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| 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 |
| 04TELAVIV1381 |
ISRAELI VENTURE CAPITALISTS REQUEST CLARITY ON [...] (C) Summary. Senior Israeli venture capitalists outlined to the Ambassador March 3 difficulties Israeli firms are having selling software relating to homeland security and counterterrorism to certain USG entities. According to Chemi Peres, chairman of one of Israel's largest VC firms, Pitang [...] |
2004-03-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PTER IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS LABOR COMMERCE |
| 04TELAVIV1413 |
MEETING OF POST TERRORISM FINANCING WORKING GROUP [...] (S//NF) On March 5, the DCM chaired a meeting of mission officers involved in terrorist financing issues. Post Economic, Political, FBI, ORCA, and DATT sections participated in the meeting, updating most recent efforts in working with the GOI on terrorist financing issues. ---------------- [...] |
2004-03-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER SNAR KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1420 |
SPIEGEL BRIEFS ON FENCE ACTIONS, PREPS MOFAZ FOR [...] (C) BG (res) Baruch Spiegel called POL/C to a short-notice meeting March 8 to detail the latest steps in his assigned effort to address for the MOD measures to relieve the problems for Palestinians caused by the separation barrier. He said the advanced timing of the meeting was designed to c [...] |
2004-03-08 18:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PHUM PBTS IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1464 |
USING THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE OUR [...] (C) I encourage Washington to convene a meeting of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) as soon as possible. Our combined efforts to focus Israel on our trade and investment concerns are beginning to pay dividends. A new agricultural agreement that will increase access to U.S. agricultural pro [...] |
2004-03-09 11:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1568 |
COMBATING RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM; USG-GOI DISCUSS [...] (C) U.S. and Israeli delegations discussed efforts to combat radiological terrorism during February 24-25 talks held in Israel. The parties reviewed existing institutional structures and technologies as well as strategy and approaches for research, development, testing and evaluation. Also [...] |
2004-03-12 10:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TSPL PARM IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1683 |
COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the SIPDIS Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), met with high- ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli and American leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's [...] |
2004-03-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR AND COMMERCE ECONOMY FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1729 |
TRADE MINISTER OLMERT PROMISES COOPERATION, ACTION [...] (C) Summary. Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOIT) Ehud Olmert told the Ambassador March 18 that he takes U.S. complaints about trade barriers seriously and would seek to correct problems. He said MOIT will be the point of contact on complaints related to gov [...] |
2004-03-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1741 |
PM SHARON BANKING ON U.S. TO SAVE DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Following PM Sharon's March 21 meeting with Likud ministers to discuss his disengagement plan, it appears that the Prime Minister may lack the necessary Likud ministerial support for the plan to pass a cabinet vote. Pundits and Embassy political contacts say the PM will need to s [...] |
2004-03-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV2041 |
UNHAPPY ISRAELI TRADE MINISTER REACTS TO POSSIBLE [...] (C) Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Communications Ehud Olmert called the Ambassador late April 1 to complain about reports that the USG intended to put Israel back on the 301 Priority Watch List. Olmert said such an action would be unjustified. Olmert noted that he [...] |
2004-04-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV2067 |
NETANYAHU ANNOUNCES MAJOR TAX REDUCTION PROGRAM [...] (U) On Sunday, April 4th, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference at which he announced the third major tax reduction initiative of his tenure. It foresees the following changes in tax and investment laws: -- personal income taxes, primarily for low-income workers, would f [...] |
2004-04-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV2070 |
SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE GETS QUICK GOI ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary: Aaron Abramovitch, Director General of Israel's Ministry of Justice, told Econ/C April 5 that the GOI was "surprised and confused" by the USG statement that it planned to raise Israel to Special 301 Priority Watch List status unless action is taken on data protection and copyri [...] |
2004-04-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 04TELAVIV6550 |
ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT WANTS TO WORK WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli Ministry of Environment officials hope to work closely with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make progress on some of Israel's most challenging environment problems. Those include: asbestos and hazardous waste cleanups, emergency preparedness, water securit [...] |
2004-12-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO KSCA EIND PGOV PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV1019 |
DEPUTY BUDGET DIRECTOR: GOI TO FORMULATE U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Budget Director Yossi Gordon informed Deputy Economic Counselor February 17 that the Ministry of Finance was going to develop a request for U.S. assistance to help pay for the military aspects of disengagement over the next two weeks to one month. He also said that the G [...] |
2005-02-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 05TELAVIV1246 |
POST'S SUBMISSION SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary. The attached evaluation of protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Israel focuses on areas of specific concern as detailed in reftel B. Post's policy recommendation is being transmitted septel. End Summary. -------------------- Optical Media Piracy ----------- [...] |
2005-03-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV1271 |
(C) IPR: ISRAEL TO PURSUE LEGISLATION ON PATENTS [...] (C) Minister of Industry and Trade Ehud Olmert called the Ambassador March 3 to say that the government will push ahead with pending legislation on patents and IPR. Since the legislation is attached to the budget bill, Olmert expected it to be adopted on March 16. In conveying this message, [...] |
2005-03-03 13:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IS KIPR ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV1424 |
TECHNICAL TALKS ON POSSIBLE RETURN OF U.S.-ORIGIN [...] (C) Summary: A joint DOE/State technical team led by Kasia Mendelsohn from DOE's Office of Global Nuclear Material Threat Reduction met with officials from the Israeli Atomic Energy Agency (IAEC) on January 12-13 to discuss possible Israeli participation in the Foreign Research Reactor (FRR) S [...] |
2005-03-10 14:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG TRGY PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
| 05TELAVIV1429 |
(C) GOI MOVING AHEAD WITH DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...] (C) This is an action request message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Post has received a clear message from Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOITL) that the GOI intends to move ahead this week to have the Knesset consider the data exclusivity legislation as pa [...] |
2005-03-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV2010 |
GILAD TO CODEL PLATTS: THE SECRETARY'S MESSAGE [...] (C) Amos Gilad, director of the Political-Security Bureau at the Defense Ministry, told Codel Platts that Secretary Rice's recent statement on expanding settlements is "clear," and he is sure the "policy will be implemented in the most efficient way." Gilad had praise for PA President Abbas, b [...] |
2005-04-01 12:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 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 |
| 05TELAVIV2205 |
JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN AMERICANS OFFER FUND FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, Senator Carl Levin and Michigan State community leaders met with several Palestinian business leaders to discuss investment opportunities in Gaza. Senator Levin told the group that the aim of his proposed Michigan Fund for Peace and Development, which totals 200,000 U [...] |
2005-04-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV2260 |
YOSSI BEILIN DESCRIBES USG ROLE TO CODEL LEVIN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Carl Levin and his delegation met on March 31 with Yahad Party Chairman Yossi Beilin. With polite frustration, Beilin repeatedly and in detail expressed his view that the U.S. is not doing enough to advance a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beilin said [...] |
2005-04-12 12:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KWBG OREP PGOV PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV2338 |
GOI TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PATENT TERM EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. On April 13 local research-based pharmaceutical representatives expressed concern about GOI intentions on the issue of patent term extension legislation. The representatives said that they considered the patent-term extension (PTE) roll-back as direct compensation to the generi [...] |
2005-04-14 12:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV2521 |
ISRAELI COURT RULES TO EXTRADITE ROSENSTEIN; GOI [...] (U) The Jerusalem District Court ruled on April 19 that Ze'ev Rosenstein can be extradited to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. Rosenstein's lawyers have been contesting the extradition and want their client to be tried in Israel. Rosenstein has been in GOI custod [...] |
2005-04-22 04:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR CJAN IS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 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 |
| 05TELAVIV2940 |
FINANCE MINISTRY DIRECTOR GENERAL TELLS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met May 9 with Finance Ministry DG Yossi Bachar to discuss a full range of bilateral economic issues, including Israel's request for U.S. assistance to promote Negev/Galilee development, an overview of the recently-concluded Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) [...] |
2005-05-10 15:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 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 |
| 05TELAVIV363 |
FINANCE MINISTRY DG ON U.S. ASSISTANCE, BUDGET AND [...] (C) Summary. Economic Counselor and Deputy held a wide-ranging meeting with Finance Ministry DG Yossi Bachar on January 18. Bachar discussed the Cabinet's January 16 decision to name him chair of a committee coordinating all assistance requests to the USG. He believes this would give coher [...] |
2005-01-21 07:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
| 05TELAVIV5009 |
(SBU) THE ARREST OF SAADIA HERSHKOP: A [...] SUMMARY: The well-publicized arrest of Saadia Hershkop (DPOB:04-Mar-1987 NY) provides a window into the measures the Government of Israel is willing to take to ensure that Disengagement moves forward, the treatment American citizens may receive if arrested as part of anti-Disengagement activi [...] |
2005-08-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC GZ KPAL PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV544 |
DOE DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPORT CONTROLS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed a visiting DOE delegation on nuclear export-control measures during meetings in Tel Aviv on January 18-20. In recognition of their adherence to the NSG Guidelines and promulgation of new export control legislation, the Israelis requested U.S. help in obt [...] |
2005-01-31 10:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV570 |
ISRAEL'S COMMITMENTS TO THE USG AND THE WORLD BANK [...] (S) Summary. As of the end of January 2005, the GOI had shown various levels of commitment to fulfilling its "Weissglas" commitments to the USG. It is following through more consistently on its promise to engage on the World Bank process dedicated to facilitating a viable, post-disengagement [...] |
2005-01-31 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ECON KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 06TELAVIV1009 |
U.S.-ISRAEL JPMG FOLLOW-UP: ISRAELI RESPONSE TO [...] (C) On March 2, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Senior Coordinator for Strategic Dialogues and Defense Cooperation Rami Yungman passed poloff the nonpaper in paragraph six -- Israel's response to a U.S. presentation on proposed defense sales to the Middle East that was made at the January 11 U.S.-Israel [...] |
2006-03-13 15:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS US XF IR IS MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAEL |
| 06TELAVIV1220 |
EXPORT CONTROLS: COMMERCE U/S MCCORMICK'S MARCH 9 [...] (C) At his March 9 meeting at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick was told by MFA Deputy Director General Miriam Ziv and her team that the MFA is committed to seeing Israel's export control system improved through new [...] |
2006-03-30 06:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ETTC PREL PINS IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS LABOR COMMERCE |
| 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 |
| 06TELAVIV1470 |
SENATOR LIEBERMAN AND ISRAELI A/PM OLMERT DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: On April 11 -- the day that the Cabinet elected him Acting Prime Minister -- a confident and relaxed Ehud Olmert met with Senator Joseph Lieberman and the Ambassador. Olmert outlined his "convergence plan," with which he hopes to create defensible security borders, minimize Israe [...] |
2006-04-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KPAL KWBG IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 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 |
| 06TELAVIV1600 |
BEGINNING THE DISCUSSION ON ISRAEL'S CONVERGENCE [...] (C) Summary: Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's intention to begin implementation of what he calls the "convergence plan" within the next two years (reftels) confronts the USG with decisions on whether and how to engage with Israel on the issue. The complexities, potential benefits, and pit [...] |
2006-04-24 16:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 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 |
| 06TELAVIV1791 |
WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE ADVISOR ADVANCES DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Summary: During a three-day visit to Israel, John Marburger, Science Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), engaged in a dialogue on strengthening U.S.-Israel cooperation in S&T. He moved his Israeli interlocutors away from [...] |
2006-05-08 15:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TPHY PREL ECON OVIP KPAL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV1863 |
GOI REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN TUNNEL DETECTION [...] This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. The perceived threat of tunnel-based terrorist attacks has been a principal justification for this year's lengthy closings of the Karni crossing between Gaza and Israel. Embassy has received a high-level request from the GOI Ministry of Defense for [...] |
2006-05-11 15:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PTER ASEC KWBG KPAL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM |
| 06TELAVIV1930 |
IAEC "OUTRAGED AND DISAPPOINTED" WITH U.S. PLAN TO [...] (C) Reftel demarche was presented to Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Deputy Director General Ariel Levite and MFA Strategic Affairs Division Director Ambassador Miriam Zeev the morning of May 17. In response, IAEC Arms Control Director Merav Zafary and MFA Arms Control Department Dire [...] |
2006-05-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IS CDG ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 06TELAVIV1932 |
ADDITIONAL TOPICS FOR OLMERT MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: Ehud Olmert's main public goal for his first trip to Washington as prime minister is to win U.S. support for what he calls the "convergence plan," which will relocate 60,000 - 80,000 settlers from isolated areas in the West Bank to other settlement blocs west of the separation barr [...] |
2006-05-17 16:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
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OLMERT'S COS ON VISIT PREPARATIONS, AMA, MDA, AND [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on June 18, PM Olmert's chief of staff, Yoram Turbowicz, described the main goal of Olmert's upcoming visit to Washington as building trust and getting to better know the President. According to Turbowicz, he, Dov Weissglas, and Shalom Tourgeman con [...] |
2006-05-19 17:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GTIP ISRAEL RELATIONS |
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FM LIVNI DISCUSSES FUNDING MECHANISM, PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 7 meeting with NEA A/S David Welch, the Ambassador, and NSC/IPA/J Director Greg LoGerfo, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni reiterated Israel's willingness to help avoid any humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Territories. A/S Welch urged the GOI to consult closely with the USG [...] |
2006-06-09 12:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG KPAL IS GTIP ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
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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 |
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SHEETRIT OFFERS VIEWS ON REALIGNMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Construction and Housing Meir Sheetrit told the Ambassador on June 14 that the GOI should have started planning Gaza disengagement well in advance to have permanent homes available for the settlers who were evacuated. He said this would have saved the GOI a consider [...] |
2006-06-15 18:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS SETTLEMENTS |
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AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHAS CHAIRMAN AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor and Shas Party Chairman Eliyahu Yishai outlined his priorities as a minister as well as Shas's position on PM Olmert's realignment plan. The Ambassador enumerated USG concerns regarding p [...] |
2006-06-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KIPR IS KINR GTIP ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
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ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES' JUNE 28 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales June 28 that Israel is grateful for U.S. support during the crisis in the Gaza Strip that began on Sunday with the attack on Kerem Shalom and the kidnapping of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. She said that there is not m [...] |
2006-06-30 08:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
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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 |
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AG GONZALES' MEETING WITH MINISTER OF PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: In the June 28 meeting, Avi Dichter told the Attorney General and the Ambassador that he fully supports U.S.-Israel cooperation on counter terrorism, and sees no reason to restrict information sharing when it can help save innocent lives. Dichter detailed Israel's response to rece [...] |
2006-06-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER IS POL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAEL RELATIONS |
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MOF OFFICIAL PRESENTS THE CASE FOR EXTENDING THE [...] (C) Finance Ministry official Eyal Klein told Deputy Economic Counselor July 4 that the GOI decision to increase year-to-year spending from 2007 to 2009 by 1.7 percent, in violation of its commitment to the U.S. in the 2003 U.S. - Israel Loan Guarantee Agreement (LGA) to keep spending increa [...] |
2006-07-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
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AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 30 MEETING WITH ISRAELI PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Public Security Minister and former Shin Bet Chief Avi Dichter told the Ambassador June 30 that after Palestinian militants kidnapped an Israeli soldier on June 25, Israel understood that its policy of not targeting Hamas had been a mistake and that Israel must now draw i [...] |
2006-07-06 15:33:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG MOPS PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
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ISRAEL TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH EUROPEAN STANDARDS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a July 2 meeting with EconCouns and EmbOffs, Israeli officials notified the USG of their intent to sign agreements with two European standards organizations, the [...] |
2006-07-12 06:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
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AMCIT EVACUATION FROM THE GAZA STRIP [...] Summary: On July 8, in a joint effort between Embassies Tel Aviv and Amman and the Consulate General Jerusalem, 68 American citizens were removed by bus from the Erez border crossing to the Allenby Bridge. From there they crossed into Jordan, where other buses brought them to Amman. End summa [...] |
2006-07-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC GZ KPAL PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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ISRAELI REACTTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENT [...] (C) Over the past week, GOI officials have commented without solicitation on President Bush's February 2 remarks to Reuters to the effect that the U.S. would defend Israel in a crisis with Iran, saying Israel welcomes America's support, but is prepared to defend itself. These comments reflect [...] |
2006-02-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR MASS IS ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY |
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ISRAELI MOD DG TOREN FORCEFULLY OBJECTS TO U.S. [...] (S) Responding to ref A points, MOD DG Jacob Toren told the Ambassador on February 8 that: -- He cannot agree with the U.S. position and urges the U.S. to re-examine its objections. Agreeing to the U.S. position on the ELTA radar transfer to Russia sets another precedent that Israel cannot [...] |
2006-02-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR RS IS IN MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAEL |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |