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04CALCUTTA449	MANIPUR: INDIAN ARMY PRESSURE NEAR BURMA BORDER [...] (SBU) On October 26, the Indian Army launched a counter-insurgency exercise in the Chandel and Churachandpur districts of Manipur, a Northeast Indian state bordering Burma. Remaining initially tightlipped, an Army spokesman finally announced on November 6 that more than 100 rebel bases had been [...]	2004-11-19 03:58:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PINS PGOV BM IN GOI

04MUMBAI2478	ISRAEL REOPENS CONSULATE IN MUMBAI [...] (C) On November 15 visiting Israeli MFA officials briefed Acting PO and Pol/Econ Chief on Israel's decision to reopen its consulate in Mumbai. Israel closed its consulate in Mumbai in mid-2003 as part of cost-cutting measures that affected Israeli diplomatic posts around the world, Israeli MFA [...]	2004-11-29 10:05:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TSPA PTER IS IN GOI
04NEWDELHI7063	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON JUDGE MERON'S ICTY [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-05 10:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM IN UNGA GOI
04NEWDELHI7091	INDIAN LEFT NEGATIVE OVER BUSH RE-ELECTION, [...] (C) Summary: Indian Communist Party leaders have criticized PM Manmohan Singh's warm welcome of President Bush's re-election, calling this "an attempt to please American imperialism." Interestingly, however, party spokesperson D. Raja welcomed the PM's commitment to train Iraqi election offi [...]	2004-11-05 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG IZ IN US GOI
04NEWDELHI7152	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON ICTY [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 10:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM IN UNGA GOI
04NEWDELHI7291	TERRORIST FINANCING: INDIA'S CABINET OKAYS [...] (U) India's Cabinet on November 11 gave its approval to establish a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),the last formal hurdle for setting up this long-delayed office. Several years have elapsed as the GOI sorted out the intramural wrangling over the unit's composition and responsibilities. L [...]	2004-11-17 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP KTFN SNAR PREL IN KWPR GOI
04NEWDELHI7380	IAEA DG ON INDIA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY NEEDS, IRAN, [...] (U) Summary: The GOI used a recent visit by IAEA Director General Dr. Mohammed El Baradei to press its case for reform of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) requirements to facilitate India's cooperation with others in the international community in using nuclear power to fill the country's growi [...]	2004-11-19 11:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ENRG IR IN IAEA GOI NSSP
04NEWDELHI7425	GOI DOCUMENT: RECENT INITIATIVES IN INDO-PAK [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...]	2004-11-22 13:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD IN PK INDO PAK GOI
04NEWDELHI7426	INDIA SAYS SAFTA ON CRUISE CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is heading into the January SAARC Summit in Dhaka upbeat about having maintained an ambitious SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Area) negotiating schedule that aims to have a document ready for member ratification by mid 2005. This optimism has prevailed despite apprehension i [...]	2004-11-22 13:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD PK BG IN GOI
04NEWDELHI7427	GOI DOCUMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...]	2004-11-22 13:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KNNP MOPS IN PK GOI INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7675	FOR INDIA UN PANEL REPORT IS ONLY A START [...] (C) Summary: The report of the High-Level Panel on UN Reform represents the beginning of a long-term process in which India has significant stakes, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) BS Prakash told PolCouns on December 3. Downplaying FM Natwar Singh's apparent rejection of a permanent Secur [...]	2004-12-03 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IN UN GOI
04NEWDELHI7853	INDIA TAKES STEP TOWARDS JOINING CSI [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. In a welcome surprise, the GOI passed us a December 8 letter from Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran indicating movement towards joining the Container Security Initiative. MEA Joint Secretary Jaishankar (United States and Canada) told the DCM SI [...]	2004-12-14 01:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC IN GOI
04NEWDELHI8192	MEA STATEMENTS AND BRIEFINGS: MALAYSIA, SLOVAKIA, [...] Summary: This is another of our periodic messages summarizing public statements by MEA Spokesman Navtej Sarna and other MEA officials. Here we report Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi's and Slovak President Gasparovic's visits to India, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's trip to South Korea and [...]	2004-12-28 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP TSPA MY LO KS PK BG BM CE NP IN GOI
04NEWDELHI8267	UPDATE: INDIAN FOREIGN TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] (U) Reflecting the very positive Indian reaction to the US initiative to create a Core Group for tsunami relief, and New Delhi's resolve to do even more to assist India's neighbors, on December 30 the MEA provided us with a further update on GOI support for Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Indone [...]	2004-12-30 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR EAID MASS SOCI ID CE MV IN GOI
04TELAVIV1288	NEGOTIATIONS FOR EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project is approaching some of the final hurdles in the negotiations between the many parties, according to the Senior Vice President of the Israeli firm Merhav, Nimrod Novik. In a conversation with Embassy econoff on March 1, Novik said the proce [...]	2004-03-02 14:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV1291	PEACE NOW CHIEF SKEPTICAL BUT SUPPORTIVE OF PM'S [...] (C) Summary: The head of Peace Now told Embassy econoff that he welcomed the PM's initiative calling for the unilateral dismantling of settlements in the Gaza Strip and some in the West Bank. Peace Now is skeptical, however, about the PM's seriousness and cautioned the U.S. to look at the ac [...]	2004-03-02 16:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
04TELAVIV1335	U/S LARSON DISCUSSES "GREATER MIDDLE EAST," AN [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson reviewed the President's "Greater Middle East" vision with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Yoav Biran February 23, noting the initiative's efforts at promoting democracy, expanding education, and increasing economic cooperation. Larson sugges [...]	2004-03-04 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV1353	RUSSIAN ENVOY LOOKS TO UPCOMING QUARTET MEETING TO [...] (C) Russian Special Middle East Envoy Kalugin, just back from a trip to Saudi Arabia, told the Ambassador March 3 that the Saudis "made some nice noises" about working with Arab League partners in an effort to recommit to the Beirut Arab League declaration, the roadmap, UNSCR 1515 endorsing the [...]	2004-03-04 13:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL RS XF IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1354	LIKUD POWER BROKER -- AND REPUTED PARTY BULLY -- [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Likud's outspoken rightist Central Committee member Uzi Cohen and some of his what could only be described as political henchmen presented an alternative peace plan to Poloff and Pol/FSN on March 3 wherein the Palestinians would have their own state -- in a carved-out [...]	2004-03-04 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1362	WERTHEIMER APPARENTLY GIVING UP ON "MARSHALL PLAN" [...] (SBU) Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer told visiting NSC Director Adnan Kifayat and Embassy Econoff on Feb. 24 that he will no longer seek USG financial assistance for his "New Marshall Plan" for the Middle East. Using the phrase "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force him to [...]	2004-03-04 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PREL KWBG TU JO IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1366	(S) ISRAELI CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL FRENCH ARMS [...] (S) MOD DG Amos Yaron expressed concern March 3 to visiting Commerce U/S Kenneth Juster about signals that France might be ready to reverse its restrictive policy on arms sales to China. In a March 4 follow-up meeting, Rami Yungman of the MOD pol-mil bureau told polmiloff that the sources of [...]	2004-03-04 15:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PARM IS CH FR MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1367	ISRAELI REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT MUTED [...] (SBU) Summary: GOI and public reaction to the State Department's 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR) has been relatively low-key in the five business days since the report's publication. The GOI's main substantive public statement -- as reported in the daily Ha'aretz on February 27 -- came from F [...]	2004-03-04 15:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1390	ISRAELI READOUT OF IRAN NUCLEAR CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a readout of their consultations with French officials about Iran and other IAEA issues, Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) said the French MFA poldir had told them that the EU-3 agreement with Iran could not be twisted to justify removal [...]	2004-03-05 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IS IR FR GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1394	SHARON DENIES PERSONAL MOTIVATIONS IN TENNENBAUM [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon and his staff have forcefully denied the explosive March 3 "Ma'ariv" story impugning his motives in the handling of the release of Elhanan Tennenbaum as part of the Hizballah prisoner exchange. Contrary to the paper's allegation that Sharon was influenced b [...]	2004-03-05 16:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1488	FM SHALOM REVIEWS BUSY TRAVEL ITINERARY; BELIEVES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Shalom told the Ambassador on March 8 that in recent discussions in London and Dublin the Europeans had conveyed a preference for GOI-PA negotiations in the context of the roadmap, as opposed to unilateral steps. UK PM Tony Blair reportedly expressed admiration [...]	2004-03-10 06:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER IS EG XF EU GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1493	LIBYA/IAEA: ISRAEL UNHAPPY WITH REVISED [...] (C) In response to March 10 ref (C) demarche to his deputy, MFA Deputy DG for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff told polmiloff that the GOI, while fully cognizant of "what's at stake" in gaining consensus for a Libya resolution, is unhappy with the reftel Libya resolution language because i [...]	2004-03-10 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC LY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1587	SHINUI SCIENCE MINISTER MAKES CASE AGAINST [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Science and Technology (and Shinui MK) Eliezer Sandberg outlined his opposition to unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, adding his view that the Israeli public is moving in that direction as well. Sandberg cited three reasons for his opp [...]	2004-03-12 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG TSPL PINR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1632	FOG REMAINS FOLLOWING SHARON WIN ON VAGUE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following a vaguely-worded speech that was supposed to be about his disengagement plan, PM Sharon turned a March 15 Knesset vote on that speech into a so-called "vote of confidence" on his government -- which he won 46-45, with 29 members absent. The vote, however c [...]	2004-03-16 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1661	SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN THAT SYRIA TRACK CAN WAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon told Codel Levin that Israel should "finish negotiations" with the Palestinians before turning to the Syrian track. While expressing a willingness to negotiate without preconditions with Bashar, the PM said Syria would first have to dismantle terrorist organizations and [...]	2004-03-17 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1667	NEW YAHAD CHAIRMAN BEILIN SOUNDS BATTLE CRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Yossi Beilin's close victory in the new Yahad Party's chairmanship race against Meretz MK Ran Cohen blows some new life into the foundering political career of the Geneva Accords architect, but has barely ruffled the political waters. Beilin termed his win a victory for "peace [...]	2004-03-17 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1676	QIZ TALKS: GETTING CLOSER, BUT ISRAELI, EGYPTIAN [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassies Tel Aviv and Cairo. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The third round of Israeli/Egyptian QIZ talks ended without an agreement on March 17 in Jerusalem. As in the previous discussions in Jerusalem and Cairo, the stumbling block remained the minim [...]	2004-03-18 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
04TELAVIV1689	TRANSPORT MINISTER LIEBERMAN SLAMS SHARON IN [...] (C) Summary. Transportation Minister and National Union leader Avigdor Lieberman on March 17: -- Called PM Sharon and his unilateral disengagement plan "a failure," which was not supported by the majority of Israelis and which appeared to give in to terror; -- Said the National Union would b [...]	2004-03-19 07:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1706	ZEVULUN ORLEV, MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) Zevulun Orlev, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, is a moderate member of the rightist National Religious Party (NRP). He has primarily focused on domestic affairs and internal NRP machinations. Orlev has endeavored to move the NRP into a moderate position in order to prove that it is [...]	2004-03-19 14:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1707	UN ENVOY PREVIEWS ARAFAT "ASCENSION" PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator Terje Larsen reviewed for the Ambassador his recent exchanges with GOI, PA, Egyptian, and Jordanian officials on PM Sharon's disengagement plan, and laid out an idea for enticing Arafat's cooperation in combating terrorism by offering him an "elevated," cer [...]	2004-03-19 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1777	Canon White and Former Archbishop of [...] Summary: Lord Carey of Clifton (Former Archbishop of Canterbury) and Canon Andrew White met with Ambassador March 19 to seek his views on ways they could move forward the Alexandria Process Israeli- Palestinian religious dialogue in a manner that would best support the political track of the [...]	2004-03-24 06:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KMPI PHUM KPAO IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1845	SHARON'S CABINET SECRETARY DOES THE MATH AND [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Secretary Israel Maimon predicted to Ambassador Kurtzer March 23 that the present government would not last long. He cited as evidence of "the beginning of the end" the Shas-sponsored no-confidence motion the previous day -- hastily withdrawn to show solidarity after the [...]	2004-03-25 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1874	POLICE MAY HAVE LEARNED LESSONS FROM ORR [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent effort to avoid a repetition of the October 2000 police killing of 12 Israeli-Arab demonstrators, chief of Israel's national police force has ordered his forces to refrain from using either live ammunition or rubber-coated bullets during the March 30 Israeli Arab "L [...]	2004-03-26 13:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1906	SHARON INDICTMENT RECOMMENDATION NO SURPRISE; MOST [...] (C) Summary: The long-anticipated word this past weekend that State Prosecutor Edna Arbel intends to recommend indictment of PM Sharon on bribery charges leaves unchanged for now the calculus that PM Sharon, if thick-skinned enough, can manage his legal and political problems, and remain in o [...]	2004-03-29 13:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1941	LABOR'S ENTRY TO COALITION COULD HINGE ON [...] (C) Summary: In the face of a possible bribery indictment against PM Sharon, speculation has begun over whether Labor will put on hold any plans to take the place of the right-wing parties in Sharon's coalition if they eventually bolt over Gaza withdrawal (reftel). Before the State Prosecuto [...]	2004-03-31 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1952	ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here as an official guest of the Foreign Ministry in his current capacity as Director of the Baker Institute, heard that the regional strategic situation faced by [...]	2004-03-31 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1953	SHARON'S LIKUD REFERENDUM LIKELY TO STYMIE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Sharon's decision to take his unilateral disengagement plan to a referendum of the full 200,000-strong Likud membership, a body more moderate than its leadership, reinforces his hand in dealing with Likud and other-party ministers and Knesset members who oppose withdrawal. The [...]	2004-03-31 15:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1970	BEILIN BINDS NEW YAHAD PARTY TO GENEVA ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: New Yahad Party leader Yossi Beilin left no doubt that Yahad and the Geneva Accord are joined at the hip when accord co-author Yasser Ahmed Rabbo sat center stage with Beilin at the party's founding ceremonies on March 31. Copies of the accord and Yahad's basic covenant were both [...]	2004-04-01 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV2031	IN PASSOVER INTERVIEWS, SHARON WARNS ARAFAT, [...] (SBU) Israel's three major dailies previewed April 2 the separate Passover interviews with PM Sharon that each will publish on April 5. The previews highlighted three of Sharon's themes: -- Targeting Arafat and Nasrallah: In the wake of Israel's assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Yassin, [...]	2004-04-02 11:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG PGOV IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2034	PERES: LABOR READY TO JOIN LIKUD COALITION [...] (C) Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres told Ambassador Kurtzer unequivocally April 2 that Labor "could not stay out" of the coalition if and when PM Sharon invites Labor to join. Responding to a scenario where Sharon loses the two right-wing coalition partners over a cabinet vote on unilater [...]	2004-04-02 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2039	GOI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON ISRAEL-EGYPT QIZ [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Gabbi Bar, Deputy Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor confirmed to us April 2 that Israel and Egypt had agreed to 11.7% minimum Israeli content for all Egyptian QIZ products. Bar said the next step is a meeting in Athens April 14, wher [...]	2004-04-02 13:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
04TELAVIV2064	SHARON READY TO REPLACE WAYWARD MINISTERS OVER [...] (C) Summary. At the April 4 Cabinet meeting, PM Sharon invited two right-wing ministers to leave the coalition if they are not comfortable with its policies, demonstrating Sharon's confidence that Labor is waiting in the wings to replace these ministers' parties (ref A). Sharon's display of [...]	2004-04-05 12:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2123	DETAILS OF EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE APPROVED BY [...] (C) Summary. The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project cleared a crucial hurdle on April 4 when the GOI gave its blessing to the Israel Electric Company (IEC) to negotiate an agreement with the supplier of Egyptian natural gas, Eastern Mediterranean Group (EMG). Under the proposed agreement EMG, [...]	2004-04-08 13:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
04TELAVIV2167	While Israel's Economy Grows, Unemployment Remains [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Netanyahu's declaration in late 2003 that the recession has ended appears to look more realistic today than it did at the time. There is increasing optimism in Israeli economic circles regarding a return to growth in 2004. All indications currently point to growth of m [...]	2004-04-14 07:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV2199	REACTION TO BUSH-SHARON MEETING: SHARON GOT WHAT [...] (C) Summary: Key Likud disengagement supporters and the major media are declaring PM Sharon victorious after learning of the assurances Sharon received in his April 14 meeting with President Bush. They also assess that Sharon obtained what he needs from the U.S. to push his disengagement plan [...]	2004-04-15 10:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV2202	A DAY OF SETBACKS FOR OUTPOST SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Summary: A day after PM Sharon reiterated his commitment to removing unauthorized outposts in Washington, outpost activists and supporters woke up on April 15 to the news that the GOI had removed a few more sites overnight and that the Attorney General ordered some settlement funding hal [...]	2004-04-15 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV2203	ISRAELI-ARAB NGO LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] Summary: An Israeli-Arab advocacy NGO appealed to the diplomatic community at an April 13 gathering to lobby the GOI against renewal of the controversial July 2003 law that bars Palestinians from the Occupied Territories from acquiring Israeli residency or citizenship rights through marriage t [...]	2004-04-15 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV2206	OMRI SHARON SEES HARD WORK AHEAD ON DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) PM Sharon's son and Likud MK, Omri Sharon, told poloff on April 14 -- before the PM's White House meeting -- that the main problem facing the pro-disengagement campaign is getting enough Likud members out to vote in the May 2 Likud referendum on the unilateral withdrawal plan. Sharon wor [...]	2004-04-15 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2231	POLLS SHOW DISENGAGEMENT PLAN WINNING LIKUD [...] (C) Polls conducted after the April 14 meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon show Sharon's disengagement plan winning a majority of Likud voter support. Major media analysts, however, noted that intervening events -- such as a significant terrorist attack or FinMin Benyamin Netanyahu's [...]	2004-04-16 13:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2250	SHARON SECURES KEY LIKUD MINISTERS' SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. PM Sharon has lined up key Likud ministers behind his disengagement plan and set the stage for victory in the May 2 Likud referendum. In the process, Sharon stretched to their full measure USG assurances regarding Israeli retention of West Bank settlement blocs, Israel's right [...]	2004-04-19 17:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2256	LIKUD MK SA'AR OPPOSES WITHDRAWAL PLAN BUT [...] (C) Summary: Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar told poloff on April 18 that he will quietly oppose PM Sharon's disengagement plan even though he is certain that the plan will win a majority in the May 2 Likud referendum. Sa'ar objects to the plan since it requires withdrawing from Gaza and four northern [...]	2004-04-20 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2261	PERES TELLS CODEL ISSA "NO GUARANTEE THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Labor leader Shimon Peres told CODEL Issa April 16 that the United States should be promoting modernization in the Middle East -- rather than democratization -- as the best means for furthering the U.S. agenda in the region. Peres recommended using business and investment as key [...]	2004-04-20 13:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2300	FM SHALOM LIKELY TO HEAD GOI DELEGATION TO OSCE [...] (SBU) MFA Minister Counselor for Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Remembrance Martin Flax told poloff on April 21 that it is the MFA's "working assumption" that FM Silvan Shalom will head the GOI's delegation to the OSCE's Anti-Semitism Conference in Berlin April 28-29. He anticipates the delegat [...]	2004-04-21 14:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV2327	VANUNU, UPON RELEASE, CLAIMS U.S. AGENT LURED HIM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Immediately upon his April 21 release from prison, "nuclear spy" Mordechai Vanunu charged that the woman who lured him into a Mossad trap in 1986 worked for the CIA or FBI. Nevertheless, Vanunu told the press that he would like to emigrate to the U.S. The head of the [...]	2004-04-22 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PGOV PHUM PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV2328	SHARON TELLS KNESSET NO USG ASSURANCES WITHOUT [...] (C) With an April 21 poll showing only 44-percent-to-40-percent Likud majority support for his disengagement plan, down from a week ago, an energized PM Sharon told a special Knesset session on April 22 that USG assurances on right of return and retention of settlements are tied to fulfillmen [...]	2004-04-22 15:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV2335	KEY MINISTERS AND WEISSGLAS REVIEW POTUS-SHARON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 20 meetings with U/S Bolton and the Ambassador, Olmert and Weissglas said there is still a chance to keep the GOI coalition together, even if disengagement moves forward. However, Minister Lieberman, leader of one of the right-wing parties that is expected to bolt, told t [...]	2004-04-22 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2381	ISRAELI ARABS SPLIT OVER THE MERITS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Arab League is hosting a conference on ties between the Arab world and the Arab citizens of Israel in Cairo April 26-27. Arab League Deputy Secretary and PLO Representative Said Kamal, along with mid-level diplomats from the Arab League countries, arranged the program, wh [...]	2004-04-26 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV2382	SHARON OPTIONS IN REFERENDUM RUN-UP [...] (C) With six days to go until Likud's May 2 referendum on his disengagement plan, inaction by three nominally supportive but reluctant key Likud ministers, and narrowing but still winning poll numbers, PM Sharon has available a menu of tactics from which to draw. Most Israeli poll results co [...]	2004-04-26 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2421	POLLING LULL AND ANTI-WITHDRAWAL DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) The brief vacuum of polling results, with private and public polls of Likud voters not expected until April 29 and 30 respectively, and the large-scale April 27 anti-disengagement demonstration in Gaza, have increased speculation by media pundits and politicos about whether PM Sharon's d [...]	2004-04-28 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2457	AM AHAD AND LABOR MERGER LIKELY [...] (C) Histadrut International Secretary Nawaf Massalha told poloff April 22 that it is likely Amir Peretz's Am Ahad Party will merge into the Labor Party by January 2005. According to Massalha, who served as a deputy foreign minister in the Barak government, a draft agreement is being circulate [...]	2004-04-29 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV2458	SHARON'S CAMPAIGN: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? LATEST [...] (C) Summary. Results published on April 29 from two major media polls show 47-percent-to-39-percent and 45-percent-to-42-percent Likud majorities against PM Sharon's disengagement plan, reversing the earlier polls that showed similar majorities voting in favor of the plan. Both polls also [...]	2004-04-29 15:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2471	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: SHARON FACING DEFEAT UNLESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Israeli polls are showing defeat for Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan at the hands of Likud party members. With little time left to campaign, and with the public's focus riveted on the Israeli basketball team's Saturday night final game for the European championsh [...]	2004-04-30 12:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6045	BUDGET MAY FAIL, BUT SHRINKING SHARON GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The anticipated 43-54 failure of PM Sharon's budget late December 1, and the anticipated post-vote dismissal of Shinui ministers, leaves Sharon with a Likud-only government, but does not cause the government to fall. Sharon can bring the budget back to the Knesset as many times as he want [...]	2004-12-01 13:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV6146	LIKUD CENTRAL COMMITTEE EXPECTED TO APPROVE [...] (C) Likud's Central Committee is expected to give Prime Minister Sharon the green light December 9 to negotiate with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism (UTJ),and Shas to rebuild Sharon's minority government, now consisting of only Likud's 40 MKs. Sharon's proposal to negotiate with relig [...]	2004-12-06 15:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6259	PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas (see septel),an obviously exhausted Labor Party leader Shimon Peres stressed to the Ambassador the depth of his own problems in [...]	2004-12-10 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6262	SHARON WINS LIKUD GREEN LIGHT TO NEGOTIATE WITH A [...] (C) The Likud Central Committee's 62 percent majority vote in favor of opening coalition negotiations with Labor, United Torah Judaism (UTJ),and Shas is an important victory in Prime Minister Sharon's long struggle to broaden his minority government, which has dwindled down to 40 Likud MKs. [...]	2004-12-10 12:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6285	PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations with the Labor Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas (see septel),an obviously exhausted Labor Party leader Shimon Peres stressed to the Ambassador the depth of his own problems in [...]	2004-12-13 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6373	LIKUD-LABOR TALKS STALLED AS BOTH PLAY HARDBALL [...] (C) The current snag in Likud-Labor coalition negotiations over which cabinet seats Labor would receive is likely the result of poker game tactics by both sides. Embassy contacts do not expect the snag to prevent a Likud-Labor agreement. Referring to the breakdown in Likud-Labor talks as a " [...]	2004-12-15 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6375	THE LOW-DOWN ON DISENGAGEMENT LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: Embassy economic officer on December 9 met with Dr. Shavit Matias and Malkiel "Mike" Blass, Deputy Attorneys General at the Ministry of Justice, to discuss the details of the evacuation legislation. While there have been complaints from settlers and MKs that the compensation [...]	2004-12-15 14:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6383	FM SHALOM QUESTIONS ABU MAZEN'S DETERMINATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: While expressing optimism about the opportunities presented by the PA transition, FM Shalom, in a December 1 meeting with Codel Hagel/Biden, questioned Abu Mazen's commitment to dismantling terrorist infrastructure, to stopping incitement and to stepping away from Arafat's legacy. [...]	2004-12-16 09:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6384	PERES TO CODEL HAGEL/BIDEN: DISENGAGEMENT IS [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party leader Shimon Peres told a visiting congressional delegation led by Senators Chuck Hagel and Joseph Biden December 1 that he supports joining the ruling coalition in the interest of advancing disengagement. He predicted (correctly) the likely failure of the 2005 budge [...]	2004-12-16 09:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREF PGOV ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6385	EILAND SHARES VIEWS ON THE PALESTINIAN SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland told Codel Hagel/Biden that the GOI is trying to avoid repeating the "mistakes" it made when PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was prime minister in 2003. In order to help Abbas succeed this time, the GOI, he said, will have to be "more flexible" ab [...]	2004-12-16 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6387	SHARON AND CODEL HAGEL/BIDEN: COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon told Codel Hagel/Biden that he was fully committed to making peace with the post-Arafat Palestinian leadership, but that there would be no compromise on holding the the new leadership accountable for actions to combat the terrorist infrastructure. While rec [...]	2004-12-16 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PTER KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6407	PERES TELLS CODEL BLUNT IMPORTANT FOR U.S. TO [...] (C) Summary: In a December 13 meeting, Labor Party leader Shimon Peres told Codel Blunt that he hoped Likud and Labor would form a new coalition to avoid early elections and the consequent postponement of implementation of Gaza disengagement. Peres noted that with Yasser Arafat's death and t [...]	2004-12-16 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6450	TZIPI LIVNI: NO NEW HOUSING TENDERS IN SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: In her first meeting with the Ambassador as acting Minister of Justice December 16, Likud MK Tzipi Livni stressed that she will not approve any new housing tenders in the settlements while serving as Housing Minister. Livni said she would be ready to discuss problems related to l [...]	2004-12-20 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG ECON IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6455	MFA ANALYSTS TO CODEL TALENT: SYRIA IS ON A [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Intelligence and Research Harry Kney-Tal told CODEL Talent December 6 that Syria will not relinquish either its hold on Lebanon or its relationship with Iraq without gaining some concessions from the West to replace them. With one million Syrians [...]	2004-12-20 16:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6466	SHARON AND PERES AIM FOR UNITY GOVERNMENT WITHIN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon is well on his way to gaining passage of an amendment to the country's Basic Laws that will meet Labor's demands for senior government positions and allow Sharon to form a new government by New Year's. The amendment would allow for a second alternate prime [...]	2004-12-21 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV6489	ISRAELI SECURITY SERVICES TELL CODEL TALENT THAT [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Police BG David Lutsky and the Head of Shin Bet's Protection and Security Division, Doron Bergerbest, told CODEL Talent December 5-6 that cooperation and real-time information sharing is the key to Israeli success in thwarting suicide attacks. Once intelligence on an act [...]	2004-12-21 15:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM
04TELAVIV6500	TRILATERAL WATER TALKS MOVE FORWARD COOPERATION, [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and Israeli water chiefs and their staffs held a thorough exchange focusing on water supply issues for Gaza and the West Bank during U.S.-Israeli-Palestinian Trilateral Water Talks at USAID offices in Tel Aviv December 9. The Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed [...]	2004-12-22 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IS KWBG PREL SENV ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6505	"THE BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS" [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser told CODEL Talent December 6 that the war on terrorism must be waged across no less than five fronts: the physical battle; the efforts of society itself to endure in the face of continued attacks; society's need to remain true to its values rat [...]	2004-12-22 17:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6546	ISRAELI REASSURANCES ON NONPROLIFERATION SECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials told the Ambassador on December 22 that the nonproliferation section of the EU-Israel plan of action under the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) contained "absolutely nothing new." They described the plan as another attempt by the EU to lock Is [...]	2004-12-23 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
04TELAVIV6547	ISRAELI VIEWS ON IAEA FORUM ON "EXPERIENCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission told the Ambassador on December 22 that the ground rules and agenda for the upcoming IAEA forum on nuclear-weapon-free zones reflect understandings between Israel and the IAEA. The only outstanding issue is that DG [...]	2004-12-23 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL MNUC TRGY IS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6563	ISRAEL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Post provides below additional information to be used in preparation of the 2004 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report. -------------------------------------- Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Israel has been among the staunche [...]	2004-12-27 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAL KPAO KWBG GZ IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6626	ISRAELI OFFICIALS ON BUDGET, BACHAR COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. Treasury Desk Officer for Israel Catherine Downard discussed the budget, privatization, and other subjects with Israeli officials on December 13. Her visit to the Karni Industrial Zone will be reported septel. The highlights of her discussions: -- The GOI is committed to mainta [...]	2004-12-29 06:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
04TELAVIV6651	ISRAELI FM SHALOM OFFERS CAUTIOUS VIEW ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging that the situation had improved since Arafat's death, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told Senators Lieberman and Dayton on December 28 that he is "discouraged" by Abu Mazen's recent remarks on the campaign trail. Shalom interpreted the speech as an ind [...]	2004-12-30 08:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6671	ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER OFFERS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on December 30, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz gave Senator Lieberman and the Ambassador a cautiously optimistic assessment of the chances for security cooperation with post-Arafat Palestinian leaders. Mofaz said that disengagement will increase Israel's s [...]	2004-12-30 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6672	PROBLEMS UNLIKELY TO IMPEDE EARLY JANUARY [...] (C) Problems with prospective coalition partners Labor and United Torah Judaism are delaying PM Sharon's efforts to put together a viable coalition, but should not prevent establishment of a new government in early January. Negotiators are generating alternative mechanisms to give Labor leade [...]	2004-12-30 15:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05CALCUTTA176	INDIAN REACTION TO ULFA TERROR DESIGNATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The addition of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) to the Other Selected Terrorist Organizations list in the 2004 Country Reports on Terrorism has been widely remarked by the press in India. A large majority of public comments, as well as reactions from our private cont [...]	2005-05-02 12:08:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV IN GOI
05MUMBAI124	INDIA TO EXTEND DUAL CITIZENSHIP TO MOST FORMER CITIZENS [...] (U) In a January 7 speech in Mumbai, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the GOI would extend Indian citizenship to all Indians who left the country after 1950 and had been naturalized in another country. Until recently, Indians lost their citizenship if they were naturalized elsewhere. Singh [...]	2005-01-11 13:24:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IN GOI
05MUMBAI756	GUJARAT BJP PARLIAMENTARIANS OPENLY CHALLENGE CM MODI [...] (SBU) Some of our contacts in Gujarat tell us that BJP Chief Minister (CM) Narendra Modi is facing the most serious challenge to his power yet, as a growing number of BJP Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) are openly speaking out against him. The MLAs are criticizing what they consider [...]	2005-03-15 11:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON PHUM IN GOI
05NEWDELHI1520	GOI UPBEAT ON CYBER-COOPERATION, SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a brief February 22 meeting, National Security Council Secretariat Joint Secretary Arvind Gupta and Deputy Director (Information Security) Commander Mukesh Saini were upbeat on US-India cybersecurity cooperation, clarified the objective of the upcoming April 18-19 Cybersecuri [...]	2005-02-28 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCIP TINT KCRM PREL PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI2266	GOI DEMARCHE: INDIA SEEKS MORE ON IC-814 [...] (C) During a March 23 meeting with DCM and PolCouns and pursuant to discussions at the August-September 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar delivered the following SIPDIS non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investi [...]	2005-03-24 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI2599	S35-04: INDIAN INVESTIGATION OF SANDHYA ORGANIC [...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA),Nutan Kapoor outlined for PolMilOff the status of the GOI investigation of Sandhya Organic Chemical's shipment of phosphorous oxychloride, a CW precursor, to Iran. 2. (S) According to Kapoor, Sand [...]	2005-04-06 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PARM PREL IR IN CBW GOI
05NEWDELHI2601	INDIAN INVESTIGATION OF SABERO ORGANICS, LTD. [...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA),Nutan Kapoor gave PolMilOff a nonpaper outlining the status of the GOI investigation of Sabero Organics' export of a CWC Schedule 3 chemical to Iran. Text of nonpaper follows in para 3. 2. (S) Be [...]	2005-04-06 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL IR IN CBW GOI
05NEWDELHI3220	INDIA DENIES UNLAWFUL IMPORT OF CONTROLLED [...] (C) Following several articles in the international and Indian press, PolCouns queried MEA Director, Disarmament and International Security (DISA),Venu Rajamony on April 26, about the GOI investigation of the case of Asher Karni, an Israeli businessman recently indicted in the US for unlawfu [...]	2005-04-28 13:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP TSPA ETTC PK IN GOI

05NEWDELHI3242	EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS FOR INDIA [...] (SBU) Export Control System Standards for India, in response to Ref A. The GOI is in the process of introducing new legislation aimed at licensing and controlling the export of WMD and their delivery systems. MEA contacts have stated that they expect to introduce and seek approval of the legi [...]	2005-04-29 10:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3270	NEW INDIAN EXPORT CONTROL LAW IN THE MAKING [...] (SBU) Summary: A front page article in the April 26 "Indian Express" reported details of an ambitious draft export control bill giving the GOI far-reaching authority to investigate and enforce stricter controls on WMD-related items and technologies. Entitled "The Weapons of Mass Destruction [...]	2005-04-29 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KNNP KOMC KSTC PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3392	CABINET PASSES LANDMARK EXPORT CONTROL LAW -- [...] (C) Speaking with PolCouns on April 5, PMO Director Venkatash Verma confirmed reports from that morning's papers that the Cabinet had approved the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prevention of Unlawful Activities) Bill, which will be introduced in Parliament in a matter [...]	2005-05-05 11:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KNNP TBIO TSPA IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3603	ASSESSING OF INDIA'S DRAFT EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary: Our initial review of the "Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Bill, 2005" (Bill No. 70),suggests the draft legislation is a comprehensive statute that meets NSSP Phase Two requirements that the GOI introduce stronger exp [...]	2005-05-12 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MNUC IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3647	GOI RENEWS CALL FOR IC-814 INFO AS TRIAL NEARS END [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) During a May 9 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall delivered the following non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investigation into the December 1999 IC-814 hijacking. The non-paper is id [...]	2005-05-13 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IN PK AF GOI
05NEWDELHI3652	INDIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES LANDMARK WMD/EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Parliament passed the landmark "WMD and their Delivery Systems Bill" (Ref A) in record time, with only a few hours to spare before the session adjourned on May 13. FM Natwar Singh framed the bill as "overarching and integrated legislation" for India's existing non-pr [...]	2005-05-13 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3811	INDIA PREPARED TO ENGAGE INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: In an important May 17 address at the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO),India's premier military R&D facility, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared that with the passage of the new WMD law, India is prepared for "the broadest form of engagement with the int [...]	2005-05-20 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KSTC KNNP KOMC ETTC IN GOI
05NEWDELHI5115	INDIA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE EXBS PROGRAM: "TRAIN THE [...] (SBU) MEA Under Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Nutan Kapoor gave PolMilOff a brief overview of an internal GOI assessment of recent EXBS events on July 5. According to Kapoor, MEA surveyed GOI officials that participated in EXBS events in the past year and found that while [...]	2005-07-05 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETTC KNNP PARM IN GOI
05NEWDELHI5278	MTAG: IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE MISSILE TECH [...] (S) PolMilOff raised the points in Ref A regarding Indian firms Aron Hurley Koncepts and KG Global's possible transfer of sensitive equipment to Iran in a July 8 meeting with MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security (DISA),Nutan Kapoor. PolMilOff also gave Kapoor a non-pap [...]	2005-07-11 06:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MNUC IR IN GOI
05NEWDELHI5957	TENTATIVE INDIAN ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UNGA [...] MEA UN Political Director Pankaj Sharma told Poloff that the Indian delegation to the September UNGA High-Level Event in New York has not yet been finalized, as the composition will be the prerogative of the Prime Minister. However, he informed us that previous delegations have included the [...]	2005-08-02 06:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP IN UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI6721	INDIA NOT LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRACKER WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) India will likely not participate in the Tracker Automated Export Control System workshop in Oxford, UK, in October because the GOI is developing its own export control software, MEA Under Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Nutan Kapoor told PolMilOff. The GOI is aware o [...]	2005-09-01 10:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KNNP ETTC IN GOI
05NEWDELHI6723	INDIA WILL PROVIDE UPDATE ON NEC CASE [...] (S) In response to points in Reftel, MEA Under Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Nutan Kapoor told PolMilOff on August 31 that the GOI would provide an update on the status of the NEC case. PolMilOff also asked that the GOI provide information on the remaining steps t [...]	2005-09-01 10:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IN CBW GOI
05NEWDELHI6929	MDA: INDIA SUPPORTS PROTOCOL, BUT NO PLANS TO PUSH [...] (U) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6. Arora promised to confer with his UN Economic and Social (UNES) counterparts, but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) Poloff followed up with Deputy Secretary (UNES) Gopal Baglay on Septembe [...]	2005-09-08 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ GOI UN
05NEWDELHI6931	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: A/DCM and Poloff called on new MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6 and SIPDIS delivered Refs A and B demarches, underlining the importance in the new US-India relationship for India to be seen [...]	2005-09-08 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECIN PHUM KDEM KUNR IN AF UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI7752	GOI ON ICJ ELECTIONS DEMARCHE, ITALIAN COESPU [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on ICJ elections, discussed Ref B plans for funding travel of Indian students to Italy's Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units, and reviewed the way forward for cooperation on UN reform in an October 5 conversation with MEA [...]	2005-10-05 10:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO KUNR IN IT UNSC UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI7777	HOME SECRETARY UPBEAT ABOUT DECLINE IN TERRORISM, [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR S/CT IN PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador following an MLAT signing ceremony, Home Secretary VK Duggal was moderately upbeat over the security situation in Kashmir, noting that the situation was calm enough for the valley to welcome [...]	2005-10-06 08:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER CASC CJAN IN PK NP GOI
05NEWDELHI8682	AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI URGES GOI LEADERSHIP ON [...] (C) Summary. In her second round of consultations with senior MEA officials on November 14, Special Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli discussed areas of common consensus on UN reform and urged the GOI to take leadership and build coalitions of support before the review of the [...]	2005-11-15 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI8746	FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN URGES USG TO CORRECT [...] (C) Summary: In his November 15 meeting with Senior Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran expressed general GOI support for most SIPDIS of the USG's UN reform agenda, with some minor disagreement on the oversight mechanisms. He reinforced the GO [...]	2005-11-17 12:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI8795	GOI COMMENTS REGARDING PERM REP SEN'S REMARKS ON UNSC REFORM [...] (C) Visiting Senior Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli raised Reftel A points in separate meetings with MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Jaishankar and Media Advisor to the Prime Ministers Office Sanjay Baru on November 17. In both meetings, our interlocutors underlined that PermRep N [...]	2005-11-18 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR IN UNSC UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI8799	INDIA'S NAM BAGGAGE STILL HOLDING IT BACK ON UN [...] (C) Summary: At a November 17 meeting with Senior Advisor on UN Reform Ambassador Tahir-Kheli, Deputy National Security Advisor Nambiar insisted that India's "stereotype as a representative of developing countries" at the United Nations will hinder its ability to play a leading role with the [...]	2005-11-18 14:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IN UNSC GOI
05NEWDELHI9008	MEA SHARES INDIAN INTEL BLAMING LET FOR DIWALI [...] (S) Summary: Following up on MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar's November 14 assurance that the Indian government would share with us information regarding the October 29 Diwali bombings (Ref B),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar on November 29 confirmed to Charge and Poloff th [...]	2005-11-29 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS EFIN KCRM KTFN PBTS PK IN TS GOI
05NEWDELHI9513	EXTRADITION: INDIA: KULBIR SINGH BARAPIND: POST [...] (SBU) Summary: This message will address as many of the Ref A questions as Post is able to answer. Confirming or refuting specific allegations of torture is extremely difficult by the very nature of the usual secrecy surrounding torture. Barapind's claims of torture include a litany of many [...]	2005-12-19 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN GOI
05TELAVIV102	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: WITH NEW GOVERNMENT, SHARON TO [...] (C) Summary: The three-month trial period for which the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party has agreed to enter a coalition with Likud and Labor gives Prime Minister Sharon the time -- and majorities in the relevant bodies -- to : -- establish a 66-MK majority government, probably as early as [...]	2005-01-06 15:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1026	SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) On February 13 Senator George Allen and Ambassador Kurtzer met with MFA North American Deputy Yoram Ben Ze'ev and Head of the Research Department Harry Kney'tal. They discussed developments in Europe relating to the designation of Hizbollah as a terrorist organization, and political deve [...]	2005-02-18 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL OVIP IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1027	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: CABINET POISED TO APPROVE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Sharon is poised to obtain decided Cabinet majorities in two historic votes scheduled for February 20: to approve the "Amended Disengagement Plan -- Evacuation of Settlements and Territories" (the Amended Plan) and to approve a revised route of the separation barrier arou [...]	2005-02-18 15:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1061	Israel: Economy Grows 4.3% in 2004 [...] (U) On February 14, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published updated 2004 figures showing growth of 4.3% for the year, a significant improvement over growth of 1.3% in 2003. This compares well with 3.6% average growth in the OECD during the year. Israeli GDP per capita increased by 2 [...]	2005-02-22 13:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1062	NIRIT'S RESIDENTS HAVE A LONG DAY IN COURT AND [...] (C) Summary: Dror Ginatt, secretary general of the Israeli town of Nirit on the west side of the Green Line, described Nirit's hearing in the High Court to stop construction of Nof HaSharon as arduous but felt that Nirit got a fair trial. He explained that the three judges, among them Aharo [...]	2005-02-22 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1078	ACTING COORDINATOR POPE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings February 9-12, Israeli officials told Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator William Pope that Hizballah is the GOI's top CT priority. They requested USG assistance to convince President Chirac that the group should be placed on the EU's list of terrorist org [...]	2005-02-23 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1110	ICRC OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IMPROVED RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Visiting ICRC Delegate-General for the Middle East and North Africa Balthasar Stahelin told the DCM February 18 that he believes that progress in the peace process could help pave the way for the adoption of a Third Additional Protocol that would facilitate full ICRC membership f [...]	2005-02-24 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1117	MFA OFFICIAL SAYS GOI "ADAMANT" ABOUT GAINING MDA [...] (C) The GOI is "adamant" about bringing to closure in 2005 the issue of Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, MFA Deputy Director General (A/S-equivalent) for International Organization Affairs Roni Ya'ar told poloff on February 23. He reported [...]	2005-02-24 16:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1121	ISRAELI TOURISM MINISTER REQUESTS CHANGE IN U.S. [...] (C) Summary. During a February 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Tourism Abraham Hirchson stressed the GOI's hope that the USG would change the travel warning regarding travel to Israel. The Ambassador replied that the USG reviewed such warnings on a regular basis, but noted that t [...]	2005-02-25 07:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1124	BEDOUIN OF THE NEGEV'S ILLEGAL VILLAGES LIVE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met February 17 with Bedouin community representatives in two Negev desert Bedouin villages not legally recognized by the GOI to discuss issues affecting their lives and possible PD small grants assistance to educational programs. The Bedouin in these two unrecognized [...]	2005-02-25 11:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1211	DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. During their February 14 discussions, Under Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey and GOI MFA officials SIPDIS focused on the possible designation of Hizbollah as a terrorist group during the EU Clearinghouse meeting on February 16. The GOI has been working proactively to obtain [...]	2005-03-02 04:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1277	LIKUD REFERENDUM DECISION STILL LEAVES SHARON [...] (C) Summary: Several Likud MKs demanding that Prime Minister Sharon call a referendum on disengagement told poloff that the widely anticipated March 3 Likud Central Committee (LCC) vote to promote legislation needed to enable a referendum is not sufficient to secure their budget votes. They s [...]	2005-03-03 18:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1336	ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable is the first part of a three-part message in response to reftel. Embassy point of contact is poloff Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972) (3) 519-7437. Fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 80 hours in preparation of the report. Deputy polcouns spent app [...]	2005-03-07 15:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1337	ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-07 15:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1338	ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This is the third part of a three-part message responding to reftel. Embassy point of contact is Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972)(3) 519-7437, fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------- [...]	2005-03-07 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1362	NETANYAHU MAY CAVE TO SHAS BUDGET DEMANDS; SHINUI [...] (C) As they scramble for votes ahead of the March 17 budget vote, Prime Minister Sharon and Finance Minister Netanyahu appear ready -- albeit tentatively -- to make budget concessions to Shas, rather than take Shinui back into the coalition. Sharon needs a simple Knesset majority for budget [...]	2005-03-08 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1363	(C) OTTE SAYS HE'S PRESSING PA FOR SECURITY [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte said he would press the PA, during his visit this week, on the need for security service reform, while focusing in his GOI meetings on Israeli-Palestinian economic cooperation. He reported that World Bank President W [...]	2005-03-08 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1404	MOSSI RAZ ON THE UNOFFICIAL APPROVAL PROCESS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Mossi Raz, a former Meretz MK, provided a brief history of the growth of settlements, and outlined the hidden support that the Israeli government has given to settlers over the past 13 years. Settlers focused on expanding existing settlements between 1992 and 1996 because Prime [...]	2005-03-09 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1454	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN PRESSING ABU [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Gennady Tarasov and the Ambassador reviewed Israeli-Palestinian progress in implementing the Sharm al-Sheikh commitments and Syria-Lebanon developments during a March 11 conversation. In response to the Ambassador's question about whether Russian Middle East envoy Kalug [...]	2005-03-11 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS LE SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1456	MOST KNESSET MEMBERS, PUNDITS PREDICT BUDGET WILL [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon postponed the final votes on the 2005 budget, originally scheduled for March 17, counting on the fact that parties and MKs that could provide the crucial votes will not show their cards until they are pressed against the March 31 deadline -- and facing the p [...]	2005-03-11 14:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1457	(S) ISRAELI READOUT ON MUBARAK-MOFAZ MEETING IN [...] (S) BG Eitan Dangott, Military Secretary of Defense Minister Mofaz, briefed the Ambassador March 11 on the meeting held the previous day in Sharm between Mofaz and Egyptian President Mubarak, with the participation of Defense Minister Tantawi and Intelligence Chief Sulayman. Dangott said th [...]	2005-03-11 14:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	IS KPAL PREL XF GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1524	CABINET DECIDES TO REMOVE 24 OUTPOSTS BUT DOESN'T [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Cabinet on March 13 decided to remove the 24 post-March 2001 outposts mentioned in Talia Sasson's report, but not until after implementation of the disengagement plan. Israeli officials said that the GOI is "busy" with disengagement and tha [...]	2005-03-14 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1534	PERES MEETS TELLS CODEL CORZINE "WE ARE STILL [...] (C) Summary. In a March 13 meeting with Senator Corzine and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said there are three crucial events in the next several months: the passage of the budget, the Palestinian Legislative Council elections in July, and the evacuation from Gaza, also s [...]	2005-03-15 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1549	ISRAEL'S CONSTRUCTIVE NO-CONFIDENCE MECHANISM: [...] (C) Summary: The 2003 revision of Israel's no-confidence vote mechanism to require that all Knesset members voting no-confidence pre-designate a single candidate to form a new government was designed to keep government opponents from resorting too frequently to time-consuming no-confidence mo [...]	2005-03-16 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1580	MOSSAD CHIEF TO CODEL CORZINE: SOME FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told CODEL Corzine March 13 that Israeli and U.S. thinking on Iran largely tracks, adding that he believes the EU dialogue with Iran will ultimately fail. Dagan said that Israel has evidence that some foreign fighters have returned home from Iraq, perhaps indica [...]	2005-03-17 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PREL KWBG IR IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1588	LABOR MK SNEH TELLS SENATOR CORZINE ISRAEL CANNOT [...] (C) Summary: Labor MK Ephraim Sneh told visiting Senator Jon Corzine and the Ambassador March 14 that he sees military action against Iran's nuclear program as only a last resort. Sneh advocated external support for popular efforts for regime change in Iran, but stressed that the change has to [...]	2005-03-17 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PINR PREL KPAL MNUC IS IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1593	C-NE4-01083: ISRAELI INTENTIONS REGARDING THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Israel sees Iran as the primary threat to its security and sees the enrichment cycle as the "point of no return" for Tehran's nuclear weapons program. The GOI believes that diplomatic pressure with teeth, such as sanctions, can affect Iranian behavior, and is lobbying the EU-3 a [...]	2005-03-17 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EU IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1594	NSC CHIEF SAYS PASSING THE BUDGET IS GOI CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland told CODEL Corzine March 13 that passing the budget is the GOI's biggest disengagement-related hurdle and that all other issues are operational and will be resolved. The GOI's worst-case scenario is Palestinians attacking Israelis in Gaza while [...]	2005-03-17 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV163	IDF CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff LtG Moshe Ya'alon told CoDel Kyl January 7 that recent events have ushered in "an era of strategic opportunity" in the Middle East. He said that Israel is facilitating Palestinian elections and believes that Abu Mazen is strong enough to [...]	2005-01-10 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1634	IN SHINUI, DISSENSION PERCOLATES OVER BUDGET [...] (C) Divisions have widened within Shinui between those who advocate withholding party support for the 2005 budget and those who advocate supporting the budget to save the government and the disengagement plan. The pro-budget group has also split over how long party chief Tommy Lapid should s [...]	2005-03-18 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1679	TRAFFICKING NGOS WEIGH IN ON WHERE THE SYSTEM IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Israeli NGOs against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) say that the GOI, while inflicting stricter sentencing of traffickers and implementing other improvements, still falls short in some areas in its efforts to combat TIP. NGO representatives charge that: -- [...]	2005-03-21 07:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG EG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV1682	IVANOV TELLS ISRAELIS THAT RUSSIAN FUEL DELIVERY [...] (C) According to Israeli officials, Russian National Security Adviser Igor Ivanov and MINATOM staff told the GOI on March 15 that Russian fuel could be delivered to Bushehr "as early as the end of 2005," although the Russians noted that a more likely date would be June 2006. Ariel "Eli" Levit [...]	2005-03-21 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1684	EMBLEM: GOI OFFICIAL REPORTS IFRC READY TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for International Organizations Roni Ya'ar told poloff late March 18 that he had just learned during a visit to Geneva and Bern that IFRC will shortly announce its intention to convene an international conference, for late September or early October, to amend th [...]	2005-03-21 12:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREF PREL ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV170	Fischer Accepts GOI Offer to Be Next Governor of [...] (U) On January 9, Prime Minister Sharon and Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu jointly nominated Professor Stanley Fischer as the next Governor of the Bank of Israel. Fischer accepted the nomination the same day, although it will require further administrative and political approvals, includ [...]	2005-01-10 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1729	APPROVAL PROCESS FOR 3,650 UNITS IN MA'ALE ADUMIM [...] (U) Israeli press reported yesterday that the GOI has launched two plans, which together are termed either E1 or A1, to build 3,650 housing units between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem. These housing units would connect the settlement with the city, creating geographical continuity between the [...]	2005-03-22 15:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1730	SHARON CAUTIONS CODEL REID ON PROVIDING DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon emphasized to Codel Reid March 21 that ensuring Israel's security against terrorism is his primary objective, although he is optimistic about the opportunities created by Arafat's death and the new Palestinian leadership. Codel Reid and Sharon discussed how [...]	2005-03-22 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PTER KWBG MNUC IS IR SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1731	SHIMON PERES TELLS CODEL REID TO LOOK AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 20, Codel Reid and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the economic future of Israel and post-disengagement Gaza, the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, the impact of the separation barrier on the lives of Palestinians, the run-up to the budget vote in [...]	2005-03-22 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS MNUC OREP PGOV PREF PTER SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1814	ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER CAUTIONS ARMS INDUSTRY ON [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Director General Amos Yaron told the Ambassador on March 24 that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz had strongly cautioned representatives from Israeli defense firms about ties with China. According to Yaron, Mofaz said that senior MOD approval is required before Israel [...]	2005-03-24 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MCAP MASS CH IS MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1833	ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE [...] (C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams and the Ambassador that arms smuggling continues into both Gaza and the West Bank. Despite success by Palestinian Authority (PA) secur [...]	2005-03-25 08:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1842	REFERENDUM BILL EXPECTED TO FAIL, BUT SHARON STILL [...] (C) The ongoing political machinations leading up to next week's Knesset votes on the 2005 budget and disengagement referendum legislation, do not change Embassy's expectations that Prime Minister Sharon will muster a Knesset majority for the 2005 budget and that a majority will defeat the re [...]	2005-03-25 12:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1853	SASSON: OUTPOST PICTURE "SO HORRIBLE, I DIDN'T [...] (C) Summary: Talia Sasson told emboffs that she encountered significant resistance to her information requests from government ministries when doing research for her report on unauthorized outposts. She explained on March 16 that the Settlements Division of the World Zionist Organization re [...]	2005-03-25 15:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1854	PRIME MINISTER SHARON ON PRESIDENT ABBAS' EFFORTS, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told CoDel Pelosi March 21 that disengagement is a "pre-roadmap" step, and that real progress will depend on the ability of President Abbas and the PA to dismantle terrorist infrastructure. In his view, this has not yet happened, although Abbas has d [...]	2005-03-25 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1896	SHINUI DECISION VIRTUALLY ASSURES PASSAGE OF 2005 [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Sharon appears to have finally secured passage of the 2005 budget. On Saturday March 26, PM Sharon and Shinui Knesset members Yosef (Tommy) Lapid and Avraham Poraz reached agreement that Shinui would support the second and third readings of the 2005 budget in the [...]	2005-03-28 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1899	VICE PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES CONSIDERS "THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Codel Pelosi and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the political atmosphere surrounding Israel's disengagement from Gaza; the economic forecast for Gaza the "day after" disengagement; the steps that the international community can take to ensure [...]	2005-03-29 05:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1918	CODEL PELOSI URGES FM SHALOM NOT TO ALLOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with Codel Pelosi, Foreign Minister Shalom spoke positively about the direction of Israeli relations with the PA and other Arab neighbors. While lauding some of President Abbas's steps, he said the PA had failed so far to resolve to dismantle terrorist infras [...]	2005-03-29 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1927	REFERENDUM BILL FAILS, BUT VOTE LEAVES LIKUD BADLY [...] (C) The landslide defeat of the disengagement referendum bill in a 72-39 Knesset vote March 28 was achieved mainly with the help of opposition parties, whose votes countered the 27 Likud MKs who broke with Prime Minister Sharon and supported the bill. The split in Likud poses no threat to Sh [...]	2005-03-29 15:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1928	ISRAELI MFA OFFICIALS WILL HOLD COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor, Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff, and Director for Arms Control Alon Bar will travel to China for meetings with Chinese officials on April 4-5. According to Bar, the purpose of the trip is to discuss counterterrorism [...]	2005-03-29 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM CH IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV198	DESPITE UNITY GOVERNMENT, SHARON STILL STRAINING [...] (C) A division among the 13 Likud disengagement foes in the Knesset may prompt several to give Prime Minister Sharon the eight or so votes he needs to ensure first-reading passage of the 2005 budget. The 13, known as "the rebels," have threatened to vote against the budget -- as they did aga [...]	2005-01-11 11:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV2030	CODEL DREIER'S MEETINGS WITH KNESSET MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 28 meeting immediately following the Knesset vote against a referendum on disengagement, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, a disengagement opponent, told Codel Dreier and the Ambassador that a divided Likud is in a state of "crisis." He lamented that disengagement could [...]	2005-04-01 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV KWBG PREF PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2054	FM SHALOM TO CODEL DREIER ON THE PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told CODEL Dreier that the situation is better than 3-4 months ago because Mahmud Abbas is more moderate than Yasir Arafat. He also opined that "something is happening" in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, and Lebanon, and concluded that these countries want [...]	2005-04-04 13:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2098	"REALITY BITES" ABBAS, BRIG. GEN. KUPPERWASSER [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 31, Brigadier General Yossi Kupperwasser described for CODEL Saxton the changing mission of Israeli intelligence-gathering and presented his analysis of the current developments in the Palestinian Authority. Kupperwasser also discussed the battle for hearts [...]	2005-04-05 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2125	(S) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TO CODEL LEVIN: [...] (S) A senior defense intelligence (DMI) officer told Senator Levin March 31 that pre-OIF Israeli intelligence estimates of Iraqi WMD were nearly as wrong as those of the USG. GOI analysts, prior to the war, "knew" that Saddam's regime would never support al-Qaeda or any other terrorist organi [...]	2005-04-06 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER OREP IS IZ GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2135	GWOT ASSESSMENT: FIGHTING TERROR AND BUILDING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Counterterrorism is central to Israel's national security priorities and is a key component of Embassy Tel Aviv's Mission Program Plan. It also plays a key role in the progress -- or lack thereof -- of the peace process. A main requirement for moving this agenda forward is fund [...]	2005-04-06 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER PREL IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2138	(C) EILAND OUTLINES STEPS TO PREVENT [...] (S) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Eiland sketched out "preliminary" GOI thinking about the future of Lebanon after a Syrian withdrawal. He described three scenarios for post-Syria Lebanon: democratic stability; a retur [...]	2005-04-07 05:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2167	RAMON UNIT BORDER POLICE -- FIGHTING HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ramon Unit of the Border Police has interdicted weapons, human beings and drugs being smuggled across the Egyptian-Israeli border since its establishment in March 2003. Its commander told Poloff that the unit has intercepted 36 women being trafficked into Israel in each of t [...]	2005-04-08 06:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB PTER KWMN EG IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV2265	SUPREME COURT BROADENS ACCEPTABLE CONVERSIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court further chipped away at the Orthodox rabbinate's monopoly over conversions to Judaism in its March 31 ruling that the GOI must recognize the non-Orthodox conversions of 15 non-citizen legal residents of Israel that were begun in Israel but formalized abroad, and [...]	2005-04-12 13:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV227	(C) SHARON TO CODELS: KEY TO PROGRESS WITH PALESTINIANS IS SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Senators Kyl, Martinez, Murkowski, Sununu, and Biden, and Congressman Adam Smith January 9 and with Senator Kerry January 10, Prime Minister Sharon emphasized that progress with Palestinians depends fundamentally on whether terrorism, violence and inci [...]	2005-01-12 14:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV230	2005 Budget Passes First Reading [...] (SBU) The Knesset approved on January 12 the first reading of the 2005 Budget and the 2005 Arrangements Bill by a vote of 64 in favor to 53 against. The vote included a number of surprises: Likud party rebels who are vehemently opposed to disengagement and threatened to deep six the budget vo [...]	2005-01-12 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV2329	ISRAEL-PRC STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOCUSSES ON IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Proser (D-equivalent) led a GOI team to China April 3-5 for a strategic dialogue on arms control and terrorism issues. MFA Arms Control Director Alon Bar briefed poloff on the talks after the team's return to Israel. Bar's assessment, which track [...]	2005-04-14 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP CH IS IR IN GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV2341	PEACE NOW DISCUSSES SUPPORT TO THE SETTLEMENTS, [...] (C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, General Director of Peace Now, told Embassy econoffs that there are four possible ways for the GOI to fund settlements. These include support through the Defense Ministry for infrastructure, transferring funds to the local councils, funding specific projects, [...]	2005-04-14 12:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2367	EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS DEAL TO BE SIGNED IN EARLY MAY [...] (C) Summary: Egypt and Israel appear to be coming closer to signing a gas deal that has been in the negotiations for years. The GOI says that the governments are ready to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) by early May. In addition, the two companies involved, Israel Electric Corporat [...]	2005-04-15 07:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE
05TELAVIV2729	SHARANSKY'S RESIGNATION OVER DISENGAGEMENT LEAVES [...] (C) The long-expected May 2 resignation of Minister-without-Porfolio Natan Sharansky was an act of political symbolism by a disengagement opponent that comes too late to affect the course of disengagement. In announcing that he is resigning over his opposition to disengagement, Sharansky sai [...]	2005-05-02 13:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KNAR IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV274	EILAND ASSESSES THE CHALLENGES FACING SHARON AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland highlighted the following points in a January 9 meeting with Codel Kerry: -- Israel faces three main challenges in implementing disengagement: a fragile domestic political situation, operational difficulties to evacuate thousands of settle [...]	2005-01-14 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2803	MFA NORTH AMERICA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for North American Affairs Yoram Ben Zeev met with NEA DAS Liz Dibble to discuss the future of Hizballah following the partial withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon; the upcoming Quartet meeting in Moscow; GOI internal disengagement politics; and P [...]	2005-05-05 08:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV285	NSC'S GABI BLUM ON WORLD BANK PROCESS, PERES, [...] (C) Summary: NSC strategic advisor Dr. Gabi Blum met with EconCouns January 13 to discuss movement on the World Bank process, Shimon Peres' projected role in disengagement planning, and potential GOI dialogue with the PA on settlement assets and other economic aspects of withdrawal. On the Wo [...]	2005-01-14 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV2855	MOSSAD DIRECTOR MEIR DAGAN TELLS CODEL LIEBERMAN [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with CODEL Lieberman on May 2, Meir Dagan, Director of Mossad, laid out steps that he said the United States should take to block Iran's efforts at acquiring and producing nuclear weapons. Dagan also presented his assessments of Iran's support for Hizballah and Pal [...]	2005-05-06 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	OREP PREL KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV290	FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In separate January 10 meetings with Codels Kerry and Kyl, both joined by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom articulated Israel's cautious readiness to work with Palestinian President-elect Abu Mazen. Shalom emphasized that Israel will measure Abu Mazen by his performance in [...]	2005-01-18 08:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2925	CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH VICE PM SHIMON PERES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, CODEL Frist met with Vice PM Shimon Peres where discussions surrounded the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, Jordan's economic growth and its contribution to the economy in the Palestinian territories, Iran's push to develop nuclear weapons and recent democratic election [...]	2005-05-10 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2936	SENATOR LIEBERMAN'S MAY 2 MEETING WITH GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Senator Lieberman and Ambassador Kurtzer met on May 2 with the Israeli Defense Forces' Chief of Military Intelligence Production Division, General Kupperwasser. The discussion focused on the Palestinian security situation, including the PA's dismantling of terror networks and p [...]	2005-05-10 14:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV3151	GOI MOVES AHEAD ON STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE NEGEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI is moving ahead to prepare a comprehensive strategy to develop the Negev and Galilee regions, a plan which has as one of its objectives the reduction of public opposition to and concern over the disengagement. Two private consulting firms Daroma and Mckinsey have been con [...]	2005-05-24 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3223	ISRAEL POLICE TALK POLICY AND TACTICS TO COMBAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Israel National Police (INP) official outlined the GOI's fight against money-laundering and other offenses during the DEA Asset Forfeiture Seminar held May 15 to 19 in Tel Aviv. The official described methods used by criminals to transfer illicit profits, and how the GOI's p [...]	2005-05-27 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV3246	(S) CODEL KOLBE: SHARON DISSATISFIED WITH U.S. [...] (S) During a 75-minute meeting May 30 with Codel Kolbe, attended also by the Ambassador, Prime Minister Sharon described several reasons why he is not happy with current developments. In familiar terms, Sharon said that his and Israel's willingness to move forward in the peace process after [...]	2005-05-31 09:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	IS KPAL OREP PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV350	PERES ON INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR PA [...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Shimon Peres met with the Ambassador recently and discussed prospects for renewed peace process negotiations with the PA, as well as his new role in coordinating economic aspects of the disengagement plan and development of the Negev and Galilee. Peres was skeptical t [...]	2005-01-20 11:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG ECON EFIN PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3749	SHARON WINS NO-CONFIDENCE MOTIONS WITH NO EFFORT; [...] (C) Heavy media coverage of the Knesset's three failed no-confidence motions June 14 -- and their incorrect depiction as "defeats" for Prime Minister Sharon -- reflect a slow news week, opportunistic efforts by disengagement opponents to sow doubts with misleading data, and a prime minister s [...]	2005-06-15 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV379	FM DEFENDS BREAK WITH PA, DENOUNCES IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: At a political/diplomatic briefing for foreign ambassadors, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom defended Prime Minister Sharon's decision to suspend contacts with the Palestinian Authority until the PA takes action against terrorist infrastructure in the territories. Shalom said that [...]	2005-01-21 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV389	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2004, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]	2005-01-24 08:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3891	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: RIBBONS SHOW ISRAELIS' TRUE [...] (SBU) In recent months, some Israeli motorists who oppose Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan have taken to tying orange ribbons on their vehicles to denote their opposition. Up until about a week ago, orange was the only color streaming from car -- and truck -- antennas, bumpers and [...]	2005-06-21 13:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG SOCI IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3894	LABOR PARTY PRIMARIES APPROACHING THE STARTING [...] (C) Summary: The Labor Party's 82-year old interim chairman, Vice Premier Shimon Peres, is currently favored to garner the highest -- but not an outright winning -- vote total among the five contenders in Labor's June 28 party-wide primaries, a so-far lackluster race that could nonetheless de [...]	2005-06-21 16:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL

05TELAVIV3956	FM SHALOM'S BRIEFING TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom summoned Chiefs of Mission to Jerusalem June 22 to give an update on disengagement from Gaza and related issues. Clarifying PM Sharon's previous comments concerning disengagement under fire, he said that extremist attacks would halt disengagement only long enoug [...]	2005-06-23 13:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3971	NEW BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER OPTIMISTIC ON ISRAELI [...] (C) New BOI Governor Stanley Fischer expressed optimism about the Israeli economy in a courtesy call by the Ambassador. Referring to the first-quarter slowdown in GDP growth, Fischer said he had to be a bit circumspect in his views. He nonetheless felt the recent drop of unemployment to 9.1 [...]	2005-06-24 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3973	GOI VISION FOR GALILEE AND THE NEGEV, A TRIP BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the GOI moves to develop its strategic policy plans for the Negev and the Galilee a closer look at the failures of the past efforts is instructive. The three plans - the National Outline Plan 31 (1990) which served to find ways to absorb immigration from Soviet Union and Et [...]	2005-06-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV3991	TAX PLAN APPROVED BY THE GOI [...] (C) Summary. The GOI approved a multi-year tax plan on June 5, prepared by the tax authority and the State Revenues Administration of the Ministry of Finance. The plan focuses on enabling Israel to become a more attractive and competitive location for investors while reducing income tax rat [...]	2005-06-24 14:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4029	LABOR PARTY PRIMARIES POSTPONED, PERHAPS TO [...] (C) The Labor Party Central Committee's June 26 decision to postpone party chairmanship primaries -- originally scheduled for June 28 -- until after an open-ended investigation into party registration irregularities, could delay the primaries until after disengagement and possibly until Novem [...]	2005-06-27 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4059	AMOS GILAD ON PA POLITICS, DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political-Military bureau head Maj. Gen. Amos Gilad told EconCouns that the high level of USG and international community actors involved in disengagement planning -- including Quartet Special Envoy (QSE) Wolfensohn, Security Coordinator Gen. Ward, and A/S We [...]	2005-06-28 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PTER EAID IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4063	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Japanese Special Envoy Tatsuo Arima and Japanese Ambassador to Israel Jun Yokota met with Ambassador Kurtzer on June 28 to share assessments of the current state of Palestian-Israeli issues. Arima said he had never seen Dov Weissglas, PM Sharon's Senior Advisor, so pessimistic, and that [...]	2005-06-28 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG JA IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4107	MOSSAD CHIEF ON WEAKNESS OF SYRIA, PREDICTS NO [...] (C) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told NEA A/S David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that, despite the weakness of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, he is unlikely to be replaced any time soon. Syria,s neighbors prefer to keep Assad in pow [...]	2005-06-29 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PTER MNUC IR SY IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4112	MFA DEMANDS EGYPT DO MORE TO PREVENT SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor stressed to visiting NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that Egypt is doing "less than the minimum necessary" to stop smuggling along the Egyptian-Gaza border. Prosor floated the idea of allowing the Badr Brigade [...]	2005-06-29 13:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PTER KWBG EG JO IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4118	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: KNESSET FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is to decide in the coming weeks whether allowing the Egyptians to deploy 750 border police along the Gaza-Egyptian border as a security measure associated with implementing the disengagement plan is a material change to the 1973 Israeli-Egyptian Peace Trea [...]	2005-06-30 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4149	ISRAELI LEFT-WING LEADERS UNCERTAIN OF WHAT WILL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 29 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, leaders of the Labor and Yahad-Meretz parties could not agree on what steps the GOI will -- or even should -- take following disengagement. The group had divergent views on whether and to what degree Prime Minister Sharon [...]	2005-07-01 12:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4199	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: VOTE ON DOOMED DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Yisrael Maimon, Cabinet Secretary, told Poloff July 4 that the Likud rebels decided late afternoon July 4 to postpone for two weeks a preliminary vote on a bill that would delay implementation of the disengagement plan by one year. The bill's sponsor, right-wing National Religious Party [...]	2005-07-06 08:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4207	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: ATTORNEY GENERAL MAZUZ [...] (C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz told Ministry of Justice Liaison to the Knesset Paz Barnett July 5 to convey directly to Poloff who was waiting in the adjoining office that he is about to announce his decision that an agreement between Israel and Egypt allowing Egypt to place some 750 bor [...]	2005-07-06 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4281	NGO'S HOPE GOI PLANS FOR NEGEV AND GALILEE WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli and Israeli-Arab NGO's have expressed growing concern about GOI plans for economic development in the Galilee and Negev. The Chairman of the Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) stated that the core goal of the government's plan is to give land to the Jewish popul [...]	2005-07-11 12:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SENV PGOV PHUM EFIN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4321	ISRAELI OFFICIALS TRAVEL TO CAIRO TO WORK ON [...] (C) Summary: During a July 10 trip to Cairo, two senior MFA officials were unable to reach agreement with the Egyptians on an MOU to establish a bilateral committee. The GOI is waiting for an Egyptian reply to an Israeli letter proposing biannual meetings of the foreign ministers and ad-hoc s [...]	2005-07-13 07:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4335	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: SHARON INDICATES HE WILL SEEK [...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon indicated to the press July 12 that he will seek Knesset approval of an Israeli-Egyptian agreement -- that has not yet been finalized -- allowing some 750 Egyptian border guard soldiers to secure the Egyptian-Gaza border as part of implementing the disengagement plan [...]	2005-07-13 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV45	(C) PM'S ADVISOR ON RENEWED REPARATIONS CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: A GOI working group charged with developing a five-year plan on Holocaust-era reparations, pensions and restitution is considering a recommendation that the GOI ask Germany for about $500 million -- possibly in the form of new German-made submarines -- in compensation for what the GOI [...]	2005-01-04 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL MASS PL IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4619	STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Histadrut labor federation leader and candidate for head of the Labor Party Amir Peretz on July 11 to discuss disengagement, the peace process and Israeli politics. Peretz expressed support for disengagement, but was suspicious that the GOI is intentional [...]	2005-07-25 07:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB ECON EAID KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4655	MK OMRI SHARON NEARS POSSIBLE PLEA BARGAIN AS NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Sharon's son Omri, a Likud MK since 2003, is nearing a plea bargain with Attorney General Menachem Mazuz over charges related to his role in the alleged illegal financing of Prime Minister Sharon's 1999 leadership campaign for the Likud Party. A political and lega [...]	2005-07-26 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV466	Privatization Update: GOI Sells Israel Discount [...] (U) The Israeli government's privatization program is moving forward. On January 22, GOI Accountant General Yaron Zelka concluded an agreement with prominent businessman and Seagram heir Matthew Bronfman for the transfer of 26% of Discount Bank to the Matthew Bronfman group for a price of NIS [...]	2005-01-26 14:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
05TELAVIV4694	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: FINAL VOTES STILL TO COME ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon still faces two GOI votes related to his disengagement plan. The first, a Cabinet vote authorizing the evacuation of settlers, must take place before disengagement implementation begins on August 17. Still to be determined is whether the Cabinet will stick [...]	2005-07-27 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4729	KNESSET ADOPTS BACHAR CAPITAL MARKET REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Bachar capital market reforms won Knesset approval on Monday, July 25 by of vote of 62-1-1 (in favor, opposed, abstention). The Bachar reforms force banks to sell off their Kupot Gemel (provident funds) and mutual funds. However, lobbying by the banking industry succeeded [...]	2005-07-29 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4799	SHARON AND CHIRAC'S PARIS HONEYMOON: DOWNPLAYING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 2 meeting, French Charge d'Affaires Christophe Bigot told the DCM that Prime Minister Sharon and French President Jacques Chirac agreed in advance to downplay their differences on peace-process issues and instead focus on enhancing bilateral relations during Sharon' [...]	2005-08-03 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC FR IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4800	REVISED ISRAELI TEXT OF UNGA HOLOCAUST RESOLUTION [...] (C) MFA Director for UN Political Affairs Rony Adam discussed the GOI's draft resolution on Holocaust remembrance with poloff on August 2. Adam provided a copy of the revised text (attached),which has minor changes to preliminary paragraphs four (removing the word "unique" to describe World [...]	2005-08-03 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4829	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: ISRAELI CABINET SET TO VOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Cabinet is scheduled to vote August 7 on the evacuation of at least one of the four groups of settlements slated to be evacuated beginning August 17 pursuant to Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan. The vote will take place at the end of a week during which tens of tho [...]	2005-08-04 14:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4879	NETANYAHU BECOMES SPOILER WITHOUT SPOILS AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's dramatic August 7 resignation from government will not affect implementation of the disengagement plan starting August 17. It will also not bring down Prime Minister Sharon's government since the opposition is not sufficiently united to must [...]	2005-08-08 12:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4880	FINANCE MINISTER NETANYAHU RESIGNS: ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Benyamin Netanyahu resigned on Sunday, August 7th during the Cabinet session in which the implementation of the first stage of disengagement was approved. Within hours of Netanyahu's resignation the stock market in Israel lost 5.3% of its value. Late Sunday n [...]	2005-08-08 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ELAB EAIR IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4883	CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH GOI SECURITY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Codel King met with Minister of Public Security Gideon Ezra where discussions focused on disengagement, anti-disengagement protests, and related security concerns. Ezra stressed the importance of intelligence gathering and sharing as a necessary tool in combating terrorism, both [...]	2005-08-08 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4894	IDF CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS DISENGAGEMENT HAS NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY. In an August 3 meeting with Deputy National Security Adviser Abrams, the Ambassador and Gen. Ward, the IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, said that disengagement has not harmed the IDF as an institution. It has, however, created problems, particularly in the area [...]	2005-08-09 08:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV4946	NETANYAHU SUPPORTERS SEEK EARLY LIKUD PRIMARIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Supporters of Likud MK and party leadership contender Binyamin Netanyahu who are moving to compel early party primaries received a morale boost with the publication this week of poll results showing Netanyahu with a first-time-ever lead over Prime Minister Sharon in support from [...]	2005-08-10 14:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4979	BUDGET BATTLE BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 0100 on August 10, the Israeli Cabinet approved the draft 2006 Budget by a vote of 12-8. Negotiations over budget cuts in the wake of former Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's August 7 resignation took longer than expected. The two main changes to expenditure [...]	2005-08-11 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EAIR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV501	SHARON BANKING ON SHAS, DISENGAGEMENT SUPPORTERS, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's travails to gain a Knesset majority for the 2005 budget before the March 31 deadline continue to center on bringing Shas into the coalition. Two weeks of fruitless negotiations between Likud and Shas could come to a head January 30, when Sharon plans to m [...]	2005-01-28 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5013	LIKUD INTERNAL STORM POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-12 13:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5021	ISRAEL AND EGYPT REPORTEDLY REACH FINAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Ministry of Defense Deputy Director General Amos Gilad called the Ambassador August 15 to report that Israel and Egypt had reached agreement overnight on the principles and details for the deployment of Egyptian border guards on the Gaza-Egypt border. Gilad said the final touches on the a [...]	2005-08-15 06:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5022	SHARON: DISENGAGEMENT IS "COMPLICATED, PAINFUL AND [...] Prime Minister Sharon met August 14 with an AIPAC-sponsored Congressional delegation headed by Congressman Steny Hoyer and comprised of 10 Democratic Members of the House. AIPAC board members and staffers attended. Ambassador Kurtzer also joined the meeting. Sharon was relaxed and voluble, [...]	2005-08-15 07:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS
05TELAVIV5093	KNESSET MEMBERS VISIT GAZA SETTLEMENTS, SOME [...] (C) Knesset members who support disengagement as well as those who oppose it have been visiting the Gaza settlements since the disengagement process began August 15. Some have gone to show support for the settlers, while others have gone to show sensitivity to the settlers, but also to suppor [...]	2005-08-17 12:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV5103	(S) ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: GOI [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence Aharon Ze'evi Farkash told A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that he was surprised by U.S. media reports on a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that Iran could build its first nuclear weapon only by 2015. He noted that recent U.S. [...]	2005-08-18 07:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KPAL KWBG PREF PTER EG IR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5133	SHINUI LIKELY TO SUPPORT EGYPTIAN BORDER [...] (C) A recently-finalized agreement between Israel and Egypt allowing some 750 Egyptian border guards to secure the Egyptian-Gaza border after disengagement is likely to receive Knesset approval with the support of Shinui. Shinui MKs Ilan Leibovitch, Eti Livni, and Ilan Shalgi, told Poloff Aug [...]	2005-08-18 16:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5137	A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Political Security Director Amos Gilad confirmed to visiting NEA A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that Egypt and Israel had reached a general agreement on the deployment of 750 Egyptian Border Guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Israeli DefMin Mofaz is e [...]	2005-08-19 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PARM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5138	NEA A/S WELCH'S AUGUST 16, 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Amos Yaron updated NEA A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward August 16 on the status of post-Gaza disengagement issues. On the disposition of settler housing, Yaron asked the USG to continue its efforts to identify a program manager to oversee removal [...]	2005-08-19 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5155	FM SHALOM TELLS A/S WELCH THAT ISRAELIS MUST SEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 17 meeting, FM Silvan Shalom told Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador that disengagement is proceeding better than expected, but still carries a heavy price for Likud politicians. Shalom expressed concern that Palestinian extremists could launch attacks agai [...]	2005-08-21 17:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS UNGA GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV518	GOI LAWYERS ON ABSENTEE PROPERTY LAW: HA'ARETZ [...] (C) Summary: GOI lawyers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) told Deputy Economic Counselor on January 26 and 27 that recent changes to the Absentee Property Law (APL) are not aimed at large-scale expropriations of Palestinian land in East Jerusalem a [...]	2005-01-28 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5213	SPIEGEL AND OCHA DISCUSS LOCATIONS TO EASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor, and David Shearer, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),on August 17 discussed the progress made by their technical teams on bridging the gap between the tw [...]	2005-08-23 14:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5219	IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY UPDATES A/S WELCH ON [...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 meeting, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff MG Moshe Kaplinsky told Assistant Secretary Welch, the Ambassador, and Security Coordinator General Ward that disengagement is proceeding ahead of schedule. Kaplinsky praised ongoing GOI-PA security coordination and expressed hop [...]	2005-08-24 05:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5239	SHARON EMBARKS ON THE ROAD TO RE-ELECTION [...] (C) Ariel Sharon's ability to hold on to the Likud leadership and win re-election as the only prime minister ever to evacuate settlements and settlers will depend on his ability to extend the honeymoon with the Left and Center created by his successful disengagement, deal with critical budget [...]	2005-08-24 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KWBG GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5261	DETAILS OF CANCER LAWSUITS RELATED TO ISRAELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials at the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) confirmed to emboffs on August 24 that four former employees have filed lawsuits charging that they developed cancer as a result of exposure to radiation in the Dimona and Soreq nuclear facilities. The IAEC provided to embof [...]	2005-08-26 06:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MNUC TRGY IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5324	LIKUD PRIMARIES NOT A FAIT ACCOMPLI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 29 decision by a Likud Party internal "court" has kicked off a process that could result in early party primaries, but -- press reports notwithstanding -- does not compel them to be held. The court decision validates a petition by supporters of Bibi Netanyahu demandin [...]	2005-08-30 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV535	OLMERT TELLS A/S BURNS TO TIE PALESTINIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Ehud Olmert urged NEA A/S Burns and the USG to use creative means of engagement such as developing QIZs when assisting the Palestinians so as to tie Palestinian economic fortunes to continued good relations with Israel. Despite advocating such ties, Olmert rejected any [...]	2005-01-31 08:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5364	SHARON'S POST-DISENGAGEMENT DILEMMA: POLLS SHOW [...] A welter of political polling prompted by the eve-of- disengagement resignation of cabinet minister Binyamin Netanyahu indicates that while Prime Minister Sharon is capable of "taking the country" in national elections, some factions within his Likud party would like to deny him the chance. [...]	2005-09-01 12:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5575	ORGANIZED CRIME AND NARCOTICS TRADE IN ISRAEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli law enforcement official, all categories of criminal activity are on the rise. The illegal drug trade, organized crime, murder, and extortion present major challenges to the Israeli police. While countries in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South Americ [...]	2005-09-09 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV561	MFA LEGAL ADVISOR REAFFIRMS GOI POLICY NOT TO [...] (C) Summary. Following up on a January 30 Ha'aretz article implying that the GOI intended to utilize the amended Absentee Property Law (APL) to make large-scale seizures of Palestinian property, MFA Legal Advisor Ehud Kanaan restated the GOI's intention not to do so. Unfortunately, the addit [...]	2005-01-31 13:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5614	LABOR'S LEADERSHIP RACE CONTINUES TO FIZZLE AS [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's September 11 withdrawal from the Labor Party leadership race further consolidates support for Shimon Peres in party primaries to be held either November 8 or 9, with the final date still to be determined. Polls, including on September 9, consistently sh [...]	2005-09-13 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5703	MFA SEEKS WAY TO HELP LUTHERAN HOSPITAL TO STAY [...] (C) MFA Director of the Division for Religious Affairs Zvi Tal (protect) told Embassy Poloffs and visiting NEA/IPA Poloff September 14 that the GOI wishes to find a "discreet way" to ensure that the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem, run by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF),remains in [...]	2005-09-16 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRC ECON IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5705	IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (S) Senior Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) officials Gideon Frank and Eli Levite told the Ambassador September 8 that a renewed international push on Iran, including referral to the UN Security Council, is necessary, because, based on the response to date of the international community [...]	2005-09-16 11:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5740	SHARON ENERGIZES ON NECK-AND-NECK LIKUD PRIMARIES [...] (C) With polls showing him either barely winning or barely losing the fight over whether to hold early Likud leadership primaries, Prime Minister Sharon returned from his successful United Nations visit to engage in an unprecedented flurry of internal party lobbying to staunch the efforts of [...]	2005-09-20 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5779	FM SHALOM MEETING WITH CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom briefed CODEL Davis August 31 on the Government of Israel's Disengagement Plan, and anticipated costs associated with moving military forces and with developing the Negev and the Galilee. Asked about post-Disengagement scenarios and PM Sharon's d [...]	2005-09-22 09:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID KWBG PREF IS IR LE EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5794	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S [...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...]	2005-09-21 03:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5796	EILAND REQUESTS USG PRESSURE TO STOP RUSSIA-SYRIA [...] (S) National Security Advisor Giora Eiland contacted the Ambassador September 23 to seek USG pressure on the Russian government to stop what he said is a possibly imminent agreement to sell Pantsir ground-to-air missiles to Syria. Eiland said the deal could be signed as early as next week dur [...]	2005-09-23 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PARM SY IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV5797	GAZA CROSSINGS: GOI TIGHTENS INSPECTIONS OF GOODS [...] (U) This cable was cleared with ConGen Jerusalem 2. (SBU) Summary: In response to last week's unrestricted flow of people and goods through the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border, the GOI recently implemented additional measures regulating the flow of goods through the Karni crossin [...]	2005-09-23 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELTN ETRD PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5798	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting September 25, Foreign Minister Shalom told Ambassador Jones that the United States remains Israel's best friend and that he hopes for continued USG support to expand Israel's ties to the Arab world, an area on which he has focused. He offered no pre [...]	2005-09-25 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5799	MOFAZ: CALM ALLOWS GOI TO HOLD OFF GAZA ACTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told Ambassador Jones September 25 that the day's calm, after some than 36 hours of Qassam rocket launches and IDF counterattacks, is allowing the GOI to stand back and avoid any further strikes on Palestinian targets. He said any possible ground forc [...]	2005-09-25 16:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5800	NSA EILAND ON POST-DISENGAGEMENT STEPS FOR MOVING [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Advisor Giora Eiland briefed NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 21 on steps Israel and the Palestinians can take over the coming year to build on the success of Israeli disengagement. DAS Dibble raised the situation at Rafah, and Eiland cited major poin [...]	2005-09-26 05:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PINS PGOV KDEM IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5848	ADDING INSULT TO INJURY: THE OCTOBER 2000 RIOTS AND [...] The mid-September decision by the Department of Police Investigation in the Ministry of Justice to pursue no indictments in the police killings of 12 Israeli Arabs and one Palestinian during the October 2000 riots has given rise to embarrassment in official circles, and little public expressi [...]	2005-09-27 07:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5863	SHARON PUSHES BACK CONTENDERS, KEEPING PRIMARIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon's victory in the September 27 Likud Central Committee vote over early party primaries staunches for now the efforts of leadership contender Bibi Netanyahu and his anti-disengagement cohorts, allowing Sharon to move ahead with his political agenda -- and the [...]	2005-09-27 16:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5864	AMB. JONES' 9/26 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S/NF) In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad indicated that his September 25 meetings in Egypt to discuss the Rafah passage on the Egypt-Gaza border yielded no breakthroughs. Gilad said the Israelis prefer to open Rafah passage a [...]	2005-09-27 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5900	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/21 MEETING WITH MFA HEAD OF UN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General and Head of the UN and International Organizations Division Aharon Leshno Yaar told NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble September 21 that the GOI plans to ignore Palestinian efforts to prevent adoption of a new symbol of the International Committee [...]	2005-09-29 12:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS LE GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5903	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/21 MEETING WITH MFA MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Jacob Keidar told Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble September 21 that the GOI hopes, SIPDIS in the aftermath of disengagement from the Gaza Strip, to improve its relations with Arab states in the Gulf and North Africa [...]	2005-09-29 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS MO SENV TS LE BU MU RS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5905	SHARON ADVISOR TOURGEMAN ON CONTACTS WITH THE PA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on September 27, Prime Minister Sharon's foreign policy adviser, Shalom Tourgeman, stressed the importance of the political process with the Palestinians. He said the GOI is preparing a list of possible steps to assist PA President Mahmud Abba [...]	2005-09-30 03:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5932	THREAT OF LEGAL APPEAL, PUBLIC CRITICISM COMPEL AG [...] (C) Summary: Israeli-Arab political and advocacy leaders reacted with cautious optimism -- and some suspicion -- to the Justice Ministry Police Investigative Department's (PID) September 28 announcement that it will re-examine the investigation of police officers involved in the October 2000 k [...]	2005-09-30 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV594	ISRAELI PRESS REPORTS CLAIM ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Both Ha'aretz and radio station Kol Israel report Tuesday February 1 that Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has "instructed the government to immediately halt" applying the Absentee Property Law in East Jerusalem. Mazuz is reported to have done this through a letter to Finance [...]	2005-02-01 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5941	ISRAEL/WBG: EU OFFICIAL OUTLINES EXPANDED POLICE [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on September 30, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Marc Otte outlined EU plans to expand its police program in the West Bank and Gaza and EU preparations for a possible third-party role at the Rafah crossing. Otte al [...]	2005-10-03 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU KWBG KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6176	PERES: GAZA DISENGAGEMENT INCOMPLETE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Premier Peres said that advancing the peace process and combating poverty in Israel would be the most important issues in the lead up to elections late next year. He stated that the GOI's disengagement from the Gaza Strip would be i [...]	2005-10-24 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6228	SHARON STAYS HIS COURSE FOLLOWING HADERA BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: The October 26 suicide bombing of the Hadera market by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) that claimed the lives of five Israelis and wounded 20 has resulted in a cycle of violence that -- barring significant additional casualties -- experience indicates will be short-term. As it h [...]	2005-10-28 17:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6246	STAFFDEL ZWEIG/ADAMS-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: HIRC professional staff members Matthew Zweig and David Adams discussed Hamas and PLC elections, progress on the Wolfensohn agenda, Israeli relations with Muslim states, and UN issues with Israelis, the Wolfensohn team, and USG officials during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on [...]	2005-10-31 16:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6247	SHARON POSTPONES PROBLEMATIC KNESSET VOTE ON [...] (C) Summary: With only hours to go before an October 31 Knesset vote on -- and possible defeat of -- his Cabinet nominations of three Likud loyalists, including Ehud Olmert as finance minister, Prime Minister Sharon postponed the vote by a week in order to rally support and gauge his next step [...]	2005-10-31 17:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS KDEM ELECTIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6250	GOI LARGELY PLEASED WITH SWISS VISIT ON MDA [...] (C) MFA DDG for International Organizations Affairs Roni Ya'ar told the Ambassador October 31 that GOI meetings with visiting Swiss FM Calmy-Rey were productive and remained focused entirely on MDA issues. Ya'ar said that Calmy Rey was on "good behavior" during her visit and did not expand h [...]	2005-10-31 17:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6262	UNTSO HEAD MGEN LILLEY SAYS PKO CAN LEAVE WHEN [...] (C) United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) Chief of Staff Major General (MGEN) Clive Lilley briefed Ambassador Jones October 27 on UNTSO's mission in Israel and the region, noting how it supports UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Syria (UNDOF),and that its missi [...]	2005-11-01 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR PGOV PTER LE SY EG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6264	EC DEL HEAD IN ISRAEL SAYS EU IS AIMING FOR 11/15 [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting at the European Commission Delegation's office in Tel Aviv, EC Delegation Head Ambassador Ramiro Cibrian-Uzal told Ambassador Jones that the EU's objective is to have the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border opened by November 15. Cibrian-Uzal said his EC Dele [...]	2005-11-01 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6279	VPM OLMERT PREDICTS HIS OWN POLITICAL FUTURE, AND [...] (C) Summary: During an October 31 introductory meeting Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (who also is acting Minister of Finance and Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor) told the Ambassador that the Israeli economy was performing well, and that his challenge was to figure out how to spend a r [...]	2005-11-03 07:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN KIPR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV633	NEW DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT FUELS DISENGAGEMENT DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A recent study claiming that the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza is overestimated by up to 1.5 million people has made headlines in Israel and provided ammunition to opponents of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan. The new numbers, howev [...]	2005-02-02 12:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6333	EMBLEM: GOI REJECTS MDA STATEMENT BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Israeli MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron told poloff November 1 that the Government of Israel (GOI) has made clear to the Swiss its rejection of the widely disseminated oral statement by MDA Chairman Noam Yifrach, but has not [...]	2005-11-03 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY HUMANITARIAN AID
05TELAVIV6353	PERES MAY NEED SECOND ROUND VOTE TO TAKE LABOR [...] (C) Summary: A November 3 poll and Labor Party sources indicate that Shimon Peres' anticipated first-round victory over contender Amir Peretz in the November 9 Labor Party primaries could be in jeopardy absent a high voter turnout and the withdrawal of the two other contenders. Rattled by Pe [...]	2005-11-04 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6357	LIVNI DISCUSSES THIRD PARTY, HAMAS, OUTPOSTS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador on November 3 that, although "the numbers do not show it yet," Sharon will find a majority for his ministerial nominations because most Likud members do not want new elections. She said that it is significant that Israel has ac [...]	2005-11-04 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6385	SHARON PICKS SHOWDOWN WITH LIKUD REBELS [...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon brought dissension in Likud to a head November 7 when he knowingly pushed forward his package of Cabinet nominations to predictable defeat in the Knesset. In a -- notably -- prepared speech to the Knesset after it voted down the nominations of Ehud Olmert, Roni Bar- [...]	2005-11-08 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6405	LABOR UNIONS LOSE POWER AND INFLUENCE, RELY ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Histadrut labor federation leaders told poloff October 31 that the movement has lost power to influence legislation since Histadrut's 1994 divorce from the Labor Party, which formerly served as its surrogate in the Knesset. To reverse the organization's declining impact on pub [...]	2005-11-08 17:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6442	UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ISRAEL EXPLAINS PROBLEM WITH [...] (C) Following reftel (B) demarche, Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Central Europe and Eurasia (A/S-equivalent) Mark Sofer contacted poloff to discuss Israeli difficulties with the Third Committee resolution on Uzbekistan. According to Sofer, Israel does not intend to co-sponsor the re [...]	2005-11-10 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC IS UZ GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6460	PERETZ VICTORY TO BRING LABOR VOTE ON COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than 12 hours after Amir Peretz's surprise victory over Shimon Peres for the Labor Party chairmanship, the party leadership is moving ahead November 10 with plans for a meeting in two weeks of the party's 3,000-member Central Committee to vote on whether to remain in Prime M [...]	2005-11-10 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6467	EMBLEM: ICRC DESCRIBES TIMELINE, PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 8 - 10 conversations with Poloffs, ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart and Swiss Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Andrej Motyl expressed continuing ICRC and Swiss commitment to convening the December 5 - 6 conference on the Third Protocol, but also articulated [...]	2005-11-14 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV648	ATTORNEY GENERAL MAZUZ CANCELS CHANGES IN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister and MOIT Minister Olmert confirmed to the Ambassador February 1 that AG Mazuz has reversed the GOI decision of July 2004 concerning application of the Absentee Property Law to East Jerusalem. He also passed us a copy of Mazuz's decision. Separately, Deputy [...]	2005-02-02 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6516	ISRAEL/WBG: EU ENVOY ADVOCATES "SOFT" OPENING FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a November 9 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Mark Otte advised that the GOI and PA were close to a final agreement on re-opening the Rafah crossing. The only major obstacle remaining was the lack of agreement on how [...]	2005-11-16 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EU IS KPAL KWBG PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV652	MAZUZ ABSENTEE PROPERTY LAW DECISION RILES [...] (SBU) The Absentee Property Law controversy continued to receive press play February 3, although at a less intense level than previously. AG Mazuz's January 31 decision to overturn application the Absentee Property Law (APL) to East Jerusalem led to a predictable outcry by Ministers Sharansk [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6532	SHARON, PERETZ TENTATIVELY AGREE ON EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz and Prime Minister Sharon tentatively agreed November 17 to call for national elections sometime between the end of February and the end of March, with both seeking to capitalize on their current political strength in the polls and move forward with their [...]	2005-11-17 09:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV654	URI SAGUY ON NEED FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP IN THE [...] (C) Retired IDF intelligence chief MG (ret) Uri Saguy told the Ambassador February 2 that Israel needs active U.S. involvement "desperately" to move forward with the Palestinians after disengagement because the Israeli political system is "stuck," and the current coalition is heading toward a [...]	2005-02-03 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SY ISRAEL RELATIONS PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6550	(C) LABOR MINISTER SAYS LABOR WILL LOSE TO SHARON; [...] (C) Labor MK and Science Minister Matan Vilnai told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 16 that "thousands" of Labor Party members will vote for Prime Minister Sharon in 2006 elections rather than support new Labor Chair Amir Peretz. Vilnai said the "Peretz revolution" was "too much from the left" a [...]	2005-11-18 08:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6552	AMIR PERETZ: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME? [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz told DAS Danin November 18 that he will focus his upcoming election campaign on socio-economic issues, rather than on peace and security. He stressed the importance of the Labor Party serving as a real opposition party and added tha [...]	2005-11-18 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6557	A/S LOWENKRON'S CONSULTATIONS AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL Assistant Secretary Barry Lowenkron discussed a range of democracy and human rights reform issues with senior MFA officials Yoram Ben-Zeev, Aharon Leshno Yaar and Harry Kneiy-Tal. Topics included the November 14 BMENA Forum for the Future meeting in Bahrain, internal develop [...]	2005-11-20 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS IR TU AE GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6576	SHARON QUITS LIKUD EN ROUTE TO MARCH ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon resigned from the Likud Party at mid-day November 21, announcing that he will head a new party that observers anticipate will carry him to a new four-year term as prime minister. The resignation came only hours after Sharon asked President Katsav to dissolve th [...]	2005-11-21 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6578	ISRAELI NSC CHIEF: GOI "ALONE" IN CONFRONTING [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Chairman Giora Eiland told Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) on November 14 that the GOI feels "alone" in opposing any Hamas participation in the January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. The GOI felt obliged to state publicly [...]	2005-11-21 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6580	LIVNI PONDERS LIKUD INTERNAL POLITICS AND HAMAS' [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG PTER IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6606	UNSCO DE SOTO URGING ISRAELIS TO TURN OVER [...] (C) In a discussion about recent Hizballah-IDF clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Alvara de Soto told the Ambassador at mid-day November 22 that: -- he has helped to broker a "fragile cease-fire" that has led to a momentary calm along the Israel-Lebanon b [...]	2005-11-22 13:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR PTER PBTS MOPS PINS KPKO LE COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL

05TELAVIV6617	BUSINESSMAN DISCUSSES EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary: According to Nimrod Novik, the senior vice president of the Merhav Group, "all systems are go" for the export of USD 2.5 billion worth of Egyptian natural gas to Israel over the next two decades. Novik, whose company is the Israeli partner in the deal, noted that the Egyptians had [...]	2005-11-23 08:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6619	SENATOR LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told Codel Lieberman November 22 that he is disappointed that Prime Minister Sharon has left the Likud, and that it is hard to say what will happen in the general elections four months from now. Shalom predicted that he and former Prime Minister Be [...]	2005-11-23 11:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG TS IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6624	KATSAV SETS MARCH 28 ELECTIONS, GIVES SHARON ROOM [...] Summary: Knesset representatives and President Katsav agreed November 23 to schedule elections for March 28, and to dissolve the Knesset by presidential decree, a measure that will allow Prime Minister Sharon to appoint new ministers during the period until elections without Knesset approval. [...]	2005-11-23 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6639	AMBASSADOR JONES'S COURTESY CALL ON INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: In their introductory meeting on the day of the Labor leadership election, Interior Minister Ofir Pines-Paz told the Ambassador that regardless of who wins, it was not a foregone conclusion that Labor would stay in the coalition because it has two major disagreements with Likud. [...]	2005-11-25 06:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV664	ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE: MAZUZ DECISION UNLIKELY [...] (C) In a conversation with Deputy Economic Counselor February 3, Deputy Attorney General Blass discounted the possibility of a serious challenge to AG Mazuz's January 31 decision on the Absentee Property Law. Although he was unaware that Finance Minister Netanyahu had told Ha'aretz February [...]	2005-02-04 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6673	"KADIMA" ATTRACTING CROSS-SECTION OF POLITICAL [...] Summary: Prime Minister Sharon continues to court national and local politicians from across the political spectrum to join his new party, "Kadima." Former Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres is considering whether to join Sharon and is to announce his decision on November 30. Sharon currently [...]	2005-11-28 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6680	MFA OFFICIALS ON REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told NEA DAS Danin that there are two important questions regarding Middle East peace efforts -- how engaged the U.S. can be in the process when it is tied up in Iraq and elsewhere, and how to keep Israelis engaged when they will be diverted by the upcoming election. [...]	2005-11-29 09:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS
05TELAVIV6710	KADIMA TAKES BITE OUT OF THREE PARTIES; PLATFORM [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's Kadima Party continues to siphon off high-profile politicians from other parties, and its support in the polls is climbing. Labor Party MK and Shimon Peres's close confidante, Dalia Yitzik, announced late November 28 that she is joining Kadima. The natio [...]	2005-11-30 16:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS
05TELAVIV6717	Chief Justice Lauds Post's Judiciary Programs, [...] (U) Summary: At a program planning meeting November 29, 2005 in his chambers, Israel's Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak and National Court Administration President Judge Boaz Okun told the PAO, American Center Director, and PD rule of law program specialist that he places a high value [...]	2005-12-01 09:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6751	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 [...] (C) Mr. Ambassador: Your visit to Israel will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and progress is being made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anxiety in Israel is high about Iran and its nuclear weapons program, political instability in Syria and [...]	2005-12-02 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID ENRG ETTC MASS OTRA PARM TRGY TSPL GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6760	EMBLEM: GOI LISTS NATIONS MAYBE WILLING TO SPEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron asked poloff December 2 to pass to the Department a list of nations that the GOI believes might be willing to speak publicly before or during the diplomatic conference in favor of adopting the Third Addit [...]	2005-12-02 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6766	EMBLEM: WHY THE GOI NEARLY BALKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Israel did not oppose the recent MDA-PRCS agreements, the issue hits the GOI at an unusually volatile transitional moment in Israeli domestic politics. During this tenuous period an issue such as this that touches on security, or the status of East Jerusalem and the settle [...]	2005-12-02 17:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6798	ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN ON NOVEMBER 14 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Jacob Toren told the Ambassador December 5, only hours after the deadly Netanya suicide bombing, that his people are sparing no effort to implement their undertakings vis-a-vis the Palestinians per the November 14 agreement brokered by Secretary Rice. Toren co [...]	2005-12-06 17:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6799	SHALOM OUTLINES GOI REACTION TO ATTACK, BLAMES PA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told the Ambassador December 6 that in response to the December 5 Netanya terrorist attack, the Security Cabinet decided to cancel special travel privileges for Palestinian VIPs, to resume targeted killings, and to combat terrorism and arms smugglin [...]	2005-12-06 17:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV6846	LABOR MK HERZOG: "SHARON STOLE HANEGBI," AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Labor MK and former Housing Minister Isaac (Itzchak) Herzog discussed the ever-evolving Israeli political scene, including then breaking news that acting Likud Party Chairman and Minister-without-Portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi had decided [...]	2005-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6847	KATSAV'S VATICAN VISIT POSITIVE, BUT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Division Director for Religious Affairs Zvi Tal briefed Poloff November 28 on President Moshe Katsav's November 17 Vatican meetings and on the status of GOI-Vatican negotiations toward a concordat on fiscal and legal matters. Tal, who traveled with Katsav, was upbeat about t [...]	2005-12-08 14:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6874	(C) FM SHALOM DISCUSSES SECURITY CONCERNS, [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch on December 8 met with FM Silvan Shalom to discuss regional and Israeli-Palestinian issues. Shalom expressed concern about the security situation, claiming that there had been an increase in infiltrations by terrorists and weapons smuggling sin [...]	2005-12-10 15:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KWBG IS TS EG LE AG JO IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6876	GILAD TELLS A/S WELCH PA ACTION AGAINST PIJ AND [...] (S) Summary: In a December 9 meeting after that with Defense Minister Mofaz (septel),MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad told A/S Welch, the Ambassador, and Col. Dugger (USSC) that he is concerned that Fatah is replacing its "old guard" with extremists. He assessed that if this trend continues, [...]	2005-12-10 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS JO LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6886	MOJ LIVNI WANTS ELECTION OBSERVERS TO ENCOURAGE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni raised concerns about the role of Hamas in the upcoming Palestinian elections with A/S Welch on December 8. Livni said she fears Hamas will get more legitimacy from these elections, which will weaken PA President Abbas and damage the concept of d [...]	2005-12-12 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6920	PHANTOM EFFORT TOWARD NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The Israeli press is decimating forests and spewing ink in its speculation over the claimed efforts of mostly unnamed -- but apparently desperate -- Likud MKs to garner support for a new government in the 15 days remaining before the Knesset's December 29 dissolution. For such an effort t [...]	2005-12-14 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6923	UNDOF COMMANDER REPORTS LIMITED RESOURCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Major-General Bala Nanda Sharma of Nepal, United Nations Disengagement Observor Force (UNDOF) Commander, told the Ambassador December 12 that UNDOF has "no money, no manpower, and no resources" with which to employ new technologies or to expand its mission. Sharma reported th [...]	2005-12-14 15:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS SY LE EG JO PGOV GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6970	SUMMARY OF ISRAELI MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SEMINAR ON [...] On December 1, 2005, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) held an export control seminar for the local high-tech and defense industries. The seminar, "Export Controls for Category 6 Technologies of the Wassenaar Arrangement," attracted over 200 participants, among them many Israeli hi- tech exporter [...]	2005-12-16 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETTC ETRD IS MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV70	POSSIBLE UTJ DECISION AGAINST COALITION LEAVES [...] (C) Religious reservations over disengagement, concerns over the independence of its religious school system, and issues of trust -- not only money or political benefits -- are the core issues preventing the United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party from completing PM Sharon's desired Likud-Labor-UTJ [...]	2005-01-05 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7002	ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION, [...] (S) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the international community to diplomatically pressure Iran to abandon its program. If a military solution were required, Shamni said he believes the U.S. could d [...]	2005-12-19 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7003	ISRAEL: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Tel Aviv submits the following proposed draft for the Israel section of the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. This draft has been cleared with ConGen Jerusalem, which is producing a report on the Palestinian Authority (septel). ------------------ GENERAL ASS [...]	2005-12-19 13:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7008	SHARON'S HEALTH BECOMES ELECTION ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's hospitalization December 18 for a mild stroke has raised questions of age and health in the current pre-election political climate and raised differing preliminary views as to what effect Sharon's health problems will have on the Kadima party's future. Pol [...]	2005-12-19 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7016	NETANYAHU LEADS A WEAK, RIGHT-LEANING LIKUD AS [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu will likely call for a party decision as to whether Likud should quit the government, and may still try to recruit 61 MKs to create an alternative government to avoid early elections. Observers assess that the latter has littl [...]	2005-12-20 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7022	POVERTY HYPE REFLECTS DECLINE OF SOCIALISM IN [...] (S) In advance of the upcoming elections, many politicians, reporters, and advocacy groups have been trumpeting "poverty" as the most important issue facing Israeli society. In reality, apart from a few isolated pockets, Israel does not face grinding "third world-style" poverty as a systemi [...]	2005-12-21 08:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7029	GOI ISSUES TENDERS IN ARIEL AND QARNEI SHOMROM [...] (U) Press reported Monday, December 19, that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) issued a tender for 117 units on two sites in the East Beit quarter of Ariel settlement. According to the tender, which was published in Ha'aretz, one site is 2,465 square meters and will have 27 hou [...]	2005-12-21 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7030	NNSA ADMINISTRATOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 VISIT TO [...] (U) Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security/Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Linton Brooks visited Israel December 6-9 for a series of discussions of ongoing cooperation between NNSA and the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). IAEC Director Gene [...]	2005-12-21 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA ENRG KNNP PARM PINR PGOV PTER EAID TRGY TSPL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV707	RETROACTIVE APPROVALS FOR SETTLEMENT BUILDING [...] (C) Summary. As reported septel, former head of the Civil Administration, Brigadier General (ret.) Dov "Fuffi" Sedaka, detailed the complex approval process for construction of settlements to Embassy economic officers in a January 30 meeting. During the meeting, he also explained that the b [...]	2005-02-04 13:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7096	PERETZ: REMOVE ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS, SPEED UP PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz, who has tried to focus the Israeli electorate on economic issues (reftel),recently criticized the proliferation of Israeli outposts and expansion of settlements in the West Bank as damaging to Israel's international reputation and to prospects [...]	2005-12-29 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7099	CONFERENCE PROMOTES NEGEV AND NEW MINISTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Globes business daily newspaper hosted several hundred private and public officials at a business conference where the GOI promoted its Negev Development Plan. A panel of prominent GOI officials lead by former Vice Premier Shimon Peres presented the development plan, which ca [...]	2005-12-30 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV71	GOI RESPONSE TO DATA EXCLUSIVITY DEMARCHE [...] (S) Ambassador Kurtzer delivered points in reftel to Vice PM and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert on January 4, 2005. Olmert objected to the language used in the demarche, but he accepted the principle that if the data exclusivity legislation is withheld from passage by the [...]	2005-01-05 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7100	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH EHUD BARAK AND SHIMON [...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Shimon Peres and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, in separate meetings, told Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) that they are optimistic about the impact of Kadima on the peace process, and both predicted the Labor party would be marginalized under the leadership of Amir P [...]	2005-12-30 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV7102	ISRAELI AVIAN FLU-RELATED RESTRICTIONS ON POULTRY [...] SUMMARY: On October 13, 2005 Israel banned all imports of poultry products from Turkey following a reported case of AI there. Israel currently bans the import of poultry and poultry products from areas where AI cases have been confirmed - Southeast Asia, Croatia, Russia, and Romania. The su [...]	2005-12-30 14:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV7112	ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT [...] (S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israel. At 2309 local time, Israeli forces reported three explosions in northern Israel, but the debris has not been located to date. MOD contacts said several r [...]	2005-12-30 15:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV7113	A PRE-ELECTIONS PRIMER: PARTY PRIMARIES, POLLS AND [...] Summary: Less than ninety days ahead of Israel's general elections, the political landscape the three major parties will maneuver through is clear. December 29 marks the passage of the statutory 21 days since publication of the presidential order to dissolve the 16th Knesset, a formality th [...]	2005-12-30 16:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV75	JORDANIAN CONSUL SAYS JORDAN WANTS PRISONERS IN [...] (C) Jordanian Consul Mohammed Abu-Wandi told political counselor January 5 that ongoing discussions with FM Shalom over both Shalom's desire to visit Amman and the return of a Jordanian ambassador to Tel Aviv focus on Israel's release of some 13 Jordanian "security" prisoners. Abu-Wandi said [...]	2005-01-05 16:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV826	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: FM SHALOM RESURRECTS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom's late-breaking campaign for a national referendum on disengagement has exacerbated divisions within Likud over disengagement, but will fail given steadfast opposition from Prime Minister Sharon and a Likud-proof majority of Knesset members. Likud [...]	2005-02-10 13:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV904	NETANYAHU AS FINANCE MINISTER: CONFOUNDING THE [...] (C) Summary. Upon assuming office in 2003, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implemented a series of far-reaching economic reforms aimed at overcoming Israel's economic crisis of 2001-2002, the worst in its history. Originally drafted under Netanyahu's predecessor Silvan Shalom, they encom [...]	2005-02-15 12:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI PREL EIND ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV930	SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Member George Allen met with Ministry of Defense Deputy Director General for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad February 13. Gilad focused on GOI efforts to coordinate with Egypt on security aspects of the disengagement plan, in particular [...]	2005-02-16 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV955	SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Senator Allen and Finance Minister Bibi Netanyahu discussed the present situation between Israel and the Palestinians and Gaza disengagement. Netanyahu was guardedly optimistic about prospects for further steps toward accommodation with the PA noting that Abu Mazen faced seriou [...]	2005-02-17 07:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON OVIP KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV959	(C) APPOINTMENT OF NEW UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE [...] (C) Dutch NATO Permanent Representative Robert Serry told the Ambassador February 17 that he is meeting with Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials to lobby for his candidacy to become the new UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East. Serry said that the Palestinian leadership had ex [...]	2005-02-17 09:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1008	ISRAELI MFA DDG YA'AR SUPPPORTS UNRWA [...] (U) This message was drafted by the Amman-based regional refugee coordinator and has been cleared by PRM, Embassy Amman and ConGen Jerusalem. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Israeli MFA officials told PRM PDAS Greene and other visiting PRM officials over the last week that UNRWA will form a critical part [...]	2006-03-13 14:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PREF PINR ECON KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1048	ISRAELI NSA EILAND'S INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland and his chief of staff, Roy Dick, told the Ambassador and DCM on March 14 that the Israeli raid to arrest Palestinian detainees formerly monitored by U.S. and UK personnel in Jericho had been planned as early as 2002. He claimed the [...]	2006-03-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1049	WITHOUT ARIK, MORE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING VOTERS SEEK [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Israel's Russian-speaking electorate, which numbers close to one million, represents one of the most important target populations in the upcoming elections, one that could determine an allocation of some 15 to 20 of the 120 Knesset seats, according to academics and [...]	2006-03-15 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1057	OLMERT'S SUCCESSFUL JERICHO MISSION COMES AT A [...] (SBU) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's successful March 14 Jericho prison operation will likely stabilize Kadima's standing in the polls and may yield additional seats in the March 28 Knesset elections. One pollster gauged that, since, as she assesses, Kadima's support had alr [...]	2006-03-15 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1061	C-NE6-00442 KADIMA'S CAMPAIGN FOR CONTROL OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Less than two weeks before Israel's elections, the Kadima Party is on course to win a plurality of seats in the next Knesset despite minor up and down swings in the weekly polls. Kadima's broadly accepted political goal of unilaterally defining Israel's borders will allow the pa [...]	2006-03-16 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KDEM GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1064	ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON AID TO PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland and his chief of staff, Roy Dick, told the Ambassador and DCM on March 14 that the GOI has not yet established a clear interagency position on assistance to the Palestinians. Eiland said that the NSC's plan on possible steps to reduce [...]	2006-03-16 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG KPAL LE IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1083	JCG: ISRAEL NSC'S 2/23 SESSION WITH S/CT AMB. [...] (C) On February 23, S/CT Coordinator Henry Crumpton was hosted by National Security Adviser Giora Eiland at Israel's NSC in Ramat HaSharon. (NOTE: The February 22 meeting of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group is covered in reftel. END NOTE.) A panel discussion involving experts from Israe [...]	2006-03-17 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR PINS ASEC IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1085	GOI WILLING TO DISCUSS PACKAGE APPROACH TO [...] (C) Summary: Brig. General Baruch Spiegel expressed interest in a proposal to resolve the humanitarian crisis caused by the closure of Karni that would open Kerem Shalom to humanitarian shipments from both Israel and Egypt to Gaza and improve security at the crossings. The Ambassador plans t [...]	2006-03-17 16:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1086	PERETZ, THE SHEPHERD WHO AWAITS THE RETURN OF HIS [...] (C) Summary: Labor Chairman Amir Peretz told the Ambassador and DCM March 17 that he believes that the large number of still undecided voters will be pivotal on election day. Peretz speculated that Labor's real public support may be larger than current polls indicate as traditional Laborites [...]	2006-03-17 17:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1105	H5N1 CONFIRMED IN ISRAEL POULTRY DEATHS; ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, the Kimron Veterinary Institute Laboratory at Bet Dagan confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in turkey flocks from the kibbutzim at Ein Hashelosha and Holit, and at Sede Moshe and Nahshom. The outbreak has not spread beyond these areas (ide [...]	2006-03-20 13:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT AMED CASC KSCA KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1110	GOI AND PA OFFICIALS DISCUSS KARNI CLOSURE SOLUTION [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv - Consulate General Jerusalem cable. 2. (C) Summary: Officials from the GOI, PA, Egyptian Embassy, and EU-BAM met at the Ambassador,s Residence on March 19 to discuss the movement of commercial goods and humanitarian supplies between Gaza and Israel and [...]	2006-03-20 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PREL PINS EAID PTER KWBG EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1135	BIRD FLU SPREADS IN ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli agriculture officials confirmed H5N1 avian influenza at two chicken farms not far from turkey farms just outside Gaza where the outbreak of bird flu started last week. H5N1 will likely be confirmed at a third new location in the Negev. Birds from Moshav Kinneret in n [...]	2006-03-21 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT AMED CASC KSCA KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1158	GOI CONCERNS OVER DE SOTO LETTER ON JERICHO [...] (C) Roni Leshno Yaar, the Israeli MFA's deputy director general (A/S-equivalent) for international organizations, contacted deputy polcouns on March 21 to inform of us of an exchange of letters with UN Special Envoy Alvaro de Soto on the aftermath of the GOI raid of March 14 on the Jericho pr [...]	2006-03-23 07:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1163	SETTLEMENTS/FENCE: MOFAZ ANNOUNCES ACCELERATED [...] (U) This message contains an action recommendation. Please see paragraph four. 2. (U) In recent press interviews, DefMin Shaul Mofaz discussed additional details of -- and an accelerated timetable for -- Kadima's plan to disengage from parts of the West Bank and unilaterally establish new b [...]	2006-03-23 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1164	BIBI SAYS UNDECIDEDS, TURNOUT RATE MAKE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Likud Chairman Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu told the Ambassador and DCM March 22 that the main factors to consider in this election are the continuing high number of undecided voters so close to election day and the possibility of a low voter turnout. Netanyahu underlined his concer [...]	2006-03-23 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV117	ISA DISKIN DISCUSSES HAMAS AND PLC ELECTIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Israel Security Agency (ISA or "Shin Bet") Director Yuval Diskin briefed Representative Gary Ackerman January 5 on the future of Israeli politics in light of Prime Minister Sharon's health, the revolution within Fatah, and the implications of a Hamas victory in upcoming Palestinia [...]	2006-01-09 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV IS KPAL KDEM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1181	ISRAELI MARKETS STABLE IN FACE OF ELECTION [...] (C) Israel's three main parties have all responded to the unusual attention being paid to social-economic issues in this election campaign. They have devoted considerable attention in their platforms to the need to narrow the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor. The Labor Party, [...]	2006-03-24 14:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN ELAB PINR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1183	ISRAEL'S ELECTIONS AT THE HOME STRETCH: KADIMA [...] (C) Summary: The March 28 Israeli election will cement the long-predicted victory of the new, centrist Kadima party by a dominant plurality of the votes, with its sparring partners, Labor and Likud, most likely coming in distant second and third places, respectively. Neither Labor nor Likud [...]	2006-03-24 16:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS PINR GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1184	A CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE PRIMER ON MARCH 28 [...] Summary. The chairperson of the Israeli Central Elections Committee (CEC),Supreme Court Judge Dorit Beinisch, told the Ambassador March 22 that she is confident of the solid organization of Israeli elections, and explained details of the voting process as it will unfold on Election Day. Ex [...]	2006-03-24 17:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1193	ISRAELI-ARAB PARTIES APPEAR SET TO REMAIN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent polls show that rising Israeli-Arab interest in the March 28 elections, possibly prompted by fears of a growing right-wing Jewish vote, may yield up to 10 Knesset seats for Israeli-Arab parties, up two seats from the current Knesset. Until this past week, polls have proj [...]	2006-03-27 14:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1197	BIG PARTIES SPEND BIG BUCKS ON BIG DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Kadima and Likud have budgets for election day at least 50 percent larger than that of the Labor Party, Labor will draw on an extensive and experienced organizational network at the local level. Kadima party organizers say they must work particularly hard to get out the [...]	2006-03-27 17:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM IS PINR GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1198	A CALM ELECTION DAY IN ISRAEL -- SHOPPING, [...] Summary: Entering the evening hours of election day in Israel, the prognosticators of voter apathy are claiming victory. Only 47 percent of the electorate had voted as of 1800 (local time),by which time -- historically speaking -- well over half the electorate usually would have cast their [...]	2006-03-28 17:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1218	ELECTION RESULTS OFFER MANY OPTIONS FOR OLMERT [...] Summary: The March 28 election results confirmed a Kadima plurality, the status quo of Labor, the relative demise of Likud and less so of the religious Zionist parties, the stability of the ultra-Orthodox and Arab parties, the surprise electoral success of the Pensioners' Party, and the long [...]	2006-03-30 04:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1272	EXPORT CONTROLS: COMMERCE U/S MCCORMICK'S MARCH 9 [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry officials told Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick March 9 SIPDIS that (A) the MOD has assumed the lead role in re-organizing Israel's export control system in the wake of hi-tech transfer scandals that plagued the U.S.-Israel relat [...]	2006-03-31 14:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ETTC PREL PINS IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1318	FM LIVNI SEEKS NEW MECHANISM FOR DELIVERING AID TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni asked NEA A/S David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 for USG help in formulating a new mechanism to deliver aid directly to the Palestinian people; without this mechanism, she said, other donors might "take their own decisions" and use a de [...]	2006-04-04 04:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PHUM PREL PREF EAID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV1391	RECENT GOI PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Director General Aharon Abramovitch told the Ambassador April 3 that the GOI seeks to abolish all forms of trafficking in persons. De facto Anti-Trafficking Coordinator Rahel Gershuni reported that the government's inter-ministerial anti-trafficking [...]	2006-04-06 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1395	EMBLEM: GOI HEALTH MINISTRY OPPOSES COMPOSITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel Representative for the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) Anna Segall told poloff April 5 that the GOI has not yet approved changes to Magen David Adom (MDA) statutes because the Ministry of Health (MOH) opposes the proposed composition of the MDA executive [...]	2006-04-07 06:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1422	LIVNI REPORTS USG ANTI-TRAFFICKING AWARD TO GOI [...] (SBU) News of the Department's acknowledgment of Rahel Gershuni as an anti-trafficking "hero" (reftel) has reached the highest level of the GOI. At the weekly Cabinet meeting of April 9, according to the official Cabinet communique, Foreign Minister and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni reported t [...]	2006-04-10 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV145	PERES TELLS CODEL BAYH THAT OLMERT WILL BE NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 6 meeting, former Vice Premier Shimon Peres told Senator Evan Bayh, that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's chances of returning to political power are ""nil,"" and that Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be the next Prime Minister of Israel. Peres discussed the fu [...]	2006-01-11 08:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR IS KPAL PINR ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV1523	SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETS LIEBERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Yisrael Beiteinu Party chairman Avigdor Lieberman on April 14 to discuss the political landscape in Israel. Avigdor, fresh from a negotiating session with the lead Kadima Party negotiator, Yoram Turbovitz, expressed confidence that his party [...]	2006-04-18 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PINS KPAL IS JO IR IZ LE ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1582	ISRAELI DEFMIN MOFAZ DISCUSSES IRAN, TERROR THREAT [...] (S) In a meeting April 20 with Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS),Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Judd Gregg (R-NH),Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz expressed Israel's gratitude for U.S. support in the Global War on Terror, and its cooperation in military and defense industry matters. Mofaz listed the [...]	2006-04-21 13:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PINS MASS MNUC EG SY LE IR IS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV1584	EMBLEM: ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGES ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) In a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on April 20 (septels),the Ambassador outlined U.S. efforts to facilitate the admission of Magen David Adom (MDA) into the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement. The Ambassador stressed the importance of four technical changes required to br [...]	2006-04-21 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1586	FM LIVNI DISCUSSES RELATIONS WITH PALESTINIANS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on April 20, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni cautioned that there are limits to Israel's restraint following Palestinian terror attacks. Livni promised to examine ways that the GOI could pay medical costs for Palestinians being treated in Israeli hospi [...]	2006-04-21 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1612	WITHERED LIKUD: SHALOM DESPERATELY MANEUVERS TO [...] (C) With the rest of the nation focused on the evolving makeup of the future governing coalition, the Likud faction's number two, Silvan Shalom, has started what will be at best a pained and drawn out process and at worst a doomed attempt to dislodge Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu. Netany [...]	2006-04-25 13:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1617	OLMERT'S SUPER-COALITION DEALS SOW DISCONTENT, [...] SUMMARY: (C) The continuing and much bally-hooed difficulties that Ehud Olmert is facing in forming what he asserted would be a broad, 84-MK coalition government reflect the "souk" political dynamic that, historically, has yielded consistently narrow-majority Israeli governments. Olmert had [...]	2006-04-25 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1619	EMBLEM: FM LIVNI "CRACKED HEADS TOGETHER" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials report that an assertive FM Tzipi Livni April 23 instigated dramatic progress on, but not yet final approval of, the two most controversial among the four remaining MDA statute amendments (reftel A) necessary for MDA membership in the Red Cross / Crescent Movement. [...]	2006-04-25 16:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS ICRC HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1620	SHIMON PERES CONCERNED ABOUT JORDAN'S STABILITY [...] (C) Summary: Shimon Peres told CODEL Shays that Palestinian patience with ineffectual Hamas governance will run out sooner than Hamas thinks, and that the USG must encourage PA President Mahmoud Abbas to be courageous in standing up to Hamas. He asked the USG to encourage the GOI to work wit [...]	2006-04-25 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
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
06TELAVIV1643	ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT, [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told Representative Christopher Shays, Representative Jim Marshall, and the DCM that Iran's main goals are to acquire nuclear weapons, support Hizballah and other proxies, and to increase Iranian influence in Iraq. Eiland sai [...]	2006-04-26 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MARR KNNP IZ IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1685	UPDATE ON MDA EFFORTS TO CHANGE ITS STATUTES AND [...] (C) Summary: Following Foreign Minister/Justice Minister Tzipi Livni's engagement April 23 on Magen David Adom (MDA) accession to the Red Cross Movement (ref A),the GOI and MDA reportedly have made some progress toward amending MDA statutes, as required by the IFRC-ICRC joint statutes commi [...]	2006-04-28 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1720	ISRAEL OPPOSES IRANIAN CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff shared appropriate reftel (B) points with Daniel Meron, the MFA's director for human rights and international organizations, on April 28 and discussed the issue again after receipt of reftel (A) on May 2. Meron said the GOI strongly opposes Iran's candidacy for the U.N. Human Right [...]	2006-05-02 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KUNR PREL IR IS UNGA UNHRC GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1722	FM LIVNI TELLS VISITING NSG TROIKA NUCLEAR-ARMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli FM Livni told representatives of the visiting Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Troika and U.S. Consultative Group Chairman Richard Goorevich April 27 that a nuclear-armed Iran represents "the greatest threat to Israel since the Holocaust." She also stressed that Israel suppo [...]	2006-05-02 14:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PINS PINR PGOV KNNP PARM IR IS UN UNSC GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1728	OLMERT'S NARROW COALITION GOVERNMENT: ROOM TO GROW? [...] (U) Summary: Israel's 31st government, comprising 25 ministers from the Kadima, Labor, Shas and the Pensioners parties, is scheduled to be sworn into office on May 4, after Acting Prime Minister Olmert presents his Cabinet to the Knesset. At that time, Olmert will announce the basic lines of [...]	2006-05-02 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV1774	A SPRING OF LIEBERMAN'S DISCONTENT: NO [...] (C) The absence from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's 25-member Cabinet of even a single representative from the Russian-speaking immigrant community -- despite that community's electoral strength -- has elicited strong criticism from Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman and Kadima MK Marina [...]	2006-05-05 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1787	NSG TROIKA CONDUCTS OUTREACH WITH ISRAELI [...] (C) Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) troika representatives held discussions April 27 with an inter-ministerial team led by the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) as part of the NSG's outreach to Israel. Current NSG Chairman Ambassador Naess (Norway) updated the Israeli side on changes made [...]	2006-05-08 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PINS PINR PGOV KNNP PARM IR IS UNSC UN GOI EXTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV180	SHINUI LEADER LAPID TO CODEL OBAMA: OLMERT LIKELY [...] (C) Shinui leader Tommy Lapid told Senator Barack Obama and the Ambassador January 10 that he believes that the most likely scenario will be that Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be elected as Prime Minister in the March 28 elections, provided he can hold the newly established Kadima [...]	2006-01-12 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1807	EMBLEM: AMBULANCE AND STATUTES UPDATE [...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff May 9 that the GOI has not yet adopted a position on the stationing of five additional ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in East Jerusalem. He twice replied to direct questions about the GOI vi [...]	2006-05-09 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF SZ IS PGOV ICRC GOI INTERNAL 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
06TELAVIV1844	OLMERT: CONVERGENCE TO BE MAIN THRUST OF MY [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with CODEL Cochran on April 21, a tired but upbeat Ehud Olmert detailed his "convergence" plan to establish Israel's final borders within four years and begin the relocation of thousands of Israeli settlers. Olmert told the CODEL that he had formed a coalition of 84 [...]	2006-05-11 07:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EG IR IS KBCT KPAL PGOV PREL PTER SY GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1864	CONVERGENCE COHORT: INFLUENTIAL ADVISERS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a bid to make his office more "presidential," Prime Minister Olmert has decided to name Dr. Yoram Turbowicz as his chief of staff, a new position that will reportedly make the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) more effective in terms of policy coordination. The incoming cha [...]	2006-05-11 17:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1870	NEW NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert has appointed as the new chairman of National Security Council Ilan Mizrahi, a former Deputy Head of the Mossad, to replace Giora Eiland, who will retire in several weeks. The National Security Council (NSC),created in 1999 during the tenure of then-PM Bi [...]	2006-05-12 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS IR GOI INTERNAL

06TELAVIV1874	THE PENSIONER PARTY: THE YOUNGEST PARTY OF [...] With seven new members of the Knesset whose average age is 72 years, and of whom only two were expected to capture seats in the country's parliament, the leaders of the Pensioner Party are now billed as the custodians of Israel's "social agenda" -- a title dearly coveted by Labor Party leader [...]	2006-05-12 13:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1931	STATUS OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told Ambassador Jones May 17 that he will make the draft anti-trafficking bill "the first priority legislation" of the new government, setting it on a track that, under optimum conditions, will achieve final passage within two months. Ramon said that he w [...]	2006-05-17 16:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM GTIP GOI INTERNAL
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
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
06TELAVIV1949	ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS HE WILL TRY TO HELP ON [...] (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 have the Knesset proceed with second and third readings on draft legislation concerning labor trafficking. Peretz st [...]	2006-05-18 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
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
06TELAVIV1979	OLMERT'S COS DISCUSSES COALITION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on June 18, PM Olmert's chief of staff, Yoram Turbowicz, confirmed ongoing talks with the ultra-orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party to join the coalition. He said that such a step would provide cover for the other main religious part [...]	2006-05-19 17:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1984	IPR: JUSTICE MINISTER AGREES TO HELP [...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told the Ambassador May 16 that he would try to play a constructive role in addressing USG concerns about protection of intellectual property rights. Ambassador Jones expressed USG concern about Israel's poor performance in protecting the patents of U.S. [...]	2006-05-19 17:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1986	JUSTICE MINISTER ON CITIZENSHIP LAW [...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told the Ambassador May 16 that the GOI will reform its Nationality and Entry in Israel Law of 2003 to ensure that it conforms with international standards. This temporary law currently prohibits many Palestinian spouses of Israeli citizens from residing [...]	2006-05-19 17:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
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
06TELAVIV2025	EMBLEM: MFA FRUSTRATED WITH MDA REFORM EFFORT, BUT [...] (C) On May 23, the Charge asked Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's chief of staff, Jakub "Yaki" Dayan (protect),for an update on efforts to facilitate the accession by Magen David Adom (MDA) to the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Dayan replied that two issues remain to be resolved [...]	2006-05-24 14:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2107	COALITION TURBULENCE UNLIKELY TO DERAIL 2006 BUDGET [...] (C) Despite disagreement between PM Olmert and DefMin Peretz over cuts to the defense budget, the Knesset will likely pass the 2006 budget by June 18, the end of the legally mandated 45-day period within which a newly installed government must pass a budget in order to avoid elections. United [...]	2006-06-01 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV214	PRIMARIES SHAKE UP SHINUI, LIKUD; OLMERT TO NAME [...] (SBU) Summary: Surprise results in the Shinui January 12 primaries for the party's Knesset list have led to a split in the party, with at least six Shinui MKs -- and perhaps party leader Tommy Lapid -- poised to form a new party that could be eligible to take on Shinui's name and its budget. [...]	2006-01-13 15:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV2228	FMCT: ISRAELI MFA NOT SURE IT CAN ENDORSE U.S. [...] (C) Responding to ref A demarche, Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Ambassador Miriam Ziv told Ambassador Jones June 9 that she cannot say that Israel will endorse the U.S. FMCT proposal "at this time." She called the FMCT "a very sensitive issue that relates to Israel [...]	2006-06-09 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG IL GOI EXTERNAL UN
06TELAVIV2294	FMCT: ISRAELI WILL OPPOSE WEOG CONSENSUS; REQUESTS [...] (C) Israeli MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Ambassador Miriam Ziv told Ambassador Jones on June 12 that Israel will not be able to join consensus on a Western Group (WEOG) endorsement of the U.S. FMCT initiative, nor remain silent if all other members of the WEOG join consens [...]	2006-06-13 16:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IS CDG ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV230	OLMERT SHUFFLES THE KADIMA CARDS IN HIS CABINET [...] On January 18, Alternate PM Ehud Olmert's Cabinet approved the appointment of three Kadima ministers to fill the Foreign Affairs, Agriculture/Rural Development, Education and Health portfolios in his transitional government vacated following the January 15 resignation of four Likud ministers [...]	2006-01-19 16:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IS PINR ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
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
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
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
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
06TELAVIV2621	ISRAELI MINISTER OF JUSTICE CONCERNED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 28 meeting with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Minister of Justice Haim Ramon encouraged the United States to take action at the United Nations regarding Khalid Misha'al, whom Israel believes is behind the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier at Kerem Shalom. Ramon also [...]	2006-06-30 09:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KJUS IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
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
06TELAVIV2644	ISRAELI-ARAB CIVIC LEADERS SAY THEY ARE ON CUTTING [...] Summary: Israeli-Arab civil rights representatives stressed to the Ambassador in a June 28 luncheon their commitment to achieving greater equality within Israel as they strive for increasing cooperation with their Jewish compatriots. While they discussed the various problems facing Israel's [...]	2006-06-30 16:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IS KDEM PHUM SCUL ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2781	ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN ON EXPORT CONTROL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD DG Jacob ("Kobi") Toren told the Ambassador July 11 that the GOI's new Export Controls Division took over the processing of new export licensing requests this month. Toren also explained that the government hoped to formally submit the Defense Export Control Act to the Knes [...]	2006-07-13 17:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC PINS IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV2784	KNESSET SPEAKER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ADVANCING [...] (SBU) During his July 12 meeting with Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (septel),the Ambassador asked for Itzik's support in advancing legislative initiatives in three areas: anti-trafficking in labor, copyright law, and export controls. Regarding the first, the Ambassador noted that Israel's cur [...]	2006-07-14 08:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KIPR KOMC IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV282	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER TZIPI LIVNI [...] Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert named Kadima MK Tzipi Livni, who continues to hold the Justice and Immigration portfolios, to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs upon the departure of Likud Minister Silvan Shalom. This decision, which the cabinet approved on January 18 (septel [...]	2006-01-20 05:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV293	IRAN: CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN'S JANUARY 5 MEETING AT [...] (C) In his January 5 discussion with Congressman Gary Ackerman on Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Deputy Director General Ariel Levite said: -- U.S.-Israel relations will remain high on any Israeli leader's agenda; -- Israel is anxious about Iran's nuclear a [...]	2006-01-20 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL
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
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
06TELAVIV349	OLMERT TACKS TO THE CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Candidate" Olmert used his first major public address as acting prime minister and Kadima party leader to nudge his party's platform further toward the center, reprising the role he played as Sharon's stalking horse for unilateral disengagement, and once again moving beyond whe [...]	2006-01-25 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
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
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
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
06TELAVIV391	SHIMON PERES ON THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] Former Vice Premier Shimon Peres discussed Hamas with Senator Joseph R. Biden, SFRC Democratic Staff Director Antony Blinken and SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar on January 25. Commenting before the vote tallies were in, Peres put a positive spin on the Palestinian elections, whic [...]	2006-01-27 17:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IS PINR KPAL ETRD EG JO KISL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
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
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
06TELAVIV453	MFO DG LAROCCO LAYS OUT NEXT STEPS ON HELO [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) Director General James Larocco reviewed next steps for concluding the MFO's transition to Blackhawk helicopters, noting U.S. success in obtaining Israel's agreement, in principle, to pay its USD 2 millio [...]	2006-01-31 15:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KPKO EG IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
06TELAVIV454	ISRAEL-CHAD RELATIONS ON HOLD; MFA DENIES ANY GOI [...] (C) Oren Anolik, advisor to the Israeli MFA's director general, informed poloff January 31 that the GOI has sought to reestablish diplomatic relations with Chad, which were broken in 1972. There is no Israeli charge d'affaires in N'Djamena, according to Anolik. As reported in reftel and in [...]	2006-01-31 15:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SU CD IS ML NG XY GOI EXTERNAL
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
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
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
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
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
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
06TELAVIV522	Supreme Court President Barak Dubious of [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 31 meeting at the Supreme Court, Israel's Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak shared his views on Israel's constitutional future and his own future as he prepares to retire from the Court in September 2006. He described fundamental points of ju [...]	2006-02-06 09:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV53	CONTINUITY OF ISRAELI GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP [...] The powers of the Prime Minister have been transferred to Kadima minister Ehud Olmert in his capacity as Alternate Prime Minister, in accordance with Israel's Basic Law. Should Sharon die, Olmert is almost certain to be chosen as acting prime minister to serve until the forthcoming elections. [...]	2006-01-05 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV55	EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR ON GAZA BORDER AND ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Asem Ibrahim stressed that Mubarak will sincerely miss Sharon, whom he views as a real partner. Ibrahim expressed concern about the instability of the Israeli party system, suggesting that both Li [...]	2006-01-05 15:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KPAL IS EG GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV56	ISRAELI MARKETS STABLE IN FACE OF SHARON CRISIS [...] (U) The Israeli financial markets reacted to the news of Prime Minister Sharon's stroke with less severity than might have been expected. The shekel depreciated by a little over one percent, and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) declined less than four percent after being down by more than s [...]	2006-01-05 17:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV596	GOI RESPONDS TO NEW PATTERN OF CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Police (INP) Colonel Avshalom Peled told G-TIP Reports Officer Gayatri Patel January 11 and poloff in subsequent phone conversations that his Ramon Border Police Brigade, which guards Israel's southern border with Egypt, has captured 85 Palestinians from the Gaza [...]	2006-02-08 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS EG PGOV PREL JO PINR PREF PBTS SNAR KCRM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SOCIETY
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
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
06TELAVIV688	IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (S) In a February 7 meeting, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Director General Gideon Frank told Ambassador Jones the following: A) On February 16, the EU3 MFA directors general are going to meet with an Israeli interagency team in Israel at the MFA to discuss Iran and the way ahead. [...]	2006-02-15 15:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MNUC KNNP IR EU AORC IS 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
06TELAVIV714	FISCHER GOVERNS A STABLE ISRAELI ECONOMY [...] (C) Bank of Israel (BOI) Governor Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that the Israeli economy is in good shape, and that, contrary to statements by some politicians, the poverty situation was actually improving. He said that the political issue was really one of relative rather than absolute [...]	2006-02-17 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL 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
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
06TELAVIV853	ISRAELIS TELL CODEL SHAYS THEY WON'T TURN OUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Shalom Tourgeman assured CODEL Shays that the GOI would not withold electricity or take purely punitive economic measures against the Palestinian people, but did say that the GOI believes that all other US, European and Israeli economic assistance sho [...]	2006-02-28 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV883	GOI POSTPONES FURTHER DISCUSSION ON CHANGES TO [...] (C) According to both the Israeli NSC and MFA, the GOI's high-level discussion on Russia policy held on February 28 revealed that there will be no substantial changes in Israeli-Russian relations until after the March 28 Knesset elections. National Security Adviser Giora Eiland reportedly bri [...]	2006-03-02 14:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL RS IS GOI EXTERNAL
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
06TELAVIV914	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV915	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable forms the first part of a four-part message in response to reftel A. Embassy point of contact is poloff James Miller, phone (972)3-519-7437, fax (972)3-519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 120 hours in preparation of TIP report; deputy polcouns spent six hours, polcouns spe [...]	2006-03-06 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV916	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 15:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV918	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 04:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV92	SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 11, 2006 JOINT POL-MIL [...] (C) The Joint Pol-Mil Group (JPMG) meeting will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and recent progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has stalled. PM Sharon suffered a significant brain hemorrhage on January 4, and is now in critical condition, [...]	2006-01-06 16:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR PGOV PTER MASS OTRA PARM ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL 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
06TELAVIV942	RSO MEETING WITH GOI OFFICIALS REGARDING [...] (C) Summary: At the request of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and RSO Amman (refs A, B, and C, respectively),Post has actively pursued with the GOI the proposal to transport Palestinian deportees from the U.S. to Gaza/West Bank through Ben Gurion International Airport. The Ambass [...]	2006-03-08 15:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS KPAL PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV989	EMBLEM: GOI STANDS STILL; ICRC DELEGATION CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) Aharon Leshno Yaar told PRM Director for Asia and the Near East Richard Albright March 2 that the GOI plans to delay implementing the December agreement between Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). ICRC Head of [...]	2006-03-10 16:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
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

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