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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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| 06TELAVIV125 | GOI ISSUES TENDERS TO BUILD IN BEITAR ILLIT, [...] (U) Press reported December 26 that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) issued a tender for 150 housing units in Beitar Illit settlement, southwest of Jerusalem in the Gush Etzion bloc. According to the tender, which was published in Ha'aretz, the units are divided into one apart [...] | 2006-01-09 15:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1273 | GOI COMMITTED TO KEEPING HUMANITARIAN GOODS FLOWING [...] (C) Summary: One week after the reopening of Karni, imports into Gaza at the commercial terminal average more than 200 truckloads per day. The overwhelming majority of cargo is of humanitarian supplies. MOD advisor Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel stressed to Econ Chief that the GOI [...] | 2006-04-03 06:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON PTER KWBG KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1315 | GOI MAY PLAN TO RETROACTIVELY APPROVE SOME OUTPOSTS [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: A March 21 article in the Jerusalem Post claimed that senior GOI officials are considering a proposal to retroactively authorize ten illegal West Bank outposts that would remain under Israeli control under a f [...] | 2006-04-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1319 | ISRAELI DEFMIN TELLS A/S WELCH ISRAEL WILL TAKE NO [...] (S) Summary: Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 that Israel will not communicate with or assist a HAMAS-led Palestinian Authority (PA). Mofaz said that he personally believes PA President Abu Mazen will become increas [...] | 2006-04-04 04:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 06TELAVIV1324 | GILAD ON HAMAS'S RELATIONS WITH JORDAN, EGYPT, AND [...] (C) Summary: MOD Pol-Mil Bureau Head Amos Gilad told A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams on March 31 that Hamas' close relationship to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Jordan would negatively impact Jordan's security. While he had raised the issue with GOJ officials, he claimed that they are "afraid t [...] | 2006-04-04 07:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1336 | UPDATE ON CASES INVOLVING SEPARATION BARRIER IN [...] (C) Summary: Col. (res.) Shaul Arieli, consultant for the Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF),member of the Council for Peace and Security, and consultant to the High Court on the separation barrier, told econoff on March 29 that he is proposing changes to the route of the barrier that co [...] | 2006-04-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
| 06TELAVIV1392 | MFA STILL HAS RESERVATIONS ON CUSTOMS PROTOCOL; [...] (C) Summary: During an April 5 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Director General Ron Prosor said that the GOI recognizes it is essential of keeping Karni open and only close the crossing when there is a specific threat. The Ambassador said a customs protocol is in Israel,s interest because t [...] | 2006-04-06 16:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 06TELAVIV1412 | JORDAN VALLEY CLOSURES LIKELY TEMPORARY [...] (C) On April 17, the Ambassador raised with Brig. Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel the recent closures and increased number of roadblocks in the Jordan Valley (reftel). Spiegel admitted that the IDF has increased the number of roadblocks and flying checkpoints between Nablus and Jenin, but explaine [...] | 2006-04-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON KWBG ASEC IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1437 | GOI BRIEFING ON STATUS OF CROSSINGS [...] (C) Summary: Brig. Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel on April 7 briefed the Ambassador, USSC Head General Dayton, and EU-BAM Head of Mission General Pistolese on the status of the crossings. Spiegel said that Sufa was working at full capacity and that there would be increased volume at Kerem Shalom [...] | 2006-04-10 15:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1438 | BASSEY DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS OF GAZA EVACUEES AND [...] (C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),told EconCouns on April 4 that Gaza disengagement was a success because the level of violence was lower than he had predicted a year ago. He commented, however, that the evacuees have had a very difficult time adju [...] | 2006-04-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 06TELAVIV1469 | ISRAELI CABINET DISCUSSES "BOYCOTT" OF PA AND [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Cabinet announced April 11 that it will "hold no ties" with the Palestinian Authority, but that "there will be no personal disavowal" of PA President Mahmud Abbas. The Cabinet also imposed a "boycott" of foreign officials who plan to meet with Hamas and GOI officials [...] | 2006-04-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1470 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN AND ISRAELI A/PM OLMERT DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: On April 11 -- the day that the Cabinet elected him Acting Prime Minister -- a confident and relaxed Ehud Olmert met with Senator Joseph Lieberman and the Ambassador. Olmert outlined his "convergence plan," with which he hopes to create defensible security borders, minimize Israe [...] | 2006-04-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KPAL KWBG IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1600 | BEGINNING THE DISCUSSION ON ISRAEL'S CONVERGENCE [...] (C) Summary: Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's intention to begin implementation of what he calls the "convergence plan" within the next two years (reftels) confronts the USG with decisions on whether and how to engage with Israel on the issue. The complexities, potential benefits, and pit [...] | 2006-04-24 16:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1621 | GOI COMMITTED TO KEEPING KARNI OPEN, WILL GET U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Political-Military Advisor Amos Gilad said that he is committed to keeping Karni open despite the security risks. He agreed to get the Ambassador a prioritized list of specific assistance projects that the GOI wants to see con [...] | 2006-04-25 17:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 06TELAVIV1628 | REP. SHAYS AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI DISCUSS HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Representative Christopher Shays April 20 that there is no Palestinian partner with whom Israel can negotiate. She described A/PM Ehud Olmert's "convergence" plan, in which Israel seeks to define a new eastern border after evacuating isol [...] | 2006-04-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1642 | GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN HAR ADAR [...] (U) Press reported today, April 26, that the Israel Lands Authority, the Commissioner for Absentee Property, and the company Arim, Ltd., issued a tender for 33 plots to construct single-family houses in Har Adar settlement, northwest of Jerusalem. The tender, which was published in Yediot Ah [...] | 2006-04-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 06TELAVIV1653 | ISRAELIS REJECT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IDEA [...] (U) Reacting to a speech by PA President Mahmud Abbas in Oslo, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's press spokesperson told reporters on April 26 that Israel flatly rejects calls for an international conference to facilitate Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. "That's a no with a capital 'N'," said the [...] | 2006-04-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS POV ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1730 | MAY 1 UPDATE ON CROSSINGS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Brig. Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel on May 1 briefed the Ambassador, USSC Head General Dayton, and EU-BAM head of Mission General Pistolese on his recent trip to Washington. Spiegel said the GOI will issue a formal position on which assistance projects can continue. He said the GO [...] | 2006-05-02 17:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS PEL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 06TELAVIV1752 | FM LIVNI OPPOSES USG ASSISTANCE TO ABBAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni cautioned Senator Joseph Lieberman April 20 that by strengthening President Mahmud Abbas the USG could lend legitimacy to the Palestinian Authority (PA) without changing Hamas. Livni also said that the GOI does not plan to involve the Palestinians in [...] | 2006-05-04 15:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06TELAVIV1753 | HERZOG TELLS CODEL LIEBERMAN THAT LABOR SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor MK Itzhak ("Boojy") Herzog told Senator Joseph Lieberman April 20 that the Labor Party advocates strengthening Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas. Herzog said he supports USG assistance to the Abbas-controlled Presidential Guard in order to enhance that bod [...] | 2006-05-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1754 | DAGAN AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS-LED PA AND [...] (C) Summary: Meir Dagan, director of the Mossad, told Codel Lieberman on April 20 that Hamas won the Palestinian elections because it was more united and organized than Fatah. He said that Palestinians mainly voted for Hamas to protest Fatah corruption, but added that 60 percent "still back [...] | 2006-05-05 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1791 | WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE ADVISOR ADVANCES DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Summary: During a three-day visit to Israel, John Marburger, Science Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),engaged in a dialogue on strengthening U.S.-Israel cooperation in S&T. He moved his Israeli interlocutors away from [...] | 2006-05-08 15:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TPHY PREL ECON OVIP KPAL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV1799 | EU AMBASSADORS SEEK CLARITY ON USG POSITIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador briefed some 25 EU ambassadors plus the Swiss and Norwegian ambassadors May 8 on USG policy regarding acceptable humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians; assistance to and contact with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas; the importance of EU solidar [...] | 2006-05-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IR IS KBTS ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1817 | GAZA-ISRAEL COMMERCIAL CROSSINGS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The crossings between Gaza and Israel are important commercial ports. The GOI is devoting significant resources to upgrade and expand several crossings, including Erez, Kerem Shalom and Tarqumiya. The GOI has also instituted a risk management scheme in order to promote securit [...] | 2006-05-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 06TELAVIV1838 | AL QUDS UNIVERSITY RENEWS CALL FOR U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) In a meeting with Presidential Science Advisor John Marburger at Hebrew University April 23, Ziad Abdeen, Senior Researcher at Al Quds University, reiterated reftel request for U.S. support for Al Quds regional fundraising efforts. Abdeen was attending the meeting at Hebrew U. representing [...] | 2006-05-10 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAID KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 06TELAVIV1843 | OLMERT TO SEEK U.S. VIEWS ON CONVERGENCE PLAN IN [...] (S) Summary: According to Brig. Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has a large agenda for his discussions in Washington scheduled for May 23, including the so-called convergence plan. Spiegel claimed that the &plan8 is less a detailed strategy, than a general policy. He i [...] | 2006-05-10 17:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1863 | GOI REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN TUNNEL DETECTION [...] This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. The perceived threat of tunnel-based terrorist attacks has been a principal justification for this year's lengthy closings of the Karni crossing between Gaza and Israel. Embassy has received a high-level request from the GOI Ministry of Defense for [...] | 2006-05-11 15:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PTER ASEC KWBG KPAL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 06TELAVIV1865 | ISRAEL COUNTERTERRORISM BUREAU CHIEF REQUESTS HELP [...] (S/NF) In a May 10 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Israel NSC Counterterrorism Bureau (CTB) Director BGEN Dani Arditi reviewed the structure and mission of the CTB, and requested the Ambassador's assistance in encouraging the Department of Homeland Security to develop operational cooperation wit [...] | 2006-05-11 17:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINR KPAL KWBG EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 06TELAVIV1876 | AGAINST THE ODDS, MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East Cancer Consortium is extending its reach and adding attendees from additional countries to its activities. Independent Palestinian health professionals remain eager to participate in MECC conferences and courses while PA officials are off-limits. Member countri [...] | 2006-05-12 18:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL KPAL KWBG IS XF XD ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| 06TELAVIV1923 | GOI CONCERNED MECHANISM TO PROVIDE AID TO [...] (C) Summary: During a May 12 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Yossi Gal and Deputy Director General for Europe Ron Curiel expressed concern about the EU offer to develop a mechanism to deliver assistance to the Palestinians, fearing it might be used [...] | 2006-05-17 12:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL PHUM ENRG KWBG KPAL IS GTIP ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 06TELAVIV1932 | ADDITIONAL TOPICS FOR OLMERT MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: Ehud Olmert's main public goal for his first trip to Washington as prime minister is to win U.S. support for what he calls the "convergence plan," which will relocate 60,000 - 80,000 settlers from isolated areas in the West Bank to other settlement blocs west of the separation barr [...] | 2006-05-17 16:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV1945 | A/S SILVERBERG AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told IO A/S Silverberg and the Ambassador May 14 that time is running out in the international community's efforts to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. She outlined Israel's justification for the "convergence" plan, denying that t [...] | 2006-05-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KPAL KWBG IR LE IS KNNC UN GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV1946 | ISRAEL'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER COMMITTED TO FISCAL [...] (C) Finance Minister Hirchson told the Ambassador that the new government would continue to practice fiscal restraint, and will resist strong pressures from members of the coalition to open the spending floodgates. He pledged that the 2006 budget would not be renegotiated and would keep to t [...] | 2006-05-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 06TELAVIV1947 | ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ ON PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Ambassador Jones May 17 that he wants negotiations with the Palestinians to begin as soon as possible, and that PA President Abbas should be strengthened. He said that he has ordered that the Karni crossing remain open for traffic in both dire [...] | 2006-05-18 16:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 06TELAVIV1948 | ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS COUNTERING TERRORISM, [...] (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Ambassador Jones May 17 that defending Israel from the terrorist threat is his number one priority. He said that dealing with the Iranian nuclear threat is his second priority, and expressed gratitude for America's support and firm stance on t [...] | 2006-05-18 16:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS MARR KPAL KWBG MNUC IR JO EG IS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1950 | ISRAEL DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS HE WILL ASSIST, AS MUCH [...] (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Ambassador Jones May 17 that, per the Ambassador's request, he will use his influence as a cabinet member to support efforts to resolve outstanding issues and clear the way for Magen David Adom's (MDA) incorporation into the international Red C [...] | 2006-05-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KWBG IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV1978 | ISRAELI PLAN FOR CONTINUED SHEKEL CHECK CLEARING [...] (S) The Bank of Israel (BOI) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) are developing a package of proposals to present to the Israeli banks that handle shekel check clearing for Palestinian Banks. The purpose is to convince the banks to continue to provide the check-clearing services, which they offici [...] | 2006-05-19 15:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 06TELAVIV1982 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CONVEYS ISRAELI BANKING [...] (S) Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer and his antiterrorism finance team told Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and the Ambassador on May 2 that Israeli banks want to end their relationships with Palestinian banks due to fears of being accused of involvement with terror finance. They said that [...] | 2006-05-19 17:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 06TELAVIV1983 | RAMON ON CONVERGENCE AND ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told the Ambassador May 16 that his government will "sincerely" try to work with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas until at least the end of the year, before deciding, if this effort fails, to implement convergence. Ramon admitted that throug [...] | 2006-05-19 17:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KPAL KWBG IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV2001 | GOI APPROVES EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS IN WEST BANK [...] (U) Israeli press reported May 21, that new Defense Minister Amir Peretz recently approved plans to expand four settlements in the West Bank. According to the reports, the decision and legal steps to expand the settlements began under former Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, and the approvals to [...] | 2006-05-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV201 | MOFAZ DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador, A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, General Dayton, and PolCouns January 12 that the GOI would not talk to Hamas members elected to the PLC if they did not give up their terrorist activities. He said that the elections should take place a [...] | 2006-01-13 13:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV2011 | ISRAELI READOUT ON LIVNI-ABBAS MEETING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's chief of staff, Jakub "Yaki" Dayan, told the Charge May 23 that the GOI's meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas on May 21 in Sharm el-Sheikh does not represent a change in Israel's view of Abbas. The GOI nevertheless maintains low-level c [...] | 2006-05-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG EAID EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV204 | ISA CHIEF DISKIN SAYS HAMAS TO DO WELL IN PA [...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams met on January 12 met with Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Chief Yuval Diskin, who gave an assessment of the January 25 Palestinian elections and developments inside Fatah and Hamas. Diskin said that the most probable election scen [...] | 2006-01-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG PGOV PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV2056 | GOI STILL UNSURE ABOUT TRANSFER OF MONEY FOR [...] (C) The GOI has not yet decided how to effect the transfer of NIS 50 million for humanitarian medical aid to the Palestinians from the PA customs revenue it is holding. Officials claim to fear that the transfer, done outside the aegis of the Paris Protocol, would not be recognized as legitima [...] | 2006-05-26 07:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID KWBG KPAL ETRD IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 06TELAVIV2077 | MK TALKS OF EXPANDING HEBRON SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Kadima MK Otniel Schneller said on May 26 that the GOI plans to expand settlements in Hebron and connect them to the Kiryat Arba settlement, all of which would subsequently be included in the GOI's "realignment" plan, according to press. Ministry of Defense officials denied tha [...] | 2006-05-30 15:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
| 06TELAVIV2113 | OUTPOSTS: DEMOLITION ORDERS HANDED OUT, TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Brig. Gen. (ret.) Baruch Spiegel said on May 31 that Kadima MK Otniel Schneller's comments about the expansion of Hebron settlements were "not relevant." He added that the GOI does not intend to expand Beitar Illit, Givat Ze'ev, Oranit, and Maskiyyot settlements, and that recen [...] | 2006-06-01 15:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
| 06TELAVIV2120 | GOI HITS SNAG IN MEDICAL AID DISTRIBUTION; [...] (C) Summary: In a May 31 meeting, COGAT head General Yossef Mishlev said that the GOI intends to use NIS 50 million from frozen clearance revenues to purchase goods in Israel and transfer them through NGOs/international organizations to Palestinian hospitals or to the central medical supply w [...] | 2006-06-01 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
| 06TELAVIV215 | DEMOLITION OF PERMANENT HOMES IN AMONA OUTPOST [...] (U) Israeli press reports indicate that yesterday, on January 12, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided to postpone the demolition of nine permanent homes in Amona outpost, approximately 1 kilometer east of Ofra, for one or two more weeks (see reftel). The GOI had promised last year to demoli [...] | 2006-01-13 16:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV220 | IDF'S HALUTZ WARNS OF HAMAS ELECTION SUCCESS AND [...] (C) Summary: IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz predicted to A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, and the Ambassador on January 13 that Hamas will win at least 40 percent of the votes in the upcoming PLC elections and will seek ministerial positions within the government. Halutz said that the GOI cannot nego [...] | 2006-01-16 07:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV2224 | MOD'S AMOS GILAD ON ABBAS AND EGYPT [...] (C) Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told A/S Welch and the Ambassador June 6 that Israel could help PA President Mahmud Abbas the most by staying quiet. Welch stressed the importance of supporting President Abbas and working to help the Palestinian people avoid a human [...] | 2006-06-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KWBG KPAL PGOV IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV2225 | PERETZ SAYS HE WILL TAKE RISKS TO HELP THE [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Amir Peretz told A/S Welch June 7 that he is willing to take maximum possible risks allowable in light of security demands to ease the pressure on the Palestinian people. He noted his efforts to keep the Karni crossing open -- as it is currently -- in both direc [...] | 2006-06-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL EU IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV2226 | FM LIVNI DISCUSSES FUNDING MECHANISM, PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 7 meeting with NEA A/S David Welch, the Ambassador, and NSC/IPA/J Director Greg LoGerfo, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni reiterated Israel's willingness to help avoid any humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Territories. A/S Welch urged the GOI to consult closely with the USG [...] | 2006-06-09 12:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG KPAL IS GTIP ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV2271 | GOI ISSUES TENDER FOR CONSTRUCTION IN ELKANA [...] (U) The Israel Lands Authority on Monday, June 12, issued a tender for construction of single-family homes on 53 plots in the religious neighborhood of the Elkana settlement near Qalqilya. (Note: Press incorrectly reported 54 units. End note.) According to the tender, the plots range in si [...] | 2006-06-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KWBG IS MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV2301 | ALLEGED ISRAELI CORRUPTION AT KARNI IMPEDES U.S. MARKET ACCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 11:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | ETRD ECON PGOV KWBG PINR IS SCRM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV2345 | DEADLINE FOR ENDING ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN BANKING [...] (C) A senior Bank Hapoalim official said that all Israeli banks were set to cut ties with Palestinian banks due to the fear of being implicated in a chain of financial transactions that might enable a terrorist attack. He said that the banks want the GOI to issue them a list of suspect indi [...] | 2006-06-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 06TELAVIV2346 | SHEETRIT OFFERS VIEWS ON REALIGNMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Construction and Housing Meir Sheetrit told the Ambassador on June 14 that the GOI should have started planning Gaza disengagement well in advance to have permanent homes available for the settlers who were evacuated. He said this would have saved the GOI a consider [...] | 2006-06-15 18:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS SETTLEMENTS |
| 06TELAVIV2414 | BARUCH SPIEGEL DISCUSSES QASSAMS, KARNI, OUTPOSTS [...] (C) In a June 19 meeting with the Ambassador, reserve Brigadier General (BG) Baruch Spiegel reported that the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee had agreed that the Qassam rocket launches from Gaza must be stopped "at all costs." Spiegel was interested, but hesitant, about the effe [...] | 2006-06-20 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV2421 | NGO LEADERS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT SHARED MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) PALESTINIAN AND ISRAEL REPRESENTATIVES OF ECOPEACE/FRIENDS OF THE EARTH MIDDLE EAST (FOEME) MET WITH NEA SENIOR S&T ADVISOR CHARLES LAWSON, CONSULATE GENERAL ECONOMIC OFFICER AND EMBASSY ESTH OFFICER AT THE CONGEN IN JERUSALEM JUNE 14 TO DESCRIBE THEIR FINDINGS ON THE DETERIORATING MOUNT [...] | 2006-06-21 12:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| 06TELAVIV2430 | MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT'S TOP PRIORITY IS [...] (C) Summary: Environment Minister Gideon Ezra told NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson June 15 that his top priority is cooperation with the Palestinians on sewage and other pollution concerns. He said that Defense Minister Peretz had determined that such cooperation was humanitarian and in [...] | 2006-06-21 13:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAID PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| 06TELAVIV2459 | FERRERO-WALDNER SEEKS ISRAELI CONTRIBUTION TO TIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 19-20 visit to Israel, European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner sought Israeli support for the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) and urged the GOI to contribute revenues collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority through the mec [...] | 2006-06-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG PGOV IS EUN GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV2469 | INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTRY COOPERATING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Israel continues to supply 43 million cubic meters of water to Palestinians on the West Bank, and Israeli Water Commission officials communicate daily with Palestinian Water Authority counterparts on "emergency and humanitarian issues." GOI officials support donor projects to red [...] | 2006-06-22 13:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| 06TELAVIV2510 | BEN-ELIEZER DISCUSSES ENERGY REFORMS AND [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told the Ambassador on June 21 that he is looking to Central Asia, particularly to Azerbaijan, for long-term oil contracts. He reported that he recently returned from a trip to Baku in which he discussed with Azeri officials [...] | 2006-06-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 06TELAVIV2511 | MOD'S GILAD ON GAZA, KARNI, AND IRANIAN THREATS IN [...] (S) Summary: In a June 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad claimed that, during his recent meetings in Jordan, he was told of an Iranian message pressuring Jordan to accept Iranian hegemony in the region. Gilad also reported that he expects strategic [...] | 2006-06-24 15:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV ETTC KPAL KWBG PINS IR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV2517 | MOF CONFIDENT BANKING CRISIS WILL BE RESOLVED [...] (C) Stressing the need to prevent a humanitarian crisis in the territories, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Yossi Bachar and his senior advisor said on June 20 that the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) was acceptable to the MOF as long as it did not become an avenue for sending funds [...] | 2006-06-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR IS KWBG KPAL SCRM PREL ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV2570 | RAFAH: SPIEGEL AND PISTOLESE REPORT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Lt. Gen. Pietro Pistolese, head of the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM),and Brig. Gen. (ret.) Baruch Spiegel, advisor in the Ministry of Defense (MOD),on June 23 gave the Ambassador a status update of the Rafah crossing in the Gaza Strip. According to Pistole [...] | 2006-06-27 19:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG EFIN IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 06TELAVIV2571 | (S) SHIMON PERES ON HAMAS, JORDAN, NEGEV-GALILEE [...] (S) Summary: In a June 26 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Minister for Negev and Galilee Development Shimon Peres said the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier at Kerem Shalom by militants, without the knowledge of Hamas Prime Minister Haniyeh proves that Haniyeh is as weak as President Abbas, at l [...] | 2006-06-27 19:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO AF IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 06TELAVIV2620 | OLMERT TELLS AG GONZALES THAT AIM IS SAFE RETURN [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting in his office, a cordial and receptive Prime Minister Olmert told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales that: -- The kidnapping of a solider near Gaza is "a pure act of terror" and a "clear violation of international law." Olmert said that no one can any longer argue t [...] | 2006-06-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV2643 | (C) LIKUD MK STEINITZ ADVOCATES DISMANTLING AND [...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Likud MK Yuval Steinitz advocated dismantling the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and isolating them much the same way that former PM Sharon had isolated Yasser Arafat. The IDF should r [...] | 2006-06-30 16:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KDEM KPAL MOPS EG IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV2695 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 30 MEETING WITH ISRAELI PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Public Security Minister and former Shin Bet Chief Avi Dichter told the Ambassador June 30 that after Palestinian militants kidnapped an Israeli soldier on June 25, Israel understood that its policy of not targeting Hamas had been a mistake and that Israel must now draw i [...] | 2006-07-06 15:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG MOPS PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV2782 | SHIMON PERES ADVOCATES ACTION ON ECONOMIC PEACE [...] (C) In a July 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister for Negev and Galilee Development Shimon Peres presented copies of signed letters from Jordan's King Abdallah, Palestinian President Abbas, and Prime Minister Olmert, soliciting former President Bill Clinton to chair an international board [...] | 2006-07-13 19:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY |
| 06TELAVIV2787 | HERZOG LAMENTS TIMING OF SECURITY CRISES ON [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 12, Tourism Minister Isaac Herzog indicated that Israel would soon retaliate against targets in Lebanon for Hizballah's attack across Israel's northern border. Herzog lamented the timing of the dual crises in Gaza and Lebanon, claiming the deteriorating [...] | 2006-07-14 11:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
| 06TELAVIV2788 | KNESSET SPEAKER SAYS ISRAEL MUST REACT STRONGLY TO [...] (C) Summary: Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik told the Ambassador July 12 that Israel must react strongly to Hizballah's July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers and killing of eight others in its cross-border attacks that day and that Israel cannot appear weak. She expressed hope that the internation [...] | 2006-07-14 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV2879 | MOSSAD CHIEF DAGAN ON LEBANON, HEZBOLLAH AND IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mossad Director Meir Dagan briefed CODEL Hoekstra on the Israeli campaign against Hizballah and the greater long term threat posed by Iran. Dagan stated that the initial aims of the Israeli campaign in Lebanon were focused on eliminating strategic weapons held by Hizballah and symbolic [...] | 2006-07-24 15:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE |
| 06TELAVIV2893 | DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: ISRAEL IS CHANGING [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Defense Intelligence (CDI) MG Amos Yadlin told U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra, Jane Harman, Rick Renzi, and Darrell Issa, Chairman and members of the House Permanent Select committee on Intelligence, respectively, and the Ambassador July 22 that the GOI's military goals i [...] | 2006-07-25 19:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS LE SY |
| 06TELAVIV2927 | SPIEGEL OUTLINES HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION SYSTEM [...] (C) Defense Minister advisor BG (res) Baruch Spiegel told the Ambassador July 26 that he is working to eliminate the confusion remaining within the IDF on the implementation of humanitarian corridors as agreed by Secretary Rice and PM Olmert July 25. He said that the guidelines the army rece [...] | 2006-07-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV296 | OLMERT ORDERS EVACUATION OF HEBRON, AMONA, AND [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday, January 18, instructed Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz to evacuate eight families from the outpost in the Hebron market and to demolish the nine houses in Amona outpost within the next two weeks. He also called on the Ministry of [...] | 2006-01-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV2961 | ZELIKOW AND GILAD DISCUSS TRAITS OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MG (RES) AMOS GILAD, ISRAELI MOD ADVISOR FOR POLITICAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS, TOLD COUNSELOR ZELIKOW 29 JUL 06 THAT INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST BE EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE CEASEFIRE AS NECESSARY, TO DEPLOY FROM BLUE LINE NORTH TO NAHR AL LITANI, IF NOT NAHR AL AWALLI, AND TO TRAIN THE LEBANESE [...] | 2006-07-30 17:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE |
| 06TELAVIV299 | OLMERT TO CODEL KERRY: "I AM COMMITTED TO CARRY ON" [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator John Kerry in a January 17 meeting that he is committed to carrying on Sharon's vision of setting the "political outcomes within the broad context of the roadmap." Olmert highlighted his commitment to pursue a serious dialogue wi [...] | 2006-01-20 16:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL CH IR IS SY ETTC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV3040 | ADVISOR TELLS PERETZ: IT'S SYRIA, SYRIA, SYRIA! [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pini Medan, an unofficial advisor to Defense Minister Peretz, told POL/C August 2 that he is advising Peretz at every opportunity that "recruiting Syria" is critical to achieving success against Hizballah and saving Israel's position vis a vis Lebanon. Syrian involvement is equally cri [...] | 2006-08-03 15:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY LE |
| 06TELAVIV3151 | SPIEGEL URGES RAPID USG STAND-UP OF ISRAEL-LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 16:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV3245 | ISRAELI MOD PRESSED TO TAKE QUICK STEPS TO HELP [...] (C) Responding to the Charge's urgings that Israel act quickly to end the sea blockade of Lebanon, re-open Beirut International Airport, and allow mobile bridges to be erected in southern Lebanon to facilitate shipments of outside assistance to needy Lebanese, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Head Amos G [...] | 2006-08-16 10:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG MASS LE SY IL |
| 06TELAVIV3317 | OLMERT TELLS CODEL SPECTER IT WILL BE "AMERICA'S [...] (C) Israeli Prime Minister Olmert stressed to U.S Senator Arlen Specter August 20 that the robust international force called for in UNSCR 1701 is an American concept and that the United States would bear responsibility should it fail to materialize and fighting resume between Israel and Hizballah. [...] | 2006-08-21 16:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS LE SY IS KPAL KWBG |
| 06TELAVIV3336 | SUMMER BUILDING: GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR [...] (U) The Israel Lands Authority and the Ministry of Construction and Housing on Thursday, August 17, issued a tender in Globes for construction on ten plots in Har Homa settlement south of Jerusalem. According to the tender, two plots are for a commercial area to include parking with a 49-yea [...] | 2006-08-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV3431 | (C) STEINITZ'S MEETING WITH CODEL SHAYS: URGES [...] (C) Summary: In a August 17 meeting with Codel Shays, Likud Knesset member Yuval Steinitz expressed disappointment with the GOI handling of the recent conflict in Lebanon. Steinitz holds the Lebanese government responsible for neither stopping Hizballah nor offering to intervene when only sout [...] | 2006-08-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL KWBG LE IR IS |
| 06TELAVIV3438 | MOJ PROPOSAL ON ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS MAY UNDERMINE [...] (U) Israeli press reported on August 28 that the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is preparing a proposal that could undermine the recommendations made in Talia Sasson's March 2005 report on illegal outpost activity in the West Bank. According to Sasson, who was quoted in the article, the MOJ's prop [...] | 2006-08-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV3439 | ISRAELI MOD AND EU DISCUSS RAFAH CROSSING POINT [...] (C) In a meeting on August 28 with the Ambassador, EU staff, and a large Israeli inter-agency team, EU Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM) chief LTG Pietro Pistolese listed his concerns about frequent closures of the Rafah Crossing Point (RCP) and urged MOD adviser Baruch Spiegel to "normalize" [...] | 2006-08-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06TELAVIV3457 | SPIEGEL DENIES RAFAH CLOSED TO PRESSURE PA TO [...] (U) Ha'aretz reported today, August 30, that the IDF and Shin Bet recommended six days ago that the GOI keep Rafah crossing closed to pressure the Palestinians to release kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Ha'aretz apparently obtained a copy of a transcript from a Ministry of Defense (MOD) meet [...] | 2006-08-30 15:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
| 06TELAVIV3458 | FURTHER ANALYSIS OF MOJ DRAFT PROPOSAL ON ILLEGAL [...] (C) Dror Etkes, settlement watch coordinator for Peace Now, told econoff on August 30 that there is no specific mention in the draft MOJ proposal about which outposts, whether pre- or post-March 2001, are expected to be retroactively approved. He said that the proposal simply makes it easy f [...] | 2006-08-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
| 06TELAVIV3511 | SASSON SHAKEN BY MOJ PLAN TO LAUNDER, EXPAND [...] (S) This is an action request message. See paragraph 11. 2. (S) Summary: Talia Sasson, the attorney who wrote the blockbuster report in March 2005 on illegal outposts activity in the West Bank, was visibly disturbed and agitated by a draft proposal in response to her report that the Minis [...] | 2006-09-01 15:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
| 06TELAVIV3561 | TOURGEMAN AND STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSS LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to Staffdel Talwar that budget wrangling will be taking place between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the next few months as usual. The [...] | 2006-09-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS LE SY |
| 06TELAVIV3590 | MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI CROSSING WITH THE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on September 6 that security is the main problem concerning Karni crossing, citing the 400-meter long tunnel discovered near there last week. Mofaz said that it would be important to see how the Palestinians will perform t [...] | 2006-09-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
| 06TELAVIV3651 | PRESSING THE EU TO RENEW EUBAM MANDATE FOR RAFAH [...] (C) European Commission Pol/Econ Counselor Emanuele Giaufret told EconCouns on September 7 that the EU is having a difficult time justifying the existence of the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) to Rafah because the crossing has been basically closed since June 25, either for security thr [...] | 2006-09-13 14:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
| 06TELAVIV366 | ISRAELI NSC SAYS CLARITY NEEDED ON HAMAS IN NEW [...] (C) During their January 25 meeting at Israel's National Security Council, NSC Director MGEN (Ret.) Giora Eiland and his deputy, Eran Etzion, told NEA DAS Robert Danin the following: -- USG, GOI and Quartet statements on a HAMAS presence in the new Palestinian government need to be clear and [...] | 2006-01-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL PEACE PROCESS |
| 06TELAVIV3691 | (C) SNEH: SOLVE ISRAEL-PA CONFLICT BEFORE WAR WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with Staffdel Talwar, MK Ephraim Sneh said that that Israel needs to settle the decades-long conflict with the Palestinians in the next two or three years. Sneh stated that after the conflict with Hizballah the concept of unilateral disengagement from the [...] | 2006-09-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG LE IR SY IS |
| 06TELAVIV3692 | MFA'S BARKAN SEES A GROWING CHANCE OF WAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Strategic Affairs Nimrod Barkan told Staffdel Talwar that Iran was not behind the timing of the recent conflict with Hizballah, as Iran had deployed missiles to Lebanon for use on a future "D-Day." He said that the most significant strategic development this year [...] | 2006-09-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG SY IS |
| 06TELAVIV370 | ISRAEL AND TURKEY BEGIN COOPERATION ON EREZ [...] (C) Summary: On January 5 the governments of Israel and Turkey signed a Joint Declaration on contributing to the economic development and promotion of the Gaza Strip by establishing a Turkish management company that will operate the Erez industrial zone. According to the Turkish Embassy, this [...] | 2006-01-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAL KWBG PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 06TELAVIV3763 | LIVNI AND ABBAS AGREE ON EXPANDED DIALOGUE [...] (S) Summary: According to Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's staff, Livni and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on September 18 to a continued dialogue, including at the Abbas-Olmert level. Despite this renewed contact, the Israelis insisted that no negotiations with the P [...] | 2006-09-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PREL IS |
| 06TELAVIV3785 | SHEETRIT DISCUSSES WINOGRAD COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Acting Minister of Justice Meir Sheetrit on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, to discuss new Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Copyright laws pending in the Knesset and settlement building in the West Bank. In addition, Sheetrit discussed the current W [...] | 2006-09-21 16:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV3786 | GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR 854 HOUSINGS UNITS TWO WEEKS [...] (U) As reported septel, the Israel Lands Authority (ILA) and the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) on Thursday, September 21, issued three tenders in Ha'aretz for construction in settlements in the West Bank. The first is a tender to build 20 units on ten plots in the Central Hill [...] | 2006-09-21 16:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
| 06TELAVIV3794 | GILAD DISCUSSES RAFAH, KARNI, AND AMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad placed a heavy emphasis on the situation at Rafah in a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador. He said that the GOI understands that pressure is rising at the crossing because of its closure, but said it would be difficult [...] | 2006-09-22 16:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV387 | INITIAL ISRAELI RESPONSE TO THE PLC ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has urged patience in formulating a response to the surprise outcome of the Palestinian elections, but said publicly that he will not negotiate with a Palestinian Authority government that includes Hamas. Israeli politicians from m [...] | 2006-01-27 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV389 | MISHLEV DISCUSSES PA ELECTIONS, KARNI AND RAFAH [...] (C) Summary: Major General Yosef Mishlev told the Ambassador January 24 that preparations for the Palestinian elections were going well, and that the GOI and the Palestinian Authority (PA) had established joint coordination rooms in the West Bank and Gaza for election day to handle security. [...] | 2006-01-27 16:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS |
| 06TELAVIV390 | LABOR'S NUMBER TWO: ELECTIONS WILL BE A FIGHT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MK Itzhak Herzog told NEA DAS Robert Danin January 25 that Kadima, Labor, and Likud will be battling over the some 80 Knesset seats that he assesses will go to the political center, as well as for the Russian vote. Herzog expressed resignation that Labor would not win [...] | 2006-01-27 16:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS |
| 06TELAVIV3910 | AMBASSADOR AND SHIN BET CHIEF DISKIN DISCUSS GAZA, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 14:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG EG IS |
| 06TELAVIV392 | DAS DANIN AND KADIMA STRATEGIST DISCUSS MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Political consultant Eyal Arad told NEA DAS Robert Danin and Ambassador Jones January 25 that Kadima is ready to fulfill Israel's roadmap obligations and commitments to the USG, including those pertaining to outposts and settlements. Arad maintained that Israel must maintain "sec [...] | 2006-01-27 17:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV3937 | PEACE NOW REPORT DETAILS CONSTRUCTION IN ILLEGAL [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 4 raised the recently-published Peace Now report on construction in illegal outposts and settlements with BGen (ret.) Baruch Spiegel and Ministry of Defense (MOD) Senior Adviser Haggai Alon. 2. (U) Peace Now published a report on October 2 detailing extensi [...] | 2006-10-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV3938 | SPIEGEL ON CROSSINGS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH AMA [...] (C) Summary: In a September 4 meeting, BGen (ret.) Baruch Spiegel and MOD Senior Adviser Haggai Alon reported to the Ambassador that Minister of Defense Amir Peretz has given the green light for the MOD to undertake talks with the USG to implement the AMA, and that the MOD will also be workin [...] | 2006-10-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV394 | SHEETRIT SAYS ISRAEL MUST PROPOSE FINAL BORDERS TO [...] (C) In a discussion with the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Meir Sheetrit said that the Kadima Party list for the Parliamentary elections would be fully formed by the end of January, and added that he was confident that all of the ministers and members of the Knesset (MKs) in the party [...] | 2006-01-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV3952 | PRM PDAS GREENE MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI AND NGO [...] (C) Summary: On September 28-29, PRM PDAS Richard Greene had wide-ranging discussions with GOI and International Organization (IO) officials pertaining to: access barriers facing IOs and NGOs implementing humanitarian programs in the West Bank and Gaza; coordination efforts between the GOI and [...] | 2006-10-06 11:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PHUM IS LE KWBG PREF IZ |
| 06TELAVIV3957 | AVI DICHTER BRIEFS CODEL PRYOR ON STATE OF ISRAELI [...] (C) In an October 3 meeting with Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR),Public Security Minister Avi Dichter attributed Israel's relative success in stopping West Bank suicide bombers to the separation barrier and to "actionable intelligence" provided by an extensive network of informants. Commenting on [...] | 2006-10-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IS LE KPAL KWBG PTER PREL IR |
| 06TELAVIV4001 | CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Foreign Minister Livni at MFA October 3 (reftel reports the CODEL's meeting with Prime Minister Olmert). Asked whether Israel's war with Hizballah and moderate Arab fear of Iran had created new opportunities, Livni said Israel had some common interests wit [...] | 2006-10-11 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP IS LE KWBG |
| 06TELAVIV4032 | USSC DAYTON RAISES RAFAH, AMA AND BADR BRIGADE WITH ISA DISKIN [...] (C) Summary: Israel Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin told the USSC, LTG Keith W. Dayton, that Israel's primary concern with the normalization of operations at the Rafah terminal are derived from U.S. and Palestinian failures to follow through with commitments made in the November 15, 20 [...] | 2006-10-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KPAL KWBG MASS PINR EG JO IS |
| 06TELAVIV4042 | CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ [...] (C) CODEL Warner's October 3 meeting with Israel Defense Minister Amir Peretz focused on lessons learned from Israel's war with Hizballah in southern Lebanon, and missile defense. (Reftels report on the CODEL's meetings with Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Livni.) Accompanied by MOD [...] | 2006-10-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS PGOV OREP KWBG LE IR SY IS |
| 06TELAVIV4043 | PRESS REPORTS PORTEND DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL [...] (C) The "Ha'aretz" Hebrew edition reported on October 13 that Defense Minister Amir Peretz instructed the IDF to expedite the evacuation of illegal outposts in the West Bank. The article stated that Peretz ordered the demolition of a total of 86 structures--47 Israeli, 39 Palestinian. The I [...] | 2006-10-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV4153 | EU DEMARCHE ON GOI ENTRY PROCEDURES TO WB/G [...] The Embassy of Finland, in its EU Presidency capacity, shared with post the aide-memoire that the EU (plus Norway and Switzerland) plans to share with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the week of October 23. BEGIN TEXT: Since spring 2006, Israeli authorities have been more s [...] | 2006-10-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG KPAL EU PBTS PHUM IS |
| 06TELAVIV4256 | LIEBERMAN JOINS THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 24, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party leader Avigdor Lieberman confirmed that he would join the governing coalition with the titles of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Strategic Threats, perhaps as early as October 25. Lieberman would [...] | 2006-10-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS IR EG JO LE SY |
| 06TELAVIV4269 | BOI GOVERNOR SEES EXCELLENT ISRAELI ECONOMIC [...] (C) Governor of the Bank of Israel (BOI) Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that Israel's economic situation is excellent, despite the recent war, which slowed 2006 economic growth by about one percent. Inflation is very low, and the .25 percent interest rate decrease on October 23 was mean [...] | 2006-10-26 14:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SCRM IS KPAL KWBG |
| 06TELAVIV4395 | ISRAELI KIBBUTZ AND PALESTINIAN VILLAGE LOOKING TO SET UP [...] (SBU) Embassy ESTH and Econoffs and USAID representatives attended a briefing October 31 at Kibbutz Metzer regarding a proposed agribusiness project involving the kibbutz and the nearby Palestinian village of Qafin. Metzer is east of Hadera and about 1.5 kilometers west of the Green Line. The [...] | 2006-11-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR EINV PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV4397 | SOLANA IN ISRAEL: CROSSINGS, MADRID-TYPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the MFA and the EC delegation, High Representative Javier Solana used his October 25-27 visit to urge the Israelis to strengthen Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas. The GOI was generally cautious in its response, although the EC claimed that PM Ehud Olmert is conside [...] | 2006-11-03 16:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KWBG IR IS |
| 06TELAVIV4465 | PERETZ AND AMBASSADOR KICK OFF AMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Ambassador on November 6 that despite the threats Israel is facing, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) will do everything possible to improve the humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He said that he, as defense minister, has m [...] | 2006-11-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV4474 | MK SCNELLER'S PLAN TO EVACUATE WEST BANK SETTLER [...] (C) Summary: Econoff and Deputy PolCouns met with member of Knesset (MK) Otneil Schneller to discuss efforts by Prime Minister Olmert's office to negotiate the evacuation of West Bank settlements and outposts with settler leaders. In press reports, Schneller -- settler of the Mikhmas settlem [...] | 2006-11-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV456 | HEBRON SETTLERS LEAVE VOLUNTARILY, REACH [...] (U) According to press reports, settlers left the Hebron market "voluntarily" on the night of January 30 in exchange for a deal made with the GOI that they would be permitted to return legally at a later date. They have until Thursday, February 2, to clear out their belongings. Brigadier Gen [...] | 2006-01-31 16:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV4579 | PEACE NOW: NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Peace Now's latest report on West Bank settlement construction on Palestinian land is a harsh indictment of Israel's settlement enterprise. The report asserts that Palestinians own approximately 40 percent of the land on which settlements sit today, and that since 1967, success [...] | 2006-11-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV4580 | COGAT WORKING TO RESOLVE AMCIT DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories),PolCouns, EconCouns, and USAID Director reiterated the USG's concern about problems experienced by American citizens attempting to enter -- or renew their visas for -- the West Ba [...] | 2006-11-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06TELAVIV4581 | COGAT PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR AMA IMPLEMENTATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GOI's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, MG Yossef Mishlev, pledged "full cooperation" to implement the Agreement on Movement and Access during the November 20 inaugural meeting of the working group on permits. He outlined GOI permit policies in the West [...] | 2006-11-21 16:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL ECON IS |
| 06TELAVIV4603 | FRANCES TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISA CHIEF DISKIN FOCUSES ON THE PALESTINIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | AMGT ASEC ECON KHLS KPAL KWBG OTRA OVIP PTER |
| 06TELAVIV4641 | WITH CEASEFIRE HOLDING, OLMERT SPEECH OFFERS PEACE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Sneh and Olmert's foreign policy adviser Tourgeman separately told the Ambassador November 27 that the ceasefire announced November 26 following a phone conversation between Olmert and Abu Mazen represented a real opportunity to change the atmosphere with [...] | 2006-11-27 14:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV4677 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh agreed with the Ambassador on November 27 that the negotiating teams for the implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) should begin meeting next week. He noted, however, that his own schedule may limit the ability to have [...] | 2006-11-29 16:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV471 | ISRAELIS PLEASED BY MERKEL'S STAND ON HAMAS AND [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel thoroughly impressed her hosts during her January 29-30 visit with what the Israelis interpreted as strong stances on Hamas and the Iranian nuclear program, according to the German charge' and the Israeli MFA visits officer. Merkel said publicly an [...] | 2006-02-01 11:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM KWBG KPAL IS GM IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV4731 | GOI UPDATES POST ON GOI-EU DIALOGUE ON RAFAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, MFA Head of Bureau for Middle East and Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba provided post with an update on the ongoing discussions between the GOI and Europeans on the Rafah crossing point. Ben-Abba conveyed that the GOI is pleased with the six-month extension of the [...] | 2006-12-05 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG |
| 06TELAVIV4768 | COGAT'S EFFORTS TO RESOLVE AMCIT VISA DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior EmbOffs met December 7 with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories - COGAT) to stress the urgent need for Israel to resolve the visa problems facing American citizens seeking to live and work in the West Bank. They requested that the [...] | 2006-12-08 11:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 06TELAVIV4769 | COGAT CLAIMS IMPROVEMENT IN AMA ISSUES, EXPRESSES [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns, EconCouns, and Deputy Consul General discussed Agreement on Movement and Access issues with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories - COGAT) on December 7. Mishlev confirmed that the IDF had lifted age restrictions on travelers from [...] | 2006-12-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL PTER IS |
| 06TELAVIV480 | RIGHT-WING LIEBERMAN UNABASHEDLY ADVOCATES [...] (SBU) Summary: Right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman told the Ambassador January 31 that separation of Israeli Jews from Israeli Arabs is necessary in order to promote Israeli security and maintain Israel's Jewish identity. To accomplish this, Lieberman proposes that Isr [...] | 2006-02-01 17:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KISL EG IR IS JO ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS |
| 06TELAVIV481 | SENATOR BIDEN AND A/PM OLMERT DISCUSS THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator Joseph Biden on January 25 --before PLC election results were in -- that he is ready to resume negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and is willing to implement all of Israel's commitments under the roadmap [...] | 2006-02-02 06:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV4851 | DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ ON AMA, CEASEFIRE, LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by embassy senior staff, called on Defense Minister Amir Peretz December 12 to express appreciation for Peretz's role in maintaining the Gaza ceasefire and to review the status of AMA implementation discussions with the MOD. Peretz, who was flanked by Dep [...] | 2006-12-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ECON KWBG PHUM IS LE |
| 06TELAVIV4890 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS PM OLMERT: IRAQ SITUATION, [...] (C) Summary. CODEL McCain, made up of Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, John Thune, and Representative Mark Kirk, called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert December 18. Charge and Pol Couns attended the meeting, as did Olmert's senior advisers and the MFA's Deputy Director G [...] | 2006-12-20 07:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS IR IZ AF |
| 06TELAVIV4895 | CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH MINDEF PERETZ: [...] (C) SUMMARY. CODEL MCCAIN, INCLUDING SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN, JOSEPH LIEBERMAN, SUSAN COLLINS, JOHN THUNE, AND REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK, MET WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE AMIR PERETZ DECEMBER 18. CHARGE AND POL COUNS ATTENDED THE MEETING, AS DID MOD SENIOR STAFF. THE CODEL MENTIONED THEIR VISIT TO [...] | 2006-12-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS MARR |
| 06TELAVIV497 | ISRAELI REQUEST FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE RESOLVING [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOI has formally requested, via a February 1 letter, USG assistance in addressing Palestinian actions at Rafah that Israel believes violate the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA),Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing, and the Security Protocol. Many of these c [...] | 2006-02-02 17:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV4971 | CODEL DODD AND KERRY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Dodd and Kerry discussed their visit to Syria, Israel's relations with the Palestinians, the rising power of Islamic radicalism, and the effect of sanctions on Iran during their December 21 meeting with Foreign Minister Livni. Livni stressed the GOI's reasons for rejecting [...] | 2006-12-28 08:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY IR KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV498 | ISRAELI MKS DISCUSS HOW TO DEAL WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a January 30 lunch with the Ambassador, members of the Knesset representing Kadima, Likud, and Labor disagreed on the underlying reasons for the success of Hamas in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Likud members blamed disengagement, while t [...] | 2006-02-03 06:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV4995 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH DESCRIBES TO [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh briefed the Ambassador and Pol Couns December 26 on the MOD's plans to reduce obstacles to movement in the West Bank and to improve the Palestinian economy. Septel will report Sneh's comments on the lessons of the Lebanon War. Sneh described [...] | 2006-12-29 06:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV515 | ISRAELI FM ON REVENUE TRANSFERS, MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2 meeting in Tel Aviv, FM Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and DCM that the Israeli Cabinet will discuss revenue transfers to the PA on February 5, adding that she did not expect the issue to still be on the agenda when she meets the Secretary next week. Livni sa [...] | 2006-02-03 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV518 | SHIMON PERES ON PALESTINIAN 'COHABITATION' [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Shimon Peres reiterated a pitch for U.S. financial support for Negev/Galilee development and political support for private-sector-led development of the Jordan Valley. The Ambassador stressed the importance of supporting the careta [...] | 2006-02-06 07:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EG IS JO KWBG PGOV PINR PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV542 | GOI ACTION ON AMONA PRODUCES BACKLASH AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Post contacts from the GOI and the private sector assert that the February 1 demolitions in Amona outpost "send strong signals to the settlers" that Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is not going to give in to lawbreakers. The demolitions in Amona are now being hailed as a new [...] | 2006-02-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV543 | YOUR MEETING WITH ISRAELI FM TZIPI LIVNI [...] (C) Tzipi Livni's first visit to Washington and New York as Foreign Minister offers her a chance to demonstrate on an international stage the same confidence, frankness and poise that have made her one of Israel's most popular politicians. Considered too young, at 47, to be Prime Minister Sharo [...] | 2006-02-06 17:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV544 | KARNI REOPENS; GOI SENDS TRANSFER PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Following a week of constant and intense discussions between the Embassy and the Prime Minister,s office, the MOD, and other high-level officials, the GOI reopened the Karni crossing and reversed its decision not to transfer collected tax revenue to the PA. The Ambassador had a [...] | 2006-02-06 17:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV566 | EILAND PESSIMISTIC WITH CODEL OBAMA ON [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Giora Eiland briefed Senator Barack Obama January 10 on "three and a half" different approaches to dealing with the stalemate that exists in Israeli-Palestinian relations. He anticipated the predicament that the U.S. and Israel would face should [...] | 2006-02-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV567 | SHALOM CALLS A STRONG HAMAS SHOWING A WIN FOR [...] (C) Summary: During discussions January 10 with Senator Barack Obama, then FM Silvan Shalom said he predicted that Hamas would win a significant number of votes in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council elections. He said that a strong showing by Hamas will show moderate Palestinians [...] | 2006-02-07 16:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG OREP KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV634 | EREZ CLOSES FOLLOWING ARMED ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Israeli officials closed the Erez crossing for an indefinite period following an assault by armed Palestinian gunmen in the early hours of February 9. Israeli soldiers killed the attackers. There were no Israeli casualties. An MOD official said that, during the period of Karni [...] | 2006-02-10 17:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 06TELAVIV668 | HOUSING MINISTER BOIM DISCUSSES OUTPOSTS, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Housing and Construction Minister Ze'ev Boim said that the GOI would evacuate outposts because Israel promised the USG that it would do so under the road map, and because outposts are unauthorized and Israel is a country that follows [...] | 2006-02-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV676 | ISRAELI MOD POLDIR GILAD DISCUSSES THE AMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on February 13, Israeli MOD Political Director Amos Gilad agreed with the Ambassador that progress should be made on as many AMA issues as possible before Hamas assumes control of the Palestinian Authority, but expressed concern about what he termed the lack of a Pale [...] | 2006-02-15 04:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG RS IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV687 | MOD PRIORITIZING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROJECTS; WANTS TO CONTINUE SOME EVEN UNDER HAMAS GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON KWBG PGOV PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV689 | ISRAELI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON IPR ISSUES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador raised intellectual property concerns with newly appointed Health Minister Yaakov Edery. Edery told the Ambassador that he is working to establish a "green line" system for FDA-approved pharmaceuticals. The MOH is looking to renew its cooperative agreement with [...] | 2006-02-16 06:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD KIPR PREL SENV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV695 | OLMERT'S SEPARATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave an interview in which he said that Israel is moving toward separation from the Palestinians, and toward defining Israel's final borders. He explained that he plans to uphold all GOI commitments on unauthorized outposts -- pr [...] | 2006-02-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
| 06TELAVIV696 | ISA CHIEF DISKIN: HAMAS ON THE HORIZON [...] (S) Summary: ISA (Shin ... [...] | 2006-02-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR KDEM KPAL KWBG IS |
| 06TELAVIV712 | POLLUTED MOUNTAIN AQUIFER BINDS PALESTINIANS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent symposium on pollution of shared Israeli-Palestinian groundwater highlighted that sewage and untreated solid waste seriously threaten the health of the Mountain Aquifer which provides water to Palestinians, Israeli settlers on the West Bank, and other Israeli citizens [...] | 2006-02-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL EAID PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV745 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TERMS MOSCOW'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to Israel Gennady Tarasov met with the Ambassador February 20, at the former's request, to discuss the emerging GOI policy toward Hamas against the backdrop of an increasingly politicized pre-election atmosphere. Tarasov criticized the GOI for taking decisions [...] | 2006-02-22 08:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG MNUC IS IR RS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV756 | GOI ADOPTS POST-PLC MEASURES; EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the first meeting of the new Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC),the GOI has adopted a number of measures aimed at increasing security and preventing funds from reaching Hamas, according to General Yossef Mishlev. Mishlev said the GOI will end assistance for PA secu [...] | 2006-02-22 18:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KWBG PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV773 | MOFAZ DISCUSSES KARNI AND RAFAH CROSSINGS, [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Ambassador on February 22 that while the GOI appreciates Egypt's efforts to combat smuggling at the Philadelphi Corridor, weapons smuggling continues nevertheless and terrorists are getting into Gaza. He said that if Egypt and the Palestini [...] | 2006-02-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV810 | GOI MAPPING OUT CRITICAL HUMANITARIAN PA PROJECTS [...] (C) Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister Shalom Tourgeman told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble February 23 that, without causing a humanitarian crisis, the GOI seeks to limit assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to show Hamas that adherence to its current positions comes at a price. [...] | 2006-02-27 12:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KWBG KPAL ECON IS EG HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV814 | ISRAEL WANTS TO PREVENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PA [...] (C) Ministry of Finance DG Yossi Bachar emphasized in a February 23 meeting with NEA DAS Dibble that the GOI is torn between the imperative of not dealing with a Hamas-led PA government on the one hand and doing everything possible to not harm the Palestinian population on the other. He said [...] | 2006-02-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL IS KWBG KPAL GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV826 | ISRAELI MILITARY INTEL CHIEF'S 2/23 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) In a February 23 meeting at the MOD, Israeli Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) Major General Amos Yadlin discussed with State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Henry Crumpton (A) USG and GOI priorities in the war on terror; (B) ways to coordinate between the intelli [...] | 2006-02-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PTER PINS PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR MCAP MOPS ASEC EG IS JO COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV840 | EGYPTIANS TELL GOI TO GIVE HAMAS TIME [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told the Ambassador February 21 that Egyptian officials encouraged Israel to give the Hamas government time and rely on Cairo to deal with the terrorist group. He believed that this "change" in Egypt,s position is motivated by Egyp [...] | 2006-02-28 07:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KPAL KWBG PINR IS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 06TELAVIV858 | MOD ADVISOR ON HAMAS, ABBAS, NEIGHBORS, IRAN AND [...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Dibble that Israel was on a collision course with a new "Hamastan." He said the Hamas leadership was very clever and would seek international acceptance while retaining the intent to annihilate Israel. He agreed that [...] | 2006-02-28 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER ECON PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV859 | SPIEGEL DISCUSSES CROSSINGS, GOI'S HAMAS POLICY, [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (ret.) Baruch Spiegel on February 24 gave Deputy Assistant Secretary Liz Dibble and the Ambassador an update on the status of the crossings in Gaza. Karni and Sufa are both closed, Erez is open, and Kerem Shalom has "big potential but zero activity," according [...] | 2006-02-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV876 | A/PM OLMERT AND CONGRESSMAN BERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Representative Howard Berman and the Ambassador on Sunday, February 26 to discuss Hamas, Iran, and the future of the Jordan Valley. Olmert stressed that Israel will not deal with a Hamas government and that only a unified, strong co [...] | 2006-03-02 07:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV877 | ABBAS AND HAMAS: LEFT-OF-CENTER ISRAELI LEADERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a February 28 discussion hosted by the Ambassador, left-of-center Israeli politicians and advisers advocated support for Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and criticized the GOI's refusal to deal with him. The group generally agreed that the GOI should take a "wa [...] | 2006-03-02 09:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV879 | ISRAELI FM LIVNI TELLS CODEL BERMAN: ABBAS CANNOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Berman met on February 26 with FM Livni and representatives from the MFA. Livni raised two main issues: aid to the Palestinians and U.S. treatment of PA President Abbas. She voiced concern that Abbas could be a "fig leaf" for Hamas. In a briefing prior to convening in Li [...] | 2006-03-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS CH IN EAGR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 06TELAVIV885 | MFA TELLS DAS DIBBLE THAT GOI GRAPPLING WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told NEA DAS Liz Dibble that the GOI is going through a comprehensive inter-agency process to define humanitarian assistance and formulate how best to continue it to the Palestinians without benefiting Hamas. They also want a mechanism that would permit the GOI to tra [...] | 2006-03-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KPAL KWBG PINR IS GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV894 | RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER SPECULATES RIGHT-WING [...] (C) Summary: National Union (NU) leader MK Benny Elon asserted to the Ambassador March 1 that the right-of-center parties will gain enough seats in the March 28 elections that they could (in the unlikely event they were asked to do so) form a government. He called Kadima an artificial politic [...] | 2006-03-03 16:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KPAL KWBG EG IS JA GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV899 | BEILIN PONDERS PA REFERENDUM ON A GOI-ABBAS [...] (C) Summary: Meretz Chairman Yossi Beilin repeatedly expressed incredulity to the Ambassador during their February 28 meeting that FM Tzipi Livni publicly referred to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas as "irrelevant." Beilin said that former PA negotiator Saeb Erekat recently propose [...] | 2006-03-03 17:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV91 | MOD BRIEF ON NEW DRAFT PLAN FOR REMOVAL OF [...] (S) Summary and comment: The MOD's new draft plan has replaced the removal of checkpoints with the concept of "normally open checkpoints" and bypass roads. This is a step backwards from their original proposal, which concentrated on removing checkpoints. There are, nonetheless, some brigh [...] | 2006-01-06 16:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV922 | U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG) [...] (C) On February 22, the Israeli MFA hosted the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group (JCG) -- the prior one having occurred over a year and a half earlier. The Israeli side stressed the importance it placed on the JCG's resumption (following the January meeting of the [...] | 2006-03-07 05:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV KPAL KWBG ASEC EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV940 | DANGERS OF DICHTER'S DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief and Kadima candidate Avi Dichter set off a political firestorm on March 5 by leaking to reporters details of what he claims are A/PM Ehud Olmert's plans for disengagement from parts of the West Bank. Dichter said that aft [...] | 2006-03-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 06TELAVIV990 | BAR-ON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SCENE, COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Ronnie Bar-On told the Ambassador on March 9 that Likud and Labor officials are attacking Kadima because they do not have a political vision of their own. He characterized Binyamin Netanyahu as unelectable, and said that Amir Peretz is a "non-i [...] | 2006-03-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 06TELAVIV991 | ISRAELI MOD'S AMOS GILAD ON GAZA-WEST BANK [...] (C) Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad requested an urgent meeting with Ambassador Jones on March 10, stressing that he had been instructed to personally deliver messages from DefMin Mofaz to the Ambassador. In the meeting, he relayed DefMin Mofaz's decision to open the Kar [...] | 2006-03-10 17:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
| 06THEHAGUE701 | NETHERLANDS/PLO: NO CONTACT WITH HAMAS-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot publicly reiterated on March 30 that the Dutch government will have no contacts with the Hamas-led Palestinian government until it recognizes Israel and renounces violence. Bot reportedly hopes such comments will help push the EU as a whole into taking [...] | 2006-03-31 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS OPDC NL |
| 06THEHAGUE830 | NETHERLANDS/PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE: NO AID TO OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch support channeling Palestinian assistance through non-Hamas channels, but worry that existing aid organizations do not have the absorptive capacity to handle a large cash influx. The Director of the Dutch MFA's Department of Middle Eastern and North African Affairs [...] | 2006-04-14 11:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS NL |
| 06TOKYO3924 | JAPAN TO VOTE FOR QATAR-SPONSORED RESOLUTION [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel talking points to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki on July 13. In a subsequent conversation, Takizaki explained that the Qatar-proposed resolution was already in "blue" and that it would be "difficult" to ask the Qataris to [...] | 2006-07-13 12:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JA |
| 06TOKYO7132 | JAPAN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT IN HALTING UNDP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 26 meeting with Charge, MOFA Director-General for Global Affairs Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka asked the United States to support its effort to suspend UNDP activities in the DPRK. Tsuruoka cited two reasons for this step: the DPRK's failure to accept UNSCR 1718, and the [...] | 2006-12-26 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EAID KFPC KWBG KNNP KUNR PGOV JA UNDP |
| 07ABIDJAN169 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S GOVERNMENT ON PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] (C) EmbOff spoke to Ambassador Boutchoue, Director of the Office of International Organizations and United Nations, as well as a frequent Embassy interlocutor on a wide range of international relations concerns regarding points in reftel. Although he expressed some uncertainty as to whether th [...] | 2007-02-16 09:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IV |
| 07ABUDHABI1919 | UAE DELEGATION TO ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE [...] Principal plus two for dinner and conference, in order of protocol: A) Principal: His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahayan Title: Minister of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates Passport Number: 18666 DOB: 04/30/1972 POB: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Date of Issue: 07 [...] | 2007-11-25 10:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV CVIS AMGT AE |
| 07ABUDHABI1999 | UAE Foreign Minister on Paris Donors' Conference, Iran, and [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with Ambassador December 13 afternoon, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) covered regional issues, including support for the Palestinian Authority, the Iranian President's appearance at the recent GCC Summit, the NIE, and the need to encourage rapid Lebanese p [...] | 2007-12-13 13:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PARM MNUC KNNP IS IR AE |
| 07ABUDHABI507 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL AND SUMMIT IN RIYADH -- UAE [...] (C) On March 25 DCM discussed reftel points with MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan. On Iraq, Al Haidan predicted the Arab League meeting in Riyadh would issue a communique based on the following four principles: (1) Unity of Iraq for all Iraqis; (2) Dissolution of all Iraqi militias includin [...] | 2007-03-26 11:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL AE |
| 07AMMAN1312 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE AHEAD OF ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-25 03:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO XF IS IZ IR LE SU KWBG |
| 07AMMAN2267 | GOJ REPUDIATES FEDERATION PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: KING ABDULLAH AND JORDANIAN OFFICIALS ARE ATTEMPTING TO DISTANCE THE GOJ FROM A JORDANIAN SENATOR'S SUGGESTION TO ISRAELI POLITICIANS THAT IT IS WORTH EXPLORING A JORDANIAN-PALESTINIAN FEDERATION BEFORE PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD. HOWEVER, THE KING'S RECENT ENGAGEMENT WITH PROMINENT [...] | 2007-05-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PBTS KWBG IS JO |
| 07AMMAN2305 | GOJ ELABORATES ON ITS WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNITION OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: JORDAN'S RATIONALE FOR WITHDRAWING RECOGNITION OF GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH THEOPHILOS III IS BASED ON UNFULFILLED PROMISES REGARDING THE RECLAMATION OF CHURCH LANDS AND INCREASING THE ROLE OF ARAB MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH MADE TO THE GOJ WHEN THEOPHILOS ASCENDED TO THE PATRIARCHY [...] | 2007-05-31 07:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI JO KWBG IS |
| 07AMMAN2538 | GOJ REVERSES COURSE AND RECOGNIZES GREEK PATRIARCH [...] (U) A month-long disagreement between the Government of Jordan and the Greek Orthodox Church ended on June 12. Local media reported that the GOJ reversed its May 12 decision to withdraw recognition of Patriarch Theophilos III of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem (ref b). At a June 12 pre [...] | 2007-06-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KWBG JO IS |
| 07AMMAN2613 | GOJ PUBLICLY SUPPORTS ABU MAZEN [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah and the GOJ registered strong support for Abu Mazen and the new government of Salam Fayyad. Local media were largely supportive of preserving the legitimacy of Palestinian Authority institutions, although some blamed the international community and Arab states for [...] | 2007-06-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 07AMMAN2668 | SUPPORTING HAMAS BACKFIRES ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] (C) Summary. Most Jordanian elite support U.S. backing of Palestinian President Abbas, and most Jordanians support Fatah over Hamas in their current conflict. The Islamic Action Front's support for Hamas' takeover in Gaza has backfired against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Jordan because of [...] | 2007-06-21 15:13:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 07AMMAN2697 | UNRWA ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING READOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: UNRWA's Advisory Commission met June 17-18 at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Representatives from over 20 refugee host and UNRWA donor countries and senior UNRWA staff participated in the meeting. PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright accompanied by Acting Regional RefCoord an [...] | 2007-06-25 09:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PREL IS KWBG JO IZ LE |
| 07AMMAN3005 | ISLAMISTS AND OPPOSITION PARTIES, WAR OF WORDS [...] (C) Summary. In the run-up to municipal elections, pro-government editorialists and smaller opposition parties continue to take swings at the Islamic Action Front (IAF) for its perceived backing of Hamas, mid-June takeover in Gaza. The degree of IAF backpedaling is in the eye of the beholder, [...] | 2007-07-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO |
| 07AMMAN3889 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AHLC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF EUN |
| 07AMMAN4227 | Israeli Embassy, Japanese, and Jordanian views on Peace [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Israeli President Peres' late September briefing of Ambassadors Jones and Hale and subsequent request for the U.S. to encourage Jordanian progress on implementing elements of the Peace Valley Project, Post has engaged Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials, representativ [...] | 2007-10-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL SENV KWBG JO IS |
| 07AMMAN687 | KING'S TOP ADVISORS AGREE PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 07ANKARA1033 | TURKISH NEXT STEPS ON EREZ ZONE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 1 meeting, Guven Sak, the brains behind the Turkish business association TOBB's effort to develop the Erez industrial zone in northern Gaza, described his planned next steps. Consonant with reftel reporting, Sak believes that a security arrangement covering movement [...] | 2007-05-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID KWBG BEXP TU |
| 07ANKARA222 | TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS: VOLATILE BUT RESILIENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish-Israeli relations, especially over the past 15 years are perhaps best described as one academic put it: "...(C)ompare it to a late-life love affair. Two parties who have known each other for years suddenly develop a near-passionate relationship, to the astonishment of the [...] | 2007-02-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR KWBG IS TU |
| 07ANKARA2584 | TURKEY: REENGAGING ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relationship with Israel has reached a new and somewhat different equilibrium. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's occasional casual use of anti-Israeli rhetoric and rapprochement with Israel's arch enemies has caused the once warm friendship to [...] | 2007-10-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS |
| 07ANKARA2728 | TURKEY: REQUEST TO MEET WITH PLO REPRESENTATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS WB |
| 07ANKARA2734 | PERES AND ABBAS TO MEET IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkey will host Israeli President Peres and Palestinian Authority President Abbas for concurrent visits from November 11-13. GOT officials say they have scheduled the coinciding visits to reinforce U.S. and others' efforts prior to a possible Middle East meeting. Th [...] | 2007-11-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS |
| 07ANKARA646 | TURKISH, ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN BUSINESS LEADERS TO [...] (SBU) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the chairman of TOBB, Turkey's leading business association, described plans to hold a meeting of the Ankara Forum, which includes Hisarciklioglu,s Israeli and Palestinian counterparts, on March 26 in Washington, DC. The po [...] | 2007-03-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ETRD IS KWBG TU |
| 07ANKARA654 | TURKEY: HIGH HOPES FOR PALESTINIAN NUG; MUBARAK [...] (U) Action Request in Para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials are hopeful the establishment of the new Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) represents a chance for a fresh start in establishing peace and security in the Palestinian territories as well as for dialogue between the Pa [...] | 2007-03-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS TU |
| 07ATHENS2260 | GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS TO A@ [...] (C) On Nove` the Secretary's inv@nis to attend the Anna) to chief of the MinisQplomatic cabinet, Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis. Chalastanis said Bakoyannis was delighted to receive the invitation and accepted. Bakoyannis would like to make an intervention at the conference, and her office wo [...] | 2007-11-21 15:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CVIS IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS2336 | GREECE EAGER TO HELP AFTER ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece saw Annapolis as a "very positive step," particularly in the commitment shown by both the Israelis and Palestinians, according to top Greek Middle East expert Ambassador Papaioannou, who accompanied FM Bakoyannis to the conference. It was important now to keep up the momen [...] | 2007-12-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL AMGT KPAO GR IS LE |
| 07BAKU1454 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA FOURTH COMMITTEE VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS AJ |
| 07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN348 | BRUNEI UNDECIDED ON PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Following receipt of reftel on December 5, Ambassador consulted with French Ambassador Bonneville re invitation for Government of Brunei (GOB) to attend Paris donors conference. Bonneville confirmed that Foreign Minister Kouchner had issued a written invitation to GOB Foreign Minister [...] | 2007-12-07 04:18:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL XF BX |
| 07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN350 | BRUNEI WILL ATTEND PARIS CONFERENCE AT [...] (SBU) On December 10 French Ambassador Bonneville informed Ambassador that Brunei had accepted his government's invitation to the Paris Donors Conference in support of Palestinian reform and capacity building. The Bruneian delegation will be headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II [...] | 2007-12-11 06:16:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV KWBG KPAL AMGT IS XF BX |
| 07BANGKOK1232 | THAILAND DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HAMAS AND FATAH AGREE [...] We delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Division Counselor Chairat Sirivat and First Secretary Pimpiree Pyramarn on February 26. According to Chairat, the RTG views the Mecca Agreement between Fatah and Hamas as a helpful step toward building peace in the M [...] | 2007-03-01 07:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG KISL TH IS XX |
| 07BEIRUT1807 | LEBANON: GOL ATTENDING ANNAPOLIS; WILL DECIDE ON [...] (S) On November 19, the Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and PolOff, alerted Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri to the imminent issuance of Annapolis invitations. Mitri responded that Lebanon will be sending a delegation, but that the current political situation in Lebanon makes the GOL unable [...] | 2007-11-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | AMGT CVIS IS KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV LE |
| 07BEIRUT1826 | LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS INVITATION DELIVERED; [...] (S) The DCM and PolOff presented reftel A invitation and talking points to Acting Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri on November 21. Since we first raised the issue with Mitri on November 19 (reftel B),Prime Minister Fouad Siniora had sought the agreement of resigned yet in-office Foreign Minister [...] | 2007-11-21 16:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | AMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS LE |
| 07BEIRUT1827 | LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS INVITATION DELIVERED TO ARAB [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AMGT KWBG KPAL IS LE |
| 07BEIRUT1834 | LEBANON: ANNAPOLIS DELEGATION CONFIRMED [...] (C) MFA protocol chief Georges Siam told DCM on November 23 that Lebanon's Annapolis delegation will be the Charge D'Affaires to the U.S., Antoine Chedid, and Charge d'Affairs to the UN, Nawaf Salam. This proposal, initially made by Acting FM Tareq Mitri, was recently confirmed by resigned yet [...] | 2007-11-23 12:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS AMGT IS KPAL KWBG LE |
| 07BEIRUT1943 | LEBANON: DELEGATION FOR PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL AMGT KWBG LE |
| 07BERN1131 | PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS PLANNING SENIOR [...] (SBU) DCM met with MFA Middle East Division Chief Livia Leu on December 10 and delivered the message in reftel, urging the GOS to send ministerial-level representation to the December 17 Donors Conference and to be prepared to announce major new assistance pledges to the Palestinians. Leu unde [...] | 2007-12-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SZ |
| 07BRATISLAVA658 | SLOVAKIA: ATTENDANCE AT PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Slovakia will be represented at the Paris Donors Conference by the Slovak Ambassador to Paris, Jan Kuderjavy. Unfortunately, Foreign Minister Kubis has long-standing plans to be in the U.S. at the time of the conference. MFA State Secretaries Algerova and Strofova also have scheduling [...] | 2007-12-12 16:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREL LO KWBG KPAL IS |
| 07BRIDGETOWN227 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0121, Barbados #0122, Dominica #0123, St. Kitts #0124, St. Lucia #0125, St. Vincent #0126) on February 20, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wi [...] | 2007-02-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG XL |
| 07BRIDGETOWN347 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0233, Barbados #0234, Dominica #0235, St. Kitts #0236, St. Lucia #0237, St. Vincent #0238, and Grenada #0239) on March 19, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. [...] | 2007-03-20 19:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG XL |
| 07BRUSSELS3493 | EU REPRESENTATION AT PARIS DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 16:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL EAID IS EUN |
| 07BRUSSELS440 | BELGIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. MESSAGE ON HAMAS/FATAH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL |
| 07CAIRO1737 | EGYPTIANS WELCOME PALESTINIAN TRADE, GAZA EXPORT [...] SUMMARY: (C) EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE-SECTOR CONTACTS SAY THEY WELCOME INCREASED TRADE WITH PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING A TRADE CORRIDOR FOR GAZA EXPORTS THROUGH EGYPT. MERCHANTS IN THE NORTH SINAI CAPITAL OF EL-ARISH ARE ALREADY DOING SMALL-SCALE BUSINESS WITH PALESTINIANS WHO MANAGE TO P [...] | 2007-06-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL KWBG KPAL IS EG |
| 07CAIRO2856 | SEEKING HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT AD HOC LIAISON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG EAID EG |
| 07CAIRO2943 | MFA RESPONSE ON ENTRY OF 80-90 ENTERING GAZA FROM [...] (C) PolEcon MinCons and Poloff queried Egyptian MFA Cabinet Advisor Hosam Zaki October 1 over recent press reports that 80-90 Gazans had entered Gaza from Egypt. Zaki acknowledged that the Palestinians had apparently crossed into Gaza, but said that he would have to consult with other GOE age [...] | 2007-10-02 07:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KWBG IS EG |
| 07CAIRO3390 | SINAI SMUGGLING INCENTIVES INCREASE UNDER STIFLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pent-up economic pressure for trade with the Palestinians is fueling smuggling between North Sinai and Gaza, residents and officials in the governorate told us on a visit to El-Arish and Sheikh Zuwayed Nov. 28-29. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------ Hard Times, U [...] | 2007-12-03 15:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PTER PINR PREL KPAL KWBG EG IS XF |
| 07CAIRO3482 | EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE ATTENDANCE AT PARIS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG KPAL AMGT PREL PGOV EG |
| 07CAIRO3563 | (U) UPDATE ON DETENTION OF MOHAMMAD ABU GHAZALA [...] (S/NF) Further to readout in reftel a, since early December ORA has coordinated with EGIS regarding the case of Mohammad Abu Ghazala, AKA Mansour Abu Layth (reported as Mansour Abu al-Ghaith in reftel a). 2. (S/NF) Per refs b and c, EGIS advised that Egyptian State Security (SSIS) had orig [...] | 2007-12-31 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KWBG PINR IS EG |
| 07CAIRO559 | EGYPTIAN PLANS FOR MARCH 3-4 ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hani Khallaf says that Egypt will take a cautious approach towards the Palestinian National Unity Government at the upcoming Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting and withhold final judgment until after the NUG is formed. Egypt will [...] | 2007-03-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PINR EG IZ SU IR LE XF IS |
| 07CANBERRA1739 | PARIS DONOR MEETING: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) At his December 8 meeting with Prime Minister Rudd, (Ref. B) the Ambassador urged that Australia's attendance at the Paris donors conference be at the ministerial level and stated the need for major assistance pledges from the participants. He told the PM that the Secretary would attend [...] | 2007-12-10 05:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS IS KPAL KWBG PREL |
| 07CARACAS2348 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 17:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS VE |
| 07DAMASCUS1132 | ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE: SARG SAYS YES, SENDING VICE [...] (C) The Syrian MFA notified Charge at 1500 local that Vice Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad will be leading Syria's delegation to the Annapolis conference. Mekdad will be accompanied by his Chef du Cabinet (Office Director) Hussam Aala. Syrian Ambassador Imad Mustafa will join the Syrian de [...] | 2007-11-25 15:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CVIS PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS SY |
| 07DAMASCUS636 | HAMAS LEADERS IN SYRIA,SARG OFFICIALS EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: SARG officials and the Damascus-based leaders of Hamas are offering divergent views in their assessments about the necessity and impact of the Hamas takeover in Gaza, with the SARG MFA officials expressing concern and Hamas leaders here -- after some initial uncertainty -- proje [...] | 2007-06-25 15:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG SY |
| 07DOHA897 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH QATARI [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary John Negroponte met the evening of September 9 at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud, the number two official in the Qatari MFA. Joining Al-Mahmoud were Assistant Minister Mohamad Al-Rumaihi, Director of Eu [...] | 2007-09-12 10:50:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA IR IS IZ KWBG PREL QA |
| 07HELSINKI872 | FINNISH FM TO ATTEND DONORS CONFERENCE, PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva will attend the donors conference in Paris on December 17th according to Anna Savolainen in the Foreign Ministry's Middle East Unit. Savolainen said Finland's final contribution, in the form of bilateral aid and in-kind contributions, is still being [...] | 2007-12-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS FI |
| 07JAKARTA389 | INDONESIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HAMAS AND FATAH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 07:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG KISL ID |
| 07JERUSALEM1000 | SHOOTINGS ON JERUSALEM-WEST BANK SEAM: 2 [...] (SBU) According to Israeli police and Arabic-language press, two al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militants (both East Jerusalem residents) shot at Israeli Border Police and contract security guards near the Shaykh Sa'ad checkpoint in Jerusalem o/a 2020 May 26. Nearby Border Police guards returned f [...] | 2007-05-29 15:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PREL KPAL IS ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1006 | GAZA: 4 HAMAS DEAD IN IDF STRIKES; ROCKETS HITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT LEAST 29 QASSAM ROCKETS STRUCK ISRAEL FROM MAY 27 THROUGH 1600 LOCAL MAY 30, KILLING AN ISRAELI MAN, LIGHTLY INJURING TWO OTHERS, DAMAGING THREE BUILDINGS AND AT LEAST TWO VEHICLES, AND SETTING A WHEAT FIELD ON FIRE. AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLED TWO HAMAS MILITARY-WING MEMBE [...] | 2007-05-30 14:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1023 | BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT: GAZA NSF COMMANDER JAMAL [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) JAMAL M M KAYYAD (SPELLED "KAIED" ON HIS PA TRAVEL DOCUMENT) IS COMMANDER OF NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES (NSF) FOR GAZA. PERSONAL DATA AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS. 2. (C) PERSONAL. DPOB: SAIDA, LEBANON, 19 JULY 1958. MARRIED TO HUSUN M HAMAD. RESIDES IN [...] | 2007-06-01 08:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PINR |
| 07JERUSALEM1024 | BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT: NEW POLICE CHIEF KAMAL [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) KAMAL AL-SHAYKH (ALSO SPELLED "SHEIKH" IN SOME PAST REPORTING) IS THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE PALESTINIAN POLICE (APPOINTED IN MAY 2007). PERSONAL DATA AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS. 2. (C) PERSONAL. AL-SHAYKH COMES FROM MAZRA AL-QIBLIYA, A VILLAGE NORTHWE [...] | 2007-06-01 08:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PINR |
| 07JERUSALEM1034 | LAUNCH OF "PALESTINIAN ECONOMY" SITE ON STATE [...] CONSULATE GENERAL JERUSALEM IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF "PALESTINIAN ECONOMY," A NEW COMMUNITY WEB SITE FACILITATED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TEAM. THE WEB SITE IS A COLLECTION OF IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY, DESIGNED TO HELP FACILITATE INFORMATION [...] | 2007-06-01 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PHUM SENV KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1064 | ABBAS APPOINTS JOINT FORCE COMMANDER TO IMPLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian security contacts and press report PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Ismayil Haniyah agreed June 2 to create a "Joint Security Force," composed of Hamas "Executive Force" and Fatah "Special Force" personnel and led by retired National Security Forces (NSF [...] | 2007-06-04 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1090 | CODEL LEAHY MEETS WITH EREKAT AND TRAVELS TO ABUD [...] (C) PLO Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat told CODEL Leahy May 30 that there is no hope for the moderate Palestinian leadership unless the GOI agrees to negotiate permanent status issues with PA President Abbas. Erekat called on the USG to encourage the GOI to move towards a permanent status agre [...] | 2007-06-07 07:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1093 | FATAH-HAMAS GUNBATTLES BREAK OUT IN RAFAH; ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. IN THE MOST SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF FACTIONAL VIOLENCE SINCE MAY 21, ONE FATAH FIGHTER WAS KILLED AND NINE OTHER PALESTINIANS WERE INJURED IN RAFAH CLASHES EARLY JUNE 7. A BRIEF GUNBATTLE BETWEEN PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF) AND HAMAS GUNMEN BROKE OUT IN GAZA CITY JUNE 6 AF [...] | 2007-06-07 13:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL IS PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1094 | PA PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR DISCUSSES CELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR MUSTAFA IS CONFIDENT THAT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT WILL ALLOCATE THE NECESSARY FREQUENCIES FOR A SECOND PROVIDER OF MOBILE PHONE SERVICE IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. HE IS ALSO FULLY CONVINCED THAT A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED AT THE GENERAL ADM [...] | 2007-06-07 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ECPS KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1095 | UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN VIEWS OF COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA PRESIDENCY ECONOMIC ADVISOR AND PALESTINE INVESTMENT FUND CEO MOHAMMED MUSTAFA SAID THAT AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE SALE OF OFFSHORE GAZA GAS BY CONCESSION OPERATOR BG GROUP TO THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENTQD BE COMPLETED IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS. MUSTAFA SAID HE DISAGREED WITH THE H [...] | 2007-06-07 14:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1100 | CONFLICT CONTINUES BETWEEN FATAH FIELD COMMITTEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 6 meeting with PolChief, Fatah West Bank Field Committee Chairman Hussein al Sheikh said the head of Fatah's Office of Mobilization Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala,a) is trying to restructure Fatah to consolidate his own power and undermine the Field Committees. Al Sheikh said he [...] | 2007-06-08 08:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1105 | SUPPORTING PRO-FATAH NGO'S IN NORTH RAMALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 6 meeting with PolChief and USAID/OTI Deputy Country Representative, Yousef Barakeh, the Fatah Secretary General in Jalazoun refugee camp and a member of the North Ramallah Fatah Committee outlined his efforts to strengthen Fatah in this politically competitive region t [...] | 2007-06-08 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1106 | SUPPORTING PRO-FATAH NGO'S IN NORTH RAMALLAH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-08 10:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1107 | AMBIGUOUS STANDARDS CONTINUE TO FRUSTRATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian importers of U.S. products continue to complain of obstacles to trade. Among the obstacles cited are: (1) an arbitrary GOI standards-compliance process for imported products, including baby formula; (2) extended delays in the release of products from Ashdod port; [...] | 2007-06-08 12:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD IS KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM112 | HOME DEMOLITIONS IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished 81 structures, including 63 homes, in East Jerusalem for lack of permits in 2006, according to a report released by the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD). Activists from ICAHD and the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim argue P [...] | 2007-01-22 11:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1155 | GAZA: FACTIONAL TENSION HIGH DESPITE EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah and Hamas-aligned gunmen traded kidnappings and drive-by shootings in Gaza City June 7-8. Gunmen allegedly associated with the Presidential Guard (PG) kidnapped two Hamas members, and the "Executive Force" kidnapped a PG soldier. Drive-by shootings and preparations of r [...] | 2007-06-08 13:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL IS PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1172 | GAZA: SIX KILLED IN FACTIONAL CLASHES; NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT LEAST NINE PALESTINIANS (6 FATAH OR PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF),AND 3 HAMAS) WERE KILLED IN RENEWED FACTIONAL VIOLENCE IN RAFAH AND GAZA CITY FROM JUNE 8 TO 1600 LOCAL ON JUNE 11. BOTH SIDES ALLEGE SEVERAL ABDUCTIONS AND ABUSE/TORTURE OF PRISONERS. HAMAS PM ISMAYIL [...] | 2007-06-11 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1178 | CODEL PRICE MEETS WITH PLC MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 29-31 visit, Codel Price--Reps. David Price (D-NC, Chairman of the House Democracy Assistance Commission),Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE),Nick Rahall (D-WV),and Gwen Moore (D-WI)--met with three current and former PLC members and civil society representatives. PLC memb [...] | 2007-06-12 15:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAL KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1179 | HEAVY FACTIONAL FIGHTING IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary. At least 14 Palestinians were killed in gunbattles in Gaza as of 1600 on June 12, with heavy violence in most cities and especially in Gaza City, the site of most political and security headquarters. Hamas warned all Palestinian security forces (PASF) to vacate their bases, an [...] | 2007-06-12 17:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1186 | EIGHT MORE KILLED IN HAMAS ATTACKS IN GAZA CITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Heavy factional fighting continues in Gaza City and central Gaza as of mid-day local. Approximately 8 Palestinians have been killed so far today (since midnight): 3 "Executive Force" fighters in a &work accident8, 2 Fatah militia in Gaza City, and 3 National Security Forces (N [...] | 2007-06-13 11:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1189 | FCC SUSPENDS FATAH'S PARTICIPATION IN THE NUG [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Fatah Central Committee (FCC) decided on June 12 to "suspend" Fatah's participation in the national unity government (NUG). Fatah leaders report that some FCCs members urged that Fatah withdraw from the government completely, but that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) [...] | 2007-06-13 14:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1191 | GAZA UPDATE: 1800 LOCAL JUNE 13: HAMAS PRESSURES [...] (SBU) Summary. Interfactional violence continued in Gaza June 13, with at least 16 Palestinians killed since 1200 local. Most fighting involved Hamas military-wing/8Executive Force8 attacks against Palestinian security forces (PASF) installations and homes/offices of senior Fatah leaders an [...] | 2007-06-13 15:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC PINS |
| 07JERUSALEM120 | SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK CONTINUES AT NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK IS IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. IN A JANUARY 19 VISIT TO THE SITE, POLOFF SAW SIGNIFICANT NEW GRADING IN THE AREA THAT A PALESTINIAN FOREMAN HAD INDICATED ON DECEMBER 6 WILL BE THE LOCATION OF A POSSIBLE 600-UNIT HOUSING COM [...] | 2007-01-22 15:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1201 | JOINT PLO-EC AND FCC MEETING OFFERS BOLD POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: A joint PLO-EC/FCC meeting on June 14 recommended to PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) that he break the political partnership with HAMAS and dismiss the current government. Egyptian efforts to broker a cease-fire between HAMAS and Fatah delegations in Gaza continue. Abu [...] | 2007-06-14 14:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1230 | ABBAS DISMISSES GOVERNMENT AND WILL FORM EMERGENCY [...] (S) On the evening of June 14, PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) signed decrees dismissing the national unity government (NUG),declaring a state of emergency, and creating the legal basis to form an emergency government. On June 15, Presidential Advisor Nabil Amr announced that Salam F [...] | 2007-06-15 12:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1232 | NABIL AMR AND AZZAM AL-AHMAD ON SELECTION OF NEW [...] (SBU) Nabil Amr told the ConGen POL specialist on June 15 that President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and his close advisors are nearing consensus on names for cabinet ministers under PM Salam Fayyad and will meet at 1800 local June 15 at the Muqata' in Ramallah to finish consultations. He said [...] | 2007-06-15 16:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER KPAL |
| 07JERUSALEM1253 | GAZA: FOOD AND FUEL AVAILABLE FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Basic food commodities and fuel remain available in Gaza, but prices are increasing and food stocks are declining rapidly, according to Gaza residents, UN agencies and NGOs. UNRWA and WFP have resumed operations, but UNRWA says it has only 10 days of flour in its warehouses. [...] | 2007-06-18 14:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1254 | BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CABINET [...] (SBU) Biographies of new Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members are listed starting in para. 2. According to PM Salam Fayyad, this government will likely be expanded in the next 30 days to include more ministers from Gaza and to reduce the number of ministers responsible for multiple por [...] | 2007-06-18 15:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KWBG IS KPAL PREL PINR |
| 07JERUSALEM126 | SIGNED LETTERS SENT REGARDING STOPPING CASH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-23 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KWBG EG |
| 07JERUSALEM1265 | HANIYAH "APPOINTS" NEW PASF COMMANDERS, CO-OPTS [...] (SBU) According to PASF contacts and Arabic-language press, former Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyah (Hamas) has issued orders dismissing several Palestinian security forces (PASF) commanders (most of whom are no longer in Gaza),including Director-General for Internal Security Rashid Abu Shbak [...] | 2007-06-19 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL IS PTER PGOV |
| 07JERUSALEM1266 | SOME AID ARRIVES IN GAZA, MOST CROSSINGS CLOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: Fuel imports continued to flow into Gaza June 19, and several truck loads of humanitarian assistance entered through Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza. Gaza-based contacts report continued panic buying June 19, but, with the exception of wheat-flour, sugar, and dairy products, [...] | 2007-06-19 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1267 | FATAH LEADERS PINNING THE BLAME AND TAKING NEXT [...] (S) Summary: Fatah leaders are seeking to isolate HAMAS following the swearing-in of the new government under PM Salam Fayyad. Marwan Barghuti issued a statement from jail to endorse PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen)'s decision to dismiss the national unity government (NUG) and form a n [...] | 2007-06-19 15:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1274 | FOOD SUPPLIES ENTER GAZA; LIMITED PASSENGER [...] (SBU) Summary: WFP delivered wheat-flour and oil to Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing June 20, with the concurrence of nearby Hamas forces. Limited movement of foreigners and injured Palestinians occurred at Erez. Israeli incursions into Gaza took place June 20, resulting in the death of [...] | 2007-06-20 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1275 | HEBRON REMAINS QUIET, THANKS TO RESPONSIVE [...] (C) Summary: In June 12 conversations with the Consul General, the Hebron governor, the mayor of Hebron, and a Hebron-based Fatah PLC member noted that Hebron remains calm, despite on-going violence in Gaza and the areas, strong Hamas elements. Hebron Mayor Osaily stressed his priority to pr [...] | 2007-06-20 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID PREL KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1276 | GAZA BANKS OPERATING NORMALLY BUT TAKING [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and regional banks operating in Gaza are open and report "business as usual." Hamas is currently taking a "hands-off" approach to Gaza's banking sector, but banks are implementing some precautionary measures, such as restricting the authority of Gaza-based staff and [...] | 2007-06-20 15:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1279 | CONSUL GENERAL MEETS NEW PA MINISTERS; NEW [...] (C) Summary: Consul General and USAID West Bank/Gaza Mission Director met June 19 with two newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members, explaining to them that the USG is resuming broad-based assistance and suggesting that discussions and planning on best use of this assistanc [...] | 2007-06-21 04:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
| 07JERUSALEM1285 | HAMAS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO LEGITIMACY, SEEKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: HAMAS leaders in the Gaza Strip - including Former Prime Minister Haniyah and several HAMAS PLC members - have publicly questioned President Abbas's authority to dismiss the government and claim to represent the legitimate Palestinian Authority government. Abbas's office says HA [...] | 2007-06-21 14:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1290 | CONSUL GENERAL MEETS WITH NEW PALESTINIAN MINISTER [...] (C) The Consul General met the newly appointed Minister for Information and Justice Riad Malki on June 20 at the Ministry of Justice headquarters in Ramallah. Noting that he is the new government's spokesman as well as responsible for two significant ministerial portfolios, Malki said the jo [...] | 2007-06-22 07:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER EAID KDEM IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1292 | CONSUL GENERAL AND UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL [...] (U) In a June 21 meeting with UNRWA Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd, the Consul General confirmed the USG contribution of $40 million to UNRWA's 2007 Emergency Appeal and reaffirmed the USG commitment to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. AbuZayd expressed appreciation for continuing [...] | 2007-06-22 09:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PREF IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1295 | PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL SLAMS HAMAS, SUPPORTS ABBAS [...] (C) The PLO Central Council met in Ramallah June 20-21 and issued a statement (summarized in paras. 3-4) that condemned Hamas for its action in Gaza and expressed support for PA President/PLO ExComm Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Salam Fayyad. (Note: The Central Council is a 115-me [...] | 2007-06-22 11:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1296 | GAZA HOSPITALS STRUGGLE TO SERVE PUBLIC; JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Critical health care assistance is being supplied to Gaza hospitals, including a truck load of dialysis equipment funded by USAID. ICRC and other international organizations have resumed their work in Gaza. Twenty-one truck loads of food aid were shipped into Gaza June 21. [...] | 2007-06-22 11:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1297 | ABBAS SPEECH TO PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL AND REACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Abbas's speech to the PLO Central Council on June 20 condemned HAMAS's actions in the Gaza Strip in unambiguous terms and called for a revival of the PLO without HAMAS. Consulate contacts expressed support for the clear direction that Abbas offered in spite of contin [...] | 2007-06-22 11:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1303 | CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH PA PM FAYYAD [...] (C) Begin Summary. Palestinian Authority PM Salam Fayyad told CODEL Issa June 24 that West Bank security is his first priority, and he will seek GoI coordination for the movement of the PASF between West Bank cities. He said improving access and movement in the West Bank is his second pri [...] | 2007-06-25 13:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
| 07JERUSALEM1304 | HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CONTINUES TO TRICKLE INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: Imports into Gaza remain mostly limited to humanitarian shipments. After Kerem Shalom crossing closed early June 25 due to mortar fire, WFP shipments of sugar, flour, and oil were diverted and passed through Sufa crossing. Gaza hospitals are all operational despite run-down f [...] | 2007-06-25 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1305 | PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR MOVES TO OPERATE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian private sector leaders in the West Bank and Gaza are promoting a variety of proposals to "privatize" the Karni/al-Mintar and Kerem Shalom crossings. Private sector representatives in Gaza reached an agreement June 20 on a plan that would authorize a newly-established [...] | 2007-06-25 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1317 | PRICES STABILIZE AS FOOD REMAINS AVAILABLE IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Food prices for most items in Gaza have returned to just above normal following the panic-buying and price increases that occurred immediately following the Hamas takeover of Gaza. Gaza is not experiencing shortages of basic commodities. Hamas threatened to confiscate goods f [...] | 2007-06-26 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1320 | CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH YASER ABED RABBO [...] (C) Begin Summary. PLO Executive Committee Secretary General Yaser Abed Rabbo told CODEL Issa June 24 that the government of PM Salam Fayyad, if successful, could lead to the creation of a new political current, mobilize disaffected voters, and weaken HAMAS. He accused HAMAS of trying to i [...] | 2007-06-27 08:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
| 07JERUSALEM1321 | GAZA CASH SHORTAGE MAY PREVENT PA SALARY PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Banks in Gaza do not have sufficient cash to pay Palestinian Authority (PA) employee salaries next week, and Israeli authorities are preventing cash transfers through the Erez crossing, according to bank officials. Cairo Amman Bank should begin paying UNRWA salaries in two days, [...] | 2007-06-27 08:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG KTFN IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1329 | HANIYAH'S SPEECH SEEKS TO BOLSTER HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a speech on June 24, former HAMAS PM Ismail Haniyah blamed Israel and the U.S. for problems between HAMAS and Fatah and criticized the planned Sharm al-Sheikh summit. Haniyah reassured Gazans that they are safe. He blamed a "trend" in Fatah for undermining the political p [...] | 2007-06-27 12:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1330 | NEW PALESTINIAN MINISTER FOR PLANNING DESCRIBES [...] (C) The Consul General met with the newly appointed Minister of Planning and Labor Samir Abdullah June 25 at the Ministry of Planning headquarters in Ramallah. Abdullah began by saying that recent events in Gaza -- while unfortunate -- could nonetheless create opportunities for positive chan [...] | 2007-06-27 13:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KDEM |
| 07JERUSALEM1334 | ABU MAZEN EXEMPTS GAZANS FROM PA TAXES TO DENY [...] (SBU) PA President Abbas issued a presidential decree June 26 exempting Gazans from fees for services provided by PA entities, value-added tax on local activity, and from income tax on companies and individuals. Press accounts described the move as a response to the difficult circumstances u [...] | 2007-06-27 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1345 | NABLUS INCURSION: AT LEAST 12 PALESTINIANS [...] (SBU) According to Palestinian security contacts and Arabic-language media, Nablus has been under curfew since 0330 local on June 28 when the IDF entered the city and clashed with Palestinian militants around the Old City, Rafidiya neighborhood and Balata Refugee Camp. Militants responded to [...] | 2007-06-28 13:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER |
| 07JERUSALEM1346 | AGREEMENT REACHED TO RESUME TRANSFER OF REVENUES [...] (C) Summary: The GOI agreed June 27 to resume the transfer of frozen clearance revenues, starting with a transfer of NIS 500 million on/about July 1, according to PA Prime Minister and Finance Minister Salam Fayyad. Regular monthly clearance revenue transfers will resume as well, along with [...] | 2007-06-28 14:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KFTN KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1349 | LIMITED HUMANITARIAN SHIPMENTS CONTINUE TO MOVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Karni/al-Mintar, Kerem Shalom, and Sufa crossings were open to select humanitarian and commercial shipments June 28, as operations at the crossings remains ad hoc given the fluid security situation. ICRC transferred 17 sick and injured patients out of Gaza June 28. End summar [...] | 2007-06-28 14:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
| 07JERUSALEM1360 | HUSSAYN AL-SHAYKH: SECURITY FIRST PRIORITY [...] (C) Begin Summary. On June 28, Fatah grassroots leader Hussayn al-Shaykh told PolChief that he supports the new government and the appointment of Salam Fayyad as Prime Minister. He urged an immediate re-examination of the entire security apparatus, claiming that West Bank PA security forces [...] | 2007-06-29 10:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
| 07JERUSALEM1363 | NABLUS INCURSION: IDF WITHDRAWS FROM CITY CENTER, [...] (SBU) According to Palestinian security contacts and press, the IDF is wrapping up operations in/around Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus as of 1400 local June 29, and has left the city center. The IDF shot and killed al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Haytham Salih in al-Dahiya early June 29, an [...] | 2007-06-29 12:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1371 | DFLP CLAIMS MORTAR STRIKE ON KEREM SHALOM CROSSING [...] (SBU) The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) claimed joint responsibility (along with the PRC and al-Baraq Army) for mortar attacks against Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings on June 27, claiming the attack was "retaliation for the murder of Palestinians by occupation forces [...] | 2007-07-02 13:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KWBG KPAL IS PGOV |
| 07JERUSALEM1372 | CLEARANCE REVENUE TRANSFERS AND CASH SHIPMENTS TO [...] (C) PA Ministry of Finance Director General of Customs Hatem Yousef confirmed to Econoff July 2 that the GOI had transferred July 1 NIS 500 million (USD 118 million) in clearance revenues to the PA. Yousef said that this amount will be sufficient to pay PA employees their full salaries for J [...] | 2007-07-02 13:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM138 | EXCAVATION BEGUN TO CONNECT SILWAN TO THE OLD CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI ORGANIZATION ELAD HAS BEGUN EXCAVATION OF A TUNNEL FROM THE POOL OF SILWAN TOWARDS THE WESTERN WALL, ACCORDING TO ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS NGO IR AMIN. IR AMIN REPORTS THAT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 METERS OF TUNNEL HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE PALESTI [...] | 2007-01-24 13:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1406 | KHALIL SHIKAKI ON FATAH'S WEST BANK SITUATION AND [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) Director Dr. Khalil Shikaki told U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) LTG Keith Dayton on July 3 that Fatah is disorganized and has failed to consolidate power in the West Bank, but remains the protector of liberal values in P [...] | 2007-07-09 04:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS KWBG KPAL |
| 07JERUSALEM1411 | PA PAYS EMPLOYEE SALARIES; HAMAS BLOCKS ENTRY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid full salaries to public employees July 4 for the first time in 15 months, according to local press reports and Ministry of Finance officials. In accordance with an earlier PA cabinet decision nullifying appointments and promotions after Dec [...] | 2007-07-09 07:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1420 | CONTINUED ROADWORK AND CONSTRUCTION ON POLICE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff observed July 2 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem, and the exterior of the police station building is near complete. Retaining walls for roadways and grading along the hillsides leading up to and surrounding the police s [...] | 2007-07-09 11:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KWBG PREL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1429 | PM FAYYAD LAYS OUT SECURITY/DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. At a July 5 meeting in Ramallah, PM Salam Fayyad told Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY) that the PA must make immediate progress--including a political track with Israel--because this government is probably Palestinians' last chance. PM Fayyad said security is his government's pr [...] | 2007-07-10 09:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS OREP EAID PGOV ECON |
| 07JERUSALEM143 | DRAFT BUDGET SENT TO PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) ACTING PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) FINANCE MINISTER SAMIR ABU AISHEH SUBMITTED THE FY 2007 PA BUDGET TO THE PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL JANUARY 16 AFTER THE PA CABINET APPROVED IT DECEMBER 27, ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTS. THE PROPOSED BUDGET TOTALS USD 2.562 BILLION, INCLUDING [...] | 2007-01-24 14:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM1435 | JAPANESE AGRICULTURE ASSISTANCE IN JORDAN VALLEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) Jordan Valley agricultural development initiative began in March 2007 with a technical assistance program and two feasibility studies scheduled to run 18-22 months. The technical assistance program will train Palestinian far [...] | 2007-07-10 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ETRD IS JA JO KWBG |
| 07JERUSALEM144 | WORLD BANK STUDY TIES GAZA'S ECONOMIC REVIVAL TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A WORLD BANK STUDY OF ALTERNATIVES FOR PALESTINIAN TRADE HAS CONCLUDED THAT OPENING THE RAFAH TRADE CORRIDOR FOR EXPORTS FROM THE GAZA STRIP THROUGH EGYPT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST THE FLAGGING PALESTINIAN ECONOMY. ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, THE RAFAH TRADE CORRIDOR PROVIDES COMPE [...] | 2007-01-24 15:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KWBG IS EG |
| 07JERUSALEM1440 | PALESTINIAN TRADE UNION LEADER KIDNAPPED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) Chairman Shaher Sa'ad was kidnapped in the West Bank town of Nablus on the afternoon of July 10. He was released unharmed following one hour of physical threats and demands by the kidnappers for him to (a) resign his post [...] | 2007-07-11 14:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON KPAL KWBG CASC ASEC |
| 07JERUSALEM1441 | JULY 11 PLC MEETING FAILS TO REACH A QUORUM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) did not reach a quorum for the July 11 meeting called by PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),because of a boycott by HAMAS legislators. Contacts in Abbas' office say he is considering next steps. End Summary. PLC FAILS TO REACH [...] | 2007-07-11 15:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1453 | UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN MOBILE TELECOM TENDER - GOI [...] (C) Gulf-owned mobile provider Wataniya Telecom, which won the second mobile telecom operator license in the West Bank/Gaza on September 18, 2006, continues to wait for a frequency to be allocated by the GOI (see reftel) before it can commence operations, according to PLO Negotiations Support [...] | 2007-07-13 13:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG IS |
| 07JERUSALEM1454 | FAYYAD TO CONTINUE AS PRIME MINISTER; THREE NEW [...] (C) On July 13, shortly before the expiration of the state of emergency declared by PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),three new ministers were sworn in: Ali Khashan as Minister of Justice, Ibrahim Ibrash at Minister of Culture, and Tahani Abu Daqqa as Minister of Youth and Sports. Con [...] | 2007-07-13 13:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS PINR |
| 07JERUSALEM1455 | GAZA ECONOMIC LOSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: According to data compiled by the Palestinian private sector, the closure of the Karni/al-Mintar crossing following the Hamas take-over of Gaza is causing catastrophic damage to Gaza's economy. Since the June 12 closure of the crossing, 80 percent of Gaza factories have closed [...] | 2007-07-13 13:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON< |