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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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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 EAID EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM1458 | SNAPSHOT: NABLUS AREA ECONOMY LIMITED BY [...] (SBU) ConGenOffs traveled on July 12 and 13 throughout the areas surrounding the West Bank cities of Tubas, Nablus, Salfit, and Qalqiliya for a snap-shot view of the movement and access issues facing Palestinians. Several truck loads of freshly-picked Jordan Valley vegetables waited in a fou [...] | 2007-07-16 06:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
07JERUSALEM1463 | PM FAYYAD AND HIS GOVERNMENT CONTINUE AFTER END OF [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Following expiration of the 30-day state of emergency declared on June 14, PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) accepted PM Salam Fayyad's resignation and then directed him to form a new government. Until a new government receives a vote of confidence by the PLC -- whi [...] | 2007-07-16 13:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM1473 | POSITIVE PALESTINIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Most West Bank political contacts said they were pleased by President Bush's July 16 speech and praised his call for an international meeting to support progress toward a two-state solution. Most contacts said the speech offers an opportunity to move forward with negotiations [...] | 2007-07-17 15:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM1482 | LIMITED MOVEMENT AT GAZA CROSSINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sufa crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open on July 17, the Karni/al-Mintar, Kerem Shalom, and Rafah crossings were closed. WFP plans to deliver eight truck loads of wheat flour per day to Gaza July 17-22 through Sufa, while ICRC transferred 25 patients from Ga [...] | 2007-07-18 11:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
07JERUSALEM1483 | UTILITY PAYMENTS INDIRECTLY SUBSIDIZING HAMAS IN [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 17 that he no longer wants the European Union to fund utility payments through the Temporary International Mechanism (Window II) or the GOI to deduct utility payments from clearance revenues. Fayyad belie [...] | 2007-07-18 12:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM1486 | PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY AND GAZA BANKS [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) and banks operating in the Gaza Strip continue to implement measures to thwart Hamas interference in the banking sector, according to PMA Deputy Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Most commercial banks have moved their headquarters to the West Ban [...] | 2007-07-18 13:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM1487 | PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP WANTS STATUS QUO ON GAZA [...] (S) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Salam Fayyad informed Consul General on July 17 that they do not support at this time increasing throughput at Gaza crossings beyond humanitarian assistance and commercial food shipments. Abu Mazen [...] | 2007-07-18 14:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ECON ETRD KPAL PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM1489 | MIXED REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRISONERS RELEASE [...] (C) Begin Summary. The July 17 posting of the names of 256 Palestinian prisoners who are scheduled for early release on July 20 generated mostly positive press coverage, including front page photos of families celebrating the anticipated release. The Q Ministry of Prisoners Affairs welcomed [...] | 2007-07-19 09:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM |
07JERUSALEM1491 | VATICAN NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Chief Vatican negotiator Fr. David Jaeger told PolOff July 12 that his team had just wrapped up a "positive but incomplete" negotiating session with the GoI on a general legal/fiscal agreement and made some progress on tax exemptions, judicial remedies and property claims. Jaege [...] | 2007-07-19 10:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF IS PBTS VT KWBG |
07JERUSALEM1496 | USAID MEETS WITH PA MINISTERS OF HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) USAID Mission Director met with Minister of Health Fathi Abu Moghli and Minister of Planning Samir Abdallah July 16 to discuss USAID programs in West Bank/Gaza. Abu Moghli stated that he intends to (1) develop a strategic plan for the health sector and (2) work with USAID on its ongoing [...] | 2007-07-19 10:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
07JERUSALEM1499 | ABBAS SLAMS HAMAS IN OPENING OF PLO CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In a strongly-worded speech to the PLO Central Council (PLO CC) on July 18, President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) rejected dialogue with "Hamas mutineers" and called for Hamas leaders to be punished for taking over PA institutions in Gaza. He also called for early presidential a [...] | 2007-07-19 11:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER |
07JERUSALEM1502 | QADURA FARES ON INTERNATIONAL MEETING AND FATAH [...] (C) Summary. In a July 18 meeting with PolChief, grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Fares welcomed President Bush's call for an international meeting and said serious momentum is needed to bring Palestinians and Israelis back to the negotiating table. He said Fatah reform has stalled since Hama [...] | 2007-07-19 13:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM151 | PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON [...] (S) Summary: The Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) is now emphasizing actions against money laundering over countering terrorist financing because of the current political situation in the PA. It continues to draft anti-money laundering legislation that will put into law many of the same [...] | 2007-01-26 07:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | EFIN PGOV PTER KTFN KWBG IS IZ |
07JERUSALEM1514 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATORS CONCERNED ABOUT PLC'S [...] (C) Summary: The Fatah PLC bloc intends to boycott the July 22 PLC session called by the Hamas Acting Speaker. Fatah and independent PLC members say they are concerned about the future role of the PLC, given that the body has been unable to convene with a quorum while the new government is m [...] | 2007-07-20 14:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM1519 | NORWEGIAN AND PA VIEWS ON PROPOSED AHLC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 17 that he supports the proposal to convene an Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in September 2007. Fayyad stated that the meeting should be limited to AHLC members only. He also suggested that a proposed follow-on [...] | 2007-07-23 11:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM1523 | PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL SUPPORTS ABBAS, CONDEMNS HAMAS [...] (U) Summary: The PLO Central Council (PLO-CC) released a July 20 statement (Ref A) after two days of meetings supporting President Abbas and PM Fayyad and calling on HAMAS to restore the Gaza Strip to PA control. PLO-CC Speaker Salim Zanun said this PLO leadership body will follow Abbas' le [...] | 2007-07-23 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM1524 | HAMAS REPLACES THREE GAZA MAYORS, PRESSURES OTHER [...] (C) Summary. Hamas has taken control of three Gaza municipalities, replacing Fatah mayors and city council members. Gaza's other Fatah mayors report limited Hamas interference, but express concern about the agenda of Hamas' former Minister of Local Government. Gaza City's mayor described e [...] | 2007-07-23 14:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER KDEM PREL |
07JERUSALEM1525 | HAMAS MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME EXPLAINED [...] (S) Summary. Hamas has gained access to considerable funds through money laundering schemes, according to Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) Deputy Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Imported goods are paid for from accounts outside Gaza or even with cash at point of origin. The Gaza recipient pa [...] | 2007-07-23 16:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM153 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES NUG AND NEED TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary. In a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem with U/S Nicholas Burns, PLC member Salam Fayyad and PLO Executive Committee Member Yasser Abed Rabbo put the Fatah-Hamas struggle in the context of the regional Iranian threat. They discussed the possibility that PA President Mahmoud Abbas ( [...] | 2007-01-26 07:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1535 | MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE REQUESTS MORE US ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: PA Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud al-Habbash told USAID Mission Director on July 23 that his ministry's efforts are focused on (1) land reclamation; (2) constructing roads for small farmers; and (3) developing water projects. Abu Hassan requested additional funds for Ministr [...] | 2007-07-24 13:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON KWBG KPAL PHUM PGOV |
07JERUSALEM1536 | NEW PA JUSTICE MINISTER'S PRIORITY IS "SERVICES TO [...] (C) Summary. At a July 23 meeting in Ramallah, Justice Minister (MoJ) Ali Khassan told USAID Country Director Sumka and PolOff that he is concentrating on rebuilding the MoJ and instilling a focus on provision of services to the people. He said he is developing plans to build the MoJ into a s [...] | 2007-07-24 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV KDEM IS KJUS |
07JERUSALEM155 | QADURA FARIS AND U/S BURNS: FATAH REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Former PLC member Qadura Faris told U/S Burns in a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem that Fatah needs serious reform and reform-minded leaders must work to restore public confidence in the party and Fatah's ability to administer the PA. He said efforts to establish a National Unity G [...] | 2007-01-26 07:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1554 | PRISONERS' AFFAIRS MINISTER ON PRISONERS RELEASE, [...] (C) Summary. On July 24, newly appointed Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami told PolChief that he welcomed the July 20 release of 256 prisoners, but criticized the "unilateral" nature of the release and urged Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on criteria for the release of more p [...] | 2007-07-26 11:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM1565 | DAHLAN RESIGNS AS NSA; ABBAS ACCEPTS RESIGNATION [...] (C) According to Palestinian contacts, President Mahmud Abbas accepted Muhammad Dahlan's July 26 resignation as National Security Advisor (NSA) for health concerns. The resignation letter and reply follow in paras. 2 and 3, respectively. Muhammad Dahlan's Resignation --------------------- [...] | 2007-07-27 14:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG PINS IS |
07JERUSALEM1567 | NEW PA PLATFORM: CABINET PLEDGES TO DELIVER [...] (C) Summary. In a progressive platform to be publicly announced July 28, PM Salam Fayyad's Cabinet commits "to fully abide by (PA and PLO agreements) including those agreements signed with Israel." The platform contains no references to revolutionary struggle. In a July 27 conversation wit [...] | 2007-07-27 15:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV IS PREL PINS KISL |
07JERUSALEM1569 | IDF BLOCKS HOMESH ENTRANCES, BUT ALLOWS SETTLERS [...] (SBU) Israeli settlers continue to gather at the site of the former Northern West Bank settlement of Homesh, dismantled as part of the Disengagement plan in August 2005. Several thousand settlers have visited the site or stayed overnight since the July 24-25 Tisha B'Av holiday, commemorating [...] | 2007-07-27 15:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS PBTS |
07JERUSALEM1570 | NEW MUGHRABI GATE RAMP ROUTE STILL UNDEFINED [...] (C) Summary. Ir Amim founder Danny Seidemann told ConGen and Embassy PolOffs July 23-24 that Mughrabi Gate ramp plans are far from settled, contrary to Israel press reports claiming a new design has been adopted. Seidemann commented that PM Olmert is under pressure from religious-nationalist [...] | 2007-07-27 16:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS IS KISL KIRF |
07JERUSALEM1571 | CEC READY FOR ELECTIONS BUT NOT EXPECTING THEM [...] (C) Summary. In a July 23 meeting, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail told PolOffs that the CEC is prepared to administer presidential and PLC elections, but the situation in Gaza creates major obstacles. Kuhail predicted that Fatah -- but not Hamas -- [...] | 2007-07-27 16:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KDEM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1574 | FAYYAD STILL CONCERNED ABOUT GAZA UTILITY [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on July 26 that he has raised his concerns about Hamas benefiting from EU funding for utility payments in Gaza with EC Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner (reftel),but he has not yet explicitly asked the EU to cut off [...] | 2007-07-30 06:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM1575 | OPIC-BACKED LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),the Aspen Institute, and the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) signed a loan guarantee agreement on July 25 that will leverage up to USD 228 million in loans to small and medium-size Palestinian enterprises (SMEs). The agreeme [...] | 2007-07-30 07:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KWBG |
07JERUSALEM1576 | LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FUND CONVENES; SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Local Development Forum (LDF) met July 24 for the first time since December 2005. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stressed the urgent need for donor assistance and called for an Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in September, followed by a donors' conference before the [...] | 2007-07-30 07:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PROV KWBG |
07JERUSALEM1584 | PA BUDGET: 100 MILLION IN THE RED, BUT ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance officials and local IMF representatives say that the PA is running a monthly operating deficit of approximately USD 100 million. The gap is exacerbated by the loss of Gaza revenues (both domestic taxation and VAT/customs for goods not moving [...] | 2007-07-30 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM159 | WEST BANK/GAZA MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS SERVING PALESTINIANS ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE THE STEEP DOWNTURN IN THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY. THE NUMBER OF LOANS ISSUED MONTHLY BY UNRWA, THE LARGEST MICROFINANCE LENDER IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, HAS DROPPED 77 PERCENT SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE CU [...] | 2007-01-26 13:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EAID KWBG |
07JERUSALEM1590 | OLD GUARD TAKES CONTROL OF FATAH "REFORM" [...] (C) Summary. On July 25, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) convened Fatah's Office for Mobilization to begin the process of forming a new Fatah High Council to replace the West Bank and Gaza Field Committees. The formation of the High Council was approved by the Fatah R [...] | 2007-07-31 13:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1646 | SETTLERS OUT OF HEBRON WHOLESALE MARKET...FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 7, some 3000 Israeli security personnel removed settlers from three crowded structures in Hebron's wholesale market area. Four settlers were arrested. Hundreds of settler youth protested the action and tried to stop the Israeli security forces, but did not resort to [...] | 2007-08-08 14:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1648 | SETTLERS EXPANDING AROUND HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. On August 6, Poloffs visited the southern Hebron Hills. They observed how Susiya settlement and Avigail outpost are expanding and how the area's settlements and outposts stretch across the hilltops south of Hebron. PolOffs saw the IDF manning special security zones (SSZs) that e [...] | 2007-08-09 14:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1652 | TWO JERUSALEM PLC MEMBERS OFFER DISSENTING VIEWS [...] (C) Begin Summary. Independent PLC member Bernard Sabella told StafDel Makovsky August 8 that continued closure of Gaza is a mistake that could lead to the PA government's failure. He said Palestinian Authority PM Fayyad should look to end the blockade without giving HAMAS any political ben [...] | 2007-08-09 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
07JERUSALEM1653 | FAYYAD SEEKS AN "IMPRESSIVE" AID PACKAGE FROM [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad told CODEL Lantos August 7 that an immediate and "impressive" aid package for the PA will send an important message of political support and focus the attention of Palestinians and people throughout the region. He called the present PA government the [...] | 2007-08-09 15:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL EAID |
07JERUSALEM1656 | PA AND FATAH CONTINUE TO REJECT ANY DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Summary. On August 7, former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told the press that Hamas is willing to resume Hamas-Fatah dialogue, and his political advisor Ahmad Yusef claimed that Hamas and Fatah are having "secret talks." However, PM Salam Fayyad and Fatah spokesman Ahmad Abd al-Rahman r [...] | 2007-08-10 03:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1671 | JERUSALEM OLD CITY SHOOTING [...] (U) At approximately 11:15 a.m. local time August 10, an unknown Palestinian male assaulted an Israeli security guard, took his firearm, and shot him in the shoulder at an Ateret Kohanim yeshiva in Jerusalem's Old City Christian Quarter, according to Israeli press. A second security guard cha [...] | 2007-08-10 14:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC IS KDEM KWBG PGOV PREL PTER |
07JERUSALEM1676 | FAYYAD TELLS CODEL BAIRD THAT ADDITIONAL USG [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 9 meeting with the Consul General and CODEL Baird, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad expressed his hope that additional U.S. assistance arrives quickly to improve the lives of Palestinians. Fayyad said that the future of the West Bank/Gaz [...] | 2007-08-14 05:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID IS KPAL KWBG OVIP |
07JERUSALEM1684 | GOI REMOVES CONCRETE BARRIER IN SOUTH HEBRON HILLS [...] (C) Summary. On August 6, Poloffs saw workers removing a 41 kilometer-long, 82 centimeter-tall concrete barrier between Shima and Karmel settlements in the southern Hebron Hills area. According to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI),the barrier was dismantled and removed per [...] | 2007-08-14 14:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM1686 | MALKI: PA HOPES INTERNATIONAL MEETING WILL BE A [...] (C) Summary. PA Minister of Information Riad Malki told StaffDel Makovsky August 13 that the PA hopes there will be a "pleasant surprise" at the international meeting in the Fall. Malki said the Palestinians plan to work hard to achieve a "Declaration of Principles" between the PA and the GO [...] | 2007-08-14 15:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
07JERUSALEM1687 | GAZA PRIVATE SECTOR STRUGGLES; HUMANITARIAN NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: While food and other basic essentials continue to flow into Gaza, the Gaza private sector is being significantly impacted by the continued closure of the Karni/al-Mintar commercial crossing. Contacts report that 85 percent of industrial establishments have shut-down operation [...] | 2007-08-14 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM1689 | PA SECURITY FORCES ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN SOME "B [...] (C) Following Palestinian and Israeli press reports that the IDF has permitted Palestinian Authority security forces (PASF) to operate in Area B, National Security Forces (NSF) commander BG Diab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) confirmed to PolOff August 14 that the IDF has allowed uniformed Palest [...] | 2007-08-15 11:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PGOV KWBG PINS IS |
07JERUSALEM1690 | PA REBUILDING FOREIGN MINISTRY; MFA PUSHES FOR [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry Director General for Bilateral and Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Ibrahim Krayshah told PolOff August 13 that PM Fayyad may appoint a new Foreign Minister, but has not selected a candidate. He said the PA Foreign Minister and PLO Political Bureau Chief posts [...] | 2007-08-15 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KWBG |
07JERUSALEM1691 | ABU MAZEN LIKELY TO DECREE CHANGES TO LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is expected to issue a decree amending the 2005 elections law. According to a draft obtained by Post, the decree will change the electoral system from mixed to 100 percent proportional representative for legislative and presidential election [...] | 2007-08-15 14:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1717 | HOME DEMOLITIONS IN AND AROUND JERUSALEM CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Coordinator Meir Margalit told PolOff he believes Palestinian homes near Israeli neighborhoods and roads are more likely to be demolished than homes in other areas. He said he thinks that certain West Bank areas are being targ [...] | 2007-08-16 14:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM PHUM |
07JERUSALEM1719 | (S) FAYYAD ASKS U/S LEVEY FOR HELP WITH QATAR AND [...] (S) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Under Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey that Qatar was ""willfully bad"" on issue related to financing of terrorist organizations, including HAMAS. He said the PA was ready to move on terror financing legislation, but w [...] | 2007-08-17 07:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | EFIN ECON KWBG PTER OVIP |
07JERUSALEM1720 | GRAND MUFTI CONDEMNS REP. TANCREDO COMMENTS, SAYS [...] (C) Summary. At an August 14 meeting with PolOffs in Jerusalem, Grand Mufti Muhammad Hussayn (with Supreme Islamic Council member Adnan Hussayni) said Rep. Tom Tancredo's remarks (rebroadcast on al-Arabiya television) about possible retaliation against Mecca and Medina were hurtful to Muslims [...] | 2007-08-17 08:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KIRF PGOV KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM1735 | GAZA ELECTRICITY CURTAILED AS EU SUSPENDS [...] (C) Summary. A security threat against Nahal Oz transfer station and increased HAMAS interference in the collection and distribution of utility revenues has led the EU - at the urging of the Palestinian Authority (PA) - to suspend its financial support for fuel shipments into Gaza, resulting in [...] | 2007-08-20 15:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM1755 | NEW OUTPOST NEAR BEIT EL CROSSING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Settler youth have gathered at encampments in high-profile locations, including Givat Ha'or near Ramallah and Homesh in the Northern West Bank. The encampments involve little construction, but may serve test the depth of Israeli, Palestinian and international opposition to sett [...] | 2007-08-23 13:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1756 | ALLON SHEVUT: PROPERTY VALUES HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 August Poloff visited the Allon Shevut settlement in the Gush Etzion bloc and met AmCit Regional Councilwoman Ruth Lieberman. According to Lieberman, Gush Etzion residents are more confident than ever that their community will be inside Israel in any permanent status agre [...] | 2007-08-23 14:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS ASEC |
07JERUSALEM1764 | GAZA ELECTRICITY FLOWS; HAMAS INTIMIDATION GROWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza power plant received EU-funded fuel shipments on August 22 and returned to its normal 65 MW of electricity output. According to Gaza contacts, most homes now have 18-22 hours of electricity each day. The electricity shortage from August 19-21 resulted in spoiled food [...] | 2007-08-24 14:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ENRG KPAL KWBG PHUM |
07JERUSALEM1766 | PA MORE THAN 1.5 BILLION IN THE RED FOR 2007; [...] (U) On August 20, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet approved its 2007 budget, with total expenditures of USD 2.5 billion and an estimated budget deficit of more that USD 1.5 billion this calendar year. The PA's wage bill remains its single largest expenditure: more than USD 1.3 billion a [...] | 2007-08-24 16:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM1792 | MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI SEES HIMSELF LIKELY SECOND [...] (C) Summary. Mustafa Barghouti discussed Hamas' internal tensions in an August 18 meeting with Staffdel Talwar. He said the national unity government (NUG) had been a "missed opportunity" that the international community could have used to demonstrate Hamas' inability to govern. Barghouti sai [...] | 2007-08-27 10:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM KPAL |
07JERUSALEM1793 | YASER ABED RABBO URGES SERIOUSNESS ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee Secretary General Yasser Abed Rabbo told Staffdel Talwar in an August 18 meeting that he questions U.S. seriousness about the planned international meeting in November. Abed Rabbo said Gaza's prospects are difficult, and the government must demonstrate tha [...] | 2007-08-27 10:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM KPAL |
07JERUSALEM1794 | GAZA CITY MAYOR: HAMAS PROVIDING SECURITY BUT [...] (C) Summary. Gaza City Mayor Majid Abu Ramadan (Independent, appointed by President Abbas in 2005) told PolOff August 20 that Hamas has effectively portrayed itself as a victim of hostile external policies and that most Gazans blame their suffering on Israel, the PA and the international comm [...] | 2007-08-27 10:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER KDEM PREL |
07JERUSALEM1795 | FAYYAD SAYS TERROR LITIGATION POSES "EXISTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told a visiting interagency team that the suits brought against the PA in the U.S. and Israel pose an "existential threat" to the Palestinian cause. Fayyad urged the State Department to provide a Statement of Interest in supp [...] | 2007-08-27 10:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS PTER KPAL EINV |
07JERUSALEM1801 | ABU MAZEN ASKS EXILED FATAH MEMBERS TO RETURN TO [...] (C) Senior Fatah officials told ConGen political specialist that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has recently encouraged senior exiled Fatah members to come to Ramallah in an effort to surround himself with strong Fatah personalities. Among this group are Fatah Central Council (FCC) [...] | 2007-08-27 12:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1802 | UNGA ATTENDANCE FROM THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (U) In response to reftel action request, information regarding Palestinian Authority (PA) attendance at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting follows. A. (U) Attendance of the Head of State: PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will attend the UNGA meetings. Post does not [...] | 2007-08-27 12:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM1804 | ABU ALA'A TO MEET WITH EGYPT'S SULAYMAN, LOOKING [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) security contacts say Fatah Central Committee (FCC) member and former PM Ahmad Quraya' (Abu Ala'a) left Ramallah August 26 to meet with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Sulayman in Cairo on Palestinian security matters. Contacts say PA President Mahmud Abbas (A [...] | 2007-08-27 14:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL EG IS |
07JERUSALEM1806 | CONTINUED ROAD WORK AT E-1; WATER AND SEWAGE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff observed August 24 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem, and that the parking lot of the police station building is near complete. The route of the road changed slightly leading to the police station since ConGen last visit [...] | 2007-08-27 14:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM1818 | GAZA HEALTH CARE BECOMES PAWN IN HAMAS-FATAH POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: In reaction to Hamas' replacement of Fatah-affiliated hospital administrators in Gaza (reftel),the Fatah-affiliated labor unions of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Gaza have been conducting work-stoppages as of August 23. An estimated 95 percent of MOH hospital employees hav [...] | 2007-08-29 04:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
07JERUSALEM1820 | PA CLOSES 103 NGOS AND CHARITIES, MOST WITH LINKS [...] (U) PM Salam Fayyad announced August 27 a PA cabinet decision to dissolve 103 charitable and non-governmental organizations in the West Bank and Gaza due to violations of laws governing civil groups. Publicly, Fayyad denied that the action is aimed at Hamas institutions, asserting that NGO c [...] | 2007-08-29 04:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN PTER PGOV KWBG |
07JERUSALEM1821 | FAYYAD COMMENDS PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES WHO [...] (C) At a August 28 meeting with NEA DAS Rob Danin in Ramallah, PM Salam Fayyad praised Palestinian Authority security forces (PASF) personnel who protected an IDF officer who accidentally entered Jenin August 27, passing A/PO a copy of his official commendation to Jenin security officers (pri [...] | 2007-08-29 04:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
07JERUSALEM1829 | BEIT JALA RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT ROUTE OF [...] (C) Summary. On August 21, Poloffs saw workers along Route 60 continuing construction of the security barrier around Beit Jala, south of Jerusalem, which Beit Jala mayor Raji Zeidan said will separate his town from nearly fifty percent of its total land, once completed. Mayor Zeidan and mun [...] | 2007-08-29 16:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1831 | PM FAYYAD AND CODEL ACKERMAN: SECURITY, [...] (S) Summary. On August 29, PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CODEL Ackerman that the August 28 meeting between PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert was "positive, but general." He said that another meeting should be held soon to prepare for the November internationa [...] | 2007-08-30 12:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM1835 | GAZA PLC MEMBER: PALESTINIANS BLAME ISRAEL, U.S [...] (C) Summary. Gaza PLC member Rawiya al-Shawwa told PolOff August 22 and 27 that most Gazans view Israel, enabled by the U.S. and EU, as the cause of Gaza's closures and poverty, not Hamas. Externally-imposed restrictions allow Hamas to claim it is the main force resisting occupation and shi [...] | 2007-08-30 12:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER KDEM PREL |
07JERUSALEM1837 | YASSER ABD RABBO BRIEFS CODEL ACKERMAN ON [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, PLO Executive Committee Secretary-General Yasser Abd Rabbo told CODEL Ackerman that SIPDIS the August 28 meeting between PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert was "not bad," but that he had hoped for better results. Abd Rabbo said Abu Maz [...] | 2007-08-30 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM184 | EXCAVATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION NEAR HARAM AL [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. JERUSALEM ARCHAEOLOGISTS TOLD POLOFF JANUARY 26 THAT EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE OHEL YITZHAK SYNAGOGUE IN THE MUSLIM QUARTER OF THE OLD CITY HAS BEEN HALTED, PENDING AN ISRAELI ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY (IAA) DECISION ABOUT A CRUSADER-ERA HALL BELOW THE SYNAGOGUE. TH [...] | 2007-01-30 11:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1840 | ABU DIS: MAYOR ASK FOR USG HELP ON THE ROUTE OF [...] (C) Summary: In separate August 27 and 28 meetings, the Mayor of Abu Dis, Ibrahim Jaffal, and Abu Dis's lawyer, Shlomo Lecker, requested USG assistance to encourage Israel to reconsider the route of the separation barrier around the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim. This is part of the barrier is [...] | 2007-08-30 15:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM1846 | SHIKAKI: ABU MAZEN NEEDS PEACE PROCESS SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Khalil Shikaki, head of the Center for Palestine for Research and Studies (CPRS) told Staffdel Talwar that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) needs tangible success in the planned November international meeting to deter reconciliation with Hamas. End Summary Abu Mazen Need [...] | 2007-08-31 10:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM KPAL KMPI |
07JERUSALEM1850 | HUSSAYN AL-SHAYKH WITH CODEL ACKERMAN ON FATAH [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, Fatah leader and PA Civil Affairs director Hussayn al-Shaykh told CODEL Ackerman that PM Fayyad has taken bold steps in addressing internal Palestinian security issues, dissolving Hamas charities, and calling for a three-year economic development plan. He added th [...] | 2007-08-31 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1851 | REPORT ON SUPPORTING DEMOCRATIC REFORM AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Post is supporting democratic reform in the West Bank and Gaza and expansion of Palestinians, personal freedoms through a daily policy dialogue with the Palestinian Authority (PA),programmatic support to Palestinian civil society, and a concerted media campaign. This report of [...] | 2007-08-31 14:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO IS |
07JERUSALEM1852 | CEC CHAIRMAN ON ELECTIONS DECREE, HAMAS, AND PA [...] (C) Summary. On August 23, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir and Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhayl told USAID and PolOff that legislative and presidential elections must include both the West Bank and Gaza. Nasir said that if Palestinian Authority (PA) President Ma [...] | 2007-08-31 15:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM1853 | BIR ZAYT MAYOR RESHAPES MUNICIPALITY [...] (C) Summary. On August 23, Bir Zayt Mayor Yusif Nasser told USAID and Poloff that his goal is to reshape the Municipality by institutionalizing office structures, ensuring more efficient output from employees, and increasing public awareness on local issues. Nasser plans to hold regular tow [...] | 2007-08-31 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM1859 | AL-'AZARIYA: MAYOR ASKS FOR CHANGES IN BARRIER [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, al-'Azariya mayor Issam Farun said he hopes the GoI will re-route the separation barrier near Ma'ale Adumim to avoid cutting off al-'Azariya from its only vacant land. He said an alternate route would simplify barrier construction while retaining reside [...] | 2007-09-05 07:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL IS PBTS |
07JERUSALEM1862 | ICRC REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Summary. On August 30, International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) Field Coordinator Jean-Christophe Sandoz reported to RefCoord that the August 29 meeting between the Government of Israel (GoI),Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Magen David Adom (MDA) laid a positive foundation fo [...] | 2007-09-05 15:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ICRC IS KWBG PHUM |
07JERUSALEM1863 | PROMINENT FATAH FIGURES CALL FOR HAMAS TO BE [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings on August 28, Palestine Stock Exchange (PSE) CEO Hassan Abu Libdeh and Al-Ayyam Editor Akram Haniyah told NEA DAS Robert Danin that Israeli and international support is crucial to demonstrate tangible improvement in Palestinians' daily lives. Abu Libdeh said [...] | 2007-09-05 16:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS KTFN ECON EFIN |
07JERUSALEM1874 | PALESTINIAN STOCK MARKET, LACKING POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Securities Exchange (PSE) is down more than 25% for 2007. Analysts say a lack of positive political signals is holding the market down. Efforts are underway to boost investor interest in the PSE through such measures as relaxing margin account restrictions, fo [...] | 2007-09-07 13:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG |
07JERUSALEM1875 | GAZA GOVERNOR SLAMS HAMAS "CRIMES" AND PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 4 meeting in Jerusalem, Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa said Hamas has stepped up harassment of Fatah and independent activists and journalists in Gaza. He called Hamas "more brutal than Israel was in 27 years of occupation" in arresting, beating and torturing pr [...] | 2007-09-07 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM188 | HOME DEMOLITIONS CONTINUE IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been fifteen demolitions of Palestinian-owned homes in East Jerusalem since the beginning of the year, including three on January 30. The Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) held a protest vigil later on January 30 at Jerusalem City Hall. End Summary. [...] | 2007-01-30 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM189 | GAZA NSF CHIEF: CEASEFIRE GENERALLY HOLDING, BUT [...] (S) Summary. Gaza National Security Forces (NSF) commander BG Jamal Kayyad told Poloff on January 30 that a Fatah-Hamas ceasefire is holding. However, he believes it will eventually collapse as it is not comprehensive in scope and does not address underlying Fatah-Hamas political disputes. [...] | 2007-01-30 16:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL KWBG PINS IS KPAL PTER PINR |
07JERUSALEM1893 | SEPARATION BARRIER PREVENTS EFRAT FROM EXPANDING [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited Efrat settlement, met with Mayor Eli Mizrachi, and viewed the route of the separation barrier north of Bethlehem that cuts off Eitam Hill from Efrat. The Mayor said his main challenge is finding space for outward expansion and he wants to see Eitam included in th [...] | 2007-09-09 12:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1897 | HAMAS BREAKS UP FRIDAY PUBLIC PRAYERS, BEATS [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a Hamas ban on public prayers and measures to prevent large gatherings, thousands of Palestinians assembled in Gaza's major cities September 7, attempting to hold Friday prayers that double as anti-Hamas demonstrations. According to Arabic media and local contacts, se [...] | 2007-09-10 10:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM1898 | PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ALTERS ELECTIONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Abbas issued a presidential decree amending the PA elections law on September 2. The new law modifies the electoral system to be fully proportional; requires the president to obtain an absolute majority of votes; and requires candidates to accept the PLO as the sole, [...] | 2007-09-10 10:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM1899 | HAMAS BREAKS UP FRIDAY PUBLIC PRAYERS, BEATS [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a Hamas ban on public prayers and measures to prevent large gatherings, thousands of Palestinians assembled in Gaza's major cities September 7, attempting to hold Friday prayers that double as anti-Hamas demonstrations. According to Arabic media and local contacts, se [...] | 2007-09-10 10:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM1905 | BILIN CELEBRATES COURT VICTORY, BUT WILL CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Bil'in residents celebrated the Israeli High Court's decision to reroute the separation barrier between Bil'in and the settlement of Modi'in Illit on September 7 and described the decision as a victory for non-violent resistance. However, Bil'in activist Muhammad al-Khatib said [...] | 2007-09-10 13:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM1907 | MAYOR OF ARIEL: FORGET LAND FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mayor of the Ariel settlement Ron Nachman told PolOff during a lengthy August 29 meeting that the USG pursuit of land for peace is "a big mistake" and proposed splitting the West Bank between Israel and Jordan. For thirty years, Nachman has been the Mayor of Ariel, which is home [...] | 2007-09-11 07:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1910 | LIST OF 105 ORGANIZATIONS CLOSED BY PA [...] (U) Post has received from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Interior (MOI) a list of 105 charities and NGOs closed on August 27 (reftel). Post translation of the list below, at para 3. 2. (C) MOI officials claim that the first 84 organizations listed below are suspected of having [...] | 2007-09-11 09:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN KPAL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM1917 | AKKRAM HANIYEH REVIEWS PALESTINIAN POLITICS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 6 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, al-Ayyam Editor Akkram Haniyeh said we have the "best administration in the history of the PA" and now is time to seize the moment. The GoI, he said, must show flexibility on basic "quality of life" issues; i.e., access and movement a [...] | 2007-09-11 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1918 | SHILO, OFRA ARE NUCLEI FOR ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Shilo and Ofrah, two major settlements north of Ramallah on August 31. Surrounding outposts included Amona, where the GoI destroyed nine permanent structures in February 2006 and where there are now over fifty caravans. There are clusters of caravans on most hill [...] | 2007-09-11 15:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1936 | 40,000 ULTRA ORTHODOX SETTLERS NOW IN MODIIN ILLIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Founded only thirteen years ago, the ultra-orthodox settlement bloc of Modiin Illit now has 40,000 inhabitants, according to Mayor Yakov Gutterman. The residents of this settlement east of the green line and west of the separation barrier are motivated primarily by economic and [...] | 2007-09-12 14:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1952 | SETTLERS LEVERAGE CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the northern West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron on 15 August to meet with Sondra Oster Baras, the Jewish director of the Israel office of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC). Baras is a well-known settler activist and Amcit who, in her words, work [...] | 2007-09-19 08:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1963 | HAMAS MAKES CHARITY AND SALARY PAYMENTS FOR RAMADAN [...] (SBU) Former Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyah of Hamas told worshippers at a Gaza mosque on September 14 that his Gaza administration would pay USD 100 each to 40,000 unemployed Palestinians during Ramadan. Haniyah also pledged to cover USD 12 million in salaries for [...] | 2007-09-19 16:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER |
07JERUSALEM1965 | HEBRON: 450 SETTLERS IN THE CENTER OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hebron settler spokesman David Wilder led Poloff on a September 7 three hour tour of downtown Hebron. Hebron's 450 settlers (plus 250 yeshiva or religious school students) are known for their disruptive presence in the center of a large Palestinian city. Wilder told PolOff that [...] | 2007-09-20 07:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL ASEC IS |
07JERUSALEM1977 | FEMALE MUNCIPAL AND VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS [...] Summary. Twelve female Palestinian elected members of municipal and village councils gathered on September 9, for an International Republican Institute-sponsored workshop on local governance and preparing project proposals. The members identified gender discrimination and inadequate resource [...] | 2007-09-20 16:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO |
07JERUSALEM1989 | CEC DOWNSIZES BUT REMAINS READY FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir announced that the CEC is reducing its sixteen West Bank and Gaza offices to six and 83 employees to 76. CEC Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail told PolOff that nonetheless, "the CEC is always ready to [...] | 2007-09-21 11:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM1994 | PM FAYYAD DESCRIBES PA EFFORTS TO COMBAT MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister and Finance Minster Salam Fayyad recently told a Treasury Department delegation that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is committed to taking aggressive action against groups and individuals involved in terrorism financing. Fayyad urged the USG to pass him relevant [...] | 2007-09-24 08:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN EAID PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM1995 | PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY GOVERNOR OUTLINES [...] (C) Summary: Banks continue to operate normally in Gaza, without any direct contact with Hamas, according to Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor George Abed. Two Gaza-based Palestinian banks will complete the transfer of their headquarters to the West Bank by the end of September 20 [...] | 2007-09-24 08:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV EAID KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM1999 | FAISAL HUSSEINI FOUNDATION IFTAR DISRUPTED [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Faisal Husseini Foundation told PolOff September 21 that Israeli police attempted to cancel the Foundation's annual Ramadan fundraising Iftar on September 20, but eventually allowed the dinner to proceed without fundraising activities. One official said he fe [...] | 2007-09-24 13:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM2004 | UN OCHA: ISRAELI INFRASTRUCTURE NOW COVERS 38 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) released a 147 page report on August 30 on the humanitarian impact of settlements and their infrastructure in the West Bank. The report finds that 38 percent of the West Bank is "taken up by Israeli infrastructure, [...] | 2007-09-25 06:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2017 | HANAN ASHRAWI: INTERNATIONAL MEETING, FATAH REFORM [...] (C) Summary. On September 25 in Ramallah, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Hanan Ashrawi told the Consul General that the international meeting this fall must produce concrete results. She said PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert should use their discuss [...] | 2007-09-26 14:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL IS |
07JERUSALEM2018 | ISRAELI BANK CUTOFF PORTENDS GAZA BANK CLOSURES [...] (SBU) Summary. Bank Hapoalim's decision to sever ties with banks in Gaza, and an expected move by Israel Discount Bank to do the same, could result in cash shortages, bank closures, and a suspension of commercial imports into Gaza, most of which are food, according to Palestinian banking sect [...] | 2007-09-26 15:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM2020 | UK REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE REGARDING PLANS TO [...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with PolChief, the British Consul General requested USG support to prevent demolition of the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem and the construction of an Israeli apartment complex in its place. Local contacts say a new Israeli development in East Jerusal [...] | 2007-09-26 15:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS IS PREL |
07JERUSALEM2032 | E-1 UPDATE FROM LATE SEPTEMBER 07 [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs observed September 25 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem and has begun on external structures near the E-1 police station building. They also observed two new traffic circles, which may suggest future road system expansi [...] | 2007-10-01 10:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM2039 | 80-90 GAZANS, INCLUDING HAMAS OFFICIALS AND OTHER [...] (SBU) 80-90 Palestinians, most members of Hamas, entered Gaza from Egypt early September 30, according to contacts in the Office of the President and Arabic-language press. Local media, citing witnesses and Hamas officials, report that the group included former PA Interior Minister Hani Talib [...] | 2007-10-01 13:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PINS IS PTER |
07JERUSALEM204 | WORK ONGOING AT E-1 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-31 15:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2044 | SETTLERS TEMPORARILY ERECT 5 NEW OUTPOSTS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Settler activists ascended five West Bank hilltops to establish new outposts on September 30. IDF forces and Israeli police maintained a low key presence at each site and began removing settlers and temporary dwellings on October 1. At Hashmonaim, west of Ramallah, four activi [...] | 2007-10-01 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM206 | EU'S SOLANA ON PALESTINIAN SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: EU High Representative Javier Solana told U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) LTG Keith Dayton on January 21 that he wants to discuss EU COPPS assistance to Palestinian Civil Police at the February 2 Principals Quartet meetings. He said he supports placing the Police under governor [...] | 2007-01-31 15:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM2060 | MAALE ADUMIM MAYOR: NEXT PHASE OF E-1 CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maale Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel told Poloffs September 25 that the E-1 police station is "finished, except for the road" and the next step is to construct 1200 housing units. Kashriel said he is frustrated with American resistance to the expansion of Maale Adumim into E-1 an [...] | 2007-10-02 13:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2061 | PALESTINIAN POLLSTER SHIKAKI'S VIEWS OF THE WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 25 meeting with USSC LTG Keith Dayton, Dr. Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (www.pcpsr.org) assessed that West Bank Palestinians have high expectations of PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),but low expectations [...] | 2007-10-02 15:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV IS |
07JERUSALEM2067 | WESTERN WALL SYNAGOGUE PROMPTS PALESTINIAN CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: The al-Aqsa Foundation and Mufti of Jerusalem have publicly criticized the opening of a synagogue located adjacent to the Western Wall Tunnel, close to sensitive Jewish and Muslim holy sites. The Western Wall Heritage Foundation told PolOff that the synagogue is not new, but was [...] | 2007-10-03 08:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM2096 | PALESTINIANS WELCOME PRISONER RELEASE, HOPE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Israel released 87 Palestinian prisoners October 1-2, including members of most Palestinian factions other than HAMAS. Palestinians welcomed the release and urged that the GoI release larger numbers and coordinate with the Palestinian Authority on which prisoners will be releas [...] | 2007-10-05 15:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM PHUM |
07JERUSALEM2100 | SETTLERS AND ACTIVISTS ENGAGE IN TIT FOR TAT AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 25 Poloff visited the Susiya settlement in the Southern Hebron Hills. Susiya is small, but known for its extremism (and proximity to the Hebron settlers). Susiya settlers have claimed five nearby hilltops since 2001 and have difficult, even violent relations with [...] | 2007-10-09 11:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2104 | HEBRON SETTLERS BRACE FOR ANOTHER EVICTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers in Hebron are bracing for another eviction after Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered on October 1 that eviction orders proceed against two settler families squatting in Hebron's triangle market. According to Peace Now, which filed the original complaint agai [...] | 2007-10-10 11:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2113 | GAZA CHRISTIAN MURDERED [...] (SBU) Summary. The body of Rami Ayyad, an employee of the Baptist-affiliated Holy Bible Association, was found in Gaza City on October 8, with indications that he was murdered. According to Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa, initial indications point to a hate crime, noting that Ayyad had rec [...] | 2007-10-10 17:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KWBG IS PGOV PHUM |
07JERUSALEM2114 | ABBAS ORDERS DISSOLUTION OF FORCE 17 [...] (S) PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander Thiab Mustafa Ali told PolSpec October 7 that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) instructed security chiefs to integrate Force 17 members into the Presidential Guard (PG) and NSF. BG Ali said the timeline for Force 17 integration/dissolution [...] | 2007-10-10 17:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PINS IS PGOV |
07JERUSALEM2124 | WEST BANK LAND CONFISCATION TAKES ONE STEP CLOSER [...] (C) Summary: Ha'aretz reported October 9 that the GoI confiscated more than 1,100 dunums of Palestinian land to build a road for Palestinians to travel between Abu Dis and Jericho without traversing the E-1 area. PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat is [...] | 2007-10-11 16:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2131 | PALESTINIANS CONDEMN LAND CONFISCATIONS SOUTH OF [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Palestinians harshly condemned the recent Israeli confiscation of Palestinian land for a road near the Ma'ale Adumim settlement bloc, which they believe will contribute to the eventual development of the E-1 area. Mayor of the neighboring town of al-'Azariya Issam Far [...] | 2007-10-12 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2153 | TOURISM: PALESTINIAN EXPECTATIONS RISE, BUT TOUR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israeli Ministers of Tourism met October 9 for the first time since cooperation was suspended after the March 2006 formation of a Hamas-led government. The ministers agreed to re-establish a joint committee and working-level technical commit [...] | 2007-10-18 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EINV PREL KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM2154 | CONCERNS ABOUT EXPECTED INCREASE IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Coordinator Meir Margalit told PolOff October 5 that according to Jerusalem Municipality sources the Municipality intends to use its remaining home demolition budget in the coming months. He said his organization received a num [...] | 2007-10-18 12:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2155 | PA RELEASES 30-40 HAMAS MEMBERS FOR EID, BUT [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority (PA) released 30-40 Hamas-affiliated prisoners October 9-11 for Eid al-Fitr, according to Palestinian press and PA security contacts. According to security contacts, the prisoners released are minor figures associated with Hamas charities and other NGOs, and Ha [...] | 2007-10-18 15:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PTER PINS IS PGOV |
07JERUSALEM2156 | PA CONCERNED ABOUT ENHANCED GOI RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami complained to ConGen political specialist that recent Israeli Prison Service (IPS) decisions are undermining the PA's standing among prisoners and the Palestinian public. He pointed to an IPS prohibition on the entry of 16 tons [...] | 2007-10-19 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2169 | PA TO RESTRUCTURE ZAKAT COMMITTEES IN EFFORT TO [...] (C) PA Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) and Religious Affairs Jamal Bawattna, who also serves as chairman of The Higher Committee for Zakat Affairs, announced October 17 that all Zakat committees in the West Bank will be restructured. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad confirmed this decision to the C [...] | 2007-10-19 16:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV KFTN PTER |
07JERUSALEM2171 | FAYYAD PREPARING FOR DONORS' CONFERENCE; ACTS TO [...] (S) Summary. Meeting with the Consul General in Ramallah on October 18, PM Salam Fayyad said the PA is preparing a comprehensive development plan, covering all key sectors, in advance of the December Donors' Conference in Paris. He said he wants the Conference organizers to coordinate fully [...] | 2007-10-19 16:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PREL IS PGOV PTER |
07JERUSALEM2174 | FAYYAD TELLS LOCAL DONORS: PA MUST "OWN" REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told local donor representatives on October 18 that it is critical to his government's success that it be seen to own the reform and development plan to be presented at the December donors' conference in Paris. Fayyad said [...] | 2007-10-22 09:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KWBG IS KPAL |
07JERUSALEM2183 | PM FAYYAD REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION ON DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. PA PM Salam Fayyad requested USG intervention to prevent demolition of an East Jerusalem apartment building in a phone conversation with the Consul General on October 19. The developer and his attorney claim that they had obtained the necessary permits from the Municipality, bu [...] | 2007-10-22 16:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2184 | FAYYAD RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF "REVOLVING DOOR" [...] (S) Summary. PA PM Salam Fayyad provided the Consul General (in October 19-22 calls) a detailed chronology of PA actions concerning suspects in an alleged assassination plot against Israeli PM Ehud Olmert. Fayyad confirmed that the suspects are now in PA custody. He said PA procedures on s [...] | 2007-10-22 16:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG IS PGOV PTER PREL |
07JERUSALEM2187 | HEAD OF SETTLER COUNCIL ON CONSTRUCTION PERMITS [...] (C) Summary: Settler leader and Chairman of the Yesha Council Danny Dayan told Poloff on October 16 that Israeli Defense Minister Barak is "blackmailing" settlers by ceasing to issue permits for West Bank construction until there is an agreement on outposts. Dayan also told Poloff that he i [...] | 2007-10-23 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2188 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority (PA) does not control borders or administer border crossings. It does not collect information on travelers who enter the West Bank/Gaza from Israel or Israeli-administered crossing points. Response to Ref A's specific information requests follow: 2. (C) A [...] | 2007-10-23 15:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PINR ASEC PTER CVIS KHLS |
07JERUSALEM2197 | E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-OCTOBER [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed October 19 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim, with two new antennae atop the police station building. Curbs have been installed along nearly the entire road, and water and sewage systems have been installed und [...] | 2007-10-24 15:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2198 | UN AGENCIES SEE CONTINUED TIGHTENING IN GAZA AND [...] (SBU) Summary. UN agencies reported to donors in Jerusalem on October 18 that the humanitarian and access and movement situation in the West Bank and Gaza continues to deteriorate. UNSCO said that GOI officials had confirmed reports that Gaza's Sufa crossing would soon close indefinitely, fu [...] | 2007-10-24 15:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ECON EAID PREL IS KWBG PHUM |
07JERUSALEM2199 | MUGHRABI GATE RAMP PLAN PROGRESSING, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem municipal official Irene Rubin told PolOff October 19 that the Regional Planning Committee approved blueprints for a new Mughrabi Gate ramp and there is now a period of public review during which interested parties can present objections to the plan. Jerusalem attorney [...] | 2007-10-24 15:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM220 | BARDALA/BISAN CROSSING IS POSITIVELY IMPACTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian farmers in the JV reported that the January 15 opening of the Bardala/Bisan agricultural crossing has allowed their fruits and vegetables to be exported to Israel within a day of being picked, resulting in higher prices for farmers. Farmers continue to experience s [...] | 2007-02-02 09:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM2200 | GAZA: BANK CASH SHORTAGE THREATENS UNRWA AND PA [...] (SBU) Summary: Banks operating in the Gaza Strip face a liquidity crisis and will have difficulty paying UNRWA and/or Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries, according to bank representatives. Bank officials say that Israeli authorities continue to severely restrict the frequency, volume and c [...] | 2007-10-24 15:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PHUM PREF KFTN KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM2205 | PA CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO KETZIOT PRISON RIOT [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, one thousand Palestinian prisoners rioted at Ketziot Prison in response to a search by Israeli Prison Service (IPS) officials for cellular phones. PIJ member Muhammad al-Ashqar was killed, and nine Palestinian prisoners and 15 IPS officials were wounded. On Octo [...] | 2007-10-25 13:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2206 | BANK OF PALESTINE DENIES PASSING CASH TO PALESTINE [...] (C) Bank of Palestine (BoP) General Manager Hashim Shawa vehemently denied allegations contained in a September 27 Reuters report that BoP branches in Gaza transferred cash to the Palestine Islamic Bank (PIB),which in turn deposited the funds into accounts held by Hamas Executive Force members [...] | 2007-10-25 13:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM2208 | DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR THE WEST BANK AND [...] (SBU) Post continues to exert diplomatic and programmatic efforts to support peace between Israelis and Palestinians and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. There have been significant developments in the West Bank and Gaza since the Department approved post,s strategy in Augus [...] | 2007-10-25 15:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS KDEM KMPI ECON KPAO |
07JERUSALEM2210 | BANKS AWAIT NOVEMBER 30 CUTOFF OF ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bank of Palestine (BoP) and Arab Bank have been told by their Israeli correspondent banks that they will terminate all correspondent banking services effective November 30. BoP and Arab Bank have no clear indication if the Israeli state-owned Postal Bank is willing to provi [...] | 2007-10-26 12:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM222 | PA PRESIDENCY PAYS PA SALARIES [...] (C) Summary: The PA Presidency disbursed salary payments to PA security and civil service members, except health and education employees, beginning January 28. This marks the first time that the Presidency has made salary payments on behalf of the PA government. The PA government disbursed [...] | 2007-02-02 12:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG QA IS AE |
07JERUSALEM2226 | DISTRICT COURT APPROVES BEIT HANINA HOME DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. The District Court upheld the order to demolish a Beit Hanina apartment building on October 24. Advisor to Mayor Lupolianski Elad Halevy told PolOff the Municipality has 30 days to implement the court decision. According to the Municipality's October 25 press release, a building [...] | 2007-10-26 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2239 | FUEL SHIPMENTS TO GAZA CUT; SUFA CROSSING CLOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza-based Director of the Palestinian General Petroleum Corporation Mujahad Salama confirmed cuts in fuel deliveries to Gaza on October 29. The Gaza Power Plant received all 300,000 liters of fuel oil it had requested for the day, but there were no gasoline imports, accordin [...] | 2007-10-29 15:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
07JERUSALEM224 | GAZA'S WOOD AND FURNITURE INDUSTRIES STARVED OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Restricted throughput at the Karni/al-Mintar crossing has deprived Gaza's wood and furniture manufacturing sector of raw materials, driven up transportation costs, and severely limited access to the industry's sole export market: Israel. Industry representatives say about 10 [...] | 2007-02-02 15:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EIND EAID KWBG IS EG |
07JERUSALEM2240 | PRESIDENT ABBAS SIGNS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING DECREE [...] (C) On October 27, President Abbas signed a presidential decree enacting anti-money laundering legislation intended to make it harder for groups such as Hamas to obtain funds (reftels). Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad told the Consul General that the legislation would be enacted by decree, g [...] | 2007-10-29 16:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG |
07JERUSALEM2245 | PA MINISTER OF PRISONERS' AFFAIRS VISITS KETZIOT [...] (C) PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs (MoPA) Ashraf al-Ajrami met with fourteen prisoners from various political factions at the Israeli prison at Ketziot. On October 28, he told ConGen political specialist that Israeli Prison Service (IPS) allowed the visit, but only if supervised by IPS o [...] | 2007-10-30 14:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM225 | GREEK PATRIARCH: RECOGNITION, BEIT SAHOUR HOME [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting, the Consul General and Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, discussed the Greek Orthodox Church's role in inter-faith dialogue. Theophilos requested USG assistance to obtain Israeli recognition of him as Patriarch and to pre [...] | 2007-02-02 16:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2258 | FRENCH BEGIN PLANNING FOR PALESTINIAN DONORS' [...] (SBU) Summary. Pierre Duquesne, a former French representative to the IMF, is leading French efforts to coordinate planning for the December donors' conference in Paris. Duquesne told the Consul General in Jerusalem on October 25 that the Palestinian Authority has agreed to hold the conferen [...] | 2007-10-31 17:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN FR KWBG |
07JERUSALEM2259 | ISRAEL ENACTS LAND EXPROPRIATION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary: Ir Amim Executive Director Amos Gil confirmed to PolOff press reports that in March 2007 the GoI implemented an expropriation order for 30 dunums of East Jerusalem olive orchards, part of a 40 dunum property known as Karam ha-Mufti. Ten dunums were not expropriated. Following t [...] | 2007-11-01 07:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM |
07JERUSALEM226 | GAZA TRUCE BREAKS DOWN [...] (C) Summary. The January 30 Gaza ceasefire proved short-lived, and 21 Palestinians died in interfactional clashes on February 1 and 2. The "Executive Force" attacked a supply convoy of items donated by the UAE escorted by the Presidential Guard (PG) in central Gaza on February 1, killing fi [...] | 2007-02-02 16:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL PTER |
07JERUSALEM2265 | CEMENT BARRIERS BLOCK ACCESS TO JAMMA'IN VILLAGE [...] (C) According to Ahmad Hussein, a resident of Jamma'in village in the central West Bank between Salfit and Nablus, Israeli bulldozers placed large cement blocks in front of the entrance to the village (population 8,000) on October 29, preventing vehicle or pedestrian access from Route 505. H [...] | 2007-11-01 13:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2276 | NABLUS FATAH OFFICIALS SKETCH INTERNAL AND [...] (C) Summary. In an October 24 meetng, Senior Fatah officials from Nablus, Taysir Nasser Allah and Hussein Hawari, told NEA/PI Owen Kirby about efforts to provide services to Fatah supporters in Nablus. They said the population includes many families of prisoners and "martyrs," which Fatah end [...] | 2007-11-02 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PINS IS PGOV KMPI PREL KDEM KPAO |
07JERUSALEM2284 | SENIOR GAZA PLO LEADER: GAZANS SEE "NO FUTURE"; [...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) member Riyad al-Khudari told PolOff by phone that Hamas has built a mini-state in Gaza with strong security forces, and cannot be effectively challenged if Gazans are too desperate to consider political alternatives. He said the near-total closu [...] | 2007-11-02 15:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM2293 | NABLUS DEPLOYMENT: PATROLS/ARREST OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. According to the PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander BG Thiab Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and other PA security forces (PASF) contacts, NSF-led forces are patrolling Nablus, inspecting vehicles at six major checkpoints, and have surrounded Balata refugee camp in an operation to a [...] | 2007-11-05 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
07JERUSALEM2318 | NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 6: PASF SURROUNDS BALATA CAMP, ARRESTS 11 SUSPECTS, BUT IDF COMPLICATES PASF EFFORTS REF: JERUSALEM 2293 [...] (S) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) commander BG Thiab Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and other Palestinian security contacts say NSF-led forces are manning six fixed positions around Nablus and conducting vehicle and foot patrols around the city. The NSF have surrounded Balata refugee camp in an effor [...] | 2007-11-06 15:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
07JERUSALEM2319 | SURVEY OF WEST BANK ROAD OBSTACLES: SOME [...] (C) Summary: ConGen officers visited 21 of 23 West Bank obstacles to movement that the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) identified as recently dismantled (reftel) on November 2. While the removal of some will facilitate local movement, the overall impact of this step will not significantly [...] | 2007-11-06 16:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON PHUM IS PREL |
07JERUSALEM2328 | RACHEL'S TOMB UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL, BUT [...] (C) Summary. On October 19, PolOffs visited Rachel's Tomb, outside of Bethlehem. The tomb is surrounded by the separation barrier, and access is allowed only from Jerusalem. Rachel's Tomb has been the site of more than fourteen reported security incidents in 2007. A representative of the [...] | 2007-11-07 12:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2330 | NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 7: IDF ACTIVITIES [...] (C//REL UK, CAN) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) sources reported that NSF-led forces are manning six fixed positions in Nablus and conducting vehicle and foot patrols around the city. Mukhabarat and PSO issued summons to 30 individuals and arrested 2 HAMAS members. More summons wil [...] | 2007-11-07 17:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2334 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY NOT ATTENDING ARAB LEAGUE [...] (SBU) Ziad Krableh, Director General of the Ministry of National Economy's International Department, told EconOff on November 6 that no Palestinian Authority officials will attend the Arab League Central Boycott Office meeting in Damascus. Krableh said it is the Palestinian Authority's polic [...] | 2007-11-08 15:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KBCT PREL IS KWBG |
07JERUSALEM2336 | NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 8: CITY GENERALLY [...] (SBU) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) contacts report Nablus is generally quiet as of 1500 local November 8, and the NSF continues to operate checkpoints and mobile patrols throughout the city. A workman accidentally triggered a boobytrap in Nablus' old city (Qasbah) at 1230, killin [...] | 2007-11-08 16:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
07JERUSALEM2342 | QUARTET ENVOYS MEETING: SUPPORT FOR ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary. Quartet envoys expressed support November 1 for the Annapolis meeting and agreed to meet before it takes place. Envoys discussed rallying Arab support for the meeting. A/S Welch stressed that that meeting will not be an "end in itself," but rather a catalyst for negotiations. [...] | 2007-11-09 11:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2344 | DENIAL OF DOLLARS TO GAZA BANKS HELPS HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cash shipments of NIS sufficient to cover October Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries entered the Gaza Strip November 6, but Israeli authorities continue to deny bank requests for USD and Jordanian dinar (JD) cash transfers, according to bank representatives. Bank officials a [...] | 2007-11-09 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER KFTN |
07JERUSALEM2347 | NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 9: PASF SEIZE ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) soldiers are operating checkpoints and mobile patrols throughout Nablus November 9, and Friday prayers proceeded without incident. The security situation is quiet as of 1630 local. PA police and intelligence units report seizing several weapons in [...] | 2007-11-09 16:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
07JERUSALEM2364 | GAZA: NINE KILLED IN FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES; ABBAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Nine Fatah members were killed and at least 60 were injured on November 12 after Hamas police opened fire on a Gaza City commemoration of Yasser Arafat's death that drew 200,000 Palestinians. Fatah leaders report that Hamas police stationed on rooftops opened fire on the crow [...] | 2007-11-13 15:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWBG PTER IS PREL |
07JERUSALEM2374 | SENIOR PA OFFICIALS COMMENT ON ANNAPOLIS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. In November 13 meetings with PolChief, senior PA officials, Minister of Local Government Ziad al-Bandak, Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar, and Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami offered support for the Annapolis meeting, but said the USG must push the GoI for changes o [...] | 2007-11-15 14:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2377 | PALESTINIAN INTERLOCUTORS SEE DISCONNECT BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian interlocutors told ConGen officers that success at the Annapolis meeting depends on tangible improvements to Palestinian life. Advisor to President Abbas Adnan Husseini said GoI home demolitions and land confiscations undermine the prospects for progress at Annapoli [...] | 2007-11-15 15:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2381 | KEY GAZA CONTACTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary. Key Gaza political contacts told PolOff that they have low expectations for the Annapolis meeting and believe it is less relevant to Gazans' lives than Hamas threats or GOI-imposed closures of crossings. Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa said concrete results on core issues are n [...] | 2007-11-16 12:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG PTER IS PREL |
07JERUSALEM2390 | KIRYAT ARBA MAYOR PROUDLY GUIDES TOUR OF ILLEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kiryat Arba Mayor Zvi Katsover showed Poloff an encampment of five caravans near the settlement on November 14. Katsover said the outpost was built over the last three years "in the middle of the night," piece by piece, without required permits, and "despite President Bush." [...] | 2007-11-19 12:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2392 | NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 16-19: PASF BESIEGE [...] (C) Summary. PA National Security Forces (NSF) continued a cordon/arrest operation to arrest 4 PFLP gunmen in Ein Bayt al-Ma' Refugee Camp ("Camp 1") for a second day on November 19. The raids follow PA Interior Minister (MoI) Abd al-Raziq al-Yahya's November 17 public pledge to disband all [...] | 2007-11-19 15:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
07JERUSALEM2393 | GAZA: FUEL IMPORTS CUT; FARMERS HOPE TO EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza fuel imports have been reduced by roughly one-third since October 27. Gaza-based WHO contacts report that Gazans are receiving an "all time low" level of medical care. Humanitarian and commercial shipments have continued to enter Gaza in reduced quantities. Gaza farmers [...] | 2007-11-19 15:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2399 | IMF OUTLINES PA'S FISCAL GAP AHEAD OF PARIS [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF reports that the Palestinian Authority (PA) will need international assistance totaling more than $5.8 billion over the next three years to pay salaries, meet recurrent operational expenditures and make basic investments in health, education, security and infrastructure [...] | 2007-11-20 12:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KWBG EINV |
07JERUSALEM2400 | OUTPOSTS CONTINUE TO GROW AMIDST SETTLER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 16, Congen Poloff and Peace Now Settlements Watch Director Hagit Ofran visited 13 West Bank outposts believed to be on the GoI's list of 26 outposts for possible removal. Each of the outposts has five to sixty caravans (mobile homes) on hilltops in the vicinity of exi [...] | 2007-11-20 13:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2401 | WITH ORDER SLOWLY RETURNING, NABLUS BUSINESS LOOKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Improving security in Nablus is beginning to pay off for local businesses, according to business contacts in the city. They report that residents feel much more comfortable walking the streets following the PA's deployment of security forces this month. This increased sense o [...] | 2007-11-20 13:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM2411 | HOSPITALS IN NABLUS MORE SECURE [...] (SBU) Summary: PA Ministry of Health (MOH) officials told Econoff on November 19 that recently-arrived PA security forces in Nablus have (1) removed armed militias from the hospitals; (2) allowed hospital administrators to implement visitor hour programs for first time since 2000 and to clear [...] | 2007-11-21 12:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
07JERUSALEM2412 | HAMAS AND TELECOM SERVICES IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary. Hamas recently announced that telephone bills in Gaza would be reduced by 75 percent, a move aimed to punish Palestinian Telecommunication Company (Paltel),which - in accordance with the order of PA President Abbas - has not paid taxes in Gaza since the Hamas coup in June. In [...] | 2007-11-21 12:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV KWBG PTER |
07JERUSALEM2415 | CHIEF JUSTICE ON CASE BACKLOG AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. In a November 13 meetings with PolChief, Chief Justice of the High Judicial Council (HJC) Issa Abu Sharar said the significant case backlog in the Palestinian justice system derives from too few judges; inadequate training for judges; and movement restrictions that impede judges [...] | 2007-11-21 14:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2416 | MINISTER OF PRISONERS' AFFAIRS: PRIORITIZING [...] (C) Summary. Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that the GOI had approved the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners, PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs (MoPA) Ashraf al-Ajrami told the press that the release was based on GOI criteria without consultation with the PA. According to A [...] | 2007-11-21 14:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2419 | SETTLER LEADER SAYS OUTPOST REMOVAL IMPOSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that he intends to evacuate ""illegal outposts,"" Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told PolOff that this is ""technically impossible"" and will produce violent reactions from settlers. Dayan said the Yesha previously thought the G [...] | 2007-11-21 15:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2422 | ABBAS ISSUES PREVENTIVE SECURITY (PSO) DECREE IN A [...] (C) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a decree clarifying the mandate of the Preventive Security Organization (PSO) on November 19 (full text in para 3). Security contacts say the PSO decree is part of a general effort to clarify the mandates of the respective security services and es [...] | 2007-11-21 16:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV |
07JERUSALEM2429 | JORDAN VALLEY SETTLER: ANNAPOLIS "IRRELEVANT" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman Dubi Tal told PolOffs 20 November that economics are the key to peace, and Israelis and Palestinians are only in the Jordan Valley "to make money." He did not press his previous claim (reftel) that GOI control of the Jordan Valley is crucia [...] | 2007-11-23 11:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2430 | HOMESH LEADER SHOT DEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many settlers are linking the November 19 killing of Ido Zoldan, a 28-year old settler activist, with the upcoming Annapolis meeting. Karnei Shomron settlers told PolOff November 21 that Annapolis is a dangerous mistake, because Palestinians will not act responsibly and "we are h [...] | 2007-11-23 11:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2431 | OFRA: A "FLAGSHIP" PESSIMISTIC AND ANGRY ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Residents of the West Bank settlement of Ofra told Poloffs November 16 that convening Annapolis is a mistake and they will stay in Ofra regardless of USG policy or political developments. Six long-time residents of this settlement movement "flagship" said the USG ignores lessons [...] | 2007-11-23 11:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2445 | PA SECURITY ADVISORS: ANNAPOLIS DECLARATION AND [...] (C) Summary. Presidential security advisor Haj Ismayil and the Prime Minister's security advisor, BG Hazem Attallah, told PolOff on November 28 that the Annapolis declaration's target timeline for negotiations and U.S. monitoring/assessment are very positive. They welcomed U.S. assessment o [...] | 2007-11-28 15:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM2447 | PEDUEL: "ISRAEL'S FRONT PORCH" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peduel spokesman Yehoshua Ben David told PolOff during a November 23 visit to Peduel that the settlement is continuing to expand and settlers are concerned about Annapolis-related political developments. He noted an increase in security incidents along the road to the settleme [...] | 2007-11-29 08:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2453 | HAMAS AND PA DUEL FOR CONTROL OF HAJJ PILGRIMAGE [...] (C) Deputy Waqf/Religious Affairs Minister Salah Zuhaykah told PolOff November 29 that Hamas is obstructing PA efforts to move Hajj pilgrims out of Gaza through Erez Crossing in an effort to force the use of Rafah crossing and avoid Israeli screening of pilgrims. He said only 200 (out of over [...] | 2007-11-29 16:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG PBTS IS PREL PTER JO EG |
07JERUSALEM2454 | WEST BANK POLITICAL REACTION TO ANNAPOLIS MIXED; [...] (C) Summary. West Bank political contacts gave mixed reviews to the Annapolis joint understanding and speeches. Most offered praise for elements of the joint understanding, especially the USG monitoring role, but expressed doubts about Israeli seriousness to meet Roadmap obligations or condu [...] | 2007-11-29 17:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PGOV |
07JERUSALEM2458 | GUSH ETZION LEADERSHIP: ANNAPOLIS "INSANE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gush Etzion Regional Council chairman Shaul Goldstein told PolOff November 28 that USG efforts toward a two-state solution are "insane" and will result only in increased terrorism. He blamed PM Olmert and DefMin Barak for the language in President Bush's speech on settlement gro [...] | 2007-11-30 10:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2463 | HEBRON HILLS SETTLERS: STOPPING GROWTH "IMPOSSIBLE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Hebron Hills Regional Council chairman Zviki Bar Hai at Otniel settlement November 27. Bar Hai told PolOff the USG cannot understand the importance of a Jewish presence in the West Bank and that it is "impossible" to stop settlement growth. Bar Hai dismissed US [...] | 2007-11-30 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2464 | PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT AMBULANCES OPERATE IN [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Amin Abu Ghazali of the Red Crescent Maternity Hospital in East Jerusalem told ConGenOffs that the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) operated five additional ambulances in East Jerusalem and Israel after the Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH) approved the ambulances and [...] | 2007-11-30 15:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2468 | HAMAS STRENGTHENS GRIP ON GAZA JUDICIAL SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. Since the June takeover of Gaza, Hamas has strengthened its control of the Gaza judicial system by taking over courthouses and appointing its own High Judicial Council, Chief Justice, and Attorney General. On November 26, Hamas took control of Gaza City's Judicial Compound, whi [...] | 2007-12-04 10:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2472 | SETTLEMENT SUBURBIA: BUILDING GOES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In suburban settlements between the green line and the separation barrier, construction continues, property values are high, and settlers dismiss recent political developments. Poloff visited four such settlements - Barkan, Elkana, Oranit, and Hashmonaim - the week of 26 Novemb [...] | 2007-12-04 13:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2473 | BEIT EL RECEIVES NEW TRAILER WITH IDF PERMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beit El Settlement Mayor Moshe Rosenbaum told PolOff November 29 that he had received a new trailer with IDF permission. He said Givat Haor, the hillside outpost occupied by Beit El youth and removed in November, was only a ritual bath but he wants it to be reestablished as an e [...] | 2007-12-04 13:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2476 | JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES THREE HOMES [...] (SBU) According to Jerusalem Municipality advisor Elad HaLevy and members of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition (ICAHD),the Municipality demolished a multi-story house under construction in Bayt Hanina (belonging to the Hajluni family) and a house foundation in Abu Tor for lack of [...] | 2007-12-04 13:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG PBTS IS PHUM |
07JERUSALEM2498 | PA ANGRY THAT HAJJ PILGRIMS ARE ALLOWED TO USE [...] (C) Summary. PA officials--including President Abbas and PM Fayyad--have strongly condemned Egypt and Saudi Arabia for their roles in facilitating the movement of Hajj pilgrims through Rafah Crossing, in coordination with Hamas. President Abbas called the Egyptian and Saudi action "shameful" [...] | 2007-12-05 12:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG PBTS IS PREL PTER JO EG |
07JERUSALEM2500 | NEW HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) The GOI Interior Ministry demolished Amcit Mahir Siaj's home in Bayt Hanina, East Jerusalem on December 5. PolOff visited the site while the demolition was in progress and was told by Siaj that Israeli police had forced him, his wife and four children from the house at 0730. He said the [...] | 2007-12-05 13:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS IS PHUM |
07JERUSALEM2501 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NSF 700-MAN BATTALION [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan: First name, Last name Mohammad Fathi Hussein Rahal POB: Kufur Dan [...] | 2007-12-05 15:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWBG IS ASEC |
07JERUSALEM2513 | PDAS DIBBLE: MEETINGS TO ADVANCE PARIS DONORS' [...] (SBU) Summary: EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble met on November 29 in Jerusalem with officials from the World Bank and IMF, the PA Ministry of Planning, the French Consulate and the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR) to discuss planning for the December 17 Paris Donors' Conference and to sol [...] | 2007-12-07 12:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID IS KWBG |
07JERUSALEM2514 | GAZA: REDUCED FUEL IMPORTS RESULT IN GAS STATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli restrictions on fuel shipments to Gaza, imposed on October 27, remain in effect, according to the head of the Palestinian Petroleum Corporation (PPC) in Gaza. In reaction, Gaza gas station owners began a work stoppage on December 1, despite the continued importation of [...] | 2007-12-07 12:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON ENRG KWBG PGOV PHUM |
07JERUSALEM2517 | ABOUD VILLAGE: SEPARATION BARRIER, UNEMPLOYMENT, [...] (C) Summary. Father Firas Aridah told ConGenOffs December 4 that the separation barrier near Aboud village is not yet complete, but when finished, the 130 foot-wide fence and ditch barrier will cut off the village from 36 percent of its agricultural land. Aridah said he has been the primary [...] | 2007-12-07 13:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2519 | PA SECURITY NEXT STEPS: READYING SHIFT TO [...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) officers report the MoI has directed them to plan security operations in Bethlehem starting mid-December to encourage Christmas tourism and move ahead on Roadmap Phase One obligations. An Israeli undercover unit shot and killed an NSF soldier in B [...] | 2007-12-07 14:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV |
07JERUSALEM252 | MUGHRABI GATE RAMP EXCAVATIONS AT HARAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: EXCAVATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP TO THE MUGHRABI GATE TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF HAVE INFLAMED TENSIONS IN JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY. THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE WAQF SAID ISRAELI POLICE HAVE RESTRICTED ACCESS TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FOR THE PAST TWO D [...] | 2007-02-07 15:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2520 | PASF SECURITY OPERATIONS: NABLUS STILL FOCUS [...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) contacts and local press report the NSF is continuing aggressive operations in Nablus and has arrested several dozen Hamas and criminal suspects since November 30. They also report near daily IDF incursions in/around Nablus. 13 fugitives, includi [...] | 2007-12-07 14:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER PINS IS PGOV |
07JERUSALEM2522 | GAZA CITY'S MAYOR/CITY COUNCIL SUSPEND OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Gaza City Mayor Majid Abu Ramadan (Independent) told PolOff by phone December 7 that he and the city council have suspended operations to protest illegal Hamas interference in municipal operations and personnel decisions. He said that, if not reversed, Hamas' appointment of a D [...] | 2007-12-07 15:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM2524 | NEW HAR HOMA/JEBEL ABU GHNEIM TENDER RENDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the GOI's December 2 publication of a new tender for 307 housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim, Palestinians publicly and privately condemned the action and urged the USG to act quickly to reverse it. On December 5, PolOff visited the site to confirm its location [...] | 2007-12-07 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2527 | SECRETARY ALBRIGHT MEETS WITH PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright December 6 that the Annapolis conference was a "big success" and that permanent status negotiations, which are scheduled to start December 12, and the December 16 Paris Donors' Conference wi [...] | 2007-12-10 14:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM253 | CONSUL GENERAL PRAISES CANCER CARE AT EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE CONSUL GENERAL VISITED AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL (AVH) IN EAST JERUSALEM JANUARY 31 TO COMMEMORATE THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM (MECC). AVH IS THE ONLY PALESTINIAN HEALTH CARE FACILITY THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH A RADIOTHERAPY MACHINE, AND MECC IS [...] | 2007-02-07 16:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID EFIN PREL KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM2539 | FATAH LEADERS ADVOCATE CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary. In December 7 and 10 meetings with Polchief Fatah leaders Azzam al-Ahmed and Nabil Amre advocated replacing some members of PM Fayyad's cabinet with Fatah members. They said the current cabinet is weak and isolated, and the PA must draw on Fatah's popular strength. PolChief exp [...] | 2007-12-12 12:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM254 | PALESTINIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE SEEKS STABILITY IN [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING A METEORIC RISE IN 2005, THE AL-QUDS INDEX OF THE PALESTINIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE (PSE) DROPPED 46 PERCENT IN 2006. PSE'S CHAIRMAN ASSERTS THAT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF HAMAS' ELECTION VICTORY HAS BEEN CONTAINED, IN PART DUE TO A MORE AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT OF DISCLOSURE REQUIR [...] | 2007-02-07 16:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG KPAL |
07JERUSALEM2540 | QADURA FARES SAYS MARWAN BARGHOUTI SUPPORTS PM [...] Summary. Qadura Fares, a close ally of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, told PolChief December 10 that PM Salam Fayyad should concentrate on governing and ignore those voices from Fatah who want to see a change in government. He said Barghouti supports PM Fayyad and his government, but [...] | 2007-12-12 13:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2541 | PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER SALEH RAFAT ON [...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee (EC) member Saleh Rafat told PolChief December 10 that the GoI issuance of a tender for housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim is an obstacle to permanent status negotiations and that some PLO-EC members had advised PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Maz [...] | 2007-12-12 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2542 | MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES OLD CITY HOME [...] (SBU) The Jerusalem Municipality demolished a Palestinian home in Jerusalem's Old City for lack of permits on December 11. About 100 police cordoned off the site and removed the family's belongings while contractors demolished the fully-built, 12x25 meter house off al-Wad Street in the Musl [...] | 2007-12-12 14:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS IS PHUM |
07JERUSALEM2546 | PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY TAKES CONTROL OF [...] (C) Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Acting Governor Jihad al-Wazir told Econoff December 4 that the PMA has taken control of the Palestine Islamic Bank (PIB). (Note: PIB has long been under scrutiny for reported ties to Hamas. End note.) Al-Wazir said he will serve as PIB's chairman for [...] | 2007-12-12 16:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM2554 | PASF DECEMBER 11 UPDATE TO LTG DAYTON ON NABLUS [...] (S) Summary. Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) commanders told USSC LTG Dayton December 11 that the security campaign in Nablus is a success, but sustained law and order in Nablus requires the IDF to relax its control over the city. They said PA courts refuse to detain individual [...] | 2007-12-13 12:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2555 | AL-NUEMAN VILLAGE: CAUGHT BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND [...] (C) Summary. Mayor of al-Nueman and village residents told Poloffs November 30 that they "feel trapped" in their own homes, noting that al-Nueman is within the 1967 Jerusalem municipal boundaries, but two-thirds of residents have West Bank IDs. Residents said they are surrounded by the sep [...] | 2007-12-13 12:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2557 | PALESTINIAN BANKS CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian banking officials are concerned that recent moves by Hamas have increased the likelihood of interference in Gaza bank operations. Bank of Palestine (BoP) leadership fears significant financial loses should it fail to honor Hamas changes in the signatory authority ove [...] | 2007-12-13 13:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM2560 | PA MAKES ITS CASE TO DONORS ONE LAST TIME BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary. PA Prime Minister Fayyad and Planning Minister Abdallah used meetings of the Local Development Forum (LDF) and Paris Steering Committee on December 12 to push donors to make the upcoming Paris Conference a success. Fayyad was direct about the urgent need for budget support: "Do [...] | 2007-12-13 14:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG |
07JERUSALEM2566 | E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed December 12 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim, and external structures at the police station building are nearly completed. The road leading to the police station is entirely paved, although sidewalks, medians [...] | 2007-12-14 12:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2567 | GAZA: STRAWBERRY EXPORTS LIMITED, CARNATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Strawberries exported from Gaza this harvest have been of lower quality that previous years, reportedly as a result of the lack of fertilizer and poor handling procedures at the Kerem Shalom crossing. Gaza farmers continue to export cut carnation flowers, but have not been ab [...] | 2007-12-14 13:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON KPAL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM2568 | PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS URGE "MARSHALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian business leaders told Treasury DepSec Kimmitt that the economic situation in the West Bank and Gaza is getting worse, particularly in Gaza where Israeli restrictions on the flow of goods are most severe. They asserted that the capital necessary to stimulate the ec [...] | 2007-12-14 13:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAID KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM2583 | PA CONTINUES TO SCRUTINIZE ALMS COMMITTEES AND NGOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to demand the restructuring of Zakat (alms) committees and strict adherence to regulations governing NGOs. The Ministry of Awqaf has dismantled some 92 Zakat committees in the past three months and reformulated district committees. The [...] | 2007-12-18 08:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV PTER KWBG |
07JERUSALEM2584 | MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE RISKS RAISING TEMPERS [...] (C) Summary. The Director of the Waqf and Jerusalem's Grand Mufti responding to Israeli press reports criticized the unilateral nature of the GoI decision to renew Mughrabi Gate excavations and said such action undermines Muslim and Palestinian confidence that Israel will cooperate with the P [...] | 2007-12-18 10:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2589 | GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH SAID TO BE OFFICIALLY [...] (C) Summary. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III received official Israeli recognition on December 16. Theophilos told PolOff December 18 that the Patriarchate will honor previous agreements with the GoI and treat the issue of properties sold to Israelis as a legal matter. He said forme [...] | 2007-12-18 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM2597 | PASF DECEMBER 17 UPDATE TO LTG DAYTON ON BETHLEHEM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 15:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER |
07JERUSALEM2602 | TRANSITION UNDERWAY IN YESHA COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The settlers' Yesha Council is in transition following the late November election of candidates from outside the traditional settlement pioneer leaders. Settler pioneers Benzi Lieberman and Pinchas Wallerstein are finishing their terms in office, having been accused of "losing t [...] | 2007-12-21 14:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2606 | HAMAS REJECTS COOPERATION WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Mohammed Al Madhoun, Hamas spokesman and aide to Hamas leader Ismael Haniyah, said on December 25 that Hamas "will not coordinate with the Palestinian government in Ramallah regarding the opening of the Gaza crossings." Quoted by Al Ayyam, Madhoun said "any initiative to open (the cross [...] | 2007-12-26 15:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD IS KPAL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM2609 | DECEMBER SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff undertook a series of trips in December to assess West Bank settlement construction. At Tekoa, Beitar Illit, Modiin Illit, Elkana, and Har Adar, PolOff saw active construction on medium and large scale projects. PolOff saw no construction at Kedumim, Adam, and Shaare Tik [...] | 2007-12-27 12:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
07JERUSALEM2628 | PA ARRESTS SUSPECTS IN KILLING OF OFF-DUTY IDF [...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad and PA General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) have confirmed that PA security officers arrested two suspects in the killing of two off-duty IDF soldiers outside Hebron on December 28 and will prosecute them. PA security officials say the suspects will be moved to Jer [...] | 2007-12-31 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV |
07JERUSALEM265 | FURTHER UPDATE ON E-1 DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS NGO IR AMIM FOUNDER DANNY SEIDEMANN VISITED THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE ISRAELI POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM WITH POLOFF FEBRUARY 8. POLOFF AND SEIDEMANN OBSERVED LEVELING OF THE GRADED AREAS AT THE SITE HAS CONTINUED. (NOTE [...] | 2007-02-08 16:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM266 | WAQF ADMINISTRATOR: EXCAVATIONS AT HARAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CONSUL GENERAL MET WITH WAQF ADMINISTRATOR ADNAN HUSSEINI, GRAND MUFTI MOHAMMED HUSSEIN AND SHEIKH ABDEL AZIZ SALHAB FEBRUARY 8 TO DISCUSS THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT. HUSSEINI SAID THE GOI HAD NOT COORDINATED WITH THE WAQF ON THIS PROJECT. HUSS [...] | 2007-02-09 07:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS KHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM272 | INITIAL PALESTINIAN REACTION TO AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian political contacts all characterized the February 8 national unity government (NUG) agreement as positive, but expressed mixed views on whether Hamas will abide by its agreements and if the NUG will end Palestinian infighting. A Gaza-based PLO Executive Committee me [...] | 2007-02-09 12:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER |
07JERUSALEM274 | VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT [...] (C) WORSHIPPERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE AND ISRAELI POLICE CLASHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FEBRUARY 9. THE VIOLENCE BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS WHEN 200 ISRAELI POLICE ENTERED THE AREA AROUND AL AQSA MOSQUE. ISRAELI ACCOUNTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ACTION CAME IN [...] | 2007-02-09 16:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM275 | VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT [...] (C) WORSHIPPERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE AND ISRAELI POLICE CLASHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FEBRUARY 9. THE VIOLENCE BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS WHEN 200 ISRAELI POLICE ENTERED THE AREA AROUND AL AQSA MOSQUE. ISRAELI ACCOUNTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ACTION CAME IN [...] | 2007-02-09 17:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM28 | COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: The Coordination and Evaluation Committee (CEC) met in an "extraordinary" session January 3 to discuss Prime Minister Haniyah's irregular passage by vehicle through Rafah crossing on December 28 and the after-hours processing of Gaza-bound bus passengers in the absence of EU-BAM [...] | 2007-01-05 10:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM291 | JERUSALEM MAYOR DELAYS CONSTRUCTION; EXCAVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following several days of clashes in the Old City, Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski announced February 11 that construction of a new ramp to the Mughrabi Gate would be postponed to allow for discussion of the plans by the Municipalities Planning and Construction committees. Howev [...] | 2007-02-12 16:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM30 | FACTIONAL VIOLENCE AGAIN FLARES IN GAZA AS ABBAS [...] (SBU) Summary. After nearly a week of relative calm, Fatah-Hamas violence surged January 1-4. Hamas military wing gunmen killed two Preventive Security Organization (PSO) officers (including the PSO's Inspector General for Gaza),a Fatah official and two bodyguards on January 4, while one H [...] | 2007-01-05 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG PTER IS KPAL |
07JERUSALEM33 | GAZA: HANIYAH REENTERS AFTER INSPECTION; RAFAH OPEN [...] (C) PA Prime Minister Haniyah (accompanied by Foreign Minister Mahmud al-Zahar, Interior Minister Sa'id Siyam and acting PLC speaker Ahmad Bahar) entered Gaza through the Rafah border crossing January 4 at 1645 local, according to EU-BAM Operations Chief Patrick Delval. Delval said that Egyp [...] | 2007-01-05 15:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PTER IS KPAL |
07JERUSALEM339 | MUGHRABI GATE: JERUSALEM MAYOR OPEN TO TALKING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: JERUSALEM MAYOR URI LUPOLIANSKI TOLD CONSUL GENERAL FEBRUARY 16 HE IS WILLING TO MEET WITH MUSLIM LEADERS TO TRY TO DISPEL THEIR CONCERNS THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP. HE NOTED THAT EXCAVATIONS HAVE CONTINUED DESPITE HIS FEBRUARY 12 DECISION TO POSTPONE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP AT THE [...] | 2007-02-16 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM358 | USG-FUNDED PHARMACEUTICALS BLOCKED FROM ENTERING [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the GOI has been more aggressive in efforts to stop the flow of Palestinian-produced pharmaceuticals to East Jerusalem pharmacies and hospitals, according to ConGen contacts. Israeli Ministry of Health inspectors have stepped up warnings and inspections of pha [...] | 2007-02-21 14:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM ETRD ECON PGOV KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM367 | UPDATE ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Tourists and visitors were allowed access to the Temple Mount/Haram a-Sharif via the Mughrabi Gate February 21 for the first time in more than two weeks. Access had been restricted by Israeli officials following protests and occasional violence surrounding the excavations at the Mughrabi G [...] | 2007-02-22 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM378 | NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Gaza PLC member Rawiya al-Shawwa (Independent) told ConGen Poloff that PM-designate Ismayil Haniyah's goal of establishing the NUG by March 8 will be difficult to achieve. There is no agreement yet on the Deputy PM, Interior Minister or most other cabinet portfolios, she said, [...] | 2007-02-23 15:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL |
07JERUSALEM401 | UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: According to the Economic Advisor to the PA Presidency, British Gas (BG) continues to negotiate with the Israeli government on the sale of natural gas from the offshore Gaza natural gas fields. British Gas is the operator of the consortium licensed to commercially develop the fi [...] | 2007-02-27 08:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM411 | PA DRAFT BUDGET REJECTED; PA SPENDING CHALLENGED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Budget and Financial Affairs Committee of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) rejected the PA government's draft general budget law for fiscal year 2007. In a January 31 report, the Budget Committee cited unrealistic expectations -- such as assumptions on levels of [...] | 2007-02-27 15:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG |
07JERUSALEM417 | UPDATE ON NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Summary. Senior Fatah officials and Hamas press statements suggest that the national unity government (NUG) could be finalized by March 8. Fatah PLC leader Azzam al-Ahmad said President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will return to Ramallah and meet with Fatah leadership March 2 and PM Ismayi [...] | 2007-02-28 16:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL |
07JERUSALEM437 | NABLUS INCURSIONS ENDS AFTER ONE KILLED, DOZENS [...] (C) Summary. According to Palestinian security commanders and Arabic-language press, Israeli security forces departed Nablus late March 1 after four days of intermittent operations. The West Bank National Security Forces (NSF) commander told Poloff that the IDF entered Nablus February 25 an [...] | 2007-03-02 16:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PTER |
07JERUSALEM443 | WAQF DIRECTOR REPLACED WHILE OUT OF THE COUNTRY [...] (C) Adnan Husseini was replaced March 2 as director of the Waqf by the Jordanian government while he was out of the country trying to gather support in Turkey and Qatar for protests against excavations by the Israeli Antiquities Authority at the Mughrabi Gate ramp. Husseini is being replaced b [...] | 2007-03-05 14:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM449 | PALESTINIAN HOMES ON ROAD TO MA'ALE ADUMIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: TWO PALESTINIAN HOMES IN A-TUR SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION MARCH 6 RECEIVED A ONE-WEEK STAY ORDER. FOUR HOMES IN THE SAME AREA WERE DEMOLISHED IN FEBRUARY, AND ACTIVISTS WITH THE ISRAELI COMMITTEE AGAINST HOME DEMOLITIONS (ICAHD) SAID THAT THE HOMES ARE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR [...] | 2007-03-06 13:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM459 | WFP/FAO REPORTS ON PALESTINIAN FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest WFP/FAO food security report states that one-third of Palestinian households are highly dependent on food assistance, as financial hardship greatly reduced Palestinian access to food in 2006. Forty-six percent of Palestinians fell below the USD 2.20 per capita per [...] | 2007-03-08 13:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID ECON EAGR KWBG |
07JERUSALEM46 | SEVERAL CENTRAL WEST BANK CHECKPOINTS REMOVED OR [...] (S) Summary. Following discussion on easing movement restrictions inside the West Bank between PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, Poloff surveyed the changes in Palestinian access/movement in the Nablus/Salfit/Ramallah area on January 5. The changes do not all [...] | 2007-01-08 16:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL KWBG PBTS KPAL PINR IS |
07JERUSALEM460 | UPDATE ON WORK AT E-1 [...] (C) INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AND GRADING OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE ISRAELI POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS CONTINUING IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. POLOFF OBSERVED ON MARCH 8 TWO ADDITIONAL GRADED AREAS ADJACENT TO THE LARGE GRADED AREA SOUTHWEST OF THE POLICE STATION. (NOTE: THE LAR [...] | 2007-03-08 15:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM470 | REACTION TO EC CONCEPT PAPER ON AN INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's draft concept paper on an international mechanism for support to Palestinians is largely focused on a further revision of the donor coordination mechanism, rather than the content of assistance. Both Salam Fayyad and the Norwegians have expressed opposi [...] | 2007-03-10 10:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM489 | NEW WAQF DIRECTOR, BUT NO POLICY CHANGE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE WAQF SAID MARCH 13 THAT ISLAMIC AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE EXCAVATIONS AT THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP AND THE EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP THERE. HE SAID THAT LIKE HIS PREDECESSOR, NEITHER HE NOR ANY WAQF OFFICIAL WILL MEET WITH JERUSALEM'S MAYOR OR [...] | 2007-03-13 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM493 | FATAH REFORM: GAZA COMMITTEE CHIEF SAYS RAPID [...] (C) Summary. In a March 6 DVC with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, Gaza Fatah Committee chairman Majid Abu Shammali said 18 years without democracy in Fatah decision-making is principally to blame for the faction's "catastrophic" defeat in January 2006 elections. He said the loss was a needed wake [...] | 2007-03-14 14:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV KPAL IS KISL PREL |
07JERUSALEM494 | FATAH REFORM: WIDESPREAD EMPHASIS ON LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter March 6-8, Palestinian political and civil society leaders shared views on Fatah's current state and recommended steps to improve its performance in future elections. Contacts often differed on tactics, but agreed that severe [...] | 2007-03-14 14:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG KDEM |
07JERUSALEM496 | EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIANS PURSUE LIMITED HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Advocates of improved housing for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem report that privately-financed development proposals have elicited some positive response from the Jerusalem Municipality. Israeli restrictions on movement and the near completion of the separation barr [...] | 2007-03-14 14:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PHUM KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM502 | FATAH WEST BANK FIELD COMMITTEE CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a decree on March 1 creating a 33-member Fatah field committee for the West Bank with Hussayn al-Shaykh as chairman. While Abbas charged the national, West Bank, and Gaza field committees with the general mission of organizing and mobil [...] | 2007-03-15 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG KDEM |
07JERUSALEM503 | NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT TO BE APPROVED, SWORN IN [...] (C) PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Ismayil Haniyah announced agreement on a national unity government (NUG) and publicly released the list of the NUG's 23 ministers on March 15. Haniyah will deliver a speech to the PLC in Gaza City March 17 presenting the NUG and discussing its [...] | 2007-03-15 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL |
07JERUSALEM504 | UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS TENDERS [...] (C) The Kuwaiti 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 ref A),according to Enas Abu Laban, a policy advisor in the PLO's Negotiations [...] | 2007-03-15 16:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM509 | NEW LAGOON TO IMPROVE NORTH GAZA SEWAGE SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction of the donor-financed Northern Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant (NGWTP) began in February. The plant's new storage lagoon began receiving wastewater from the nearby Beit Lahiya sewage lake in early March in order to provide relief to the area's overflowing sewage [...] | 2007-03-16 12:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PHUM EAID KBIO KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM511 | PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPS RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian private sector institutions who are members of the Private Sector Development Working Group, one of the donor coordination working groups chaired by the World Bank, have drafted a Resilience and Recovery Plan, designed to aid the Palestinian private sector duri [...] | 2007-03-16 16:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM512 | GAZA INDUSTRIAL ZONE TALKS BY TURKS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish business interests continue to promote plans to revitalize the Palestinian Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ),but progress has been slow, according to the Turkish DPO. President Abbas has reportedly agreed that Presidential Guard forces will guard the zone's perimeter while a [...] | 2007-03-16 17:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EIND KWBG TU IS |
07JERUSALEM529 | POSSIBLE NEW ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COMPANY ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian truckers and businessmen allege that a new Israeli-Palestinian transport company is seeking complete control over goods transiting the Karni/al-Mintar crossing. The new company reportedly includes Israeli firms already involved in manipulating the crossing's current [...] | 2007-03-21 13:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV KCOR KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM532 | CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION PROCEEDS WITH VOTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AT A MARCH 20 MEETING OF THE ELECTION REFORMS SUPPORT GROUP (ERSG),CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION (CEC) CHAIRMAN HANNA NASIR TOLD DONORS THAT THE CEC WILL UPDATE ITS VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS IN ALL DISTRICTS MARCH 28-APRIL 1 AND HOPES TO REGISTER SOME 300,000 NEW VOTERS. HE SAI [...] | 2007-03-21 15:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAL KWBG KDEM |
07JERUSALEM535 | NEW CONSTRUCTION NEAR ALFE MENASHE SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE FIRST OF 50 HOUSING UNITS IN NOF HASHARON, NEAR THE WEST BANK SETTLEMENT OF ALFE MENASHE. POLOFF VISITED THE SITE ON MARCH 19. THE MAYOR OF ALFE MENASHE SAYS NOF HASHARON IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIS MUNICIPALITY AND THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS AN EXT [...] | 2007-03-21 16:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM574 | WAVE OF SEWAGE SUDDENLY ENGULFS GAZA VILLAGE [...] (SBU) An earth embankment around a recently-built sewage pond near Beit Lahiya collapsed at 9:30 a.m. on March 27, spilling a large volume of sewage and sand onto the nearby Bedouin village of Um Nasser. The sewage pond was built by the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) in October 2006 in or [...] | 2007-03-28 10:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PHUM EAID KBIO KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM575 | WAQF DIRECTOR HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT UNESCO [...] (C) WAQF DIRECTOR AZZAM AL-KHATIB TOLD POLOFF MARCH 27 THAT HE HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE UNESCO REPORT RELEASED ON THE EXCAVATIONS AT THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP. THE REPORT, RELEASED MARCH 13, RECOMMENDS THAT THE GOI IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE SITE AND DEFINE A PLAN T [...] | 2007-03-28 12:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM576 | SETTLERS SEEK TO RETURN TO HOMESH [...] (C) According to local press, all of the roughly 300 settler activists who remained at the former settlement of Homesh following a March 26 march to the site had been evacuated by the IDF by mid-morning March 28. Dozens of settler activists burned tires and damaged IDF vehicles March 27 in an [...] | 2007-03-28 13:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM577 | SETTLEMENT EXPANSION WILL CONNECT WEST BANK [...] (C) Danny Seideman, founder of the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim told poloff March 27 that plans to expand the West Bank settlement of Adam, also known as Geve Binyamin, have been approved by the Higher Planning Council. He said the plan would expand the settlement of about 1500 people sou [...] | 2007-03-28 13:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM585 | STRIKING GAZANS AGAIN CLOSE KARNI/AL-MINTAR [...] (SBU) Palestinian truckers and merchants closed the Gaza side of Karni/al-Mintar crossing for several hours March 26 to protest continued restrictions on throughput at the crossing, particularly for exports. The strikers displayed banners calling on Secretary Rice to reactivate the AMA agree [...] | 2007-03-28 16:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM590 | UPDATE ON GAZA'S POWER SUPPLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The reconstruction and development of the Gaza electricity supply continues, with 202 MW available for an estimated demand of 225 MW. The Gaza Power Plant's (GPP) reconstruction is scheduled to be complete by October, which will enable supply to exceed demand. The proposed [...] | 2007-03-30 07:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PHUM KWBG IS EG |
07JERUSALEM607 | HEBRON BUSINESSMEN SURVIVING BUT FEAR GREATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hebron business leaders told Econoffs March 28 that they fear their current access to Israeli markets through Tarqumiya crossing could quickly deteriorate if back-to-back procedures are implemented there, since their products cannot easily be transferred back-to-back. In addi [...] | 2007-04-04 11:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM623 | CODEL WOLF MEETS WITH PA MINISTERS OF TOURISM AND [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on April 3, PA Minister of Tourism Dr. Khulud Dabis (independent, nominated by Fatah) told Congressmen Wolf, Pitts, Aderholt and Smith that the national unity government (NUG) needs the support of the U.S, Israel and the international community to strengthen mod [...] | 2007-04-05 15:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS |
07JERUSALEM630 | CODELS PELOSI AND WEXLER MEET WITH ABU MAZEN [...] (C) Summary. Codels Pelosi and Wexler, including Representatives Lantos, Waxman, Rahall, Hobson, Slaughter, and Ellison, met with PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) April 3. Abu Mazen said he signed the Mecca agreement to prevent a Palestinian civil war - one that Hamas might have won. [...] | 2007-04-06 08:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
07JERUSALEM639 | ISRAELI ACTIVISTS ENTER TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM [...] (C) WAQF DIRECTOR AZZAM AL-KHATIB TOLD POLOFF ON APRIL 6 THAT RIGHT-WING ISRAELI ACTIVISTS ENTERED THE TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM A-SHARIF COMPOUND ON APRIL 4 AND 5. AL-KHATIB SAID ON APRIL 4 SIXTY ACTIVISTS ENTERED THROUGH THE MUGHRABI GATE AND TOURED THE COMPOUND FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, ESCORTED BY ISRA [...] | 2007-04-06 12:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM640 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR PROPOSES "100-DAY SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEW PA INTERIOR MINISTER (MOI) HANI AL-QAWASMI (INDEPENDENT) TOLD PALESTINIAN PRESS APRIL 4 THAT THE MOI HAS PREPARED A 100-DAY SECURITY PLAN TO ENFORCE DOMESTIC LAW AND ORDER. TECHNICAL TEAM FOR REFORM (TTR) CHAIRMAN BASIL JABR TOLD POLOFF APRIL 5 THAT THE MOI PLAN IS "LOUSY, [...] | 2007-04-06 13:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV |
07JERUSALEM649 | CONSTRUCTION ON BARRIER AND POLICE STATION [...] (C) Summary: PolOff observed April 6 that construction is active and ongoing on two sections of the separation barrier around the Ma,ale Adumim/E-1 settlement bloc. In addition, grading continues at the E-1 police station. (Note: Photos of the barrier construction and of E-1 sent by email to N [...] | 2007-04-10 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM670 | RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT AND ACCESS CRIPPLE NABLUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS AND MOVEMENT CONTINUE TO DEGRADE THE NABLUS ECONOMY, ACCORDING TO LOCAL BUSINESSMEN. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION HAS PLUMMETED, TRANSPORTATION COSTS KEEP RISING, BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED OR, IN SOME CASES, MOVED TO NEARBY CITIES OR OUT OF THE WEST BANK. UNEMPLO [...] | 2007-04-13 11:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINV KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM686 | PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ON NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) PA PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) SIGNED A DECREE APRIL 8 ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (NSC). FULL TEXT AT PARA 4. THE DECREE LISTS THE COUNCIL'S TEN POSITIONS (VICE INDIVIDUALS BY NAME). THE NSC WILL BE COMPOSED OF: PRESIDENT (ABU MAZEN) PRIME MINISTER (ISMAYIL HANIYAH) F [...] | 2007-04-16 13:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV |
07JERUSALEM687 | FATAH REFORM IN GAZA: INTERNAL DIVISIONS THREATEN [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 10, senior Fatah activist Ahmad Hillis organized a conference attended by 1,700 Fatah members in Gaza City. While the conference's theme, "Our Message," was intended to energize grassroots Fatah activists around Fatah's public message and political program, the speake [...] | 2007-04-16 13:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PREL |
07JERUSALEM688 | CODEL ACKERMAN MEETS WITH ABU MAZEN [...] (C) Summary: Rep. Gary Ackerman met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on April 12. Abbas said he was preparing for an April 15 meeting with Israeli PM Olmert. He noted that PA Finance Minister Salam Fayyad would soon be in Washington and hoped he would be [...] | 2007-04-16 14:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
07JERUSALEM689 | CODEL ACKERMAN MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Rep. Gary Ackerman met with PA Finance Minister Salam Fayyad on April 9 and Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr on April 10. Fayyad focused on the impact of financial restrictions, the importance of security reform, and Fatah,s lack of internal reform. In his first meeting with a US [...] | 2007-04-16 15:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS |
07JERUSALEM700 | PALESTINIANS COMMEMORATE PRISONERS' DAY [...] (U) PALESTINIAN POLITICAL LEADERS COMMEMORATED PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' DAY (APRIL 17) WITH RALLIES AND PRESS STATEMENTS. RALLIES WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, INCLUDING AT ICRC OFFICES IN GAZA CITY AND RAMALLAH. PM HANNIYEH ADDRESSED HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS' RELATIVES IN GAZA CITY [...] | 2007-04-18 13:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM704 | RAFAH SECURITY WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary: USSC Dayton chaired the Security Working Group (SWG) on the Rafah Crossing April 15. All sides agreed to create a sub-working group on persons of concern. The GoI provided an approved list of goods of concern. The next SWG meeting is tentatively scheduled for May 16. 2. (C) [...] | 2007-04-19 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
07JERUSALEM71 | ISRAELI ARABS PROVIDE SILVER LINING TO ANOTHER [...] (C) THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON IN BETHLEHEM WAS THE WORST IN FIVE YEARS FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND RETAIL SALES, ACCORDING TO BETHLEHEM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (BCCI) OFFICIALS. HAVING SOUGHT REFUGE IN THE AREA DURING ISRAELS CONFLICT WITH HIZBALLAH LAST SUMMER, RECORD NUMBERS OF ISR [...] | 2007-01-16 08:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM716 | LIMITED ACCESS TO PROFITABLE FISHING FOR GAZANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza fishermen cannot operate more than six nautical miles (n.m.) from the Gaza coast, devastating an industry that supports an estimated 30,000 Gazans, according to the April 2007 OCHA Special Focus report. As the sardine season approaches, the 3,000 registered Gaza fishermen [...] | 2007-04-20 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM717 | PALESTINIANS FAVOR TURKISH INDUSTRIAL ZONE [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian business leaders support the Turkish initiative to rebuild the Palestine Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ) in northern Gaza, but they want more details on how the Palestinian economy will benefit. Palestinian companies expect to be partners in industrial zone joint-ventur [...] | 2007-04-20 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EIND PREL KWBG IS TU |
07JERUSALEM718 | EASTER BRINGS FEW PALESTINIAN PILGRIMS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Pilgrims crowded Jerusalem's Old City for Easter in 2007, with approximately 85 percent coming from abroad, and the rest from within Israel. Despite GOI assurances that more generous access would be provided to Palestinian pilgrims for the holiday, very few Palestinian Christ [...] | 2007-04-20 14:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND PREL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM719 | NEW TARQUMIYA CROSSING FACILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 18, USAID, USSC, and Econoffs walked through the new Tarqumiya crossing facility under construction 300 meters inside the West Bank. The new commercial crossing terminal will use a container scanner that will allow containers to be transferred between Palestinian and [...] | 2007-04-20 14:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PREL KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM735 | QASSAM ATTACKS SPIKE; CONFLICTING HAMAS STATEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility for a number of Qassam rockets and mortars on April 23-24. These were the first rocket attacks claimed by Hamas since the November 2006 "tahdiya" (calm) was put in place. On a Hamas military-wing website, spokesman Abu Ubaydah s [...] | 2007-04-25 14:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS KPAL PTER KISL |
07JERUSALEM744 | FATAH: INTERNAL DIVISIONS THREATEN REFORM EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. 25 senior West Bank Fatah leaders met in Ramallah April 25 to discuss a reform process that would be separate from the West Bank Field Committee's program. Led by Ramallah-based Field Committee and Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) member Muhammad Lufti (Abu Lufti),the group [...] | 2007-04-27 07:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PREL |
07JERUSALEM75 | PLO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR NOTES POSSIBLE PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO PLO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR SA'EB EREKAT, ISRAELI AUTHORITIES HAVE RECENTLY AGREED TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIAL PERMITS TO FACILITATE THE TRAVEL OF PROMINENT PALESTINIAN BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICAL LEADERS INTO ISRAEL, IN ADDITION, THE NUMBER OF PALESTINIAN LABORERS ALLOWED INTO [...] | 2007-01-17 13:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM76 | PA EMPLOYEE STRIKE ENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) AND THE PA UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARRIVED AT AN AGREEMENT ON JANUARY 13 TO END THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES STRIKE, WHICH BEGAN SEPTEMBER 2, 2006. THE PA PROMISED TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TO PAY ALL SALARY ARREARS AND CURRENT PAYMENTS, WITH DECEMBER SALAR [...] | 2007-01-17 13:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM785 | INTERIOR MINISTRY SECURITY PLAN: LONG ON [...] (C) Summary. PA Interior Minister (MoI) Hani al-Qawasmi (Independent) issued a 100-day security plan in early April, but the plan has already languished without political and security commander support. Technical Team for Reform (TTR) Chairman Basil Jabr presented Poloff with a list of probl [...] | 2007-05-03 10:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS |
07JERUSALEM815 | AZARIYAH: POSSIBLE LAND CONFISCATION [...] (C) Summary: Azariyah Mayor Isam Far'un told PolChief on April 23 that the route of the separation barrier will divide the town, east of Jerusalem, from 2000 dunums (about 510 acres) of its municipal land. Of this land, 800 dunums (205 acres) is a hill that the municipality zoned for commercia [...] | 2007-05-07 13:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM833 | VIGILANTES TARGET GAZA BUSINESSES/INSTITUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Palestinian media and security sources, militants in Gaza have damaged or destroyed at least five internet cafes, two music shops, one bookstore, and three other businesses, and attacked two schools in recent weeks. In most instances, an Islamist group or groups [...] | 2007-05-08 13:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PTER |
07JERUSALEM838 | TULKARM BUSINESSES TURN TO ISRAELI SETTLERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian businessmen in Tulkarm complain that delays, road conditions, and the Israeli requirement to palletize all cargo processed through the Tulkarm/Sha'ar Efraim crossing have limited exports at the crossing to only 40 trucks daily. Some businesses have turned to Israe [...] | 2007-05-10 07:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM851 | FAYYAD AND TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM [...] (C) The head of the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) management unit Mario Mariani confirmed May 8 that he had coordinated an early May disbursement of allowances with Palestinian Authority (PA) Finance Minister/PLO Economic Affairs Department head Salam Fayyad. The TIM disbursed 21 m [...] | 2007-05-10 08:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM854 | FATAH: ALTERNATE GAZA CITY INTERNAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF FRC MEMBER AHMAD HILLIS, 320 GAZA FATAH ACTIVISTS HELD AN ELECTIONS CONFERENCE AND BRANCH ELECTIONS IN TWO GAZA CITY NEIGHBORHOODS ON MAY 8, ACCORDING TO PARTICIPANTS. THESE ELECTIONS WERE NOT COORDINATED WITH THE GAZA FIELD COMMITTEE. PARTICIPANTS ELEC [...] | 2007-05-10 13:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PREL KDEM |
07JERUSALEM866 | GAZA: SECURITY FORCES BEGIN DEPLOYMENT, BUT POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY FORCES (PASF) INCREASED THEIR PRESENCE IN GAZA STRIP CITIES MAY 9-10. TECHNICAL TEAM FOR REFORM (TTR) CONTACTS SAY PA PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) ORDERED PASF TO SUPPORT INTERIOR MINISTER (MOI) HANI AL-QAWASMI'S "100-DAY SECURITY PLAN" (REFTE [...] | 2007-05-11 11:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS |
07JERUSALEM867 | NEW ROADS, GRADING AND TERRACING AT E-1 POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF OBSERVED MAY 10 THAT CONSTRUCTION IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM HAS CONTINUED AT A HEIGHTENED PACE SINCE POLOFF'S APRIL 27 VISIT. SUBSTANTIAL ROADWORK HAS BEGUN, TWO NEW AREAS HAVE BEEN GRADED, AND ONE NEW AREA HAS BEEN TERRACED. (NOTE: PHOTOS SENT TO [...] | 2007-05-11 12:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM868 | WORLD BANK ESSP STILL STRUGGLING TO DELIVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE WORLD BANK'S EMERGENCY SERVICES SUPPORT PROGRAM (ESSP) TEAM MET WITH DONOR COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 26 TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM'S CURRENT STATUS, INCLUDING ITS IMPACT AND IMPLEMENTATION. WORLD BANK OFFICIALS SAID THAT PRESIDENT ABBAS HAS DESIGNATED PLO ECONOMIC AFFAIRS [...] | 2007-05-11 12:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID KWBG ECON PHUM |
07JERUSALEM869 | JENIN AND JORDAN VALLEY FARMERS FACE LOSSES DUE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FARMERS FROM JENIN AND THE NORTHERN JORDAN VALLEY COMPLAIN THAT CHECKPOINT DELAYS, MISHANDLING OF PRODUCE, LIMITED CROSSING HOURS, AND LACK OF TRAVEL PRIVILEGES TO ISRAEL ADVERSELY AFFECT LOCAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE. JENIN FARMERS ALSO COMPLAIN THAT ISRAELI AUTHORITIES ARBITRARI [...] | 2007-05-11 12:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PREL KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM876 | TURKISH ADVOCATE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONE INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Guven Sak, the Turkish coordinator of an initiative to rebuild the Palestine Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ) in northern Gaza, reported May 8 that only minimal progress has been achieved since the project was first conceived and currently "nothing is moving." He noted there has be [...] | 2007-05-14 10:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD BEXP KWBG IS TU |
07JERUSALEM882 | GAZA SECURITY: CLASHES INTENSIFY; INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. AFTER TWO DAYS OF FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES THAT HAVE LEFT 7 DEAD AND 58 INJURED, PM ISMAYIL HANIYAH ANNOUNCED INTERIOR MINISTER (MOI) HANI AL-QAWASMI'S RESIGNATION ON MAY 14. HANIYAH SAID HE WILL ACT AS MOI UNTIL APPOINTMENT OF A NEW MINISTER. AT A MAY 14 PRESS CONFERENCE, AL-QAWAS [...] | 2007-05-14 14:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS |
07JERUSALEM890 | PA WORK STOPPAGES CONTINUE [...] (SBU) THE UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (UPE) HAS CALLED FOR A WORK STOPPAGE TO TAKE PLACE MAY 16 AND 18, IN PROTEST OF THE LACK OF FULL SALARY PAYMENTS, ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTS. THE MA'AN NEWS AGENCY REPORTED MAY 11 THAT THE PALESTINIAN TEACHERS' UNION HAD CALLED FOR PA TEACHERS TO STR [...] | 2007-05-15 13:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV KWBG |
07JERUSALEM891 | AT LEAST 8 KILLED IN HAMAS ATTACK ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. In the most serious factional clashes since January 2007, Hamas military-wing gunmen assaulted a Presidential Guard (PG) training compound near Karni/al-Mintar, ambushed a National Security Forces (NSF) truck and killed its occupants, according to Gaza NSF and PG commanders. Du [...] | 2007-05-15 14:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS |
07JERUSALEM894 | GAZA FISHERMEN REPORT RECORD SARDINE CATCH [...] (SBU) Gaza fishermen have caught record numbers of sardines over the last two weeks, bringing down Gaza's market price for sardines from 25 NIS to 13 NIS per kilo. Gaza-based Assistant Project Director of USAID's Palestinian Agribusiness Partnership Activity (PAPA) project Sa'lem al-Rais told [...] | 2007-05-16 09:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS EAID IS KWBG |
07JERUSALEM895 | PALESTINIAN STOCK EXCHANCE SLIDES; LOOKS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Lowered investor expectations following the formation of the PA national unity government have caused the Al-Quds Index of the Palestinian Securities Exchange (PSE) to decline to its lowest level in nine months, closing at 492.76 points on May 15, down from a nine-month high of [...] | 2007-05-16 09:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG |
07JERUSALEM899 | GAZA: AT LEAST 16 MORE DEAD AS HAMAS STRIKES AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. IN A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION OF FIGHTING BETWEEN HAMAS- AND FATAH-ALIGNED FORCES, 43 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND OVER 110 INJURED SINCE MAY 12. HAMAS ATTACKS HAVE CONCENTRATED ON KEY LEADERSHIP/FACILITY TARGETS, WITH MILITARY-WING GUNMEN KILLING 6 FATAH BODYGUARDS AT INTE [...] | 2007-05-16 14:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS |
07JERUSALEM900 | GAZA ECONOMY AT A STANDSTILL AS VIOLENCE RAGES [...] (SBU) HEAVY FIGHTING IN GAZA CITY HAS LED TO AN "UNDECLARED CURFEW" ON GAZA STREETS, ACCORDING TO MOHAMMED AL-KHOZENDAR, OWNER OF SEVERAL GAS STATIONS IN GAZA. WHILE KHOZENDAR HAS KEPT SOME OF HIS GAS STATIONS OPEN, HE SAID THERE ARE NO CUSTOMERS. USAID GAZA-BASED STAFF REPORTED THAT THE ST [...] | 2007-05-16 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN PHUM KWBG |
07JERUSALEM905 | GAZA: CEASEFIRE DECLARED, BUT FIGHTING CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SEPARATE CEASEFIRES ORDERED BY HAMAS AND PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) HAD A CALMING INFLUENCE EARLY MAY 17, BUT VIOLENCE RESUMED BY 1330 LOCAL. FIGHTING SPREAD TO RAFAH AND THE CENTRAL GAZA STRIP, WITH 5 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN FACTIONAL CLASHES AS OF 1700 LOCAL. PRESIDE [...] | 2007-05-17 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC |
07JERUSALEM928 | MAJOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES OPEN [...] (SBU) The American Director of the American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) reported to Econoff that ANERA's Gaza office was damaged May 17 by an IAF missile strike on a Gaza City "Executive Force" headquarters (ref B),which took place an estimated 50 meters away. He said that none of ANERA's [...] | 2007-05-18 14:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM ENRG ETRD EAID KWBG |
07JERUSALEM929 | GAZA: FRIDAY MORE CALM, BUT SOME FIGHTING CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite multi-faction agreement to enforce a ceasefire, violence continued (albeit at a reduced level) late May 17 through 1600 on May 18, with two Palestinians killed and at least 18 injured in factional clashes. 21 Qassam rockets landed in Israel since the last update (Ref [...] | 2007-05-18 14:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC |
07JERUSALEM93 | NEW HAR HOMA HOUSING UNITS PART OF "VERY OLD PLAN" [...] (C) Summary: The construction of 1000 new housing units in Har Homa southeast of Jerusalem, announced January 8, are part of an existing plan and are not the result of the cancellation of the "Safdie plan" to build 20,000 housing units in the hills west of Jerusalem, according to both the For [...] | 2007-01-18 15:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
07JERUSALEM931 | PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY REFORMS GEARED [...] (C) Summary: George Abed, Governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA),told the Consul General May 11 that his program to reorganize the PMA along the lines of a central bank is 70 percent complete. He hopes that the U.S. and other donors will increase training and technical assist [...] | 2007-05-21 09:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL KWBG |
07JERUSALEM933 | FOEME CALLS FOR WORLD BANK TO CONSIDER JORDAN [...] (SBU) On May 10, regional NGO Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) held a conference in Jerusalem on the proposed Red Sea - Dead Sea Conduit (RDC) and the organization's recently-completed socioeconomic and environmental impact study, which was fully-funded by USAID's Middle East Regional [...] | 2007-05-21 12:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KWBG IS JO |
07JERUSALEM940 | GAZA: INTERNAL CONFLICT SHIFTS TO HAMAS-GOI [...] (SBU) Summary. Following a new, Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreed to at 1500 local on May 19, internal Palestinian fighting has subsided to sporadic levels. One Palestinian was killed in Fatah-Hamas clashes May 18 (prior to the ceasefire). 25 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes [...] | 2007-05-21 15:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC |
07JERUSALEM955 | GAZA: HAMAS-FATAH TENSION SIMMERS, AS QASSAMS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Interfactional violence remained at a low level May 21-22, but Hamas-Fatah shootings left three injured, and deaths from injuries in previous fighting raised the toll from factional clashes to 56. 20 Qassam rockets struck Israel from 1400 (local) May 21 to 1600 May 22, killin [...] | 2007-05-22 14:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC |
07JERUSALEM964 | GAZA TENSE BUT QUIETER AS IDF SHIFTS OPERATIONS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. There was sporadic factional and clan violence in Gaza late May 22 to mid-day (local) May 24. Hamas and Fatah both submitted lists of the other's ceasefire violations to the Follow-up Committee. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) visited Gaza and met with PM Ismayil Haniyah M [...] | 2007-05-24 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC |
07JERUSALEM970 | JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE CHAIR: PLAN FOR [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY. FOLLOWING FEBRUARY 28 AND MAY 10 HAARETZ REPORTS OF EAST JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION PLANS, JERUSALEM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOWN PLANNERS AND ATTORNEYS CONFIRMED TO POLOFF THAT DEPUTY MAYOR JOSHUA POLLAK DISCUSSED SEVERAL RE [...] | 2007-05-25 11:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS PBTS KPAL PGOV |
07JERUSALEM980 | MINOR FACTIONAL CLASHES; CONTINUED QASSAM ATTACKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. HAMAS GUNMEN RAIDED A FATAH "SPECIAL FORCE" TRAINING AREA IN CENTRAL GAZA MAY 24, BUT NO INJURIES RESULTED. SENIOR FATAH CONTACTS SAY A HIGH-LEVEL FATAH DELEGATION WILL GO TO CAIRO MAY 26 TO MEET WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS AND SENIOR HAMAS FIGURES TO SOLIDIFY THE FACTIONAL CEASE [...] | 2007-05-25 13:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC |
07JERUSALEM983 | ASSESSMENT OF FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES AND PASF [...] (C) SUMMARY. FACTIONAL CLASHES THAT FLARED MAY 13-18 DEMONSTRATED THE WILLINGNESS OF PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF) TO FIGHT HARD TO DEFEND MAJOR INSTALLATIONS, BUT ALSO SHOWCASED SUBSTANTIAL HAMAS ADVANTAGES IN TACTICS, EQUIPMENT AND MOTIVATION. END SUMMARY. METHODOLOGY ----------- [...] | 2007-05-25 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS PREL KPAL IS PTER MOPS |
07KATHMANDU2055 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 09:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS NP |
07KHARTOUM1848 | IN "HISTORIC SHIFT", SUDAN AGREES TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 08:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS SU |
07KUALALUMPUR1639 | MALAYSIA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ANNAPOLIS [...] (SBU) Malaysia accepts the U.S. invitation and will attend the November 26-27 Annapolis Conference, per Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah, Under Secretary of the Foreign Ministry's OIC Division, who is charged with the Middle East peace issue. We delivered the advance notice to Ambassador Ibrahim, [...] | 2007-11-21 09:28:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS KPAL KWBG IS MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1686 | MALAYSIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN PARIS DONORS [...] (SBU) Polchief spoke with Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's OIC Division on December 7 and urged Malaysia's full and constructive participation in the Paris Donors Conference. Adlyn responded that Malaysia had agreed to attend the conference. [...] | 2007-12-07 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AMGT KPAL KWBG IS MY |
07KUWAIT1718 | KUWAITI PARTICIPATION IN PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: CDA and emboffs delivered reftel points to the Arab Fund and various GOK interlocutors in the Amiri Diwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and the Kuwait Fund. MFA confirmed that Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah will lead the Kuwaiti delegation to Paris but said [...] | 2007-12-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS KU |
07LAPAZ505 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HAMAS FATAH GOVERNANCE PACT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 13:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS XX BL |
07LILONGWE114 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HAMAS AND FATAH AGREE IN [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on February 9. Chiunguzeni thanked Poloff for the information, and said he would pass it along. Any further response will be delivered septel. EASTHAM [...] | 2007-02-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL |
07LISBON3129 | FM AMADO TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche on December 10 to MFA Chief of Staff Francisco Ribeiro de Menezes, who was accompanied by the Foreign Minister's diplomatic advisor, Paulo Lourenco. DCM was joined by pol/econ counselor. Ministerial attendance ---------------------- 2. (C) Ribeiro de [...] | 2007-12-11 17:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL IS PREL PGOV KWBG AMGT PO |
07LJUBLJANA748 | SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PLANS TO GO TO PARIS [...] (SBU) ADCM met with MFA contacts on December 6 and urged that FM Rupel attend the Paris Donors Conference and that Slovenia make an assistance pledge. MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih said that FM Rupel planned to attend the December 17 conference and would announce a contribution from Slovenia [...] | 2007-12-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SI |
07LUXEMBOURG482 | LUXEMBOURG FM TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL PGOV IS LU AMGT |
07MADRID1269 | SPAIN ON SUPPORT FOR UNRWA FLASH APPEAL [...] In separate discussions mid-June, EconOffs passed reftel points to Carolina Mayeur Dawel, Director of Middle East, Africa, and Western Europe Affairs at the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). EconOffs encouraged Spanish contributions to UNWRA, particularly in response to the [...] | 2007-06-27 15:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON LE KWBG EUN |
07MADRID225 | SPAIN ON HAMAS-FATAH AGREEMENT ON NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) POLOFFS RELAYED REFTEL POINTS TO MFA SUBDIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST ALBERTO MORENO AND TO MFA SUBDIRECTOR GENERAL FOR FOREIGN POLICY CARLOS FERNANDEZ ARIAS (IN THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR FOREIGN POLICY RAFAEL DEZCALLAR) ON THE USG'S DESIRE TO COORDINATE ON A RESPONSE PRIOR [...] | 2007-02-09 17:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL SP |
07MANAMA1096 | BAHRAINI FM WILL ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL BA |
07MANAMA147 | BAHRAIN: PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) THE DCM DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE FEBRUARY 14 REGARDING PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT TO MFA ASSISTANT UNDERSECRETARY FOR COORDINATION AND FOLLOW UP SHAIKH ABDUL AZIZ BIN MUBARAK AL KHALIFA. AFTER LISTENING CAREFULLY TO THE POINTS, SHAIKH ABDUL AZIZ [...] | 2007-02-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL KWBG BA IS REGION |
07MANAMA559 | BAHRAIN: URGING SUPPORT FOR UNRWA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON KWBG BA LE REGION |
07MEXICO6085 | MEXICO ON PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 19:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL PVOV KWBG IS MX |
07MOSCOW4602 | SEEKING HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT AD HOC LIAISON [...] We delivered reftel demarche on September 14 to Timur Zabirov of the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department. Zabirov said that the GOR appreciated that the Secretary's attendance at the AHLC demonstrates U.S. support for the Palestinian Authority and that a suitably high-level official wo [...] | 2007-09-19 04:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF EUN RS |
07MOSCOW5457 | RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS' MEETING [...] (C) On November 19, Counselor in the MFA Middle East Peace Settlement Office Timur Zabirov elaborated on GOR interest in holding a high-level experts' meeting on the Middle East Peace Process in Moscow following the Annapolis Conference. The GOR intended this forum to maintain momentum toward a [...] | 2007-11-20 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS RS |
07MOSCOW5523 | MFA ON LEBANON AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA, Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov told Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri during their November 20 meeting that the GOR would not support a specific candidate for the Lebanese presidency and hoped the country's political factions could agree [...] | 2007-11-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS LE RS |
07MUSCAT1120 | OMANI PLANS FOR PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS MU |
07NEWDELHI3844 | DELHI DIARY, AUG 04-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 4-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Opens a 22-year-old "Rulebook" to Keep Other Government Entities Out of Foreign Affairs -- Indo-Pak Border to Open for Trade October [...] | 2007-08-22 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR KISL KWBG KPAL ELTN AS |
07NEWDELHI5237 | GOI APPROACHED ON OPPOSING UNGA PLENARY [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on December 7, reinforcing the USG desire that the GOI vote no or at a minimum abstain in voting to continue the mandate for the three UN Committees named in ref A. Agarwal affirmed that he will [...] | 2007-12-07 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS IN |
07NEWDELHI5254 | BHUTAN APPROACHED ON OPPOSING UNGA PLENARY [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) First Secretary Karma Choeda on December 7, reinforcing the USG desire that the RGOB abstain from voting to continue the mandate for the three UN Committees named in ref A. Choeda affirmed that he would raise the i [...] | 2007-12-10 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS IN |
07NICOSIA515 | CYPRUS LIKELY TO DONATE TO UNRWA FLASH APPEAL TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON LE KWBG EUN CY |
07OTTAWA2215 | CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PALESTINIAN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. In November 28-29 meetings with senior Canadian officials, U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) for the Israel-Palestinian Authority Lt. General Keith Dayton expressed his high appreciation for Canadian contributions to his staff and asked for additional assistance on staff and pro [...] | 2007-12-06 18:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG EAID WE IS GZ CA |
07OTTAWA2225 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR THE PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) PolMinCouns briefed Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Middle East and North Africa Gordon E. Venner on the upcoming Paris Donors Conference and expected U.S. contributions to the Palestinian Authority (reftel) on December 7. (Both Foreign Minister [...] | 2007-12-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG KPAL IS CA |
07OTTAWA2272 | CANADA COMMITS $300 MILLION FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] (U) As anticipated (ref a),Canada has made a sizable commitment -- $300 million over the next five years -- in support of the Palestine Authority and the Middle East peace process. At the Paris donors' conference on December 17, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier pledged to "increase our part [...] | 2007-12-17 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KWBG KPAL IS CA |
07PRAGUE1289 | CZECHS WILL ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS EZ EUN |
07PRAGUE133 | CZECHS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HAMAS/FATAH [...] (SBU) Poloff met with the Czech MFA Director of the Middle East and Africa Department Josef Rychtar on February 9 to discuss the announcement that Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a new Palestinian government. Rychtar agreed the announcement seems to be a positive step, but noted press repo [...] | 2007-02-09 16:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS XX EZ |
07PRAGUE699 | CZECH REPUBLIC APPROVES $150,000 FOR UNRWA/LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EUN KWBG LE EZ |
07RIYADH186 | KING ABDULLAH TO HOST URGENT HAMAS AND FATAH TALKS [...] (SBU) On January 29, the media reported that on January 28 King Abdullah invited Hamas and Fatah leaders to an emergency meeting in Mecca in order to end the current conflict in Gaza and the West Bank. The King invited them to settle their differences through dialogue, saying their fighting [...] | 2007-01-30 09:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KWBG KPAL KISL PREL IS XF |
07RIYADH2428 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAG: PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Arab Department Ambassador Dr. Saleh al-Koheimi on December 8. Al-Koheimi did not have any direct comment, but he appeared pleased with the demarche and stated how important this conference will be for this issue. [...] | 2007-12-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG KPAL AMGT PREL PGOV SA |
07ROME1325 | NO ITALIAN BILATERAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR UNRWA [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points with several contacts at the MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC) June 11 and 14. Contacts stated that there were no MFA bilateral assistance funds available to assist Lebanon; rather, ODC and the Italian Embassy in Beirut would work with the U [...] | 2007-06-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL KWBG EU LE IT |
07ROME2467 | ITALY TO ANNOUNCE 60 MILLION EURO DONATION AT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL AMGT PREL PGOV |
07ROME2518 | MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG organized a Steering Committee meeting of the Regional Water Data Banks project (known as EXACT) December 10-11 in Rome. EXACT is a project initiated under the Multilateral Peace Process Working Group on Water Resources. The EXACT meeting brought Palestinian, Israeli [...] | 2007-12-28 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TPHY XF IS JO KWBG UK EU NL SW |
07SANAA2296 | PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL YM |
07SANAA2297 | PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL YM |
07SANAA312 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARAB LEAGUE MEETING IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PREL YE |
07SANSALVADOR276 | EL SALVADOR ON PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 19:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS XX ES |
07SANTODOMINGO2703 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS: [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Opposing UNGA Resolutions with Anti-Israeli Bias" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, took our views on SIPDIS board but had no immediate reply. We will report any [...] | 2007-12-10 20:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS DR |
07SARAJEVO356 | BOSNIA: HAMAS AND FATAH AGREEMENT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 16:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS XX BK |
07SEOUL421 | ROKG WELCOMES HAMAS AND FATAH AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-12 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG KS IS |
07SKOPJE129 | MACEDONIA ON HAMAS AND FATAH AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 13:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL MK |
07STATE111591 | MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------------------------ Summary and Introduction ------------------------ 2. (U) The Executive Council (ExCouns) of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) held its twentieth meeting in Salalah, Om [...] | 2007-08-09 17:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV XF MU IS JO KS KWBG JA NL QA |
07STATE88122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR VISIT OF NEA S&T [...] This is an action cable. Please see para. 7. 2. Background: One of the major projects of the Middle East peace process Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources is the Regional Water Data Banks Project. Regional participants are Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian water experts and [...] | 2007-06-25 13:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV OTRA JO IS KWBG |
07STATE9168 | MEPP: MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------------------------ Summary and Introduction ------------------------ 2. (U) The Executive Council (ExCouns) of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) held its nineteenth meeting in Muscat, De [...] | 2007-01-24 21:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV XF MU IS JO KS KWBG JA NL |
07TALLINN398 | ESTONIA: UNRWA APPEAL FOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On June 11, we delivered reftel points urging support for the UNRWA's Flash Appeal in Lebanon and UNRWA's Emergency Appeal for the West Bank and Gaza to Marje Luup, MFA Director for Development Cooperation, and Andres Talvik, MFA Director for Asia. Luup and Talvik agreed that a strong s [...] | 2007-06-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON LE KWBG EUN EN |
07TALLINN783 | ESTONIA TO ANNOUNCE RECORD DONATION AT PARIS [...] (SBU) Pol/Econoff shared reftel points with Juri Kahn, Division Director for Middle East Affairs at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On December 12, Kahn responded that the Government of Estonia plans to announce a pledge of USD 1 million in assistance to the Palestinians at the Pari [...] | 2007-12-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS EN |
07TELAVIV1038 | ISRAEL BUILDING SUPER HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY [...] (C//REL TO USA, AUS, CAN, AND GBR) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO DAN WEINSTOCK, DIRECTOR OF THE ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY AT THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, PAYMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 161-KILOVOLT (KV) POWER LINE FROM THE ISRAELI CITY OF NETIVOT TO NORTHERN GAZA IS ONE-THIRD COMPLETE. HOWEVER [...] | 2007-04-06 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1063 | ISRAELI MOD CONTACTS SHARE VIEWS ON PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) In a March 29 meeting, Israeli officials from the MOD's POL-MIL Bureau briefed EUCOM Political Advisor (POLAD) Mary Carlin Yates on their assessment of the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and its implications for Palestinian-Israel relations, Israeli thinking about the negative [...] | 2007-04-11 12:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG NATO IZ IS |
07TELAVIV1086 | CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) SUMMARY. REPRESENTATIVE GARY ACKERMAN (D, NEW YORK),CHAIRMAN OF MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT APRIL 11. THEY DISCUSSED OLMERT'S APPROACH TO HIS UPCOMING MEETING WI [...] | 2007-04-13 10:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1113 | ISRAEL: CODEL ACKERMAN AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Tel Aviv on April 12 with Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni explained Israel's belief that it is impossible to distinguish between Hamas and non-Hamas members of the Palestinian government. She urged the inte [...] | 2007-04-18 06:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV1208 | GENERAL MISHLEV SEES NO QUICK SOLUTION TO STALLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL/C and ECON/C met with Major General Yossef Mishlev, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT),at the Ministry of Defense April 19. POL/C conveyed the Ambassador's concerns on access and movement issues, specifically approval of five Palestinian Red Cresc [...] | 2007-04-23 13:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ECON KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1211 | POLITICAL DECISION LACKING IN HEBRON SETTLER [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE'S (MOD) ASSERTION THAT THEY WILL EVACUATE THE NEWLY-ESTABLISHED HEBRON OUTPOST -- BET HASHALOM -- EMBASSY CONTACTS DOUBT THAT SUCH ACTION IS IMMINENT. BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES.) BARUCH SPIEGEL, FORMER ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ, TOLD ECONC [...] | 2007-04-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1213 | MOD DECLARES IDF HAS "FREEDOM OF ACTION" IN GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Sneh publicly announced April 25 that the IDF now has "freedom of action" in the Gaza Strip as a result of Hamas taking responsibility for firing rockets and mortars from Gaza April 24. He added that Israel is not interested in seeing an escalati [...] | 2007-04-25 09:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1330 | BENCHMARKS LEAKED TO HA'ARETZ [...] (SBU) The May 4 edition of the intellectual, left-leaning daily Ha'aretz featured a front page article on the benchmarks, including criticism of them by unnamed sources in the Prime Minister's office and security establishment, along with an inside page leak of the verbatim text. The focus of [...] | 2007-05-04 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON MOPS KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1383 | GERMAN FM STEINMEIER FINDS OLMERT FOCUSED ON SAUDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: GERMAN AMB. HARALD KINDERMANN SAID THAT FM FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER'S MAY 6 MEETING WITH PM EHUD OLMERT FOCUSED LARGELY ON SAUDI ARABIA, WHILE HIS MAY 7 DISCUSSION WITH FM TZIPI LIVNI WAS DOMINATED BY SYRIA. KINDERMANN TOLD AMB. JONES THAT OLMERT IS LOOKING FOR A SYMBOLIC GESTURE F [...] | 2007-05-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG GM IS |
07TELAVIV1483 | GOI RESPONSE TO ROCKET ATTACKS [...] (C) FOLLOWING A SECURITY CABINET MEETING MAY 16, PM EHUD OLMERT ANNOUNCED THAT THE IDF WOULD CARRY OUT STRIKES AGAINST QASSAM LAUNCHERS, HAMAS MILITARY COMMANDERS AND "TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE." THE PM'S SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCED THAT "ISRAEL CANNOT CONTINUE TO SHOW RESTRAINT WHEN ITS CITIZENS A [...] | 2007-05-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1508 | NEW EAST JERUSALEM SETTLEMENTS FAR FROM APPROVED [...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Dr. Chaim Fialkoff, Senior Deputy Director General for Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) clarified to econoff that the May 10 Ha'aretz article stating that the Jerusalem municipality had approved three new neighborhoods was i [...] | 2007-05-18 13:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1535 | MOF DG WANTS TO REMOVE TRADE IRRITANTS [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with A/DCM Weinstein and A/EconCouns, Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG Ariav expressed the strong desire to find a solution to U.S. trade concerns, and offered to spearhead a GOI inter-agency effort to deal with the problem areas. Regarding a visit of U/S Burns to Israel, [...] | 2007-05-22 15:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IS KWBG |
07TELAVIV1536 | SENIOR DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIAL BLASTS IDF [...] (C) Summary: Haggai Alon, Senior Political Advisor to Defense Minister (DM) Peretz, criticized the IDF in a Ha'aretz interview for serving as the "settlers' army," defying High Court of Justice (HCJ) rulings on the separation barrier and stonewalling AMA (Agreement on Movement and Access) i [...] | 2007-05-22 15:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1558 | NEW ISRAELI MOD DG BUCHRIS SHARES HIS PRIORITIES [...] (S) ON MAY 22, AMBASSADOR JONES HELD HIS FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI MOD DIRECTOR GENERAL PINCHAS BUCHRIS. BUCHRIS, WHO HAD BEEN IN OFFICE ONLY 14 DAYS, FOCUSED HIS COMMENTS ON THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP, STRESSING HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SEEING THE RELATIONSHIP PUT "BACK ON TRACK," AN [...] | 2007-05-25 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR MASS ETTC KNNP KWBG KPAL |
07TELAVIV1682 | AMANA SETTLER MOVEMENT REPORTEDLY BUILDING 100 [...] (C) Lt. Col. (ret.) Oded Herman, advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to econoff on June 7 that the Amana settlement organization will likely build 100 new housing units in the West Bank, as reported recently in Israeli and Palestinian press. He said that Amana had obtained [...] | 2007-06-08 13:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1684 | FM LIVNI DISCUSSES GAZA, A TWO-STATE SOLUTION, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CODEL Leahy May 29, FM Livni described the situation in Gaza and southern Israel as intolerable and emphasized the importance of stopping arms smuggling from Egypt. She told the CODEL that Egypt was cooperating, but needed to do more to prevent smuggling throug [...] | 2007-06-11 05:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL KWBG IR LE EG JO |
07TELAVIV1704 | A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN AND IO ISSUES WITH DDG [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed United Nations and other international organization issues with MFA Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. The Israelis announced that they have begun quickly campaigning for a UNSC seat in 2019-20. Ya'a [...] | 2007-06-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG KPAL UNSC UNGA |
07TELAVIV1732 | ISA CHIEF DISKIN ON SITUATION IN THE GAZA STRIP [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting that entailed discussion of the benchmarks (reftel),Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Head Yuval Diskin shared his assessment of the current situation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, painting a picture of a desperate, disorganized, and demoralized Fatah in the G [...] | 2007-06-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS |
07TELAVIV1733 | MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR YADLIN COMMENTS ON [...] (S) Summary. During a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, IDI Director MG Amos Yadlin said that Gaza was "number four" on his list of threats, preceded by Iran, Syria, and Hizballah in that order. Yadlin said the IDI has been predicting armed confrontation in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah since Ham [...] | 2007-06-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG LE SY IS |
07TELAVIV1758 | SETTLEMENTS BACK ON GOI AGENDA? [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, MK Otniel Schneller briefed the Ambassador on his plan to separate the Israeli and Palestinian populations in the West Bank until the political climate warranted final status negotiations. Schneller's plan envisions creating an interim Palestinian state on 65 perce [...] | 2007-06-15 10:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1789 | Trilateral Land Exchange Revisited [...] (SBU) Summary: Hebrew University Geography Professor Yehoshua Ben-Arieh shared his trilateral land swap (IS-PAL-EGY) idea with the Ambassador and ECON/C on June 13, the general contours of which remain basically as it was unveiled in 2004 (see main points below). Ben-Arieh has previously bri [...] | 2007-06-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KBTS KWBG KPAL EG IS JO |
07TELAVIV1844 | GOI UPDATE ON CROSSINGS AND FUEL SITUATION IN GAZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COGAT confirmed to EconOff on June 19 that most of the Gaza border crossings are effectively closed. However, the GOI is facilitating import of humanitarian goods into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing and working on an alternate mechanism at Erez crossing point to ass [...] | 2007-06-19 14:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS |
07TELAVIV1918 | ISRAEL WEIGHING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO HAMAS [...] (S) Summary. PM Olmert on June 24 will chair the first cabinet discussion of how to respond to the new situation in the Palestinian territories since Olmert's visit to Washington. Senior policy advisers in the MFA, NSC, and MOD have described for us the sub-cabinet discussion of options thi [...] | 2007-06-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1919 | BARAK IS BACK: WHAT MIGHT IT MEAN FOR U.S. POLICY? [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak swiftly assumed the Minister of Defense portfolio on June 19. PM Olmert facilitated Barak's rather dramatic reentry into public life by securing the cabinet's approval by telephone on the 15th and a Knesset vote of confidence on the [...] | 2007-06-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPAL KWBG PINR IS IR SY |
07TELAVIV1928 | GOI CONTINUES TO FACILITATE PASSAGE OF [...] (SBU) COGAT confirmed to EconOff on June 25 that despite the main border crossings with Gaza remaining closed, the GOI continues to facilitate passage of individuals through Erez Crossing Point on a special humanitarian basis. It is also allowing the import of humanitarian goods, food, and fu [...] | 2007-06-25 12:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS |
07TELAVIV2097 | ISRAELI NGO SUES TERRORISTS, TIES UP PA MONEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | EFIN EAID PTER KWBG IS IR |
07TELAVIV2098 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHIMON PERES: AMBITIOUS [...] (C) Summary. In a July 6 meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Peres offered an ambitious agenda for his presidency, including restoring optimism to the Israeli public and reinvigorating Israel's relations with the American Jewish community. Peres thought Israel should not apply too [...] | 2007-07-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN EINV JO KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2280 | APHSCT TOWNSEND TAKES STOCK OF BMENA REGION WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (AFHSC),met Mossad Director Meir Dagan on July 12 for a general discussion of regional security threats. On the Iranian nuclear program, Dagan proved surprisingly optimistic about the [...] | 2007-07-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER PREL KNNP KWBG EFIN IR IS |
07TELAVIV2281 | APHSCT TOWNSEND RECEIVES ACTION PLAN ON PALESTINIANS FROM ISRAELI NSC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PTER PREL KNNP KWBG EFIN IR IS |
07TELAVIV2287 | NEW WEST BANK OUTPOSTS AND SETTLEMENT EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Peace Now's Settlement Watch Coordinator Hagit Ofran -- who has a track record of accurate reporting -- briefed econoff on three newly discovered outposts in the West Bank, and highlighted recent expansion in existing outposts. As far as we know, Peace Now has not [...] | 2007-07-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2323 | JUMP STARTING PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI COOPERATION ON [...] (U) This is a joint cable of the Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Consulate General in Jerusalem. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the formation of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad,s Palestinian Authority, the U.S.-Palestinian-Israeli Trilateral Water Working Group (TWWG) met on July 19 for the f [...] | 2007-07-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SENV KBIO KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2415 | SHOWDOWN BETWEEN SYNAGOGUE AND STATE WITHIN IDF [...] (C) Preparations for the August 7 evacuation of Jewish settlers from the Hebron market by IDF soldiers and police led to insubordination by a number of soldiers serving in involved units, with some soldiers saying their rabbis told them not to carry out specific missions. The IDF responded by [...] | 2007-08-08 15:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
07TELAVIV2460 | ISRAELIS ASSIST THE RETURN OF MORE THAN 6,000 [...] (S) Cooperating with Egyptian counterparts across the border and the Palestinian Authority, since July 29 Israeli security forces have returned to the Gaza Strip over 6,000 Palestinians who were trapped in Egypt and the Sinai as a result of the June Hamas takeover in Gaza. The Palestinians ar [...] | 2007-08-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PHUM PINS PTER KWBG KPAL EG IS |
07TELAVIV2486 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: GOI DENIAL/DELAY OF ENTRY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to recent spate of incidents in which American citizens of Palestinian or other Arab origin encountered problems attempting to enter Israel, post in two separate meetings with MFA said any such discriminatory treatment could prompt us to revise our Travel Warning. Suc [...] | 2007-08-15 11:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL CASC IS |
07TELAVIV2508 | FOURTH NEW WEST BANK OUTPOST FOUND WITHIN THREE [...] (C) Peace Now's Settlement Watch Coordinator Hagit Ofran told econoff that on July 26 she had discovered another new West Bank outpost -- making this the fourth new outpost discovered by Peace Now within the last three months (reftel). According to Ofran, this new outpost, called "Givat Ha' [...] | 2007-08-17 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2578 | ISRAELIS WAITING FOR EU WRITTEN REQUEST ON EU [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche requesting the GOI provide timely diplomatic accreditation for members of the EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EU COPPS) with MOD Director General Buchris, MFA Director General Abramovitch, MFA Senior Deputy Director General Gal, and [...] | 2007-08-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS KWBG IS EU |
07TELAVIV2630 | SETTLEMENT SQUATTERS WILL NOT BE EVACUATED [...] (C) Summary: On August 1-2, hundreds of would-be-homeowners broke into unfinished apartments in West Bank settlements and the Har Homa settlement in East Jerusalem following rumors that Heftsiba, one of Israel's largest construction companies, had gone bankrupt. Acting on instructions from [...] | 2007-08-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
07TELAVIV2636 | ISRAELI NGO SUES TERRORISTS, TIES UP PA MONEY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Israel (GOI) recently reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to release portions of withheld Palestinian customs revenue (ref A),but a substantial portion of these funds remains frozen by court order. Israeli courts are in the process of deci [...] | 2007-08-30 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | EFIN EAID PTER KWBG IS IR |
07TELAVIV2640 | DAS DANIN'S AUGUST 29 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN [...] (S) In an August 29 meeting, Michael Herzog, the Chief of Staff to Israeli Defense Minister Barak, told visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin that Israel is not looking for a fight with either Hizballah or Syria, but needs to prepare for one just in case. Earlier concerns within government circles abo [...] | 2007-08-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS KPAL KWBG UNSC SY EG LE IS |
07TELAVIV266 | SOLANA URGES PROGRESS ON PEACE; ISRAELIS CAUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his January 19-21 visit to Israel, High Representative Javier Solana urged his hosts to use the current window of opportunity to make progress with the Palestinians on peace. He expressed full support for the Secretary's idea of developing a "political horizon" and SIPDI [...] | 2007-01-24 09:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG EUN IS |
07TELAVIV2670 | HCJ: IDF MUST REROUTE WEST BANK BARRIER SEGMENT [...] (U) On September 4, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) ruled that the IDF must reroute a section of the West Bank separation barrier near the Israeli settlement of Mattityahu East, located in the Modi'in Illit settlement bloc north-west of Jerusalem. The Court ruled that the current ro [...] | 2007-09-04 14:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
07TELAVIV2671 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER VILNAI COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai described his close working and personal relationship with Defense Minister Barak. Vilnai described his key areas of responsibility at MOD as improving the defense of the homefront; serving a [...] | 2007-09-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2672 | AMBASSADOR AND DAS DANIN DISCUSS REGIONAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin met with MFA DG Aharon Abramovitch in Jerusalem August 28 to discuss ongoing regional and bilateral issues. Abramovitch reported significant progress in the negotiations over stationing Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambul [...] | 2007-09-04 16:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG LE SY IS |
07TELAVIV2688 | DAS DANIN AND MFA DDG'S YAAR AND HADAS-HANDELSMAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Over breakfast August 30, NEA DAS Robert Danin discussed the peace process and other regional issues with MFA DDG for International Organizations Ronny Yaar, MFA DDG for the Middle East Yacov Hadas-Handelsman, and MFA UN Political Affairs Director Rony Adam. Yaar noted the GOI's [...] | 2007-09-06 08:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KWBG PTER EG LE MO IS |
07TELAVIV2707 | PRESSURE BUILDING ON ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Recent Kassam launches from the Gaza Strip into bordering Western Negev communities and the town of Sderot have ratcheted up the pressure on Israeli political and military leaders to react, especially as at least one Kassam landed near a kindergarten on the second day of school in Israel. [...] | 2007-09-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL PINS KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2715 | HCJ UPHOLDS RETROACTIVE LEGALIZATION OF ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) upheld the GOI's retroactive approval of illegal settlement construction in the Mattityahu East settlement, located in the Modi'in Illit settlement bloc north-west of Jerusalem. The Court rejected petitions by Peace Now an [...] | 2007-09-07 16:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
07TELAVIV2742 | KASSAM ROCKET STRIKES IDF BASE; IDF LIKELY TO [...] (C) Israel Defense Force (IDF) sources confirmed to Embassy Tel Aviv's Defense Attache early September 11 that a Kassam rocket launched from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip struck an IDF training center located one kilometer north of the Gaza Strip in Zikim. According to the IDF's repo [...] | 2007-09-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PINS KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2808 | TREASURY, GOI DISCUSS SUPPORT FOR SHARING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Treasury Department's Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (OTFFC),led by Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser, met September 10-11 with an inter-agency Government of Israel (GOI) group to follow up on a GOI request to restart discussions o [...] | 2007-09-20 13:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KCRM KWBG EAID IS |
07TELAVIV2810 | SECURITY CABINET DECLARES HAMAS-RULED GAZA A [...] (U) The Israeli security cabinet, meeting shortly before the Secretary's arrival on the morning of September 19, decided to declare Hamas-ruled Gaza a "hostile entity." The full range of measures this designation entails is not yet clear, (and according to the Foreign Minister not yet decide [...] | 2007-09-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2819 | DEMARCHE ON BARRIER CONSTRUCTION AND SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the demarche on the route of the separation barrier and retroactive legalization of unauthorized settlement construction (see reftel) on September 18 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Aharon Abramovitch. Abramovitch said he understood these were serious [...] | 2007-09-21 12:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL |
07TELAVIV2984 | GOI LOOKS TO POSTAL BANK FOR CONTINUED FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the Government of Israel's (GOI) recent designation of Gaza as a "hostile territory," Israel's commercial banks announced plans to discontinue correspondent services to banks in Gaza. This decision may represent the first step in the complete termination of relations [...] | 2007-10-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KWBG PTER IS |
07TELAVIV2995 | IDF BLOCKS SETTLERS RE-ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH OUTPOST [...] (C) In a conversation with econoff on October 15, Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to MOD Political-Military Director Amos Gilad clarified that the IDF did not evacuate an existing outpost, as Israeli press had reported earlier that day. According to Herman, the IDF stopped settlers from establish [...] | 2007-10-17 06:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV3027 | GOI RESPONDS TO EAST JERUSALEM DEMARCHE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the demarche on continued and planned Israeli settlement activities in East Jerusalem to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General Aharon Abramovitch on Sunday, October 14. The following text was passed to Ambramovitch's office: 2. (U) (Begin text) Esta [...] | 2007-10-19 08:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV3060 | AMBASSADOR JONES AND MK SCHNELLER DISCUSS OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Summary: MK Otniel Schneller, accompanied by ECF (Economic Cooperation Foundation) General Director Ya'ir Hirschfeld met with the Ambassador on October 18 to discuss Schneller's ongoing efforts to gain settler consensus to voluntarily evacuate illegal West Bank outposts. Claiming to wo [...] | 2007-10-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV3061 | AMBASSADOR JONES AND MK SCHNELLER DISCUSS OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Summary: MK Otniel Schneller, accompanied by ECF (Economic Cooperation Foundation) General Director Ya'ir Hirschfeld met with the Ambassador on October 18 to discuss Schneller's ongoing efforts to gain settler consensus to voluntarily evacuate illegal West Bank outposts. Claiming to wo [...] | 2007-10-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV3088 | BRITISH EMBASSY'S NOTE VERBALE TO ISRAEL ON EAST [...] (SBU) Below is a the text of the Note Verbale the British Embassy delivered to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Shepherd's Hotel and Mufti's Grove in East Jerusalem. The Note was passed to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday, October 19, and provided to us by [...] | 2007-10-25 11:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV3111 | CHIEF JUSTICE BEINISH ON SETTLEMENTS AND THE [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, The Ambassador met with Chief Justice Dorit Beinish to discuss the High Court of Justice's (HCJ) recent decision to uphold the GOI's retroactive approval of settlement construction in the Mattityahu East settlement, GOI implementation of the Court's rulings to re [...] | 2007-10-26 18:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV3172 | IDF RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON HAMAS IN THE GAZA STRIP [...] (SBU) Late October 30, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) bombed a Hamas police position in the southern Gaza Strip, killing four Hamas policemen and wounding five, according to media reports. An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman confirmed the strike, noting that it was in response to the firing [...] | 2007-10-31 16:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PINS PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV3184 | IDF REMOVAL OF 23 WEST BANK OBSTACLES HAS MINIMAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, Brig. Gen. Eitan Dangot, Military Advisor to the Minister of Defense provided the Ambassador with a map indicating the locations of 23 West Bank obstacles dismantled by the IDF earlier this month. Analysis by ECF (the Economic Cooperation Foundation) indicates th [...] | 2007-11-02 07:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV319 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON HAMAS, SYRIA, IRAQI KURDS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with his new Turkish counterpart, former MFA spokesman Namik Tan, in Tel Aviv on January 26. Tan maintained that Turkey's policy of engagement with Hamas and Syria is intended to split them from Iran. He reiterated Ankara's opposition to the Iranian nuclear we [...] | 2007-01-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL TU SY IR IZ IS |
07TELAVIV3258 | DAS DANIN AND DASD KIMMITT DISCUSS GAZA SMUGGLING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Rob Danin and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mark Kimmitt met November 6 with Israel Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin to discuss relations with Egypt regarding the Gaza border. Diskin said the ISA had provided detailed information on smugg [...] | 2007-11-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL PINR IS EG |
07TELAVIV3288 | ICRC FINDS EXCESSIVE FORCE USED IN KETZIOT PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY. ICRC Deputy Head of Delegation Paul Conneally briefed poloff on the ICRC's preliminary findings following a visit to the Ketziot prison to investigate the circumstances of the October 22 riot among Palestinian prisoners (reftels). According to Conneally, the ICRC team found that [...] | 2007-11-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
07TELAVIV3316 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON "TOWARDS ANNAPOLIS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 14th Ambassador Jones held a round-table discussion with leading Israeli academics and think tank representatives to discuss the upcoming Annapolis conference. Opinions varied as to the possible outcomes of the conference, but there was general agreement that plannin [...] | 2007-11-20 17:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS SA IR SY |
07TELAVIV3342 | USSC DAYTON BRIEFS IDF CENTRAL COMMANDER ON STEPS [...] (S) U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton briefed IDF Central Command Commander Major General Gadi Shamni November 18 on efforts to date and future steps to strengthen the capabilities of Palestinian National Security Forces (NSF) and Presidential Guard (PG) units in the We [...] | 2007-11-26 13:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MOPS MASS KPAL KWBG PTER JO EG IS |
07TELAVIV3379 | LIEBERMAN SAYS HE WILL LEAVE COALITION SOON, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister for Strategic Affairs and leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) Party, Avigdor Lieberman, met with Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (DAPDNSA) Elliott Abrams on November 19. Lieberman repeated his position that Annapolis was a mistake, [...] | 2007-11-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG EG IS |
07TELAVIV3482 | ISRAEL'S RESPONSE TO BRITISH NOTE VERBALE ON [...] (SBU) Below is the text of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs' response to the British Embassy's October 19 Note Verbale regarding Shepherd's Hotel and the Mufti's Grove site in East Jerusalem. The MFA's response was provided to Ambassador Jones by the British Ambassador on November 20. [...] | 2007-12-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV3501 | READOUT: INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, Vice Premier Haim Ramon told the Ambassador that the basic principle of any legislation to standardize the rules of construction in the West Bank would ensure that any politically sensitive settlement construction would have to be approved by the government. Pri [...] | 2007-12-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV3502 | AMBASSADOR JONES' DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Israeli Vice Prime Minister Haim Ramon on December 11, 2007 in Ramon,s Jerusalem office. In response to the Ambassador's questions regarding the meeting of Ramon,s inter-ministerial committee on illegal outposts earlier in the day, Ramon declared that a [...] | 2007-12-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV3526 | D/S KIMMITT AND PM OLMERT DISCUSS IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador discussed the recent release of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Political Advisor Shalom Tourgeman. Olmert was satisfied by Kimmitt,s statements that Treasu [...] | 2007-12-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN KNNP KWBG IR IS PINR |
07TELAVIV3527 | D/S KIMMITT, BAR-ON, FIND COMMON GROUND ON PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador met Finance Minister Roni Bar-On on December 7, and discussed plans for Palestinian economic development and the future of Iran sanctions. Bar-On assured that the Government of Israel (GOI) is committed to helping the [...] | 2007-12-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KNNP KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV3528 | DG ABRAMOVICH DISCUSSES STRATEGY WITH D/S KIMMITT: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador met with Foreign Ministy Director General Aaron Abramovitch. The DG emphasized the need for Palestinian economic development, but emphasized that Israeli security forces would be required in the West Ba [...] | 2007-12-14 16:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER KNNP KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV3578 | ECF: IMPACT OF RECENTLY REMOVED WEST BANK [...] (C) Brig. Gen. Eitan Dangot, Military Advisor to the Minister of Defense provided the Ambassador in late November with a second list of 25 West Bank obstacles identified by the IDF as recently dismantled. According to Dangot, the IDF completed the removal of these obstacles as of November 22 [...] | 2007-12-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV359 | ISRAELI MADRID PARTICIPANTS ON SAUDI INITIATIVE, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli participants in the Madrid-plus-fifteen conference held January 10-12 (reftel) have told the Embassy and the press that they seek "the end of gradualism" and a focus on final status negotiations as the best way to reach peace with the Palestinians. To break w [...] | 2007-02-01 12:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL POV KWBG KPAL SP IS |
07TELAVIV3595 | ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN WATER ISSUES - PREPARING FOR BILATERAL WATER NEGOTIATIONS AND THE TRILATERAL WATER WORKING GROUP MEETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL EAGR EINV EAID IS KWBG |
07TELAVIV3597 | BOIM TO AMBASSADOR: NO SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION IN [...] (C) Summary: On December 21, the Ambassador met with Housing Minister Boim to discuss recent press reports saying that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) planned to commence construction on new settlement housing in East Jerusalem. Minister Boim disavowed claims that a new Isra [...] | 2007-12-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG |
07TELAVIV3629 | AMBASSADOR JONES' DECEMBER 24 MEETING WITH ISA [...] (S) Summary: In a December 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Yuval Diskin, director of the Israel Security Agency (ISA, Shin Bet or Shabak),promised to share information with the U.S. on smuggling and tunnel networks between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. According to Diskin, the infestation of t [...] | 2007-12-28 11:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG PINR IS EG |
07TELAVIV3631 | CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH BINYAMIN NETANYAHU [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 12:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PAL KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV455 | CHIEF ARCHEOLOGIST DESCRIBES MUGHRABI GATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: CHIEF JERUSALEM ARCHEOLOGIST FOR THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY, BARUCH YUVAL, TOLD POLOFFS FEBRUARY 8 THAT THE NEW EXCAVATIONS OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM AL-SHARIF COMPLEX IN JERUSALEM,S OLD CITY (REFTELS) HAD BEEN PLANNED OPENLY AND IN CONSULTATION WITH ALL INTERESTED PART [...] | 2007-02-09 16:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV502 | ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TO CONTINUE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AS ONE ELEMENT OF THE ONGOING EFFORT TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON MOVEMENT AND ACCESS (AMA),ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN DELEGATIONS MET ON FEBRUARY 13 AT THE CHIEF OF MISSION'S RESIDENCE TO DISCUSS ACTIONS THAT COULD AID A REVIVAL OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE WEST [...] | 2007-02-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV507 | PEACE NOW'S SOON-TO-BE PUBLISHED 2006 SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, Peace Now's settlement watch co-coordinator Hagit Ofran told econoff that the organization plans to release its annual report on settlement and outpost growth on Monday, February 19. Ofran provided econoff with an advanced briefing on the organization's observa [...] | 2007-02-16 10:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV510 | NEW MOF DG ARIAV REMAINS COMMITTED TO FISCAL [...] (C) Director General of the Ministry of Finance Yarom Ariav told the Ambassador that he is interested in pushing forward with reforms to Israel's energy, education and land administrations during his tenure. Ariav said that the aim of Hirchson's tax reform plan is to increase participation in [...] | 2007-02-16 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAIR KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV515 | FINANCE MINISTER HIRCHSON LOOKS TOWARDS HIS LEGACY [...] (C) Finance Minister Avraham Hirchson, seemingly distracted by the corruption allegations swirling around his ministry and around him personally, emphasized his accomplishments after eight months in office and stressed the importance of ensuring that future finance ministers not be able to e [...] | 2007-02-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAIR MASS IS KWBG |
07TELAVIV605 | IRAN: REPRESENTATIVE HARMAN'S FEBRUARY 20 MEETING [...] (S) During a February 20 meeting with Representative Jane Harman (D-CA),Israeli Deputy DefMin Ephraim Sneh said that he believes that the installation of a pro-American, secular, democratic government in Iran can be far more easily accomplished than many observers think. Saying that regime c [...] | 2007-02-27 06:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV612 | EU SEE GREATER ROLE FOR ISRAELI MFA IN RAFAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Union Special Representative Marc Otte described increased Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) involvement in the Rafah crossing in a February 16 meeting with United States Security Coordinator (USSC). The EU-Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM) is set to expire in Ma [...] | 2007-02-27 08:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG EUN IS |
07TELAVIV64 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 13-15 [...] (S) Madam Secretary, internal tensions among GOI leaders have intensified since your last visit and have reached the point that there appears to be little coordination or even dialogue among the key decision makers. Therefore, we will need to be sensitive to perceptions that we are favoring o [...] | 2007-01-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV IS KWBG |
07TELAVIV733 | LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS DEBATE IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH VISITING S/P DEPUTY DIRECTOR MATT WAXMAN, POLCOUNS AND POLOFF, SENIOR RESEARCHERS AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY,S INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES (INSS) SURVEYED A VARIETY OF REGIONAL THREATS FACING ISRAEL AND OFFERED VARIOUS POLICY AL [...] | 2007-03-08 12:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KPAL KWBG LE SY IR IZ IS |
07TELAVIV739 | IRAN: CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S BREAKFAST WITH [...] (U) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz, th [...] | 2007-03-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS KPAL KWBG IR SY IS |
07TELAVIV740 | CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S LUNCH WITH KNESSET MEMBERS [...] (S) 1. (C) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Stei [...] | 2007-03-08 14:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG MASS IR SY LE IS |
07TELAVIV741 | IRAN: CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S DINNER WITH SHARANSKY [...] (C) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz, th [...] | 2007-03-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC KNNP KPAL KWBG IR IS |
07TELAVIV825 | GOI DISCUSSES EU-BAM RENEWAL WITH USSC [...] (C//REL TO USA, AUS, CAN, and GBR) In a March 7 meeting with USSC Dayton and attended by the MoD Political-Military Director's advisor Oded Herman, MFA Senior Deputy Director General Ambassador Yossi Gal expressed the GoI's strong interest in renewing the EU-BAM mission, contingent upon receiv [...] | 2007-03-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL ETRD EFIN EU IS |
07TELAVIV846 | EU-BAM REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR RAFAH [...] (C) Summary/comment: In a March 17 meeting with the Ambassador, EU-BAM Commander LTG Pietro Pistolese requested USG assistance for the EU's efforts to return to normalized operation of the Rafah Crossing Point. Pistolese said that Israel's continued failure to sign the Customs Protocol was ke [...] | 2007-03-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG ECON KPAL PBTS EG IS |
07TELAVIV867 | ISRAELI TRANSPORTATION MINISTER MOFAZ ON IRAN AND [...] (S) During a March 14 meeting devoted to a variety of issues, Israeli Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz praised the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue, and noted that he would soon begin preparing for the next session scheduled for May 7-8 in Washington. Mofaz, who has the GOI l [...] | 2007-03-21 06:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG SY LE IR IS |
07TELAVIV883 | DEPUTY MINISTER SNEH APPROVES EXPORTS THROUGH RAFAH [...] (C) IN SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH THE AMBASSADOR, AND EMBASSY AND WORLD BANK STAFF, DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE EPHRAIM SNEH SAID THAT THE GOI WOULD APPROVE THE OPENING OF RAFAH FOR EXPORTS FROM GAZA BEGINNING IN MAY, TO COINCIDE WITH THE RENEWAL OF THE EUBAM MISSION. SNEH REMARKED THAT IF THE RE [...] | 2007-03-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV913 | GOI TO TAKE STEPS TO SPEED UP AMA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 22 meeting of the Core Group for implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA),Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh pointed to GOI progress in reducing obstacles to movement and increasing the flow of agricultural goods through crossing points. He [...] | 2007-03-23 16:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL KWBG PBTS IS |
07TELAVIV914 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD SPECIAL ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary: Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defense, Mike Herzog, told the Ambassador that as soon as a replacement was found for General Spiegel, the bilateral dialogue on settlements and outposts could be restarted. In the meantime, Herzog confirmed, he was the day-to-day point of contac [...] | 2007-03-23 16:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV918 | ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS: EU ENVOY ON PEACE TALKS, NUG [...] (C) Summary: During a March 22 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Deputy Legal Adviser Schwartz, and the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Marc Otte said he believes Israelis are uneasy with political horizon discussions, nervous about U.S. intentions, and uncer [...] | 2007-03-26 07:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG PTER EFIN IS |
07TELAVIV932 | GOI POISED TO ACT AGAINST SETTLERS REESTABLISHING [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES.) BARUCH SPIEGEL, FORMER ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ, TOLD ECONCOUNS ON MARCH 26 THAT THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) IS PREPARED TO ACT AGAINST SETTLERS THAT MAY TRY TO REOCCUPY HOMESH, ONE OF FOUR NORTHERN WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS EVACUATED BY THE GOI IN 2005. [...] | 2007-03-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV984 | PUBLIC ISRAELI RESPONSE TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT (U) [...] (U) Summary: Initial GOI reaction to the Arab League Summit has been cautiously positive. PM Ehud Olmert's office announced that they would "study in detail the initiative and see if there is anything new ... and then respond." In the official response, the MFA released a statement that skir [...] | 2007-03-30 12:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS |
07THEHAGUE1202 | DUTCH TO CONTRIBUTE TO UNRWA FLASH APPEAL IN [...] Econoff delivered reftel points on June 15 to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Joost Andriessen, Head, Humanitarian Aid Division, and Gert Kampman, Deputy Director, Middle East Section. 2. Kampman said the GONL was one of the "bigger" donors to the UN Relief and Works Agency (U [...] | 2007-06-21 10:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG EAID ECON EUN NL |
07THEHAGUE2057 | NETHERLANDS/PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE: DUTCH TO [...] (C) Summary. The GONL will pledge 10 million euros at the Paris Donors Conference in addition to the 35.3 million euros in assistance they provided in 2007. They also favor the establishment of an international mechanism to distribute the aid. The Dutch delegation will likely be led by For [...] | 2007-12-13 07:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KWBG KPAL AMGT PREL PGOV NL |
07TOKYO1005 | JAPAN TO HOST ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Taro Aso will preside March 14 in Tokyo over a meeting to inaugurate Japan's "Corridor of Peace and Prosperity" initiative involving Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians. Expected participants include Shimon Peres for Israel, Saed Erekat for the Palestinians, and [...] | 2007-03-08 13:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR EAID ETRD EAIR KPAL KWBG IS JO JA |
07TOKYO1152 | JAPAN ANNOUNCED USD 12.6 MILLION TO THE [...] (U) At the March 14-15 visit of Cabinet-level officials from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (reftel),Foreign Minister Aso announced additional assistance to the Palestinians. Although the two-day meeting focused on "confidence building" and the "Corridor for Peace and Prosperi [...] | 2007-03-15 22:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID JA IS EAGR KWBG JO ENRG |
07TOKYO1209 | "CORRIDOR FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY" INITIATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Israel, Palestinians, Jordan, and Japan agreed to a Terms of Reference document for the Corridor for Peace and Prosperity (CPP) Initiative, announced Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso March 14. The parties formed a "Four Party Consultation Unit" and agreed that (1) the CPP init [...] | 2007-03-19 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR EAID ETRD EAIR KWBG KPAL IS JO JA |
07TOKYO1211 | DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CROUCH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ballistic missile defense and working toward early deployment of the missile defense agreement, DFM Yachi told DNSA Crouch that during February 26-27 meetings. Japan is troubled by the lack of transparency in China's military development and developmental as [...] | 2007-03-19 08:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER PHUM ECON ETRD EAID MARR KWBG |
07TOKYO3587 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a working lunch hosted for the Deputy Secretary by Vice Foreign Minister Yachi, MOFA officials made SIPDIS the following points: -- Japan is hopeful the September report on progress in Iraq will be positive, but is realistic and expects it may not meet expections and will [...] | 2007-08-06 07:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG XF IZ IR IS IN AF BM PK JA |
07TOKYO3962 | FOREIGN MINISTER ASO VISITS JORDAN, ISRAEL, WEST [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was clearly pleased with his August 13-15 visit to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, calling it the most constructive diplomatic mission he has undertaken as Foreign Minister. The centerpiece of the visit was the "Ministerial Level Meeting of the Four Pa [...] | 2007-08-27 06:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG SENV EAID ETRD IR IS JO JA |
07TOKYO4322 | JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER UNABLE TO ATTEND AD HOC [...] (U) Due to the unsettled political situation in Tokyo, Foreign Minister Machimura will be unable to attend the September 24 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting in New York, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Deputy Director Hideaki Adachi. The meeting will take place on the day after t [...] | 2007-09-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF JA |
07TOKYO4688 | JAPAN ANTICIPATES INVITATION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Japan's Special Envoy for Peace in the Middle East Tatsuo Arima was very pleased with the September 24 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting, as well as with meetings with NEA A/S Welch (reftel) and NSA Senior Director Abrams, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Deputy Director Hideaki [...] | 2007-10-05 05:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JA |
07TOKYO5315 | JAPAN: ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE INVITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 05:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT CVIS KPAL KWBG IS JA |
07TOKYO5482 | JAPANESE VIEW OF ANNAPOLIS, PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan considers the Annapolis Conference a great success, terming it an "historic opportunity" to advance the Peace Process. Unfortunately, Japan was not represented at the ministerial level. Separately, given budgetary constraints, the issue of whether Japan can contribute to [...] | 2007-12-07 01:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID XF WE IS GZ KWBG KPAL JA |
07TOKYO5511 | JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION AT PARIS [...] (C) Japan is still uncertain who will lead its delegation to the December 17 Paris Donors Conference and how much it will be in a position to contribute, according to Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Representative in charge of Peace in the Middle East. Embassy Tokyo Deputy Chief of [...] | 2007-12-11 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT PREL KWBG KPAL IS JA |
07TUNIS1576 | FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 16:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AMGT KWBG KPAL IS |
07TUNIS380 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG TS |
07TUNIS965 | TUNISIA: REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Initial GOT reactions to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East have been largely favorable. Several Embassy contacts also responded positively, in particular to the call for an international conference. Several commentators, have, however offered criticisms about pa [...] | 2007-07-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS TS |
07USUNNEWYORK1108 | UNGA: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2-3. 2. (C) Per reftel, each year USUN works to reduce support from member states for three UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions that extend the mandates of three bodies in the UN that are biased against Israel. On November 26, the UNGA's Fo [...] | 2007-11-30 22:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS |
07USUNNEWYORK1214 | UNGA DEBATES THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE AND THE [...] (U) Summary: The participants in the annual UNGA debates on the Question of Palestine and on the Situation in the Middle East that took place November 29-30 broke no new ground, restating well-known arguments in support of well-known positions. Several countries did, however, acknowledge the [...] | 2007-12-26 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS |
07USUNNEWYORK1215 | UNGA ADOPTS 27 FOURTH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) The U.N. General Assembly December 17 adopted 27 draft resolutions on the recommendation of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee). Resolutions and Plenary votes are in paragraph three. 2. (U) The only notable aspect of the voting was a spontaneous applaus [...] | 2007-12-26 19:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS |
07USUNNEWYORK219 | MONTHLY UNSC MIDDLE EAST DEBATE FOCUSES ON MECCA [...] (SBU) DELIVERING HIS FIRST BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0219 UNCLAS COUNCIL DURING ITS MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE ON MARCH 14, NEWLY-ARRIVED DPA U/SYG LYNN PASCOE (AMCIT) SAID DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE PAST MONTH -- INCLUDING THE MECCA AGREEMENT -- HOLD OUT THE PROMISE TO TURN PAS [...] | 2007-03-19 21:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK717 | MONTHLY UNSC MIDEAST DEBATE: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR [...] (U) Summary. During a seven-hour monthly UNSC debate on the Middle East on August 29 featuring over 30 speakers, UNSCO Michael Williams professed "guarded optimism" about recent developments in the Arab-Israeli peace process but was decidedly downcast about the reality on the ground. Amb Wol [...] | 2007-08-30 22:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KPAL KWBG SY LE IS |
07VIENNA1650 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: URGING SUPPORT FOR UNRWA FLASH [...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 14 with Werner Stenzel, the Deputy Head of the MFA's Humanitarian Assistance Department, to deliver reftel points. Stenzel said that, unfortunately, Austria would not be able to contribute to either the flash appeal for Lebanon or the emergency appea [...] | 2007-06-20 16:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KWBG LE AU |
07VIENNA2922 | PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE: AUSTRIA CONSIDERING [...] (SBU) During a December 7 conversation with Charge, Ralph Scheide, Head (A/S-equivalent) of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division, said that Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would lead the Austrian delegation to the December 17 donors conference in Paris to support Palestinian reform and [...] | 2007-12-11 08:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KWBG KPAL AU |
07VIENNA720 | FORMATION OF A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on March 21 to Franz Josef Kuglitsch, the Austrian MFA's acting Middle East Director, and Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's DAS-level Near East Director. 2. (C) Kuglitsch and Lapuh confirmed press reports that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik ha [...] | 2007-03-21 15:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL PGOV KWBG PREL IS AU |
07WARSAW2347 | POLAND TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) PolCouns met December 10 with Wieslaw Kucel, Counselor in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Department to deliver reftel demarche. Kucel, who accompanied Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski to the Annapolis conference, said that Poland would be represented by at least Deputy Foreign Minist [...] | 2007-12-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS PL |
07WARSAW319 | FATAH-HAMAS GOVERNMENT: POLAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Fatah-Hamas national unity government on February 9 to Pawel Herczynski, MFA EU Department Deputy Director. Herczynski commented that the U.S.views were fully consistent with Quartet principles, and therefore they reflected EU policy as [...] | 2007-02-09 15:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS PL |
07YEREVAN151 | PALESTINIAN UNITY GOVERNMENT POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-12 13:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS AM |
08ABUDHABI1397 | UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG UNSC AE |
08AITTAIPEI1776 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 22, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the Union of Good, a Saudi Arabia-based organization, as a supporter of t [...] | 2008-12-24 05:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL UNSC ECON |
08ALGIERS1350 | ALGERIAN MFA: DANGEROUS SPLIT BETWEEN REGIMES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Madjid Bouguerra assured the Ambassador on December 31 that Algeria would continue to play a constructive role in formulating Arab League reactions to the situation in Gaza, avoiding inflammatory rhetoric. Bouguerra said that Algerians were shocked and traum [...] | 2008-12-31 18:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG |
08ALGIERS778 | ALGERIA COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Messaoud Benziad, Deputy Director of MFA's office of Mashreq Affairs. We thanked Benziad for Algeria's support for the Palestinian Authority thus far, noting reftel points that Algeria is one of three Arab League countries that has pledged support this year [...] | 2008-07-09 16:45:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PGOV ECON IS AG |
08AMMAN1098 | PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD COMPLETE TRAINING [...] (SBU) The first group of Palestinian Authority Presidential Guard (PG) personnel to train at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) completed their two-month training program in Jordan and took part in a graduation ceremony on April 13. United States Security Coordinator Lt. [...] | 2008-04-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL JO IS |
08AMMAN1121 | JORDAN AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Jordan's security interests in a Palestinian state are manifold, and felt very deeply both at the senior levels and in the street. The GOJ rejects any suggestion that Jordan assume security responsibilities in the West Bank, or that the fulfillment of Palestinian national aspirations be [...] | 2008-04-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO |
08AMMAN1232 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AHLC [...] (C) Pol/C delivered reftel demarche April 21 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh noted Jordan's support for peacemaking efforts, and said that Foreign Minister Bashir would lead the Jordanian delegation in London. He added that Jordanian Minist [...] | 2008-04-23 06:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL EU KPAL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN1248 | QUARTET ENVOYS DISCUSS GAZA, HAMAS, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: The Quartet Envoys met in Amman on April 17 in preparation for the May 2 Principals meeting in London. The Gaza situation dominated, with all sides agreeing that the volatility there impedes peace prospects. The UN's Robert Serry presented a plan Serry said was proposed by Pales [...] | 2008-04-24 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KWBG PREL IS JO |
08AMMAN1466 | CITIZENSHIP OF MANY JORDANIAN-PALESTINIANS STILL [...] (C) Summary: Twenty years after Jordan severed its legal and administrative ties to the West Bank, the repercussions are still being felt, and not merely in the central peace process assumption that the West Bank will become the core of a Palestinian state. Through vague regulations and opaqu [...] | 2008-05-14 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL PREF KDEM KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN1483 | JORDAN WORRIED MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE WILL HARM TIES [...] (C) Summary: Director of Policy Planning and Research at the Foreign Ministry Omar Nahar - supported by representatives from the Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites as well as the Department of Antiquities - briefed PolOffs May 14 on the latest developments surrounding different [...] | 2008-05-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG JO IS |
08AMMAN149 | JORDANIAN ELITES WELCOME PRESIDENT,S ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of President Bush's visit to Israel and the West Bank, Jordanian officials and observers have voiced what ranges between cautious optimism and tempered pessimism that the revitalized peace process will bear fruit this year. Officialdom has voiced the gre [...] | 2008-01-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG JO IS |
08AMMAN1579 | KING AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS PEACE PROCESS, LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, a delegation of eleven Congressional staffers met with King Abdullah and Queen Rania as part of a trip organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The King was relatively downbeat on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Lebanon. He identified events [...] | 2008-05-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KWBG IS IZ LE JO |
08AMMAN1750 | BERLIN CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN CIVIL [...] (S) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Jamal Shamaylah, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office on June 9. Shamaylah reported that Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir will attend the June 24 Berlin Conference subsequent to the June 23 conference in Vienna on the reconstruction of the Na [...] | 2008-06-11 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN |
08AMMAN2064 | KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT - JORDAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 10 to Mohammad Al-Khalidi, Director of the Arab and Middle East Affairs Department at the Foreign Ministry. Khalidi estimated that Jordan has only disbursed roughly $1 million of the cash amount pledged to the Palestinian Authority at the Arab Lea [...] | 2008-07-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL ECON PINR JO |
08AMMAN2080 | USSC LTG DAYTON'S JULY 1 MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (SBU) U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton met with King Abdullah on July 1 to discuss the ongoing training of Palestinian security forces at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). LTG Dayton was accompanied by the Ambassador, the Defense Attache and the [...] | 2008-07-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KPAL KWBG MAS PREL |
08AMMAN2093 | PALESTINE NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER ZANOUN DEFENDS [...] (C) Summary: Palestine National Council Speaker Salim al-Zanoun provided his version of the intra-Palestinian political dispute described ref A, in which he was pressured to allow the selection of new members to the PLO Executive Committee without convening the PNC. While his account was not [...] | 2008-07-14 10:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN2147 | JORDAN FEELS STYMIED ON MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Jordan, though it took a relatively conciliatory approach to the Mughrabi Gate Ascent issue at the recent meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Quebec, remains concerned that its equities are being ignored and that Israeli unilateralism will lead to a negative backlash. Note: Per ref [...] | 2008-07-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG |
08AMMAN2453 | JORDANIAN FM CONVENES P5 AMBASSADORS ON HARAM [...] (C) Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, in a meeting convoked with less than a day's notice on August 21, convened the P5 Ambassadors in his office to convey Jordan's great concern that Israel was preparing - within the next month - to take unilateral steps to begin construction of a new ascent [...] | 2008-08-21 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG |
08AMMAN2483 | MFA SEES ISRAEL AS NONRESPONSIVE ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) PolOff spoke on August 25 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Policy Planning and Research Director Omar Nahar, the MFA's pointman on the subject of a new access ramp to the Mughrabi Gate. The conversation took place days after Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir's convocation of the P5 and ot [...] | 2008-08-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG |
08AMMAN257 | JORDANIAN CONDEMNATION OF AND DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian officials up through King Abdullah and the Queen have reacted with dismay - and portions of the public (egged on by the Islamic Action Front) more angrily - to the intensification of Israel's "siege" of the Gaza Strip. The government has condemned Israeli policies and d [...] | 2008-01-23 15:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG JO IS |
08AMMAN2632 | KING: JORDAN MAY BRING MUGHRABI GATE TO [...] (C) King Abdullah voiced his concerns to Ambassador on September 7 about Israel's plans for a new ascent to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif. Repeating and emphasizing points that Jordanian officials have raised with increasing urgency over the past few weeks (re [...] | 2008-09-10 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN2754 | UNSC MINISTERIAL ON SETTLEMENTS: JORDAN WILL TRY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche September 25 to Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah. Awadallah said that he is in daily contact with FM Salah Al-Bashir, currently in New York for UNGA, and would relay the points. Awadallah said that Jordan will try to be helpful to the extent it can. [...] | 2008-09-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG KPAL UNSC JO |
08AMMAN2965 | IMPLEMENTING MUGHRABI GATE PROJECT REMAINS [...] (C) The MFA's Director of Policy Planning and Research, Omar Nahar - Post's primary GOJ contact on the matter of planned construction of a new ascent to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount - gave PolOff a readout of the GOJ's latest views on October 21. The meeting [...] | 2008-10-28 11:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3080 | FM BASHIR AND A/S HOOK DISCUSS HAMAS TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir and IO A/S Brian Hook discussed Jordanian talks with Hamas, the Mughrabi Gate issue, and other regional developments during a lunch on November 1. Addressing recent interactions with Hamas, Bashir maintained that Jordanian policy had no [...] | 2008-11-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3122 | JORDANIAN-QATARI RELATIONS START TO THAW IN BUSINESS AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Nader Dahabi led a high-level November 8-9 delegation to Qatar which included the Ministers of Labor, Industry and Trade, and Media Affairs. According to press reports, Jordan and Qatar agreed to establish a joint investment fund, with up to $1 billion from Qatar, and to se [...] | 2008-11-17 07:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL PGOV KISL KWBG JO QA |
08AMMAN3164 | JORDAN FEARS IT WILL BEAR BURDEN OF FAILURE (OR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: With some frequency over the past several months the local commentariat has expressed anxiety that Jordan risks becoming the alternative Palestinian homeland, given Palestinian disunity and perceived Israeli and U.S. duplicity. Officials have publicly reaffirmed thei [...] | 2008-11-20 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3189 | GOJ LEADERS TALK AID, REFORM, PALESTINIANS, LEVANT [...] (C) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, who was in Amman to participate in the U.S.-Jordan Political Dialogue (Ref A),spent November 18 in separate meetings with King Abdullah, Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi, Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Senate President Zeid [...] | 2008-11-25 07:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL SY IS LE AE MO JO |
08AMMAN3194 | JORDAN RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER [...] (C) Pol Chief delivered on November 25 points in reftel demarche to the FM's Office Director, Nabil Masarweh, who promised to pass the information to his minister, scheduled to leave later in the day for Cairo. 2. (C) After the meeting, Masarweh called to say that the main subject of the [...] | 2008-11-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG AL JO |
08AMMAN3262 | JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS PUSH THE LIMITS WITH GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Action Front (IAF) has recently launched a campaign to lift the siege on Gaza with a series of rallies and petitions and the proposed dispatch of a ship of humanitarian supplies. On December 3, IAF members staged a walkout in Parliament when [...] | 2008-12-04 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KISL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3313 | ANNAPOLIS PROCESS DEMARCHE: JORDAN SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG UNSC JO |
08AMMAN3327 | JORDANIAN MEDIA JOIN BANDWAGON HAILING SHOE THROWER [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's media over the past two days have focused, like their counterparts in other Arab countries, on the shoe throwing incident against President Bush in Iraq. Daily newspapers carried front-page coverage of the incident, with an enormous number of editorial commentary, cartoons, a [...] | 2008-12-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR KWBG |
08AMMAN3389 | JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...] | 2008-12-30 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3390 | JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...] | 2008-12-30 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN3417 | JORDAN: FM RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 11:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM JO |
08AMMAN394 | A/S WELCH AND JORDANIAN FM DISCUSS ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch met with Salaheddin Al-Bashir, Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs. Speaking about the ongoing Annapolis process, Bashir and Welch agreed that regional conferences could help create more positive atmospherics to keep momentum go [...] | 2008-02-06 16:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN424 | A/S WELCH DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, GAZA, LEBANON [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a February 6 meeting with Mohammed Dahabi, head of the General Intelligence Department (GID),NEA A/S David Welch discussed the peace process, Gaza, and Lebanon. Dahabi's reading of the Gaza situation was that it was a victory for Hamas. On the Annapolis process, Dahabi [...] | 2008-02-10 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EG IS JO KWBG LE PREL |
08AMMAN536 | JORDANIAN CONCERNS ON THE OLD CITY'S MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Jordan is actively engaged in discussions with Israeli and UNESCO officials about plans to replace the access ramp leading up to the Mughrabi Gate to the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in the Old City of Jerusalem, but remains concerned that Israel will disregard archeological finds of sign [...] | 2008-02-20 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PINR JO IS |
08AMMAN573 | OPIC CEO Reviews Projects Supporting King's Initiatives in [...] (SBU) Summary: OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher discussed ongoing and potential OPIC investments in Jordan worth $750 million with senior Jordanian officials on the margins of the February 10-11 Middle East and North Africa Trade and Investment Conference held in Amman. In 2007, OPIC [...] | 2008-02-24 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG OPIC JO KWBG |
08AMMAN688 | JORDAN: MEDIA REACT TO EVENTS IN GAZA [...] (U) SUMMARY: JORDANIAN MEDIA FOCUSED WITH INCREASING INTENSITY THIS PAST WEEKEND ON EVENTS IN GAZA INVOLVING CLASHES BETWEEN ISRAELI FORCES AND PALESTINIAN MILITANTS. COVERAGE OF EVENTS HAS COMPETED WITH THE KING'S U.S. VISIT FOR PRE-EMINENCE ON THE FRONT PAGES, AND HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY GRA [...] | 2008-03-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR KWBG |
08AMMAN869 | KING AND QUEEN OUTLINE IRANIAN "NEMESIS" FOR [...] (C) Speaking to members of an Jordanian MFA-organized delegation of staffers from the U.S. Senate, King Abdullah and Queen Rania stressed the threat Iran poses to security and stability in the region, and linked the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the rise of Iranian influence in the region. The Ki [...] | 2008-03-19 17:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KWBG IR JO |
08AMMAN870 | ROYAL COURT CHIEF AND PM DISCUSS IRAN, ECONOMY, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 17:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EFIN KWBG ECON IR IS JO |
08AMMAN871 | KING AND QUEEN OUTLINE IRANIAN "NEMESIS" FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 17:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KWBG IR JO |
08AMMAN872 | ROYAL COURT CHIEF AND PM DISCUSS IRAN, ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with a visiting Senate staffdel (whose trip was arranged by the Jordanian MFA),Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah and Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi addressed Jordan's place in the regional political order, political reform, and economic issues. Awadallah reiterat [...] | 2008-03-19 17:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EFIN KWBG ECON IR IS JO |
08ANKARA1110 | TURKEY/BERLIN CONFERENCE: EAGER TO HELP, BUT IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Security Affairs Department Head Metin Ersin on June 13. Ersin, who represented Turkey at a preparatory conference in Berlin, told us Foreign Minister Babacan is expected to lead the Turkish delega [...] | 2008-06-16 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN |
08ANKARA755 | TURKEY: SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS WITH ISRAEL AND THE [...] (U) This cable is in response to ref a request. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT supports the Annapolis process and the Road Map, and increasingly sees itself as an impartial regional facilitator, capable of playing a constructive role in the Middle East peace process. Ankara hosted PA President A [...] | 2008-04-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS KPAL TU |
08ATHENS832 | GREEKS BEARING GIFTS: FM BAKOYANNIS TO ATTEND [...] (C) DepPolCouns reconfirmed that Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis would attend the Berlin conference on supporting the Palestinians with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis (refs A and B). Ayfantis said Bakoyannis did not want to show up at the conference "empty ha [...] | 2008-06-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS GR |
08BANGKOK3673 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) On December 4, Econoff passed reftel points regarding the United States' designation of Saudi Arabia-based Union of Good as a supporter of terrorism under Executive Order 13224 to three offices within the RTG: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) International Security Unit, the Nation [...] | 2008-12-17 05:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KWBG KPAL EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR |
08BEIJING4542 | CHINA ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS UNSCR [...] (C) With appropriate Chinese Government contacts at the Charge's level having already departed Beijing for Washington to participate in the visit of State Councilor Dai Bingguo, PolOff on December 14 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division [...] | 2008-12-15 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV UNSC CH |
08BEIJING4600 | DELIVERY OF UNION OF GOOD TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) On December 18, 2008, Econoffs and Finatt conveyed reftel to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of External Security Affairs, Mr. Wu Shifan, as it relates to bilateral counterterrorism efforts. We expressed his appreciation and indicated he would pass the information on [...] | 2008-12-19 01:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS |
08BEIRUT1009 | LEBANON: GOL UNLIKELY TO FUND PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on supporting the Palestinian Authority to Oussama Khachab and Rana Mokaddem, officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Acknowledging the financial challenges faced by the PA, the MFA officials said it was nevertheless not financially feasible for Leb [...] | 2008-07-11 16:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PREL ECON LE |
08BEIRUT1805 | LEBANON: GOL WILL ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE MEETING ON [...] (C) On December 30, Embassy officers delivered reftel demarche to Nazem Khoury, advisor to President Sleiman, and Oussama Khachab, Director of the Americas desk at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khoury and Khachab, respectively, called the situation in Gaza "unacceptable" and "very [...] | 2008-12-30 16:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG MOPS IS LE |
08BERLIN1652 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries of Finance, Economics, and Foreign Affairs regarding the U.S. designation of the Saudi Arabia-based Union of Good organization as a supporter of terror and encouraged the ministries to pursue similar measures. None of our Germa [...] | 2008-12-11 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS |
08BRUSSELS1244 | THE AMBASSADOR MEETS RELEX COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on the morning of August 8, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations (RELEX) reported that CFSP High Rep Solana was irked that Georgian President Saakashvili had seemed so calm in their August 7 telephone call and had no [...] | 2008-08-12 17:50:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG EAID ETTC KWBG EUN GG XF |
08BRUSSELS897 | BELGIUM SUPPORTS AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points June 12 to Hendrik Van de Velde, MFA Middle East Peace Process office. Van de Velde said Belgium is very supportive of the efforts for the Berlin Conference goals and they intend to pledge 100,000 to 200,000 Euros at the conference. He said Belgium also s [...] | 2008-06-13 07:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS BE |
08BUCHAREST475 | ROMANIA ON BERLIN CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to MFA Director General for Political Affairs Stefan Tinca. Tinca reported that Foreign Minister Comanescu would be attending the Berlin Conference. However, he added that Romania would be more focused on identifying possible project areas among [...] | 2008-06-13 13:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN RO |
08BUDAPEST602 | HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 07:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM HU |
08CAIRO1197 | FM ABOUL GHEIT PLANNING TO ATTEND BERLIN [...] DCM delivered points in reftel demarche June 11 to MFA Senior Cabinet Advisor Hossam Zaki. Zaki took the points, and said that FM Aboul Gheit is planning to lead the Egyptian delegation to the Berlin Conference on June 24. 2. We are following up with Arab League regarding its delegation an [...] | 2008-06-11 13:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM |
08CAIRO1240 | ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA TO ATTEND JUNE 24 BERLIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 07:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM EG |
08CAIRO1480 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT [...] (C) We raised points in reftel with Barakat Leithy, MFA Acting Director of Palestinian Affairs, on July 13. Leithy told us that the GOE strongly supports the Palestinian Authority and recognizes its financial challenges. Egypt is also facing increasing budgetary pressures. Nevertheless, Lei [...] | 2008-07-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL PREL ECON KWBG EG |
08CAIRO168 | EGYPTIANS, GAZANS SEEK ALTERNATIVE TO BORDER CHAOS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From business leaders to currency traders to hungry guys with empty gas cans, Egyptian residents of North Sinai and their self-invited guests from Gaza stressed during our visit January 28-30 that economic and humanitarian pressure will continue to cause eruptions across the bo [...] | 2008-01-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL ETRD PTER KWBG EG |
08CAIRO2099 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSC MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC EG |
08CAIRO2497 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL UNSC EG |
08CAIRO856 | EGYPT AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS [...] (S) Summary: Per reftel inquiry, Egypt's overriding security equity in a Palestinian state is a secure and stable border with Gaza. Egypt is interested in opening the Gaza border to humanitarian shipments and trade through a mechanism similar to the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access in o [...] | 2008-04-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KWBG KPAL IS EG |
08DAMASCUS269 | SYRIAN EQUITIES IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: Syria's primary security interests in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are to avoid a war with Israel that would threaten the Asad family's hold on power and to win Israel's return of the occupied Golan Heights to the 1967 border lines. As the self-proclaimed center of Arab re [...] | 2008-04-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
08DAMASCUS839 | IRAQI D/FM ABBAWI SEES SUPPORTING ABBAS AS KEY [...] (C) At Embassy Baghdad's request, we delivered reftel demarche November 22 to Iraqi D/FM Abbawi, who was in Damascus attending the November 21 Iraqi Neighbors Border Security Working Group (BSWG) and would be heading the Iraqi delegation at the November 26 Arab League Ministerial. Abbawi exp [...] | 2008-11-25 11:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG AL IZ |
08DAMASCUS841 | UNSCO SERRY: SARG VIEWS ON SYRIAN AND PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator Robert Serry concluded a two-day visit to Damascus by briefing diplomats on his discussions with FM Muallim and VFM Miqdad. According to Serry, Muallim signaled continuing SARG interest in the Syrian-Israeli track but conditioned the holding of a fifth ro [...] | 2008-11-25 14:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS TU IS UN SY |
08DOHA223 | QATAR MFA WILLING TO DISCUSS PLEDGE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 06:01:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN EAID KWBG IS SA QA AE |
08DOHA241 | SCENESETTER FOR NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S [...] (C) Ambassador Welch, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings for you with the Heir Apparent, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, who has overall responsibility for security issues in Qatar; Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani (H [...] | 2008-03-28 11:21:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG QA |
08DOHA278 | QATAR'S MINISTER OF STATE OFFERS VIEWS ON GCC+2 [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Al-Mahmoud encouraged NEA A/S Welch over lunch April 1 to proceed with current U.S. thinking on the GCC 2 summit and urged him to include a discussion of Kosovo on the agenda. He described Qatar's relations with Saudi Arabia as "good" followi [...] | 2008-04-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL QA |
08DOHA279 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S PM [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) told visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch March 31 that he was not optimistic that the situation in Lebanon would improve anytime soon. He said it is necessary to fix matters with Iran and Syria -- and not i [...] | 2008-04-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG QA |
08DOHA301 | QATAR'S ARRANGEMENTS WITH ISRAEL AND THE [...] (C) Qatar's Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani, in a March 31 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, summed up Qatar's views on resolving SIPDIS security-related aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this way: "Qatar will accept any agreement acceptab [...] | 2008-04-15 09:09:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1004 | MASKED SETTLERS CLUB 68-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN WOMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local NGOs have confirmed press reports of masked settlers beating Palestinians near Hebron on June 8. According to these sources, two elderly Palestinians were injured and one was hospitalized. The victims identified the assailants as settlers from Susiya. Susiya settlers, n [...] | 2008-06-12 14:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1007 | "PALESTINE LIBERATION FRONT": PLO FACTION STILL [...] (S/NF) Per reftel, Post supplies the following information on the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF, "Abu al-Abbas Group"),which retains a leadership structure but no apparent intent or operational capability to carry out terrorist actions in the West Bank or Gaza Strip. 2. (S/NF) The PLF [...] | 2008-06-13 08:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET//NOFORN | KPAL PTER KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1008 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/13): AN "APOLOGY" FROM BUSH TO [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial under the headline, "The status of Bush's vision" (6/12): "... Bush has six more months in the White House. Let's assume that the American President and his team have made every possible effort to make progress on the Road map, meanwhile the Israeli [...] | 2008-06-13 08:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1010 | AREA B PALESTINIAN POLICE STATIONS SPARTAN BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and LTG Fraser staff visited four of eleven newly-opened Palestinian police stations in Area B on June 11 and met with police officers who discussed Israeli coordination and personnel/resource deficiencies. Commanders said they need Israeli clearance to execute any opera [...] | 2008-06-13 14:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1011 | LEGAL SHOWDOWN OVER NINE OFRA HOUSES: SETTLERS SAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli NGOs have petitioned the High Court of Justice (HCJ) to stop construction of nine homes in the West Bank Settlement of Ofra, asserting they are on private Palestinian land. According to the NGOs, the Civil Administration has confirmed Palestinian land registration and [...] | 2008-06-13 14:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1015 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/16): SETTLEMENTS - "AN [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "Waiting for the analysis of Rice's statement" (6/16): "Comments by Secretary Rice after hermeeting with President Abbas included statementsthat the time has come to establish a Palestinianstate, and that settlements are an obst [...] | 2008-06-16 10:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM102 | PALESTINIAN REACTION TO EL-AD ACQUISITION OF EAST [...] (C) Summary. According to local press and Jerusalem contacts, the Israeli organization El-Ad purchased 11 apartments in 4 buildings in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan in mid-January. President Abbas's Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs said El-Ad's purchases are part of an effort to red [...] | 2008-01-18 14:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1020 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/17): THE WAY FORWARD - [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial under the title, "What surprise are we waiting for?" (17/7): "The current Palestinian situation faces two immediate and important challenges; the first challenge is related to the brave initiative that was launched by President Abu Mazin to resume n [...] | 2008-06-17 10:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1021 | UBAYDIYA MAYOR EAGER TO DELIVER PROJECTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Fatah-controlled slate took control of Ubaydiya's municipal council on May 21 after the elected Hamas led-council resigned and the PA Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) approved a new council. Mayor Sulayman Abdullah and the new council requested USG development and program [...] | 2008-06-17 14:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG KDEM EAID IS |
08JERUSALEM1026 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/18): WILL THE HAMAS - ISRAEL [...] Independent Al-Quds carries its daily editorial under the title, "East Jerusalem was also occupied in 1967" (6/18): "The logic used JERUSALEM 00001026 002 OF 002 by Israeli officials when talking about settlements in East Jerusalem is a strange logic that makes no sense, especially whe [...] | 2008-06-18 09:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1027 | SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TENDERS: MAJOR UPTICK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The announcement on June 13 of 1,300 new residential units in "Ramat Shlomo" (adjacent to the Palestinian neighborhood of Shufat) brings the post-Annapolis Conference total of housing units approved and awaiting public review or tender in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to 5,5 [...] | 2008-06-18 15:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL IS |
08JERUSALEM1029 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/19): CAN HAMAS ENFORCE THE [...] Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Who can pressure JERUSALEM 00001029 002 OF 002 Israel?" (6/19): "Secretary Rice admitted the dangerous consequences of Jewish settlement activities in the Palestinian Territories, especially in East Jerusalem. During her last visit, she descri [...] | 2008-06-19 11:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM103 | YESHA LEADER SAYS THERE WAS A DEAL ON OUTPOSTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told PolOff January 16 that the settlers had reached a ""limited deal"" with MOD Barak to evacuate ""a few outposts"" in exchange for continued issuance of construction permits in existing settlement population centers, but PM Olmert vetoed the [...] | 2008-01-18 14:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM104 | HAMAS APPOINTS "ACTING MAYOR" IN GAZA CITY, [...] (C) Summary. Gaza City Maor Majid Abu Ramadan (Independent) told PolOff Jauary 18 that Hamas has taken over administrationof the Gaza City Municipality. He said Hamas issystematically replacing unit directors and apponted an "acting mayor" to freeze Abu Ramadan out o municipal operations. [...] | 2008-01-18 15:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1047 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/20): THE TRUCE - WHAT'S NEXT? [...] Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "What comes next, after the first day of the truce! (6/20): "Finally, a truce was agreed upon and it has cautiously entered its first day. Everyone is watching, with many differing expectations. Hamas officials, one after the other, confirm their [...] | 2008-06-20 11:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1049 | UPDATE ON PA ZAKAT COMMITTEE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) actions to control the collection and distribution of alms (zakat) have significantly reduced Hamas' exploitation of zakat committees as a source of income in the West Bank, according to the Deputy Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (Awqaf). At Pr [...] | 2008-06-20 11:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1051 | ORDER TO REROUTE EXPORTS HITS BETHLEHEM STONE [...] (C) Summary: Bethlehem business leaders claim that a recent Israeli order to reroute trucks carrying containers of stone and marble for export away from a checkpoint near the city to a commercial terminal 40 kilometers to the south will cost them time, money, and customers. Bethlehem Chamber [...] | 2008-06-20 13:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL IS KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1053 | GAZA CEASEFIRE HOLDS ON 1ST DAY; SUFA, NAHAL OZ [...] (SBU) An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire covering the Gaza Strip took effect at 0600 on June 19, and there have not been any significant security incidents in the area as of 1700 local on June 20. While a Hamas spokesman complained an Israeli navy vessel strafed the Gaza shoreline on June 19, th [...] | 2008-06-20 13:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM1055 | YITZHAR SETTLERS ATTACK ISRAELI POLICE, THEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers clashed with some 200 Israeli police attempting to remove illegal structures in Yitzhar settlement near Nablus on June 19, resulting in injuries to four policemen and eleven settlers. Local Palestinian contacts told PolOff that settlers subsequently rampaged through n [...] | 2008-06-20 14:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM106 | SENIOR AL-AQSA MILITANT KILLED IN BALATA CAMP [...] (C) Senior al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Ahmad al-Sanakra was shot and killed in an IDF operation early January 18, according to PA security contacts. Sanakra, brother of top-level al-Aqsa militant Ala'a Sanakra, was wanted by the Israelis since 2004 and was previously wounded twice in I [...] | 2008-01-18 15:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1061 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/23): ISRAEL, SOLE BENEFICIARY [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "The truce and a slightly reduced siege"(6/23): Israel needs the rocket attacks to stop and it has achieved that [goal]. At the same time, it wants to continue its siege (albeit, a bit less restrictive) of the Gaza Strip. Hama [...] | 2008-06-23 10:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1069 | GAZA CEASEFIRE CONTINUES FOR 4TH DAY; NO CHANGE IN [...] (SBU) The Gaza Strip ceasefire is being observed without significant security incidents as of 1600 local on June 23 (the 4th day since the ceasefire took effect). Local contacts report Israeli Navy fire toward Palestinian fishing boats approaching the GOI's maritime limit line early on June [...] | 2008-06-23 13:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM1073 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/24): "AMERICAN WHISPERING THAT [...] Independent Al-Ayyam carries its daily editorial under the title, "The truce may help to achieve unity or may deepen division"(6/24): The truce may help to make comprehensive national dialogue successful, end division and restore unity. It may also lead to a deepening and perpetuation of div [...] | 2008-06-24 11:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1076 | GAZA CEASEFIRE'S CALM BROKEN BY SHOOTING, [...] (SBU) Levels of violence in/around the Gaza Strip remain low on the fifth day of the ceasefire, but there has been one IDF shooting of a Palestinian, three Qassam launches and one mortar fired as of 1630 local on June 24. On June 23, Palestinian contacts report the IDF shot and seriously inj [...] | 2008-06-24 14:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1077 | INTERNAL DISCORD PREVENTS FILLING VACANT PLO [...] (C) Summary. According to senior Fatah and PLO officials, President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen),in his capacity as Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee (ExComm),retreated from his proposal to hold a PLO Central Council (PLO CC) meeting to fill ExComm vacancies in the face of opposition fro [...] | 2008-06-24 14:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER |
08JERUSALEM1084 | PA GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER BATTLE WITH HAMAS OVER [...] (C) Deputy Waqf/Religious Affairs Minister Salah Zuhaykah told PolOff June 25 that Hamas is again obstructing PA Waqf Ministry efforts to register Hajj pilgrims in Gaza and transport them to Saudi Arabia via Erez Crossing and Jordan. He said Hamas has announced competing arrangements and is s [...] | 2008-06-25 09:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG KISL PREL EG SA IS JO |
08JERUSALEM1085 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/25): "NO HOPE FOR PALESTINE [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "In order to regain Arab and world support" (6/25): Palestinian, Arab and international factors have led to a decrease in interest in the Palestinian cause compared to the support witnessed in the sixties and seventies... Internal Palestinian divi [...] | 2008-06-25 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1089 | GAZA CROSSINGS CLOSED AFTER QASSAM STRIKES; [...] (SBU) Palestinian press report an 80-year-old farmer was shot and seriously injured by IDF fire early June 25, 500 meters from the perimeter fence east of Khan Yunis. There were no Qassam rockets or mortars fired from Gaza as of 1600 local on June 25. 2. (SBU) UN, Palestinian and NGO con [...] | 2008-06-25 14:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1094 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/26): ARAB UNITY IMPORTANT TO [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Jerusalem, the capital of the Palestinian State, not American merchandise" (6/26): We were truly shocked by [Barak Obama's] statement about Jerusalem, and by his assertion that Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and should remain undivide [...] | 2008-06-26 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1096 | GAZA CROSSINGS CLOSED FOR SECOND DAY; QASSAM LANDS [...] (SBU) One Qassam rocket struck an open area near Sderot's industrial zone at about 1245 local on June 26. No injuries or damage resulted, and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility. UN and Palestinian contacts report that IDF troops at Kerem Shalom fired on Palestinians approxim [...] | 2008-06-26 13:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1098 | 200 PALESTINIAN OLIVE TREES UPROOTED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Israeli contractors guarded by IDF troops uprooted some 200 olive trees on private land in Bayt Hanina al-Balad, northwest of Jerusalem, and replanted them on other Palestinian-owned land, in conjunction with renewed separation barrier construction. Press reported [...] | 2008-06-27 07:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1099 | TWO MORTARS FIRED FROM GAZA; CROSSINGS CLOSED [...] (SBU) Two mortars fired from Gaza struck open areas near Nahal Oz and Kfar 'Azza on June 27. No injuries or damage resulted. There were no claims of responsibility for the attack as of 1530 local. 2. (SBU) Palestinian and NGO contacts report that Gaza Strip crossings were closed on June [...] | 2008-06-27 12:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1103 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/27): "ARE WE ON OUR WAY TO [...] Independent Ayyam prints its daily editorial entitled, "Palestinian Visit to Damscus" (6/27): "It is clear that President Mahmud Abbas will visit the Syrian capital [in July] upon the official invitation [by] President Bashar Al-Assad... the invitation to Damascus is not only a show of appreci [...] | 2008-06-30 04:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1109 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/30): THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "the prisoners' swap...and the negotiations trip": "...it is obvious that the [Hizbollah] prisoners' swap that Israel approved [includes] prisoners with blood on their hands... so, it is now possible to say that this major obstacle [to the prisoner [...] | 2008-06-30 10:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM111 | GAZA: LIMITED QUANTITIES OF FOOD AND FUEL DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza Power Plant received 750,000 liters of industrial fuel on January 22 and restarted electricity production following two days of shut-down. Gaza gas station owners refused to make deliveries within Gaza of a 250,000-liter diesel fuel shipment at the Nahal Oz fuel trans [...] | 2008-01-22 15:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM1113 | PA PRIVATELY CONCERNED ABOUT HIZBULLAH PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) PM Salam Fayyad expressed concern to the Consul General on June 29 regarding the inclusion of Palestinian prisoners in the GOI-Hizbullah prisoner deal. The PA's Prisoners Affairs Minister also expressed concern about the deal, alleging the GOI has sta [...] | 2008-06-30 13:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1114 | GAZA STRIP LARGELY QUIET; CROSSINGS REOPEN FOR [...] (SBU) Two mortars were fired from Gaza late June 28, but no impacts were reported on the Israeli side of the perimeter fence, and no injuries/damage were reported. Palestinian press report the Israeli Navy fired on fishing boats off the coast near Dayr al-Balah (central Gaza) on June 28, with [...] | 2008-06-30 13:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1135 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/01): HAMAS AT A CROSSROADS - [...] Al- Quds independent prints its daily editorial entitled, "In view of the truce...where does Hamas stand now?" (07/01): "...I think that Hamas today realizes the meaning of practicing authority... Hamas authorities must... know how to run internal Palestinian affairs in the Gaza Strip without [...] | 2008-07-01 11:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1137 | GAZA CEASEFIRE: ONE ROCKET FIRED, COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) Unknown militants fired one Qassam rocket from Gaza into Israel on June 30, causing no damage and no injuries. The IDF opened fire on unidentified individuals near the border in central Gaza on June 30, causing no injuries. Palestinian press reported that the IDF opened fire twice on sh [...] | 2008-07-01 14:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1144 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/02): THE GAZA STRIP TRUCE _ [...] In one of its main editorials, under the headline, "Will the Truce Last Long?" independent Al-Quds opines, (07/02) "...In evaluating the truce, one can conclude that it will not last long for several reasons. Mainly, because the basis of Israeli policy is not to implement a true peace with th [...] | 2008-07-02 11:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1148 | FIVE DEAD, DOZENS WOUNDED IN JERUSALEM BULLDOZER [...] (C) Local press and police reported four Israelis dead and 36 wounded after a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem on a bulldozer attacked several cars and toppled a public bus in downtown Jerusalem shortly after noon on July 2. As of 3:00 local time, Post had no reports of American citizen [...] | 2008-07-02 11:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1150 | FIVE DEAD, DOZENS WOUNDED IN JERUSALEM BULLDOZER [...] (C) Local press and police reported four Israelis dead and 36 wounded after a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem on a bulldozer attacked several cars and toppled a public bus in downtown Jerusalem shortly after noon on July 2. As of 3:00 local time, Post had no reports of American citizen [...] | 2008-07-02 12:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1165 | NABLUS AREA SETTLERS LAUNCH ROCKETS ON PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to PA officials and press, two small rockets were launched July 1 from Bracha settlement south of Nablus toward the Palestinian village of Burin resulting in no injuries. PA Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeinah and PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat condemned the r [...] | 2008-07-02 13:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1166 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/02): RAFAH - "STOP [...] Independent Al- Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Rafa crossing again" (07/03): "hundreds of Palestinians tried to cross the Egyptian borders through the Rafah crossing...the problem with this sole passageway between Gaza and the world, is that it is controlled by an agreement between E [...] | 2008-07-03 08:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1169 | CODEL KERRY REVIEWS NEGOTIATIONS, SITUATION ON THE GROUND WITH EREKAT, FAYYAD [...] (S) Summary. In separate July 1 meetings with CODEL Kerry, PA PM Salam Fayyad reviewed progress on Roadmap implementation, while PLO Negotiations Affairs Chief Saeb Erekat summarized progress on permanent status negotiations. Fayyad thanked the USG for "unprecedented" assistance and said the PA is [...] | 2008-07-03 12:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PREL PGOV PBTS IS OREP |
08JERUSALEM1170 | GOI CLOSES PALESTINIAN HOUSING COUNCIL IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Chairman of the Board of the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) told PolOff that the Israeli Minister of Public Security closed the PHC July 2, claiming that it is a Palestinian Authority (PA) agency illegally operating inside Jerusalem. He said the PHC [...] | 2008-07-03 13:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1174 | KHIRBET AL-AQABAH DEVELOPING MASTER PLAN TO [...] (C) Summary. Al-Aqabah Mayor Haj Sami Sadiq and Tubas Governor Sami Musallam told PolOff June 24 that al-Aqabah residents intend to file a master plan with the Israeli Civil Administration to counter a GOI-proposed plan they say leaves 18 structures with demolition orders outside the village's [...] | 2008-07-03 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWBG PBTS IS |
08JERUSALEM1178 | CONFISCATION ORDERS ISSUED FOR 356 DUNUMS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The IDF issued an expropriation order for 356 dunums (89 acres) of land near al-Hadidiya village on June 15 for the expansion of a military camp. Local Palestinians are concerned the expropriation will block the only road to their village. The PA has retained the Jerusalem Leg [...] | 2008-07-07 11:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KWBG IS PHUM |
08JERUSALEM1179 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/07): SYRIAN BID TO HOST [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs its daily editorial entitled, "Abbas- Assad meeting and Internal Palestinian Dialogue!!" (07/07): "... there are official declarations and... indications that the situation is not yet ripe for [meetings between Abbas and Hamas leader Mish'al], especially since Hamas [...] | 2008-07-07 12:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1188 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/08): "A COMPREHENSIVE DEAL OR [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its main, daily editorial under the title, "The Special importance of Abu Mazin's Visit to Damascus" (7/08): "...Abu Mazin met with a number of leaders from different JERUSALEM 00001188 002 OF 002 Palestinian factions, but did not meet with any Hamas leaders, [...] | 2008-07-08 09:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1191 | BETHLEHEM STONE EXPORTS RESUME THROUGH CHECKPOINT [...] (U) Stone and marble industry representatives in Bethlehem say that Israeli officials have rescinded an order to reroute trucks carrying containers of stone and marble 40 kilometers to the south. The order had threatened to erode the competitiveness of Palestinian stone and marble, the West B [...] | 2008-07-08 14:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL IS KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1192 | PA REPORTS MAJOR INCREASE IN IDF WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. PA officials and security commanders report a marked increase in the number of IDF incursions in the West Bank since mid-June. On July 6-8, there were IDF raids in every Palestinian city except Jericho. Nablus officials told PolOff and POL FSN that the IDF entered Nablus on [...] | 2008-07-08 14:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PINS PTER KISL |
08JERUSALEM1200 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/09): NATIONAL DIALOGUE - TO [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "National dialogue should be comprehensive" (7/09): "...Certainly Abu Mazen's visit to Damascus does not mean the end of... Palestinian national dialogue. [The dialogue] will not be successful unless it includes all of the factions and. [...] | 2008-07-09 10:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1201 | PA MAKES JUNE SALARY PAYMENT, BUT WORRIES ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid June salaries on July 7. PM Fayyad told the Consul General that the PA is now out of cash and, absent new donor contributions, would not be able to make next month's salary payment in early August. Fayyad and Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) [...] | 2008-07-09 12:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER KFTN |
08JERUSALEM1202 | REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING [...] (C/NF) Post requests department review the finding of ineligibility under INA 212(a)(3)(B) for Jihad al-Wazir (DPOB: 20 July 1963, Gaza),the Governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority. We understand the ineligibility results from claims that al-Wazir currently is a member of Fatah. We hav [...] | 2008-07-09 12:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CVIS CLOK PTER EFIN KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1203 | NABLUS MALL CLOSURE SPARKS PA ANGER [...] (C) Summary. PA leaders say they are furious about the IDF's closure of Nablus' largest mall (reftel). Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on July 8 that the GOI had not previously mentioned the mall (owned by publicly-traded real estate company al-I'timan) in GOI-PA discuss [...] | 2008-07-09 14:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KTFN KWBG PTER KISL KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1208 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/10): VANISHING HOPES FOR [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Truce talks, dialogue, and agreement" (7/10): "...it is obvious that the possibility of an agreement... or even a meeting [between Fatah and Hamas] has almost disappeared... The truce [with Israel in the Gaza Strip] will not last long fo [...] | 2008-07-10 08:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM121 | PA CONVICTS TWO FOR MURDER OF OFF-DUTY IDF [...] (SBU) National Security Forces (NSF) contacts confirmed press reports that on January 22 a PA military court in Hebron convicted Ali Abd al-Hamid Dandis and Amar Badr Halim Taha of "intentional killing" (a charge similar to voluntary manslaughter and not as serious as premeditated murder) in [...] | 2008-01-23 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV |
08JERUSALEM122 | GAZA: LIMITED DELIVERIES CONTINUE; HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Limited truckloads of aid passed through Kerem Shalom crossing on January 23. The Gaza Power Plant received 200,000 liters of fuel oil on January 23, allowing the Plant to generate electricity until January 26. Despite the resumption of electricity, Gaza hospitals report con [...] | 2008-01-23 15:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM1224 | Daughter of Prominent Palestinian Activist Faces [...] Zeina Hutchison, a U.S. legal permanent resident and daughter of prominent Palestinian legislator and human rights activist Hanan Ashrawi, contacted Post July 9 to report the problems she had encountered when entering Israel with her Israeli Travel Document (carrying a tourist visa) at Ben Guri [...] | 2008-07-11 04:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL IS KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1227 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/11): FAYYAD'S PRACTICAL IDEAS [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled: "Dr. Fayyad's ideas to end division are practical and constructive" (7/11): "...out of a feeling of deep responsibility towards his people and the cause of his homeland, [Palestinian Authority Premier] Dr. Fayyad has laid out some construc [...] | 2008-07-11 09:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1230 | FAYYAD THANKS CODEL ACKERMAN FOR USG SUPPORT, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CODEL Ackerman on July 5 that the PA's capacity to govern has improved significantly in the last year, despite continued IDF incursions into the West Bank that undermine PA security reform efforts. Fayyad thanked the C [...] | 2008-07-14 05:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL EAID PTER KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1231 | HAMAS PRESSURES PALTEL FOR CASH AND CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Hamas is attempting to exert direct control and squeeze revenue out of the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PalTel) in Gaza. Following PalTel's refusal to meet Hamas' terms, armed Hamas officials raided PalTel offices and stores on July 6, forcing PalTel to close them tempora [...] | 2008-07-14 05:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER ECPS KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1232 | E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE [...] (C) PolOffs visited E-1 on July 10 and observed normal traffic and activity at the police station. Security guards at the entrance said the station is fully functional. 2. (C) PolOff observed no activity at the former police station at Ras al-Amud on July 11. A security guard at the sit [...] | 2008-07-14 07:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PBTS IS |
08JERUSALEM1234 | DISTRICT COMMITTEE APPROVES 1783 NEW RESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Nasrat Dakwar told PolOff July 9 that the Jerusalem Regional Planning Committee approved 1783 new residential units in East Jerusalem on July 8. The new units -- 983 in Har Homa and 800 in Pisgat Ze'ev -- expand the Israeli built-up area in East Jerusalem, a [...] | 2008-07-14 08:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1235 | MASKIYOT: INTERNAL FENCE MOVED OUTWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the Northern Jordan Valley settlement of Maskiyot July 2 and confirmed reports that the settlers have moved the internal fenceline outward. PolOff observed that this move opens 4-5 dunams for development. Jordan Valley Regional Council Chairman Dubi Tal told PolO [...] | 2008-07-14 08:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1237 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/14): WHICH COMES FIRST: UNITY [...] Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Obstacles to Palestinian dialogue"(7/14): "...the overwhelming majority of [the Palestinian] people ...believe that dialogue is the solution [to internal Palestinian division]...[however]... the most dangerous obstacle in the way of dialogue is th [...] | 2008-07-14 08:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1240 | BILIN REJECTS GOI PROPOSAL TO REROUTE SEPARATION [...] (C) Summary. Bilin village representatives told Poloff July 8 and 9 that the GOI's revised plan for the nearby section of the separation barrier will reconnect 121 dunums (30 acres) of land to the village, expropriate a further 140 dunums for new construction, and leave over 2,000 dunums (500 [...] | 2008-07-14 08:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1245 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/15): THE LINK BETWEEN NATIONAL [...] Independent Al-Ayyam prints an editorial by Muhannad Abdul Hamid entitled, "All roads are closed to the [national] unity initiatives" (7/15): "...the initiative by [Palestinian Authority President] Abu Mazin [to begin a dialogue with Hamas] has gained special attention because it was presented [...] | 2008-07-15 10:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM125 | PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS TELL CODEL VOINOVICH PA IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator George Voinovich (R-OH),accompanied by Representatives Phil Gingrey (R-OH),Rob Bishop (R-UT),Steve Pearce (R-NM),and Michael Turner (R-OH),met separately on January 6 with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Foreign Minister Riad Maliki. Maliki [...] | 2008-01-24 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IS KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1257 | EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENTS FEAR EVICTION ORDER WILL [...] (C) Summary. On July 14, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) upheld an order to evict the al-Kurd family from their residence in Shaykh Jarrah, after nine years of litigation over the property's ownership. (Note: Shaykh Jarrah is home to much of East Jerusalem's most valuable and histor [...] | 2008-07-15 17:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS |
08JERUSALEM1259 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/16): "HAS THE WORLD BECOME [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "A call on the international community to halt Israeli actions." Everyday Israel performs acts of tyranny [against Palestinians] such as destroying houses, confiscating land or insisting on building barriers in the middle of farming villages that [...] | 2008-07-16 10:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM126 | GAZA: SOME FUEL SHIPMENTS; RAFAH REMAINS OPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Shipments of fuel continued on January 24 at the Nahal Oz fuel transfer station. The Gaza Power Plant reduced output to 45 MW on January 23 to save fuel, causing renewed power shortages throughout Gaza City and spurring hospitals to use their power generators. A growing numbe [...] | 2008-01-24 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM |
08JERUSALEM1260 | HEBRON'S OLD CITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, PolOffs visited Hebron's newly rebuilt Chazon David "synagogue outpost" (removed 33 times by Israeli security forces),the Beit Hashalom (Rajabi House) complex that houses 20 families, and the Beit Romano yeshiva complex where Israeli MOD Barak recently approved a new [...] | 2008-07-16 10:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1262 | REACTION TO PRISONER EXCHANGE: PA CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah leaders publicly cheered the release of Lebanese prisoners but privately feared that Hizbollah, not the PA, will receive credit for Palestinian prisoners released in the future. PA Prisoners Affairs Minister Ashraf Ajrami said the GOI has not [...] | 2008-07-16 14:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1263 | BET EL SETTLEMENT: NEW ROAD, SMALL-SCALE HOUSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff observed clearing work for planned housing and construction on a new road at Bet El settlement's entrance on July 15. Bet El mayor Moshe Rosenbaum told PolOff that settlers have been able to build "a little" inside the settlement but were warned by the GOI not to occupy [...] | 2008-07-16 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL IS |
08JERUSALEM1264 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/17): THE PRISONER RELEASE - "A [...] Al-Quds reprints an editorial without attribution to the original source (UAE paper Al-Khalil) under the title, "The naivety of betting on Obama" (7/17): "Many Arab writers and political analysts are betting on Obama's victory in the U.S. elections, thinking that if he wins, it will also cons [...] | 2008-07-17 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1273 | INCREASE IN UNCOORDINATED ISRAELI VISITS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF-escorted visits to Joseph,s Tomb in Nablus (Area A) have increased in size and frequency in recent months, according to Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials. Nablus security commanders told PolOff and POL FSN July 16 that they recognize the GOI's right to make co [...] | 2008-07-17 15:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM IS KIRF |
08JERUSALEM1274 | PALESTINIAN ICONS: MOST PROMINENT IMAGES/FIGURES [...] (SBU) Summary. The most prominent images that West Bank Palestinians displayed in prisoner exchange rallies and celebrations in Ramallah on July 16 were of Dalal al-Mughrabi (female terrorist who hijacked an Israeli bus in 1978),freed PLF terrorist Samir Quntar, Yasir Arafat and Hizbullah le [...] | 2008-07-17 15:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PGOV PTER IS KMDR KPAO |
08JERUSALEM1277 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/18): PRISONER EXCHANGE - FIRST [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "And what about the 11,000 Palestinian Prisoners?" (7/18): "...the prisoners' exchange deal which took place a couple of days ago between Hizbollah and Israel was the successful result of difficult negotiations conducted under United Nations sponso [...] | 2008-07-18 10:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1278 | GAZA CROSSINGS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza contacts report an average of 65 truckloads/day of humanitarian goods and food entered Gaza July 13-17 via Sufa crossing, while gravel, grains and animal feed were transferred via the conveyer belt at Karni/al-Mintar. The back-to-back terminals at Karni remains closed. [...] | 2008-07-18 12:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1279 | PA CLAIMS SUCCESSES IN PUBLIC ORDER/ANTI-HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF),police and General Intelligence (GI) contacts told PolOff and POL FSN July 16-17 that the PA has arrested 17 Hamas activists and criminals in an intensification of ongoing security efforts in Qalqiliya and villages near Tulkarm and Salfit. Secur [...] | 2008-07-18 13:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1280 | SAGA OF BETHLEHEM STONE EXPORTS CONTINUES [...] (C) The on-again, off-again ability of Bethlehem stone exporters to use a crossing point near the city (reftels) is apparently off again. According to Ihab Khalil, Executive Manager of "the Union of Stone and Marble in Palestine," Israeli soldiers manning the crossing point near Bethlehem be [...] | 2008-07-18 13:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL IS KWBG KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1308 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/21): WHICH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 11:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1309 | CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/21): [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1320 | PREVIEWING HAMAS DESIGNATIONS WITH PM FAYYAD [...] (S) EconChief delivered reftel points and list of organizations to Aziz Abu Dagga, chief of staff to PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, on July 21. Abu Dagga expressed appreciation for the information in advance of Treasury DAS Glaser's upcoming visit and said that he would convey it directly to [...] | 2008-07-22 08:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN KWBG PTER |
08JERUSALEM1322 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/22): WESTERN DECLARATIONS THAT [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Brown's Visit and his Positive Declarations" (7/22): "During his visit to the Palestinian lands and Israel, British Premier Gordon Brown showed positive understanding of the situation and peace demands. He talked frankly and clearly regarding the [...] | 2008-07-22 10:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1324 | INDEPENDENT GAZA LEADERS DECRY "SIEGE," BLAME [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based PLO Executive Committee member Riyad al-Khudari told PolOff by phone on July 21 that Hamas has reorganized nearly all local administration and goods suppliers under its control through use of cartels, and is effectively collecting tax/customs revenues in Gaza. Gaza C [...] | 2008-07-22 11:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1325 | EAST JERUSALEM FAMILY FIGHTS EVICTION ORDER WITH [...] (SBU) Muhammad and Fawziya al-Kurd told PolOff on his July 21 visit to their Shaykh Jarrah home that they will continue to resist an Israeli eviction order despite legal setbacks (reftel). Fawziya said the family has been resisting Israeli efforts to remove them for two decades and will not [...] | 2008-07-22 11:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS |
08JERUSALEM1327 | PA PLANS REPAIR OF BETHLEHEM'S CHURCH OF THE [...] (C) Summary. PA Local Government Minister Ziad al-Bandak and Presidential Advisor Issa Qassisiya told PolOff in multiple July conversations that the PA considers restoration of the Nativity Church basilica roof a "national priority" and will proceed despite objections from the Church's rival [...] | 2008-07-22 12:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV SCUL KIRF IS |
08JERUSALEM1328 | AT LEAST 16 INJURED, DRIVER KILLED IN NEW [...] (SBU) Local press and police report at least 19 people were injured (one seriously) when a Palestinian drove a heavy front-loader into several cars (overturning one) on King David Street at approximately 1400 local. A Border Policeman and armed civilian shot and killed the driver, Ghassan Abu [...] | 2008-07-22 13:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER IS ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1329 | FURTHER NABLUS ARRESTS AND INCURSIONS; FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: According to PA security and Nablus business contacts, the IDF made several incursions into Nablus July 21-22 and made twenty arrests, including a PLC member and board members of al-I'timan, the developer of the Nablus shopping mall ordered closed by the GOI on July 6 (reftels). [...] | 2008-07-22 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KWBG PTER KTFN KISL IS |
08JERUSALEM1330 | MOI'S AL-YAHYA STRENGTHENS STRATEGIC PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 17, PA Minister of Interior Abd Razaq al-Yahya issued two decisions to strengthen the Strategic Planning Department (SPD). The decisions place the SPD within the MOI and authorize the SPD Director General to represent the Minister on issues related to security sector ref [...] | 2008-07-22 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL IS PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1335 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/23): AMERICA HAS NO PERMANENT [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rasim Ebaydat from Jerusalem, entitled, "America has no permanent enemies, when will Arab moderates learn that???" (7/23): "...America sees that engaging Iran... is better than encountering it militarily. This Iranian-American relationship shoul [...] | 2008-07-23 11:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1339 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/24): "BARAK OBAMA WILL SOLVE [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs an editorial by Abdullah Awwad entitled, "Barak Obama will solve it" (7/24): "...the democratic candidate is here promising that he will work to solve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, from his first moment in the White House ... Bush promised that the two-state sol [...] | 2008-07-24 12:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1340 | ISRAELI ARAB VISITS TO JENIN HAVE MINIMAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Arabs have trickled into Jenin since the GOI began allowing visits to the city in June. Palestinian government and business contacts in Jenin say the hoped-for economic benefits have not materialized. Most Israeli Arabs who cross the barrier, they say, are coming to se [...] | 2008-07-24 13:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IS KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1342 | PA NEEDS ARAB SUPPORT TO MAKE JULY SALARY PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministers have publicly stated that the PA will not be able to pay July's salaries without receipt of additional "Arab and foreign" assistance. So far in July, the PA has received only the European Commission's monthly contribution of USD 23 million (w [...] | 2008-07-24 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG SA KU QA AE |
08JERUSALEM1343 | MASKIYOT: 20 HOUSES APPROVED IN NEW WEST BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers confirmed to PolOff July 24 a decision by MOD Barak to approve 20 construction of houses in Maskiyot, in the upper Jordan Valley, for families evacuated from Shirat Hayam in Gaza in 2005. The houses are part of a 2006 plan initiated and then canceled by then-MOD Amir [...] | 2008-07-24 15:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1349 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/25): DIFFERING VIEWS ON [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs an editorial by Rajab Abu Sirriyyeh entitled, "Barack Obama: the journey in search of the Jewish voice" (7/25): "...Obama's attitude towards the Israeli side...has become clearer and more practical. [His visit to Sderot]...aims to portray Israel as a victim of Pales [...] | 2008-07-25 10:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1353 | GAZA: MORE FOOD AND FUEL; BUT CONDITIONS LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: More than a month into the ceasefire, UN and NGO contacts report that flows of basic commodities and fuel into Gaza are higher than in the period immediately prior, and the GOI is allowing imports of cement and gravel, items that had been prohibited since June 2007. With the [...] | 2008-07-25 13:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG PHUM KISL PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1354 | PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CRITICIZES ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) met in Ramallah on July 23 and released a statement that criticized Israeli settlement activity and incursions, slammed Hamas for harassing PLO/Fatah leaders, and welcomed national dialogue based on the Yemeni Initiative. The statement also c [...] | 2008-07-25 13:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG IS PREL |
08JERUSALEM1355 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/28): "Bush...seeks to achieve [...] Al-Quds runs an editorial by Faysal Abu Khadra entitled, "Obama...and the Miracle of Israel" (7/28): "It is sad to hear and read that the African-American Senator whose father is a Muslim and whose mother is a white American Christian has a tendency towards [miraculously supporting Israel] rath [...] | 2008-07-28 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1356 | PALESTINIANS CRITICIZE GOI PLANNING PROCESS IN [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with PolOffs, Palestinians and NGO representatives were uniformly critical of the GOI's planning process for Area C villages. All contacts criticized the GOI initiative to create master plans for several villages in Area C as an opaque process that will [...] | 2008-07-28 13:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1358 | JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES BEIT HANINA HOME [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished part of an apartment building belonging to Majid Abu Ayshah in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina on July 28, stating that the building exceeded its permit and that the Municipality was legally obligated to uphold the court-order [...] | 2008-07-28 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1361 | HAMAS LASHES OUT AT FATAH AFTER GAZA CITY BOMBING [...] (C) Summary. Hamas spokesman and local press reported that a bomb killed five Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades militants, including a senior al-Qassam commander and nephew of Hamas leader/PLC member Khalil al-Hayya late July 25. Fatah PLC bloc leader Azzam al-Ahmad told al-Jazira TV July 26 tha [...] | 2008-07-28 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PTER PGOV ASEC IS |
08JERUSALEM1362 | UPDATE ON OPIC MORTGAGE FINANCE FACILITY [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) visited Jerusalem and Ramallah July 18-23 to further OPIC,s affordable mortgage finance initiative, launched by PA President Abbas and OPIC CEO Mosbacher on April 14. OPIC VP Drumheller discussed timing and imp [...] | 2008-07-28 15:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KWBG |
08JERUSALEM1364 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/29): "There is worse to come if [...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "Israel destroys peace...and we destroy ourselves?!!" (7/29): "Finally the Israeli Premier, Ehud Olmert, confessed that achieving peace this year is unlikely....Israel has continued its settlement activities everywhere especially in Jerus [...] | 2008-07-29 10:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1365 | FUGITIVES: PA STRUGGLES TO MANAGE DISGRUNTLED [...] (C) Summary. Preventive Security (PSO) contacts told POL FSN that eight al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fugitives intentionally sickened themselves by drinking shampoo on July 22 to protest their continued detention, IDF threats to target them, and prison conditions, while another fugitive threaten [...] | 2008-07-29 13:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1368 | SETTLER VIOLENCE ESCALATES AGAINST BURIN [...] (C) Summary. Following several reports of settler violence directed against the Palestinian village of Burin, south of Nablus, PolOffs visited the village July 28 and met with Mayor Ali Eid, village council members and residents whose homes and fields were damaged by settlers' attacks. In t [...] | 2008-07-29 13:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM137 | FATAH CENTRAL COUNCIL DISCUSSES SIXTH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. On January 15, eleven of the fourteen Fatah Central Committee (FCC) members discussed preparations for the Sixth Fatah Congress. They agreed that 1,500 representatives to the Congress, which will elect Fatah's leadership, will be selected from numerous Fatah organs by February [...] | 2008-01-28 11:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1370 | MULTIPLE IDF INCURSIONS NABLUS; PA INVESTIGATING [...] (SBU) PA security officials told PolOff and POL FSN July 29 that the IDF entered Nablus late July 28 and early July 29, arresting three Fatah members, including M'amun al-Safadi in the Nablus Kasbah (Old City) and occupied a five-story building for four hours. Nablus Governor Jamal Muhaysin t [...] | 2008-07-29 14:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PGOV PTER IS |
08JERUSALEM1372 | WATANIYA'S WAIT IS OVER: MOBILE TELECOM PROVIDER [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, after negotiations lasting more than eighteen months, the Palestinian Authority reached agreement with the GOI on the spectrum necessary to allow the West Bank's second mobile telephone operator to do business. Wataniya Palestine now needs to import and install network [...] | 2008-07-29 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON BEXP EINV KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1374 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/30): Demolition of Palestinian [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "With what right are Palestinian houses destroyed?" (7/30): "It has become impossible to tolerate the official international, Arab and Palestinian silence regarding the Israeli Authority's actions of planned and intensive demolition operati [...] | 2008-07-30 09:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1380 | QALQILIYA SECURITY CHIEFS CLAIM SUCCESSES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Qalqiliya security chiefs told PolOff July 29 that PA security forces (PASF) completed a campaign against vehicle-theft gangs, Hamas activists and wanted criminals in Area B villages from July 15-21, and plan a smaller campaign in villages SE of Qalqiliya in early August. Qalq [...] | 2008-07-30 15:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM1381 | PA CRACKS DOWN ON HIZB AL-TAHRIR, BANS PLANNED [...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 28 that Hamas is supporting Hizb al-Tahrir's attempt to create unrest in the West Bank in a "marriage of convenience" between the Islamist groups. PA security contacts told PolOff and POL FSN July 27-29 that PA Interior Minister Abd [...] | 2008-07-30 15:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER KISL |
08JERUSALEM1382 | MASKIYOT PREPARES TO EXPAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Maskiyot July 29 to review the site where the GOI recently approved construction of twenty houses for settler evacuees from Gaza. The plots are located where the GOI initiated and stopped construction in 2006, which is approximately 400 meters southeast of Maskiyo [...] | 2008-07-30 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1384 | FAYYAD-DAYTON: JENIN COORDINATION, HAMAS, AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. PA PM Fayyad told USSC LTG Dayton July 29 that he accepts the USSC offer for British BG Deverill to help coordinate donor efforts on economic and governance issues in Jenin. Fayyad urged that further work on Jenin not delay security efforts in other West Bank priority areas, inc [...] | 2008-07-31 04:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | KWBG PREL PGOV IS |
08JERUSALEM1385 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/31): Doubts that future Israeli [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its main editorial entitled, "The end of Olmert's era" (7/31): "Finally, the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced...that he is not going to run in the primary elections of the Kadima party [scheduled for September] ... What is important for the Palestinian peopl [...] | 2008-07-31 11:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1387 | TENSION CONTINUES IN GAZA AS HAMAS CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary. Tensions remain high in Gaza City following the multiple bombings on July 25, and subsequent Hamas crackdown. Hamas leaders told press July 31 that closed NGOs will be permitted to reopen, but Fatah and independent officials are skeptical and say Hamas gunmen used the crackdown [...] | 2008-07-31 12:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM1389 | AL-KURD FAMILY APPEALS FOR HELP TO PREVENT [...] (C) Summary. PolOff and PolSpec met with members of the al-Kurd family and their representatives July 31. Fawzieh al-Kurd presented documents in support of her claim to her East Jerusalem house and invited the Consul General to visit the neighborhood to observe the situation. A neighbor to [...] | 2008-07-31 13:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1390 | PM FAYYAD COMPLAINS AFTER TWO UNARMED YOUTHS SHOT [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 30 that shootings that killed two Palestinian youths near Ni'lin July 29-30 raised questions about IDF rules of engagement (ROEs) in the West Bank. He said information available to the PA suggests that lethal force [...] | 2008-07-31 14:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PGOV PHUM IS |
08JERUSALEM1404 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/01): Strong support for [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial by Rajeh Abu Asab entitled, "Making the national dialogue successful is in the Palestinian and Arab interest" (8/01): "Abbas has announced the launch of the Palestinian-Palestinian national dialogue following his meeting with President Hosni Mubarak [...] | 2008-08-01 11:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1406 | PA DENIES REPORT OF HAMAS DETAINEE RELEASE, [...] (C) Summary. After press reported that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) ordered the release of all Hamas members arrested in the West Bank since July 25, PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 31 that the PA has not ordered a mass release and PA security forces (PASF) will contin [...] | 2008-08-01 12:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM1407 | NEW HAMAS ARRESTS TARGET GAZA'S SENIOR FATAH [...] (C) Summary. Hamas arrested 17 of the Gaza Strip's senior Fatah leaders early August 1, including Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa and Fatah Central Committee (FCC) member Zakariya al-Agha. Senior Hamas spokesman Abu Zuhri called a arrests a response to "continued political detention of Hamas [...] | 2008-08-01 12:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER |
08JERUSALEM141 | PA RETRIES GUNMEN CONVICTED OF KILLING OFF-DUTY [...] (C) PA Interior Ministry (MoI) and National Security Forces (NSF) confirmed that a Palestinian military court retried Ali Abd al-Hamid Dandis and Amar Badr Halim Taha in the December 28 shooting deaths of two off-duty IDF soldiers, and sentenced both to life imprisonment on January 25. PM Sa [...] | 2008-01-28 14:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV |
08JERUSALEM1410 | DISAGREEMENTS STALLING FATAH SIXTH GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Fatah members told PolSpec in July that PA President Mahmud Abbas and some in the Central Committee are determined to hold Fatah's Sixth General Congress by November, but three principal issues are delaying the Congress. First, Fatah members are divided on whether to hold the C [...] | 2008-08-01 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1412 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/04): A message to those who [...] Independent Al-Quds runs its daily editorial entitled, "Enough...!!" (8/04): "The sad events in the Gaza Strip during the last three days and their results have shocked and surprised Palestinians throughout the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, in refugee camps and abroad, not only because they form a [...] | 2008-08-04 07:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
08JERUSALEM1413 | CONFISCATION ORDERS ISSUED FOR 36 DUNUMS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary. Sami Musallam, PA Governor of Tubas, informed PolOff that the IDF confiscated 36.8 dunums of land from Palestinians in the Jordan Valley village of Bardalah. Musallam said the infrastructure for Bardalah crossing (between Israel and the West Bank) is already on the land being co [...] | 2008-08-04 12:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1415 | HAMAS FURTHER CONSOLIDATES POWER WITH DEFEAT OF [...] (C) Summary. 11 Palestinians were killed and 106 injured on August 2 after Hamas police stormed Hillis clan neighborhoods in Gaza City to seize suspects in the July 25 beach bombing. 188 clan members entered Israel near Nahal Oz fuel depot, where they were disarmed, strip-searched and affor [...] | 2008-08-04 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC |
08JERUSALEM142 | PA FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKING INCREASED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. PA Foreign Minister (MFA) Assistant Deputy Minister Mufid Shami (with responsibility for Western Hemisphere affairs) told PolOff on January 28 that the MFA has a "good feeling" about USG commitment to the peace process post-Annapolis and takes the upcoming visits of Generals Fra [...] | 2008-01-28 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL IS PGOV |