatar earlier in the month during the Doha Forum on [...]	2008-04-27 07:23:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MU
08MUSCAT328	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: THE SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, REJECTION [...] SUMMARY: Private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" writes that America is falling into another Israeli trap over the allegations of Syria's nuclear program, warning against blind support for Israel. State Arabic daily "Oman" criticized Israel for rejecting the Hamas peace proposal. "Al-Watan" also call [...]	2008-04-29 13:19:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT34	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT'S TOUR TO THE REGION. [...] SUMMARY: President Bush's tour to the region is garnering extensive local media coverage in Oman. The media described his tour as "controversial" because of his remarks in support of Israel, in local eyes contradicting the purpose of the visit. Both private and government dailies expressed the [...]	2008-01-14 10:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT36	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS PEACE PROCESS, IRAN [...] (SBU) In a January 8 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs praised close U.S.-Oman ties and the two countries' "strategic" relationship. He applauded President Bush's renewed push to help create a Palestinian state, but feared [...]	2008-01-14 13:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL IR MU
08MUSCAT361	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALGOUE [...] (U) In preparation for the next round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue in Washington, D.C., Embassy Muscat provides the following updated information on the main subject areas scheduled for discussion. The final composition of the Omani delegation for the GSD has yet to be determined, [...]	2008-05-14 11:05:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP MU
08MUSCAT374	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PEACE EFFORTS, DOHA DIALGOUE AND [...] SUMMARY: State-owned Arabic daily "Oman" recognized the Bush administration's peace efforts, but accused Israel of hindering real progress. "Oman" also signaled its hope for a positive outcome from the Doha dialogue, noting strong international support as the key. In a criticism of the Presid [...]	2008-05-19 12:35:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT376	OMANI SUPPORT FOR ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS TO RESOLVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary General of the Omani Foreign Ministry told the Ambassador on May 18 that Oman firmly supported ongoing Arab League efforts to help mediate an agreement among the various factions to end the crisis in Lebanon. While acknowledging the need for Hizballah to pledge to [...]	2008-05-19 13:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IR MU
08MUSCAT397	DOHA ACCORD BEST CHANCE FOR MARCH 14 TO REGAIN [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador June 1 that albeit a far-from-perfect solution, the Doha agreement offers the March 14 coalition its best chance for regaining the political advantage in Lebanon. He urged the U.S. to continue its support for P [...]	2008-06-01 11:45:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE MU
08MUSCAT404	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI CHALLENGE TO PEACE IN THE [...] SUMMARY: Commentaries this week focused on the scandal surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, presenting it as a diversion, likely intentionally created, to stall peace talks and progress on a Golan deal. State Arabic daily "Oman" called on Israel to initiate a prisoner exchange with Hamas [...]	2008-06-02 12:51:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT418	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: Trafficking in Persons Report [...] SUMMARY: While the number of Omani papers responding to date to the release of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is to date limited (to wire service material in on English private daily and more targeted coverage in a pair of Arabic and English sister papers),one paper has made the [...]	2008-06-09 04:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT424	YOUNG OMANIS SOUND OFF ON REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (C) During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, a group of young professionals shared their views on Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, democracy, and the public image of the U.S. Participants were downbeat on Iraq and thought it was inevitable that the U.S. would withdraw its troops f [...]	2008-06-09 14:21:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI KPAL IZ MU
08MUSCAT431	ADDRESSING OUR TIER 3 TIP DISPUTE WITH OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over the Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report stems from the government's refusal to accept that there may be a trafficking problem in Oman, as well as its extreme sensitivity to its public image. Oman's threatened reappraisal of "all [...]	2008-06-11 14:53:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MOPS MU
08MUSCAT432	ADDRESSING OUR TIER 3 TIP DISPUTE WITH OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over the Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report stems from the government's refusal to accept that there may be a trafficking problem in Oman, as well as its extreme sensitivity to its public image. Oman's threatened reappraisal of "all [...]	2008-06-14 02:46:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MOPS MU
08MUSCAT47	OMANI FOREIGN POLICY AS REFLECTED IN THE SPEECHES [...] (C) Summary: In addition to being the longest-serving head of state in the GCC, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id is also one of the most consistent Arab leaders with respect to his stated views on foreign policy. An examination of the relatively limited number of public speeches he has given since ta [...]	2008-01-20 13:24:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL MU
08MUSCAT513	OMAN MEDIA REACTION: GULF IGNORED OVER IRAN ISSUE [...] SUMMARY: Omani press focused this week on the nuclear tensions between Israel and Iran, pushing TIP further to the background. Arabic daily "Al Watan" criticized the U.S. administration for ignoring the Gulf in its Iran strategy. An online discussion forum asking about Oman's reaction to a po [...]	2008-07-07 12:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT536	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO MUSCAT (JULY [...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki made a brief visit to Muscat on July 16 for talks with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Mottaki reportedly did not meet with other senior Omani officials. While in Oman, Mottaki granted a press intervi [...]	2008-07-21 13:08:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
08MUSCAT550	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Government-daily "Oman" praised the Arab League's support for Sudan's proposal to form special human rights courts, calling for more strong action by Arabs in Sudan's defense against the ICC. Private daily "Al Watan" said that U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's statements sh [...]	2008-07-28 12:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT556	SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIIRAL GORTNEY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Vice Admiral Gortney: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region ) the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" ) the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. Yet, while we enjoy close relations with Oman, we [...]	2008-08-04 04:52:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP MU
08MUSCAT558	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Editorials and commentaries in Oman's dailies focused on the negative effect of Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's resignation and the U.S. elections on the peace process, and on violence between Palestinian groups. Articles in private daily "Al Watan" called Israel's negotiations with [...]	2008-08-04 12:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT583	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Editorials over the past week have primarily focused on visits by Sultan Qaboos to Libya, Egypt, and Jordan, and have stuck safely to standard language and praise. On regional issues, private daily "AL-Watan" noted that Palestinians should expect little from the visit of the U.S. Se [...]	2008-08-18 12:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT599	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" commented on the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners, it was surprising that there were Palestinian personalities revealed their identities and ideological belonging. "Oman" also stressed the importance of Iraqi stability for the region. Private daily "Al-Watan" h [...]	2008-08-25 12:29:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT626	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: While the state daily "Oman" praised U.S. efforts toward Israeli-Palestinian peace, private daily "Al-Watan" accused the American administration of a week stand on the issue, decrying a lack of firmness toward Israel. "Al-Watan" also suggested that the Israeli Prime Minister's proposa [...]	2008-09-03 06:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT636	DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi said Oman was "confused" by conflicting reports on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. He was disappointed by events following Annapolis and doubtful that an agreement could [...]	2008-09-07 13:00:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ MU
08MUSCAT661	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Arabic daily "Al Watan" wrote twice on the crisis in Darfur, calling for the establishment of an Arab mechanism for conflict resolution and praising the Arab Foreign Ministers' intent to seize initiative. Government daily "Oman" blamed conspirators for creating regional instability w [...]	2008-09-15 12:25:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT696	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Government daily "Oman" praised recent agreements in Lebanon to remove antagonistic party slogans from the streets. "Oman" also called on all Gulf countries to protect themselves from the American economic crisis, calling for "appropriate precautionary measures". Private daily "Al-Wa [...]	2008-09-30 05:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT70	MEDIA REACTION: GAZA STRIP; LEBANON; ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in private daily "al Watan" call the U.S. veto of the UNSC draft resolution on Gaza "typical discriminatory policy". Another "al Watan" editorial states that Arab foreign ministers find themselves at a difficult crossroad at the Arab Leagues meeting on Lebanon. State daily " [...]	2008-01-29 12:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT708	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies continued to comment on the global financial crisis and the Middle East peace process. Government Arabic daily "Oman" sounded another call for governments to act with fiscal responsibility. "Oman" also predicted a stagnation of the Middle East peace process a [...]	2008-10-06 13:02:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT709	INTERIOR RESIDENTS EXPRESS VIEWS ON U.S. FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In his 'Eid al Fitr calls on senior sheikhs and majlis members in Oman's interior Sharqia governorate, the Ambassador heard diverse and sometimes surprising views about the U.S. and on Omani government policies. Omanis expressed considerable interest in the ongoing financial c [...]	2008-10-06 13:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON EFIN KPAO MU
08MUSCAT729	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" ),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty [...]	2008-10-16 14:24:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL PTER ECON ENRG ETRD KNNP KPAL KTIP SMIG
08MUSCAT744	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH OMANI SULTAN [...] (C) The Deputy Secretary of State and the Ambassador met on October 19 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. Bin Alawi welcomed Oman's upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) [...]	2008-10-28 06:37:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KTIP MNUC ECON ETRD SMIG IR IZ MU
08MUSCAT746	LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR PROPOSED NESA CENTER [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Post continues to strongly support the establishment of a regional office in Muscat of the Department of Defense's Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies. Oman would provide an ideal geographic location for suc [...]	2008-10-29 11:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT KMRS MASS MU
08MUSCAT772	OMAN REACTS TO THE U.S. ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: As the November 4 presidential election approached, on Election Day, and in the immediate wake of the election results being announced, Omanis at all levels have been remarkably focused on events as they unfolded. In the media, online, and in person at a range of recent events, we ha [...]	2008-11-12 10:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT776	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North Africa. [...]	2008-11-12 13:47:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP MU
08MUSCAT789	OMAN'S BIN ALAWI DISCUSSES U.S.-GCC SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador November 17, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi reviewed Oman's idea for developing U.S.-GCC security cooperation, which will be presented for discussion at the December GCC summit, his thoughts on Mideast peace, Iraq and t [...]	2008-11-18 11:49:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL GCC PK IN IZ MU
08MUSCAT797	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN [...] (C) General Petraeus: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North [...]	2008-11-19 14:28:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP IR IZ PK
08MUSCAT803	NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 07:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG MU
08MUSCAT805	ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS AT THE UNGA: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 07:14:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA MU
08MUSCAT812	BACKGROUND ON OMAN FOR CENTCOM ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] (C) One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2009, we will begin negotiations on renewal of our bilate [...]	2008-11-24 14:01:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PGOV PREL PTER ECON EFIN ETRD MASS MOPS
08MUSCAT843	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies focused this week on the Mumbai attacks and transition of administrations. Government daily "Oman" signaled that the Mumbai attacks require a united, international response to the evolving threat of terrorism. Private Arabic daily "Al Watan" commented that American pol [...]	2008-12-14 05:17:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT850	OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies continued commentary on the Mumbai attacks, repeating calls for calm and cooperation. Government Arabic daily "Oman" called the Iraq-U.S. SOFA an "achievement" for the Iraqi people, and private Arabic "Al Watan" claimed that Israel's lies have "flourished" ov [...]	2008-12-16 13:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT852	NOVEMBER 30 MEETING BETWEEN U.S. CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (C) On November 30, General David Petraeus, U.S. CENTCOM Commander, and the Ambassador met over dinner with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Bin Alawi was joined by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, as well as Mohammed al-Hassan, P [...]	2008-12-17 05:51:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER AF IR IZ MU
08MUSCAT877	OMANI MFA PRE-BRIEF OF GCC SUMMIT AGENDA AND ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) briefed the diplomatic corps December 27 on the agenda for the December 29-30 GCC Summit. The agenda combines old, well-known issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf common market along with newer i [...]	2008-12-28 12:55:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PTER IR MU
08MUSCAT879	OMANIS STRONGLY CONDEMN ATTACKS AGAINST GAZA [...] (C) Summary: As it prepared to host the GCC Summit, the Omani government strongly condemned recent Israeli military strikes in Gaza. Reflecting widespread public anger over the attacks, peaceful demonstrations against Israel took place in Muscat and the southern city of Salalah. Events in G [...]	2008-12-29 14:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL KPAL KWBG MU
08MUSCAT880	MIDDLE EAST DESALINATION RESEARCH CENTER 23RD [...] (U) This message contains action requests. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Meeting in Muscat December 15-16, the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) Executive Council (EC) reached consensus on a more realistic budget for the coming year and the need for MEDRC to become more [...]	2008-12-29 14:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV MU
08NAIROBI1488	NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR AVIATION SECURITY; KENYA [...] (SBU) As a post rated critical for terrorism in a key aviation hub for all of Africa, Nairobi already has multiple programs in place to improve aviation security in Kenya. The failed 2002 terrorist effort to shoot down an Israeli charter jet with a MANPAD and the ensuing collapse of tourism fo [...]	2008-06-17 15:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE
08NAIROBI1579	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes six months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya now st [...]	2008-06-27 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1809	DIVERSION REQUEST FOR CASE KE-B-UAD [...] The following letter was sent to the Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy at U.S. Central Command, the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency by COL David McNevin, the U.S. Defense Representative to Kenya. It is a follow up of reftel country team as [...]	2008-07-28 10:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MASS PARM PREL KE XW
08NAIROBI1961	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes eight months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya h [...]	2008-08-14 12:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KE
08NAIROBI2140	PRIME MINISTER, DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEF CODEL PAYNE [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on August 7-8, CODEL Payne discussed a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Mohammed Yusuf Haji, Trade Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Minister of Higher Education Sally Kosgei, former President Daniel arap Moi, Nobel laureate Wanga [...]	2008-09-10 16:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM ASEC ETRD PREF KE
08NAIROBI2174	TERRORISM CONVICTION OVERTURNED, SUSPECT RELEASED [...] (U) According to multiple news reports, Omar Said Omar, the only suspect convicted of a crime in connection with the 2002 attacks on an Israeli owned hotel and airliner near Mombasa, Kenya, was released from prison today after his conviction was overturned by the High Court of Kenya. In 2005 [...]	2008-09-17 04:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KE PINS PTER
08NAIROBI574	KENYA: BEHIND A CALM FACADE, HARDLINERS PREPARE FOR MORE VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Kenya has been tense but remarkably calm since the end of January, thanks in large part to the progress being made in the Kofi Annan-mediated peace talks and the visit of the Secretary. Tensions remain very high, however, and behind this calm facade lurks the potential for more fer [...]	2008-02-27 10:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	ASEC PGOV KE
08NASSAU709	PM CANDID, UNHELPFUL ON UNGA VOTING DEMARCHE AND [...] (C) Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham received reftel demarche from Charge late October 4. PM Ingraham took on-board USG points regarding the UN having great potential for progress if like-minded countries would agree to work together on balanced and reasonable UN resolutions and other [...]	2008-10-07 18:33:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA CU BF
08NDJAMENA157	Chad: Blue Lantern, Pre-license end-use check [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post has been informed that the articles listed on this application have not been exported to Chad. End Summary 2. (S/NF) In answer to questions posed by the Department in ref b, post has been unable to determine if the Chadian MOD has ever/ever received any U.S.- origin op [...]	2008-04-10 18:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET	ETTC KOMC CD
08NDJAMENA384	LIBYAN AMBASSADOR RESPONDS TO USG OFFER TO BE [...] (C) I met with Libyan Ambassador Shlback on Thursday, August 14. He said he wanted to respond to my request for Tripoli's thinking on how the United States might usefully support Libya's recent "Trilateral Initiative" to bring peace between Chad and Sudan. He said that he had spoken to Dr. A [...]	2008-09-03 13:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY SU FR EU IR IS SA ER CD
08NDJAMENA548	CHAD - OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 08:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA CD
08NEWDELHI103	DELHI DIARY, JAN 7-11 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 7-11, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, Israeli Kick Off 2008 with High-Level Defense Talks -- India Remains Israel's Largest Defense Customer -- National Defense [...]	2008-01-11 13:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER SCUL SNAR SOCI
08NEWDELHI1065	IRAN'S AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT INDIA APRIL 29 [...] (SBU) This is an action request for SCA and NEA. Please see paragraph six. 2. (S/NF) A senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official notified PolCouns on April 15 that Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit India on April 29. The official said she was providing the Embassy with this inf [...]	2008-04-15 11:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR IN
08NEWDELHI1194	MENON SAYS AHMADINEJAD PLAYED TO MASSES DURING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon related to the Ambassador May 1 that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the Prime Minister during his April 29 stop in Delhi that the world is changing in Iran's favor. When asked for specifics, Menon noted, Ahmadinejad voiced more mild opini [...]	2008-05-01 11:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP EPET KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN
08NEWDELHI1515	INDIAN MUSLIMS RALLY AGAINST TERRORISM, AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Indian Muslim clerics denounced terrorism as un-Islamic at two separate, very different events over the May 31-June 1 weekend. Seizing the political upper hand, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) publicly welcomed the events and focused on their anti-government [...]	2008-06-04 13:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1599	NEW DELHI ESTH REPORT: JUNE 2008 FIRST WEEK [...] Summary: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes details about increased U.S. investment in India in High-tech ventures, demand for setting up 20 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) and a successful trial of indigenously developed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft. T [...]	2008-06-11 10:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI1944	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, MIDDLE [...] "NO MORE DELAY," editorial in the July 14 independent Kolkata Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "At the end of his rule, the Prime Minister has taken the first bold step on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal by prioritizing national interests and ignoring nonsense opposition by the Leftists... If th [...]	2008-07-14 11:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI1972	POLITICAL BARGAINING CONTINUES PRIOR TO KEY VOTE IN PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1999	INDIA ADVISES KAZAKHSTAN MUST CLARIFY MESA STATUS [...] (S) Kazakhstan should submit a formal request to India as chair of the IAEA Middle East/South Asia Group (MESA) to be considered a member of that group, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Ama [...]	2008-07-21 11:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY AORC
08NEWDELHI2012	INDIA'S UPA GOVERNMENT SURVIVES CONFIDENCE VOTE -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The two-day special session of parliament to consider the confidence motion culminated late on July 22 with a victory for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government. The tally was 275 votes in favor of the confidence motion, 256 opposed, and 1 [...]	2008-07-22 14:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2126	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, [...] "A BIG SUCCESS," editorial in August 3 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "India's government and its diplomats should be given credit for the green signal given to the India- specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA board of governors. The next step is to secure the vital 45-member NSG's approval, w [...]	2008-08-04 10:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2393	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 1 to September 5, 2008, including the following: -- NEW ROUND OF EU/INDIA FTA TALKS -- U.S.-INDIA COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR CONTINUES -- INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO POUR INTO TAMIL NADU -- [...]	2008-09-05 11:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2557	INDIA QUIETLY SUPPORTS AFGHANISTAN FOR IAEA BOARD [...] (S) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered ref A demarche on September 22 to Ministry of External Affairs director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) G. Dharmendra (protect). Dharmendra said that Kazakhstan's outsider status in the IAEA's Middle East and South Asia (MESA) Group was [...]	2008-09-22 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	IAEA PARM MNUC
08NEWDELHI2558	REES DELIVERS UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 5, visiting Special Representative for Social Issues Grover Joseph Rees delivered reftel points to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (UN - Economic and Social) Manjeev Singh Puri. Puri took all points on board; periodically rejoined by undersc [...]	2008-09-22 14:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN IN
08NEWDELHI2613	MEDIA REACTION: INDO-U.S. NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S. [...] "JUST A STEP AWAY," editorial in the September 29 AMAR UJLA Hindi daily: "The U.S.-India nuclear deal is just a step away from its conclusion after the approval by the U.S. House of Representatives. Now there will be a discussion on the deal in the senate. The U.S. Congress' clearance is just [...]	2008-09-30 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI262	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 21-25, 2008. LITTLE PROGRESS WITH EU/Indian FTA ------------------ 2. (SBU) EC Trade Counselor Bermejo Acosta told Econ Counselor that progress on EU/Indian FTA negotiations remains slow. O [...]	2008-01-25 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI2641	WITH THE UPCOMING LAUNCH OF "CHANDRAYAAN I" MOON MISSION, [...] (U) Summary. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is poised to take on many ambitious projects with the aim of establishing broader international collaborations, developing novel technologies to meet social and economic development needs, and attracting and harnessing India's young ta [...]	2008-10-03 10:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON
08NEWDELHI2665	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, INDIA- [...] "AFTER THE NUCLEAR DEAL," editorial in the October 5 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR Hindi daily: "The US-India civil nuclear agreement has ensured that India's emergence as a global power has now been formally certified. The U.S.- India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Ac [...]	2008-10-07 09:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2698	DELHI DIARY, OCTOBER 1-8 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 1-8, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Congress Grapples with Jamia Incident -- PM Reiterates Support for Palestine -- Embassy Iftar a Roaring Success -- NSA Chief "Gravely [...]	2008-10-10 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN
08NEWDELHI2725	ABBAS VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS INDIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmoud Abbas' October 6-9 visit to India was highlighted by: -- an explicit Indian reaffirmation of support to the Palestinian cause for a sovereign, independent, viable and united state; -- $20 million in aid, including $10 million for budgetary support and $10 mil [...]	2008-10-16 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2759	MEDIA REACTION: U.S-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT, [...] "GOVERNMENT OF HOLLOW PROMISES," op-ed in October 20 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic analyst Brahma Chellaney: "After concluding the flawed nuclear deal with the US, PM Manmohan Singh should now be reminded of his assurance to allow a parliamentary probe into the deal. Not only has the [...]	2008-10-21 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2800	MEDIA REACTION: US-INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION, [...] "BRIGHT PROSPECTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY TRADE," commentary in October 24 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily by Jayantilal Bhandari: "The picture of nuclear energy, which has emerged in India after the conclusion of the U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal, promotes new possibilities for economic [...]	2008-10-27 08:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2812	MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S. [...] "PM's STRAIGHT TALK," editorial in the October 28 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "When markets fail, governments must act. At the Asia-Europe summit in Beijing, India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh minced no words. He said the international financial crisis has resulted because [...]	2008-10-30 10:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN

08NEWDELHI2878	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL [...] "SOMETHING THAT WON'T CHANGE," editorial in the November 7 nationalist English daily HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "Does the departure of Mr. Bush change the amplitude of India-U.S. ties? The answer is a resounding no for two significant reasons. Mr. Obama is a man who is clear a [...]	2008-11-07 11:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI289	GORDON BROWN IN INDIA: "PARTNERSHIP OF EQUALS" [...] (C) Summary. Gordon Brown's first trip to India as Prime Minister brought nearly unanimous positive public reaction, despite "deliverables" being mostly reiterations of previous policy declarations and confirmations of the potential for a more prosperous future. The UK High Commission emphasi [...]	2008-01-29 10:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UNSC IN
08NEWDELHI2895	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; NEW [...] "CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR OBAMA" Sunday supplement special article in the November 9, 2008, Mumbai edition of left- of-center Marathi daily LOKSATTA. "The American media which is going gaga over Barack Obama's electoral victory is soon going to show its true colors. It will shower praises on Obam [...]	2008-11-10 12:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2904	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] "CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE," editorial in November 10 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Iranian President Ahmedinejad's congratulatory message to US President- elect Barack Obama makes it evident that Obama's victory has raised optimism in the Muslim world, including Iran... The message indicates [...]	2008-11-12 10:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2961	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, G- [...] "WILL HISTORY HELP RADIATE A NEW GLOW ON AMERICA, WITHIN AND WITHOUT?" editorial-page article in November 20 Kolkata pro-BJP Bengali daily BARTAMAN by Nashville- based columnist Subhankar Mukherjee. "Obama used a refreshing slogan during his campaign, 'Change we need.' He altered this soon af [...]	2008-11-20 10:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2964	25 YRS LATER: MUBARAK VISITS INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a four day visit to India marked more by pomp and ceremony than solid results, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signed a number of technical agreements and promised to establish a Foreign Minister-level strategic dialogue. He also formally received the Jawaharlal Nehru Awa [...]	2008-11-21 03:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UNSC MARR EG IN
08NEWDELHI2972	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 17 to November 21, 2008, including the following: -- Further Delays in India-EU FTA -- National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Projects in Jeopardy -- PM and Sonia on Crisis -- Private Pensi [...]	2008-11-21 11:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08NEWDELHI2983	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS/OBAMA PRESIDENCY, [...] "HOW BENEFICIAL IS THE OBAMA WIN TO THE ISLAMIC WORLD?" editorial in the November 24, 2008, Mumbai edition of right-of-center Marathi daily SAAMNA. "The world knows that neither the U.S. Presidential elections nor the elections to the House of Representatives make any difference to the U.S. p [...]	2008-11-24 10:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2993	MEDIA REACTION: US-INDIA RELATIONS, WORLD [...] "HURDLES OF EMERGING NATION," editorial in the November 24 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. Directorate of National Intelligence assessment is in line with the expectations of many Indians that India will emerge as a major world power by 2025. Hopefully, this U.S. assessment will inspire t [...]	2008-11-25 11:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3009	MISSION INDIA EAC MEETING - 27 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The New Delhi Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on Thursday, November 27, 2008 in response to multiple terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India that targeted a number of locations in the southern part of the city including the historic Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel (TAJ),Obe [...]	2008-11-28 00:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC IN PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3013	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS [...] "IT'S WAR," editorial in the November 28 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "This nation is under attack ... India is effectively at war and it has deadly enemies in its midst ... The government should immediately work on an internal security doctrine that de [...]	2008-11-28 11:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3037	NSA NARAYANAN TELLS AMBASSADOR INDIA HAS NO INTENTION OF ACTING MILITARILY AGAINST PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 06:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	IN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3041	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (CONTINUED): MUMBAI [...] "DEALING WITH THE NEIGHBOR," editorial in the December 2 nationalist English Daily THE HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "There is little doubt that the origins of the Mumbai terror attack lie within the borders of Pakistan. India could consider severing the peace process and rolling [...]	2008-12-02 11:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3050	MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS; NEW [...] "THE STRENGTH OF THE NATION," editorial in the December 2 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Terrorist organizations have miserably failed to play the Islam card and influence India's Muslims. Terrorists have tried many times, but each time they failed. A sign if this is that Muslims in Kashmir def [...]	2008-12-03 09:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3136	DRDO CONVENES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) sponsored their first ever international conference on managing defense research and development December 3-5, in honor of their 50th anniversary. The conference was organized jointly by DRDO and the Federation of Indian Ch [...]	2008-12-12 08:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP MCAP MASS TSPL PTER TPHY TNGD IN
08NEWDELHI3204	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "PAKISTAN UP TO ITS GAMES," op-ed article in the December 21 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic columnist K. Subrahmanyam: "With its statements, Pakistan is trying hard to provoke India to take military action. Its objective is to blackmail the U.S. Pakistan wants to use it [...]	2008-12-22 10:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3234	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "IT IS BETTER TO EVADE WAR", editorial in the December 22, 2008 right-of-center Urdu daily "URDU TIMES", Mumbai: "The most worrisome aspect of Indo-Pak imbroglio is that both countries are nuclear states. Both of them will be destroyed in the event of a nuclear war. India's economy was growin [...]	2008-12-24 07:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3242	December [...] "STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE PATH OF U.S.," op-ed in December 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "What Pakistan is doing is nothing but a ploy to make the U.S. continue the struggle on Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a long time. U.S. troop [...]	2008-12-29 10:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3244	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE PATH OF U.S.," op-ed in December 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "What Pakistan is doing is nothing but a ploy to make the U.S. continue the struggle on Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a long time. U.S. troop [...]	2008-12-29 10:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3248	INDIA CENSURES ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA [...] (U) The Government of India has over the last two days condemned the air strikes Israel carried out in the Gaza Strip and urged an ""immediate end to use of force against Palestinian civilians in Gaza that has resulted in large number of casualties"". The GOI statement, released by the External Af [...]	2008-12-29 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL IS IN
08NEWDELHI3253	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "WHO WANTS WAR?" op-ed article by columnist Anant Bagaitkar in the December 29, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "As tempers ran high after the Mumbai terror attacks, almost everyone was putting forth the idea of a conventional war with Pakistan, the notorious neighbor w [...]	2008-12-30 10:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3259	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "INDIA IN SEARCH OF A STANCE VIS-A-VIS PAKISTAN" editorial in the December 31, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's visit to Pakistan seems to have eased considerable tension between India and Pakistan. If Pakistan's mellowed politica [...]	2008-12-31 08:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI338	SARKOZY'S VISIT TO INDIA LONG ON DRAMA, SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy made a two-day stop in India amid a whirlwind of media speculation regarding whether his famous girlfriend, supermodel Carla Bruni, would accompany him. Sarkozy's visit stimulated both governments to officially confirm that they have finalized their civil nuc [...]	2008-02-01 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS KNNP KOMC KUNR FR IN
08NEWDELHI388	INDIA-IRAN TIES HIT BUMPS IN THE ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent developments illustrated the large gap between rhetoric and reality in Indo-Iranian relations. Iran's Ambassador to India expressed concern to the press February 5 over India's recent launch of an Israeli satellite with reconnaissance capabilities, warning India against g [...]	2008-02-06 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP PINR MNUC MCAP MARR IR IS IN
08NEWDELHI433	GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LAUNCHES THE NANOTECHNOLOGY MISSION IN [...] (U) Summary: The Government of India (GOI) in its recent National Development Council (NDC) meeting has approved a Science and Technology (S&T) budget of approximately USD 18.7 billion in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007-2012). This is a three-fold increase over its Tenth Plan allocation of [...]	2008-02-11 05:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV TSPL SENV TBIO TRGY TNGD
08NEWDELHI467	ISRAELI DCM BRIEFS DCM ON POSITIVE TREND IN [...] (C) Summary. Israeli DCM Belotsercovsky told DCM recently that he was concerned that a renewal in criticisms from the Left and India's Muslim community could cause the Indian government to pull back from the rapid, positive trend in India-Israel relations. He refused to comment on allegations [...]	2008-02-13 09:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TSPA MOPS IN
08NEWDELHI538	IRANIAN SPOKESPERSON SOUNDS OFF IN NEW DELHI ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini visited New Delhi February 11-13, reportedly to encourage Indian interaction with Iranian media. Hosseini, however, did not miss the opportunity to publicly urge the Indians to expedite the proposed Iran-Pakistan- [...]	2008-02-20 11:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET IR PK IS CH IN
08NEWDELHI54	DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (West Asia and North Africa) M. Manimekalai and SIPDIS Director (WANA) N.J. Gangte on January 7, and expressed USG desire that the GOI make public statements in support of the Syrian democracy and human rights activists who formed t [...]	2008-01-08 11:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY EUN TU CA JA SF IN
08NEWDELHI560	CODEL BIDEN MEETING WITH NSA NARAYANAN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with Codel Biden (consisting of Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel),National Security Advisor M.K.A. Narayanan disclosed that GOI negotiations with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement are going well and he expects the agreemen [...]	2008-02-22 09:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM KDEM KNNP ENRG SOCI IS
08NEWDELHI574	DELHI DIARY, FEB 18-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 18-22, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Darul Uloom in Deoband says Terrorism is Anti-Islamic -- BJP Targets Women's Vote -- US Presence Overwhelms DEFEXPO -- India and Pakistan Expan [...]	2008-02-22 13:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL MASS BEXP PK IN
08NEWDELHI690	SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...]	2008-03-05 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI691	INDIA WELCOMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1803 [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford delivered reftel demarche to Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar and Joint Secretary T.C.A. Raghavan in separate March [...]	2008-03-05 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IN
08NEWDELHI7	CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH PM SINGH [...] (C) Summary. In a December 29 meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Codel Voinovich (consisting of Senator Voinovich, and Congressmen Turner, Gingrey, Pearce and Bishop) expressed appreciation for the Prime Minister's leadership in bringing U.S.-India relations to new heights. Senator V [...]	2008-01-02 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KNNP SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI734	INDIA'S DEFENSE BUDGET RISES MODERATELY, BUT PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The UPA government in its 2008-09 budget presented on February 29 increased its defense spending by 10% to Rs 1056 billion ($ 26.4 billion) from a budgeted Rs 960 billion ($24 billion) for FY 2007-08 and 14% compared to the actual spending for FY 2007-08. The budget seeks to est [...]	2008-03-11 08:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL MARR IN
08NEWDELHI892	ISRAEL POLISHING ITS IMAGE--AND ITS HARDWARE--IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent strategic dialogue between Israel and India, while not producing any new agreements, was viewed as a positive step at greater cooperation and coordination between the two countries. Israel is taking steps to create a shinier image of itself as a friend of the Indian people [...]	2008-03-28 09:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS IS IN
08NIAMEY1112	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on 11/24 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General (SG) Dan Maradi, in the absence of Foreign Minister Mindaoudou (out of the country),and left as an aide-memoire a list of the one-sided resolutions (reftel, paragraph six). With regard to the [...]	2008-11-24 14:03:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA NG
08NIAMEY178	NIGER: DCM MEETS WITH UN SECGEN SPECIAL ENVOY TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 15:30:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PREF EAID NG
08NICOSIA146	TURKISH CYPRIOT BUSINESS; ISOLATION OR [...] (SBU) For decades, maintaining the global (except for Turkey) non-recognition of the "TRNC" has been among the ROC's top foreign policy goals. This, of course, is the inverse of a key objective of the "TRNC;" to achieve even incremental international recognition for its "institutions." There i [...]	2008-02-28 14:36:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA224	CYPRUS: WATER SUPPLY APPROACHING CRITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Cyprus is in for a long, hot, and, worst of all, very dry summer. On March 24, the GOC announced emergency measures to deal with a dwindling water supply. A shortfall of around 16.7 million tons of water over the next year is expected to be made up through a combination of me [...]	2008-04-07 12:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV CY
08NICOSIA32	CYPRUS: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Office [...]	2008-01-14 10:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
08NICOSIA53	CYPRUS SUPPORTS "BALANCED" UNHRC GAZA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Polchief January 24 delivered urgent Ref A demarche to MFA Acting Political Director (P-equivalent) George Kasoulides. He emphasized the strongly biased nature of the proposed UN Human Rights Council resolution on Gaza, and urged the MFA official to work towards EU consensus in opposin [...]	2008-01-24 10:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CY
08NICOSIA649	TALAT STILL TROUBLED BY GREEK CYPRIOT MOTIVATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: "I believe Christofias sincerely desires a solution," Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat informed the Ambassador at his farewell call August 6, "but I doubt his ability to manage the process and control Greek Cypriot hard-liners." Formal negotiations would commence on Sept [...]	2008-08-07 13:08:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA811	CYPRUS TO ANNOUNCE TENDERS FOR OFFSHORE [...] (C) The Cypriot Department of Energy is planning to announce the next round of bidding for offshore oil and gas exploration in Cypriot-claimed waters this November. During the first round of bidding in August, 2007, only three of the eleven blocs on offer received bids. Subsequently, only Nob [...]	2008-10-10 11:13:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EPET CY
08NICOSIA813	CYPRUS TO ANNOUNCE TENDERS FOR OFFSHORE [...] (C) The Cypriot Department of Energy is planning to announce the next round of bidding for offshore oil and gas exploration in Cypriot-claimed waters this November. During the first round of bidding in August, 2007, only three of the eleven blocs on offer received bids. Subsequently, only Nob [...]	2008-10-10 12:15:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EPET CY
08NICOSIA881	PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS BEHIND CYPRUS'S CONDEMNATION [...] (C) The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on October 31 condemned the alleged October 26 U.S. raid on Al Qaeda Iraq targets in eastern Syria via a press release and website posting (Reftel). In a November 4 meeting with PolChief, Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou explained MFA thinking in a [...]	2008-11-07 05:03:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY SY TU
08NICOSIA935	CYPRUS: ROC POSITION UNCHANGED ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) The Embassy on November 21 shared Ref A points regarding anti-Israel UN General Assembly resolutions with Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou. In a follow-up call on November 24, PolChief reviewed the overarching U.S. objective for the Middle East peace process -- to [...]	2008-11-26 14:31:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA MEPP CY IS
08NICOSIA958	CHURCH OF CYPRUS AND COMMUNITY OF SANT'EDIGIO HOST [...] (SBU) Summary: Political and religious leaders of numerous nations and various faiths gathered in Nicosia November 16-18 at a conference organized by the Roman Catholic Community of Sant'Egidio and hosted/financed by the Church of Cyprus. Despite earlier misgivings that the event could morph in [...]	2008-12-08 04:46:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KIRF VT CY
08NOUAKCHOTT113	MAURITANIAN AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY A SUSPECT IN [...] (SBU) On February 25 the Public Prosecutor officially accused one Al Khadim Ould Semane of participating in the February 1 attack on the Israeli embassy. Semane is a known activist for Al Qaeda who escaped from Nouakchott central prison in 2005 and fled the country immediately afterward. The [...]	2008-02-26 16:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	PTER PREL ASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT135	MAURITANIAN MEDIA REACTION (MARCH 1-10),GAZA CRISIS: RICE [...] SUMMARY: Throughout the past two weeks the Mauritanian media has been closely following events in Gaza and Israel. Almost all coverage has followed mid east wires and other sources from the region with a generally condemnatory tone towards Israel. Comment has been limited. However, a number [...]	2008-03-11 17:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KWBG KPAO IS
08NOUAKCHOTT252	MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT CABINET RESHUFFLE -- RETURN [...] (C) One year into his administration, President Abdallahi is changing his team. The change was long anticipated -- a change from a government that reflected the necessary political compromises of the immediate post-election to a government that takes greater account of political, ethnic and [...]	2008-05-28 13:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT365	EMERGING MAURITANIAN "SOFT" COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (SBU) Both the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) and the U.S. have chosen similar paths to fight the root causes of terrorism in Mauritania. In April 2008, the GIRM developed an draft Action Plan addressing &Social and Economic Aspects of the National Strategy Against T [...]	2008-07-13 14:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAID MR
08NOUAKCHOTT414	SIT REP 4: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Nouakchott was calm overnight and activity was reduced in town but relatively normal. Post has received reports are that General Aziz moved from BASEP headquarters to the Presidency yesterday evening. He has not been seen in public since the coup took place. The perimeter established by [...]	2008-08-07 14:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT449	MFA SAYS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL WILL REMAIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 15:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV MR IS
08NOUAKCHOTT624	FOLLOW-UP MEDIA REVIEW: 3 MONTHS POST-COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months into what initially appeared a quickly consummated coup, Mauritanian media leaders see the country either no closer to finding a solution to the August 6th coup d'etat or on the brink of another one, depending upon who you talk to. The PAO sat down with media who in [...]	2008-10-23 13:36:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT633	MAURITANIAN - ISRAELI RELATIONSHIP SAFE -- FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Articles in the Mauritanian Arab press on October 28 suggested that General Aziz was on the verge of severing relations with Israel in response to "the will of the people." Rumors within the diplomatic community suggested that the Israeli Ambassador had been convoked by Aziz to get the [...]	2008-10-30 12:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT636	MEETING WITH AHMED OULD DADDAH'S VICE-PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. On October 29, AID Rep met with opposition parliamentarian and RFD Vice-President Dr. Hamidou Kane to discuss Mauritania's current political situation. The meeting was at Kane's request. Immediately after the August 6 coup, Kane expressed his ardent support for the junta's "rec [...]	2008-10-31 12:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT676	ISRAELIS TAKING SOFTER LINE ON MAURITANIAN COUP [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michael Arbel briefed Charge November 16 on a senior-level Israeli delegation that had met with the regime the week earlier. Arbel said the Israeli delegation included a senior diplomat for the peace process, the MFA Maghreb Director, and the Israeli head of Diplomatic [...]	2008-11-16 19:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT681	A DAY WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 21:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT718	MEDIA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TAKES A STEP BACKWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: After a "honeymoon" period of press freedom during the democratic transition of 2005-2007 and President Abdallahi's time in office, a marked decline has occurred since the August 6 coup led by General Aziz. State-run media is as tightly controlled as ever, and online web sites [...]	2008-12-04 14:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KDEM PROP MR
08NOUAKCHOTT733	MAURITANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism" (Refs A and B) follows in paragraph 2. Post's primary point of contact is PolAsst Christopher Coffey (coffeycm@state.gov). Post's secondary point of contact is Charge Dennis Hankins (hankinsdb@state.gov). 2. (U) AQIM cont [...]	2008-12-16 17:38:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT775	REGIME'S "NATIONAL DIALOGUE" BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited National Dialogue on Democracy (Etats Generaux de la Democratie) started December 27 to a full house. President Abdallahi's FNDD party has boycotted the meeting as have several key elements of civil society. Official opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah's RFD pa [...]	2008-12-30 18:35:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT776	SITUATION IN GAZA - A/DCM DELIVERS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) A/DCM Cornelius Walsh, met with Americas and Asia Director Ambassador Ahmed Deya Ould Mohammed Vall to review contents of reftel and outline American position regarding December 31 Arab League Ministerial. This is one of the very few demarches the Mission has delivered since the coup as w [...]	2008-12-31 12:33:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MOPS PHUM MR
08OSLO154	NORWAY: GROWING AWARENESS OF TERRORISM THREAT [...] (C) Summary: In a significant shift we have long advocated, the GON has strengthened its counter terrorism awareness, capabilities and planning. This includes a revised law on terrorism, an increased threat perception, arrests of terrorist financiers and new physical and electronic secur [...]	2008-03-14 14:43:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KTER PGOV PREL ABLD NO
08OSLO308	NORWAY,S FIRST TERROR TRIAL: INNOCENT ON TERROR, [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 14:25:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KCRM PREL PTER NO
08OSLO351	NORWAY: A LONG WAY TO GO ON TERRORISM AND HSPD-6 [...] (C) In reviewing the Bhatti terrorist case (REFTEL A) with the Ambassador on June 18, Police Security Service (PST) Director General Jorn Holme said he was disappointed the synagogue shooting was not classified as terrorism, but pleased at the long sentence Bhatti received. He felt the recent [...]	2008-06-23 14:54:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER NO
08OSLO40	MUSLIM AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN IN NORWAY ON FAITH, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The visit of Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) to Oslo 7-11 January focused on peace and reconciliation in the Middle East and establishing ties to Norway. It was a boon to post's interfaith outreach and helped combat stereotypes of the United States and administration policy. END [...]	2008-01-18 06:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL KPAL KIRF OREP NO
08OSLO418	NORWAY APPEARS TO SHARE USG CAUTION ON SYRIA'S [...] (C) Political Counselor and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jan Dybfest, acting director of the mid-east section of the MFA. The Norwegian response to reftel demarche was fundamentally consistent with USG policy toward Syria. 2. (C) Significantly, Dybfest said that the GON had conside [...]	2008-07-25 14:40:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE EUN RS TU NO SW
08OSLO506	NORWAY AND US ON THE SAME PAGE FOR AHLC [...] (C) Poloff met with Signe Gilen, Senior Advisor in the MFA Near East section, to deliver reftel points. Gilen will attend the AHLC meeting in NYC along with FM Stoere. Gilen responded very positively to the USG objectives in reftel, as they also reflect GON priorities, especially improving the [...]	2008-09-12 15:17:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EU KPAL PGOV PREL IS WBG NO
08OSLO57	NOT YOUR FATHER'S NORWAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 13:23:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR NO
08OSLO622	NORWAY TORN ABOUT ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging that anti-Israel bias is a symptom of the polarization that is "polluting everything" in the UN, Norway nonetheless feels torn about many anti-Israel resolutions, and will likely vote the same way this session as it has in the past. While lamenting the atmosph [...]	2008-11-20 14:39:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NO
08OSLO672	NORWAY FLOATS IDEA OF NORDIC ALTERNATIVE UNESCO DG [...] (C) Deputy Director of the UN section of the Norwegian MFA, Lars Petter Henie, has raised concerns abut the UNESCO candidates independently before with poloff. Norway is very unhappy with the prospect of "an anti-Semite keen on burning Israeli books" (Henie's words) as DG of UNESCO. In respon [...]	2008-12-17 08:23:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO NO
08OSLO684	NORWAY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following is Embassy Oslo's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy point of contact is pol/econ officer Scott Sommers, SommersSE@state.gov: Norwegian authorities continued to consider the threat of terrorist attacks in Norway low and the widespread belief amon [...]	2008-12-22 13:27:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC NO
08OTTAWA101	DFAIT APOLOGIZES OVER TORTURE ALLEGATION [...] (C) Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs David Mulroney called Ambassador on January 18 to offer DFAIT's "real apology" that a Canadian consular training module on "Torture and Abuse Awareness" had included the U.S. on a list with Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Saudi [...]	2008-01-18 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CA
08OTTAWA1123	CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...]	2008-08-22 13:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CH IS BM CA
08OTTAWA123	CANADA WILL NOT ATTEND UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada took a firm stance against the UN World Conference Against Racism on January 23 when it announced it would not attend the 2009 Durban Review Conference (Durban II). Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier stated that the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism "degenera [...]	2008-01-24 20:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CA
08OTTAWA1232	CANADA: NO NEW PLEDGES AT AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (sbu) Canada plans no new pledges at the September 22 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in New York, according to Louise Corbin, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Israel, West Bank, and Gaza. Corbin told Econcouns that Canada had pledged C [...]	2008-09-17 20:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID IS KPAL PGOV PREL WBG
08OTTAWA1250	CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT EFFORT TO DERAIL [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation Shawn Caza, at the upcoming IAEA General Conference Canada will seek to kill a resolution on "Israeli nuclear capability" with a no-action motion. The way that support for the [...]	2008-09-19 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC IAEA IS CA
08OTTAWA1476	CANADA REMAINS STEADFAST AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Canada remains steadfast in its opposition to the plethora of anti-Israel UNGA resolutions outlined in reftel, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Middle East Division Director Michael Grant. Grant noted that Canada has voted this year exactly as it did i [...]	2008-11-20 21:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA CA
08OTTAWA1552	US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...]	2008-12-12 21:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA
08OTTAWA222	SYRIA REBUKES CANADA ON HUMAN RIGHTS STATEMENT [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on February 13 shared with PolMinCouns a read-out from the Canadian Head of Mission in Damascus following the Canadian Embassy's January 31 statement of concern over Riad [...]	2008-02-13 19:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SY CA
08OTTAWA233	CANADA SEES "SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS" IN UN HRC [...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) remains a "work in progress," but Canada has seen encouraging signs that it is maturing and shifting its focus from institutional questions to specific [...]	2008-02-14 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KUNR PREL CA
08OTTAWA272	CANADA AND JORDAN AGREE TO NEGOTIATE A FREE TRADE [...] (U) Summary: Canada has announced it is launching negotiations with Jordan on a free trade agreement (FTA). Negotiations are to begin in April in Amman. If concluded, the agreement would be Canada,s first FTA with an Arab country. Canada hopes the FTA would serve as a gateway to other Middl [...]	2008-02-21 22:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON CA JO
08OTTAWA346	CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...]	2008-03-07 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA
08OTTAWA378	CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON NAFTA: KEEP, KILL OR FIX? [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 15:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EINV PREL CA
08OTTAWA497	RISE IN ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN CANADA [...] (U) Summary. On April 9, the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada released its 2007 "Audit of Antisemitic Incidents." According to the audit, 1,042 incidents of anti-Semitism took place in Canada in 2007, the highest figure since B'nai Brith released its first audit 26 years ago, an [...]	2008-04-10 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV CA
08OTTAWA581	CANADA AND AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 20:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID EU IS KPAL PGOV PREL WBG
08OTTAWA758	US-CANADA-MEXICO HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS [...] (C) Summary. Discussions in annual U.S.-Canada-Mexico human rights trilaterals focused on forwarding human rights in multilateral venues, importantly at the UNGA (UN General Assembly) and the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). All three countries agreed that the HRC has failed in its treatment of [...]	2008-06-06 20:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MX CA
08OTTAWA808	CANADA CONFRONTS RADICALIZATION ABROAD AND AT HOME [...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada has long struggled with how to avoid or reduce radicalization in one of the most diverse societies in the world, while also supporting global efforts to counter extremism. Its still evolving strategy involves multiple agencies working on various levels of forei [...]	2008-06-16 13:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL SOCI CA
08OTTAWA897	CANADA FACILITATES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ARCHIVAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Canadian, Israeli, Palestinian, and U.S. archivists have agreed to five joint archival projects, subject to formal approval of a new Memorandum of Understanding. The focus will be on surveying and digitizing records currently in Israel that document the "shared legacy" of the J [...]	2008-07-02 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL KPAL IS CA
08OUAGADOUGOU1066	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 07:36:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY UV
08OUAGADOUGOU1116	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 16:44:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KEBG UNSC UV
08OUAGADOUGOU432	SUBJECT: Burkina Faso: Compaore Seeks to Win Favor [...] (C) Key Points: -- President Blaise Compaore visited Israel May 13-15 for that country's 60th anniversary celebrations - the first ever visit by a Burkinabe head of state. -- Compaore was one of only three African heads of state attending. -- Previously, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi re [...]	2008-05-22 14:49:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UV IS RW UG TO
08OUAGADOUGOU438	BURKINA FASO: SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 3-4 VISIT OF AF DAS TODD [...] Introduction: In his 20th year in power, President Blaise Compaore is taking Burkina Faso, a country wracked by extreme poverty, in the right direction: moving forward on the process of democratization, working with donors and others to ensure the nation's economic stability, turning away fro [...]	2008-05-29 07:19:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL UV
08OUAGADOUGOU490	Burkina Faso: AF DAS Moss Meeting with Prime Minister Zongo [...] This is an action request for IO Bureau. Please see para 17. 2. (U) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with AF DAS Todd Moss, Prime Minister Tertius Zongo explained his government's efforts to promote good governance, fight corruption, improve Burkina Faso's business climate, and boost agricultu [...]	2008-06-09 16:03:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID UNSC UV
08OUAGADOUGOU547	Burkina Faso President Compaore's Relations With Libya's [...] (U) Summary. The once strong relations between President Blaise Compaore and Muammar Quaddafi have deteriorated recently. President' Compaore's trip to Israel, his lack of support for Quaddafi's vision of a "United States of Africa" and of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, and his comme [...]	2008-06-23 09:43:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN EINV ETRD UNSC UV LY IS
08OUAGADOUGOU624	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 16:49:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC SY UV
08PANAMA467	IMPORTANCE OF USG AVIATION ASSISTANCE TO PANAMA [...] (C) In the wake of the deadly crash of Panama's sole operational National Air Service (SAN) helicopter (see reftels),and following on President Torrijos' visit to Washington in early May, the time is now for consideration of greater USG aviation assistance to Panama. As a major logistics c [...]	2008-06-05 14:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR SNAR PARM MASS PREL PM
08PANAMA562	PANAMA: UNSC DEMARCHE ON ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] (C) "We cannot allow anything to interrupt the conversations between the Palestinians and the Israelis," Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UNSC Matters Nils Castro told POLCOUNS on July 9 in response to reftel demarche. "We need to keep the temperature down." Castro stated that Panama fully [...]	2008-07-09 17:57:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS LE SY PM
08PANAMA889	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 22:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM
08PARAMARIBO478	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) On December 2, Pol-Econ Chief met with Chantal Elsenhout, Acting Head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Government of the Republic of Suriname (GOS). Pol-Econ Chief asked Elsenhout if Suriname's memberships in the G-77 or OIC wo [...]	2008-12-03 18:28:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NS

08PARIS1029	UNESCO SPRING EXECUTIVE BOARD: POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's April 1-17 Executive Board was a success for the United States. On the whole, we enjoyed good working relations with countries in other geographic groups. Regional voting blocs and economic and other groupings, such as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the G-77 initi [...]	2008-05-30 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU IR KPAL KV PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO VE XF

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