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08JERUSALEM1422	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/05): Desperate calls for end [...] Independent Al-Quds carries its daily editorial entitled, "How can we regain our waning confidence?" (8/05): "A lot has been said about the low level to which the Palestinian attitude has fallen due to this destructive division between the two major parties [Fatah and Hamas] in the Palestinian [...]	2008-08-05 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS

08JERUSALEM1429	SURGE IN SETTLER VIOLENCE DIRECTED AT PALESTINIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Across the West Bank this summer, settler groups have clashed with the IDF, Palestinians, Bedouins, and Israeli and international peace activists. Post has heard eyewitness accounts of projectiles fired at Nablus area villages, beatings of Palestinians near Hebron, and torched a [...]	2008-08-05 13:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS ASEC
08JERUSALEM143	GAZA: RESTRICTED FUEL SHIPMENTS AT NAHAL OZ; AID [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings have been closed since January 23 and 24, respectively. Restricted fuel shipments were transferred at Nahal Oz fuel station on January 28. Gaza City residents continue to experience eight to 12 hours without electricity each day. The Petroleum [...]	2008-01-28 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM1432	RENEWAL OF CLOSURE ORDERS FOR PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security (MoI) renewed closure orders in early August against eight East Jerusalem Palestinian institutions. The General Manager of the Arab Studies Society (closed in 2001) told PolOff August 6 that the closure leaves a vacuum in Palestinian le [...]	2008-08-06 12:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1433	SWITZERLAND OF THE SETTLEMENTS: ILLEGAL OUTPOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the illegal outpost of Havat Yair in the northern West Bank on July 25, where twenty-two settler families live and have established a popular brunch restaurant in what they call their "Switzerland." The outpost is led by lawyer Doron Nir Tsvi, who often represents [...]	2008-08-06 12:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1434	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/06): National dialogue must be [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Dialogue based on attachment to Palestine" (8/06): "Although [Palestinian] parties [Fatah and Hamas] have closed their ears to the calls made by both Palestinians and the wider Arab world for a serious and effective dialogue for the sake o [...]	2008-08-06 13:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1442	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/07): A call for public and [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 07:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1444	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/07): A call for public and [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "Where is the role of the public...?" (8/07): "The tragic situation in which we [Palestinians] live is characterized by three signs: - The first sign is the destructive bloody conflict for authority and the preference of narrow group interests ove [...]	2008-08-07 08:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1446	PA POLICE CHIEF OUTLINES FORCE PRIORITIES, DECRIES [...] (C) Summary. PA police chief MG Hazim Attallah told PolOff that GOI-PA security coordination is unsatisfactory, with twice as many IDF incursions and increased clearance delays for police operations since July 1. While PA police are increasingly effective at fighting crime, the PA General I [...]	2008-08-07 13:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PREL
08JERUSALEM1448	PA CIVIL DEFENSE WORKS TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Civil Defense Chief MG Ibrahim Atiani said his priorities are improving building code enforcement and safety inspections and decreasing emergency response times. He said cooperation with Israeli civil defense authorities is generally excellent, with j [...]	2008-08-07 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINR PREL PGOV
08JERUSALEM1449	PA BARELY MAKES JULY SALARIES THANKS TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid salaries in the West Bank and Gaza on August 7, thanks to a transfer of USD 42 million from the UAE and a USD 80 million commercial bridge loan taken against future income. However, the PA did not pay the usual NIS 1000 each to employees still [...]	2008-08-07 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1450	PM FAYYAD AND PMA GOVERNOR AL-WAZIR DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser met with PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on July 28 to discuss the USG's intent to designate thirteen organizations and one individual for their ongoing support of Hamas (Ref A). PM Fayyad said his government has already taken "courageous" steps to cut of [...]	2008-08-07 14:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN ECON PHUM KISL KWBG IS EAID
08JERUSALEM1451	DOJ ATTORNEYS DISCUSS ZAKAT COMMITTEES WITH AWQAF [...] (C) Summary: Department of Justice attorneys met with Palestinian Authority Deputy Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Salah Zuheika on July 15 to review the operation and composition of zakat committees in the West Bank and the Palestinian Authority's restructuring of these committees in [...]	2008-08-07 14:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN KTFN KWBG PTER PGOV KISL
08JERUSALEM1471	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/08): Frustration at lack of [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Another Palestinian-Israeli summit but...!" (8/08): "Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas met with the Israeli Premier, Ehud Olmert, in a series of organized meetings between the two sides [on August 6]. As usual, the new mee [...]	2008-08-08 09:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1474	PA NATIONAL SECURITY COMMANDER ASSESSES SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. In August 2-7 conversations, National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff and POL FSN that the NSF is leading small-scale/local security efforts throughout the West Bank targeting armed/organized criminal and terrorist suspects, and ha [...]	2008-08-08 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1476	YESHA COUNCIL LEADER DAYAN: ""TWO STATE SOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan confirmed recent settlement approvals by Israeli MOD Barak and showed Poloff areas under construction on July 24. Dayan, who is secular but leads an exceedingly religious constituency, addressed the challenges he sees for the settlement movemen [...]	2008-08-08 12:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1482	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/11): Mourning over the death [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs its daily editorial by Hamada Fara'neh entitled, "Advice for the Palestinian President" (08/11): "More than ever before, President Mahmoud Abbas needs the solidarity of the Fatah movement. The movement, as a political struggle organization, is the mother that delivere [...]	2008-08-11 08:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1487	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/12): Who deserves [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial entitled, "Egypt... and the Palestinian Situation" (08/12): "Rafah and the other crossings were opened per international arrangements and agreement, and what actually closed them down is the takeover by force of the authority in Gaza and the continuit [...]	2008-08-12 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1488	SHAVEI SHOMRON OPENED, IMPROVING SOME, BUT NOT ALL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: ConGenOffs visited Shavei Shomron checkpoint, northwest of Nablus, on August 11 and observed an unmanned, open road gate with traffic passing freely. However, OCHA officials reported at 1600 local on 8/11 that the IDF was present at the checkpoint and conducting ran [...]	2008-08-12 13:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PHUM IS ECON PBTS
08JERUSALEM1491	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/13): Palestinian insistence on [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 09:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1495	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS EXPLAIN THEIR VIOLENT SUMMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In PolOff's August 8 visits to Yitzhar and Bracha settlements, Yitzhar spokesman Yigal Amitai denied recent reports of settler violence aimed at Palestinians as "retaliatory, false, or misreported." Poloff observed new construction at both settlements. END SUMMARY History of [...]	2008-08-13 14:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM ASEC IS
08JERUSALEM1496	YESHA AGREES TO MOVE MIGRON'S OUTPOST; RESIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Yesha Council voted unanimously August 11 to approve an ""understanding"" with the Israeli MOD to move Migron outpost in exchange for permanent, legal housing in one of four possible nearby West Bank locations. The understanding provides for the construction of new homes be [...]	2008-08-13 14:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1498	"POSITIVE BUT INCOMPLETE" ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY COORDINATION MEETING IN JENIN [...] (S) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told PolOff and POL FSN August 11-12 that they had a positive meeting with IDF commanders in Jenin on August 11. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General August 11 that the meeting was "positive and important." National Security Forces (NSF) commande [...]	2008-08-14 07:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PINS
08JERUSALEM1499	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/14): "Dangerous Signs in [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1508	CHECKPOINT NORTH OF HEBRON OPENS WITH STRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congenoffs observed the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint north of Hebron August 13 and verified that it is open for six hours daily, but only to commercial traffic to and from the Tarqumiyah crossing with Israel. Hebron Mayor Khaled Osaily said the limited opening is positive, but the [...]	2008-08-14 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1509	EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENT ARRESTED IN ON-GOING [...] (C) Summary. Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood resident Maher Hanoun was arrested in early August for resisting eviction from his home. Hanoun's lawyer told PolOff August 12 that he is workingto free Hanoun pending resolution of the disputeover ownership of the land, but the courts have made no pro [...]	2008-08-15 08:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1511	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/15): The status of Palestinians [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Azzam Tawfiq Abu Al-Su'oud entitled, "Will there be a New Middle East?" (8/15): "Since the beginning of [Bush's] presence in the White House, we have heard about American plans for a new Middle East ... We are accustomed to the idea that the Ameri [...]	2008-08-15 10:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1513	PA CLOSES WEST BANK NGOS SUSPECTED OF TERROR [...] (S) Summary. PA security contacts report closure of at least 12 institutions suspected of Hamas connections August 4-13, on orders from PM Salam Fayyad and PA Interior Minister Abd al-Razaq al-Yahya. According to President Abbas' Military Secretary, BG Jihad al-Jayusi, Abbas and Fayyad order [...]	2008-08-15 11:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1519	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/18): All talk and no action on [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "National Dialogue...Again" (8/18): "We are getting tired of calling for [Palestinian] national unity and we request that it be achieved as quickly as possible to end the division ... Everybody is talking about the national dialogue, its [...]	2008-08-18 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1522	HOME DEMOLITIONS STRIKE ANGRY CHORD IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished four homes in East Jerusalem on August 13, two in the Ashkariya neighborhood of Beit Hanina (north Jerusalem). Local residents told PolOff that Ashkariya is zoned as "green land" even though it is privately owned, and said the Municipality [...]	2008-08-18 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1527	NEW JENIN-AREA IDF INCURSIONS; PA CONDUCTS LOCAL [...] (C) NSF and General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) contacts told PolOff and POL FSN that the IDF entered Rummana village (Area B, NW of Jenin) late August 16 and detained four members of the Mukhabarat. The four were operating inside the village when the IDF entered and were released after one ho [...]	2008-08-19 07:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER
08JERUSALEM1529	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/19): Palestinian national [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an editorial by Walid Al-Awad, Member of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian People's Party, entitled, "the Palestinian National Dialogue Needs Palestinian Political Will and an Active Arab Role" (8/19): "Despite the increasing talks and press statements claiming [...]	2008-08-19 10:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1533	PA CLOSES MORE HAMAS-LINKED CHARITIES [...] (S) Summary. PA security contacts report that they closed 10 Hamas-connected NGOs August 14-18, detained 12 Palestinians for NGO activity linked to Hamas, and will impose management and governing board changes before the NGOs are allowed to operate again. Some of the closed NGOs appear to b [...]	2008-08-20 09:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1534	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/20): LACK OF MOVEMENT ON [...] Independent Al-Quds runs a daily editorial entitled, "A Step in the Road to Releasing Thousands of Prisoners" (8/20): "Each Palestinian prisoner released by Israel reduces the burden and suffering of the Palestinian people in general and of the prisoner's friends and relatives in particular. . [...]	2008-08-20 11:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1539	CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES ON ADDITIONAL 330 UNITS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff saw substantial progress on the construction of 330 units in Givat Zeev settlement, north of Jerusalem, that the GOI approved in March. The units appeared approximately 50 percent complete as of August 15. Developer Hanoch Kas said he has sold 550 units (beyond the GOI- [...]	2008-08-20 11:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS CASC
08JERUSALEM1547	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/21): WHY DO PALESTINIANS INSIST [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Abdul Rahim Mallouh, entitled, "Why?!!!" (8/21): "[T]he important lesson Palestinian decision-makers, in particular, and the Palestinian people, in general, should take [from int [...]	2008-08-21 07:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1553	NABLUS MALL SHOPS REMAIN OPEN AS IDF CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: Shops in Nablus' largest shopping mall remain open following expiration of the IDF's August 15 closure deadline. EconOff toured the mall on August 19 and found all shops operating normally. Shop owners say the IDF has "frozen" the closure order it imposed on the mall's 68 shop [...]	2008-08-21 13:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG PTER KTFN KISL IS
08JERUSALEM1555	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/22): Doubt concerning Hamas' [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "Our Cause and the Latest International Variables" (8/22): "Palestinians and Arabs need to benefit from the latest international variables and developments in order to advance the just peace process, taking into consideration that the conditions o [...]	2008-08-22 08:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1557	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/25): IF THE SHIPS BREAK THE [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by regular columnist Talal Al-Sharif entitled, "The Two Ships--So Breaking the Siege is not in One Direction!" (8/25): "[T]he sailing of the two ships [to the Gaza Strip] is a good step, but political [aspirations] cannot be achieved without pure national [...]	2008-08-25 07:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1559	BIR NABALA CHECKPOINT REMOVED; IMPROVES TRAVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConGenoffs verified the complete removal of the Bir Nabala/Rafat Masyoun checkpoint south of Ramallah on August 22. The removal improves travel between Ramallah and its southern villages, where some 50,000 Palestinians reside. Local Palestinians said the previous wait time whe [...]	2008-08-25 11:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1562	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/26): A First Step towards Full [...] Under the headline "Congratulations on the Prisoners' Release, What's next..!" (8/26),Independent Al-Quds opined in its main editorial: "This is a first step, and Israel should consider it as such, towards the comprehensive release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners crowding Israeli jails a [...]	2008-08-26 06:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1596	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/27): Guarded Optimism following [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The Settlement Activity Should Be Condemned with Clear Cut Sentences" (8/27): "[T]he U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, talked, after her meeting with [the Palestinian Authority (PA)] President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, about the expans [...]	2008-08-27 07:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1604	41 MORE AL-AQSA FUGITIVES INCLUDED IN [...] (C) Summary. According to PA security contacts, the Israeli Security Agency (ISA, "Shin Bet") accepted 41 al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fugitives into the amnesty/disarmament agreement, including two high-profile militants. The fugitives have been in PA custody for most of the previous year. Ni [...]	2008-08-27 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1605	UNEASY STATUS QUO AT HEBRON'S IBRAHIMI MOSQUE/TOMB [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns visited Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque/Tomb of the Patriarchs in late August. Visitors to the building must pass through metal detectors, and armed Israeli border police patrol inside and out at all times. Metal security gates separate Muslims and Jews, who worship on differ [...]	2008-08-27 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1610	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/28): WILL CAIRO TALKS ACHIEVE A [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The National Dialogue as Target and not as Logo" (8/28): "[I]nternal and external factors, such as competition between the Palestinian factions and Arab and international pressure, hinder the achievement of Palestinian national unity. These fac [...]	2008-08-28 07:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1611	PA CARRIES OUT LOCAL SECURITY CAMPAIGNS IN TOWNS [...] (C) PA security contacts told PolOff and Pol FSN August 26-27 that National Security Forces (NSF) units with police and intelligence support led patrols and arrest raids near Hebron in al-Dhahiriya (Area A) and Bayt Awa (Area B) from August 24-27. PA spokesmen told local press August 24 that [...]	2008-08-28 10:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1612	25 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STANDS DEMOLISHED BY IDF IN [...] (C) Summary. On August 12, according to Palestinian contacts, the IDF demolished 25 fruit and vegetable stands along route 90 in the northern Jordan Valley. This is the first significant demolition in the West Bank since late March. End Summary. 2. (C) Local produce vendors in the Jorda [...]	2008-08-28 12:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF ECON EAGR KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1613	HAMAS RAIDS CENTRAL ELECTIONS OFFICE IN GAZA, TWICE [...] (C) Summary. Hamas Executive Force twice raided the Central Elections Commission's (CEC) Gaza branch August 26-28, removing three staff members for off-site interrogation, confiscating the cellular phone of one staff member, and seizing keys to the CEC's Gaza warehouse to conduct an "invento [...]	2008-08-28 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1614	BEIT SAHOUR HOPING FOR ISRAELI APPROVAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs visited the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, where NGO Cure International wants to build a children's hospital on Area C land. According to Beit Sahour Mayor Hani al-Hayek, GOI Civil Administration officials support the project. The proposed hospital site is near the [...]	2008-08-28 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1615	NEW BARRIER ROUTE AROUND MA'ALE ADUMIM LEAVES WEST [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Shlomo Lecker told PolOff that a new barrier route around Ma'ale Adumim leaves 4,000 dunums (about 1,000 acres) of land outside the area enclosed by the barrier, but still effectively cuts the West Bank in two and separates Palestinians from Jerusalem. Abu Di [...]	2008-08-28 15:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1616	JERUSALEM CONTACTS DISCUSS MUGHRABI GATE RAMP [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian officials in press and privately criticized alleged Israeli plans for the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. A Waqf official said the Jerusalem District Committee's guidance for construction is too ambiguous, and that unilateral Israeli acti [...]	2008-08-28 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KISL KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
08JERUSALEM1621	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/29): PEACE NEGOTIATIONS - [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "The Return and not the Permanent Resettlement" (8/29): "[T]he declarations of the [Palestinian Authority] President Mahmoud Abbas in Beirut confirm...that the Palestinian refugees object to the idea of permanent resettlement [in Lebanon]...and t [...]	2008-08-29 08:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1627	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/02): WHITHER INTERNAL [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by Gaza political scientist Dr. Naji Sadiq Sharab, entitled, "Whither the [Internal] Division..." (9/02): "[T]his internal division [between Fatah and Hamas]...will mean the disappearance of the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state ... it strips [...]	2008-09-02 10:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1634	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/03): DEBATING THE ROLE OF ARAB [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial entitled, "A Dangerous Legal Precedent" (9/03): "According to news reports, an American court has issued a ruling to impose a heavy fine on the Palestinian Authority for the 1996 killing of an Israeli-American by Hamas. This has established a (new) legal p [...]	2008-09-03 09:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1640	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/04): INTERNATIONAL CHANGES AND [...] Independent Al-Quds editorialized in "Special Damascus Summit," (9/4): "Today in Damascus a special quartet summit (which includes French President Sarkozy, President Assad of Syria, Amir of Qatar Al Thani, and Turkish PM Erdogan) is held... The convening of this summit by itself is considered [...]	2008-09-04 06:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1644	GAZA: HIGH PARTICIPATION RATES IN PUBLIC SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza public sector labor strike that began on August 30 has been extended to at least September 9. Participation rates have been high - an estimated 90 percent among teachers and 50 percent among health care workers. PA officials and labor leaders told Econoffs that Gaza's p [...]	2008-09-04 11:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PTER EFIN PGOV KWBG
08JERUSALEM1651	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/05): INTERNAL PALESTINIAN [...] Wadi' Abu Nassar, Executive Director of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops in the Holy Land, opines in independent Al-Quds under the headline "An agreement to show off, not to implement" (09/05): "Recently, American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice concluded her 17th visit to the Middle East [...]	2008-09-05 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1658	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/08): INTERNAL DIVISION COLORS [...] Independent Al-Quds editorialized in "We are not in Need of More Division," (9/8): "Once again, division in the Palestinian arena has resurfaced in the expression of political positions related to the teachers' strike in the Gaza Strip. This is, of course, not a political issue because the te [...]	2008-09-08 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM168	GAZA: FUEL DELIVERIES MADE; COURT DECISION SPURS [...] (SBU) Summary: Restricted fuel deliveries were made into Gaza on January 31. Municipal water authorities reported that at least 80 percent of the water and sewage pumps should be operational February 1, as an agreement was reached regarding fuel deliveries within Gaza. The Gaza Power Plant [...]	2008-01-31 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM1681	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/09): CONTINUED PALESTINIAN [...] Independent Al-Quds editorializes in "The strikes..." (9/8): "We are experiencing extraordinary, catastrophic conditions in all aspects of our political, economic and daily lives. The on-going JERUSALEM 00001681 002 OF 002 strike [by teachers and health care workers] is increasing the [...]	2008-09-09 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1682	OVERVIEW OF HAMAS FINANCES IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Gaza businessmen told Econoffs that the Gaza economy produces around USD 500,000/month in value added taxes, import duties and utility payments for the Hamas government. This is a small fraction of the Hamas-controlled government's budget in Gaza, which has consistently been la [...]	2008-09-09 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR PA IS PHUM KWBG
08JERUSALEM1685	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/10): ALTERNATIVES TO THE [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by daily columnist Dr. Hasan Abdullah entitled, "The success of Cairo talks Could save our communal ship from sinking" (9/10): "[C]airo talks must lead to an agreement...the agreement should pave the way for presidential and legislative Palestinian electio [...]	2008-09-10 10:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1689	HAMAS CONTINUES TO JAIL SENIOR PA, FATAH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. About 100 Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah officials, including the Governors of Gaza and Khan Yunis, remain jailed by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, without a legal basis for their detention or institutional process to review their status. Senior Hamas spokesmen have previously [...]	2008-09-10 14:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM
08JERUSALEM169	UNIONS STRIKE IN REACTION TO PM FAYYAD'S [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) now requires West Bank residents to show proof of having paid their water and electricity bills, and municipal taxes prior to receiving basic government services. Public sector employee associations are staging strikes demanding that the PA rescind [...]	2008-01-31 15:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB KWBG
08JERUSALEM1691	PA SECURITY CHIEFS: NO CHANGES IN IDF INCURSIONS; [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander and Jenin security chiefs, IDF incursions into Jenin have continued at generally the same levels since the beginning of 2008, except for a brief reduction in May 2008, when IDF incursions dropped to about half the ave [...]	2008-09-10 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER
08JERUSALEM1692	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/11): "ENDLESS NEGOTIATIONS ARE [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs an editorial by daily columnist Abdullah Awwad entitled, "What comes after Negotiations?!" (9/11): "[T]he conflict in Palestine since the beginning [has been a]... conflict rooted in several clashes: between an old and new history...between the geographic contours of [...]	2008-09-11 09:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1697	GAZA PUBLIC SECTOR STRIKE EXTENDED TO 9/16 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza public sector labor strike has been extended to at least September 16, according to union leaders. Participation rates are 80 percent among teachers and around 40 percent among health care workers. PA contacts said that the Hamas-led government has reacted by jailing [...]	2008-09-11 14:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PTER EFIN PGOV KWBG
08JERUSALEM1698	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/12): Heightened Speculation [...] Under the title, "The Seventh Anniversary of September 11" (9/12),the independent Al-Quds argues in its main editorial: JERUSALEM 00001698 002 OF 002 "Against the background of the September 11 attacks, the Palestinian issue remained on the margins of developments for the first seven [...]	2008-09-12 07:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM171	ABU MAZEN WITH LTG FRASER: FAYYAD IS ROADMAP POINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told LTG William Fraser January 29 that the PA is ready to operate the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but he is skeptical that Hamas will accept this arrangement. He identified PM Salam Fayyad as LTG Fraser's principal interlocutor [...]	2008-02-01 09:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM1710	YITZHAR AND YAD YAIR SETTLERS COORDINATE TO ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, settlers attacked Civil Administration officials and IDF soldiers who sought to remove building materials from the West Bank outpost of Yad Yair. Following skirmishes at the outpost, settlers across the northern West Bank organized a march on the nearby IDF ba [...]	2008-09-12 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1712	IDF DEMOLISHES 32 STRUCTURES IN AL-MUARRAJAT [...] (C) Summary. The IDF demolished 32 bedouin structures east of Ramallah on September 9 in the second significant West Bank demolition in a month. End summary. 2. (SBU) On September 9, IDF soldiers demolished 32 structures in the al-Muarrajat bedouin encampment, south of route 449 between [...]	2008-09-12 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1716	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/15): A "MULTIPOLAR" WORLD AND [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial under the title, "Partition on the Basis of International Legitimacy"(09/15): "in a statement seldom made by Israeli leaders, Premier Ehud Olmert said [on September 14] in an address to his government, that the dream of Greater Israel has ended [fore [...]	2008-09-15 08:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1719	IDF TENTATIVELY APPROVES 150 NSF TROOPS FOR [...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) West Bank Commander Diab al-Ali Abu al-Fatah told PolSpec that the IDF has tentatively approved the transfer of 150 NSF officers to Hebron. The IDF also approved three new Palestinian police stations in villages near Janin. End Summary. IDF OFF [...]	2008-09-15 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM172	PM FAYYAD TALKS ROAD MAP WITH LTG FRASER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Salam Fayyad told LTG William Fraser January 29 that freezing settlement construction is the top Palestinian priority for Roadmap implementation. He said the PA will be pragmatic and also seriously address Israeli security concerns. He urged GoI compliance with the obligati [...]	2008-02-01 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PINS IS
08JERUSALEM1721	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/16): DISCUSSING THE LEGITIMACY [...] Under the title, "Required... Exit From Useless Debate", Al-Quds independent opines in its main editorial (09/16): "The debate over JERUSALEM 00001721 002 OF 002 President Mahmud Abbas' remaining time in office is heating up over the issue of whether it will end on January 9 or at the e [...]	2008-09-16 10:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1729	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/17): "ONE NATIONAL VISION AND [...] Al-Quds independent writes in its main editorial entitled "Cairo Dialogue is an Opportunity Not to Be Wasted" (09/17): "Fatah and Hamas, or more precisely, the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Government in Gaza, should benefit from this [one-time] opportunity. Dialogue should place [...]	2008-09-17 09:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1730	NABLUS, QALQILIYA OPEN TO ISRAELI ARAB CARS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Since early September, the IDF has allowed Israeli-plated vehicles driven by Israeli Arabs to enter the cities of Nablus and Qalqiliya, providing some economic benefits in the cities. Jenin remains closed to Israeli vehicular traffic, but open for pedestrians. End summary. I [...]	2008-09-17 10:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1735	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/18): THE "PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 07:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1739	CLASHES BETWEEN YITZHAR SETTLERS AND ASIRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 13, clashes occurred between Yitzhar (near Nablus) settlers and Palestinians in the village of Asira al-Qabaliyah. Police have not yet arrested any Palestinians or settlers. The settlers said they were responding to an arson attack against a caravan and the knifin [...]	2008-09-18 14:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1745	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/19): PREDICTIONS ABOUT LIVNI [...] The main editorial in Al-Quds independent runs under the title "The Ramifications of Livni's Win of the Leadership of Kadima" (09/19): "Palestinians have always dealt with Israeli political developments on the basis of them being an internal issue that chiefly concern Israelis only. The Pale [...]	2008-09-19 08:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1747	CANDIDATE LISTS SHAPING UP FOR JERUSALEM'S MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem's Haredi (ultra-orthodox) community is still considering three contenders for the November 11 mayoral elections, but expects to settle on a single candidate in advance of the campaign. Many see MK Porush, anointed as the United Torah Judaism Party (UTJ) candidate in a [...]	2008-09-19 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1748	FARMERS FRET OVER FALL OLIVE HARVEST PERMITS [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian farmers living along the separation barrier in the northern West Bank have expressed concern over GOI restrictions on permits to cross agricultural gates in the barrier. These restrictions would hamper their efforts to bring in the olive harvest, a significant sou [...]	2008-09-19 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS ECON KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM175	PA POLICE RAID COUNTERFEIT DOCUMENT LABS IN HEBRON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent months, PA Police have disrupted several visa fraud rings in the West Bank. They briefly detained and released two individuals suspected of creating and selling counterfeit documents for U.S. visa interviews. The two were among five questioned after ConGenOffs provided [...]	2008-02-01 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS KFRD PREL ASEC KWBG
08JERUSALEM1753	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/22): THE UN, THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Al-Quds independent argues in its main editorial under the title, "International Responsibility" (09/22): [I]nternal political crises in Israel... directly impact the Palestinian issue and efforts to reach a solution [to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict]... How much longer will the internation [...]	2008-09-22 08:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1757	MINISTRY OF AWQAF HOPES SAUDIS WILL DISTRIBUTE [...] (C) Summary. The PA Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs called for USG pressure on Saudi Arabia to distribute Hajj visas to Gazans through the Ministry rather than through HAMAS. Doing so would help the PA, he said. He added that the PA wants Gazans to depart through Jordan, not Egypt. Th [...]	2008-09-22 13:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KISL IS SA
08JERUSALEM1758	FRANCISCANS SAY ISRAEL BREACHING STATUS QUO [...] (C) Summary. The Franciscan (Catholic) Custos of the Holy Land has formally complained to the GoI about breaches in the status quo regarding holy places, and his representative has requested that the USG press the GoI to protect Jerusalem's Christian holy sites. According to the Custos, an [...]	2008-09-22 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1759	ARIEL MAYOR: SETTLEMENT POPULATION "STEADY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman told Poloff September 17 that his secular settlement is "struggling" to grow and has not received construction approvals. He said he will sue the GOI if it includes Ariel in permanent status negotiations. Unlike other Nablus area settlers, Ariel's popu [...]	2008-09-22 16:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1760	SETTLERS RIOT AND BURN OLIVE TREES IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, in response to the IDF removal of structures at Yad Yair near Dolev settlement, north of Ramallah, settlers burned olive trees, hurled rocks, and blocked roads near Nablus, Ramallah, and Hebron. On September 19, Poloff saw an increased police and IDF presence [...]	2008-09-22 16:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1765	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/23): "EAST JERUSALEM [...] The main editorial of Al-Quds independent argues under the title, "Judaization plans are Non-Stop As Are Efforts to Launch Dialogue?!!" (09/23): "A few days ago construction started near the Magreb Gate [Old City, Jerusalem] to build, it seems, settlement neighborhoods. There is also the iss [...]	2008-09-23 07:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1783	ARMED PALESTINIAN BOY SHOT DEAD WHILE APPROACHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Early September 20, IDF troops shot and killed a 14-year-old boy as he approached Yitzhar settlement with a Molotov cocktail and a knife. IDF video released to the press shows the boy attempting to light a bomb and the IDF firing on him. Asira al-Qabaliyah's village council to [...]	2008-09-23 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PHUM PTER KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1786	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/24): PALESTINIANS SEE [...] In its main editorial, Al-Quds independent argues under the title, "The Series of 'Accidents' in Jerusalem" (09/24): "The day before yesterday, news reported an accident in West Jerusalem where a Palestinian Jerusalemite ran over a number of pedestrians on one of the city's sidewalks. The acc [...]	2008-09-24 11:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1791	MOI AL-YAHYA FORMALLY TO REQUEST HEBRON DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Interior Al-Yahya told USSC LTG Dayton September 16 that the PA has verbal GOI approval to deploy 150 National Security Force (NSF) troops to Hebron and now seeks the approval in writing. Al-Yahya requested USG assistance to obtain Israeli permission to garrison the 3 [...]	2008-09-25 05:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG PGOV PREL MASS
08JERUSALEM1792	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/25): CALL FOR A MEDIA AND [...] Under the title, "A Comprehensive Truce, not an Escalation of Disputes, is a Must Before Launching Dialogue", independent Al-Quds argues in its main editorial (09/25): "The success of [internal Palestinian] dialogue does not depend on Egyptian intentions or... the increased support of the Arab [...]	2008-09-25 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1795	UPDATE ON WATANIYA MOBILE LAUNCH IN THE WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Wataniya made its first license payment to the PA, according to its CEO, who added that the bulk of the company's network equipment should arrive on October 4. The company's launch is scheduled for February/March 2009. Wataniya is still awaiting a GOI network construction licens [...]	2008-09-25 14:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1802	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/26): PRESIDENT BUSH'S LEGACY [...] In its main editorial, Al-Quds independent opines under the title "Ideas Alone are not Enough" (09/26): "History will judge the presidency of George W. Bush... It was a period full of overseas wars and emergency laws to monitor terrorist suspects and a JERUSALEM 00001802 002 OF 002 re [...]	2008-09-26 09:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1803	BILIN RESIDENTS WILL CONTEST LATEST IDF BARRIER [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, in response to an Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) order, the GOI presented a new plan to re-route the separation barrier between the Palestinian village of Bilin and the Israeli settlement of Modiin Illit. Village residents criticized the latest plan and in [...]	2008-09-26 10:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1808	SETTLERS REACT TO ATTACK ON ISRAELI PROFESSOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the September 24 pipe bomb attack that wounded Israeli professor Zeev Sternhell at his Jerusalem home and the discovery of leaflets threatening Peace Now representatives at the scene (reftel),settlers condemned the attack and denied involvement. They blamed the medi [...]	2008-09-26 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1809	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/29): INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON [...] Under the title "So that we don't drown in shallow water," regular columnist Talal Okal opines in independent Al-Ayyam (9/29): JERUSALEM 00001809 003 OF 003 "Does Bush have the ability to make decisions in the time remaining before January of next year? Or, will he and his administrati [...]	2008-09-29 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1823	JERUSALEM-BASED NGO REQUESTS SUPPORT TO REMOVE [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Majirah say they have been cut off from their center of life by the separation barrier, and that the IDF controls access to their neighborhood via checkpoints. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) may su [...]	2008-09-29 13:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS

08JERUSALEM1824	PA JUSTICE SECTOR EFFORTS PROGRESSING IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the May 29 signing of its Justice Sector Strategy (JSS),the PA has progressed in implementing several areas of the plan: infrastructure, staffing, and case backlog reduction. PM Fayyad highlighted this progress in recent press statements (ref A). End Summary. Infras [...]	2008-09-29 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID KWBG KPAL CA IS
08JERUSALEM1829	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02): BUSH-ABBAS MEETING - [...] Independent Ma'an online news agency publishes an article about the recent White House meeting between President Bush and Palestinian Authority President Abbas, written by political advisor to Abbas, Ahmad Abdul Rahman(10/02): "[I]t was just a protocol farewell meeting, nothing more, since M [...]	2008-10-02 09:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1830	CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02): [...] Independent Ma'an online news agency publishes an article about the recent White House meeting between President Bush and Palestinian Authority President Abbas, written by political advisor to Abbas, Ahmad Abdul Rahman(10/02): "[I]t was just a protocol farewell meeting, nothing more, since M [...]	2008-10-02 09:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1831	FATAH AND HAMAS RELEASE PRISONERS FOR EID AL-FITR [...] (C) Summary. On September 30, the Palestinian Authority (PA) released 38 West Bank HAMAS activists, reciprocating HAMAS's release September 29 of roughly 30 Fatah members in the Gaza Strip. PASF officials report that the released activists have no proven ties to the HAMAS military wing. End [...]	2008-10-02 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1832	PALESTINIAN TELECOM: PA WANTS WIMAX FREQUENCY [...] (C) Summary: In May, the PA formally requested GOI allocation of frequency spectrum that would allow the deployment of broadband WiMax internet capabilities in the West Bank. PA telecom contacts say that WiMax technology will enhance competition in the telecom sector and produce revenue for [...]	2008-10-03 09:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1833	CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/03): THE [...] Regular columnist Mohamad Yaghy opined in Al Ayyam under the title, "The peace process in the American elections" (10/03): "[T]he differences between the positions of the American presidential candidates regarding the [Palestinian-Israeli] peace process is somewhat unclear ....both of them hav [...]	2008-10-03 11:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1840	PA PAYS SEPTEMBER SALARIES EARLY; GAZA CASH [...] (C) Summary: With the help of Saudi and Kuwaiti budget support, the Palestinian Authority (PA) paid public sector salaries on time for August and September, while continuing to pay down wage arrears owed to its employees. The PA has now paid more than USD 300 million in back salaries in 2008 [...]	2008-10-03 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1841	ADDITIONAL ORDERS FOR DEMOLITION OF BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to UNRWA, COGAT officers delivered demolition orders for 38 structures at the Milehat-Ka'abneh bedouin encampment in area C on September 22. Bedouin resident in the area told Poloff they have been living seasonally in this location since 1985 and expressed concern [...]	2008-10-03 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1842	PALESTINIAN SHEPHERD KILLED NEAR SETTLEMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 27, the body of an 18-year-old Palestinian shepherd was found near Gittit settlement in the Jordan Valley. According to an Israeli Police statement, an autopsy determined the shepherd was killed while "playing with" a 40mm grenade round. Villagers told Poloff they [...]	2008-10-03 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1845	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/06): "WHAT IS LEFT OF PEACE [...] Al Ayyam publishes an opinion piece by columnist Samih Shbib under the title, "A dialogue waiting to be clarified" (10/06): "Hamas has its own agenda [that does not include] the PA and PLO... such an agenda bets on the success of Iranian expansion and consequently, the resurgence of regional I [...]	2008-10-06 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1846	PIONEER SETTLER BENNY KATSOVER INSPIRES VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Settler pioneer Benny Katsover told Poloff that, as head of the "Samaria Action Committee," he does not encourage violence directly, but admitted that young settlers under his direction do resort to violence. As Katsover spoke, settlers reacted to the evacuation of Shevut Ami B [...]	2008-10-07 09:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1847	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/07): PALESTINIANS NOT [...] Al Quds prints an editorial titled, "No positive signs preceding dialogue" (10/07): "If Hamas rejects the idea of a national consensus government and calls for a national government to be headed by them; and if Hamas insists that President Abbas' term ends on January 9, it is difficult to see [...]	2008-10-07 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1849	GAZA FOOD AND FUEL: MORE DIESEL THROUGH THE TUNNELS [...] (SBU) Summary. Gaza-based contacts report that shipments of humanitarian and commercial goods into Gaza from Israel were slightly higher in September compared to previous periods. Fuel imports remain restricted, encouraging smuggling of diesel from Egypt. Gaza sources and press reports note [...]	2008-10-07 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON EAID PTER KTFN KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM185	BIL'IN VILLAGE: BARRIER NOT YET REROUTED [...] (C) Summary. On January 24, Abdallah Abu Rahman, Coordinator of the Bil'in Land Defense and Popular Committee, told Poloffs that the GoI has taken no steps to reroute the separation barrier between Bil'in and the settlement of Modi'in Illit following a September 7 Israeli High Court ruling. [...]	2008-02-04 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1850	ATERET COHANIM TAKES OVER TWO NEW PROPERTIES IN [...] (C) Summary. Ateret Cohanim (AC) acquired a Palestinian apartment in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City and plans to open a synagogue this month near the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. The PA's Jerusalem Governor said the PA is looking into the possibility of legal irregularities in [...]	2008-10-07 14:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1852	PA PLANS FOR HEBRON DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General October 6 that the GOI has approved a deployment of PA security forces (PASF) to Hebron on/about October 17. National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff/PolFSN October 7 that the PA submitted a request to IDF Ce [...]	2008-10-07 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PGOV IS PINS
08JERUSALEM1861	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/08): "THE END OF [...] Al Ayyam independent daily prints an opinion piece written by Jawad Al Bashiti under the title, "The End to History" (10/08): "During feudal times, the church was the largest real estate owner, but during the... [end to] the history of neo-capitalism, the "Bush-Paulson" state has suddenly beco [...]	2008-10-08 10:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1871	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/10): INTERNAL PALESTINIAN [...] Regular columnist Mohammad Yaghi opines in Al Ayyam independent daily under the title, "A dialogue to buy time" (10/10): "Many Arab countries see the controversy surrounding the Palestinian Authority Presidency as a continuation of the demise of the PLO. They are trying to avert the collapse [...]	2008-10-10 11:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1880	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): AN ASSESSMENT OF [...] Al Quds editorial opines under the title, "Freezing negotiations is an Israeli strategy" (10/15): "Almost a year has elapsed since the Annapolis peace conference... an entire year that has totally failed to produce any real progress in the peace process. Reaching a peace agreement, as recomm [...]	2008-10-15 12:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1883	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/16): 20 YEARS AFTER THE COLD [...] Hani Hurani opines in Al Ayyam under the title "An increasingly chaotic world" (10/16): "In a nutshell, the image of the Arab world, 20 years after the end of the Cold War, suggests that it has been failed to face up to the challenges of economic and political reform and realize stable societ [...]	2008-10-16 10:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1885	FATAH CONFERENCE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. October 10-15 Preparatory Committee meetings in Amman for Fatah's planned Sixth Party Conference included extensive discussion on Conference timing, venue, representation, and other modalities. The meetings ended abruptly on October 15 due to the Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) [...]	2008-10-16 13:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV KDEM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1886	HAMAS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN GAZA; SMUGGLING AND [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based Fatah and independent contacts report that Hamas is well- entrenched and controls nearly every aspect of political and economic life in the Gaza Strip. They comment that Israeli-imposed closures have hurt Gazans generally but benefited Hamas, which is increasing its [...]	2008-10-16 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM ECON
08JERUSALEM1901	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/17): "STALEMATE" IN [...] Former Palestinian Authority Minister Hasan Asfour opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "National dialogue: Interim or final solution?" (10/17): "The current situation requires that there be a comprehensive document that provides answers... [to] the issues of electoral law and mechanisms... [ [...]	2008-10-17 12:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1903	PA'S HEBRON DEPLOYMENT DELAYED PENDING FURTHER [...] (C) A PA security forces (PASF) deployment to Hebron, expected to begin on/about October 17, has been postponed pending additional PA-IDF coordination, according to National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah). PA President's Office contacts told PolOff that t [...]	2008-10-17 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1904	THREE PALESTINIANS ARE KILLED IN 48 HOURS; PA [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF Kfir Brigade soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians in separate incidents near Ramallah from October 14-16. The IDF claimed all three were carrying Molotov cocktails ("firebombs") when killed, according to press accounts. PA leaders criticized the shootings as unjus [...]	2008-10-17 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1905	FIRST RESIDENTS MOVE INTO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs visited the settlement of Nof Zion (View of Zion) in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem, where the first 50 of 100 apartment owners have moved in, and an additional 400 units will be constructed in the next few years. Palestinians from Jabal Mukabbir told [...]	2008-10-17 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1906	ARAB-ISRAELIS GIVE NABLUS A TEMPORARY BOOST, BUT [...] (C) Summary: According to prominent Nablus businessmen, continuing Israeli access restrictions cripple the city's commercial sector, limit significant economic growth, and are "political restrictions not related to security." They note that the GOI's decision to allow Arab-Israelis (and their [...]	2008-10-17 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1907	WAQF CONCERNED, FRUSTRATED BY INCREASING ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian media reported hundreds of Israelis visited the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City in numerous visits during mid-October, accompanied by police. Waqf officials confirmed the visits, adding that the Israelis did not attempt to enter or damage buildi [...]	2008-10-17 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1908	UPTICK IN SETTLER VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. New reports of settler violence are consistent with the trend of increased settler militancy in recent months (reftels). These incidents have been centered in the Nablus area, but contacts report violence throughout most of the West Bank. End summary. Uptick in Settler Atta [...]	2008-10-17 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1911	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/20): THE GAZA CALM: "IN [...] Bilal Al Hasan opines in Al Quds under the title "Acre events: Omen for a third Palestinian intifada"(10/20): "If the impetus for the two Palestinian intifadas came from the Israeli-Arab conflict... then a [third] Palestinian intifada launched from within the state of Israel will be based on d [...]	2008-10-20 11:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1913	GAZA: LABOR STRIKE CONTINUES (WHILE EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Public sector employee representatives said that the labor strike in Gaza, which began in August, will continue until the Hamas government halts its actions against employees perceived to be opposed to Hamas rule. Sixty to eighty percent of teachers are reportedly still participa [...]	2008-10-20 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PTER EFIN PGOV KWBG
08JERUSALEM1915	BETHLEHEM: TOURISM SURGES, COMMERCE HINDERED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Bethlehem businesses continue to suffer under the requirement to export goods via Tarqumiya, a crossing point nearly 40 kilometers south of the city. Hotel occupancy is surging as a result of increased numbers of visitors, although tour guides, drivers, and businessmen continu [...]	2008-10-20 13:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1918	SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES DURING OLIVE HARVEST [...] (C) Summary. Settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and international activists working with them in a number of West Bank villages October 18-20, according to press and ConGen contacts. The IDF intervened in some cases to stop the attacks, detaining activists and declaring &close [...]	2008-10-20 15:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1919	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/22): THE ROAD MAP "HAS LOST [...] Al Quds editorial is titled "Palestinians embrace their olives despite settler aggression" (10/22): "No one, regardless of his barbarism and cruelty, can separate the Palestinian from his olive tree, which he considers to be one of his sons... the world and so-called international community s [...]	2008-10-22 12:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1933	NEW HAMAS CRACKDOWN IN GAZA; AT LEAST 30 FATAH [...] (C) Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa told PolOff by phone October 22 that Hamas security has arrested at least 30 Fatah activists in a new crackdown, apparently in response to an attempted attack on a Hamas military wing leader. Al-Qassam Brigades (the Hamas military wing) spokesmen told Pales [...]	2008-10-22 16:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM
08JERUSALEM1934	PLO WELCOMES EGYPTIAN PAPER ON FACTIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) released a statement October 22 welcoming Egyptian leadership in efforts to forge a "national consensus government and common political program." The statement implicitly conditions PLO acceptance of an Egyptian proposal on formation of a PA [...]	2008-10-22 16:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER EG
08JERUSALEM1938	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/23): PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] Abdullah Awwad opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "A calm JERUSALEM 00001938 002 OF 002 discourse in a noisy moment (10/23): "All that can be said about the rift between Hamas and Fatah or between the Islamic movement and the nationalist one... is that it is a conflict between the Wes [...]	2008-10-23 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1942	IDF, PA AGREE ON HEBRON SECURITY DEPLOYMENT; PA [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs October 23 that the IDF approved a PASF deployment of about 580 troops to the Hebron Governorate, starting late October 24, for 30 days. PA commanders said the IDF laid down conditions for the deployment's approval as well as [...]	2008-10-23 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1943	OPIC'S PLAN FOR AFFORDABLE MORTGAGES IN THE WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Following positive meetings with Palestinian and international partners on October 19-21, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) VP Robert Drumheller reports solid progress on the affordable mortgage finance initiative, announced by President Abbas and OPIC CEO Mosbacher [...]	2008-10-23 15:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1947	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/24): PALESTINIAN PESSIMISM [...] Azmi Khawaja, Palestinian National Legislative Council Member, opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "Cairo dialogues approach a decisive moment"(10/24): "We must succeed in these talks, because their failure would threaten the Palestinian cause... Successful talks would mean an end to the Gaza [...]	2008-10-24 10:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1949	STABBING ATTACK IN JERUSALEM; ARRESTS IN THE WEST [...] (C) Summary. Israeli police on October 23 arrested a Palestinian who had stabbed two Israelis that day in Jerusalem. Later that day, roughly 150 Palestinians clashed with IDF troops who raided the attacker's village. Seven Palestinians were arrested during the campaign, most of whom were r [...]	2008-10-24 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
08JERUSALEM1950	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/27): POLITICAL AND SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 08:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1952	PA STARTS SECURITY OPERATION SOUTH OF HEBRON; [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs October 26-27 that joint PASF patrols entered Yatta and al-Samu'a (Area A towns south of Hebron) early October 27, arresting 23 criminal fugitives and Hamas activists and detaining 30 other suspects. The PA National Security [...]	2008-10-27 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINS PGOV PTER LE
08JERUSALEM1956	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/28): PALESTINIAN CONDEMNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 07:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM196	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/05): SUICIDE BOMBINGS - "A [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 11:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1966	IDF EVACUATES AN OUTPOST NEAR HEBRON; SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. NGO contacts confirm media reports that the IDF evacuated an illegal outpost near Hebron on October 26, and settlers reacted by slashing the tires of 22 Palestinian-owned cars and attacking a nearby Muslim cemetery. Speaking to the press October 26, Hebron area settlers called t [...]	2008-10-28 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1967	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/29): ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE - [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 07:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1974	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/30): IN-FIGHTING VS. FIGHTING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1978	ABBAS TO ATTEND RECONCILIATION MEETING IN CAIRO; [...] (C) Summary. Senior Fatah and President's Office contacts told ConGenOffs that President Abbas will participate in the opening session of the November 9-10 reconciliation meeting in Cairo, joined by Arab Foreign Ministers and the Arab League Secretary-General. Hamas Politburo chief Khalid M [...]	2008-10-30 15:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER IS EG JO SY YM SA QA
08JERUSALEM1979	PA COMPLAINS ABOUT SHOOTING DEATH OF ELDERLY [...] (SBU) The IDF shot and killed 67-year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abahra early October 29 in al-Yamun (Area A, near Jenin),according to PA security contacts and press reports. Local press quoted an IDF spokesman as saying that Abahra was armed and fired at IDF troops, who returned fire, killing [...]	2008-10-30 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM IS PREL
08JERUSALEM1980	IDF DEMOLISHES HOMES IN TWO WEST BANK BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 29 and 30, IDF soldiers demolished 25 structures in two Bedouin communities: one south of Hebron in Umm al-Khair, and one east of Ramallah in Mughayir al Dir. The demolitions leave 142 people, including 71 children, homeless. These are the first demolitions of inh [...]	2008-10-30 15:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1982	JERICHO RESIDENTS REPORT INCREASE IN TOURSIM BUT [...] (C) Summary: Tourism is on the rise in the Jordan Valley city of Jericho, according to city officials and local business representatives. However, they also claim that Israeli checkpoints and poor infrastructure (including an over-taxed sewage system that poses environmental and health hazar [...]	2008-10-31 08:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG EAID ETRD PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1983	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/31): BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS: [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 11:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1985	SHUTDOWN OF JORDAN VALLEY CROSSING THREATENS WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has closed the principal commercial crossing in the northern Jordan Valley to Palestinian agriculture exports, according to Palestinian farmers and USG contractors. Palestinian farmers report that the closure of Bardala/Bisan crossing will limit their access to intern [...]	2008-11-03 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EAGR ETRD KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1986	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/03): UN Obligations; US [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 12:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1987	YESHA COUNCIL EXPANDING [...] (C) Summary. The Yesha Council is expanding to include one representative from each settlement plus other settler leaders, according to Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan. The new council will have approximately 200 delegates who will convene in early spring. Dayan said the change is intended [...]	2008-11-03 12:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1990	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS SEEK IMAGE MAKEOVER [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs met on October 29 with David Haivri, head of a newly established International Liaison Office in Barkan settlement (southwest of Nablus),tasked with strengthening northern West Bank settlers' external relations in Israel and abroad. Haivri admitted but downplayed the re [...]	2008-11-03 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1991	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/04): "TIME FOR AMERICA TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 10:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1992	NEW EAST JERUSALEM EVICTION, HOME DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) confirmed press reports that the Jerusalem Municipality intends to evict two Palestinian families from their homes in Bayt Hanina and possibly demolish th [...]	2008-11-04 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1998	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/05): PALESTINIANS ARE LEADERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 11:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2000	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/06): SPECULATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 12:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2004	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/07): NO PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 06:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2008	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/10): PALESTINIAN FAMILY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 09:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2011	AL-KURD FAMILY EVICTED IN EAST JERUSALEM; [...] (C) Summary. Israeli police evicted the al-Kurd family from their home in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood on November 9. Local residents fear this will be the first of many such evictions in the neighborhood. Palestinian homeowners in Shaykh Jarrah said at least 27 other familie [...]	2008-11-10 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2012	PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION MEETING COLLAPSES AMID [...] (C) Summary. PLO and Palestinian faction leaders told ConGenOffs that the GOE "postponed" reconciliation talks, scheduled for November 10 in Cairo, after Hamas indicated it would not participate. PLO Secretary-General Yasir Abd Rabbo told press November 9 that Hamas has been creating obstacl [...]	2008-11-10 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2013	SECULAR AND ULTRA-ORTHODOX CANDIDATES FACE OFF IN [...] (C) Summary. Nationalist candidate Nir Barkat hopes to win the November 11 municipal election based on his platform of balancing religious and secular needs in the city. Ultra-Orthodox candidate Meir Porush, who would continue policies enacted under current Mayor Lupolianski, hopes to win ba [...]	2008-11-10 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2019	GAZA: POWER SUPPLY THREATENED AS CROSSINGS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza crossings with Israel have been closed since November 4, following a resumption of violence between the IDF and Hamas, resulting in a sharp drop in fuel supplies. The Gaza power plant will likely shut down at 1830 hours on November 10 due to a lack of fuel, according to [...]	2008-11-10 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID ENRG KWBG KPAL PHUM
08JERUSALEM2021	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/12): PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2024	CEASEFIRE THREATENED AS MILITANTS, IDF TRADE BLOWS [...] (C) Summary. IDF incursions and airstrikes into the Gaza Strip have killed eleven Palestinians (all acknowledged Hamas and PIJ militants) since November 4, and injured 15 civilians, according to Gazan political and security contacts. Media accounts tally 68 rocket and mortar strikes in Isra [...]	2008-11-12 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM
08JERUSALEM2029	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/13): UNITY - "BEFORE IT IS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 11:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2035	NIR BARKAT WINS JERUSALEM MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. "Secular/nationalist" candidate Nir Barkat won the election for Jerusalem's mayor and takes office in early December. He promised in his victory speech to address the needs of secular, religious, and Arab residents of the city. Nearly all Palestinians and some ultra-Orthodox J [...]	2008-11-13 15:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2036	IDF DEMOLISHES TWO WEST BANK HOUSES FOR LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian contacts confirmed that the IDF demolished two Palestinian houses in Shuqba village, west of Ramallah, November 12, on the grounds that they lacked building permits. These are the first demolitions of permanent residential structures in the West Bank since the GoI [...]	2008-11-13 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2042	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/14): ARAB RELUCTANCE TO PLAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 11:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2043	HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE HALTS CONSTRUCTION IN WEST [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction on November 12 against continued construction on 35 housing units in Jabal Artis (aka Pisgat Yacov) outpost, north of Beit El settlement. According to the lawyer representing the two Palestinian owners of the land o [...]	2008-11-14 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PBTS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2045	ROCKETS STRIKE ISRAEL AS ISRAEL MAINTAINS GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Gaza militants fired at least 13 rockets into Israel on November 14, lightly injuring an Israeli in Sderot and damaging four buildings. An IAF airstrike injured two PIJ militants near Bayt Lahiya. The GOI has closed all of Gaza's crossings (most have been closed since November [...]	2008-11-14 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM PTER PREF PREL
08JERUSALEM2048	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/17): URGENT CALLS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 11:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2050	GAZA: VIOLENCE CONTINUES; SOME GOODS - BUT NO FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza's Kerem Shalom crossing was open on November 17 for limited food and humanitarian shipments for the first time since November 4, while Nahal Oz fuel transfer station remains closed. At least 14 rockets have been fired from Gaza November 16-17. The Gaza power plant has be [...]	2008-11-17 16:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG IS PHUM PTER EAID
08JERUSALEM2052	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): AMERICA'S HONEYMOON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2058	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/19): PALESTINIANS SEE NEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 10:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2066	PA REQUEST TO TRANSFER PALESTINIAN FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) The Consulate General received a diplomatic note November 18 from the PA Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating PA willingness to accept the transfer by the United States of Walid Ibrahim Justafa Abu Hijazi from Guantanamo Bay to PA custody at any time. According to the note, the U.S. [...]	2008-11-19 13:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM2081	GAZA: CROSSINGS CLOSED, ROCKET FIRE CONTINUES; GOI [...] Summary: (C) All Gaza crossing were closed on November 18-19, except for Erez pedestrian crossing, which was open to certain medical cases and international NGO employees. Five Qassam rockets and four mortars were fired toward Israel November 18-19. Israeli naval forces detained 15 fisherman [...]	2008-11-19 15:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWBG IS PHUM PTER PREL ECON CASC
08JERUSALEM2082	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/20): IRAQI SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 09:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2084	FAYYAD RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on November 19 that he is concerned about the apparent decision of Israeli commercial banks to terminate correspondent banking services for Palestinian banks (reftel). Fayyad predicted the cut-off will have th [...]	2008-11-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN KWBG PREL IS
08JERUSALEM2085	JORDAN VALLEY CROSSING RE-OPENED TO PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bardala/Bisan crossing in the Jordan Valley was reopened to Palestinian agricultural shipments on November 13. As a result, Palestinian farmers plan to export 85 percent of their Jordan Valley agricultural exports through that crossing. Israeli settlers have access to the [...]	2008-11-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR ETRD KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2086	PALESTINIANS CONCERNED ABOUT ISRAELI DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian businessmen and officials are concerned about unilateral Israeli development of tourist infrastructure in the West Bank. The PLO's Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) considers these actions a form of illegal settlement activity and notes that some of the sites are in [...]	2008-11-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD KWBG PREL IS
08JERUSALEM2087	YESHA COUNCIL AGREES TO MOVE MIGRON OUTPOST INTO [...] (C) Summary: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told Poloffs November 19 that the GOI will shortly inform the High Court of Justice (HCJ) of its decision to move the Migron outpost five kilometers south into permanent housing to be built inside Adam settlement, east of the security barrier. Wh [...]	2008-11-20 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2089	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/21): ISRAEL AND GAZA: "THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2090	PALESTINIAN ACCESS TO EAST JERUSALEM HOSPITALS [...] (SBU) Summary: A new GOI access restriction for Palestinian hospital staff has severely disrupted the operations of the six Palestinian East Jerusalem hospitals, according to Hospital Network Coordinator Tawfiq Nasser. He said that patients and staff are now restricted to two specific check [...]	2008-11-21 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PHUM KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2091	SETTLERS BRACE FOR BATTLE OVER DISPUTED HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on November 16 ordered the settlers occupying the Rajabi compound (referred to by settlers as "Beit Hashalom") in Hebron to evacuate voluntarily within three days while a district court determines ownership. Press report that the IDF plan [...]	2008-11-21 12:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2094	PA ASKS FOR HELP TO COUNTER SETTLER BUSINESSES [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian officials are highlighting economic activity in Israeli settlements and encouraging third countries to discourage trade and other economic links to settlement enterprises. The UK is focused on the issue, which dominated Foreign Secretary Milliband's recent visit to [...]	2008-11-21 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD IS KWBG PREL UK
08JERUSALEM2098	GAZA UPDATE - NOV 21 [...] (C) Summary. Gaza commercial crossings remained closed November 20-21. Erez pedestrian crossing was open to certain medical cases and international NGO employees. The power plant has been shut down since November 13 due to a lack of industrial fuel. Most Gaza households have 8-16 hours/day [...]	2008-11-21 18:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER IS
08JERUSALEM2103	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/24): RESISTING "SOFT" U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 12:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2111	FATAH SIXTH CONGRESS: PREPARATORY COMMITTEE STILL [...] (C) Summary. In November 15-17 Fatah Sixth Congress Preparatory Committee sessions in Amman, senior Fatah leaders say they discussed venue, timing, and representation, but adjourned without agreement. Committee members told PolFSN that prospects for holding the Sixth Congress before the end [...]	2008-11-24 13:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV KDEM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM2112	ABBAS CALLS FOR ELECTIONS "IF DIALOGUE FAILS"; [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) announced November 23 that he will call for presidential and legislative elections in early 2009 if national dialogue with Hamas fails. Abbas blamed Hamas for the breakdown of national dialogue talks in Cairo and defended peace negotiations wi [...]	2008-11-24 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2113	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 15:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM2114	CONSTRUCTION RESUMES AT MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli High Court of Justice decided on October 29 to allow the Simon Wiesenthal Center to resume construction of the Museum of Tolerance on the site of the Mamilla Muslim cemetery. The ruling, plus the rapid appearance of construction equipment at the site, has already sp [...]	2008-11-24 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2115	PAPAL NUNCIO: GOI DENIED PRIESTS ACCESS TO GAZA TO [...] (C) Latin Patriarchate Chancellor Fr. Humam Khzuz and Papal Nuncio contacts in Jerusalem told PolOff November 24 that GOI officials denied the Nuncio (Archbishop Antonio Franco),Khzuz, and Patriarchate secretary Fr. Shawki Batrian access to Gaza early November 23, causing the cancellation of [...]	2008-11-24 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM KIRF PREL VT
08JERUSALEM2117	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/25): "A NATIONAL UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2121	GOI PREPARES TO RELOCATE MIGRON OUTPOST [...] (C) Summary. The GOI has informed the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) of its agreement with the Yesha Council to relocate the residents of Migron outpost. The GOI told the court that the residents would be relocated to the eastern side of Adam settlement, but the Adam settlement, like the [...]	2008-11-25 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2122	GAZA CROSSINGS OPEN FOR A DAY, BUT POWER PLANT NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 24, the GOI allowed limited humanitarian and commercial shipments, and power plant fuel into Gaza. The crossings were closed again on November 25 due to rocket fire. Erez crossing was open to limited traffic November 24-25. The Gaza power plant is not yet operati [...]	2008-11-25 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER PREF

08JERUSALEM2128	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/26): "GLOATING OVER AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM213	GAZA: SOME SHIPMENTS OF FOOD AND FUEL; [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-five truckloads of commercial and humanitarian shipments entered Gaza through Sufa crossing on February 6, while Kerem Shalom remained closed. Fuel transfers were made via Nahal Oz transfer station, supplying the Gaza Power Plant with sufficient fuel to continue to prod [...]	2008-02-06 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM2133	MORE HOMES DEMOLISHED IN THE WEST BANK AND EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 18-25, Israeli security forces demolished a total of four homes in East Jerusalem, and one in the West Bank. The home in the West Bank was located in Area C. End summary. Demolition in East Jerusalem ---------------------------------- 2. (C) On November [...]	2008-11-26 10:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM2152	HAMAS INTENSIFIES CRACKDOWN ON FATAH IN GAZA; [...] (C) Summary. Fatah and PLO officials in Gaza told PolOff by phone November 26 that Hamas has intensified its campaign against Fatah activists, PLO officials, and non-Hamas NGOs, accusing them of "subversive activities." Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa commented to PolOff that Hamas maintains [...]	2008-11-26 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM
08JERUSALEM2153	FAYYAD MEETS PA SECURITY CHIEFS IN HEBRON; PASF [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs that they met with PM Salam Fayyad in Hebron on November 26 to review progress and discuss challenges. The National Security Forces (NSF) commander said PASF have arrested 110 security and criminal suspects in/around Hebron s [...]	2008-11-26 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG IS PINS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM2154	PA PREPARES BETHLEHEM SECURITY PLAN TO SUPPORT [...] (C) PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff/PolFSN November 26 that PA security forces will begin a Christmas-period deployment in early December that will continue through early 2009. He said the operation will rotate 800-1000 NSF, police [...]	2008-11-26 15:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2164	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/28): POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2169	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/01): PALESTINIANS SEE NO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 11:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2171	WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary. Poloffs visited the West Bank settlements at Maale Adumim and Alfei Menashe on November 24 and noted ongoing, large-scale construction projects, which the mayors said were approved in 1999 and 2000. The mayors of both settlements urged the USG to condone construction in the area [...]	2008-12-01 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PGOV PREL
08JERUSALEM2172	GAZA CROSSINGS REMAIN CLOSED, HUMANITARIAN [...] Summary: (SBU) The Gaza crossings were closed November 28-December 1. The power plant shut down, for the third time since November 12, on November 30 due to a lack of industrial fuel. Gaza markets still have food, but prices are high and selection is limited, according to UN contacts. Hosp [...]	2008-12-01 15:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
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
08JERUSALEM2179	GAZA: BANK BRANCHES TO CLOSE DUE TO LACK OF CASH [...] (C) Summary. According to PMA Governor Jihad al-Wazir, all bank branches in Gaza will close no later than Thursday, December 4, because they do not have enough cash on hand to pay November salaries to PA employees. According to al-Wazir, PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will issue a public sta [...]	2008-12-02 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS PTER PGOV
08JERUSALEM2181	SETTLER VIOLENCE IN HEBRON CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Hebron settlers have repeatedly engaged in violence to prevent the court-ordered evacuation of the Rajabi compound. According to NGO B'tselem, on November 29, settlers injured seven Palestinians by throwing rocks from the Rajabi compound, badly damaged 28 Palestinian vehicles, s [...]	2008-12-02 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2183	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/03): "EUROPE TO ACTIVATE ITS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 10:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2186	GAZA FARMERS HOLD OUT HOPE FOR EXPORTS TO EUROPE [...] (C) Despite the fact that there have been no exports from Gaza since January, Gaza farmers are preparing produce for export to Europe via Israel as early as December 10. USAID contractors said that farmers could earn up to USD eight million this year, if the GOI allows shipment out of Gaza. [...]	2008-12-03 15:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PREL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2187	ESCALATING SETTLER VIOLENCE IN HEBRON AS IDF [...] (C) Summary. The IDF declared the area surrounding the Rajabi compound a "closed military zone" on December 2, and deployed four Border Police companies to Hebron. Violence instigated by settlers injured at least 20 Palestinians as well as some Israeli security personnel, acording to interna [...]	2008-12-03 16:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2188	PA SECURITY OFFICIALS BELIEVE AL-AQSA MARTYRS [...] (S) Summary. Palestinian political and security contacts believe the IDF operation that led to the death of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (AAMB) member Mohammad Kamal Abu Thra'a on December 1 was conceived as an assassination operation from the outset, not as an arrest operation. End summary. [...]	2008-12-03 17:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2189	JENIN: LOCAL JUDGES, PROSECUTORS DESCRIBE [...] (C) Summary. Judges and prosecutors in Jenin told Poloff and SEMERS staff that inadequate resources and interagency cooperation are the major obstacles to improving local administration of justice. They said the security campaign in Jenin has significantly improved public perception of the [...]	2008-12-03 17:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KJUS KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2194	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/04): PALESTINIANS: ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 10:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2196	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/05): HAMAS "WALKING INTO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 10:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2197	IDF EVACUATES RAJABI COMPOUND IN HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. On December 4, some 600 Israeli security forces forcibly evicted 250 Hebron settlers from the Rajabi compound following a last-minute, unsuccessful attempt by Defense Minister Ehud Barak to convince settler leaders to evacuate voluntarily. Evacuation of the compound lasted thirt [...]	2008-12-05 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2198	SETTLERS RETALIATE AGAINST PALESTINIANS FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence broke out in Hebron and spread across the West Bank immediately after the IDF's evacuation of the Rajabi compound on December 4, injuring around 25 Palestinians, including one shooting victim in critical condition. Contacts reported seeing burning Palestinian f [...]	2008-12-05 14:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2200	GOI PREPARES NEW CHECKPOINT IN NORTHERN WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has installed, but not yet manned, a new checkpoint northwest of Nablus, a few kilometers south of the Shavei Shomron checkpoint on Route 60. The new checkpoint, if operational, would add a restriction on the primary north-south highway within the West Bank that was [...]	2008-12-05 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM2201	GAZA: LIMITED SHIPMENTS ARRIVE, POWER PLANT DOWN, [...] (SBU) Summary: A limited amount of food, humanitarian supplies, and fuel entered Gaza on December 3. Shipments included much-needed chlorine for the water system. The Gaza power plant received one day of fuel supplies, but did not restart, pending receipt of additional fuel. Hospitals con [...]	2008-12-05 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM2202	FAYYAD TO CODEL WEXLER: CONDITIONS IMPROVED IN THE [...] (C) Summary: PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad thanked Representative Wexler for Congress' continued support for Palestinian assistance programs. He said that the economic situation in the West Bank is better than one year ago due to improved security and unprecedented levels of donor support. [...]	2008-12-05 16:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON IS OREP
08JERUSALEM2210	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/09): THE OTHER ENEMY: [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 11:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2215	CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION FACING BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) faces serious financial difficulties, according to Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail, and will be unable to pay December salaries without an additional infusion of funding. The PA Ministry of Finance (MoF) told post it will transfer NIS [...]	2008-12-09 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
08JERUSALEM2216	GAZA: SOME SUPPLIES ENTER; COOKING GAS IN GAZA NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 60 truckloads of food and humanitarian shipments entered Gaza on December 9, according to UN contacts. The Nahal Oz fuel station transferred two days of power plant fuel and 200 tons of cooking gas on December 9. The cooking gas has not yet been distributed to th [...]	2008-12-09 15:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM2217	SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence targeting Palestinians continued December 5-8, especially near Hebron. Settlers set one Palestinian house on fire and stoned Palestinian cars. Two settlers who shot at Palestinians at point-blank range, an incident captured on video by NGO B'tselem, turned the [...]	2008-12-09 16:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2226	GOI ALLOWS PALESTINIAN BANKS TO TRANSFER NIS 100M [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) reported that it received permission from the GOI to transfer NIS 100m (USD 25m) in currency from West Bank to Gaza bank branches. The currency is being trucked to Gaza on December 11. PMA and bank officials say that banks w [...]	2008-12-11 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS PTER PGOV
08JERUSALEM2230	OPIC PROMOTES POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) officials discussed the Palestinian Political Risk Insurance (PPRI) project during a visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah in early December. PPRI, announced during the May 2008 Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem (reftel),woul [...]	2008-12-12 07:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2233	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/12): "GAZA SIEGE - PRELUDE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 08:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2237	CONSUL GENERAL AND SETTLER LEADERS AGREE (AGAIN) [...] (C) Summary: Settler leaders Dani Dayan (Yesha Council Chairman),Shaul Goldstein (Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman),and Elyakim Haetzni (co-founder of Kiryat Arba settlement) met with the Consul General in Jerusalem on December 11, again agreeing from the outset to disagree. The sett [...]	2008-12-12 15:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2238	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): EXPECTATIONS AND FEARS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2241	13 ARRESTED IN JENIN-AREA INCURSIONS; INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) The IDF arrested at least 13 Palestinians in Jenin Governorate towns December 12-13, according to PA National Security Forces (NSF) and District Coordinating Office (DCO) contacts. The IDF arrested 10 youths in Zabuba (Area B, northwest of Jenin),and three others in multiple incursions [...]	2008-12-15 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2244	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/16): "EXTENDING ANNAPOLIS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 10:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2248	PA COMPLAINS IDF KILLING OF PIJ ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary. According to PA National Security Forces (NSF) staff, an undercover IDF squad shot and killed a PIJ militant December 16 without giving the PA notice of the operation. According to Jenin Governor Qaddura Musa and NSF staff, the militant had been in voluntary PA custody for seve [...]	2008-12-16 16:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2250	GAZA CONTACTS ASSESS HAMAS WANTS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. Gaza political contacts claim that Hamas disfavors military confrontation with Israel and, despite recent statements by Khalid Misha'l and other leaders, wants to continue the ceasefire (tahdiya) if agreement is reached to keep Gaza's crossings open. Contacts who regularly meet [...]	2008-12-16 17:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM ECON
08JERUSALEM2252	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/17): RUMORS OF A "MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 11:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2254	PA ELECTIONS IN GAZA NOT FEASIBLE, SAY PLO, [...] (C) Summary. According to Gaza political contacts, the PA cannot hold elections in the Gaza Strip due to strong Hamas opposition. Barring (improbable) reconciliation between the PLO and Hamas, concurrent West Bank/Gaza elections are not feasible, they suggested. Independent and PLO leaders [...]	2008-12-17 15:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PREL KDEM
08JERUSALEM2258	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/18): "ACTION - NOT JUST LIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 10:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2261	GAZA: QASSAMS POUND NEGEV; ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and other militants in Gaza fired 27 Qassam rockets and four mortars into Israel December 17-18. One Qassam struck Sderot and injured three Israelis, according to local press. According to Gaza contacts, Israeli airstrikes hit near Jabaliya Re [...]	2008-12-18 15:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PTER PHUM ECON PREF
08JERUSALEM2262	BETHLEHEM OFFICIALS COMPLAIN ABOUT IDF INCURSIONS [...] (C) Bethlehem's Governor and Mayor complained to ConGenOffs that the IDF used Bethlehem's main streets three times over 24 hours en route to raids in towns in Bethlehem Governorate. Governor Salah Tamari said the IDF entered Bayt Sahur and detained Sa'id Awad Shibat early December 18, and en [...]	2008-12-18 15:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2263	HIGH COURT AGAIN REJECTS IDF PLAN FOR REROUTE OF [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on December 15 again rejected an IDF plan to reroute the separation barrier near the Palestinian village of Bilin. The village's attorney called the decision precedent-setting, noting that it is the first such HCJ decision prohibiting the [...]	2008-12-18 15:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2264	ISRAELI PLANS FOR SILWAN AND THE HOLY BASIN [...] (C) Summary: The Jerusalem Municipality has approved, but not yet made public, a town plan to facilitate Israeli development in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, acording to Jerusalem lawyer Danny Seidemann. Seidemann also said that the GOI is quietly planning a large a [...]	2008-12-18 16:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2265	PA OFFICIALS CONCERNED EVICTION ORDERS FOR BEDOUIN [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Jahalin bedouin tribe living in area C, along the main road connecting Jerusalem and Jericho, received demolition orders from the IDF on December 8, and verbal instructions to demolish their homes no later than December 15. Palestinian residents and senior PLO and [...]	2008-12-18 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2266	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/19): THE TRUCE ENDS, WHAT [...] Al Quds, in its main editorial entitled: "Iran ... a reconsideration of several stands is required" remarks that "It is time for the Arabs and Palestinians, with all their factions and movements, to realize that Iran has its own interests, including a special interest in avoiding an attack on i [...]	2008-12-19 07:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2274	NEW "HAMAS BANK" TO OPEN IN GAZA DECEMBER 28 [...] (C) Summary: Hamas has announced the "licensing" of a new bank, the Islamic National Bank (INB),in the Gaza Strip. Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir considers the bank an illegal entity, and said the PMA will launch a public campaign against it. He said Hamas is cap [...]	2008-12-19 13:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KWBG PTER PGOV PINR IS QA
08JERUSALEM2275	SOME POSITIVE CHANGES TO NABLUS ACCESS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the GOI's announcement of eased access and movement restrictions for the Eid al-Adha holiday (reftel),Nablus businessmen say the most important change has been that permits are no longer required for private vehicles and pedestrians to enter Nablus via Beit Iba and Huwa [...]	2008-12-19 16:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM2278	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): OBSTACLES TO PEACE [...] The main editorial in Al Quds, "Prisoners once again," opines: "It is time for the Palestinian side to reject the Israeli position that deals with prisoners of freedom as criminal prisoners...it is time for European mediators, who always demand the release of [abducted Israeli soldier Gilad] Sh [...]	2008-12-22 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2279	SETTLERS "UNIVERSITY CENTER" PLANS TO DOUBLE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ariel "University Center," an unaccredited Israeli university in the West Bank, plans to increase from 8,400 to 20,000 students by 2020, and build several more permanent buildings to accommodate and educate them, including a new 12,000 square meter library already under c [...]	2008-12-22 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM2284	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/23): BRIEF TRUCE IN GAZA [...] Mohamad Al Mubarak opines in Al Quds under the title "Will Rumsfeld escape or disappear?": "It is regrettable that the courts have so far not considered the war crimes committed by Rumsfeld, which led to the killing and displacement of millions of innocents and violated international laws and n [...]	2008-12-23 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2285	PA REPORTS MORE JENIN-AREA INCURSIONS [...] (SBU) The IDF conducted 11 separate raids and patrols in Area A in Jenin Governorate from December 18-22, searching five houses and detaining two Palestinians, according to PA National Security Forces (NSF) and District Coordinating Office (DCO) contacts. The IDF operated in central Jenin tw [...]	2008-12-23 15:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2289	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/24): REPORTS ON ABBAS' [...] Al Quds editorial "The complicated crisis in Gaza" opines: "The worst scenario that could happen [in Gaza], is the use of military force, especially the Israeli one, in an attempt to topple the Hamas movement, because such an attempt is a definite prescription for bloodshed, extreme loss of li [...]	2008-12-24 11:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2293	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): "Massacre" in Gaza [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2294	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): "Massacre" in Gaza [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 10:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2295	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 29, 1400 LOCAL: AIRSTRIKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket fire continue as of 1400 local on December 29. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staff report at least 280 Palestinian deaths and 700 injuries since the airstrikes began on December 27. One Israeli was killed in a rocket strik [...]	2008-12-29 12:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2296	FAYYAD TELLS SENATOR SPECTER THAT GAZA AIR STRIKES [...] (C) Summary. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) on December 28 that Israeli Air Force strikes on Gaza are "highly destabilizing" for the West Bank and neighboring Arab countries, especially Jordan and Egypt. He said Hamas misread Israeli intentions and added that [...]	2008-12-29 12:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2299	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 29, 1800 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Airstrikes and rocket fire continue in the Gaza Strip as of 1800 local on December 29. Gaza medical, UN and NGO sources report at least 308 Palestinian deaths since December 27, and at least 900 Palestinians in Gaza have been treated in hospitals for injuries due to IAF fire. [...]	2008-12-29 16:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2300	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- DECEMBER 29 [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 55 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing on December 29, according to UN contacts. 21 truckloads entered on December 28. Food levels remain critically low, and no fuel has entered Gaza since December 26. End Summary. [...]	2008-12-29 16:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM2301	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/30): Calls for national unity [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 09:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2309	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 1300 LOCAL: 2 ISRAELIS, [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1800 local o December 29 to 1300 on December 30, rockets kiled two Israelis and injured at least nine others and Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 more alestinians. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staffreport at least 358 Palestinian deaths and 1070 njuries requiring [...]	2008-12-30 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2313	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Consul General delivered reftel demarche points to Head of PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Sa'eb Erekat in Jericho on December 30. 2. (C) Erekat said PA Minister of Foreign Affairs Riad al-Malki will represent the Palestinians at the December 31 Arab League meeting on the Gaza sit [...]	2008-12-30 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL
08JERUSALEM2314	SENIOR IDF, PASF COMMANDERS MEET TO DISCUSS WEST BANK SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S) PA security chiefs met with top IDF and COGAT officers late December 29 at Bet El (outside Ramallah) to discuss the West Bank security situation in light of Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip. PA security chiefs told ConGenOffs that the PA urged the IDF to avoid Palestinian demonstrations and [...]	2008-12-30 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2315	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- DECEMBER 30 [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 100 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom crossing and five truckloads entered through Rafah on December 30, according to PA Crossing Authority contacts. The Gaza power plant was forced to shut down its only functioning turbine around 0 [...]	2008-12-30 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM2316	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 1800 LOCAL: FEWER [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1300 to 1800 local on December 30, 17 Palestinians were injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, and at least 10 more rockets hit Israel. At least 360 Palestinians have been killed and 1100 injured in airstrikes through 1800 on December 30. Clashes broke out in [...]	2008-12-30 16:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2318	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/31): "Gaza is dying...what are [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 08:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2320	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 31, 1300 LOCAL: DECREASED [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1800 December 30 through 1300 on December 31, two Palestinians were killed and at least 12 were injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, and at least 40 more rockets hit Israel (including several long-range rockets). At least 364 Palestinians have been killed and [...]	2008-12-31 12:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2321	EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN HOUSING COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On December 31, the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) reopened after a six-month closure. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security closed the PHC on July 2, 2008, claiming that it was a Palestinian Authority (PA) agency operating illegally in Jerusalem. The Coun [...]	2008-12-31 13:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PREL PBTS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2322	HAMAS ALLEGEDLY EXECUTES SEVEN FATAH PRISONERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah contacts told PolFSN on December 30 that, in the wake of IAF bombings on December 28, Hamas executed seven Fatah members who had been held prisoner at al-Saraya prison in Gaza City. Three additional Fatah members are reportedly missing. Local human rights organizations [...]	2008-12-31 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2323	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- DECEMBER 31 [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 90 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom crossing on December 31. The Gaza power plant is shut down, and Nahal Oz remained closed for fuel imports. Karni crossing also remains closed. Donor organizations continue to stress the need t [...]	2008-12-31 15:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM243	PA SECURITY SAYS HAMAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIMONA [...] (S) PA police chief Kamal al-Shaykh and Hazem Attallah (PM Salam Fayyad's military secretary) told PolOff on February 6-7 that Hamas was responsible for the February 4 suicide bombing in Dimona and that the blast is part of a Hamas strategy to sow instability and undermine peace efforts. Att [...]	2008-02-08 12:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PTER IS PINS
08JERUSALEM244	MILITANTS BREAK OUT OF PA PRISON IN NABLUS, ONE [...] (C) General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) contacts report that one prisoner (Muhammad Abu Ramih, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades) remains at large after five al-Aqsa and PIJ fugitives broke out of Junayd Prison in Nablus on February 7. 15 fugitives in the PA prison have been on a hunger strike for two [...]	2008-02-08 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PREL
08JERUSALEM248	ARIEL MAYOR: LET ME BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel settlement mayor Ron Nachman told PolOff on February 6 that Ariel would welcome settlers from outlying settlements and outposts into his "existing population center" if he were allowed to build homes for them. Nachman said he has approved town plans to increase Ariel's pop [...]	2008-02-08 16:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM275	PA COMPLAINS ABOUT ISRAELI RAIDS ON WEST BANK [...] (SBU) In the early hours of February 12, Israeli security forces raided the offices and homes of fourteen money changers in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, and Hebron, and seized NIS 3 million in cash (equal to USD 830,000),along with computer equipment, documents, [...]	2008-02-13 16:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
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
08JERUSALEM300	RESIDENTS OF ISSAWIYA AND 'ANATA CRITICIZE LAND [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Issawiya and 'Anata Committees for the Defense of Land and Property and 'Anata's mayor told PolOff on February 14 that the Israeli Civil Administration expropriated 1500 dunums (roughly 375 acres) for roads through the E-1 area connecting Ma'ale Adumim to Almon an [...]	2008-02-15 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM302	NSU BELIEVES EASTERN RING ROAD WILL ISOLATE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) legal advisor Fuad Hallak told PolOff that the 60-day public review period for the southern portion of the Jerusalem Eastern Ring Road began on January 1 and that Palestinians plan to oppose the expropriation of their land for use in the road. NSU [...]	2008-02-15 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM303	MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION IN EAST JERUSALEM: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Construction in East Jerusalem on public land is approved through a five-step process which, depending on the plan's size, complexity, and political sensitivities can take several years to complete. Building plans require approval by both a local and regional committee, a 60-da [...]	2008-02-15 15:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS IS PHUM KWBG
08JERUSALEM304	STATUS OF EAST JERUSALEM BUILDING ANNOUNCEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of numerous press announcements of Israeli construction in East Jerusalem, this telegram details these announcements since the Annapolis meetings and plots each proposal's location on the approval timeline (as "Construction Imminent," "In Approval Process," or "Not Submi [...]	2008-02-15 15:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM316	CLOSURE OF EAST JERUSALEM INSTITUTIONS RENEWED [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli MoI in early February renewed closure orders against eight Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem. PA Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abd al-Qader has told the press that the Orient House reopened, but privately admitted that his comments were designed to bri [...]	2008-02-20 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM317	NABLUS GOVERNOR AND PA SECURITY CHIEFS ASSESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 11 meeting with USSC LTG Dayton in Nablus, Governor Jamal Muhaysin, National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and the local security chiefs assessed the recent Nablus campaign. They said clear and consistent PA political backin [...]	2008-02-20 16:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PINS PGOV
08JERUSALEM331	BETHLEHEM RUNS OUT OF GAS AS STATION OWNERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Most Bethlehem gas stations were closed February 21 after running out of fuel, the result of a protest against an Israeli decision to reroute Bethlehem's fuel supplies through the Tarqumiya commercial terminal 40 kilometers to the south. On February 17, the IDF halted fuel sh [...]	2008-02-22 14:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL IS KWBG
08JERUSALEM332	VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) Summary. In the second major attack on Gaza's Christian institutions in a week, armed militants forced their way into the Lighthouse Baptist School in central Gaza City on February 21, beat one of the guards and vandalized some classrooms. On February 15, gunmen detonated explosives a [...]	2008-02-22 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PHUM PGOV
08JERUSALEM337	ADDITIONAL LAND EXPROPRIATION IN THE WEST BANK [...] (C) On February 23, the IDF issued military orders to expropriate 766 dunams (191.5 acres) of land from Palestinians in al-Ramadin and al-Dhahiriya villages in the southern West Bank. According to the IDF orders, the expropriation is for the purpose of "border adjustment." Abd al-Hadi Hanta [...]	2008-02-25 15:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM347	MASKIYYOT: ADDITIONAL POST ANNAPOLIS SETTLEMENT [...] (S/NF) Summary. On February 21, PolOff traveled to the Northern Jordan Valley and confirmed six new caravans at the Nahal pre-military academy settlement of Maskiyyot. Settlers told PolOff that they had moved into the caravans one month before. The six new caravans, inhabited by settler ev [...]	2008-02-26 14:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM348	FIVE PARTIAL DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM ON [...] (C) According to Jerusalem Municipality advisor Elad Halevy, the Jerusalem Municipality executed five demolitions of parts of homes in Palestinian East Jerusalem on February 25. Halevy said that in all five cases the construction was done without permits. He added that the builders did not [...]	2008-02-26 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM349	GAZA HARVEST YIELDS LITTLE EXPORT REVENUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza strawberry and carnation export revenues were low this season in comparison to recent years, due to restricted access through crossing points and shipping procedures that reportedly resulted in damaged products and reduced values in European markets. Export earnings for [...]	2008-02-26 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PHUM
08JERUSALEM350	ABU MAZEN'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON OPIC, TELECOM, [...] (C) Summary: PA Presidential Economic Advisor Mohammad Mustafa told the Consul General that local banks have begun issuing loans backed by a loan guarantee facility established by OPIC last year. There have been signs of progress in the effort to secure Israeli release of frequencies for the [...]	2008-02-26 16:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET EINV ECPS KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM353	FATAH SIXTH CONGRESS PREPARATIONS STALEMATED BY [...] (C) Summary: Fatah remains divided over preparations for the Sixth Congress. Grassroots leaders reject current Fatah Central Committee (FCC) preparations, which they contend are designed to reconfirm Fatah's Old Guard leadership. Internal Fatah elections continue in most of the West Bank, but [...]	2008-02-27 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV KMPI KDEM PREL IS
08JERUSALEM357	27 NEW CARAVANS EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF ELI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Eli settlement February 26 and saw ongoing construction of 27 new caravans at the settlement's westernmost edge. Mayor Eli Shtul told PolOff that the caravans will share infrastructure with 17 existing permanent structures called Neve Shir built in 1991. These [...]	2008-02-27 16:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM358	PA SAYS DONORS FAILED TO DELIVER IN FEBRUARY, PA [...] (SBU) At a meeting hosted by the World Bank on February 27, Ministry of Finance Director General Mazen Jadallah told a group of key donors that contributions to the Palestinian Authority (PA) have not materialized in February and the PA was running out of money. According to Jadallah, the PA [...]	2008-02-27 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG
08JERUSALEM362	IDF OPERATION IN NABLUS ON FEBRUARY 27 [...] (C) Summary. PA security sources reported February 27 that an undercover IDF unit opened fire at five Palestinians in Nablus. Four were arrested and one died of his wounds. According to PA security sources, three were al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades activists whom the PA had sought to include in th [...]	2008-02-28 12:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM364	GAZA: LOW FUEL SUPPLIES LIMIT WATER AND POWER [...] (C) Summary: Nahal Oz fuel transfer station was open for limited shipments on February 28. Gaza fuel importers claim that gasoline and diesel fuel imports currently meet just 20 percent of Gaza's needs. Most Gazan homes receive water from the mains for just six to ten hours each week. Local [...]	2008-02-28 13:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM365	ISRAELI ACTION AGAINST WEST BANK CHARITIES [...] (C) Summary. Israeli security forces raided the offices of three charities in Jenin February 19, according to press reports, destroying property and confiscating equipment and other contents. The IDF carried out similar actions February 26 against two charities in Hebron. In both Jenin and [...]	2008-02-28 13:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM367	E-1 UPDATE FOR LATE FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed February 27 that the police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim is nearing completion, and a policeman at the site said the police headquarters will move in the next two weeks. Infrastructure appears ready to support the police station. P [...]	2008-02-28 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM368	ANOTHER HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, PolOffs witnessed the demolition of a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. Two bulldozers demolished a 60 square meter home in approximately 20 minutes. PolOffs witnessed Israeli security personnel beat the homeowner's brother duri [...]	2008-02-28 15:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM371	SETTLER LEADERS AND CONSUL GENERAL AGREE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settler leaders Dani Dayan (Yesha Council Chairman),Pinchas Wallerstein (Yesha Director General),Shaul Goldstein (Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman),and Ron Nachman (Ariel Mayor) shared their views with the Consul General February 25, agreeing from the outset to disagree. [...]	2008-02-28 16:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM403	WEST BANK GETS POWER BOOST, BUT EXPANSION LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The interconnection power line between Jordan and Jericho became operational on February 25. The Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO) said that its initial plan was much larger in scope, aiming to connect the Jordan grid to high-voltage lines running to Jericho, Ram [...]	2008-03-05 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM424	CEC CHAIRMAN ON VOTER REGISTRATION, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary. Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir told USAID and Poloff February 27 that the CEC plans to launch a West Bank/Gaza voter registration drive in one month. Nasir said he fears Hamas will block the Ministry of Education from making Gaza schools available for vo [...]	2008-03-07 16:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS

08JERUSALEM425	TERRORIST ATTACK IN JERUSALEM KILLS EIGHT [...] (C) Summary. A terrorist attack at Jerusalem's Mercaz HaRav yeshiva on March 6 left eight students dead and seven wounded. One of the dead was an Amcit, as was one of the wounded. Israeli security has confirmed that the attack was carried out by Ala'a Abu Dhaim from the East Jerusalem neig [...]	2008-03-07 16:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM454	FATAH ELECTIONS SUSPENDED IN JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) Mobilization and Discipline (MAD) Committee organized a meeting of 935 Fatah members from East Jerusalem and 26 surrounding villages in Ramallah on March 8 to elect the Jerusalem regional committee and Secretary. After a heated discussion bet [...]	2008-03-13 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM468	PA REPORTS CLEARANCE REVENUES CONTINUE TO BE HELD [...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently delivered on a commitment to transfer clearance revenues early each month in order to facilitate Palestinian Authority (PA) payment of public employee salaries, according to a PA Ministry of Finance official. The amount transferred, however, has not significantl [...]	2008-03-14 16:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM471	EAST BARTA'A VILLAGE: "TRAPPED IN THE SEAM ZONE" [...] (C) Summary. East Barta'a mayor Ghassan Kabaha told Poloffs February 26 that his village of 4,000 is "trapped in the seam zone," between the separation barrier and the Green Line. Kabaha said most of the village's residents do not have permission to enter Israel and must cross through the s [...]	2008-03-18 07:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM490	OPIC'S PROPOSED HOUSING MORTGAGE FACILITY A [...] (SBU) I appreciate the opportunity to offer my strong support for OPIC's proposed mortgage finance facility for the West Bank prior to the OPIC Board's consideration of the initiative this week. We have supported OPIC's efforts to advance this project since it was first proposed in mid-2007. [...]	2008-03-20 12:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN KWBG
08JERUSALEM493	PA REJECTS USAID WHEAT FLOUR DONATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The PA Ministry of Health (MOH) informed the World Food Program (WFP) and USAID on March 17 that Palestinian law requires that wheat flour processed more than six months prior is not suitable for consumption, and therefore that USD 7.2 million of USAID-donated wheat flour in W [...]	2008-03-21 10:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID KWBG PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM497	CHIEF JUSTICE AND MINISTRY OF JUSTICE DISCUSS WEST [...] (C) Summary. In November 2007, at PM Salam Fayyad's request, Chief Justice (CJ) Abu Sharar, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Ali Khashan, and Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani agreed to establish a court in Jericho to hear major felony and high level security cases. Abu Sharar told Poloff and [...]	2008-03-21 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM503	EGYPT-GAZA POWER IMPROVEMENTS POSSIBLE, BUT MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Energy Authority (PEA) Chairman Omar Kattaneh confirmed press reports that tenders would be offered for construction of high-voltage lines to increase the ability of Egypt to provide the Gaza Strip with power. The project aims to boost Gaza's supply of electricity [...]	2008-03-24 15:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KWBG PHUM EG IS
08JERUSALEM504	FATAH-HAMAS AGREE TO RESUME DIALOGUE? OR NOT? [...] (C) Summary. On March 19 and 20, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh received PLO and Hamas delegations in Sana'a to discuss an initiative calling for dialogue between Hamas and PLO factions, including Fatah. On March 23, Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) member and PLC Fatah-bloc leader Az [...]	2008-03-24 17:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM511	PA HOLDING THE BUDGET LINE, BUT DECLINE IN DOLLAR [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF reports that the PA's total financing needs for 2008 are now forecast at more than USD 2.1 billion (up from 1.8 billion in December). The IMF notes that donor contributions to date (including USG assistance) have been sufficient to sustain PA operations, but at current [...]	2008-03-25 13:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS KPAL
08JERUSALEM513	HAMAS APPOINTS NEW "MAYOR" AND CITY COUNCIL IN [...] (C) Hamas appointed Rafiq Maki, the Hamas chairman of the Gaza City engineers' syndicate, as "Mayor" of Gaza City on March 22, and replaced the municipal council with Hamas sympathizers. The PA-appointed mayor, Majid Abu Ramadan (Independent, appointed by PA President Mahmud Abbas) told PolO [...]	2008-03-25 15:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
08JERUSALEM514	FAYYAD TO CODEL BOEHNER: PA APPRECIATES USG [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Fayyad expressed his thanks to CODEL Boehner on March 22 for U.S. budget support to the PA. He said the PA will continue to strengthen transparency and improve the government's financial sustainability. Fayyad said he is encouraged by the improved security situa [...]	2008-03-25 15:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KWBG IS OREP
08JERUSALEM529	PALESTINIANS PROVIDE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON [...] (C) Summary. Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh confirmed on March 26 that President Mahmoud Abbas' (Abu Mazen) conditions to resume dialogue with Hamas remained unchanged. PLC-Fatah bloc leader Azzam al-Ahmed, who signed the Sana'a Declaration with Hamas on March 23, made this same [...]	2008-03-26 15:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM530	YATIR OUTPOST NOT REMOVED DESPITE CLAIMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a March 25 visit to the southern West Bank settlement of Yatir, PolOff observed that the four caravans at the Yatir South outpost, which the GOI claimed (reftel) were removed remain in place and inhabited. Yatir settlers told PolOff that they know the GOI is discussing the [...]	2008-03-26 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM538	PALESTINIAN FRESH PRODUCE TO U.S. [...] (U) USG assistance facilitated the shipment of a sizable quantity of fresh produce from the West Bank to New York via Jordan on March 24. The USD 10,000 shipment of chives and tarragon herbs originated from a farm in Tubas, northeast of Nablus, that has been the recipient of USAID support thro [...]	2008-03-27 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD KWBG
08JERUSALEM542	E-1 UPDATE: POLICE STATION NEARLY COMPLETE, [...] (C) Summary. Press reported on March 27 that the Israeli police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim will open Monday, March 31. During a March 24 visit to E-1, PolOffs observed minimal work on the building and on the road, both of which appear nearly complete. PolOff [...]	2008-03-27 14:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM544	31 FATAH-LINKED FUGITIVES GRANTED AMNESTY FOR [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Minister of Interior (MoI) Raji al-Najmi told ConGen Pol Specialist on March 26 that the GOI ISA (Shin Bet) agreed to remove 31 Fatah-linked fugitives from Israeli wanted lists as part of the disarmament/amnesty deal. Al-Najmi said the ISA told him that 5 other fugitives [...]	2008-03-27 15:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PREL PGOV
08JERUSALEM546	SETTLERS RETURN TO HOMESH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a March 26 visit PolOff verified that settlers maintain a presence at Homesh settlement, which was evacuated in 2005. PolOff met 5 youths and a rabbi at Homesh who said they had re-established the yeshiva there. PolOff saw no IDF presence at the settlement. END SUMMARY 2 [...]	2008-03-27 16:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM547	FOUR NEW CARAVANS AT TENE OMRIM SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the settlement of Tene Omrim near Hebron on March 26 and confirmed March 26 press reports that four new caravans were installed for families evacuated from Gush Katif. The caravans expand the footprint some fifty feet. Peace Now Settlement Watch Director told P [...]	2008-03-27 16:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM549	HAZIM ATTALLAH APPOINTED PA POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) Hazim Attallah (formerly PM Salam Fayyad's military secretary and a security advisor in the Office of the SIPDIS President) was appointed PA police chief effective March 24, replacing MG Faysal "Kamal" al-Shaykh. As part of the appointment, President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) promoted h [...]	2008-03-28 07:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PINS PINR PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM553	QADURA FARES CRITICIZES FATAH LEADERSHIP ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Fares told Staffdel Diamond on March 25 that President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is losing credibility because Palestinians see no progress on negotiations and no changes on the ground. He said imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghuthi is the only a [...]	2008-03-28 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM554	RESPONSE ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN THE PALESTINIAN [...] (U) The Palestinian Authority (PA) under Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Salam Fayyad is committed to fiscal transparency and has instituted a number of reforms since taking office in July 2007. 2. (U) On March 26, Fayyad relaunched the Ministry of Finance website (www.pmof.ps) to se [...]	2008-03-28 10:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KWBG PREL KPAL EFIN
08JERUSALEM558	GAZA: FUEL, FOOD AND ELECTRICITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Four hundred thirty truckloads of commercial and humanitarian goods entered Gaza during the week of March 23-27, slightly above the weekly average. Fuel supplies into Gaza continue to meet only 20 percent of demand. The Gaza Power Plant is expecting a maintenance team on Apri [...]	2008-03-28 14:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM565	REMOVAL OF 47 ROADBLOCKS; PALESTINIANS DISMISS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the PA office of Civil Affairs, the GOI Civil Administration informed the PA that 47 obstacles in the West Bank (mostly dirt mounds blocking local road access onto highways) have been or will be removed. PA contacts say the list includes the Taybeh checkpoint betw [...]	2008-04-01 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL PHUM ECON IS
08JERUSALEM566	ANNOUNCEMENT OF 600 MORE PISGAT ZEEV UNITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the Local Committee for Planning and Building of the Jerusalem municipality convened and approved a plan for 600 new units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev. The approval is the first step in a lengthy process before construction begins. Contacts i [...]	2008-04-01 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM567	HAMAS SECURITY FORAY INTO AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. University contacts report that Hamas Executive Force gunmen and pro-Hamas students forcibly entered of al-Azhar University in Gaza City on March 31, occupying the campus and assaulting several students and staff before leaving later the same day. University administrators had [...]	2008-04-01 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KWBG IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM568	FATAH ELECTS JERUSALEM COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. On March 30, the Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) Mobilization and Discipline (MAD) Committee succeeded in its second attempt to organize a meeting of 921 Fatah members from East Jerusalem and 26 surrounding villages to elect 23 Jerusalem regional committee members. Nearly all of [...]	2008-04-02 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM578	FAYYAD ON TARQUMIYA INDUSTRIAL PARK [...] (C) PM Fayyad's views on the Tarqumiya Industrial Park, as expressed in several conversations with the Consul General and LTG Fraser, differ from those reported reftel. Fayyad told the Consul General and LTG Fraser on March 29 that he "does not care" whether the proposed Turkish industrial par [...]	2008-04-03 13:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM579	PA SAYS GOI PROVIDES, THEN RESCINDS, MAP OF [...] (SBU) According to PA Civil Affairs director Hussayn al-Shaykh and Joint Security Committee (JSC) head Samir Makhzumi Qaysi, IDF Central Command liaison officers gave them a map late April 2 of 48 roadblocks that the IDF said it had recently removed. (Note: the PA JSC chief leads the PA's Di [...]	2008-04-03 13:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL PHUM ECON IS
08JERUSALEM581	REMOVAL OF TWO OUTPOSTS: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local press reported on April 3 that the GOI removed settlers from the Harhivi and Shevut Ami outposts. According to lawyer Michal Sfard who represents the Palestinian owner of the land at Shevut Ami, four teenage girls were removed from the one-room structure, allowing Israel [...]	2008-04-03 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM586	SECOND PALESTINIAN MOBILE PHONE PROVIDER STILL [...] (C/NF) Summary: The CEO of the second mobile telephone operator in the West Bank reported on April 3 that he is still waiting for the GOI to provide the necessary frequency spectrum to allow him to begin operations. He complained that the GOI proposals on the table would cripple his ability [...]	2008-04-04 13:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM587	WEST BANK ATTORNEYS ON JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary. West Bank attorneys and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate Bjorn Rahm told Poloff that reform of the Palestinian judicial sector must tackle case backlog, train judges, and improve court administration and services to the public. Attorney Loubna Katbeh tol [...]	2008-04-04 13:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM588	FATAH-LED UNIONS INCREASE EFFORTS TO BRING DOWN [...] (C) Fatah-led unions intensified their efforts to bring down the Fayyad government (or at least force the PM to bring Fatah members into his cabinet of independents) by beginning a more aggressive set of strikes beginning April 3. Fayyad has not backed down, and instead announced a series of [...]	2008-04-04 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB KWBG KPAL
08JERUSALEM593	MAZMURIYA CHECKPOINT CLOSED TO ALL BUT SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. According to B'Tselem and Palestinians from the Jerusalem villages of Sur Baher and Um Tuba, use of Mazmuriya checkpoint near Bethlehem has been restricted to settlers since March 20. All Arabs, including Jerusalem ID holders, West Bankers with permits, and Arab Israelis, have [...]	2008-04-07 08:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM614	GAZA: FOOD AND HUMANITARIAN SHIPMENTS CONTINUE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Four hundred truckloads/week of basic food stuffs and humanitarian shipments entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings since March 28. Gazans receive around eight hours of running water and 18 hours of electricity each day, while health care professionals continue [...]	2008-04-08 14:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM615	PA EMPLOYS REGULATIONS AND THE COURTS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Fatah-led public employee unions staged a strike on April 7 and called for partial strikes for the remainder of the week. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a decree allowing any party affected by public sector strikes to take those responsible to court. The PA cabinet has file [...]	2008-04-08 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB KPAL KWBG
08JERUSALEM626	PA BOOTS MILITANT ZUBAYDAH OUT OF JENIN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Jenin PLC contacts report that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) ordered al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Zakariya Zubaydah's expulsion from the Jenin Muqata'a (security headquarters) on April 8 in response to a press interview in which Zubaydah called the PA's leadership " [...]	2008-04-10 13:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM628	PA STRIKES CONTINUE DESPITE COURT ORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The PA Employees Union and the Palestinian Teachers Union continued their strike on April 10 in defiance of a Palestinian High Court order. The High Court issued an injunction against the strike on April 9 and ordered the union to present its case at a follow-up hearing on Apri [...]	2008-04-10 14:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB KPAL KWBG
08JERUSALEM631	TRILATERAL FOLLOW-UP: WEST BANK ELECTRICITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian contacts have confirmed that twenty-six villages in the West Bank have been connected to the Israeli electrical grid. According to World Bank representatives and members of OQR Blair's office, twenty-five "master plans" have been approved for Area C villages, mostly [...]	2008-04-11 08:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG KPAL ENRG IS
08JERUSALEM632	TRILATERAL FOLLOW-UP: WEST BANK ELECTRICITY AND [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian contacts have confirmed that twenty-six villages in the West Bank have been connected to the Israeli electrical grid. According to World Bank representatives and members of OQR Blair's office, twenty-five "master plans" have been approved for Area C villages, mostly [...]	2008-04-11 08:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG KPAL ENRG IS
08JERUSALEM635	CONSTRUCTION OF 200 NEW HOMES UNDERWAY AT MEVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Mevo Horon settlement April 9 following GOI claims to the Embassy that it would remove shortly six caravans from an outpost near the settlement. Mevo Horon settlers refused to show PolOff the caravans but showed him 200 permanent homes under construction, which Pos [...]	2008-04-11 11:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM636	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES AMCIT'S EAST [...] (C) The Jerusalem Municipality demolished the home of AmCit Khalid Shoman in East Jerusalem's Beit Hanina neighborhood on April 9 after the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rejected Shoman's appeal in late February. Shoman's home was built in 2002 without a permit. Shoman inhabited the ho [...]	2008-04-11 12:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS CASC
08JERUSALEM637	SOUTHERN WEST BANK VILLAGES FACE LAND [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Gheith Nassar told Poloff that the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) announced on April 10 cancellation of a temporary injunction against barrier construction near Eshkolot settlement in the southern West Bank. Nassar said this decision allows the IDF to co [...]	2008-04-11 12:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM638	HEBRON AREA MAYORS BLAME UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY [...] (C) Summary. Al-Dhahariyeh Mayor Sami Ishneiwer and Ithna Mayor Jamal Itmeizi told Poloffs April 9 that residents face high unemployment and poverty due to the separation barrier and IDF road closures that cut off their towns from Israel and Hebron. The mayors said their towns suffer from a [...]	2008-04-11 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM639	AL-AQSA BRIGADES GUNMEN TORCH NABLUS GOVERNOR'S [...] (SBU) According to Fatah and PA security contacts, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades gunmen Tha'ar Tirawi and associates attacked Nablus Governor Jamal Muhaysin in Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus on April 13, torching Muhaysin's vehicle. Four Palestinians, including one of Muhaysin's bodyguards, were in [...]	2008-04-14 09:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM640	PA ALLOWS ZUBAYDAH AND OTHER MILITANTS TO REENTER [...] (C) The PA National Security Forces (NSF) allowed al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leader Zakariya Zubaydah and 19 fugitives accompanying him to reenter the Jenin Muqata'a on April 13 in a compromise brokered by Jenin PLC member Jamal Abu al-Rub and Fatah leader Amr Sa'adi with PA President Mahmud Abb [...]	2008-04-14 09:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM641	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/14): OLMERT: CHECKPOINTS ARE [...] Independent Al-Quds opens its editorial page with, "Boycotting Carter and opening doors for Livni!" (04/14): "On her way to Qatar to address the Democracy Forum held in Doha, Israeli Foreign Minister Livni called upon Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel in order to encourage Pale [...]	2008-04-14 10:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM647	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/15): PALESTINIAN GRATITUDE TO [...] Al-Quds independent carries an op-ed entitled, "Egypt's security, its control and authority over its territory is a red line [non-negotiable] for Palestinians" by Palestinian National Council Member Hatem Abu Shaban (4/15): Lately, we have been hearing strange noises from Palestinian groups c [...]	2008-04-15 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM650	35 STRUCTURES IN THE VILLAGE OF KHIRBET AL-AQABAH [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs visited the northern Jordan Valley, Area C village of Khirbet al-Aqabah for which there are impending demolition orders. Mayor Haj Sami Sadeq said the village of 300 has repeatedly sought construction permits, all of which have been denied. He said there are standing d [...]	2008-04-15 13:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM651	MEVO HORON OUTPOST REMOVED [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the Mevo Horon Agricultural Farm Outpost April 15 and observed the removal of caravans from the site. Settlers at the scene told PolOff that they agreed with the MOD to evacuate the outpost in exchange for building permits for permanent homes in Mevo Horon settle [...]	2008-04-15 14:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM652	GAZA: LIMITED FUEL SHIPMENTS TO RESUME 4/16 [...] (SBU) Summary: According to PA contacts, the GOI will allow shipments of industrial fuel for the power plant and cooking gas into Gaza on April 16 via the Nahal Oz fuel transfer station. Nahal Oz has been closed since April 10, following a terrorist attack that killed two Israelis. Gaza fu [...]	2008-04-15 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM653	ABBAS CHAIRS PA'S WEEKLY CABINET MEETING IN PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) chaired the PA's weekly Cabinet session April 14 in a public show of support for PM Salam Fayyad's government. Local press gave the Cabinet session favorable coverage emphasizing the theme of Palestinian unity. End summary. Abbas Chairs Cab [...]	2008-04-15 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS ECON EFIN ELAB
08JERUSALEM654	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/16): NO IMPACT EXPECTED FROM [...] Independent Al-Quds opens its editorial page with, "Abbas's tour and international efforts" (04/16): "the tour which President Abbas started [April 15] after meeting with Israeli Premier Olmert to discuss vital issues, will include Jordan, Moscow and Washington. The most important issues to di [...]	2008-04-16 08:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM657	PA STRIKE ENDS; FAYYAD PLEASED WITH OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) came to an agreement with its employees' unions on April 14 to end months of labor disputes that had resulted in intermittent public sector strikes. The two sides agreed that the strikes would end in exchange for a promise to pay salary arrears wit [...]	2008-04-16 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB KPAL KWBG
08JERUSALEM674	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/17): THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Talal Okal entitled, "There is only one exit... (04/17): "It is clear to everyone that the situation in Gaza is miserable. It has spiraled down into the heart of catastrophe where life has become unbearable... two years have passed si [...]	2008-04-17 09:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM675	BARGHUTHI LETTER URGES WIDER REPRESENTATION AT [...] (U) Summary. Para. 2 contains the text of a letter from jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuthi to President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and the Fatah Central Committee (FCC) regarding the planned Sixth Fatah Congress (discussed reftels). Associates of Barghuthi released the letter, which was sig [...]	2008-04-17 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWBG IS KDEM
08JERUSALEM678	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/18): NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by Dr. Naji Sharab, a political science teacher in Gaza, entitled, "What does the world expect from Palestinians? (04/18):"... the Palestinian question is the only one that enjoys the support of international declarations about its rights, including the righ [...]	2008-04-18 10:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM682	GAZA: DESPITE HAMAS ATTACKS, SOME CROSSINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Hamas terrorist attacks on the Kerem Shalom and Nahal Oz facilities, both remained open on April 17 for limited shipments of fuel and humanitarian goods. WHO sources report that, despite Hamas claims to the contrary, Gaza hospitals have a sufficient supply of anestheti [...]	2008-04-18 11:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PHUM PTER KPAL ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM685	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): ISRAELI INITIATIVES IN [...] Independent Al-Quds, in its daily editorial entitled, "The truce... the ball is in the Israeli court," opined : "It is very clear from the statement of Hamas leader Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar that Hamas is more likely going to positively interact with the Egyptian suggestions for reaching a truce wi [...]	2008-04-21 11:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM688	PA RECEIVES GOI PERMISSION TO REOPEN 20 "AREA B" [...] (C) According to PA police chief MG Hazim Attallah, on April 18 the GOI MoD gave the PA permission to reopen 20 small police stations in B areas throughout the West Bank (specific locations listed para. 3). Attallah told POL FSN that the two sides still need to agree on the number of policem [...]	2008-04-21 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM689	SETTLERS CONFIRM PLAN TO BUILD NEW UNITS IN ELKANA [...] (SBU) Responding to press reports of new construction planned in Elkana and Ariel, YESHA contacts said the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) approved tenders on April 17 for 52 units in Elkana and 48 in Ariel. These contacts said the Elkana development involves converting 52 "cubiot" caravans [...]	2008-04-21 12:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL PBTS IS
08JERUSALEM690	PA MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COUNTERING [...] (C) PA Minister of Religious Affairs Jamal Bawatna and Assistant Secretary Salah Zuhayka told PolOff April 17 that on-going reform efforts at the Ministry are reducing extremist rhetoric in the West Bank. Bawatna said he is focused on mosques, religious schools, and other religious instituti [...]	2008-04-21 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM694	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/22): DOUBTS ABOUT [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by PLO executive committee member Tayseer Khaled entitled: "Annapolis conference launched problematic negotiations and ongoing settlements" that read in part: "... While it is true that Annapolis brought the two sides, Palestinians and Israelis, back to nego [...]	2008-04-22 08:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM699	CEC CHAIRMAN: CEC PREPARED FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir told international donors from the Election Reform Support Group (ERSG) that the CEC is prepared to hold presidential and legislative elections with 60 days notice, but will need a rapid, major cash infusion when elections ar [...]	2008-04-22 12:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM700	PA ATTORNEY GENERAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani told PolCouns April 21 that the number of PA prosecutors is increasing, but infrastructure and GOI interference continue to impede the work of his office. He said he is focused on anti-corruption cases, but cannot pur [...]	2008-04-22 13:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM701	SMALL TOWN POLICING IN THE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Outside the West Bank's large cities, most towns/villages have minimal law enforcement or court infrastructure, due largely to IDF-imposed restrictions and PA budget shortfalls. Criminal justice and property dispute resolution have devolved to family/clan leaders in the absen [...]	2008-04-22 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM702	GAZA: FOOD AND FUEL UPDATE, APRIL 22 [...] (C) Summary: Gaza-based contacts report that Sufa crossing was open on April 22, while Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel station remain closed due to the recent terror attacks. Gaza power plant managers reported that they may be forced to stop operations on April 23 if no additional f [...]	2008-04-22 13:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PHUM PTER KPAL ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM713	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/24): ABBAS DEMANDS THAT USG [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by regular columnist Talal Okal entitled "There is only one way out" (4/24): "The outcome of the visit of former US president [Carter] does not deserve the media uproar that it created regarding its possible effects and consequences ... Carter asked Hamas t [...]	2008-04-24 09:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM716	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/25): POTENTIAL FOR PALESTINIAN [...] Al-Quds carried an op-ed by Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zahri entitled "The American role in the Palestinian-Palestinian talks" (4/25) that stated: "Ending the Palestinian internal conflict is a dream for each and every honest Palestinian and Arab. Therefore it is not strange to see ongoing cal [...]	2008-04-25 07:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM720	FATAH LEADERS ON POSSIBILITIES OF FATAH-HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. Grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Faris said he met with senior West Bank Hamas leader (and former PA Minister) Nasser al-Din al-Sha'ar April 24 without prior coordination with Fatah officials. Faris said placing preconditions on dialogue will not bring Hamas closer to the PLO and [...]	2008-04-25 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PTER IS
08JERUSALEM721	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/28): "WHAT IF BUSH LEAVES [...] Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Jawad Al-Bashiti entitled, "What if Bush leaves and takes with him the promise and vision and the map?" (4/28): "...President Bush did not show President Abbas anything during their latest meeting at the White House that gives Abbas optimism about [...]	2008-04-28 10:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM722	E-1 MOVE APPEARS IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary. Ha'aretz reported April 28 that Israeli police will soon complete the move from Ras al-Amud to the newly built police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim. The move will allow the right-wing Israeli group Ateret Cohanim to take over the former police prop [...]	2008-04-28 14:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM724	FAYYAD TO DONORS: ISRAEL "GROSSLY UNDERMINING" PA [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Fayyad used the final Ramallah gathering of donors before the May 2 AHLC meeting to argue that the GOI has not met its commitments to improve access and movement in the West Bank. At the same time, he said, the IDF's continued security operations undermine his efforts to d [...]	2008-04-29 08:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL EAID IS
08JERUSALEM725	PA FISCAL UPDATE: WESTERN DONORS CARRYING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Though donors have provided more budget support than expected to date in 2008, absent new pledges the PA faces a significant financing shortfall later this year. The IMF expects the PA will fall USD 400 million short of its 2008 budget requirements, a gap that will increase to c [...]	2008-04-29 08:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS KPAL
08JERUSALEM726	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/29): VIOLENCE IN GAZA AND [...] In its main editorial entitled, "Why are women and children being killed?", independent Al-Quds opined (4/29): "The Palestinian public may have its own criticisms of Hamas, but the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and West Bank alike make one wonder about the Israeli logic. Israel not [...]	2008-04-29 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM733	PA SECURITY CHIEFS, IDF COMMANDERS COORDINATE [...] (C) Summary. Following an April 28 meeting with senior IDF officers in Bet El, PA security forces (PASF) commanders report progress in coordination for security operations in Jenin, shortening deployment clearance times, and reopening police stations in Area B. They report IDF criticism of t [...]	2008-04-30 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM734	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/30): "DISAPPOINTMENT AND [...] Official daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida carries an op-ed entitled, "Resistance and the Evolution of Peace ideas" (4/30): "... lately, [there has been] disappointment and pessimism expressed over the outcomes of the meeting between [Palestinian] President Abbas and the President of the U.S. George Bus [...]	2008-04-30 10:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM736	E-1 POLICE STATION SET TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND [...] (C) Israeli National Police contacts informed ConGen RSO April 29 that they have the final permit necessary to occupy the newly built E-1 police station. A security guard at the Ras al-Amud police station told PolOff April 30 that the traffic division is scheduled to open May 1 at E-1 and all [...]	2008-04-30 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM737	GAZA: FUEL AND FOOD UPDATE, 4/30 [...] (SBU) Summary: Sufa crossing was open on April 28-30 to roughly 50 trucks/day of humanitarian and food shipments, while Kerem Shalom crossing has been closed since April 17. Nahal Oz fuel transfer station has been closed to diesel and gasoline shipments since April 10. The Gaza power plant [...]	2008-04-30 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM739	MEDIA ANALYSIS: Palestinian Media Downplays Role of [...] SUMMARY: Reporting on Palestinian-Israeli violence in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian media typically relegates any provocative action by Palestinian militant factions to the background, focusing instead on Israeli actions and Palestinian deaths and injuries. The resulting coverage downplays I [...]	2008-04-30 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO KINR
08JERUSALEM740	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/01): PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF [...] Independent Al-Quds ran its daily editorial entitled "Which map?!" (5/01): "Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni... presented the Palestinian negotiation team... an Israeli vision of a final JERUSALEM 00000740 002 OF 002 agreement [as] a serious, official position presented through the [...]	2008-05-01 08:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM741	MOVE UNDERWAY FROM RAS AL-AMUD TO E-1 [...] (C) PolOff visited the Ras al-Amud police station May 1. PolOff saw that the Ras al-Amud police parking lot was nearly full of vehicles and observed officers and security guards moving around inside the compound. Police Spokesman Danny Poleg, who was on the ground, confirmed that the traffic [...]	2008-05-01 12:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM744	PALESTINIAN PLANS FOR EARLY MAY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. According to PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and Joint Security Committee (JSC) chief BG Samir Makhzumi Qaysi, the PA has completed logistical preparations for a 400-man deployment to Jenin and plans to start security operations in [...]	2008-05-01 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM747	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/02): IN PRAISE OF FAYYAD'S [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Palestinian workers on their day" (5/02): "It is important during the celebration of international workers' day to recommit to the importance of development projects for industry, agriculture, tourism and infrastructure that allow our peo [...]	2008-05-02 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM750	CHIEF JUSTICE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Chief Justice (CJ) of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Issa Abu Sharar, Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani, and Justice Minister (MoJ) Ali Khashan told Poloff and USAID on April 30 that 40 Judicial Police officers will be deployed to Jenin on May 3 to deal with the 6,500 p [...]	2008-05-02 13:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM751	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/05): [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "What is wanted is core Israeli changes on the ground" (5/05): "Once again, Secretary Rice returned to the region and we heard her say... [the] SIPDIS exact same comments that we heard her say during her many previous visits. She talke [...]	2008-05-05 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM753	PA OPERATION BEGINS IN JENIN: PASF WELCOMED BY [...] (C) Summary. A 485-man force of Presidential Guards (PG),National Security Forces (NSF) and police entered Jenin early May 2. PM Salam Fayyad visited Jenin May 4 with the NSF and police commanders and directed local security officers to be "firm in enforcing the law without discrimination. [...]	2008-05-05 14:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM754	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/06): GUESSING AT WHAT PROGRESS [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Negotiations... lost time" (5/06): "After meeting with Abu Mazen [Abbas] and heads of the Palestinian and Israeli negotiation teams, Secretary Rice extended her visit to the region in order to continue talks with the Israeli side. We hav [...]	2008-05-06 09:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM756	E-1 MOVE NEARLY COMPLETE, PLANS FOR RAS AL-AMUD [...] (C) Summary. PolOff observed a nearly empty police station at Ras al-Amud May 6 and learned from an Israeli guard at the site that the one remaining office will move to E-1 in late May, allowing the police to turn the site over to settlement sponsor Irving Moscowitz. Construction continues [...]	2008-05-06 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM757	JENIN: PASF EXCHANGE FIRE WITH GUNMEN IN QABATIYA, [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) clashed with gunmen in Qabatiya on May 6, with a bystander killed and two PIJ activists injured in separate exchanges of gunfire. Security contacts report that a PASF patrol was attacked with a pipe bomb and pelted with stones. West Bank National Secur [...]	2008-05-06 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM759	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/07): PREDICTING THE NEXT 60 [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "They are ignoring our catastrophe" (5/07): "... upon the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Israel, we should remember that negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis have reached a dead end. This is because of extensive settle [...]	2008-05-07 07:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM764	JENIN: QABATIYA REMAINS TENSE; IDF INCURSION ENDS [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) maintain checkpoints in and around Qabatiya as of 1300 local May 7 amidst tensions over the May 6 shooting of bystander Mu'min Kmayl and PASF arrest of two PIJ activists. West Bank National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Ali told local press he est [...]	2008-05-07 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM765	HIGH COURT REJECTS AL-AQABAH'S PETITION [...] (C) Summary. On April 26, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rejected Khirbet al-Aqabah's petitions to rescind demolition orders issued against 11 structures, but said "for the time-being" the Civil Administration will not demolish the mosque, kindergarten, women's center, clinic, and t [...]	2008-05-07 12:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM768	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/09): CALLS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled "Total support for the security forces"(5/08): "We all know that Palestinian security forces have started a gradual deployment to several West Bank cities that faces great difficulty. We also know that Israeli forces act... as though the [...]	2008-05-09 09:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM775	E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE FROM 9 MAY [...] (C) Summary. During a May 9 visit, PolOffs observed that the move to the E-1 police station is nearly complete and the new station appears fully functional. A security guard at the Ras al-Amud property told PolOffs that university students plan to use the former police station as a dormitory [...]	2008-05-09 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM777	JENIN OPERATION: TENSE CALM IN QABATIYA; PA [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) officers report successes May 8-9 in seizing contraband and closing outstanding criminal cases and warrants. PASF patrolled in several villages south and east of Jenin with minor opposition from gunmen and stone-throwers, and carried out a raid on a Ha [...]	2008-05-09 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM778	PA MOI AL-YAHYA DISCUSSES SECURITY TRAINING, JENIN [...] (C) PA Minister of Interior (MOI) Abd al-Raziq Al-Yahya told USSC LTG Dayton on May 7 that he intends to station the National Security Forces (NSF) battalion currently training at JIPTC in Jericho upon its return, and employ it as a reserve force. Al-Yahya said discussion of stationing an add [...]	2008-05-09 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM789	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/12): LEBANON - IRANIAN EFFORTS [...] Al-Quds independent carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Faisal Abu-Khadra entitled, "Sixty years after the catastrophe... Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are at a stand-still" (5/12): "Almost fifteen years have passed since the Palestinian-Israeli agreement [Oslo] and Israel is still the on [...]	2008-05-12 09:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM791	JENIN: PA ARRESTS PIJ MILITANT AND CRIMINALS, IDF [...] (SBU) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) conducted patrols in Jenin and 32 nearby villages May 10-12, arresting a senior leader of the PIJ military wing and 11 wanted criminals. According to PA security commanders, the IDF entered Jenin and nearby Area A towns late May 11/early May 12, unsu [...]	2008-05-12 12:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM792	JERUSALEM LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE ENDORSES [...] (C) Summary. A Jerusalem Municipality official told PolOff the Local Planning Committee endorsed a plan for a new access ramp to the Mughrabi Gate that is shorter than the controversial ramp plan submitted in 2007. She said the Regional Planning Committee, which has decision-making authorit [...]	2008-05-12 13:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS

08JERUSALEM793	SETTLERS CELEBRATE ISRAEL'S - AND THEIR OWN - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers demonstrated at three West Bank locations - Homesh and Sanur, both evacuated in 2005 and Migron outpost - on May 8, the 60th anniversary of Israeli independence. Press reported 10,000 demonstrators at Homesh, 150 at Sanur, and 2,000 at Migron. Settlers now maintain a 2 [...]	2008-05-12 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM810	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/13): BUSH WILL FIND THE REGION [...] Independent Al-Quds carries an op-ed by Tayseer Khaled, member of the PLO Executive Committee and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine entitled, "The commemoration of the catastrophe is the wrong time to visit" (5/13): "President Bush is on his way to the region, which is exper [...]	2008-05-13 09:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM815	BARRIER CUTS OFF BIDDU AND JABA' FROM JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Mayor of Biddu Ismail Qadan told Poloffs April 30 that the separation barrier cuts off Biddu residents from 4,000 dunums (1,000 acres) of land and 5,000 olive trees. He said the GoI recently completed a tunnel that shortens the drive from Biddu to Ramallah but required the expr [...]	2008-05-13 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM816	GAZA: FOOD AND FUEL UPDATE, 5/13 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza Power Plant resumed operations on May 12 after being forced to shut down May 10-12 due to a lack of fuel. During the shutdown, water and hospital services were greatly limited in the Gaza City area and homes had only 8-10 hours/day of electricity. The plant restarted [...]	2008-05-13 13:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS KPAL ENRG
08JERUSALEM817	JENIN: PA ARRESTS TWO PIJ MILITANTS; NEW IDF [...] (SBU) PA General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) officers arrested PIJ militants Ra'ad Abu al-Rub and Yusif Kmayl in Jenin May 12, according to a PIJ spokesman, who said another militant, Ala'a Abu al-Rub, escaped a PA arrest attempt in Qabatiya also May 12. National Security Forces (NSF) contacts [...]	2008-05-13 13:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM820	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/14): CONTRASTING ISRAELI [...] Independent Al-Quds ran its daily editorial entitled "We suggest that Bush visit a refugee camp" (5/14): "Bush will arrive in Israel today to participate in the celebration of its founding... Other leaders and European presidents will follow him to the same JERUSALEM 00000820 002 OF 002 [...]	2008-05-14 08:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM827	JENIN: INTERIOR MINISTER VISITS TO GAGE PROGRESS, [...] (U) PA Minister of the Interior (MoI) Abd al-Raziq al-Yahya met with Governor Qaddura Musa and PA security forces (PASF) commanders in Jenin on May 13 to measure the security operation's progress. Al-Yahya criticized IDF incursions into Jenin but said the PA will overcome all obstacles and i [...]	2008-05-14 12:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM835	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/15): "SETTLEMENTS: THE NEW [...] Independent Al-Quds runs an editorial by columnist Sulaiman Al-Wari entitled, "Settlements are the new Palestinian catastrophe" (5/15): "On the sixtieth anniversary of the catastrophe, Israel remains the only occupying country [power] in this modern time. It has not assumed its responsibilit [...]	2008-05-15 11:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM840	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/16): IGNORING THE NAKBA [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Bias even towards the significance of the catastrophe" (5/16): "... while Israeli and international media are full of news about the JERUSALEM 00000840 002 OF 002 Israeli celebration of its 60th independence anniversary, the Pale [...]	2008-05-16 10:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM843	"THE BIBLE IS OUR ROADMAP": SETTLERS OVERTAKE BEIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 15, 150 settlers demonstrated, overtook and spray painted three structures at the West Bank site of Osh Ghraib (known to settlers as Shdema),near Beit Sahour. The municipality wants to build a hospital on the Area C former base that is also adjacent to a USAID funded par [...]	2008-05-16 12:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM845	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/19): PALESTINIANS: BUSH [...] Independent Al-Quds carried its daily editorial entitled "Important dots above many words!" (5/19): "...The American President repeated in his speech [May 18], in Sharm Al-Sheikh that a solution is possible before the end of the year. He called upon Israel to ease the suffering of Palestinians [...]	2008-05-19 08:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM852	JENIN: PASF CONCENTRATES ON TUBAS AREA; MULTIPLE [...] (SBU) National Security Forces (NSF) commanders report detaining 31 criminal suspects and seizing 21 stolen/unregistered vehicles in Tubas and nearby villages May 17-19. Security contacts report that PIJ spokesman Abd al-Fatah Khzaymiah turned himself over to the PA General Intelligence (Muk [...]	2008-05-19 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM853	SETTLERS ATTACK PALESTINIAN VILLAGE SOUTH OF NABLUS [...] Palestinian Authority (PA) sources told POL Specialist May 18 that settlers from Yitzhar settlement south of Nablus attacked residents and destroyed property in the Palestinian village of Asira al-Qabaliya May 17. Ammar Saleh, the Secretary for the Asira al-Qabaliya village council, told Pol [...]	2008-05-19 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM857	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/20): CRITICISM OF BUSH KNESSET [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs an editorial entitled, "Bush made the life of moderate Arabs difficult... even impossible" (5/20): "May God help the moderate Arabs who were frustrated by Bush's speech before the Israeli Knesset that ignored the suffering of Palestinians and the peace process, as wel [...]	2008-05-20 09:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM86	MOI AL-YAHYA POSITIVE ABOUT PASF EFFORTS, BUT [...] (S) Summary: In a January 15 meeting, MoI Abd al-Razaq al-Yahya told USSC LTG Dayton that the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) had significantly enhanced law and order in the West Bank based on their doctrine of securing Palestinian areas without confronting the IDF. He said the [...]	2008-01-16 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM865	JENIN: VILLAGE PATROLS AND ARRESTS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) continue patrols in Jenin area villages as of 1400 local on May 20. PA security commanders plan new patrols and raids across the Jenin Governorate in coming days. PIJ suspects remain in custody, but have not been formally charged. End summary. PAS [...]	2008-05-20 14:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PINS PTER
08JERUSALEM869	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/21): "THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION: [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs an editorial entitled, "The Torah speech of Bush at the Knesset and the secularism of the American State," by Muhammad Shaker Abdullah (5/21): "The United States was established... by groups who were escaping religious persecution in Europe in the seventeenth century. [...]	2008-05-21 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM88	PALESTINIANS CONDEMN DICHTER VISIT TO HARAM [...] (C) Islamic Waqf contacts confirmed that Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter (Kadima) visited the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City the morning of January 15, escorted by dozens of Israeli police. In a January 16 conversation, Azzam al-Khatib, chief of Jerusalem's [...]	2008-01-16 15:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS KISL
08JERUSALEM889	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/22): "PALESTINE INVESTMENT [...] In its main editorial, independent daily Al-Quds opined under the title, "Investment Conference... between reality and expectation" (05/22): "There is no doubt that having the Palestinian Investment Conference happen is a success in itself, and that is not a stretch of the truth or exaggerati [...]	2008-05-22 09:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM89	MUGHRABI GATE RAMP APPROVAL PROCESS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem contacts confirmed to PolOff January 15 and 16 that plans to reconstruct a ramp leading to the Mughrabi Gate of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount are moving through the approval process. Director of the Waqf Azzam al-Khatib said he wants a new ramp plan approved by Jor [...]	2008-01-17 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM90	RAS AL AMUD: ISRAELI CONSTRUCTION COMMENCES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff confirmed January 16 that construction has begun on 60 new housing units in the "Maale Zeitim" enclave in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al Amud. An advisor to the Jerusalem Mayor said construction permits were issued "months ago", but thought the timing of the [...]	2008-01-17 10:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM900	DUMA VILLAGE FACES HOME DEMOLITIONS IN AREA C [...] (C) Summary. Abd al-Salam Dawabsheh, Mayor of Duma, told Poloffs May 9 that ten Duma residents received home demolition orders on April 14 from the Israeli Civil Administration for building homes and structures in Area C without permits. Seven homeowners hired attorneys to help them apply f [...]	2008-05-22 13:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM901	REPORT ON SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, Post is supporting democracy and human rights activists in the West Bank and Gaza and expansion of personal freedoms through regular meetings with human rights activists and organizations, programmatic support to Palestinian civil society, and a concerted media cam [...]	2008-05-22 13:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM907	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/23): "UNLIKELY BUT NECESSARY [...] Regular columnist of independent Al-Ayyam, Mohammed Yaghi, argues under the headline, "Quick Notes on an Unsuccessful Policy" (05/23/08); "This [Bush] Administration is completely different from all of its predecessors. It has considerably damaged the international standing of the United Stat [...]	2008-05-23 10:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM909	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/27): The Peace Process - a [...] Under the headline, "Carter's Statements" (05/27),the daily editorial in the independent Al-Quds opined, "Former U.S. President JERUSALEM 00000909 002 OF 002 Jimmy Carter will be remembered in history as the Godfather of the first Arab-Israeli peace process, for which he won a Nobel Pea [...]	2008-05-27 10:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM910	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/28): THE FAILURE OF FATAH's [...] Veteran columnist Hani Habib opines in independent Al-Ayyam under the title, "Revolutionary Council... and Fayyad's Government" (05/28): "The 25th Fatah [party] convention that just concluded could have been the most important and critical convention of all, since it was held in troubled times [...]	2008-05-28 08:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM911	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/29): WAITING ON AMERICAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM915	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (5/30): WHO WILL BE THE NEXT US [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM916	DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a Presidential Delegation to the Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem on May 21-23. The delegation met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on May 21 and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on May 22. Deputy Secretary K [...]	2008-05-30 14:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS OVIP KIMMITT
08JERUSALEM917	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT AND PMA GOVERNOR [...] (C) On May 22, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt and Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir met on the sidelines of the Palestine Investment Conference in Bethlehem where they discussed recent developments in the banking sector in the West Bank and Gaza. Kimmitt [...]	2008-05-30 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM923	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/05): ISRAELI AND US ELECTIONS [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Talal Okal entitled, "After Barak... Olmert loses his chance" (6/02): "...Olmert cannot go to Washington and ask for its support in the middle of his current crisis unless he achieves some progress in his meeting with Palestinian A [...]	2008-06-02 10:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM925	ASIRA AL-QABALIYA RESIDENTS FEAR SETTLER ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs spoke with residents of the village of Asira al-Qabaliya, southwest of Nablus, May 27 to confirm reports of attacks by settlers from nearby Yitzhar. A village council employee said attacks increased in the past two months. He said the IDF intervened to stop an attack fo [...]	2008-06-02 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PBTS PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM926	UN REPORTS DETAIL DEMOLITIONS IN AREA C AND AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a study released May 27, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reported that the GOI demolished more Palestinian structures for lack of permits in West Bank C Areas in the first quarter of 2008 than in all of 2007. The study cites a 94 percent [...]	2008-06-02 13:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM927	MODIIN ILLIT, THE NEWEST "CITY" IN THE WEST BANK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Modiin Illit settlers recently erected two new structures to be used as synagogues at the southeastern edge of the settlement, expanding its footprint by approximately 100 feet. Neighboring Bilin villagers complained to PolOffs that the new structures prejudge the route of the [...]	2008-06-02 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM928	884 PLANNED HOUSING UNITS ANNOUNCED IN EAST [...] (C) In coordination with the Israeli holiday marking Jerusalem's reunification, Minister of Construction and Housing Zeev Boim announced tenders for 884 units in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Pisgat Zeev (763 units) and Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim (121 units) on June 1. Potential contrac [...]	2008-06-02 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM932	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/03): PALESTINIAN PESSIMISM IN [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Muhannid Abd-Alhamid entitled, "Do we have other options?" (6/03): "After the American and Israeli performance, who dares be optimistic about reaching a political solution that will end the Israeli occupation and bring international [...]	2008-06-03 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM938	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/04): A CALL FOR A ONE-STATE [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Hani Habib, entitled "Routine or rescue?" (6/04): "As always, when [Palestinian] President Abbas meets with [Israeli Premier] Olmert, we hear, read and see comments, criticism and repeated statements that contain nothing new... End [...]	2008-06-04 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM941	FATAH REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL CRITICIZES [...] Summary. The Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) met in Ramallah May 24-26 and addressed four key issues: permanent status negotiations, Fatah-Hamas dialogue, the Fatah Sixth Party Congress and PA performance. FRC members criticized the ongoing negotiations and said if there is no permanent s [...]	2008-06-04 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM945	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/05): 41ST ANNIVERSARY OF 1967 [...] Veteran columnist Talal 'Ukal comments in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Not Much Time Is Left," (6/5): "It is safe to say that [Israeli Prime Minister] Olmert has achieved the goals of his [Washington] visit. I I think those goals can be summarized in the following two points: The [...]	2008-06-05 11:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM946	ABBAS CALLS FOR "COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL DIALOGUE" [...] (C) Summary. In a June 4 speech in Ramallah, PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) called for "comprehensive national dialogue to implement all elements of the Yemeni Initiative" and said "as a result of this dialogue, I will call for new Presidential and legislative elections." Yasser Abd [...]	2008-06-05 11:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER
08JERUSALEM977	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/06): UNITY TALKS CANNOT [...] Veteran columnist Mohammad Yaghi comments in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Dialogue is primarily about the political agenda" (6/6): "President Abbas' invitation to start a national dialogue and end the state of division is very timely. There is a belief in Ramallah that Israel is [...]	2008-06-06 11:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM978	MIXED ASSESSMENTS ON ABBAS' CALL FOR "NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. President Abbas' office announced on June 5 the formation of a committee composed of PLO Executive Committee members to prepare for "comprehensive national dialogue with Hamas to implement the Yemeni Initiative." Fatah PLC bloc leader Azzam al-Ahmad said most ExComm members favo [...]	2008-06-06 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER
08JERUSALEM979	PREPARATORY MEETING FOR BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] SUMMARY. Palestinian Authority (PA) representatives briefed proposals for police/justice sector donor funding for the June 24 Berlin conference at a German-chaired, June 5 meeting in Jericho. The representatives said the proposals are consistent with the Palestinian Reconstruction and Develo [...]	2008-06-06 14:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PREL EAID
08JERUSALEM98	E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-JANUARY: POLICE STATION READY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs observed January 17 that the final touches are being put on the police station at E-1 and the road leading to it. PolOffs also observed land immediately northwest of the police station continues to be cleared and graded, and a bridge now directly connects Maale Adumim w [...]	2008-01-18 10:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM983	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/10): DIALOGUE - ONLY WAY OUT [...] Ali Abu Hilal, member of the Palestinian National Council, commented in independent Al-Quds under the headline, "In Order to End Internal Division and Achieve National Unity," (6/10): "It is important to point out that real national unity... is one that is based on a shared Qatform of policy an [...]	2008-06-10 09:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM985	GAZA PLC MEMBER DECRIES RESIDENTS' SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based PLC member Rawiya al-Shawwa (Independent) told PolOff by phone on June 9 that Hamas "feels weak and is afraid" but closures and economic woes have undercut moderates. She said Gaza suffers from "economic shutdown and general hopelessness" with almost no private vehic [...]	2008-06-10 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
08JERUSALEM986	PA RECEIVES REVENUE TRANSFER; PAYS CIVIL SERVANTS [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance officials confirm receipt on June 10 of 180 million NIS (USD 55 million) in tax clearance revenue from the GOI, the transfer of which had been delayed for nearly a week (reftel). Following receipt of the revenue transfer, the PA paid civil [...]	2008-06-10 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KWBG IS KPAL
08JERUSALEM987	PA SAYS ARAB LEAGUE TO FACILITATE FATAH-HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. Fatah leaders report that the Arab League will facilitate PLO-Hamas "comprehensive national dialogue" as requested by President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Al-Ayyam Chief Editor Akram Haniyah told the Consul General that Abbas announced his initiative to preempt others in the Arab [...]	2008-06-10 14:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER
08JERUSALEM992	S/P GORDON'S MEETINGS WITH PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Summary. In meetings on May 31 and June 2, Palestinian interlocutors briefed S/P David Gordon on Palestinian attitudes toward negotiations with Israel and domestic politics in the West Bank and Gaza. Sari Nusseibeh said leaders on both sides could improve their political standing by com [...]	2008-06-11 08:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL IS
08JERUSALEM993	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/11): POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] Al-Ayyam carries an op-ed by veteran columnist Hamada Faranah entitled, "Abu Mazen [Abbas] will stay his course" (6/11): "...The power of Abu Mazen lies in the clarity of his positions regarding what he considers to be in the true interest of his people. Therefore, he did not hesitate to state [...]	2008-06-11 09:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM996	E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE [...] (C) Danny Poleg, spokesman for the West Bank police headquarters in E-1, told PolOff June 11 that the police completed their move into the E-1 facility, which serves as their new headquarters for the West Bank. Poleg said he did not know if the police still have minor offices at Ras al-Amud. [...]	2008-06-11 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PBTS IS
08JERUSALEM998	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/12): THE DIFFICULTY OF [...] Al-Ayyam independent daily carries an op-ed by columnist Talal Okal entitled, "We need a change in thinking" (6/12): "In the midst of current events related to the Palestinian situation and its relation to the external world and the Israeli policy of aggression, and the severe consequences of c [...]	2008-06-12 06:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08KUWAIT1180	TERROR FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED US DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 3. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait [...]	2008-12-04 06:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS SA WE
08KUWAIT394	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DONOR PLEDGES TO AFFORDABLE [...] (C) Following up on Post's March 12 diplomatic note in support of OPIC's program for affordable housing in the West Bank, CDA delivered reftel points during an April 8 meeting with MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah. CDA recommended the program to Al-Jarallah and suggested that the GOK could direct US [...]	2008-04-10 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IS SA KWBG PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KU
08KUWAIT729	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DISBURSING PLEDGED FUNDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 11:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PREL KU
08KUWAIT793	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT [...] (U) Econoff conveyed points reftel to Mr. Ahmad Al-Baker, Deputy Director, Arab World Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on July 10. Al-Baker told Econoff that the USD 80 million PA pledged funds had been approved last month as part of Kuwait's annual budget, but could not be di [...]	2008-07-13 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PREL KU
08KUWAIT966	PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-08 FOREIGN PRESS CENTER WORKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In late June and early July, a Kuwaiti journalist participated in the Foreign Press Center (FPC) supported tour, "U.S. 2008 Elections: U.S. Political System and Practices." The intent of this tour was to introduce a Kuwaiti journalist to the American electoral process, as well a [...]	2008-09-10 12:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO OPRC OEXC SCUL
08LONDON1633	UK SUPPPORT AND ATTENDANCE AT BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] (C) The UK will not announce new significant money for Palestinian rule-of-law programs at the June 24 Berlin Conference, but will describe what additional programs and plans it intends to further support using already pledged, but undisbursed, funds, the Foreign Office's Middle East Unit tol [...]	2008-06-16 15:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN UK
08MADRID666	SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] Embassy shared open source information about the June 24 Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. Spain intends to participate in the conference and attended the preparatory se [...]	2008-06-12 12:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM EUN IS SP
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
08MANAMA786	BAHRAINI FM COUNSELS ABOUL GHEIT AGAINST EMERGENCY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 05:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG AL 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
08MONTEVIDEO527	EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In reaction to the terrorist attack in Yemen today AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. The RSO provided details on our additional security measures. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, RAOL, DAO, ODC, POL/ECON, MGMT, and MSG. 2. (S/NF) Shortly after learning [...]	2008-09-17 17:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY
08MONTEVIDEO663	EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In reaction to the terrorist attacks in India, AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, ARSO, RAOL, ODC, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe this threat extends to South America. EAC will continue to remain [...]	2008-11-28 13:52:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY
08MONTEVIDEO696	EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In preparation for the upcoming holiday season AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, PAO, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe there is a terrorist threat to soft targets in Uruguay. EAC will continue to [...]	2008-12-12 16:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY
08MONTEVIDEO78	EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF): Summary: Per Reftel, on February 15, Charge Peter Harding chaired an EAC to discuss the local impact of the aftermath of Hizballah Leader Imad Mughniyeh's death. The EAC determined that security posture is appropriate given the current threat, and no other action needs to be taken at t [...]	2008-02-15 15:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY
08MOSCOW1739	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 12:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN RS
08MUSCAT509	OMAN RESPONSE TO PA FUNDING REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-06 12:02:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL PGOV PREL KWBG MU
08MUSCAT803	NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 07:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG 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
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
08NICOSIA453	CYPRUS TO ATTEND BERLIN CONFERENCE, BUT UNLIKELY [...] Per reftel, PolOff on June 11 demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou regarding GOC attendance and financial support for the June 24 Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Police and the Rule of Law in Berlin. Dionysiou replied that Cyprus would attend the event [...]	2008-06-17 13:08:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM CY
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
08OSLO333	NORWAY SENDING FM STORE TO BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) The Norwegian delegation to the June 24 Berlin Conference will consist of: Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Ambassador Sven Svedman (Berlin Embassy),First Secretary Martina Osterhus (Berlin Embassy),Counselor Tor Wennesland (Norwegian representative to the Palestinian Authority (PA)),[...]	2008-06-17 14:53:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN NO
08OTTAWA781	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR THE BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] (C) According to Director General for the Middle East and North Asia Gordon E. Venner of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs (and Conservative Member of Parliament) Deepak Obhrai will lead Canada's delegation to the Berlin Co [...]	2008-06-10 16:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS CA
08PARIS1284	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH URGE USG AGREE TO [...] (C) During a conversation mostly focused on Syria/Lebanon (reported septel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on July 8 asked that the USG consider negotiations on the wording of a UNSCR based on the Libyan draft currently in play. He understood the draft had not bee [...]	2008-07-08 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR PA IS
08PARIS1287	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH URGE USG AGREE TO [...] (C) During a conversation mostly focused on Syria/Lebanon (reported septel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on July 8 asked that the USG consider negotiations on the wording of a UNSCR based on the Libyan draft currently in play. He understood the draft had not bee [...]	2008-07-08 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR PA IS
08PARIS1292	FRENCH MFA ON KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT, PARIS DONORS [...] (SBU) We informed French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille July 8 of the substance of reftel demarche on assistance to the Palestinian Authority. Pouille agreed with our assessment that Arab contributors tend to be the laggards in terms of meeting pledges they made at last D [...]	2008-07-09 13:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG EAID ECON FR IS
08PARIS1318	LIBYAN DRAFT UNSCR ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS: [...] (C) Unaware of fast-moving events in New York (per ref A),we met late July 9 with French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli to discuss the Libyan draft UNSCR and other topics (reported separately). Paoli noted his earlier conversation the same day with NEA A/S Welch. We presented Paoli [...]	2008-07-10 18:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR IS LY
08PARIS1377	A NEW BURST OF FRENCH ACTIVISM ON [...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the July 13 Paris summit on the Mediterranean, French FM Kouchner has called on the EU to reflect at an early September meeting in Avignon (informal EU FM meeting or "gymnich")on how it can play a more active role in Middle East peace negotiations. He cla [...]	2008-07-21 11:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPAL PBTS KWBG FR IS
08PARISFR2315	A/S HOOK'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR UNESCO SECRETARIAT STAFF [...] (C) Summary: IO Assistant Secretary Hook raised the DG election problem as well as the Mughrabi Gate issue in meetings with UNESCO Deputy Director and Chief of Staff. Both were concerned at the prospect that Egypt's Culture minister might succeed Director General Matsuura and put at risk man [...]	2008-12-23 10:35:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KWBG JO IS
08PARTO8	(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. W [...]	2008-07-12 12:10:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08RABAT1101	MOROCCO DOWNPLAYS NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General Mohammed Azeroual told Polcouns November 23 that Morocco did not believe that the Cairo Ministerial would accomplish anything, and Morocco would be represented only by its Ambassador. The PLO is history and Fatah is weak and aging, he said. Any solution woul [...]	2008-11-25 18:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG AL MO
08RABAT1202	GAZA/ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOM [...] (SBU) With Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and Secretary General Youssef Amrani both out of Morocco, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Staff Nassir Bourita on December 30. The Ambassador particularly emphasized the need to modulate rhetor [...]	2008-12-30 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO
08RABAT1204	MOROCCO: GAZA ANGER GROWS; SCHOOLS SHUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Moroccan public and official response to the recent Israeli air strikes in Gaza continues to be universally critical of Israel and, increasingly, the United States. Almost every article, statement, and interlocutor has used the word "disproportionate" to describe the action. [...]	2008-12-31 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO
08RABAT443	SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL: AMERICA SHOULD CHANGE ITS [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with National War College students and faculty, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani identified the poor perception of the United States in the region as the U.S. government's greatest foreign policy challen [...]	2008-05-16 17:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG IS IZ MO
08RABAT648	MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Morocco continues to provide assistance to the Palestinian Administration (PA) and people, and has offered for the first time to provide security training. MFA Director General for Multilateral (Arab and Islamic) Affairs Azaroual told PolCouns July 7 that this is not yet funded, [...]	2008-07-14 14:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KCRM IS MO
08RABAT918	USG CONCERNS ABOUT UNSC MEETING PASSED TO GOM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS UNSC MO
08REYKJAVIK71	ABBAS STOPOVER IN ICELAND: SPECIAL ENVOY APPOINTED, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a short-notice visit, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas overnighted in Iceland April 21-22, meeting with Icelandic President Grimsson and Foreign Minister Gisladottir. At the ceremonial lunch with Grimsson, Abbas lauded the contributions of small states like Icel [...]	2008-04-23 19:17:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR KPAL KWBG IS XF IC
08RIYADH1119	SAUDI MESSAGE TO EMBASSY RIYADH RE: SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Post has received a diplomatic note from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs soliciting support for the Arab Group's draft resolution on Israeli settlements. The dip note contains the following text: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia presents its com [...]	2008-07-19 13:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PA PGOV PREL PTER UNSC
08RIYADH1879	DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL MEETING ON GAZA [...] (C) In the absence of FM Saud Al-Faisal, currently in Muscat with King Abdallah attending the GCC Summit, Charge delivered reftel A points to the Saudi MFA's Ra'ed Krimly, Director of Western Affairs. Krimly responded that Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned what he termed "the Israeli aggres [...]	2008-12-30 12:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM
08RIYADH509	SAG REQUESTED TO ALLOCATE DONOR PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Ambassador Fraker delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Dr. Khalid Jindan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at a March 16 dinner at the Ambassador's residence. Dr. Jindan commented that the assistance should be for all Palestinians, no [...]	2008-03-25 09:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SA
08ROME745	ITALY TO ATTEND BERLIN CONFERENCE FOR PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 11:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN IT
08SANAA1096	PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT VISITS YEMEN, BUT LITTLE BUZZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palestinian President visited Yemen on June 19 and met with President Saleh to discuss the Arab-Israeli issue and Yemen's initiative to reconcile Fatah and Hamas. Open source reporting said little about the discussions and insiders told PolOff that no substantive developments [...]	2008-06-25 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS EG YM
08SECTIO01OF02JERUSALEM1847	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/07): PALESTINIANS NOT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08SOFIA400	DEMARCHE ON BERLIN CONFERENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 10:11:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN
08STATE11586	MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER [...] This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------------------------ Summary and Introduction ------------------------ 2. (U) The Executive Council (ExCouns) of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) held its twenty first meeting in Muscat, Oman [...]	2008-02-05 14:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV XF MU IS JO JA KS NL QA KWBG
08STATE123317	DEMARCHE REQUEST: NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Arab League will convene for an emergency ministerial meeting in Cairo on November 26 to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and recent efforts to affect an intra-Palestinian reconciliation. The [...]	2008-11-20 19:33:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG AL
08STATE130963	DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS [...] (U) NIACT precedence required for Sunday action at addressee posts. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Secretary requests that Ambassadors or charges demarche Foreign Ministers at the earliest opportunity to press for support for a UN Security Council Resolution on the Annapolis pro [...]	2008-12-13 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PGOV PREL UNSC
08STATE27868	SPAIN ASKS FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON INVITATION TO AHLC [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Charge d,Affaires to the United States presented a demarche to NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Danin on March 14, asking that the U.S. support Spanish participation in the upcoming Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) in London and that we weigh in with the EU, Norway and th [...]	2008-03-17 21:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG ECON EAID IS SP BE UK NO

08STATE71463	DEMARCHE REQUEST: KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT [...] (SBU) Department requests action addresseespost urge host country at appropriately senior level to urgently identify funds in support of the Palestinian Authority (PA) budget. If host country has outstanding pledges to the PA, including commitments made through the Arab League, post should pres [...]	2008-07-02 22:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PREL ECON
08STATE74922	(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Wil [...]	2008-07-12 14:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08TASHKENT1477	UZBEKISTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE ON UNION OF GOOD DELIVERED [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel demarche onthe U.S. domestic designation of Union of Good as a supporter of terrorism to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to inform parts of the Government of Uzbekistan who work on the issue. [...]	2008-12-18 11:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS SA WE GZ UZ
08TBILISI2316	GEORGIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 5, to Otar Berdzenishvili, MFA's Counselor of the Americas Division. Mr. Berdzenishvili told Poloff that they would study the issue and take it under advisement. LOGSDON [...]	2008-12-10 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1013	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER SAYS E-1 POLICE STATION DEAL [...] (C) Human Rights Lawyer Danny Seidemann met with PolOffs on April 29 to discuss the new police station in E-1 and the planned creation of a new Jewish neighborhood on the site of the old police station in Ras al-Amud, East Jerusalem. Seidemann said that Israeli officials did not follow the pro [...]	2008-05-07 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV1042	FORMER CIVIL ADMINISTRATION HEAD RECOUNTS PRESSURE [...] (S) Summary: With the ongoing transfer of the West Bank police headquarters from Ras al-Amud (East Jerusalem) to E-1 (West Bank),there has been much speculation on whether the headquarters at E-1 was legally established (reftel). On May 13, Brigadier General (ret.) Ilan Paz, head of the Wes [...]	2008-05-16 13:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1075	GOI STILL UNCERTAIN THAT POSTAL BANK WILL MANAGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 06:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG KTFN
08TELAVIV1080	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHIN BET CHIEF FOCUSES [...] (S) In a May 13 meeting covering a range of subjects, Israeli Security Agency (ISA, or Shin Bet) Chief Yuval Diskin told Ambassador Jones the following: -- Israel's Arabs are materially better off than many Arabs in neighboring countries, but increasingly feel disconnected from the State, an [...]	2008-05-22 07:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG EG IS
08TELAVIV1095	NO TENDERS ISSUED FOR BEITAR ILLIT...YET [...] (C) On May 26, Ynet reported that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) had issued a tender to build 286 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit. MOCH Director General Chaim Fialkoff clarified to econoff on May 27 that the MOCH has not actually issued tenders for [...]	2008-05-23 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1205	FINANCE MINISTER BAR-ON SHOCKED AT FAYYAD OECD [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting between Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Yarom Ariav, his Senior Advisor Michal Finkelstein, and the Ambassador, Ariav said that Finance Minister Bar-On was "shocked" that Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad had sent a letter seeking to block Israeli accession to the OECD. [...]	2008-06-05 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IS KWBG
08TELAVIV1247	SETTLEMENTS AND OUTPOSTS: SIX MONTHS INTO ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: Within the first six months of the Annapolis process, the GOI has published tenders for or approved 2,800 new housing units in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem -- marking the largest number of approvals within a six month period since 1999. Additionally, despite [...]	2008-06-12 14:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1284	FM LIVNI TO LEAD ISRAELI DELEGATION TO BERLIN [...] (C) Responding to reftel points, MFA Director for Palestinian Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba told PolOff June 16 that FM Livni had decided to lead the Israeli delegation to the June 24 Berlin Conference in support of Palestinian Civil Police and Rule of Law. Ben-Abba said Livni would be join [...]	2008-06-16 15:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG GM IS
08TELAVIV1285	ISRAEL EXPECTS TO RELEASE EQUIPMENT FOR WAQF [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel points, MFA Acting Director for International Organizations Eli Ben-Tura told PolOff June 16 that the GOI expects to release "in the very near future" the shipment of technical equipment destined for use by the Jerusalem Waqf to preserve Islamic-era manuscripts. Ben- [...]	2008-06-16 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL KWBG JO IS
08TELAVIV1312	GOI AGREES TO ALLOW ENTRY OF UNRWA NON-FOOD ITEMS [...] (SBU) Following the Ambassador's interventions with Defense Minister Barak and MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad on June 16, Post received word from UNRWA June 18 that the GOI had agreed to allow the passage into Gaza of all 20 trucks of non-food items needed for the UNRWA Summer [...]	2008-06-18 16:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KWBG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1344	IDF ACTS AGAINST ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN OUTPOSTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 13:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV146	CODEL WOLF AND PM OLMERT DISCUSS ROLE OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 8, Congressmen Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Joe Pitts (R-PA) -- accompanied by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, former Ambassador and Congressman Tony Hall, and DCM -- met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to discuss the efforts of the Council of Religious I [...]	2008-01-17 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF KWBG IS
08TELAVIV1508	ISRAELI BANK DETERMINED TO CUT GAZA BANKING TIES [...] (C) Bank Hapoalim (BH) informed the Bank of Palestine (BOP) in a July 6 letter that it will no longer provide it with cash transfer services. The decision was made independent of any consultation with or approval by the GOI or the Bank of Israel (BOI) and was triggered by a BOP request for [...]	2008-07-11 13:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG IS
08TELAVIV1536	PEACE NOW REPORT: MOCH PLANS TO BUILD 73,300 NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On July 7, Peace Now's Settlement Watch Coordinator Hagit Ofran provided econoff with an advanced copy of a soon-to-be published report (please protect until published) detailing the Ministry of Construction and Housing's (MOCH) plans to build 73,300 housing units i [...]	2008-07-17 07:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1578	KNESSET SUBCOMITTEE ON COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN [...] (SBU) Chairperson Zahava Gal-On (Meretz) convened July 2 the Knesset subcommittee on Trafficking in Women for its annual hearing on the findings of the State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for 2007. Discussion focused on new developments in trafficking in women: specifically [...]	2008-07-23 04:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV159	THE RIGHT TAKES ON THE JUDICIARY OVER AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] (SBU) On the eve of the Annapolis conference in November 2007, a group of right-wing Israeli parliamentarians accused the President of Israel's Supreme Court of violating professional ethics by meeting with the US Ambassador to Israel (reftel) to discuss settlement and separation fence construc [...]	2008-01-18 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS KWBG IS
08TELAVIV1595	MOD AND MFA RESPONSE TO WEST BANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Charge raised reftel demarche points with MOD Political Military Director res. MG Amos Gilad and newly appointed MFA Deputy Director General for North American Affairs, Barukh Binah, on July 23. Gilad provided details of GOI efforts to improve coordination with the PA in the West [...]	2008-07-24 11:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1599	MOD CONFIRMS BARAK APPROVED NEW MASKIYYOT [...] (C) On July 24, Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to Ministry of Defense (MOD) Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to econoff press reports indicating that Defense Minister Barak approved the construction of 20 new homes in the Maskiyyot settlement, located in the Jordan Valley. In response to [...]	2008-07-24 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1631	ISRAEL TO START SOME BARRIER CHANGES; STALLING IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 21, Shaul Arieli, advisor on the West Bank separation barrier to the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ),told econoff that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) would resume construction of some segments of the barrier next month returning some Palestinian land through Court o [...]	2008-07-29 14:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV170	NEW UNSCO FOCUSED ON UN/ISRAELI RELATIONS AND GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 14, Ambassador Jones and EconCouns met with Robert Serry, the new UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). Mr. Serry is also the UN's representative to the Palestinians and the UN Quartet envoy. During the meeting, the Ambassador updated Mr. [...]	2008-01-18 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAL KWBG UN US
08TELAVIV1705	TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 09:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KTFN EFIN ECON KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV1713	GOI PUBLISHES TENDERS FOR 416 HOUSING UNITS IN HAR [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) Director General Chaim Fialkoff called econoff to inform Embassy Tel Aviv that the MOCH had published tenders to build 416 new housing units in the settlements of Har Homa and Betar Illit. The MOCH's publication of tender [...]	2008-08-07 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1742	TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT AGAINST THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND INCREASES ITS FINANCIAL ISOLATION OF GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 09:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON EFIN IR IS KTFN KWBG
08TELAVIV1761	EXPERTS CONSIDER AL-QAIDA IN ISRAEL ASPIRATIONAL, [...] (U) Summary: In July, the Israel Security Agency (ISA) announced the arrest of two separate groups with links to Al-Qaida, marking the first time any citizen of Israel has been accused of affiliation with the terrorist organization. On 23 July, members of the security cabinet met in closed [...]	2008-08-12 05:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KWBG PREL PTER IS
08TELAVIV1805	MOD: NO FINAL AGREEMENT REACHED TO EVACUATE [...] (C) On August 14, Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, debunked press reports saying that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and settlers have reached an agreement on evacuating the Migron outpost. According to Herman, the MOD and settler leaders have a general underst [...]	2008-08-15 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1875	MA'ALE ADUMIM BARRIER REVISION ANNOUNCED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 14:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2043	ISRAELI AND JORDANIAN VIEWS ON DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with Jordanian PolOff Asem Ababneh (please protect) September 2 to discuss the rising tensions between Jordan and Israel. Ababneh complained that Israel is taking Jordan for granted and is no longer acting in good faith on a range of issues, including the peace proces [...]	2008-09-08 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL KISL JO IS
08TELAVIV2171	U.S. ARCHIVIST VIEWS ORIENT HOUSE DOCUMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, U.S. National Archivist Dr. Allen Weinstein and Director of the Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division of the National Archives and Records Administration, Michael Carlson, viewed documents seized by Israel from the Orient House in 2001. The two w [...]	2008-09-24 06:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV220	RESETTLEMENT OF MIGRON'S RESIDENTS MAY COUNTER [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, the State Prosecutor's Office announced that Prime Minister Olmert and Defense Minister Barak will strive within six months to achieve a consensual evacuation of the Migron outpost, whereby these settlers would be relocated to an alternative site. The announceme [...]	2008-01-25 16:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2252	OLMERT'S "SWAN SONG" INTERVIEW SPARKS DEBATE AND [...] (C) Summary: Olmert's widely read Jewish New Year interview on the Palestinian and Syrian negotiation tracks (see paras 2 and 3 below) struck Israeli pundits as both bold and problematic. Commentators on the left, such as Meretz MK Yossi Beilin, criticized Olmert for talking the talk on the [...]	2008-10-02 15:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE KWBG
08TELAVIV2291	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On Sunday, September 29, Bank Hapoalim (BH),one of only two Israeli commercial banks providing correspondent services to Palestinian banks, informed the Bank of Israel (BOI) that it would end its business relationship and cease all services to Palestinian commer [...]	2008-10-07 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG KTFN
08TELAVIV2306	PALESTINIANS SUE GOI OVER INACTION TO EVACUATE [...] (C) Summary: On October 5, five Palestinian landowners, through the Yesh Din human rights organization, filed a civil suit for NIS 1.5 million against the GOI for damages caused by its failure to evacuate the Migron outpost. According to Yesh Din legal advisor Michael Sfard, not only had the [...]	2008-10-08 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV24	SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM APPLIES TO WEST [...] (C) Summary: Since Annapolis, Israeli settlement plans have been featured prominently and consistently in the Israeli press. In December alone, there were five published reports of GOI plans to build new residential and commercial projects, primarily in East Jerusalem. Recent press reports [...]	2008-01-03 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2499	WATER PROJECT FINANCING WORKSHOP PRESSES FOR ALTERNATIVES [...] (SBU) On November 5-6, the Milken Institute hosted a Financial Innovation Lab in Jerusalem to promote the idea of using public sector bond-issuing mechanisms for financing water, wastewater, and environmental remediation projects in the region. 60 Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian officials, [...]	2008-11-05 09:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS
08TELAVIV2521	MEETING WITH SETTLER REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In coordination with Knesset Deputy Speaker Otniel Schneller, Pol Couns, EconOff and PolOff met with representatives of the settler community on November 5 to discuss the settlers' role in internal Israeli politics and the rise in settler violence. Pol Couns led off by reviewing [...]	2008-11-13 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2555	BARAK APPROVES NEW SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense (MOD) Barak since April 2008, has approved dozens of construction permits for residential and municipal projects in the major settlement blocs and in a number of smaller settlements. This construction, if completed, will pave the way for continued population [...]	2008-11-17 13:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2592	BARAK DEFERS EVACUATION OF HEBRON HOUSE FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Defense (MOD) Barak on November 20 balked at forcibly removing nine settler families from a house in Hebron after the High Court of Justice ordered their evacuation, and clashes erupted between the settlers and Israeli forces. Ministry of Defense officials in recent [...]	2008-11-21 16:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2610	UPDATE: GOI MASTER PLANS FOR AREA C WEST BANK [...] (C/NF) Oded Hermann, MOD POL-MIL advisor to Amos Gilad, called EconCouns November 18 with an update on the 14 outstanding master plans being developed/approved for Palestinian communities in Area C. Hermann reported that draft plans had been developed for half of these communities, and are [...]	2008-11-24 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPAL KWBG PA IS
08TELAVIV263	A/S BURNS' JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH MFA DG [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch updated U/S Burns January 24 on recent meetings between Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams, noting that despite the previous day's incidents on the Egypt-Gaza border, the teams met that day. Abramovitch expressed the GOI,s h [...]	2008-02-01 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC IS KWBG MCAP MOPS PREL UNSC
08TELAVIV2632	JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR PROMOTES ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Jordanian Ambassador Ali Al-Ayed told the Ambassador November 19 that in response to the growing expression of interest by some Israeli leaders -- including President Peres and Defense Minister Barak -- in the 2002 Beirut Arab Summit peace initiative, he has undertaken to publicize the in [...]	2008-11-25 16:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG JO IS
08TELAVIV2635	DOV WEISSGLAS WARNS ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Former Chief of Staff to Ariel Sharon Dov Weissglas, in an op-ed published in the mass circulation Yediot Aharonot November 24, cautioned that Israel risks a diplomatic confrontation with the new US Administration if it continues to permit settlement expansion and outpost constru [...]	2008-11-26 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV2640	MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS REGIONAL PEACE, DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Director of Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon on November 16 met separately with Eran Etzion, MFA Director of Policy Planning, Tal Becker, MFA Foreign Policy Advisor, and Yaakov Hadas, Deputy Director General of the Middle East and Peace Process Division to discuss Israeli views [...]	2008-11-28 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL SY XF IS
08TELAVIV2694	ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN CONTACTS ON LIBYAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns December 3 on ongoing Israeli-Egyptian contacts regarding the Libyan ship bearing humanitarian relief supplies for Gaza. Hacham said the Israeli Navy closely tracked the course of the Libyan ship on its way to Gaza. He noted that Li [...]	2008-12-03 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID UNSC KWBG IS LY EG
08TELAVIV2728	BROAD POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR BARAK'S FIRM HAND [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Defense Forces and Border Police evacuated more than 100 right-wing settlers and their supporters from the disputed "House of Contention" in Hebron on December 4 in a lightning operation that took just 36 minutes to complete (reftel). Although PM Olmert and Public S [...]	2008-12-05 17:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KWBG PINS IS
08TELAVIV2742	NETANYAHU TELLS REP. WEXLER IRAN TOP PROBLEM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu discussed the new Administration in Washington and its significance for Israel and the region. Netanyahu stressed that he was optimistic about working with President Elect Obama if he becom [...]	2008-12-08 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV2744	GOI RELAXES RESTRICTIONS AROUND NABLUS [...] (SBU) Coordinator for Government Action in the Territories (COGAT) External Relations Director Uri Singer informed EconCouns on December 7 that the GOI would relax a number of movement and access restrictions in the West Bank for the Eid al-Adha holiday season. He also gave an update on long [...]	2008-12-08 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG PREL IS
08TELAVIV2745	CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Summary. In his December 3 meeting with Israel Defense Intelligence Director Yadlin, Representative Robert Wexler (D-Florida) referred to his previous meeting with Likud Party leader Netanyahu (reftel) and asked for Yadlin's assessment of the possibility of Israel and the Palestinian movin [...]	2008-12-08 15:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2760	U/S LEVEY REASSURES GOI THAT NO MOMENTUM WILL BE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 08:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KTFN EFIN ECON KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV2783	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Foreign Minister Livni met in Tel Aviv December 9. They discussed Israeli domestic politics, the impact of the Israeli elections on the peace process, and Iran. Livni said the Israeli electorate feels apprehensive and is looking for strong leade [...]	2008-12-12 12:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2798	UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...]	2008-12-15 11:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS
08TELAVIV2799	UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...]	2008-12-15 11:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS
08TELAVIV2809	A PROLIFERATION OF MESSAGES AS ISRAEL AND HAMAS APPROACH [...] In the absence of any published policy directive on Gaza from the December 10 trilateral meeting of Olmert, Barak and Livni, the Israeli media is focused on perceived policy differences within the GOI. The media reports that Minister of Defense Barak favors renewal of the truce between Israel [...]	2008-12-15 17:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL MOPS IS EG
08TELAVIV2864	PREPARING FOR AN ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION IN GAZA [...] (S) Summary. Since Hamas announced the end of the "tahdiya" truce agreement December 19, pressure has been building in Israel for the IDF to respond more aggressively to daily barrages of rockets and mortars from Gaza. The Israeli cabinet meeting December 21 was largely devoted to a lively [...]	2008-12-22 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2887	ISRAEL: DAS HALE'S DECEMBER 17 DISCUSSION WITH BG [...] (S) Summary: NEA DAS Hale met with IDF Strategic Division Head Brigadier General Yossi Heimann on December 17. DAS Hale gave a brief update of USG discussions regarding a Third Party Mechanism (TPM) in the Palestinian territories within the context of a two-state solution, noting the USG has [...]	2008-12-24 05:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2906	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 29, 18:00 [...] (C) Summary: The IDF continued its deployment of ground forces around the Gaza periphery on December 29, with elements of at least three armored and two infatry brigades taking up positions opposite Gaza City and Beit Hanoun. Air strikes against strategic and tactical targets continued throug [...]	2008-12-29 16:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS
08TELAVIV2922	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 30, 18:00 [...] (S) Summary: The IDF continued to reinforce and increase ground forces around the Gaza periphery, including robust logistical support and elements from brigades not typically deployed in the Gaza sector. No ground operations have been initiated; the senior GOI leadership is discussing a range [...]	2008-12-30 17:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS
08TELAVIV2930	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 31, 14:30 [...] (S) SUMMARY: While IDF troops remained on hold but still poised for a ground attack, rocket fire continues into Israel from Gaza, including increased attacks beyond 30km, and the first hit in the city of Be'er Sheva. Israeli airstrikes are ongoing, although at a slowed tempo, with attacks rep [...]	2008-12-31 13:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS
08TELAVIV33	AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFIRMED AT PETTING ZOO [...] SUMMARY: On January 3, 2008 the Israeli Veterinary and Animal Health Services (IVAHS) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) confirmed Avian Influenza (H5N1) in birds at a Binyamina kindergarten petting zoo in North-Central Israel. Currently, there is no indication that any hum [...]	2008-01-04 13:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR ETRD USTR IS KWBG
08TELAVIV349	AVIAN INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE ENDS FOLLOWING CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) Following the January 3, 2008 confirmation of H5N1 in birds at a Petting Zoo in Benyamina, GOI Ministry of Agriculture instituted surveillance zones at three and ten kilometers, as noted reftel. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that this surveillance ended on February 2, 2008. Other [...]	2008-02-13 09:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR ETRD USTR IS KWBG
08TELAVIV467	PRESIDENT PERES PROPOSES AGREEMENTS ON WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary and Comment. At the latter's request, the Ambassador called on President Shimon Peres the evening of February 27. Peres said he wanted to ensure that President Bush's May visit produce positive results. Noting that he did not think a political agreement with the Palestinians wo [...]	2008-02-28 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KWBG TU JO JA GE IS
08TELAVIV501	ISRAELI FM LIVNI MEETS CODEL, SAYS FATAH CANNOT OVERTAKE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 13:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS IR
08TELAVIV537	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] (C) Ambassador Jones delivered demarche points per reftel to MFA Director General Aaron Abramovitch on February 29 and MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad on March 3. In delivering demarche points, the Ambassador emphasized that Israel should not be taking measures on the ground that threaten t [...]	2008-03-07 16:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV538	MOD MOVING AGAINST WEST BANK OUTPOSTS [...] (C) The Israeli press reported on March 5-6 that West Bank settler council leaders and MOD officials reached an agreement to move unauthorized outposts included on the list of 26 outposts recognized by the GOI as established after March 2001, to alternative West Bank sites. MOD Chief of Sta [...]	2008-03-07 16:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV559	ISRAEL EXPEDITING CUSTOMS REVENUE TRANSFERS TO PA [...] (C) Michal Finkelstein, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Director General, told EconCouns and DeputyCouns on March 3 that the GOI is doing everything possible to expedite the transfer of the customs revenue it collects on the Palestinian Authority's behalf. She said that Israe [...]	2008-03-11 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL
08TELAVIV614	ONE NATION, MANY ROADMAPS -- THE AFTERMATH OF THE MERKAZ [...] (SBU) The 7-day mourning period for eight yeshiva students gunned down by an East Jerusalem Palestinian was fraught with controversy which exacerbated the already deep divisions in Israeli society over the conflict with the Palestinians. Israel Television reported that unnamed yeshiva students [...]	2008-03-17 05:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV622	SCENESETTER FOR D/HHS VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (U) Post welcomes the visit to Israel of HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy on April 2. Post offers the following update on its social and public health situation. Your visit presents an opportunity to underscore our shared interests in matters of primary health care and global public health, incl [...]	2008-03-17 14:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KIPR KWBG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV624	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CORRESPONDENT RELATIONSHIP IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israel's Bank Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank (IDB) threatened to sever correspondent relations with Palestinian banks by the end of 2007. Nevertheless, business continues between the two sides and it appears that the Bank of Israel (BOI) has prevented the banks from severing t [...]	2008-03-18 09:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN KWBG IS
08TELAVIV661	BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER "FRUSTRATED" BY [...] (C) In a March 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer characterized as "very frustrating," ongoing problems with the Israeli-Palestinian correspondent banking relationship (reftel). Fischer explained that one of the main problems in resolving the issue [...]	2008-03-20 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN KWBG IS
08TELAVIV662	BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER -- FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS NOT [...] (C) Meeting on the day after a major decline in stock markets worldwide, Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador on March 18 that the world economy is still closely tied to the U.S. He said that the Federal Reserve Board and EU Central Banks have both performed we [...]	2008-03-20 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV OECD PREL IS KWBG
08TELAVIV701	MARCH SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES [...] (C) The following paragraphs seek to capture Israeli settlement activity in March, and where possible, provide GOI clarification or confirmation to reports of approved or planned GOI settlement construction. -------------------------- MOD Moves Against Outposts -------------------------- [...]	2008-03-26 06:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV716	CODEL KYL AND BROWNBACK MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary. CODELs Kyl and Brownback met with Prime Minister Olmert February 18 at the Knesset. Olmert expressed appreciation for Congressional support for Israel and said that he expected U.S.-Israeli ties to remain strong whoever is elected President. Regarding Gaza, Olmert defended the [...]	2008-03-27 06:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG EG IR IS
08TELAVIV738	CODEL BOEHNER'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Boehner met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert March 23. They discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and Olmert's concerns about Hamas-Fatah discussions in Yemen, Vice President Cheney's visit and the Iranian nuclear threat, the possibility of Israel negotiating wi [...]	2008-03-28 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER IR SY KWBG XG IS
08TELAVIV818	JAPAN ENVOY: ISRAEL COOPERATING ON INDUSTRIAL PARK [...] (C) Japanese Envoy to the Middle East Ambassador Tatsuo Arima met with Ambassador Jones on April 1 to discuss the Arab League Summit and progress on the planned Japanese industrial park outside of Jericho. The Ambassador also updated Arima on the recent visit of the Secretary. Arima said th [...]	2008-04-08 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KWBG AL JA SY LY IZ IS
08TELAVIV871	SETTLERS VOLUNTARILY EVACUATE MEVO HORON [...] (C) On April 14, Oded Herman, Advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to EconCouns that settlers had voluntarily evacuated the Mevo Horon Agricultural Farm outpost, located near No Man's Land in the West Bank. According to Herman, the six families had relocated from the outpost [...]	2008-04-15 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV915	IDF FOILS HAMAS, MOST AMBITIOUS ATTACK SINCE 2005 [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on April 19, Hamas attempted a simultaneous attack on two crossing points, Kerem Shalom and Kissufim, utilizing armored personnel carriers (APC) and other vehicles loaded with explosives. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) reacted quickly, killing 3 Hamas fighter [...]	2008-04-21 16:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS KWBG IS
08TELAVIV945	CORRECTED: IDF FOILS HAMAS, MOST AMBITIOUS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on April 19, Hamas attempted a simultaneous attack on two crossing points, Kerem Shalom and Kissufim, utilizing armored personnel carriers (APC) and other vehicles loaded with explosives. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) reacted quickly, killing 3 Hamas fighter [...]	2008-04-25 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS KWBG IS
08TOKYO1604	JAPAN CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN BERLIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PBTS IS JA
08TOKYO1693	JAPANESE REPRESENTATION AT BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PBTS IS JA
08TOKYO1987	ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS, JORDANIANS MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Japan, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians made further progress on Tokyo's "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity" (CPP) initiative at a ministerial meeting in Tokyo July 2. For the first time the parties were able to agree on the text of a joint press statement which indicated the [...]	2008-07-17 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO JA
08TOKYO2537	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (C) Japan will be represented at the September 22 New York meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee by Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Ministerial representat [...]	2008-09-16 09:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG EU IS JA
08TOKYO611	ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN: FIRST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's February 25-28 visit to Tokyo focused on expanding the bilateral relationship, particularly trade, but also addressed regional issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, North Korea, and China. On the peace process, Olmert thanked [...]	2008-03-07 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PINR KPAL KWBG IR NK IS JA
08TOKYO779	JICA PRESIDENT OGATA MEETS SYRIA'S ASAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Sadako Ogata met March 12 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad. According to MOFA, their discussion focused on economic assistance and did not address political issues. Japan believes it necessary to maintain c [...]	2008-03-21 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID KPAL KWBG IS IZ SY JA
08TRIPOLI945	LIBYA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS UNSCR [...] (SBU) CDA delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Ahmed Fituri, MFA Secretary for the Americas (A/S-equivalent) on December 14, encouraging a 'yes' vote and stressing that any amendments to the current draft resolution language would likely prevent it from being passed. Fituri undertook to pass refte [...]	2008-12-14 16:44:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PGOV PREL UNSC LY
08TRIPOLI988	LIBYA'S VIEWS ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL MEETING ON GAZA [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Americas Desk Director Ahmed Aoun on December 30. Aoun took our points on board, but stressed that while HAMAS' decision to break the ceasefire had precipitated Israel's military strikes in Gaza, the decision to execute rocket attacks had come against [...]	2008-12-30 15:36:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM UN IS LY
08TUNIS1058	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CANCELING SAUDI PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, the Ambassador spoke by telephone to MFA Chief-of-Staff Mahmoud Khemiri to request GOT support in canceling or delaying the Saudi proposed Ministerial-level UNSC meeting on Israeli settlement activity. K [...]	2008-09-25 15:12:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL UNSC IS TS
08TUNIS1186	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 07:00:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG AL TS
08USUNNEWYORK1024	UNRWA REPORT AND GENERAL DEBATE: SITUATION IN [...] Summary: The UN General Assembly's Special Political and Decolonization Committee (the Fourth Committee) held its general debate on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on October 29-30. Two UNRWA officials opened the session with reports [...]	2008-11-05 14:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG
08USUNNEWYORK1029	PECDAR [...] (SBU) Legoff met with Mr. Nakamura at the Japanese Mission on November 4 and delivered the points contained in Reftel. Nakamura said that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) had requested that Japan reach out to the United States through diplomatic channels to try to facilitate a [...]	2008-11-06 14:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNDP PREL PGOV JA KWBG
08USUNNEWYORK1047	FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE RESOLUTIONS ON [...] SUMMARY: The UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) approved nine resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian situation on November 7: four under agenda item 29 "The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East" (UNRWA) and five under agenda i [...]	2008-11-10 13:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS
08USUNNEWYORK1100	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RACISM, [...] SUMMARY: From November 3-5, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the elimination of racism and racial discrimination, the right of peoples to self-determination, and the report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Speakers from several Islamic nations noted a trend [...]	2008-11-20 23:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SMIG PNAT PBTS KPAL KWBG
08USUNNEWYORK1120	UNGA: 63RD UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL AND [...] The 63rd UNGA held its debate on agenda item 16, "The Question of Palestine," and agenda item 15, "The Situation in the Middle East," from November 24-25. Over 50 countries spoke; paragraph 8 gives a complete list. The President of the General Assembly (PGA),Miguel D'Escoto opened the debat [...]	2008-12-01 13:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS
08USUNNEWYORK1127	UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Security Council held its monthly briefing and consultations on the Middle East on November 25. Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed on the "landmark" Quartet meeting November 9 with the two parties. He stressed that the biggest challenges to a lasting peace agreement [...]	2008-12-02 21:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA SY
08USUNNEWYORK1142	UNSC: COUNCIL MEETS AT LIBYAN REQUEST TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) The Security Council met December 3 at Libya's request to discuss the Israeli Navy's action to deny entry of a Libyan vessel carrying humanitarian assistance to the port of Gaza. The Council invited both Israeli and Palestinian representatives to participate in the meeting. The Libyan [...]	2008-12-05 21:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG
08USUNNEWYORK1150	UNSC: COUNCIL AGREES ON ELEMENTS FOR PRESIDENCY TO [...] (SBU) In consultations late on December 5, the Security Council agreed not to meet formally in response to requests by the Palestinians through the Non-Aligned Movement and the Arab Group for a Council meeting on recent settler violence in the Hebron area of the West Bank. In lieu of a meetin [...]	2008-12-08 22:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS
08USUNNEWYORK1152	UNGA ADOPTS ALL FOURTH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS; FOUR [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted 22 resolutions and four draft decisions included in the reports of the UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) on December 6. Resolutions and plenary votes are in paragraph two (most passed with significant margins [...]	2008-12-09 15:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF SENV UNGA IS
08USUNNEWYORK1199	UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...]	2008-12-23 19:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG

08USUNNEWYORK180	UNSC: GAZA SITUATION UNDERMINING ANNAPOLIS OPTIMISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Serry and UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Holmes provided SIPDIS the Security Council on February 26 with a detailed description of the situation in the Palestinian territories, a [...]	2008-02-27 00:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IS LE KPAL KWBG
08USUNNEWYORK280	RANCOROUS UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. SYG Ban Ki-Moon made an unusual appearance during the UNSC's monthly Middle East debate on March 25 to beseech the parties and the international community -- including the Security Council -- to support the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the [...]	2008-03-28 15:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC SY IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK394	MIDDLE EAST: USUN LEADS WALK-OUT AFTER LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNSC held its monthly discussion on the Middle East on April 23. Following last month's rancorous debate (reftel),SC members agreed to a public briefing by the UN Secretariat, followed by closed consultations. DPA A/SYG Angela Kane briefed on recent attacks in Gaza and s [...]	2008-05-02 20:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG KPKO UNSC SY IS LE LY
08USUNNEWYORK478	MIDDLE EAST: UNSC MEMBERS WELCOME REGIONAL PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on May 28. UNSCO Robert Serry briefed in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed the issue in closed consultations. Serry welcomed "fragile" progress on the Israeli-Syrian, Lebanese, and Israeli [...]	2008-05-29 23:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL SY LE IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK519	MIDDLE EAST: ARABS PUSHING UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) USUN has learned that the Arab Group at the UN met at the expert-level on June 11 to discuss a Saudi proposal to table a draft resolution in the UN Security Council criticizing recent Israeli settlement activity. According to friendly delegations in the Arab Group, the Palestinian Obser [...]	2008-06-11 21:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK523	PALESTINIAN NY REP URGES USG SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] (C) Palestinian Amb Riyadh Mansour met at his request June 13 with Council President Amb Khalilzad to express Palestinian support for a Saudi draft of an UNSC resolution calling on Israel to freeze settlement activity. Mansour argued that there is an international consensus on the substance [...]	2008-06-13 22:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK531	SETTLEMENTS: ARAB GROUP SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT OR [...] (C) Summary. An Arab Group delegation consisting of representatives from Mauritania, Iraq, the Palestinian Observer Mission, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Arab League requested a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on June 16 to formally present a draft resolution -- initiated by Saudi Arabia an [...]	2008-06-16 23:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK573	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: LIBYA TABLES DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on June 27. Lisa Buttenheim, Director of the Asia and Pacific Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs, briefed the Council in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed regional events i [...]	2008-06-28 00:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK590	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS TO CONSIDER BROADENING [...] (SBU) Libya convened a second UNSC experts meeting on July 2 to discuss its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. (Note: During the first experts meeting on June 30, several delegations expressed support for the draft text, but others including USUN and UKUN said they had [...]	2008-07-02 23:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC PA IS
08USUNNEWYORK595	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS PUT TEXT IN BLUE FOR VOTE [...] (SBU) Following the July 2 UNSC experts meeting on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements (reftel),the Arab Group decided on July 3 to put their draft text in blue on July 7 and call for a vote latest on July 11. The Arabs also decided to keep the focus of the resolution on [...]	2008-07-03 23:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC PA IS
08USUNNEWYORK598	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN PLANS TO INTRODUCE [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad met with the Arab Group on July 7 about the draft resolution on Israeli settlements. He urged the group to delay putting the text in blue for 48 hours so that the Arabs could consider U.S. elements for a comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and UNSC e [...]	2008-07-08 15:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK605	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN REQUESTS DEMARCHE TO PARIS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) The Arab Group decided on July 8 to put their revised draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements in blue, "so that it can be voted on soon," according to the press release they put out after their meeting. (Note: The text of the [...]	2008-07-09 01:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK610	RUSSIA THREATENS ZIMBABWE VETO, P-3 DISCUSS [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad discussed the Arab settlements UNSCR with British and French PermReps on July 9. After previously saying they would offer only weak amendments to the preambular Arab text, the French said they now had clearance from Paris to present additional operative paragraphs as well th [...]	2008-07-09 17:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC ZI RS IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK614	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS NOW UNSURE IF THEY HAVE [...] (SBU) Libya convened a UNSC experts meeting on July 9 to solicit comments on its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. France spoke first, emphasizing that the Council has a unique opportunity to adopt a comprehensive resolution on the Middle East peace process, and that experts sh [...]	2008-07-10 02:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK626	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH MAY GO WOBBLY [...] (C) French PR Ripert called Amb Khalilzad on July 14 to discuss the way ahead on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. Having successfully delayed action on the resolution until after the Euro-Med summit, which concluded on July 14, Ripert said he now had to give [...]	2008-07-14 23:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK631	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRANCE AND UK TO PROPOSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) P-3 Ambassadors met in the evening of July 15 to discuss a response to the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. French Amb Ripert reported that earlier in the day Qatari Amb Nasser had agreed, on behalf of the Arab [...]	2008-07-16 01:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK64	GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council held a public debate January 22 on the situation in Gaza. Public statements were delivered by UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe, all Security Council members, Israel, the Palestinians, neighboring states, the Arab League, OIC, and NAM. Amb Khalilad's intervention exp [...]	2008-01-23 00:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK646	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS LIKELY TO CONCEDE DEFEAT [...] (C) Arab Group Ambassadors met on July 18 to discuss the revised comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that USUN shared with them on July 16 (ref B). (Note: This revised draft contained more language on settlements than USUN's original elements but retained strong langua [...]	2008-07-19 00:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK660	ISRAEL AND ARABS EXCHANGE BARBS IN MONTHLY DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary. U/SYG Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council during an open meeting on the Middle East on July 22. Pascoe outlined encouraging developments in the region, highlighting the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon, indirect talks between Israel and Syria, and the [...]	2008-07-24 01:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK75	GAZA: UNSC DEFERS PRST DISCUSSION UNTIL THURSDAY [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met on January 23 to continue discussions on the draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza prepared by the Arab group in New York and tabled by Libya. Following a meeting of UNSC political coordinators the morning of January 23, in which USUN a [...]	2008-01-23 22:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK764	UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS TAME THIS MONTH, [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council during an open meeting on the Middle East on August 20. He stressed that the benefits of the cease-fire have not translated into an improvement of everyday living conditions in Gaza. He welcomed the planned release of 200 Palesti [...]	2008-08-22 22:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE
08USUNNEWYORK77	SECURITY COUNCIL CONTINUES DISCUSSIONS ON GAZA [...] (SBU) Following a U.S. decision to engage, the Security Council continued consulations January 24 on a draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The meetings concluded without agreement on a text. All delegations requested the United States to convey its bo [...]	2008-01-25 01:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK85	GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL DROPS PRST AFTER LIBYA [...] (SBU) After four days of negotiation on a draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza, in which USUN was initially isolated 14-1 but eventually persuaded all other delegations except Libya to support the U.S. position, Security Council Ambassadors met on January 29 and decided [...]	2008-01-29 22:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK851	UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS FOCUS MORE ON UN [...] (SBU) In another low key set of consultations on the Middle East on September 18, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry's briefing was the main focus. He lauded the "gradual but systematic process of Palestinian self-empowerment" in the West Bank and later said t [...]	2008-09-20 00:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE
08USUNNEWYORK875	UNSC MEETS AT SAUDI/ARAB LEAGUE REQUEST [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met September 26 in response to the request by Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Arab League to discuss Israeli settlement activity. The Saudi FM spoke first and accused Israel of intransigence and a lack of good faith in dealing with the settlements issue. Arab Le [...]	2008-09-29 17:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE SY IR
08USUNNEWYORK95	JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: RANCOROUS SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. During the UN Security Council's monthly public debate on the Middle East on January 30, past optimism about the Annapolis process was overshadowed by rancor resulting from the UNSC's inability to adopt a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza as well as acrimon [...]	2008-02-01 22:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE SY
08USUNNEWYORK967	UNSC: MULTIPLE DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING UK, CALL FOR [...] (SBU) In his monthly briefing to the Security Council on the Middle East, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Pascoe reviewed October 22 the series of meetings held in late September on the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. In terms of the West Bank, he noted the start of the [...]	2008-10-23 20:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
09ABUDHABI1133	UAE FM on Middle East Peace [...] (S) Summary: UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) told D/SEMEP David Hale on December 7 bold steps were needed to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and again proposed a donors conference in support of East Jerusalem. AbZ said he expected Abu Mazen to remain in po [...]	2009-12-10 11:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS AE
09ABUDHABI115	UAE TO DISCUSS PA SUPPORT WITH MODERATE ARABS [...] (C) UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) told the Ambassador February 1, in the context of discussing reftel points on the urgent need for budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA),that a group of Arab Foreign Ministers would meet in Abu Dhabi February 2 to discuss support for [...]	2009-02-01 14:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI133	UAE HOSTS ARAB DISCUSSION ON PA SUPPORT [...] (C) As previewed with the Ambassador (ref A),UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) hosted a gathering of nine Arab foreign ministers February 3 in Abu Dhabi to discuss coordination of Palestinian issues. Eight countries and the PA attended (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, [...]	2009-02-04 14:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI142	UAE FM TRAVELING THE REGION ON "UNITY" MISSION [...] (SBU) Subsequent to hosting a February 3 gathering of nine Arab foreign ministers (reftel),UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) met with the visiting Kuwaiti FM over the weekend (February 6) and embarked on a regional tour characterized in official news reports as seeking Arab unity, presumably wi [...]	2009-02-08 14:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI146	UAE LEADERSHIP ON THE MEETINGS OF THE MODERATES [...] (C) Summary: UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah continues his coordination with Arab counterparts, while MinState Gargash recounted that February 3 discussions among the moderate camp addressed troublesome scenarios like a Palestinian split that gives a new Israeli government the excuse that it "h [...]	2009-02-10 09:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EAID EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI162	(C) UAE CAUTIONS QATAR ON IRANIAN AND HAMAS PARTICIPATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 05:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EAID EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI20	UAE REMINDED OF PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN NEEDS [...] (SBU) Post relayed ref B appeal for donations to UN-related relief agencies in separate conversations with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al Haidan. Dr. Gargash acknowledged the need and told the Ambassador [...]	2009-01-07 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE
09ABUDHABI21	UAE PRESSED ON NEED FOR PA BUDGET SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 13:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI34	HUMANITARIAN AID THE FOCUS OF PUBLIC EFFORTS ON GAZA [...] (U) As local news outlets warn of escalation of Israeli military activity in Gaza, UAE citizens and residents are expressing solidarity, taking to the streets in calm, controlled (and relatively small) demonstrations while pledging donations in cash and in kind. Marching in solidarity ---- [...]	2009-01-11 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE
09ABUDHABI369	UAE "UP TO DATE" ON BUDGET SUPPORT TO PA [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 06:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN KPAL KWBG PTER AE
09ABUDHABI50	GAZA AID CONFERENCE HELD IN ABU DHABI [...] As noted Ref A, UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, who is head of the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and Chairman of the UAEG's Foreign Aid Coordination Committee, called an emergency meeting of donor countries and international relief organizations to discuss Gaza on January [...]	2009-01-13 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE
09ABUDHABI62	Demarche in Preparation for the January 16 Arab League [...] (C) In a January 15 meeting with MFA Asst U/S for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan, DCM delivered reftel points. With FM Abdullah currently in Washington, MFA Minstate Gargash is already on his way to Kuwait to participate in the January 16 Ministerial, Haidan promised to convey our points t [...]	2009-01-15 14:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL AE
09AITTAIPEI19	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the Union of Good, a Saudi Arabia-based organization, designated on November 12 by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a supporter of terrorism unde [...]	2009-01-07 09:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL UNSC ECON
09ALGIERS1077	BOUTEFLIKA TO WARD: WE WANT A STRATEGIC [...] (C) U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander General William Ward met Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika November 25, during Ward's first visit to Algeria since assuming command of AFRICOM. Ward said AFRICOM's strategy was to assist African nations in providing for their own security needs [...]	2009-12-06 07:57:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL KWBG US IR IZ IS
09ALGIERS12	GAZA: ALGERIAN DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS ON ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian MFA summoned us and other UN Security Council member missions separately on January 4 to deliver a demarche on the Arab League position developed at the December 31 Cairo ministerial, and to lay out the Algerian position on the situation in Gaza. The MFA informed us [...]	2009-01-04 18:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG
09ALGIERS122	PA BUDGET DEMARCHE: ALGERIA PLEDGES SUPPORT [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA Acting Director of Arab League Affairs Mourad Merhoum told us that Algeria's support for the Palestinian people was a matter of principle, and that Algeria would continue its annual contributions of roughly USD 50 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) throug [...]	2009-02-04 14:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG AG
09ALGIERS268	ALGERIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PA [...] (U) In response to ref A, MFA U.S. desk officer Ali Drouiche confirmed on March 14 that Algeria will provide approximately USD 200 million for reconstruction efforts in Palestinian territories, to be channeled through its membership in the Arab League. As reported in ref B, Algeria has alread [...]	2009-03-18 15:14:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN AG
09ALGIERS44	ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE: ALGERIA SUPPORTS EGYPT'S [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche January 14 to MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Abdelhamid Bouzaher, who said that Algeria was in accord in principle with our points on Gaza. He said Algeria supported the UNSCR, and absolutely supported Egypt's efforts. But, he said, the sit [...]	2009-01-14 17:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL XF AG
09ALGIERS970	A/S FELTMAN'S MEETING WITH ALGERIAN PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) In an October 21 meeting with NEA A/S Feltman, Prime Minister Ouyahia was broadly receptive to the USG theme of economic and security partnership in the region. He said Algeria wants to adopt a market economy but needs time to strengthen its industry to meet world competition. While urgi [...]	2009-10-29 08:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KWBG KPAL KISR IS IR AG
09ALGIERS973	NEA A/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH ALGERIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) In an October 20 meeting with Algerian FM Medelci, visiting NEA A/S Feltman said we wished to deepen counterterrorism and regional security cooperation with Algeria. Medelci focused on the economy and the Middle East. Algeria was an open economy that needed foreign and U.S. investment, w [...]	2009-11-02 07:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG IS AG
09AMMAN1261	JORDAN: MOSTLY POSITIVE REACTION TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) Post held a viewing of President Obama's speech for approximately thirty students, academia, and civil society at the American Language Center. The speech was followed by a discussion. During the speech, the audience showed very little reaction, except when the Koran was quoted, which was [...]	2009-06-04 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PGOV PREL IS JO
09AMMAN1263	JORDAN: GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian government officials and members of parliament lauded the tone and content of the President's speech during a lunchtime viewing and discussion at the DCM's residence. Contacts were laudatory of the speech's frankness and sense of balance. While noting the speech's bro [...]	2009-06-04 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN128	JORDAN HASHEMITE CHARITY ORGANIZATION HEAD [...] (SBU) The Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO),which has become the semi-official conduit from Jordan to Gaza, is now sending 15 truckloads five days a week containing a variety of aid. The organization's spokesman offered a brief history of the JHCO's role in past humanitarian e [...]	2009-01-14 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1287	JORDAN: PRESIDENT'S SPEECH PROMPTS CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the President's Cairo speech, Jordanian contacts continue to focus primarily on language pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The President's citation of Islamic scriptures and respect for Islam's cultural contribution throughout history was seen as a [...]	2009-06-08 10:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KWBG JO
09AMMAN129	GAZA PROTESTS CONTINUE IN JORDAN, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Protests over events in Gaza continue, with the Israeli and Egyptian Embassies as the primary target of demonstrators. Calls for a boycott of Israeli and American goods are mounting, but there is little evidence that they will have any real impact. The call for a vote of no-co [...]	2009-01-14 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG VE JO
09AMMAN147	JORDAN GAZA ROUNDUP, JANUARY 15 [...] (C) Summary: Marches and protests continue across Jordan, with further demonstrations planned for after Friday prayers on January 16. Islamists announced that they are pondering a "million man march" to the Israeli border and a separate event to burn American and Israeli goods. Following t [...]	2009-01-15 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KISL IS JO
09AMMAN1483	JORDAN'S KING, FM DISCUSS MIDEAST PEACE AND IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran dominated Codel Schiff's discussions with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh during a June 27-30 visit to Jordan. The King and FM detailed confidence building measures Arab states would offer in the run-up to final statu [...]	2009-07-02 05:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KWBG IS IR SA SY JO
09AMMAN1521	PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER DETAILS FATAH [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian National Council (PNC) Speaker Salim Zanoun, whose main office is in Jordan, told Poloff on July 6 that preparations for the upcoming Fatah 6th Congress on August 4 were moving forward. Palestinian and Israeli leaders are coordinating access for members living abroad [...]	2009-07-07 11:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1619	JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT ON TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 09:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG JO IS PTER
09AMMAN1661	JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT DISTANCES ITSELF FROM FATAH [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government is attempting to distance itself from the controversy surrounding inflammatory statements issued in Amman by Fatah Central Committee Member Faruq Qaddumi about the circumstances of Yasser Arafat's death. Qaddumi was reportedly asked by Jordan's government no [...]	2009-07-26 07:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1667	JORDAN'S INTERIOR MINISTER DEFENDS CITIZENSHIP [...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi has changed his public stance on the practice of citizenship revocation for Palestinian-origin Jordanians. While he denied the existence of such a policy as recently as June 24, Qadi is now vigorously defending it in domestic and regional [...]	2009-07-26 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1761	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN CITIZENSHIP: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: The current debate in Amman about the citizenship status of Palestinian-origin Jordanians centers around regulations connected to Jordan's 1988 unilateral disengagement from the West Bank. Some of the regulations left the residency requirements for certain groups vague. This [...]	2009-08-04 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF KPAL KDEM KWBG SMIG IS JO
09AMMAN1764	JORDAN'S KING CHASTISES "RUMORMONGERS" ON MIDEAST [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a vaguely worded but politically loaded statement, King Abdullah warned against "rumormongering" about the peace process and internal politics on August 5. The King attempted to calm fears about an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal coming at Jordan's expense while stating hi [...]	2009-08-05 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KPAL KDEM KWBG JO
09AMMAN1787	JORDAN EXTENDS HOURS OF ISRAEL AND WEST BANK CROSSINGS [...] (SBU) Recent press reports touting round-the-clock opening of the main West Bank crossing to Jordan for the benefit of Palestinian commerce are exaggerated. According to Post contacts, Israel made the announcement without full coordination with the GOJ. Jordan has nevertheless taken action an [...]	2009-08-06 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG JO IS
09AMMAN198	GEN. DAYTON TALKS JAF TRAINING FOR PALESTINIANS IN [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton met on January 19 with Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces HRH Lieutenant General Prince Faisal bin Al-Hussein, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Khaled Sarayreh, and Commander of the Joint [...]	2009-01-23 12:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PTER MAS PREL IS JO
09AMMAN1988	MUGHRABI GATE: JORDAN HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Jordan has not received any Israeli offer that would allow a survey team to measure the site of the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount. The King raised Mughrabi Gate directly with Israeli PM Netanyahu during a July visit, and Jordan's FM raised it durin [...]	2009-09-01 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN2126	MUGHRABI GATE: JORDAN SET TO REMAIN OBSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: With the standoff over Mughrabi Gate as intractable as ever, Jordan is again opting for a strategy of obstructionism. Prior to his departure for the UNESCO meetings in Paris, MFA Americas Bureau Chief Samer Naber again indicated that Jordan would not respond to Israeli overture [...]	2009-09-16 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IS JO KWBG PREL UNESCO
09AMMAN2127	SCENESETTER FOR SE MITCHELL'S SEPTEMBER 17 VISIT [...] (S/NF) Your visit comes as Jordanian officials and the King continue to eagerly anticipate the launch of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Jordanian-Israeli relations are cordial, although the growing controversy over Mughrabi Gate remains a sore point. Many of our interlocut [...]	2009-09-16 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL IS JO
09AMMAN219	ARE JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS STRONGER IN THE WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Islamists are seeking to parlay a string of highly organized demonstrations on Gaza into broader political influence. The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),have been increasingly direct in their criticism of the [...]	2009-01-26 10:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KWBG KPAL KDEM JO
09AMMAN2302	BOLSTERING SUPPORT FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE THROUGH [...] (C) Key Points: -- A variety of regional ESTH initiatives have encouraged support for Middle East peace by developing Arab-Israeli working relationships, increasing regional technical and research capacity, and directly improving the lives of citizens. -- These collaborations can be augme [...]	2009-10-15 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL SENV KWBG JO IS
09AMMAN2618	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN ACKNOWLEDGES ISRAELI [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Samer Naber, the Director of the MFA Americas Office. Naber acknowledged our points, and further privately agreed that the proposed settlement freeze that had been intended to build momentum for bilateral negotiations had instead become an obstacle to the [...]	2009-12-06 05:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KPAL KWBG PREL IS JO
09AMMAN359	AMMAN FATHAWIS DISCUSS GAZA EFFECTS ON MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Fatah members resident in Amman agreed that their movement was in dire straits following recent Israeli operations in Gaza. Aside from the perennial plea for quick movement on the peace process, our contacts varyingly saw potential Fatah salvation in convening the long-delayed Si [...]	2009-02-08 05:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG KISL IS JO
09AMMAN468	JORDAN'S MFA SHARES USG GOALS FOR MARCH 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 13:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG JO
09AMMAN569	CODEL BAIRD DISCUSSES GAZA, INTERFAITH DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary: During a February 17-18 visit to Amman, Congressmen Brian Baird and Keith Ellison (both members of the Friends of Jordan Caucus) took the pulse of Jordanian feelings on Gaza, talked about interfaith dialogue opportunities, and received an overview of Jordanian science and techno [...]	2009-03-03 06:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KIRF KWBG TSPL IS SY JO
09AMMAN717	JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY STAGE [...] (C) Summary: Efforts by the Jordanian parliament to bring international legal action against Israel over the events in Gaza have stalled. Separately, civil society leaders organized a mock trial of Israeli leaders, and further such efforts are in the works. The campaign is not being led by [...]	2009-03-19 13:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN925	JORDAN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON AID TO PA, UNDERSCORES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG JO
09ANKARA1012	TURKEY: ABBAS TO TELL GOT "STOP EMPOWERING HAMAS" [...] (S) Summary: Despite multiple embassies' expressions of concern regarding the growing number of NGO-sponsored Muslim-based conferences in Turkey attended by radical regional participants, the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party-led (AKP) GOT has chosen to turn a blind eye. PLO Amba [...]	2009-07-15 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
09ANKARA1056	TURKEY: ABBAS VISIT MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: GOT leadership maintained a positive and constructive tone during Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas' July 8-10 Ankara visit despite previous concerns surrounding Abbas, recent Cyprus trip and past pro-Hamas GOT rhetoric. Erdogan and Abbas discussed USG regional policy, e [...]	2009-07-23 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
09ANKARA84	TURKEY: U.S.-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche January 16 to MFA Israel Desk Officer Rauf Alp Denktas, who briefed MFA Undersecretary Apakan on the demarche points. 2. (C) Post convened an EAC January 9 to discuss the ongoing security threat from the situation in Gaza. In light of reftel, Post will cont [...]	2009-01-16 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS
09ATHENS241	GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS FOR MARCH [...] (SBU) Hellenic Aid has informed Post that the GoG has made no decisions on attendance and a pledge for the upcoming Donors, Conference for the Palestinian Authority (PA). EconOff delivered reftel points on February 19 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Hellenic Aid, Director of Emergency Humani [...]	2009-02-24 09:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM GR GZ
09ATHENS341	FURTHER INFORMATION ON GREECE'S 5 MILLION USD [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel points on March 6 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs, Hellenic Aid. On March 18, Koutrakou advised EconOff that the $5 million pledged by the GoG at the March 2 conference would be used for various reconstruct [...]	2009-03-19 13:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAM KWBG EFIN PGOV PHUM PTER GR EAID
09ATHENS62	GREEKS ALERTED TO SIGNING OF U.S.-ISRAEL [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on the signing of the U.S.-Israel Anti-Smuggling MOU to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Maria Zisi. Zisi was grateful for the information but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) It was the opinion of the Embassy Country Team th [...]	2009-01-16 15:55:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS GR
09BEIJING1013	APRIL 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, HOLBROOKE VISIT, [...] Key points at the April 16 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of reports that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have been expelled from North Korea. -- Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke "exchanged views on issues of common interest [...]	2009-04-16 22:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM KNNP KWBG IAEA EFIN AMED CH KS KN
09BEIJING432	PRC: CHINA SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MARCH 2 SHARM [...] (C) China "has the same position" as the United States on the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel Division Deputy Director Xu Chen told PolOff February 19 in response to reftel points on the U.S. positi [...]	2009-02-19 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIJING604	PRC: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINA'S PLEDGE AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIRUT1277	LEBANESE REACTION TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi welcomed details about Israel's recently announced settlement moratorium and the U.S. reaction to it. Abi Assi also told Charge on December 1 that Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen was scheduled to visit Beirut on December 7. He opined [...]	2009-12-04 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC ENRG LE IS
09BEIRUT368	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA SUMMIT [...] (C) Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi did not expect major results from the March 30 Arab League Summit in Doha, except for a united position in favor of the Arab Peace Initiative. He predicted Arab relations with Iran would be a major, and potentially divisive, topic. He welcomed U.S. over [...]	2009-03-30 13:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KPKO KWBG MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AL SU XF
09BERLIN1392	SCENESETTER: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Washington on the heels of Chancellor Merkel and one week after assuming his cabinet position. He is painfully conscious of being inexperienced; out of his element, he has clung to his scripts. However, his staff assured us that Wes [...]	2009-11-03 17:14:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG MNUC AF GM IR RS
09BERLIN1403	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Berlin warmly welcomes you to Germany for the historic 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin is hosting all four-powers and EU leaders at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to mark this occasion. Your visit includes meetings with Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister [...]	2009-11-05 16:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF MNUC AF RS IR KPAL KWBG GM
09BERLIN1544	GERMANY TRACKS U.S. MESSAGE ON ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) MFA Near East division deputy Sibylle Sorg told Poloff December 3 that the MFA agrees fully with reftel points on Israel's settlement moratorium. She said that reftel points are helpful for the upcoming EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting which will have conclusions on the Middle East. [...]	2009-12-04 14:29:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL PREL KWBG IS GM
09BERLIN288	GERMAN PLEDGE AT MARCH 2 SHARM AL-SHEIKH DONORS' [...] (SBU) On March 6, 2009 Econoff contacted Jacqueline Groth of the Middle East Regional Development Policy Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Bonn, to confirm German support for the Palestinians following the March 2 Donors' Conference in Sharm Al-Sheikh, [...]	2009-03-12 13:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN GM IS
09BERLIN366	GERMANY CALLS FOR TRANSATLANTIC COORDINATION, CARE [...] (C) MFA Near East Division chief Boris Ruge told Poloff March 27 that Germany agrees with reftel points but he stressed the need for the EU and the United States to exercise care and to coordinate when responding or reacting to any Palestinian reconciliation agreement. Ruge cautioned against [...]	2009-03-27 14:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG GM EUN
09BERLIN851	FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES U.S. MESSAGES IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Steinmeier reinforced U.S. messages on the need for Israel to halt settlement construction and for Syria to play a constructive role in the region during his July 6-7 Middle East visit to Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. According to the MFA, Steinmeier also high [...]	2009-07-14 15:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS GM LE SY
09BRASILIA1112	BRAZIL MORE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. ARAB-ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE or Itamaraty) has no immediate response to our request in ref A to provide $10 million in direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The relevant MRE department heads were receptive to the idea of a further Brazilian co [...]	2009-09-04 20:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EAID KWBG OPDC IS
09BRASILIA322	FOLLOW UP ON BRAZIL'S SHARM AL SHEIKH PLEDGE [...] (U) On 10 March, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Counselor Claudio Cesar Nascimento, chief of the Middle East Division I of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Nascimento confirmed the USD 10 million pledge made by Foreign Minister Amorim at Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, and noted t [...]	2009-03-16 17:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN BR
09BRUSSELS1621	MINISTERS TO DECIDE FINAL WORDING ON CONTENTIOUS [...] (C/NF) USEU Deputy Pol M-C spoke separately to Swedish, Italian and Spanish diplomats December 1 and 2 about the draft text on Middle East peace being prepared as a formal conclusion to be adopted at the December 7-8 Foreign Affairs Council (FAC--which replaces the GAERC). All three diplomats [...]	2009-12-02 14:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EUN KWBG IS
09BRUSSELS248	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS FOR MARCH 2 [...] (C) Summary: Drawing on Reftel points USEU discussed the March 2 donors' conference with EU officials and representatives of the Czech and Norwegian missions in Brussels, as well as with the EU's humanitarian aid organization, ECHO. According to our interlocutors, Javier Solana, Commissioner [...]	2009-02-20 16:22:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EU KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER
09BRUSSELS364	EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLEDGE AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] Mission confirms as reported reftel that the European Commission pledged EURO 440 million (approximately $572 million at an exchange rate of $1.3 to the Euro) for Palestinian assistance at the Sharm al-Sheikh donor conference. In announcing the pledge Commissioner Betina Ferrero-Waldner said [...]	2009-03-13 15:17:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER PREL EAID EUN
09BRUSSELS371	EGYPTIANS AND PALESTINIANS MEET WITH EU TROIKA ON [...] (C) Summary: The EU Troika (Czech FM Karel Schwarzenberg, Council High Representative Javier Solana, and Commissioner Bettina Ferrero-Waldner) met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, PA Foreign Minister el-Maliki, and the Jordanian ambassador to the EU on March 15 for dinner to disc [...]	2009-03-16 15:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG EUN
09BRUSSELS420	BELGIAN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 15:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN BE
09BRUSSELS488	TERRORISM FINANCE: EU ON UNION OF GOOD U.S. [...] (C) In a recent follow-up conversation regarding Ref A demarche on Union of Good, to which we have not yet received a formal EU response, a contact close to the EU's autonomous terrorist designations process anticipated that the EU will be reluctant to join the U.S. in an autonomous designatio [...]	2009-04-02 12:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS
09BRUSSELS67	DEMARCHE: EU AND EC OFFICIALS REQUEST FURTHER [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche separately to Christian Jouret, Head of the Middle East Unit in the Council of the European Union (who works closely with Solana) and to Leonidas Tezapsidis, Head of the Near East Region (a Unit Deputy Director) in the European Commission [...]	2009-01-16 15:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PARM KWBG PBTS PHUM EU IS
09BUDAPEST152	HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO MARCH 2 CONFERENCE, SHARM [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 10:00:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM HU

09BUDAPEST188	HUNGARY'S PLEDGE - MARCH 2 CONFERENCE IN SHARM [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 11:54:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAL KWBG EFIN PHUM PTER EUN HU
09BUENOSAIRES200	ARGENTINE PARTICIPATION AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] (U) Poloff discussed February 25 the upcoming Sharm al-Sheikh conference per instructions (reftel) with Argentine Foreign Ministry Counselor Guillermo Nicolas, in the Office of North Africa and the Middle East. Nicolas reported that Argentina's delegation would be led by Ambassador Gabriel Fu [...]	2009-02-26 16:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN KPAL KWBG PHUM PTER EAID AR
09CAIRO1458	SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH SINAI [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- A National Democratic Party (NDP) Bedouin parliamentary representative for northern and central Sinai and members of the Fawakhriya Bedouin Council said that increased Egyptian security and military measures will not resolve the smuggling of goods, weapons, and people. [...]	2009-07-30 04:29:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EAID SOCI KWBG EG
09CAIRO1465	GOE YET TO TAKE POSITION ON JORDANIAN RED SEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 13:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV KWBG JO IS EG
09CAIRO1788	ARAB LEAGUE SPOKESMAN BRIEFS ON SEPTEMBER MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ WEU GZ SY SU EG
09CAIRO1852	REFUGEES CAUGHT IN EGYPT-ISRAEL BORDER CROSSFIRE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PREF PTER PBTS KWBG KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO334	FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER EG
09CAIRO335	FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER EG
09CAIRO336	FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 22, at approximately 7:00 p.m. local time, an explosion went off near the Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo,s old city, close to the El Hussain Mosque. Although the market is normally a heavily trafficked tourist area, many shops are closed on Sundays and there were re [...]	2009-02-24 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER
09CAIRO569	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator Bond, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., Euro [...]	2009-04-02 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP BOND PGOV KWBG ECON KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO657	EGYPT-GAZA BORDER OPERATIONS IMPACTING NORTH SINAI [...] (C) Key Points -- The Government of Egypt (GOE) is using aggressive security measures to control the North Sinai population as a result of counter-smuggling operations at Egypt-Gaza border. -- The local North Sinai population understands the national security concerns, but is getting frust [...]	2009-04-15 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PREL SOCI PTER ECON KCRM KPAL KWBG IS EG
09CAIRO726	EGYPT: AID AND RECONCILIATION IN GAZA [...] (C) Key Points -- We met with the Director of the World Food Program's warehouse in El Arish on April 8, and with an American doctor, returning after 3 months in Gaza and the West Bank, on April 22. Both stressed that Gazans are still in dire need of food and medical supplies. No reconstruc [...]	2009-04-29 10:21:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	KPAL KWBG IS PA EG
09CAIRO773	EGYPTIAN MFA UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Key Points: -- The fourth round of the Cairo Dialogue on Palestinian reconciliation yielded no results. Egypt has temporarily shelved its proposal to create a Palestinian committee to oversee reconstruction, security reform, and the January 2010 elections. -- The Government of Egypt ( [...]	2009-05-06 12:33:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA EG
09CAIRO872	FULL EAC MEETING, MAY 18, 2009 [...] (C/NF) The acting DCM convened a full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting in response to ref A, to review potential security implications for USG interests in Egypt resulting from the possible release of photographs of detainees, and to discuss the impending release of Egyptian wage revi [...]	2009-05-19 12:05:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KWBG PTER EG
09CAIRO986	CAIRO REFUGEE UPDATE: QUESTIONS OF PROTECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-31 12:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KWBG KPAL SU ER EG
09CANBERRA272	SHARM AL-SHEIKH FOLLOW-UP - AUSTRALIA STILL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 23:49:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER AS
09CANBERRA712	SECRETARY'S LETTER DELIVERED TO AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN [...] (SBU) August 3, Foreign Minister Smith received the Secretary of State's letter in support of the Palestinian Authority. CLUNE [...]	2009-08-04 07:10:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS AS
09COPENHAGEN131	DETAILS ON DANISH PLEDGE AT MARCH 2 SHARM [...] According to Jakob Rogild Jakobsen, Chief of Section of the Danish MFA Middle East Policy and Assistance office, about half of Denmark's USD 17.4 million pledge will be directed toward humanitarian assistance, with about 90 percent of the funds earmarked for UNRWA activities and a smaller por [...]	2009-03-10 13:34:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PHUM PTER DA
09DAMASCUS10	GAZA: SARKOZY LOOKING FOR SARG SUPPORT OF [...] (C) Summary: French DCM Nicolas Suran (strictly protect) confirmed January 4 that President Sarkozy would visit Damascus January 6 for three hours (approximately 10 am to 1 pm). Sarkozy would arrive after spending the previous day in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Ramallah. Sarkozy would then dep [...]	2009-01-05 13:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL FR SY
09DAMASCUS130	HAMAS REPRESENTATIVE REAFFIRMS CONDITIONS FOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Almost a week after the February 5 deadline for responding to Egypt's Gaza cease-fire proposal, Hamas appears ready to stand pat on its demands for Israel to agree to re-open border crossings and lift the siege as part of any deal. In contrast to Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled M [...]	2009-02-12 12:25:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KWBG KPAL PTER SY
09DAMASCUS132	SCENESETTER FOR CODELS CARDIN, BERMAN, AND KERRY [...] (C) Summary: Chairman Cardin, Chairman Berman, and Chairman Kerry, Embassy Damascus is looking forward to your mid-February visits. You should expect an enthusiastic reception by government officials of the Syrian Arab Republic (SARG) and from the media, who will interpret your presence as a [...]	2009-02-12 14:26:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETRD ECON PTER PREF PAUM PARM KWBG LE
09DAMASCUS198	FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro emphasized the strong U.S. commitment to achieving a two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution and providing humanitarian relief for Gazans, as demonstrated by the appointment of Special Envoy Mitchell and the U.S. pledg [...]	2009-03-15 05:37:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KWBG KPAL IS SY
09DAMASCUS226	ASAD AT AL SUMMIT: ASSERTING RIGHT OF ARAB [...] (S) Summary: Syria's Bashar Asad heads this week to the Arab League Summit in Doha seeking to support Qatar's efforts for a productive meeting and to assure moderate Arab states of Iran's desire for better relations. Syria's position on Sudan remains aligned with that of Qatar in support of [...]	2009-03-26 13:06:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL KPAL KWBG AL IS SU IR SY
09DAMASCUS252	CODEL LYNCH MEETS ASAD, MUALLIM [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 13:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY
09DAMASCUS32	SIGNS THAT HAMAS IS LOOKING CONFIDENTLY AT GAZA [...] (C) Summary: An American-Palestinian academic with regular access to Syrian MFA officials and Hamas leaders in Damascus reports Khalid Mesha'al believes Israel will be unable to sustain its ground operations long enough to inflict a decisive military defeat. He says MFA and Hamas contacts c [...]	2009-01-08 15:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PTER IS SY
09DAMASCUS34	PRIVATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PETITION EMBASSY DAMASCUS ON [...] Two students from the private Arab International University brought a letter to the American Cultural Center on December 31, 2008, for delivery to the Charge d'Affaires. The letter, signed by more than a thousand students from the university, concerns events in Gaza. The students also reques [...]	2009-01-10 15:06:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OEXC XF KWBG SY
09DAMASCUS349	JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH DROPS INTO DAMASCUS [...] (C) The brief and short-notice May 11 visit of Jordan's King Abdullah II to Damascus concluded successfully according to Syrian press and the Jordanian Consul, Anas Oran. Though King Abdullah was only on the ground for three hours, the visit was constructive, with the King meeting privately wi [...]	2009-05-17 14:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO SY
09DAMASCUS357	JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH DROPS INTO DAMASCUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 07:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO SY
09DAMASCUS360	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: HAMAS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro argued that, while recent Hamas statements suggested the organization could recognize a two-state solution, Hamas needed to renounce violence, recognize Israel, and abide by previo [...]	2009-05-21 14:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY
09DAMASCUS371	CORRECTED COPY - MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro argued that, while recent Hamas statements suggested the organization could recognize a two-state solution, Hamas needed to renounce violence, recognize Israel, and abide by previo [...]	2009-05-26 12:49:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY
09DAMASCUS377	CODEL KAUFMAN-PRESIDENT ASAD MEETING MAY 28 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 16:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY
09DAMASCUS390	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 17:30:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY
09DAMASCUS42	HAMAS WARY OF, BUT PARTICIPATING IN, CAIRO TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mesha'al delivered a regionally televised harangue late January 10 criticizing the international community's response to Gaza, calling on Israel to cease hostilities, withdraw its forces, and lift the siege, and dismissing the possibility of a "perma [...]	2009-01-12 13:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PTER IS SY
09DAMASCUS447	MESHAAL WARMS TO OBAMA, SYRIA CONTAINS MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: Hamas political bureau chief Khalid Meshaal spoke on June 25 from Damascus, welcoming President Obama's "change in rhetoric" toward the Arab world and Palestine. He encouraged the Obama administration to follow through, saying he was not "bewitched by speeches." He also criticized [...]	2009-06-29 12:47:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL SY
09DJIBOUTI40	DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR THE JANUARY 16 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita informed Ambassador on January 14 that President Guelleh would attend the January 19-20 Arab Economic Summit, after leading a GODJ delegation to visit Turkey. The PM provided no substantive response on likely GODJ positions. 2. (C) Post expects [...]	2009-01-15 15:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL XF DJ
09DOHA145	QATAR PROPOSES HAMAS-FATAH RECONCILIATION IN ABBAS [...] (C) In a February 25 meeting with Ambassador, Palestinian Ambassador Munir Abdullah Ghannam said that during a recent trip to Doha by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the GOQ urged the formation of a national unity government in Palestine which would include Hamas members. According to Gh [...]	2009-02-26 13:51:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA147	PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES QATAR'S SPECIAL [...] (C) Palestinian Ambassador Ghannam told Ambassador February 25th that in December 2006, while visiting Doha for the Asian Games, then-Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyah personally asked Qatari Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani for financial help in resolving a dispute with striking teachers. 2. (C [...]	2009-02-26 14:34:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB KPAL EAID KWBG QA
09DOHA176	QATAR TO ABIDE BY GCC AGREEMENT ON PALESTINIAN AID [...] (C) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud told Ambassador March 10 that Qatar and all GCC member states had agreed in Riyadh March 1 on "the mechanism of a committee to run the fund for Gaza reconstruction in coordination with banks." 2. (C) Al-Mahmoud provided Ambassador [...]	2009-03-11 11:54:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA181	QATAR'S LATEST THOUGHTS ON GCC RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) In a March 12 meeting with MFA Minister of State for International Cooperation and Conferences Dr. Khalid Al Attiyah, Ambassador conveyed reftel points, using them to explore with Al Attiyah the GCC's reconstruction funding mechanism, and strongly recommending that the GCC increase its coo [...]	2009-03-12 13:34:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PTER PHUM QA
09DOHA222	BASHIR DEFIES ICC, ATTENDS ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN [...] (U) Defying an International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment against him, Sudan's President Bashir arrived in Doha the evening of March 29 to attend the Arab League Summit. Since the ICC issued the arrest warrant against him on March 4, Arab countries have voiced general support for Bashir, a [...]	2009-03-30 12:34:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL QA SU
09DOHA225	ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: GOOD TURNOUT AS QATAR TILTS [...] (U) Following are highlights of the "Doha Declaration" issued at the close of the March 30-31 Arab League Summit: SUDAN: Arab leaders expressed their support of Sudan in face of "all threats targeting its security, stability, and territorial integrity" and rejected all actions that threaten [...]	2009-03-31 09:30:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAL KWBG SU QA
09DOHA23	QATAR COULD SEVER TIES WITH ISRAEL IF PART OF [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, acknowledging the pressure Qatar faces to close Israel's trade office in Doha, said in a press interview on Al Jazeera television's Arabic service January 11 that Qatar would consider severing its relations with Israel, if "there is a collective [...]	2009-01-12 13:21:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL QA
09DOHA233	FEUDS AND RECONCILIATION BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE [...] (C) Based on Al Jazeera reports and those of other regional media as monitored by the Open Source Center in Doha and its sister offices, reconciliation was a general theme of the Arab League Summit in Doha. Five days before the March 30-31 Summit convened, Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad call [...]	2009-04-01 13:41:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG SU QA
09DOHA24	QATAR'S UNBALANCED POSITION ON GAZA SETS BACK ITS [...] (C) Embassy Muscat's very useful cable (reftel) reports the Egyptian allegation that Qatar mounted a determined effort at the recent GCC summit in Muscat to get the GCC to formally endorse an emergency Arab League Summit to address the Gaza crisis. That allegation is almost certainly correct. [...]	2009-01-12 13:36:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA25	QATAR COULD SEVER TIES WITH ISRAEL IF PART OF [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, acknowledging the pressure Qatar faces to close Israel's trade office in Doha, said in a press interview on Al Jazeera television's Arabic service January 11 that Qatar would consider severing its relations with Israel, if "there is a collective [...]	2009-01-12 13:49:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL QA
09DOHA253	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S APRIL [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. I look forward to hosting you at my residence, while the delegation accompanying you stays at the Sharq Hotel. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir and the Prime Minister. You met with the PM in Washington earlier this [...]	2009-04-15 05:56:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL KWBG KPAL QA
09DOHA268	MINISTER OF STATE RECOMMENDS "PROJECT BY PROJECT" [...] (C) Ambassador asked Minister of State Ahmed Al-Mahmoud April 19 for his guidance on how best to work with Qatar on securing financial contributions for aid to third countries, underscoring that we "need to find a better way to work together on contributions to third countries." 2. (C) Al-M [...]	2009-04-22 09:24:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KWBG AF PK QA
09DOHA285	CROWN PRINCE PLEDGES QATAR'S FULL COOPERATION TO [...] (C) Qatar's Heir Apparent, Shaykh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met April 21 with Special Envoy George Mitchell. He told Senator Mitchell that Qatar "needs someone we believe in" for the difficult and important task of achieving Arab-Israeli peace, especially in these difficult times. Observing [...]	2009-04-30 06:51:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL QA
09DOHA3	QATARI LEADERSHIP SEEKS TO SHOW ACTIVISM ON GAZA [...] (U) Many of the estimated 15,000 people who attended the January 1 rally at the Qatar Sports Club stadium to show their solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza carried placards saying, "Stop Killing Our Children." Children and adults waved Palestinian and Qatari flags. The Doha Youth Center [...]	2009-01-04 10:31:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL QA
09DOHA526	QATAR TO DONATE $10 MILLION TO GAZA THROUGH HAMAS [...] (U) Local media reported August 23 that Amir Shaykh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani called Hamas official Ismail Haniyah the evening of August 21 to inform him that Qatar would donate 10 million USD at the start of Muslim holy month of Ramadan to aid Gazan fishermen and workers. According to the lo [...]	2009-08-24 13:46:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA547	QATAR'S 10 MILLION USD DONATION TO GAZAN WORKERS [...] (U) In a September 1 press statement, the Vice Chairman of Qatar Charity, Abdullah Hussain Al-Nameh, revealed that his organization and Qatar's Red Crescent Society were selected by Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to administer the 10 million USD donation to Gazan fishermen and workers announc [...]	2009-09-01 11:49:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA549	PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR: QATAR PLEDGES SUPPORT TO [...] (C) In a September 2 meeting with Charge, Palestinian Ambassador to Qatar Munir Ghannam characterized Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' August 31 meeting with Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (accompanied by Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad [...]	2009-09-02 14:27:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA66	QATAR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PUSH BOYCOTT OVER GAZA [...] (U) According to January 27 press reports, students of Qatar University are pursuing an economic boycott of American and Western firms that support Israel in solidarity with a boycott movement in nearly a dozen other (unidentified) countries. 2. (U) Engineering student Ibrahim Saad, an orga [...]	2009-01-27 13:05:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KBCT KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA690	MINSTATE AL-MAHMOUD COMMENTS ON HOW TO ADVANCE [...] (C) In a November 24 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud presented Qatar's thinking on advancing peace between Israel and the Palestinians. He noted that Hamas won the Palestinian elections. As such, "in this region we do not see them as a terrori [...]	2009-11-25 11:31:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA71	HAMAS LEADER MEETS AMIR, DELIVERS FIERY SPEECH AT [...] (U) Hamas political leader Khalid Mish'al called January 28 on the Amir in his Amiri Diwan office. According to press reports, the two discussed "the latest developments in the Palestinian territories". Also present at the meeting were officials from the Amir's staff and the MFA. 2. (SBU) [...]	2009-01-29 13:15:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA733	VISIT OF QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (who serves concurrently as Foreign Minister) of Qatar will visit Washington beginning January 4 to continue the strategic consultations that Qatar and the USG have pursued since June, when Near Eastern Affairs Assistant Secretary Feltman first prop [...]	2009-12-21 12:36:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EAGR QA
09DOHA85	QATAR MFA MINSTATE UNDERSCORES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE [...] (C) Ambassador expressed to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud February 2 Washington's concern that Qatar's hosting of the January 16 meeting on Palestine, at which the Iranian President, as well as Hamas and PIJ leaders, were present, signaled a tilt toward the radical cam [...]	2009-02-03 13:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL QA
09DOHA86	MINISTER OF STATE: QATAR LOOKS TO PARTNER WITH UN, [...] (C) At a February 3 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Conferences Khalid Al-Attiyah said that Qatar is pleased with the success of its partnerships with American NGOs in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. He singled out the partnership between Qatar [...]	2009-02-03 14:02:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG QA EG
09DOHA96	PROPOSED GAZA RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Turkish political counselor in Qatar Cevat Ok confirmed to Poloff Zebley on February 8 that PM Erdogan received a personal invitation from PM Al Thani to attend a conference on Gaza aid "in the near future", but stated that no date had been set. He also noted that while the Turkish PM wel [...]	2009-02-08 13:41:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL EAID KWBG QA EG
09GENEVA1054	CONSULTATION ON PA ON BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 17:51:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA783	PA INTEREST IN WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 24 September 2009, A team from the Palestinian Authority (PA) led by Ambassador Khraishi called upon USTR/Geneva Charge Shark to seek U.S. support for a request by Palestine to obtain observer status from the WTO General Council. The PA intends to formally submit its applica [...]	2009-09-25 06:38:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA814	MORE ON PA BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent conversations with the Israeli Mission and other delegations indicate that both the Israelis and the PA think, or are at least telling people, that we support their respective, and opposing, positions on the observership issues. The PA has been busy lobbying other delega [...]	2009-10-01 06:43:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA832	GC CHAIR ON PA BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] (SBU) This morning General Council (GC) Chair Matus provided Charge with a readout on recent developments on the PA bid. The Israeli's have told him that they oppose the PA's requests for observership in GC and the Ministerial Conference because it is neither a State nor a customs territory. [...]	2009-10-02 16:22:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA839	UPDATE ON PA BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] (SBU) PA Ambassador Khraishi called on General Council (GC) Chair Matus yesterday to present their formal request for observer status in the GC. Charge was told by someone who was at the meeting that Matus responded that it is too late at this time for the matter to be placed on the agenda for [...]	2009-10-07 06:33:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA845	ISRAELI AND GC CHAIR ON PA BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] (SBU) Charge was approached by both the Israelis and General Council (GC) Chair Matus this morning. The Israelis passed on informal word that they probably will have some flexibility on the issue of observership in the Ministerial Conference. They also indicated their intent to be very low ke [...]	2009-10-07 13:53:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA862	CONSULTATION ON PA BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 08:38:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA898	ISRAEL ON PA BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 10:35:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA902	MEETING ON PA BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 16:50:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA913	ISRAELIS ON PA BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 18:00:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA950	CONVERSATION WITH PA ON BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:58:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA961	CONVERSATIONS ON PA ON BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 13:50:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETR WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA967	ISRAEL ON PA ON BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 18:08:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GENEVA972	ISRAEL ON PA ON BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 12:21:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09HELSINKI106	FINLAND PLEDGES $12-14 MILLION FOR PALESTINIAN [...] In a meeting with Econoff on March 9, Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Middle East and North Africa Unit Anna Savolainen confirmed that Finland has pledged between $12 million and $14 million this year for assistance to the Palestinian Authority. This includes $4.5 million the [...]	2009-03-17 08:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN FI
09HELSINKI24	FINLAND: DEMARCHE US-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 13:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS FI
09JEDDAH114	JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM (JEF) BACK ON FOR OCTOBER [...] (C)SUMMARY: In meeting earlier this month with the newly appointed Chair of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),Muhammad Abdul Qader Al-Fadhl, post learned that the 10th Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF),several times cancelled and postponed, is indeed now expected to take place in [...]	2009-03-25 13:22:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA
09JEDDAH13	GAZA VIOLENCE LEADING TO CANCELLATION OF JEDDAH [...] (C) Summary: Due to the conflict in Gaza, the 2009 Jeddah Economic Forum, a high profile annual event that attracts prominent visitors and wide media attention, is likely to be cancelled. Our sources tell us that the organizers say funds for the event very likely will be transferred to unspe [...]	2009-01-07 16:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KWBG SOCI SA
09JEDDAH20	JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM "POSTPONEMENT" -- RIVALRY [...] (C) Summary: On Friday, January 9, Saudi press carried announcements of the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF)'s postponement for 3-4 months although contacts now indicate that the event may not happen at all. Connection with Gaza violence has been cited as a factor (although it may be only a conve [...]	2009-01-13 06:18:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PGOV SA SOCI
09JEDDAH214	OIC OFFICIALS RECEIVE SECRETARY CLINTON'S LETTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 27 Consul General delivered Secretary Clinton's letter to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General in response to his May 6 message urging pressure on Israel to end settlement expansion and home demolitions. While expressing appreciation for the Se [...]	2009-06-03 14:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KISL KWBG OPDC PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH277	JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM DATE SET FOR FEBRUARY 2010 [...] (C) The General Manager for Services at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),Sara Baghdadi, informed EconOff this week that the 10th Annual Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF),cancelled in 2009 amid a political crisis involving former JCCI Chairman Saleh Turki (refs b and b),has been [...]	2009-07-27 10:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL SA SOCI
09JEDDAH29	MORE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM [...] (C) Summary. A Saudi businessman/intellectual claims that losses at last year's Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) totalling 7 million dollars constitute the primary reason for JEF's cancellation. Other reasons include management and organizational problems, making it uncertain that the JEF will be [...]	2009-01-23 15:51:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KWBG SOCI SA
09JEDDAH341	10TH JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM DATES CONFIRMED: [...] (U) Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) confirmed at a September 6 Ramadan gathering that the 10th Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) will indeed take place February 13-16, 2010. The topic will be the "Global Economy 2020." It was announced that the Saudi Arabian Government, the Governor [...]	2009-09-09 14:21:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SA SOCI
09JEDDAH348	OIC ISLAMIC FIQH ACADEMY SECRETARY GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-20 16:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL KWBG KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH392	REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION OF SECRETARY GEITHNER [...] (U) On October 13, Post received an expected (ref A) letter from Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) and Gulf Research Center (GRC) requesting Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's participation as panelists at the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) [...]	2009-10-15 15:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA
09JEDDAH5	OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...]	2009-01-05 16:36:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA
09JEDDAH50	UPHEAVAL IN JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE -- SAUDI [...] (C) Summary. In a move that took Jeddah by surprise, on January 31, Minister of Commerce Abdullah Ahmad (Zainal) Alireza relieved the popular, elected chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),Saleh Al-Turki, from his position just seven months shy of the end of his four- [...]	2009-02-02 14:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA
09JEDDAH6	OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...]	2009-01-05 16:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA
09JEDDAH60	JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM GETS A GREEN LIGHT FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 15:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA
09JERUSALEM100	UNRWA AND ICRC SUSPEND MOVEMENT IN GAZA FOLLOWING LETHAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 8, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) decided to suspend movements inside Gaza following several security incidents involving IDF strikes on UN and ICRC staff, vehicles, and facilities. U [...]	2009-01-09 18:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG KPAL ASEC IS
09JERUSALEM1003	SPECIAL JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINIAN REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1004	TWO H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED IN THE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Health officials have confirmed two cases of H1N1 in the West Bank (Bethlehem). A four-year-old girl was diagnosed on June 10, and her mother on June 13. Both cases were characterized as "mild," and the patients are expected to recover ful [...]	2009-06-15 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1005	PALESTINIANS DISMAYED BY NETANYAHU'S SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's June 14 speech has been overwhelmingly negative. Palestinians believe Netanyahu introduced a series of unacceptable preconditions, as well as limitations on the future Palestinian state that render the call for such a st [...]	2009-06-15 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL KPAO
09JERUSALEM1006	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/16): PALESTINIAN UNEASE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 10:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM101	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 10, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. President Abbas, in a press conference with President Mubarak January 10, called on HAMAS and Israel to accept the UNSC resolution immediately and said the Egyptian proposal is the means to implement the resolution. He said Palestinian reconciliation is necessary, but that pea [...]	2009-01-10 12:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1013	ALLEGATIONS FOLLOW DEATH OF HAMAS DETAINEE IN PA [...] (C) Hamas member Haitham Abdel Allah Amre died while in Palestinian Authority (PA) General Intelligence (GI) custody on June 15 in Hebron. According to PA GI official Mansour Ebwaini, Amre died in a failed escape attempt, falling from the third story of the building in which he was being held [...]	2009-06-16 13:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM102	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 10 [...] (SBU) Summary. All Gaza crossings were closed on January 10. UNRWA restarted coordination with the IDF following a meeting with GOI officials on January 9, and requested permission for trucks to enter Gaza on January 11. UNRWA shelters now hold more than 21,000 displaced people. Health, wate [...]	2009-01-10 16:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD CASC IS PREF
09JERUSALEM1020	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/17): "AHMADINIJAD'S VICTORY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 09:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1026	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/18): REACTIONS TO NETANYAHU'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1028	56 AL-AQSA FUGITIVES RECEIVE AMNESTY FROM GOI [...] (C) Summary: According to Palestinian Authority (PA) officials, the GOI has approved 56 al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade (AAMB) fugitives for full or partial amnesty under a program initiated by the PA and GOI in June 2007. The fugitives, who have been in PA custody, will be subject to varying post-r [...]	2009-06-18 12:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM103	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 11, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 10-11, primarily in northern Gaza. IDF troops moved closer to the urban centers of Gaza City and Khan Yunis. Airstrikes caused a number of casualties, including civilians, mostly in northern Gaza. Gaza-based medical sources reporte [...]	2009-01-11 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS

09JERUSALEM1030	INVESTIGATORS UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF ABUSE IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) General Intelligence (GI) officials have confirmed evidence of abuse in the June 15 death of Haitham Abdel Allah Amre while in PA custody. Initial reports that Amre fell to his death while trying to escape appear to be "simply wrong," according to GI [...]	2009-06-18 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG
09JERUSALEM1031	PM FAYYAD RESPONDS TO NETANYAHU'S SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 17 meeting of donors, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad responded to Israeli PM Netanyahu's June 14 speech. He acknowledged the mention of a Palestinian state, but commented that the speech as a whole describes a policy that will not lead to a success [...]	2009-06-18 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1036	FATAH AND HAMAS REACTIVATE COMMITTEES ON PRISONER [...] (S) Summary. Under Egyptian pressure, Fatah and Hamas reactivated two joint committees to discuss releasing detainees and reopening institutions closed for "political" reasons. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Fayyad told the Consul General the PA will not release anyone who would threate [...]	2009-06-19 08:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	EG KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER
09JERUSALEM104	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 11 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open on January 11. UNRWA coordinated several convoys through Kerem Shalom. Karni crossing remains closed. The GOI announced another three-hour "humanitarian pause" on January 11, but there was confusion among UN [...]	2009-01-11 17:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PREF
09JERUSALEM1041	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/19): "HAMAS MUST ACCEPT THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 10:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1042	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/22): "NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 11:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1062	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/23): POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 10:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1063	CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/23): POSITIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1067	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/24): PRISONER RELEASES LEAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 06:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1077	FAYYAD LAYS OUT PA PLATFORM, APPEALS FOR PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad delivered a widely publicized speech on June 22, in which he appealed to the Israeli people for mutually beneficial coexistence with a Palestinian state and laid out the PA's domestic priorities. Fayyad also called for the [...]	2009-06-25 13:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG ECON PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1078	IDF AGREES TO REFRAIN FROM INCURSIONS IN FOUR WEST [...] (C) Summary: Senior PA security officials told Post that the IDF informed them on June 24 of a halt to incursions into four West Bank cities -- Ramallah, Bethlehem, Qalqilia, and Jericho -- for one week, except in extreme cases. As of June 25, PA officials confirmed there had been no overnight [...]	2009-06-25 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1079	IDF EASES ACCESS AND MOVEMENT IN THE WEST BANK, [...] (C) Summary: The IDF has taken measures to ease access and movement around a number of West Bank cities since February 2009. The IDF's removal of checkpoints and road obstacles and the easing of restrictions at several manned checkpoints has directly benefited the Nablus, Qalqiliya, Ramalla [...]	2009-06-25 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD PHUM PTRD KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1080	FATAH EXPECTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN RECONCILIATION TALKS, DEFENDS PA SECURITY DOCTRINE REF: JERUSALEM 1036 Classified By: Deputy Principal Officer Greg Marchese for reasons 1.4 ( b) and (d) [...] (C) Summary. Fatah and Hamas delegations will hold reconciliation meetings in Cairo in late June in advance of a planned "signing ceremony" on July 7, according to senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad. Al-Ahmad said Egyptian officials want a "poltical" announcement that puts off the most difficu [...]	2009-06-25 14:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOVE KWBG KPAL PTER PHUM PREL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1081	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/26): "PALESTINIAN UNITY WOULD [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 09:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1087	ABU MAZEN BUILDS SUPPORT FOR A FATAH SIXTH PARTY [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) successfully used a June 23-24 Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) meeting to garner support for holding Fatah's Sixth General Congress on August 4, 2009, in Bethlehem. FRC members backed Abu Mazen's plan on the condition that Fatah delegates fr [...]	2009-06-26 13:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1089	UNRWA'S June 2009 Advisory Commission Meeting [...] (SBU) At the June 9-10 Advisory Commission (AdCom) meeting of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Amman, Jordan, Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd noted that the total deficit of $107 million, including $39 million of essential operatin [...]	2009-06-26 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG JO SY LE
09JERUSALEM109	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/12): ISRAEL SEEN AS IGNORING [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 10:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1091	TALMON PLANS PAVE THE WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW [...] (C) Summary. Israeli NGO Bimkom provided PolOff a copy of the plan deposited last April to expand Talmon settlement (reftel). The plan includes capacity for 300 total residential units. NGOs report that approximately 60 residential units illegally constructed in the area would be retroact [...]	2009-06-26 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PREL
09JERUSALEM1092	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/29): PALESTINIANS WONDER IF [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1094	CONSUL GENERAL VISITS QALQILIYA; EXPRESSES SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General visited Qalqiliya on June 24, toured a local factory, met the Governor and local business leaders, and emphasized USG support for PA efforts to restore stability and promote private sector growth. Qalqiliya residents emphasized that the city's primary sources [...]	2009-06-29 12:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KPAO ETRD KWBG EAID IS
09JERUSALEM1096	GOI SEEKS TO REGISTER NEARLY 35,000 ACRES OF WEST [...] (C) The Government of Israel is seeking to register roughly 139,000 dunums (or 35,000 acres) of non-contiguous land in areas of the West Bank south of Route 1 and northeast of Hebron. Much of the land is currently used as military zones or nature reserves. Public advertisements on June 26 gi [...]	2009-06-29 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1097	ANNOUNCEMENT OF MUNICIPALITY PLAN TO SCALE BACK [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Municipality contacts confirmed a June 29 Ha'Aretz article, which claimed that the municipality is developing a plan to legalize Palestinian homes that do not interfere with municipal development, such as the construction of roads and schools. Jerusalem Legal Advisor Y [...]	2009-06-29 15:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1098	UPDATE ON SETTLEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary. Israeli NGO contacts briefed PolOff on several West Bank settlement infrastructure projects. Projects include a wastewater pipeline to serve Ariel settlement, a wastewater purification plant in Ofra settlement, a road between Geva'ot and Beitar Illit settlements, and access roads [...]	2009-06-29 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PBTS PREL
09JERUSALEM1101	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/30): PALESTINIANS WANT HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 09:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM111	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 12, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 11-12, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City as troops moved closer to urban areas. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 888 Palestin [...]	2009-01-12 11:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1117	GOI MOVES TO BLOCK PALESTINIAN MEAT AND DAIRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian meat and dairy companies in the West Bank have received notification from the Israeli Ministry of Health that they will no longer be permitted to "export" their products to East Jerusalem as of August 15. Palestinian Authority officials and private businessmen stre [...]	2009-07-01 07:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP EAGR PREL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1120	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/01): PALESTINIANS: HAMAS HAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 10:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1126	FATAH-HAMAS RECONCILIATION TALKS TO RESUME JULY 25 [...] (C) A sixth round of reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah representatives in Cairo ended June 30 without agreement. Fatah officials who participated in the talks blamed the continuing impasse on Hamas intransigence, citing Hamas's insistence on the release of all Hamas-affiliated pri [...]	2009-07-01 14:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1128	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/02): Palestinians: We [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 07:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1137	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/06): Abbas Calls for Cessation [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 10:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM114	CONTACTS SAY WEST BANK SYMPATHY FOR GAZA, HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. In separate January 9 conversations, three prominent Palestinian contacts voiced concerns that the conflict in Gaza is increasing the popularity of Hamas and reducing support for President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),Fatah, and the PA. Fatah Revolutionary Council member Jibril R [...]	2009-01-12 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1142	PA MAKES SALARY PAYMENT AS OVERALL FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid June salaries on schedule July 6, thanks to an influx of cash from a one-time telecom deal. However, a visiting IMF team told donors that the PA is now certain to end the year with substantial commercial debt to banks and private sector arre [...]	2009-07-06 12:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM1151	MUNICIPALITY APPROVAL PUTS SHEPHERD HOTEL ONE STEP [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality Licensing Committee approved plans to build two apartment buildings on the Shepherd Hotel property, pending certification from other agencies -- such as the Antiquities Authority and safety inspectors -- according to Municipality officials. The remain [...]	2009-07-06 13:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1152	EAC APPROVES CHANGES TO WEST BANK TRAVEL POLICY [...] (U) On July 1, 2009, the Consul General chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review West Bank travel policy. The meeting was attended by EXEC, RSO, POL, CONS, ORA, MGT, ECON, PD, USAID, USSC, DAO, MSG, and INL. 2. (SBU) This was the first review of West Bank travel [...]	2009-07-07 04:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	ASEC CASC MOPS PTER KWBG
09JERUSALEM1154	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/07): Hamas Must Not Be An [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1155	GAZA CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UN and NGO contacts report that socio-economic conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate as legitimate imports remain limited and the private sector dormant. ConGen Gaza contacts and recent visitors to Gaza report adequate supplies of basic commodities, including a glut of som [...]	2009-07-07 12:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID PGOV PTER ECON KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM116	GAZAN CONTACTS MAKE GOOD USE OF "HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Gaza contacts reported that the daily "humanitarian pauses" in the fighting allow them to take care of household chores and stock up on supplies, but do not mean a complete cessation of IDF attacks. Some contacts and USG partners reported severe damage to their homes from IDF [...]	2009-01-12 16:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID IS KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF
09JERUSALEM1161	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/08): Israel Will Not Commit to [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 10:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1168	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/09): Palestinian Papers Report [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 12:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1169	PREPARATIONS FOR FATAH SIXTH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Preparations to hold the Fatah Sixth Party Congress in Bethlehem on August 4th are underway. Fatah officials expect to publish a delegate list on July 15; this date may be pushed back due to internal wrangling over the number of delegates. Concerns remain about the ability of Gaza-based F [...]	2009-07-09 13:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KWBG IS SY EG
09JERUSALEM117	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom was open for shipments on January 12. All trucks moved through Kerem Shalom on January 11. UNRWA contacts reported that they are operating 36 shelters for 28,116 displaced people. Contacts reported thousands more displaced outside shelters. End Summary. Cros [...]	2009-01-12 17:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
09JERUSALEM1171	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/10): Egyptian Efforts at [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM118	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/13): "IS A CEASEFIRE CLOSER? [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 10:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1184	SETTLER VIOLENCE IN THE WEST BANK CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. NGO contacts, UNRWA, and local Palestinian sources report continuing incidents of settler violence in the West Bank. Reports of violence include settlers setting fire to Palestinian agricultural land, throwing stones at vehicles carrying Palestinians, and attacking Palestinian [...]	2009-07-10 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IS KWBG KPAL PTER
09JERUSALEM119	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 13, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 12-13, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City as troops moved closer to urban areas. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 921 Palestin [...]	2009-01-13 11:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1190	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/13): "National Unity Should [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 10:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1199	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/14): Conflicting Press Reports [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 08:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1202	AL-QUDS VICE PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON FATAH CONGRESS, [...] (C) Summary. Zakaria al-Qaq, a senior official at Jerusalem's al-Quds University, said that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is using the Fatah General Congress to shore up his authority, following the Hamas take-over of Gaza and the failure of negotiations with Israel. Al-Qaq added th [...]	2009-07-14 13:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1203	ABU ALA'A ON RECONCILIATION AND THE FATAH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. In a July 13 meeting with the Consul General, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) expressed optimism the Fatah General Congress will occur on schedule, but said he "can't exclude surprises." His main concern is whether Hamas will allow Gaza-based delegates to a [...]	2009-07-14 13:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1204	HAMAS CONTINUES TO INTERFERE WITH GAZA ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: According to international NGO and UN sources, Hamas continues to interfere in the distribution of assistance in Gaza. Hamas does not routinely block aid distributed by groups that rebuff its demands, but there have been a number of serious incidents of harassment in recent mont [...]	2009-07-14 14:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM PREL PTER KWBG IS KTFN
09JERUSALEM1205	U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TRAINING [...] (U) Summary: On July 6-8, 2009, at the request of Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to twenty-five PA employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering Law. Pa [...]	2009-07-14 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PINS PTER KWBG EAID
09JERUSALEM1206	FATAH INSIDERS ON THE SIXTH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Two Fatah insiders believe the Fatah General Congress will proceed on schedule, but differed in their prognoses of the event itself. Former Fatah mobilization committee head Hussein al Sheikh said disagreements within the movement could be contained by augmenting the number of d [...]	2009-07-14 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1216	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/15): Palestinian Factions Must [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1217	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY CARRIES OUT TWO HOME [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality, together with the Israeli Border Police, carried out two home demolitions in East Jerusalem on July 13. The Jerusalem Mayor's office denied responsibility for the demolition orders, saying the Municipality only executed orders issued by the GoI Interi [...]	2009-07-15 13:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1221	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/16): "Qaddoumi: Why did you [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 09:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1223	PA ACCUSES AL JAZEERA OF INCITEMENT, SUSPENDING ITS [...] Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) suspended Al Jazeera's license and closed its West Bank offices on July 15. PA officials accused the Qatar-based satellite news channel of systematic incitement and unbalanced coverage after it broadcast inflammatory allegations by Fatah Central Commit [...]	2009-07-16 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PROP PHUM KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM1224	NEW PA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON MEDIA, HAMAS, [...] (C) In a July 13 meeting with Polchief, newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Director of Information Ghassan al Khatib outlined plans to reform the Palestinian Authority's communications strategy. He noted that Hamas support fell in Gaza after December 2008-January 2009 Israeli combat o [...]	2009-07-16 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV KPAO KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1226	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/17): "The dialogue must [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 09:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1229	PM FAYYAD ON SECURITY AND WEST BANK ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In a July 14 meeting, PM Salam Fayyad said he is proud of gains in West Bank security but stressed again the need to end IDF incursions. He also noted an improving economy and cited the opening of a new theater in Nablus as a key development. Finally, Fayyad stressed the import [...]	2009-07-20 04:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1231	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/20): No change in the US [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 10:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1244	RESUMPTION OF FATAH-HAMAS TALKS DELAYED BY [...] (C) The resumption of Fatah-Hamas reconciliation talks in Cairo has been postponed one month to August 25. This followed a stalemate in lower-level dialogue meant to pave the way for progress. Talks at the subcommittee level foundered on the issue of prisoners, with neither Hamas nor Fatah [...]	2009-07-20 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG SY
09JERUSALEM1245	SHOPPING FESTIVAL OPENING DAY REFLECTS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 18, the Consul General attended the opening-day events of the Nablus Shopping Festival, joining Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Nablus Governor Jamal al-Muhaysen in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Tens of thousands of Palestinians thronged the city center, celebrating a day [...]	2009-07-20 14:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS KPAO
09JERUSALEM1246	PA LIFTS SUSPENSION OF AL JAZEERA'S WEST BANK OPERATIONS [...] (U) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) allowed Qatar-based satellite news channel Al Jazeera to resume operations in the West Bank on July 18. This followed the PA's suspension of Al Jazeera's license and closure of its Ramallah bureau on July 15 (reftel) on grounds of incitement and un [...]	2009-07-20 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP PHUM KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM1249	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/21): Cessation of settlements [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1256	UPDATE ON PENDING DEMOLITIONS AND EVICTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. This cable provides an update on the status of nine politically sensitive property issues in East Jerusalem. Developments in three of these cases (the Shepherd Hotel, Shaykh Jarrah evictions, and demolitions in Abasiya -- a subdivision of Abu Tor -- could occur within the next [...]	2009-07-21 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1259	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/22): Growing International [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 10:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1263	FAYYAD DISCUSS WEST BANK ECONOMY, SECURITY AND [...] (C) On July 18, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CODEL Corker that security and socio-economic conditions had improved in the West Bank, while the humanitarian situation in Gaza continued to deteriorate. Fayyad recounted the risky but successful strategy he pursued [...]	2009-07-22 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EAID MOPS KWBG IS OREP
09JERUSALEM1264	GAZA: TUNNEL ECONOMY FLOURISHES, THOUGH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Summary. The tunnel trade into Gaza continues to flourish, although Gaza business contacts are alert to changes in Egyptian security practices and claim to notice some impact from Egyptian anti-smuggling efforts. ConGen contacts report that increasingly high-end, sophisticated products a [...]	2009-07-22 15:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM PREL PTER KWBG IS KTFN
09JERUSALEM1265	RECENT TRENDS IN WEST BANK VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. While levels of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are down this year, the first half of 2009 saw a 44 percent increase in incidents of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians or Palestinian property, and a doubling of the number of Palestini [...]	2009-07-22 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM IS KWBG KPAL PTER
09JERUSALEM1266	FOUR PRE-CONGRESS VIEWS ON FATAH [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, contacts from various segments of Fatah and a prominent analyst discussed expectations for the upcoming Congress on August 4. One said Fatah had little to show for its platform of peaceful resistance, and worried that any U.S.-Israeli "deal" on settlements [...]	2009-07-22 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1267	FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH [...] (U) In response to reftel, Consulate General Jerusalem conducted specific consultations with targeted stakeholders regarding the topics in reftel. Our primary line of questioning was: from stakeholders' perspectives, what programs in the USG portfolio should be expanded, what programs are mi [...]	2009-07-22 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC SENV PREL SCUL KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1268	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/23): PALESTINIAN COMMENTATOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 10:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM127	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 13 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing was open for approximately 90-100 truckloads on January 13. Karni's conveyor belt and Nahal Oz were closed. A humanitarian pause occurred from 0900 to 1200. Many Gaza City residents lost power following IDF attacks on January 13. According to UNRWA, the [...]	2009-01-13 16:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC
09JERUSALEM1270	YESHA COUNCIL DIRECTOR-GENERAL REJECTS U.S. CALL [...] (C) Summary. It will be "impossible" for the USG and Israel to agree on settlements without accommodating natural growth, according to YESHA Council Director-General Pinchas Wallerstein. A freeze on settlement construction would have the greatest impact on the settlement blocs, which accoun [...]	2009-07-23 12:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1276	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/24): PALESTINIANS CALL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 10:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1280	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/27): Palestinians seek deeper [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1282	WEST BANK HOUSING PROJECTS: FINANCING ON TRACK, [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and private sector representatives told Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) representatives that obstacles largely related to infrastructure needs still face a number of West Bank housing developments. OPIC updated contacts on th [...]	2009-07-27 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KWBG PGOV IS EFIN
09JERUSALEM1283	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/28): Palestinians looking for [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 09:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1284	MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MOSQUES, HAMAS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmud al Habbash outlined progress in the Palestinian Authority (PA) government's campaign against mosque incitement in a July 16 meeting. Compliance with mandatory PA sermons in the West Bank's 1,800 mosques is now over ninety percent, he claimed [...]	2009-07-28 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP PTER KWBG KPAL KISL IS
09JERUSALEM1285	ABU MAHER TO RETURN, CLAIM FATAH NUMBER TWO SPOT [...] (C) Summary. Fatah official Mohammed Rateb Ghneim (Abu Maher) is expected to arrive in the West Bank July 29, following decades in the Palestinian diaspora. Upon his return, which Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abu Mazen personally negotiated, Abu Maher will effectively become the nu [...]	2009-07-28 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM129	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/14): U.S. RIGHTWING SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 11:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1294	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/29): A Freeze in Settlement [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 09:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1296	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/30): Palestinians look for [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 10:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM130	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 14, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 13-14, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 976 Palestinians dead and 4,418 wounded since hosti [...]	2009-01-14 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1306	ALL QUIET AT THE HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT, [...] (C) Summary. There were no violent confrontations on the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount July 30, in spite of attempts by religious Jews to worship at the site and Palestinian activists' efforts to prevent them. Hundreds of Jews visited the compound under police protection July 29 and 30, durin [...]	2009-07-30 14:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1308	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/31): Palestinians on growing [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 09:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1311	E-1 DEVELOPMENT CONFLICTS WITH PALESTINIAN PLANS [...] (C) Summary. PA officials say that development of E-1 and the Ma'ale Adumim "bubble" threatens the contiguity of a future Palestinian state and Palestinians' access to Jerusalem. Palestinians from five Palestinian towns and one East Jerusalem neighborhood bordering E-1 said the GoI has thwa [...]	2009-07-31 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM132	PD CONTACT IN GAZA SEES "NO PLACE TO GO, AND NO [...] (C) Summary. As the Israeli military operation in Gaza ended its 18th day, a Post PD partner vividly described the severe psychological strain Gazans face as a result of internal displacement and humanitarian suffering. Dr. Awni Karzon, American Corner Gaza Director, spoke of danger and physi [...]	2009-01-14 16:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID IS KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF PTER KPAO
09JERUSALEM1322	PA ON RED SEA DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The PA reaffirmed its commitment to the Red Sea - Dead Sea project (RDS),expressed hesitation about taking a position on the Jordanian Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) until technical studies were completed, and requested a meeting with USG officials at the upcoming World W [...]	2009-07-31 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL IS JO KWBG
09JERUSALEM1323	WATANIYA LAUNCH IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) Summary. The GOI notified the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Wataniya July 30 that, beginning August 1, it would allocate a portion of the bandwidth requested by the PA to launch the second mobile telecom operator. The allocation of 3.8 MHz is less than the 4.8 MHz agreed upon in the July [...]	2009-07-31 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS PREL ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM133	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 14 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing was open on January 14 for approximately 100 truckloads. Nahal Oz fuel transfer station and Karni conveyer belt were closed. An estimated 10 trucks of medical supplies entered through Rafah. ICRC and Gaza water and sanitation authorities reported signif [...]	2009-01-14 17:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PREF
09JERUSALEM1330	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 10:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1333	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 12:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1336	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/04): Fatah Party Congress Seen [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 08:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1343	SETTLER LEADER SHARES VIEWS ON US POLICY, FUTURE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Radical settler leader Arieh King called U.S. policy in Jerusalem "anti-Semitic" and attacked USG officials, including President Obama, during a meeting with PolOff July 29. He demanded that the ConGen "stop meddling in domestic Israeli legal issues." He accused th [...]	2009-08-04 13:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1344	PALESTINIANS, INTERNATIONALS PROTEST EVICTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GoI evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood on August 2, after Israeli courts awarded ownership of the properties to two Israeli organizations, Nakhalat Shimon International (NSI) and the Sephardic Community Committe [...]	2009-08-04 14:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1345	FATAH SIXTH PARTY CONGRESS BEGINS; PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Sixth Fatah Congress began the morning of August 4 in Bethlehem. Abu Mazen delivered a two-hour address to delegates and foreign dignitaries, summarizing Fatah's history but breaking little new ground. Meanwhile, the real drama played out the evening before in an [...]	2009-08-04 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1352	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/05): Palestinians Hope Fatah [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1353	BIL'IN: SEVEN PALESTINIANS ARRESTED IN LATEST IDF [...] (C) Summary. The IDF raided several homes in the Palestinian village of Bil'in in the early hours of August 3, arresting two adolescents and five adults. Six have been charged with stone-throwing and damage to public property, and one with incitement. NGO contacts maintain that the August [...]	2009-08-05 14:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1354	FATAH CONGRESS: ON DAY TWO, QUESTIONS REMAIN ON [...] (C) Summary. A debate over Fatah's past dominated discussions on the second day of the Sixth Congress, leaving little time to focus on preparations for leadership elections. It is possible that elections may slip a day (until 8/7) as a result. Discussions have not yet begun on the politica [...]	2009-08-05 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS

09JERUSALEM1357	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/06): Coverage Highlights [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1359	FATAH CONGRESS: DAHLAN'S BACK, PROGRAM IN DRAFT, [...] (C) Key developments on the third day of the Fatah Congress included an apparent deal on elections and the formation of committees to address, inter alia, the political program and Fatah bylaws. 2. (C) After publicly threatening to boycott Fatah Central Committee (FCC) elections over the [...]	2009-08-06 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1360	GOI RENEWING CLOSURE ORDERS ON EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) ConGen contacts report that at least one of eight Jerusalem-based Palestinian institutions closed by the GOI in 2001 has received another six-month renewal of the closure order, and others expect to receive similar notices in the coming days. Taher Hussayni, the caretaker of the Arab Stud [...]	2009-08-06 14:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG SCUL IS
09JERUSALEM1361	TREASURY DAS GLASER VISIT TO JERUSALEM JULY 29-30 [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser met with Prime Minister Fayyad and officials from the Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA),including PMA Governor Jihad al-Wazir, on July 29 to express appreciation for the [...]	2009-08-06 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	EFIN KTFN EAID PREL PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM137	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/15): COMPLAINTS OF "NEVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 09:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1373	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/07): Palestinian Commentators [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 08:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1376	EXTENDED HOURS FOR PASSENGERS, INCOMING CARGO AT [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOI implemented extended hours for passengers crossing the Allenby (King Hussein) Bridge for a two-month trial period, starting August 4. According to ConGen's Palestinian contacts, the passenger crossing remains crowded, but operations are running smoothly on both sides. [...]	2009-08-07 14:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL PGOV ETRD EAID IS
09JERUSALEM1377	FATAH CONGRESS: ELECTIONS PLANNED FOR AUGUST 8 [...] (C) Summary. On the fourth day of the Fatah Congress, a deal to account for absent Gazan delegates in leadership elections collapsed, returning preparations for the Congress' centerpiece event to square one. By the end of the day, a new deal emerged which, if it holds, could allow leadershi [...]	2009-08-07 14:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM138	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 15, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF troops moved central Gaza City the morning of January 15. Contacts there told ConGenOffs by phone that the city is "burning" and residents are fleeing as the IDF advanced into the city center from three directions. They said the threat to their lives increased and humanit [...]	2009-01-15 12:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF AFSN CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1380	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/10): As Fatah Congress Draws [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 09:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1384	U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to 23 Palestinian Authority (PA) employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Law at the request of Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Participants [...]	2009-08-10 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PINS KWBG EAID PTER PREL IS KCRM
09JERUSALEM1392	FIRST FATALITY FROM H1N1 CONFIRMED IN THE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Health officials confirmed that the first death in the West Bank from H1N1 occurred on August 7. A 34-year-old man contracted flu-like symptoms during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Upon his return, he was diagnosed with H1N1 at a Ramallah [...]	2009-08-11 13:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON KWBG SENV TBIO KFLU
09JERUSALEM1394	FATAH CONGRESS: PRELIMINARY CENTRAL COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Fatah officials have released a "semi-official" list of the new Fatah Central Committee (FCC). Only four incumbent FCC members retained their seats in elections held August 10; the other 14 members largely reflect familiar Fatah power centers. The biggest surprise was Abu Ala' [...]	2009-08-11 15:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KWBG KDEM KPAL
09JERUSALEM1396	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/12): New Fatah Central [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1397	LETTER FOR THE SECRETARY FROM EVICTED EAST [...] (U) Members of the Hanun and Ghawi families, who were evicted from their homes in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood August 2 (ref),arrived at the Consulate General's Post 2 facility August 10 carrying a letter addressed to the Secretary. The letter describes the families' eviction [...]	2009-08-12 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM1398	YESHA COUNCIL WEAKEND, NEEDS TO DELIVER TO SETTLER [...] (C) Summary. Although it emerged weaker from the 2005 Gaza disengagement and 2006 evacuation of Amona outpost, and is now challenged by a younger generation of radical settlers, the YESHA Council remains the strongest settler organization, according to ConGen contacts. One expert claimed t [...]	2009-08-12 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1401	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/13): Commentators Discuss [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1402	MORE CONSTRUCTION AT KOCHAV YA'AKOV SETTLEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. At least 12 new caravans have been "illegally" constructed in Kochav Ya'akov settlement since June 2009, according to ConGen's NGO contacts. PolOff observed 12 new caravans, which appear to be uninhabited. The Local Council of Kfar Aqab village, with the assistance of Israel [...]	2009-08-13 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PREL
09JERUSALEM1403	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/14): Time Has Come For [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 07:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM141	CONGEN FSN EMPLOYEE PLEADS FOR EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: PD FSN Essam Mattar called PD Chief from Gaza City by phone January 15 and begged for assistance to be evacuated from Gaza. He had fled earlier in the day from his home, which was destroyed by Israeli rocket fire, seeking shelter from Israeli military operations raging in his nei [...]	2009-01-15 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	AFSN KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF PTER KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM143	NEW LAND CONFISCATIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM AND WEST [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality informed an East Jerusalem family that ten dunams (2.5 acres) of their land will be confiscated to build a school for Palestinian children. A Municipality representative told PolOff the Municipality planned to confiscate land throughout East Jerusalem [...]	2009-01-15 16:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
09JERUSALEM144	ICRC SURGEON DESCRIBES CONTROLLED CHAOS AT MAIN [...] (C) Summary. ICRC surgeon Harald de Veen told donors and international medical NGO representatives January 14 that Gaza City's main government hospital, al-Shifa, has been functioning as well as can be expected and coping with massive numbers of injured. He said clinical staff are capable a [...]	2009-01-15 16:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI EAID ICRC KWBG KPAL PREF PTER GZ IS
09JERUSALEM1443	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/17): Internal Fatah elections [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 07:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM145	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 15, 2009, 1700 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: UNRWA's main warehouse of food and medical supplies was engulfed in fire and destroyed on January 15, as a result of IDF shelling. UNRWA suspended some movements in Gaza, but continued operations. Gaza City residents report that the IDF has taken control of several high-rise [...]	2009-01-15 17:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER MOPS
09JERUSALEM1450	FATAH CONGRESS ELECTS FRESH FACES TO FRC [...] (SBU) On August 16, the Fatah Sixth Party Congress released official election results for the (now) 81-member Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC). Voting resulted in a substantially newer FRC, with only 11 incumbents retaining their seats. Many newly-elected members are former First Intifada [...]	2009-08-17 14:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWBG KDEM PINR
09JERUSALEM1451	HAMAS CONFRONTS ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP IN GAZA [...] (C/NF) Summary. Fighting between Hamas-led security forces and Jund Ansar Allah during August 14-15 in Rafah resulted in 28 dead and over 120 wounded. Casualties included Jund Ansar Allah leader Sheikh Abdel Latif Mousa and senior Hamas member Abu Jibril Shamali. Gaza-based contacts said th [...]	2009-08-17 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG KISL
09JERUSALEM146	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/16): EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL - [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1461	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/18): President Abbas Chairs [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 06:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1463	TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXPLORES POTENTIAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director Carl Kress visited the West Bank in August to follow-up on WiMax and Internet data center studies, and to discuss new projects that would promote economic development and generate U.S. exports. Private sector representatives and [...]	2009-08-18 15:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1465	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/19): Palestinians continue to [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 07:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM147	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 16, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The IDF drew back from some parts of Gaza City on the morning of January 16 after heavy fighting and airstrikes killed a number of militants and civilians, primarily in the Tel al-Hawa and Zaytun neighborhoods. An IAF airstrike in northern Gaza City killed Hamas leader Said Si [...]	2009-01-16 11:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF AFSN CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1480	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/20): Egypt continues to work [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 08:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1486	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/21): Palestinians await new US [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1488	EGYPTIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO PA ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian Representative to the PA Yasir Othman told D/SEMEP David Hale that GOE mediators made no progress during a visit to Amman and Ramallah the week of August 17. Gaps remain on a proposed factional committee, and may have widened on the issue of Hamas prisoners in the West [...]	2009-08-21 10:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1494	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/24): Settlement activity [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 10:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1496	PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY AIMS FOR "GOOD NEWS" [...] (C) Summary: The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA),in consultation with a number of Israeli counterpart agencies, is working to re-start Israeli social security payments to 750 disabled workers in Gaza. Recipients have been unable to cash their disability checks since Israeli banks ceased [...]	2009-08-24 14:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN EAID PREL PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1497	WATANIYA BOARD SETS SEPT 15 DEADLINE FOR SPECTRUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Wataniya Mobile announced on August 23 it will suspend operations, seek repayment of USD 140 million in licensing fees, and pursue damages from the PA if the PA cannot secure GOI release by September 15 of the 4.8 MHz needed for the mobile phone network launch. Wataniya Palest [...]	2009-08-24 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1498	SAUDI SUPPORT PROVIDES BRIEF RESPITE FROM PA [...] (C) Summary: The PA will be able to pay salaries through September and reduce its domestic debt slightly after receiving USD 200m in budget support from Saudi Arabia. The PA Ministry of Finance stressed the PA need for additional support from other Arab countries to make it through the end o [...]	2009-08-24 14:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG PGOV SA QA
09JERUSALEM1499	JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Plans for demolitions and new Israeli construction in several East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhoods are progressing, according to local legal and NGO contacts. Demolitions in Al Bustan and Abasiya could move ahead at any time, they claimed. Islamic Waqf contacts expressed [...]	2009-08-24 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1501	PA RELEASES TWO-YEAR PLAN FOR STATEHOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 25, the PA released a two-year plan for statehood that accepts the PLO's international obligations and commitments, endorses the two-state solution, and vows to establish the apparatus of an independent State of Palestine. It stresses that achieving a state in two ye [...]	2009-08-25 08:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL IS
09JERUSALEM1502	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/25): Prime Minister lays out a [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 09:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1515	HAMAS IMPOSES CONSERVATIVE DRESS FOR SCHOOL GIRLS [...] (SBU) Summary. The school year in Gaza began on August 23 with Hamas imposing a requirement for girls to wear conservative Islamic dress. Teachers and administrative staff were also directed to work segregated by gender. This follows a July order requiring female lawyers to appear in court [...]	2009-08-25 14:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL
09JERUSALEM1516	FAYYAD ON DETAINEES, NABLUS, AND INTERNAL POLITICS [...] (C) In an August 19 meeting with LtGen Selva and the Consul General, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad spoke out against detainee abuse by PA security forces. "We cannot accept the abuse or torture of people," he said. "It is a question of morality, not politics." Fayyad noted four deaths of det [...]	2009-08-25 14:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS PROP KJUS
09JERUSALEM1524	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/26): Prime Minister outlines [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 09:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1527	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/27): Press speculates on [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM153	FATAH GRASSROOTS LEADERS WANT TO "STAND UP" TO THE [...] (C) Summary. Fatah grassroots activists say Hamas will benefit politically from the Israeli operation in Gaza, diminishing Fatah's standing and forcing national reconciliation on Hamas' terms. They say the Palestinian public sees Fatah's choice of negotiations over armed struggle as having [...]	2009-01-16 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG KPAL IS GZ
09JERUSALEM1533	PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETS FOR FIRST TIME [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On August 26, the Palestinian National Council (PNC) convened for the first time since 1998 to fill six seats vacated by deaths on the PLO Executive Committee (PLO/EC). Three of the new members return to the seats traditionally held by their small factions. Two othe [...]	2009-08-27 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KDEM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM154	GAZA UPDATE - JANUARY 16, 1700 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hamas Political Bureau Chief Mish'al told a summit of Arab leaders (and the Iranian President) in Qatar January 16 that Hamas would not accept Israeli conditions for a cease-fire. Military operations in Gaza continued. Nine rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel as of 1600 l [...]	2009-01-16 17:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PTER KWBG ETRD MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM1555	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/28): Conflicting reports about [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM156	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/20): OBAMA's "ERA OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 11:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1560	IDF RAIDS BETHLEHEM RADIO STATION, CONFISCATES [...] (U) This message includes an action request in para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. On August 25, the IDF raided the popular Palestinian radio station "Bethlehem 2000," confiscating two transmitters. The PA Ministry of Telecommunications protested the lack of warning and coordination, and requested [...]	2009-08-28 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAO PREL KWBG KPAL IS PHUM
09JERUSALEM1561	UPDATE ON SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary. Ongoing construction was observed at settlement sites ranging from established blocs inside the separation barrier to Jordan Valley farms during observation trips conducted by PolOff August 21-25. Near Givat Zeev, just north of Jerusalem, construction continues on 300 additional [...]	2009-08-28 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1565	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/31): Indications of progress [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1569	ABU AL FATAH ON NSF PLANNING, COMMAND STRUCTURE, [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting in Ramallah, National Security Forces (NSF) Commander Major General Thiab Muhammad Mustafa Ali al Hamduni (Abu al Fatah) confirmed his long-term vision for the NSF: 10 US-trained "special" NSF battalions stationed at the governorate level and partnered with the ga [...]	2009-08-31 14:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM157	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 20, 1500 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza ceasefire largely continues to hold. A single mortar landing near Nahal Oz and some IDF bulldozers were reported in the central part of the Gaza Strip. Kerem Shalom and the Karni conveyor belt are open for humanitarian and commercial supplies. End summary. Crossi [...]	2009-01-20 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC
09JERUSALEM1573	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/01): Palestinians Continue [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-01 09:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM158	GAZANS RESILIENT IN REBUILDING THEIR SHATTERED [...] (C) Summary. With a cease-fire in Gaza, two Gazans, whose stories Post tracked throughout the 22 days of fighting, are picking up the pieces of their lives and their homes, focusing on the welfare of their families above all else, and getting ready to go back to school. In telcons with PD Off [...]	2009-01-20 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	AFSN KWBG MOPS PHUM PREF PTER KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1584	HAMAS PURSUES THREE-FOLD STRATEGY IN GAZA [...] (C/NF) Summary. In separate meetings August 27, UNRWA Director for Gaza John Ging and Gaza-based Associated Press reporter Ibrahim Barzak characterized Hamas' agenda in Gaza as three-fold: (1) imposing gradual social and cultural change in accordance with Islamic values; (2) seeking internat [...]	2009-09-02 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREF KISL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1585	YESHA COUNCIL SAYS NO EVACUATION UNLESS FREEZE IS [...] (C) Summary. YESHA Council Director-General Pinchas Wallerstein said that the Council would not discuss outpost evacuation unless a freeze on tenders for new settlement construction is lifted. If the freeze were lifted, he said, outpost evacuation could be negotiated on a case-by-case basis. [...]	2009-09-02 15:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1586	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1587	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1595	MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON PA RULE OF LAW, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 meeting, Minister of Justice Ali Khashan noted that international assistance in the security sector had outstripped efforts to build the capacity of the justice sector. He urged increased donor attention to the latter. He criticized of piecemeal approaches to [...]	2009-09-03 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KWBG ASEC IS
09JERUSALEM1596	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/03): Palestinians continue to [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM16	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: OCHA estimates that a maximum of 70 truckloads of supplies would enter Gaza via Kerem Shalom on January 2. Karni and Nahal Oz crossings remained closed, and the GOI did not permit entry of diesel through Kerem Shalom. Gaza City has been entirely without running water for three [...]	2009-01-02 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
09JERUSALEM160	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/21): OBAMA INAUGURATION USHERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1602	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/04): Negotiations Require a [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 09:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1604	CHIEF JUSTICE ON JUDICIAL CHALLENGES, MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 meeting, Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar discussed recent improvements in the Palestinian judicial sector, and the challenge of recruiting qualified judges. He praised Prime Minister Fayyad's support for enforcement of High Court orders and was critical of what [...]	2009-09-04 11:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWBG KJUS ASEC PINR IS
09JERUSALEM1605	DEATHS IN CUSTODY PUT SPOTLIGHT ON WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: The deaths of four Hamas-affiliated detainees held by PA security services since the start of 2009 has focused a spotlight on PA detention practices. Senior PA officials also express concerns about conditions in general-population prisons, noting that the PA's correctional syst [...]	2009-09-04 11:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1606	WEST BANK SETTLEMENT LEADERS FULMINATE ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Local West Bank settlement leaders expressed anger over a possible construction freeze in separate meetings with PolOff on September 2. Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman Shaul Goldstein said he gave up on the YESHA Council after Gaza disengagement and is now organizing me [...]	2009-09-04 13:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG IS KPAO
09JERUSALEM1607	PA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR WTO OBSERVERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The PA will seek full WTO Observer status prior to the WTO's October Ministerial, according to officials at the Ministry of National Economy (MoNE). The PA's decision to pursue observer status has been taken at the mini [...]	2009-09-04 14:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID KWBG PREL IS OVIP
09JERUSALEM1608	PA VIEWS JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE AS CRITICAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The PA-GOI Joint Economic Committee (JEC) met at the Ministerial-level on September 2 to discuss economic issues, including customs, visa restrictions, investor access, inputs for businesses, Wataniya, import of meat products, and marketing of West Bank dairy products in Jerusale [...]	2009-09-04 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL PTER PREL IS
09JERUSALEM161	NEW EVICTION ORDER THREATENS PALESTINIAN HOME IN [...] (C) Summary. An Israeli court issued an eviction order to an East Jerusalem family after a legal case that dates to 1998. The family has secured an extension of the eviction deadline and appealed to a higher court but fears that they will lose their home in the end. This house is close to [...]	2009-01-21 11:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
09JERUSALEM1614	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/08): Relations will not [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 10:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1618	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/09): The Obama peace [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 10:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1623	PM FAYYAD: SETTLEMENTS AND PALESTINIAN ECONOMIC [...] (S) Summary: PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on September 8 that a deal on settlements with the GOI needed to be "inclusive" or otherwise risked undermining U.S. credibility. He noted that West Bank economic growth continued to exceed expectations, but warned that, abs [...]	2009-09-09 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV ECON EAID PREL KWBG IS QA KU SA
09JERUSALEM1627	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/10): New settlement units in [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 10:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM163	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 21 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing, the Karni conveyor belt, and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station are open on January 21. Ninety AmCits were in the process of evacuating Gaza through the Erez crossing as of mid-day January 21. UNRWA reports that it will seek to avoid a repeat of the Januar [...]	2009-01-21 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER
09JERUSALEM1630	PALESTINIANS RECEIVE LATEST EGYPTIAN FACTIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Abu Mazen received the latest Egyptian factional reconciliation proposal on September 9. The document calls for a "joint committee" with a broad but unclear mandate to oversee reconciliation before elections; allows for a delay in Palestinian elections until mid-2010; and propos [...]	2009-09-10 15:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAL KWBG IS EG
09JERUSALEM1647	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/11): Upcoming Special Envoy [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 08:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1649	AMBITION, LIMITATIONS IN EVIDENCE AT WEST BANK [...] Summary: PolOffs visited the Palestinian Civil Police (PCP) station in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyer in the aftermath of September 3-4 clashes between Palestinian villagers and Israeli settlers from a nearby outpost. The visit illustrated a gap between PCP ambitions and capabilities [...]	2009-09-11 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MOPS KWBG KJUS IS
09JERUSALEM1651	BARAK APPROVES CONSTRUCTION OF 455 WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary. On September 7, Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak publicly approved the construction of 455 new housing units in nine existing West Bank settlements. Issuance of construction permits represented the last step in the GOI approval process. Settler organization sources said th [...]	2009-09-11 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1652	NASER AL-QIDWA ON FATAH, PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary. Newly-elected FCC member Nasir al Qidwa said Fatah's abilities to overcome internal rivalries will determine whether it ultimately emerges stronger after its recent Congress in Bethlehem. He is skeptical that Fatah is prepared for new elections, despite favorable polls, and beli [...]	2009-09-11 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL KUNR IS EG
09JERUSALEM1653	YASIR ABD RABBO AND HANAN ASHRAWI ON PLO REFORM [...] (U) This message includes an action request for the Department -- please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: PLO Executive Committee (PLO/EC) General Secretary Yasir Abd Rabbo outlined plans to reform the PLO in a meeting with the Consul General on September 10. He said the PLO's role was never [...]	2009-09-12 12:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
09JERUSALEM1654	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/14): Palestinian factions [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 06:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM166	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/22): HOPES FOR OBAMA; [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 11:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM168	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 22 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing, the Karni conveyor belt, and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station are open on January 22. Nine AmCits and 24 of their immediate family members departed Gaza through Erez crossing. Water and sewage services remain limited, while UN food distributions continue [...]	2009-01-22 15:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER
09JERUSALEM1688	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/15): Palestinians react to [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1695	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/16): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 12:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1697	DEMARCHE: REINFORCING SPEAKING ROLE FOR ISRAEL AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 13:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPAL KWBG KUNA IS
09JERUSALEM1698	ABU MAZEN APPOINTS NEW INTEL CHIEF: POSITIVE STEP [...] (C) Summary. On September 15, Abu Mazen signed two presidential decrees authorizing key personnel appointments in the intelligence services, in a move widely viewed as an incremental but tangible step toward security sector reform. The decrees name current PA Military Intelligence (MI) Chief [...]	2009-09-16 14:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV PINR KWBG
09JERUSALEM1699	MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON QATAR TRIP, ZAKAT [...] (S) Summary: PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmud al-Habash called Qatar's recent decision to re-open the Qatari Charitable Society (QCS) in the West Bank under PA supervision a positive step. He said the memorandum of understanding (MOU) he signed with QCS gives the PA information on the [...]	2009-09-16 15:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PREL ECON PTER KWBG KPAL KISL QA IS
09JERUSALEM17	GAZA CONTACTS DESCRIBE A MISERABLE LIFE UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary. A wide selection of Gaza Strip political, business, civil society, academic and NGO contacts report fear of airstrikes, deteriorating conditions, minimal or no electricity, increasing food pressures, and a gloomy outlook for resolution of current hostilities. Several who are st [...]	2009-01-02 16:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM ECON EAID
09JERUSALEM1700	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/17): Negative reporting about [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 07:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1701	SETTLER VIOLENCE SETS NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Sources on both sides of recent settler-Palestinian clashes near the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyer provided conflicting explanations of what precipitated the event. This incident illustrates the difficulty in establishing ground truth on incidents of violence [...]	2009-09-17 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1702	PMA, UNRWA AGREE TO CONSOLIDATE CASH REQUESTS, [...] (C) Summary: Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir and UNRWA Deputy Director in Gaza Aidan O'Leary agreed to consolidate PA and UN requests to the Government of Israel (GOI) for cash transfers to Gaza. Al-Wazir and O'Leary also discussed Gaza's burgeoning tunnel economy a [...]	2009-09-17 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KWBG IS PREF
09JERUSALEM1703	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/18): Normalization will not [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 08:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1705	GAZA: LIMITED FOOD, FUEL, AND MEDICINE; [...] (SBU) Summary: Access to Gaza for goods through Israeli crossing points remains severely constrained. While there are adequate stocks of basic food items in Gaza, the lack of variety and continuing price increases are negatively impacting people's health. A lack of medicine is crippling th [...]	2009-09-18 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID PREF PGOV KWBG SENV IS GZ
09JERUSALEM1706	ALLEGATIONS THAT THE PERMIT PROCESS FOR GAZA [...] (C) Summary. A long-standing ConGen contact and supplier of agricultural products to Gaza, Rami Sabi, has requested USG assistance to secure a permit to allow him to keep shipping to Gaza. Since June, he has been unable to secure one of two needed Israeli permits for his goods, despite the f [...]	2009-09-18 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KWBG PREL GZ IS
09JERUSALEM1707	CONTINUED TUNNELING IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The settler organization ELAD continues to excavate a tunnel under the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to NGO sources, despite a stop-work order from Israeli courts. The organization is beginning to publicize its efforts, leading Muslim leaders to criticize the [...]	2009-09-18 16:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1708	CONTINUED TUNNELING IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. The settler organization ELAD continues to excavate a tunnel under the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to NGO sources, despite a stop-work order from Israeli courts. The organization is beginning to publicize its efforts, leading Muslim leaders to criticize the [...]	2009-09-18 16:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS

09JERUSALEM171	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/23): "INTERNAL DIVISION, A [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 13:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS

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