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| 00DAMASCUS2976 | ASAD SITREP 01: PRESIDENT ASAD HAS DIED; [...] (C) SYRIAN RADIO AND TELEVISION AT 1800 BROADCAST THE OFFICIAL SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT TO PARLIAMENT THAT PRESIDENT HAFIZ AL-ASAD HAD DIED. THE SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT ABD AL-QADIR QADDURA ANNOUNCED A FEW MINUTES LATER THAT A SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HAD BEEN FORMED TO DISCUSS [...] |
2000-06-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SY IS |
| 00TELAVIV4462 | BIN LADIN CONNECTION IN GAZA FOUND PUZZLING; CONNECTION TO HAMAS QUESTIONED [...] No summary [...] |
2000-08-24 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KWBG PGOV PREL PTER |
| 01BEIRUT1935 | ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM GOL OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, HIZBALLAH, AND MUSLIM LEADERS. THE JULY 31 ATTACK AT NABLUS INTENSIFIED ANTI-ISRAELI RHETORIC, WHILE SPARKING CRITICISM OF THE U.S. HIZBALLAH CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI ATTACKS AND CA [...] |
2001-08-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IS SY LE |
| 01CAIRO5603 | TFUSO1: EGYPT RESPONDS TO U.S. DISASTER [...] THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTED QUICKLY TO THE HORRIFIC EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 11. A CLEARLY DISTRAUGHT PRESIDENT MUBARAK APPEARED ON TELEVISION, EXPRESSING SORROW AND SADNESS AT THE EVENTS. HE LATER CALLED A CABINET MEETING, DIRECTING THAT ALL FORMS OF ASSISTANCE BE OFFER [...] |
2001-09-12 16:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EG IS |
| 01HANOI2139 | ARAFAT RECEIVES SRV SUPPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBERT C. PORTER, CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A BRIEF VISIT TO HANOI BY YASSER ARAFAT ON AUGUST 24 WAS APPARENTLY AIMED AT SHORING UP SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN POSITIONS IN THE WAKE OF ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. VIETNAM REAFFIRMED ITS [...] |
2001-08-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KPAL IS VM |
| 01HANOI2817 | VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO BROADEN ITS BASE OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS AND TO PUT A GREATER EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS TIES. FOR EXAMPLE, V [...] |
2001-10-29 04:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY |
| 01LUSAKA2636 | (U) OAU SUMMIT ENDS: ESSY SWORN IN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE OAU SUMMIT CLOSED MID-AFTERNOON JULY 11 IN LUSAKA. 41 HEADS OF STATE OR QOVERNMENT ATTENDED; WITHOUT QUESTION, LIBYA'S MOAMMAR QADHAFI WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW. THE SUMMIT LEADERS ISSUED AN EGREGIOUSLY IMBALANCED DECISION ON LOCKERBIE THAT HAD ORIGINALLY B [...] |
2001-07-11 17:45:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA IS LY ZI UK |
| 01TELAVIV4047 | HAMAS: PICKING UP THE PIECES, GAINING BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: GAZA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND LONG-TIME HAMAS WATCHER ZIAD ABU AMR TOLD POLOFF JULY 24 THAT HAMAS' INFLUENCE "HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER" IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. IN ABU AMR'S VIEW, DEVELOPMENTS ARE "LENDING CREDIBILITY TO THEIR IDEAS AND DISCOURSE." HAMAS' STATURE HAS AL [...] |
2001-07-27 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS GZ |
| 01VATICAN1286 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE FEBRUARY 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01286 01 OF 02 072227Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN CRITICIZES AIR STRIKES ON IRAQ - MEPP: VATICAN SAYS PEACE A DISTANT REALITY - NO MENTION OF GENOCIDE IN PAPAL MESS [...] |
2001-03-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KMDR SOCI TBIO IR IZ IS AM EG IT VT MEPP VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN1390 | FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S VISIT TO IRAN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) CHARGE CALLED ON VATICAN DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS MONS. GIANNI D'ANIELLO ON MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S MARCH 3-8 TRIP TO IRAN. D'ANIELLO, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE FOREIGN MINISTER, [...] |
2001-03-12 17:18:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF IT IS SY VT |
| 01VATICAN1615 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] (U) THE MARCH 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - SOUTH KOREAN ARCHBISHOP LIKES POTUS RECIPE FOR KOREA - VATICAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS PAPAL VISIT TO ATHENS - PAPAL SUPPORT FOR ARAB CHRISTIANS - VATICAN ADMITS NUNS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY PRIESTS ----------------- [...] |
2001-03-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI IS GR KN KS VT MEPP VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN2213 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE APRIL 13 - 20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 02213 212018Z CONTENTS: - POPE SPEAKS OUT ON MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE - EASTERN FOCUS AT POPE'S EASTER MASS - POST-EASTER REST FOR POPE CUT SHORT - NEW VATICAN AMBA [...] |
2001-04-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR IS VT MEPP |
| 01VATICAN2955 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE MAY 26 - JUNE 01 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE SENDS ENVOYS TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORY - CONSISTORY: OUTREACH TO THE ORTHODOX? - VATICAN CALLS NUTRITION AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHT - POPE'S UKRAINE TRIP NOT A THREAT SAYS VATICAN FM - POPE W [...] |
2001-06-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAGR IS AM KZ BU UP GT MEPP RU |
| 01VATICAN3507 | THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...] |
2001-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN4075 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE JULY 27 - AUGUST 03 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04075 051244Z CONTENTS: - POPE RECEIVES YASSER ARAFAT - VATICAN RECEIVED NO EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR RWANDAN PRIEST - VATICAN SAYS CHINA RELEASES BISHOP - [...] |
2001-08-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID IS RW CH VT |
| 01VATICAN4483 | VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATION DEPUTY AND AMCIT MONSIGNOR FRANK DEWANE PLEDGED VATICAN WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR COMPROMISES IN THE FINAL WCAR DOCUMENT. NONETHELESS, MSGR. DEWANE TOLD POL [...] |
2001-08-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR |
| 01VATICAN4659 | AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON BEGINS CREDENTIALING PROCESS: [...] (C) AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON BEGAN THE VATICAN'S FORMAL CREDENTIALING PROCESS MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 6 BY PRESENTING COPIES OF HIS LETTERS OF CREDENTIAL TO ARCHBISHOP LEONARDO SANDRI, "SUBSTITUTE" FOR VATICAN PM EQUIVALENT SODANO. THE AMBASSADOR WILL HAVE THE FORMAL PRESENTATION TO POPE JOHN PAUL [...] |
2001-09-06 15:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE IS MX VT |
| 01VATICAN5566 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE OCTOBER 20-26 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05566 01 OF 02 261515Z CONTENTS: - POPE DECRIES MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE - POPE APOLOGIZES TO CHINA AND HOPES FOR DIPLOMATIC TIES - CARITAS APPEAL FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] |
2001-10-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI SMIG MARR MCAP AF CH IS WE VT VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN5695 | POPE TELLS ARAFAT TO CONTAIN VIOLENCE [...] (C) DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05695 021715Z MINISTER CELESTINO MIGLIORE, OCTOBER 31. THE PURPOSE OF THE CALL WAS TO DISCUSS ON GOING EMBASSY ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECTS (SEPTEL) AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CHAIR Y [...] |
2001-11-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | VT PREL IS |
| 01VATICAN6195 | VATICAN PUSHING FORWARD ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) THE VATICAN ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER 28 THAT IT HAS INVITED THE LEADERS OF THE DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE HOLY LAND TO A MEETING ON DECEMBER 13. THE VATICAN PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT CATEGORIZES THE MEETING AS PURELY "PASTORAL" IN NATURE. 2. (C) DCM SPOKE WITH HIS ISRAELI COUNTER [...] |
2001-11-30 13:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RM RO IS VT |
| 02AMMAN2221 | DEMARCHE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. AND ISRAELI PRODUCTS [...] (SBU) On May 6, Poloff conveyed reftel points on the boycott issue to Ali Al-Ayed of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Al-Ayed offered no substantive comment but promised to convey the message to FM Muasher who is currently in Washington with King Abdullah and other senior members of [...] |
2002-05-06 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT PREL ETRD AL IS US JO |
| 02AMMAN2222 | URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) On May 6, Poloff conveyed reftel points on the prospective emergency session of the General Assembly on the Middle East to Ali Al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher. Al-Ayed promised to pass the information promptly to FM Muasher who is currently in Washington with King [...] |
2002-05-06 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA |
| 02AMMAN2243 | MODERATES IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP UNEASY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the aftermath of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, the mood among even moderate factions in Amman's Wihdat refugee camp is suspicious and uneasy about Israeli and U.S. intentions. In a May 1 meeting with emboffs, Palestinian notables from Wihdat questioned U.S [...] |
2002-05-07 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2251 | PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE GREETED WITH [...] (C) A survey of political contacts suggests a general lack of enthusiasm over the recent Quartet proposal to stage a Middle East conference in the next few weeks. The GOJ has endorsed the proposal with some caveats. While several contacts condemned outright the idea of a conference, a few ma [...] |
2002-05-07 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2258 | GOJ TAKES ACTIONS TO DISCOURAGE BOYCOTT OF U.S. [...] (C) Responding to our earlier demarche on the local call for a boycott of U.S. goods (ref a), Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak told Charge and PolCouns May 8 that Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb was trying to discourage the boycott of U.S. goods in Jordan. Bak reported that Abul Ragheb has [...] |
2002-05-08 11:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KBCT PREL ETRD IS US JO |
| 02AMMAN2334 | EAST BANK-WEST BANK DIVIDE GROWS AS INTIFADA [...] (C) Over the past few weeks the Israeli offensive in the West Bank has highlighted a trend we have seen growing as the Intifada has intensified--the cleavage between Palestinian Jordanians (West Bankers) and Transjordanians (East Bankers). Residual mistrust left over from the 1970 PLO attem [...] |
2002-05-12 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2396 | UNRWA DONORS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS CRISIS GRIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: UNRWA's May 8-9 meeting of major donors and host governments highlighted the crisis gripping the humanitarian agency as a result of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Continued Israeli closures in the West Bank and Gaza have severely hindered UNRWA's ability to [...] |
2002-05-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2414 | WHA: JORDAN OPPOSES POLITICIZATION OF WHA, WILL [...] (C) PolCouns covered ref points on the morning of May 15 with Ali al-Ayed of Foreign Minister Muasher's personal office, urging Jordan to vote no on the proposed WHA draft resolution on health conditions in the Occupied Territories. PolCouns noted that quick action was required, since the re [...] |
2002-05-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA |
| 02AMMAN2432 | SENIOR ISLAMIC FIGURES PRAISE CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM [...] (C) The Chief Justice of the Sharia Court and the Mufti of the Kingdom recently expressed to us their strong condemnation of Israeli violence in the West Bank and of suicide bombings, but asked that the U.S. adopt a "more just" position defending the rights of Palestinians against Israeli oc [...] |
2002-05-16 09:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2768 | KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH CONGRESSMEN [...] (C) Congressman Darrell Issa and Congressman Tom Davis met on May 26 with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The focus of both discussions was how to move forward on the peace process. The Congressmen also asked the King for his impressions of Syrian President Bashar Asad. En [...] |
2002-05-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2907 | DEMARCHE: IRANIAN AIRCRAFT [...] (S) THE DCM MADE THE POINTS IN REF A ON JUNE 2 TO ALI AL-AYED, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER. AFTER REVIEWING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO THE MINISTER ON MAY 27 (REF B), THE DCM EXPRESSED OUR DEEP CONCERN THAT THE IRANIAN PLANE HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO OVERFLY [...] |
2002-06-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IS LE SA SY |
| 02AMMAN2938 | STAFFDEL BODLANDER AND MAKOVSKY: MONITORING UNRWA [...] (U) In a May 30 visit to UNRWA's West Bank field, House International Relations Committee Staffers Deborah Bodlander and Alan Makovsky investigated UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (which prohibits UNRWA from using any USG assistance to provide services to [...] |
2002-06-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2990 | ILO/PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN [...] Per reftel, on June 5 PolCouns delivered ref points to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to the Foreign Minister. PolCouns emphasized that the draft resolution on the situation of workers in the Occupied Territories contains subjects outside the mandate of the ILO and is an attempt to politiciz [...] |
2002-06-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREL ELAB IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2999 | UNRWA'S UXO REMOVAL EFFORTS IN JENIN CAMP STYMIED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: UNRWA's efforts to remove unexploded ordnance (UXO) from Jenin refugee camp remain severely hindered by the UN agency's inability to procure the necessary equipment and explosives. UNRWA requested Israeli authorization to use the equipment and explosives verbally in [...] |
2002-06-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3242 | JORDANIANS AWAIT PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Jordanians, confused about the direction of U.S. Middle East policy, are nervously awaiting President Bush's Middle East policy statement, hoping (but doubting) that it will bring clarity and the prospect of genuine progress for the Palestinians. Most Jordanians see U.S. engagement in th [...] |
2002-06-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3296 | JORDAN: TRADE MINISTRY IN TALKS WITH ISRAEL TO [...] (c) GOJ Trade Ministry officials tell us they have begun talking to their Israeli counterparts about improving current QIZ operations and regulations. The GOJ's proposals include both improvements to existing logistical procedures as well as changes to the structure of required Israeli input [...] |
2002-06-19 05:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3408 | JORDANIAN PALESTINIANS NOTCH UP CRITICISM OF ARAFAT [...] (C) While Jordanian Palestinians have long grumbled about Arafat, two prominent Jordanian Palestinian leaders recently expressed to us a new level of criticism of the PA President. Some Palestinian Jordanians are even calling into question Arafat's true nationality in another round of anti-Ara [...] |
2002-06-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3441 | LUKE-WARM TO HOSTILE REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) A survey of Embassy contacts suggests that President Bush's June 24 speech received mixed reviews here. More hard-line Palestinian Jordanians charged that the U.S. was in "cahoots" with the Israelis to destroy the Palestinian resistance, and expressed resentment about "U.S. interference" [...] |
2002-06-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3518 | UPON REFLECTION...JORDANIAN ESTABLISHMENT [...] (C) Mainstream Jordanians, who were initially inclined to stress what they considered positives in the President's July 24 speech, are voicing increased criticism after two days of reflection and questioning. The practical effect of calling for Arafat's removal has been a particular point of [...] |
2002-06-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3641 | AQABA AUTHORITIES HOST QIZ PROGRAM [...] (u) Aqaba Chief Commissioner Akel Biltaji hosted a group of some 50 QIZ exporters and park managers for a two-day program in the Special Economic Zone to tout improved port services and to sell the Aqaba International Industrial Estate as an investment option. Participants were pleased with [...] |
2002-07-03 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3716 | UNRWA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS USD 55.7 MILLION IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: On July 2, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd briefed donors on UNRWA's USD 55.7 million in new financial needs following the March-April military operations in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA warned that its 2002 emergency appeal remains severely underfunded, with p [...] |
2002-07-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3726 | AND THE SURVEY SAYS . . . GOJ POPULAR [...] (C) On June 23, 2002, the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the University of Jordan released the most recent iteration of its opinion poll assessing government popularity. The poll indicates that a large segment of the Jordanian public continues to support Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb [...] |
2002-07-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL SOCI IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3936 | JORDAN TIGHTENS BORDER BUT PROMISES SOME [...] (C) Despite public reassurances that travel restrictions on Palestinians entering Jordan have been eased, tacit acknowledgments made privately by Jordanian officials buttressed by anecdotal evidence indicate that a quota system is in place to restrict the number of Palestinians who can cross i [...] |
2002-07-17 12:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL CASC KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3958 | Travel Restrictions for Palestinians Crossing [...] Tales of West Bank Palestinians stuck at the Jericho border crossing have been prominent in conversations throughout Jordan in recent weeks. Rumors and anecdotal reports of thousands stranded - some for over a week - waiting either for Israel to lift the curfew so they can return to their vi [...] |
2002-07-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4062 | RESPONDING TO ISRAELI CHARGES ABOUT UNRWA: MESSAGE [...] (C) On July 23, A/Polcouns (in the absence from post of Refcoord) conveyed ref A para 4 points to UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd. AbuZayd made careful note of the points. Her only substantive comment was that the message called for UNRWA to sever its ties to youth centers in [...] |
2002-07-23 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS JO UNRWA |
| 02AMMAN4086 | PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN BUSINESSMEN PONDER ROLE IN [...] (SBU) A group of Palestinian-Jordanian businesspeople met with econoffs July 11, to discuss what they believe might be the leading investment opportunities and economic prospects following the establishment of a Palestinian state, as well as the role of Palestinian-Jordanians in promoting de [...] |
2002-07-24 10:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL EINV EAID PREL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4506 | PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS ABOUT DIRECTION OF [...] (S) Despite healthy bilateral economic, trade, political, and military ties, confusion and uncertainty about recent developments on both bilateral and regional issues have made many Jordanians uneasy about the direction of the US-Jordan relationship. The press has pulled together a number o [...] |
2002-08-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4594 | SFRC STAFFER TALWAR'S MEETING WITH FM MUASHER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Muasher met with the DCM, Poloff, and SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar on August 13. Most of the discussion revolved around the MEPP and Iraq. FM Muasher applauded the U.S. commitment to a three-year time-frame for a Palestinian state, but urged that the U.S. come up with a pl [...] |
2002-08-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4719 | A STEP FORWARD ON IRAQ, BUT ELECTIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) King Abdullah's televised speech on August 15 carried few surprises. As expected, he announced the postponement of elections until "the spring." The King also said that responsibility for the future of Palestine and Iraq lies with their respective leaderships. Most Embassy contacts had f [...] |
2002-08-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4744 | MEETING WITH STEAMED FORMER PRIME MINISTER TAHIR [...] (C) In a meeting with former Prime Minister Tahir al-Masri on August 18, a visibly angry al-Masri complained about the recent U.S. treatment of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and encouraged the U.S.--before any movement against Iraq--to pressure the Israelis to withdraw from Areas A and improve the h [...] |
2002-08-22 06:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4755 | JORDAN QIZ INVESTORS BRING CONCERNS TO ISRAELI [...] (u) Summary. Thanks to a meeting organized by the Israel-Jordan Chamber of Commerce, an impressive number of QIZ investors were able to raise directly with senior Israeli officials their concerns about slow and expensive shipping of QIZ products through Israel and difficulty meeting the cur [...] |
2002-08-22 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD IS JO |
| 02AMMAN4786 | U.S. FIRM INTERESTED IN CALL CENTERS IN JORDAN [...] (u) Summary. In an initiative that it sees both as a promising business venture and an element of support for regional peace, the U.S. firm Stream International is seriously looking at Jordan as a site for an international call service center that would employ over 300 technically skilled J [...] |
2002-08-25 06:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECPS ECON IS JO OPIC |
| 02AMMAN5071 | SENATOR CORZINE DISCUSSES IRAQ AND THE MEPP WITH [...] (C) Senator Jon Corzine traveled to Jordan August 28-30. On August 29, the Senator met with Foreign Minister Muasher, Prime Minister Abul Ragheb, Minister of National Economy Halaiqa, Minister of Finance Marto, private sector leaders, the Trade and Planning Ministers, and a number of media per [...] |
2002-09-05 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5196 | GOJ PUSHES BACK AT POPULAR DISSATISFACTION [...] (S) In recent weeks, the GOJ--through the King's public address on August 15 (see Ref A), the Prime Minister's speech to the Jordan press association on September 2, and Royal Court Chief Fayez Tarawneh's September 2 address to the Amman World Affairs Council (see Ref B)--has respondcd more ag [...] |
2002-09-11 15:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IZ XF IS JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN5295 | PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: JORDANIANS WELCOME MOVE [...] (C) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's UNGA speech has been mixed. The government issued a generally supportive statement on September 12 calling for the return of inspectors to Iraq, and many of our GOJ interlocutors have privately praised the forcefulness of the speech. Those Jo [...] |
2002-09-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS KPAL IS IZ JO UNSC |
| 02AMMAN5331 | PEACE AIRPORT REVIVED? ISRAELI-JORDANIAN OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) On the heels of an Israeli government decision to prohibit jets from using Eilat Airport, officials from the Jordanian and Israeli Civil Aviation authorities, Israeli Ministry of Transportation, Eilat and Aqaba Airport officials, and the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) Chi [...] |
2002-09-17 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER ETRD IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5485 | JORDAN AND THE QIZ EXPERIENCE [...] The Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) initiative has had a net positive, and increasingly widely-felt, effect on Jordan's economy, political dynamics, and social structure. While the success of the initiative to date is irrefutable, the QIZ's will have to face a number of hurdles in the near [...] |
2002-09-24 07:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV JO IS |
| 02AMMAN5510 | AMMAN CENTER FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT SEEKS U.S. [...] (U) On September 19, poloff met with Dr. Muhammad Kheir Mustafa, Director of the Amman Center for Peace and Development (ACPD) to discuss a proposed ACPD project "to develop an operational definition to the security aspect of the Arab Initiative." The ACPD, one of the few remaining active pro [...] |
2002-09-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN5595 | JORDANIANS CRITICAL OF U.S. AND ARAB POSITIONS ON [...] (C) When Poloff recently queried a number of Jordanian contacts about the Muqatta siege, most had surprisingly little sympathy for Arafat, but quite a bit of antipathy for U.S. "acquiescence" in the Israeli actions and Arab leaders' lethargic response to the situation. End Summary. ------- [...] |
2002-09-30 05:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PGOV IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5781 | UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) CONCERNS: PRM PDAS GREENE'S [...] (C) In a September 24 meeting on the margins of the UNRWA Major Donors meeting (reported septel), PRM PDAS Richard Greene pressed UNRWA Commissioner General Peter Hansen, Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd, West Bank Director Richard Cook and Gaza Director Lionel Brisson on the need for [...] |
2002-10-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5823 | MONITORING AND EVALUATING SEEDS OF PEACE'S [...] AS REQUESTED REFTEL, REGIONAL REFCOORD MONITORED PRM- FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT SEEDS OF PEACE'S JERUSALEM CENTER FOR COEXISTENCE ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2002. WE UNDERSTAND PRM/ANE MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT THE SEEDS SUMMER CAMP IN MAINE AND THEREFORE ARE REPORTING ONLY ON ACTIVITIES AT THE JER [...] |
2002-10-08 03:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5912 | DEFUSING JORDAN'S GROWING FEAR OF TRANSFER [...] (C) Over the past few weeks, many Jordanians of all political stripes have become deeply afraid that Israel -- and specifically PM Sharon personally -- will exploit a U.S. attack on Iraq to forcibly transfer large numbers of Palestinians from the West Bank to Jordan. Senior officials, media [...] |
2002-10-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN5993 | KING ABDULLAH AND FONMIN MUASHER ADDRESS TRANSFER [...] (U) Foreign Minister Muasher and King Abdullah made successive high profile public statements October 10-11 addressing growing fears in the Kingdom about a possible large influx of Palestinian and Iraqi refugees should military action against Iraq commence. The King's remarks were part of a l [...] |
2002-10-16 05:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN6270 | KING POSITIVE ON ARTICLE 98, BUT BUREAUCRACY DRAGS [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 6 below. 2. (S) In a conversation with A/S Burns on October 19, King Abdullah said again that he thought Jordan should be able to sign an Article 9 agreement. 3. (C) However, in a separate conversation October 20 wit [...] |
2002-10-28 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN6288 | JORDAN'S UNUSED INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY [...] (u) Summary: We have been following with interest attempts by Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer to secure support for a new industrial park (or parks) in Jordan. While there does not seem to be a need for new industrial parks in Jordan given a current glut of unused industrial infrastru [...] |
2002-10-29 07:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAID IS JO |
| 02AMMAN6517 | JORDAN'S QIZ MANAGERS SEEKING CONFERENCE DURING [...] (u) Summary: Building on U/S Larson's visit to Amman last month, QIZ park managers and GOJ officials are proposing an investment promotion event to coincide with the December 11-12 FTA Joint Commission meeting in Washington. We believe such an event could help encourage both new QIZ investm [...] |
2002-11-06 08:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV BEXP IS JO |
| 02AMMAN6706 | PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND THE RIGHT OF RETURN: THE [...] (S) Following more than two years of Israeli-Palestinian violence and Israel's intense and still ongoing military operations in the West Bank and Gaza, few if any Palestinian refugees in Jordan are focused on the right of return. In the eyes of Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Israeli govern [...] |
2002-11-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PINR KPAL KWBG IS JO KPRP |
| 02AMMAN6862 | JORDAN CELEBRATES THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN WITH [...] The following cable was drafted by one of our FSNs and conveys the mood of Ramadan 2002 in Jordan from her perspective. 2. Summary: While last year's Ramadan was marked with pessimism and lethargy, one would have thought that the situation wouldn't and couldn't [...] |
2002-11-25 12:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM JO IS |
| 02AMMAN6939 | UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) COMPLIANCE: VIEWS FROM GAZA [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (C) Summary: In the course of November 18 meetings with UNRWA's Gaza program chiefs, regional refcoord reviewed UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act. The Relief and Social Services Chief told refco [...] |
2002-11-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UN |
| 02AMMAN6952 | QIZ UPDATE - IRAQ WORRIES, TRANSSHIPMENT RUMORS, [...] (sbu) Despite continuing political uncertainty in the region, QIZ exporters in Jordan continue to report solid production and growth. Most exporters are booked through the winter, some new investor interest is evident, and many current investors are expanding production. Many QIZ exporters [...] |
2002-12-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV IS IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN7255 | JORDAN: PEACE AIRPORT AND OTHER TRANSPORT ISSUES [...] (SBU) According to Jordan's Transportation Minister, the Jordanian government remains ready to work with Israel on a plan to allow domestic flights bound for Eilat to land in Aqaba (REFTEL). The Ministry has also prepared contingency plans for a possible conflict in Iraq. Regarding Royal J [...] |
2002-12-15 11:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL ELTN EWWT PREF BEXP JO IS |
| 02AMMAN7304 | UNRWA LAUNCHES NEW USD 93.7 MILLION EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary and comment: At December 10 and 11 briefings in Jerusalem and Amman, UNRWA ComGen Hansen launched UNRWA's new USD 93.7 million appeal to cover six months of emergency programming in the West Bank and Gaza. The majority of the appeal would cover expanded food assistance programs ( [...] |
2002-12-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN7313 | THE BULGE: JORDANIANS SET TO BEGIN WORK ON [...] (C) Raif Nijem, Vice-President of the GOJ's Restoration Committee for Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock and the leader of a Jordanian team sent to study the bulge in the southern wall of Haram al-Sharif (see Ref), is optimistic that work can begin the week of December 22 to shore up the sout [...] |
2002-12-17 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL KWBG PBTS IS JO |
| 02AMMAN7535 | JORDAN: UPDATE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. PRODUCTS [...] (sbu) Summary. Business contacts say that an abiding affinity for U.S. consumer products, marketing strategies that played up local connections, and a crackdown by the government on political activities by professional associations blunted the impact of calls for boycotting American product [...] |
2002-12-30 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP PGOV PREL IS JO |
| 02ANKARA9193 | Turkish Foreign Trade Officials Seeking Broader [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings, Foreign Trade officials reiterated their desire for a QIZ with fewer sectoral restrictions, contending that, in its current form, the QIZ would have a very limited impact on Turkish exports. They also made contradictory statements on the EU Customs Union an [...] |
2002-12-31 06:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL TU IS USTR |
| 02DAMASCUS625 | ASAD WARNS THAT STRIKING IRAQ WOULD CREATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH ITALIAN DAILY CORRIERE DELLA SERA, BASHAR AL-ASAD WARNED THAT A STRIKE AGAINST IRAQ WOULD DESTABILIZE THE REGION. HE ALSO DENIED THAT SYRIAN OIL IMPORTS OF IRAQI OIL VIOLATED UNSCRS; REPEATED SYRIA'S COMMITMENT TO A COMPREHENSIVE PEACE; SAID THE [...] |
2002-02-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS SY |
| 02JERUSALEM2756 | FATAH LEADER ON HAMAS CELL IN JERUSALEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL AND PLC MEMBER CRITICIZED HAMAS FOR CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN JERUSALEM, SAYING THIS WAS PART OF A WIDER COMPETITION BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS OVER WHICH DIRECTION TO TAKE THE RESISTANCE. THE DISCOVERY OF A HAMAS CELL IN EAST JERUSALEM WILL COMPLICATE THE ONG [...] |
2002-08-22 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
| 02ROME1229 | GOI'S REACTION TO THE NEW ZINNI MISSION AND [...] (C) ON MARCH 8, POL MC AND NEA WATCHER DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS AND THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO LUCA FERRARI, THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS. POL MC STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE EU AND THE US SPEAK THE SAME MESSAGE ON THE MEPP: IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR ARAF [...] |
2002-03-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS XF US IT UN |
| 02ROME1516 | ITALIAN SCIENTOLOGIST REQUESTS (FURTHER) USG HELP [...] (C) A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY IN ITALY VISITED US 3/25, SEEKING FURTHER USG HELP IN BEHALF OF TWO SCIENTOLOGY MEMBERS CURRENTLY IMPRISONED IN EGYPT. HE HOPED FURTHER USG HELP WOULD BE DECISIVE AND SWAY GOE AUTHORITIES TO DEPORT THE TWO. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) FABIO AMIC [...] |
2002-03-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM KPAL EG IS IT UN |
| 02ROME1695 | ITALY'S MFA REQUESTS GEN. ZINNI TO SERVE AS [...] (C) ON APRIL 4, LUCA FERRARI, MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, CONTACTED NEA WATCHER TO EXPRESS THE GOI'S GRAVE CONCERN OVER THE SITUATION IN BETHLEHEM. ACCORDING TO FERRARI, TANZIM MILITANTS, PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS, AND THE GOVERNOR OF BETHLEHEM (WHOM HE DESCRIBED AS A "MODERATE CHR [...] |
2002-04-04 13:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS XF US IT MEPP |
| 02ROME2023 | ITALY/MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS: BERLUSCONI WITH [...] (C) ON APRIL 24, PM BERLUSCONI'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA TOLD EUR A/S ELIZABETH JONES CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02023 241730Z THAT THE PREVIOUS DAY'S EU-MED MINISTERIAL IN VALENCIA HAD, OBVIOUSLY, NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING ISRA [...] |
2002-04-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT KPAL PREL MEPP |
| 02ROME2413 | PERES-BERLUSCONI MEETING: A READ-OUT [...] (C) POLOFF MET WITH THE SPOKESMAN OF THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL IN ROME TO OBTAIN A READ-OUT OF THE MAY 10 ROME MEETING BETWEEN PERES AND BERLUSCONI. WE ALSO OBTAINED A READ-OUT OF THE SAME MEETING FROM THE MFA. BOTH READ-OUTS WERE CONSISTENT. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 R [...] |
2002-05-16 14:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS XF IT UN |
| 02ROME3217 | ITALY: REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 24 SPEECH [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE GOI INITIALLY EXPRESSED GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 24 SPEECH ON THE MIDDLE EAST TEMPERED WITH CONCERN OVER ARAFAT'S ROLE. AFTER THE G8 SUMMIT, WHERE PM AND ACTING FM BERLUSCONI HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH PRESIDENT BUSH AND WAS REPORTEDLY "OVERWHELMED" BY THE EVI [...] |
2002-07-02 08:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS US XF IT UN |
| 02ROME3240 | BERLUSCONI BACKS THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 24 SPEECH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO HIS DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, PM AND ACTING FM BERLUSCONI REACTED VERY POSITIVELY TO THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 24 SPEECH ON THE MIDDLE EAST. BERLUSCONI AGREED THAT THE PA NEEDED A NEW LEADERSHIP, AND STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF INSTITUTIONAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM FOR PALEST [...] |
2002-07-03 07:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IT IS XF |
| 02ROME3370 | ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN "SECRET" TALKS IN ROME: AN [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE MAYOR OF ROME FACILITATED SEVERAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 03370 091535Z MEETINGS BETWEEN THE ISRAELI URI SAVIR AND THE PALESTINIAN ABU ALA LAST YEAR IN ROME. THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WAS NOT AWARE OF THESE MEETINGS BUT IS ALSO NOT UNDULY CONC [...] |
2002-07-09 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS XF IT UN |
| 02ROME3379 | ITALY ON UNIFIL: REDUCE IT BUT DON'T DISMANTLE IT [...] (C) POL OFF DISCUSSED THE GOI'S ASSESSMENT OF UNIFIL WITH GIUSEPPE PERRONE, THE MFA'S DESK OFFICER FOR LEBANON AND ISRAEL AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST OFFICE. PERRONE SAID THAT THE GOI IS PLEASED WITH UNIFIL AND ITS MISSION SO FAR. GIVEN THE WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAEL FROM LEBANON IN 200 [...] |
2002-07-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | LE IS KPKO MARR PREL SY IT UNIFIL |
| 02ROME603 | ITALIAN PROJECT ON TRACK II DIPLOMACY BETWEEN [...] (U) SENSING THAT THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAS REACHED "DESPERATE" MEASURES, THE ITALIAN MFA FUNDED AN INITIATIVE CALLED "MEETING THE OTHER", A FORUM FOR ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN CIVIL SOCIETIES TO DIALOGUE. THE FIRST OF SUCH MEETINGS TOOK PLACE FEB 4. 2. (U) AMBASSADOR ANTONIO BADIN [...] |
2002-02-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IT IS GZ UN |
| 02ROME6094 | NETANYAHU IN ROME: SUCCESSFUL FIRST TRIP AS FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROME WAS ISRAEL FM NETANYAHU'S FIRST STOP IN HIS FIRST EUROPEAN TOUR SINCE HE ASSUMED THE FUNCTIONS OF FM. BOTH SIDES PLACED EMPHASIS ON THE GREATER BALANCE IN ITALY'S CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 06094 201802Z APPROACH TO THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE BERL [...] |
2002-12-20 17:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT PREL KPAL UN |
| 02ROME611 | GOI'S REACTION TO SENDING A COORDINATED U.S. AND [...] (C) ON THE EVE OF THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN SPAIN, POL MC DELIVERED THE POINTS IN REF A TO LUCA FERRARI, THE MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST. FERRARI FULLY AGREED WITH THE US MESSAGE AND STRESSED THAT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00611 072259Z [...] |
2002-02-07 17:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT KPAL PREL XF EUN |
| 02ROME66 | UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI WILL VIEW WITH GREAT INTEREST, AND SOME CONCERN, PRECISE PLANS FOR RESTRUCTURING/DOWNSIZING OF UNIFIL. THIS STEMS IN LARGE PART FROM TODAY'S HEIGHTENED TENSIONS IN THE REGION, BUT IS ALSO LINKED TO ITALY'S GENERAL PREFERENCE FOR EMPLOYING MULTILATERAL PEACEKEEPING FORCES. [...] |
2002-01-04 18:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MARR IT IS LE SY UN |
| 02VATICAN1171 | THE VATICAN'S ""OTHER"" INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IS IT JO LE PREL SA SY VT VTEG |
| 02VATICAN1176 | ANDORRA TO OPEN EMBASSY TO THE VATICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-06 13:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT PREL SP VT VTIS |
| 02VATICAN1674 | VATICAN'S GROWING CONCERN WITH MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2002-04-04 06:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PHUM PREL VT VTIS |
| 02VATICAN1738 | VATICAN TELLS AMBASSADOR: POWELL IS NEEDED [...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN CALLED AMBASSADOR THIS MORNING (4/08). TAURAN SAID THAT HE HAD JUST SPOKEN TO THE PAPAL NUNCIO IN JERUSALEM WHO WAS CONTACTED BY SENIOR ARAFAT AIDE MUSTAFI. MUSTAFI ASKED THAT THE VATICAN CONVEY TO US THE NEED FOR SECRETARY POWELL TO GO IMMEDIATELY TO JERUSALEM. H [...] |
2002-04-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PHUM PREL VT |
| 02VATICAN2292 | ISRAELI EMBASSY READOUT OF MAY 10 [...] (S) ZWI TAL(PROTECT), DCM OF THE ISRAELI EMBASSY TO THE HOLY SEE, GAVE DCM HIS EMBASSY'S PERSPECTIVE OF THE MAY 10 MEETING AMONG ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER PERES, VATICAN FOREIGN MINISTER-EQUIVALENT TAURAN, AND VATICAN PRIME MINISTER-EQUIVALENT SODANO. TAL'S VIEWS ARE BASED ON A READ-OUT OF THE [...] |
2002-05-10 14:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | IS IT PGOV PHUM PREL VT |
| 02VATICAN326 | PRESSING VATICAN ON PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C) AMBASSADOR TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A FRIDAY, 01/18 MEETING WITH VATICAN FM EQUIVALENT JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN TO PRESS REFTEL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00326 221703Z POINTS ON THE ZINNI MISSION AND TO ASK TAURAN TO REQUEST PRESIDENT ARAFAT TO HALT THE VIOLENCE AND [...] |
2002-01-22 16:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREL VT MEPP |
| 02VATICAN3503 | (C) VATICAN SEES ARAFAT'S MARGINALIZATION AS ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MIGLIORE TOLD DCM JULY 12 THAT USG MARGINALIZATION OF ARAFAT WILL LIKELY EMPOWER HAMAS AND THEREBY JUSTIFY ISRAEL PM SHARON'S PLAN TO SEEK A MILITARY SOLUTION. THE VATICAN BELIEVES CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 0350 [...] |
2002-07-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PHUM PREL VT |
| 02VATICAN3692 | EASTERN CHURCHES UNDER STRESS WHERE CHURCH/STATE SEPARATION IS WEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: SECRETARY OF THE CONGREGATION FOR EASTERN CHURCHES, ARCHBISHOP ANTONIO VEGLIO, TOLD CHARGE THAT THE EASTERN CHURCHES -- THE 22 CHRISTIAN RITES THAT ARE NOT ROMAN CATHOLIC BUT ARE IN COMMUNION WITH ROME -- FACE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THAT CAST LONG SHADOWS OVER THEIR FUTURE. BOTH C [...] |
2002-07-26 10:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF RS IN IS UP VT VTPREL |
| 02VATICAN3823 | FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN ON MIDDLE EAST AND RUSSIA: [...] SUMMARY: (C) VATICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN TOLD CHARGE JULY 25 THAT THE HOLY SEE REMAINS SKEPTICAL OF PRIME MINISTER SHARON'S WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT A POLITICAL SOLUTION, AND VIEWS THE JULY 22 ISRAELI ACTION IN GAZA AS EVIDENCE OF SHARON'S PREFERENCE FOR A MILITARY SOL [...] |
2002-08-02 14:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF RS VT VTIS |
| 02VATICAN3985 | POPE APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IN MIDDLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: IN HIS AUGUST 11 ANGELUS MESSAGE, POPE JOHN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03985 01 OF 02 131618Z PAUL II MADE A STRONG AND EMOTIONAL APPEAL FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CALLING ON ISRAELIES AND PALESTINIANS TO RETURN TO THE PATH OF NEGOTIATIONS, A [...] |
2002-08-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREL PHUM KIRF VT VTIS |
| 02VATICAN3986 | POPE APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IN MIDDLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: IN HIS AUGUST 1 ANGELUS MESSAGE, POPE JOHN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03986 01 OF 02 150143Z PAUL II MADE A STRONG AND EMOTIONAL APPEAL FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CALLING ON ISRAELITES AND PALESTINIANS TO RETURN TO THE PATH OF NEGOTIATIONS, A [...] |
2002-08-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREL PHUM KIRF VT VTIS |
| 02VATICAN4398 | ONE YEAR AFTER SEPTEMBER 11: HOLY SEE FM WELCOMES [...] (U) SUMMARY: IN AN INTERVIEW PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 10, VATICAN FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN LOUIS TAURAN PRAISED THE UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION OF TERRORISM THAT HAS FOLLOWED SEPTEMBER 11, WHILE CAUTIONING THAT ANY DECISION TO USE FORCE AGAINST IRAQ MUST BE TAKEN WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS [...] |
2002-09-10 16:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM IZ IS |
| 02VATICAN4991 | JERUSALEM PATRIARCH PLEAS FOR U.S. INTERVENTION [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE LAST PARA. 2. (C) SUMMARY: AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE POPE, CATHOLIC PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM MICHEL SABBAH MADE AN URGENT PLEA TO AMBASSADOR OCTOBER 10 FOR U.S. HELP TO STOP THE VIOLENCE, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA [...] |
2002-10-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS VT VTPREL |
| 02VATICAN5545 | HOLY SEE EFFORTS TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE [...] (C) POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS SPOKEN OUT FORCEFULLY AND CONSISTENTLY AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE AND AGAINST SPECIFIC ANTI-SEMITIC ACTS. HE ACKNOWLEDGES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM -- IN PART BASED ON THE CHURCH'S SELF-ACKNOWLEDGED HISTORICAL &SIN8 OF [...] |
2002-11-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV VT IS |
| 02VATICAN5938 | HOLY SEE CALLS IN AMBASSADOR TO CONVEY CONCERNS ON [...] (C) HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN CALLED IN AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 27 TO CONVEY THE POPE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTICULARLY THE ISRAELI REOCCUPATION OF BETHLEHEM. WITH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON APPROACHING, TAURAN SAID THE CURRENT CURFEW IN BETHL [...] |
2002-12-11 15:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IZ PREL VT VTIS |
| 03ABUDHABI2329 | UAEG WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S SPEECH ON THE MIDDLE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge drew from reftel points and provided a copy of the President's speech to MFA Assistant U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi, May 12. Al-Nuaimi said that President's speech was welcome and timely. [...] |
2003-05-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO KPAL IS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2611 | WARY OF SHARON'S INTENTIONS, UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid and the Ambassador discussed the upcoming peace process summits in Sharm El Sheikh and Aqaba in a 5/31 meeting at Hamdan's Abu Dhabi palace (other issues septel). While "pessim [...] |
2003-06-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2733 | SYRIA'S BASHAR URGED TO WORK WITH THE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Former UAE Oil Minister and Zayid confidant Mana'a Saeed Al-Otaiba requested a meeting with the Ambassador on June 7 to brief her on the outcome of his late May one-on-one in Damascus with Syrian P [...] |
2003-06-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC KPAL SY IS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4428 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your October 5 visit. Your Emirati interlocutors are eager to see you. We have requested meetings for you with MFA Mins [...] |
2003-10-02 08:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AF IR IS IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4871 | RAMADAN 2003 PD STRATEGY: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] THE EMBASSY WILL HOST TWO FORMAL IFTARS: THE AMBASSADOR WILL HOST AN INTIMATE IFTAR FOR HIGH LEVEL CONTACTS; PAO WILL HOST ONE FOR PRIMARILY MEDIA CONTACTS IN ABU DHABI. DCM, PAO AND POLOFF WILL ATTEND VARIOUS IFTAR AND MAJELIS MEETINGS. IN DUBAI, OFFICERS FROM THE CG ON DOWN HAVE ATTENDED NUM [...] |
2003-11-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO IS SPECI |
| 03ABUJA1818 | NIGERIA: UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche against the two possible UNGA emergency special session resolutions on the Middle East to MFA Director for American and Caribbean Affairs A.O. Osula the morning of October 20. Osula had no response, but promised to pass the demarche to senior MFA officia [...] |
2003-10-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS NI UNGA |
| 03ABUJA1949 | Ramadan 2003 PD Strategy: Engaging Islam in Nigeria [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIIP KPAO IS SOCI |
| 03ABUJA2007 | Ramadan 2003 PD Strategy: Engaging Islam in Nigeria [...] (U) This is in response to an action request. This telegram has been cleared by DCM Rick Roberts. 2. (U) As in previous years, the Mission in Nigeria, including PAS, is planning an active schedule of events. 3. (U) Washington File. PAS will distribute President Bush's Ramadan message [...] |
2003-11-21 13:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OIIP KPAO IS SPECI |
| 03AMMAN1185 | SUPPORTING QIZ'S IN THE EVENT OF WAR [...] (c) SUMMARY: We are beginning to see the first indications of a negative impact on QIZ business as a result of war jitters on the part of U.S. buyers. Given the importance of QIZ exports to Jordan's economic growth and macroeconomic stability, a prolonged downturn in QIZ orders as a result [...] |
2003-02-27 08:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAIR MOPS IS JO |
| 03AMMAN14 | PLO REFUGEE AFFAIRS OFFICIAL QUIETLY TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary: Jordan-based PLO Refugee Affairs official Mohamed Abu Bakr told refcoord December 24 that he and West Bank Refugee Affairs Director Saji Salameh are quietly trying to prepare the Palestinian refugee community for what they see as an inevitable compromise on the right of return. [...] |
2003-01-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 03AMMAN1425 | MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER [...] This is a joint message with Embassy Tel Aviv and ConGen Jerusalem. 2. In separate events on March 4 and 5 in Tel Aviv, Gaza, and Amman, representatives of Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority signed the multilateral working group "WaterNet" agreement that will create a shared el [...] |
2003-03-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SENV KWBG IS JO NO |
| 03AMMAN1477 | MONITORING AND EVALUATING PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT [...] SUMMARY: REGIONAL REFCOORD ASSISTANT MET WITH SEEDS OF PEACE'S COEXISTENCE CENTER OFFICIALS JANUARY 27 TO MONITOR PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT THE JERUSALEM CENTER FOR COEXISTENCE. ALTHOUGH POLITICAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPEDE DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN SEEDS [...] |
2003-03-12 05:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 03AMMAN1720 | PALESTINIANS AND PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS PRAISE [...] (C) During a series of discussions in the days before the start of war in Iraq, prominent Palestinian-Jordanians and Palestinians resident in Jordan told A/DCM that the appointment of Abu Mazen as Palestinian Prime Minister should provide a big boost to good government in the PNA. However, [...] |
2003-03-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2206 | FORMER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CRITICIZES GOJ'S [...] (S) In a lengthy conversation April 8, former Parliament Speaker Abdul Hadi al-Majali (please protect throughout) told PolCouns that King Abdullah and Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb have mis-handled their public approach to the war in Iraq. Majali said that the King and PM have "only an eco [...] |
2003-04-10 16:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2568 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON ROADMAP PRESENTATION [...] (C) A/DCM May 1 presented a copy of the Roadmap to and reviewed reftel points with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ayed took careful notes of the talking points, focusing especially on the actions that the USG is asking Israel and the Palestinian Authority [...] |
2003-05-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN2786 | JORDAN REACTS POSITIVELY TO PRESIDENT'S MAY 9 [...] (C) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's May 9 speech calling for the establishment within ten years of a U.S.-Mideast Free Trade Area has been positive, especially among senior government officials. In a phone conversation May 10 with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher [...] |
2003-05-11 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KPAL IS XF JO |
| 03AMMAN3056 | JORDAN QIZ UPDATE MAY 2003 [...] (u) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (sbu) Summary: Putting war worries to rest, Jordan's QIZ exporters maintained solid growth throughout the first four months of the year and are bullish on prospects for the balance of 2003. Both the government and private sector [...] |
2003-05-22 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB IS JO |
| 03AMMAN3242 | UNRWA MAY 21-22 DONORS MEETING: BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: UNRWA's May 21-22 meeting of major donors and host governments revealed an agency in an atypically sound cash-flow position but troubled by overall budget shortfalls and underfunded emergency needs in the West Bank and Gaza, with only USD 25 million received against its current [...] |
2003-06-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG EAID IS JO |
| 03AMMAN3311 | JORDANIANS PROUD, SKEPTICAL OF AQABA SUMMIT [...] (C) Initial reaction from a sample of Embassy contacts and the local press indicates that most Jordanians feel a combination of pride for Jordan's role as host of the Aqaba Summit (and King Abdullah's performance as Hussein-like peacemaker), but lingering skepticism that any real progress will [...] |
2003-06-05 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL JO MEPP |
| 03AMMAN3830 | A/USTR NOVELLI'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH TRADE [...] (sbu) Summary: A/USTR Novelli discussed the President's MEFTA plans, US-Jordan FTA follow-up, and QIZ's with Trade Minister Salah Eddin al Bashir in a June 21 meeting on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea. Novelli and Bashir also discussed the possibility of expeditious [...] |
2003-06-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV IS JO |
| 03AMMAN3990 | PRESSING JORDAN TO MEET ITS PALESTINIAN AID [...] (C) A/DCM on June 30 delivered ref a oral message from the Secretary on Jordan's aid pledges to the Palestinian Authority to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. EconCouns that same day delivered the message to Bassam Awadallah, Minister of Planning, who confi [...] |
2003-07-01 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN4029 | PALESTINIAN BUSINESS GROUP VENTS FRUSTRATION [...] (U) Summary. Under Secretary of Treasury John Taylor and Under Secretary of Commerce Grant Aldonas met with a group of Palestinian business leaders on the margins of the World Economic Forum on June 21, 2003 (attendees list at end of cable). The business leaders discussed their skepticism [...] |
2003-07-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECPS JO IS IZ |
| 03AMMAN4389 | JORDANIAN FM MUASHER AND RUSSIAN FM IVANOV DISCUSS [...] (C) Charge and PolCouns met July 15 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Samer Dabbas, the Private Office Iraq action officer. In addition to discussions on the formation of the Iraqi Governing Council (reported ref a), Ayed gave a read-out on Muasher's [...] |
2003-07-16 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 03AMMAN4735 | SUPPORTING THE ROADMAP: BUILDING REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is a joint Amman-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Aqaba summit and the Dead Sea WEF conference have generated new hopes for expanded economic activity between Jordan, Israel and -- to a lesser extent -- the West Bank/Gaza. Jordan is particularly em [...] |
2003-07-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN5569 | SOLANA IN AMMAN: DOWNBEAT ON ROADMAP, IRAN [...] (S) EU Foreign Policy Chief Xavier Solana briefed EU ambassadors in Amman September 1 on his recent swing through the Middle East and Iran. On the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Solana expressed extreme frustration that Palestinian infighting and Israeli intransigence would scuttle the [...] |
2003-09-02 16:56:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL PTER IS IR JO |
| 03AMMAN5596 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) PolCouns on September 3 covered ref points on Iraq and the roadmap with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. On Iraq, PolCouns thanked the GOJ for its recent public reception of an Iraqi Governing Council (GC) delegation and encouraged the GOJ to continue t [...] |
2003-09-03 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5832 | NEW ISRAELI AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] (U) King Abdallah accepted the credentials of the new Israeli ambassador to Jordan, Yacov Hadas Handlesman, during a ceremony with seven other new ambassadors September 7. Handlesman, Israel's fourth ambassador to Jordan, assumes the post from Ambassador David Dadonn, who left Jordan two weeks [...] |
2003-09-10 16:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PINR IS JO |
| 03AMMAN5999 | JORDANIAN-ISRAELI WATER FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Water Minister El-Naser expressed his disappointment over the past few months' behavior of his Israeli counterparts from the Joint Technical Water Committee. Pointing the finger at Israel for dragging its feet on Jordanian technical requests and charging them with obst [...] |
2003-09-17 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV KWBG IS JO MEPN |
| 03AMMAN6029 | JORDAN'S RED-DEAD POSTURING--YOU'RE EITHER WITH US [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan,s Planning and Water Ministers, Bassem Awadallah and Hazim El-Naser, insisted to visiting NEA Senior Science Advisor Charles Lawson that the Red Sea - Dead Sea Conveyance (RDC) project feasibility study must happen. If the Israelis and Palestinians cannot put the politics of [...] |
2003-09-18 16:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV KWBG JO IS |
| 03AMMAN6119 | ANTI-NORMALIZATION CAMPAIGN IN JORDAN HAS LASTING [...] (C) The effects of an Anti-Normalization Committee, disbanded over two years ago, linger. One remnant of its campaigns to discredit Jordanians who supported relations with Israel is the ongoing legal case filed by one of its targets, Jordanian businessman and self-proclaimed peace advocate Tar [...] |
2003-09-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN6220 | Jordan and Israel Seeking EU "QIZ" Arrangement [...] (sbu) Summary. Jordan and Israel are working together to ask the EU for a special "QIZ-like" arrangement that will allow duty-free access to the European market for goods produced in Jordan with Israeli content. This effort, which the Jordanians say has high- level European and Israeli pol [...] |
2003-09-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD JO IS EU |
| 03AMMAN6276 | JORDANIANS WEARY ON THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (C) While the third anniversary of the al-Aqsa intifadah passed with little fanfare in Jordan, Jordanians remain frustrated with continuing violence and lack of movement toward a settlement. Beneath weariness, the most common themes we hear include the need to restrain Israeli security poli [...] |
2003-10-01 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PGOV IS JO |
| 03AMMAN6409 | GOJ CONDEMNS ISRAELI RAID IN SYRIA; ISLAMISTS [...] (U) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on October 5 condemned in an official press statement the Israeli military strike in Syria, calling it a "dangerous escalation" which threatened the security of the entire region. Muasher further said that the attack "does not at all help the peace process [...] |
2003-10-06 17:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS JO SY |
| 03AMMAN6414 | JORDAN-IRAQ: POLICE TRAINING, DEBT, CHALABI, [...] (S) Foreign Minister Muasher said October 5 that Jordan will continue its pragmatic, cooperative relationship with the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and will send a ministerial representative to the Madrid donors' meeting. However, he expressed concern that an escalating war of words with IG [...] |
2003-10-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN6502 | GOJ DEMOLITION ORDER IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) A plan to demolish homes of more than 500 families to widen a congested main thoroughfare in Jordan's second-largest Palestinian refugee camp has spawned controversy. Amman city authorities say the demolition is part of a larger plan to rehabilitate the camp's infrastructure, and they p [...] |
2003-10-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL IS PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN6599 | JORDANIANS CONDEMN BOMBING OF U.S. CONVOY IN GAZA, [...] (C) Jordanians expressed shock and condemnation in the immediate aftermath of the October 15 attack on a U.S. diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip. The GOJ strongly condemned the bombing and extended its condolences to the families of the victims. Noting that the investigation into the atta [...] |
2003-10-15 16:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS ASEC PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN7111 | JORDANIANS, ISRAELIS FAULT THE OTHER FOR LACK OF [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher on October 28 publicly defended Jordan's as yet unsuccessful efforts to negotiate the release of 82 Jordanian prisoners currently held in Israel. Muasher's public comment on this issue was partly driven by Hizballah's recent public statements that it is [...] |
2003-10-30 17:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS PTER LE JO |
| 03AMMAN7142 | DEMARCHE ON CONSOLIDATED UNRWA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL IS JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN7227 | JORDAN COMMITTED TO REACHING ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher reiterated to the Ambassador that Jordan is committed to negotiate and sign an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. and should have a counter-draft ready soon. Muasher expressed great disappointment that the USG might have thought to link such an a [...] |
2003-11-04 18:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KTIA IS JO |
| 03AMMAN7232 | JORDANIAN "PEACE CAMP" FOCUSES ON POSITIVE ASPECTS [...] (C) Members of Jordan's disparate "peace camp" say that the unofficial "Geneva Accord" has not gotten the attention it deserves from U.S. and Arab leaders and hope that European support for continued talks will generate momentum to restart substantive negotiations. MFA officials describe the [...] |
2003-11-05 08:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN7268 | JORDANIAN ANTI-NORMALIZERS SCORE LEGAL VICTORY [...] (C) Jordanian anti-normalizers scored a victory on October 26 in their campaign against ties with Israel. Capping a two-year legal battle, the Amman Court of First Instance acquitted Islamist member of parliament (MP) Ali Abu al-Sukkar, former head of the Professional Associations Anti-Norma [...] |
2003-11-06 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN7292 | JORDAN QIZ UPDATE - BUFFETED BUT UNBOWED, THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hit hard by unpredictable delays in delivery of fabric inputs through congested Aqaba port and even less-predictable Israeli port and customs bottlenecks, Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) nonetheless continue to outperform last year's record export volumes. Governm [...] |
2003-11-06 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB EAID IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN7329 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UNRWA RESOLUTION IN UNGA: [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points and a copy of the latest U.S. draft UNGA UNRWA resolution November 9 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's office, and Samer Naber, Head of the MFA Legal Department. PolCouns thanked Ayed and Naber for Jordan's positive role in the discuss [...] |
2003-11-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA UNRWA |
| 03AMMAN7402 | PRISONER ISSUE PROVIDES MORE FODDER TO [...] (C) Jordan's continuing inability to secure the release of Jordanians in Israeli custody is a source of growing frustration for Jordanian officials and is providing political fodder to the GOJ's critics. The Israeli DCM told DCM that while returning four Jordanians "with blood on their hand [...] |
2003-11-13 17:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS PTER LE JO |
| 03AMMAN7403 | JORDANIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S DEMOCRACY MESSAGE, BUT [...] (C) Despite initial negative press reaction in Jordan to President Bush's November 6 speech calling for democratic reform in the Arab world, several of our contacts inside and outside the government lauded the initiative. At the same time, they almost universally highlighted the lack of U.S [...] |
2003-11-13 17:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KDEM PGOV PTER IS JO |
| 03AMMAN7648 | DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-23 16:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA |
| 03AMMAN7690 | JORDAN TERMS ISRAELI RELEASE OF 10 PRISONERS [...] (U) Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told the press that the Israeli cabinet decision on November 23 to release ten Jordanian prisoners as part of an Eid al-Fitr gesture was a "positive development," but that the GOJ would continue to work towards the release of all Jordanians in Is [...] |
2003-11-24 17:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IS JO |
| 03AMMAN7805 | KING ABDULLAH TALKS WITH NEA A/S BURNS ON IRAQ, [...] (S) NEA A/S Burns briefed King Abdullah and other senior GOJ officials on his discussion with Abu Alaa, noting that the Palestinians have an opportunity to move the roadmap forward, but must take concrete security steps. The King agreed and said Jordan would deliver the same message to Abu [...] |
2003-12-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN781 | EGYPTIAN QIZ'S IN JORDANIAN PERSPECTIVE [...] (c) SUMMARY: Activating the QIZ initiative in Egypt through parallel protocols would have profound effects on the long-term viability of QIZ's in Jordan. More seriously, such a deal would cause deep concern within the GOJ about equitable treatment for the politically tough decisions Jordan [...] |
2003-02-05 08:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD JO EG IS |
| 03AMMAN7852 | UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST: JORDAN LIKELY TO [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Muasher and Office Director Al-Ayed (both traveling), PolCouns December 3 delivered to Basheer Zoubi, Acting Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, ref points on the possible UNGA Special Session on the Middle East and a possible Palestinian [...] |
2003-12-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA |
| 03AMMAN8122 | JORDANIAN OPPOSITION TO GENEVA ACCORD GEARS UP IN [...] (C) Breaking weeks of relative silence on the issue, Jordanian officials, led by King Abdullah, are lauding the unofficial Geneva Accord as a means to enhance dialogue and complement efforts to end the current peace process stalemate -- while reiterating their support for the roadmap. The o [...] |
2003-12-11 18:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN8312 | IRAQI-PALESTINIANS FACE HARDSHIP IN JORDAN [...] (U) The 386 Iraqi-Palestinians who were permitted to leave Ruweished refugee camp in August and reside in Jordan are seeking U.S. help. They want to regularize their status in Jordan or leave for a third country. The families have only limited access to humanitarian assistance and are unabl [...] |
2003-12-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 03AMMAN8321 | ANTINORMALIZERS IN JORDAN RALLY AGAINST GENEVA [...] (SBU) The unofficial Geneva accord -- particularly its provisions dealing with the Palestinian right to return -- is the latest cause celebre for antinormalizers in Jordan. The Professional Associations Council in Jordan -- headed by a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member -- is leading the ch [...] |
2003-12-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN8359 | JORDAN FTA: ACCELERATE TARIFF REDUCTIONS WHILE [...] (SBU) Embassy notes that the Trade Policy Staff Committee is reviewing (REF A) a proposal by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to accelerate tariff elimination for certain apparel products under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Jordan currently already exports most of these products [...] |
2003-12-21 17:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN8360 | GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON FISCHER VISIT TO JORDAN: [...] (C) German Ambassador Martin Schneller briefed Ambassador and PolCouns December 17 on German FonMin Fischer's December 15 visit to Amman. Schneller said Fischer met with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who both delivered a consistent line on Iraq: we support Iraqi indepen [...] |
2003-12-21 18:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS SY JO GE |
| 03AMMAN8450 | GOJ OFFICIALS ON ARAB ECONOMIC REFORM, PEACE [...] (C) NEA DAS Satterfield and Ambassador met separately December 19 with Planning Minister Awadallah and Foreign Minister Muasher. Discussion covered the Aqaba "workshop," Abu Ala'a and the peace process, Iraq and Syria, Article 98 negotiations, and Jordan-Israel relations. End Summary. AQA [...] |
2003-12-24 09:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ECON IS IZ SY JO |
| 03AMMAN931 | FM MUASHER'S READOUT OF KING ABDULLAH'S 2/8 [...] (U) Charge called FonMin Muasher February 10 to get a readout of the King's 2/8 meeting in Aqaba with Egyptian President Mubarak, as well as of Muasher's own meeting with Sharon advisor Dov Weisglass the previous day (2/9) in Amman. --------------------------------------------- ------- Mubar [...] |
2003-02-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 03ANKARA2504 | TURKS AND ISRAELIS SAY THEY ARE PLEASED WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Embassy used terms like "positive, excellent," and Turkish MFA "successful" to describe Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom's first official visit to Turkey April 13-14. End summary. 2. (C) Israeli DCM Nahshon told us April 15 plans for FonMin Shalom's April 13-14 [...] |
2003-04-17 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS |
| 03ANKARA2809 | TURKISH MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ARAFAT CONTACTS [...] (C) In absence of higher-ranking MFA officials, we delivered reftel demarche to Acting Head of Department for Middle East and Maghreb Tuzun. In response Tuzun said he is not aware of any current GOT plans to visit Arafat. 2. (C) Noting Turkey's strong support for President Bush,s initiat [...] |
2003-04-30 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS TU |
| 03ANKARA3506 | DAS PASCOE'S MAY 21-22 POST-WAR TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) State Department DAS for European Affairs Lynn Pascoe told GOT officials May 21-22 the USG was disappointed with Turkey over its handling of issues of major importance to the US, including Iraq and Cyprus. DAS Pascoe said the door to rebuilding relations was open, but it was up to Turkey t [...] |
2003-05-29 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR AR TU IZ IS |
| 03ANKARA3787 | TURKEY TRYING TO SUPPORT THE MIDDLE EAST ROADMAP [...] (C) Since late May, numerous meetings with GOT officials and press reports suggest Turkey is seeking to develop a constructive approach on Middle East issues, offering to host an MEPP (and a separate OIC) conference in Turkey and sending appropriate, reform-minded messages to Iran and Syria (r [...] |
2003-06-11 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TU |
| 03ANKARA3918 | AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6, [...] (C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief operating officer, Stanley Bergman, board member, Marian Bergman, board member and Barry Jacobs, director of strategic studies visited Ankara on Friday, June 6 to meet with senior G [...] |
2003-06-18 07:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IS TU |
| 03ANKARA4385 | PRIME MINISTER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO SYRIAN [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu briefed DCM July 11 on the July 10 telephone call between PM Erdogan and Syrian President Assad. Burcuoglu said that during the June visit of U/S Ziyal to Washington, Turkey had been asked by the U.S to pass a strong message to the Sy [...] |
2003-07-11 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU SY IS KWBG |
| 03ANKARA4487 | ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATZAV'S VISIT TO TURKEY "A [...] (C) Ankara Israeli Embassy contacts are pleased with President Katzav's July 8-9 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon said "The visit was a great success," and further commented, "The mere fact the visit occurred was a success in itself. The Turks did everything they co [...] |
2003-07-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL JO IS TU |
| 03ANKARA5223 | TURKEY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE FALL-OUT [...] (C) MFA Middle East DG Burcuoglu advised DCM August 14 that the July 22 Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif incident involving non-Muslim groups praying in the al-Aqsa mosque could adversely impact potential Turkish participation in Iraq and the Roadmap. Burcuoglu believed that permitting non-Muslim [...] |
2003-08-18 05:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KPAL KWBG KIRF IS TU |
| 03ANKARA5436 | SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Senator Lugar reaffirmed to the GOT on August 20 the importance of the longstanding U.S.-Turkish relationship. In meetings with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Defense, as well as the Chief of TGS, Lugar emphasized that the [...] |
2003-08-26 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA5807 | GUL-SHALOM OCTOBER 5 LETTER [...] (U) The Israeli Embassy in Ankara shared with us an unclassified facsimile copy of a letter sent September 5 from SIPDIS Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom. In the letter, Gul expresses concern over: -- the "formidable task" facing the Coali [...] |
2003-09-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KPAL IS TU |
| 03ANKARA5938 | URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST: [...] (C) DCM presented reftel demarche September 18 to MFA Middle East AND Africa General Director Tahsin Burcuoglu. 2. (C) Burcuoglu accepted the U.S. views and reiterated Turkey's support for the Road Map and its continuing good relationship with both Israelis and Palestinians. He indicated [...] |
2003-09-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS TU |
| 03ANKARA6560 | GOT RESPONSE TO UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-20 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS TU |
| 03ANKARA6676 | DEMARCHE: MESSAGE TO PALESTINIANS [...] (C) We presented reftel demarche October 21 to MFA Middle East and Maghreb Head of Department Kemal Tuzun. After promising to convey the contents of the demarche to MFA's Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East, Tuzun then confirmed by telephone that the MFA would transmit the demarche dire [...] |
2003-10-24 05:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS TU |
| 03ANKARA7400 | URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) As the Turkish MFA was closed for the prolonged Seker Bayram holiday, we presented reftel B demarche to MFA Middle East Head Kemal Tuzun December 2. We noted that the Palestinians were rethinking their request to have the International Court of Justice adjudicate the legality of the Israe [...] |
2003-12-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS TU |
| 03ANKARA7626 | CHALLENGE TO CREDENTIALS REPORT: TURKEY DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche to MFA Middle East Department Head Kemal Tuzun on December 12, stressing that this credentails challenge threatened to invite further attempts to bring territorial disputes to the credentialing process, turning a routine procedure into political wrangling, and [...] |
2003-12-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA7847 | TURKEY TO OPPOSE CHALLENGE TO CREDENTIALS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-22 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL TU |
| 03COLOMBO1529 | Proposed weapons deal involving Israeli [...] (C) SUMMARY: A proposed weapons deal has sparked public accusations that Sri Lanka's Defense Ministry favors an Israeli bid because it has worked out kickbacks with the company. The Defense Ministry denies the charge. At this point, the proposed deal is extremely tangled, as a potential U. [...] |
2003-09-03 10:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS PINS ECON CE IS |
| 03COLOMBO1631 | Sri Lanka: Untangling the confusion over the [...] (C) SUMMARY: In this message, Mission provides a brief overview of the status of the possible FMS procurement of Bushmaster cannons for the GSL. Suggested next steps for Washington to review with visiting Minister Moragoda and Ambassador Subasinghe are discussed. Mission would appreciate an [...] |
2003-09-19 05:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS PARM CE IS |
| 03COLOMBO1889 | Demarche on U.S. Mideast UNGA Strategy [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed the points requesting support against one-sided anti-Israel resolutions at the UN to the Sri Lankan and Maldivian governments. In light of the importance of this matter, [...] |
2003-11-03 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL CE MV IS UN |
| 03DAMASCUS6920 | ASAD: HOW DO WE TURN THIS AROUND? [...] (C) Summary. During a 90-minute one-on-one meeting on November 30, Syrian President Asad asked former NEA A/S Richard Murphy for advice on what could be done to improve US-Syrian relations and how Asad could expand his contacts with US media. (Asad had just completed his interview with the N [...] |
2003-12-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MEPP PTER LE IZ IS SY |
| 03GUATEMALA2845 | UNRWA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-06 17:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS GT UNGA |
| 03GUATEMALA2857 | GUATEMALA ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS GT UNSC |
| 03GUATEMALA2880 | GUATEMALA ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTIONS AT THE UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-10 22:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS GT UNGA |
| 03JERUSALEM2293 | HAMAS READY TO EXTEND TRUCE, PA MINISTER CLAIMS [...] (C) Following up on his conversation with Embassy PolOff last week (reftel), PA Minister of Culture Ziad Abu-Amr, in a meeting with A/PO in Ramallah on 8/4, said that Hamas leaders would tell PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza this week that they are prepared to extend the cease-fire for [...] |
2003-08-05 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 03JERUSALEM2771 | FATAH LEADER HINTS AT PM ABBAS'S DOWNFALL [...] (C) Summary: Fatah Central Committee member and frequent Arafat ally Sakher Habash, in a conversation with Pol/C in Ramallah 9/3, said he saw only two ways out of the ongoing political crisis in the Palestinian Authority: either PM Abbas makes amends with Arafat and the Fatah leadership, or h [...] |
2003-09-04 16:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS |
| 03JERUSALEM2819 | THE TALE OF PM ABBAS'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, disappointed and embittered after losing a power struggle with Arafat that left him publicly branded as a traitor, sent his letter of resignation to the PA President on September 6, then vented his frustrations to the Legislative Council in a closed [...] |
2003-09-08 17:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS |
| 03JERUSALEM4246 | ISLAMIC RADICALS ATTACK EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AHMAD MAHER CAME UNDER ATTACK BY ISLAMIC ACTIVISTS WHILE VISITING AND PRAYING AT THE HARAM ASH-SHARIF ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 22. A VIDEO SHOWS MAHER BEING MOBBED BY ANGRY WORSHIPPERS AND APPARENTLY CHOKED BRIEFLY BY A CLOTH AROUND HIS NECK. WORSHIPPERS REPOR [...] |
2003-12-22 16:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG |
| 03KUWAIT1293 | KUWAITI CONCERNS ON MEETING ITS AID PLEDGE TO PA [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed the issue of Kuwaiti support for the Palestinian Authority (ref A) with Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser al-Sabah, the Head of Office for Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, the morning of April 6. (Dr. Mohammed was unavailable due to a last [...] |
2003-04-07 15:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL US IS KU |
| 03KUWAIT3703 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 4-10: GUANTANAMO [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti officials reportedly postponed a scheduled trip by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait this week over Palestinian "hesitation" to condemn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. One commentator writes, "It is not acceptable to consider the occupation of Kuwait l [...] |
2003-08-12 11:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU JO IS KPAL KDMR |
| 03KUWAIT4681 | (C) SYRIA: GOK TO HOST BASHAR AFTER RAMADHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK is concerned that Bashar al-Asad lacks the power to remove his late father's old guard and adapt to the new regional reality. It expects him to visit after Ramadhan, and would be happy to pass on any messages. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) NEA PDAS Larocco called on Shaykh Sab [...] |
2003-10-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IS TU KU |
| 03KUWAIT4788 | DELIVERY OF URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE [...] (C) DCM delivered subject General Assembly Demarche October 19, 2003, to MFA Americas Department Chief, Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. Al-Babtain, who is generally critical of U.S. policy toward the Palestinians, was this time subdued in his response. He promised to pass the U.S. recommenda [...] |
2003-10-19 13:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS KU UNGA |
| 03KUWAIT4843 | PALESTINIAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA U/S [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-25 10:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PREL IS KU |
| 03KUWAIT5371 | (C) URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN ACTION ON [...] (C) Acting DCM made ref A demarche Sunday November 23 on MFA Deputy Director of Americas Department Ayham al-Omar. Given that Monday Nov. 24 is likely the last day before the Eid holiday here, which will run through Saturday Nov. 29, we second ref B recommendation that USUN follow up directly [...] |
2003-11-24 09:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS KU UNGA |
| 03OTTAWA1779 | CANADA SUPPORTS UNDOF RENEWAL, HOPES TO REDUCE [...] (C) Canada supports renewing the mandate for the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), where it currently provides 194 personnnel. Peter Armstrong-Whitworth of Foreign Affairs' Peacekeeping Office indicated that Canada is considering reducing its contribution in the future, and that the Go [...] |
2003-06-23 20:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL IS SY CA JA UNDOF UNSC |
| 03OTTAWA2103 | UNDOF: DRAWDOWN OF CANADIAN CONTINGENT [...] (C) Canada confirmed to us that is does intend to reduce its contribution to the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) over the next 12 months, but that it will not do so before ensuring adequate backfill by others. We discussed reftel (A) concerns with Barbara Martin, Director of Foreign A [...] |
2003-07-23 17:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL IS SY CA JA |
| 03PRETORIA5198 | SOUTH AFRICA AND HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD, HIZBULLAH [...] (C) THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TALKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD AND HIZBULLAH AT THE DIRECT REQUEST OF PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) LEADERS SUCH AS ABU MAZEN AND ABU ALLAH, ACCORDING TO SAG FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIRECT [...] |
2003-09-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS SF |
| 03ROME1665 | ITALY ON ISRAEL, THE PA, AND THE MEPP BEFORE ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: TEN WEEKS BEFORE ASSUMING THE EU PRESIDENCY, ITALIAN MFA INDICATED THAT A VISIT BY PM BERLUSCONI TO ISRAEL WAS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN EARLY JUNE, EMPHASIZED ITALY'S POSITIVE BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL, UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN REFORM AND ECONOMIC [...] |
2003-04-17 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IT IS KPAL |
| 03ROME1960 | ISRAELI DISTRUST OF ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) ISRAELI EMBASSY DCM AMOS RADIAN EXPRESSED TO POL MC ON APRIL 30 HIS EMBASSY'S RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE MFA-SPONSORED CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN REFORM AND ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION TO BE HELD IN ROME MAY 28-29 (REF A). RADIAN ARGUED VARIOUSLY THAT: -- ITALY IS TRYING TO INSERT THE EU INTO A MO [...] |
2003-05-07 13:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PREL KPAL EAID IS UN |
| 03ROME2472 | ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN REFORMS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA organized a conference on "The Palestinian Future: Reforms and Economic Reconstruction" in Rome May 28-29. As the MFA told us and the Embassy of Israel prior to the conference, this was not a political conference about roadmap implementation but was intended largely for [...] |
2003-06-04 16:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IT PREL KPAL EAID IS |
| 03ROME2495 | BERLUSCONI WILL NOT/NOT SEE ARAFAT, PERHAPS ABU [...] (C) ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCES IN THE PM'S OFFICE, THE MFA, AND THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL, PM BERLUSCONI WILL VISIT ISRAEL JUNE 9 WHERE HE WILL MEET WITH PM SHARON AND POSSIBLY PRESIDENT KATSAV. BERLUSCONI'S ADVISERS CONTINUE TO ASSURE THAT HE WILL NOT/NOT SEE ARAFAT. 2. (C) ISRAELI AMBASSADOR [...] |
2003-06-05 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS IT |
| 03ROME2646 | FM FRATTINI ON THE MEPP, IRAQ, AND TRANSATLANTIC [...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 11, FM FRATTINI GAVE A SPEECH ENTITLED "NEW SCENARIOS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PERSIAN GULF, AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS" AT THE CENTER FOR DEFENSE STUDIES IN ROME. HE URGED THE ISRAELIS AND THE PALESTINIANS TO SEIZE THE MOMENTUM OF THE AQABA SUMMIT, STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] |
2003-06-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IT IS KPAL IZ EU |
| 03ROME2766 | PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) PM Berlusconi's swing through the Middle East (Israel, Jordan, and Egypt June 9-11) ruffled (French) feathers only because some chose to misconstrue Italian motives, Berlusconi's deputy diplomatic advisor told us June 18. Scarante said French FM de Villepin's criticism of Berlusconi's deci [...] |
2003-06-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT IS KPAL EG JO |
| 03ROME3214 | MID-EAST PEACE PROCESS: WHAT TO EXPECT OF ITALY AS [...] (C) Summary: Italy has identified the MidEast Peace Process as among its top foreign policy priorities during its EU Presidency (July-December 2003). PM Berlusconi has consciously upgraded Italy's relations with Israel to balance its traditional close ties to the Palestinians and make the GOI [...] |
2003-07-14 17:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IS IT KPAL PREL EUN |
| 03ROME323 | MFO: ITALY CANNOT PROVIDE REPLACEMENTS FOR US [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-28 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KMFO PREL IT IS EG NATO |
| 03ROME4273 | MUBARAK IN ITALY: EXPELLING ARAFAT WOULD BE A [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS IT UNSC |
| 03ROME4842 | ITALIAN ACTION ON MESSAGE TO THE PALESTINIANS [...] (C) GUIDANCE REQUESTED - SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) UPON RECEIPT OF REF A OCTOBER 21, POST DELIVERED POINTS TO LUCA FERRARI, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE EASTERN MED. FERRARI ASSURED POLOFF THAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE PRESENTED TO FM FRATTINI FOR REVIEW AND RESPONSE. 3. (C) FERRARI CALLED A/DCM O [...] |
2003-10-22 17:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IS IT KWPG |
| 03ROME4921 | UNWRA RESOLUTION: ITALIANS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL M/C DISCUSSED REFTEL POINTS WITH MFA MIDDLE EAST OFFICE DIRECTOR, LUCA FERRARI. ALTHOUGH FERRARI STRONGLY AGREED WITH THE US GOAL OF REPLACING THE CURRENT UNWRA RESOLUTIONS WITH ONE COMBIED AND MORE POSITIVE RESOLUTION, HE WAS PESSIMISTIC THAT THE EU WOULD SUPPORT THE US RESOL [...] |
2003-10-29 13:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IT UNSC |
| 03ROME5317 | SHARON'S VISIT TO ITALY: ISRAELIS ECSTATIC [...] (C) Summary. Israeli Ambassador Gol described Israeli PM Sharon's November 17-19 visit to Rome as "extraordinary" for its warmth and level of reception, in part due to the confluence of events -- the synagogue bombings in Istanbul and the state funerals for fallen Italian carabinieri and civi [...] |
2003-11-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV IS IT UNSC |
| 03ROME5339 | ITALY OPPOSES ICJ RESOLUTION ON ISRAEL [...] (C) DURING A NOVEMBER 24 TELCON, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LUCA FERRARI TOLD POL M/C THAT ITALY'S POSITION ON AN ICJ RESOLUTION HAS NOT CHANGED AND THAT IT IS STILL A TERRIBLE IDEA. THE MFA HAS ALREADY ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO ITS MISSION IN NEW YORK TO PURSE A THREE- [...] |
2003-11-24 14:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IT UNGA |
| 03ROME5344 | IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: GOI MAY SWEETEN TELECOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: TELECOM ITALIA OFFICIALS, EAGER FOR ANY PROGRESS ON THEIR PROPOSAL TO CONNECT IRAQ TO THE MEDNAUTILUS FIBER OPTIC NETWORK (SEE REF A), TOLD ECONOFF ON NOVEMBER 21 THAT THE GOI IS SO COMMITTED TO THE $15 MILLION PROJECT THAT IT MAY INCLUDE THE PROPOSAL IN THE 200 MILLION EURO DONATI [...] |
2003-11-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ECIN ECON ECPS IS IT IZ PGOV PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME5363 | ITALY: ON SYRIA TO PRESENT VIEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Eastern Mediterranean Office Chief, Luca Ferrari gave a read-out on MFA Mediterranean and Middle East Director General Riccardo Sessa's recent trip to Syria. Sessa traveled to Syria to inform GOS officials of the need to do more on the Arab-Israeli conflict if they want to adva [...] |
2003-11-25 17:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SY IT EUN |
| 03ROME5473 | ITALY: SYRIA SEEKS HIGHER LEVEL DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Summary: During recent closed talks with the Italian MFA, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Muallem expressed a desire to improve US-Syrian relations by developing a higher level dialogue on a more equal footing. Muallem said that a settlement with Israel is the best strategic option for [...] |
2003-12-05 10:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SY IT UN |
| 03ROME98 | ITALY ON UNIFIL MANDATE RENEWAL NOTICE: WANT OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOI WILL NOT OPPOSE THE RENEWAL OF THE UNIFIL'S MANDATE THAT EXPIRES ON JAN 31, 2003. NONETHELESS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE GOI IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING GRADUALLY REDUCING ITS FORCES IN UNIFIL, EVENTUALLY WITHDRAWING COMPLETELY FROM UNIFIL, AND RE-DEPLOYING ITS FORCES TO THE M [...] |
2003-01-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL IS LE SY IT UNIFIL UNSC |
| 03SANAA1074 | ROYG AND THE ROADMAP [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-12 14:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS YM DEMARCHE |
| 03STATE23994 | TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL [...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...] |
2003-01-28 02:43:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO |
| 03THEHAGUE1595 | DUTCH CANDIDATE FOR EU MIDDLE EAST ENVOY [...] (U) Noting that Marcel Kurpershoek is one of two finalists to replace Angel Moratinos, we want to share our impressions and some biographic details. Kurpershoek currently is resident in Pakistan, where he serves as Dutch ambassador to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Taji [...] |
2003-06-20 12:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EU IS NL PK |
| 03THEHAGUE2361 | URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST: UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the emergency special session of the General Assembly on the Middle East to Dutch MFA Head of Political and Legal Affairs Division Pieter Ramaer and Deputy Head of Middle East Division Mark Singleton. The Dutch will follow the EU line, but do not yet kn [...] |
2003-09-18 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS NL UNGA |
| 03THEHAGUE2366 | DUTCH RESPONSE TO IAEA ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA Arab-Israeli dispute at the General Conference (Ref A) to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division Peter Potman. During the demarche, the MFA received a call from its delegation in Vienna saying the EU had just rea [...] |
2003-09-19 14:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IS EG NL IAEA |
| 03THEHAGUE2746 | DUTCH MFA ON CONSOLIDATED UNRWA RESOLUTION [...] (C) On October 30, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the consolidated UNRWA resolution to Pieter Ramaer, Head of the MFA's Political and Legal Affairs Division. The Dutch support U.S. efforts to streamline the Fourth Committee resolution process, but believe the difficulties UNRWA faces in [...] |
2003-10-31 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS NL UNSC |
| 03THEHAGUE2748 | DUTCH MFA ON US MIDEAST UNGA STRATEGY [...] (C) On October 31, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. Mideast UNGA strategy to Pieter Ramaer, Head of the MFA's Political and Legal Affairs Division. Ramaer said "U.S. arguments are good," and the Dutch are in favor of ending or limiting those practices mentioned. However, Ramaer noted [...] |
2003-10-31 14:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS NL UNSC |
| 03THEHAGUE2983 | DUTCH MFA ON UN ACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-28 14:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS UNGA |
| 03VATICAN1694 | REINVIGORATED POPE WELCOMES END OF WAR, CONDEMNS [...] (U) A VIGOROUS POPE JOHN PAUL II PRESIDED OVER THE VATICAN'S EASTER WEEK SERVICES, USING HIS HOMILIES AND EASTER MESSAGE TO FOCUS GLOBAL ATTENTION ON THE HOLY SEE'S TOP INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS: RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ, PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CONDEMNATION OF TERRORISM AND RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE, [...] |
2003-04-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IS WE IZ VT VTPREL |
| 03VATICAN5365 | HOLY SEE ON ICJ, ISRAELI SEPARATION BARRIER [...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO HOLY SEE OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS FRANCO COPPOLA NOVEMBER 25. COPPOLA LIMITED HIS RESPONSE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) OPINION ON THE LEGALITY OF THE ISRAELI SEPARATION BARRIER. HE AGREED THA [...] |
2003-11-26 07:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL VT UNGA |
| 03VATICAN5521 | AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW IRAQI CHALDEAN PATRIARCH [...] (C) IN TWO MEETINGS WITH THE AMBASSADOR, THE NEWLY ELECTED PATRIARCH OF THE CHALDEANS AND FORMER BAGHDAD AUXILIARY ARCHBISHOP EMMANUEL-KARIM DELLY, LED OFF HIS REMARKS BY CONVEYING HIS GRATITUDE FOR U.S. ACTIONS IN IRAQ TO REMOVE SADDAM HUSSEIN FROM POWER AND HIS HOPE FOR RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN [...] |
2003-12-10 13:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL VT SOCI PGOV IS |
| 03VATICAN5644 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH VATICAN FM [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting, A/S Burns told the Holy See's new Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo that the U.S. saw an opportunity to move the Middle East peace process forward in the face of anger and frustration on both sides. Lajolo expressed the Holy See's support for the Road Map, noting [...] |
2003-12-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS IZ PREL SY |
| 03VATICAN59 | POPE LAUNCHES END OF YEAR PEACE OFFENSIVE [...] (U) THE POPE AND SENIOR VATICAN OFFICIALS HAVE LAUNCHED AN END OF YEAR "PEACE OFFENSIVE" WITH A SERIES OF STATEMENTS AND MESSAGES AIMED AT COUNTERING THE PERCEPTION THAT WAR IN IRAQ IS INEVITABLE. THESE MESSAGES HAVE ALSO URGED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PURSUE ALL POSSIBLE STEPS TO AVOID [...] |
2003-01-08 13:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS IZ VT VTPREL |
| 03YEREVAN2828 | ARMENIA ON MIDDLE EAST ACTIONS AT UNGA [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche request, Armenian MFA United Nations Division Chief Artak Apitonian told us November 26 that Armenia would likely abstain from the December 2 vote on the propo [...] |
2003-11-26 11:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAL PREL IS AM UNSC UNGA |
| 03YEREVAN3029 | ARMENIA ON UNGA CREDENTIALS RESOLUTION [...] Ambassador delivered demarche and talking points regarding the UNGA resolution on Palestinian representation to Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian December 17 per reftel instructions. Oskanian recognized the importance of the resolution to the USG and said Armenia would at a minimum abstain on [...] |
2003-12-18 04:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL AM UNGA |
| 04ABUDHABI166 | FRENCH FM DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: French Foreign Minister de Villepin discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East Roadmap during his meetings on January 12 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa, Deputy Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ), and Deputy Prime Minister a [...] |
2004-01-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR IS FR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1705 | UAE TO REBUILD 400 HOUSES IN GAZA [...] (C) At President Shaykh Zayed's initiative, the UAE will rebuild more than 400 houses destroyed by Israeli forces in Rafah and Gaza. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed provided details of the project to the Ambassador on May 23, and said he [...] |
2004-05-24 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN IS TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2346 | ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche during a courtesy call with newly appointed MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan SIPDIS on July 13. Al Haidan gave a pessimistic assessment of the peace process and the Middle East Roadmap. He said Israel's planned w [...] |
2004-07-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ICJ UNGA PREL IS TC |
| 04ABUDHABI503 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S WAYNE VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Wayne: We look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your February 28- 29 visit. In addition to the donor's conference, we have scheduled bilateral meetings for you with Minister of State for Finance and Industry, Dr. Mohamed Khalfan bin Khirbash, MFA Assistan [...] |
2004-02-26 12:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON AF IR IS IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI629 | Perceived inaction on Roadmap fuels debate [...] (C) Summary: There is a perception here among policymakers, students, journalists, and academics, that the USG no longer considers the Palestinian- Israeli issue a major priority. That perception is fuelled in recent weeks by the lack of any mention of it in the President's inaugural intervie [...] |
2004-03-07 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS TC |
| 04ABUDHABI721 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO THE UAE, [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your March 21 visit for the second U.S.-UAE Bilateral Strategic Partnership meeting. Your Emirati interlocutors also are eager to see you. We have requested meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Mi [...] |
2004-03-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON AF IR IS IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI827 | UAE REACTION TO YASSIN ASSASSINATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The UAE Government strongly denounced the Israeli government's killing of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin outside a mosque in Gaza yesterday. In a statement reported widely by the press, UAE Minister of Information and Culture, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ), speculat [...] |
2004-03-23 13:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS TC |
| 04ABUDHABI903 | UAE: Reaction to U.S. veto on resolution [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed told the Ambassador that the March 25 U.S. veto on the resolution condemning Israel for Shaykh Ahmed Yassin's death was a "very disturbing development," and added that the primary goal should now be to [...] |
2004-03-29 12:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TC |
| 04ABUDHABI906 | A/S BURNS' MARCH 21 MEETING WITH ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary William Burns met in Abu Dhabi on March 21 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Deputy Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Armed Force Chief Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed and Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed attended [...] |
2004-03-30 05:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD KMPI IZ IR IS TC |
| 04ABUDHABI923 | U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership a success [...] (C) Summary: The UAE hosted the second bilateral Strategic Partnership dialogue on March 21 with NEA A/S Burns and UAE Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed leading their respective delegations. The two sides reviewed progress on the comprehensive action plan that was agr [...] |
2004-03-30 13:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KDEM PHUM IZ AF IR IS SY TC |
| 04AMMAN10033 | Meteorology System Brings Israel, Palestinians, [...] Summary: An innovative Sandia Lab project in the Middle East called Sustainable Land Use has grown into a groundbreaking arrangement for sharing nearly real-time meteorological data between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. End summary. Meteorology System Builds on Earlier Lan [...] |
2004-12-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TPHY IS JO |
| 04AMMAN1017 | UPDATE ON JORDAN'S SUBMISSION TO THE ICJ CASE ON [...] (C) MFA Legal Department head Samer Naber told PolCouns and PolOff February 9 that Jordan has not yet decided whether it will make an oral presentation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Israeli security barrier. Nevertheless, it will likely request from the court permission [...] |
2004-02-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO ICJ |
| 04AMMAN10245 | KING OPTIMISTIC ON WEST BANK, "MORE NERVOUS" ON [...] (C) King Abdullah told Senators Joseph Lieberman and Mark Dayton that the Palestinians need to see quick results after the January 9 election, and that Iraq,s political leadership should create an Arab identity for Iraqis to overcome religious schisms and interference by Iran. End summary. [...] |
2004-12-29 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 04AMMAN122 | SECURITY THREATS TO HUMANITARIAN AID AGENCIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Per reftel, refcoord reviewed UNRWA security issues with Deputy ComGen AbuZayd on January 4. According to AbuZayd, the majority of security threats to UNRWA stem from IDF-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA workers also face harassment and verbal [...] |
2004-01-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PREF PREL PTER KPAL IS JO UNSC |
| 04AMMAN1260 | JORDAN SUBMITS STATEMENT ON ISRAEL'S SEPARATION [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Muasher's Office Director Ali al-Ayed on February 17 presented the DCM with a copy of Jordan's written argument to the International Court of Justice on the legality of Israel's separation barrier. He was doing so separately with many members of the diplomatic corps. [...] |
2004-02-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO IS |
| 04AMMAN1280 | JORDANIAN MPS ADDRESS IRAQI OIL BRIBES & PUBLIC [...] (C) The Jordanian Parliament grappled in recent weeks with a variety of political topics. In addition to debating the government's proposed budget and controversial price hikes (reported septel), the Parliament addressed allegations of Iraqi oil "bribes" under Saddam Hussein, approved a cont [...] |
2004-02-19 17:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN1334 | PRM PDAS GREENE DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 16 meeting with PRM PDAS Greene, UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees Morjane requested U.S. assistance in finding durable solutions for 345 Iraqi-Palestinians in Jordan's Ruweished refugee camp. Morjane -- to the surprise of the UNHCR Jordan re [...] |
2004-02-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ IS JO UNRWA |
| 04AMMAN1390 | JORDANIANS PROTEST SEPARATION BARRIER [...] (SBU) Jordanians staged small and largely peaceful demonstrations in Amman on February 21 and 23 protesting Israel's construction of the security barrier in the West Bank. RSO contacts estimate that approximately 300 people attended a two-hour candlelight vigil in Amman during the evening o [...] |
2004-02-24 16:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL KPAL JO IS |
| 04AMMAN1604 | UNHCR REPEATS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN RESETTLING [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In a February 26 meeting with refcoord, UNHCR Middle East Director Radhouane Nouicer repeated previous requests (ref) for assistance in finding durable solutions for 348 Iraqi-Palestinians in Ruweished, Jordan. While UNHCR policy remains focused on finding re [...] |
2004-03-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ JO UNRWA UNHCR |
| 04AMMAN1632 | UNRWA ASKS FOR MORE FOOD ASSISTANCE [...] THIS CABLE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY CONGEN JERUSALEM AND EMBASSY TEL AVIV. 2. Summary: At a February 10 meeting, UNRWA identified food assistance as its top emergency program priority for the West Bank and Gaza. In 2003, 61.8 percent of refugee families in the West Bank and 64 percent in Gaz [...] |
2004-03-04 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 04AMMAN1721 | MONITORING AND EVALUATING SEEDS OF PEACE'S [...] REGIONAL REFCOORD ASSISTANT MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT SEEDS OF PEACE'S COEXISTENCE CENTER IN DECEMBER 2003 AND THROUGH FOLLOW-UP PHONE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH 2004. CABLE IS KEYED TO MONITORING GUIDANCE PROVIDED REF A. A. REFCOORD ASSISTANT MET WITH SEEDS OF PEAC [...] |
2004-03-07 16:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 04AMMAN1738 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL FOCUS ON REFORM [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher on March 8 provided a visiting delegation with a preview of his agenda for his upcoming visit to Washington. He said he will emphasize to U.S. officials that any reform efforts in the Middle East must be homegrown, country-specific, and linked to solvi [...] |
2004-03-08 16:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN1870 | JORDANIAN COURT PONDERS VERDICT IN FOLEY [...] (U) Jordan's State Security Court proceeded with a number of high-profile cases during the last two weeks. The attorneys for accused assassins of U.S. diplomat Lawrence Foley concluded their argument on February 24, and the judge adjourned indefinitely to consider his verdict. The Court in [...] |
2004-03-11 12:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER IS JO |
| 04AMMAN1971 | Jordanian-Israeli Desert Research "Bridging the [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Amman/Embassy Tel Aviv message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. With great fanfare, Israeli and Jordanian officials as well as private Israeli and U.S. financial backers laid the cornerstone of the "Bridging the Rift" (BTR) cooperative research facility in barren Wadi Ar [...] |
2004-03-16 06:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV IS JO |
| 04AMMAN2004 | KING ABDULLAH TO CODEL STEVENS ON HIS CONCERN [...] (C) King Abdullah told CODEL Stevens that Iraqi security forces will not be ready for a July 1 handover of authority, and expressed continuing concern over what he sees as Iranian influence among the Shia in southern Iraq. He was pessimistic about prospects for progress on the MEPP before t [...] |
2004-03-17 09:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 04AMMAN202 | KING ABDULLAH TELLS CODEL SHAYS U.S. MUST STAY [...] (C) King Abdullah told CODEL Shays January 6 that Jordan strongly backs U.S. efforts in Iraq, but warned against handing over authority or withdrawing coalition troops prematurely. He expressed concern over terrorists infiltrating Jordan's borders, especially along the Saudi frontier, saying [...] |
2004-01-08 18:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 04AMMAN2098 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHCR REQUEST TO RESETTLE [...] (SBU) Refcoord delivered ref points in separate conversations with UNHCR Jordan Representative Sten Bronee and UNHCR Iraq Representative Yacoub El Hillo on March 16, emphasizing that a voluntary return to Iraq was the only possible solution for the 348 Iraqi-Palestinians remaining in Ruweishe [...] |
2004-03-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN2165 | SHEIKH YASSIN'S KILLING COMPLICATES JORDAN-ISRAEL [...] (C) A visibly upset FonMin Muasher told us March 22 that Israel's killing of HAMAS spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin just days after King Abdullah's meeting with Prime Minister Sharon in Israel embarrassed the King, whose government has recently come under intense criticism for continued [...] |
2004-03-22 18:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN2197 | JORDANIANS UNITE TO PROTEST YASSIN KILLING [...] (C) Following harsh public condemnation from Jordan's King and Prime Minister, cabinet ministers and other government officials joined large and emotional demonstrations in Jordan against Israel's assassination of HAMAS leader Ahmad Yassin on March 22. Protesters and the Islamic Action Fron [...] |
2004-03-23 17:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC IS JO |
| 04AMMAN2277 | FOMIN MUASHER DISCUSSES WITH AMB. JONES "BUMPY" [...] (C) Summary. FonMin Muasher has proposed to Iraqi FM Zebari that they form and chair a bilateral committee to resolve irritants in the relationship. End Summary. JORDAN-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS "BUMPY" -------------------------------------- 2. (C) In a meeting with visiting Deputy CPA Ad [...] |
2004-03-25 22:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ IS JO |
| 04AMMAN2395 | JORDANIANS RALLY AGAINST YASSIN KILLING; VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Jordanian expressions of anger and frustration after Israel's killing of HAMAS founder Sheikh Yassin were capped by large demonstrations throughout Jordan following Friday prayers on March 26. Security sources reported that the vast majority received prior approval from the government [...] |
2004-03-29 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC IS JO KPAL PTER |
| 04AMMAN2450 | TRAVEL TO JORDAN OF DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR STEVE HADLEY [...] Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy National Security Advisor Steve Hadley and his party for travel to Jordan March 31. Control officer, Embassy expediter, vehicles, and Embassy baggage handlers will meet the party on arrival. 2. Control Officer for the v [...] |
2004-03-30 00:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL IS JO OVIP EDRC STEPHEN HADLEY |
| 04AMMAN2701 | PROPOSAL FOR INL-FUNDED JOINT ISRAELI-JORDANIAN [...] (U) Embassy Amman, with the support of Embassy Tel Aviv, requests assistance from DOS/INL to fund a mid-level Major Case Management (Law Enforcement) Course to be held in Amman, Jordan. In 1999, this course was offered as part of a joint training program between the Israelis and Jordanians, [...] |
2004-04-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN2754 | JORDAN PUBLISHES GIST OF KING'S LETTER TO [...] (U) The semi-official Arabic-language daily al-Ra'i on April 12 summarized a letter from King Abdullah to President Bush stating Jordan's support for the President's vision of a two-state solution as the only acceptable means for ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and achieving stability [...] |
2004-04-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN2881 | MUASHER SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON POINTS FROM [...] (S) Foreign Minister Muasher told the Charge April 15 that the President's April 14 statement with Israeli PM Sharon on the Gaza disengagement plan in essence closes off negotiations on return of refugees, kills the Arab peace initiative, attempts to change the status of the West Bank and Ga [...] |
2004-04-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS US JO |
| 04AMMAN2882 | JORDANIANS WORRY CONCESSIONS TO ISRAEL PAVE WAY [...] (C) Jordanian commentators and contacts almost uniformly criticized President Bush's remarks on April 14 endorsing Israel's plan to withdraw from Gaza, seeing his statements about Palestinians' right of return and Israeli settlements as an inappropriate attempt to prejudge final status issues [...] |
2004-04-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF ASEC KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN304 | CURRICULUM REFORM RANKLES IN JORDAN [...] (C) A recent Ministry of Education (MoEd) announcement of plans to incorporate human rights concepts in school curriculum unleashed a media frenzy in opposition to the perceived imposition of western standards. While the status of the changes remains unclear, GOJ statements and the timing of b [...] |
2004-01-14 06:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN3148 | KING'S DECISION TO POSTPONE D.C. VISIT LOWERS [...] (C) Summary. Activists have continued to express the anger and sympathy felt in Jordan after the Rantissi assassination and President Bush,s assurances to Sharon. The GOJ has aligned itself with public opinion, denouncing the Israelis' "heinous crime" in the killing and postponing an Abdulla [...] |
2004-04-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN3209 | GOJ REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF U.S. TIES IN WAKE OF [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns April 25, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher said that King Abdullah wants to make sure the USG knows that he wants to visit Washington, and that the postponement of his April 21 meeting with the President was not in any way meant to damage U.S. [...] |
2004-04-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON US IS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN3484 | JORDANIANS VENT ANGER AT U.S., WHILE OTHERS [...] (C) Strong public opposition to U.S. policies in the region and, more recently, outrage over the Abu Ghreib prisoner abuse story continue to fuel anti-U.S. sentiment in Jordan. Articles attacking the U.S. figure prominently in the press while opposition groups have stepped up their activitie [...] |
2004-05-06 16:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PREL KISL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 04AMMAN349 | BAQA'A REFUGEE CAMP LEADERS TELL STAFFDEL ISRAEL'S [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: GOJ-appointed leaders from Baqa'a refugee camp told staffdel Nordquist January 13 that construction of the security barrier in the West Bank is a "mockery" of the peace process and a direct threat to U.S. plans for a two-state solution. They warned that current Is [...] |
2004-01-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 04AMMAN3600 | PUBLIC ACCOLADES FOR KING'S WHITE HOUSE MEETING, [...] (C) Jordanians lauded King Abdullah for his May 6 meeting with President Bush, crediting the King with three specific achievements: 1) securing written U.S. guarantees to protect Jordan's interests; 2) encouraging a much-awaited presidential apology for Iraq prison abuse; and 3) influencing [...] |
2004-05-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN381 | ISLAMISTS WEIGH IN AGAINST THE U.S., ISRAEL AND [...] (C) The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), have recently joined a charge against reform of the state educational curriculum and spearheaded a new drive in Parliament to sever relations with Israel. The Islamists also denounced the French gover [...] |
2004-01-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN386 | JORDAN-ISRAEL RELATIONS IN NEED OF TENDING [...] (S) Recent separate conversations with the Jordanian MFA and the Israeli Embassy indicate that both sides are letting an accumulation of irritants affect the tone of the overall relationship. We reminded both of the strategic partnership that is the base of Jordan-Israel relations, and reemp [...] |
2004-01-15 19:06:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN3957 | U/S LARSON MEETING WITH PNA MINISTER OF ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Minister al-Masri on May 15 on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Also present in the meeting were Larson visit control officer Greg Lawless and notetaker Amy Schedlbauer. 2. (SBU) Larson gave the minister a copy of the draft G-8 Pl [...] |
2004-05-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD IS KPAL PREL |
| 04AMMAN400 | JORDAN EXERCISED OVER RED-DEAD INACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Jordanian Minister of Planning Awadallah vented his extreme frustration to the Ambassador over continuing squabbling and inaction on the Red-Dead Feasibility Study Terms of Reference. Awadallah blamed both the Israelis and Palestinians for the lack of movement on the project a [...] |
2004-01-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN401 | KING ABDULLAH ON IRAQ, MEPP, SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (C) King Abdullah addressed his concerns on Iraq, the Palestinian-Israeli peace process and Saudi Arabia in a meeting with Staffdel Nordquist on January 13. The King voiced concerns over the U.S. timetable in Iraq, in-fighting in the Palestinian Prime Ministry, and extremists in Saudi Arabia. [...] |
2004-01-19 17:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS SA IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN407 | FM MUASHER SAYS ISRAELI WALL IS KILLING PROSPECTS [...] (C) FM Muasher told a Senate staff delegation on January 15 that the Israeli separation barrier - "the wall" - is killing prospects for a two-state solution, and that he expects negative movement in the peace process this year. He fears a future partitioning of Iraq if any arrangement is made [...] |
2004-01-19 17:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ SY IR SA JO MEPP |
| 04AMMAN409 | JORDANIANS PROTEST AGAINST ISRAEL AND U.S. IRAQ [...] (C) A non-violent demonstration held January 16 in Amman garnered several hundred Jordanians who protested against Israeli policies and the U.S. presence in Iraq. In contravention of parameters pre-arranged with the GOJ, several demonstrators held up pictures of Saddam Hussein and Iraqi flag [...] |
2004-01-19 18:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KISL IS IZ JO KTER |
| 04AMMAN4470 | EUROPEANS PRESSURE UNRWA NOT TO PROVIDE REHOUSING [...] (SBU) UNRWA's May 31 launch of a new USD 15.8 million supplementary appeal for Rafah was dominated by discussion of Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law. According to UNRWA External Relations Director Andrew Whitley, the European Commission and "seven or eight European co [...] |
2004-06-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA |
| 04AMMAN459 | PM FAYEZ ON RELATIONS WITH GULF, ISRAEL, IRAQ [...] (C) PM Fayez told the Ambassador January 19 that he did not receive a promise from Kuwait to continue its supply of free oil to Jordan on his recent trip there, but that he would keep "chipping away." It was more important to continue the larger Saudi supply, and he hoped his family connect [...] |
2004-01-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON EAID KU IS SA JO |
| 04AMMAN4629 | INTERIOR MINISTER TAKES JORDAN'S ANTI-NORMALIZERS [...] (C) Interior Minister Habashneh has strongly chastised Jordan's professional associations for resurrecting the previously banned "anti-normalization" committee that advocates ending Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. Habashneh also slammed the associations for attempting to enlist Lebanese H [...] |
2004-06-07 14:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IS KPAL JO |
| 04AMMAN4953 | LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT DEBATES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament tentatively approved an amendment to a human rights law which bans the National Center for Human Rights from cooperating with organizations belonging to "the Jewish entity and those who support it." Islamist MPs overcame an earlier committee defeat of the ame [...] |
2004-06-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO KHUM |
| 04AMMAN5007 | JORDANIAN VISITS TO WEST BANK STIR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) The visit of two Jordanian delegations to the West Bank earlier this month has fueled speculation among some quarters about the GOJ's future role in the West Bank. On June 2-3, a group of retired Jordanian generals conducted a Track II related visit to Israel and the West Bank. Separate [...] |
2004-06-21 07:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN5086 | PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE ON PROPOSED BAN ON [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament voted June 20 to remove a controversial amendment to a human rights law that it had earlier approved which banned cooperation with Israeli organizations and "those who support it." While a strong GOJ lobbying campaign succeeded in swaying the votes of former [...] |
2004-06-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL PGOV PREL IS JO KHUM |
| 04AMMAN5109 | JORDANIAN-PALESTINIANS ON EDGE AS CONFLICT ROILS [...] (C) The festering Palestinian-Israeli conflict has rekindled sensitivity among some Jordanians of Palestinian origin about their position in Jordanian society, highlighting their strained relationship with the dominant (but minority) East Bank Jordanian community. It also has given rise rec [...] |
2004-06-23 10:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN540 | ISLAMISTS RENEW DEMANDS TO CANCEL VISIT OF ISRAELI [...] (U) In a statement released to the press January 20, the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, urged the GOJ to cancel the upcoming visit to Jordan of Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom. The statement read, in part, that, "The announcement of a visit [...] |
2004-01-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN581 | MUASHER ON ARAB INITIATIVE, TUNIS SUMMIT, [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador that he is trying to revive the Arab initiative for the upcoming Arab summit in Tunis and wants to add an element of public diplomacy outreach to Israelis, but has found little interest from the Saudis or Egyptians in moving in this direction. He plans [...] |
2004-01-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS EG SA JO |
| 04AMMAN5891 | DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref points on the ICJ advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier July 13 to Manar Dabbas, USA action officer in Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. PolCouns emphasized that all parties must remain focused on realizing President Bush's vision of two states [...] |
2004-07-13 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL US IS JO |
| 04AMMAN5989 | JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON ARAB BANK, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's Central Bank Governor Touqan asserted that the legal suit filed against Jordan's Arab Bank in New York hinges on payment orders issued by Saudi authorities through Arab Bank to beneficiaries in the West Bank. Although some of these beneficiaries may inadvertently b [...] |
2004-07-18 04:38:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JO IZ SA IS |
| 04AMMAN6215 | JORDANIAN EXTREMISTS SUSPECTED IN INFILTRATION [...] (C) On July 19 at approximately 0600 local time, Jordanian border security forces detected four individuals attempting to infiltrate northern Israel from Jordanian territory near Waqqas. A siege ensued when the gunmen refused orders to surrender and opened fire on the Jordanian security for [...] |
2004-07-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6223 | MEPN: ARABS, ISRAELIS WORK COOPERATIVELY TO SOLVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the heels of the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's security barrier, and rising tension in the Occupied Territories, Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian technical experts participated for four days in Barcelona in a U.S.-sponsored workshop on wastewater reuse. [...] |
2004-07-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV EAID KWBG IS JO MEPN |
| 04AMMAN6473 | GOJ SPOKESWOMAN BRISTLES AT REPORTS OF ISRAELI [...] (U) The GOJ reacted angrily to Israeli media reports August 1 claiming that Israel is trying to block the U.S. sale of AMRAAM missiles to Jordan. Minister of State and Government Spokeswoman Asma Khader alleged that Israeli opposition to the arms deal was in response to Jordan's strong stanc [...] |
2004-08-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6545 | KING'S SLAP AT PA STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah's comments about the stymied peace process during a prime-time interview with al-Arabiya has sparked controversy, prompting Palestinian officials to seek "clarification" from Amman. The King reiterated the importance of the roadmap. In response to a suggestion th [...] |
2004-08-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6575 | JORDAN TO HOST SECOND MEETING WITH GENEVA ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and Israeli supporters of the Geneva Accord will convene in Jordan August 5-6 in the hopes of gaining momentum for their unofficial peace initiative. Foreign Minister Muasher will speak at the opening of the meeting, and Jordanian officials say they hope the effort [...] |
2004-08-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6765 | GENEVA ACCORD BACKERS CONVENE IN JORDAN; GOJ [...] (C) Summary. Geneva Accord supporters met at the Dead Sea August 5-7. They agreed to develop a response to PM Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan in the coming weeks. Prior to kicking off the meeting, Foreign Minister Muasher met with the Israeli author of the plan, Yossi Beilin, and re-stated [...] |
2004-08-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6771 | ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS DEFY GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) announced a "boycott" of MP Raed Qaqish after he appeared on an Al Hurra television program debating an Israeli official. The GOJ publicly rebuked the JEA and the related Professional Associations Council (PAC), reminding them that the PAC Anti-Norm [...] |
2004-08-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN686 | QIZ'S HAVE ANOTHER BANNER YEAR [...] (SBU) Exports to the United States from Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ's) jumped up the charts to USD 586.6 million in 2003, a 54 percent increase over 2002. Garments represented about 95 percent of the exports, according to the confirmed statistics from the Ministry of Industry an [...] |
2004-01-27 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN688 | JORDANIANS NOTE THAT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH [...] (U) President Bush's state of the union address has received substantial coverage in all major dailies. While many of these reports were mostly factual in nature, several prominent articles highlighted the absence of references to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as the Democrats' c [...] |
2004-01-27 17:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO KTER |
| 04AMMAN689 | SHALOM VISIT POSTPONED [...] (S) By mutual Jordanian-Israeli agreement, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom's January 28 visit to Jordan has been postponed. Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told Charge late January 27 that Shalom refused to come without a scheduled meeting with King Abdullah, an ultimatum M [...] |
2004-01-27 17:11:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6951 | QIZ GARMENT FACTORIES IN JORDAN: STITCHING A NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) in Jordan have created thousands of semi-skilled industrial jobs, attracted foreign investment, and increased exports. Less evident are the ensuing impacts that the factories have had on individuals, families, and villages - particularly in th [...] |
2004-08-18 05:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ETRD PREL KTIA ECON ELAB IS JO |
| 04AMMAN7179 | IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA DOMINATE LANTOS VISIT [...] (C) During separate meetings with King Abdullah, GID Director General Sa'ad Kheir, and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, in Amman on August 19, Congressman Tom Lantos focused on the positive in Jordan and criticized leaders from neighboring Arab countries. The Jordanians reiterated their suppor [...] |
2004-08-26 05:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SA SY JO |
| 04AMMAN7360 | MUASHER MEETING WITH S/P DIRECTOR REISS: PEACE [...] (C) Summary: FM Muasher expressed his frustration with the stalemate in the peace process, calling the Palestinians "unhelpful." Jordan is committed to helping Iraq stabilize, but Muasher noted the GOJ's growing concern about Iran's intentions in Iraq. He criticized Syria's "negative" impac [...] |
2004-09-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS KPAL JO |
| 04AMMAN780 | USG APPROACH TO ICJ SECURITY BARRIER CASE - [...] (U) PolCouns January 29 covered ref points on the USG approach to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case on the Israeli security barrier with Ali al-Ayed, FonMin Marwan Muasher's Private Office Director. Ayed said that the GOJ appreciates the updates on the USG's thinking on the ICJ [...] |
2004-01-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER IS KPAL JO |
| 04AMMAN783 | JORDAN, ISRAEL SEEK QIZ CONTENT OF EIGHT PERCENT [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 7 - 9. 2. (SBU) Government of Jordan (GOJ) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade January 29 delivered a package to the Ambassador containing a letter addressed to USTR Zoellick informing the USG that Israel and Jordan have reached [...] |
2004-01-29 17:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN832 | JORDANIAN FM DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, RELATIONS [...] (C) Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher told visiting NEA DAS Satterfield on February 1 that he was pushing for an Arab League resolution to help bolster the peace process, including a provision that would specifically condemn suicide bombings. He said it remained unclear whether the Arab League sum [...] |
2004-02-03 17:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ JO KTER |
| 04AMMAN8544 | ISLAMISTS BURN ISRAELI, U.S. FLAGS; KING EXTOLS [...] (U) Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders organized a peaceful demonstration October 8 in Amman protesting Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the U.S. presence in Iraq. Protesters called for "unfreezing" assets of ostensible Palestinian charities. Separately, King Abdullah p [...] |
2004-10-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN8793 | THE JORDAN-ISRAEL PEACE TREATY: TEN YEARS LATER [...] (C) At the ten year mark, the Jordan-Israel peace treaty remains a cornerstone for Jordan's security and economic strategy. Despite a rocky political relationship, intelligence and military relations between Jordan and Israel are solid. Furthermore, the treaty provided the breakthrough whic [...] |
2004-10-25 19:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN8809 | UNRWA WEST BANK STRIKE: UNION LEADERS HOPE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA's West Bank Field is entering a third week of strike action by its locally-hired employees. UNRWA staff report that militant union leaders demanding hazard pay and other wage increases are enforcing the action through threats of violence. The strike has severely impacted t [...] |
2004-10-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ELAB JO SY LE IS |
| 04AMMAN9095 | JORDANIANS AWAIT NEWS OF ARAFAT'S FATE [...] (C) News of Arafat's impending death and speculation over succession have dominated Jordanian conversations in the waning days of the Ramadan season. Many expect that an announcement of his passing will be marked in Jordan with a non-violent outpouring of emotion; this initial, sympathetic [...] |
2004-11-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN9097 | NODEL WEXLER MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) In a November 8 meeting with NODEL Wexler, King Abdullah advocated early Palestinian elections to replace Yaser Arafat with a new generation of leaders. The King urged that a new leadership be quickly empowered to improve socio-economic conditions to bolster its legitimacy among the Pale [...] |
2004-11-09 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN9210 | SUBDUED JORDANIAN REACTION TO ARAFAT'S DEATH [...] (U) The drawn-out nature of Yasser Arafat's demise, as well as the long Eid al-Fitr holiday weekend, ensured that there was a subdued response in Jordan to the Palestinian leader's death. Jordan's official reaction was correct: the PM declared a three-day mourning period nationwide and King [...] |
2004-11-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN9215 | KING DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) King Abdullah endorsed Abu Mazen and dismissed Qaddoumi as an "eccentric" during a meeting with CODEL Ackerman November 11. The King was concerned about Islamist political activity in Jordan and said that it was time for moderate Muslims world-wide to be more vocal in denouncing violence. [...] |
2004-11-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN9468 | UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS DEBATE PALESTINE REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNRWA,s stakeholders endorsed a controversial plan to strengthen the Agency,s governance bodies by 2006 at their fall major donors meeting. They also gave conditioned backing to the Agency,s decision to launch its own ambitious USD 1 Billion five-year Medium Term Plan (MTP). Re [...] |
2004-11-29 12:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID IS SY LE JO |
| 04AMMAN9779 | KING MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN LEADERS; JORDANIANS [...] (U) In the wake of Yasser Arafat's death and amidst preparations for the Palestinian elections, Jordanians are cautiously optimistic that a new window of opportunity now exists to move the peace process forward. The government of Jordan has pledged moral support for the upcoming vote, and an [...] |
2004-12-10 10:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 04ANKARA1037 | DEMARCHE TO RENEW ISRAEL'S WEOG MEMBERSHIP: TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-24 06:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IS PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA149 | TURKEY PLEASED WITH ISRAELI CABINET APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Turkey is pleased with the decision (reftel) of the Israeli Cabinet to approve the broad outlines of the sale of fresh water from Turkey to Israel. MFA's Transboundary Waters Chief, Mithat Rende, said that Israeli working level officials had been in Ankara recently to agree on the text of [...] |
2004-01-09 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD IS PREL SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA226 | PRESIDENT ASSAD'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Assad's January 6-9 visit to Turkey was the first by any Syrian President. Assad met one-on-one with PM Erdogan and President Sezer, and also met FM Gul, TGS Chief Ozkok, Parliament Speaker Arinc, and main opposition CHP leader Baykal. Turkish contacts say GOT raised terrorism, [...] |
2004-01-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY TU IS |
| 04ANKARA2404 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON UN PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche April 28 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Tuzun. He undertook to send reftel points, which we provided in written form, to the Turkish delegation in New York for their comment. The MFA will decide its position after receiving the delegation's opini [...] |
2004-04-29 08:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2562 | AMENDED UNGA RESOLUTION ON PALESTINIAN OBSERVER [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Tuzun May 6. Tuzun had already seen the amended version of the draft resolution. He said the decision on this vote will be made at the highest level of the MFA. He undertook to transmit our talking points to FM Gu [...] |
2004-05-06 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL |
| 04ANKARA2791 | GOT CANCELS $2B ATAK HELICOPTER, $1B UAV, AND AN [...] (C) The Executive Committee (PM, CHOD and MOD) announced May 14 that it had canceled procurement programs for attack helicopters and UAVs, as well as a moribund program for main battle tanks. The EC publicly explained its decision as an effort to better acquire new models based on domestic pr [...] |
2004-05-17 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL TU IS |
| 04ANKARA3944 | ISRAELI SECURITY BARRIER DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-15 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS |
| 04ANKARA3988 | TURCO-ISRAELI RELATIONS REMAIN ACTIVE BUT [...] (C) Summary: July 13-15 visit to Turkey of Israeli Deputy PM Olmert demonstrated that Turco-Israeli relations have broadened beyond the mil-mil/intel ties that have hitherto formed the core of the relationship. In the Israeli view the visit cast in sharp relief the rivalry (which we have prev [...] |
2004-07-19 07:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS TU IS |
| 04ANKARA4132 | IRAQ: TURKS TERM JULY 21 CAIRO IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Iraq's neighbors are increasingly willing to engage with a newly sovereign Iraqi government, Turkish officials told us on July 23, though some are still holding back. MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Safak Gokturk said that the tone of the July 21 Cairo meeting of Iraq's neighb [...] |
2004-07-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS IZ TU EG IS |
| 04ANKARA4440 | TUAF QUESTIONNAIRE ON SPACE COOPERATION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 3. (SBU) On July 27, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) conveyed to DAO Ankara a questionnaire from Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Command regarding space cooperatio [...] |
2004-08-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PINR TSPA FR IS KS TU UK |
| 04ANKARA5005 | TUAF RESPONSE TO USG POINTS ON SATELLITE REMOTE [...] (SBU) On September 1, Deputy PolMilCouns delivered Ref. A talking points to the MFA's Americas Desk and the Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Aerospace Division. The MFA's Americas Desk Deputy Director professed to be unaware of the TUAF questionnaire and accepted the points without comment. While pr [...] |
2004-09-07 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PINR TSPA ETTC PARM IS KS FR TU UK |
| 04ANKARA5902 | RAMADAN 2004 PD STRATEGY -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OIIP KPAO IS KIRF TU |
| 04ANKARA6286 | DEMARCHE: ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche on November 4 to Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Head Murat Ates, who noted that Turkey had supported Israel's inclusion in the Western Europe and Others Group in New York in 2000, as well as during the 2004 membership renewal. Ates wanted [...] |
2004-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KIPR IS TU |
| 04BOGOTA11863 | COLOMBIA'S VIEW ON ANTI-ISRAELI RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS CO |
| 04BRATISLAVA676 | ICJ ADVISORY OPINION: SLOVAKIA UNDECIDED [...] (C) On June 15, Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Oskana Tomova, Director of the UN Office at the Slovak MFA. Tomova stated that Slovakia supports the U.S. position of closely following the roadmap, but was still deliberating their final position. She added that the issue must be consi [...] |
2004-07-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS PL LO UNGA ICJ |
| 04BRUSSELS1337 | EU SUMMIT: FOREIGN POLICY TOPICS [...] (SBU) The EU's March 25-26 Summit ran quickly through a series of foreign policy issues during dinner on March 25, followed up by a lunch discussion on Cyprus March 26 that lasted less than one hour. The final Conclusions (available on at ue.eu.int/latest news) consisted of language largely r [...] |
2004-03-26 17:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZL CY IS IZ IV EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2442 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EU HI-REP [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage and EU Foreign Policy Hi-Rep Solana met June 2 and discussed the Mid-East Peace Process (MEPP), Iraq and the forthcoming US/EU Summit. Solana said the EU would be as supportive as possible regarding the new government in Iraq. He also emphasized the im [...] |
2004-06-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GZ IS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2972 | JULY 12 GAERC DISCUSSIONS: ISRAEL, BURMA, SUDAN, [...] (U) EU FMs at their July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting discussed several issues, but took few concrete decisions other than a non-controversial approval of a Joint Action to agree on Operation "ALTHEA" as an EU Military Operation following on NATO's SFOR in [...] |
2004-07-13 05:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MARR IS BM AF USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3211 | EU HAS SOME QUESTIONS ON UPCOMING AHLC [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission, which has the lead on AHLC issues, supports US goals for having the AHLC focus on Gaza withdrawal, but is skeptical of the proposed September date. The EC questions whether Israel will have an agreed, concrete withdrawal plan (or, possibly even a gover [...] |
2004-07-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IS KWBG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4274 | US/EU POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: US and EU policy planners met September 20 to discuss the transatlantic relationship, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP), Iraq, Iran, and the Broader Middle East and North Africa and the EU's Barcelona Process. Discussions were frank about the challenges in the main message fro [...] |
2004-10-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR CH IS PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4419 | EU'S SOLANA: 1967 BORDERS ARE STARTING POINT FOR [...] (C) Summary. In an October 13 speech before the European Parliament, EU High Rep Solana harshly criticized recent remarks by Israeli PM Sharon's cabinet chief, Dov Weisglass, that the Gaza disengagement plan was designed to freeze negotiations leading to a Palestinian state. Solana also ca [...] |
2004-10-14 15:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4625 | NEA A/S BURNS' CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON IRAQ, [...] (C) A/S Burns met October 22 with senior EU officials on the way back from his most recent trip to the region. Topics discused were Iraq, Iran, Forum for the Future (FFtF) preparations, and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). The EU outlined its plans to support elections in Iraq, and also [...] |
2004-10-27 07:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD KNNP IZ IR IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4665 | EU COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT VIEWS ON [...] (C) We shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council officials in advance of the Nov. 2 EU FMs (GAERC) meeting and the Nov. 4-5 European Council summit meeting. Given the failure of the incoming Barroso Commission to get parliamentary confirmation (REF C) before this meeting, the Commi [...] |
2004-10-28 16:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID YI CY UP ZR IS SU SO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4936 | MEPP: EU IS FOCUSED ON PA ELECTIONS TO GET [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with a wide range of EU officials, NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble discussed next steps in the Middle East Peace Process on November 16. The EU is focused on the need to support Palestinian presidential elections as a first step to getting the roadmap back on track. The EU [...] |
2004-11-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3185 | OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-12 19:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS AR UNGA |
| 04CAIRO8456 | EGYPT: ABOUL GHEIT ON IRAQ, MEPP WITH A/S BURNS [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, NEA Assistant Secretary Bill Burns and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit recalled events surrounding Yasser Arafat's funeral the previous day and discussed the upcoming Iraq conference in Sharm El Sheikh. Aboul Gheit noted his desire [...] |
2004-11-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS SU IR KBIO |
| 04COLOMBO973 | July 4 Invitation to Palestinian Ambassador [...] (C) Reftel guidance advises posts to query Department about inviting Palestinian ambassadors to July 4 receptions if there is any indication the individual has been involved in terrorism. We intend to invited the local Palestinian ambassador, Attalla Subhi Qubia, and have no adverse inform [...] |
2004-06-10 10:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP PTER CE IS PLO |
| 04DAMASCUS6857 | HAMAS MEMBER TARGETED IN CAR BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, a car bomb exploded in the Old Mezzeh section of Damascus, wounding some passers-by but apparently killing no one. Media contacts confirmed that the target of the bombing was Mesbah Abu Hweileh, a Palestinian HAMAS official residing in Damascus. Interior Minister [...] |
2004-12-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PTER PGOV PREL IS SY |
| 04DJIBOUTI1444 | DJIBOUTI AND OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] (C) Pol/Econoff delivered demarche per reftel on November 10 to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan commented that Djibouti is among many countries in the world that condemn Israel because it violates international and humanitarian laws when dealing with the Palestinian [...] |
2004-11-10 12:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS DJ UNGA |
| 04DJIBOUTI1600 | 2005 NTE ON THE ARAB LEAGUE - DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Post's 2004 report on the subject remains valid. Djibouti does not currently enforce any aspect of the boycott against the state of Israel. Israel's import code has not been removed from the local import codification manual and remains 624; however, there is little to no direct trade. [...] |
2004-12-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS KPAL DJ USTR |
| 04DJIBOUTI457 | DJIBOUTI DENOUNCES ASSASSINATION OF SHEIKH YASSIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: For the record, below is an unofficial post translation of an article published in the Wednesday, March 24th, 2004 edition of La Nation, the official government mouthpiece, excerpting the Government of Djibouti's official statement condemning the assassination of Sheikh Yassin EN [...] |
2004-03-29 03:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAL PTER DJ IS |
| 04DJIBOUTI734 | CJTF HOA COMMANDER'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: For President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti's participation in the Global War on Terrorism is "an honor." He wants an end to conflict and hostility in the Horn of Africa region and is working directly with the President of the African Union to bring about a face to face meeting [...] |
2004-05-23 14:10:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ET ER IS DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI915 | DJIBOUTI CELEBRATES 27 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti marked the 27th anniversary of its independence from France, Sunday, June 27, 2004 with Government hosted celebrations including a military parade and a reception at the Presidential Palace. Ambassador with USLO attended the early morning parade, and was accompanied by U [...] |
2004-07-02 09:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PNAT IS IZ SU SO DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI974 | DJIBOUTI'S MINISTER OF COOPERATION COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche 7/15 to Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssef. She went over the points provided in reftel, tracking them by line item, while Youssef listened and took notes. At the end of her presentation, the Ambassador said [...] |
2004-07-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL DJ ICJ |
| 04GUATEMALA1058 | GUATEMALA ON UNGA PALESTINIAN OBSERVER MISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-30 17:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA1742 | GUATEMALA RESPONSE TO ICJ ADVISORY ON ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 22:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS GT ICJ UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA2945 | GUATEMALA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-22 17:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS GT UNGA |
| 04JERUSALEM171 | HOW HAMAS IS WORKING TO REPLACE THE PA AND THE PLO [...] (C) Summary: A range of Palestinian thinkers and activists are reporting that Hamas is moving with unprecedented boldness to establish itself as an alternative leadership to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PLO. Hamas leaders are publicly arguing that stalled roadmap implementation, the w [...] |
2004-01-20 05:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAL KWBG IS |
| 04JERUSALEM4203 | PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP WORRIED AS ARAFAT'S [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat's health deteriorated suddenly the evening of November 3, according to ConGen sources in Ramallah, who said his doctors in Paris had moved him to an intensive care unit after he began vomiting and experiencing fatigue and fever. Negotia [...] |
2004-11-04 10:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV KPAL IS |
| 04JERUSALEM926 | ARAFAT BLOCKS COURT ORDER UNFREEZING HAMAS ACCOUNTS [...] (C) ON THE EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS OF YASIR ARAFAT, PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY (PMA) GOVERNOR AMIN HADDAD CALLED ECON/C MARCH 23 TO REPORT THAT ARAFAT HAD INSTRUCTED THE PMA AND THE PA SECURITY SERVICES TO BLOCK IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARCH 21 HIGHER JUDICIAL COUNCIL ORDER UNFREEZING 39 BANK [...] |
2004-03-23 15:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 04KINSHASA2082 | OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tosi Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, November 10. Mpanu said he would recommend the DRC delegation refrain from supporting anti-Israeli resolutions currently before the UNGA, including resolutions on three biased UN entities dealing with Palestinian i [...] |
2004-11-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS CG UNGA |
| 04KUWAIT3843 | GOK SKEPTICAL ABOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (C) Minutes after Suha Arafat made a spectacle of herself and the Palestinian leadership, Ambassador delivered reftel request for increased financial assistance for the Palestinian Authority to Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. Deputy Secretary Armitage [...] |
2004-11-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG EAID IS KU |
| 04KUWAIT4414 | GOK READY TO WORK WITH PALESTINIANS ONCE ABU MAZEN [...] (C) During a December 18 meeting on another topic, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told Ambassador LeBaron and British Ambassador Christopher Wilton that the December 13 visit to Kuwait of Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) "went very well." Dr. Mohammed added that [...] |
2004-12-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON KU IS |
| 04KUWAIT947 | (U) KUWAITIS CONDEMN ASSASSINATION OF AHMED YASSIN [...] (U) The Amir and Crown Prince issued condolences to the family of HAMAS founder Shaykh Ahmed Yassin, whom the Amir described as "a symbol of the Palestinian legitimate struggle against tyranny." Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed expressed sorrow at the news of the Israeli assassination of [...] |
2004-03-23 12:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL IS KU |
| 04MADRID1601 | SPAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE REGARDING AMENDED UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS SP UNGA |
| 04MADRID2693 | SPAIN:ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche to Juan Manuel Linares, MFA Deputy DG for UN Affairs, on July 13 and to Alberto Moreno, MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Affairs, on July 14. Both stated that they could not commit to a position on the proposed UNGA resolution, as the EU had not yet decided on a [...] |
2004-07-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SP ICJ UNGA |
| 04MADRID2955 | SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC AND ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General of UN Affairs, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares stated that Spain will wait and see what the General Assembly presents to the Security Council before taking a definitive position, adding that, a [...] |
2004-08-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SP ICJ UNGA |
| 04MADRID649 | SPAIN AGAINST FULL WEOG PARTICIPATION FOR ISRAEL [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Inigo de Palacio, MFA Director of UN Affairs, on February 24. De Palacio stated that while Spain and the EU would support renewing Israel's WEOG New York membership in May, the EU's common policy is to "gi [...] |
2004-02-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS EU AORC SP UN |
| 04MANAMA1823 | CODEL HAGEL MEETS WITH CROWN PRINCE AT GULF [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa met with Senators Chuck Hagel, Dianne Feinstein and Lincoln Chafee and their staff on December 4 on the margins of the "Gulf Dialogue," an international conference sponsored by the GOB and organized by the London-based Inte [...] |
2004-12-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OTRA BA IZ IS |
| 04MANAMA650 | DEMARCHE ON AMENDED GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS BA UNGA |
| 04MONTREAL451 | GAS PLANT PROJECT CONTROVERSY HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Quebec's energy board is holding hearings on whether provincial energy needs require the construction of an 836 megawatt gas plant, the Suroit, in Beauharnois, located 25 miles from Montreal and the U.S. border. The Board's recommendations, and the report of a provincial legislativ [...] |
2004-03-19 21:02:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OEXC OIIP KISL KPAL PTER IS |
| 04MUMBAI2478 | ISRAEL REOPENS CONSULATE IN MUMBAI [...] (C) On November 15 visiting Israeli MFA officials briefed Acting PO and Pol/Econ Chief on Israel's decision to reopen its consulate in Mumbai. Israel closed its consulate in Mumbai in mid-2003 as part of cost-cutting measures that affected Israeli diplomatic posts around the world, Israeli MFA [...] |
2004-11-29 10:05:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TSPA PTER IS IN GOI |
| 04MUSCAT2178 | (C) OMAN FM HOSTS QUIET BILATERAL WITH ISRAELI MFA [...] (C) On December 13, at the margins of an Executive Council meeting of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDREC), an Israeli Foreign Ministry official held a private 90-minute bilateral with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. The discussion reportedly focused [...] |
2004-12-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IS MU |
| 04NEWDELHI7966 | INDO-ISRAEL RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's December 5-10 visit to India was "extremely positive" and provided an opportunity to expand the bilateral relationship beyond defense, Israel Embassy DCM Yoed Magen told A/PolCouns and Poloff on December 16. The visit, the first high-leve [...] |
2004-12-17 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TSPA PTER ECON IN IS |
| 04OTTAWA2995 | CANADA: SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN [...] Poloff delivered the demarche (per reftel) on support for Israel's full, active membership in both Group B at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the Industrial Market Economy Countries (IMEC) at the International Labor Organization (ILO), to Peter Taylor, Deputy Director [...] |
2004-11-08 20:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KIPR IS CA UNEP WIPO ILO |
| 04OTTAWA3248 | CANADA SEEKS BALANCE IN MIDDLE EAST POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to be a more effective player in the Middle East, Canada will vote against two contentious resolutions on Palestine rather than abstaining as in years past, and will support the resolution on a Middle East nuclear free zone. These votes will bring Canada,s formal UN [...] |
2004-12-03 19:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA PGOV IS PREL UNGA |
| 04PARIS5906 | "J,ACCUSE:" SHARON COMMENTS SPARK QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Ariel Sharon's July 18 call for Jews to emigrate from France to Israel "as early as possible" in order to escape the "wildest anti-Semitism" touched off a barrage of criticism from both the GoF and French Jewish community. Although Sharon had qualified h [...] |
2004-08-10 08:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS KIRF PHUM PREL |
| 04PARIS8063 | ARAFAT IN CONTINUED, POSSIBLY IRREVERSIBLE COMA [...] (C) Summary: As of 1030 local (0430 EST) November 5, MFA officials described Arafat as in a continued coma, with uncertainty whether his condition is irreversible or what permanent damage he might suffer if he regains consciousness. There is still no diagnosis on the cause of his condition. I [...] |
2004-11-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS FR |
| 04ROME1656 | ITALIANS OPPOSE UNGA RESOLUTION ON UN PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY OPPOSES EVEN PAYING LIP-SERVICE TO THE UN PALESTINIAN OBSERVER'S RESOLUTION REGARDING MISSION STATUS AND IS WORKING TO CONVINCE ITS EU PARTNERS NOT EVEN TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PALESTINIANS. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO HOLD A COMMON EU POSITION, HOWEVER, AND THE ITALIANS RECOMMEN [...] |
2004-04-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS IT UNGA PREL |
| 04ROME1707 | ITALY SEEKS ACTIVE QUARTET ROLE IN GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy would like to see a "substantial" statement emerge from the May 4 meeting of Quartet foreign ministers and would like the Quartet to assume a more active role. The Italian MFA is circulating a non-paper (text in para 5) calling for more robust Quartet and EU activity to [...] |
2004-04-30 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS GZ IT MEPP |
| 04ROME1757 | ITALIANS STILL OPPOSED TO PALESTINIAN UNGA [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY REMAINS OPPOSED TO THE UN PALESTINIAN OBSERVER'S RESOLUTION REGARDING MISSION STATUS AND CONTINUES WORKING TO CONVINCE ITS EU PARTNERS NOT EVEN TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PALESTINIANS. SOME EU MEMBERS, HOWEVER, VIEW THE NEW VERSION MORE FAVORABLY. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) POLOFF [...] |
2004-05-05 16:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS IT UNGA PREL |
| 04ROME1814 | PALESTINIAN UNGA RESOLUTION: ITALY DID ALL IT [...] (C) MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN LUCA FERRARI TOLD POL M/C ON MAY 6 THAT ITALY HAD DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO CONVINCE OTHER EU MEMBERS TO OPPOSE THE PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ACCORDING TO FERRARI, THE ITALIAN UN PERMREP PUBLICLY DENOUNCED THE RESOL [...] |
2004-05-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS IT UNGA PREL |
| 04ROME2763 | ITALY SAYS CURRENT ICJ/SECURITY BARRIER RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Territories Luca Sorgi told poloff that Italy found unacceptable a number of paragraphs in the current Arab Group draft resolution calling for UNGA endorsement of the ICJ advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier. He mentioned speci [...] |
2004-07-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS IT UNGA ICJ |
| 04ROME2875 | ITALY WARNS AGAINST MARGINALIZATION OF THE EU IN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA warned that US "acquiescence" in Israel's efforts to exclude the European Union from engagement in the peace process is undermining the EU's credibility in the region, which will impede progress on the Roadmap and serve to further the divide between the Israelis a [...] |
2004-07-26 05:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IT EU UNGA |
| 04ROME4280 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON ISRAELI WEOG MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C discussed reftel demarche with key MFA officials on November 5. While our Italian interlocutors are sympathetic to Israel's membership in consultative groups at selected UN agencies, it is unlikely to take action in the absence of EU consensus and pending the outcome of UN [...] |
2004-11-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PHUM PREL AORC KIPR IS IT UNEP WIPO ILO IAEA |
| 04ROME4404 | EU STRATEGY ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Middle East director outlined the state of discussion among EU members for an initiative on Israeli-Palestinian peace. Italy is seeking to insert stronger messages to the initiatives: for Israel, the need to publicly declare readiness for negotiation, and for the Pale [...] |
2004-11-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IT KPAL PREL EUN |
| 04SANTODOMINGO6229 | OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA - DOMINICAN [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to MFA deputy director for UN/OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco on November 16. She said any decision on the GODR's position on the anti-Israel resolutions would have to await the return of Deputy FonMin Alejandra Liriano on November 20. We will [...] |
2004-11-17 12:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS DR |
| 04STATE53180 | DEATH OF ABU ABBAS [...] (C) PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ABU ABBAS DIED MARCH 8 OF A HEART ATTACK WHILE IN CPA CUSTODY IN BAGHDAD. ABU ABBAS DIRECTED THE HIJACKING OF THE ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP ACHILLE LAURO IN 1985, DURING WHICH AMERICAN CITIZEN LEON KLINGHOFFER, 69 AND WHEELCHAIR-BOUND, WAS KILLED AND HIS BODY DUMPED INTO TH [...] |
2004-03-10 17:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER IS IT |
| 04TELAVIV1246 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] State Department Release of 2003 Human Rights Report 2. Alhurra TV Station ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli diplomatic officials as saying that the White House and State Department are not showing the same t [...] |
2004-03-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1259 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 1, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAF killed three militants from Palestinian Islamic Jihad February 28 in a missile attack in the Shaykh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City. Nine passersby, including a 10-year-old child, were wounded. The IDF demolished 85 kiosks and small vending stands near the Erez Indus [...] |
2004-03-01 17:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1276 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1288 | NEGOTIATIONS FOR EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project is approaching some of the final hurdles in the negotiations between the many parties, according to the Senior Vice President of the Israeli firm Merhav, Nimrod Novik. In a conversation with Embassy econoff on March 1, Novik said the proce [...] |
2004-03-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 04TELAVIV1291 | PEACE NOW CHIEF SKEPTICAL BUT SUPPORTIVE OF PM'S [...] (C) Summary: The head of Peace Now told Embassy econoff that he welcomed the PM's initiative calling for the unilateral dismantling of settlements in the Gaza Strip and some in the West Bank. Peace Now is skeptical, however, about the PM's seriousness and cautioned the U.S. to look at the ac [...] |
2004-03-02 16:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS |
| 04TELAVIV1292 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 2, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: Arafat advisor for human rights and media issues Khalil al-Zaben was shot and killed March 2 by unknown Palestinian gunmen in Gaza City. One settler was injured March 2 after Palestinians fired a mortar on Neve Dekalim. In the West Bank, the IDF killed one Palestinian March 1 n [...] |
2004-03-02 18:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1315 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Performance of Ariel Sharon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum: -In its expansive lead story, Maariv revealed that Shimon Cohen, Tenenbaum's father-in-law, was PM Sharon's agricultural ins [...] |
2004-03-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1325 | ISRAELI COUNTER-TERROR OFFICIAL DEFENDS RAMALLAH [...] (S) Summary: NSC Counterterrorism Chief BG Danny Arditi expressed concern to the Ambassador March 1 about continuing support from Hizballah for Palestinian terror groups in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. While the U.S. and Israel are making progress in combating financial flows from Saudi Ara [...] |
2004-03-03 15:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 04TELAVIV1326 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 3, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF killed three Hamas militants March 3 near Netzarim after the three had reportedly fired two mortars at Netzarim settlement. Two missiles, believed to have been fired from an F-16, destroyed the militants' vehicle and killed the occupants as they tried to leave the area [...] |
2004-03-03 18:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1335 | U/S LARSON DISCUSSES "GREATER MIDDLE EAST," AN [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson reviewed the President's "Greater Middle East" vision with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Yoav Biran February 23, noting the initiative's efforts at promoting democracy, expanding education, and increasing economic cooperation. Larson sugges [...] |
2004-03-04 09:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 04TELAVIV1336 | ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC POLICIES GET HIGH MARKS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. delegation to the 2004 U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group meeting in Jerusalem (JEDG), led by Under Secretary Larson and Treasury Under Secretary Taylor, expressed satisfaction with the steps the Government of Israel has taken to implement the government's ec [...] |
2004-03-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1351 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Performance of PM Sharon's Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum and the fallout from Maariv's revelations about PM Sharon's alleged connection with Tenenbaum's [...] |
2004-03-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1353 | RUSSIAN ENVOY LOOKS TO UPCOMING QUARTET MEETING TO [...] (C) Russian Special Middle East Envoy Kalugin, just back from a trip to Saudi Arabia, told the Ambassador March 3 that the Saudis "made some nice noises" about working with Arab League partners in an effort to recommit to the Beirut Arab League declaration, the roadmap, UNSCR 1515 endorsing the [...] |
2004-03-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL RS XF IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1354 | LIKUD POWER BROKER -- AND REPUTED PARTY BULLY -- [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Likud's outspoken rightist Central Committee member Uzi Cohen and some of his what could only be described as political henchmen presented an alternative peace plan to Poloff and Pol/FSN on March 3 wherein the Palestinians would have their own state -- in a carved-out [...] |
2004-03-04 13:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1362 | WERTHEIMER APPARENTLY GIVING UP ON "MARSHALL PLAN" [...] (SBU) Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer told visiting NSC Director Adnan Kifayat and Embassy Econoff on Feb. 24 that he will no longer seek USG financial assistance for his "New Marshall Plan" for the Middle East. Using the phrase "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force him to [...] |
2004-03-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD PREL KWBG TU JO IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1366 | (S) ISRAELI CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL FRENCH ARMS [...] (S) MOD DG Amos Yaron expressed concern March 3 to visiting Commerce U/S Kenneth Juster about signals that France might be ready to reverse its restrictive policy on arms sales to China. In a March 4 follow-up meeting, Rami Yungman of the MOD pol-mil bureau told polmiloff that the sources of [...] |
2004-03-04 15:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MARR MASS PREL PARM IS CH FR MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1367 | ISRAELI REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT MUTED [...] (SBU) Summary: GOI and public reaction to the State Department's 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR) has been relatively low-key in the five business days since the report's publication. The GOI's main substantive public statement -- as reported in the daily Ha'aretz on February 27 -- came from F [...] |
2004-03-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1368 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 4, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed March 4 during an IDF incursion into the Zorub section of the Rafah refugee camp to search for tunnels used to smuggle weapons. Four others, including three more children between the ages of eight and 11, were wounded. One Palestinian was [...] |
2004-03-04 16:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1370 | ASSASSINATION OF ARAFAT AIDE IN GAZA CITY -- LAW [...] (C) Summary: The March 2 assassination of Khalil al-Zaban, Yasir Arafat's advisor on human rights and media issues, is but the most recent in an ongoing series of events that indicates a decline in law and order in the Gaza Strip. Neither the killers nor their motives have been identified. So [...] |
2004-03-04 17:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL KDEM PREL PGOV GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 04TELAVIV1375 | ETHIOPIAN JEWRY IN ISRAEL [...] Summary: Ethiopian Jews in Israel number approximately 90,000. Fifty percent of them are under the age of 25. Most can trace their families' arrival in Israel to rescue missions such as Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). The vast majority live in impoverished communities w [...] |
2004-03-05 08:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL KIRF ET IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 04TELAVIV1381 | ISRAELI VENTURE CAPITALISTS REQUEST CLARITY ON [...] (C) Summary. Senior Israeli venture capitalists outlined to the Ambassador March 3 difficulties Israeli firms are having selling software relating to homeland security and counterterrorism to certain USG entities. According to Chemi Peres, chairman of one of Israel's largest VC firms, Pitang [...] |
2004-03-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PTER IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS LABOR COMMERCE |
| 04TELAVIV1384 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-05 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1389 | New Mayor of Dimona Eager to Assist Embassy's [...] (SBU) Summary: ACS Chief, ARSO, Conspec and RSO investigator met with newly-elected Mayor of Dimona, Meir Cohen on March 2, 2004 to discuss the Embassy's ongoing investigation into criminal activity by the Hebrew Israelite Community (HIC). Also present at the meeting was ex-Deputy Mayor, Alber [...] |
2004-03-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KFRD IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 04TELAVIV1390 | ISRAELI READOUT OF IRAN NUCLEAR CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a readout of their consultations with French officials about Iran and other IAEA issues, Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) said the French MFA poldir had told them that the EU-3 agreement with Iran could not be twisted to justify removal [...] |
2004-03-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IS IR FR GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1391 | FAST-TRACK OUTPOST REMOVAL LESS THAN ADVERTISED [...] (C) Summary and comment: The long-promised GOI removal of outposts established after March 2001 suffered another setback on March 4 when the Israeli High Court of Justice postponed the evacuation of six illegal outposts in the West Bank for an additional ten days. The court will hear the se [...] |
2004-03-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1392 | GOI INFO ON RAMALLAH BANK RAID [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings this week with Shin Bet liaison officers and the head of Israel's counter terrorist financing effort at the Israeli NSC and the Mossad, GOI officials provided some additional details on last week's raid on Palestinian banks. The GOI officials rejected the c [...] |
2004-03-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 04TELAVIV1394 | SHARON DENIES PERSONAL MOTIVATIONS IN TENNENBAUM [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon and his staff have forcefully denied the explosive March 3 "Ma'ariv" story impugning his motives in the handling of the release of Elhanan Tennenbaum as part of the Hizballah prisoner exchange. Contrary to the paper's allegation that Sharon was influenced b [...] |
2004-03-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1395 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 5, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF imposed a total closure on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip March 5 for the Purim holiday, preventing even Palestinians with permits from entering Israel. The IDF said it would make exceptions only in cases of medical emergency. The closure is expected to last until M [...] |
2004-03-05 16:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1408 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1413 | MEETING OF POST TERRORISM FINANCING WORKING GROUP [...] (S//NF) On March 5, the DCM chaired a meeting of mission officers involved in terrorist financing issues. Post Economic, Political, FBI, ORCA, and DATT sections participated in the meeting, updating most recent efforts in working with the GOI on terrorist financing issues. ---------------- [...] |
2004-03-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER SNAR KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1420 | SPIEGEL BRIEFS ON FENCE ACTIONS, PREPS MOFAZ FOR [...] (C) BG (res) Baruch Spiegel called POL/C to a short-notice meeting March 8 to detail the latest steps in his assigned effort to address for the MOD measures to relieve the problems for Palestinians caused by the separation barrier. He said the advanced timing of the meeting was designed to c [...] |
2004-03-08 18:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PHUM PBTS IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1451 | MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA PULL-OUT [...] (S) SUMMARY: We assess that the threshold for IDF conventional ground force action in Gaza following a complete Israeli withdrawal, including from the Philadelphia Strip, would be substantially elevated. The loss of IDF-secured roads, fortified bases and settlements, and diminished IDF tactic [...] |
2004-03-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KPAL MOPS PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1452 | POLITICAL/INSITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is unlikely to result either in substantial security turmoil or significant improvement in PA governance in the short-to-medium term. Unlike in the West Bank, the IDF does not maintain a presence within Gaza popul [...] |
2004-03-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL KDEM EAID ECON PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1453 | ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF GAZA PULL-OUT [...] (C) Summary: We assess that an Israeli pull-out from the Gaza Strip in and of itself will not result in any major improvements in economic and humanitarian conditions in Gaza over the short to medium term. The manner in which the pull-out is executed could have an economic impact: leaving in [...] |
2004-03-09 07:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1455 | VIOLENT WEEKEND IN GAZA - IS THIS THE STORM BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, March 6, four suicide bombers who were apparently en route to Erez crossing detonated prematurely, killing themselves and two PA security officers. Eighteen persons were injured as a result of the explosion and/or return fire from the IDF. On Sunday March 7, the IDF [...] |
2004-03-09 08:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1464 | USING THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE OUR [...] (C) I encourage Washington to convene a meeting of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) as soon as possible. Our combined efforts to focus Israel on our trade and investment concerns are beginning to pay dividends. A new agricultural agreement that will increase access to U.S. agricultural pro [...] |
2004-03-09 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1466 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Channel 2-TV reported that PM Sharon is "enraged" with IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon, whom he accuses of having caused "enormous" damage and of "blatantly intervening in pol [...] |
2004-03-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1488 | FM SHALOM REVIEWS BUSY TRAVEL ITINERARY; BELIEVES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Shalom told the Ambassador on March 8 that in recent discussions in London and Dublin the Europeans had conveyed a preference for GOI-PA negotiations in the context of the roadmap, as opposed to unilateral steps. UK PM Tony Blair reportedly expressed admiration [...] |
2004-03-10 06:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER IS EG XF EU GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1493 | LIBYA/IAEA: ISRAEL UNHAPPY WITH REVISED [...] (C) In response to March 10 ref (C) demarche to his deputy, MFA Deputy DG for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff told polmiloff that the GOI, while fully cognizant of "what's at stake" in gaining consensus for a Libya resolution, is unhappy with the reftel Libya resolution language because i [...] |
2004-03-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC LY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1496 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] The requesters hope to obtain Cypriot citizenship and a EU passport. Yediot reported that Israel has asked the U.S. to allow El Al to fly over Iraq to reach its Far East destinations, which would save the company's planes two to three hours of travel. Ha'aretz (English Ed.) published a L [...] |
2004-03-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1538 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Sharon is slated to meet today in Jerusalem with the three U.S. diplomatic envoys (Stephen Hadley and Elliott Abrams from the White Hou [...] |
2004-03-11 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1546 | HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS IN WEST BANK AND [...] Summary: Overall, the humanitarian situation in West Bank and Gaza (WB/G) has not improved. Despite some minor improvements in mobility, the range of socio-economic indicators remain dismal. Over 60 percent of the WB/G population live below the poverty line; Unemployment rates as of fourth [...] |
2004-03-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 04TELAVIV1561 | ISRAELI FIU LEFT OUT OF RAMALLAH BANK OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Israeli Money Laundering Prohibition Authority (IMPA), Yehuda Shaffer, told econoff on March 10 that the Israeli financial intelligence unit (FIU) was left out of the Shin Bet/IDF raid on the Palestinian banks on February 24. Shaffer claimed the FIU was only [...] |
2004-03-11 15:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG EFIN KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1568 | COMBATING RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM; USG-GOI DISCUSS [...] (C) U.S. and Israeli delegations discussed efforts to combat radiological terrorism during February 24-25 talks held in Israel. The parties reviewed existing institutional structures and technologies as well as strategy and approaches for research, development, testing and evaluation. Also [...] |
2004-03-12 10:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TSPL PARM IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1575 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] March 11 Madrid Bombings 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- led with the multiple, almost simultaneous bombings in Madrid on Thursday morning, in which 198 people were killed and ove [...] |
2004-03-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1587 | SHINUI SCIENCE MINISTER MAKES CASE AGAINST [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Science and Technology (and Shinui MK) Eliezer Sandberg outlined his opposition to unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, adding his view that the Israeli public is moving in that direction as well. Sandberg cited three reasons for his opp [...] |
2004-03-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG TSPL PINR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1598 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Madrid Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- With Yediot and Maariv devoting their entire front pages to the event, all media led with Sunday afternoon's double bombings at Ashdod Port, one of the most sensiti [...] |
2004-03-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1611 | UNUSUAL FACTORS IN ASHDOD BOMBINGS INVITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several atypical elements of Sunday's dual suicide bombing at the Ashdod port have led Israelis to worry that Hamas and Fatah meant what they said when they announced that the attack, for which the two groups claimed responsibility, signalled a new phase in the Intifada. The atta [...] |
2004-03-15 15:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KWBG ASEC PREL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 04TELAVIV1612 | SPIEGEL BRIEFS DONORS ON SEPARATION BARRIER [...] (SBU) Summary. Baruch Spiegel, Israeli coordinator on humanitarian issues related to the separation barrier, told donors March 11 that he and his team are trying to find solutions to a variety of localized problems brought to its attention and is trying to apply "lessons learned" from previo [...] |
2004-03-15 15:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1613 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 13-15, 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. At approximately 1630 hours March 14, two 18-year-old residents of a Gaza refugee camp blew themselves up at the Ashdod port, killing 10 and injuring 15. Hamas and Islamic Jihad took joint responsibility for the attack. The IDF killed one Palestinian when responding to a roads [...] |
2004-03-15 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1614 | HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN WEST BANK/GAZA SETTLEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Newly released statistics indicate that housing starts in West Bank and Gaza settlements increased 35% in 2003, in a year when total housing starts in Israel and the settlements dropped 8% compared to 2002 figures. The great majority of the new housing appears to be within "th [...] |
2004-03-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1621 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism 3. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post reported that Deputy State Department Spokesman J. Adam Ereli condemned the double Ashdod bombings in the stronge [...] |
2004-03-16 11:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1623 | COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND LOOKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the Bureau of Industry and Security met with high-ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli a leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's hi-tech and def industries. [...] |
2004-03-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR COMMERCE ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1632 | FOG REMAINS FOLLOWING SHARON WIN ON VAGUE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following a vaguely-worded speech that was supposed to be about his disengagement plan, PM Sharon turned a March 15 Knesset vote on that speech into a so-called "vote of confidence" on his government -- which he won 46-45, with 29 members absent. The vote, however c [...] |
2004-03-16 16:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1638 | SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PA [...] (C) SUMMARY: While reaffirming his preference for the roadmap, PM Sharon told Codel Levin on March 14 that he would not "negotiate" with the PA prior to Gaza withdrawal, which he termed a security, not political, solution. Asked what sort of U.S. support he is seeking, the PM said only that he [...] |
2004-03-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1643 | HOME DEMOLITIONS IN GAZA - HIGH HUMANITARIAN TOLL [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Humanitarian conditions in Rafah rank among the worst in the Palestinian territories. In the past three years, over 10,000 persons in Rafah have been made homeless by IDF home demolitions. The donor community has spent millions of dollars responding to this ongoing huma [...] |
2004-03-17 10:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON GZ IS KWBG PHUM PREF PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 04TELAVIV1644 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-17 11:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1661 | SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN THAT SYRIA TRACK CAN WAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon told Codel Levin that Israel should "finish negotiations" with the Palestinians before turning to the Syrian track. While expressing a willingness to negotiate without preconditions with Bashar, the PM said Syria would first have to dismantle terrorist organizations and [...] |
2004-03-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1662 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 17, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) IDF helicopter gunships fired missiles on a Gaza City building on March 16, killing two members of Islamic Jihad and wounding nine Palestinians. During an ongoing operation to locate tunnels in Rafah, the IDF killed four Palestinians and injured 12. In Gaza City, a Palestinian policem [...] |
2004-03-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1667 | NEW YAHAD CHAIRMAN BEILIN SOUNDS BATTLE CRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Yossi Beilin's close victory in the new Yahad Party's chairmanship race against Meretz MK Ran Cohen blows some new life into the foundering political career of the Geneva Accords architect, but has barely ruffled the political waters. Beilin termed his win a victory for "peace [...] |
2004-03-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1676 | QIZ TALKS: GETTING CLOSER, BUT ISRAELI, EGYPTIAN [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassies Tel Aviv and Cairo. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The third round of Israeli/Egyptian QIZ talks ended without an agreement on March 17 in Jerusalem. As in the previous discussions in Jerusalem and Cairo, the stumbling block remained the minim [...] |
2004-03-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
| 04TELAVIV1677 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's disengagement plan: -Leading media (Ha'aretz, citing GOI sources) reported that Wednesday Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and other senior security officials [...] |
2004-03-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1683 | COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the SIPDIS Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), met with high- ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli and American leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's [...] |
2004-03-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR AND COMMERCE ECONOMY FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1684 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 18, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) In Gaza, the IDF ended its operation to search for tunnels at 2100 hours March 17. UNRWA reported that six Palestinians were injured in Rafah between 1500 and 2100 March 17.. The Israeli High Court ordered on March 17 that work on the barrier northwest of Jerusalem be postponed indefi [...] |
2004-03-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1685 | JERICHO MONITORING MISSION: STATUS REPORT AND [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv-ConGen Jerusalem message, coordinated with the British Embassy and British ConGen. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Following a detailed review of the situation at the Jericho prison, the U.S. and British Ambassadors and Consuls General agreed March 15 that Palestinian [...] |
2004-03-18 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS UK ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1689 | TRANSPORT MINISTER LIEBERMAN SLAMS SHARON IN [...] (C) Summary. Transportation Minister and National Union leader Avigdor Lieberman on March 17: -- Called PM Sharon and his unilateral disengagement plan "a failure," which was not supported by the majority of Israelis and which appeared to give in to terror; -- Said the National Union would b [...] |
2004-03-19 07:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1698 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jordanian King Abdullah paid a secret visit to Prime Minister's Ariel Sharon Shikmim ranch, Ha'aretz and Yediot reported. The media noted that there are no de [...] |
2004-03-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1705 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 19, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Four IDF soldiers were injured when a bomb exploded near their tank during an incursion into the Gaza Strip near Netzarim. According to UNRWA, at least four Palestinians were injured during the incursion. In the West Bank, the IDF arrested seven Palestinians and destroyed the home of a [...] |
2004-03-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1706 | ZEVULUN ORLEV, MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) Zevulun Orlev, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, is a moderate member of the rightist National Religious Party (NRP). He has primarily focused on domestic affairs and internal NRP machinations. Orlev has endeavored to move the NRP into a moderate position in order to prove that it is [...] |
2004-03-19 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1707 | UN ENVOY PREVIEWS ARAFAT "ASCENSION" PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator Terje Larsen reviewed for the Ambassador his recent exchanges with GOI, PA, Egyptian, and Jordanian officials on PM Sharon's disengagement plan, and laid out an idea for enticing Arafat's cooperation in combating terrorism by offering him an "elevated," cer [...] |
2004-03-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1708 | THE COSTS OF THE INTIFADA TO THE ISRAELI ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. More than three years into the Intifada, a lively debate has ensued about its costs to the Israeli economy, both past and future. A fair degree of unanimity exists among experts that past costs were huge, with Bank of Israel and Ministry of Finance estimates falling somewhere b [...] |
2004-03-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 04TELAVIV1721 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Assassination of Hamas Leader Ahmed Yassin 2. Mideast 3. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio, followed by the other electronic media, reported that at around 5:30 this morning, Hamas leade [...] |
2004-03-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1729 | TRADE MINISTER OLMERT PROMISES COOPERATION, ACTION [...] (C) Summary. Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOIT) Ehud Olmert told the Ambassador March 18 that he takes U.S. complaints about trade barriers seriously and would seek to correct problems. He said MOIT will be the point of contact on complaints related to gov [...] |
2004-03-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1741 | PM SHARON BANKING ON U.S. TO SAVE DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Following PM Sharon's March 21 meeting with Likud ministers to discuss his disengagement plan, it appears that the Prime Minister may lack the necessary Likud ministerial support for the plan to pass a cabinet vote. Pundits and Embassy political contacts say the PM will need to s [...] |
2004-03-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1742 | HAMAS CHARGES USG CULPABILITY IN YASIN KILLING; [...] (S/NF) Summary: Hamas leaders have responded to the IAF's assassination of Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin March 22 by vowing retaliation against Israel and blaming the USG, saying &The Zionists did not take such a step without the approval of the terrorist U.S. Administration. Therefore, it [...] |
2004-03-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KWBG KPAL PREL PTER GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 04TELAVIV1743 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 22, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAF assassinated Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin in a missile attack in Gaza City March 22; six other Palestinians were killed and 19 were wounded in the attack (details reported septel). All entry and exit into the Gaza Strip was stopped for Palestinians March 22 in the w [...] |
2004-03-22 17:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1752 | GUSH KATIF VISA APPLICANTS EXPECT PROTESTS AGAINST [...] Summary. In February, Conoff interviewed three visa applicants from the Gush Katif settlement bloc who shared their views on PM Sharon's disengagement plan. The settlers said they expected Gush Katif residents to oppose the PM's plan through both legal and political channels. One applicant [...] |
2004-03-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IS KWBG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1758 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1765 | ISRAELIS HUNKER DOWN THE DAY AFTER YASSIN KILLING [...] (C) Summary: Israel's politicians wasted little time in taking to the airwaves to defend, or in some cases take issue with, the March 22 killing of Hamas spiritual leader Shaykh Ahmad Yassin. Sources in the PM's office expressed satisfaction with the U.S. response, and an MFA official said t [...] |
2004-03-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1772 | ISRAELI-ARAB POLITICIANS DECLARE DAY OF MOURNING, [...] (C) Summary. Israeli-Arab politicians rallied some 2,000 demonstrators in Nazareth March 23 to protest the GOI's assassination of Hamas leader Yasin. The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, in conjunction with the more militant Islamic Movement, also declared March 23 a day of mourning. A Liku [...] |
2004-03-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY |
| 04TELAVIV1777 | Canon White and Former Archbishop of [...] Summary: Lord Carey of Clifton (Former Archbishop of Canterbury) and Canon Andrew White met with Ambassador March 19 to seek his views on ways they could move forward the Alexandria Process Israeli- Palestinian religious dialogue in a manner that would best support the political track of the [...] |
2004-03-24 06:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KMPI PHUM KPAO IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1794 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1830 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Dov Weisglass, senior aide to PM Sharon, asked National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, in talks he held with her over the past two days, fo [...] |
2004-03-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1839 | Israeli Economy Pauses following Yassin Killing [...] (SBU) The jury is out on the economic effect of the Yassin killing, but it already appears that tourism is taking a significant hit. While there has been only a moderate fall in Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), the shekel has fallen steadily since Monday morning against the dollar. Our persona [...] |
2004-03-25 14:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1845 | SHARON'S CABINET SECRETARY DOES THE MATH AND [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Secretary Israel Maimon predicted to Ambassador Kurtzer March 23 that the present government would not last long. He cited as evidence of "the beginning of the end" the Shas-sponsored no-confidence motion the previous day -- hastily withdrawn to show solidarity after the [...] |
2004-03-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1866 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Blair in Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Thursday in Washington, the date of PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. was set as April 14. Jerusalem Post (lead story) and Ha'aretz reported that Sharon's bure [...] |
2004-03-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1874 | POLICE MAY HAVE LEARNED LESSONS FROM ORR [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent effort to avoid a repetition of the October 2000 police killing of 12 Israeli-Arab demonstrators, chief of Israel's national police force has ordered his forces to refrain from using either live ammunition or rubber-coated bullets during the March 30 Israeli Arab "L [...] |
2004-03-26 13:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1896 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-29 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1906 | SHARON INDICTMENT RECOMMENDATION NO SURPRISE; MOST [...] (C) Summary: The long-anticipated word this past weekend that State Prosecutor Edna Arbel intends to recommend indictment of PM Sharon on bribery charges leaves unchanged for now the calculus that PM Sharon, if thick-skinned enough, can manage his legal and political problems, and remain in o [...] |
2004-03-29 13:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1910 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 27-29, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: A seven-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed March 27 in Balata refugee camp during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Palestinian gunmen. Both sides claimed that inadvertent fire by the other had killed the boy. A group of Israeli settlers occupied and vandalized [...] |
2004-03-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1911 | UN AGENCIES FED UP WITH GAZA RESTRICTIONS; BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of terrorist attacks at or near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, the GOI began requiring UN personnel to walk through the crossing point. The GOI also restricted movement of all containers at Karni crossing following information suggesting that the t [...] |
2004-03-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ECON PHUM KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1920 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying Monday that if some coalition partners leave the government when he presents his disengagement plan to the cabinet after returnin [...] |
2004-03-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1928 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 30, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and injured two Palestinian suspects in al-Fuwwar village, and eight Palestinians were arrested by the IDF throughout the West Bank March 29. Settlers in Hebron uprooted part of a Palestinian vineyard and placed three caravans on the site, according to press [...] |
2004-03-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1934 | ISRAELI OFFICIALS DISCUSS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings that took place in the hours following the Sheikh Yassin assassination, USD Dov Zakheim discussed the targeted killing and Gaza disengagement with Ministers Olmert and Mofaz and MKs Steinetz and Sneh. (Selected GOI comments from these meetings reported reftels.) Mofaz [...] |
2004-03-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV MARR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1940 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Withdrawal Plan 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night PM Sharon promised at the Likud convention that registered Likud members would get to vote on his Gaza disengagemen [...] |
2004-03-31 10:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1941 | LABOR'S ENTRY TO COALITION COULD HINGE ON [...] (C) Summary: In the face of a possible bribery indictment against PM Sharon, speculation has begun over whether Labor will put on hold any plans to take the place of the right-wing parties in Sharon's coalition if they eventually bolt over Gaza withdrawal (reftel). Before the State Prosecuto [...] |
2004-03-31 10:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1946 | FIRST OUTPOST REMOVED UNDER NEW LEGAL PROCESS [...] (C) IDF forces succeeded early Wednesday March 31 in their second attempt within 24 hours to remove the outpost of Hazon David near Kiryat Arba in the West Bank. The IDF had failed the previous evening to remove the outpost, reportedly little more than a number of tents and a makeshift synagog [...] |
2004-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1951 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 31, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the pre-dawn hours March 31, settlers moved into 11 houses they claim to have purchased in the predominantly Arab Silwan section of East Jerusalem, sparking clashes between police and Palestinian residents, who reportedly threw stones at the settlers. Police used tear gas t [...] |
2004-03-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1952 | ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here as an official guest of the Foreign Ministry in his current capacity as Director of the Baker Institute, heard that the regional strategic situation faced by [...] |
2004-03-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV1953 | SHARON'S LIKUD REFERENDUM LIKELY TO STYMIE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon's decision to take his unilateral disengagement plan to a referendum of the full 200,000-strong Likud membership, a body more moderate than its leadership, reinforces his hand in dealing with Likud and other-party ministers and Knesset members who oppose withdrawal. The [...] |
2004-03-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1962 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV1968 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 1, 2004 -- (1400 [...] (SBU) Direct deposit for all PA security forces is scheduled to begin April 1 (see Jerusalem septel). Civilian PA workers are scheduled to have their salaries deposited April 3. At least one Palestinian was injured March 31 when the IDF forcefully broke up an anti-barrier demonstration near [...] |
2004-04-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV1970 | BEILIN BINDS NEW YAHAD PARTY TO GENEVA ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: New Yahad Party leader Yossi Beilin left no doubt that Yahad and the Geneva Accord are joined at the hip when accord co-author Yasser Ahmed Rabbo sat center stage with Beilin at the party's founding ceremonies on March 31. Copies of the accord and Yahad's basic covenant were both [...] |
2004-04-01 12:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 04TELAVIV2021 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2031 | IN PASSOVER INTERVIEWS, SHARON WARNS ARAFAT, [...] (SBU) Israel's three major dailies previewed April 2 the separate Passover interviews with PM Sharon that each will publish on April 5. The previews highlighted three of Sharon's themes: -- Targeting Arafat and Nasrallah: In the wake of Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Yassin, [...] |
2004-04-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG PGOV IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV2035 | BOI Reduces Interest by 0.2% in March [...] (U) On March 29, the Bank of Israel announced a 0.2 percent reduction in interest rates. This brings the Bank of Israel interest rate to 4.1 percent and represents the thirteenth consecutive interest rate decline since the end of March, 2003. In the press release accompanying its latest rate [...] |
2004-04-02 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 04TELAVIV2039 | GOI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON ISRAEL-EGYPT QIZ [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Gabbi Bar, Deputy Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor confirmed to us April 2 that Israel and Egypt had agreed to 11.7% minimum Israeli content for all Egyptian QIZ products. Bar said the next step is a meeting in Athens April 14, wher [...] |
2004-04-02 13:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
| 04TELAVIV2040 | THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 2, 2004 -- (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was killed April 2 in a heavy exchange of fire that erupted between IDF soldiers and Palestinian militants during an IDF incursion into the al-Salaam area of the Rafah refugee camp. On April 1, UNRWA said in a press release that it was suspending delivery into [...] |
2004-04-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
| 04TELAVIV2041 | UNHAPPY ISRAELI TRADE MINISTER REACTS TO POSSIBLE [...] (C) Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Communications Ehud Olmert called the Ambassador late April 1 to complain about reports that the USG intended to put Israel back on the 301 Priority Watch List. Olmert said such an action would be unjustified. Olmert noted that he [...] |
2004-04-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV2042 | COGAT SAYS UNRWA-IDF CONTAINER DISPUTE MAY BE SOON [...] (C) Summary: UNRWA April 1 announced the suspension of its emergency food distribution program in the Gaza Strip. UNRWA Deputy Director of Operations in Gaza, Krister Nordahl confirmed to Poloff April 2 that UNRWA, frustrated by what it sees as the IDF's refusal to find any interim measures to [...] |
2004-04-02 16:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KWBG PREF PREL GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 04TELAVIV2056 | RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAJOR GAZA/WEST BANK USAID [...] (C) Summary/Recommendations: On January 30, Chiefs of Mission in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and the West Bank/Gaza USAID Mission Director decided jointly to put an eight-week hold on four USAID projects to allow time to: 1) measure progress in the investigation of the October, 2003 murder of our [...] |
2004-04-05 09:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL KWBG ASEC IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 04TELAVIV2063 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon was quoted as saying in a Passover-eve interview with Israel Radio: "Those who kill Jews and order to kill Jews because of the fact they are Jews deserve to [...] |
2004-04-05 11:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2064 | SHARON READY TO REPLACE WAYWARD MINISTERS OVER [...] (C) Summary. At the April 4 Cabinet meeting, PM Sharon invited two right-wing ministers to leave the coalition if they are not comfortable with its policies, demonstrating Sharon's confidence that Labor is waiting in the wings to replace these ministers' parties (ref A). Sharon's display of [...] |
2004-04-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV2067 | NETANYAHU ANNOUNCES MAJOR TAX REDUCTION PROGRAM [...] (U) On Sunday, April 4th, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference at which he announced the third major tax reduction initiative of his tenure. It foresees the following changes in tax and investment laws: -- personal income taxes, primarily for low-income workers, would f [...] |
2004-04-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV2070 | SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE GETS QUICK GOI ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary: Aaron Abramovitch, Director General of Israel's Ministry of Justice, told Econ/C April 5 that the GOI was "surprised and confused" by the USG statement that it planned to raise Israel to Special 301 Priority Watch List status unless action is taken on data protection and copyri [...] |
2004-04-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV2079 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...] |
2004-04-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2119 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the situation in Iraq. (Maariv's banner: "America in Trouble"; banners in Yediot and Hatzofe evoke the "Iraqi quagmire.") At least 150 Iraqis and 40 Americans were [...] |
2004-04-08 12:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2123 | DETAILS OF EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE APPROVED BY [...] (C) Summary. The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project cleared a crucial hurdle on April 4 when the GOI gave its blessing to the Israel Electric Company (IEC) to negotiate an agreement with the supplier of Egyptian natural gas, Eastern Mediterranean Group (EMG). Under the proposed agreement EMG, [...] |
2004-04-08 13:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
| 04TELAVIV2140 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Iraq and the American entanglement continued dominating the Israeli press. All media reported about the two East Jerusalem Israeli-Arabs who were kidnapped in Iraq. The two were apparently w [...] |
2004-04-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2156 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. Sharon left Israel last night. He is expected to meet with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice today and with President Bush Wed [...] |
2004-04-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2164 | OVER 200 GAZA BUSINESSMEN LAMENT DELAYS AT KARNI [...] (C) Embassy sources reported that over 200 Gazan businessmen attended a Chambers of Commerce meeting on April 13 in Gaza City. They attributed the large turnout to the seriousness of the problems facing businessmen caused by delays at Karni crossing. (Karni is the only commercial crossing s [...] |
2004-04-13 16:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON GZ IS PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 04TELAVIV2167 | While Israel's Economy Grows, Unemployment Remains [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Netanyahu's declaration in late 2003 that the recession has ended appears to look more realistic today than it did at the time. There is increasing optimism in Israeli economic circles regarding a return to growth in 2004. All indications currently point to growth of m [...] |
2004-04-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV2189 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2199 | REACTION TO BUSH-SHARON MEETING: SHARON GOT WHAT [...] (C) Summary: Key Likud disengagement supporters and the major media are declaring PM Sharon victorious after learning of the assurances Sharon received in his April 14 meeting with President Bush. They also assess that Sharon obtained what he needs from the U.S. to push his disengagement plan [...] |
2004-04-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV2200 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-15 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2202 | A DAY OF SETBACKS FOR OUTPOST SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Summary: A day after PM Sharon reiterated his commitment to removing unauthorized outposts in Washington, outpost activists and supporters woke up on April 15 to the news that the GOI had removed a few more sites overnight and that the Attorney General ordered some settlement funding hal [...] |
2004-04-15 13:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV2203 | ISRAELI-ARAB NGO LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] Summary: An Israeli-Arab advocacy NGO appealed to the diplomatic community at an April 13 gathering to lobby the GOI against renewal of the controversial July 2003 law that bars Palestinians from the Occupied Territories from acquiring Israeli residency or citizenship rights through marriage t [...] |
2004-04-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 04TELAVIV2206 | OMRI SHARON SEES HARD WORK AHEAD ON DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) PM Sharon's son and Likud MK, Omri Sharon, told poloff on April 14 -- before the PM's White House meeting -- that the main problem facing the pro-disengagement campaign is getting enough Likud members out to vote in the May 2 Likud referendum on the unilateral withdrawal plan. Sharon wor [...] |
2004-04-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV2227 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-16 12:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2231 | POLLS SHOW DISENGAGEMENT PLAN WINNING LIKUD [...] (C) Polls conducted after the April 14 meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon show Sharon's disengagement plan winning a majority of Likud voter support. Major media analysts, however, noted that intervening events -- such as a significant terrorist attack or FinMin Benyamin Netanyahu's [...] |
2004-04-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV2242 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Holocaust Memorial Day events, which started last night and will continue through tonight. Sunday, all media led with the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz [...] |
2004-04-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2249 | PERCEPTIONS OF U.S. "GREEN LIGHT" FUEL ANGER AT [...] (C) Summary: Contacts throughout the Gaza Strip all concurred that the April 17 assassination of Hamas leader Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi the March 22 assassination of Shaykh Ahmad Yasin and the Bush-Sharon summit were being viewed as a cumulative series of actions against the Palestinian people. [...] |
2004-04-19 15:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV2250 | SHARON SECURES KEY LIKUD MINISTERS' SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. PM Sharon has lined up key Likud ministers behind his disengagement plan and set the stage for victory in the May 2 Likud referendum. In the process, Sharon stretched to their full measure USG assurances regarding Israeli retention of West Bank settlement blocs, Israel's right [...] |
2004-04-19 17:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV2256 | LIKUD MK SA'AR OPPOSES WITHDRAWAL PLAN BUT [...] (C) Summary: Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar told poloff on April 18 that he will quietly oppose PM Sharon's disengagement plan even though he is certain that the plan will win a majority in the May 2 Likud referendum. Sa'ar objects to the plan since it requires withdrawing from Gaza and four northern [...] |
2004-04-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV2257 | MAKING BREAD, NOT WAR, IN JAFFA: AN ISRAELI ARAB [...] (SBU) Summary: In the mixed city of Jaffa, where Jews and Arabs buy and sell side-by-side in one of the busiest marketplace environments in Israel, prominent bakery owner Hamis Abouelafia made news this week by presenting a ceremonial loaf of leavened bread to Jews at an end-of-Passover cele [...] |
2004-04-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 04TELAVIV2259 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Release of Mordechai Vanunu 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major Hebrew media bannered the release of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, which will take place tomorrow. Several media reported that Monda [...] |
2004-04-20 12:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2261 | PERES TELLS CODEL ISSA "NO GUARANTEE THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Labor leader Shimon Peres told CODEL Issa April 16 that the United States should be promoting modernization in the Middle East -- rather than democratization -- as the best means for furthering the U.S. agenda in the region. Peres recommended using business and investment as key [...] |
2004-04-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV2271 | BIBI BULLISH ON ISRAELI ECONOMY TO CODEL ISSA [...] (C) Summary: An ebullient Binyamin Netanyahu told CODEL Issa April 14 that Israel's economy is continuing to improve now that reforms are beginning to take effect. Netanyahu's "success" in battling the unions, GDP growing at 3 percent this year, pension reform, and lower taxes are all contri [...] |
2004-04-20 16:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 04TELAVIV2282 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Release of Mordechai Vanunu 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with the release after 18 years in jail for aggravated espionage of whistleblower, or "atomic spy," Mordechai Vanunu, which took place this morni [...] |
2004-04-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 04TELAVIV2293 | PEACE NOW DIRECTOR: NETANYAHU AND SHARON FINAGLE [...] (C) Summary: Peace Now Director Yariv Oppenheimer told poloff on April 20 that PM Sharon and FinMin Netanyahu both know that prior GOI decisions on the fence route leave the Ariel settlement outside the main separation barrier, thereby not meeting Netanyahu's demand that it be fully on the "I [...] |
2004-04-21 13:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |