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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04BRATISLAVA175 |
SLOVAK MOD INTERESTED IN C-130 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) THE AMBASSADOR CONSULTED WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE LISKA AND CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF CEROVSKY ON 5 FEBRUARY AND 10 FEBRUARY, RESPECTIVELY, TO DISCUSS SLOVAK INTEREST IN ACQUIRING A NUMBER OF C-130 MEDIUM TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. BOTH LISKA AND CEROVSKY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE AMBASSADOR'S [...] |
2004-02-23 06:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV ECON LO MILITARY |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 05TELAVIV2639 |
DEFMIN MOFAZ DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, Lieutenant General William Ward and the Charge on April 21, Israel's Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said the GOI is taking steps to strengthen Palestinian Authority President Mahm [...] |
2005-04-28 07:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS MILITARY RELATIONS |
| 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 |
| 05TELAVIV3561 |
MOD DG AMOS YARON ON PASSAGES, THE BARRIER, AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General Amos Yaron recently to discuss the status of the seamline barrier around major settlement blocs. Yaron said that the idea of building a wall in Hebron has been turned down by the Attorney General. Yaron noted th [...] |
2005-06-09 04:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 06TELAVIV638 |
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 |
| 06TELAVIV683 |
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 |
| 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 |