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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05TELAVIV518 |
GOI LAWYERS ON ABSENTEE PROPERTY LAW: HA'ARETZ [...] (C) Summary: GOI lawyers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) told Deputy Economic Counselor on January 26 and 27 that recent changes to the Absentee Property Law (APL) are not aimed at large-scale expropriations of Palestinian land in East Jerusalem a [...] |
2005-01-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV561 |
MFA LEGAL ADVISOR REAFFIRMS GOI POLICY NOT TO [...] (C) Summary. Following up on a January 30 Ha'aretz article implying that the GOI intended to utilize the amended Absentee Property Law (APL) to make large-scale seizures of Palestinian property, MFA Legal Advisor Ehud Kanaan restated the GOI's intention not to do so. Unfortunately, the addit [...] |
2005-01-31 13:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 05TELAVIV594 |
ISRAELI PRESS REPORTS CLAIM ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Both Ha'aretz and radio station Kol Israel report Tuesday February 1 that Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has "instructed the government to immediately halt" applying the Absentee Property Law in East Jerusalem. Mazuz is reported to have done this through a letter to Finance [...] |
2005-02-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV648 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAZUZ CANCELS CHANGES IN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister and MOIT Minister Olmert confirmed to the Ambassador February 1 that AG Mazuz has reversed the GOI decision of July 2004 concerning application of the Absentee Property Law to East Jerusalem. He also passed us a copy of Mazuz's decision. Separately, Deputy [...] |
2005-02-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV652 |
MAZUZ ABSENTEE PROPERTY LAW DECISION RILES [...] (SBU) The Absentee Property Law controversy continued to receive press play February 3, although at a less intense level than previously. AG Mazuz's January 31 decision to overturn application the Absentee Property Law (APL) to East Jerusalem led to a predictable outcry by Ministers Sharansk [...] |
2005-02-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 05TELAVIV664 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE: MAZUZ DECISION UNLIKELY [...] (C) In a conversation with Deputy Economic Counselor February 3, Deputy Attorney General Blass discounted the possibility of a serious challenge to AG Mazuz's January 31 decision on the Absentee Property Law. Although he was unaware that Finance Minister Netanyahu had told Ha'aretz February [...] |
2005-02-04 10:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |