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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08LJUBLJANA141 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 28-29 GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 26, A/DCM delivered reftel's points on the March 28-29 Gymnich to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih noted that, in keeping with Slovenia's focus on the Balkans during its Presidency, FM Rupel had decided to devote the second day of the informal FMs' meeting to the Western Ba [...] | 2008-03-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ZL PHUM IS SY LE RS CH SI |
08LJUBLJANA185 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...] (C) On April 24, A/DCM delivered the April 28-29 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said that the GAERC would issue conclusions on Burma, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and the Western Balkans. He noted that Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and China/Tibet/Olympics were not on the agenda. [...] | 2008-04-24 13:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SI |
08LJUBLJANA223 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MAY 26-27 JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) On May 21, A/DCM delivered the May 26-27 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said that the "jumbo" GAERC, which would include Development and Defense Ministers, would issue conclusions on Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process, Iraq, Afghanistan, Georgia, the Western B [...] | 2008-05-21 18:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08LJUBLJANA23 | EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA MEETING FINDS COMMON [...] (C) At the January 11 U.S. - EU Troika meeting, A/S Fried and EU Presidency, Council, and Commission representatives generally found common ground on Afghanistan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Burma. On Iran, the EU advised that even a weak UNSCR would help pave the way for stronger EU sanctions. The [...] | 2008-01-18 08:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV IR IS BM SY ECON ENRG SI |
08LJUBLJANA255 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JUNE 16-17 GAERC [...] (C) On June 12, Pol/Econ Chief delivered the June 16-17 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said the GAERC, which had a very long agenda, would issue conclusions on Cuba, the Western Balkans, Somalia, Sudan, DRoC, and Central Asia (without a discussion). The FMs would sen [...] | 2008-06-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ZL ZK IR IZ IS SY LE CU |
08LJUBLJANA32 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY 28 GAERC [...] (C) In their January 24 meeting, Deputy European Correspondent Aljaz Arih explained to ADCM that now that Slovenia had the Presidency, it would not express strong positions on the issues. Instead, Slovenia's main task was to organize the GAERCs and put all the issues together. He said, howev [...] | 2008-01-24 16:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN IR IS SY SI PGOV PK KE |
08LJUBLJANA488 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND [...] (C) On October 29, Emboff met with Aljaz Arih, European Correspondent, to deliver reftel's talking points for the November Gymnich and GAERC meetings. Arih stated that the November 3 Gymnich would focus on transatlantic relations and the French had circulated a revised food for thought paper. [...] | 2008-10-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN RS GG SI ECON ETRD PGOV IS AF PK |
08LJUBLJANA536 | SLOVENIA HOPES FOR PROGRESS ON CROATIA BY DECEMBER [...] (C) On December 3, Emboff met with Acting European Correspondent Darja Gruban to deliver reftel's talking points for the December 8-9 GAERC. Gruban predicted that the Foreign Ministers would spend a fair amount of time on the draft conclusions for the European Council, especially on economic [...] | 2008-12-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ZL IS PK CG TU SI |
08LJUBLJANA66 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 18 GAERC [...] (C) In their February 13 meeting, European Union Division Director/Deputy Political Director Matej Marn told A/DCM that the February 18 GAERC would focus on Kosovo, which would be the first item on the external relations agenda. He hoped that the debate on other topics would be short. He expe [...] | 2008-02-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN IR IS PGOV AADP |
08LONDON1172 | UK EXPECTS THE BALKANS TO DOMINATE APRIL GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The UK expects the Balkans to be the key discussion item at the April 27-28 GAERC; the UK is still pushing to have a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SSA) with Bosnia signed at this GAERC, but expects it will slip to the May GAERC. According to Martin Shearman, EU Corres [...] | 2008-04-25 14:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK ZI IR IS CH BM UK |
08LONDON132 | HORMUZ STRAITS INCIDENT: ALLEGEDLY AN IRGC [...] (S/NF) Summary. A long-time Embassy contact, reportedly relaying information from a close friend who is an active duty member of the Iranian military, told Poloff the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (Naval Forces) independently planned and led the January 6 feint by [...] | 2008-01-15 17:43:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IR LE SY UK KR |
08LONDON1623 | UK ON CUBA, IRAN AND OTHER ISSUES AT THE JUNE GAERC [...] (SBU) Foreign Office officials provided to Poloffs on June 12 the responses below to ref points on key GAERC agenda items, as well as a general readout of UK expectations for the June GAERC meeting. Cuba ---- 2. (C) The UK supports lifting the EU's Restrictive Measures on Cuba at the Jun [...] | 2008-06-13 13:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EAID ZL ZK IR IZ IS CU |
08LONDON1633 | UK SUPPPORT AND ATTENDANCE AT BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] (C) The UK will not announce new significant money for Palestinian rule-of-law programs at the June 24 Berlin Conference, but will describe what additional programs and plans it intends to further support using already pledged, but undisbursed, funds, the Foreign Office's Middle East Unit tol [...] | 2008-06-16 15:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN UK |
08LONDON1824 | UK ON ARAB GROUP DRAFT UNSCR ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) HMG agrees that the Arab Group draft text on a UNSCR on Israeli settlement activity is not acceptable, FCO Near East Group Head Rob Timline told us July 9 in response to reftel demarche. The UK embassy in Tripoli raised the issue with Libyan Secretary for Arab Affairs Mohammed Siala on July 7 [...] | 2008-07-09 16:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KPAL IS UK |
08LONDON2101 | IRANIAN PUGWASH PARTICIPANTS CLAIM TEHRAN [...] (S) Summary: Iranian government advisers at the most recent "Pugwash" Conference on Iran reportedly argued during the August 2-3 seminar that: -- Iran wants direct flights to the United States addressed before any talks on a U.S. interest section in Tehran; -- sanctions do not affect Iran's le [...] | 2008-08-12 18:01:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PINS PREL AG IR IS IZ LE UK |
08LONDON2691 | IRAN: SAFAVI CLAIMS KHAMENEI WILL HOLD HARD LINE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior Iranian cleric and IRGC figure Salman Safavi told a private dinner, attended by Embassy London Iran watcher (Poloff),that Supreme Leader Khamenei will ease or harden the tone of Iran's nuclear policies based on who wins the U.S. presidential election. Safavi gave no s [...] | 2008-10-24 18:14:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK |
08LONDON3215 | IRAN: READOUT FROM UK LEGISLATORS AND FROM XXXXXXXXXXXX REP ON MEK RECONCILIATION [...] (C/REL UK) Summary: The Tehran regime is giving high priority and visibility to its efforts to reconcile those former members of the terrorist entity Mujahaddin e-Khalq (MEK aka MKO aka NCRI, inter alia) who have returned to Iran, according both to UK Parliamentary legislators who in October and N [...] | 2008-12-24 11:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK |
08LONDON878 | BROWN MEETS MCCAIN: DISCUSS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in London March 20. Brown used the meeting to present his big ideas about reforming the international financial institutions (IFIS) and increasing assistance to Africa as a means to preven [...] | 2008-03-27 09:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EFIN EAID UNSC IZ AF IS |
08LONDON890 | TONY BLAIR AND JOHN MCCAIN TALK ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Tony Blair used his meeting with Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham to underscore the "centrality" of Israel/Palestine in bringing stability to the Middle East. Blair said progress could be made by "building from the bottom up," including by developing [...] | 2008-03-27 17:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PTER IS RU UK |
08LONDON929 | DAVID CAMERON TELLS JOHN MCCAIN TORIES WON’T BREAK [...] (C/NF) Summary: Conservative party leader David Cameron told Senator John McCain the Tories won't break ranks with HMG on policies affecting British troops in battle. Cameron and Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague told McCain and Senators Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham that Prime Minister [...] | 2008-04-01 09:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR IZ AF IS IR PK UK |
08LUXEMBOURG65 | LUXEMBOURG WILL NOT ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE |
08MADRID1142 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON NOVEMBER GYMNICH AND JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 29. Regarding the agenda, Benitez said that given the Jumbo GAERC includes defense and development issues in addition to external relations, and that the Congo will likely be [...] | 2008-11-03 08:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP EUN ETRD RS IS AF PK SY LE |
08MADRID1228 | SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS IN [...] (C) Reftel demarche was delivered November 19 to MFA Deputy Director General for the UN Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares and Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. Ucelay reiterated Spain's strong commitment to the MEPP and FM Moratinos' commitment to preventing unhelpf [...] | 2008-11-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP UNGA IS PA |
08MADRID1282 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON DECEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on December 4. Benitez said that the GAERC agenda will include the EU Enlargement, MEPP, the Congo, Pakistan, declarations on ESDP, and Solana's presentation of the European Security St [...] | 2008-12-05 09:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN SP ZL IS PK CG TU |
08MADRID174 | SPAIN WILL OPPOSE KOSOVO RECOGNITION AT GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and Director General for North America and Europe Pepe Pons told DCM separately that Spain would oppose any EU consensus statement on Kosovo recognition in Brussels February 18. Separately, Spanish Deputy DG for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias to [...] | 2008-02-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EUN SP KV IS |
08MADRID278 | SPANISH SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE [...] (U) March 4, Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay reviewed Spain's support for the Israel-Palestinian peace process, particularly in advance of the March 10-11 EU Foreign Minister's Meeting (GAERC). He said that Spain believed it was critically important to [...] | 2008-03-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI KPAL PREL IS SP |
08MADRID281 | SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 10 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche points to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 6. Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC would be somewhat light this month. Javier Solana will brief on the Middle East and the EU will go forward with new I [...] | 2008-03-07 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ZL ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08MADRID282 | SPANISH SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN PEACE [...] (U) March 4, Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay reviewed Spain's support for the Israel-Palestinian peace process, particularly in advance of the March 10-11 EU Foreign Minister's Meeting (GAERC). He said that Spain believed it was critically important to [...] | 2008-03-07 17:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI KPAL PREL IS SP |
08MADRID63 | SPAIN ISSUES COMMUNIQUE CRITICAL OF GAZA LOCKDOWN [...] (C) Spanish Director General for the Middle East Alvaro Iranzo called DCM January 21, at the request of FM Moratinos, to provide early warning that Spain would be issuing a communique that would be critical of Israeli military operations in Gaza as well as the border closings. Iranzo, callin [...] | 2008-01-23 06:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PHUM PREL SP IS |
08MADRID666 | SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] Embassy shared open source information about the June 24 Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. Spain intends to participate in the conference and attended the preparatory se [...] | 2008-06-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM EUN IS SP |
08MADRID946 | SPAIN'S STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) The Spanish MFA issued a communique condemning the coup in Mauritania and calling for the immediate liberation of the President and Prime Minister, along with re-establishing democratic practices, on August 6. 2. (C) August 26, Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for North Af [...] | 2008-09-02 06:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AG EG IS LY MO QA SA MR SP |
08MANAMA597 | BAHRAIN: DELIVERY OF ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-07 13:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE IS IZ SY MR BA |
08MANAMA663 | BAHRAIN: PROPOSED UNSC MINISTERIAL [...] (C) CDA made reftel demarche to Under Secretary Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa, the substantive number two at the Foreign Ministry. Shaikh Abdulaziz commented that while he understood the U.S. opposition to a ministerial UNSC meeting with Israeli settlements as the sole topic, it was such a [...] | 2008-09-25 12:20:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL UNSC IS SA BA |
08MANAMA677 | BAHRAINI PROPOSAL FOR A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Foreign Minister has called for a new regional organization that would include Israel, Iran, Turkey and the Arab states, and asked for public USG support. End summary. 2. (U) Bahraini Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa delivered a speech at the [...] | 2008-10-03 13:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS IR BA |
08MANAMA705 | BAHRAINI FM WILL SEEK THE SECRETARY'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Foreign Minister plans to ask the Secretary for diplomatic support for his proposed new regional organization, a grouping that would include Israel. End summary. 2. (C) On October 14 Ambassador met with Shaikh Ahmad bin Khalifah Al Khalifah, the head of Bahrain's NSC [...] | 2008-10-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS IR TU BA |
08MEXICO2218 | ISRAELI RELATIONS WITH MEXICO (C-NE8-00834) [...] (C/NF) Poloff met separately with Enrique Palos, Deputy Director General for Africa and the Middle East at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE),and Lior Keinan, Political Counselor and Press and Cultural Attache at the Israeli Embassy in Mexico City, on July 3 and 8, respectively, to di [...] | 2008-07-18 17:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PARM PREL IS MX |
08MONTEVIDEO527 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In reaction to the terrorist attack in Yemen today AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. The RSO provided details on our additional security measures. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, RAOL, DAO, ODC, POL/ECON, MGMT, and MSG. 2. (S/NF) Shortly after learning [...] | 2008-09-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO663 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In reaction to the terrorist attacks in India, AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, ARSO, RAOL, ODC, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe this threat extends to South America. EAC will continue to remain [...] | 2008-11-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO696 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In preparation for the upcoming holiday season AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, PAO, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe there is a terrorist threat to soft targets in Uruguay. EAC will continue to [...] | 2008-12-12 16:51:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO78 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF): Summary: Per Reftel, on February 15, Charge Peter Harding chaired an EAC to discuss the local impact of the aftermath of Hizballah Leader Imad Mughniyeh's death. The EAC determined that security posture is appropriate given the current threat, and no other action needs to be taken at t [...] | 2008-02-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MOSCOW1375 | MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues planning for a Moscow Middle East conference, despite increasing signs that the event may not take place. Russian officials have said that the GOR does not want to force any party to attend a conference and is presently waiting for a "positive sign" from Israel [...] | 2008-05-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS RS |
08MOSCOW1739 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN RS |
08MOSCOW180 | FM LIVNI VISIT TO MOSCOW: POST-ANNAPOLIS, GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov used Israeli FM Livni's January 17 visit to reiterate Russian interest in hosting a follow-on Annapolis conference, but only when progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks merited reconvening. According to the MFA, Russia will remain flexible on the timing and age [...] | 2008-01-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS RS |
08MOSCOW1861 | MFA SAYS RUSSIA HOPES TO CONVENE, BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on June 30 that Russia was satisfied with the June 24 meeting of the Quartet, which agreed that its September session would include discussion of the timing and agenda of the GOR's proposed Moscow Middle East conference. Simakov [...] | 2008-07-01 10:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS RS |
08MOSCOW1961 | RUSSIA URGES ARAB GROUP TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 12:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS LE SY RS |
08MOSCOW1991 | RUSSIA RETURNS TO THE HOLY LAND [...] (C) Summary: The return to Russia of historic properties in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the end of the visa regime for travel to Israel, are the latest indicators of deepening Russia-Israel relations that depend significantly upon personal contacts as well as official channels. The properties, [...] | 2008-07-11 12:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MARR IS RS |
08MOSCOW2785 | RUSSIA "SATISFIED" WITH ISRAEL ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Azeri told the Ambassador that Russia had urged Israel not to resume arms sales to Georgia, but did not directly link this issue to Russian arms sales to Syria and Iran. The MFA explained that Russia was "satisfied" with Israel's position on Georgia, which did [...] | 2008-09-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR GG IR IS SY RS |
08MOSCOW282 | DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov expressed concern that interest in Russia's proposed post-Annapolis conference was waning. Russia hoped the Quartet members would follow through on their commitment to relay their proposals for the conference by the end of [...] | 2008-02-04 16:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY |
08MOSCOW3026 | OLMERT PRESSES RUSSIA TO DO MORE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Israeli PM Olmert's October 6-7 meetings with Medvedev and Lavrov covered a range of issues, and do not appear to have been arranged to head off an imminent Russian sale of S-300 missiles to Iran, despite press reports to the contrary. Olmert pressed Russia to do more on Iran, i [...] | 2008-10-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR IR IS SY RS |
08MOSCOW3064 | RUSSIAN ANALYSTS URGE U.S. NOT TO LET GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 13 roundtable attended by HFAC Chairman Howard Berman and HFAC staff, analysts argued that Russians perceived NATO expansion as more of a threat than a nuclear Iran, which was not viewed by the political leadership as a "vital issue" for Russia. They warned a [...] | 2008-10-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP IR IS RS |
08MOSCOW3113 | RUSSIAN MFA ON PALESTINE AND ISRAEL [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on October 21 that a recent briefing on Israel-Palestinian negotiations by visiting Palestinian Authority officials confirmed doubts within the MFA about the possibility of the two sides reaching a settlement by the end of the y [...] | 2008-10-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG IS RS |
08MOSCOW3219 | DFM SALTANOV ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, LIBYA, [...] (C) Summary. During an October 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov provided a positive assessment of the Egyptian-brokered Palestinian talks and indicated GOR hopes for concrete progress at the November 9 meeting between the factions in Cairo. Calling [...] | 2008-11-03 04:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS IS LY SO |
08MOSCOW3393 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY |
08MOSCOW346 | RUSSIA SEEKS, AND FINDS, A ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Russia is playing a higher profile role in the Middle East peace process, designed to draw attention to Moscow's reemergence on the international stage, which remains a significant motivation in the Kremlin's diplomacy. Russia continues to position itself as a bridge between the [...] | 2008-02-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE IS SY RS XF |
08MUSCAT805 | ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS AT THE UNGA: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 07:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA MU |
08NDJAMENA384 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR RESPONDS TO USG OFFER TO BE [...] (C) I met with Libyan Ambassador Shlback on Thursday, August 14. He said he wanted to respond to my request for Tripoli's thinking on how the United States might usefully support Libya's recent "Trilateral Initiative" to bring peace between Chad and Sudan. He said that he had spoken to Dr. A [...] | 2008-09-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LY SU FR EU IR IS SA ER CD |
08NDJAMENA548 | CHAD - OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 08:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA CD |
08NEWDELHI3248 | INDIA CENSURES ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA [...] (U) The Government of India has over the last two days condemned the air strikes Israel carried out in the Gaza Strip and urged an ""immediate end to use of force against Palestinian civilians in Gaza that has resulted in large number of casualties"". The GOI statement, released by the External Af [...] | 2008-12-29 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL IS IN |
08NEWDELHI388 | INDIA-IRAN TIES HIT BUMPS IN THE ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent developments illustrated the large gap between rhetoric and reality in Indo-Iranian relations. Iran's Ambassador to India expressed concern to the press February 5 over India's recent launch of an Israeli satellite with reconnaissance capabilities, warning India against g [...] | 2008-02-06 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PINR MNUC MCAP MARR IR IS IN |
08NEWDELHI538 | IRANIAN SPOKESPERSON SOUNDS OFF IN NEW DELHI ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini visited New Delhi February 11-13, reportedly to encourage Indian interaction with Iranian media. Hosseini, however, did not miss the opportunity to publicly urge the Indians to expedite the proposed Iran-Pakistan- [...] | 2008-02-20 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET IR PK IS CH IN |
08NEWDELHI560 | CODEL BIDEN MEETING WITH NSA NARAYANAN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with Codel Biden (consisting of Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel),National Security Advisor M.K.A. Narayanan disclosed that GOI negotiations with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement are going well and he expects the agreemen [...] | 2008-02-22 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KDEM KNNP ENRG SOCI IS |
08NEWDELHI892 | ISRAEL POLISHING ITS IMAGE--AND ITS HARDWARE--IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent strategic dialogue between Israel and India, while not producing any new agreements, was viewed as a positive step at greater cooperation and coordination between the two countries. Israel is taking steps to create a shinier image of itself as a friend of the Indian people [...] | 2008-03-28 09:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS IS IN |
08NIAMEY1112 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on 11/24 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General (SG) Dan Maradi, in the absence of Foreign Minister Mindaoudou (out of the country),and left as an aide-memoire a list of the one-sided resolutions (reftel, paragraph six). With regard to the [...] | 2008-11-24 14:03:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA NG |
08NICOSIA935 | CYPRUS: ROC POSITION UNCHANGED ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) The Embassy on November 21 shared Ref A points regarding anti-Israel UN General Assembly resolutions with Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou. In a follow-up call on November 24, PolChief reviewed the overarching U.S. objective for the Middle East peace process -- to [...] | 2008-11-26 14:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA MEPP CY IS |
08NOUAKCHOTT135 | MAURITANIAN MEDIA REACTION (MARCH 1-10),GAZA CRISIS: RICE [...] SUMMARY: Throughout the past two weeks the Mauritanian media has been closely following events in Gaza and Israel. Almost all coverage has followed mid east wires and other sources from the region with a generally condemnatory tone towards Israel. Comment has been limited. However, a number [...] | 2008-03-11 17:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KWBG KPAO IS |
08NOUAKCHOTT449 | MFA SAYS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL WILL REMAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV MR IS |
08NOUAKCHOTT633 | MAURITANIAN - ISRAELI RELATIONSHIP SAFE -- FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Articles in the Mauritanian Arab press on October 28 suggested that General Aziz was on the verge of severing relations with Israel in response to "the will of the people." Rumors within the diplomatic community suggested that the Israeli Ambassador had been convoked by Aziz to get the [...] | 2008-10-30 12:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT676 | ISRAELIS TAKING SOFTER LINE ON MAURITANIAN COUP [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michael Arbel briefed Charge November 16 on a senior-level Israeli delegation that had met with the regime the week earlier. Arbel said the Israeli delegation included a senior diplomat for the peace process, the MFA Maghreb Director, and the Israeli head of Diplomatic [...] | 2008-11-16 19:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
08OSLO333 | NORWAY SENDING FM STORE TO BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) The Norwegian delegation to the June 24 Berlin Conference will consist of: Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Ambassador Sven Svedman (Berlin Embassy),First Secretary Martina Osterhus (Berlin Embassy),Counselor Tor Wennesland (Norwegian representative to the Palestinian Authority (PA)),[...] | 2008-06-17 14:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN NO |
08OSLO506 | NORWAY AND US ON THE SAME PAGE FOR AHLC [...] (C) Poloff met with Signe Gilen, Senior Advisor in the MFA Near East section, to deliver reftel points. Gilen will attend the AHLC meeting in NYC along with FM Stoere. Gilen responded very positively to the USG objectives in reftel, as they also reflect GON priorities, especially improving the [...] | 2008-09-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EU KPAL PGOV PREL IS WBG NO |
08OSLO622 | NORWAY TORN ABOUT ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging that anti-Israel bias is a symptom of the polarization that is "polluting everything" in the UN, Norway nonetheless feels torn about many anti-Israel resolutions, and will likely vote the same way this session as it has in the past. While lamenting the atmosph [...] | 2008-11-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NO |
08OSLO94 | NORWEGIANS REVIEW NORWEGIAN JUSCANZ GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AA IS KS LI NZ PHUM PREL SZ NO |
08OTTAWA1123 | CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...] | 2008-08-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CH IS BM CA |
08OTTAWA1232 | CANADA: NO NEW PLEDGES AT AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (sbu) Canada plans no new pledges at the September 22 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in New York, according to Louise Corbin, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Israel, West Bank, and Gaza. Corbin told Econcouns that Canada had pledged C [...] | 2008-09-17 20:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID IS KPAL PGOV PREL WBG |
08OTTAWA1250 | CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT EFFORT TO DERAIL [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation Shawn Caza, at the upcoming IAEA General Conference Canada will seek to kill a resolution on "Israeli nuclear capability" with a no-action motion. The way that support for the [...] | 2008-09-19 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC IAEA IS CA |
08OTTAWA1476 | CANADA REMAINS STEADFAST AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Canada remains steadfast in its opposition to the plethora of anti-Israel UNGA resolutions outlined in reftel, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Middle East Division Director Michael Grant. Grant noted that Canada has voted this year exactly as it did i [...] | 2008-11-20 21:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA CA |
08OTTAWA1514 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK [...] Econoff was unable to verify the validity of a battery shipment order placed by Canada Department of National Defense (DND) identified in reftel. 2. Alaine Girard, Manager of the government of Canada,s Public Works office responsible for DND battery procurement, said he was not able to id [...] | 2008-12-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ETTC IS KOMC |
08OTTAWA581 | CANADA AND AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 20:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID EU IS KPAL PGOV PREL WBG |
08OTTAWA781 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR THE BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] (C) According to Director General for the Middle East and North Asia Gordon E. Venner of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs (and Conservative Member of Parliament) Deepak Obhrai will lead Canada's delegation to the Berlin Co [...] | 2008-06-10 16:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS CA |
08OTTAWA897 | CANADA FACILITATES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ARCHIVAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Canadian, Israeli, Palestinian, and U.S. archivists have agreed to five joint archival projects, subject to formal approval of a new Memorandum of Understanding. The focus will be on surveying and digitizing records currently in Israel that document the "shared legacy" of the J [...] | 2008-07-02 19:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KPAL IS CA |
08OUAGADOUGOU1066 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 07:36:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU432 | SUBJECT: Burkina Faso: Compaore Seeks to Win Favor [...] (C) Key Points: -- President Blaise Compaore visited Israel May 13-15 for that country's 60th anniversary celebrations - the first ever visit by a Burkinabe head of state. -- Compaore was one of only three African heads of state attending. -- Previously, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi re [...] | 2008-05-22 14:49:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UV IS RW UG TO |
08OUAGADOUGOU547 | Burkina Faso President Compaore's Relations With Libya's [...] (U) Summary. The once strong relations between President Blaise Compaore and Muammar Quaddafi have deteriorated recently. President' Compaore's trip to Israel, his lack of support for Quaddafi's vision of a "United States of Africa" and of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, and his comme [...] | 2008-06-23 09:43:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EINV ETRD UNSC UV LY IS |
08PANAMA193 | PANAMA: GAZA UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 15:59:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS PM |
08PANAMA562 | PANAMA: UNSC DEMARCHE ON ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] (C) "We cannot allow anything to interrupt the conversations between the Palestinians and the Israelis," Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UNSC Matters Nils Castro told POLCOUNS on July 9 in response to reftel demarche. "We need to keep the temperature down." Castro stated that Panama fully [...] | 2008-07-09 17:57:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS LE SY PM |
08PARAMARIBO478 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) On December 2, Pol-Econ Chief met with Chantal Elsenhout, Acting Head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Government of the Republic of Suriname (GOS). Pol-Econ Chief asked Elsenhout if Suriname's memberships in the G-77 or OIC wo [...] | 2008-12-03 18:28:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NS |
08PARIS1054 | UNESCO - ISRAEL AMBASSADOR'S VISIT 28 MAY [...] (U) Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO Kornbluth met with Ambassador Oliver on May 28 to review possible issues of concern that might be raised during the upcoming World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec next month. Negative Sites on the World Heritage List 2. (SBU) Ambassador Kornbluth b [...] | 2008-06-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL KPAL XF FR IS JO |
08PARIS1130 | FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE: CUBA, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA [...] (C) Summary. On June 13, MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona said Cuba will be the primary focus of the June GAERC. Carmona said that the COREPER meeting ran late into the evening of June 12 and that some of the resulting agenda items were a surprise; he commented that the S [...] | 2008-06-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EUN ZI SO IR IZ IS CU FR |
08PARIS1132 | FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE: CUBA, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA [...] (C) Summary. On June 13, MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona said Cuba will be the primary focus of the June GAERC. Carmona said that the COREPER meeting ran late into the evening of June 12 and that some of the resulting agenda items were a surprise; he commented that the S [...] | 2008-06-13 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL EUN FR ZI IR IZ IS CU |
08PARIS1160 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PBTS PHUM KPAL EUN FR IS |
08PARIS1168 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF LEBANON/SYRIA AT [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon/Syria dominated NEA-themed discussions between visiting NEA A/S Welch and his French MFA counterpart, Jean Felix-Paganon, June 12. Felix-Paganon and members of his team voiced relative satisfaction with the situation in Lebanon after the Doha accord but were watching c [...] | 2008-06-20 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IS IR IZ |
08PARIS1221 | FRENCH MFA DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE LEVANT ON [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille on June 26 provided a rundown of key issues in his area of responsibility, most notably Sarkozy's visit to Israel, French views of where Israel is with Syria and Lebanon, Syria and the July 13 Paris summit, rumors of a Sarkozy visit to [...] | 2008-06-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL FR IS SY LE SA |
08PARIS1261 | FRANCE/SYRIA: WAITING FOR BASHAR [...] (C) In addition to what was reported in ref, French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon discussed Syria and Lebanon with us July 2. French President Sarkozy, according to Boillon, raised the status of the indirect dialogue between Syria and Israel via Turkey with Israeli PM Olmert. The Isr [...] | 2008-07-03 18:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE IS SA |
08PARIS1284 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH URGE USG AGREE TO [...] (C) During a conversation mostly focused on Syria/Lebanon (reported septel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on July 8 asked that the USG consider negotiations on the wording of a UNSCR based on the Libyan draft currently in play. He understood the draft had not bee [...] | 2008-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR PA IS |
08PARIS1287 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH URGE USG AGREE TO [...] (C) During a conversation mostly focused on Syria/Lebanon (reported septel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on July 8 asked that the USG consider negotiations on the wording of a UNSCR based on the Libyan draft currently in play. He understood the draft had not bee [...] | 2008-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR PA IS |
08PARIS1292 | FRENCH MFA ON KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT, PARIS DONORS [...] (SBU) We informed French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille July 8 of the substance of reftel demarche on assistance to the Palestinian Authority. Pouille agreed with our assessment that Arab contributors tend to be the laggards in terms of meeting pledges they made at last D [...] | 2008-07-09 13:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG EAID ECON FR IS |
08PARIS1317 | FRANCE REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR SHAB'A FARMS MENTION [...] (C) In consecutive meetings at the French MFA July 8 and 9, officials in the NEA bureau-equivalent have asked for U.S. support for French mention of Shab'a Farms in the draft PRST the French mission to the UN will present in response to the UNSYG's latest report on UNSCR 1701. DAS-equivalent [...] | 2008-07-10 18:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER UNSC FR LE SY IS |
08PARIS1318 | LIBYAN DRAFT UNSCR ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS: [...] (C) Unaware of fast-moving events in New York (per ref A),we met late July 9 with French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli to discuss the Libyan draft UNSCR and other topics (reported separately). Paoli noted his earlier conversation the same day with NEA A/S Welch. We presented Paoli [...] | 2008-07-10 18:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR IS LY |
08PARIS1323 | SYRIAN FM MU'ALLIM VISITS PARIS [...] (C) Summary: Syrian Foreign Minister Mu'allim visited Paris July 4 -- the same day Ingrid Betancourt triumphantly returned to France following her liberation from captivity in Colombia -- and met French FM Kouchner as well as French presidency officials (including a drop by from an otherwise [...] | 2008-07-11 11:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR SY LE IS |
08PARIS1329 | FRENCH MFA ON MIDEAST PEACE ISSUES AT THE JULY 13 [...] (C) During a July 9 discussion of the pending Libyan draft UNSCR on Israeli settlements, French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli observed that the impasse over the UNSCR underscored how such short-term annoyances took away from the relatively good prospects for peace over the longer term [...] | 2008-07-11 16:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EUN FR IS SY |
08PARIS1358 | THE SYRIA/LEBANON SIDESHOW LARGELY UPSTAGES THE [...] (C) Summary: The GOF is pleased with what it considers to have been a major diplomatic triumph by using Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's participation in the recent Paris summit on the Mediterranean to achieve a public commitment from the Lebanese and Syrian presidents to normalize relatio [...] | 2008-07-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS ECON FR SY LE IS IR |
08PARIS1376 | FRENCH MFA PUBLICLY ENDORSES THE PRINCIPLE OF UN [...] (U) French MFA spokesperson Eric Chevallier told reporters July 15 that France supported in principle the option of placing the disputed Shab'a Farms territory in southern Lebanon under UN supervision. The context of his exchange with reporters leading to this subject is unclear from the tr [...] | 2008-07-18 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS FR LE SY IS |
08PARIS1377 | A NEW BURST OF FRENCH ACTIVISM ON [...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the July 13 Paris summit on the Mediterranean, French FM Kouchner has called on the EU to reflect at an early September meeting in Avignon (informal EU FM meeting or "gymnich")on how it can play a more active role in Middle East peace negotiations. He cla [...] | 2008-07-21 11:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL PBTS KWBG FR IS |
08PARIS1942 | USDP EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS, OCTOBER 16 [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric Edelman met with GOF officials Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Defense Ministry, and Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to Foreign Minister Kouchner. They agreed on the importance of [...] | 2008-10-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF PA IS IZ LE SY IR TU FR |
08PARIS2001 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY'S GYMNICH PREVIEW: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 16:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN RS IS AF PK SY LE SO IR |
08PARIS2005 | FLIRTING WITH DISASTER: FRANCE PREPARES FOR THE [...] (C) As Paris moves into the weekend before the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) ministerial in Marseille 3-4 November, great uncertainty about its outcome and prospects for making good on the grand vision for the UPM sketched out in Paris last July prevail. A senior-level contact at the Fr [...] | 2008-10-31 18:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN XT XF FR EZ EG IS SW AL |
08PARIS2023 | MEDITERRANEAN UNION MINISTERIAL ENDS UP A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) The Marseille ministerial on the Union for the Mediterranean concluded November 4 amid wrangling over organizational details to include in the final declaration continuing well past the allotted time for the working plenary session. French FM Kouchner and Egyptian FM Abu al-Ghayt, how [...] | 2008-11-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EUN FR EG CZ IS AG TU |
08PARIS2141 | FRENCH TO ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY FR |
08PARIS400 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SEEKING BALANCED [...] (C) We conveyed points in reftel to the NEA and IO directorates at the French MFA on March 5. DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille responded that France was "in accord" with us on the substance (Hamas' fundamental responsibility for the current situation and the importance of not d [...] | 2008-03-05 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL FR IS |
08PARIS401 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SEEKING BALANCED [...] (C) We conveyed points in reftel to the NEA and IO directorates at the French MFA on March 5. DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille responded that France was "in accord" with us on the substance (Hamas' fundamental responsibility for the current situation and the importance of not d [...] | 2008-03-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL FR IS |
08PARIS438 | UNESCO: MEETING WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's Deputy Director, Marcio Barbosa, expressed his pride regarding UNESCO's role in the technical discussions on the Mughrabi Gate; his efforts to improve UNESCO's visibility and communications, and his work in relation to the Science sector review. He also spoke about nex [...] | 2008-03-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL IS |
08PARIS572 | FRENCH THINKING ON LEBANON PRIOR TO THE ARAB [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA has publicly repeated its concern over the continuing political impasse in Lebanon but seems to have few ideas about what to do next to elect a new president or address the what appears to be an increasingly tense situation in that country. DAS-equivalent for the [...] | 2008-03-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR FR LE SY IS |
08PARIS811 | FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On April 21, MFA Political Director Gerard Araud presented French views on the top-priority concerns of Iran and the Balkans, while on April 25, MFA Office Director for CFSP Patrick Maisonnave provided the general French reaction to the April GAERC demarche. Araud said that [...] | 2008-04-25 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS CH BM GG |
08PARIS969 | NO CHANGE IN FRENCH POLICY TOWARD HAMAS, DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille denied on 20 May any change in French policy toward Hamas following erroneous reports that the GOF had resumed contacts with Hamas. No dialogue or official contacts, beyond "technical" ones related to security carried ou [...] | 2008-05-21 10:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL FR IS |
08PARIS988 | FRANCE/LEBANON: FRENCH PRESIDENCY POSITIVE BUT [...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon told us May 22 that the GOF regarded the recently Doha accord on Lebanon as mostly favorable to the March 8 opposition but not entirely so. Most important, he stressed, the agreement stopped the fighting and got the political process for addressi [...] | 2008-05-23 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAL FR LE SY IS |
08PARIS993 | FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS ISRAEL-PALESTINE, [...] (C) Summary. On May 20 and 22, PolOff transmitted the U.S. demarche and supplemental points for the May GAERC to MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona. Separately, MFA DAS-equivalents Ludovic Pouille and Franck Gellet provided detailed information regarding French views on Israeli-Pal [...] | 2008-05-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV IR IZ IS LE GG AF CU SO SR |
08PARISFR1944 | JERUSALEM - MUGHRABI GATE AT UNESCO'S 180TH EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: At its autumn (180th) session, UNESCO's Executive Board had great difficulty achieving consensus on a decision regarding the proposed Mughrabi ascent to Jerusalem's Temple Mount. For the first time Jordan and the Palestinians insisted on involving the Chairman of the Executive B [...] | 2008-10-23 12:33:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO PREL KPAL JO IS |
08PARISFR2144 | LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Ambassador to UNESCO has asked for meetings with the Japanese and French Ambassadors to UNESCO to find out if the Government of Japan (GOJ) and the Government of France (GOF) are supporting the Egyptian candidate for the next Director General of UNESCO. The results o [...] | 2008-11-21 16:00:00 | Mission UNESCO | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO PREL FR JA EG IS NO |
08PARISFR2268 | HFAC STAFFER MEETS ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Kornbluth said that he would maintain a low-profile stance regarding Egypt's DG candidate Farouk Hosni, but provided new quotes to bolster the case against the Egyptian. On Mughrabi gate, Kornbluth said that no matter how far they bend in trying to find a conci [...] | 2008-12-15 15:01:00 | Mission UNESCO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO IS |
08PARISFR2313 | A/S HOOK'S MEETING WITH UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: DG Matsuura called for vigilance by Member States regarding UNESCO's future, to lock in the gains made during his tenure. He also expressed appreciation for the U.S.'s role in literacy efforts, and was pleased Mrs. Bush would continue her work for UNESCO beyond January 2009. En [...] | 2008-12-23 10:33:00 | Mission UNESCO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO IS JO |
08PARISFR2315 | A/S HOOK'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR UNESCO SECRETARIAT STAFF [...] (C) Summary: IO Assistant Secretary Hook raised the DG election problem as well as the Mughrabi Gate issue in meetings with UNESCO Deputy Director and Chief of Staff. Both were concerned at the prospect that Egypt's Culture minister might succeed Director General Matsuura and put at risk man [...] | 2008-12-23 10:35:00 | Mission UNESCO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO KWBG JO IS |
08PHNOMPENH949 | CAMBODIA ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Pol/Ec Chief delivered reftel demarche November 27 to Tuy Ri, Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, leaving behind a list of the 62nd UNGA resolutions as an aide memoire. Tuy Ri took on board our call for Cambodia to vote against or [...] | 2008-11-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS CB |
08PORTAUPRINCE1624 | HAITI NONCOMMITTAL ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] Poloff raised ref A points regarding resolutions on Israel debated in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) each fall with Jacques Renand Cherduville, Political Director of the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 21. (Note: Haiti voted for the three U.S.-opposed resolutions referenced in [...] | 2008-11-24 17:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS HA |
08PORTLOUIS400 | MAURITIUS UNMOVED BY ARGUMENTS THAT UNGA RESOLUTIONS CARRY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS LE SY MP |
08PORTLOUIS402 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SEYCHELLES: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS LE SY SE |
08PRAGUE38 | CZECHS ARGUE AGAINST UNHRC RESOLUTION, BUT EU [...] (C) Embassy officials raised USG concerns about the UN Human Rights Council special session on Gaza with the Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy office on the morning of January 24. This afternoon Czech Deputy Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Martin Bocek, informed Embo [...] | 2008-01-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EZ EUN GZ IS |
08PRAGUE755 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the December 8-9 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the Middle East, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Pakista [...] | 2008-12-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZL IS |
08QUITO1086 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE - OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper and oral points to Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 21. Puma stated that as far as she was aware, Ecuador's policy regarding its voting on UNGA resolutions with regards to Israel had not changed. Ecuador voted in favor of al [...] | 2008-11-21 22:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY EC |
08RABAT1095 | MOROCCO WILL STAND WITH ARAB LEAGUE AND OIC ON [...] (C) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on November 21 and attempted to persuade him to influence Morocco's UN delegation in NY to vote against, abstain, or absent themselves when the anticipated biased resolutions against Isra [...] | 2008-11-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PA IS LE SY UNGA MO |
08RABAT195 | MOROCCANS SIMMERING OVER GAZA SITUATION [...] (SBU) The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on March 1 a strong and relatively unusual condemnation of the Israeli government for the IDF's military operations in Gaza. The official Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) agency reported that the MFA "strongly denounced the 'horrible acts committe [...] | 2008-03-03 11:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC MO IS PA |
08RABAT443 | SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL: AMERICA SHOULD CHANGE ITS [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with National War College students and faculty, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani identified the poor perception of the United States in the region as the U.S. government's greatest foreign policy challen [...] | 2008-05-16 17:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG IS IZ MO |
08RABAT593 | THE OIC'S JERUSALEM FUND AGENCY ASKS FOR USG HELP [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Abdelkebir Alaoui M,Daghri, Director General of the Morocco-based Agence Bayt Al-Mal al Qods (the Jerusalem Fund Agency) appealed to Ambassador Riley in a June 13 meeting for USG help in attesting to the bona fides of his organization. The Agency, subordina [...] | 2008-06-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PTER ECON IS MO |
08RABAT648 | MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Morocco continues to provide assistance to the Palestinian Administration (PA) and people, and has offered for the first time to provide security training. MFA Director General for Multilateral (Arab and Islamic) Affairs Azaroual told PolCouns July 7 that this is not yet funded, [...] | 2008-07-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KCRM IS MO |
08RABAT83 | MOROCCO: UPSET ABOUT GAZA BLOCKADE BUT SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/Sec-level DG Azeroual, responsible for Arab Affairs, told us that Morocco would work behind the scenes at the Arab League Ministerial for a moderate statement, and would succeed. He underscored, however, that the cut-off of essential supplies to Gaza was unacceptable and a [...] | 2008-01-28 10:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LE IS SY MO |
08RABAT918 | USG CONCERNS ABOUT UNSC MEETING PASSED TO GOM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS UNSC MO |
08REYKJAVIK71 | ABBAS STOPOVER IN ICELAND: SPECIAL ENVOY APPOINTED, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a short-notice visit, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas overnighted in Iceland April 21-22, meeting with Icelandic President Grimsson and Foreign Minister Gisladottir. At the ceremonial lunch with Grimsson, Abbas lauded the contributions of small states like Icel [...] | 2008-04-23 19:17:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR KPAL KWBG IS XF IC |
08RIGA280 | RAFI EITAN VISIT TO LATVIA/LITHUANIA - REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Riga and Vilnius. This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) We understand that Israeli government minister Rafi Eitan will visit Latvia and Lithuania the week of May 26 to press the two governments to do more on restitution issues rela [...] | 2008-05-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR LG LH IS |
08RIYADH1034 | SEN. KERRY IN SAUDI - IRAN, IRAQ AND OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) traveled to the Kingdom on June 28-30 where he met with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chief of General Intelligence Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Asaf, and Assistant Interior Minister for Security Aff [...] | 2008-07-06 12:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | CIA ECON IR IS IZ MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR |
08RIYADH107 | CANADIAN FM IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Canadian FM Bernier visited Saudi Arabia on January 9-11. Bernier met with various SAG officials, including Saudi King Abdullah. Topics included aid to the Palestinians, Syria/Lebanon, Iran's nuclear ambitions, operations in Afghanistan, UN make-up and commercial interests. T [...] | 2008-01-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | AF CA FATAH IR IS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SA |
08RIYADH1119 | SAUDI MESSAGE TO EMBASSY RIYADH RE: SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Post has received a diplomatic note from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs soliciting support for the Arab Group's draft resolution on Israeli settlements. The dip note contains the following text: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia presents its com [...] | 2008-07-19 13:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PA PGOV PREL PTER UNSC |
08RIYADH1136 | C-NE8-01188 - SAUDI GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE ON [...] (S/NF) The following is post's response based on various discussions with our interlocutors in response to INR's inquiry regarding Saudi Arabian views on Lebanon (Reftel): A. (S/NF) How do senior officials in Saudi Arabia see the political situation in Lebanon developing over the next year? [...] | 2008-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | IR IS LE MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA |
08RIYADH1137 | SAUDI ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Saudi government has so far contributed over half a billion USD in 2008 to support the Palestinian Authority (PA). The SAG acknowledges the strategic importance of keeping the PA funded to prevent Hamas from gaining full control of the Palestinian territories. The Saudis, as [...] | 2008-07-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ECON IR IS KWPA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA |
08RIYADH1245 | TOPICS FOR ABDULLAH/MUBARAK MEETING: EGYPTIAN DCM [...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 13, at Egyptian request, Pol Counselor met with Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa. Essa expressed grave concerns over continued Iranian nuclear ambitions, noting that this topic would be an agenda item in the upcoming meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and President Mub [...] | 2008-08-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA |
08RIYADH1272 | READOUT OF ABDULLAH-MUBARAK MEETING BY EGYPTIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa provided a readout of the Saudi King Abdullah-Egyptian President Mubarak meeting held in Cairo on Aug. 15. Essa again relayed the message that Egypt asks to have side discussions on Iran during the next 6 2 1 meetings, as well being kept infor [...] | 2008-08-20 04:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA |
08RIYADH1372 | SAUDI ARABIA: ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | AL IS IZ LE MR PREL SA SY |
08RIYADH1868 | GAZA'S RIPPLE EFFECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Disparate yet vocal groups in Saudi Arabia are stepping out of the shadows to protest events in Gaza. In Eastern Province, protesters on December 19 reportedly carried Hezbollah flags and Hassan Nasrallah posters while chanting anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans. Privately, a grou [...] | 2008-12-29 13:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | BA EG IS LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA |
08RIYADH1871 | SAUDI PUBLIC OUTRAGED OVER GAZA [...] (U) OFFICIAL CONDEMNATIONS: Saudi King Abdallah, Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal and other officials have strongly condemned the Israeli action and called on the U.S. to intervene to end the bloodshed. The King received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his farm outside Riyadh on Decem [...] | 2008-12-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IS LE PGOV SA |
08RIYADH768 | LEBANON: SAG FM SAYS UN PEACE KEEPING FORCE NEEDED [...] (S) SUMMARY. S/I Ambassador David Satterfield and an MNF-I/Embassy Baghdad team met with SAG Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on May 10. While Iraq was the main topic discussed, Saud brought up events taking place in Beirut and emphasized the need for a "security response" to Hizballah,s "mil [...] | 2008-05-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | IR IS IZ LE MASS MCAP MNUC MOPS PGOV PINR |
08ROME1514 | ITALIANS TELL DAS HALE LEBANON HAS MADE MAJOR [...] (C) Begin Summary: In a Dec. 2 meeting in Rome with NEA DAS David Hale, MFA DG for the Middle East Ragaglini said the GOI thought Lebanon had come a long way since the end of August 2006, and that UNIFIL had played a crucial role in bringing stability and calm to the south, given the politica [...] | 2008-12-15 09:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC LE IS SY IT |
08ROME275 | ITALY: SEEKING BALANCED UNSCR ON GAZA SITUATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XF IS GZ IT |
08ROME316 | ITALY: FIRST SECRETARY WILL ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points requesting Italian participation in the March 14 Beirut Conference to MFA Syria/Lebanon Desk Officer Michele Tommasi March 10. At poloff's urging Tommasi said Italy had decided to send a first secretary to the conference. This was a reversal of Italy's ear [...] | 2008-03-12 17:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE IT |
08ROME745 | ITALY TO ATTEND BERLIN CONFERENCE FOR PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN IT |
08ROME859 | ITALY DOES NOT SUPPORT ARAB GROUP DRAFT UNSCR ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 16:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS LE SY IT |
08SANAA107 | SALEH CALLS FOR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT ON GAZA [...] (U) On January 21, President Saleh called for an emergency Arab League summit to discuss the blockade of Gaza. While his Party endorses his idea, at least one opposition figure dismisses it as an empty gesture. End Summary 2. (U) On January 21, According to Yemen's official news agency, P [...] | 2008-01-22 13:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KSUM PGOV IS YM |
08SANAA108 | YEMENIS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIANS, [...] (U) Post RSO sources indicate that, on January 22, a crowd of between 5000 and 6000 marched from Sana'a University toward the headquarters of the U.N. Development Program (UNDP),in protest of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Police prevented the group from reaching UNDP headquarters. The crowd [...] | 2008-01-22 14:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV IS YM |
08SANAA1096 | PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT VISITS YEMEN, BUT LITTLE BUZZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palestinian President visited Yemen on June 19 and met with President Saleh to discuss the Arab-Israeli issue and Yemen's initiative to reconcile Fatah and Hamas. Open source reporting said little about the discussions and insiders told PolOff that no substantive developments [...] | 2008-06-25 14:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS EG YM |
08SANAA145 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL LE IS SY KVIR YM |
08SANJOSE182 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING BALANCED UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 11:42:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS UNSC CS |
08SANJOSE589 | COSTA RICA SUPPORTING LIBYAN UNSC SETTLEMENTS [...] (SBU) We delivered Ref A on July 9 to Antonio Alarcon, FoMin Stagno's Chief of Staff, and to Juan Salas, MFA UNSC Desk Officer. Alarcon told DCM Brennan they would review the issue carefully, and, based on our points, Alarcon did not think the GOCR would have a problem going along with the U.S [...] | 2008-07-10 17:56:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PREL SY UNSC CS |
08SANJOSE710 | (C/NF) C-NE8-00834: ISRAELI RELATIONS WITH COSTA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite some concerns and irritants voiced both publicly and privately to us by the Israeli Ambassador to Costa Rica, the overall relationship between Costa Rica and Israel is relatively calm and businesslike. While not as dynamic as Costa Rica's commercial relationship with the [...] | 2008-09-03 17:44:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PARM PREL PGOV KPAL IS XF CS |
08SANSALVADOR1188 | DELIVERED NPT NON-PAPER; GOES SUPPORTS WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 23:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA ES |
08SANSALVADOR1310 | EL SALVADOR NONCOMMITTAL ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 22:42:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY ES |
08SANTIAGO1043 | CHILE: NO CHANGES LIKELY IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche Nov. 24 to Patricio Powell, Acting Head of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Department. Powell promised to examine the issue closely and to forward the points to the MFA's Middle East desk and the Chilean Mission to the UN. However, Powell held out no hope [...] | 2008-11-28 19:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA CI |
08SANTIAGO678 | ISRAELI AND IRANIAN RELATIONS WITH CHILE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel and Chile have enjoyed amicable relations since the mid 20th century. Chile and Israel's economic ties are healthy and growing, albeit still a tiny percentage on both countries ledgers. Israel is monitoring Iranian influence in the region, which includes enhanced Iranian dip [...] | 2008-07-21 13:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PINR PREL CI IR IS |
08SANTODOMINGO1810 | DEMARCHE OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please visit us at htt [...] | 2008-11-26 18:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY DR |
08SECTIO01OF02JERUSALEM1847 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/07): PALESTINIANS NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08SECTION01OF03CAIRO1416 | CODEL ACKERMAN MEETIGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, AND ABOUL GHEIT [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 eetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Direcor Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODELAckerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Paestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goalsfor building upon the current "calming period"),Eypt's regional rela [...] | 2008-07-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL KPAL EAID ENRG IS |
08SEOUL1207 | SEOUL RESPONSE/ACTION REQUEST: IRANIAN FINANCIAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) On June 17, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-proliferation Acting Division Director Lee Sang-soo thanked Econoff for the two demarches (in Refs C&D) outlining Bank Mellat's recent proliferation act [...] | 2008-06-17 04:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER KS IS UK CH HK |
08SEOUL2332 | ROK APPROACH TO ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) In response to reftel talking points, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) United Nations Division Deputy Director Na Sang-deok expressed understanding of some of the USG concerns pertaining to UNGA resolutions with an anti-Israel bias. He agreed that such resolutions demanded [...] | 2008-12-05 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KS IS PA LE SY |
08SEOUL336 | NO CHANGE IN ROK POSITION ON FULL ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 09:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SZ AA IS KS LI NZ |
08SKOPJE707 | MACEDONIA: MACEDONIA TO FOLLOW EU ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY EU MK |
08SOFIA144 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. VIEWS ON MARCH 14TH [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East and Africa Expert, Yuliya Pirgozlieva on March 11. Pirgozlieva promised to relay the U.S. position to her superiors for their consideration. Beyrle [...] | 2008-03-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PINR PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE |
08SOFIA400 | DEMARCHE ON BERLIN CONFERENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN |
08STATE100643 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 19, 2008 it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below: HASAN MUNEER HASAN ISSA ID: 912353703 DPOB: 25 Jun 1970 Kuwait WALID MARZOUK [...] | 2008-09-19 19:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS WE KPAL MASS MARR |
08STATE101698 | ISN DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY HAYWARD'S MEETINGS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ISN DAS Mary Alice Hayward led a State Department team in September 8 meetings with Ambassador Naela Gabr (Assistant Minister),Khalid Shamaa (Deputy Assistant Minister),and other Egyptian officials to discuss Nuclear Nonprolife [...] | 2008-09-23 19:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM NPT IAEA EG IS IR |
08STATE102737 | UNSC MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs three and four. USUN should seek to delay by several weeks, if possible, a meeting of the Security Council at the Ministerial level proposed by Saudi Arabia and the Arab Group to discuss the issue of Israeli settlements. If a meeting is [...] | 2008-09-25 17:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL IS LE SY |
08STATE103379 | TRAVEL WARNING - ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the general security environment in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, and reminds American citizens of threats to themselves and to U.S. interests in those locations. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to remain mindful of security [...] | 2008-09-26 19:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER AMGT ASEC IS GZ WE |
08STATE103443 | ISN DAS HAYWARD'S MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN DAS Mary Alice Hayward, accompanied by a State Department delegation, briefed Israeli officials September 11 on the delegation's September 8 meeting in Cairo on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT),International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference (GC),and nucle [...] | 2008-09-26 20:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA |
08STATE103725 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): NON-PAPER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Background: ISN Deputy Assistant Secretary Mary Alice Hayward held meetings on NPT issues in Cairo (September 8; ref A) and Jerusalem (September 11; ref B). The meetings included discussion of the 1995 NPT Resolution on the Middl [...] | 2008-09-29 13:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA |
08STATE104315 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 29, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. 1 Fares Attif Yusif Khalil Yabad 6/2/1989 850072760 2 Ayad Hammed Ahmad Rushd [...] | 2008-09-30 17:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08STATE104902 | SUBJECT: (C) A/S WELCH,S MEETING WITH JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 17:46:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREL PGOV JO UN |
08STATE111639 | RESPONSE TO LEAHY VETTING FOR MG BENNY GANTZ [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of October 17, 2008 it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below: Name: Benjamin Gantz DPOB: 09 Jun 1959 Israel 2. Post is permitted to provide the followi [...] | 2008-10-20 18:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM IS |
08STATE112275 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, OCTOBER 22 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for October 22. 2. (U) Talking points. -- I would like to thank Special Coordinator Serry for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. This is a time [...] | 2008-10-22 02:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STATE113557 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of lithium batteries to Canada. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within [...] | 2008-10-24 15:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ETTC IS KOMC |
08STATE114981 | UNSC CONSULTATION ON LEBANON: UNSCR 1559 [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (U) Mission may draw on the talking points at paragraph 3 for the October 30 Security Council consultation on the eighth semi-annual report of the Secretary General on the implementation of UNSC resolution 1559 (2004). 3. (SBU) B [...] | 2008-10-28 22:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC LE IS |
08STATE115017 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 18. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold two meetings in early November: an informal gathering (Gymnich) in Marseille on November 3 and a formal Genera [...] | 2008-10-28 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD IR AF EUN IS LE PK RS SO SY |
08STATE115469 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) NON-PAPER [...] Reftel requested that a non-paper be given to appropriate government officials in Cairo and Jerusalem providing further details on a U.S.-proposed technical workshop for Egyptian and Israeli participation on nonproliferation matters, and that a reply be requested by October 17. Israel has agr [...] | 2008-10-29 20:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NPT IAEA |
08STATE11586 | MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER [...] This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------------------------ Summary and Introduction ------------------------ 2. (U) The Executive Council (ExCouns) of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) held its twenty first meeting in Muscat, Oman [...] | 2008-02-05 14:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV XF MU IS JO JA KS NL QA KWBG |
08STATE118651 | INSTRUCTION: REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2-6. 2. USDel is instructed to vote against the resolution entitled "Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories." 3. USDel is i [...] | 2008-11-07 03:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA IS WE GZ SY |
08STATE121442 | SECOND COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON PERMANENT [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. USDel is instructed to vote against the resolution entitled "Permanent Sovereignty of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab Population in the Occupied Syrian Golan over their Nat [...] | 2008-11-15 04:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA IS WE GZ SY |
08STATE122043 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: SEEKING HALT TO TERMINATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Banks Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank (IDB) have indicated that they plan to terminate all correspondent banking services for Gaza branches of Palestinian banks. Washington is concerned that the planned action by the only two [...] | 2008-11-17 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PREL IS |
08STATE123081 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- to pursue reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, -- to defeat three resolutions reaffirming the [...] | 2008-11-20 01:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY |
08STATE123513 | UNGA VOTING INSTRUCTION: SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. USDel is instructed to vote against the following six UNGA resolutions under the agenda items 15, "The Situation in the Middle East," and 16, "Question of Palestine." USDel may call for a vote on any of these resolutions if no other member does [...] | 2008-11-21 03:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA IS PA WE GZ SY |
08STATE124016 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, NOVEMBER 25 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for November 25. 2. (U) Talking points. -- I would like to thank Under Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. There are [...] | 2008-11-21 23:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STATE124111 | SYG'S REPORT ON UNSCR 1701 IMPLEMENTATION: [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below during the briefing on the Secretary General's report on implementation of UNSCR 1701 scheduled for November 25. 2. (U) Talking points. -- I would like to thank the Secretary General for his latest rep [...] | 2008-11-23 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STATE124112 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, NOVEMBER 25 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for November 25. 2. (U) Talking points. -- I would like to thank Under Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. There are [...] | 2008-11-23 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STATE125123 | NEA A/S DAVID WELCH'S NOVEMBER 21 CONVERSATION [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch welcomed Abdallah Baali as the new Algerian Ambassador November 21. He spoke candidly about the shortcomings of the bilateral relationship, and offered ways that Baali could improve it -- e.g. through increasing the number of Algerians students enrolled in the U.S. and [...] | 2008-11-25 22:04:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PBTS PGOV PREL AG IR IS IZ LE MO SY WI |
08STATE127023 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels December 8-9. We expect the formal agenda to include: Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Democratic Rep [...] | 2008-12-02 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN ZL IS PK CG TU |
08STATE127522 | DEMARCHE: CLUSTER MUNITIONS LETTER EXCHANGE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (S) Department requests Embassy Tel Aviv seek Ambassador's signature and deliver the classified letter and clarifications in paragraphs 3 and 4 to Israeli MOD Barak at the earliest possible opportun [...] | 2008-12-03 22:16:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IS MARR MCAP PARM PINS PREL |
08STATE129873 | APPROACHES TO EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES ON IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) OBJECTIVES: To thank Israel for its interest in coordinated demarches to East Asian countries on increasing financial pressures on Iran, to provide an update on our current coordinated demarches with the UK, France, Germany a [...] | 2008-12-10 20:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IR IS KNNP PREL XE |
08STATE132208 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. 1 Ali Atta al-Sayed Mughrabi Gaza 07/14/1965 914988076 2 Mamun Shafi,a K [...] | 2008-12-17 20:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08STATE132210 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 9, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Name POB DOB ID 1 Yasir Ali Muhammad Hamayal [...] | 2008-12-17 20:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KPAL PHUM IS |
08STATE132212 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR ADDED [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Name POB DOB ID 1 Saddam Mahmud Mustafa Hammad [...] | 2008-12-17 20:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08STATE132216 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Name POB DOB ID 1 Hikmat Sami Ali Ghnaymat [...] | 2008-12-17 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KPAL PHUM IS |
08STATE132244 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for December 18. 2. (U) Talking points. -- I would like to thank Under Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. Today I [...] | 2008-12-17 21:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STATE135557 | GUIDANCE: CONSULTATION ON THE SITUATION IN MIDDLE [...] (C) This is an action request. In the December 31 UN Security Council emergency session on Gaza, USUN is to oppose adoption of any outcome document. If any additional meetings are proposed, USUN should seek input from the Department. 2. (SBU) Suggested talking points for use by USUN during [...] | 2008-12-31 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS |
08STATE15648 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 13. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on February 18- [...] | 2008-02-14 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IS IR CD BM |
08STATE18360 | UNSC INSTRUCTIONS FOR FEBRUARY 26 CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) Mission is instructed to draw from the points in para. 2 below in discussing events in the Middle East during the consultations to be held Tuesday morning, February 26 in the UN Security Council. 2. (U) Begin points: The United States is committed to the process begun at Annapolis, [...] | 2008-02-24 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPAL IS LE |
08STATE21163 | LEBANON: SINIORA MAKES STATEMENT ON USN SHIP [...] (S) Summary: PM Fouad Siniora asked to meet with Charge Sison at the Grand Serail at 1330 on February 29 to discuss media reports concerning the presence of the USS Cole in international waters off Lebanon. Siniora neither criticized nor blessed the presence of the Cole. His focus was what [...] | 2008-02-29 21:31:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL IS SY LE |
08STATE22352 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 10-11 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on March 10-11. [...] | 2008-03-04 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08STATE24301 | GUIDANCE FOR UNSC RESOLUTION 1701 CONSULTATION, [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in para 2 below during UNSC resolution 1701 consultations, currently scheduled for March 10. End action request: 2. (U) Begin points. -- We welcome the Secretary General's report and the briefing by Mr. Pedersen on the i [...] | 2008-03-08 00:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL IS LE SY |
08STATE27868 | SPAIN ASKS FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON INVITATION TO AHLC [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Charge d,Affaires to the United States presented a demarche to NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Danin on March 14, asking that the U.S. support Spanish participation in the upcoming Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) in London and that we weigh in with the EU, Norway and th [...] | 2008-03-17 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG ECON EAID IS SP BE UK NO |
08STATE30350 | MIDDLE EAST - UNSC INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARCH 25 [...] (SBU) Mission is instructed to draw from the points in paragraph 2 below in discussing events in the Middle East during the consultations to be held Tuesday morning, March 25 in the UN Security Council. 2. (U) Begin points: The United States continues to work to support progress towards [...] | 2008-03-24 18:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPAL IS LE |
08STATE30504 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 28-29 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold an informal meeting (GYMNICH) in Ljubljana on March 28-29. We expect the agenda to include: Western Balkans (Serbia/Kosovo),Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Lebanon-Syria, China/Tibet, and [...] | 2008-03-25 01:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS SY LE RS CH |
08STATE34247 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS WORKING GROUP [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Request Embassy Tel Aviv pass the following at paragraph 2 as a nonpaper to appropriate officials within the Government of Israel,s Ministry of Defense. 2. (S) Begin Nonpaper: (SECRET//REL ISRAEL) The U.S. and Israel agreed at the March 20, 2008 Joint Political Mi [...] | 2008-04-02 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IS MARR MCAP PINS PREL |
08STATE3611 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of January 4, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Palestinian National Security Forces listed below. Ashraf Musa Mahmoud Jamal POB: Hebron (al-Khalil) DOB: [...] | 2008-01-11 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS WE KPAL MASS MARR |
08STATE36471 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT CONCERNED ABOUT UNIIIC DELAYS, [...] (S) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt expressed concerns about information he had received that former UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz failed to act for the past year-and-a-half to act on a key lead discovered by Internal Security Forces Intelligence Officer Wissam Eid, who was assassinated one [...] | 2008-04-08 18:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE |
08STATE36935 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050093749 for the export of brush DC motors to Israel. Post is requested to complete [...] | 2008-04-09 15:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
08STATE37830 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 19:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IN IS |
08STATE37845 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 05-050096164 for the export of defense hardware to Israel. Post is requested to complete t [...] | 2008-04-10 19:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IS |
08STATE38125 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 12:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IN IS |
08STATE41023 | THE U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT POLITICAL MILITARY GROUP [...] (C) The thirty-ninth meeting, and first in two years, of the U.S.-Israel Joint Political Military Group (JPMG) took place in Washington on March 20, 2008. Co-chairmen were Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Stephen D. Mull and Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...] | 2008-04-18 15:21:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IS MARR MCAP PINS PREL |
08STATE42643 | GUIDANCE FOR APRIL 23 UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Mission is instructed to draw from the points in para 2 below in discussing events in the Middle East during the briefing and consultations to be held Wednesday morning, April 23, in the UN Security Council. 2. (U) Begin points: Mr. President, given the importance of a peaceful r [...] | 2008-04-23 03:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL LE IS UNSC |
08STATE43742 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 28-29 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 16. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on April 28-29. [...] | 2008-04-24 21:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS SY LE CH |
08STATE45545 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of riot control equipment to Israel. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check w [...] | 2008-04-30 11:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IS KOMC |
08STATE48654 | GUIDANCE FOR 1559 CONSULTATIONS, MAY 8 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN may draw from the points in para 2 below during consultations on the implementation of UNSC resolution 1559, currently scheduled for May 8. 2. (U) Begin points. -- We welcome the Secretary General's report and Mr. Larsen's briefing on implementati [...] | 2008-05-07 23:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PBTS PREL LE SY IS |
08STATE50293 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 12, 2008 it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed below: COL Dan Efrony Deputy Military Advocate General Israel Defense Forces Date of Birth: 17 November 1958 [...] | 2008-05-12 20:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS MARR MASS PHUM |
08STATE5157 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of January 16, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed below. LAST NAME: Elgad FIRST NAME: Rotem Rafael GENDER: Male DOB: 30 October 1975 RANK/SERVICE: Major [...] | 2008-01-16 21:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS WE KPAL MASS MARR |
08STATE53921 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 13, 2008 it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below: COL Nadav Padan Current IDF Attache in Washington, D.C. Israel Defense Forces Date/Place of Birth: Sep [...] | 2008-05-20 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS MARR MASS PHUM |
08STATE5452 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of January 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Presidential Guard listed in the referenced cables. 2. Post is permitted to provide the following statement [...] | 2008-01-17 17:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS WE KPAL MASS MARR |
08STATE54639 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 26-27 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 27. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on May 26-27. [...] | 2008-05-21 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL IR IZ IS SY LE SO |
08STATE56306 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, MAY 28 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing, currently scheduled for May 28. 2. (U) Begin points: -- Mr. President, over the last two months, the United States has been increasingly dismayed about the unp [...] | 2008-05-27 16:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STATE5991 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of January 18, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Presidential Guard listed in the referenced cables. 2. Post is permitted to provide the following statement [...] | 2008-01-18 20:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS WE KPAL MASS MARR |
08STATE61123 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BANK MELLAT SEOUL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) The U.S. recently shared information with the ROKG on Bank Mellat Seoul's involvement in Iranian proliferation activities (REF A). The ROK's response (REF B) observed t [...] | 2008-06-06 15:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER KS IS UK |
08STATE62450 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 16-17 [...] (U) Classified by Jeffrey Giauque, Senior Political Officer, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 24. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on Jun [...] | 2008-06-10 18:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL ZK IR IZ IS SY LE |
08STATE62588 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FOREIGN TERRORIST [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4, 9, and 10. SUMMARY 2. (S/NF) The Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) is subject to a five-year review this year. The Department is collecting and reviewing information about the activi [...] | 2008-06-10 22:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS IZ SY IS LY |
08STATE63028 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050107086 for the export of firearms to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Bl [...] | 2008-06-11 19:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT IS |
08STATE63983 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Mujahid M H Rabaia 02 Jul 1970 Maythalun Police Wasim M M al-Jayusi 04 J [...] | 2008-06-13 15:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KPAL PHUM IS |
08STATE674 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of January 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Palestinian National Security Forces (NSF) officers listed below. First name, last name Mahmoud Jalal Mahmoud Khaleel POB: [...] | 2008-01-03 20:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC IS KPAL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM WE |
08STATE68825 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, JUNE 26 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for June 26. Please see septel for further guidance in the event an Arab Group draft resolution is tabled. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I would like to thank U [...] | 2008-06-26 17:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STATE69092 | ARAB GROUP DRAFT UNSCR ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) This is an Action Request. Department endorses USUN reftel request for authorization to engage the Arab Group, and also to engage UNSC members, in response to a Saudi initiative to seek a UNSCR focused on Israeli settlements. 2. (C) Mission should pursue the following strategy: -- Fi [...] | 2008-06-26 23:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL UNSC IS |
08STATE71463 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT [...] (SBU) Department requests action addresseespost urge host country at appropriately senior level to urgently identify funds in support of the Palestinian Authority (PA) budget. If host country has outstanding pledges to the PA, including commitments made through the Arab League, post should pres [...] | 2008-07-02 22:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PREL ECON |
08STATE73171 | DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON THE ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request for all UNSC posts except Tripoli. Please see paragraph 2. Embassy Moscow also see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. The Arab Group at the UN in New York has been circulating in recent weeks a draft Security Council resolution on Israeli settlem [...] | 2008-07-09 02:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE PREL SY UNSC |
08STATE73172 | GUIDANCE: CONSULTATION ON UNSCR 1701, JULY 9, [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during consultations on the Secretary-General,s report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701 scheduled for July 9. Please see septel for further guidance in the event the French delegation subsequently ta [...] | 2008-07-09 02:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS LE PREL SY UNSC |
08STATE74872 | EGYPT: HEADING OFF FORCIBLE RETURNS OF ASYLUM [...] (C) Neither Embassy Cairo's repeated demarches on the Egyptian Government to allow UNHCR access to Eritrean asylum seekers and to urge no deportations to Eritrea given threats to safety and life of returned asylum seekers nor U.S. Delegation's intervention calling for same at the UNHCR (Offic [...] | 2008-07-11 21:41:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL EG ER SU IS LY |
08STATE7531 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050083287 for the export of a FLIR camera system to Israel. Post is requested to com [...] | 2008-01-24 19:39:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KOMC IS |
08STATE76214 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050090697 for the export of 7-45555-5 Landing Gear Lever to Brazil. Embassy is requested [...] | 2008-07-16 14:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IS BR |
08STATE7679 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28- [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on January 28-2 [...] | 2008-01-24 23:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU |
08STATE78243 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, JULY 22 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for July 22. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I thank Under-Secretary Pascoe for today's briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I would like to make four po [...] | 2008-07-21 19:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS LE PREL UNSC |
08STATE80632 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING OF NATIONAL [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 23, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. 1 Ahmad Mustafa Ahmad Tazaz'a Jenin 14/12/1989 850739590 2 Ala'a Nabil Fathi a [...] | 2008-07-25 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08STATE80665 | GUIDANCE FOR NEGOTIATION FOR A PRST ON UNSCR 1701 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3, 4 and 5. 2. (C) Background. The French government has proposed a Security Council Presidential Statement, in reaction to the Secretary General,s June 30 report on UNSCR 1701 implementation. The French waited until now to deconflict [...] | 2008-07-25 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STATE82744 | UPDATED GUIDANCE FOR A PRST ON UNSCR 1701 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (C) With reference to the draft PRST on UNSC resolution 1701 discussed reftel: The French government continues to express unwillingness to include any mention of Hizballah or Syrian obligations on disarmament and the arms emb [...] | 2008-07-31 23:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STATE84562 | (SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte's July 23, [...] Classified by NEA PDAS Jeffrey Feltman. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) July 23; 4:30pm; Washington, DC, USA. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Negroponte NEA DAS Gene Cretz Aaron Jost (D Staff) Jonathan Peccia (NEA Notetaker) Israel LTG Gabi Ashkenazi Defense [...] | 2008-08-06 19:45:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PTER OVIP IR IS |
08STATE87070 | APPROACHING DPKO ON UNIFIL SALUTE FOR HIZBALLAH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Background. Israel and Lebanon exchanged the mortal remains of two Israeli soldiers, abducted and killed by Hizballah and nearly 200 Lebanese and Palestine (many of whom had been terrorists) on July 17, as part of an agreement t [...] | 2008-08-13 19:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PTER LE IS SY |
08STATE89450 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, AUGUST 20 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for August 20. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I thank Under-Secretary Pascoe for today's briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I would like to make four po [...] | 2008-08-20 14:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STATE91327 | REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR ISF TRANSITION [...] (U) This is an action request. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate host country officials to notify and elicit support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) Transition Plan and the associated U.S. weapons sales. State and Defense Depar [...] | 2008-08-25 20:25:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PINS MASS AE BA EG IS IZ JO KU QA |
08STATE9284 | GUIDANCE FOR JANUARY 30 UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON THE [...] (SBU) USUN is instructed to draw from the points in paras. 2-9 below in making its statement at the January 30 UNSC debate on the Middle East. Please select the point in para. 2 that describes the outcome of the discussion on the PRST on Gaza, and follow with the rest of the points in para. 3 [...] | 2008-01-30 00:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPAL IS LE |
08STATE94723 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (C) The Department sent a demarche (REF A) to initiate discussions with key countries on the importance of implementing robustly the inspection provision of [...] | 2008-09-04 15:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | GR IS ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PREL KNNP EUN |
08STATE95843 | VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Representatives of an Iranian underground construction company affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) planned to visit underground equipment manufacturers in Germany an [...] | 2008-09-08 15:50:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN UK IS FR |
08STATE97389 | REVISED: VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Representatives of an Iranian underground construction company affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) planned to visit underground equipment manufacturers in Germany an [...] | 2008-09-11 16:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN FR GM IR IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SZ UK |
08STATE99211 | GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING, SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the Middle East Briefing scheduled for September 18. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I thank Under-Secretary Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. Today, I would like to make [...] | 2008-09-17 01:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL LE IS SY |
08STOCKHOLM67 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28- [...] (U) On January 25, 2008, Poloff met with Anna Norell, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent, regarding the upcoming January 28-29 EU Foreign Ministers GAERC meeting. Comments on Kosovo, Iran, and the Isreali-Palestinian peace process were highlighted: KOSOVO ------ 2. (C) Sweden felt bound by UN [...] | 2008-01-25 17:38:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU |
08TASHKENT1477 | UZBEKISTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE ON UNION OF GOOD DELIVERED [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel demarche onthe U.S. domestic designation of Union of Good as a supporter of terrorism to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to inform parts of the Government of Uzbekistan who work on the issue. [...] | 2008-12-18 11:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS SA WE GZ UZ |
08TASHKENT238 | ISRAEL GETS COLD SHOULDER FROM UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 19 the Ambassador met with his Israeli counterpart Ami Mehl and Gary Koren, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Eurasia Department, Division for Central Europe and Eurasia. Koren noted that, for unknown reasons, the Israel-Uzbekistan bilateral rel [...] | 2008-02-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL ASEC ELTN MASS EG IR IS XF UZ |
08TBILISI2316 | GEORGIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 5, to Otar Berdzenishvili, MFA's Counselor of the Americas Division. Mr. Berdzenishvili told Poloff that they would study the issue and take it under advisement. LOGSDON [...] | 2008-12-10 14:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS |
08TEGUCIGALPA1055 | HONDURAS TO CONSIDER OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 11:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY HO |
08TELAVIV1002 | REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ISRAELI DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv's Defense Attache Office (DAO) has nominated the following individuals for participation in events during International Special Operations Forces week, scheduled to run during the last week of May in Tampa, Florida. Embassy Tel Aviv has no derogatory information in its [...] | 2008-05-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PHUM IS |
08TELAVIV1003 | REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ISRAEL DEFENSE [...] (SBU) The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have nominated the following individual for participation in a National Defense University Near East/South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies' Executive Seminar, scheduled to run in the U.S. June 4-26, 2008. Embassy Tel Aviv has no derogatory inform [...] | 2008-05-06 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PHUM IS |
08TELAVIV1004 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, emboffs visited Orbit/FR Engineering, Ltd., a subsidiary of Orbit-Alchut Technologies in Netanya on May 6, and met with Vice President for Systems Research and Development Noah Isman, Senior Antenna Measurement Scientist Asi Geva, Customer Support Officer Carmit [...] | 2008-05-06 13:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IN IS |
08TELAVIV1005 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (C) Israel is preparing to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of its declaration of independence on May 8 with a characteristically Israeli mix of pride in their achievements and worry about the future. One point that unites virtually all Israelis -- except for the extreme left and right -- is [...] | 2008-05-06 17:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS IS XF |
08TELAVIV1010 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel's 60th Independence Day 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except the ultra-Orthodox papers, prominently and extensively covered, and commented on, events related to Israel's Memorial Day and 60th Independence D [...] | 2008-05-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1012 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: ISRAELI'S OPERATIONAL DEFENSIVE [...] (S) During the May 1 inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Israeli Cluster Munitions Working Group (CMWG),Israeli MOD, IDF and MFA officials warned that the current U.S. legislative prohibition on exporting cluster munitions seriously degrades Israel's operational capabilities to defend itself. The [...] | 2008-05-07 12:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MASS MARR MCAP PTER LE SY IS |
08TELAVIV1013 | HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER SAYS E-1 POLICE STATION DEAL [...] (C) Human Rights Lawyer Danny Seidemann met with PolOffs on April 29 to discuss the new police station in E-1 and the planned creation of a new Jewish neighborhood on the site of the old police station in Ras al-Amud, East Jerusalem. Seidemann said that Israeli officials did not follow the pro [...] | 2008-05-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV1021 | THE TALANSKY AFFAIR: JUST ANOTHER OLMERT [...] (C) Summary: PM Olmert held a late night press conference on May 8 to deny allegations of unlawful activity in accepting political contributions from an American fund-raiser, Morris Talansky. Allegations surfaced in the media that Olmert received illicit funds from Talansky over the course o [...] | 2008-05-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS IS |
08TELAVIV1025 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 05:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1034 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday President Bush granted interviews to Israeli reporters ahead of his visit to the country. The media made it difficult to identify the journalists the P [...] | 2008-05-13 11:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1036 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 09:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1038 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 08:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1039 | GOI WARNS ROCKETS ATTACKS FROM GAZA UNACCEPTABLE [...] (C) In the wake of a mid-afternoon rocket strike May 14 on a shopping mall in Ashkelon, Israel that injured 14 persons, Israeli Prime Minister Olmert told the audience and TV viewers of a convention welcoming visiting President Bush that such continued attacks could not be tolerated and that t [...] | 2008-05-16 07:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER MARR MASS IS |
08TELAVIV1040 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 08:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1042 | FORMER CIVIL ADMINISTRATION HEAD RECOUNTS PRESSURE [...] (S) Summary: With the ongoing transfer of the West Bank police headquarters from Ras al-Amud (East Jerusalem) to E-1 (West Bank),there has been much speculation on whether the headquarters at E-1 was legally established (reftel). On May 13, Brigadier General (ret.) Ilan Paz, head of the Wes [...] | 2008-05-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV1051 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 10:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1053 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Gaza cease-fire (tahdiya) deal is expected to take effect in a couple of days. Maariv reported that Defense Minister Barak durin [...] | 2008-05-20 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1070 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media reported that today Israeli and Syrian representatives announced in Jerusalem, Damascus, and Ankara that their countries were engaged in indirect p [...] | 2008-05-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1073 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 06:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
08TELAVIV1080 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHIN BET CHIEF FOCUSES [...] (S) In a May 13 meeting covering a range of subjects, Israeli Security Agency (ISA, or Shin Bet) Chief Yuval Diskin told Ambassador Jones the following: -- Israel's Arabs are materially better off than many Arabs in neighboring countries, but increasingly feel disconnected from the State, an [...] | 2008-05-22 07:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG EG IS |
08TELAVIV1081 | MOUNTING TENSIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL'S ARAB AND JEWISH CITIZENS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Over the past few years, Israel has witnessed a slow but steady worsening of relations between its Jewish and Arab citizens. Populist and in some cases extremist rhetoric from leaders in both communities has inflamed passions and become an increasingly acceptable d [...] | 2008-05-22 08:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI IS |
08TELAVIV1084 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel-Syria Talks 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The top story in all of the major media outlets was the announcement of indirect peace talks with Syria. Most media linked the timing of the announcement with the lifting of the [...] | 2008-05-22 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1092 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1094 | ISRAEL WELCOMES VISIT OF STAFFDEL ANDERSON, MAY [...] Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General Jerusalem welcome the May 26-28 visit of Ms. Wendy Anderson, Mr. Clyde Ellis and Mr. John O,Brien. Please note that all message traffic concerning travel to Israel and the Occupied Territories should be sent to both Embassy Tel Aviv and Consulate General [...] | 2008-05-23 10:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC IS |
08TELAVIV1095 | NO TENDERS ISSUED FOR BEITAR ILLIT...YET [...] (C) On May 26, Ynet reported that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) had issued a tender to build 286 housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit. MOCH Director General Chaim Fialkoff clarified to econoff on May 27 that the MOCH has not actually issued tenders for [...] | 2008-05-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV1105 | ISRAELI COMMENTS ON SYRIAN PEACE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 21, PM Olmert's office announced that Israel is holding serious indirect talks with Syria over a comprehensive peace agreement. Embassy Tel Aviv has reported the existence of this channel since the summer of 2007, but PM Olmert first announced indirect contacts with Syria [...] | 2008-05-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU SY IS |
08TELAVIV1114 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1123 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1127 | OLMERT'S PREDICAMENT LOOKING DESPERATE [...] (C) Summary: Following dramatic televised testimony May 27 by American businessman Morris Talansky that riveted the country and revealed a long history of alleged transfers of large sums of money to PM Ehud Olmert while he was Mayor of Jerusalem and Minister of Industry and Trade, Defense Min [...] | 2008-05-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV1133 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Alleged Corruption Affair 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with Defense Minister Barak's call for PM Olmert to "detach himself from the day-to-day leadership of the country." Media reported that Barak [...] | 2008-05-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV114 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1144 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 10:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1147 | BIBLE BURNING HIGHLIGHTS GROWING ANTI-MISSIONARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 15 mass public burning of New Testaments in the Tel Aviv suburb of Or Yehuda highlights a growing trend toward anti-missionary incitement in Jewish neighborhoods throughout Israel. Other notable incidents include the October firebombing of a Jerusalem church shared by [...] | 2008-05-30 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV IS |
08TELAVIV1152 | ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR AMBASSADOR SWING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 04:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREF PREL SMIG XF IS |
08TELAVIV1161 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Israel has denied that Hizbullah's handover of the remains of Israeli soldiers killed in the Second Lebanon War was part of a prisoner exchange deal. The Prime Mini [...] | 2008-06-02 10:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1170 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted associates of PM Ehud Olmert as justifying his trip to Washington in spite of the political crisis, by saying that the security dialogue began by President [...] | 2008-06-03 10:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1177 | GAZAN FULBRIGHTERS: MG MISHLEV PLEDGES TO HELP [...] (C) DCM Moreno, accompanied by Poloff and Econoff, met June 3 with Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) MG Mishlev to discuss the issue of Palestinian Fulbright students needing permits to exit Gaza for visa interviews at the Consulate General in Jerusalem. The DCM [...] | 2008-06-03 12:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV1180 | KADIMA PARTY PRIMARIES AND/OR EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Less than a week after Morris Talansky testified that he gave numerous envelopes of cash to the Prime Minister (reftel),Olmert has given no indication he intends to step down. Assailed by the media, and by members of his own party, the Prime Minister is trying to maintain a business-as [...] | 2008-06-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV1185 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that PM Ehud Olmert addressed the AIPAC conference yesterday and focused on Iran, saying that it must be stopped by all possible m [...] | 2008-06-04 10:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1192 | MOD DG BUCHRIS ON WEST BANK AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MOD Director General (DG) Pinchas Buchris to reaffirm MOD support for ongoing efforts to promote Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation in the northern West Bank. The Ambassador offered to assist the MOD should they require U.S. forensic expertise to i [...] | 2008-06-04 13:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL |
08TELAVIV1197 | NETANYAHU OUTLINES LIKUD'S APPROACH TO PEACE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON OVIP IS |
08TELAVIV1199 | BARAK REQUESTS ADDITIONAL DEFENSE SUPPORT FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 14:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER OVIP IS |
08TELAVIV1203 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media led with Sen. Barak Obama's address to AIPAC yesterday. The media characterized it as powerfully "Zionist" and highlighted his assurances that he would not allow Iran to acquire [...] | 2008-06-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1205 | FINANCE MINISTER BAR-ON SHOCKED AT FAYYAD OECD [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting between Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Yarom Ariav, his Senior Advisor Michal Finkelstein, and the Ambassador, Ariav said that Finance Minister Bar-On was "shocked" that Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad had sent a letter seeking to block Israeli accession to the OECD. [...] | 2008-06-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IS KWBG |
08TELAVIV1207 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Yediot and Maariv led with statements by senior current and past Israeli defense sources that Israel will have to attack Iran. In an interview with Yediot, Transportation [...] | 2008-06-06 08:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1208 | Israel Passes Incentives for Household Solar [...] (U) Israel's Public Utilities Authority under the Ministry for National Infrastructure approved a plan June 2 to buy electricity from independent power producers (i.e. private individuals or businesses) who install photovoltaic panel power systems on their roofs. Both corporate and individual [...] | 2008-06-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EINV IS |
08TELAVIV121 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in ref A, Embassy Blue Lantern officer and senior commercial specialist visited Astronautics C.A., Ltd.'s office in Petah Tikva, Israel on January 14 and met with Ground Systems and Business Development Manager Eli Avraham to discuss the proposed transaction covere [...] | 2008-01-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
08TELAVIV1211 | ISRAELI CABINET APPROVES EMERGENCY WATER PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR IS PA JO |
08TELAVIV1214 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are scheduled to meet today to discuss a proposed Egyptian-bro [...] | 2008-06-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1226 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1230 | DOE A/S Karsner Explores Renewable Energy Research in [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner visited Israel May 19-24 to explore alternative and renewable energy research and production. He and his team met with academic and private sector researchers, as well as companies already selling renewable energy [...] | 2008-06-11 13:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EFIN EINV EAGR IS |
08TELAVIV1237 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1244 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, emboffs visited Bental in the Golan on May 22 and met with CEO Shmuel Mandel, Projects Manager Benny Heimann, and Marketing and Sales Manager Moshe Poolat. Israeli MOD Security Directorate (DSDE/MALMAB) representative Kobi Fogler also attended the meeting. Mande [...] | 2008-06-12 12:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
08TELAVIV1247 | SETTLEMENTS AND OUTPOSTS: SIX MONTHS INTO ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: Within the first six months of the Annapolis process, the GOI has published tenders for or approved 2,800 new housing units in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem -- marking the largest number of approvals within a six month period since 1999. Additionally, despite [...] | 2008-06-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV1258 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV127 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 11:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1272 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 05:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1273 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 05:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1284 | FM LIVNI TO LEAD ISRAELI DELEGATION TO BERLIN [...] (C) Responding to reftel points, MFA Director for Palestinian Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba told PolOff June 16 that FM Livni had decided to lead the Israeli delegation to the June 24 Berlin Conference in support of Palestinian Civil Police and Rule of Law. Ben-Abba said Livni would be join [...] | 2008-06-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG GM IS |
08TELAVIV1285 | ISRAEL EXPECTS TO RELEASE EQUIPMENT FOR WAQF [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel points, MFA Acting Director for International Organizations Eli Ben-Tura told PolOff June 16 that the GOI expects to release "in the very near future" the shipment of technical equipment destined for use by the Jerusalem Waqf to preserve Islamic-era manuscripts. Ben- [...] | 2008-06-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO SCUL KWBG JO IS |
08TELAVIV1292 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended her sixth trip to the region this year, with no sign of progress on the Israeli-Palestinian track The paper quoted Israeli [...] | 2008-06-17 10:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1304 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Egypt and Hamas announced on Tuesday that a cease-fire (tahdiya) between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip will go into eff [...] | 2008-06-18 10:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1312 | GOI AGREES TO ALLOW ENTRY OF UNRWA NON-FOOD ITEMS [...] (SBU) Following the Ambassador's interventions with Defense Minister Barak and MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad on June 16, Post received word from UNRWA June 18 that the GOI had agreed to allow the passage into Gaza of all 20 trucks of non-food items needed for the UNRWA Summer [...] | 2008-06-18 16:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KWBG KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV1314 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 09:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1322 | HISTADRUT THREATENS NATIONAL STRIKE OVER REPEAL OF [...] Summary: The Israel national labor federation Histadrut has threatened a national strike to begin on June 30 if Finance Minister Ronnie Bar-On does not rescind his proposal to cut tax exemptions for long-term savings plans for training programs. Previous finance ministers have attempted to [...] | 2008-06-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB IS |
08TELAVIV1326 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1328 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, emboffs visited International Security & Defense Systems (ISDS) at its offices in Moshav Nir Tzvi in the Tel Aviv area and met with office manager Maurice Cusnir. Cusnir provided emboffs the following information in response to their questions: 2. (SBU) Bon [...] | 2008-06-20 11:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT IS |
08TELAVIV133 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1332 | JEC -- "ATMOSPHERE EXCELLENT" [...] (C) In a telcom with A/EconCouns, Michal Finkelstein, the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG, said that the third Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting held on June 16 between the Israelis and Palestinians went extremely well, with both sides arriving well prepared. She said [...] | 2008-06-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL OECD EU KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV1334 | NEAR-TERM KNESSET DISSOLUTION UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary: The Knesset is scheduled to hold its first vote on Likud MK Silvan Shalom's bill to dissolve the Knesset on June 25. Labor and Shas party leaders have indicated that their parties will vote in favor of this preliminary reading of Shalom's bill, but most political observers think [...] | 2008-06-20 16:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV1337 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1344 | IDF ACTS AGAINST ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN OUTPOSTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV1346 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported (lead stories in the three main Hebrew-language stories) that the chief military rabbi, Brig. Gen. Avihai Ronsky, began deliberations yesterday on whether the soldiers ki [...] | 2008-06-24 10:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1359 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-25 09:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1363 | BOTH SIDES BLINKED: BARAK-OLMERT DEAL KEEPS [...] (C) Summary: PM Olmert and MOD Barak reached political agreement on a way forward that resolves the coalition crisis sparked by the opposition's plan (now abandoned) to vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset (reftel). In essence, Olmert agreed to Barak's demand that he spell out a time-frame [...] | 2008-06-25 16:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV1370 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 10:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1383 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1390 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Israeli reservists held by Hizbullah, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, are set to be released after the cabinet approved an exchange deal yesterday. After fiv [...] | 2008-06-30 10:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1400 | TRILATERAL WATER MEETING: PLANNING TO MEET SCARCITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EINV TBIO IS PA JO |
08TELAVIV1403 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 10:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1411 | MFA REPORTS REVISED TERROR FINANCE LAW SOON TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the MFA,s Deputy Director for Counterterrorism on June 23, econoff was reassured that the new amendment to Israel,s dated Prohibition on Terrorist Financing law would come into effect within a few weeks. Previously, the GOI has only had the authority to design [...] | 2008-07-02 08:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KTFN IS |
08TELAVIV1413 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that at noon today, a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in Jerusalem traffic and plowed his vehicle into cars and a crowded public bus near the old Central Bu [...] | 2008-07-02 10:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1421 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with yesterday's bulldozer rampage in Jerusalem. The media reported that three were killed and 80 injured. The media highlighted the fate of a baby whose mother was crushed [...] | 2008-07-03 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV144 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli Politics ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with the situation in and around Gaza. The media reported that on Wednesday over 50 Qassam rockets and at least a dozen mortar shells landed in Sdero [...] | 2008-01-17 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1442 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that preparations for the prisoner swap with Hizbullah continue. The radio also reported today that the family of policeman Eliyahu Shahar, a victim of Samir Kuntar, w [...] | 2008-07-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1456 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media reported that Israel has signed a prisoner exchange agreement with Hizbullah, according to a statement released yesterday by the Prime Minster's Bureau. The media [...] | 2008-07-08 10:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV146 | CODEL WOLF AND PM OLMERT DISCUSS ROLE OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 8, Congressmen Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Joe Pitts (R-PA) -- accompanied by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, former Ambassador and Congressman Tony Hall, and DCM -- met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to discuss the efforts of the Council of Religious I [...] | 2008-01-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV1470 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in The Jerusalem Post and Makor Rishon-Hatzofe) reported that yesterday the Water Authority unveiled an emergency plan to combat the "worst water cr [...] | 2008-07-09 10:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1483 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The three major Hebrew-language dailies and Israel Hayom led with the Morris Talansky affair and PM Ehud Olmert's political future. Maariv quoted an Israeli law-enforcement official as sayi [...] | 2008-07-10 10:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1488 | ISRAEL: NO KNOWN ISSUES OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND [...] Post is unaware of any sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) or trafficking in persons (TIP) issues with UNDOF peacekeepers, and we have seen no press reports of any issues. Post contacted three NGOs that are concerned with SEA and TIP in Northern Israel: Hotline for Migrant Workers, Isha L'Is [...] | 2008-07-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PHUM UN KCRM KWMN IS |
08TELAVIV1489 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO RECOGNITION AND DONORS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department on July 3. Rav-Ner said that Israel is still not ready to recognize Kosovo, but wants to show its support for the people of Kosovo, with whom, he explained, Israel has long had good relationships [...] | 2008-07-10 12:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV EAID IS |
08TELAVIV1503 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S. Presidential Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the renewed questioning by the police of PM Ehud Olmert today about the hundreds of thousands of dollars he allegedly received [...] | 2008-07-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1508 | ISRAELI BANK DETERMINED TO CUT GAZA BANKING TIES [...] (C) Bank Hapoalim (BH) informed the Bank of Palestine (BOP) in a July 6 letter that it will no longer provide it with cash transfer services. The decision was made independent of any consultation with or approval by the GOI or the Bank of Israel (BOI) and was triggered by a BOP request for [...] | 2008-07-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV1512 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Legal Entanglement 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media reported on new police accusations against PM Ehud Olmert that 12 of his trips received multiple funding -- one trip was allegedly funde [...] | 2008-07-14 10:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1523 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on the "handshake that wasn't" between PM Ehud Olmert and Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Bastille Day ceremony in Paris. Makor Rishon-Hatzofe quoted Likud MK Yuv [...] | 2008-07-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1530 | RESHUFFLE KERFUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, PM Olmert's coalition experienced political tremors as Labor and Kadima jousted over the terms of the latest government reshuffle. The Likud Party attempted to capitalize on intra-coalition squabbling by requesting that the Knesset plenum votes on the appointments [...] | 2008-07-15 18:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV1531 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1535 | ISRAEL EXCHANGES 5 HIZBALLAH PRISONERS FOR BODIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Earlier today, July 16, Hizballah delivered the bodies of abducted IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev to Israel via the Rosh Hanikra border crossing. In exchange, Israel released convicted Lebanese murderer Samir Kuntar and four Hizballah militants captured during th [...] | 2008-07-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER LE IS |
08TELAVIV1536 | PEACE NOW REPORT: MOCH PLANS TO BUILD 73,300 NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On July 7, Peace Now's Settlement Watch Coordinator Hagit Ofran provided econoff with an advanced copy of a soon-to-be published report (please protect until published) detailing the Ministry of Construction and Housing's (MOCH) plans to build 73,300 housing units i [...] | 2008-07-17 07:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV1543 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 10:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1546 | EVICTION DELAYED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 12:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV1560 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Hamas have not yet agreed to renew negotiations over Gilad Shalit's release, despite the completion of the Hizbullah prisoner swap and the relative quiet o [...] | 2008-07-18 09:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV157 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1570 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today most media focused on the third day of Morris Talansky's cross-examination by PM Ehud Olmert's lawyers. Leading media reported that Talansky could not remember details of cash transf [...] | 2008-07-21 12:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1574 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in The Jerusalem Post) reported that PM Ehud Olmert will be replaced as Kadima leader in mid-September, barring unforeseen circumstances, after the Kadima council re [...] | 2008-07-22 10:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1575 | ISRAEL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEW U.S. POLICY ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 11:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO IS |
08TELAVIV1578 | KNESSET SUBCOMITTEE ON COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN [...] (SBU) Chairperson Zahava Gal-On (Meretz) convened July 2 the Knesset subcommittee on Trafficking in Women for its annual hearing on the findings of the State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for 2007. Discussion focused on new developments in trafficking in women: specifically [...] | 2008-07-23 04:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV1585 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that a Palestinian terrorist from East Jerusalem, Ghassan Abu-Tir, went on a rampage with a bulldozer in central Jerusalem. One of his relatives is senior Hamas member M [...] | 2008-07-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV159 | THE RIGHT TAKES ON THE JUDICIARY OVER AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] (SBU) On the eve of the Annapolis conference in November 2007, a group of right-wing Israeli parliamentarians accused the President of Israel's Supreme Court of violating professional ethics by meeting with the US Ambassador to Israel (reftel) to discuss settlement and separation fence construc [...] | 2008-01-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV1591 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1595 | MOD AND MFA RESPONSE TO WEST BANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Charge raised reftel demarche points with MOD Political Military Director res. MG Amos Gilad and newly appointed MFA Deputy Director General for North American Affairs, Barukh Binah, on July 23. Gilad provided details of GOI efforts to improve coordination with the PA in the West [...] | 2008-07-24 11:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV1599 | MOD CONFIRMS BARAK APPROVED NEW MASKIYYOT [...] (C) On July 24, Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to Ministry of Defense (MOD) Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to econoff press reports indicating that Defense Minister Barak approved the construction of 20 new homes in the Maskiyyot settlement, located in the Jordan Valley. In response to [...] | 2008-07-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV1607 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 10:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1617 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 10:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1624 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Global War on Terror 2. Lebanon 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that diplomatic officials told the newspaper yesterday that while acknowledging that an agreement with the Palestinian [...] | 2008-07-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1631 | ISRAEL TO START SOME BARRIER CHANGES; STALLING IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 21, Shaul Arieli, advisor on the West Bank separation barrier to the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ),told econoff that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) would resume construction of some segments of the barrier next month returning some Palestinian land through Court o [...] | 2008-07-29 14:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV1632 | THE LIVNI CAMPAIGN MANTRA: CLEAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: FM Tzipi Livni launched her public campaign for the leadership of the Kadima Party in June - well before the Kadima Council formally decided in July to hold primaries in September. Livni's consistent campaign message to the Kadima electorate has been a call for a clean slate of [...] | 2008-07-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR PGOV IS |
08TELAVIV1635 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muslim-Jewish Interfaith Dialogue ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media covered Defense Minister Ehud Barak's visit to the U.S. Barak was quoted as saying that Defense Secretary Robert Gates promised that the U.S. w [...] | 2008-07-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1636 | KNESSET SEEKS SCAPEGOATS FOR WATER CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 11:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EINV IS |
08TELAVIV1646 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 09:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1657 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-01 09:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV168 | BUDGET PASSES EASILY BUT SPENDING PRESSURE GROWS [...] (C) For the first time in years, the Israeli budget was approved prior to the beginning of the budget year, as required by law. The NIS 315.8 billion (USD 84 billion at the current exchange rate of 3.75 NIS to the dollar) Israeli government budget for 2008 passed the Knesset on December 27 b [...] | 2008-01-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS |
08TELAVIV1689 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 07:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL IS |
08TELAVIV1690 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that Israel admitted 188 Fatah-aligned Palestinians who fled Gaza after intense fighting with Hamas. The media reported that PA President Mahmoud Abbas refused to [...] | 2008-08-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1694 | OLMERT SUCCESSION SCENARIOS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert's surprise announcement July 30 that he intends to resign his office when Kadima elects a new chairperson coincided with the very end of the summer session of the Knesset, a time when FM Tzipi Livni, DefMin Ehud Barak and Minister of Transportation Shaul Mof [...] | 2008-08-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS IS |
08TELAVIV1696 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 10:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1700 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted senior PA officials as saying that a victory by Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz in next month's Kadima Party leadership race would be a disaster for the peace process. [...] | 2008-08-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1702 | MOURNING BECOMES MOFAZ [...] (SBU) Summary: The morning after the festive Jerusalem launch of his campaign for the leadership of the Kadima party, Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz received lead-story status in two major Hebrew language dailies. The August 6 headlines, however, captured a negative storyline regarding possi [...] | 2008-08-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KDEM IS |
08TELAVIV1704 | Peace programs in the Ministry of Education [...] SUMMARY: On July 29, Poloff met with Anat Zohar, Director of Pedagogic Affairs in the Ministry of Education, to discuss efforts to build a culture of peace in Israeli schools. Zohar described peace education initiatives as ad hoc and inconsistent, driven by principals and NGOs at individual sc [...] | 2008-08-07 09:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI IS |
08TELAVIV1705 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KTFN EFIN ECON KWBG IR IS |
08TELAVIV1706 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 10:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV171 | MUGHRABI GATE: NEW PLANS CALL FOR EXPANSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Revised plans for construction of a new access ramp for the Mughrabi Gate of the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif were deposited with the Interior Ministry for public review on December 27. A review of the plans indicates that in addition to constructing a new ramp, planners also in [...] | 2008-01-18 17:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF KPAL JO IS |
08TELAVIV1713 | GOI PUBLISHES TENDERS FOR 416 HOUSING UNITS IN HAR [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) Director General Chaim Fialkoff called econoff to inform Embassy Tel Aviv that the MOCH had published tenders to build 416 new housing units in the settlements of Har Homa and Betar Illit. The MOCH's publication of tender [...] | 2008-08-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV1741 | GOI: NEW DESIGNATIONS LAW SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE [...] Per reftel "A", econoff transmitted the new list of UN 1267 designations to Roy Keidar, Legal Advisor to the Israeli National Security Council (NSC). On August 7, Keidar responded to econoff to inform him that the GOI still did not have the capacity to designate the new UN 1267 entities within [...] | 2008-08-08 07:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KTFN IS |
08TELAVIV1742 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT AGAINST THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND INCREASES ITS FINANCIAL ISOLATION OF GAZA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 09:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR IS KTFN KWBG |
08TELAVIV1743 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. China Olympics ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that a top Israeli defense official has told the daily that if Russia goes through with the sale of its most advanced anti-aircraft missile system to I [...] | 2008-08-08 09:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1754 | READOUT OF 14TH QUARTERLY MEETING OF ISRAEL/EGYPT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Israeli and Egyptian trade officials met on Sunday, August 10 in Jerusalem for the quarterly meeting of the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ). Egypt requested Israeli assistance (and a possible joint delegation visit to Washington) to promote Upper Egypt's inclusion in the QIZ a [...] | 2008-08-11 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON IS EG |
08TELAVIV1755 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Fighting in Georgia 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend almost all media led with the fighting in Georgia. Today Yediot bannered: "Russia's Iron Fist." Ha'aretz quoted Foreign Ministry officials as saying that Is [...] | 2008-08-11 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1761 | EXPERTS CONSIDER AL-QAIDA IN ISRAEL ASPIRATIONAL, [...] (U) Summary: In July, the Israel Security Agency (ISA) announced the arrest of two separate groups with links to Al-Qaida, marking the first time any citizen of Israel has been accused of affiliation with the terrorist organization. On 23 July, members of the security cabinet met in closed [...] | 2008-08-12 05:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KWBG PREL PTER IS |
08TELAVIV1763 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Ehud Olmert has presented Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with a detailed proposal for an agreement in principle on borders, refugees, and security arrangement [...] | 2008-08-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1770 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the U.S. administration has rejected an Israeli request for military equipment and support that would improve Israel's ability to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. A [...] | 2008-08-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV178 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1783 | ISRAELI-UNIFIL RELATIONS IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DAO Chere and A/POLC met with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Northern Command's Liaison Officer (LNO),LTC Sorrel Hershkovitz, on July 31 to discuss the IDF's relations with UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The LNO, who has served at Northern Command for nearly three y [...] | 2008-08-13 14:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UN LE IS |
08TELAVIV1792 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media repotted that yesterday Defense Minister Ehud Barak unleashed a fierce attacks against FM Tzipi Livni. He was quoted as saying: "The Foreign Minister, with her background as it i [...] | 2008-08-14 10:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1805 | MOD: NO FINAL AGREEMENT REACHED TO EVACUATE [...] (C) On August 14, Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, debunked press reports saying that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and settlers have reached an agreement on evacuating the Migron outpost. According to Herman, the MOD and settler leaders have a general underst [...] | 2008-08-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV1806 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Georgia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted UNIFIL Force Commander Maj. Gen. Claudio Graziano as saying that Israel violated UN Security Council Resolution 1701 in at least three areas: overflights of Lebanon; [...] | 2008-08-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1810 | ISRAEL WANTS TO BUILD ON PAST SUCCESSES AT 63RD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Rony Adam, Director of the Department for UN Political Affairs at the MFA to discuss both UN voting practices (ref A) and Israeli participation at UNGA (ref B) on July 23, with a follow-up on August 5. Adam said that plans for UNGA are still tentative, but PM Olme [...] | 2008-08-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA OTRA OVIP KSEP UN IS |
08TELAVIV1814 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday Maariv listed security arrangements that Israel has drafted for any future final status arrangement with the Palestinians. The Israelis would like to submit this list and to hav [...] | 2008-08-18 10:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1826 | ISRAEL: MFA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, PolOff and Pol-MilOff met with several MFA officials to discuss the crisis in Georgia and Israel's response. In separate meetings, EmbOffs met Hillel Newman, FM Livni's chief policy advisor on Europe and Eurasia; Gary Koren, Director of the Eurasia Department; and [...] | 2008-08-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS RS GG AJ IS |
08TELAVIV1831 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Ehud Olmert is considering firing Defense Minister Ehud Barak for opposing the budget draft. Ha'aretz reported that clashes over the budget could bring down the [...] | 2008-08-19 10:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1834 | CABINET APPROVES RELEASE OF 199 PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: The ministerial committee charged with prisoner issues voted August 18 to approve a list of 199 Palestinian prisoners to be released August 25, just before Ramadan, as a concession to PA President Abbas. The list is comprised exclusively of Fatah and affiliated prisoners, and inc [...] | 2008-08-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV1837 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel: Governance 2. Pakistan: Musharraf Resignation ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that PM Olmert sent a stern warning to Beirut yesterday, pledging that Israel would not restrain itself if Lebanon sanctioned a ne [...] | 2008-08-20 10:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1843 | GOI INFORMED OF NEW US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] Per reftel "A", on August 20 econoff transmitted the new list of designations to Roy Keidar, Legal Advisor to the Israeli National Security Council (NSC). Courtesy copies were also left with representatives of Mossad and with Yehuda Shaffer, Director of Israel's FIU, the Money Laundering and T [...] | 2008-08-21 10:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP KTFN EFIN IS |
08TELAVIV1844 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that in an atmosphere of heightened tensions, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called PM Ehud Olmert yesterday to affirm the ties between the two c [...] | 2008-08-21 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1845 | ISRAEL PASSES STRONG NEW ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the legislative session that concluded in July, Israel's parliament (Knesset) passed several new laws significantly strengthening environmental regulation. These included a Clean Air Act, a "Polluter Pays" law, and a stronger enforcement law. Israel's business, academic an [...] | 2008-08-21 10:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TBIO IS |
08TELAVIV186 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. World Financial Crunch ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that according to defense sources, Israel intends to keep the crossings into the Gaza Strip permanently closed and will only allow emergency humanitaria [...] | 2008-01-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1869 | ISRAELI VIEWS ON JORDANIAN DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Israel has not reacted publicly to Jordan's decision to resume its official dialogue with Hamas. MFA DDG for the Middle East Hadas played down the significance of the Jordanian move in an August 20 conversation with Pol Couns. Hadas said the GOI was much more upset by Jordan's d [...] | 2008-08-22 08:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IS JO KPAL |
08TELAVIV1870 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 10:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1872 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 63RD UNFC DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | CDG PARM PREL UNGA IS |
08TELAVIV1875 | MA'ALE ADUMIM BARRIER REVISION ANNOUNCED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV1878 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-25 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV19 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 11:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1933 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 05:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV195 | ISRAEL ENERGIZES ANTI-POLLUTION CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 11:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TBIO KGCC IS |
08TELAVIV1954 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 2. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying during a press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah yesterd [...] | 2008-08-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1958 | ISRAEL: SEEKING INPUT ON U.S. PLANS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials are seeking input on U.S. plans on the ground in Georgia prior to their interagency examination of a resumption of Israeli military assistance to Georgia. At the same time, Israel is reviewing -- and has approved several -- requests from Tbilisi for military assista [...] | 2008-08-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO RU GG IS |
08TELAVIV1959 | ISRAEL: SEEKING INPUT ON U.S. PLANS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials are seeking input on U.S. plans on the ground in Georgia prior to their interagency examination of a resumption of Israeli military assistance to Georgia. At the same time, Israel is reviewing -- and has approved several -- requests from Tbilisi for military assista [...] | 2008-08-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO RU GG IS |
08TELAVIV1961 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited a Reuters report of a Russian diplomat as saying that the Russian navy will make more use of Syrian ports as part of an increased military presence in the Mediterranean. The [...] | 2008-08-28 11:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1967 | THE OLMERT SUCCESSION: PROSPECTS FOR A SMOOTH TRANSITION [...] (SBU) A rumor floated by the Prime Minister's office around midnight August 24 raised the media specter of PM Olmert's resignation. The background: the absence of a government majority for passage of the 2009 draft budget, although strenuous negotiations past midnight secured the budget's pass [...] | 2008-08-29 04:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV1968 | ISRAEL: RESPONSE ON NATO MED-D SOFA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polmiloff raised reftel points with MFA Acting Director for Multilateral European Institutions Boaz Rodkin on August 28. Rodkin appreciated the points in advance of the NATO Legal Advisors' meeting in Brussels on September 2, and said he would circulate them with the MFA Legal Advisor's o [...] | 2008-08-29 04:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN IS |
08TELAVIV197 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-24 12:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1979 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a senior GOI source as saying that Hamas recently increased the number of Palestinian prisoners it wants released in exchange for Gilad Shalit, from 1,000 t [...] | 2008-08-29 10:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1982 | ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN ISRAEL FACE DEPORTATION AND [...] (C) Summary. On August 28, African Refugee Development Center Director Yohannes Lemma reported to RefCoord that, in the past few days, Israeli authorities had returned at least 15 African asylum-seekers to Egypt. UNHCR Senior Liaison Officer Mike Alford separately told RefCoord that an IDF s [...] | 2008-08-29 13:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV IS EG |
08TELAVIV1984 | DEFENSE MINISTER BARAK'S DISCUSSIONS IN EGYPT [...] (S) Summary. Defense Minister Ehud Barak's August 23 visit to Egypt was a success, according to MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham. Barak's meetings with President Mubarak, Intelligence Minister Soliman, and Defense Minister Tantawi focused on reviving negotiations for the release of Corporal [...] | 2008-08-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EG KPAL IR IS |
08TELAVIV1990 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 10:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV1994 | STATUS ON ISRAEL'S ACCESSION TO THE OECD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Finance (MOF) Senior Deputy Director General Oded Brook noted to Econ officers during a meeting on August 27 that Israel was using the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) accession process to accomplish domestic goals on the environment, taxa [...] | 2008-09-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OECD IS |
08TELAVIV2002 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 10:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2007 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 10:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2020 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 10:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV203 | Codel Voinovich Meeting with Prime Minister Olmert [...] Summary: On January 2, Codel Voinovich met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the Prime MinisterQs Office in Jerusalem. Senator Voinovich was accompanied by Representatives Rob Bishop (R, Utah); Phil Gingrey (R, Georgia); Steve Pearce (R, New Mexico) and Michael Turner (R, Ohio) as w [...] | 2008-01-24 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR OREP IS |
08TELAVIV2030 | MFA DG ABRAMOVICH AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary. The Ambassador and MFA DG Abramovich discussed Georgia September 4. Abramovich said Israel was tracking Western reactions carefully and trying to analyze Russia's objectives. MFA and MOD are reviewing Israeli arms sales to Georgia and he expected approval soon to sell mine cle [...] | 2008-09-05 16:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MASS RU GG IS |
08TELAVIV2031 | FM ABOUL GHEIT RAISES CONCERNS OVER WEST BANK [...] (C) MFA Cabinet Advisor for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs Ahmed Hafez (please protect) briefed us September 5 on Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's August 31 meeting in Cairo with Israeli MFA DG Aharon Abramovich. Hafez described the meeting's atmosphere as ""positive,"" and stressed that the Egypt [...] | 2008-09-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV EG KPAL LE IS |
08TELAVIV204 | CODEL Voinovich Discusses the Way Forward in Gaza with [...] Summary: On January 2, 2008 Codel Voinovich met with Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Avraham QAvi Dicter, at the Knesset in Jerusalem. Senator Voinovich was accompanied by Representatives Rob Bishop (R, Utah); Phil Gingrey (R, Georgia); Steve Pearce (R, New Mexico) and Michael Turner [...] | 2008-01-24 15:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR OREP IS |
08TELAVIV2040 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Ben Caspit wrote on page one of the popular, pluralist Maariv: "[The Americans] want to promote [some kind of agreement with the Palestinians] with the Israeli government, but where is the Israeli government? There is no I [...] | 2008-09-08 10:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2043 | ISRAELI AND JORDANIAN VIEWS ON DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with Jordanian PolOff Asem Ababneh (please protect) September 2 to discuss the rising tensions between Jordan and Israel. Ababneh complained that Israel is taking Jordan for granted and is no longer acting in good faith on a range of issues, including the peace proces [...] | 2008-09-08 12:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL KISL JO IS |
08TELAVIV2057 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Legal Entanglement 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a police source as saying yesterday that there is a good chance that PM Ehud Olmert could be convicted of money laundering, a crime wh [...] | 2008-09-09 10:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2058 | NON-PAPER ON IRISL TRANSMITTED TO GOI [...] On September 8, Econoff passed non-paper transmitted reftel to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. Econoff's GOI contact promised to transmit the non-paper via secure fax to Ariel Shafransky, Deputy Director for C [...] | 2008-09-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN KNNP PTER EWWT IS |
08TELAVIV2072 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-10 09:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2078 | THE POLITICAL COUNTDOWN: TOWARDS KADIMA PRIMARIES SEPT 17 [...] (SBU) The Kadima primaries are only a week away. Front-runners Tzipi Livni and Shaul Mofaz, already labeled by the local media as the Obama and McCain of Israeli politics, are locked in campaign combat. They offer daily interviews, sound bites and policy statements to a public weary with the [...] | 2008-09-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2084 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. 9/11 Anniversary ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the killing of two IAF airmen yesterday evening when their Cobra attack helicopter crashed in the Galilee, apparently due to a technical failure. Ha'aretz [...] | 2008-09-11 10:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2096 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 09:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2106 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. 9/11 Anniversary ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that until a few months ago back-channel talks took place in Turkey, London, and Israel/the occupied territories between Israelis, headed by journalist Yit [...] | 2008-09-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV211 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2114 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 10:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2120 | KADIMA: FORWARD -- ON YOUR MARK, GET SET... [...] (SBU) Olmert recently reiterated his July 30 commitment to resign from the office of Prime Minister after the Kadima primaries for party leader, clarifying that he will do so "immediately" to enable the elected candidate to form a new government. The first round of voting gets under way in le [...] | 2008-09-16 15:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2124 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] World Financial Crisis 2. Mideast 3. U.S./India Nuclear Agreement ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines in today's media were split between the world financial crisis, the Kadima primaries, and Iran's nuclear threat. The m [...] | 2008-09-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2132 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Aluf Benn wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Whoever succeeds Olmert will ... have to choose among less than stellar options.... There is no reason to be jealous of the winner." Veteran journalist Hemmi S [...] | 2008-09-18 10:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2134 | TZIPI LIVNI SQUEAKS BY TO WIN KADIMA PRIMARY OVER [...] (C) Summary: FM Livni eked out a very narrow victory over Shaul Mofaz, Meir Sheetrit and Avi Dichter to win the Kadima Party primaries by just 431 votes. Pollsters faced a glum morning-after -- what some commentators have called the "Yom Kippur of polls" after exit polls substantially overest [...] | 2008-09-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2139 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2148 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN: [...] (C) Summary. During a September 15 meeting at the Knesset, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) Party leader Avigdor Lieberman described to the Ambassador his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other regional issues, his concern over deteriorating U.S.-Russian relations, and his robust political [...] | 2008-09-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IR SY RU IS |
08TELAVIV2153 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday PM Ehud Olmert tendered his resignation to President Shimon Peres. Ha'aretz reported that in private conversations yesterday, FM Tzipi Livni said that if [...] | 2008-09-22 10:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2162 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Jerusalem's Vehicle Terror Incident 2. Tzipi Livni's efforts to Form a Government PLEASE NOTE: Block Quotes only, Tuesday, September 23, 2008. -------------------------------------- Â [...] | 2008-09-23 15:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2166 | LIVNI BEGINS WORK TOWARD BUILDING A NEW COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Shimon Peres gave FM Tzipi Livni the nod to try to form a new coalition from the existing Knesset on the evening of September 22. She must do so no later than November 4 or early elections must be held within 90 days. Negative media coverage of a meeting between Lab [...] | 2008-09-23 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2167 | LIVNI BEGINS WORK TOWARD BUILDING A NEW COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Shimon Peres gave FM Tzipi Livni the nod to try to form a new coalition from the existing Knesset on the evening of September 22. She must do so no later than November 4 or early elections must be held within 90 days. Negative media coverage of a meeting between Labo [...] | 2008-09-24 04:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2169 | NON-PAPER ON CHINA TRANSMITTED TO GOI [...] On September 22, Econoff passed non-paper transmitted reftel to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. On the same day, Poloff transmitted the non-paper to Haim Waxman, Director of the MFA's Department of Non-Prolife [...] | 2008-09-24 05:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN KNNP PTER PARM IS |
08TELAVIV2171 | U.S. ARCHIVIST VIEWS ORIENT HOUSE DOCUMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, U.S. National Archivist Dr. Allen Weinstein and Director of the Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division of the National Archives and Records Administration, Michael Carlson, viewed documents seized by Israel from the Orient House in 2001. The two w [...] | 2008-09-24 06:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL PGOV KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV2172 | ISRAEL: CAUTIOUS WITH GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary: The GOI is continuing to take a cautious approach in its relations with Georgia. According to MFA Director for Export Controls Roey Gilad, the Israelis continue to review Georgian military assistance requests on a case-by-case basis, and have approved several defensive requests. [...] | 2008-09-24 09:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS RU GG IS |
08TELAVIV2175 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Defense Minister Ehud Barak as saying yesterday that the Labor Party will make every effort to form a national unity government with Kadima leader Tzipi Livn. Ha'aretz quo [...] | 2008-09-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV219 | MOD COMMENTS ON RAFAH SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns January 24 on the Israeli reaction to the January 23 breaching of the border fence between Egypt and Gaza. Hacham, who is a regular MOD interlocutor with the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),said he had deliver [...] | 2008-01-25 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM EG KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV220 | RESETTLEMENT OF MIGRON'S RESIDENTS MAY COUNTER [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, the State Prosecutor's Office announced that Prime Minister Olmert and Defense Minister Barak will strive within six months to achieve a consensual evacuation of the Migron outpost, whereby these settlers would be relocated to an alternative site. The announceme [...] | 2008-01-25 16:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV2201 | ISRAEL AT A TURNING POINT IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Through sixty years of statehood, Israel has traditionally relegated environmental concerns towards the bottom of the agenda, with the predictable results. Knowledgeable observers fault the government's pre-occupation with defense and growth and reliance on short-term tactical [...] | 2008-09-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TBIO IS |
08TELAVIV2204 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that yesterday President Shimon Peres told the UN General Assembly that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech on Tuesday constituted the "darkest anti-Semitic [...] | 2008-09-25 11:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV221 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2217 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Attack on Professor Sternhell 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that the chances of new Kadima leader Tzipi Livni quickly forming a coalition took a hit on Thursday when talks broke down in a secret chan [...] | 2008-09-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2218 | EXTREME RIGHT WING VIOLENCE REEMERGES AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late in the night of September 24, Israel Prize winner Ze'ev Sternhell was wounded in the leg by a pipe-bomb that exploded next to the gate of his Jerusalem residence. Sternhell, a political science professor known for his opposition to the settlers and the nationalist right-win [...] | 2008-09-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2219 | ISRAEL DISPUTES "COORDINATED RETURNS" OF AFRICANS [...] (C) SUMMARY Post delivered demarche (Reftel A) on September 17 as a non-paper to Eviatar Manor, MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for International Organizations and the United Nations. Manor and Simona Halperin, MFA Director of the International Organizations and Human Rights Department, res [...] | 2008-09-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EG IS ER SU AF |
08TELAVIV2236 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD DG BUCHRIS: [...] (S) Summary. During a September 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Director General Pinchas Buchris stressed the strategic importance of Israel's relations with the U.S. He said he hoped Iran's nuclear program could be stopped without the use of force, but made clear that Israel wi [...] | 2008-09-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS MASS KPAL LE SY IR RU IS |
08TELAVIV2238 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD DG BUCHRIS: [...] (S) Summary. During a September 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Director General Pinchas Buchris stressed the strategic importance of Israel's relations with the U.S. He said he hoped Iran's nuclear program could be stopped without the use of force, but made clear that I [...] | 2008-09-29 05:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS MASS KPAL LE SY IR RU IS |
08TELAVIV2246 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The most important interview that PM Ehud Olmert granted the pre- Jewish New Year Holiday media is the one with Yediot, in which he declared that Israel must withdraw from [...] | 2008-09-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2247 | U.S./IS DIALOGUE ON LEBANON: SUPPORT MODERATES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for NEA Jeffrey Feltman chaired an Embassy Tel Aviv-Washington interagency delegation participating in the first joint U.S./Israeli dialogue on Lebanon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Jerusalem. Overall, the Israelis [...] | 2008-09-29 12:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR IS LE SY IR UN |
08TELAVIV2250 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2252 | OLMERT'S "SWAN SONG" INTERVIEW SPARKS DEBATE AND [...] (C) Summary: Olmert's widely read Jewish New Year interview on the Palestinian and Syrian negotiation tracks (see paras 2 and 3 below) struck Israeli pundits as both bold and problematic. Commentators on the left, such as Meretz MK Yossi Beilin, criticized Olmert for talking the talk on the [...] | 2008-10-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE KWBG |
08TELAVIV2255 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that the index of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange dropped by 4.5% yesterday. Both Yediot and Maariv listed the losses sustained by the richest Israelis. Maariv bannered: QT [...] | 2008-10-03 10:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2261 | ISRAEL: RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN [...] (SBU) On October 2, Polmiloff delivered the text of UNSCR 1835 and reftel non-paper outlining Chapter VII sanctions on Iran to date to the MFA's Director for Non-Proliferation Haim Waxman, Director for Arms Control Rodica Radian-Gordon, and Director for Export Control Roey Gilad. Polmiloff no [...] | 2008-10-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR MNUC PARM IS |
08TELAVIV2268 | IRISL OBJECTIVES SHARED WITH GOI [...] On September 10, Econoff transmitted Treasury's press release on the designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. The press release was also transmitted [...] | 2008-10-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN KNNP PTER EWWT IS |
08TELAVIV2271 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell to its lowest level since September 2006. The blue-chip TA-25 index lost 6.3 percent to fall below 800 for the first time [...] | 2008-10-06 12:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2282 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2293 | COALITION UPDATE: WAITING ON BARAK [...] (C) Summary: Halfway through her first two weeks' effort at coalition building, FM Tzipi Livni is laying the groundwork for an agreement with Labor that could lead to a coalition deal sometime after the end of the upcoming string of high holidays that conclude on October 21. This timeframe w [...] | 2008-10-07 16:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN IS |
08TELAVIV2306 | PALESTINIANS SUE GOI OVER INACTION TO EVACUATE [...] (C) Summary: On October 5, five Palestinian landowners, through the Yesh Din human rights organization, filed a civil suit for NIS 1.5 million against the GOI for damages caused by its failure to evacuate the Migron outpost. According to Yesh Din legal advisor Michael Sfard, not only had the [...] | 2008-10-08 10:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV2308 | MFA CONFERENCE PROVIDES PLATFORM FOR LIVNI [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Livni used the MFA's first annual policy and strategy conference as a platform to elucidate her cautious approach to peace negotiations, stressing her views that negotiations must be grounded in political reality, should not be accelerated to accommodate polit [...] | 2008-10-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNP IR KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV2310 | ISRAEL TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Pol Couns raised reftel points with MFA Deputy Director General for Multilateral and UN Affairs (IO A/S-equivalent) Eviatar Manor October 8, stressing U.S. opposition to the Serbian resolution and requesting Israel to vote no. Manor said the MFA had considered their position on this reso [...] | 2008-10-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV IS |
08TELAVIV2311 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2315 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 10:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV232 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Final Winograd Report 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with the political situation on the eve of the publication of the final Winograd report. Ha'aretz and other media quoted associates of PM Ehud Olmert a [...] | 2008-01-29 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2326 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and The Jerusalem Post quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying yesterday that she would leave "no stone unturned" in order to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal b [...] | 2008-10-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2329 | IDF REGIONAL COMMANDERS SPEAK OUT IN PRESS [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Within the span of several days, the Israeli Defense Force Regional Commanders made direct and frank comments in separate interviews to the press regarding the state-of-play in Israel's northern, central, and southern regions. On the northern border, Maj. Gen. Gadi [...] | 2008-10-15 13:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MARR PGOV MOPS MCAP IS |
08TELAVIV2330 | YOM KIPPUR RIOTS IN THE MIXED CITY OF AKKO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, at the beginning of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, the drive of an Arab resident of the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Akko (Acre) into the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of "Ben Gurion" became the proximate cause for riots between the two communities for more t [...] | 2008-10-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PINR SOCI CASC IS |
08TELAVIV2337 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM-designate Tzipi Livni was supposed to meet with Shas Chairman Eli Yishai last night, but the meeting was canceled. A statement released jointly by their bureaus s [...] | 2008-10-16 13:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2339 | KADIMA AND LABOR PLEDGE COALITION PARTNERSHIP: [...] (C) Summary: Kadima and Labor negotiators reached a draft agreement October 13 that would allow Tzipi Livni to form a new coalition with Ehud Barak. After marathon negotiations, Labor obtained several commitments from Kadima: 1) full partnership in the Syrian and Palestinian negotiations; [...] | 2008-10-16 16:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2342 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that the global financial crisis is sparking a local job market crunch, with Maariv predicting that up to 55,000 Israelis would lose their jobs. (Yesterday the Israel E [...] | 2008-10-17 10:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2349 | ACTION REQUEST: LEAHY VETTING FOR MG BENNY GANTZ [...] (SBU) DOD has invited the individual named in para 2 to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, scheduled for November 17-20, 2008. Participation costs will be covered by DOD Counterterrorism Fellowship Funds. Post has no derogatory information on this individual. Post request [...] | 2008-10-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM IS |
08TELAVIV2351 | ISRAEL: MAYROW TRADING CO. DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN IS |
08TELAVIV2360 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 10:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2368 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London that senior Tehran officials are recommending a pr [...] | 2008-10-22 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2370 | LIVNI HAS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO FORM A [...] (C) Summary: Tzipi Livni's target of producing a coalition by the date the Knesset reopens for its winter session on October 27 lost momentum when Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) and Rafi Eitan (Pensioners) decried the idea of a "narrow coalition" comprising just 59-60 MK's of Kadima, Labor, Meretz and [...] | 2008-10-22 17:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2374 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- While Yediot reported that PM-designate Tzipi Livni has offered Shas 1 billion shekels (around $ 260 million),Maariv reported that Livni signaled to Shas that she can no lo [...] | 2008-10-23 10:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV238 | RAMIFICATIONS OF WINOGRAD FINAL REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Anticipation of the January 30 rollout of the final report of the Winograd Committee has generated renewed calls for Olmert's resignation from predictable quarters (the opposition, the extreme left and the extreme right),and from some bereaved families and reservists. PM Ehud O [...] | 2008-01-30 05:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MOPS LE IS |
08TELAVIV2384 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported this morning that Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef held a telephone consultation with the Council of Torah Sages and nixed the partyQs entrance into [...] | 2008-10-24 10:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV239 | RAMIFICATIONS OF WINOGRAD FINAL REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Anticipation of the January 30 rollout of the final report of the Winograd Committee has generated renewed calls for Olmert's resignation from predictable quarters (the opposition, the extreme left and the extreme right),and from some bereaved families and reservists. PM Ehud O [...] | 2008-01-30 05:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MOPS LE IS |
08TELAVIV2391 | KADIMA AND SHAS BRINKMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Late on October 23, Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni issued an ultimatum to the Shas Party. Kadima reportedly offered Shas some 650 million NIS (approximately 170 million USD) for family allowances, and Livni told party activists that it was now time for Shas to decide. She also [...] | 2008-10-24 15:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV24 | SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM APPLIES TO WEST [...] (C) Summary: Since Annapolis, Israeli settlement plans have been featured prominently and consistently in the Israeli press. In December alone, there were five published reports of GOI plans to build new residential and commercial projects, primarily in East Jerusalem. Recent press reports [...] | 2008-01-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV2400 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Politics 2. U.S. Operation against Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday PM-designate Tzipi Livni told President Shimon Peres that she has exhausted all options of forming a government. Peres is [...] | 2008-10-27 10:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2401 | KADIMA'S LIVNI BAILS OUT IN FAVOR OF EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Kadima chairperson Tzipi Livni on Sunday told President Peres that she was unable to form a coalition and recommended early elections. Livni, who ended her attempts to form a government only two days after the ultraorthodox SHAS and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) parties rejected her offers, [...] | 2008-10-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IS |
08TELAVIV2402 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying that he would remain caretaker until the formation of a new government early next year. HaQaretz quoted police sources as saying on Monday that e [...] | 2008-10-28 10:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV241 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Final Winograd Report 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the final Winograd report, which will be made public this afternoon after 17 months of work. Banners: in Yediot: "The Mome [...] | 2008-01-30 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2413 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Elections 3. Global Financial Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that Knesset faction leaders decided yesterday to set the date for general elections on February 10. HaQaretz reported that Ka [...] | 2008-10-29 10:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2419 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 13:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV242 | ISRAEL AND PA FACE WORSENING WATER SITUATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ENRG IS JO |
08TELAVIV2427 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S. Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited a Post/ Smith Research poll, which found that the Rightist bloc led by Likud will defeat the Left, led by Kadima and Labor, by eight Knesset seats (see be [...] | 2008-10-31 10:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2432 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERNAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter October 30. They discussed the GOI's plans for dealing with extremist settler violence, Israeli security cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas' ongoing efforts to develop its military capabilities in [...] | 2008-10-31 16:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS |
08TELAVIV2433 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your upcoming visit to the region comes during a time of transition in Israeli politics. FM Livni is casting her failure to refashion a coalition as a refusal to accept the restrictive economic and diplomatic terms demanded by the Shas Party. The Kadima Party, under her leade [...] | 2008-10-31 17:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG SY IS |
08TELAVIV2434 | THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...] | 2008-11-03 05:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS |
08TELAVIV2436 | THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...] | 2008-11-03 07:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS |
08TELAVIV2446 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S. Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin warned at yesterday's cabinet meeting that a government decision to evacuate more territory m [...] | 2008-11-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2447 | CASHLESS IN GAZA? [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KPAL KTFN EFIN IS |
08TELAVIV245 | WINOGRAD FINAL REPORT -- HARSHER ON IDF THAN ON [...] (C) Jerusalem's first snowstorm of the season coincided with the public release of the Winograd report that has created a political storm of its own. How the media describe the findings of the report will determine, in large measure, the magnitude of that storm. Our initial assessment is tha [...] | 2008-01-30 18:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS IS LE |
08TELAVIV2452 | NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO BE BANKING CORRESPONDENT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-03 13:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP KTFN EFIN IS |
08TELAVIV2454 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2468 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S. Elections 2. Middle East ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media covered the last day of the U.S. electoral campaign. The printed media predicted that Sen. Barack Obama would clinch the presidency. This morning the electronic me [...] | 2008-11-05 11:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2469 | ISRAEL: IDF OPERATION IN GAZA SPURS ROCKET ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: IDF forces entered into the Gaza Strip during the evening of November 4 to collapse a tunnel purportedly to be used to kidnap IDF soldiers near the Gaza security fence. Several Hamas militants were killed and IDF soldiers wounded in the ensuing firefight. Hamas responded Novemb [...] | 2008-11-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV2473 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2475 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2479 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 06:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV249 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 10:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2499 | WATER PROJECT FINANCING WORKSHOP PRESSES FOR ALTERNATIVES [...] (SBU) On November 5-6, the Milken Institute hosted a Financial Innovation Lab in Jerusalem to promote the idea of using public sector bond-issuing mechanisms for financing water, wastewater, and environmental remediation projects in the region. 60 Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian officials, [...] | 2008-11-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS |
08TELAVIV250 | ISRAELI COMPLIANCE WITH THE BERLIN DECLARATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to Department inquiry (ref A),Israel appears to implement a model DOTS program, and observes Berlin Declaration commitments fully. The Ministry of Health (MOH) continues t assess Israel's successful National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP). Israel is a signatory o [...] | 2008-01-31 14:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV WHO IS EG JO |
08TELAVIV2500 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 11:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2509 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2520 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on a wave of layoffs in Israel, and quoted Finance Minister Roni Bar-On as saying that Qthe man in the street wonQt pay for the tycoonsQ ills. The media reported that [...] | 2008-11-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2521 | MEETING WITH SETTLER REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In coordination with Knesset Deputy Speaker Otniel Schneller, Pol Couns, EconOff and PolOff met with representatives of the settler community on November 5 to discuss the settlers' role in internal Israeli politics and the rise in settler violence. Pol Couns led off by reviewing [...] | 2008-11-13 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV2534 | MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: WHERE THE CANDIDATE IS KING [...] Summary: Israeli voters went to the polls November 11 to choose their mayors and municipal councils. Incumbent Ron Huldai won re-election in Tel Aviv, while secular candidate Nir Barkat (formerly affiliated with Kadima) defeated ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) candidate Meir Porush (UTJ) in Jerusale [...] | 2008-11-13 17:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2544 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that DM Ehud Barak has approved dozens of construction projects in the West Bank in recent months, contradicting Israel's commitments under t [...] | 2008-11-14 12:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2547 | TENSION ESCALATES ALONG GAZA BORDER [...] (S) Summary: Hostilities continue to escalate along the Gaza border despite the current ceasefire -- "tahdiyeh" -- not scheduled to expire until December 19. Following a November 4 IDF raid into the Gaza Strip to destroy a tunnel (reftel),Palestinian terror organizations have steadily barra [...] | 2008-11-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER PGOV MOPS KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV2553 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 11:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2554 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MERETZ PARTY [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Meretz Party Chairman Chaim Oron November 10. Oron, who was well-informed on the status of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, said he it is likely that Likud Party leader Bibi Netanyahu will focus his election campaign on the economy, which is seen by many Israeli [...] | 2008-11-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV2555 | BARAK APPROVES NEW SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense (MOD) Barak since April 2008, has approved dozens of construction permits for residential and municipal projects in the major settlement blocs and in a number of smaller settlements. This construction, if completed, will pave the way for continued population [...] | 2008-11-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV2568 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that senior American officials fear that opening a U.S. interests section in Tehran could strengthen President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and help him win the pr [...] | 2008-11-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2569 | A/S DESUTTER'S COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter held consultations with GOI officials and Israeli think tanks October 30 as a part of her Compliance Diplomacy visit to the Middle East. The purpose of these consultations was to discuss t [...] | 2008-11-18 12:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PARM KNNP KTIA IS |
08TELAVIV2571 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz quoted President Shimon Peres as saying in London yesterday that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama proclaimed himself Qvery impressed with the Arab Le [...] | 2008-11-19 12:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2572 | WATER - ENERGY LINK EXPLORED AT PM'S CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The Prime Minister's Conference on Export and International Cooperation on November 12 devoted a quarter of its program to the link between water and energy issues, in the context of green technologies and the business opportunities these present for Israeli exports. Israel's ongo [...] | 2008-11-19 13:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EINV IS |
08TELAVIV2576 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-20 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2578 | HISTADRUT THREATENS NATIONAL STRIKE [...] Summary. The Histadrut Labor Federation threatened November 19 to call a national strike to protest the lack of a pension safety net in the economic stimulus plan (Septel) the Government announced earlier that day. Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini, who did not announce a specific strike date, ca [...] | 2008-11-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB IS PGOV SOCI |
08TELAVIV2581 | UNESCO: GOI REQUESTS URGENT CONSULTATIONS TO [...] (C) MFA Director for International Organizations Tibor Shalev-Schlosser approached poloff on the margins of an unrelated meeting to convey what he called an urgent message about the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni to be the next Director-General of UNESCO. According to [...] | 2008-11-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO EG IS |
08TELAVIV2582 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2586 | EPA ADMINISTRATOR VISITS ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EINV TBIO IS |
08TELAVIV2589 | ISRAEL AND JORDAN DISCUSS MUGHRABI GATE, REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Poloff met November 20 with MFA Jordan Desk Director Tuvia Israeli and MFA IO Desk Director Tibor Shalev-Schlosser to discuss the ongoing dispute between Jordan and Israel over the Mughrabi Gate. The pair provided a readout of MFA DG Abramovich's November 12 meeting wi [...] | 2008-11-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS |
08TELAVIV2591 | US-ISRAEL CONSULTATIONS ON UN AFFAIRS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 28, Assistant Secretary Brian Hook and MFA Deputy DG for International Organizations Evyatar Manor led a bilateral consultation on United Nations Affairs with the Foreign Ministry. The discussions covered the Security Council role in the ongoing peace negotiations, Leb [...] | 2008-11-21 16:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL UNEP MOPS KPKO UN LE PA IS |
08TELAVIV2592 | BARAK DEFERS EVACUATION OF HEBRON HOUSE FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Defense (MOD) Barak on November 20 balked at forcibly removing nine settler families from a house in Hebron after the High Court of Justice ordered their evacuation, and clashes erupted between the settlers and Israeli forces. Ministry of Defense officials in recent [...] | 2008-11-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV2598 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2603 | GAZA CASH CRISIS: CBG FISCHER CALLS FOR USG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 12:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PREL IS |
08TELAVIV2610 | UPDATE: GOI MASTER PLANS FOR AREA C WEST BANK [...] (C/NF) Oded Hermann, MOD POL-MIL advisor to Amos Gilad, called EconCouns November 18 with an update on the 14 outstanding master plans being developed/approved for Palestinian communities in Area C. Hermann reported that draft plans had been developed for half of these communities, and are [...] | 2008-11-24 13:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPAL KWBG PA IS |
08TELAVIV2617 | NETANYAHU OUTLINES FOR AMBASSADOR LIKUD'S WAY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a private meeting with the Ambassador on November 20, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu confidently described his prospects to become the next Israeli prime minister and outlined his intent to form a broad, center-right coalition if his party prevails in February. Netanyah [...] | 2008-11-24 14:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2618 | NETANYAHU OUTLINES FOR AMBASSADOR LIKUD'S WAY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a private meeting with the Ambassador on November 20, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu confidently described his prospects to become the next Israeli prime minister and outlined his intent to form a broad, center-right coalition if his party prevails in February. Netanyah [...] | 2008-11-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PREL KPAL ECON IS IR |
08TELAVIV2619 | USSC GEN. DAYTON'S NOVEMBER 18 MEETING WITH IDF [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States Security Coordinator (USSC) LTG Keith W. Dayton and members of his staff met with IDF OC Central Command MG Gadi Shamni and members of his Command at Shamni's Neve Yaakov Headquarters on November 18. The USSC discussed the establishment of a base for the Pales [...] | 2008-11-24 17:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV262 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 11:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2620 | ISRAELI POLLSTER PROVIDES INTERESTING DATA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 05:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAL KPLS KPAO IS |
08TELAVIV2623 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that yesterday in Washington PM Ehud Olmert asked the U.S. administration to speed up the diplomatic process with the Palestinians. He was quoted as saying that President-e [...] | 2008-11-25 11:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV263 | A/S BURNS' JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH MFA DG [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch updated U/S Burns January 24 on recent meetings between Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams, noting that despite the previous day's incidents on the Egypt-Gaza border, the teams met that day. Abramovitch expressed the GOI,s h [...] | 2008-02-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IS KWBG MCAP MOPS PREL UNSC |
08TELAVIV2630 | MFA DISCUSSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH VATICAN, POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA Director for Inter-Religious Affairs Bahij Mansour told Poloff that negotiations with the Vatican over outstanding issues related to the Fundamental Agreement were going well, and that Israel expected a "breakthrough" at the December 18 plenary session in Rome. Acc [...] | 2008-11-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF VT IS |
08TELAVIV2632 | JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR PROMOTES ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Jordanian Ambassador Ali Al-Ayed told the Ambassador November 19 that in response to the growing expression of interest by some Israeli leaders -- including President Peres and Defense Minister Barak -- in the 2002 Beirut Arab Summit peace initiative, he has undertaken to publicize the in [...] | 2008-11-25 16:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG JO IS |
08TELAVIV2634 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 12:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2635 | DOV WEISSGLAS WARNS ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Former Chief of Staff to Ariel Sharon Dov Weissglas, in an op-ed published in the mass circulation Yediot Aharonot November 24, cautioned that Israel risks a diplomatic confrontation with the new US Administration if it continues to permit settlement expansion and outpost constru [...] | 2008-11-26 14:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV2636 | ISRAELI ECONOMISTS SEE SILVER LINING IN CRISIS [...] (U) Two academic economists, with very different world views, explained to Dep EconCouns recently that they are sanguine about the ultimate effect of the international financial crisis on Israel. "Social" economist Momi Dahan, a Professor at Hebrew University and former senior adviser to the [...] | 2008-11-26 16:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2640 | MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS REGIONAL PEACE, DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Director of Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon on November 16 met separately with Eran Etzion, MFA Director of Policy Planning, Tal Becker, MFA Foreign Policy Advisor, and Yaakov Hadas, Deputy Director General of the Middle East and Peace Process Division to discuss Israeli views [...] | 2008-11-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL SY XF IS |
08TELAVIV2644 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Mumbai Terror Attacks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the past two days all media highlighted the multiple terror attacks in Mumbai, in particular on the cityQs Chabad Hasidic headquarters, where up to 20 Israelis are bei [...] | 2008-11-28 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2647 | OLMERT'S TRAVELGATE - ATTORNEY GENERAL BEGINS MARCH TOWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV265 | UAE EQUIPMENT FOR THE PA [...] (C) In response to Ref A instructions, USSC confirmed to DATT that USSC has discussed this UAE-offered equipment with the PA's Hazem Atallah. The next step is for Atallah to write a letter to USSC officially requesting the equipment. USSC will then coordinate with the GOI about allowing the [...] | 2008-02-01 12:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPAL IS AE |
08TELAVIV2663 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Aftermath of Mumbai Terror Attacks 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that an IDF soldier lost a leg on Friday in a mortar attack from Gaza on his base. The Jerusalem Post reported that he is no longer at risk [...] | 2008-12-01 11:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2664 | MFA REQUEST TO COORDINATE APPROACH IN EAST ASIA ON [...] (C) MFA Director of Political Research (INR A/S-equivalent) Nimrod Barkan November 26 requested that PolCouns convey to the Department an Israeli request for coordination of approaches in East Asian capitals regarding the importance of increasing financial pressures on Iran. Barkan, who had j [...] | 2008-12-01 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KNNP IR IS IN XE |
08TELAVIV2677 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the return of the remains of the Israeli victims of MumbaiQs terror attacks. The Jerusalem Post reported that yesterday senior Foreign Ministry offici [...] | 2008-12-03 05:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2694 | ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN CONTACTS ON LIBYAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns December 3 on ongoing Israeli-Egyptian contacts regarding the Libyan ship bearing humanitarian relief supplies for Gaza. Hacham said the Israeli Navy closely tracked the course of the Libyan ship on its way to Gaza. He noted that Li [...] | 2008-12-03 10:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID UNSC KWBG IS LY EG |
08TELAVIV2696 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: --------- Summary: -------- The conservative, independent Jerusalem Post editorialized: QThe best place to hit-the-ground-running is on the Iranian issue.... If Iran gets the bomb, Hamas and Hizbullah will be emboldened and Muslim moderates throughout the world will be marginalize [...] | 2008-12-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2711 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 12:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2713 | GOI CALLS GAZA CASH CRISIS A HAMAS PLOY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 13:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | EFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PTER PREL IS |
08TELAVIV2720 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hebron Violence 2. Obama Administration 3. Global Economy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the IDF and police are preparing for a wave of violence by extremist West Bank settlers against Palestinians after yes [...] | 2008-12-05 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2721 | UPDATE ON ISRAELI-JORDANIAN TALKS ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Jordan Desk Director Tuvia Israeli December 5 to get an update on MFA DG Abramovich's dialogue with Jordanian Ambassador to Israel Al-Ayed over resolving the dispute between Israel and Jordan over the Mughrabi Gate. Israeli said there have been no new developments si [...] | 2008-12-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO IS |
08TELAVIV2728 | BROAD POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR BARAK'S FIRM HAND [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Defense Forces and Border Police evacuated more than 100 right-wing settlers and their supporters from the disputed "House of Contention" in Hebron on December 4 in a lightning operation that took just 36 minutes to complete (reftel). Although PM Olmert and Public S [...] | 2008-12-05 17:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KWBG PINS IS |
08TELAVIV2733 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines of major media (lead story in HaQaretz) quoted President-elect Barack Obama as saying yesterday on NBCQs QMeet the PressQ program that the West must engage in "tough but direc [...] | 2008-12-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2739 | CORPORATE BONDS: ISRAEL'S "SUBPRIME CRISIS" [...] (SBU) Gil Buffman, the Chief Economist at Bank Leumi, says that the GOI is only now waking up to the trouble in the Israeli corporate bond market. The problems were brought on by deregulation and the import of the global financial criQQQ 1QQQQQavings funds have been rather mild, he nonetheles [...] | 2008-12-08 13:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IS |
08TELAVIV274 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2741 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-08 14:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2742 | NETANYAHU TELLS REP. WEXLER IRAN TOP PROBLEM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu discussed the new Administration in Washington and its significance for Israel and the region. Netanyahu stressed that he was optimistic about working with President Elect Obama if he becom [...] | 2008-12-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KWBG IR IS |
08TELAVIV2744 | GOI RELAXES RESTRICTIONS AROUND NABLUS [...] (SBU) Coordinator for Government Action in the Territories (COGAT) External Relations Director Uri Singer informed EconCouns on December 7 that the GOI would relax a number of movement and access restrictions in the West Bank for the Eid al-Adha holiday season. He also gave an update on long [...] | 2008-12-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KWBG PREL IS |
08TELAVIV2745 | CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Summary. In his December 3 meeting with Israel Defense Intelligence Director Yadlin, Representative Robert Wexler (D-Florida) referred to his previous meeting with Likud Party leader Netanyahu (reftel) and asked for Yadlin's assessment of the possibility of Israel and the Palestinian movin [...] | 2008-12-08 15:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV2750 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the Likud primaries. According to the electronic media MK Gideon Saar came in first, followed by Gilad Erdan, Reuven Rivlin, Benny Begin, Mo [...] | 2008-12-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2757 | SHAS: YES WE CAN? [...] (C) Summary: The Sephardi ultra-orthodox Shas party, which officially launched its election campaign at a rally on December 3, has adopted President-elect Obama's campaign slogan, "Yes We Can," in attempt to capitalize on a political moment when minorities feel empowered by Obama,s victory in [...] | 2008-12-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS |
08TELAVIV2760 | U/S LEVEY REASSURES GOI THAT NO MOMENTUM WILL BE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 08:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KTFN EFIN ECON KWBG IR IS |
08TELAVIV2763 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2765 | ENERGY DG BERATES GOI TREASURY MYOPIA [...] (SBU) GOI Ministry of National Infrastructure (MNI) Director General Hezi Kugler scolded Israel's Finance Ministry for not including renewable energy in the fiscal stimulus plan it has announced. In a surprisingly glum statement to the 2008 Electricity Conference of the Union of Electrical Eng [...] | 2008-12-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG EINV IS |
08TELAVIV277 | WINOGRAD REVERBERATES BUT BARAK STAYS WITH OLMERT [...] Summary: MOD Barak has decided to keep the Labor Party in the coalition -- for now, and refrained from demanding early elections. His decision led Ma'ariv journalist Ben Caspit to predict that "Barak, who hoped to steal Kadima away from Olmert and to face Bibi (Netanyahu) alone in a year's [...] | 2008-02-05 16:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR MOPS KDEM IS LE |
08TELAVIV2774 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Human Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu told the newspaper that Likud is behind him and far-right-winger Moshe Feiglin will soon disappear. The Jerusal [...] | 2008-12-11 12:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2783 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Foreign Minister Livni met in Tel Aviv December 9. They discussed Israeli domestic politics, the impact of the Israeli elections on the peace process, and Iran. Livni said the Israeli electorate feels apprehensive and is looking for strong leade [...] | 2008-12-12 12:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV2786 | PRESIDENT PERES TALKS POLITICS, REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary and the Ambassador met with Israeli President Shimon Peres on December 9 to discuss upcoming Israeli elections, the peace process with the Palestinians, and other regional developments. Peres predicted that there would not be dramatic policy shifts followin [...] | 2008-12-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL TU IS |
08TELAVIV2788 | MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ARRANGE LIVNI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eynat Schlein-Michael, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Maghreb, Syria, and Lebanon Affairs met with Poloff on December 10. She confirmed recent Israeli press reports of a possible upcoming visit to Morocco by Foreign Minister Livni, but was pessimistic the [...] | 2008-12-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MO TS IS |
08TELAVIV2789 | ISRAEL: CLUSTER MUNITIONS LETTER EXCHANGE [...] (S) Post received December 10 a letter from the Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak responding to reftel proposed letter on cluster munitions. The GOI reply (para 2) matches the proposed GOI response in reftel. Per reftel, post will send scanned copies of both letters via electronic mail [...] | 2008-12-12 14:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MARR MCAP PARM PINS PREL IS |
08TELAVIV279 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered Monday's suicide bombing in Dimona, in which a woman was killed and 48 others wounded. The media reported that the IDF fears that the terrorists may hav [...] | 2008-02-06 05:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2790 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 18:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2793 | LABOR PRIMARIES BENEFIT BARAK WHILE LIKUD PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The Labor and Likud primaries are over, and the results provide some insight into what the two historic, mainstream Israeli parties may look like, as those on the rank-ordered slate will become members of the Knesset depending on the percentage of the popular vote that the party [...] | 2008-12-12 18:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS |
08TELAVIV2794 | LIVNI PUSHES EU RELATIONS UPGRADE AS SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8th, the European Union Council of Ministers announced an upgrade in its diplomatic relationship with Israel. The announcement received prominent coverage in both the Jerusalem Post and Ha'aretz, with Foreign Minister Livni calling it a "significant achievement." Dir [...] | 2008-12-12 18:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC UN EU IS KPAL PHUM |
08TELAVIV2796 | ISRAEL: GAZA CROSSINGS UNDER FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, MFA Director for UN Political Affairs David Siegel updated PolOff on several issues Israel is pursuing at the UN, especially on humanitarian support to Gaza. Siegel showed PolOff the draft of a presentation the GOI is preparing for New York that demonstrates the [...] | 2008-12-15 11:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UN LE IS |
08TELAVIV2797 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Khaled Mashal, the head of HamasQs political bureau, as saying that Hamas does not plan to extend its truce with Israel beyond this Friday, Dec [...] | 2008-12-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2798 | UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...] | 2008-12-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS |
08TELAVIV2799 | UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...] | 2008-12-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS |
08TELAVIV2809 | A PROLIFERATION OF MESSAGES AS ISRAEL AND HAMAS APPROACH [...] In the absence of any published policy directive on Gaza from the December 10 trilateral meeting of Olmert, Barak and Livni, the Israeli media is focused on perceived policy differences within the GOI. The media reports that Minister of Defense Barak favors renewal of the truce between Israel [...] | 2008-12-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL MOPS IS EG |
08TELAVIV2816 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying that important progress had been made in the talks between Israel and the Palestinians even though the goal of an agreement [...] | 2008-12-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2822 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2833 | ISRAELI ECONOMIC CRISIS PLANS [...] The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has recently come out with several plans to deal with a serious economic slowdown in Israel caused by the global financial crisis. The first plan introduced by the MOF is aimed at accelerating economic growth, with a primary emphasis on investment in infrastructur [...] | 2008-12-17 15:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS |
08TELAVIV2839 | ISRAELI ISLAMIC MOVEMENT GAINING INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The official goal of the Islamic Movement in Israel is to bring Muslims living in "Palestine of 1948" back to Islam. The Movement has focused its efforts on three primary fronts -- the social, the religious, and the political. While efforts on the political front have been limi [...] | 2008-12-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KIRF SOCI IS |
08TELAVIV2840 | ISRAEL CIVAIR: GOI NOTIFIED OF CAT 2 STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post notified Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Giora Romm on Thursday, December 18 of the Federal Aviation Authority's findings and the designation of Israel as Category 2, Not in Compliance with international standards for aviation safety oversight under the [...] | 2008-12-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON IS |
08TELAVIV2841 | KADIMA'S FIRST PRIMARY A MODEST SUCCESS FOR LIVNI [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister and leader of the governing Kadima party, Tzipi Livni appeared visibly relieved if not positively jubilant over the outcome of her party's first-ever primary late Wednesday. Her loyalists, Tzachi Hanegbi and Roni Bar-On, earned the fourth and fifth seats despite the fact [...] | 2008-12-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IS |
08TELAVIV2853 | PM OLMERT TO VISIT ANKARA DECEMBER 22 [...] (U) The Israeli popular daily "Yediot Aharonot" reported December 19 that Prime Minister Olmert will visit Ankara December 22 to meet PM Erdogan. According to the article, which was written by Olmert's favorite correspondent, Shim'on Schiffer, "the purpose of the visit, from the Prime Minist [...] | 2008-12-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY TU IS GB |
08TELAVIV2854 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Olmert as saying yesterday in London that he hopes for peace with Syria. Media reported that on Monday he will travel to Ankara for a meeting with Turkish PM Recep [...] | 2008-12-19 11:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2858 | ISRAEL'S NSC SUPPORTS MINIMUM MONTHLY CASH FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 16:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | EFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PTER PREL IS |
08TELAVIV2859 | ISRAEL'S NSC SUPPORTS MINIMUM MONTHLY CASH FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 16:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | EFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PTER PREL IS |
08TELAVIV2860 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that dozens of rockets and mortar shells fell on southern Israel from Gaza over the weekend. The media reported that the attacks have sparked a heated debate in Israel o [...] | 2008-12-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2864 | PREPARING FOR AN ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION IN GAZA [...] (S) Summary. Since Hamas announced the end of the "tahdiya" truce agreement December 19, pressure has been building in Israel for the IDF to respond more aggressively to daily barrages of rockets and mortars from Gaza. The Israeli cabinet meeting December 21 was largely devoted to a lively [...] | 2008-12-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV2865 | ISRAEL: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Israel. Embassy Tel Aviv's point of contact for this report is: Jason Grubb, Political-Military Officer, Tel: 972-3-519-7460; e-mail: GrubbJB@State.gov. 2. Begin Text: Israel Twenty-four Israeli civilians [...] | 2008-12-22 16:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IS |
08TELAVIV2882 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. FAA Downgrading of Israeli Aviation Status ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Syrian President Bashar Assad as saying yesterday, following PM Ehud OlmertQs talks in Ankara, that he believes direct peace talks wit [...] | 2008-12-23 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2887 | ISRAEL: DAS HALE'S DECEMBER 17 DISCUSSION WITH BG [...] (S) Summary: NEA DAS Hale met with IDF Strategic Division Head Brigadier General Yossi Heimann on December 17. DAS Hale gave a brief update of USG discussions regarding a Third Party Mechanism (TPM) in the Palestinian territories within the context of a two-state solution, noting the USG has [...] | 2008-12-24 05:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV2893 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with a possible resumption of the cease-fire with Hamas. HaQaretz quoted a senior Hamas official as saying in a published interview that his organization would be willing t [...] | 2008-12-24 11:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2899 | ISRAEL: PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN FIFTH GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC IS |
08TELAVIV29 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-04 11:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV290 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Chad ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in response to the Hamas suicide bombing in Dimona, Israel killed nine Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians in turn fired heavy barrages of rockets at so [...] | 2008-02-06 11:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2903 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Operation 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media led with the IAF strikes in Gaza, which have killed over 300 Palestinians since Saturday (QOperation Cast LeadQ). The latest developments on Sunday wer [...] | 2008-12-29 11:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2906 | GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 29, 18:00 [...] (C) Summary: The IDF continued its deployment of ground forces around the Gaza periphery on December 29, with elements of at least three armored and two infatry brigades taking up positions opposite Gaza City and Beit Hanoun. Air strikes against strategic and tactical targets continued throug [...] | 2008-12-29 16:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS |
08TELAVIV2918 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 10:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV2922 | GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 30, 18:00 [...] (S) Summary: The IDF continued to reinforce and increase ground forces around the Gaza periphery, including robust logistical support and elements from brigades not typically deployed in the Gaza sector. No ground operations have been initiated; the senior GOI leadership is discussing a range [...] | 2008-12-30 17:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS |
08TELAVIV2928 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Senior Middle East affairs analyst Zvi Bar'el wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: QHamas can rack up its first victory, as several European countries are already talking about a QhumanitarianQ cease-fire, and Egypt has been fixed in t [...] | 2008-12-31 11:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV293 | CODEL VOINOVICH DISCUSSES GAZA SMUGGLING ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 04:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL IR IZ |
08TELAVIV2930 | GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 31, 14:30 [...] (S) SUMMARY: While IDF troops remained on hold but still poised for a ground attack, rocket fire continues into Israel from Gaza, including increased attacks beyond 30km, and the first hit in the city of Be'er Sheva. Israeli airstrikes are ongoing, although at a slowed tempo, with attacks rep [...] | 2008-12-31 13:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS |
08TELAVIV296 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Aftermath of Final Winograd Report 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media quoted Dr. Abu-Osama Abed Al-Makati, Hamas's representative in Iran, as saying on Wednesday that Israel can expect a wave [...] | 2008-02-07 11:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV316 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that last night Israel cut power supply to Gaza by less than 1%. The media reported that Israel will eventually lower the amount of electricity it s [...] | 2008-02-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV318 | AMBASSADOR AND INTERIOR MINISTER SHEETRIT DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit (Kadima) February 7 to discuss political and bilateral issues. Sheetrit thought DefMin Barak had made a mistake and destroyed his credibility by not resigning, as promised, following the release of the Winograd report. He [...] | 2008-02-08 17:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KIRF CASC BEXP IS |
08TELAVIV324 | ISRAEL ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE NOTES [...] (U) Two visiting NASA astronauts, the Mars Rover project director from the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, and the General of US Space Command were a hit with their hyper-active five-day schedule in Israel last week. They headlined the Ilan Ramon Space Sciences Conference, where they lectured on Livi [...] | 2008-02-11 10:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPA ENRG KGHG IS |
08TELAVIV325 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV33 | AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFIRMED AT PETTING ZOO [...] SUMMARY: On January 3, 2008 the Israeli Veterinary and Animal Health Services (IVAHS) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) confirmed Avian Influenza (H5N1) in birds at a Binyamina kindergarten petting zoo in North-Central Israel. Currently, there is no indication that any hum [...] | 2008-01-04 13:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR ETRD USTR IS KWBG |
08TELAVIV343 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Islam and Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday that one of Israel's goals in the Gaza Strip is to [...] | 2008-02-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV349 | AVIAN INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE ENDS FOLLOWING CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) Following the January 3, 2008 confirmation of H5N1 in birds at a Petting Zoo in Benyamina, GOI Ministry of Agriculture instituted surveillance zones at three and ten kilometers, as noted reftel. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that this surveillance ended on February 2, 2008. Other [...] | 2008-02-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAGR ETRD USTR IS KWBG |
08TELAVIV357 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media quoted Hizbullah as saying that Imad Mughniyah, the senior Hizbullah military leader believed to be the mastermind behind the attack against a [...] | 2008-02-13 11:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV367 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV381 | ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...] | 2008-02-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IS |
08TELAVIV384 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISRAEL'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) On February 7, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Yaacov (Jacques) Revah, Deputy Director General for the Africa Division (A/S AF equivalent). Revah said that Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Zimbabwe, based in South Africa, had also heard rumors of Israeli security support for the Mu [...] | 2008-02-14 15:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS ZI |
08TELAVIV388 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Imad Mughniyah's Assassination 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a recorded video message at Imad Mughniyah's funeral in Beirut on Thursday, Hizbullah Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed to [...] | 2008-02-15 13:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV39 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV392 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MORRISION, FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv welcomes the February 16-18, 2008, visit of HPSCI Staff Members Brian Morrison, Eric Greenwald, Donald Viera and Jay Heath, and SSCI Staff Member Alissa Starzak. The visit officer is Political Officer Van Reidhead; phone 972-3-519-7565; cell 972-50-540-6667; email Reidhe [...] | 2008-02-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AFIN ASEC IS |
08TELAVIV394 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Kosovo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the issue of negotiations with the PA over Jerusalem. Ha'aretz reported that PM Ehud Olmert and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice agreed to defer talks on Jerusa [...] | 2008-02-19 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV401 | CHINA 2007 ANTI-SATELLITE TEST DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PARM MNUC MARR CH IS |
08TELAVIV412 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV426 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised on Wednesday to respond "firmly" to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's verbal attacks [...] | 2008-02-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV437 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Kosovo 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that preparations are well underway for President Bush's "farewell" visit to Israel in May. Ha'aretz reported that PM Ehud Olmert will meet [...] | 2008-02-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV441 | AFRICAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS LIVING IN DEPLORABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR reported February 7 that African asylum-seekers in Israel now number nearly 7,000 and continue arriving at a rate of roughly 200 per week. Without asylum laws or regulations, the GOI's capacity to respond to the growing number is severely limited. Meanwhile, African mi [...] | 2008-02-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SU ER IV NI GH |
08TELAVIV442 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "When the malice of Hamas meets the confusion of an Israeli government that has no solution to the Qassam rocket fire, the outcome means playing wi [...] | 2008-02-25 11:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV446 | ISRAEL PREPARED TO USE FORCE TO BLOCK HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. According to Israeli media reports, Hamas organizers in Gaza called for a mass demonstration February 25 against the closure of the border crossings, but IDF sources estimated that only about 4,000 demonstrators showed up. There was no attempt by the demonstrators to approach t [...] | 2008-02-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS EG |
08TELAVIV447 | ACTION REQUEST: LEAHY VETTING FOR BG NITZAN ALON [...] (SBU) The Israeli MOD has selected the individual named in para 2 to participate in the Near East South Asia Center (NESA)Executive Seminar scheduled for March 4-14. Post has no derogatory information on this individual. Post requests that Department vet this individual per Leahy Amendment r [...] | 2008-02-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PHUM IS |
08TELAVIV448 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz's web site quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying today before a business conference in Tokyo that he is not certain that Israel and the PA will be able to reach a peace agreeme [...] | 2008-02-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV453 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that both PM Ehud Olmert in Tokyo and FM Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem voiced skepticism publicly for the first time on Tuesday about concluding a pe [...] | 2008-02-27 10:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV460 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations 4. DPRK ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday afternoon a student at the Sapir College near Sderot was killed by a Qassam rocket and that Grad-style Katyus [...] | 2008-02-28 11:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV462 | ISRAELI NGOS WELCOME OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points with a range of Israeli human rights NGOs. Several indicated that they would supply information to the UNHRC for Israel's review, and thanked the Department for its support of the process. NGOs expected to supply reports -- either directly or jointly with [...] | 2008-02-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV IS |
08TELAVIV463 | RAIDS OUTRAGE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY AS GOI CRACKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 24, following extensive Israeli media coverage of the African refugee issue, Prime Minister Olmert ordered relevant government authorities to remove illegal infiltrators who entered Israel via the Egyptian border, if the infiltrators had no legal restrictions on depo [...] | 2008-02-28 13:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV IS EG SU ER IV |
08TELAVIV466 | ISRAELI GOVERNMENT UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE TO [...] (C) Prime Minister Olmert's government is under increasing pressure to respond decisively to barrages of Qassam and Katyusha-like "Grad" rockets being launched against the Israeli communities of Sderot and Ashkelon from the Gaza Strip. On February 27, an Israeli father of four was killed when [...] | 2008-02-28 16:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MOPS IS |
08TELAVIV467 | PRESIDENT PERES PROPOSES AGREEMENTS ON WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary and Comment. At the latter's request, the Ambassador called on President Shimon Peres the evening of February 27. Peres said he wanted to ensure that President Bush's May visit produce positive results. Noting that he did not think a political agreement with the Palestinians wo [...] | 2008-02-28 16:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG TU JO JA GE IS |
08TELAVIV475 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Vice President Dick Cheney will arrive in Israel in late March for a farewell visit and to pay tribute to Israel's 60th anniversary. A few media (ba [...] | 2008-02-29 11:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV479 | Antiquities Authority Archeologist Criticizes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with emboffs February 20, Israeli archeologist Gideon Suleimani, a staff archeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and former head of the Authority's Jerusalem district, explained what he described as the ongoing "co-optation" of archeological digs by [...] | 2008-02-29 14:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL KIRF IS |
08TELAVIV489 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Ahmadinejad in Baghdad ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning the electronic media reported that the IDF's "Operation Hot Winter" in Gaza has come to an end. The pull out of Infantry and armored forces was completed in [...] | 2008-03-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV5 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-02 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV500 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran-Iraq Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that the prevalent feeling in Jerusalem is that despite the recent flare-up in Gaza, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's discussions in Cairo wi [...] | 2008-03-04 12:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV501 | ISRAELI FM LIVNI MEETS CODEL, SAYS FATAH CANNOT OVERTAKE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 13:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS IR |
08TELAVIV503 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 05:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV518 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 11:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV524 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 11:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV533 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ISRAEL MAY CONSIDER DONOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL EINV EUN EU KV IS |
08TELAVIV537 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] (C) Ambassador Jones delivered demarche points per reftel to MFA Director General Aaron Abramovitch on February 29 and MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad on March 3. In delivering demarche points, the Ambassador emphasized that Israel should not be taking measures on the ground that threaten t [...] | 2008-03-07 16:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV538 | MOD MOVING AGAINST WEST BANK OUTPOSTS [...] (C) The Israeli press reported on March 5-6 that West Bank settler council leaders and MOD officials reached an agreement to move unauthorized outposts included on the list of 26 outposts recognized by the GOI as established after March 2001, to alternative West Bank sites. MOD Chief of Sta [...] | 2008-03-07 16:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV545 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 11:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV548 | EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08TELAVIV55 | ISRAEL'S NEW DEFENSE EXPORT CONTROL ACT ENTERS [...] (SBU) On December 31, Israeli MFA Export Control Department Director Haim Waxman informed poloff that that the Knesset had just passed the implementing regulations for Israel's new Defense Export Control Act (DECA),a law enhancing Israel's export control system that was passed on July 17. Wa [...] | 2008-01-08 09:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC KNNP KOMC IS |
08TELAVIV559 | ISRAEL EXPEDITING CUSTOMS REVENUE TRANSFERS TO PA [...] (C) Michal Finkelstein, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Director General, told EconCouns and DeputyCouns on March 3 that the GOI is doing everything possible to expedite the transfer of the customs revenue it collects on the Palestinian Authority's behalf. She said that Israe [...] | 2008-03-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL |
08TELAVIV570 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted Palestinian sources as saying on Tuesday that Israel, Egypt, and Hamas are close to a deal to deploy PA President Mahmoud Abbas's troops at the Gaza crossings. According to [...] | 2008-03-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV589 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that at a Labor Party forum on Wednesday Defense Minister Ehud Barak hinted that fighting in Gaza may again flare up. He was quoted as saying: "We will see worse things [...] | 2008-03-13 10:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV592 | PRIVATE ISRAELI COMPANY COLLECTS COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) On March 7, Econoff received a briefing from senior executives at Hazard Threat Analysis, Ltd. (HTA),a private company specializing in internet-based counter-terrorism (CT) intelligence gathering. Founder and CEO Aviram Halevi explained that all of HTA's research is based on open source [...] | 2008-03-13 12:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PINR PTER KOGL KTFN IR IS |
08TELAVIV602 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV61 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 12:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV612 | BANK OF ISRAEL INTERVENES TO HALT DOLLAR FREE FALL [...] (U) On Thursday, March 13, the Bank of Israel (BOI) intervened in the foreign exchange market to purchase dollars. This is the first time since June 1997 that the BOI has staged such an intervention, and followed several pronouncements over the past few months that it would not interfere in t [...] | 2008-03-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV IS |
08TELAVIV613 | EZRA OUTLINES ISRAEL'S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a speech on February 26, Israel's Minister of Environmental Protection (MEP) outlined the most pressing environmental concerns facing Israel today. He touched on both the well-known issues, such as the Ramat Hovav toxic waste dump site, as well as on longer-term problems such [...] | 2008-03-14 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TBIO IS |
08TELAVIV614 | ONE NATION, MANY ROADMAPS -- THE AFTERMATH OF THE MERKAZ [...] (SBU) The 7-day mourning period for eight yeshiva students gunned down by an East Jerusalem Palestinian was fraught with controversy which exacerbated the already deep divisions in Israeli society over the conflict with the Palestinians. Israel Television reported that unnamed yeshiva students [...] | 2008-03-17 05:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV620 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV622 | SCENESETTER FOR D/HHS VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (U) Post welcomes the visit to Israel of HHS Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy on April 2. Post offers the following update on its social and public health situation. Your visit presents an opportunity to underscore our shared interests in matters of primary health care and global public health, incl [...] | 2008-03-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KIPR KWBG KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV624 | ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CORRESPONDENT RELATIONSHIP IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israel's Bank Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank (IDB) threatened to sever correspondent relations with Palestinian banks by the end of 2007. Nevertheless, business continues between the two sides and it appears that the Bank of Israel (BOI) has prevented the banks from severing t [...] | 2008-03-18 09:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV629 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Global Stock Market 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except The Jerusalem Post, led with the financial crisis on Wall Street and all capital markets, including Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, whic [...] | 2008-03-18 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV641 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Germany Relations 3. Global Stock Exchange ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Egypt are conducting intensive negotiations in an effort to reach a long-term cease-fire in the Gaza Stri [...] | 2008-03-19 10:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV652 | REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ISRAEL [...] (U) The Government of Israel is a parliamentary democracy with all of the mechanisms of checks and balances associated with this form of government. This includes an active opposition bloc with procedural remedies at its disposal. Israel also has an inquisitive, open civil society with a fre [...] | 2008-03-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL IS |
08TELAVIV653 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Global Stock Market --------- Â [...] | 2008-03-20 10:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV661 | BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER "FRUSTRATED" BY [...] (C) In a March 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer characterized as "very frustrating," ongoing problems with the Israeli-Palestinian correspondent banking relationship (reftel). Fischer explained that one of the main problems in resolving the issue [...] | 2008-03-20 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV662 | BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER -- FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS NOT [...] (C) Meeting on the day after a major decline in stock markets worldwide, Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador on March 18 that the world economy is still closely tied to the U.S. He said that the Federal Reserve Board and EU Central Banks have both performed we [...] | 2008-03-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV OECD PREL IS KWBG |
08TELAVIV667 | MINISTRY OF HEALTH WARNS OF AN OUTBREAK OF MEASLES [...] (U) Summary. Israel's Ministry of Health has sent out a warning about an outbreak of measles in the country. Since last summer when a British tourist traveling to Israel for a wedding in an ultra-orthodox (Haredi) community in Jerusalem came down with measles, more than 900 cases of measles ha [...] | 2008-03-21 12:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SCUL CASC IS |
08TELAVIV669 | ISRAELIS SEE PROGRESS AT JEC [...] (C) On March 18, Michal Finkelstein, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance (MOF),gave EconCouns a readout of the March 11 Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting between the GOI and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Finkelstein said that the talks were constructive and would lead to signif [...] | 2008-03-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV671 | ISRAEL BRACING FOR HIZBALLAH "RETALIATION" FOR [...] (S) Israel's security services are on high alert this weekend as March 22 will mark the end of the 40-day mourning period for Hizballah's operations chief Imad Mughniya. Israeli military and security officials are taking Hizballah leader Nasrallah's threat of an "open war" seriously, and have [...] | 2008-03-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER MOPS LE IS |
08TELAVIV675 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 06:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV678 | WATER AND WASTE: A CHALLENGE TO ISRAELI POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 11:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ENRG IS |
08TELAVIV691 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Vice President Dick Cheney's second meeting with PM Ehud Olmert on Monday morning, like their first meeting on Saturday night, was shrouded [...] | 2008-03-25 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV701 | MARCH SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES [...] (C) The following paragraphs seek to capture Israeli settlement activity in March, and where possible, provide GOI clarification or confirmation to reports of approved or planned GOI settlement construction. -------------------------- MOD Moves Against Outposts -------------------------- [...] | 2008-03-26 06:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV707 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 10:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV716 | CODEL KYL AND BROWNBACK MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary. CODELs Kyl and Brownback met with Prime Minister Olmert February 18 at the Knesset. Olmert expressed appreciation for Congressional support for Israel and said that he expected U.S.-Israeli ties to remain strong whoever is elected President. Regarding Gaza, Olmert defended the [...] | 2008-03-27 06:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG EG IR IS |
08TELAVIV721 | LOYALTY VERSUS DISCONTENT AMONG ISRAEL'S DRUZE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During an MFA-sponsored Druze Study Day for members of the diplomatic corps on March 20, Deputy Foreign Minister Majaleh Wahbeh (Kadima) and other Druze community leaders emphasized the Druze community's loyalty to Israel during the past sixty years and its desire to [...] | 2008-03-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF IS |
08TELAVIV724 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Intellectual Property Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that at a press conference with the foreign media last night, PM Ehud Olmert hinted at the prospect of secret talks with [...] | 2008-03-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV731 | PERES MEETS MCCAIN, WARNS OF GROWING IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 16:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV IS OVIP IR |
08TELAVIV732 | LIVNI MEETS MCCAIN, DISCUSSES GROWING HAMAS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 16:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS OVIP |
08TELAVIV736 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV738 | CODEL BOEHNER'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Boehner met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert March 23. They discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and Olmert's concerns about Hamas-Fatah discussions in Yemen, Vice President Cheney's visit and the Iranian nuclear threat, the possibility of Israel negotiating wi [...] | 2008-03-28 11:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER IR SY KWBG XG IS |
08TELAVIV742 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 06:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV757 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Dutch Film on Islam ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and other media reported that PM Ehud Olmert told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as well as his Kadima faction on SIPDIS Monday that he would conti [...] | 2008-04-01 10:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV761 | CORRECTED COPY: LIVNI MEETS MCCAIN, DISCUSSES [...] (U) This cable replaces Tel Aviv 732. Please see correction in paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. On March 19, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met with U.S. Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham. Their discussion centered on the growing public support for Hamas, and th [...] | 2008-04-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS OVIP |
08TELAVIV762 | CORRECTED COPY: PERES MEETS MCCAIN, WARNS OF [...] (U) This cable replaces Tel Aviv 731. Please see correction in paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. On 18 March, U.S. Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, and Lindsey Graham met with Israeli President Shimon Peres to discuss security concerns in the region. Their discussion centered on the grow [...] | 2008-04-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV IS OVIP IR |
08TELAVIV776 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 11:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV78 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 04:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV785 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Zimbabwe Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that senior advisers of President Bush (headed by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley) and PM Ehud Olmert (Yoram Turbowicz and Shalom Turgeman) met over t [...] | 2008-04-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV786 | ADDRESSING ISSUE OF AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND [...] (C) On April 1, Embassy Refugee Reporting Office Alan Holst delivered suggested points from Reftel A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Simona Halperin. Halperin reiterated GOI willingness to participate in tripartite talks (Reftels [...] | 2008-04-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF EG IS SU ER |
08TELAVIV790 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to report on Syrian military movements, which intelligence officials attributed "more to nervousness than a likelihood of conflict" (The Jerusalem Post) [...] | 2008-04-04 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV792 | BLUE LANTERN FOLLOW UP ON RDT EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) On April 3, emboffs met with RDT Equipment and Systems (RDT) executives to follow up on questions regarding the company's possession and transfer of a USML-controlled FLIR camera. Operations Manager Noam Sarfati acknowledged that the FLIR camera in RDT's possession was left with Fibrote [...] | 2008-04-04 12:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS |
08TELAVIV805 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV812 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Ehud Olmert and PA President Mahmoud Abbas have decided to meet every two weeks until the November 4 deadline for striking a deal, regardless of developments on t [...] | 2008-04-08 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV818 | JAPAN ENVOY: ISRAEL COOPERATING ON INDUSTRIAL PARK [...] (C) Japanese Envoy to the Middle East Ambassador Tatsuo Arima met with Ambassador Jones on April 1 to discuss the Arab League Summit and progress on the planned Japanese industrial park outside of Jericho. The Ambassador also updated Arima on the recent visit of the Secretary. Arima said th [...] | 2008-04-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG AL JA SY LY IZ IS |
08TELAVIV824 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV830 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted U.S. sources as saying yesterday that President George Bush is likely to visit Masada during his visit to Israel next month. The newspaper reported that PM [...] | 2008-04-10 10:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV835 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Olmert has called on IDF commanders in the West Bank to understand that the roadblocks are causing suffering to the Palestinians, whose needs should be taken into [...] | 2008-04-11 10:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV837 | COORDINATOR FOR GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coordinator for Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT) Major General Yossef Mishlev heard the Ambassador's concerns about stalled U.S. commercial imports into the West Bank, continued demolitions of Palestinian homes, and ground clearing in Area E-1. Mishlev was not able [...] | 2008-04-11 12:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PHUM KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV84 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 11:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV854 | NETANYAHU MEETS MCCAIN, DESCRIBES OWN "SEAMLINE [...] (C) On March 19, Likud Party (Opposition) Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham to discuss some of the lessons learned in the Lebanon and Gaza withdrawals and the challenges that would be involved in the creation of a Palestinian st [...] | 2008-04-14 12:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS OVIP ECON JO PTER |
08TELAVIV868 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was quoted as saying in an interview with Ha'aretz on Sunday that peace cannot be achieved without talking to all the relevant people and that he intends [...] | 2008-04-15 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV871 | SETTLERS VOLUNTARILY EVACUATE MEVO HORON [...] (C) On April 14, Oded Herman, Advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to EconCouns that settlers had voluntarily evacuated the Mevo Horon Agricultural Farm outpost, located near No Man's Land in the West Bank. According to Herman, the six families had relocated from the outpost [...] | 2008-04-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
08TELAVIV881 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that three IDF soldiers were killed in a Hamas ambush in Gaza and four others were injured. The radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying that four Hamas activists [...] | 2008-04-16 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV887 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Italy: Parliamentary Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the killing of three IDF soldiers and the wounding of three others in a Hamas ambush yesterday. Major media characterized what was the most int [...] | 2008-04-17 11:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV891 | ISRAEL ACCEPTS NEED FOR HOMEGROWN ASYLUM SYSTEM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EG IS SU AF |
08TELAVIV900 | GENERAL JONES' MEETING WITH SHIMON PERES [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Middle East Regional Security (SEMERS) General James Jones met with President Shimon Peres April 13. General Jones briefed Peres on his mission, including the Jenin project that is being coordinated with Tony Blair. Peres said he was skeptical that a politica [...] | 2008-04-18 07:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KPAL IS JO TU GE JA |
08TELAVIV906 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai asked former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Monday to tell Hamas leaders, including Khaled Mashal, that he would like to meet in orde [...] | 2008-04-18 10:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV909 | ISRAELI NGOS FRUSTRATED WITH CURRENT ASYLUM SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. At an April 6-7 Tel Aviv University Conference on "Designing an Asylum System in Israel," Israeli human rights advocacy NGOs expressed dissatisfaction with the existing asylum system, describing it as biased and lacking transparency. The NGOs also are disappointed with the abs [...] | 2008-04-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM IS AF SU EG |
08TELAVIV912 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Editor-in-Chief Amos Regev wrote on page one of the independent Israel Hayom: "Israel must now remove the constraints it placed on itself.... The target should be the elimination of Hamas as a fighting force." Senior Middle East affairs analyst [...] | 2008-04-21 10:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV915 | IDF FOILS HAMAS, MOST AMBITIOUS ATTACK SINCE 2005 [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on April 19, Hamas attempted a simultaneous attack on two crossing points, Kerem Shalom and Kissufim, utilizing armored personnel carriers (APC) and other vehicles loaded with explosives. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) reacted quickly, killing 3 Hamas fighter [...] | 2008-04-21 16:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV916 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 10:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV918 | ISRAEL'S WATER POLICY OPTIONS DEBATED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 14:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR IS PA JO |
08TELAVIV924 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Arrest of Ben-Ami Kadish 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media cited a report published today by the Syrian news agency Sham-Press that PM Ehud Olmert has relayed messages to Syrian President Bashar Assad affir [...] | 2008-04-23 10:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV935 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. Ben-Ami Kadish Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media cited The Los Angeles Times as saying yesterday that Congress will hear from the CIA that the facility destroyed in the IAF attack on Syria was a nu [...] | 2008-04-24 10:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV941 | U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG) [...] (S) Summary: On February 26, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) hosted the latest meeting of the U.S.-Israel JCG. State S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey led the interagency U.S. delegation. The two sides discussed the spread of Islamic extremism and changing regional threat [...] | 2008-04-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER IS IR SY LE EG JO IZ |
08TELAVIV944 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media featured the intelligence briefings yesterday to Congress on the alleged Syria - North Korea nuclear connection. The media quoted senior Bush administration members as saying [...] | 2008-04-25 11:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV945 | CORRECTED: IDF FOILS HAMAS, MOST AMBITIOUS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on April 19, Hamas attempted a simultaneous attack on two crossing points, Kerem Shalom and Kissufim, utilizing armored personnel carriers (APC) and other vehicles loaded with explosives. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) reacted quickly, killing 3 Hamas fighter [...] | 2008-04-25 11:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV95 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 10:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV954 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-28 10:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV961 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the IDF's version of the deaths of a mother and her four small children in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza, yesterday: The army maintains that the deaths occurred when two [...] | 2008-04-29 10:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV967 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV969 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-01 10:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV973 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV978 | SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 05:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08TELAVIV996 | ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 10:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
08THEHAGUE123 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: DUTCH FM PUSHES SYRIA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, 2008, poloff discussed Dutch FM Verhagen's January 23-24 trip to Syria with Gert Kampman, MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East. Kampman, who accompanied Verhagen during the trip, said that the FM reviewed the Middle East peace process, Lebanon, Iran, and human r [...] | 2008-02-11 13:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL SY IS TU LE |
08THEHAGUE983 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: LIKELY ABSTENTION ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch will likely follow the EU position and abstain on the anti-Israel resolutions at the UN General Assembly. The Dutch noted their strong relations with Israel, and urged active U.S. engagement on the Middle East Peace Process. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On November 21, po [...] | 2008-11-25 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EU IS NL |
08TOKYO1604 | JAPAN CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN BERLIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 06:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PBTS IS JA |
08TOKYO1693 | JAPANESE REPRESENTATION AT BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PBTS IS JA |
08TOKYO1987 | ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS, JORDANIANS MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Japan, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians made further progress on Tokyo's "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity" (CPP) initiative at a ministerial meeting in Tokyo July 2. For the first time the parties were able to agree on the text of a joint press statement which indicated the [...] | 2008-07-17 07:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO JA |
08TOKYO2537 | JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (C) Japan will be represented at the September 22 New York meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee by Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Ministerial representat [...] | 2008-09-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG EU IS JA |
08TOKYO3046 | JAPANESE SUPPORT FOR MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND [...] (C) Japan will try to maintain its current USD 240,000 annual contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO),but it will be difficult to contribute more, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Embassy Tokyo spoke with Tsuji October 3 [...] | 2008-10-31 07:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMFO EG IS JA |
08TOKYO492 | ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARRIVES IN TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in Tokyo February 25 to begin a four day visit to Japan. Accompanied by a 24-member business delegation, a main priority of the visit will be to bolster bilateral economic ties. In addition to bilateral ties, regional issues such as the [...] | 2008-02-25 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD IS JA |
08TOKYO611 | ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN: FIRST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's February 25-28 visit to Tokyo focused on expanding the bilateral relationship, particularly trade, but also addressed regional issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, North Korea, and China. On the peace process, Olmert thanked [...] | 2008-03-07 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PINR KPAL KWBG IR NK IS JA |
08TOKYO779 | JICA PRESIDENT OGATA MEETS SYRIA'S ASAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Sadako Ogata met March 12 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad. According to MOFA, their discussion focused on economic assistance and did not address political issues. Japan believes it necessary to maintain c [...] | 2008-03-21 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID KPAL KWBG IS IZ SY JA |
08TRIPOLI984 | LIBYA PROTEST'S ISRAEL'S STRIKES ON GAZA, CALLS FOR [...] (C) MFA Secretary for European Affairs and senior regime figure Abdulati Obeidi convoked P-5 chiefs of mission on December 28 to denounce Israel's airstrikes against the Gaza Strip. The meeting was filmed and televised by the state-owned Jamahiriya News Agency (JANA). Describing strikes by th [...] | 2008-12-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL UN IS LY |
08TRIPOLI988 | LIBYA'S VIEWS ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL MEETING ON GAZA [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Americas Desk Director Ahmed Aoun on December 30. Aoun took our points on board, but stressed that while HAMAS' decision to break the ceasefire had precipitated Israel's military strikes in Gaza, the decision to execute rocket attacks had come against [...] | 2008-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM UN IS LY |
08TUNIS1058 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CANCELING SAUDI PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, the Ambassador spoke by telephone to MFA Chief-of-Staff Mahmoud Khemiri to request GOT support in canceling or delaying the Saudi proposed Ministerial-level UNSC meeting on Israeli settlement activity. K [...] | 2008-09-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL UNSC IS TS |
08TUNIS1176 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 16:23:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY TS |
08TUNIS569 | ANNUAL JEWISH PILGRIMAGE PROCEEDS PEACEFULLY [...] (C) Summary: From May 22-23, between five and six thousand Jewish pilgrims visited the island of Djerba as part of an annual pilgrimage. The center of the pilgrimage is the El-Ghriba synagogue, the oldest synagogue in North Africa. The event was characterized by a visible police presence a [...] | 2008-05-28 15:46:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KPAO IS TS |
08TUNIS58 | PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST TOUR: TUNISIAN [...] (C) At a January 15 a gathering with intellectuals at the Ambassador's residence, most participants expressed the view that President Bush's visit to the region was evidence of concrete follow-up to a positive process set in motion at Annapolis. Participants criticized various aspects of the [...] | 2008-01-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IR TS |
08TUNIS910 | MAHMOUD ABBAS ATTENDANCE AT RULING PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. At a lunch on August 11, Palestinian Ambassador Salman el-Herfi said PA President Mahmoud Abbas had visited Tunis recently primarily to participate in the opening of the RCD party congress. Abbas' participation, el-Herfi said, underscored the strong and growing relations betwee [...] | 2008-08-12 15:56:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KPAL IS TS |
08UNVIEVIENNA140 | IAEA/GC: ARAB LEAGUE SEEKS DIALOGUE ON ISRAELI [...] (C) Arab League representative Wael Al-Assad met with like-minded Missions (EU-3, U.S., Australia, Norway, Japan) on February 21 to discuss the General Conference (GC) resolution on the "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT). Al-Assad appealed for dialogue with those Missions that had successfully opp [...] | 2008-02-28 15:27:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA KNPP AORC IS EG |
08UNVIEVIENNA165 | IAEA: WEOG STONEWALLS ON ISRAEL,S MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Following up on the effort during the U.S. WEOG Chairmanship last fall (Ref B) to extend membership to Israel, the Australian Chair relayed a formal request from Israel to the group. In a February 19 WEOG meeting, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Finland raised reserv [...] | 2008-03-14 08:57:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNPP IS |
08UNVIEVIENNA232 | IAEA/GC: AL PROPOSES NON-THREATENING RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Arab League (AL) SYG Amr Moussa conducted consultations in Vienna April 16-18 regarding an AL sponsored agenda item in the IAEA General Conference (GC) on the "Israeli Nuclear Threat." In an April 17 meeting with Ambassador Schulte, Moussa insisted that the AL would re-introduce an agenda [...] | 2008-04-21 16:37:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM KNPP IS EG |
08UNVIEVIENNA264 | IAEA/SYRIA: THE CASE OF THE MISSING REACTOR [...] (S) The Syria Al-Kibar nuclear-reactor storm passed quickly over Vienna the week of April 21 when the USG made public information about the reactor and the Israeli attack, and briefed the IAEA Secretariat on our information. Syria immediately circulated a letter to Arab Group members denying [...] | 2008-05-08 15:32:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | IAEA AROC ENRG KNNP MNUC TRGY SY IS |
08UNVIEVIENNA290 | IAEA/SYRIA: SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE JUNE BOARD [...] (S) During a series of technical briefings on Syria May 16 and 19, following up on discussions during his Washington consultations, Ambassador Schulte canvassed Board member views on discussion of Syria in the June Board. Ambassador Schulte outlined U.S. objectives for the Board: to spotlight [...] | 2008-05-20 18:09:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PARM MNUC AORC KNPP SY IS |
08UNVIEVIENNA343 | IAEA/GC: ONE MIDDLE EAST, TWO RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Both Egypt and the Arab League have circulated their respective draft IAEA General Conference resolutions (paras 27-28). The revised Egyptian text purports to be based on consensus UNGA language and incorporates some of the French-proposed amendments rejected last year, but is still not a [...] | 2008-06-13 08:33:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM AORC KNPP IS EG |
08UNVIEVIENNA413 | WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: MAY 29 OUTREACH MEETING WITH ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 29, the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) held an Outreach meeting with Israel, on the margins of the May 26-28 General Working Group meeting. Officials from Israel's Ministries of Defense (MOD),Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Industry, Trade, and Labor (MOITAL) participated in t [...] | 2008-07-22 14:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL IS |
08UNVIEVIENNA460 | IAEA/GC: EGYPT AND ISRAEL AT LEAST TALKING ABOUT [...] (C) Israeli and Egyptian Ambassadors made at least a first attempt to discuss the Egyptian draft Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution in bi-lateral consultations in Vienna. Neither had a "mandate" to negotiate, and they did not get very far, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli reported to Ambassador [...] | 2008-08-18 14:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNPP IS EG |
08UNVIEVIENNA546 | IAEA/GC: MIDEAST MELTDOWN, TAKE 3 [...] (C) For the third consecutive year, Middle East issues nearly derailed the IAEA General Conference (GC). After a hard-fought Plenary floor fight consuming 15 hours of debate, the GC adopted a more balanced Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution than in the past by a vote of 82-0-13 (U.S., Is [...] | 2008-10-09 14:38:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN IS EG |
08UNVIEVIENNA55 | IAEA/IRAN: ISRAEL IN THE DOG HOUSE WITH DG, [...] (S) Israeli Ambassador Michaeli informed Nuclear Counselor January 30 that the GOI is in a "bad situation" with the DG. ElBaradei is refusing to meet with any representative of the current Israeli government with the exception of Michaeli, following an unauthorized remark on the part of an Isra [...] | 2008-01-31 09:57:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | IAEA KNPP AORC PARM IR IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1000 | UNSC: UNSCR 1559 CONSULTATIONS - UN ENVOY CITES [...] (SBU) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council October 30 that significant progress had been achieved in the implementation of UNSCR 1559 with the election of Lebanese President Sleiman, the adoption of a Lebanese electoral law, and the Lebanese-Syrian agreement to establish di [...] | 2008-10-31 23:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL UNSC LE SY IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1027 | UNGA: IRAN REBUTS UNITED STATES ON HOLOCAUST [...] Summary: Iran was recalcitrant in the November 3 UN General Assembly (UNGA) debate in reaction to U.S. remarks on Iran's denial of the Holocaust, and complained generally of a UN conspiracy. End summary. 2. Citing the lessons of the Holocaust, U.S. Public Delegate Cheryl Halpern commend [...] | 2008-11-05 22:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PHUM UNGA IR IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1047 | FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE RESOLUTIONS ON [...] SUMMARY: The UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) approved nine resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian situation on November 7: four under agenda item 29 "The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East" (UNRWA) and five under agenda i [...] | 2008-11-10 13:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1053 | UNGA: SYG HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH AMBASSADORS ON G-20 [...] SUMMARY: United Nations Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon briefed UN General Assembly (UNGA) Members on the latest developments in the Middle East peace process, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),his recent visit to Asia and other pressing issues in a November 10 meeting. On the finan [...] | 2008-11-12 15:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN KPKO KUNR KPAL PWBG UNGA IS CG SU |
08USUNNEWYORK1074 | UN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES IN [...] Summary: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 4 - 6 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (the Special Committee). The debate inclu [...] | 2008-11-17 15:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1108 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS PALESTINIAN RESOURCES [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adopted four resolutions on November 20. Per reftel instructions, the United States called for a vote and voted against the resolution entitled, "Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the [...] | 2008-11-25 11:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAL UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1120 | UNGA: 63RD UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL AND [...] The 63rd UNGA held its debate on agenda item 16, "The Question of Palestine," and agenda item 15, "The Situation in the Middle East," from November 24-25. Over 50 countries spoke; paragraph 8 gives a complete list. The President of the General Assembly (PGA),Miguel D'Escoto opened the debat [...] | 2008-12-01 13:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1124 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS 15 RESOLUTIONS, [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adopted 15 resolutions during its November 25 and 26 sessions. Per reftel A, the United States called for a vote and voted against the draft resolution entitled, "Oil slick on Lebanese shores," which [...] | 2008-12-02 14:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SENV PREL PREF UNGA LE IS TX |
08USUNNEWYORK1127 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Security Council held its monthly briefing and consultations on the Middle East on November 25. Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed on the "landmark" Quartet meeting November 9 with the two parties. He stressed that the biggest challenges to a lasting peace agreement [...] | 2008-12-02 21:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA SY |
08USUNNEWYORK1128 | UNSC: UNSCR 1701 QUARTERLY CONSULTATIONS - [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and DPKO Assistant Secretary-General Edmund Mulet briefed the Security Council in consultations on the SYG's UNSCR 1701 quarterly report. Williams noted the improved political climate in Lebanon but emphasized [...] | 2008-12-02 22:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC IS LE SY |
08USUNNEWYORK1142 | UNSC: COUNCIL MEETS AT LIBYAN REQUEST TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) The Security Council met December 3 at Libya's request to discuss the Israeli Navy's action to deny entry of a Libyan vessel carrying humanitarian assistance to the port of Gaza. The Council invited both Israeli and Palestinian representatives to participate in the meeting. The Libyan [...] | 2008-12-05 21:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG |
08USUNNEWYORK1150 | UNSC: COUNCIL AGREES ON ELEMENTS FOR PRESIDENCY TO [...] (SBU) In consultations late on December 5, the Security Council agreed not to meet formally in response to requests by the Palestinians through the Non-Aligned Movement and the Arab Group for a Council meeting on recent settler violence in the Hebron area of the West Bank. In lieu of a meetin [...] | 2008-12-08 22:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1152 | UNGA ADOPTS ALL FOURTH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS; FOUR [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted 22 resolutions and four draft decisions included in the reports of the UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) on December 6. Resolutions and plenary votes are in paragraph two (most passed with significant margins [...] | 2008-12-09 15:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF SENV UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1158 | UNSC: COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNDOF (GOLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on December 10, the Secretariat briefed on the activities of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),which supervises the cease-fire between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights. He referred to the Secretary-General's November 26 report t [...] | 2008-12-10 21:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC IS SY |
08USUNNEWYORK1177 | UNGA COMMEMORATES UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in New York on December 10. Despite some initial uncertainty about which states would be permitted to speak, the commemoration, which included two panel discussions and [...] | 2008-12-17 10:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AG MO IS NU UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1189 | UNGA ADOPTS SECOND COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS AND TWO [...] Summary: On December 19, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) took final action on the remaining draft resolutions and decisions adopted by the Second Committee (Economic and Finance) - approving three resolutions by vote and adopting 31 resolutions and one decision by consensus. The UN [...] | 2008-12-19 19:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECIN AORC SENV KPAL UNGA LE IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1199 | UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...] | 2008-12-23 19:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG |
08USUNNEWYORK127 | LEBANON: RISING CONCERN ABOUT UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) Summary. Over the past week, the Israeli Mission, Secretariat officials, and departing UN Special Coordinator SIPDIS for Lebanon Geir Pedersen have expressed concern to USUN about increasing risks to the implementation of UNSCR 1701 as attention in Lebanon has largely been focused on th [...] | 2008-02-11 22:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
08USUNNEWYORK180 | UNSC: GAZA SITUATION UNDERMINING ANNAPOLIS OPTIMISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Serry and UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Holmes provided SIPDIS the Security Council on February 26 with a detailed description of the situation in the Palestinian territories, a [...] | 2008-02-27 00:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IS LE KPAL KWBG |
08USUNNEWYORK222 | LEBANON: COUNCIL DIVISIONS HARDEN ON UNSCR 1701 [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on March 10, senior UN Secretariat officials reported that the continuing Lebanese political crisis had blocked meaningful progress on UNSCR 1701 implementation. They praised continued UNIFIL-LAF cooperation; noted the significant increase in I [...] | 2008-03-11 15:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
08USUNNEWYORK316 | LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER BELLEMARE APPEALS [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UNIIIC Commissioner and Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare told Amb. Khalilzad privately on April 4 that the UNIIIC mandate, which is scheduled to expire June 15 absent action by the Security Council, should be extended at least until [...] | 2008-04-08 17:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK319 | LEBANON: FRENCH THREATEN TO CIRCULATE SHORT 1701 [...] (C) The French held expert-level consultations on April 7 on their draft UNSC Presidential Statement (PRST) on resolution 1701 (reftel). Libya, South Africa, China, and Panama objected to the draft statement but expressed a willingness to consider a shortened version that simply reiterates su [...] | 2008-04-09 00:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY LE IS |
08USUNNEWYORK394 | MIDDLE EAST: USUN LEADS WALK-OUT AFTER LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNSC held its monthly discussion on the Middle East on April 23. Following last month's rancorous debate (reftel),SC members agreed to a public briefing by the UN Secretariat, followed by closed consultations. DPA A/SYG Angela Kane briefed on recent attacks in Gaza and s [...] | 2008-05-02 20:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG KPKO UNSC SY IS LE LY |
08USUNNEWYORK478 | MIDDLE EAST: UNSC MEMBERS WELCOME REGIONAL PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on May 28. UNSCO Robert Serry briefed in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed the issue in closed consultations. Serry welcomed "fragile" progress on the Israeli-Syrian, Lebanese, and Israeli [...] | 2008-05-29 23:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL SY LE IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK511 | LEBANON: IDF GENERALS BRIEF UNSC MEMBERS ON [...] (SBU) IDF Generals Yossi Baidatz and Yossi Heymann briefed UNSC delegations June 5 on Israel's assessment of the situation in south Lebanon and the performance of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers. They said Hizballah had fully re-armed in south Lebanon since summe [...] | 2008-06-10 22:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC SY LE IS |
08USUNNEWYORK519 | MIDDLE EAST: ARABS PUSHING UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) USUN has learned that the Arab Group at the UN met at the expert-level on June 11 to discuss a Saudi proposal to table a draft resolution in the UN Security Council criticizing recent Israeli settlement activity. According to friendly delegations in the Arab Group, the Palestinian Obser [...] | 2008-06-11 21:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK523 | PALESTINIAN NY REP URGES USG SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] (C) Palestinian Amb Riyadh Mansour met at his request June 13 with Council President Amb Khalilzad to express Palestinian support for a Saudi draft of an UNSC resolution calling on Israel to freeze settlement activity. Mansour argued that there is an international consensus on the substance [...] | 2008-06-13 22:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK531 | SETTLEMENTS: ARAB GROUP SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT OR [...] (C) Summary. An Arab Group delegation consisting of representatives from Mauritania, Iraq, the Palestinian Observer Mission, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Arab League requested a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on June 16 to formally present a draft resolution -- initiated by Saudi Arabia an [...] | 2008-06-16 23:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK547 | UPDATE ON SETTLEMENTS UNSCR [...] (C) This is an Action Request. USUN requests authorization to engage the Arab Group in New York, in response to a Saudi initiative to seek an UNSCR on Israeli settlements, on a discussion of elements for such a resolution. Proposed elements are in para 3. The primary objective of such eng [...] | 2008-06-20 23:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL UNSC IS |
08USUNNEWYORK573 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: LIBYA TABLES DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on June 27. Lisa Buttenheim, Director of the Asia and Pacific Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs, briefed the Council in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed regional events i [...] | 2008-06-28 00:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK590 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS TO CONSIDER BROADENING [...] (SBU) Libya convened a second UNSC experts meeting on July 2 to discuss its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. (Note: During the first experts meeting on June 30, several delegations expressed support for the draft text, but others including USUN and UKUN said they had [...] | 2008-07-02 23:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC PA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK595 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS PUT TEXT IN BLUE FOR VOTE [...] (SBU) Following the July 2 UNSC experts meeting on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements (reftel),the Arab Group decided on July 3 to put their draft text in blue on July 7 and call for a vote latest on July 11. The Arabs also decided to keep the focus of the resolution on [...] | 2008-07-03 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC PA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK598 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN PLANS TO INTRODUCE [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad met with the Arab Group on July 7 about the draft resolution on Israeli settlements. He urged the group to delay putting the text in blue for 48 hours so that the Arabs could consider U.S. elements for a comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and UNSC e [...] | 2008-07-08 15:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK605 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN REQUESTS DEMARCHE TO PARIS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) The Arab Group decided on July 8 to put their revised draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements in blue, "so that it can be voted on soon," according to the press release they put out after their meeting. (Note: The text of the [...] | 2008-07-09 01:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK610 | RUSSIA THREATENS ZIMBABWE VETO, P-3 DISCUSS [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad discussed the Arab settlements UNSCR with British and French PermReps on July 9. After previously saying they would offer only weak amendments to the preambular Arab text, the French said they now had clearance from Paris to present additional operative paragraphs as well th [...] | 2008-07-09 17:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC ZI RS IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK614 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS NOW UNSURE IF THEY HAVE [...] (SBU) Libya convened a UNSC experts meeting on July 9 to solicit comments on its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. France spoke first, emphasizing that the Council has a unique opportunity to adopt a comprehensive resolution on the Middle East peace process, and that experts sh [...] | 2008-07-10 02:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK616 | UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON 1701 REPORT: MEMBER STATES [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed consultations on July 9, UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, DPKO Asia and Middle East division director, briefed the Council on the June 27 SYG report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701. U/SYG Pasco [...] | 2008-07-11 00:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
08USUNNEWYORK626 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH MAY GO WOBBLY [...] (C) French PR Ripert called Amb Khalilzad on July 14 to discuss the way ahead on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. Having successfully delayed action on the resolution until after the Euro-Med summit, which concluded on July 14, Ripert said he now had to give [...] | 2008-07-14 23:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK631 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRANCE AND UK TO PROPOSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) P-3 Ambassadors met in the evening of July 15 to discuss a response to the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. French Amb Ripert reported that earlier in the day Qatari Amb Nasser had agreed, on behalf of the Arab [...] | 2008-07-16 01:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK64 | GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council held a public debate January 22 on the situation in Gaza. Public statements were delivered by UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe, all Security Council members, Israel, the Palestinians, neighboring states, the Arab League, OIC, and NAM. Amb Khalilad's intervention exp [...] | 2008-01-23 00:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS |
08USUNNEWYORK646 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS LIKELY TO CONCEDE DEFEAT [...] (C) Arab Group Ambassadors met on July 18 to discuss the revised comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that USUN shared with them on July 16 (ref B). (Note: This revised draft contained more language on settlements than USUN's original elements but retained strong langua [...] | 2008-07-19 00:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK647 | LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER BELLEMARE EXPRESSES [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UNIIIC Commissioner and Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare asked Amb. Khalilzad in a July 16 private meeting for the United States to provide the UNIIIC with experienced analysts to assist in the investigation. Bellemare also called f [...] | 2008-07-21 16:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE |
08USUNNEWYORK660 | ISRAEL AND ARABS EXCHANGE BARBS IN MONTHLY DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary. U/SYG Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council during an open meeting on the Middle East on July 22. Pascoe outlined encouraging developments in the region, highlighting the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon, indirect talks between Israel and Syria, and the [...] | 2008-07-24 01:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA |
08USUNNEWYORK738 | UNIFIL: GENERAL GRAZIANO CONCERNED ABOUT RECENT [...] (C) Summary: UNIFIL Force Commander Major General Graziano told Ambassador Khalilzad August 14 that he prefers a simple, technical roll-over of UNIFIL's mandate since it will take a few months to assess how Lebanon's new political realities may impact UNIFIL's mandate. He expressed concern o [...] | 2008-08-15 22:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP KPKO LE IS |
08USUNNEWYORK75 | GAZA: UNSC DEFERS PRST DISCUSSION UNTIL THURSDAY [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met on January 23 to continue discussions on the draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza prepared by the Arab group in New York and tabled by Libya. Following a meeting of UNSC political coordinators the morning of January 23, in which USUN a [...] | 2008-01-23 22:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS |
08USUNNEWYORK764 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS TAME THIS MONTH, [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council during an open meeting on the Middle East on August 20. He stressed that the benefits of the cease-fire have not translated into an improvement of everyday living conditions in Gaza. He welcomed the planned release of 200 Palesti [...] | 2008-08-22 22:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE |
08USUNNEWYORK766 | UNSC: FRENCH RESIST ADDING PREAMBULAR LANGUAGE TO [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador Wolff spoke August 22 with French Charge Jean-Pierre Lacroix to emphasize the U.S. request (contained in ref) to add a preambular paragraph to the current draft French text that would reiterate the 12th preambular paragraph in UNSCR 177 [...] | 2008-08-25 20:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE FR |
08USUNNEWYORK77 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONTINUES DISCUSSIONS ON GAZA [...] (SBU) Following a U.S. decision to engage, the Security Council continued consulations January 24 on a draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The meetings concluded without agreement on a text. All delegations requested the United States to convey its bo [...] | 2008-01-25 01:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL UNSC IS |
08USUNNEWYORK777 | DPKO RESPONDS ON UNIFIL SALUTE OF HIZBALLAH [...] (SBU) PolOff and SMCOff met August 21 with UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Asia and Middle East Division Officer-in-Charge Mary Eliza Kimball and Middle East Team Leader Susan Allee to raise the points from ref A on the UNIFIL contingent's July 17 salute of Hizballah and Palest [...] | 2008-08-27 14:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE SY IS |
08USUNNEWYORK779 | UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS UNIFIL'S MANDATE [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council unanimously approved resolution 1832 on August 27 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until August 31, 2009. (Note: The full text of the resolution is contained in reftel and can be found on the UN website. End note.) [...] | 2008-08-27 22:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC LE SY IS |
08USUNNEWYORK85 | GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL DROPS PRST AFTER LIBYA [...] (SBU) After four days of negotiation on a draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza, in which USUN was initially isolated 14-1 but eventually persuaded all other delegations except Libya to support the U.S. position, Security Council Ambassadors met on January 29 and decided [...] | 2008-01-29 22:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS |
08USUNNEWYORK851 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS FOCUS MORE ON UN [...] (SBU) In another low key set of consultations on the Middle East on September 18, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry's briefing was the main focus. He lauded the "gradual but systematic process of Palestinian self-empowerment" in the West Bank and later said t [...] | 2008-09-20 00:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE |
08USUNNEWYORK875 | UNSC MEETS AT SAUDI/ARAB LEAGUE REQUEST [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met September 26 in response to the request by Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Arab League to discuss Israeli settlement activity. The Saudi FM spoke first and accused Israel of intransigence and a lack of good faith in dealing with the settlements issue. Arab Le [...] | 2008-09-29 17:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE SY IR |
08USUNNEWYORK900 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH NEW UN SPECIAL [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad, in an October 2 meeting with new Special Coordinator of the Secretary-General for Lebanon Michael Williams, noted the USG's significant concerns with Lebanese border security and continuing arms smuggling and suggested that if the Lebanese security forces are over-st [...] | 2008-10-02 21:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC IS LE SY |
08USUNNEWYORK926 | SHEBA'A POINTS PASSED TO UN DEPARTMENT OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered October 10 points contained in ref e-mail on Sheba'a to UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Senior Political Affairs Officer Lee O'Brien. O'Brien agreed that delineation could be done on paper through a tabletop exercise, while demarcation could only be done on the g [...] | 2008-10-10 23:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC USUN LE IS SY |
08USUNNEWYORK95 | JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: RANCOROUS SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. During the UN Security Council's monthly public debate on the Middle East on January 30, past optimism about the Annapolis process was overshadowed by rancor resulting from the UNSC's inability to adopt a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza as well as acrimon [...] | 2008-02-01 22:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE SY |
08USUNNEWYORK967 | UNSC: MULTIPLE DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING UK, CALL FOR [...] (SBU) In his monthly briefing to the Security Council on the Middle East, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Pascoe reviewed October 22 the series of meetings held in late September on the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. In terms of the West Bank, he noted the start of the [...] | 2008-10-23 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY |
08VATICAN1 | HOLY SEE-ISRAEL: NO PROGRESS ON FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Holy See officials report that the December 12-13 talks with Israel did not result in any further progress towards the conclusion of agreements on taxation of Church property in Israel and other outstanding bilateral issues. Some Church officials characterized the meeting as a [...] | 2008-01-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF IS VT |
08VATICAN10 | HOLY SEE: SECRETARY OF STATE BERTONE DISCUSSES CUBA, [...] (C) Summary. Holy See Secretary of State Bertone previewed his February trip to Cuba with Ambassador, and also discussed Israel and the Pope's spring visit to the United States. Bertone hopes to see Fidel and Raul Castro, to deliver a speech at a Cuban university, to inaugurate a monument to Po [...] | 2008-01-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI OVIP CU IS VT |
08VATICAN14 | POST ANALYSIS OF PAPAL ADDRESS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: In his annual address on January 7 to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI provided an overview of the Vatican's concerns on a broad range of issues and hot spots. As revealing as his actual words are the Pope's omissions and nuances. Among the cou [...] | 2008-01-14 16:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM CU CH VE LE IS IR IZ VT |
08VATICAN15 | HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with a visiting White House official, Holy See Deputy FM Parolin called for dialogue to resolve the Lebanese political impasse and address concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Parolin confirmed that negotiations with Israel on taxation of Church proper [...] | 2008-01-18 19:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF LE IS SY IR VT |
08VATICAN2 | HOLY SEE AND ANNAPOLIS: VATICAN HOPES TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) During a December 21 meeting with DCM and poloff, Monsignor Franco Coppola, Holy See director for the Middle East, expressed the Holy See's appreciation at being invited to participate in the post-Annapolis December 17 donors' meeting in Paris. The Holy See was represented by its Nuncio i [...] | 2008-01-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS VT |
08VATICAN23 | HOLY SEE OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ORIENTAL CHURCHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The institutional arrangements that the Holy See has with "Oriental Churches" can serve as a model for further rapprochement between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. In communion with the Pope, Oriental Churches conduct masses following the Byzantine rite and administer the [...] | 2008-02-14 16:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF IS UP VT |
08VIENNA1523 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO NPT TECHNICAL WORKSHOP FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA AU |
08VIENNA1615 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON GAERC, GYMNICH AGENDAS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN RS IS AF SY IR AU |
08VIENNA1743 | AUSTRIAN POSITION ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 16:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY AT |
08VIENNA316 | AUSTRIA: GOA VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (U) Polchief discussed reftel points March 5 with Klaus Famira, MFA European correspondent. Famira said he did not believe Lebanon, Syria, or Afghanistan would be discussed at the March 10-11 GAERC, unless one of the participants wants to report on a recent visit to the region. Discussion on [...] | 2008-03-05 16:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR GG IS SY LE AU |
08VILNIUS100 | GAERC: LITHUANIA WILL PUSH ON OPENINGS TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Head of Common Foreign and Security Policy Division (EU Department) Egidijus Navikas February 15. Navikas re-confirmed GOL's intent to issue a statement in support of Kosovo independence immediately after the EU and the United States. Navikas said he th [...] | 2008-02-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL KVIR IS IR CD BM LH |
08VILNIUS146 | LITHUANIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOL priority for the March 10-11 GAERC is increased EU engagement with Georgia. The Lithuanians are supportive of our positions on Kosovo and Pakistan, and we urged them to adopt a strong policy toward limited engagement with Syria and advocate it within the EU. The GOL doubt [...] | 2008-03-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08VILNIUS984 | LITHUANIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 14:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY LH |
08WARSAW1338 | POLAND TO SIDE WITH EU ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 07:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PL IS PA LE SY |
08WARSAW1378 | GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON DECEMBER 8-9 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland is "90 percent satisfied" with the EU Commission's report on the Eastern Partnership, despite the fact that the Commission failed to appoint a Special Coordinator for the project and had committed only 400 million euros, 200 million less than the sum originally proposed by [...] | 2008-12-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS PK CG TU PL |
08WELLINGTON58 | NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT SUPPORT ISRAELI MEMBERSHIP IN [...] (C) DCM David Keegan presented reftel demarche February 21 to Carolyn Forsyth, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) responsible for international organization issues. After DCM reviewed U.S. concerns and our assessment of the importance of Israel into full membe [...] | 2008-02-21 18:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AA IS KS LI NZ PHUM SZ |
08WINDHOEK371 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko had no substantive comments and did not indicate whether the GRN would support the USG position. Poloff urged the G [...] | 2008-11-24 15:49:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY WA |
08ZAGREB510 | DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON THE ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS LE SY HR |
08ZAGREB806 | DEMARCHE REGARDING OPPOSITION TO UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 12:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS HR |
08ZAGREB828 | IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT CROATIA [...] (C) Petar Mihatov, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic's Chief of Staff, informed Pol Off on November 27 that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for European Affairs Mahdi Safari was scheduled to visit Zagreb on December 15 and 16. DFM Safari had meetings set up with President Mesic and State Sec [...] | 2008-12-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR IR IS |
08ZAGREB875 | IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) On December 18 Petar Mihatov, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic's Chief of Staff, provided Pol Off a read-out of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for European Affairs Mahdi Safari's visit to Zagreb on December 15 and 16 (REF A). Mihatov said that in the meetings at the MFA, Bozinovic str [...] | 2008-12-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR IR IS |
09ABUDHABI1065 | GOLSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] On November 4 we conveyed reftel Goldstone Report demarche points to UAE Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Haidan, and separately to Ambassador Abdul Hamid, Director of American Affairs. Both will review the points, but neither MFA official offered a substantive reaction. OLSON [...] | 2009-11-12 06:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNGA IS AE KPAL PHUM |
09ABUDHABI1091 | UAE ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS AND PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) On November 19, DCM delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Rashed Al Absi, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Absi responded that resolutions in the UN are a secondary concern to the real issues of settlements and the status of Jerusalem. [...] | 2009-11-19 10:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS AE |
09ABUDHABI1105 | UAE Unblocks Access to Top Israeli Internet Domain ".il" [...] (SBU) The United Arab Emirates unblocked access to web sites on the Israeli country code top-level domain ".il" earlier this month. Syria and the UAE were the only two countries in the Middle East and North Africa blocking the Israeli domain, a largely symbolic action because internet users can [...] | 2009-11-24 08:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO SCUL TINT IS AE |
09ABUDHABI1133 | UAE FM on Middle East Peace [...] (S) Summary: UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) told D/SEMEP David Hale on December 7 bold steps were needed to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and again proposed a donors conference in support of East Jerusalem. AbZ said he expected Abu Mazen to remain in po [...] | 2009-12-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS AE |
09ABUDHABI148 | UAE ACTIVITY IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: As the UAEG hosted the "moderate camp" of Arab ministers February 3, its role in moderating peace in the Middle East came somewhat more into focus. The UAE is a determined player, and consistent coordinator, in Arab efforts to secure stability; its contributions to GCC and Arab [...] | 2009-02-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID KPAL KWGB IS AE |
09ABUDHABI20 | UAE REMINDED OF PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN NEEDS [...] (SBU) Post relayed ref B appeal for donations to UN-related relief agencies in separate conversations with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al Haidan. Dr. Gargash acknowledged the need and told the Ambassador [...] | 2009-01-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE |
09ABUDHABI312 | UAE ON DOHA ARAB SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador shared reftel points on the Doha summit with MFA and was told the UAE is looking for Arab solidarity. Separately, UAE President Khalifa discussed key summit topics in a press interview. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador raised reftel points on the Doha summit with D [...] | 2009-03-26 14:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL SU QA IS IR SY AE |
09ABUDHABI317 | UAE PRESIDENT'S PRESS REMARKS ON REGIONAL ISSUES [...] Summary: In a rare press interview (this time with Qatar's Al-Watan newspaper) in advance of the Doha summit, UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan commented on the continuing strength of relations with the U.S. as Washington changes leadership, expressing optimism in the Obama Adm [...] | 2009-03-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ENRG KPAL SU IS IR SY IZ AE |
09ABUDHABI34 | HUMANITARIAN AID THE FOCUS OF PUBLIC EFFORTS ON GAZA [...] (U) As local news outlets warn of escalation of Israeli military activity in Gaza, UAE citizens and residents are expressing solidarity, taking to the streets in calm, controlled (and relatively small) demonstrations while pledging donations in cash and in kind. Marching in solidarity ---- [...] | 2009-01-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE |
09ABUDHABI50 | GAZA AID CONFERENCE HELD IN ABU DHABI [...] As noted Ref A, UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, who is head of the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and Chairman of the UAEG's Foreign Aid Coordination Committee, called an emergency meeting of donor countries and international relief organizations to discuss Gaza on January [...] | 2009-01-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE |
09ABUDHABI515 | UAE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR PLANS VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) Federal Director of State Security and UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan plans to visit Washington from June 29 through July 1. His office has requested assistance with appointments, which Post strongly endorses as key opportunities to deepen positive engageme [...] | 2009-05-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP OTRA PREL PK IS IR AE |
09ABUDHABI744 | UAE GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE (GSD) JULY 20 PLENARY SESSION AND [...] (S/NF) In a July 20 plenary session of the GSD with a large UAE delegation, accompanied by a smaller session with the UAE Chief of Staff, the immediate focus was largely on Iran. Participants reiterated the good defense cooperation that the U.S. and UAE enjoy, while noting the need to improve [...] | 2009-07-22 10:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA |
09ABUDHABI746 | (S) MBZ HOSTS GULF SECURITY DINNER WITH ISA ASD VERSHBOW AND PM A/S SHAPIRO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 12:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA |
09ABUDHABI754 | (S) MbZ HOSTS GULF SECURITY DINNER WITH ISA ASD VERSHBOW AND [...] (S) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ, also Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and de facto defense chief) hosted a July 19 executive session of the Gulf Security Dialogue in Abu Dhabi (July 20 plenary with UAE uniformed officers reported septel). The U.S. d [...] | 2009-07-23 09:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA |
09ABUDHABI757 | UAE REACTION TO BAHRAIN CP OP-ED ON DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL [...] (U) Bahraini CP Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al Khalifa's July 17 Washington Post Op-Ed calling on Arab countries to reach out directly to Israel to generate progress toward Middle East peace (ref A) was reprinted in the Emirati Arabic Daily "al-Ittihad" with the title "Arabs have to engage the Isr [...] | 2009-07-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS AE |
09ABUJA1802 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON JUSTICE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) PolCouns and PolOff met with Foreign Ministry (MFA) North and Central America Division Director Toyin Solaja September 28 to deliver the requested demarche on the Justice Goldstone report (Reftel). We arranged this meeting with Solaja in lieu of MFA colleagues responsible for UN issues, [...] | 2009-09-30 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS NI |
09ACCRA1034 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) POL Chief delivered ref A points October 1 to the MFA's acting Chief Director Ambassador Kodjo Wadee, stressing the USG's desire to obtain a balanced resolution on the Goldstone Report and our opposition to a resolution that contains a blanket endorsement of the report, recommends that t [...] | 2009-10-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS GH |
09ACCRA1154 | GHANA RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche November 4 to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Beatrice Brobbey, expressing the USG's serious concern regarding the Goldstone Report, and urging Ghana to support the U.S. position on the resolution likely to be proposed by the Arab Group and the OI [...] | 2009-11-04 15:49:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS GH |
09ADDISABABA2638 | GOLDSTONE REPORT: ETHIOPIA NONCOMMITTAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL |
09ALGIERS1002 | ALGERIA PROVIDES ITS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING [...] (C) The Ambassador on November 8 reinforced ref A demarche on the Goldstone report with MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher, urging Algerian support to help ensure the follow-up process does not further complicate efforts to move Palestinians and Israelis to negotiated peace. Bouzah [...] | 2009-11-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL IS IZ AG |
09ALGIERS1077 | BOUTEFLIKA TO WARD: WE WANT A STRATEGIC [...] (C) U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander General William Ward met Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika November 25, during Ward's first visit to Algeria since assuming command of AFRICOM. Ward said AFRICOM's strategy was to assist African nations in providing for their own security needs [...] | 2009-12-06 07:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL KWBG US IR IZ IS |
09ALGIERS12 | GAZA: ALGERIAN DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS ON ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian MFA summoned us and other UN Security Council member missions separately on January 4 to deliver a demarche on the Arab League position developed at the December 31 Cairo ministerial, and to lay out the Algerian position on the situation in Gaza. The MFA informed us [...] | 2009-01-04 18:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG |
09ALGIERS45 | DEMARCHE ALERTING ARAB CAPITALS ON MOU: ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 10:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | AG IS MARR PREL |
09ALGIERS822 | MIDDLE EAST ISSUES IN IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA PREL IS EG AG |
09ALGIERS970 | A/S FELTMAN'S MEETING WITH ALGERIAN PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) In an October 21 meeting with NEA A/S Feltman, Prime Minister Ouyahia was broadly receptive to the USG theme of economic and security partnership in the region. He said Algeria wants to adopt a market economy but needs time to strengthen its industry to meet world competition. While urgi [...] | 2009-10-29 08:51:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KWBG KPAL KISR IS IR AG |
09ALGIERS973 | NEA A/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH ALGERIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) In an October 20 meeting with Algerian FM Medelci, visiting NEA A/S Feltman said we wished to deepen counterterrorism and regional security cooperation with Algeria. Medelci focused on the economy and the Middle East. Algeria was an open economy that needed foreign and U.S. investment, w [...] | 2009-11-02 07:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG IS AG |
09ALGIERS988 | ALGERIA RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) P/E chief delivered ref A points November 4 to Abdelkedar Hedjazi, Director of the MFA's Office of the Arab Magreb and Arab Maghreb Union, emphasizing in particular the need to avoid UNGA resolutions related to the Goldstone report that could complicate the resumption of Palestinian-Israe [...] | 2009-11-04 16:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL AG IS UN |
09AMEMBASSYHANOI903 | Vietnam on Anti-Israel UNGA Resolutions [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE VM |
09AMMAN1006 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH JORDAN'S [...] (S) Summary: King Abdullah discussed with CODEL McConnell the peace process, Iran, and Syria, as well as Iraq and Qatar. The King stressed the importance of immediately pursuing a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, emphasized that the Arab states could support the U.S. in con [...] | 2009-05-03 05:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR IS IZ JO |
09AMMAN1007 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN [...] (S) Summary: CODEL McConnell met April 9 with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Suhair Al-Ali jointly. Ali expressed her hope that the Senators would help Jordan obtain supplemental economic support. The Foreign Minister stressed th [...] | 2009-05-03 05:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IS JO |
09AMMAN1027 | DISI WATER PROJECT CONTINUES TO ENCOUNTER POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) The Disi water conveyance, one of Jordan's largest infrastructure projects with a $800 million budget, proposes to convey 100 million cubic meters (MCM) per year from the Disi fossil aquifer on the Jordanian-Saudi Arabia border to Amman. Recent test results indicate that Disi aquifer wa [...] | 2009-05-04 11:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR PGOV PREL IS SA JO |
09AMMAN1113 | KING ABDULLAH HAS MOMENT IN THE SUN, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian contacts saw King Abdullah's visit to Washington as a success, focusing on how it enhanced his standing among his Arab peers more than on the substantive outcome of his conversations with President Obama. Most thought the King returned from the United States newly empo [...] | 2009-05-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SA SY JO |
09AMMAN1116 | ATHENS RED-DEAD DONOR COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. The second donor committee meeting of the Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program (RDS) led by the World Bank convened in Athens on May 4. The RDS, which started in May 2008, is studying the feasibility of rehabilitating the Dead Sea, generating hydropower, and constr [...] | 2009-05-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PREL IS JO |
09AMMAN1118 | CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, IRAN, REFORM [...] (C) Summary: During their May 7-8 visit to Amman, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Representative Rush Holt (R-NJ) met with King Abdullah, Senate President Zaid Al-Refai, and Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali. They heard optimism about the President's engagement on the Isra [...] | 2009-05-13 13:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO |
09AMMAN1182 | MANY JORDANIANS REMAIN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Reaction from our contacts and the Jordanian press on Israeli PM Netanyahu's recent visit to Washington has been typically pessimistic. While President Obama's engagement on the issue is praised, many believe that Netanyahu is not committed to peace and can rely upon pro-Israel [...] | 2009-05-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR JO |
09AMMAN1219 | ISRAELI EMBASSY IN JORDAN QUESTIONS JORDAN,S WATER [...] (C/NF) Jordan and Israel, which both suffer from water shortages, have enjoyed a healthy collaboration on this critical issue. The 1994 peace treaty stipulated water exchange provisions between the two countries and as recently as the summer 2008 drought, Israel loaned Jordan extra water (ref [...] | 2009-05-28 07:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO IS |
09AMMAN1236 | KNESSET RESOLUTION ON "JORDAN OPTION" GENERATES [...] (C) Jordanian officials, media, and politicians continue to denounce a resolution currently pending in the Israeli Knesset that would recognize Jordan as the Palestinian state. FM Nasser Judeh convoked the Israeli Ambassador on May 26 to deliver a "harshly worded" message designed for public [...] | 2009-06-01 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS JO |
09AMMAN1261 | JORDAN: MOSTLY POSITIVE REACTION TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) Post held a viewing of President Obama's speech for approximately thirty students, academia, and civil society at the American Language Center. The speech was followed by a discussion. During the speech, the audience showed very little reaction, except when the Koran was quoted, which was [...] | 2009-06-04 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PREL IS JO |
09AMMAN1263 | JORDAN: GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian government officials and members of parliament lauded the tone and content of the President's speech during a lunchtime viewing and discussion at the DCM's residence. Contacts were laudatory of the speech's frankness and sense of balance. While noting the speech's bro [...] | 2009-06-04 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1265 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS JO |
09AMMAN1267 | JORDAN: CODEL ACKERMAN FOCUSED ON REGIONAL [...] (C) On May 27-28, Representative Gary Ackerman, D-NY, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-TX, Representative Keith Ellison, D-MN, and Subcommittee Staff Director Howard Diamond visited Jorda [...] | 2009-06-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO |
09AMMAN1278 | JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR SE MITCHELL'S JUNE 11 VISIT [...] (S) Your visit to the region will be viewed by Jordanians as the first follow-up to the President's speech in Cairo. Despite widespread admiration and praise for the speech, Jordanians at all levels of society believe concrete actions must follow in the next few months before optimism about the [...] | 2009-06-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN128 | JORDAN HASHEMITE CHARITY ORGANIZATION HEAD [...] (SBU) The Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO),which has become the semi-official conduit from Jordan to Gaza, is now sending 15 truckloads five days a week containing a variety of aid. The organization's spokesman offered a brief history of the JHCO's role in past humanitarian e [...] | 2009-01-14 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN129 | GAZA PROTESTS CONTINUE IN JORDAN, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Protests over events in Gaza continue, with the Israeli and Egyptian Embassies as the primary target of demonstrators. Calls for a boycott of Israeli and American goods are mounting, but there is little evidence that they will have any real impact. The call for a vote of no-co [...] | 2009-01-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG VE JO |
09AMMAN1354 | JORDANIANS URGE ACTING A/S FELTMAN TO BE CLEAR [...] (C) On June 14, Acting A/S Feltman visited Amman to discuss regional issues with Chief of the Royal Court (CORC) Nasser Lozi and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. The Jordanians said that they were pleased with the election results in Lebanon and believe that the opposition will relinquish claim [...] | 2009-06-16 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY JO |
09AMMAN147 | JORDAN GAZA ROUNDUP, JANUARY 15 [...] (C) Summary: Marches and protests continue across Jordan, with further demonstrations planned for after Friday prayers on January 16. Islamists announced that they are pondering a "million man march" to the Israeli border and a separate event to burn American and Israeli goods. Following t [...] | 2009-01-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KISL IS JO |
09AMMAN1472 | GOJ SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite the ongoing multilateral World Bank led Red Sea - Dead Sea Feasibility study (RDS),on May 17 Jordan announced a unilateral $10 billion Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP). The GOJ sees a Red Sea - Dead Sea conveyance mechanism as the best way forward to solve its [...] | 2009-07-01 04:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS |
09AMMAN1483 | JORDAN'S KING, FM DISCUSS MIDEAST PEACE AND IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran dominated Codel Schiff's discussions with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh during a June 27-30 visit to Jordan. The King and FM detailed confidence building measures Arab states would offer in the run-up to final statu [...] | 2009-07-02 05:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KWBG IS IR SA SY JO |
09AMMAN1520 | JORDANIAN INTERIOR MINISTER RE-OPENS DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi disputed in a June 24 interview recent critical speeches by former ministers that the citizenship status of Palestinian-origin Jordanians was under review. Nevertheless, in recent years, the security services have reportedly engaged in a [...] | 2009-07-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN1521 | PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER DETAILS FATAH [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian National Council (PNC) Speaker Salim Zanoun, whose main office is in Jordan, told Poloff on July 6 that preparations for the upcoming Fatah 6th Congress on August 4 were moving forward. Palestinian and Israeli leaders are coordinating access for members living abroad [...] | 2009-07-07 11:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1619 | JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT ON TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG JO IS PTER |
09AMMAN1661 | JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT DISTANCES ITSELF FROM FATAH [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government is attempting to distance itself from the controversy surrounding inflammatory statements issued in Amman by Fatah Central Committee Member Faruq Qaddumi about the circumstances of Yasser Arafat's death. Qaddumi was reportedly asked by Jordan's government no [...] | 2009-07-26 07:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1667 | JORDAN'S INTERIOR MINISTER DEFENDS CITIZENSHIP [...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi has changed his public stance on the practice of citizenship revocation for Palestinian-origin Jordanians. While he denied the existence of such a policy as recently as June 24, Qadi is now vigorously defending it in domestic and regional [...] | 2009-07-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1739 | GOJ DETERMINED TO CONTINUE WITH JORDAN-ONLY RED [...] (C/NF) Post continues to engage Jordanian officials on various plans to use the Red Sea to address the country's dire water needs. Minister of Water and Irrigation Abu Saud reiterated Jordan's commitment to implementing the Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) in a July 22 meeting with OP [...] | 2009-08-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS |
09AMMAN1761 | PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN CITIZENSHIP: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: The current debate in Amman about the citizenship status of Palestinian-origin Jordanians centers around regulations connected to Jordan's 1988 unilateral disengagement from the West Bank. Some of the regulations left the residency requirements for certain groups vague. This [...] | 2009-08-04 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF KPAL KDEM KWBG SMIG IS JO |
09AMMAN1787 | JORDAN EXTENDS HOURS OF ISRAEL AND WEST BANK CROSSINGS [...] (SBU) Recent press reports touting round-the-clock opening of the main West Bank crossing to Jordan for the benefit of Palestinian commerce are exaggerated. According to Post contacts, Israel made the announcement without full coordination with the GOJ. Jordan has nevertheless taken action an [...] | 2009-08-06 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG JO IS |
09AMMAN1827 | JORDAN: GOJ SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS TO PREVENT [...] (S) The Charge discussed ref B points with Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Lozi and senior Court official Jaffar Hassan on August 13. Lozi stated that GOJ was sensitized to the issue of illicit arms shipments and supportive of USG efforts to prevent such deliveries. Lozi told the Charge that h [...] | 2009-08-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PARM ASEC ETTC MASS PREL IR IS SU SY |
09AMMAN1860 | JORDAN: GOJ AUTHORITIES REPORT DENIAL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PARM ASEC ETTC MASS PREL IR IS JO SU SY |
09AMMAN1915 | GOJ MUDDIES THE FACTS TO PAINT A POSITIVE PICTURE [...] (C/NF) In an August 18 meeting with visiting Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and the Ambassador, Minister of Water and Irrigation (MWI) Raed Abu Saud reiterated Jordan's commitment to implementing the Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) and noted that Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh is [...] | 2009-08-25 05:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS |
09AMMAN198 | GEN. DAYTON TALKS JAF TRAINING FOR PALESTINIANS IN [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton met on January 19 with Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces HRH Lieutenant General Prince Faisal bin Al-Hussein, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Khaled Sarayreh, and Commander of the Joint [...] | 2009-01-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PTER MAS PREL IS JO |
09AMMAN1988 | MUGHRABI GATE: JORDAN HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Jordan has not received any Israeli offer that would allow a survey team to measure the site of the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount. The King raised Mughrabi Gate directly with Israeli PM Netanyahu during a July visit, and Jordan's FM raised it durin [...] | 2009-09-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN2039 | JORDANIAN MFA ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL, SOMALI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Samer Naber, Director of the Americas Department at the MFA. On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Naber said that Jordan's goal at the Arab League Ministerial was to "keep momentum going, avert negativity, and be as positive as possible." [...] | 2009-09-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL IS SA SO JO |
09AMMAN211 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S JANUARY [...] (S) Foremost on the mind of King Abdullah will be his desire for assurance that the U.S. has reinvigorated its pursuit of a two-state solution. The King pins the blame for the Gaza crisis on three factors: the perceived political vacuum during our presidential transition, doubts about a weake [...] | 2009-01-25 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN2126 | MUGHRABI GATE: JORDAN SET TO REMAIN OBSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: With the standoff over Mughrabi Gate as intractable as ever, Jordan is again opting for a strategy of obstructionism. Prior to his departure for the UNESCO meetings in Paris, MFA Americas Bureau Chief Samer Naber again indicated that Jordan would not respond to Israeli overture [...] | 2009-09-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IS JO KWBG PREL UNESCO |
09AMMAN2127 | SCENESETTER FOR SE MITCHELL'S SEPTEMBER 17 VISIT [...] (S/NF) Your visit comes as Jordanian officials and the King continue to eagerly anticipate the launch of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Jordanian-Israeli relations are cordial, although the growing controversy over Mughrabi Gate remains a sore point. Many of our interlocut [...] | 2009-09-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN2156 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN NONCOMITTAL ON U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS JO |
09AMMAN2201 | JORDAN: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN2302 | BOLSTERING SUPPORT FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE THROUGH [...] (C) Key Points: -- A variety of regional ESTH initiatives have encouraged support for Middle East peace by developing Arab-Israeli working relationships, increasing regional technical and research capacity, and directly improving the lives of citizens. -- These collaborations can be augme [...] | 2009-10-15 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL SENV KWBG JO IS |
09AMMAN2413 | JORDAN: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE PASSED [...] (C) On November 3, the Ambassador passed copies of reftel demarche points to both Nasser Lozi, Chief of the Royal Court, and Jaffar Hassan, Director of International Affairs for the Royal Court. Both officials acknowledged the receipt of the USG views on the upcoming General Assembly debate on [...] | 2009-11-04 07:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN2450 | JORDAN: ABBAS'S ANNOUNCEMENT VIEWED AS "SERIOUS, [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian media and MFA contacts analyzed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's November 5 announcement that he intended not to run in the next presidential election. Most agree that Abbas used his press conference to express deep disappointment about the status of peace negotia [...] | 2009-11-09 16:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN2618 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN ACKNOWLEDGES ISRAELI [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Samer Naber, the Director of the MFA Americas Office. Naber acknowledged our points, and further privately agreed that the proposed settlement freeze that had been intended to build momentum for bilateral negotiations had instead become an obstacle to the [...] | 2009-12-06 05:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PREL IS JO |
09AMMAN277 | IRAN'S LARIJANI PAYS A LOW-KEY VISIT TO AMMAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although it was little-known in Jordan, speaker of the Iranian parliament Ali Larijani paid a low-key visit to Amman on January 9, accompanied by the speakers of the Syrian and Indonesian parliaments. Despite several attempts by the Jordanian government to turn off the visit, [...] | 2009-01-29 09:26:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER IR IS SY JO |
09AMMAN359 | AMMAN FATHAWIS DISCUSS GAZA EFFECTS ON MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Fatah members resident in Amman agreed that their movement was in dire straits following recent Israeli operations in Gaza. Aside from the perennial plea for quick movement on the peace process, our contacts varyingly saw potential Fatah salvation in convening the long-delayed Si [...] | 2009-02-08 05:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG KISL IS JO |
09AMMAN392 | QIZ GARMENT FACTORIES: JORDANIAN-ISRAELI BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two garment factories in Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) have continued to show strong business links to Israel, despite public calls in Jordan during events in Gaza to boycott American and Israeli goods (ref B). The Al-Methaliah factory plans to begin in March sat [...] | 2009-02-11 12:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB PREL KTEX IS JO |
09AMMAN41 | JORDAN'S PM TELLS PARLIAMENT GOJ MAY "RECONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: Speaking before Parliament on January 4, Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi sharply criticized Israel's escalation of hostilities in Gaza, outlined Jordan's response so far, and capped off his remarks by laying down a marker that Jordan reserved the right to take whatever measures de [...] | 2009-01-06 11:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN508 | LOWEST RAINFALL LEVELS SINCE 1995 CAUSE JORDAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is preparing for a summer water crisis due to the lowest rainfall levels since 1995. As the fourth driest country in the world, Jordan has long had its share of water troubles (reftels). Even during years of average to good rain, Jordan's total [...] | 2009-02-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO SY IS |
09AMMAN517 | SCENESETTER FOR SE MITCHELL'S FEBRUARY 28 VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: Foremost on the King's mind are Israeli efforts to form a new government and how the results would affect progress toward peace. The King will also want to know of any developments in the U.S. strategic approach toward Iran and Syria, which could trigger a shift in Jordan's app [...] | 2009-02-25 06:56:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN569 | CODEL BAIRD DISCUSSES GAZA, INTERFAITH DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary: During a February 17-18 visit to Amman, Congressmen Brian Baird and Keith Ellison (both members of the Friends of Jordan Caucus) took the pulse of Jordanian feelings on Gaza, talked about interfaith dialogue opportunities, and received an overview of Jordanian science and techno [...] | 2009-03-03 06:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KIRF KWBG TSPL IS SY JO |
09AMMAN669 | STRIDENT GOJ LANGUAGE WITH U.S. ON MUGHRABI GATE, [...] (C) Summary: While Jordanian fears that Israel will unilaterally rebuild the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif have cropped up periodically since the original ramp was damaged by heavy rains in 2004, over the past year the matter has been raised in increasingly strident [...] | 2009-03-16 11:21:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL UNESCO IS JO |
09AMMAN717 | JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY STAGE [...] (C) Summary: Efforts by the Jordanian parliament to bring international legal action against Israel over the events in Gaza have stalled. Separately, civil society leaders organized a mock trial of Israeli leaders, and further such efforts are in the works. The campaign is not being led by [...] | 2009-03-19 13:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN860 | JORDAN ONLY APPROACH TO RED-DEAD PROJECT GAINS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Many in Jordan view the Red Sea-Dead Sea conveyance project (RDS) to carry water from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead-Sea as a savior to Jordan's water woes. The $15.5 million World Bank RDS feasibility study, which includes a $1.5 million USG contribution, began in May 2008 wit [...] | 2009-04-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO IS |
09AMMAN887 | SCENESETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: King Abdullah is extremely pleased to be the first Arab leader to meet with the President in Washington. He wants to show his skeptical public and the wider Arab street that his moderate approach gains him access to (and, he hopes, influence with) the White House. The visit [...] | 2009-04-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR IZ SY JO |
09AMMAN906 | WATER POLLUTION INCIDENT TO CAST BLAME ON MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) on March 13 suspended pumping water for two days from the King Abdullah Canal, which supplies Amman with one-third of its water needs, after detecting oil and sewage in the waterways. Jordanian authorities determined that the [...] | 2009-04-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL EAGR EAID PGOV JO IS |
09AMMAN914 | ARAB MINISTERS AGREE ON PEACE APPROACH IN ADVANCE [...] (S/NF) Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh passed Ambassador the text of points agreed upon by Arab ministers who met in Amman on April 11, in advance of King Abdullah's trip to the United States. That meeting - dubbed "7 1" - brought together Jordanian, Saudi, Lebanese, Egyptian, Qatari [...] | 2009-04-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
09ANKARA1012 | TURKEY: ABBAS TO TELL GOT "STOP EMPOWERING HAMAS" [...] (S) Summary: Despite multiple embassies' expressions of concern regarding the growing number of NGO-sponsored Muslim-based conferences in Turkey attended by radical regional participants, the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party-led (AKP) GOT has chosen to turn a blind eye. PLO Amba [...] | 2009-07-15 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS |
09ANKARA1056 | TURKEY: ABBAS VISIT MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: GOT leadership maintained a positive and constructive tone during Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas' July 8-10 Ankara visit despite previous concerns surrounding Abbas, recent Cyprus trip and past pro-Hamas GOT rhetoric. Erdogan and Abbas discussed USG regional policy, e [...] | 2009-07-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS |
09ANKARA1101 | TURKEY: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY HAS THE LEAD [...] (S) Ambassador summarized REF A points to MFA U/S Apakan, July 24. 2. (S) POLOFF reiterated demarche to MFA Israel/Palestine desk officer Rauf Alp Denktas, July 27. Denktas underscored GOT policy that the Palestinian Authority led by President Abbas is the legitimate authority for all Pa [...] | 2009-07-31 04:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EAID TU WBG IS |
09ANKARA1230 | DAVUTOGLU URGES ISRAELI SETTLEMENT RESTRAINT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU IS |
09ANKARA1310 | CODEL WEXLER URGES TURKISH ACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Rep. Robert Wexler met August 26-27 with a wide array of top-level Turkish officials to discuss the current state of U.S.-Turkish relations and to urge them to push for greater regional support for President Obama's initiatives on Middle East peace and his willingness to deal wit [...] | 2009-09-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG AM AZ IS IR TU |
09ANKARA1381 | TURKEY SUPPORTS USG OBJECTIVES FOR AD-HOC LIAISON [...] (SBU) On September 18 we delivered REFTEL objectives to Rauf Denktas at MFA's Directorate General for the Middle East. He told us that Turkey supports the U.S. objectives and that the Deputy Under Secretary for the Middle East and head of the department plan to attend the Ad Hoc Liaison Commi [...] | 2009-09-18 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PGOV TU IS EU WBEG |
09ANKARA145 | TURKEY: THE LINGERING IMPACT OF GOT GAZA RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan's harsh condemnation of GOI actions during the recent Gaza crisis continues to impact Turkey's Jewish minority and its bilateral relationship with Israel. Jewish Community leaders in Istanbul told the Ambassador that while they had previously enjoyed a clos [...] | 2009-01-29 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS TU |
09ANKARA1481 | TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS CONTINUE TO SOUR [...] (C) Summary: Turkish-Israeli bilateral relations remain strained. GOT interlocutors attribute the tension to Israel's December Gaza operation and argue that the bilateral relationship will recover only when Israel allows improvements to the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The GOT's last-minu [...] | 2009-10-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TU IS |
09ANKARA1532 | ISRAELI EMBASSY HOPES FOR BETTER TIMES AFTER [...] (C) Israeli DCM Menahem Kanafi told DCM October 21 that the Turkish MFA and Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) have been responsive to Israeli requests regarding a soap opera airing this week on TRT that dramatized graphic Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians. After the Israeli Amb [...] | 2009-10-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TU |
09ANKARA1549 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TRACES HIS PROBLEMS TO ERDOGAN [...] (C) During an October 26 call on the Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador Gabby Levy registered concern over the recent deterioration in his country's bilateral relations with Turkey and the conviction that the relationship's decline is attributable exclusively to Prime Minister Erdogan. Levy said Foreig [...] | 2009-10-27 11:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IS |
09ANKARA1584 | TURKEY: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 16:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IS |
09ANKARA1672 | ISRAELIS STILL SEEKING A CHANNEL TO THE SENIOR [...] (C) Israeli Embassy Spokesperson Amit Zarouk (Protect) told us November 18 his government, urged on by Minister of Defense Barak and the Israel Defense Force, continues to search for a reliable communication channel to the GoT's senior political level. Zarouk fears the lack of such a channel [...] | 2009-11-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IS |
09ANKARA1673 | OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 16:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IS |
09ANKARA169 | TURKEY TO CONTINUE ACTIVIST ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT aims to continue to play an activist role in establishing peace and stability in its neighborhood as a foreign policy priority, in large measure because of a deep distrust and fear of Iran's exhibited malevolent influence throughout the region, according to senior MFA offi [...] | 2009-02-03 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ENRG KPAL TU IZ IR IS |
09ANKARA1719 | TURKEY ON ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU IS |
09ANKARA1725 | TREASURY OFFICIAL ON FIGHT AGAINST TERRORIST [...] (C) Summary. During an October 19-20 visit to Ankara, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen cautioned government and banking officials about doing business with Iranian banks. GOT officials insisted they will comply with all UNSC obligations, but are [...] | 2009-12-04 11:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EFIN PTER TU IR IS GZ KPAL ECON |
09ANKARA1767 | ISRAELIS STILL SEEKING ACCESS TO POLITICAL LEVEL [...] (C) During a recent conversation with us, Israeli Embassy DCM Menahem Kanafi described Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Binyamin Ben Eliezer's November 23 - 24 visit to Ankara as a modest step towards his government's goal of re-establishing a reliable communication channel to the GoT's s [...] | 2009-12-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IS SY |
09ANKARA1769 | ISRAELIS STILL SEEKING ACCESS TO POLITICAL LEVEL [...] (C) During a recent conversation with us, Israeli Embassy DCM Menahem Kanafi described Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Binyamin Ben Eliezer's November 23 - 24 visit to Ankara as a modest step towards his government's goal of re-establishing a reliable communication channel to the GoT's s [...] | 2009-12-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IS SY |
09ANKARA1834 | TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT YIELDS A PROFFERED EMBRACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mubarak's visit to Ankara December 15-16 focused on bilateral ties and the Middle East during lengthy separate discussions with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Deputy PM Babacan, FM Davutoglu, and Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Basbug. Although the Tu [...] | 2009-12-27 18:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU EG IS PREL IR |
09ANKARA207 | PLO ENVOY: ABBAS VISIT INTENDED TO DIFFUSE TENSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Authority President Abbas's February 6-8 Ankara trip was designed to smooth over growing tensions that resulted from GOT behavior during the Gaza crisis, PLO Ambassador Nabil Maarouf told us February 9. Fatah interpreted PM Erdogan's heated rhetoric and repeated calls [...] | 2009-02-09 16:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS TU |
09ANKARA229 | MFA U/S: TURKEY'S MIDDLE EAST APPROACH "UNCHANGED" [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Undersecretary Apakan told the Ambassador February 11 that Turkey's Middle East policy remains focused on encouraging Palestinian and Arab unity, and that Ankara assured Palestinian Authority leader Abbas that it views him as the only Palestinian president and that Palestinia [...] | 2009-02-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS TU SY SA IR IZ US |
09ANKARA237 | TURKEY: THE CALM AFTER THE GAZA STORM [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Jewish Community in Turkey has reported a reduction in the level of anti-Semitic incidents precipitated by the Gaza crisis. This is likely due to a concerted effort on the part of the GOT to distingui [...] | 2009-02-13 05:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS TU |
09ANKARA25 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN RETURNS TO RHETORICAL FORM OVER [...] (C) Summary: In a Justice and Development Party (AKP) group meeting on January 6, PM Erdogan delivered a speech condemning Israel for its attacks on the Gaza Strip, labeling them a "black stain" on humanity. This is a return to form for a politician whose traditional use of anti-Israeli rhe [...] | 2009-01-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IS OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA252 | TURKISH, ARAB LEADERS EXCHANGE POST-GAZA CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish and Arab leaders capitalized on a series of high-level meetings this week to address their respective concerns arising from the Gaza crisis. Troubled by GOT statements advocating HAMAS's inclusion in peace negotiations, Saudi King Abdullah, Palestinian Authority (PA) Pres [...] | 2009-02-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IS TU |
09ANKARA257 | ISRAELI GENERAL'S COMMENTS ADD FUEL TO GAZA FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IDF Major General Mizrahi's February 13 comment that Turkey "should first look in the mirror" before judging Israeli operations during the most recent Gaza crisis have hit Turkish defenders of the bilateral relationship -- in particular, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) -- below the [...] | 2009-02-17 17:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TU |
09ANKARA336 | CODEL WEXLER TELLS ANKARA THAT GAZA RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Wexler's message to Turkey's leaders during his February 17-20 visit was blunt. He told President Gul, PM Erdogan, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Basbug, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Davutoglu, MFA U/S Apakan, and other GOT, Parliamentary and opposition party [...] | 2009-03-04 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS TU |
09ANKARA370 | TURKEY: BABACAN, LIVNI MEET WITH OPEN ARMS, [...] (C) Summary: In the first high-level engagement since the Gaza crisis and PM Erdogan's Davos outburst, Turkish FM Babacan and Israeli FM Livni met on the margins of the March 5 NATO Foreign Ministerial. The two leaders discussed Turkish-Israeli relations, the Gaza crisis, Palestinian reconci [...] | 2009-03-12 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TU |
09ANKARA38 | TURKEY: OPPOSITION LEADERS MAKE HAY OVER GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip have hit a raw nerve in Turkey, where pro-Muslim, pro-Palestinian sentiments run deep among the masses, notwithstanding the close relations between the state and the Israeli government. With the approach of March 29 nationwide local elections [...] | 2009-01-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IS |
09ANKARA430 | TURKEY: GAZA RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGE REFLECTS [...] (C) Summary: Turkey pledged $ 93 million at the Egyptian-hosted March 2 donors' conference in Sharm al-Sheikh. The GOT will donate $ 50 million to in-kind reconstruction projects in coordination with the Palestinian Authority. The remaining $ 43 million reflects private donations made throug [...] | 2009-03-23 09:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IS TU |
09ANKARA534 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: MARCH 2009 [...] (C) TGS Deputy Chief Hasan Igsiz visited Baghdad on March 4 and met with Iraqi Defense Minister Jassem in Baghdad. Igsiz said Ankara was prepared to increase support for the Iraqi army and proposed that the two sides sign a memorandum of understanding (in lieu of a formal agreement) regarding [...] | 2009-04-09 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AS IS MARR PINS PREL SR TU |
09ANKARA631 | TURKEY'S DEFENSE AGREEMENT AND EXERCISE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Turkey signed a bilateral defense industry cooperation agreement with Syria on April 27 and conducted the first ever bilateral military exercise with Syria from April 27 to 29. The significance of these developments should not be exaggerated. The Turks stressed that the agreemen [...] | 2009-04-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SY IS TU |
09ANKARA781 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN WARNS CODEL CASEY ON AGR [...] (C) Senators Robert Casey (D-PA),Ted Kaufman (D-DE),and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ),and Representative Timothy Walz (D-MN) and Charge met May 29 with PM Erdogan, TGS D/CHOD General Igsiz, and a senior MFA delegation led by U/S Apakan. On Armenia, PM Erdogan urged Congress to leave the events of [...] | 2009-06-03 09:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS SY TU AM AZ |
09ANKARA84 | TURKEY: U.S.-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche January 16 to MFA Israel Desk Officer Rauf Alp Denktas, who briefed MFA Undersecretary Apakan on the demarche points. 2. (C) Post convened an EAC January 9 to discuss the ongoing security threat from the situation in Gaza. In light of reftel, Post will cont [...] | 2009-01-16 16:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS |
09ANKARA86 | TURKEY: RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL STRAINED BUT INTACT [...] (C) Summary: Widespread public outrage over Israel's incursion into Gaza and upcoming nationwide local elections in March have contributed to the harsh tone of Turkey's political discourse regarding Israel. Despite his inflammatory condemnation of the humanitarian situation, PM Erdogan has re [...] | 2009-01-16 18:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS TU |
09ASHGABAT1407 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL TX |
09ASHGABAT1479 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 12:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE TX |
09ASHGABAT1502 | TURKMENISTAN: 2010 NTE REPLY ON THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 13:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD KBCT IS TX |
09ASHGABAT696 | TURKMENISTAN: ISRAEL TO OPEN EMBASSY "SOON" [...] (S) The Israeli Ambassador to Central Asia and the Caucasus (currently based in Jerusalem),Shemi Tzur, said in a meeting with Charge on June 4 that Israel was planning to open an embassy in Ashgabat "very soon" -- in July or perhaps even sooner -- in part due to Foreign Minister Avigdor Libe [...] | 2009-06-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PREL EINV PTER EPET ETRD SNAR TX IS AJ KZ |
09ASMARA30 | SOURING RELATIONS BETWEEN ERITREA AND ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Over the past 8 months, the once cordial relations between the Israeli and the Eritrean governments have deteriorated. The Israeli security officer told RSO that they previously had good relations with the GSE and never had any problems obtaining travel permits or TDY visas. In the pa [...] | 2009-01-27 07:24:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ER IS |
09ASTANA1465 | KAZAKHSTAN: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Ambassador to Kazakhstan Israel Mei-Ami told the Ambassador on September 2: -- Kazakhstan is a major oil supplier for Israel; -- this year's military procurement scandal has left lingering headaches for him; -- despite the scandal, Israel-Kazakhstan relations are t [...] | 2009-09-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EPET EAGR MASS KCOR IS SA KZ |
09ASTANA1966 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 3, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on the upcoming General Assembly debate on the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on th [...] | 2009-11-04 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS KZ |
09ATHENS1511 | Embassy Athens Engages with GoG on Iran [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens' Front Office and Political Section have engaged with our Greek partners from the highest levels to the working level at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to expand our dialogue on Iran. Characterizing the Iranian regime as weak, Greek interlocutors maintain [...] | 2009-09-25 14:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA KPAL IR IS GR |