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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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02AMMAN2204MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-05-06 10:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3220MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-17 09:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN3408JORDANIAN PALESTINIANS NOTCH UP CRITICISM OF ARAFAT
[...] (C) While Jordanian Palestinians have long grumbled about Arafat, two prominent Jordanian Palestinian leaders recently expressed to us a new level of criticism of the PA President. Some Palestinian Jordanians are even calling into question Arafat's true nationality in another round of anti-Ara [...]
2002-06-24 13:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN4050JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON ARAB MINISTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-22 13:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4179JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-29 11:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4217JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND T OCCUPIED
[...] No summary [...]
2002-07-30 11:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4652MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-19 11:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN4829MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-26 06:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
02AMMAN7308JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON MEPI
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-17 06:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03ABUDHABI1266 MEDIA REACTION: AZORES SUMMIT, IRAQ, AND PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: THE AZORES SUMMIT GENERATED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT AND SATELLITE MEDIA. LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA ALSO COVERED THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AND US PARTICIPATION IN THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE (IDEX 2003). IN AN UNUSUAL EDITORIAL CRITICIZI [...]
2003-03-17 08:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1937 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ISRAEL PALESTINE
[...] SUMMARY: GEN. JAY GARNER'S ARRIVAL IN BAGHDAD TO BEGIN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, THE STRUGGLE TO FORM A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, AND THE CIVILAIN CASUALTIES IN PALESTINE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE "WAR" BETWEEN PRESIDENT ARAFAT AND ABU MAZE [...]
2003-04-22 14:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1944 MEDIA REACTION: RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ GEN. GARNER NEW
[...] SUMMARY: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, GENERAL JAY GARNER'S VISITS IN IRAQ, AND A CONFLICT BETWEEN ARAFAT AND ABU MAZEN OVER THE FORMATION OF A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT NOT ONLY IRAQ BUT THE WHOLE WORLD MUST BE REBUILT AFT [...]
2003-04-23 11:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2174 MEDIA REACTION: POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA IRAQ THE
[...] SUMMARY: POWELL'S WARNINGS TO SYRIA, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE ROADMAP DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE SITUATION IN THE REGION FOLLOWING THE WAR IN IRAQ AND ARAB ATTITUDES TOWARDS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, NOTING THAT THE U.S. AIM IS TO PR [...]
2003-05-05 08:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2329UAEG WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S SPEECH ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge drew from reftel points and provided a copy of the President's speech to MFA Assistant U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi, May 12. Al-Nuaimi said that President's speech was welcome and timely. [...]
2003-05-12 11:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO KPAL IS TC
03ABUDHABI2391 MEDIA REACTION: TERRORIST ATTACKS, ROADMAP, IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: TERRORIST ATTACKS IN RIYADH AND CASABLANCA, ESCALATING CONFLICT IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" ALLEGED THAT THE ONLY BENEFICIARY OF THESE ATTACKS IS ISRAEL. AN "AL BAYAN" [...]
2003-05-19 08:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2611 WARY OF SHARON'S INTENTIONS, UAE
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid and the Ambassador discussed the upcoming peace process summits in Sharm El Sheikh and Aqaba in a 5/31 meeting at Hamdan's Abu Dhabi palace (other issues septel). While "pessim [...]
2003-06-02 11:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL IS TC
03ABUDHABI2744 UAE REACTION TO AQABA AND SHARM
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: UAE reaction to last week's summits in Sharm El-Sheikh and Aqaba has been a mixture of appreciation for the President's personal engagement, skepticism about Sharon's ultimate commitment to a peacefu [...]
2003-06-09 10:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG TC
03ABUDHABI2860 ORAL MESSAGE ON NEED TO HALT
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche on the need for governments to move decisively against entities providing financial support to Hamas in a June 11 meeting with MFA Minstate Hamdan (other topics covere [...]
2003-06-14 12:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER KPAL KWBG TC
03ABUDHABI3731 MEDIA REACTION: ABU MAZEN VISITS THE UAE PALESTINE
[...] SUMMARY: THE VISIT OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS TO THE UAE AND EVENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, SOUTH LEBANON, AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CRITICIZED THE ARAB LEAGUE'S "SILENT ATTITUDE" FOR THE PLIGHT OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. ANOT [...]
2003-08-13 08:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI3876 MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL PALESTINE IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN THE UAE MEDIA. IN "AL ITTIHAD," KUWAITI COLUMNIST DR. SHAMLAN AL EISSA CRITICIZED THE ARABIC SATELLITE TV NETWORKS AND OTHERS FOR LABELING THE ATTACKS ON THE UN HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ AN ACT OF LIBERATION. AN "AL ITTIHAD" [...]
2003-08-25 08:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4105 MEDIA REACTION: UAE SUPPORT FOR IGC ABU MAZEN'S
[...] SUMMARY: THE UAE STATEMENT SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF THE IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER'S PARTICIPATION IN THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS' CONFERENCE, THE RESIGNATION OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS AKA ABU MAZEN, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HAMAS LEADER SHEIKH AHMAD YASSIN, THE US DRA [...]
2003-09-09 08:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI4285 SHAYKH HAMDAN: TIME FOR ISRAELIS TO SUPPORT U.S.
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on Sep 20, 2003, Min of State for Foreign Affairs and Presidential son, Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HBZ),told the Ambassador that the US veto of the UN resolution regarding Israel's decision to expel Arafat came as a surprise to the UAE given our position aga [...]
2003-09-21 09:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC TC
03ABUDHABI4428 SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your October 5 visit. Your Emirati interlocutors are eager to see you. We have requested meetings for you with MFA Mins [...]
2003-10-02 08:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV AF IR IS IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4705 Former Palestinian PM Abbas visits the UAE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-22 14:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL TC
03ABUDHABI908SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE ON IRAQ
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador delivered Ref A oral message from the Secretary and Ref B NAM demarche on Iraq to MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayid AL-Nahyan on 2/22. Noting the upcoming Arab League, Islamic Conference a [...]
2003-02-24 12:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC OIC NAM AL IZ TC
03AMMAN14 PLO REFUGEE AFFAIRS OFFICIAL QUIETLY TRYING TO
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan-based PLO Refugee Affairs official Mohamed Abu Bakr told refcoord December 24 that he and West Bank Refugee Affairs Director Saji Salameh are quietly trying to prepare the Palestinian refugee community for what they see as an inevitable compromise on the right of return. [...]
2003-01-02 10:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO
03AMMAN1720PALESTINIANS AND PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS PRAISE
[...] (C) During a series of discussions in the days before the start of war in Iraq, prominent Palestinian-Jordanians and Palestinians resident in Jordan told A/DCM that the appointment of Abu Mazen as Palestinian Prime Minister should provide a big boost to good government in the PNA. However, [...]
2003-03-22 15:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV IS IZ JO
03AMMAN2029TFIZ01: PM ABUL RAGHEB CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (S) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb convoked the Ambassador April 3 to deliver a message on Iraq. Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher was present, and PolCouns accompanied the Ambassador. Abul Ragheb said that Jordan opposed the war and was not happy that it had started, but needed to be pragma [...]
2003-04-03 15:36:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2206FORMER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CRITICIZES GOJ'S
[...] (S) In a lengthy conversation April 8, former Parliament Speaker Abdul Hadi al-Majali (please protect throughout) told PolCouns that King Abdullah and Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb have mis-handled their public approach to the war in Iraq. Majali said that the King and PM have "only an eco [...]
2003-04-10 16:02:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PTER PREL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN2394MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-21 11:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2678MEDIA REACTION ON ROAD MAP, ALTERNATIVE PALESTINIAN HOMELAND IN JORDAN, IRAQ, SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-06 13:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN2788MEDIA REACTION ON SECSTATE VISIT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 05:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3207MEDIA REACTION ON SHARM EL-SHEIKH AND AQABA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-02 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3233MEDIA REACTION ON SHARM EL-SHEIKH AND AQABA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-03 12:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3311JORDANIANS PROUD, SKEPTICAL OF AQABA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Initial reaction from a sample of Embassy contacts and the local press indicates that most Jordanians feel a combination of pride for Jordan's role as host of the Aqaba Summit (and King Abdullah's performance as Hussein-like peacemaker),but lingering skepticism that any real progress will [...]
2003-06-05 14:48:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL JO MEPP
03AMMAN3460MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROADMAP
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-11 11:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3461MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI ASSASSINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-11 11:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN3905MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-30 10:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN4389JORDANIAN FM MUASHER AND RUSSIAN FM IVANOV DISCUSS
[...] (C) Charge and PolCouns met July 15 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Samer Dabbas, the Private Office Iraq action officer. In addition to discussions on the formation of the Iraqi Governing Council (reported ref a),Ayed gave a read-out on Muasher's [...]
2003-07-16 14:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN4894AMBASSADOR GNEHM DISCUSSES U.S.-GOJ ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador Gnehm visited newly elected Speaker of the Parliament, Saad Hayel Srour, and discussed issues related to the new Parliament including the ongoing debate on temporary laws, Iraq, and the peace process and U.S.-Jordanian relations.END SUMMARY. ---------------------- INITIAL PRA [...]
2003-08-05 09:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO
03AMMAN5569SOLANA IN AMMAN: DOWNBEAT ON ROADMAP, IRAN
[...] (S) EU Foreign Policy Chief Xavier Solana briefed EU ambassadors in Amman September 1 on his recent swing through the Middle East and Iran. On the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Solana expressed extreme frustration that Palestinian infighting and Israeli intransigence would scuttle the [...]
2003-09-02 16:56:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL PTER IS IR JO
03AMMAN5620PEACE PROCESS, IRAQ DOMINATE CHAFEE MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Senator Lincoln Chafee, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, met with King Abdallah, Senate President Zaid Al-Rifa'i, and several Jordanian academics and political activists to discuss Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's domestic [...]
2003-09-04 13:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN5699JORDANIAN OFFICIALS SURPRISED BY ABU MAZEN'S
[...] (C) Jordanian officials publicly and privately expressed their concern about the fate of the roadmap after the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen and subsequent Israeli assassination attempt against senior HAMAS leaders in Gaza on Saturday. MFA officials appealed to the Unit [...]
2003-09-07 16:39:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER JO
03AMMAN7111JORDANIANS, ISRAELIS FAULT THE OTHER FOR LACK OF
[...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher on October 28 publicly defended Jordan's as yet unsuccessful efforts to negotiate the release of 82 Jordanian prisoners currently held in Israel. Muasher's public comment on this issue was partly driven by Hizballah's recent public statements that it is [...]
2003-10-30 17:05:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL IS PTER LE JO
03AMMAN876SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY POWELL'S
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-09 11:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
03AMMAN931FM MUASHER'S READOUT OF KING ABDULLAH'S 2/8
[...] (U) Charge called FonMin Muasher February 10 to get a readout of the King's 2/8 meeting in Aqaba with Egyptian President Mubarak, as well as of Muasher's own meeting with Sharon advisor Dov Weisglass the previous day (2/9) in Amman. --------------------------------------------- ------- Mubar [...]
2003-02-10 13:40:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
03ANKARA3528MFA U/S ZIYAL STRESSES IRAQ IN 5/22 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) MFA U/S Ziyal told visiting EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe May 22 his main objective was to get the US-Turkey bilateral relationship back on track. Ziyal said he was looking forward to meeting with USG officials in Washington and suggested the second week of June. On Iraq, Ziyal said it was importa [...]
2003-05-30 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA3787TURKEY TRYING TO SUPPORT THE MIDDLE EAST ROADMAP
[...] (C) Since late May, numerous meetings with GOT officials and press reports suggest Turkey is seeking to develop a constructive approach on Middle East issues, offering to host an MEPP (and a separate OIC) conference in Turkey and sending appropriate, reform-minded messages to Iran and Syria (r [...]
2003-06-11 12:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IS TU
03ANKARA3918AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE VISIT TO ANKARA, JUNE 6,
[...] (C) Five members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) including Harold Tanner, president, Shula Bahat, chief operating officer, Stanley Bergman, board member, Marian Bergman, board member and Barry Jacobs, director of strategic studies visited Ankara on Friday, June 6 to meet with senior G [...]
2003-06-18 07:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IS TU
03ANKARA4487ISRAELI PRESIDENT KATZAV'S VISIT TO TURKEY "A
[...] (C) Ankara Israeli Embassy contacts are pleased with President Katzav's July 8-9 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon said "The visit was a great success," and further commented, "The mere fact the visit occurred was a success in itself. The Turks did everything they co [...]
2003-07-17 13:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL JO IS TU
03ANKARA4552SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]
2003-07-21 10:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM TU
03BEIRUT908TFIZ01: LEBANESE SPEAKER BERRI DISCUSSES SHI'ITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET WITH LEBANESE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NABIH BERRI MARCH 31. DISCUSSIONS CENTERED AROUND AMERICAN-LEBANESE RELATIONS, THE WAR IN IRAQ AND SHI'ITE REACTION TO THE COALITION'S CAMPAIGN, THE ROADMAP, AND USG WARNINGS TO SYRIA REGARDING TRANSSHIPMENTS TO IRAQ. END SUMMAR [...]
2003-03-31 14:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ SY LE
03DAMASCUS6920ASAD: HOW DO WE TURN THIS AROUND?
[...] (C) Summary. During a 90-minute one-on-one meeting on November 30, Syrian President Asad asked former NEA A/S Richard Murphy for advice on what could be done to improve US-Syrian relations and how Asad could expand his contacts with US media. (Asad had just completed his interview with the N [...]
2003-12-02 13:25:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MEPP PTER LE IZ IS SY
03JERUSALEM2293HAMAS READY TO EXTEND TRUCE, PA MINISTER CLAIMS
[...] (C) Following up on his conversation with Embassy PolOff last week (reftel),PA Minister of Culture Ziad Abu-Amr, in a meeting with A/PO in Ramallah on 8/4, said that Hamas leaders would tell PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza this week that they are prepared to extend the cease-fire for [...]
2003-08-05 15:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL IS
03JERUSALEM2771FATAH LEADER HINTS AT PM ABBAS'S DOWNFALL
[...] (C) Summary: Fatah Central Committee member and frequent Arafat ally Sakher Habash, in a conversation with Pol/C in Ramallah 9/3, said he saw only two ways out of the ongoing political crisis in the Palestinian Authority: either PM Abbas makes amends with Arafat and the Fatah leadership, or h [...]
2003-09-04 16:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS
03JERUSALEM2819THE TALE OF PM ABBAS'S RESIGNATION
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, disappointed and embittered after losing a power struggle with Arafat that left him publicly branded as a traitor, sent his letter of resignation to the PA President on September 6, then vented his frustrations to the Legislative Council in a closed [...]
2003-09-08 17:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS
03KUWAIT1842KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 5: KUWAITI POWS; KUWAITI
[...] SUMMARY: The lead news story this week is the effort to account for Kuwaiti POWs still missing in Iraq, with frustration growing at the lack of information on the POWs despite the detention and interrogation of former regime officials. Kuwait should not only have a role in rebuilding Iraq' [...]
2003-05-05 12:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT2062KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 14: TERRORISM IN SAUDI
[...] SUMMARY: The May 13 terrorist bombings in Riyadh are interpreted as attacks against the Saudi government, rather than American interests. Commentary on the future of the Middle East generated earlier in the week by President Bush's May 9 address at South Carolina University continues. One wr [...]
2003-05-14 14:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3423GOK SAYS P.A. SUPPORT A BILATERAL ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary: During meetings with the Ambassador on July 27 and 28, respectively, MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah discussed Kuwaiti financial support for the Palestinian Authority (P.A.). Both made it clear that Kuwait intends to treat fina [...]
2003-07-29 12:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KU XF
03KUWAIT3563(C) ORAL MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY TO ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (U) Action Request - see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Pol Chief delivered reftel oral message to Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah, the Foreign Minister's Office Director, August 4. Shaykh Ahmed replied that Kuwait and all other GCC states endorse the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and sup [...]
2003-08-05 06:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ AL KU
03KUWAIT3703KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 4-10: GUANTANAMO
[...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti officials reportedly postponed a scheduled trip by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait this week over Palestinian "hesitation" to condemn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. One commentator writes, "It is not acceptable to consider the occupation of Kuwait l [...]
2003-08-12 11:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU JO IS KPAL KDMR
03KUWAIT3731KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 11-13: GUANTANAMO
[...] SUMMARY: In an article entitled "Why the Distortion?" one commentator takes issue with President Bush's evaluation of the situation in Iraq one hundred days after the end of major military operations. Despite Prime Minister Abbas' reported statement of condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of [...]
2003-08-13 14:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3774KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, AUGUST 14-17: KUWAITI FORCES
[...] SUMMARY: One newspaper reports official denials that Kuwait will send peacekeeping forces to Iraq, contradicting a local press report of August 16 that Kuwait, Qatar and UAE would contribute forces to the coalition effort. One commentator believes that Arab unity is dead as a result of the w [...]
2003-08-19 03:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03KUWAIT3967GOK OFFICIAL DELEGATION LIST
[...] There follows the GOK's official delegation list, received (in Arabic only) August 27 from the Prime Minister's Diwan (Office): BEGIN TEXT: The official delegation accompanying His Highness Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, Prime Minister, visiting the United States of America dur [...]
2003-08-27 13:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL KU
03OTTAWA1253MIDDLE EAST: CANADA WELCOMES ROADMAP, RECOMMENDS
[...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Graham issued a statement praising the release of the Quartet's Roadmap, and saying it bolsters the prospects for peace in the Middle East. Graham said the Roadmap and the confirmation of Abu Mazen as Palestinian Prime Minister were the "first positive things we [...]
2003-05-02 20:57:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL CA FAC
03PARTO17(U) SECRETARY POWELL'S DECEMBER 2, 2003 MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-04 03:26:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TS
03PRETORIA5198SOUTH AFRICA AND HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD, HIZBULLAH
[...] (C) THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT (SAG) HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TALKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD AND HIZBULLAH AT THE DIRECT REQUEST OF PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) LEADERS SUCH AS ABU MAZEN AND ABU ALLAH, ACCORDING TO SAG FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIRECT [...]
2003-09-26 13:26:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS SF
03RIYADH5821RIYADH GOVERNOR ON ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AND REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: An exceptionally cordial and frank Riyadh Governor Prince Salman told the Ambassador on September 16 that Muslim fanatics were damaging the image of Islam and Saudi Arabia and engendering hatred amongst peoples. He acknowledged that preachers who taught hatred of others bore so [...]
2003-09-16 13:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL MEPP KPAL SA IZ
03ROME1665ITALY ON ISRAEL, THE PA, AND THE MEPP BEFORE ITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: TEN WEEKS BEFORE ASSUMING THE EU PRESIDENCY, ITALIAN MFA INDICATED THAT A VISIT BY PM BERLUSCONI TO ISRAEL WAS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN EARLY JUNE, EMPHASIZED ITALY'S POSITIVE BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL, UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN REFORM AND ECONOMIC [...]
2003-04-17 16:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IT IS KPAL
03ROME1960ISRAELI DISTRUST OF ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON
[...] (C) ISRAELI EMBASSY DCM AMOS RADIAN EXPRESSED TO POL MC ON APRIL 30 HIS EMBASSY'S RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE MFA-SPONSORED CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN REFORM AND ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION TO BE HELD IN ROME MAY 28-29 (REF A). RADIAN ARGUED VARIOUSLY THAT: -- ITALY IS TRYING TO INSERT THE EU INTO A MO [...]
2003-05-07 13:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT PREL KPAL EAID IS UN
03ROME2299PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...]
2003-05-23 11:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT NATO
03ROME2472ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN REFORMS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA organized a conference on "The Palestinian Future: Reforms and Economic Reconstruction" in Rome May 28-29. As the MFA told us and the Embassy of Israel prior to the conference, this was not a political conference about roadmap implementation but was intended largely for [...]
2003-06-04 16:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIT PREL KPAL EAID IS
03ROME2495BERLUSCONI WILL NOT/NOT SEE ARAFAT, PERHAPS ABU
[...] (C) ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCES IN THE PM'S OFFICE, THE MFA, AND THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL, PM BERLUSCONI WILL VISIT ISRAEL JUNE 9 WHERE HE WILL MEET WITH PM SHARON AND POSSIBLY PRESIDENT KATSAV. BERLUSCONI'S ADVISERS CONTINUE TO ASSURE THAT HE WILL NOT/NOT SEE ARAFAT. 2. (C) ISRAELI AMBASSADOR [...]
2003-06-05 14:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS IT
03ROME2766PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) PM Berlusconi's swing through the Middle East (Israel, Jordan, and Egypt June 9-11) ruffled (French) feathers only because some chose to misconstrue Italian motives, Berlusconi's deputy diplomatic advisor told us June 18. Scarante said French FM de Villepin's criticism of Berlusconi's deci [...]
2003-06-18 16:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT IS KPAL EG JO
03ROME3200CODEL HYDE DISCUSSIONS ON ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini and Members of the Italian Parliament told CODEL Hyde that improving the transatlantic relationship was a priority for the Italian EU Presidency. Fini said that the GOI recognizes and appreciates the sacrifices America has made to preserv [...]
2003-07-14 12:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EU IT EUN
03ROME3214MID-EAST PEACE PROCESS: WHAT TO EXPECT OF ITALY AS
[...] (C) Summary: Italy has identified the MidEast Peace Process as among its top foreign policy priorities during its EU Presidency (July-December 2003). PM Berlusconi has consciously upgraded Italy's relations with Israel to balance its traditional close ties to the Palestinians and make the GOI [...]
2003-07-14 17:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU IS IT KPAL PREL EUN
03ROME3368U.S.-EU TROIKA POLITIAL DIRECTORS - PRODUCTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Jones had broad, frank and productive discussions at the U.S.-EU Troika Political Directors meeting, chaired by Italian MFA POLDIR Giancarlo Aragona in Rome on July 18. Both sides agreed on the need for strengthened and complementary U.S.-EU and EU-NATO security relations un [...]
2003-07-24 09:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT EUN
03ROME3388EUR A/S JONES DISCUSSIONS WITH PM DIP ADVISOR
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-25 11:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EU IT EUN
03ROME3794BERLUSCONI'S END OF SUMMER MEETINGS WITH SCHROEDER
[...] (C) Summary: The agenda for PM Berlusconi's August 22/23 meeting with German Chancellor Schroeder will include the Intergovernmental Conference and transatlantic relations. We told the PM's acting diplomatic advisor that an excellent vehicle for improving US-EU relations would be a commitment [...]
2003-08-21 16:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL RS GM AF EUN
03SANAA1263AMBASSADOR'S 6/2 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: U/S BOLTON
[...] (C) Summary: In a 6/2 meeting with Ambassador, FM Qirbi said he looked forward to visiting WDC, possibly with Interior Minister Alimi for policy discussions. He welcomed Ambassador's readout of the FBI Director's meeting with Saleh earlier the same day. Ambassador briefed Qirbi on the upcomi [...]
2003-06-07 08:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IZ IR YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN ECON COM
03SANAA1396TERRORIST FINANCE: YEMEN REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see para 8. 2. (S) Summary: The Head of the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests more information regarding the link between the Yemen Al-Aqsa Foundation and Hamas. ROYG officials are seeking an alternative charity for donations to [...]
2003-06-18 04:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR YM TERFIN
03SANAA1586FM QIRBI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Qirbi July 2 upon the FM's return from Germany and France. He urged increased assistance to the Palestinian Authority per reftel A. They discussed the al-Moayed case, current Coast Guard training in Aden, the impressive role of the U.S [...]
2003-07-02 13:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PTER ASEC MARR PARM PGOV GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA2979YEMEN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Embassy Sana'a responses to instructions for the "Patterns on Global Terrorism" report are keyed to lettered paragraphs in State 301352. 2. Post responses: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]
2003-12-21 07:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03THEHAGUE1865A/S JONES VISIT TO THE HAGUE: MIDDLE EAST AND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-23 12:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD IZ NL PREL NATO
03THEHAGUE2210TERRORIST ASSETS: SECRETARY'S MESSAGE TO EU
[...] (C) Acting Economic Counselor delivered the Secretary's message (ref a) and peace process section of Gymnich demarche (ref b) to Dutch Political Affairs Director Werner on September 2 with a request that they be conveyed to Foreign Minister de Hoop Scheffer in advance of the FM's September 3 m [...]
2003-09-02 14:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETETTC KPAL PTER EUN NL
03VATICAN3387ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES JULY 17 VATICAN MEETINGS
[...] (C) VATICAN ACTING FM MONSIGNOR PIETRO PAROLIN TOLD A/S BETH JONES JULY 17 THAT THE HOLY SEE WAS FIRMLY BEHIND THE ROAD MAP, AND HAD APPEALED TO ISRAELI FM SHALOM TO REFRAIN FROM RETALIATION. A/S JONES URGED THE HOLY SEE TO HELP STRENGTHEN ABU MAZEN'S POSITION. THE HOLY SEE REITERATED ITS CO [...]
2003-07-25 11:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON TU VT XA RS
04ABUDHABI1648 UAE CONDEMNS ISRAELI ATTACKS ON PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) UAE FOREIGN MINISTER RASHID ABDULLAH CONVOKED RESIDENT AMBASSADORS AND CHARGES FROM UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBER STATES THE EVENING OF MAY 20 TO EXPRESS UAEG CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS IN GAZA AND TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR PASSAGE OF UNSCR 1544, CONDEMNING ISRAEL'S ACTIONS. DESCRIBIN [...]
2004-05-22 12:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL TC
04ABUDHABI4513DAS DIBBLE'S MEETING WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: On December 11, NEA DAS Philo Dibble, Ambassador, and Polchief met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid to discuss encouraging Sunni participation in the Iraqi elections, Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi's recent visit to the UAE, and Iran's influence in Iraq. The UAEG wants to su [...]
2004-12-13 11:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR TC
04AMMAN10191KING ABDULLAH'S MEETING WITH CODEL KOLBE
[...] (C) The upcoming elections in Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's economic situation dominated CODEL Kolbe's meeting with King Abdullah in Amman on December 23. King Abdullah said Jordan is working to encourage Sunni participation in the January 30 Iraqi election, but voiced concern that [...]
2004-12-27 16:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN10245KING OPTIMISTIC ON WEST BANK, "MORE NERVOUS" ON
[...] (C) King Abdullah told Senators Joseph Lieberman and Mark Dayton that the Palestinians need to see quick results after the January 9 election, and that Iraq,s political leadership should create an Arab identity for Iraqis to overcome religious schisms and interference by Iran. End summary. [...]
2004-12-29 13:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN6039MEDIA REACTION ON "CHAOS" IN GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-19 11:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN725JORDAN FDA DECISION ON OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG GENERIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan appears on a collision course with Merck Sharp and Dohme over MSD's osteoporosis drug, FOSAMAX OW, which a Jordanian drug firm called JOSWE is marketing as a generic after receiving permission last September from the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA). After info [...]
2004-01-29 08:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR PREL JO
04AMMAN832JORDANIAN FM DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, RELATIONS
[...] (C) Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher told visiting NEA DAS Satterfield on February 1 that he was pushing for an Arab League resolution to help bolster the peace process, including a provision that would specifically condemn suicide bombings. He said it remained unclear whether the Arab League sum [...]
2004-02-03 17:23:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IZ JO KTER
04AMMAN9095JORDANIANS AWAIT NEWS OF ARAFAT'S FATE
[...] (C) News of Arafat's impending death and speculation over succession have dominated Jordanian conversations in the waning days of the Ramadan season. Many expect that an announcement of his passing will be marked in Jordan with a non-violent outpouring of emotion; this initial, sympathetic [...]
2004-11-09 14:40:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN9097NODEL WEXLER MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] (C) In a November 8 meeting with NODEL Wexler, King Abdullah advocated early Palestinian elections to replace Yaser Arafat with a new generation of leaders. The King urged that a new leadership be quickly empowered to improve socio-economic conditions to bolster its legitimacy among the Pale [...]
2004-11-09 15:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS IZ JO
04AMMAN9210SUBDUED JORDANIAN REACTION TO ARAFAT'S DEATH
[...] (U) The drawn-out nature of Yasser Arafat's demise, as well as the long Eid al-Fitr holiday weekend, ensured that there was a subdued response in Jordan to the Palestinian leader's death. Jordan's official reaction was correct: the PM declared a three-day mourning period nationwide and King [...]
2004-11-17 14:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN9215KING DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP AND
[...] (C) King Abdullah endorsed Abu Mazen and dismissed Qaddoumi as an "eccentric" during a meeting with CODEL Ackerman November 11. The King was concerned about Islamist political activity in Jordan and said that it was time for moderate Muslims world-wide to be more vocal in denouncing violence. [...]
2004-11-17 15:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS JO
04AMMAN9502MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-30 12:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04AMMAN9779KING MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN LEADERS; JORDANIANS
[...] (U) In the wake of Yasser Arafat's death and amidst preparations for the Palestinian elections, Jordanians are cautiously optimistic that a new window of opportunity now exists to move the peace process forward. The government of Jordan has pledged moral support for the upcoming vote, and an [...]
2004-12-10 10:08:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
04BRUSSELS4936MEPP: EU IS FOCUSED ON PA ELECTIONS TO GET
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings with a wide range of EU officials, NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble discussed next steps in the Middle East Peace Process on November 16. The EU is focused on the need to support Palestinian presidential elections as a first step to getting the roadmap back on track. The EU [...]
2004-11-19 13:05:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04CAIRO8456EGYPT: ABOUL GHEIT ON IRAQ, MEPP WITH A/S BURNS
[...] (C) In a November 13 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, NEA Assistant Secretary Bill Burns and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit recalled events surrounding Yasser Arafat's funeral the previous day and discussed the upcoming Iraq conference in Sharm El Sheikh. Aboul Gheit noted his desire [...]
2004-11-18 13:18:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS SU IR KBIO
04JERUSALEM4203PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP WORRIED AS ARAFAT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat's health deteriorated suddenly the evening of November 3, according to ConGen sources in Ramallah, who said his doctors in Paris had moved him to an intensive care unit after he began vomiting and experiencing fatigue and fever. Negotia [...]
2004-11-04 10:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV KPAL IS
04JERUSALEM4306ABD RABBO: LIFE AND DEATH WITH SUHA -- STRANGER
[...] (C) Summary: PLO ExCom member Yasir Abd Rabbo told DPO November 9 that Suha Arafat's undignified rant on al-Jazeera in which she accused the Palestinian leadership of conspiring against her husband had found no resonance among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Instead, her behavior had [...]
2004-11-09 16:35:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KWBG FR
04KUWAIT3843GOK SKEPTICAL ABOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
[...] (C) Minutes after Suha Arafat made a spectacle of herself and the Palestinian leadership, Ambassador delivered reftel request for increased financial assistance for the Palestinian Authority to Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. Deputy Secretary Armitage [...]
2004-11-09 08:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKWBG EAID IS KU
04KUWAIT4312MUBARAK RUNS INTERFERENCE FOR ABU MAZEN DURING
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 12 with the Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait, Abdel-Rahim Shalaby, to discuss Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,s December 7-8 visit to Kuwait. Shalaby said the meeting covered three GOE concerns: support for Mahmoud Abbas, candidacy in upcoming Palestinian ele [...]
2004-12-13 08:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM ECON KU IZ EG
04KUWAIT4369SECURITY ADVISOR PROMISES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 15 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Kuwaiti National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed the GOK will provide financial assistance and political support to the Palestinian Authority. The GOK looks forward to PA e [...]
2004-12-15 14:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU IZ NATO
04KUWAIT4414GOK READY TO WORK WITH PALESTINIANS ONCE ABU MAZEN
[...] (C) During a December 18 meeting on another topic, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told Ambassador LeBaron and British Ambassador Christopher Wilton that the December 13 visit to Kuwait of Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) "went very well." Dr. Mohammed added that [...]
2004-12-19 14:23:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ECON KU IS
04MADRID4367SPAIN: AMBASSADOR MAKES FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos November 10 at the Foreign Ministry for a farewell call. Ambassador began by saying it was time to get the U.S.-Spain relationship moving forward. Moratinos agreed and said Spain and the U.S. needed to start working on a positi [...]
2004-11-15 15:48:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
04MANAMA1823CODEL HAGEL MEETS WITH CROWN PRINCE AT GULF
[...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa met with Senators Chuck Hagel, Dianne Feinstein and Lincoln Chafee and their staff on December 4 on the margins of the "Gulf Dialogue," an international conference sponsored by the GOB and organized by the London-based Inte [...]
2004-12-07 14:01:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OTRA BA IZ IS
04MANAMA1885DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER
[...] (S) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Bin Alawi said that Oman is looking forward to negotiating a free trade agreement with t [...]
2004-12-15 12:34:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC ETRD ECON MU IR BA
04MANAMA1886DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Kuwaiti National Security Council President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al Sabah December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sabah hailed the strong bilateral relationship and stated that Kuwaitis are [...]
2004-12-15 12:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER ASEC KU IZ IR SY BA
04MANAMA1888DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Abdallah Rashed Al Nuaymi December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Al Nuaymi said that the United Arab Emirates was pleased with progress in the bila [...]
2004-12-15 12:39:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KDEM IZ IR BA TC
04MUSCAT2178(C) OMAN FM HOSTS QUIET BILATERAL WITH ISRAELI MFA
[...] (C) On December 13, at the margins of an Executive Council meeting of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDREC),an Israeli Foreign Ministry official held a private 90-minute bilateral with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. The discussion reportedly focused [...]
2004-12-14 13:23:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IS MU
04TELAVIV1452POLITICAL/INSITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is unlikely to result either in substantial security turmoil or significant improvement in PA governance in the short-to-medium term. Unlike in the West Bank, the IDF does not maintain a presence within Gaza popul [...]
2004-03-09 07:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL KDEM EAID ECON PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1689TRANSPORT 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 07:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1707UN 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 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1742HAMAS CHARGES USG CULPABILITY IN YASIN KILLING;
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Hamas leaders have responded to the IAF's assassination of Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin March 22 by vowing retaliation against Israel and blaming the USG, saying &The Zionists did not take such a step without the approval of the terrorist U.S. Administration. Therefore, it [...]
2004-03-22 16:51:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETKWBG KPAL PREL PTER GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV1952ISRAELI 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 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV2079ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...]
2004-04-07 12:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2470ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-30 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6036ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted officials in Washington as saying that Deputy U.S. National Security Advisor Steve Hadley will travel to Israel on Sunday for a day of meetings with I [...]
2004-12-01 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6039GAZAN VIEW ON SECURITY, FATAH FACTIONS
[...] (C) Gaza business leader and longtime Embassy contact Mohammed Yazgi told POL/C November 30 that he foresees an eventual security team for Gaza comprised of Mohammed Dahlan, Public Security Chief MG Mousa Arafat, and National Security Forces MG Nasser Yusif -- a combination that he called "the [...]
2004-12-01 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6071ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with last night's defeat of PM Sharon in the Knesset vote on the 2005 state budget, which was rejected 69-43. Eight Knesset members were absent. Only Likud [...]
2004-12-02 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6149WB/G SITREP: DECEMBER 6, 2004 (1230 HRS LOCAL):
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian militants fired a total of 11 mortar shells at IDF soldiers and Israeli settlers over the December 4-6 weekend. IDF fire injured six Palestinians in Khan Yunis, and seven Palestinians in Rafah refugee camp. Israeli border police found sacks conta [...]
2004-12-06 15:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV6163ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot quoted President Bush as saying Monday, at a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II, that "the United States and my government will be involved with Middle Eastern [...]
2004-12-07 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6200ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. has no information regarding the achievement of a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, as indicated in reports comin [...]
2004-12-08 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6225WB/G SITREP: FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED IN GAZA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF forces killed five Palestinians in the Gaza strip December 7-8, while the number of injured Palestinians was reportedly as high as 11. One Palestinian was injured in Hebron on December 7, while the IDF arrested eight Palestinians December 7-8 in the West Bank. End Summary [...]
2004-12-08 17:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6232ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-09 11:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6286ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Israeli soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the Gaza Strip Sunday when a booby-trapped tunnel blew up under an IDF outpost nea [...]
2004-12-13 12:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6335ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-14 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6368ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6383FM 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 09:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6385EILAND 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 09:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6387SHARON 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 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PTER KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6388ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-16 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6407PERES 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 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6416ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying at the Herzliya Conference last night that 2005 will be a "year of great opportunity" for Israel, and that the disengagement plan is t [...]
2004-12-17 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6443ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-20 12:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6453WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN TUNNELERS RESCUED ALIVE;
[...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 11 Palestinians were killed and another 49 were wounded in clashes that erupted during an IDF incursion into the Khan Yunis December 17-18 intended to stop mortar and rocket fire on Israeli and Israeli settler towns. Some 127 families (600 people) fled their homes dur [...]
2004-12-20 15:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
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 17:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...]
2004-12-23 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6564ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Monday, all media bannered the deadly tsunami that hit South Asian coasts on Sunday, saying that dozens of Israelis in the area are unaccounted for, especially in south [...]
2004-12-27 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6632NETANYAHU AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: CoDel Lieberman met with Minister of Finance Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, December 28 to discuss elements of the Ministry's economic reform package, as well as prospects for advancing the peace process in the wake of Arafat's death and the rise of a new PA leadership. On the [...]
2004-12-29 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6650SHARON: OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE PROGRESS EXISTS, BUT
[...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon told Sen. Lieberman December 27 that he is confident of forming a new coalition government soon. He said the Left in Israel cannot implement disengagement and has never removed an Israeli settlement; and the Right is against disengagement and removal of settlements. [...]
2004-12-30 08:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6651ISRAELI 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 08:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6655ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Year of Truth" Columnist Ari Shavit wrote in left-leaning, independent Ha'aretz (December 30): "The two events that best define the outgoing year took place toward its end: On Tuesday, October 26, the Israeli parliament adopted the disengagement plan, and on Monday, November 12, the Palest [...]
2004-12-30 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6657AMBASSADOR AND GAZAN BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met December 23 with Pepsi Gaza CEO Mohammed Yazgi, Gaza Bus Company President Mohammed Abu Ramadan, and engineer and insurance company head Ahed Bseiso -- three Gazan businessmen who also lead the private enterprise organizations PalTrade and the Palestinian Bus [...]
2004-12-30 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6658SNAPSHOT OF A BORDER CROSSING AND HOPES THAT ABU
[...] (C) Summary: Gaza-based NYT stringer Taghreed el-Khodary told the Ambassador December 22 that Gazans are even more interested in having Abu Mazen elected than are West Bank Palestinians -- not from any great love of Abu Mazen, but rather from the positive experience they remember from his bri [...]
2004-12-30 12:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6669SHIMON PERES SAYS ECONOMIC AID NEEDED TO STABILIZE
[...] (C) Summary: Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres told Codel Lieberman and the Ambassador December 27 that the Palestinian humanitarian situation is "quite serious," and acknowledged that Israel has a "window of opportunity" to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Calling the Palestinian [...]
2004-12-30 14:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05ABUDHABI3272SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, GAZA, SAUDI BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 24, UAE Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan and Ambassador discussed UAE attention to halting the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq; Abdullah's planned travel to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al Asad; Gaza disengagement and the UAE [...]
2005-07-26 09:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER UNSC PHUM PINR EAID SY IZ GZ SA
05ABUDHABI332ASD RODMAN MEETING WITH UAE INFORMATION MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 12 meeting with UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ASD Peter Rodman discussed Iraq,s upcoming election and its role in achieving stability. Sheikh Abdullah shared concerns about Sunni participation in the election and representation in [...]
2005-01-23 13:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALAF ETRD IR IZ MAS PREL PTER TC
05ABUDHABI3802UAE VIEWS ON CAIRO FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING
[...] (S) Summary: On September 4, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche on the upcoming Cairo Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting during a call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs. Ambassador reinforced USG views on terrorism, Israel-Palestine, Syria-Lebanon and Iraq. Al Noa [...]
2005-09-06 15:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PGOV TC
05ABUDHABI716UAEG EXPRESSES VIEWS ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE
[...] (C) Summary: On February 13, MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi told visiting ARPI Office Director Alan Misenheimer and DCM that he is more optimistic about the prospect for peace in Israel and Palestine since Abu Mazen,s election. He noted that motion on this front will help solve other regio [...]
2005-02-15 12:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL TC
05ABUDHABI917SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE AND THE UAE
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered the Secretary,s oral message to the Arab League to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi on February 27. Al Noaimi reported that UAE Foreign Minister Rashid Abdullah (his father) looked forward to seeing the Secretary in London on March 1 to discuss the issue [...]
2005-02-28 04:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID TC
05AMMAN119SENATOR KERRY'S JANUARY 4 MEETING WITH KING
[...] (C) Senator John Kerry (D-MA) met for nearly an hour with King Abdullah on January 4. Deputy Prime Minister Muasher (as acting Foreign Minister),Royal Court Minister al-Rifai, and Palace Media advisor Bahous joined Nancy Stetson and Charge in the meeting, which focused almost exclusively on [...]
2005-01-06 08:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL JO
05AMMAN1945MULKI VISIT WARMS JORDANIAN-ISRAELI TIES; CALLS
[...] (C) During a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank March 5-6, Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Mulki announced that Jordan would "intensify its mediating role" between Israelis and Palestinians. Mulki said the Palestinians agreed to accept the dispatch of a Jordanian-trained Palestinian for [...]
2005-03-08 14:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KISL PTER IS SY LE JO
05AMMAN1959SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS
[...] (S//NF) GENERAL KHALID SARAIREH, CHAIRMAN, JORDAN ARMED FORCES IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT TO JORDAN. IT WILL PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE JAF LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AND WILL HELP ENSURE JORDAN'S [...]
2005-03-08 15:56:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MARR PARM MASS JO
05AMMAN22SENATE STAFFERS MEET KING ABDULLAH, PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation met with King Abdullah December 21 to discuss the U.S.-Jordanian relationship, peace process, and Iraq. The King urged all of the involved parties not to let the opportunity of the January 9 Palestinian presidential elections s [...]
2005-01-03 13:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KISL IZ JO
05AMMAN247JORDANIANS HOPE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS WILL JUMP
[...] (C) Jordanians followed the Palestinian elections with interest, lauding the Palestinians for the smooth process and high voter turnout. King Abdullah on January 10 called Abu Mazen to congratulate him on his election and dispatched FM Mulki to Ramallah to congratulate the new Palestinian p [...]
2005-01-11 07:03:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
05AMMAN281MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-12 11:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05AMMAN2918UNRWA SEEKS DIRECT ROLE IN DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Karen Abu Zayd, Acting Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),called on Ambassador Kurtzer and Consul General David Pearce in separate April 5 meetings to review the modifications UNRWA is making to both [...]
2005-04-11 10:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA
05AMMAN3126GOJ WELCOMES NEWS OF PARTIAL PRISONER RELEASE,
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Farouq al-Qasrawi welcomed Israel's announcement on April 17 that it will release nine Jordanian prisoners currently held in Israel as a "positive and good step in the right direction." However, he emphasized that Jordan remained committed to bringing all of the prisoner [...]
2005-04-18 15:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
05AMMAN4320HOUSE STAFFDEL MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] (C) Summary. A staff delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives, accompanied by Charge, met with King Abdullah on May 29. The staffdel trip was hosted by the Government of Jordan, arranged by the Jordanian Embassy in Washington, and the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. Also present were Roya [...]
2005-06-02 06:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL EFIN IZ JO
05AMMAN4370THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRIME MINISTER QURAYA'
[...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met with Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ahmed Quraya' May 20 at 5 p.m. at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, on the margins of the World Economic Forum, in Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Wilson Deputy Spokesman E [...]
2005-06-02 13:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KPAL KWBG IS
05AMMAN44JORDANIAN DELEGATION TO MONITOR PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Jordan's FM, in coordination with Egypt, is looking for ways to return an ambassador to Tel Aviv this month. Silvan Shalom may visit Amman as early as January 12. Contradicting a previous announcement, Jordan is sending a mixed public/private sector delegation to help monitor [...]
2005-01-03 14:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
05AMMAN4996THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS
[...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met separately with members of Jordan,s civil society and with business leaders from the BMENA region on May 20 at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, Jordan, on the margins of the World Economic Forum conference. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ----- The Deputy Secretary [...]
2005-06-22 11:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KMPI JO
05AMMAN5387FOREIGN MINISTER QASRAWI ON UN REFORM, OTHER ISSUES
[...] (U) Charge met with Jordanian FM Qasrawi on July 5 and discussed the following subjects: UN REFORM --------- 2. (C) Charge explained USG positions (ref A) on the various aspects of UN reform, and Qasrawi answered each in turn, spending most of the time discussing Security Council reform. [...]
2005-07-06 12:24:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL KPAL JO
05AMMAN5760SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS:
[...] (SBU) Post continues to deliver ref B points as part of its regular engagement with the Government of Jordan and Jordanian religious leaders, underscoring the importance of countering extremism, terrorism, and incitement to violence and intolerance. One of our strongest allies on the counter [...]
2005-07-19 11:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAO PREL PTER JO
05AMMAN5931NEW UNRWA COMGEN OUTLINES HER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNRWA's new Commissioner-General (ComGen) is modifying her agency's Gaza disengagement response plans as a result of meetings she has had with PA President Abbas and with Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement James Wolfensohn since her appointment. In an introductory July 20 mee [...]
2005-07-26 14:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF OPDC KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA
05AMMAN6238JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH HOSTS PA PRESIDENT ABU MAZEN
[...] (C) Summary. According to a Jordanian official, PA President Abu Mazen expressed to King Abdullah his commitment to a smooth Gaza withdrawal, but voiced frustration with the stance of Israeli PM Ariel Sharon. The King proposed the formation of a committee of Arab foreign ministers to provide s [...]
2005-08-03 14:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL JO
05AMMAN6266 RECOMMENDED JORDANIAN ATTENDEES FOR THE U.S. ARAB
[...] In response to Ref A request, post recommends the following government, business, association and NGO executives be invited to the U.S. Arab Economic Forum. The lists are not meant to indicate a priority preference. 2. GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN, IN ADDITION TO THOSE OFFICIALS ALREADY INVITED [...]
2005-08-04 13:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAID CVIS ECON JO
05AMMAN6407GAZA WITHDRAWAL - WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR JORDAN
[...] (C) Senior Jordanian officials continue to do their part to promote a smooth Gaza withdrawal. In statements following his meetings with Abu Mazen, Quartet envoy Wolfensohn, and Israeli Defense Minister Mofaz, the King stressed the importance of supporting Abu Mazen to consolidate control of [...]
2005-08-10 03:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
05AMMAN6445JORDANIAN GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
[...] (C) Jordan (which formerly administered the West Bank) offers significant support to Palestinian society in keeping with its extensive economic and social ties to the Palestinian territories. King Abdullah, who most recently met with Abu Mazen in Amman on August 2 (ref B),and other senior G [...]
2005-08-11 12:30:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREF PREL KPAL JO
05AMMAN6447ENSURING A PEACEFUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 12:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL GZ IS JO
05AMMAN6568CODEL KING MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel King met with Saad Khayr, the King's National Security Advisor, General Mohammed Al-Eitan, Director of the Public Security Directorate (PSD),and Major General Samih Asfura, Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) during their visit to Amman on August 2. Discu [...]
2005-08-17 11:13:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KPAL OREP IZ JO
05AMMAN6975JORDANIAN FIRMS TO CODEL HOEKSTRA: STAY THE COURSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During two informal meetings arranged by Jordanian businessman Khaled Kanaan, a congressional delegation led by House Intelligence Committee chairman Peter Hoekstra heard prominent Jordanian businessmen strongly urge members of congress to remain engaged in Iraq while rethinkin [...]
2005-08-30 07:25:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD IZ JO
05AMMAN710UNRWA'S GAZA DISENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNRWA wants to start large-scale development of its refugee camps in Gaza post-disengagement -- using its experimental Neirab Camp project in Syria, which is centered on re-housing refugees outside camps, as its model. Apart from its limited experience carrying out integrated cam [...]
2005-01-27 15:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID KPAL IS JO
05AMMAN7157SAAD KHAYR ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA
[...] (C) IRAQ: Former GID Director (and head of Jordan's embryonic National Security Council) Saad Khayr told the Charge September 7 that King Abdallah's visit to Turkey earlier this week focused on Iraq and Israeli-Palestinian issues. On Iraq, Khayr said the Turks shared Jordan's interest in see [...]
2005-09-07 11:51:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IR IS IZ JO KWBG SY
05AMMAN7522VISIT OF HOWARD DEAN AND NATIONAL JEWISH
[...] (C) A delegation from the U.S. National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC),led by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and accompanied by three state Democratic party leaders, met separately September 17 with Prince Ali bin al Hussein (acting as Regent in the absence of King Abdul [...]
2005-09-20 06:19:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL KPAL KMPI EAID ECON PINR IS IZ JO
05AMMAN909JORDAN RESURRECTING BADR CORPS FOR POSSIBLE
[...] (S/NF) Security and military sources confirm that Jordan has decided to reconstitute the dormant Badr Corps, a Palestinian security force initially trained in Jordan in the 1990s, and currently resident in a training camp in the Zarqa area northeast of Amman. Palestinian Charge in Amman Atal [...]
2005-02-03 16:49:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC KPAL JO
05AMMAN9327MGLE01: PLO REFUGEE DEPT. ON ZAKI'S NEXT MISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PLO Department of Refugee Affairs (DORA) DG Mohammed Abu Bakr is preparing to return to Beirut with Palestinian Commissioner Abbas Zaki in mid-December to commence negotiations with the GOL. According to Abu Bakr, the PLO is ready to assume sole negotiating responsibility in orde [...]
2005-12-01 13:53:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV PTER SY IS LE JO
05ANKARA295TURKISH FM GUL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish and Israeli contacts in Ankara portray FM Gul's January 3-5 visit to Israel and Palestine as giving mixed results: signaling the end of 2004's Turkish-Israeli public tensions (both Turkish and Israeli interlocutors affirm that deeper, long-standing security and intel coo [...]
2005-01-18 08:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IS
05ANKARA3165CONGRESSIONAL TURKEY STUDY GROUP/CODEL WEXLER
[...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Turkey Study Group visited Turkey May 31 - June 2, meeting with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, CHOD Ozkok, Economy Minster and chief EU negotiator Babacan, DefMin Gonul, Parliament Speaker Arinc. Media coverage was positive, even from normally anti-U.S. outlets. All expr [...]
2005-06-06 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SY CY IZ PHUM
05ANKARA3889FM GUL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: In Charge's introductory call with FM Gul, both agreed on the importance of frank private bilateral dialogue and conveying to our publics the priority we place on our partnership. Gul acknowledged Iran's presidential election was "not perfect" but blamed reformists' failure to [...]
2005-07-06 16:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU IR SY
05ANKARA561SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: You arrive in Turkey as we begin to recalibrate bilateral relations emphasizing renewed dialogue on areas of mutual concern to maximize achievable cooperation. We are working with a different democratizing Turkey as elites rotate and under the impact of widespread, and disaffect [...]
2005-02-01 11:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON TU IZ
05BAGHDAD5161ELECTION COMMISSION PROCEEDING WITH COMPLAINTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than 25 serious, unresolved complaints ("red" complaints) lie between the Iraqi election commission (IECI) and final certification of the elections, according to International Commissioner Craig Jenness, down from 50 plus original red complaints. Notably, the IECI has finish [...]
2005-12-30 12:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IZ
05BRASILIA718BRAZIL: OLMERT VISIT A SUCCESS, BUT SUMMIT STILL
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Olmert reportedly enjoyed a successful visit to Brazil last week, however, he was apparently unable to convince the GOB to take a tougher approach -- from the Israeli perspective -- with Arab interlocutors in preparation for the Ar [...]
2005-03-16 11:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KSUM ETRD XF XM IS BR
05CAIRO2280CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK
[...] (C) In a particularly relaxed meeting with CODEL Pelosi March 20, President Mubarak reviewed his efforts to convince Syrian President Bashar to withdraw all his forces from Lebanon (reftel) and reiterated his commitment to improving relations with Israel and pressing forward on solving the Israeli- [...]
2005-03-23 15:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL KPAL KDEM IS IZ IR EG
05CAIRO2640EGYPT PRESSING PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP TO BETTER
[...] (C) MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry telephoned the Charge April 4 under instructions to convey that the Government of Egypt had communicated its "deep concerns" to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) regarding the struggle for authority among Palestinians and particularly [...]
2005-04-05 14:05:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO4336GENERAL WARD'S DISCUSSION WITH OMAR SOLIMAN IN
[...] (C) LTG Ward and Omar Soliman, meeting in Cairo June 6, shared views on the need for a clear chain of authority in the revamped security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Soliman said Israel's total disengagement from Gaza would enhance trust between Israeli and Palestinian security [...]
2005-06-09 13:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ASEC IS EG LTG
05CAIRO4359EGYPT: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt and looks forward to the opportunity to advance U.S. interests. Political reform, Egypt's desire for a free trade agreement (FTA),Gaza disengagement, Iraq, and Sudan are likely to be the issues on the top of the agenda [...]
2005-06-09 17:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP EG
05CAIRO5467VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO EGYPT
[...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed Gaza disengagement, Palestinian security reform, and the Palestinian internal political situation with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on July 16. A/S Welch also asked the GOE to support the U.S. position on both the Magen David Adom (MDA) [...]
2005-07-18 09:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS MASS OVIP MFO UNGA
05CAIRO5521DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING
[...] (U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...]
2005-07-19 14:21:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU
05CAIRO5544DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING
[...] (U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...]
2005-07-20 12:13:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG
05CAIRO5546MFA COMMENTS ON HAMAS-PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TENSION
[...] (C) In a meeting with poloff on July 17, MFA's Desk Officer for Palestinian Affairs Randa Labib highlighted concerns over the prospect of a peaceful disengagement from Gaza and the Hamas-Palestinian Authority (PA) dispute. She said that she had not yet seen an official report in her channel [...]
2005-07-20 12:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER EG IS
05CAIRO5547DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) June 13, 2005; 3:45 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit Chief [...]
2005-07-20 13:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ EG
05CAIRO5744 SHARM TERRORISM CONDEMNED: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES,
[...] Summary: The Sharm El Sheikh terrorist attacks on July 23 dominated Egyptian media coverage the following two days (reftel). All commentators condemned the attacks. On July 25, some TV and print press commentators began to question why the attacks occurred and who was behind them; then eng [...]
2005-07-26 16:40:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IS EG
05CAIRO6583CODEL THORNBERRY MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL
[...] (C) In an August 23 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),Congressmen Thornberry and Cramer and Charge Jones discussed Gaza withdrawal, a post-withdrawal plan to preserve peace, and Iraq with EGIS Director Soliman. Soliman stressed that the GOE would treat withdrawal f [...]
2005-08-25 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EG IS IZ GZ
05CAIRO6653EGYPT: ABU MAZEN'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's (Abu Mazen) August 24-25 visit to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in Gaza was marked by both symbolism and substance. Having Abbas enter Egypt via the Rafah crossing signaled Egyptian determination to keep the crossing open and to maintain close w [...]
2005-08-29 14:23:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN
05CAIRO6757EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VERBAL MESSAGE TO THE
[...] (C) The DCM was convoked to the Foreign Ministry September 1 by newly arrived MFA Chef du Cabinet, Ambassador Wafaa Bassim (D equivalent),to receive a verbal message to the Secretary (text at paragraph three) regarding steps Egypt believes Washington should take with respect to the Middle Ea [...]
2005-09-01 16:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IS MEPN
05CAIRO7423RAFAH-GAZA BORDER: EGYPT STRUGGLES TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) The recent chaos on the Rafah-Gaza border laid bare Egypt's dilemma of trying to balance its strong support for Palestinian statehood with its efforts to prevent extremism in Egypt. Clearly caught unprepared by the influx of people into Egypt from Gaza, Cairo's "humanitarian" response to [...]
2005-09-26 08:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO7547U/S HUGHES´ MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER NAZIF
[...] (C) Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on September 26. Hughes asked Nazif what could be done to improve understanding of America in the Middle East. Nazif said that Gaza presented an opportuntity to changes per [...]
2005-09-29 13:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EG OVIP
05CAIRO7783PDAS ELIZABETH CHENEY'S MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN
[...] (C) During their September 27-30 visit to Cairo, NEA PDAS Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter met with the leadership of Egypt's two strongest opposition political parties, the Wafd and the Ghad. From both, they heard strong complaints about the way the GOE and the ruling National Democratic Party [...]
2005-10-11 10:13:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EG OVIP
05CAIRO7885A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAQ, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA
[...] (C) During an October 9 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit expressed pessimism about the near-term outlook in Iraq, but affirmed support for a comprehensive Arab diplomatic approach aimed at preserving national unity and promoting reconciliation. The Foreign Min [...]
2005-10-13 12:28:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EG
05CAIRO8704NEA A/S WELCH AND ARAB LEAGUE SYG DISCUSS GAZA,
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch and the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa expressed his congratulations to the USG on brokering the Agreement on Movement and Access (the "Agreement"). Moussa also provided an update on pl [...]
2005-11-18 14:44:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EG IZ
05CAIRO8705NEA A/S WELCH AND EGYPT'S FM ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE
[...] 4(b) and (d). Â [...]
2005-11-20 04:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IZ EG IG
05CAIRO9252DEFENSE CHIEF OF STAFF OFFERS REGIONAL OVERVIEW
[...] (C) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces LTG Samy Enan and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed MoD's image in Washington D.C., regional affairs, foreign military financing, direct commercial contracts, and political release of new systems during their November 30 meeting during the [...]
2005-12-13 12:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KPAL PTER IS SY EG IG
05CAIRO9263SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian history: the slow sunset of a quarter century of benevolent but authoritarian rule. At 77, beginning his fifth Presidential term, Hosni Mubarak is the indispe [...]
2005-12-13 15:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL PHUM EAID KDEM IS IZ SY EG
05DAMASCUS5887ASAD DELIVERS HARD-LINE SPEECH, PREPARING SYRIANS
[...] (C) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad gave a strident speech at Damascus University today (November 10). While Asad did not completely close the door on further cooperation with UNIIIC head Detlev Mehlis, he indicated that Syria had little faith in the fairness of the process and note [...]
2005-11-10 13:19:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS6224REGIME INSIDERS ALREADY MOVED TO PROTECT ASSETS
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts report that those who may be named in the UNIIIC report on December 15 already have protected their assets in anticipation of new sanctions. Regime insiders have spread their assets both at home and abroad under the names of family members, and avoid moving money through [...]
2005-11-29 09:56:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN PTER KTFN SY
05DJIBOUTI1120EID PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 3rd, Djibouti celebrated the end of the holy month of Ramadan. After the EID prayer, President Ismail Omar Guelleh hosted a garden party in the Presidential Palace. In a long speech in Arabic, Guelleh talked about the cost of oil and its implications in the local mar [...]
2005-11-10 05:35:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS KISL KPAL DJ
05DOHA1005FRAN TOWNSEND'S JUNE 2, 2005 MEETINGS IN QATAR
[...] (S) Summary: Frances (Fran) Townsend, Assistant to the President and Advisor on Homeland Security, visited Doha for a few hours on Thursday, 2 June 2005. In her meetings with Sheikh Tamim the Heir Apparent, with the Amir (in which Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim sat in),and finally [...]
2005-06-06 09:16:00Embassy DohaSECRETASEC KPAO MARR PREL QA
05DOHA1961DAS GORDON GRAY MEETING WITH SHEIKH HAMAD BIN
[...] (U) Present on the Qatari side: Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ),Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar; Sheikh Jabor bin Yusuf al-Thani, HBJ,s Office Director and nephew; Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad al-Thani, daughter of the Amir of Qatar and newly-appointed Assistan [...]
2005-12-11 14:06:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KPAO QA
05DOHA206Special Media Reaction: Qatari coverage of the
[...] SUMMARY: All the Qatari papers from 01/29-02/03/2005 provided front-page coverage for the Iraqi elections. The papers focused on the absence of Sunni Iraqi voters in the Elections, linking the poor participation to the deteriorating security situation. Today, all the papers front-paged the Qat [...]
2005-02-03 10:12:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PREL OPRC QA IZ MEPP
05JERUSALEM1849WB/G SITREP: MAY 4, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) --
[...] (SBU) Summary. IDF forces conducted several incursions near Jenin, Nablus and Hebron in the West Bank on May 3, but no deaths or serious injuries resulted. PA President Abbas is expected to leave Ramallah May 7 for an international tour including Chile, Brazil, Japan and India. A PA Interio [...]
2005-05-04 14:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3983DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 24, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of 1800 local time August 23, all settlers were evacuated from Sa Nur and Homesh settlements, completing evacuation of all residents and protesters from the Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements. Israeli forces told Israeli press that they were prepared for heav [...]
2005-08-24 15:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05KUWAIT2229KUWAITI PM SAYS THERE WILL BE A FEMALE CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 24 call on Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Sabah, the Ambassador congratulated him on the May 16 vote granting women full political rights and encouraged speed in bringing women into senior government positions. The PM said the GOK would appoint a woman cabinet minister, a matte [...]
2005-05-24 16:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON KDEM SOCI KWMN IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2551FM REPORTS ON GCC GOODWILL TOUR, SAYS GOK OPPOSES
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador he had been asked to visit Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE to calm the waters between these GCC states and identify areas for cooperation with fellow GCC member Saudi Arabia. He reported progr [...]
2005-06-08 16:06:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EPET PBTS PGOV KU KGCC
05KUWAIT5063NEA DAS GRAY ENGAGES GOK ON AID, IRAN, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: NEA DAS Gordon Gray met with Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, and Minister of Social Af [...]
2005-12-10 07:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM EAID KDEM KPAO CVIS KU
05KUWAIT539FM SAYS MOD SHOULD ADDRESS FUEL; PROMISES AID FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed encouraged that a timeline be established for resolving the fuel issue. He reported that members of Parliament were expressing interest in what that the GOK was providing and that a plan could help to [...]
2005-02-07 14:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID PTER PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM KU
05KUWAIT833KUWAIT: ORAL MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-28 13:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG EAID ECON EFIN
05MADRID1000SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 16 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the China arms embargo, Croatia, Human Rights in Belarus and Cuba, the Middle East Peace Process, Hamas, Lebanon, Sudan, Moldova, and Georgia with the MFA's Head of EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora Benavente on March 10 and March 14. Spain's position regarding [...]
2005-03-15 17:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG SP EUN
05MADRID988DELIVERY OF HIZBALLAH NON-PAPER TO SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 11:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER EFIN SP EUN
05MANAMA340SHAIKH MOHAMMED PRAISES LONDON MEETING, ABU
[...] (C) Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador March 7 that the March 1 London conference for assistance to the Palestinians was a great success. In a meeting covering several topics (septels),Shaikh Mohammed said that the focus of the [...]
2005-03-08 13:48:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL BA
05MANAMA65FOREIGN MINISTER ON PALESTINIANS, SAUDI
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa opened a January 11 meeting with the Ambassador by speaking positively of comments made the day before by President Bush about Mahmoud Abbas's electoral victory and the President's invitation for Abbas to visit Washington. Shaikh Moh [...]
2005-01-13 14:04:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PTER BA
05MUSCAT125MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: DISASTERS, DISTRUST, AND
[...] The privately-owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" published an editorial on January 23 entitled, "Disasters Get Smaller Except in Iraq and Palestine": "It is said that disasters seem smaller with the passage of time, but it is more likely that our hopes grow larger to erase the pain caused by disa [...]
2005-01-24 12:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT212CHANCE FOR PEACE AND A GENERAL'S CALLOUS COMMENTS
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on February 7 under the title, "Abu Mazen's Historic Opportunity": "There is a `historic opportunity' to resolve the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas created this opportunity when he succeeded [...]
2005-02-08 09:06:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT271OPPORTUNITY FOR ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, THE SECRETARY'S
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on February 12 entitled, "The Necessity of Ending Confrontation": "Israel and Palestine have agreed -- yet again -- to end violent confrontations between their respective citizens. Similar commitments to peace have been swept a [...]
2005-02-16 07:06:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT866MEDIA REACTION: LAURA BUSH, ABU MAZEN, AND FREEDOM
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an article by Dr. Ali Abdulkarim bin Ali bin Jawad on May 25 entitled "Laura Bush's New Title?": "Laura Bush's speech, in which she called on the people of the Middle East to cooperate for a brighter future, was notable for its positive and re [...]
2005-05-30 09:43:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT909MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINE, MAJLIS AL-SHURA, IRAQ
[...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" ran an editorial on June 4 under the headline "The Need To Tidy Up The Palestinian House": "Despite Abu Mazen's efforts to tidy up the Palestinian house -- especially its security apparatus -- it seems that there are still some Palestinians intent on [...]
2005-06-06 12:12:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05NOUAKCHOTT762WHY DID MAHMOUD ABBAS VISIT MAURITANIA?
[...] (U) On July 2, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made his first official visit to Mauritania. Spending roughly 24 hours, he met with President Taya and toured Nouakchott,s port. The two men reportedly discussed Abbas' recent trip to the US, including discussions he had had with President B [...]
2005-07-07 10:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MR IS
05PARIS1082FRENCH ON FEB. 21 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A) points to MFA DAS-equivalent for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on Feb. 11 and followed up in conversation Feb. 18. LeDeunff emphasized that ministers would spend the bulk of the Feb. 21 GAERC in preparing for the EU summit with President Bus [...]
2005-02-18 18:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK FR
05PARIS387MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH INAUGURATION IRAQ -
[...] BUSH INAUGURATION 2. IRAQ - ELECTIONS 3. MIDDLE EAST B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: YESTERDAY'S STRIKES ARE TODAY'S FRONT-PAGE STORY, EXCEPT FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE, WHICH TITLES "EUROPE, IRAQ, IRAN, CHINA: WHAT THE WORLD EXPECTS FROM GEORGE BUSH." THE INSIDE STORIES REPORTING ON THE PRES [...]
2005-01-21 11:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4918NABIL SHAATH ON UNGA SEPARATION BARRIER ISSUE,
[...] (C) Following reftel report that FM Douste-Blazy would raise French concerns about an emergency special session at UNGA on the separation barrier, PA DPM Nabil Shaath confirmed to the DCM July 14 that Douste-Blazy had indeed raised the issue with him. Shaath said he would report GOF concerns [...]
2005-07-15 16:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS734FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) completed a nearly two-week trip that had taken him to Iraq, major Middle East capitals, the Palestinian territories, Berlin and London, with a stop in Paris and meetings with President Chirac (septel) and Foreign Minister Barnier January 14. Barnier sh [...]
2005-02-04 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ IS FR
05PARIS879REVIEW OF ISSUES RAISED IN SECSTATE MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with MFA Cabinet Director Vimont (protect),DCM discussed follow up to issues raised during Secretary's meetings in Paris February 8. Vimont said the French side had been pleased by the visit and the level of discussion with the Secretary. Review of specific issue [...]
2005-02-11 12:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IZ SY
05ROME3671ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS'
[...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref d points to MFA interlocutors during the week of October 31. The GOI supports the US position on Middle East, Balkans, and Avian Flu issues. Progress on WTO issues, however, will depend on the whether there is movement on issues of key importance to the GOI - [...]
2005-11-03 16:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL BO KPAL ETRD IT EUN EAGER
05ROME3827ITALIANS WELCOME LEAD ROLE IN EU MISSION AT RAFAH
[...] (C) Summary. NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble held consultations with senior GOI officials on Middle East issues November 15. The GOI officials welcomed the recent agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on reopening the Rafah crossing and noted that an Italian general would lead the EU [...]
2005-11-21 07:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IT EUN
05ROME4028 ABU MAZEN CALLS FOR ACTIVE EU ROLE IN PEACE
[...] Summary: On a two-day official visit to Italy, Abu Mazen underlined PA commitment to the Roadmap and called for a vigorous EU role in the peace process. He said Palestinians had chosen the path of democracy and called on Israel to remove all obstacles to the conduct of elections, including i [...]
2005-12-09 12:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XF IS IT PLO MEPP
05TELAVIV1013ISRAELIS BRIEF U/S LEVEY ON TERROR FINANCE STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Security Council Counterterrorism Director General Danny Arditi met with Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and his delegation on February 14 in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv. Arditi said that the GOI has recently switched the focus of its terrorism finance efforts from [...]
2005-02-18 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1021ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria-Iran "Common Front" ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted President Bush as saying at a news conference on Thursday: "If I was the leader of Israel and I listened to some of the statements by the Iranian ayat [...]
2005-02-18 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV103WB/G SITREP: TWO GUNMEN KILLED IN ATTACK ON THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The body of second Palestinian gunman was found late on January 5 near the Erez Crossing, both men having been shot and killed after they succeeded in approaching the crossing overnight January 4-5 along with a group of pilgrims leaving to go on the Hajj. The militants used sm [...]
2005-01-06 16:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1058ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-22 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1064GAZANS TORN OVER DUBAI INVESTOR'S PROPOSED
[...] Israeli media reported that Dubai businessman Mohammed Alabbar recently visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with an offer to purchase settler homes intact, saving the GOI the need to demolish them. Previously, NSC advisor Gabi Blum told EconCouns that Alabbar's visit had been spon [...]
2005-02-22 15:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV1085GAZANS, FOR VARYING REASONS, FAVOR PA CABINET OF
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent Gazans expressed, for varying reasons, a strong preference for a cabinet of technocrats in conversations with Poloff February 22-23. Minister of Justice candidate and prominent Gaza attorney Sharhabeel al-Za'eem said that Gazans view new faces in the ministries as a c [...]
2005-02-23 14:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1171ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democratic Reform in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, Friday night's suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv nightclub dominated the news reports. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, in [...]
2005-02-28 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV119ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-07 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1267ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the IDF's expectation that the PA will act soon to replace the senior echelon in the PA's security services in the West Bank. The newspaper [...]
2005-03-03 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1270"TECHNOCRAT" PRESIDENT RUNS INTO TROUBLE AT
[...] (C) Summary: An angry mob of students, reportedly stirred up by remnants of the previous, Arafat-appointed administration, chased the new al-Azhar University president, Dr. Hani al-Nijim, from his campus office February 28 in response to al-Nijim's announced plan to uphold long-ignored univer [...]
2005-03-03 12:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1289ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-04 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV131WB/G SITREP: FATAL ATTACK ON SETTLER NEAR NABLUS;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for an attack on a settler car near Nablus January 7 that left one settler dead. A five-year-old Palestinian boy was accidentally killed in the West Bank January 6 when an IDF jeep ran him over. In Gaza, one Palestinian was kil [...]
2005-01-07 15:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV1319ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syrian-Lebanese Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Jerusalem Post cited President Bush's weekly radio address, in which he hailed recent moves toward democracy in the Middle East. Ha'aretz reported that Sharon [...]
2005-03-07 13:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1335RAJOUB REPORTEDLY CLAIMING BROAD POWERS, SUCCESSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Track II activists Boaz Karni and Dov Sedaka recounted to the Ambassador March 2 claims by recent PA National Security Advisor Jibril Rajoub of his own pivotal role and organizational successes within the Palestinian government and security operations. Karni said that in a lengt [...]
2005-03-07 15:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
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 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1446ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that associates of PM Sharon ordered five different public opinion polls to try to predict the results of elections held after a p [...]
2005-03-11 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1454RUSSIAN 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 14:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS LE SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV146ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1534PERES 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 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV1548ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-16 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1588LABOR 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 12:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOREP PGOV PINR PREL KPAL MNUC IS IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1594NSC 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 15:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV163IDF 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 13:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1635SENATOR CORZINE'S MARCH 14 MEETING WITH VICE PM
[...] (C) Summary. Senator Corzine and Ambassador Kurtzer met March 14 with Vice Prime Minister, and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert. The meeting focused on recent USG initiatives on intellectual property rights, Gaza disengagement, and the future of GOI interaction with the PA. [...]
2005-03-18 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALOREP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1805ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-24 12:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1833ISRAELI 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 08:27:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1840ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-25 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1870ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Chad Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report on the upcoming Knesset votes on the issues of a popular referendum, which is not likely to be adopted even if Shas party mentor Rabbi Ovadia [...]
2005-03-28 13:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1917WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI FORCES SHOOT AND INJURE THREE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian-made bomb detonated in the car of a prominent Gaza lawyer, injuring him lightly. Gazan militants fired on IDF positions, causing no injuries. In the West Bank, Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinians near Hebron and Nablus. Shots we [...]
2005-03-29 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV199ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-11 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2000ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Arab Summit ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz elaborates on the expanding rift in the PA. Using harsh words, Farouk Kaddoumi, one of the founders of the Fatah movement that Abbas now heads, attacked the PA chairman in a [...]
2005-04-01 09:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2045ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media on Sunday and Monday (3, 4 April) led with stories on the Pope's death and disengagement-related reports. Ha'aretz reported Sunday that [...]
2005-04-04 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2087ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In disengagement related stories, Maariv reported that a broad meeting was held at the Prime Minister's bureau yesterday on settlers' relocation, in which Sharon called on the p [...]
2005-04-05 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2185ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv headlined: "Iran Is Approaching Nuclear Bomb." The paper cited a senior military source as saying that it is a matter of months. Yediot headlined that the U. [...]
2005-04-08 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2212ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The leading media carried reports on the Gaza Strip incident of 9 April in which three Palestinian youths were killed by IDF fire, after which Katif Bloc settlement [...]
2005-04-11 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV222ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Russia Relations 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that this afternoon the Knesset approved the 2005 state budget in a first reading, 64- 53, as the [...]
2005-01-12 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2262ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media extensively covered the Bush-Sharon Crawford meeting, focusing mainly in the differences between the two positions. Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ariel Shar [...]
2005-04-12 13:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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 14:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV229MINISTER SHARANSKY: PA ELECTIONS A GOOD START, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Minister Natan Sharansky told the Ambassador January 10 that the Palestinian elections were important in that they have led to new leadership and opportunities. He added, however, that he could not refer to the elections as "free or democratic" given the "fear" that exists in Pa [...]
2005-01-12 15:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2294ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. U.S.-China-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented President Bush with the latest Israeli intelligence assessments of Iran's nuclear weapons prog [...]
2005-04-13 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV233HAMAS "THE LEAST OF WORRIES" ACCORDING TO ABU
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Abu Mazen confidants in the Gaza Strip Marwan Kanafani, Marwan Abdul-Hamid, and Abdullah Effrangi told Poloff January 11 that Abu Mazen is determined to bring the numerous militant splinter groups "back into the Fatah fold," but, to do so, must first provide both physical [...]
2005-01-12 16:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2376ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Bush vs. Democracy" Extreme right-wing columnist Caroline B. Glick wrote in conservative, independent Jerusalem Post (April 15): "As irony would have it, democracy is now the biggest threat facing the so-called peace process between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.... The thing is, bo [...]
2005-04-15 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2420ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-18 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV245ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Maariv led with, and all media extensively reported on, Israel's concerns that a planned Russian weapons sale to Syria could reach Hizbu [...]
2005-01-13 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2479SIKSEK ON SECURITY STAFFING, PROGRESS
[...] (C) ConGen Jerusalem cleared this message. ----------- Summary ----------- 2. (C) In conversations over several days in early April, Brigadier General Samir Siksek told Pol/C and poloff that the U.S. should keep steady pressure on Minister of Interior Nasir Yusif to carry out reforms, [...]
2005-04-20 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2528ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-22 09:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2615ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted security sources as saying that Israel will hand over Qalqilya to PA security responsibility next week if the [...]
2005-04-27 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV271ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that six Israeli civilians were killed and five others were wounded in a combined double su [...]
2005-01-14 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2719ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Visit of Turkish PM Erdogan to Israel, May 1-2 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that an IDF soldier was killed and another was wounded in an operation near Tulkarm, in which a [...]
2005-05-02 09:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV274EILAND 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 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV277(C) SHARON AND WEISSGLAS ON KARNI TERRORIST
[...] (C) I called Dov Weissglas this afternoon and he reported on his conversation earlier today with Saeb Erekat. Weissglas told Erekat: -- All passages in and out of Gaza have been closed indefinitely. -- Without visible and serious action by the PA, all contacts between Israeli and PA offi [...]
2005-01-14 14:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV2777ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with various aspects of the disengagement plan. Ha'aretz (banner) and other media quoted Justice Minister Tzipi Livni as saying Tues [...]
2005-05-04 09:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2841ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-06 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV285NSC'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 16:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV286BASSEY UPDATES ON DISENGAGEMENT LEGISLATION,
[...] (C) Summary. Yonatan Bassey, director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),provided Economic Counselor and Economic Officer on January 12 with updates on disengagement planning. Bassey reported that the evacuation legislation should go to its third reading in the Knesset in late January o [...]
2005-01-14 16:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2874ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Israel has informed the PA that it will not release the next tranche of Palestinian prisoners until the PA takes concrete measures against terro [...]
2005-05-09 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV290FOREIGN 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 08:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2924MKS TO CODEL FRIST: SKEPTICISM ABOUNDS
[...] (C) Summary: Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin and Chairman of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Yuval Steinetz told Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist May 2 that PM Sharon would be "making a mistake" if he allows Egyptian troops to deploy along the Gaza-Egypt and the Israel-Egypt borders. [...]
2005-05-10 12:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV294ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, all media led with the possibility of IDF action to counter continued rocket strikes at Israeli targets from the northern Gaza Strip; a 17-yea [...]
2005-01-18 11:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3001ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom has decided to cut short the term of Ambassador to the U.S. Danny [...]
2005-05-16 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3011ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the blocking of 40 main junctions across the country by disengagement opponents Monday afternoon. Up t [...]
2005-05-17 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3057ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-19 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3080ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted sources in Jerusalem as saying that First Lady Laura Bush has included Israel in her visit to the region only because President Bush asked her to do so. [...]
2005-05-20 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3139ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot writes that PM Sharon is expected to call on PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas today at the AIPAC convention in Washington to coordinate positions with Israel a [...]
2005-05-24 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3167ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Newsweek Reports of Koran Desecration at Guantanamo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that in his speech to the AIPAC convention in Washington Tuesday, PM Sharon urged PA Chairman [P [...]
2005-05-25 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3189ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S. Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that over 1,000 families (60 percent of the settlers) from the Katif Bloc (Gush Katif) have signed a letter that will be sent to the High Court of Justice to [...]
2005-05-26 10:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV321ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. President Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night, a Shin Bet agent was killed and seven other security personnel were wounded when a suicide bomber from Hamas blew himself up at t [...]
2005-01-19 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3222ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-27 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3244STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign affairs officials, minister without portfolio Matan Vilnai, senior members of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres' staff, and an opposition leader during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusal [...]
2005-05-31 06:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG OREP EG SY IS 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 09:37:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETIS KPAL OREP PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV3256ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-31 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3415ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 13:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV346SNAPSHOT OF A WEST BANK AMCIT SETTLER
[...] (SBU) On 12 Jan 2004 Conoff spoke with an American citizen resident of the West Bank settlement Neve Tsuf, also known as Halamish. The applicant was making an inquiry regarding the report of birth of her American citizen child but was willing to discuss the broader subject of life in a West [...]
2005-01-20 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCASC SOCI KWBG IS ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV3467ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV348ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prospect for Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to give PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) a few days to take action to st [...]
2005-01-20 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV350PERES 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 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG ECON EFIN PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3526WB/G SITREP: THREE QASSAMS FALL ON SDEROT, TWO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hamas militants fired five Qassam rockets into Israel the morning of June 7, three of which landed in the town of Sderot. No injuries were reported, but three Israelis were treated for shock. Also on June 7, Islamic Jihad and, according to some reports, Hamas, claimed respons [...]
2005-06-07 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV3538ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-08 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV370ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prospect For Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast 3. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored Thursday's inauguration of President Bush in Washington. The three national TV stations bro [...]
2005-01-21 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV379FM 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 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV381PA SECURITY FORCES BEGIN DEPLOYING IN NORTHERN GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: A force of some 2,000 PA security personnel began deploying in the northeastern Gaza Strip, near Bayt Hanoun and Bayt Lahiya January 21 in an agreed-upon effort between the IDF and Gaza security chief Mousa Arafat aimed at preventing rocket fire at Israeli towns. Observers on th [...]
2005-01-21 15:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3899ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon hosted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday at his Jerusalem residence for their first working visit since the Sharm el-Sheikh [...]
2005-06-22 21:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV391ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv led with the Israeli defense establishment's concern that Iran would crush efforts by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to achieve a hu [...]
2005-01-24 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3951ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-23 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3970ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Africa: International Aid ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Jerusalem Post, led with a leaked report that the IDF and police have decided to raid the Maoz Hayam Hotel in the Gaza Strip settlement o [...]
2005-06-24 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3992WB/G SITREP: AL-AQSA GUNMEN KILL ONE PA POLICEMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades gunmen killed one PA police officer, Ziad al-Bzur, during an assault on Jenin,s main police station June 23, according to PA security sources. The tension between al-Aqsa gunmen and PA police began when police arrested an al-Aqsa member for attacking [...]
2005-06-24 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV4142ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the evacuation by the IDF and police on Thursday of the residents of the Maoz Hayam Hotel at the Neve Dekalim settlement in [...]
2005-07-01 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV417ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom will meet with Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice tomorrow. All media reported on Monday's "historic" UN [...]
2005-01-25 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4203ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview with the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat that he will meet with PM Sharon before the dis [...]
2005-07-06 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4265SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: WAKING UP TO REALITY IN GAZA:
[...] Summary: As the disengagement battle escalates on the ground, with violent confrontations in Gaza resulting in a temporary IDF closure of the Gush Katif settlement bloc, anti- disengagement roadblocks throughout the country, and the first case of a "conscientious objector," Israeli media comm [...]
2005-07-08 14:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR GAZA DISENGAGEMENT MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4277ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that a delegation of senior Israeli officials that left for Washington over the weekend will ask the U.S. government this evening for s [...]
2005-07-11 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV43ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-04 12:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the delegation of senior Israeli officials to Washington officially presented Israel's disengagement-related aid request to the U.S. admini [...]
2005-07-12 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4329ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4420ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-19 05:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV452ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-26 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4564ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 09:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4659ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a White House announcement, according to which Richard Jones has been appointed U.S. ambassador to Israel. Ha' [...]
2005-07-27 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4711ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Yediot, led with PM Sharon's ongoing cordial visit to France. Maariv bannered: "Embrace From France." Ha'aretz and Israel Radi [...]
2005-07-28 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4749ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israeli Relations 3. Iran: Nuclear Program 4. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (Sunday) and Israel Radio reported that senior Israeli officials Dov Weisglass and [...]
2005-08-01 12:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4815ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that police last night halted thousands of anti-disengagement activists at the Peduim junction two km west of Ofakim after the demonstration departed the Negev tow [...]
2005-08-04 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV482ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that newly confirmed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with FM Silvan Shalom at the White House on Wednesday. Israel Radio reported that Secr [...]
2005-01-27 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4838ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV498(C) RELIGIOUS LEADERS WEIGH MEASURES TO GENERATE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with and cleared by ConGen Jerusalem. 2. (C) Summary: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious leaders of the Permanent Follow-up Committee for the Implementation of the Alexandria Declaration ("the Alexandria Group") met in East Jerusalem January 24 to revi [...]
2005-01-28 09:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIRF KPAO EAID IS KPAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV499ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will leave next week for a tour of Europe and the Middle East, which will include nine countrie [...]
2005-01-28 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5054ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]
2005-08-16 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5065ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]
2005-08-16 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5099DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 17, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the third day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police began to evacuate several settlements by force, meeting almost exclusively non-violent resistance. While most settlers continued to leave their homes either voluntarily or after brief non-violent refusal, Israeli Polic [...]
2005-08-17 15:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV51WB/G SITREP: SEVEN DEAD, SIX WOUNDED IN BAYT
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF tank fire killed at least seven Palestinians and injured six more January 5 in Bayt Lahiya, as IDF soldiers attempted to target militants launching rockets at Israeli settler targets. One Israeli child was lightly wounded January 4 when Palestinian militants fired mortars [...]
2005-01-04 16:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV5213SPIEGEL 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 14:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5227ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 13:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5275ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. is urging Israel and the PA to exercise restraint and not to miss the historic opportunity for peace in the region. Visiting U.S. House Majority Whip R [...]
2005-08-26 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5307Through Israeli Eyes Only: Gaza journalists on the media
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with EMBOFF on 25 August, three Gaza journalists gave similar reasons for what they described as the "Israeli-only" media coverage of disengagement. Fear of kidnapping, as in the case of the French journalist seized on 15 August and freed on 22 August, k [...]
2005-08-29 13:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALGZ IS KWBG KPAO OPRC GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV5319ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel's Leadership ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Likud has started its process of toppling PM Sharon. The party's Central Committee will vote on September 26 on a proposal to advance the Likud' [...]
2005-08-30 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV534ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH DEPUTY
[...] (S) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Burns and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister SIPDIS Peres outlined GOI efforts to revitalize the Palestinian economy. Noting the unexpected success of PA Prime Minister Abu Mazen's steps toward improving the security situa [...]
2005-01-31 08:42:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV535OLMERT 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 08:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5363ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom is holding a meeting in Istanbul with his Pakistani counterpart Mian Kh [...]
2005-09-01 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5426ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hurricane Katrina 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz notes that the international community is putting pressure on Israel to allow the Palestinians freedo [...]
2005-09-06 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Yediot and Maariv bannered, an anti-disengagement rally held opposite the Knesset last night, to demand a national referendum or elections. The event, which gat [...]
2005-01-31 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5672ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society 3. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media highlighted the meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon at the UN on Wednesday, following the President's address to the UN Gen [...]
2005-09-15 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5794NEA 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 03:53:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5801ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with issues related to infighting within the Likud. Ha'aretz, Maariv, Jerusalem Post, and this morning's Israel Radio bulletins led with statements by senior m [...]
2005-09-26 07:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5802ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting 3. Six-Party Talks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with PM Sharon's situation in the Likud. Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that on Wednesday, Shar [...]
2005-09-26 07:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV582ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Under the banner "The Stick and The Carrot," Maariv led with a report that the U.S. administration has conveyed messages to the GOI, according to which a Palestinian state would be establi [...]
2005-02-01 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV583WB/G SITREP: MILITANTS FIRE 12 MORTAR SHELLS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, IDF fire reportedly injured one Palestinian in the Rafah refugee camp. According to the IDF, Hamas militants fired 12 mortar shells at various locations throughout the Strip in response to the January 31 shooting of a Palestinian girl in Rafah, an incidicent [...]
2005-02-01 10:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
05TELAVIV5853ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's surprise victory at the Likud Central Committee last night. The proposal to move up the party primaries was rejected, 1433 votes to 1329 (5 [...]
2005-09-27 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV59ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-05 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5913ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5945ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV595HAMAS WINS BIG IN GAZA ON "CLEAN GOVERNMENT"
[...] (C) Summary: The Hamas sweep in the local-level Gazan elections of January 27 does not indicate a mandate for Hamas overall or broad-based support for continued armed struggle against Israel, according to numerous Embassy contacts. While Fatah compiled a list of candidates perceived as corrup [...]
2005-02-01 14:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5983ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian Track 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas are slated to meet on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting was organized under the auspices of [...]
2005-10-06 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6025ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei and IAEA ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media bannered the bestowing of the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday upon Hebrew University Professor of Mathematics Robert J. Aumann for his [...]
2005-10-11 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6146ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 08:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6166ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Germany: New Government ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on President Bush's meeting with PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas at the Wh [...]
2005-10-21 08:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6241ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. New Delhi Bombings 4. Libby Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot Washington correspondent Orly Azolai reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to move up the date of her visit to [...]
2005-10-31 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6256ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] UNSC Vote on Syria 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media led with PM Sharon's political situation in the Knesset. The media reported that Sharon decided on Monday to postpone a fateful Knesset vote on [...]
2005-11-01 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6270ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. International Holocaust Commemoration Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Staff Sgt. Yonatan Evron was killed early this morning during an arrest operation in the village of Mirka near [...]
2005-11-02 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV631ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met this morning with PM Sharon, who updated him on current security contacts with the Palestinians and the upcoming Sh [...]
2005-02-02 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6367ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Paris Riots ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Sharon as saying before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that Hamas members will not be able to walk free in the streets of Pa [...]
2005-11-07 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6413ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar was quoted as saying in an interview with Israel Radio that he does not rule out holding negotiations with Israel if this serves P [...]
2005-11-09 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6470ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6578ISRAELI 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 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6659ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. Palestinian parliamentary elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that Shimon Peres is considering joining Ariel Sharon, who may offer Peres a future position as "special ambassad [...]
2005-11-28 07:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV669ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV670ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. President Bush State of the Union Address ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli source as saying that Sharon and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will disagree on the d [...]
2005-02-04 11:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV671ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6855ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 2. Israeli Election Campaigns 3. Palestinian Leadership and the West ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF resumed "targeted assassinations" in the wake of the Neta [...]
2005-12-09 09:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6884ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US Pressures Israel on Safe Passage Agreement 2. Sharon's Kadima Political Moves 3. Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 4. Defense Establishment Expected View of Egypt ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Army Radio reported [...]
2005-12-12 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6924ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Syria 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media highlighted remarks made in an interview with Newsweek by Kalman Gayer, who advises PM Sharon on public opinion po [...]
2005-12-15 04:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6972ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday, a Qassam rocket landed 2 km south of Ashkelon, in an area that comprises strategic installations, and another in a kibbut [...]
2005-12-16 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6996ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the state of PM Sharon's health. Israel Radio reported that Sharon was in good condition this morning after he was rushed to Jerusalem's Hadass [...]
2005-12-19 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7072ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the IDF responded with artillery fire and aerial strikes to Sunday's Qassam fire. A Qassam rocket nearly missed a kindergarten in Kibbutz Sa'ad [...]
2005-12-27 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV711WB/G SITREP: PIJ AND AAMB INJURE FOUR IDF
[...] (SBU) In the West Bank on February 3, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades wounded four IDF soldiers in a shooting attack south of Hebron. Eight international activists were lightly injured in clashes with the IDF when protesting the construction of the seamline barrie [...]
2005-02-04 13:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV73WB/G SITREP: EIGHT ARRESTED IN WEST BANK; IN GAZA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Violence continued in Gaza January 4-5 with 11-12 IDF soldiers reportedly injured by Qassam rocket attacks and eight Palestinians, including six members of the same family and one militant, killed by Israeli gunfire. In the West Bank, eight Palestinians were arrested, including [...]
2005-01-05 15:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV731ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-07 11:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV752ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-08 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV76NASSER YUSIF ON POSSIBLE SECURITY ROLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Force BG Nasser Yusif told poloffs recently that, if called upon to join an Abu Mazen government as interior minister, he would bring the green-uniform public security forces, Force 17, and the naval or coastal police under his personal operational control, an [...]
2005-01-05 16:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL PTER ASEC GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV786ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-09 12:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV820ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-10 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV839ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) vowed to take action against any future Palestinian cease-fire violation after Palestinians fired more than 4 [...]
2005-02-11 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV87ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Yediot highlighted issues related to the opposition to the disengagement plan. Maariv bannered a call by PM Sharon on IDF soldiers to resist pro [...]
2005-01-06 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV881ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-14 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV886WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 14, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian militants launched three shooting attacks at IDF and Israeli settler targets February 11-14, including one in which militants fired on Israeli laborers who were putting up a fence along the Kissufim Road. No injuries were reported. The GOI agreed February 14 to th [...]
2005-02-14 15:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV891SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH SHIMON
[...] (C) Summary. Senator Allen and Israeli Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Shimon Peres discussed their mutual interest in nanotechnology as well as ways to bolster the Palestinian economy. Peres stressed the importance of moving quickly on improving freedom of movement within Palestinian areas and [...]
2005-02-15 09:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV895ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Assassination of Former Lebanese PM Hariri ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The newspapers -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- banner either threats against PM Sharon or the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri in [...]
2005-02-15 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV922PALTRADE OFFICER ON SETTLEMENT GREENHOUSES, PAPA
[...] (C) Summary: PalTrade cash crops officer Hashim Al-Hussaini spoke to Econoff February 9 on Gazan agribusiness and job creation post-disengagement. On settlement assets, Hussaini emphasized the need for direct GOI-PA security coordination in order to safeguard greenhouses and other infrastru [...]
2005-02-15 15:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KWBG EAID IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV930SENATOR 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 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV955SENATOR 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 07:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON OVIP KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05THEHAGUE161NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]
2005-01-21 15:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE164NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]
2005-01-21 16:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
06ABUDHABI1233A/S WELCH MEETING WITH UAE STATE SECURITY DIRECTOR
[...] (S/NF) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch consulted with UAE State Security Director Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan March 29 on regional developments, and specifically on Iran, Iraq, and Hamas. A/S Welch was accompanied by Ambassador and Rear Admiral Robert Moeller, Director of P [...]
2006-03-31 12:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL KPAL IR IZ GZ WE AE
06ABUDHABI2956TFLE01: FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON LEBANON, ABU MAZEN
[...] (C)SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) telephoned Ambassador from Paris the evening of July 17 to condemn the attack in Lebanon on a UAE humanitarian assistance convoy, urge that credit for any defusing of the Hamas situation go to Abu Mazen, and criticize EU p [...]
2006-07-18 15:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID KPAL IR LE AE
06ABUDHABI73A/S WAYNE BRIEFS UAE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Summary: On the occasion of a condolence call for the death of Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne and Ambassador Sison met January 6 with several top UAE officials to discuss the Strategic [...]
2006-01-08 09:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ IR IS SY LE AE PK
06ABUDHABI947U.S. ASSISTANCE; HAMAS MEETINGS
[...] (C) On March 11 DCM delivered reftel points on the review of U.S. assistance and our request that UAE not meet with Hamas to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al Haidan who immediately said that Hamas has not approached the UAE about a visit and the UAE has not invited Hamas. 2. (C) Al Haidan pointed [...]
2006-03-13 07:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL AE
06ALGIERS336MFA ADVISES GIVING HAMAS TIME TO CHANGE, AVOIDING
[...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher told Ambassador, visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan, and DCM January 26 that while Algeria agreed with the U.S. that Hamas must change its position on peace with Israel, they disagreed about "imposing sanctions." Bouzaher advised the U.S. and [...]
2006-02-28 12:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG AG
06ALGIERS455BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH KHARTOUM SUMMIT AND
[...] (C) During a two-hour meeting March 14 with President Bouteflika, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch raised Hamas, noting that the international community had made clear to Hamas what it needed to do. Arab support for that message, including at the upcoming Khartoum Arab summit, would be critical [...]
2006-03-18 07:41:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL AG
06ALGIERS936MFA OFFICIAL'S OBSERVATIONS ON LIBYA AND THE HAMAS
[...] (C) In a May 22 meeting on other issues attended by Ambassador and PolEc Chief, MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher gave the Algerian perspective on Libya and dealing with the Hamas government in the Palestinian territories. Ambassador briefed Bouzaher on the U.S. decision to rest [...]
2006-05-23 19:14:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PARM LY IR PA
06AMMAN1557MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS IN MOSCOW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-05 13:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN1830UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS RE-INVIGORATE AGENCY'S ADVISORY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of 20 governments and observers from the European Commission, the PLO and the Arab League convened in an extraordinary meeting in Amman February 27-28 to re-invigorate the moribund governance structure of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine R [...]
2006-03-13 08:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF KPAL KUNR PREL JO UNGA
06AMMAN1848ABU MAZEN: "ONE POLICY FOR PA"
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) met with foreign ambassadors in Amman, March 12. Abu Mazen told the ambassadors that there is only one policy for the Palestinians - to pursue peace through the Quartet-led roadmap. He signaled he would not back down [...]
2006-03-13 13:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV IS JO
06AMMAN2118JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) indicted 20 defendants for terrorist activities in connection with attacks in Amman and Aqaba last year, and indicted members of the "Al-Mansurah" cell for conspiring to carry out terrorist acts. The SSC reached verdicts in six terrorism-rela [...]
2006-03-22 16:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN2199GOJ REMAINS WILLING TO SUPPORT ABU MAZEN IF ASKED
[...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah told LTG Keith Dayton that Jordan wants to bolster PA President Abbas' position, and, if asked, is ready to help build the capacity of security services under Abbas' direct control. Jordan will not give any assistance to forces under the authority of Hamas. Foreign [...]
2006-03-27 13:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL IS JO
06AMMAN230CODEL OBAMA MEETS WITH JORDAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (U) Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah Khatib on January 9. The Senator was joined in the meeting by his staff, the Ambassador, and poloff. 2. (C) Sen. Obama thanked Khatib for his successful efforts to persuade Jordan's parliament to ratify the Artic [...]
2006-01-12 14:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER JO
06AMMAN2325CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] ( S ) Summary: King Abdullah briefed Codel McCain on his proposal to help pacify Anbar province, discussed Iraq, Iran, Hamas, and his effort to convene a conference of Iraqi religious leaders. He accused Syrian intelligence of giving &a green light8 to terrorists seeking to carry out attacks [...]
2006-03-30 17:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ JO
06AMMAN2509KING, QUEEN AND FOREIGN MINISTER MEET WITH SENATE
[...] (C) Summary: A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation accompanied by Ambassador Hale met March 23 with King Abdullah. The King focused on Iran,s role in Iraq, Hamas,s electoral victory, and Syria. The King appreciated Capitol Hill support, but stressed Jordan will need [...]
2006-04-10 10:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KDEM JO IR SY
06AMMAN2540A/S WELCH TALKS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH JORDAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Welch met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al-Khatib April 3, on the coattails of the Quartet envoys meeting in Amman. Centcom J-5 Director Rear Admiral Robert Moeller and the Ambassador joined the discussions. The meeting focused on continuing assi [...]
2006-04-12 07:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JO
06AMMAN2541A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH INTELLIGENCE CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch and Jordanian intelligence chief Dhahabi discussed Iran's ambitions in the region, and how to deal with Hamas. End summary. 2. (S/NF) Assistant Secretary for NEA David Welch met with Muhammad Dhahabi, the chief of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID),in [...]
2006-04-12 08:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR IR IZ JO
06AMMAN2648HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS SHOWCASES ANOTHER GROWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's $330 million pharmaceutical industry is a bright spot in the nation's industrial development and one of the front-runner sectors in the leadership's strategy of export-led economic growth. Hikma Pharmaceuticals and its parent, the Hikma Group, is the shining star amon [...]
2006-04-13 13:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TSPL KIPR TBIO JO
06AMMAN2694MAHMOUD ZAHAR TO GET COLD RECEPTION IN AMMAN
[...] (C) Foreign Minister al-Khatib informed the Ambassador on April 16 that he would receive his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Zahar, on April 19, during the latter's regional swing. He said Zahar had a mixed delegation, with representatives of Nabil Shaath's office joining him. Khatib said [...]
2006-04-16 14:06:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JO
06AMMAN3180SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT
[...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 6-7 MAY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN RE [...]
2006-05-04 14:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN3507HAMAS CONSPIRACIES - MANY AREN'T BUYING IT
[...] (C) Summary: Many Jordanians are unconvinced by the GOJ's public charges that Hamas cached weapons and sent terrorists to Jordan with the goal of targeting the GOJ. Local media, however, which initially expressed some skepticism toward the GOJ's version, is now largely backing the government [...]
2006-05-18 08:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PTER KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN3954GEN DAYTON MEETS WITH JORDANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF
[...] ( C ) Summary: Dayton and Dhahabi discussed the Palestinian situation, Iran,s role in it, a proposal to train Abu Mazen loyalists in Jordan, and the pro-Hamas lobbying of several Amman personalities, including the Russian Ambassador. End summary. 2. ( C ) USSC Lieutenant General Keith [...]
2006-06-05 13:50:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL IS JO
06AMMAN4037A/S WELCH MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHATIB
[...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch, Qmpanied by Ambassador, Staff Assistant Ann Donick and poloff (notetaker),met June 5 with Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib in Amman. In addition to bilateral issues, they discussed recent developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iranian [...]
2006-06-07 05:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL KWBG JO IS IR
06AMMAN4124SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID
[...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...]
2006-06-08 09:19:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN4175A/S WELCH MEETING WITH JORDANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met June 5 with Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) chief General Muhammad Dhahabi in Amman. Their discussions focused on Iranian intentions and activities in the region, Hamas, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. End Summary. Iran and Hama [...]
2006-06-11 07:03:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL KPAL KWBG JO IS IR
06AMMAN4265KING ABDULLAH MEETS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a good-spirited meeting with Israeli PM Olmert on June 8, King Abdullah expressed Jordanian opposition to Olmert's unilateral convergence plan and encouraged the GOI to strengthen Abu Mazen. Olmert reassured the King that Israel would heed Jordan's interests in its plans conc [...]
2006-06-13 09:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL KWBG JO IS
06AMMAN4770KING BRIEFS FOREIGN CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DOMESTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah convened chiefs of mission (COMs) from G8 and European Union nations on June 25 to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the regional threat posed by Iran, the recent arrest of four Islamist MPs in Jordan, and domestic reform efforts. END SUMMARY. ISRAEL-PAL [...]
2006-06-27 14:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN4978MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA INCURSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 11:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5250A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH KING'S ADVISOR
[...] (C) A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams met with Bassem Awadallah, director of the King's office, in Amman July 12. Awadallah's political director Jafar Hassan, Ambassador, and polcouns (notetaker) joined. Discussions focused on that day's Hizballah capture of two Israeli soldiers, the Gaza crisis, [...]
2006-07-13 07:58:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JO
06AMMAN5251MEDIA REACTION ON ACTION IN SOUTH LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 08:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN5486TFLE01: GOJ BACKS U.S. EFFORTS WHILE SEEKING TO
[...] ( C ) Summary: The GOJ wants to work with the U.S. toward a long-term improvement in southern Lebanon, but is under strong public pressure, from all sectors of society, to call publicly for an immediate ceasefire. End summary. Attacks in Arab Media Sting --------------------------- 2. (SBU) News [...]
2006-07-20 14:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE IS RU JO
06AMMAN5567TFLE01: JORDAN'S KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah reviewed for codel Hoekstra his long-standing concerns about the strategic threat posed by Iran, and his efforts to build quietly a unity of purpose among Arab states, focusing on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The King also discussed the situation in Lebanon, offered adv [...]
2006-07-25 09:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG LE IR SY IZ AJ JO
06AMMAN568A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] (U) A/S Kristen Silverberg met with King Abdullah on January 18. Jordanian participants included Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Fariz, Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib, Royal Court advisor Abdullah Woreikat, and Rania Atallah, the King's communications director. The A/S was joined in the mee [...]
2006-01-25 07:46:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG SY IR IZ IS JO
06AMMAN691MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-29 12:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN6933SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF JORDAN,S KING ABDULLAH
[...] (C) King Abdullah will be in New York for the General Assembly opening and will meet with U.S. and other officials its margins. 2. (C) During the Israel-Hizballah hostilities, the King's stock plunged among both ordinary Jordanians and elites (refs a-f) because of his early public criticism of Hi [...]
2006-09-07 14:53:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL UN IS LE IZ JO
06AMMAN7277SAJIDA AL-RISHAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 13:49:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ JO
06AMMAN7448MEDIA REACTION ON AL-QAIDA GLOBAL INFLUENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-28 10:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN746MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 14:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN7624JORDAN RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM QATAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan escalated its row with Qatar by recalling its Ambassador from Doha. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The dispute between Jordan and Qatar escalated October 3 when Jordan recalled its Ambassador for "consultations." The GOJ's official spokesman explained that Jordan took this step in [...]
2006-10-04 13:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL UN AL QA JO
06AMMAN7630TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) handed down sentences in six terrorism-related cases and began proceedings against Nabil Ahmad Issa Jaaoura, a Jordanian who allegedly killed a British tourist at Amman's Roman Amphitheater in early September, and Ziyad Khalaf Karbouli, an Ira [...]
2006-10-05 06:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
06AMMAN8302A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS MEET WITH FM KHATIB
[...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Elliot Abrams met November 2 in Amman with Foreign Minister Abdellelah Khatib. Ambassador also attended, as did U.S. and Jordanian note-takers. Palestinians and Israelis ----------- [...]
2006-11-07 08:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IZ LE JO
06AMMAN8557A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KHATIB RECEIVED SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS' BRIEFINGS ON BADR BRIGADE DEVELOPMENTS. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR LEBANON'S STABILITY AND FOR SINIORA PERSONALLY. THE FM REAFFIRMED THE GOJ'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN LABORERS, ESPECIALLY IN JORDAN'S QUALIFYING INDU [...]
2006-11-22 12:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ELAB IS SY IR JO
06ANKARA2199SCENESETTER: YOUR APRIL VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (S) Thank you for coming to Turkey. The Mission and I look forward to seeing you here. Your visit can help us achieve three things. -- First, we need to restore lost confidence --on both sides -- about intent and capacity for genuine collaboration. Announcing the start of a strategic dialo [...]
2006-04-21 09:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV TU VISIT
06ANKARA3203SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 4 VISIT OF DEPUTY
[...] (S) Your visit to Turkey comes at an important moment. Foremost on our immediate agenda is ensuring Turkey's sustained support for Secretary Rice's May 31 announcement that we will join EU-3 talks if Iran suspends enrichment and reprocessing. Turkish officials will be interested in hearing U. [...]
2006-06-02 08:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA4804TURKEY TO DECIDE ON UNIFIL PARTICIPATION AFTER
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey will move toward a government decision to approve a Lebanon deployment during the week of August 21, following FM Gul's consultations in Israel on Sunday, according to MFA DG for the Middle East Bozkurt Aran. However, Aran told Ambassador on August 17 that this decision [...]
2006-08-17 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS TU LE
06ANKARA4878TURKISH FM GUL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL - ISRAELI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 07:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IS LE TU
06ANKARA6122 TURKISH REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IDEAS
[...] (SBU) Guven Sak, the multitasking guru behind the Turkish-Israeli-Palestinian effort to develop the Erez Industrial Zone in northern Gaza, is widening his sights to new areas for economic and business cooperation between Turkey and its less developed neighbors. Backed by TOBB, the powerful n [...]
2006-10-26 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BEXP PREL TU
06ANKARA722HAMAS -- TURKS DESCRIBE PLANNED MEETINGS IN ANKARA
[...] (c) Summary: Turkey will host probably two meetings with Hamas on February 16, according to two senior government officials. One will be at the Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs level and will take place over lunch at a government guesthouse. A second meeting is likely follow betwee [...]
2006-02-16 10:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER XF TU
06BAGHDAD1325BAGHDAD PLO REPRESENTATIVE ON SITUATION OF
[...] (C) Summary: Pursuant to permission granted ref A, Baghdad RefCoord met with PLO chief of mission Daleel al-Qasoos on April 20 to discuss humanitarian issues relating to Palestinians in Iraq. Qasoos said that Palestinians in Iraq are fleeing towards the Jordanian border because 1) they face [...]
2006-04-24 11:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC PREF SMIG KPAL XF IS IZ
06BAGHDAD1983SESSIONS 24-32: SADDAM TRIAL DEFENSE WITNESS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: From May 15-31, the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) heard testimony from defense witnesses for the eight defendants in the Ad-Dujayl trial. Amid concerns over testimony given by four defense witnesses, a hearing was held to assess perjury charges. The perjured witnesses revealed that [...]
2006-06-12 11:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4252PRT/REO POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP (OCTOBER 25 - NOVEMBER 10, 2006)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Baghdad has initiated a regular roundup cable of short political and economic items submitted by Provisional Reconstruction Teams and Regional Embassy Offices in Iraq. This is intended to complement other reporting and provide insight on events and developments across the [...]
2006-11-15 15:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EINV ECON IZ KJUS
06BAGHDAD49INTERNATIONAL MONITOR GROUP'S GOAL TO ANNOUNCE
[...] (C) In a January 5 meeting, the international monitoring group (IMIE) representative Mazen Chouib confirmed to Poloff that the IMIE assessment team's goal is to produce a preliminary statement on their findings before the Iraqi election commission (IECI) announces its own preliminary election [...]
2006-01-06 15:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD75ELECTION OBSERVER TEAM STILL AT WORK WHILE
[...] (C) Summary. The international monitoring team (IMIE) continues its post-election assessment work, and has decided that its building workload will require postponement of its preliminary report about January 14. Partly as a result of this new date, the Iraqi election commission (IECI) has de [...]
2006-01-09 13:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BEIRUT1496MGLE01: BAABDA PALACE WHISPERS
[...] (S) Seeing Egypt as a natural ally in its resistance to U.S. promotion of democracy in the region, President Lahoud plans to travel to Sharm El-Sheikh this month to "sit in the lap" of President Mubarak, as one of Lahoud's aides candidly put it. In the meantime, various allies of the Syrian r [...]
2006-05-11 14:57:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPINR PTER KISL KPAL LE SY EG
06BEIRUT1679MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH PM SINIORA --
[...] (C) On May 23, S/CT Crumpton met with PM Siniora at Siniora's office in Beirut's Grand Serail. Ambassador Crumpton told the Prime Minister that the USG was prepared to help Lebanon as it moved to strengthen its institutions through a Lebanese process. He expressed USG condolences upon the [...]
2006-05-30 12:00:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKDEM PTER PINS KPAL LE SY
06BEIRUT2643JUMBLATT CONCEDES VICTORY TO NASRALLAH, WORRIES
[...] (S/NF) On 8/14, the Ambassador spent an unrelentingly bleak evening with Walid Jumblatt, Marwan Hamadeh, Ghattas Khoury, and (joining late) Bernard Emie. Nasrallah's televised "victory speech" cast a pall over the discussion, with honking horns and cheering Shia making a ruckus on the nearby Beirut [...]
2006-08-15 08:37:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS PTER KDEM LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT3126LEBANON: CODEL LAHOOD MEETS WITH MP SAAD AL-HARIRI
[...] (U) Calling on Mustaqbal ("Future") Party leader and MP Saad al-Hariri in his Qureitem mansion, CODEL Lahood repeatedly expressed its support for Lebanon and solicited Hariri's suggestions for their upcoming meeting with Israeli PM Olmert and for action upon their return to the US. Congressman [...]
2006-09-27 13:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALLE PREL
06BEIRUT955MGLE01: NON-HIZBALLAH SHIA PERSPECTIVE ON
[...] (C) Shia MP Ali Bazzi and MP Ali Osseiran view the on-going national dialogue as an important development whose long-term impact considerably outweighs any immediate results. These independent Shia politicians believe that, although several formerly sensitive issues had already entered publ [...]
2006-03-27 07:09:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BERLIN3565GERMANY: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Germany continues to be a strong partner in countering the global terrorist threat by participating in military operations overseas, providing leadership in multilateral settings, and fighting terrorism within its borders. German cooperation with the United States on the counterterrorism [...]
2006-12-21 16:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC GM
06BERN545SWISS SEE GOLAN HEIGHTS RESOLUTION AS KEY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 14:00:00Embassy BernSECRETPREL KPAL IS SY SZ
06BUENOSAIRES2783IRAQ; US AMBASSADOR WAYNE; MIDDLE EAST; THE UN NEW STAGE;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Robert Gates' taking office as head of the Pentagon; the style of new US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; confrontations in the Middle East; and the new scenario at the UN. Business-financials "El Cronista" and "Ambito [...]
2006-12-19 19:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES308MEDIA REACTION IRAN-IAEA-ARGENTINA, GLOBAL
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers continue to lead with the Iran case at the IAEA, with France and Russia seeking to stop the escalation against Tehran, and Argentina's public stance on the up-coming vote at the UNSC; the growing violence between the Muslim world and the West, following the publicat [...]
2006-02-08 19:42:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES649MEDIA REACTION THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers lead with the third anniversary of the war on Iraq; anti-war demonstrations in different countries of the world; half a million protesters taking to the streets across France to demand the scrapping of a new law that could erode job security; Al Fatah le [...]
2006-03-20 19:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CAIRO1272EGYPT: CODEL BERMAN MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary. In a lengthy meeting with visiting Rep. Berman on February 20, Mubarak emphasized that Egypt does not trust Hamas but will work with the organization´s leadership in order to moderate its positions. Mubarak counseled strongly against a rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and d [...]
2006-02-28 14:38:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV EG KDEM
06CAIRO1636JERICHO PRISON CRISIS PROMPTS CANCELLATION OF
[...] (C) Summary. Local sources confirm that the Jericho prison crisis in the West Bank has prompted the postponement of an expected visit to Israel by Egyptian Intelligence Minister Omar Soliman scheduled to begin March 15, as well as the postponement of travel to Egypt by Palestinian President [...]
2006-03-15 14:37:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO2021ARAB LEAGUE'S KHARTOUM SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan played host March 28-29 to the 18th regular summit of Arab League (AL) leaders, a meeting notable for poor attendance by heads of state and deep divisions over Iraq, Lebanon, and Hamas. AL leaders approved dozens of resolutions, covering the range of priorities for all 2 [...]
2006-04-03 14:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KPAL MEPN EG SU
06CAIRO2100DEFMIN TANTAWI WITH GEN ABIZAID ON IRAQ, HAMAS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 29 meeting CENTCOM Commander GEN Abizaid and Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi, joined by DCM Jones, discussed regional affairs, terrorism, military cooperation, and the International Medical Center (IMC). Tantawi (1) stressed the importance of a strong Sunni [...]
2006-04-05 14:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS IS IZ LE EG SY KPAL
06CAIRO2133ARAB LEAGUE'S AMRE MOUSSA ON DARFUR AND HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed regional affairs, including Syria, Iraq, Darfur, and Hamas, during a chance meeting in the airport VIP lounge on April 4. On Israel/Palestine, Moussa said the League is urging Hamas to [...]
2006-04-06 16:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IS SU EG KPAL
06CAIRO2183DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI ON IRAN, IRAQ, HAMAS,
[...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran, Iraq, Hamas, Sudan and the International Medical Center with Defense Minister Field Marshal Tantawi during an April 4 meeting. Responding to A/S Welch's caution on Iran's growing influence in the regi [...]
2006-04-11 11:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM SY IS IZ SU EG KPAL
06CAIRO2435PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZAHAR TO CAIRO, NO
[...] (C) During an April 23 meeting with Senator Dodd (D-CT) and the Ambassador, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit reviewed GOE thinking on regional and bilateral topics (septel),and acknowledged reports that he did not meet with visiting Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al Zahar dur [...]
2006-04-23 16:32:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN KPAL EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO3271EGYPT: WEF IN SHARM EL SHEIKH PUTS EGYPT IN A
[...] (C) Summary. Egypt managed to successfully host its first regional World Economic Forum (WEF) from May 20-22 in the shiny new Sharm el Sheikh International Congress Center without significant public glitches. The most newsworthy events were the meeting between Palestinian President Abu Maze [...]
2006-05-30 15:13:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EG
06CAIRO4200AG GONZALES MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK
[...] (C) In a July 1 meeting in his office, a cordial and receptive Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak discussed the ongoing Gaza crisis with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Mubarak described Hamas leadership as ""untrustworthy,"" and stressed that if the situation continues to escalate, it will [...]
2006-07-09 04:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS EG
06CAIRO5748DEFMIN TANTAWI AND GENERAL ABIZAID: STRENGTHEN
[...] (C) In his August 30 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid, Egypt's Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi inquired about the possibility of sending U.S.-origin Egyptian armaments to support the Lebanese Army, which he characterized as very weak. General Abizaid agreed, and promi [...]
2006-09-13 14:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PTER KPAL PHUM KNNP LE EG IR
06CAIRO603SECURITY COORDINATOR LTG DAYTON DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton and the Ambassador discussed the recent Hamas election victory, Palestinian security, and Egyptian-Israeli border security with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Director of Military Intelligence Mowafi Februa [...]
2006-02-01 21:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS
06CAIRO6106SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE'S OCT 3-4 VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Madame Secretary, warm welcome to Cairo. President Mubarak and Omar Soliman have been trying to ameliorate conditions in Gaza. They will look to you for specific measures to support Abu Mazen, specifically on salaries to workers and release of prisoners. They [...]
2006-09-28 19:25:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KDEM PHUM EG
06CAIRO646EGYPT HOSTS PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT AND ISRAELI
[...] (C) Playing a central role in post-Hamas victory diplomatic contacts, Egypt hosted Palestinian President Abu Mazen and Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Cairo February 1. Livni met one-on-one with Mubarak for nearly 2 hours, and was hosted by Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit for a joint press co [...]
2006-02-02 18:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO692 EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, JANUARY 17-23.
[...] Summary: Coverage of the Palestinian elections hit a crescendo at the end of the week, with many commentators reacting negatively to President Bushs Jan. 27 statement. While only three percent of commentaries were critical of U.S. policy before the election results were announced, forty perce [...]
2006-02-06 07:19:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG XF ZP ZR IS
06CAIRO7071MILITARY LIAISON DISCUSSES WEAKNESSES IN EGYPTIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) Liaison Chief MG Nagy (protect) gave poloff an uncharacteristically candid assessment of the shortcomings in Egypt's counter-smuggling efforts in the Sinai during a December 4 meeting. Suggesting that the GOE could do more to combat s [...]
2006-12-06 12:38:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO7165ARAB LEAGUE'S AMRE MOUSSA TO SENATOR KERRY ON
[...] (C) SENATOR JOHN KERRY MET WITH ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMRE MOUSSA ON NOVEMBER 15 TO DISCUSS EVENTS IN LEBANON, IRAQ, AND THE REGION. MOUSSA BRIEFED ON HIS LEBANON MEDIATION, CLAIMING LIMITED SUCCESS ON ELECTION-RELATED ISSUES, AND NOTED PLANS TO VISIT BEIRUT, DAMASCUS, AND SAUDI ARAB [...]
2006-12-17 15:42:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC EG LE
06CAIRO855SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit for nonproliferation discussions. Nonproliferation has been a key agenda item in the U.S.- Egyptian bilateral relationship in recent months, and expanding our dialogue will facilitate greater cooperation. Because Egypt takes seriously its role a [...]
2006-02-13 09:54:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS IR EG KPAL KNNP IAEA
06CAIRO968ISRAELI DEFMIN VISITS CAIRO: MUBARAK DELIVERS
[...] (C) According to Egyptian Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad, the visit to Egypt by Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz went extremely well. Awad told the DCM shortly after the conclusion of the February 14 visit that Mofaz's meeting with President Mubarak had been "very fruitful." The messa [...]
2006-02-15 15:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EG IS MEPN
06DAMASCUS1014IN THE FACE OF SECTION 311 SANCTIONS, SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: As we move to impose sanctions against the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) under USAPATRIOT Act Section 311, it has become increasingly clear that the threat of sanctions succeeded in making it difficult for Syrian public financial institutions to conduct business with foreign bank [...]
2006-03-08 11:19:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PTER SANC SY
06DAMASCUS1393FOUR SEASONS INAUGURATION SPEECH PROVIDES POSITIVE
[...] (C) During the March 22 inauguration of the $100 million Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus, primary investor Saudi Prince al-Walid bin Talal used the occasion to praise Syria as a "defender of Arabism and Islam," as well as the strength of the Syrian-Saudi bilateral relationship. Chairman of West [...]
2006-03-29 08:13:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV SY
06DAMASCUS2318DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION CALLS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several hundred prominent Syrian and Lebanese citizens have signed the Damascus-Beirut Declaration, which includes a ten-point "joint future national vision" for reconciliation between the two countries. The document covers the spectrum of Syrian-Lebanese diplomatic, historic [...]
2006-05-17 14:01:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SY LE
06DAMASCUS2338REACTION TO SARG ARREST CAMPAIGN OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni and two other Damascus-Beirut Declaration signatories have been arrested as part of the SARG reaction against the DBD. Several others have evaded attempted arrests. One human rights activist, also a DBD signatory, questioned whethe [...]
2006-05-18 14:39:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS LE
06DAMASCUS2668PA ENVOY VISITS DAMASCUS, FACTIONS REPORTEDLY
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting Palestinian Authority (PA) Special Envoy Ahmad Qureia (Abu Ala'a) met June 5 with Syria's President Bashar al-Asad, delivering a message from PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and discussing Syrian-Palestinian cooperation and developments in the Palestinian arena, according to [...]
2006-06-07 14:01:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL SY
06DAMASCUS2871DAMASCUS SEES FLURRY OF VISITS, MEETINGS LINKED TO
[...] (C) Visiting Palestinian Authority (PA) FM Zahar met June 13 with Syrian FM Mu'allim to discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories, as well as the Palestinian-Syrian bilateral relationship, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The head of the Palestine Liberation Organi [...]
2006-06-15 14:43:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL SY
06DAMASCUS3365HAMAS EXILED LEADER HOLDS DAMASCUS PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Summary: The leader of Hamas' external political wing, Khalid Mish'al, held a lengthy press conference July 10 at a Damascus hotel, covering the rejection of U.S. and Israeli demands to release a kidnapped Israel soldier, ongoing international dialogue with Hamas, and Syrian support for [...]
2006-07-10 14:26:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL PGOV SY IS
06DAMASCUS338HAMAS VICTORY PUTS SARG IN A STRANGE CORNER
[...] (C) Summary: The senior PLO representative in Damascus, Khalid Fahoum, said on January 30 that Damascus-based Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al was confident of Hamas' ability to govern and would quickly move to shore up support for Hamas in the PLO, in the PA security services and in Palestinian [...]
2006-01-30 15:56:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS4161ROYAL DUTCH SHELL LARGEST WINNER IN CURRENT BID
[...] (C) Summary. In addition to being awarded new concessions in the most recent bid round, Royal Dutch Shell is aggressively pursuing a number of new initiatives which, if successful, would expand the company's already considerable presence in Syria. More quietly and with a much lower profile, [...]
2006-08-23 13:53:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS514 DANISH COMPANY ALRA FACES THREATS AND ECONOMIC LOSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the destruction to the Danish and Norwegian Embassies in Damascus, many Syrians are encouraging non-violent protests of the Mohammad caricatures, including a general boycott of Danish products. The Syrian distributor for Alra Danish dairy products says that as a [...]
2006-02-08 15:09:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV SY
06DAMASCUS958ASAD CALLS ON HAMAS NOT TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 4 speech at the opening of a pan-Arab conference in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad urged Hamas not to recognize Israel, criticized efforts to oust Lebanese President Lahoud, and labeled U.S. actions in Iraq as part of a plan to divide and conquer the cou [...]
2006-03-06 13:55:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LB SY
06DOHA237BRIEF READOUT ON AMIR'S MEETING WITH HAMAS LEADERS
[...] (C) First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) hosted the Ambassador and his family for an informal dinner February 9. HBJ talked about the 3-hour meeting he and the Amir had that day with Khalid Mishal and two others. HBJ implied that the Qataris lectured [...]
2006-02-15 12:35:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER XF QA
06DOHA461COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN
[...] (S) Summary. Department Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow met with the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs March 20 to begin a strategic dialogue between the two countries, consult on Iran, and enlist support for [...]
2006-03-27 09:41:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR KPAL XF IR IZ QA
06FRANKFURT4401German officials make Ansar al-Islam arrest, bring other
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12 German police arrested "Burhan B." at Frankfurt Airport and charged him with breaking German export laws and with membership and support for Ansar al-Islam. Separately, on June 20 authorities launched the trial of Ata Abdoulaziz Rashid and two accomplices. They stand [...]
2006-06-27 15:03:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KISL IZ GM
06FRANKFURT7499Ansar al-Islam Trial Update
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial of three suspected members of Ansar al-Islam accused of plotting to assassinate then-Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi during a visit to Germany in December 2004 is ongoing in Stuttgart-Stammheim (a high-security court facility). One defendant has spoken out in recent proceed [...]
2006-10-31 15:30:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KISL IZ GM
06HILLAH24JAFARI NOMINATION VARIOUSLY GREETED WITH PRAISE, DISBELIEF,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The selection of Ibrahim Jafari as the choice of the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) to serve as Prime Minister of the new Iraqi government was greeted by widely divergent reactions across South Central Iraq. Most Shi'a Islamist contacts praised Jafari, even as some UIA constituent g [...]
2006-02-22 13:47:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL IZ
06JEDDAH199SAUDI FOOD GIANT PIONEERS ISLAMIC BUSINESS ETHICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Savola Group, Saudi Arabia's leading foods supplier and the country's second largest industrial enterprise, has developed a code of professional ethics and values that blend Western business standards with indigenous Islamic traditions. In a time when the country's work force i [...]
2006-03-08 11:02:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH224SAUDI ARABIA: CORPORATE DONOR TAKES PROGRESSIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of cables profiling community service activities funded within the Kingdom by Saudi corporations. These programs are both indicative of the country's emerging civil society and illustrative of the challenges facing Saudi Arabia, including unemploym [...]
2006-03-18 11:44:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SA SOCI KMPI
06JEDDAH379CONVERSATION WITH TABUK GOVERNOR: "ROAD MAP,"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16, the Consul General and Pol/Econ Chief met Prince Fahad, Governor of Tabuk. In a wide-ranging discussion of Middle Eastern and domestic conditions, Prince Fahad singled out the Palestinian problem as the most critical issue and a fundamental cause of extremism in the [...]
2006-05-22 13:51:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON KISL KPAL KWMN PREL PTER SA SCUL
06JERUSALEM1004EREKAT ON JERICHO DEMARCHE, USG ASSISTANCE, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PLO Chief Negotiator and PLC member Sa,eb Erekat told Consul General during a March 9 meeting that he feared the withdrawal of U.S./U.K. Jericho Monitoring Mission (JMM) personnel would negatively impact civilians living in Jericho if the GOI takes military action against the six [...]
2006-03-10 15:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL PGOV IS PREL PTER
06JERUSALEM1046HAMAS POLITICAL 'GUIDELINES' FIRM ON RESISTANCE,
[...] (SBU) Palestinian press March 12 carried excerpts of Hamas' political "guidelines" for the next cabinet, first published on a Hamas website, which outline the movement's positions on Palestinian resistance, the inviolability of the "right of return," and parameters for maintaining the "tahd [...]
2006-03-13 15:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM1117FATAH FACTION CALLS FOR PA TO DISSOLVE
[...] (C) In the wake of the Hamas PLC victory and the March 14 IDF Jericho raid, calls by Fatah cadres to dissolve the Palestinian Authority and transfer responsibility for administering the West Bank and Gaza back to Israel as occupying power have begun to resurface. Paragraph 3 contains the text [...]
2006-03-17 16:52:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG KDEM PGOV
06JERUSALEM1119JERICHO RAID: POLITIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR KEY
[...] (C)SUMMARY: The March 14 Israeli raid on the Jericho prison has hurt President Abbas, (Abu Mazen) standng among Palestinians and bolstered the perceptin that his administration is vacillating and oftn incompetent. Criticism from the HAMAS leadershp has been focused on the U.S. and U.K., rather [...]
2006-03-17 17:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPAL PGOV ASEC IS
06JERUSALEM114PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. Central Elections Commission (CEC) officials January 9 reported to the Consul General that the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has provided conflicting messages on its ability to provide Election Day security. The MOI has agreed to abide by CEC procedures for early voting for the [...]
2006-01-09 18:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM1180ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DEMARCHE: PALESTINIAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) In accordance with reftel, Polchief spoke on March 22 with Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizational Affairs Marwan al-Jilani about the upcoming Arab Summit. Jilani said that while President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will be attending, it was still unclear whether Jilani [...]
2006-03-22 17:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG SU IZ
06JERUSALEM1287PALESTINIAN REACTIONS TO ISRAELI ELECTIONS
[...] (C) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) welcomed acting PM Olmert's comments after the election supporting negotiations, and a number of Fatah interlocutors stressed Abu Mazen's genuine willingness to negotiate. Fatah members all stressed that any progress in negotiations depended upon Israel [...]
2006-03-29 15:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1346SENIOR PA ADVISOR:"WE'RE COUNTING ON THE
[...] (C) "Al-Ayyam" editor Akram Hanniyyah told visiting NEA A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams on April 1 that he expects Hamas to focus on governing rather than politics or resistance in the short term, but that he believes the challenge of actually governing PA controlled areas would prove too much fo [...]
2006-04-04 06:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1348EREKAT ON THE WAY FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 31 discussion, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member and PLO Negotiations Affairs Chief Sa'eb Erekat told NEA A/S Welch, DAPNSA Abrams, LTG Dayton and Consul General that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) must focus on three areas in the coming months: revitalizing [...]
2006-04-04 07:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL PGOV IS PREL PTER
06JERUSALEM1382IAF BOMBS NSF SITE NEAR ABU MAZEN'S GAZA OFFICE
[...] (SBU) Israel Air Force (IAF) aircraft fired three missiles at 1440L at a helicopter-landing pad in the Gaza City Ansar 2 compound, a largely abandoned National Security Force (NSF) facility that was used for the storage and maintenance of former President Arafat,s helicopters. The facility is [...]
2006-04-04 14:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS KPAL KWBG PREL IS
06JERUSALEM1383BANKS IN WEST BANK/GAZA TOLD THAT ISRAELI BANKS
[...] (C) Action request at para 5. 2. (C) Arab Bank Regional Manager Mazen Abu Hamdan told EconChief April 14 that Arab Bank was informed that afternoon by its Israeli correspondent bank, Bank Hapoalim, that all Israeli banks would cease working with commercial banks operating in the West Bank/ [...]
2006-04-04 15:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM139PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) January 11 appealed for independent Fatah candidates running in the district races to withdraw their candidacies. Palestinian contacts suggest that this request will have minimal effect on most of these candidates. [...]
2006-01-12 10:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM1410PA SECURITY FORCES: CONTINUED LACK OF CLARITY IN
[...] (C) Over a week after the assumption of power by the Hamas cabinet, the reporting relationships of the component parts of the PA Security Forces (PASF) remain unclear - both to us and to Palestinians. Hamas Interior Minister Said Siyam was named on March 29 by incoming PM Hanniyyah, and Siyam [...]
2006-04-05 12:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG MCAP MOPS
06JERUSALEM1436LACK OF MONEY AND A SINGLE TREASURY ACCOUNT LIKELY
[...] (C) Action request/comment in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Although the new PA Finance Minister had publicly promised to pay PA salaries by April 15, he told the PA cabinet April 5 that he had received a ministry with an empty treasury. USD 40 million in external assistance from Saudi Arabia [...]
2006-04-06 14:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV KWBG
06JERUSALEM1448ABU MAZEN SECURITY ADVISOR ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) In an April 6 conversation with Pol Chief, Sahim Fateh (Abu Hisham),a close advisor on security affairs to PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) indicated that Abu Mazen is unlikely to take operational control over the National Security Forces (NSF),and reiterated a long-standing positi [...]
2006-04-07 16:02:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG MCAP MOPS
06JERUSALEM1487NABIL AMR DESCRIBES HIS ROLE AS PRESIDENTIAL MEDIA
[...] (C) Former PA Minister of Information Nabil Amr told PolChief on April 6 that he had been appointed as media advisor in the President's office. (Note: In an April 10 meeting, President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said he had yet to officially appoint any assistants, but planned to do so. End no [...]
2006-04-11 14:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1620PALESTINIAN OPINION-MAKERS VOICE DOUBTS ABOUT U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Consul General met with a group of ten influential Palestinian contacts on April 20 to explain changes in USG policy following the formation of the new PA government and it's rejection of Quartet requirements. Several of the Palestinian interlocutors voiced objections to the U [...]
2006-04-21 15:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PREL IS
06JERUSALEM1622IMPLICATIONS OF JAMAL ABU SAMHADANEH SELECTION AS
[...] (C) The April 20 announcement of PRC head Jamal Abu Samhadaneh as Inspector General for the MOI is widely seen as a reaction to Abu Mazen's recent appointment of Rashid Abu Shubak as internal security chief and has set up a confrontation between the Hamas cabinet and Abu Mazen. The President [...]
2006-04-21 16:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL PTER
06JERUSALEM1644CONTINUING FATAH-HAMAS FRICTION
[...] (C) Supporters of Fatah and Hamas continue to clash in the wake of Khalid Meshaal's statements in Damascus on April 21, the appointment of Jamal Abu Samhadanah to the Interior Ministry, and Abu Mazen's subsequent cancellation of that appointment. Damascus-based Hamas leader Meshaal, speaking [...]
2006-04-24 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PTER
06JERUSALEM1648FORMER PLC MEMBER ASSESSES ELECTIONS, HAMAS, AND
[...] (C) Summary. Former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Ziad Abu Zayyad (Jerusalem, independent) April 21 presented his assessment of the challenges confronting Palestinians and the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) to Senator Christopher Dodd and the Consul General. On the re [...]
2006-04-24 16:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1672ABU MAZEN AND GOVERNMENT AT ODDS ABOUT "NEW"
[...] (C) The ongoing dispute between the PA President and government regarding the formation of a "new" security force sheds light on tensions regarding security relationships and attempts by Hamas to promote law and order in Gaza. Hamas appears to be looking for a way to use its military wing, the [...]
2006-04-25 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG MCAP MOPS
06JERUSALEM1673YASSER ABED RABBO: MAKING THE CASE AGAINST HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary. During an April 24 meeting in Ramallah with the Consul General, PLO Executive Committee (PLO-EC) member Yasser Abed Rabbo argued that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Fatah needed a more coherent strategy to deal with Hamas and gain support among the public. Abed Rabbo said th [...]
2006-04-25 15:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1685NABLUSIS CONCERNED ABOUT PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT,
[...] (C) In a series of meetings with prominent Nablus personalities on April 25, Consul General heard concerns about the future of the Palestinian government and relations with Israel. Munib al-Masri, a leading businessman and host for the meetings, outlined his private-sector initiative intended [...]
2006-04-26 14:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1686PECDAR HEAD MAKES PITCH FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. During an April 24 meeting with the Consul General, former Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Public Works and Housing Mohammed Shtayyah criticized statements from Hamas leader Khaled Mishal, which he said reflected the inability of the Hamas-led PA to respond to the growi [...]
2006-04-26 15:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM1704KARNI CROSSING ATTACK: INTRA-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT?
[...] (S) The April 26 attack on the Karni crossing (details ref (a)) appears to have been the work of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC),according to PA security sources and an April 26 conversation between Consul General and Fatah PLC member Mohammed Dahlan. The PRC has officially denied any [...]
2006-04-27 14:40:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1717PLO NEGOTIATIONS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ON POLITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 16:04:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1850PALESTINIAN POLITICAL FIGURES ON SALARIES,
[...] (C) Presidential Advisor Akram Hanniyyah and PLC member Salam Fayyad commented to Consul General in separate May 9 meetings that the payment of PA salaries is a critical issue. Hanniyyah pressed for immediate disbursement of the USD 70 million in Cairo, saying it would shift the press story fro [...]
2006-05-09 15:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1854ABBAS-HANIYYAH TALKS PRODUCE FEW RESULTS; CLASHES
[...] (C) Summary. Talks initiated over the May 6-7 weekend between President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Hamas PM Isma'il Haniyyah failed to resolve disagreements over security responsibilities and appointments. Clashes erupted between Fatah and Hamas for a second day, May 9, in the Gaza Stri [...]
2006-05-09 16:05:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL
06JERUSALEM190PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian and Israeli officials met January 16 to work on technical issues relating to voting in East Jerusalem. Officials discussed the possibility of issuing 6,000 tickets to East Jerusalem residents to allow them to vote at designated post offices. Both sides are schedu [...]
2006-01-17 17:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM1917PALESTINIAN PRISONERS PROPOSE "NATIONAL ACCORD
[...] (C) The "National Accord Document" put out by prominent Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on May 10 has been placed on the agenda of the "National Dialogue" due to be held on May 24-25. However, initial tepid Hamas reactions have exacerbated concerns among Palestinian observers that the [...]
2006-05-12 16:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM1985AL-KIDWA ON FINANCES, HAMAS, OLMERT, AND
[...] (C) In May 16 meeting with the Consul General, newly appointed presidential advisor for diplomatic and political affairs Nasser al-Kidwa pushed for immediate release of money in Arab League accounts. He said Hamas had discussed the idea of a NUG with Abu Mazen, who had warned that any governm [...]
2006-05-16 16:26:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM2004ABU MAZEN REPORTEDLY MOVES TO RETAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian sources in the PA President's office and the General Intelligence reported May 14 that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) has moved to retain administrative control of the PA security forces (PASF) by appointing an advisory committee composed of key security chiefs. The meas [...]
2006-05-17 14:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KWBG PREL MOPS
06JERUSALEM2028SECURITY FORCES DEPLOYED IN PARALLEL AS EGYPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Security forces under President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) control deployed throughout Gaza on May 17 and 18 in response to the HAMAS-led government's deployment of a new security force composed of militants from factions loyal to HAMAS. Egyptian officials hosted a meeting between high-l [...]
2006-05-18 16:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG MOPS PREL IS
06JERUSALEM2033GAZA STANDOFF CONTINUES; HAMAS FUNDS SEIZED AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A tense standoff between security forces under President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) control and Interior Ministry forces continued in several localities in Gaza on May 18 and 19. Four Palestinians were injured in clashes overnight on May 18 during a gun battle in Gaza City. Talks betwee [...]
2006-05-19 14:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG MOPS PREL IS
06JERUSALEM2036HEBRONITES DISCUSS SETTLERS, ECONOMY AND HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 18 meeting with the Consul General, prominent Hebronites expressed concerns about settlers, the economy and Hamas' stewardship of the government. Hebron Governor Jabari expressed his appreciation for USG assistance in past difficulties involving the Ibrahimi Mosque/T [...]
2006-05-19 15:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG EAID
06JERUSALEM2058FAYYAD AND ABED RABBO ON NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Salam Fayyad and PLO Executive Committee (PLO-EC) member Yasir Abed Rabbo told the Consul General at a May 20 meeting in Ramallah that plans are moving forward for the National Dialogue, but some of President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) closest [...]
2006-05-22 13:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PREL IS
06JERUSALEM2066ASSASINATION ATTEMPTS AGAINST FATAH SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sporadic but intense clashes between Fatah- and HAMAS-affiliated forces left at least six people dead in Gaza between May 20-22. The clashes began following the attempted assassination of General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) Chief Tariq Abu Rajab, who was severely injured on May 20 [...]
2006-05-22 15:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PREL IS
06JERUSALEM2135ABBAS SETS DEADLINE FOR "NATIONAL DIALOGUE"
[...] (C) Summary. Representatives from Fatah, Hamas, other Palestinian factions, and civil society convened May 25 in Ramallah and Gaza City for a two-day session of "National Dialogue." In his speech before conference delegates in Ramallah, Palestinian President Abbas (Abu Mazen) set a 10-day [...]
2006-05-25 17:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM2151DIVERGENT REACTIONS TO ABU MAZEN'S NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Hamas has yet to articulate a consistent position on Abu Mazen's intention to hold a national referendum proposal. Fatah officials have noted the discrepancy in statements from Hamas, a division which they hope to exploit in the coming 10-day discussion period. Meanwhile, the [...]
2006-05-26 15:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM2246ABU MAZEN, HAMAS HEADING TOWARD SHOW-DOWN OVER
[...] (C) Summary. A show-down between Abu Mazen and Hamas is looming as the midnight June 5 deadline to reach consensus on the prisoners' initiative nears. Absent an agreement, Abu Mazen intends to proceed with a presidential decree to hold a referendum on the initiative within the next 40 days [...]
2006-06-05 15:57:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM2273ABBAS APPOINTS NEW WEST BANK COMMANDER OF FORCE-17
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian President Abbas (Abu Mazen) appointed Mahmud Damra to head the West Bank contingent of Force-17, a security force under the president's exclusive authority. Damra is suspected by the GOI of involvement in several lethal attacks against Israelis, including one that [...]
2006-06-06 16:03:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM2274ABBAS DELAYS ISSUANCE OF REFERENDUM DECREE
[...] (C) Summary. Following June 6 consultations between President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and the PLO Executive Committee (PLO-EC) in Ramallah, spokesmen for the president announced that he intends to delay for several days issuing a decree on holding a national referendum. The delay reportedly stem [...]
2006-06-06 16:19:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM2391PA ADVISOR AKRAM HANIYYAH ON POLITICAL STATE OF
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Senior PA Advisor and "al-Ayyam" editor Akram Haniyyah told visiting NEA A/S Welch, the Consul General, and NSC/IPA LoGerfo on June 7 that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) is in a strong political position following his decision to call for a referendum on the prisoners' initiative. [...]
2006-06-13 07:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPAL KWBG PREL IS
06JERUSALEM2399INTENSE FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES; AT LEAST 9 KILLED IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Violent clashes between Fatah and Hamas groups continued in Gaza on June 12, spreading to the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus and Salfit. Two people were killed in Gaza as a result of these clashes. There were no fatalities or major injuries in the West Bank incidents, but [...]
2006-06-13 13:57:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ASEC KPAL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM240SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatah and Hamas candidates in Gaza signed an agreement pledging to refrain from displaying weaponry and abide by the democratic process. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met January 18 for additional discussions regarding Jerusalem voting. During a January 18 meeting at C [...]
2006-01-19 17:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM
06JERUSALEM2402WEST BANK/GAZA BANKERS SEEK TO COOPERATE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Bankers operating in the West Bank and Gaza say they are prepared to adopt new procedures to avoid a threatened cutoff of check clearing and other banking services by Israeli commercial banks. They assert that a severing of banking ties will adversely affect both the Palestinia [...]
2006-06-13 14:35:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM2404WEST BANK/GAZA BANKERS AND MONETARY AUTHORITY HEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Senior representatives of banks operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip warned June 7 that they will cease extending credit in three months as a result of non-payment of Palestinian Authority (PA) employee salaries. Rising indebtedness of PA employees will soon require banks t [...]
2006-06-13 14:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON KWBG
06JERUSALEM2405PALESTINIAN BANKERS' SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (C) Senior representatives of Palestinian and regional banks operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip expressed their security concerns to USAIDoffs and EconOffs June 7 over possible violent attacks against bank branch offices in response to non-payment of salaries (reftel). Arab Bank Regio [...]
2006-06-13 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL KWBG JO
06JERUSALEM2406PLC POSTPONES DECISION ON REFERENDUM; CEC PREPARES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an emergency session of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on June 12, HAMAS legislators challenged the legality of President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) decree calling for a July 26 referendum on the prisoners' initiative. After several hours of heated debate, the PLC ag [...]
2006-06-13 15:03:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06JERUSALEM2442ONGOING FATAH-HAMAS DISCUSSIONS ON PRISONERS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Abbas (Abu Mazen) reportedly agreed to continue discussions with the PA government on the prisoners' initiative during a June 13 meeting with PM Isma'il Haniyyah in Gaza. Fatah officials report that HAMAS is insisting on modifying the prisoners' document to include lang [...]
2006-06-14 14:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06JERUSALEM2470ABU MAZEN/HANIYYAH REACH REPORTED DEAL ON SSF;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Isma'il Haniyyah reportedly agreed June 14 to integrate members of the HAMAS-affiliated Special Security Force (SSF) into the PA Civil Police. Presidential security sources report that the two sides have yet to agree on whether the SSF will be i [...]
2006-06-15 15:07:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06JERUSALEM2509NABIL AMR ON REFERENDUM, ABU MAZEN
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 14 meeting in Ramallah with the Consul General, presidential media advisor Nabil Amr said that Abu Mazen was correct to proceed with the national referendum -- despite Amr's own objections to the prisoners' initiative -- in order to force the demise of the Hamas-l [...]
2006-06-19 08:19:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM2511FATAH-HAMAS REPORTEDLY NARROWING DIFFERENCES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah sources reported that an agreement on the prisoners' initiative is near. Within Fatah, preliminary discussions have begun on a national unity government (NUG). The Interior Ministry Special Security Force (SSF) is still deployed in Gaza, despite reports of a June 14 agreemen [...]
2006-06-19 15:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06JERUSALEM2650GAZA MILITANTS ABDUCT ISRAELI SOLDIER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) and HAMAS militants staged a brazen raid on an IDF outpost on the Israeli side of the Gaza border June 25, killing two soldiers and abducting a third. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a statement denouncing the attack as a violation of the "un [...]
2006-06-26 15:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPAL KWBG PREL PGOV PTER IS
06JERUSALEM2680MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE
[...] (C) Israeli ground and air forces initiated operations in Gaza late on June 27 and early on June 28. Israeli ground forces now occupy land in the southern Gaza strip, including the disused Gaza airport. Israeli aircraft damaged three bridges in central Gaza, and Palestinian contacts report l [...]
2006-06-28 09:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM2762MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE
[...] (C) Airstrikes in Gaza and shelling of open areas continue; IDF forces have conducted a number of raids in the West Bank. IDF ground forces have reportedly not entered northern Gaza. PA sources say that the breach blown in the Gaza/Egypt border wall has been repaired. There has been intens [...]
2006-06-30 09:50:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2766MGGZ01: FACTIONS CONDEMN HAMAS ARRESTS, REFUSE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A full day after the June 29 arrest of approximately 90 Hamas cabinet ministers, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members, and others, Fatah and Hamas continue to condemn the Israeli action. Hamas is reportedly still working out what steps are necessary for the government [...]
2006-06-30 11:03:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM2775MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 2
[...] (C) Israeli airstrikes over the last 24 hours damaged the Gaza office of Prime Minister Ismael Hanniyyah, among other targets. IDF forces continued their raids on Hamas-associated offices in the West Bank. Statements made by the office of President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) that blamed Hama [...]
2006-07-02 09:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2804MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 3
[...] (C) A statement on July 3 by groups claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of IDF corporal Gilad Shalit threatened that the abduction would be a "closed case" if Palestinian prisoners are not released by 0600 on July 4; they did not elaborate on their statement. IDF forces entered nort [...]
2006-07-03 10:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2820MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 5
[...] (C) A Qassam rocket impacted in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on July 4; the extended range, target, and timing of the attack resulted in wide press coverage and statements from Israeli political leaders; the military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility. The IDF initiated a third inc [...]
2006-07-05 11:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2821PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS COMMISSION SUSPENDS
[...] (C) Ammar Dweik, the Chief Electoral Officer for the Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC),on July 5 confirmed to ConGen Poloff that the CEC had received a two-sentence letter from Abu Mazen's Chief of Staff Rafiq Husseini requesting that the CEC suspend preparations for the July [...]
2006-07-05 15:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM2835MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 7
[...] (C) The casualty rates associated with ongoing IDF operations spiked sharply on July 6 and 7, with at least 21 Palestinians reported killed and over 65 wounded; one Israeli soldier was reported killed and several more wounded. At least eight Qassam rockets were fired, with no reported injurie [...]
2006-07-07 10:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2855MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 9
[...] (C) IDF forces appear to have withdrawn from parts of the northern Gaza strip, but remain present in the central and southern sections. An explosion near Gaza City on July 8 that killed a mother and two of her children has attracted wide media attention. Prime Minister Hanniyyah released a 5 [...]
2006-07-09 10:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2867MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) The IDF continues its presence in central and southern Gaza. IDF raids continue, as do Qassam rocket launches. The factions claiming responsibility for the abduction of IDF corporal Gilad Shalit told the media on July 9 that they alone control Shalit's fate, and reiterated their demands [...]
2006-07-10 10:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2898MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) IDF forces reportedly moved through the central section of Gaza on July 12, dividing the Gaza Strip in two. An IDF airstrike on a house near Gaza City killed seven Palestinians and wounded several others, possibly including Hamas military wing leader Mohammed Deif. Initial reports regard [...]
2006-07-12 14:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2902MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) IDF military action in Gaza continued on July 12-13, although news coverage was overshadowed by the developing situation on the Israeli-Lebanese border. PA sources list 26 Palestinians killed on July 12, including the family that died in the IDF attack that reportedly wounded Hamas milita [...]
2006-07-13 12:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2919AMID PALESTINIAN JUBILATION, ABU MAZEN CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian public reaction to the July 12 Hezbollah attack and kidnapping of two IDF soldiers was immediate and overwhelmingly positive. Hamas praised the Hezbollah attack and called for a unification of efforts to attain the release of Palestinian and Arab prisoners. The P [...]
2006-07-13 15:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2937MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) Violence declined in Gaza on July 13-14, in comparison to previous days. Palestinian gunmen and activists attempted to force open the Rafah border crossing on July 13, but were dispersed by the Palestinian Presidential Guard. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) told the press July 13 that the f [...]
2006-07-14 14:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2940MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) Palestinian gunmen blew open a six-meter hole in the wall separating Gaza from Egypt near the Rafah crossing on the evening of July 14, enabling close to 3,000 Palestinians to cross from Egypt into Gaza. At least one Egyptian security officer was injured in the exchange of gunfire; Eg [...]
2006-07-15 10:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM2941MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) The majority of IDF activities appear oriented to the Israel/Lebanon border area. 2. (SBU) In Gaza military developments, there was an IDF strike near Beit Hanoun on July 16 ; apparently an Israeli UAV opened fire on a group of Hamas gunmen firing at Israeli tanks across the fence line. [...]
2006-07-16 08:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3001MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) IDF forces reentered northern Gaza on July 17; at least two Palestinians have been reported killed in this latest incursion. IAF aircraft struck government buildings, and supported ongoing operations in northern Gaza. There were approximately 15 Qassam launches from Gaza, with damage but [...]
2006-07-17 10:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3005PLO ENVOYS RETURN EMPTY-HANDED FROM DAMASCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two PLO envoys traveled to Damascus on July 9 in order to deal with the crisis that began with the kidnapping of IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit on June 25. The envoys met with Syrian Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa', Syrian Ba'ath officials, the Democratic Front for the Liberation o [...]
2006-07-17 11:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PREL ASEC IS
06JERUSALEM3022MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) The Rafah crossing opened July 18 to allow 2,000-3,000 Palestinians on the Egyptian side of the crossing to enter Gaza. Palestinian contacts report that more than 700 Palestinians transited into Gaza as of 1300 local. The IDF July 18 withdrew from parts of Beit Hanoun following its Ju [...]
2006-07-18 11:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3029MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY
[...] (C) Approximately 100 American citizens left Gaza on July 19. Approximately 5,200 Palestinians passed through the Rafah crossing into Gaza on July 18. The IDF July 19 launched a large incursion into the al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing six Palestinians, including civilians, with at least 50 [...]
2006-07-19 13:26:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM
06JERUSALEM3096MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 22 SITREP
[...] (C) Events in Gaza and the West Bank have been quieter than in previous days. The IDF ended its multi-day operation in Nablus, after demolishing a number of PA security buildings. One of the wanted Palestinians was reportedly pulled alive from the wreckage following the IDF departure. Presid [...]
2006-07-22 08:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM3100MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 23 SITREP
[...] (C) The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) continued arrest operations in the West Bank and small incursions into the Gaza Strip on July 22-23, and Qassam rockets continued to be launched from Gaza into the western Negev and Sderot. Media reports that Palestinian factions in Gaza had reached agree [...]
2006-07-23 11:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM3238ABU MAZEN DISBURSES PAYMENTS; TEMPORARY
[...] (C) Summary: The Office of PA President Abbas (Abu Mazen) began disbursing USD 91 million in payments to suppliers, PA employees and pensioners, social hardship cases, and the unemployed on July 23. According to the President's Office, payments were not disbursed to PLC members, PA ministers, [...]
2006-07-28 12:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID KTFN KWBG
06JERUSALEM338PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY
[...] (C) Con Gen election observers report elections proceeding smoothly in Jerusalem and Ramallah in the first hours of voting. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),speaking to the media, commended the ongoing polling and described the events as "an election festival." Three polling stations i [...]
2006-01-25 09:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM340PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY
[...] (C) As of 12:30 pm local time, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections continued to go smoothly. There was media coverage of PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Hamas leader Mohammed Zahar casting votes in their respective locations. There continued to be reports of some votin [...]
2006-01-25 12:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM3555ABU MAZEN'S OFFICE BUYS TRANSFORMERS FROM EGYPT
[...] (C) PA President Abbas' office authorized the purchase August 3 of seven power transformers from Egypt with USD 1.8 million provided by the Arab League to the Egyptian Electric Company, according to the UN Special Coordinator's Office (UNSCO) and press reports. These transformers are to repla [...]
2006-08-11 11:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN EAID KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM3561FRUSTRATION GROWING WITH ABU MAZEN WITHIN
[...] (C) Summary. Criticism is growing within Palestinian circles over President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) political strategy. ConGen contacts within Fatah and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) have also expressed frustration with Abu Mazen's decision to conduct a multiple country tour in the [...]
2006-08-11 13:50:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS
06JERUSALEM3651HAMAS STAKES OUT TOUGH LINE ON NATIONAL UNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hamas representatives have staked out a tough position on the creation of a new national unity government (NUG) in public statements following the August 16 agreement between PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Prime Minister Isma'il Hanniyah to begin negotiations on such [...]
2006-08-17 13:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL
06JERUSALEM366PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: DAY AFTER
[...] (C) Palestinian political figures awoke on January 26 to the signs of a political earthquake, with Hamas now generally expected to gain a majority in the new Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). Fatah candidates Sa'eb Erekat and Mohammed Dahlan said the results were "a disaster" and spoke o [...]
2006-01-26 12:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM3682ABU MAZEN PAYING FLAT-RATE ALLOWANCES
[...] (C) Summary: The Office of the PA President will disburse through commercial banks, starting August 19, a flat-rate allowance of NIS 1500 to PA employees, PA pensioners, some social hardship cases, and those on the unemployment rolls. The PA Presidency plans to issue a press statement August 1 [...]
2006-08-18 15:16:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM3716PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR WILL ASSIST USSC
[...] (SBU) U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton met August 17 with Palestinian business leaders who acknowledged that security and economic revitalization go hand-in-hand, made suggestions for more private sector involvement in the management of the crossings, and pledged to do their part to [...]
2006-08-22 11:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ASEC PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM3804EREKAT OUTLINES NEXT STEPS TO CODEL SHAYS
[...] (C) Summary. During an August 19 meeting in Jericho, PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat told Codel Shays that the conflict in Lebanon resulted in a defeat for political moderation. Erekat maintained that extremist forces such as Hamas and Hezbollah have gained as a result of the violence, [...]
2006-08-23 15:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS
06JERUSALEM385POTENTIAL MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES: ZIAD ABU AMR AND
[...] (C) Two possible compromise candidates that Hamas may offer in upcoming consultations over government formation with President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) are Ziad Abu Amr, a re-elected independent PLC member from Gaza City and Mustafa Bargouthi, the head of the "Independent Palestine" party whi [...]
2006-01-27 16:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM386PA BASIC LAW: SEPERATION OF POWERS AND SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The PA Basic Law and Presidential Decrees are the primary legal bases for government formation and control of the PA Security Forces (PASF). While the law is clear on some issues such as the selection of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, the Basic Law does not say a [...]
2006-01-27 16:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL
06JERUSALEM3893FATAH CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING: FEW RESULTS, LOTS
[...] (C) Summary. The August 23-25 meeting of the Fatah Central Committee (FCC) in Amman produced few if any results. Participants stated publicly that no firm date has been set for the Sixth Fatah Congress, but announced ongoing efforts to field representatives. Separately, FCC sources said t [...]
2006-08-29 16:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS
06JERUSALEM3949ABBAS PROCLAIMS SUPPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2 GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told striking PA employees gathered outside his Ramallah office August 30 that they have a right to express their opinion by all appropriate means, thus signaling his support for a planned general strike set to start September 2. He urge [...]
2006-08-31 14:57:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM ELAB
06JERUSALEM4029WIDE PARTICIPATION AS GENERAL STRIKE ENTERS FIFTH
[...] Summary: A general strike by PA employees in protest of non-payment of salaries since March (see ref) entered its fifth day, September 6. Union leaders have estimated 80-90 percent PA employee participation. Although the strike is more comprehensive in the West Bank than in Gaza, it has br [...]
2006-09-06 14:44:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM EFIN KWGB
06JERUSALEM4232PA PRESIDENT'S OFFICE CONSIDERING RAMADAN
[...] (C) Presidential Economic Advisor Mohammed Mustafa told EconChief by telephone from Dubai September 19 that the Office of the PA President was considering payment of an allowance before the start of Ramadan to the same group of PA employees, PA pensioners, some social hardship cases, and thos [...]
2006-09-19 15:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID KWBG
06JERUSALEM4427PA DECISION TO BREAK TIES WITH ISRAELI FUEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In late September 2006, the PA's Ministry of Finance advised its long-time petroleum product supplier, the Israeli company Dor Alon, that the PA will not renew its contract with the company after its December 31, 2006 termination date. The PA Acting Minister of Finance announ [...]
2006-10-10 13:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALENRG PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM4760PALESTINIAN CEC DISCUSSES CURRENT SITUATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONGEN REPS MET WITH HANA NASSER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PALESTINIAN CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION (CEC),AND ALSO Q-CHAIRED A MEETING OF THE CEC-ELECTION REFORM SUPPORT GROUP (ERSG) ON NOVEMBER 7 IN RAMALLAH. PRIVATELY, NASSER CRITICIZED FATAH'S LACK OF DISCIPLINE DURING THE PLC E [...]
2006-11-08 16:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM4786FATAH REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL NAMES ABBAS GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: On November 12, the Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) named President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) the General Commander of Fatah. That makes Abu Mazen the formal leader of the Fatah movement and represents a political victory over the Secretary General, Farouq al-Qadummi. The FR [...]
2006-11-13 14:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM4835FORMER PA MINISTER SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER PA MINISTER AND CURRENT MEMBER OF THE FATAH REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL (FRC) ABD-AL-AZIZ SHAHIN (ABU ALI) WAS SHOT BY UNKNOWN GUNMEN NOVEMBER 21. SHAHIN, A CLOSE ALLY OF PLC MEMBER MOHAMAD DAHLAN, WAS MODERATELY WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK. SHAHIN IS IN GAZA'S AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL IN MODE [...]
2006-11-22 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4893PA HEALTH SECTOR UNION AGREES TO END STRIKE;
[...] (C) Summary: The PA government and the PA health sector employees union reached an agreement December 3 to end the health sector strike with payment of salary arrears. Health sector employees are scheduled to return to work December 5 but vowed to restart the strike if salary payments are not [...]
2006-12-04 16:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG QA
06JERUSALEM4979SHIKAKI ON HAMAS AND PUBLIC OPINION
[...] (C) Begin Summary. In a December 14 meeting with USSC Dayton, Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, assessed that Abu Mazen can reach an agreement on a new government with what he described as the "moderate" element of Hamas. Shikaki said that he b [...]
2006-12-18 05:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
06JERUSALEM5000FAYAD CALLS FOR LEADERSHIP, SUGGESTS BARGHOUTI IN
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. SENATORS MCCAIN (AZ),LIEBERMAN (CT),COLLINS (ME),THUNE (SD),AND REPRESENTATIVE KIRK (IL) MET DECEMBER 18 WITH PLC MEMBER AND FORMER MINISTER OF FINANCE SALAM FAYYAD AND SAID AFTERWARDS THAT THEY WERE UPLIFTED BY HIS OPTIMISM IN THE FACE OF A WORSENING PALESTINIAN CRISIS [...]
2006-12-19 16:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM5007CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION: PROSPECT OF EARLY
[...] (C) Begin Summary. In a December 20 meeting with PolChief, the Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail said he thinks PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is using consultations with the CEC on possible early elections to pressure Hamas and that [...]
2006-12-21 05:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
06JERUSALEM5021EREKAT TELLS CODEL KERRY TO EXPECT ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Begin Summary. Noting that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is serious about calling early elections, PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat told Senators Kerry and Dodd in a December 21 meeting that Fatah needs internal party reform, assistance to security forces, and the prospect of a [...]
2006-12-21 15:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
06JERUSALEM5064CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. During their December 28 meetings with Senator Specter, PLC members Salam Fayyad, Hanan Ashrawi and Sa,eb Erekat emphasized (1) the reconstruction of PA security forces, (2) reform within Fatah, and (3) renewed efforts in a rapid, viable negotiating process. Erekat praised PA P [...]
2006-12-29 13:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM5065MASKIYYOT: NEW SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT OPPOSITE
[...] (C) Summary. During a visit to the Maskiyyot pre-army school on December 29, students told Poloff that houses for 30 families evacuated from Gush Katif would be constructed in a separate, uncleared area, opposite the highway from the school. Peace Now's chief settlement watcher told Poloff [...]
2006-12-29 14:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM581ABU MAZEN'S OFFICE STRATEGIZING FOR HAMAS-LED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Ghaith al-Omari told Consul General February 7 that his office is working to formulate a response to HAMAS's victory in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Al-Omari said the PA is considering a number of ideas to strengthen presidential cont [...]
2006-02-08 14:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL
06JERUSALEM585PALESTINE INVESTMENT FUND MOVED UNDER PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) President Abbas issued a presidential decree February 4, 2006, that named a new board of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) and moved the PIF under the responsibility of the President and away from the PA cabinet. According to the presidential decree which the ConGen has seen, the cha [...]
2006-02-08 14:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN KBIO KWBG
06JERUSALEM620ABDUCTION OF EGYPTIAN DIPLOMAT POSSIBLE WARNING TO
[...] (C) The kidnapping of Egyptian diplomat Husam al-Musly February 9 in Gaza has been met with condemnation by both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. Initial press reports link the kidnapping to Fatah-affiliated factions aggrieved over their non-inclusion in the PA security services and/or s [...]
2006-02-10 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL KWBG EG
06JERUSALEM67PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) January 4 delivered a letter to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) requesting that the commission be "relieved of its duties" for the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. CEC Chief Elector [...]
2006-01-05 17:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM670PLC CONVENES, MAKES SOME CHANGES TO STATUS QUO,
[...] (C) The current Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) met February 13 in Ramallah and Gaza (via DVC) and took a number of controversial decisions, including the approval of a draft law giving President Mahmud Abbas the power to appoint judges without PLC endorsement to the Constitutional Court [...]
2006-02-14 16:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM KWBG
06JERUSALEM693MUSTAFA BARGHOUTHI ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 14 meeting in Ramallah with the Consul General, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)-elect member Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi denied reports emanating from Hamas sources that he or other individuals from his faction, "Independent Palestine", were engaged in negot [...]
2006-02-15 16:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM720INCOMING FATAH PLC MEMBERS TAKE 'WAIT AND SEE'
[...] (C) Summary. In separate February 15 meetings with ConGen Poloff, newly elected Fatah Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members Dr. Emile Jarjou'i and Dr. Bernard Sabella, urged caution from both Fatah and the international community in its approach toward the incoming Hamas-led govern [...]
2006-02-17 11:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM723JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (2/17): HAMAS IN A NEW
[...] Columnist Samih Shbeib commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Following the Formation of the [Palestinian] Legislative [Council]" (2/17): "Israel and the United States do not view Hamas as a political party capable of standing up to recent Middle East developments, and accordi [...]
2006-02-17 11:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
06JERUSALEM725NEW PLC: POSITIVE ABU MAZEN SPEECH; HAMAS
[...] (C) In the February 18 swearing-in of the new Palestinian Legislative Council, President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) asked Hamas to form the next government, but also attempted to bind Hamas to negotiations with Israel based on previous agreements and President Bush's vision of a two-state solu [...]
2006-02-18 16:07:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM795EREKAT URGING ABU MAZEN TO TAKE TOUGH STAND
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 22 meeting with NEA DAS Dibble and the Consul General, PLO Chief Negotiator Dr. Sa'eb Erekat said that he had urged Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to stand firm against Hamas. Erekat, who speculated that Hamas could announce the [...]
2006-02-23 17:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM799GI CHIEF AL-TIRAWI OFFERS IDEAS ON PASF CONTROL,
[...] (S) In a February 23 meeting with PolChief, General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) Chief Tawfiq al-Tirawi said he favors plans to retain presidential control of the PA Security Forces (PASF) through the creation of an Officers Committee and a restructured National Security Council (NSC). With regar [...]
2006-02-24 15:28:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETASEC KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM80PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. Hamas January 5 endorsed a Code of Conduct for the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections that it had earlier refused to sign in October. The Chief Electoral Officer for the Central Elections Commission (CEC),Ammar Dweik, reported that Abu Mazen had yet t [...]
2006-01-06 18:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM801SALAM FAYYAD ON HAMAS
[...] (C) In meetings with NEA DAS Dibble and Consul General on February 22, Third Way party leader Salam Fayyad discussed Hamas' plans and the challenges they would face once in power. Consul General and DAS Dibble emphasized the need for other parties to stay out of government so that Hamas would [...]
2006-02-24 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV
06JERUSALEM818PLC INDEPENDENTS WARN FINANCIAL PRESSURE COULD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PLC moderates Hanan Ashrawi (Third Way) and Mustafa Barghouti (Independent Palestine) told NEA A/S Welch during separate meetings on February 25 that international financial pressure could lead to a collapse of the PA and a breakdown in security. Ashrawi and Barghouti urged the US [...]
2006-02-28 07:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM888IRANIAN FINANCING FOR HAMAS?
[...] (S) ConGen contacts in Fatah and the PA have not been able to confirm press reports that Iran pledged to provide USD 250 million in funding to the incoming Hamas government. However, our contacts do agree that Hamas is reaching out to countries such as Iran to obtain funding in the face of Isr [...]
2006-03-02 13:33:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL EFIN KPAL KWBG IR
06JERUSALEM903FORMER JERUSALEM PLC MEMBER ASSESSES HAMAS, ABU
[...] (C) Summary. During a March 2 meeting with ConGen Poloff, former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Ziad Abu Zayyad (Jerusalem, independent) provided his assessment of the challenges confronting the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the new PLC. On Hamas forming the next Palestinia [...]
2006-03-03 17:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM955RAJUB: ABU MAZEN MUST SHOW LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 6 meeting with the Consul General, former PA National Security Advisor Jibril Rajub repeatedly called for Abu Mazen to show strong leadership on internal Fatah reform and executive powers. Rajub withheld judgment on the March 4-6 meetings of the Fatah Revolutionary [...]
2006-03-07 13:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM974PLC SUSPENDS PROCEEDINGS AMIDST FATAH/HAMAS RANCOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Speaker Aziz Dweik suspended PLC sessions for two weeks following a rancorous March 6 session that featured a Fatah walkout and the passage of a HAMAS-sponsored resolution that revoked a series of expanded presidential powers and bureaucratic [...]
2006-03-08 16:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL PGOV IS
06KUWAIT1002ENERGY MINISTER AND COUNSELOR ZELIKOW DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with DoS Counselor Zelikow, Kuwaiti Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah said that Iran's strategies may have changed over the years but that the underlying agenda remain the same, to exert its influence throughout the region. He alleged [...]
2006-03-22 04:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL IR KU IZ KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2066NEA A/S WELCH'S JUNE 3 MEETINGS WITH KUWAITI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In June 3 meetings with NEA A/S Welch, the Kuwaiti leadership affirmed support for the U.S. position on talks with the Iranian government and offered advice that the USG keep its public statements low-key, exercise maximum patience in sticking with talks, and continue to exer [...]
2006-06-03 20:39:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR IZ KPAL KU
06KUWAIT2953KIMMITT/ZELIKOW VISIT TO KUWAIT: GOK LEADERSHIP
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and State Department Counselor Zelikow, during a July 22 visit, briefed Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah, Deputy PM and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi, Fawzi Al-Hunaif of the Kuwait Fund, and Director General of the Arab [...]
2006-07-23 15:34:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4438IRAQ DEBT FORGIVENESS: "A BLOODY, UPHILL BATTLE"
[...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the Arab Fund expressed pessimism November 12 about the prospects for Iraq debt forgiveness on the part of the GOK. He said there was virtually no public support for the measure in Kuwait, and he did not believe the senior Kuwaiti leadership, especially t [...]
2006-11-12 13:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IZ KU
06MADRID2630SPAIN: MORATINOS MEETINGS IN DAMASCUS
[...] (C) A senior member of Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos' staff called in Political Counselor on 10/17 to provide a written readout for the Secretary of Moratinos' 10/14-15 visit to Damascus. A scanned copy of this document was e-mailed on the classified system to EUR/WE. We have made [...]
2006-10-18 07:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MANAGUA725AMBASSADOR MEETS LOCAL ISLAMIC LEADERS, WHO
[...] (C) NOTE: The meetings described below that included the Palestinian Ambassador to Nicaragua took place prior to the receipt of reftel A by Embassy Managua. Prior to the Palestinian Ambassador's February courtesy call on the Ambassador and the subsequent March 28 breakfast with local Islamic [...]
2006-03-31 18:08:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER KIRF NU
06MANAMA1313TFLE01: FM SHAIKH KHALID ON LEBANON, ROADMAP
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 18, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid was clearly anguished about the hostilities in Lebanon. The Lebanese have worked so hard to bring their country back from civil war, but now there is much destruction and many civilian deaths. Shaikh Khalid voiced [...]
2006-07-19 11:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BA REGION CTR OFFICIALS
06MANAMA2024CROWN PRINCE AND A/S HILLEN DISCUSS SECURITY
[...] (C) In their December 8 meeting on the eve of the opening of the IISS Manama Dialogue conference, Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa told a U.S. delegation led by State A/S Hillen, CENTCOM Vice Admiral Nichols, and NSC Senior Director Doran that the stronger the U.S. message is o [...]
2006-12-11 12:45:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR BA BILAT REGION
06MASERU555AMBASSADOR'S QUARTERLY SECURITY REPORT - JULY THROUGH
[...] (C) The critical threat environment remains in Maseru (see incidents below) and has been exacerbated by considerable political disruptions. The former Communication Minister resigned, formed a new political party and gained support (allegedly "bought") from 17 ruling party parliamentarians. [...]
2006-11-03 10:18:00Embassy MaseruSECRETASEC AMGT LT
06MASERU578CARDINAL MCCARRICK VISITS LESOTHO: GRANTS CRS GROWING
[...] SUMMARY. During a November 9 call on Ambassador June Carter Perry, Washington-based Cardinal Theodore McCarrick thanked the U.S. Embassy for its work fighting HIV/AIDS and poverty. Cardinal McCarrick, on a week-long visit to Lesotho in connection with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Lesotho's [...]
2006-11-21 07:19:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID PREL OVIP ASEC VT LT
06MOSCOW12029PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT:
[...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche October 25 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Senior Counselor Vladimir Baibakov. Baibakov provided the following points: -- the GOR was aware of the concern over the SARG's attempt to undermine the Siniora government; -- Russia sees Siniora a [...]
2006-10-27 05:49:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS RS
06MOSCOW12628RUSSIA KEEPS UP THE PACE IN MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) Summary: Following the assassination of Lebanese Minister Gemayel, Russia has become increasingly concerned about political violence in Lebanon, but is unwilling to press Damascus on its role. The MFA preferred to offer legalistic arguments about whether there was compelling proof of S [...]
2006-11-27 08:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS SY LE IZ RS
06MOSCOW1323RUSSIAN DFM SALTANOV ON INVITATION TO HAMAS
[...] (C) On February 10 Ambassador Burns called on DFM Saltanov seeking clarification of Putin's invitation to Hamas leadership to visit Moscow. Ambassador said the announcement of an invitation to Hamas had come as an unwelcome surprise to Washington (and other Quartet capitals). It was very im [...]
2006-02-10 15:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER RS
06MOSCOW1637HAMAS VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A/DCM met February 17 with MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Sergey Vershinin to follow up on earlier discussion (reftel) on the forthcoming visit of a Hamas delegation to Russia, which will take place March 3. .... END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Timing and Level. Vershinin [...]
2006-02-20 10:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL RS
06MOSCOW1840RUSSIAN DFM SALTANOV ON HAMAS VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (C) On February 27 the Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov to discuss the upcoming Hamas visit to Moscow and to underline the importance of coordination. Saltanov confirmed that the Hamas delegation, headed by Khalid Meshal and composed of Hamas outsiders, is set [...]
2006-02-27 16:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW2020PRESSING RUSSIANS ON HAMAS VISIT
[...] (C) Ambassador spoke separately to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov and Middle East Envoy Kalugin the evening of February 28, and again on March 1, to stress the importance of sticking firmly to Quartet principles during the Hamas visit to Moscow March 3. Ambassador made clear that [...]
2006-03-01 15:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
06MUSCAT1707NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) NEA A/S Welch met December 12 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in Muscat. Bin Alawi personally drove A/S Welch and the Ambassador to a meeting with Sultan Qaboos (septel),and then hosted a working lunch for them with participation from Foreign Ministry [...]
2006-12-20 07:21:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KPAL IR IZ SY MU
06MUSCAT554BIN ALAWI CONVOKES U.S., EU AMBASSADORS TO REVIEW MESHAAL VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: The Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs delivered a three-point message to visiting Hamas Political Chief Khalid Meshaal on April 3-4: Hamas must concentrate on building a viable and stable Palestinian state; must join the PLO and (implicitly) submit to previous PLO agreemen [...]
2006-04-05 14:15:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALMU NOTAG
06OSLO383NORWAY INVITES ABU MAZEN TO OSLO, APRIL 25-27
[...] (C) On the heels of our conversation with Foreign Minister Stoere about better coordination (reftel),the Norwegian MFA called on March 28 to inform us that Norway will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Norway, April 25-27. MFA Middle East office Director Joern Gjelstad said that [...]
2006-03-28 09:19:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP IS NO KPAL
06OSLO540"RELAXED" ABU MAZEN IN NORWAY
[...] (C) Summary. At Norway's invitation, PA President Mahmoud Abbas visited Oslo April 24-25. His Norwegian interlocutors described Abbas as "relaxed," but focused on ensuring that the international community does not turn its back on the needs of the Palestinian people in efforts to put pressu [...]
2006-04-27 15:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM PTER NO XF KPAL
06PARIS853MFA AFFIRMS COMMON LINE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE,
[...] (C) We discussed reftel points on assistance to Palestinians with MFA desk officer for Palestinian affairs Mariam Diallo, who reaffirmed GoF support for the January 30 Quartet statement. She stressed that the GoF had established clear conditions the next Palestinian government must meet to re [...]
2006-02-09 18:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS FR
06PARIS854DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE
[...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...]
2006-02-10 09:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG
06PARTO1(U) Secretary Rice's July 27, 2006 conversation
[...] (U) July 27, 2006; 4:45 PM; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Amb. Christopher J. LaFleur U/S Karen Hughes A/S Chris Hill NSC Senior Director Dennis Wilder Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi Foreign Minister Hamid Amb. Rajmah Hussein MFA Depu [...]
2006-07-31 10:35:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL MY US
06RABAT1285DAS GRAY DISCUSSES GAZA EVENTS AND LIBYAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting June 29 with visiting DAS Gordon Gray, Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri expressed Morocco's concern over recent events in Gaza, explaining that Israeli actions were "too strong and extreme" and have complicated Morocco's position. Fassi Fihri [...]
2006-07-05 08:25:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM MO
06RABAT1372TFLE01: MFA VIEWS ON LEBANON, GAZA AND THE ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: On July 17, Charge met with Ambassador Mohamed Azeroual, Director General of Multilateral Relations and Global Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the Arab League meeting held in Cairo over the weekend and recent events in Lebanon. Azeroual views the [...]
2006-07-19 17:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MO
06RABAT331MOROCCO ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE, MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) DCM met with newly promoted MFA Director General for Multilateral Relations and Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual February 21 to discuss reftel demarches regarding assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and potential meetings with Hamas. DCM emphasized that a new [...]
2006-02-24 15:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL MO
06RABAT519ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: MOROCCAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) DCM met March 22 with MFA Director General for Multilateral Relations Mohamed Azeroual to stress the importance of ref(a) issues for the upcoming Arab League (AL) meeting in Khartoum. Azeroual confirmed that FM Benaissa will lead the Moroccan delegation as King Mohammed is currently "busy [...]
2006-03-23 16:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ SU MO
06RABAT665ABU MAZEN VISITS MOROCCO; HAMAS NEXT?
[...] (C) FM Benaissa invited Ambassador to the MFA the morning of April 13 to discuss the visit of Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen (note: Abu Mazen arrived in Morocco April 12. King Mohammed held a dinner for him the evening of April 12 in Casablanca, attended by Arab diplomats and seni [...]
2006-04-13 18:51:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PREL
06ROME1879EUR/WE DIRECTOR ALLEGRONE'S VISIT TO ROME
[...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment. In meetings with senior Italian political party advisors, journalists and officials in Rome June 20-23, Allegrone heard many of the new Prodi government,s multiple, often conflicting policy voices, especially on Iraq and Afghanistan. Many said this cacophony w [...]
2006-06-27 07:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT
06ROME2489ITALY URGES SYRIA TO STOP ARMS FLOW
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Prodi sent his diplomatic adviser to Damascus September 6 with a message for Asad urging compliance with the terms of resolution 1701 and a halt in the arms flow to Lebanon. It was the latest in a series of direct Italian messages to Syria, coming on the heels of [...]
2006-09-06 16:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PHUM IS LE IT
06ROME2637VOLKER DISCUSSES IRAN, LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH
[...] (C/NF) On Sept. 13 in Rome, EUR PDAS Volker met PolDir Terzi and other MFA officials, and PM Deputy Diplomatic Advisors Gentilini and Carnelos. Terzi thanked the U.S. for helping get Italy included in the Berlin Iran talks and called the common U.S.-EU position on Iran a major achievement. T [...]
2006-09-19 09:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EUN IR UNSC SY LE IT
06ROME2965WELCH REJECTS "AMBIGUITY" ON HAMAS RECOGNITION OF
[...] (S) Italy's MFA Middle East director Riccardo Sessa says European countries want to help move the Israeli-Palestinian issue forward, but the issue is how best to do so. He said a breakthrough could require a greater degree of ambiguity on the issue of Hamas recognition of Israel. NEA A/S Welc [...]
2006-10-26 11:35:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV IT XF
06ROME2984ITALY SEES NK UNSCR POSSIBLE PRELUDE TO UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Gordon Smith met with MFA Political Affairs Director General Terzi October 16. The Italians noted the UNSCR on North Korea, though not as robust as ideally desired, left hope the UNSC might reach similar consensus on Iran. Terzi stressed the goal of UNSC action must be [...]
2006-10-27 16:28:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL IT IZ LE NP XF IR UN KNNP
06ROME3016ITALY SEES LITTLE TRACTION IN EU FOR MORATINOS
[...] (C) A senior MFA official November 2 provided Pol M/C with Italy's read on the recent Mediterranean Forum conference in Alicante, Spain. Luciano Pezzotti, director of the MFA's Middle East office, had accompanied FM D'Alema to the session. He said the GOI found the format of the meeting uns [...]
2006-11-03 10:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IT SP
06ROME3320OLMERT REJECTS ITALIAN PUSH ON SHEBAA FARMS
[...] (C/NF) Israeli PM Olmert visited Italy December 13 and talks focused on Lebanon, the Middle East peace process, and Iran. He deflected calls by both the Italian PM and FM for a gesture on Shebaa Farms to buttress embattled Lebanese PM Siniora. Olmert noted this would be seen as a nod to Syri [...]
2006-12-18 13:47:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL XF IR LE IT
06ROME461PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...]
2006-02-15 12:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE
06TELAVIV1017ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 12:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV102ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-09 13:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1042ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 12:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1061C-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 11:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KDEM GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1075ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1101ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] National Security Strategy of the United States 2. Mideast 3. Bird Flu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banners in Maariv and The Jerusalem Post) reported that on Sunday, Palestinian PM-designate Ismail Haniyeh presented t [...]
2006-03-20 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1236ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1295ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that on Sunday, the Central Elections Committee announced it was correcting a mistake in the Knesset elections results, taking one Knesset seat from the Labor Party [...]
2006-04-03 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1319ISRAELI DEFMIN TELLS A/S WELCH ISRAEL WILL TAKE NO
[...] (S) Summary: Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 that Israel will not communicate with or assist a HAMAS-led Palestinian Authority (PA). Mofaz said that he personally believes PA President Abu Mazen will become increas [...]
2006-04-04 04:02:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINS PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV136ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited a statement issued Monday by Jerusalem's Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, that PM Sharon, while still in serious but stable condition, began to bre [...]
2006-01-10 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1402ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported on seemingly moderate gestures and pronouncements from Hamas vis-a- vis Israel. Ha'aretz reported that Hamas has been sending go-between [...]
2006-04-07 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1593ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Yediot reported that on May 21, Ehud Olmert will pay his first visit to the United States as prime minister and will meet with President Bush. The newspaper sa [...]
2006-04-24 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1611ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the triple explosion that took place last night in the Sinai resort town of Dahab. Up to 30 people were reported killed and more than 100 wounded. Israel Radio quoted E [...]
2006-04-25 12:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1669ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch as saying that Hamas might have found ways to circumvent the boycott imposed on fund transfers to the [...]
2006-04-28 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1752FM LIVNI OPPOSES USG ASSISTANCE TO ABBAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni cautioned Senator Joseph Lieberman April 20 that by strengthening President Mahmud Abbas the USG could lend legitimacy to the Palestinian Authority (PA) without changing Hamas. Livni also said that the GOI does not plan to involve the Palestinians in [...]
2006-05-04 15:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS
06TELAVIV177ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Israel Radio reported that the U.S. administration intends to invite Acting PM Ehud Olmert to Washington before the elections in Israel. The radio reported t [...]
2006-01-12 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1854ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1887ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Israel and the US are beginning discussions of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convergence plan this week. The newspaper wrote that the working assumption a [...]
2006-05-15 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1932ADDITIONAL 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 16:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV1943ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that PM Ehud Olmert has decided to tone down his stance on the convergence plan, which Ha'aretz said may be related to staunch opposition worldwide [...]
2006-05-18 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1995ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-22 13:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV201MOFAZ 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 13:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2017ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Former Republic of Yugoslavia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted comments made by President Bush at his joint White House press conference with PM Ehud Olmert on Tuesday: "Today, Prime Minister [...]
2006-05-24 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2072ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hizbullah-IDF Clashes 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Israel Radio reported that last night, for the first time since the disengagement, the IDF made an incursion into the Beit Lahiya area of the northern Gaza Stri [...]
2006-05-30 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2112ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that the US is willing to enter multilateral direct talks with Iran, if Tehran agrees to halt its nuclea [...]
2006-06-01 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2157ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that FM Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Amir Peretz will meet today with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David SIPDI [...]
2006-06-06 11:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2239ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 12:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2272ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Somalia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that at 10 Downing Street on Monday, British PM Tony Blair refrained from endorsing PM Ehud Olmert's plan for a unilateral withdrawal, although he recognized that t [...]
2006-06-13 13:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV2307ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported on President Bush's surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday. Maariv cited a Pew poll held in various European and Muslim countries, according to which Fr [...]
2006-06-14 14:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2339ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying in Paris Wednesday that realignment is unstoppable. The Jerusalem Post wrote that Olmert left his meeting with French President Jacques Chira [...]
2006-06-15 13:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV237ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 05:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2493ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] MIDEAST 2. ISRAEL-ICRC RELATIONS ------------------------- KEY STORIES IN THE MEDIA: ------------------------- ALL MEDIA REPORTED THAT PM EHUD OLMERT AND PA CHAIRMAN [PRESIDENT] MAHMOUD ABBAS AGREED IN PETRA, JORDAN, ON THURSDAY TO MEET FORMALLY IN A FEW WEEKS. (A YEDIOT HEADLINE [...]
2006-06-23 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KDEM KPAL MOPS EG IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2750ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 12:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2757ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All TV and radio stations broke out with the escalating situation on the Israeli northern border. According to reports, Hizbullah has kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. The Hizbullah attack be [...]
2006-07-12 15:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV289ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported (banners in all newspapers, except Maariv) the suicide bombing that took place near Tel Aviv's old central bus station on Thursday afternoon. Around 30 [...]
2006-01-20 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3040ADVISOR TELLS PERETZ: IT'S SYRIA, SYRIA, SYRIA!
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pini Medan, an unofficial advisor to Defense Minister Peretz, told POL/C August 2 that he is advising Peretz at every opportunity that "recruiting Syria" is critical to achieving success against Hizballah and saving Israel's position vis a vis Lebanon. Syrian involvement is equally cri [...]
2006-08-03 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG IS SY LE
06TELAVIV305ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today, all major media led with stories related to Wednesday's scheduled elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ha'aretz quoted GOI sources in Jerusalem as sa [...]
2006-01-23 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3245ISRAELI MOD PRESSED TO TAKE QUICK STEPS TO HELP
[...] (C) Responding to the Charge's urgings that Israel act quickly to end the sea blockade of Lebanon, re-open Beirut International Airport, and allow mobile bridges to be erected in southern Lebanon to facilitate shipments of outside assistance to needy Lebanese, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Head Amos G [...]
2006-08-16 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG MASS LE SY IL
06TELAVIV344ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC),which are scheduled to take place today. Banners in Maariv and Hatzofe: "Fatah or Hamas [...]
2006-01-25 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3561TOURGEMAN AND STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSS LEBANON,
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, predicted to Staffdel Talwar that budget wrangling will be taking place between the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) over the next few months as usual. The [...]
2006-09-07 13:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS LE SY
06TELAVIV3794GILAD DISCUSSES RAFAH, KARNI, AND AMA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad placed a heavy emphasis on the situation at Rafah in a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador. He said that the GOI understands that pressure is rising at the crossing because of its closure, but said it would be difficult [...]
2006-09-22 16:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV3909PM OLMERT TO CODEL WARNER: ISRAEL READY TO SUPPORT
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Prime Minister Olmert at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on October 3. (Septels to report the CODEL's meetings with Foreign Minister Livni and Defense Minister Peretz.) Olmert provided his assessment of the results of the war with Hizballah. He i [...]
2006-10-04 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP IS IR LE KPAL
06TELAVIV4001CODEL WARNER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Warner met with Foreign Minister Livni at MFA October 3 (reftel reports the CODEL's meeting with Prime Minister Olmert). Asked whether Israel's war with Hizballah and moderate Arab fear of Iran had created new opportunities, Livni said Israel had some common interests wit [...]
2006-10-11 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OREP IS LE KWBG
06TELAVIV4021ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Wednesday in Washington, in an address to the American Task Force on Palestine: "I know the commitment of the Palestinian p [...]
2006-10-12 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV407ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4086ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a speech at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, PM Ehud Olmert said that the "Lebanon campaign" underlined the threat a nuclear Iran would pose for the " [...]
2006-10-17 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4177PERETZ WANTS MERETZ, BUT BEILIN IS BETTING ON BIBI
[...] (C) PM Olmert's courting of Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) party as a potential coalition partner has forced Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz to look left to Meretz for political survival. Meretz MK Avshalom Vilan last floated the idea of a Meretz-Labor partnership at the end of S [...]
2006-10-20 16:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAL IS
06TELAVIV4281ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "Peretz relinquished the last remnants of his influence over diplomatic-security affairs when he agreed to place the sensitive matter of strategic threats in the hands of the least appropriate perso [...]
2006-10-27 10:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4387ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US Israeli Relations 2. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Leading media reported that US top envoys Elliot Abrams and David Welsh met Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday. According to the media the two envoys demanded that Israel [...]
2006-11-03 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV448ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and UNSC member Germany decided to transfer [...]
2006-01-31 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4491ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prime Minster Olmert Visit to the US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ All media reported that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began his visit to Washington on Sunday. Israel Radio reported that PM Olmert had met Secretary of State Cond [...]
2006-11-13 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4603FRANCES TOWNSEND'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH ISA CHIEF DISKIN FOCUSES ON THE PALESTINIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 12:40:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETAMGT ASEC ECON KHLS KPAL KWBG OTRA OVIP PTER
06TELAVIV4641WITH CEASEFIRE HOLDING, OLMERT SPEECH OFFERS PEACE
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Sneh and Olmert's foreign policy adviser Tourgeman separately told the Ambassador November 27 that the ceasefire announced November 26 following a phone conversation between Olmert and Abu Mazen represented a real opportunity to change the atmosphere with [...]
2006-11-27 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4699ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on, and Ha'aretz (English Ed.) led with, praise lavished on Thursday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on PM Ehud Olmert for his address on Monday at a memorial ev [...]
2006-12-01 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV4730AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN'S THOUGHTS ON PALESTINIAN ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams discussed Israeli-Palestinian relations with Minister for Strategic Threats Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) on November 29. Lieberman had requested the meeting to share his latest thinking on the Palestinian question ahead of his pl [...]
2006-12-05 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR EG CY JO
06TELAVIV4851DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ ON AMA, CEASEFIRE, LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by embassy senior staff, called on Defense Minister Amir Peretz December 12 to express appreciation for Peretz's role in maintaining the Gaza ceasefire and to review the status of AMA implementation discussions with the MOD. Peretz, who was flanked by Dep [...]
2006-12-15 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ECON KWBG PHUM IS LE
06TELAVIV486ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4890CODEL MCCAIN MEETS PM OLMERT: IRAQ SITUATION,
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL McCain, made up of Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins, John Thune, and Representative Mark Kirk, called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert December 18. Charge and Pol Couns attended the meeting, as did Olmert's senior advisers and the MFA's Deputy Director G [...]
2006-12-20 07:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS IR IZ AF
06TELAVIV4895CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH MINDEF PERETZ:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. CODEL MCCAIN, INCLUDING SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN, JOSEPH LIEBERMAN, SUSAN COLLINS, JOHN THUNE, AND REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK, MET WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE AMIR PERETZ DECEMBER 18. CHARGE AND POL COUNS ATTENDED THE MEETING, AS DID MOD SENIOR STAFF. THE CODEL MENTIONED THEIR VISIT TO [...]
2006-12-20 14:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS MARR
06TELAVIV4971CODEL DODD AND KERRY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Dodd and Kerry discussed their visit to Syria, Israel's relations with the Palestinians, the rising power of Islamic radicalism, and the effect of sanctions on Iran during their December 21 meeting with Foreign Minister Livni. Livni stressed the GOI's reasons for rejecting [...]
2006-12-28 08:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY IR KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4995DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH DESCRIBES TO
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh briefed the Ambassador and Pol Couns December 26 on the MOD's plans to reduce obstacles to movement in the West Bank and to improve the Palestinian economy. Septel will report Sneh's comments on the lessons of the Lebanon War. Sneh described [...]
2006-12-29 06:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON KWBG IS
06TELAVIV5007FM LIVNI URGES CAUTION ON SYRIA IN MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) discussed Syria, Iran and efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian Roadmap with FM Tzipi Livni on December 27. Describing his recent trip to Damascus, Senator Specter said Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had expressed an interest in negotiating with [...]
2006-12-29 15:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY LE
06TELAVIV518SHIMON 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 07:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EG IS JO KWBG PGOV PINR PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV558ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-India Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Citing recent comments by President Bush and Acting PM Ehud Olmert, Ha'aretz wrote that it has been mutually agreed that the U.S. will provid [...]
2006-02-07 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV576ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV623ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] President Putin's Announcement 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media headlined Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to Hamas leaders to visit Russia. Putin was quoted as saying that Russia never considered Hamas a [...]
2006-02-10 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV689ISRAELI 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 06:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ETRD KIPR PREL SENV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV806ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV851ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Global War on Terror 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media -- lead story in Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) -- cited a report put out by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which found that Iran i [...]
2006-02-28 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV858MOD 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 14:28:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER ECON PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV879ISRAELI FM LIVNI TELLS CODEL BERMAN: ABBAS CANNOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Berman met on February 26 with FM Livni and representatives from the MFA. Livni raised two main issues: aid to the Palestinians and U.S. treatment of PA President Abbas. She voiced concern that Abbas could be a "fig leaf" for Hamas. In a briefing prior to convening in Li [...]
2006-03-02 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS CH IN EAGR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV903ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The concept of a new disengagement from the West Bank was headlined in the weekend's media. On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Acting PM Ehud Olmert is planning to enlist in [...]
2006-03-06 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV922U.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 05:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV KPAL KWBG ASEC EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV960ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Sudan: Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Acting PM Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying Wednesday in an interview with The Jerusalem Post that Israel's permanent borders will be set within the ne [...]
2006-03-09 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
07ABUDHABI1145 FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH ON ABBAS VISIT; GCC MINISTERIALS
[...] (C) Ambassador spoke via telephone with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) Sunday afternoon, July 8, regarding the visit of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who had arrived the day before. AbZ reported that Abu Mazen was still in Abu Dhabi, and would be meeting with UAE Presi [...]
2007-07-09 09:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL KNUC IQ IR AE
07ABUDHABI1191UAE REACTION TO POTUS 7/16 REMARKS
[...] (C) Reactions from UAE political contacts on President Bush's July 16 call for an international coference on the Middle East have been generally positive, although UAE media reaction has been skeptical. Ambassador spoke with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed twice on 7/17 evening v [...]
2007-07-18 09:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL AE
07ABUDHABI1248 MEDIA REACTION: BLAIR ROUND TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST;
[...] SUMMARY: A UK-based Lebanese writer in "Al Ittihad" states "Bush's conference exploits the current weakness of the Palestinians" while an Egyptian writer describes the peace initiative as a "Feast of the Wicked." A UAE columnist in "Al Ittihad" states Iran is politically blind in pursuing a [...]
2007-07-25 13:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1389(S//NF) IN TOUR OF THE HORIZON WITH U/S LEVEY, UAE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 13:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNECON KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PARM AE IR
07ABUDHABI228HAMAS AND FATAH AGREE IN PRINCIPLE TO NATIONAL UNITY
[...] (C) Ambassador spoke to Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) on February 11 to relay reftel themes on the Hamas-Fatah agreement in principle for a National Unity Govenrment (NUG). The UAEG has issued two press releases regarding the Hamas-Fatah Agreement, and Abu Mazen has spoken t [...]
2007-02-12 12:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAL PREL IS AE
07ABUDHABI97U/S BURNS' JANUARY 22 MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE
[...] (S) Summary. UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) sketched for U/S Burns his impressions during a January 9 visit to Tehran. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) in a wide-ranging discussion expressed strong reservations about free elections in the Middle East, stating that greater democra [...]
2007-01-24 12:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KPAL ETTC IZ IR IS SY LE AE
07AMMAN1508KING AND SENIOR OFFICIALS GREET
[...] (C) Summary: The King and senior GOJ officials told a Jordanian-sponsored staffdel that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the core issue in the Middle East. They described the burden large numbers of Iraqis impose on Jordan. The Minister of Labor explained the GOJ's plan to address repo [...]
2007-04-09 14:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ELAB IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN1541SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] (C) King Abdullah and the Jordanian government are looking forward to your visit here. The Jordanian government plays a key role in the administration's top priorities in the region, including the effort in Iraq, reviving progress toward a Palestinian-Israeli settlement and broader Arab-Isr [...]
2007-04-11 14:42:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV MARR JO
07AMMAN1672GOJ RECEIVES SENIOR ISRAELI VISITORS
[...] (C) Summary: The back-to-back visits to Jordan this week of Israel's Foreign Minister and a Knesset delegation are the first such visits since 2005 that the GOJ publicly acknowledged. Senior GOJ-GOI consultation, while frequent, has been mostly behind the scenes in recent years. The GOJ hop [...]
2007-04-18 13:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL IS JO
07AMMAN2464KING AND SENIOR OFFICIALS WELCOME CODEL LEAHY
[...] (S) Summary: King Abdullah told Codel Leahy that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the key issue facing Jordan, time was running out to make progress, and soon a two-state solution may not be perceived as feasible. The King urged Democrats and Republicans to present a unified position on [...]
2007-06-10 06:36:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN2613GOJ PUBLICLY SUPPORTS ABU MAZEN
[...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah and the GOJ registered strong support for Abu Mazen and the new government of Salam Fayyad. Local media were largely supportive of preserving the legitimacy of Palestinian Authority institutions, although some blamed the international community and Arab states for [...]
2007-06-18 14:07:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS JO
07AMMAN4962Jordan's Pharmaceutical Industry Increasing Exports 50
[...] Summary: Pharmaceuticals continue to play a key role in bolstering Jordan's economy, particularly exports. During the first ten months of 2007, pharmaceutical exports increased almost 50 percent, reaching JD 253 million ($358 million). With over 40 years experience in the region and growing [...]
2007-12-18 05:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD BTIO EINV KIPR JO
07AMMAN702REACTION TO PUTIN'S VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MET WITH KING ABDULLAH ON REGIONAL ISSUES AND ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION DURING HIS VISIT FEBRUARY 12-13. PUTIN ALSO MET SEPARATELY WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) SEE SEPTEL FOR AN INITIAL READOUT ON PRESIDENT PUT [...]
2007-02-14 13:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPAL IS RS JO
07ANKARA1033 TURKISH NEXT STEPS ON EREZ ZONE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 1 meeting, Guven Sak, the brains behind the Turkish business association TOBB's effort to develop the Erez industrial zone in northern Gaza, described his planned next steps. Consonant with reftel reporting, Sak believes that a security arrangement covering movement [...]
2007-05-02 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID KWBG BEXP TU
07ANKARA115U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 10:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1433ICRC SEEKS TO ESTABLISH ROLE IN TURKEY AND IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC is working to establish a permanent presence in Turkey and to bring the Turkish Red Crescent into conformity with Geneva standards, according to the ICRC's new Turkey representative. ICRC also hopes to be able to establish contact with PKK detainees and to use Turkey as a co [...]
2007-06-07 10:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM TU IZ
07ANKARA150TURKEY OFERS TO HOST MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: TURKEY HAS OFFERED TO HOST A PROSPECTIVE PAGE 02 RUEHAKA0150 C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 000150 ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SUMMIT AND/OR TRILATERAL MEETING INVOLVING SECRETARY RICE SHOULD SUCH A MEETING INVOLVING PM OLMERT AND ABU MAZEN TAKE PLACE. CONTINUING PM ERDOGAN'S ELECT [...]
2007-01-25 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL TU IS
07ANKARA220 TURKISH BUSINESS ECOURAGED ON GAZA PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish business officials say they had productive meetings in Israel in mid-January about their proposed development of the Erez Industrial Zone in Gaza. Israeli officials said they would start work on special tax and security arrangements for the zone, with the MOD taking t [...]
2007-02-02 06:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID PREL TU
07ANKARA2466TURKEY: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gul emphasized the GOT's wish to strengthen Turkish-U.S. ties during a September 19 meeting with U/S Burns. He wants to work closely with us on upcoming meetings of the Iraq Expanded Neighbors process and on Middle East peace. Gul noted the PKK as a major impediment to [...]
2007-10-04 10:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA2751DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS
[...] (S) Ambassador used the opportunity of a meeting late November 8 with Turkish FM Babacan on other subjects to urge steps by the Turkish authorities to stop the planned "International Jerusalem Meeting" planned for Istanbul and prevent HAMAS-related fundraising that may be planned there. Drawi [...]
2007-11-09 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU
07ANKARA2835JERUSALEM MEETING UNNECESSARY DISTRACTION FROM
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: Despite repeated requests from the international community and the MFA to cancel the conference, Turkish authorities decided to allow the most recent "International Jerusalem Meeting" to occur as scheduled in Istanbul, November 15-17. Speakers advocated the use of vio [...]
2007-11-27 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU IS
07ATHENS1315U/S BURNS' JUNE 10 MEETING WITH FM BAKOYANNIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her June 10 meeting with U/S Burns, FM Bakoyannis focused on stability in the Balkans -- particularly G-8 discussion of Kosovo final status and GOG concerns regarding Macedonia's NATO entry. She favored additional negotiating time on Kosovo, adding that Greece sought both a [...]
2007-06-27 15:22:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR OVIP
07BAGHDAD1377HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE INTERIOR MINISTRY; DIRECTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior (MoI) Human Rights Director Mazen Kamel Al-Qoraishy (strictly protect) on March 27 complained that he receives little support within his ministry in addressing serious human rights problems in MOI detention facilities. He also reported an assassination attem [...]
2007-04-23 09:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3526BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CONNECTS NATIONAL AND
[...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Baghdad Provincial Council passed a major milestone October 10 when it completed a Provincial Development Strategy and presented it to the Ministry of Planning. Provincial officials describe the Provincial Development Stra [...]
2007-10-24 09:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3667SADR REPRESENTATIVES MODERATE RHETORIC AND POLICY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Despite an immediate, angry response from Sadrists in the Council of Representatives to an October 21 raid in Sadr City by Coalition Forces, the raid did not trigger notable reactions anywhere in Baghdad, including Sadr City, according to post's local contacts, Baghdad PRT, and [...]
2007-11-05 17:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD3754MOI HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR ON FOLLOW-UP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior (MoI) Human Rights Director Mazen Kamel Al-Qoraishy on November 5 described measures he took to follow-up on a severely burned detainee and a juvenile that were found during a Coalition-supported, bilateral inspection of the MoI Criminal Investigations Direct [...]
2007-11-15 02:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS KWMN IZ
07BAGHDAD462PRT TIKRIT: WHO REALLY RUNS THE REFINERY?
[...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. A shadowy group of influential sheiks and politicians appears to exert a significant measure of influence over operations at the Bayji oil refinery. The exact composition of the group - possibly including the Governor of Salah [...]
2007-02-12 02:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET KCOR EIND IZ
07BAGHDAD891FORMER PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN SAYS PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Provincial Council (PC) member Mazen Makiya (Shia, Independent) told PRToffs March 9 that party politics, poor leadership and lack of organization plague Baghdad's provincial government. Makiya, who was PC Chairman from March 2005 to December 2005, said current PC Chairman Mueen [...]
2007-03-13 15:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS IZ PINR
07BEIRUT1456LEBANON: PHALANGE LEADER SAYS MARCH 14 WILL FIGHT
[...] (C) In a September 20 condolence call on Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel following the September 19 assassination of March 14 Phalange MP Antoine Ghanem, the former President said March 14 will continue to fight back politically, despite the "apocalypse of Sin el-Fil". Gemayel stressed the [...]
2007-09-21 14:04:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1544LEBANON: LEBANESE BANKS IN PLAY?
[...] (C) Recent Rumors of the sale of BLOM Bank, to either Arab Bank or Audi Bank, were persistent enough to cause BLOM to issue a disclaimer. However, both BLOM and Audi tacitly admit unconsummated deals. Some regional player, almost certainly the Arab Bank, also tried to make a deal with one of [...]
2007-10-03 14:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT1625LEBANON: SINIORA TO USDP EDELMAN: ARMY IS KEY TO
[...] (C) In an October 16 meeting with visiting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric S. Edelman and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Mark T. Kimmitt, PM Siniora stressed the need to strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as the best way to empower the Lebanese state and [...]
2007-10-18 07:40:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS IR IZ LE
07BEIRUT747PM SINIORA RESOLUTE ON NAHR AL-BARID, MAKES FINAL
[...] (S) In a one-on-one 5/28 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora speculated that the political will to "finish" Fatah al-Islam (FAI) had increased, not decreased, in the aftermath of Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's 5/25 televised address. SIPDIS He [...]
2007-05-28 17:12:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL PARM MASS MOPS LE SY
07BEIRUT96LEBANON: BANKS DENY RELATIONS WITH IRAN, HIZBALLAH
[...] (S) Pol-EconOff delivered reftel demarche to senior officials at six banks, per reftel request. The officials denied any current relations with Iran- or Hizballah-related entities, and reasoned that there is neither a market nor a political basis for such relationships. The officials told us [...]
2007-01-18 16:38:00Embassy BeirutSECRETETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL LE
07CAIRO1542SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE
[...] (SBU) Representative Price, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Egypt. You are scheduled to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Speaker of the People's Assembly Ahmed Fathy Sorour and other parliamentarians. You will also mee [...]
2007-05-24 11:22:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL IAEA EG IZ SO SU
07CAIRO1766SCENE SETTER FOR AFRICOM CONSULTATIONS
[...] (S) Mr. Henry, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Cairo for AFRICOM consultations with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials. A series of difficult, but unrelated issues have brought the mil-to-mil relationship to a sensitive juncture, and your primary interlocutor, Assistant Ministe [...]
2007-06-11 07:05:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS KPAL KMFO EAID EG IS IR SU IZ
07CAIRO1822DAS GRAY DISCUSSES ARAB ISSUES WITH MFA ASSISTANT
[...] (C) During a June 13 meeting on regional topics with MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hany Khallaf, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray discussed Egypt-Iraq relations, Iran, Libya, and the situation in Gaza. Khallaf said that Baghdad recently requested agrement from the GOE on [...]
2007-06-14 09:37:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EG IZ IR LY
07CAIRO1870A DIVIDED ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS "CRIMINAL" ACTS IN
[...] (U) Arab League (AL) foreign ministers, at the request of Egypt, met on June 15 at AL headquarters in Cairo to address Hamas's take-over of the Gaza Strip, next steps by - and assistance for - PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),and the situation in Lebabon (septel). The ministers (from 1 [...]
2007-06-19 05:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MEPN ARABBL KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO3503REPAIRING EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI COMMUNICATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 11:51:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PTER PHUM KPAL EG IS
07DAMASCUS474SYRIA'S BLACK MARKET FOR CURRENCY UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SARG IS TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TO IMPLEMENT A YEAR-OLD LAW ON MONEY CHANGERS THAT IS INTENDED TO PROTECT THE SYRIAN POUND FROM FLUCTUATION, AND REGULATE THE BLACK MARKET AND ALTERNATIVE REMITTANCE SYSTEMS. WHILE A MAJORITY OF MONEY CHANGE OPERATORS ARE NOW SEEKING LICENSES, I [...]
2007-05-17 14:57:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV SY
07DAMASCUS618 Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Syria/UK, Syria/Israel,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 18 and 19 focused on the visits to Damascus of the Kuwaiti Crown Prince and the UK Shadow Foreign Secretary. The papers reported that President Assad on June 18 SIPDIS received a message from the Kuwaiti Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the [...]
2007-06-19 13:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS636HAMAS LEADERS IN SYRIA,SARG OFFICIALS EXPRESS
[...] (C) Summary: SARG officials and the Damascus-based leaders of Hamas are offering divergent views in their assessments about the necessity and impact of the Hamas takeover in Gaza, with the SARG MFA officials expressing concern and Hamas leaders here -- after some initial uncertainty -- proje [...]
2007-06-25 15:20:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG SY
07DAMASCUS79PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MEETS MISH'AL IN DAMASCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: VISITING PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS MET WITH DAMASCUS-BASED HAMAS LEADER KHALID MISH'AL FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS ON JANUARY 21 IN THE SYRIAN CAPITAL, FOLLOWING A SERIES OF SEPARATE MEETINGS BETWEEN TOP SYRIAN OFFICIALS AND THE TWO FIGURES, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS AND CO [...]
2007-01-22 15:25:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL PGOV SY
07FRANKFURT445Stuttgart Ansar al-Islam Trial Continues
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ongoing trial in Stuttgart of three suspected members of Ansar al-Islam is now expected to last at least until April - and perhaps even until the fall. The Federal Prosecutor has charged the three with plotting to assassinate then-Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi during a visit t [...]
2007-01-31 10:27:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KISL IZ GM
07GENEVA1371Five manslaughter incidents - Geneva 2007 Communications
[...] (U) Mission has received a communication from Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions regarding five incidents of manslaughter. It is number 12 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: Excellency, I have the honour to address you [...]
2007-05-30 15:05:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07JEDDAH396SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER ON: AMCIT DEPENDENT, FUTURE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During a September 12 discussion with Ambassador Ford Fraker and Jeddah Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal summarized the SAG position on a variety of issues. The Prince stated the importance of working in partnership with the U.S. to addr [...]
2007-09-13 12:35:00Consulate JeddahSECRET//NOFORNCVIS ETTC EFIN PGOV PREL PTER KIRF KTFN SA
07JERUSALEM1023BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT: GAZA NSF COMMANDER JAMAL
[...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) JAMAL M M KAYYAD (SPELLED "KAIED" ON HIS PA TRAVEL DOCUMENT) IS COMMANDER OF NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES (NSF) FOR GAZA. PERSONAL DATA AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS. 2. (C) PERSONAL. DPOB: SAIDA, LEBANON, 19 JULY 1958. MARRIED TO HUSUN M HAMAD. RESIDES IN [...]
2007-06-01 08:40:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL IS PINR
07JERUSALEM1024BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT: NEW POLICE CHIEF KAMAL
[...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) KAMAL AL-SHAYKH (ALSO SPELLED "SHEIKH" IN SOME PAST REPORTING) IS THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE PALESTINIAN POLICE (APPOINTED IN MAY 2007). PERSONAL DATA AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS. 2. (C) PERSONAL. AL-SHAYKH COMES FROM MAZRA AL-QIBLIYA, A VILLAGE NORTHWE [...]
2007-06-01 08:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL IS PINR
07JERUSALEM1064ABBAS APPOINTS JOINT FORCE COMMANDER TO IMPLEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian security contacts and press report PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Ismayil Haniyah agreed June 2 to create a "Joint Security Force," composed of Hamas "Executive Force" and Fatah "Special Force" personnel and led by retired National Security Forces (NSF [...]
2007-06-04 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER
07JERUSALEM1100CONFLICT CONTINUES BETWEEN FATAH FIELD COMMITTEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 6 meeting with PolChief, Fatah West Bank Field Committee Chairman Hussein al Sheikh said the head of Fatah's Office of Mobilization Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala,a) is trying to restructure Fatah to consolidate his own power and undermine the Field Committees. Al Sheikh said he [...]
2007-06-08 08:04:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM1186EIGHT MORE KILLED IN HAMAS ATTACKS IN GAZA CITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Heavy factional fighting continues in Gaza City and central Gaza as of mid-day local. Approximately 8 Palestinians have been killed so far today (since midnight): 3 "Executive Force" fighters in a &work accident8, 2 Fatah militia in Gaza City, and 3 National Security Forces (N [...]
2007-06-13 11:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1189FCC SUSPENDS FATAH'S PARTICIPATION IN THE NUG
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Fatah Central Committee (FCC) decided on June 12 to "suspend" Fatah's participation in the national unity government (NUG). Fatah leaders report that some FCCs members urged that Fatah withdraw from the government completely, but that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) [...]
2007-06-13 14:22:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1201JOINT PLO-EC AND FCC MEETING OFFERS BOLD POLITICAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A joint PLO-EC/FCC meeting on June 14 recommended to PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) that he break the political partnership with HAMAS and dismiss the current government. Egyptian efforts to broker a cease-fire between HAMAS and Fatah delegations in Gaza continue. Abu [...]
2007-06-14 14:38:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1230ABBAS DISMISSES GOVERNMENT AND WILL FORM EMERGENCY
[...] (S) On the evening of June 14, PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) signed decrees dismissing the national unity government (NUG),declaring a state of emergency, and creating the legal basis to form an emergency government. On June 15, Presidential Advisor Nabil Amr announced that Salam F [...]
2007-06-15 12:53:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1232NABIL AMR AND AZZAM AL-AHMAD ON SELECTION OF NEW
[...] (SBU) Nabil Amr told the ConGen POL specialist on June 15 that President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and his close advisors are nearing consensus on names for cabinet ministers under PM Salam Fayyad and will meet at 1800 local June 15 at the Muqata' in Ramallah to finish consultations. He said [...]
2007-06-15 16:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KWBG IS PTER KPAL
07JERUSALEM1267FATAH LEADERS PINNING THE BLAME AND TAKING NEXT
[...] (S) Summary: Fatah leaders are seeking to isolate HAMAS following the swearing-in of the new government under PM Salam Fayyad. Marwan Barghuti issued a statement from jail to endorse PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen)'s decision to dismiss the national unity government (NUG) and form a n [...]
2007-06-19 15:58:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1285HAMAS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO LEGITIMACY, SEEKING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: HAMAS leaders in the Gaza Strip - including Former Prime Minister Haniyah and several HAMAS PLC members - have publicly questioned President Abbas's authority to dismiss the government and claim to represent the legitimate Palestinian Authority government. Abbas's office says HA [...]
2007-06-21 14:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1295PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL SLAMS HAMAS, SUPPORTS ABBAS
[...] (C) The PLO Central Council met in Ramallah June 20-21 and issued a statement (summarized in paras. 3-4) that condemned Hamas for its action in Gaza and expressed support for PA President/PLO ExComm Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Salam Fayyad. (Note: The Central Council is a 115-me [...]
2007-06-22 11:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM1297ABBAS SPEECH TO PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL AND REACTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Abbas's speech to the PLO Central Council on June 20 condemned HAMAS's actions in the Gaza Strip in unambiguous terms and called for a revival of the PLO without HAMAS. Consulate contacts expressed support for the clear direction that Abbas offered in spite of contin [...]
2007-06-22 11:16:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1329HANIYAH'S SPEECH SEEKS TO BOLSTER HAMAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a speech on June 24, former HAMAS PM Ismail Haniyah blamed Israel and the U.S. for problems between HAMAS and Fatah and criticized the planned Sharm al-Sheikh summit. Haniyah reassured Gazans that they are safe. He blamed a "trend" in Fatah for undermining the political p [...]
2007-06-27 12:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1334ABU MAZEN EXEMPTS GAZANS FROM PA TAXES TO DENY
[...] (SBU) PA President Abbas issued a presidential decree June 26 exempting Gazans from fees for services provided by PA entities, value-added tax on local activity, and from income tax on companies and individuals. Press accounts described the move as a response to the difficult circumstances u [...]
2007-06-27 15:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1360HUSSAYN AL-SHAYKH: SECURITY FIRST PRIORITY
[...] (C) Begin Summary. On June 28, Fatah grassroots leader Hussayn al-Shaykh told PolChief that he supports the new government and the appointment of Salam Fayyad as Prime Minister. He urged an immediate re-examination of the entire security apparatus, claiming that West Bank PA security forces [...]
2007-06-29 10:57:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1372CLEARANCE REVENUE TRANSFERS AND CASH SHIPMENTS TO
[...] (C) PA Ministry of Finance Director General of Customs Hatem Yousef confirmed to Econoff July 2 that the GOI had transferred July 1 NIS 500 million (USD 118 million) in clearance revenues to the PA. Yousef said that this amount will be sufficient to pay PA employees their full salaries for J [...]
2007-07-02 13:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1406KHALIL SHIKAKI ON FATAH'S WEST BANK SITUATION AND
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) Director Dr. Khalil Shikaki told U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) LTG Keith Dayton on July 3 that Fatah is disorganized and has failed to consolidate power in the West Bank, but remains the protector of liberal values in P [...]
2007-07-09 04:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV IS KWBG KPAL
07JERUSALEM1441JULY 11 PLC MEETING FAILS TO REACH A QUORUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) did not reach a quorum for the July 11 meeting called by PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),because of a boycott by HAMAS legislators. Contacts in Abbas' office say he is considering next steps. End Summary. PLC FAILS TO REACH [...]
2007-07-11 15:05:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1454FAYYAD TO CONTINUE AS PRIME MINISTER; THREE NEW
[...] (C) On July 13, shortly before the expiration of the state of emergency declared by PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),three new ministers were sworn in: Ali Khashan as Minister of Justice, Ibrahim Ibrash at Minister of Culture, and Tahani Abu Daqqa as Minister of Youth and Sports. Con [...]
2007-07-13 13:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS PINR
07JERUSALEM1463PM FAYYAD AND HIS GOVERNMENT CONTINUE AFTER END OF
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Following expiration of the 30-day state of emergency declared on June 14, PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) accepted PM Salam Fayyad's resignation and then directed him to form a new government. Until a new government receives a vote of confidence by the PLC -- whi [...]
2007-07-16 13:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1473POSITIVE PALESTINIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Most West Bank political contacts said they were pleased by President Bush's July 16 speech and praised his call for an international meeting to support progress toward a two-state solution. Most contacts said the speech offers an opportunity to move forward with negotiations [...]
2007-07-17 15:52:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1487PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP WANTS STATUS QUO ON GAZA
[...] (S) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Salam Fayyad informed Consul General on July 17 that they do not support at this time increasing throughput at Gaza crossings beyond humanitarian assistance and commercial food shipments. Abu Mazen [...]
2007-07-18 14:10:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETECON ETRD KPAL PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1499ABBAS SLAMS HAMAS IN OPENING OF PLO CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a strongly-worded speech to the PLO Central Council (PLO CC) on July 18, President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) rejected dialogue with "Hamas mutineers" and called for Hamas leaders to be punished for taking over PA institutions in Gaza. He also called for early presidential a [...]
2007-07-19 11:29:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER
07JERUSALEM1502QADURA FARES ON INTERNATIONAL MEETING AND FATAH
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 18 meeting with PolChief, grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Fares welcomed President Bush's call for an international meeting and said serious momentum is needed to bring Palestinians and Israelis back to the negotiating table. He said Fatah reform has stalled since Hama [...]
2007-07-19 13:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1514PALESTINIAN LEGISLATORS CONCERNED ABOUT PLC'S
[...] (C) Summary: The Fatah PLC bloc intends to boycott the July 22 PLC session called by the Hamas Acting Speaker. Fatah and independent PLC members say they are concerned about the future role of the PLC, given that the body has been unable to convene with a quorum while the new government is m [...]
2007-07-20 14:04:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1522PLC SESSION FAILS AGAIN, FAYYAD CONTINUES GOVERNING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-23 14:04:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALIS KDEM PGOV PREL PTER
07JERUSALEM1523PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL SUPPORTS ABBAS, CONDEMNS HAMAS
[...] (U) Summary: The PLO Central Council (PLO-CC) released a July 20 statement (Ref A) after two days of meetings supporting President Abbas and PM Fayyad and calling on HAMAS to restore the Gaza Strip to PA control. PLO-CC Speaker Salim Zanun said this PLO leadership body will follow Abbas' le [...]
2007-07-23 14:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM153U/S BURNS DISCUSSES NUG AND NEED TO WORK WITH
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem with U/S Nicholas Burns, PLC member Salam Fayyad and PLO Executive Committee Member Yasser Abed Rabbo put the Fatah-Hamas struggle in the context of the regional Iranian threat. They discussed the possibility that PA President Mahmoud Abbas ( [...]
2007-01-26 07:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM155QADURA FARIS AND U/S BURNS: FATAH REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. Former PLC member Qadura Faris told U/S Burns in a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem that Fatah needs serious reform and reform-minded leaders must work to restore public confidence in the party and Fatah's ability to administer the PA. He said efforts to establish a National Unity G [...]
2007-01-26 07:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1554PRISONERS' AFFAIRS MINISTER ON PRISONERS RELEASE,
[...] (C) Summary. On July 24, newly appointed Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami told PolChief that he welcomed the July 20 release of 256 prisoners, but criticized the "unilateral" nature of the release and urged Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on criteria for the release of more p [...]
2007-07-26 11:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1562NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE POLL FROM GAZA AND
[...] Summary. According to a July 8 - 15 National Democratic Institute (NDI) poll, Palestinians disapprove of the Hamas takeover in Gaza, support early PLC and Presidential elections, want to see Fatah-Hamas reconciliation, and believe that Fatah is reforming itself. Marwan Barghouthi is the polit [...]
2007-07-27 11:41:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1565DAHLAN RESIGNS AS NSA; ABBAS ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
[...] (C) According to Palestinian contacts, President Mahmud Abbas accepted Muhammad Dahlan's July 26 resignation as National Security Advisor (NSA) for health concerns. The resignation letter and reply follow in paras. 2 and 3, respectively. Muhammad Dahlan's Resignation --------------------- [...]
2007-07-27 14:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG PINS IS
07JERUSALEM1571CEC READY FOR ELECTIONS BUT NOT EXPECTING THEM
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 23 meeting, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail told PolOffs that the CEC is prepared to administer presidential and PLC elections, but the situation in Gaza creates major obstacles. Kuhail predicted that Fatah -- but not Hamas -- [...]
2007-07-27 16:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KDEM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1575OPIC-BACKED LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM LAUNCHED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),the Aspen Institute, and the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) signed a loan guarantee agreement on July 25 that will leverage up to USD 228 million in loans to small and medium-size Palestinian enterprises (SMEs). The agreeme [...]
2007-07-30 07:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD KWBG
07JERUSALEM1576LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FUND CONVENES; SUPPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Local Development Forum (LDF) met July 24 for the first time since December 2005. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stressed the urgent need for donor assistance and called for an Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in September, followed by a donors' conference before the [...]
2007-07-30 07:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL PROV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1590OLD GUARD TAKES CONTROL OF FATAH "REFORM"
[...] (C) Summary. On July 25, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) convened Fatah's Office for Mobilization to begin the process of forming a new Fatah High Council to replace the West Bank and Gaza Field Committees. The formation of the High Council was approved by the Fatah R [...]
2007-07-31 13:07:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1652TWO JERUSALEM PLC MEMBERS OFFER DISSENTING VIEWS
[...] (C) Begin Summary. Independent PLC member Bernard Sabella told StafDel Makovsky August 8 that continued closure of Gaza is a mistake that could lead to the PA government's failure. He said Palestinian Authority PM Fayyad should look to end the blockade without giving HAMAS any political ben [...]
2007-08-09 14:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07JERUSALEM1656PA AND FATAH CONTINUE TO REJECT ANY DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On August 7, former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told the press that Hamas is willing to resume Hamas-Fatah dialogue, and his political advisor Ahmad Yusef claimed that Hamas and Fatah are having "secret talks." However, PM Salam Fayyad and Fatah spokesman Ahmad Abd al-Rahman r [...]
2007-08-10 03:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1691ABU MAZEN LIKELY TO DECREE CHANGES TO LEGISLATIVE
[...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is expected to issue a decree amending the 2005 elections law. According to a draft obtained by Post, the decree will change the electoral system from mixed to 100 percent proportional representative for legislative and presidential election [...]
2007-08-15 14:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1719(S) FAYYAD ASKS U/S LEVEY FOR HELP WITH QATAR AND
[...] (S) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Under Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey that Qatar was ""willfully bad"" on issue related to financing of terrorist organizations, including HAMAS. He said the PA was ready to move on terror financing legislation, but w [...]
2007-08-17 07:56:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETEFIN ECON KWBG PTER OVIP
07JERUSALEM1735GAZA ELECTRICITY CURTAILED AS EU SUSPENDS
[...] (C) Summary. A security threat against Nahal Oz transfer station and increased HAMAS interference in the collection and distribution of utility revenues has led the EU - at the urging of the Palestinian Authority (PA) - to suspend its financial support for fuel shipments into Gaza, resulting in [...]
2007-08-20 15:16:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ENRG KWBG PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1793YASER ABED RABBO URGES SERIOUSNESS ABOUT THE
[...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee Secretary General Yasser Abed Rabbo told Staffdel Talwar in an August 18 meeting that he questions U.S. seriousness about the planned international meeting in November. Abed Rabbo said Gaza's prospects are difficult, and the government must demonstrate tha [...]
2007-08-27 10:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM KPAL
07JERUSALEM1801ABU MAZEN ASKS EXILED FATAH MEMBERS TO RETURN TO
[...] (C) Senior Fatah officials told ConGen political specialist that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has recently encouraged senior exiled Fatah members to come to Ramallah in an effort to surround himself with strong Fatah personalities. Among this group are Fatah Central Council (FCC) [...]
2007-08-27 12:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1802UNGA ATTENDANCE FROM THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
[...] (U) In response to reftel action request, information regarding Palestinian Authority (PA) attendance at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting follows. A. (U) Attendance of the Head of State: PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will attend the UNGA meetings. Post does not [...]
2007-08-27 12:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1804ABU ALA'A TO MEET WITH EGYPT'S SULAYMAN, LOOKING
[...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) security contacts say Fatah Central Committee (FCC) member and former PM Ahmad Quraya' (Abu Ala'a) left Ramallah August 26 to meet with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Sulayman in Cairo on Palestinian security matters. Contacts say PA President Mahmud Abbas (A [...]
2007-08-27 14:08:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL EG IS
07JERUSALEM1831PM FAYYAD AND CODEL ACKERMAN: SECURITY,
[...] (S) Summary. On August 29, PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CODEL Ackerman that the August 28 meeting between PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert was "positive, but general." He said that another meeting should be held soon to prepare for the November internationa [...]
2007-08-30 12:26:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1837YASSER ABD RABBO BRIEFS CODEL ACKERMAN ON
[...] (C) Summary. On August 29, PLO Executive Committee Secretary-General Yasser Abd Rabbo told CODEL Ackerman that SIPDIS the August 28 meeting between PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert was "not bad," but that he had hoped for better results. Abd Rabbo said Abu Maz [...]
2007-08-30 14:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1846SHIKAKI: ABU MAZEN NEEDS PEACE PROCESS SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Khalil Shikaki, head of the Center for Palestine for Research and Studies (CPRS) told Staffdel Talwar that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) needs tangible success in the planned November international meeting to deter reconciliation with Hamas. End Summary Abu Mazen Need [...]
2007-08-31 10:43:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM KPAL KMPI
07JERUSALEM1850HUSSAYN AL-SHAYKH WITH CODEL ACKERMAN ON FATAH
[...] (C) Summary. On August 29, Fatah leader and PA Civil Affairs director Hussayn al-Shaykh told CODEL Ackerman that PM Fayyad has taken bold steps in addressing internal Palestinian security issues, dissolving Hamas charities, and calling for a three-year economic development plan. He added th [...]
2007-08-31 13:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1852CEC CHAIRMAN ON ELECTIONS DECREE, HAMAS, AND PA
[...] (C) Summary. On August 23, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir and Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhayl told USAID and PolOff that legislative and presidential elections must include both the West Bank and Gaza. Nasir said that if Palestinian Authority (PA) President Ma [...]
2007-08-31 15:02:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1863PROMINENT FATAH FIGURES CALL FOR HAMAS TO BE
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings on August 28, Palestine Stock Exchange (PSE) CEO Hassan Abu Libdeh and Al-Ayyam Editor Akram Haniyah told NEA DAS Robert Danin that Israeli and international support is crucial to demonstrate tangible improvement in Palestinians' daily lives. Abu Libdeh said [...]
2007-09-05 16:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS KTFN ECON EFIN
07JERUSALEM189GAZA NSF CHIEF: CEASEFIRE GENERALLY HOLDING, BUT
[...] (S) Summary. Gaza National Security Forces (NSF) commander BG Jamal Kayyad told Poloff on January 30 that a Fatah-Hamas ceasefire is holding. However, he believes it will eventually collapse as it is not comprehensive in scope and does not address underlying Fatah-Hamas political disputes. [...]
2007-01-30 16:05:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL KWBG PINS IS KPAL PTER PINR
07JERUSALEM1897HAMAS BREAKS UP FRIDAY PUBLIC PRAYERS, BEATS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a Hamas ban on public prayers and measures to prevent large gatherings, thousands of Palestinians assembled in Gaza's major cities September 7, attempting to hold Friday prayers that double as anti-Hamas demonstrations. According to Arabic media and local contacts, se [...]
2007-09-10 10:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1898PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ALTERS ELECTIONS LAW
[...] (C) Summary: President Abbas issued a presidential decree amending the PA elections law on September 2. The new law modifies the electoral system to be fully proportional; requires the president to obtain an absolute majority of votes; and requires candidates to accept the PLO as the sole, [...]
2007-09-10 10:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1899HAMAS BREAKS UP FRIDAY PUBLIC PRAYERS, BEATS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a Hamas ban on public prayers and measures to prevent large gatherings, thousands of Palestinians assembled in Gaza's major cities September 7, attempting to hold Friday prayers that double as anti-Hamas demonstrations. According to Arabic media and local contacts, se [...]
2007-09-10 10:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1917AKKRAM HANIYEH REVIEWS PALESTINIAN POLITICS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 6 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, al-Ayyam Editor Akkram Haniyeh said we have the "best administration in the history of the PA" and now is time to seize the moment. The GoI, he said, must show flexibility on basic "quality of life" issues; i.e., access and movement a [...]
2007-09-11 15:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1965HEBRON: 450 SETTLERS IN THE CENTER OF A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hebron settler spokesman David Wilder led Poloff on a September 7 three hour tour of downtown Hebron. Hebron's 450 settlers (plus 250 yeshiva or religious school students) are known for their disruptive presence in the center of a large Palestinian city. Wilder told PolOff that [...]
2007-09-20 07:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL ASEC IS
07JERUSALEM1989CEC DOWNSIZES BUT REMAINS READY FOR ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. On September 18, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir announced that the CEC is reducing its sixteen West Bank and Gaza offices to six and 83 employees to 76. CEC Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail told PolOff that nonetheless, "the CEC is always ready to [...]
2007-09-21 11:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2017HANAN ASHRAWI: INTERNATIONAL MEETING, FATAH REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. On September 25 in Ramallah, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Hanan Ashrawi told the Consul General that the international meeting this fall must produce concrete results. She said PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert should use their discuss [...]
2007-09-26 14:35:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL IS
07JERUSALEM2018ISRAELI BANK CUTOFF PORTENDS GAZA BANK CLOSURES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Bank Hapoalim's decision to sever ties with banks in Gaza, and an expected move by Israel Discount Bank to do the same, could result in cash shortages, bank closures, and a suspension of commercial imports into Gaza, most of which are food, according to Palestinian banking sect [...]
2007-09-26 15:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2061PALESTINIAN POLLSTER SHIKAKI'S VIEWS OF THE WEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 25 meeting with USSC LTG Keith Dayton, Dr. Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (www.pcpsr.org) assessed that West Bank Palestinians have high expectations of PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),but low expectations [...]
2007-10-02 15:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV IS
07JERUSALEM2113GAZA CHRISTIAN MURDERED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The body of Rami Ayyad, an employee of the Baptist-affiliated Holy Bible Association, was found in Gaza City on October 8, with indications that he was murdered. According to Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa, initial indications point to a hate crime, noting that Ayyad had rec [...]
2007-10-10 17:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KWBG IS PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2114ABBAS ORDERS DISSOLUTION OF FORCE 17
[...] (S) PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander Thiab Mustafa Ali told PolSpec October 7 that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) instructed security chiefs to integrate Force 17 members into the Presidential Guard (PG) and NSF. BG Ali said the timeline for Force 17 integration/dissolution [...]
2007-10-10 17:24:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PINS IS PGOV
07JERUSALEM2124WEST BANK LAND CONFISCATION TAKES ONE STEP CLOSER
[...] (C) Summary: Ha'aretz reported October 9 that the GoI confiscated more than 1,100 dunums of Palestinian land to build a road for Palestinians to travel between Abu Dis and Jericho without traversing the E-1 area. PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat is [...]
2007-10-11 16:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2155PA RELEASES 30-40 HAMAS MEMBERS FOR EID, BUT
[...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority (PA) released 30-40 Hamas-affiliated prisoners October 9-11 for Eid al-Fitr, according to Palestinian press and PA security contacts. According to security contacts, the prisoners released are minor figures associated with Hamas charities and other NGOs, and Ha [...]
2007-10-18 15:50:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PTER PINS IS PGOV
07JERUSALEM2171FAYYAD PREPARING FOR DONORS' CONFERENCE; ACTS TO
[...] (S) Summary. Meeting with the Consul General in Ramallah on October 18, PM Salam Fayyad said the PA is preparing a comprehensive development plan, covering all key sectors, in advance of the December Donors' Conference in Paris. He said he wants the Conference organizers to coordinate fully [...]
2007-10-19 16:49:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PREL IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2200GAZA: BANK CASH SHORTAGE THREATENS UNRWA AND PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Banks operating in the Gaza Strip face a liquidity crisis and will have difficulty paying UNRWA and/or Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries, according to bank representatives. Bank officials say that Israeli authorities continue to severely restrict the frequency, volume and c [...]
2007-10-24 15:52:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PHUM PREF KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2210BANKS AWAIT NOVEMBER 30 CUTOFF OF ISRAELI
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Bank of Palestine (BoP) and Arab Bank have been told by their Israeli correspondent banks that they will terminate all correspondent banking services effective November 30. BoP and Arab Bank have no clear indication if the Israeli state-owned Postal Bank is willing to provi [...]
2007-10-26 12:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2284SENIOR GAZA PLO LEADER: GAZANS SEE "NO FUTURE";
[...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) member Riyad al-Khudari told PolOff by phone that Hamas has built a mini-state in Gaza with strong security forces, and cannot be effectively challenged if Gazans are too desperate to consider political alternatives. He said the near-total closu [...]
2007-11-02 15:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2364GAZA: NINE KILLED IN FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES; ABBAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nine Fatah members were killed and at least 60 were injured on November 12 after Hamas police opened fire on a Gaza City commemoration of Yasser Arafat's death that drew 200,000 Palestinians. Fatah leaders report that Hamas police stationed on rooftops opened fire on the crow [...]
2007-11-13 15:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWBG PTER IS PREL
07JERUSALEM2416MINISTER OF PRISONERS' AFFAIRS: PRIORITIZING
[...] (C) Summary. Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that the GOI had approved the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners, PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs (MoPA) Ashraf al-Ajrami told the press that the release was based on GOI criteria without consultation with the PA. According to A [...]
2007-11-21 14:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2422ABBAS ISSUES PREVENTIVE SECURITY (PSO) DECREE IN A
[...] (C) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a decree clarifying the mandate of the Preventive Security Organization (PSO) on November 19 (full text in para 3). Security contacts say the PSO decree is part of a general effort to clarify the mandates of the respective security services and es [...]
2007-11-21 16:57:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PGOV
07JERUSALEM2445PA SECURITY ADVISORS: ANNAPOLIS DECLARATION AND
[...] (C) Summary. Presidential security advisor Haj Ismayil and the Prime Minister's security advisor, BG Hazem Attallah, told PolOff on November 28 that the Annapolis declaration's target timeline for negotiations and U.S. monitoring/assessment are very positive. They welcomed U.S. assessment o [...]
2007-11-28 15:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2457LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan. This is the first of 3 cables containing batches of approximately 250 tra [...]
2007-11-29 17:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM2501LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NSF 700-MAN BATTALION
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan: First name, Last name Mohammad Fathi Hussein Rahal POB: Kufur Dan [...]
2007-12-05 15:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWBG IS ASEC
07JERUSALEM2506IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE PALESTINIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 08:42:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR IS
07JERUSALEM2524NEW HAR HOMA/JEBEL ABU GHNEIM TENDER RENDERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the GOI's December 2 publication of a new tender for 307 housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim, Palestinians publicly and privately condemned the action and urged the USG to act quickly to reverse it. On December 5, PolOff visited the site to confirm its location [...]
2007-12-07 15:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2527SECRETARY ALBRIGHT MEETS WITH PALESTINIANS
[...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright December 6 that the Annapolis conference was a "big success" and that permanent status negotiations, which are scheduled to start December 12, and the December 16 Paris Donors' Conference wi [...]
2007-12-10 14:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2539FATAH LEADERS ADVOCATE CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] (C) Summary. In December 7 and 10 meetings with Polchief Fatah leaders Azzam al-Ahmed and Nabil Amre advocated replacing some members of PM Fayyad's cabinet with Fatah members. They said the current cabinet is weak and isolated, and the PA must draw on Fatah's popular strength. PolChief exp [...]
2007-12-12 12:57:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2541PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER SALEH RAFAT ON
[...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee (EC) member Saleh Rafat told PolChief December 10 that the GoI issuance of a tender for housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim is an obstacle to permanent status negotiations and that some PLO-EC members had advised PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Maz [...]
2007-12-12 13:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2628PA ARRESTS SUSPECTS IN KILLING OF OFF-DUTY IDF
[...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad and PA General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) have confirmed that PA security officers arrested two suspects in the killing of two off-duty IDF soldiers outside Hebron on December 28 and will prosecute them. PA security officials say the suspects will be moved to Jer [...]
2007-12-31 14:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
07JERUSALEM272INITIAL PALESTINIAN REACTION TO AGREEMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian political contacts all characterized the February 8 national unity government (NUG) agreement as positive, but expressed mixed views on whether Hamas will abide by its agreements and if the NUG will end Palestinian infighting. A Gaza-based PLO Executive Committee me [...]
2007-02-09 12:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER
07JERUSALEM28COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: The Coordination and Evaluation Committee (CEC) met in an "extraordinary" session January 3 to discuss Prime Minister Haniyah's irregular passage by vehicle through Rafah crossing on December 28 and the after-hours processing of Gaza-bound bus passengers in the absence of EU-BAM [...]
2007-01-05 10:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM30FACTIONAL VIOLENCE AGAIN FLARES IN GAZA AS ABBAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. After nearly a week of relative calm, Fatah-Hamas violence surged January 1-4. Hamas military wing gunmen killed two Preventive Security Organization (PSO) officers (including the PSO's Inspector General for Gaza),a Fatah official and two bodyguards on January 4, while one H [...]
2007-01-05 14:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG PTER IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM33GAZA: HANIYAH REENTERS AFTER INSPECTION; RAFAH OPEN
[...] (C) PA Prime Minister Haniyah (accompanied by Foreign Minister Mahmud al-Zahar, Interior Minister Sa'id Siyam and acting PLC speaker Ahmad Bahar) entered Gaza through the Rafah border crossing January 4 at 1645 local, according to EU-BAM Operations Chief Patrick Delval. Delval said that Egyp [...]
2007-01-05 15:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PTER IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM378NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. Gaza PLC member Rawiya al-Shawwa (Independent) told ConGen Poloff that PM-designate Ismayil Haniyah's goal of establishing the NUG by March 8 will be difficult to achieve. There is no agreement yet on the Deputy PM, Interior Minister or most other cabinet portfolios, she said, [...]
2007-02-23 15:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM417UPDATE ON NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT FORMATION
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Fatah officials and Hamas press statements suggest that the national unity government (NUG) could be finalized by March 8. Fatah PLC leader Azzam al-Ahmad said President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will return to Ramallah and meet with Fatah leadership March 2 and PM Ismayi [...]
2007-02-28 16:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM46SEVERAL CENTRAL WEST BANK CHECKPOINTS REMOVED OR
[...] (S) Summary. Following discussion on easing movement restrictions inside the West Bank between PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, Poloff surveyed the changes in Palestinian access/movement in the Nablus/Salfit/Ramallah area on January 5. The changes do not all [...]
2007-01-08 16:57:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL KWBG PBTS KPAL PINR IS
07JERUSALEM494FATAH REFORM: WIDESPREAD EMPHASIS ON LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter March 6-8, Palestinian political and civil society leaders shared views on Fatah's current state and recommended steps to improve its performance in future elections. Contacts often differed on tactics, but agreed that severe [...]
2007-03-14 14:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG KDEM
07JERUSALEM502FATAH WEST BANK FIELD COMMITTEE CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a decree on March 1 creating a 33-member Fatah field committee for the West Bank with Hussayn al-Shaykh as chairman. While Abbas charged the national, West Bank, and Gaza field committees with the general mission of organizing and mobil [...]
2007-03-15 15:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG KDEM
07JERUSALEM503NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT TO BE APPROVED, SWORN IN
[...] (C) PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Ismayil Haniyah announced agreement on a national unity government (NUG) and publicly released the list of the NUG's 23 ministers on March 15. Haniyah will deliver a speech to the PLC in Gaza City March 17 presenting the NUG and discussing its [...]
2007-03-15 15:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM630CODELS PELOSI AND WEXLER MEET WITH ABU MAZEN
[...] (C) Summary. Codels Pelosi and Wexler, including Representatives Lantos, Waxman, Rahall, Hobson, Slaughter, and Ellison, met with PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) April 3. Abu Mazen said he signed the Mecca agreement to prevent a Palestinian civil war - one that Hamas might have won. [...]
2007-04-06 08:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM686PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ON NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) PA PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) SIGNED A DECREE APRIL 8 ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (NSC). FULL TEXT AT PARA 4. THE DECREE LISTS THE COUNCIL'S TEN POSITIONS (VICE INDIVIDUALS BY NAME). THE NSC WILL BE COMPOSED OF: PRESIDENT (ABU MAZEN) PRIME MINISTER (ISMAYIL HANIYAH) F [...]
2007-04-16 13:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV
07JERUSALEM687FATAH REFORM IN GAZA: INTERNAL DIVISIONS THREATEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 10, senior Fatah activist Ahmad Hillis organized a conference attended by 1,700 Fatah members in Gaza City. While the conference's theme, "Our Message," was intended to energize grassroots Fatah activists around Fatah's public message and political program, the speake [...]
2007-04-16 13:47:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PGOV KPAL IS PREL
07JERUSALEM688CODEL ACKERMAN MEETS WITH ABU MAZEN
[...] (C) Summary: Rep. Gary Ackerman met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on April 12. Abbas said he was preparing for an April 15 meeting with Israeli PM Olmert. He noted that PA Finance Minister Salam Fayyad would soon be in Washington and hoped he would be [...]
2007-04-16 14:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM700PALESTINIANS COMMEMORATE PRISONERS' DAY
[...] (U) PALESTINIAN POLITICAL LEADERS COMMEMORATED PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' DAY (APRIL 17) WITH RALLIES AND PRESS STATEMENTS. RALLIES WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, INCLUDING AT ICRC OFFICES IN GAZA CITY AND RAMALLAH. PM HANNIYEH ADDRESSED HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS' RELATIVES IN GAZA CITY [...]
2007-04-18 13:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG
07JERUSALEM735QASSAM ATTACKS SPIKE; CONFLICTING HAMAS STATEMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Hamas military wing claimed responsibility for a number of Qassam rockets and mortars on April 23-24. These were the first rocket attacks claimed by Hamas since the November 2006 "tahdiya" (calm) was put in place. On a Hamas military-wing website, spokesman Abu Ubaydah s [...]
2007-04-25 14:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS KPAL PTER KISL
07JERUSALEM744FATAH: INTERNAL DIVISIONS THREATEN REFORM EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. 25 senior West Bank Fatah leaders met in Ramallah April 25 to discuss a reform process that would be separate from the West Bank Field Committee's program. Led by Ramallah-based Field Committee and Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) member Muhammad Lufti (Abu Lufti),the group [...]
2007-04-27 07:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PGOV KPAL IS PREL
07JERUSALEM785INTERIOR MINISTRY SECURITY PLAN: LONG ON
[...] (C) Summary. PA Interior Minister (MoI) Hani al-Qawasmi (Independent) issued a 100-day security plan in early April, but the plan has already languished without political and security commander support. Technical Team for Reform (TTR) Chairman Basil Jabr presented Poloff with a list of probl [...]
2007-05-03 10:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM866GAZA: SECURITY FORCES BEGIN DEPLOYMENT, BUT POWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY FORCES (PASF) INCREASED THEIR PRESENCE IN GAZA STRIP CITIES MAY 9-10. TECHNICAL TEAM FOR REFORM (TTR) CONTACTS SAY PA PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) ORDERED PASF TO SUPPORT INTERIOR MINISTER (MOI) HANI AL-QAWASMI'S "100-DAY SECURITY PLAN" (REFTE [...]
2007-05-11 11:24:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM876TURKISH ADVOCATE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONE INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guven Sak, the Turkish coordinator of an initiative to rebuild the Palestine Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ) in northern Gaza, reported May 8 that only minimal progress has been achieved since the project was first conceived and currently "nothing is moving." He noted there has be [...]
2007-05-14 10:40:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD BEXP KWBG IS TU
07JERUSALEM899GAZA: AT LEAST 16 MORE DEAD AS HAMAS STRIKES AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. IN A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION OF FIGHTING BETWEEN HAMAS- AND FATAH-ALIGNED FORCES, 43 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND OVER 110 INJURED SINCE MAY 12. HAMAS ATTACKS HAVE CONCENTRATED ON KEY LEADERSHIP/FACILITY TARGETS, WITH MILITARY-WING GUNMEN KILLING 6 FATAH BODYGUARDS AT INTE [...]
2007-05-16 14:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM905GAZA: CEASEFIRE DECLARED, BUT FIGHTING CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SEPARATE CEASEFIRES ORDERED BY HAMAS AND PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) HAD A CALMING INFLUENCE EARLY MAY 17, BUT VIOLENCE RESUMED BY 1330 LOCAL. FIGHTING SPREAD TO RAFAH AND THE CENTRAL GAZA STRIP, WITH 5 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN FACTIONAL CLASHES AS OF 1700 LOCAL. PRESIDE [...]
2007-05-17 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM964GAZA TENSE BUT QUIETER AS IDF SHIFTS OPERATIONS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. There was sporadic factional and clan violence in Gaza late May 22 to mid-day (local) May 24. Hamas and Fatah both submitted lists of the other's ceasefire violations to the Follow-up Committee. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) visited Gaza and met with PM Ismayil Haniyah M [...]
2007-05-24 14:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07KUWAIT806KUWAIT DROPS DOLLAR PEG, RETURNS TO BASKET
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 20, Kuwait's Cabinet approved a decision to abandon the U.S. dollar peg for a basket of undisclosed currencies, which will be dominated by the dollar. Although the decision followed months of speculation on the wisdom of the peg, the timing appears to have surprised r [...]
2007-05-21 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ECON PREL KU
07KYIV2752UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FINALLY TO VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Embassy DCM Shahar Arieli confirmed that President Victor Yushchenko plans to visit Israel in mid-November and that he would also visit Ramallah and meet with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, although he noted that previous planned visits did not m [...]
2007-11-06 08:20:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IS UP
07MADRID174SPANISH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MEPP, LATIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Apparently buoyed by recent contacts with top US diplomats and the prospect of a visit by the Secretary, a very agreeable MFA Political Director Rafael SIPDIS Dezcallar told DCM on February 1 that Spain strongly supports the Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan and is implemen [...]
2007-02-01 18:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP AF VZ YI
07MADRID383SPAIN HOSTS MINISTERIAL WITH ARAB NATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs briefed PolCouns February 26 on events surrounding the February 23 Spain-Arab Nations Ministerial in Madrid to inaugurate Spain's newest cultural/international center, "Casa Arabe." Approximately 14 Arab Foreign Ministers attended t [...]
2007-03-02 11:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KISL SP
07MANAMA134BAHRAIN HAILS HAMAS-FATAH DEAL
[...] (SBU) Bahrainis universally acclaimed the Saudi-sponsored agreement between Hamas and Fatah to form a national unity government. King Hamad phoned Saudi King Abdullah February 9 and congratulated him on the fruitful outcome of the Mecca talks. He said the accord aimed to stop the bloodshed, [...]
2007-02-12 12:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BA IS REGION
07MANAMA968FM DEFENDS HIS MEETING WITH LIVNI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS BA
07MASERU34AMBASSADOR'S QUARTERLY REPORT ON SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 14:12:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PGOV PREL CVIS LT
07MOSCOW259DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, LEBANON, SYRIA, IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov reaffirmed support for the roadmap, while expressing sympathy for Palestinian efforts to proceed to final status discussions, and flagged that FM Lavrov will resurrect the GOR proposal for a [...]
2007-01-23 10:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON RS IS IZ SY LE
07MOSCOW5781NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH FEDERAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: Federation Council International Relations Committee Chairman Margelov told visiting NSC Senior Director Mary Warlick on December 11 that he was very satisfied with Putin's selection of First Deputy PM Medvedev as his successor. Margelov described Medvedev as the "best case scen [...]
2007-12-11 15:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW828AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS VISIT, SYRIA, AND IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov told the Ambassador February 27 that the MFA saw Hamas as evolving in its views on Israel following a February 26-27 Moscow visit by Hamas Politburo Chief Mishal. While Mishal was not willing to directly address publicly the question of recogni [...]
2007-02-27 16:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID IS LE SY IZ SA RS
07MUSCAT1065OCTOBER 31 U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (S/NF) During the October 31 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) in Muscat, Omani officials -- led by MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi -- claimed that SIPDIS current U.S. policy towards Iran, including the use of sanctions, was pushing the region into a crisis and emboldenin [...]
2007-11-20 14:23:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MASS KNNP MU
07MUSCAT1096CODEL MORAN MEETING WITH OMANI DEPUTY PRIME
[...] (C) In an October 26 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, the Omani Deputy Prime Minister praised U.S.-Oman relations and welcomed U.S. engagement in the region. He characterized Iran as a country determined to win respect from the international community and discounted inf [...]
2007-12-05 06:31:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KPAL ECON ENRG IR MU
07MUSCAT154OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO ISRAELI MINISTER LIVNI:
[...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi met privately this week with Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Madrid. Their brief talks focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the announcement of a Palestinian national unity government, which Oman sees a [...]
2007-02-14 14:12:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS MU
07MUSCAT700OMANI REACTION TO JULY 16 POTUS SPEECH
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 18, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi commended the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East peace process, emphasizing that "this is an opportunity that cannot be missed." He qualified his otherwise optimistic [...]
2007-07-18 12:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MU
07MUSCAT705GCC+2 MEETING: OMANI VIEWS
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi recommended that the upcoming GCC plus 2 meeting focus primarily on the peace process and Iraq. Bin Alawi hoped that an agreement coul [...]
2007-07-23 10:54:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ MU
07MUSCAT786SCENESETTER FOR NEA A/S WELCH VISIT TO MUSCAT (AUG
[...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Omani officials look forward to meeting with you to receive updates on issues concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, and Iran. While Oman remains a strong friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subject [...]
2007-08-15 13:35:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL KNNP ECON PDEM MU
07PARIS2890CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...]
2007-07-05 07:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS307A/S WELCH PRESSES FRENCH TO CAPITALIZE ON LEBANON
[...] (S) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met separately January 24 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East Advisor, and Jean Felix-Pagagnon, his French MFA counterpart. Welch strongly urged the French to take advantage of the political moment created by the Lebanon Conference, noting that [...]
2007-01-26 09:31:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS3874FRENCH NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON THE
[...] (C) Polmincouns called on French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon September 17 to request a readout from FM Kouchner's visit September 10-14 to the Levant before Kouchner travels to Washington. Felix-Paganon, accompanied by DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, focused on [...]
2007-09-17 16:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL FR IS SY LE
07PARIS710CHIRAC ADVISOR PROVIDES READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In his February 24 meeting with President Chirac, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas urged the French to support a resumption of international economic assistance to the PA, but also suggested a continued refusal to engage in political contact with the new governme [...]
2007-02-26 13:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY
07RABAT1062MOROCCO: GOM STRONGLY BACKING FATAH, BUT PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI wrote to Palestinian President Abbas on June 15 to express the GOM's support. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the letter to us as "the highest expression of support for Abu Mazen we can provide." Despite the Moroccan government's firm support for Abbas [...]
2007-06-26 13:04:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MO XF
07RABAT1258MOROCCO CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Speaking after the July 30 Arab League meeting, Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohammed Benaissa expressed support for President Bush's July 16 Middle East peace initiative. "We detected several positive elements in the recent speech of the U.S. president on the Palestinian issue which, we [...]
2007-08-06 09:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS XF MO
07RABAT1340STAFFDEL CAMMACK: CAN MOROCCO BE FRANCHISED?
[...] (SBU) During an August 8-10 visit, Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack heard that reformers in Morocco, unlike in many other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, already have a safe space within which to operate, and are working to expand existing [...]
2007-08-23 16:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO OVIP
07RABAT1861WESTERN SAHARA CBM UPDATE.
[...] (U) UNHCR Sahara program Chief Mazen Abu Shenab briefed the Rabat diplomatic community December 12 on the HCR Confidence Building Measures for Western Sahara and the refugees. Mazen said in CPY 07 HCR had received S2.4 million in pledges for a $3.4 million program, but UNHCR covered the short [...]
2007-12-19 12:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG MO WI PHUM
07RABAT974MOROCCANS RECEIVE ISRAELI DELEGATION
[...] (C) During a June 5 meeting with DAS Carpenter (septel) Moroccan MFA Director-General Amrani said that he had received an Israeli MFA delegation for a full day of discussions in Rabat during the last week of May. The Israeli delegation was led by Policy Planning Chief Abramovitch and also the [...]
2007-06-08 18:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MO
07RIYADH367APHSCT TOWNSEND FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Francis Fragos Townsend covered both counterterrorism cooperation and regional political issues in her meeting with Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal at his home in Jeddah on February 6. Saud described the Feb [...]
2007-02-24 12:20:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPTER PGOV PREL PINR EFIN KTFN MEPP KPAL SA
07ROME162A/S FRIED DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MIDDLE
[...] (C/NF) EUR A/S Daniel Fried discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Middle East with GOI officials in January 10-11 meetings in Rome. (Fried meetings with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema reported septel) On the Middle East, Fried stated that the administration would focus significant attention on the re [...]
2007-01-25 08:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS NATO IT
07ROME163ITALIAN FM: NO MORE ON MILITARY SIDE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) A/S Fried urged FM D'Alema to bring to the NATO ministerial on Afghanistan ideas for an enhanced commitment, including on caveats, to the multinational effort there. D'Alema responded flatly that Italy could not do more on the military side, although it would confirm its commitment. When [...]
2007-01-25 08:52:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO IT
07ROME209IO PDAS WARLICK'S ROME MEETINGS ON UNSC ISSUES
[...] (C/NF) In January 29 consultations in Rome, visiting IO PDAS James Warlick discussed a broad range of upcoming UNSC issues including the Balkans, Middle East, and the Horn of Africa with Italy, a new non-permanent member. On Kosovo, Warlick and the Italians agreed on the way forward, and the [...]
2007-02-01 16:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC PHUM XF ZL XW IT
07ROME2360ITALIANS DISCUSS IRAN SANCTIONS, LEBANESE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 15, S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield met in Rome with MFA Iraq Task Force Director Gianludovico De Martino and MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Cesare Ragaglini. De Martino said Italy wanted to see greater on-the-ground coordination of donor progra [...]
2007-11-21 12:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV LE SY IZ IR IS IT
07ROME400ITALIAN MOD SAY LEBANESE ARMY STILL HAS A LONG WAY
[...] (C) NEA DAS Danin met with senior Italian MFA and MOD officials to discuss developments in the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Lebanon during February 22 and 23 meetings in Rome. The Italians were receptive to the idea of establishing an informal working group (see reftel),but suggeste [...]
2007-03-01 09:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF UN LE IT
07ROME710ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHAN NGO DETAINEE,
[...] (C/NF) Amb. Spogli got FM D'Alema's agreement to make a clear statement in support of the Athisaari plan for Kosovo and was told that the FM did not think he could or should control an Italian NGO threatening to close its hospitals in Afghanistan unless one of its employees was released by the [...]
2007-04-06 10:09:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO UNSC EUN IT
07ROME96FRIED PRESSES PRODI ON AFGHANISTAN, DAL MOLIN BASE
[...] (S) PM Prodi opened his January 11 a meeting with A/S Fried by questioning the wisdom of the US strike in southern Somalia (he later reiterated this in public). Fried replied that the targets were suspected al-Qaeda terrorists and it must be made clear that Al-Qaeda has no sanctuary anywhere. [...]
2007-01-17 15:48:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MARR NATO IT
07STATE138404(U) NEA A/S WELCH,S SEPTEMBER 28, 2007, MEETING WITH SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER MIGUEL MORATINOS AND DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MIDDLE EAST ALVARO IRANZO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 21:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP DAVID UNGA PREL KPKO SP XI XF DAVID WELCH
07TELAVIV1048ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend the media reported on slight progress in negotiations toward the release of IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit. On Sunday leading media reported that Hamas demands the liberation of 1, [...]
2007-04-10 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1062ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1063ISRAELI MOD CONTACTS SHARE VIEWS ON PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) In a March 29 meeting, Israeli officials from the MOD's POL-MIL Bureau briefed EUCOM Political Advisor (POLAD) Mary Carlin Yates on their assessment of the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and its implications for Palestinian-Israel relations, Israeli thinking about the negative [...]
2007-04-11 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG NATO IZ IS
07TELAVIV1113ISRAEL: CODEL ACKERMAN AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Tel Aviv on April 12 with Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni explained Israel's belief that it is impossible to distinguish between Hamas and non-Hamas members of the Palestinian government. She urged the inte [...]
2007-04-18 06:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV1288 CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES TWO-STATE SOLUTION, SYRIA, AND IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY FM Livni met with CODEL Pelosi and emphasized that Israel and the U.S. share challenges and values. Speaker Pelosi and the Representatives reaffirmed their commitment to an Israel at peace with its neighbors. Livni stressed that the missing soldiers and the trafficking of arms to [...]
2007-05-01 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL IS SY LE IR IZ
07TELAVIV1331JORDANIAN DELEGATION PITCHES IDEA FOR A FEDERATION
[...] (C) Abdul Salam Majali, a former Prime Minister of Jordan and member of the Jordanian Upper House of Parliament, led a small Jordanian delegation to Israel for private meetings with the Israeli political class -- both within and outside the GOI -- during which he advocated reviving a proposal [...]
2007-05-04 14:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PREF KPAL IS JO
07TELAVIV1476ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1549ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian Option ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited both Israeli and American officials as saying that neither Jerusalem nor Washington has changed its views on talks with Syria. This reaction came in response to recent [...]
2007-05-25 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1558NEW ISRAELI MOD DG BUCHRIS SHARES HIS PRIORITIES
[...] (S) ON MAY 22, AMBASSADOR JONES HELD HIS FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ISRAELI MOD DIRECTOR GENERAL PINCHAS BUCHRIS. BUCHRIS, WHO HAD BEEN IN OFFICE ONLY 14 DAYS, FOCUSED HIS COMMENTS ON THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP, STRESSING HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SEEING THE RELATIONSHIP PUT "BACK ON TRACK," AN [...]
2007-05-25 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PINR MARR MASS ETTC KNNP KWBG KPAL
07TELAVIV1604ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Senior commentator Nahum Barnea wrote in the popular, pluralist Yediot: "The current government has three negotiation tracks that require discussion.... Each track involves great risks, but refraining from making a choice is no less dangerous. Whoe [...]
2007-06-04 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1688ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1731CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSSES THE ROAD FORWARD WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with FM Tzipi Livni and PM Ehud Olmert on June 3, Senator Lieberman (CT) discussed issues regarding the Palestinian Authority (PA),the war in Iraq, and strategies for confronting the nuclear ambitions of Iran. Lieberman reassured the GOI that the US would maintain an [...]
2007-06-13 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL IR IZ
07TELAVIV1741ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 09:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1757ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hamas Takeover of Gaza Strip 2. Election of Shimon Peres as President of Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday Hamas completed its takeover of the Gaza Strip. Maariv bannered: "Three States for Two Na [...]
2007-06-15 10:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1842ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Monday the US and EU lifted the embargo on the PA. The media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying: "We intend to lift [...]
2007-06-19 12:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1857ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Visit to US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Tuesday's meeting at the White House between PM Ehud Olmert and President Bush. The media quoted the two leaders as saying publicly that they would [...]
2007-06-20 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1901ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1912ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Yediot) quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying at a fundraising event in Haifa on Thursday that his meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday will create a "new be [...]
2007-06-22 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1918ISRAEL WEIGHING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO HAMAS
[...] (S) Summary. PM Olmert on June 24 will chair the first cabinet discussion of how to respond to the new situation in the Palestinian territories since Olmert's visit to Washington. Senior policy advisers in the MFA, NSC, and MOD have described for us the sub-cabinet discussion of options thi [...]
2007-06-22 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1930ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 13:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1957ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a conciliatory address to the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh PM Ehud Olmert declared in a surprise gesture that he intends to ask the cabinet to approve the release of [...]
2007-06-26 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2022ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror: UK Terror Attempts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that difficulty in finding 250 Fatah prisoners, who have been in jail for a long time but do not have "blood on their hands," [...]
2007-07-02 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2063ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-05 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2081ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2163ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Swearing-In of Shimon Peres as President of Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that today President Bush will give a special address on the Middle East, which is expected to focus on the Israeli-Palestin [...]
2007-07-16 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2173ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-17 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2183ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed President Bush's announcement of a Middle East conference in the fall. Saying that the White House lowered expectations [...]
2007-07-18 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2210ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2298EGYPT/JORDAN FM VISIT POSITIVE, NEXT STEPS KEY
[...] (C) Summary: Both GOI and Egyptian diplomatic sources described the July 25 visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdulelah Al-Khatib to Israel as "positive," although substance was limited and the emphasis was placed on future action. During the [...]
2007-07-27 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EG JO KPAL IS
07TELAVIV2345ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2357ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 08:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2391ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2398ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-06 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2409ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2448YEDIOT ARTICLE CLAIMS BARAK TILTS RIGHT,
[...] (U) Israel's largest circulation daily, Yediot Aharonot, ran a banner headline on August 10 "Barak: There is no chance for a settlement with the Palestinians." Although not a direct interview, the article by well-connected journalist Shimon Schiffer states that Barak has been telling associa [...]
2007-08-10 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPAL IS
07TELAVIV2465ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and The Jerusalem Post reported that on Monday in Washington Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Yediot reported that Itzik thanked the Secreta [...]
2007-08-14 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2483ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Pakistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that Binyamin Netanyahu won the Likud primary with 73.2 percent of the vote. Far-Right activist Moshe Feiglin garnered 23.4 percent, and World Likud Chairman D [...]
2007-08-15 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2491ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Israeli electronic media reported that a memorandum of understanding was signed this morning in Jerusalem between Israel and the US on the new American defense package for Israel. Unde [...]
2007-08-16 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2504ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US Aid to Israel 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns as saying on Thursday that the new USD 30-billion defense package for Israel is not conditioned on [...]
2007-08-17 09:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2539ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a week ago President Shimon Peres met in his office with Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad and that he is willing to meet with PA Chairman [Presi [...]
2007-08-21 09:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2557U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI
[...] (S) Summary. In their August 16 meeting, U/S Nicholas Burns and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni discussed the just-signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) assistance to Israel and arms sales to the Gulf states, Iran, the situation in Gaza, Lebanon, and A [...]
2007-08-23 09:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MASS IR LE KPAL IS
07TELAVIV2662ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 10:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2678ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the belief of GOI sources that most Security Cabinet members will support increasing financial pressure on the Gaza Strip during the cabinet's meeting in Jerus [...]
2007-09-05 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2806ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 06:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2842ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] President Ahmadinejad at Columbia University 2. Mideast 3. Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media quoted President Bush as saying on Monday at a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in N [...]
2007-09-25 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2870ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni may meet PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas in New York. The radio reported that in her speech to the UN General Assembly, Livni is expected to [...]
2007-09-28 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2908ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "The changes in the region and the Palestinian leadership's weakness make it even more difficult to reach a viable agreement. It is clear that the Annapolis meeting will require much more crea [...]
2007-10-05 12:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2918ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 13:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2948ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will come to the region early next week. Israel Radio reported that a three-way meeting will be held between her, PM Ehud [...]
2007-10-12 13:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3027GOI RESPONDS TO EAST JERUSALEM DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered the demarche on continued and planned Israeli settlement activities in East Jerusalem to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General Aharon Abramovitch on Sunday, October 14. The following text was passed to Ambramovitch's office: 2. (U) (Begin text) Esta [...]
2007-10-19 08:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
07TELAVIV3051ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The top story over the weekend was the alleged assassination plot against PM Olmert in June. Reportedly, the plot which was broken up by Shin Bet and PA security services, involved five [...]
2007-10-22 10:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3087ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a State Department spokesperson as saying on Wednesday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will come to Israel and the PA in early November. Major media quoted Sec [...]
2007-10-25 10:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV309ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-29 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3120ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 10:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3222ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3227ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying on Tuesday that the Annapolis meeting will take place during the last week of November. (Ha'aretz quoted chief PA negotiator Qurei as saying that [...]
2007-11-07 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV324ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the suicide bombing that took place in a neighborhood bakery in Eilat on Monday morning -- the first such incident in the city. Media reported that one of the victims, [...]
2007-01-30 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3271ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio mentioned that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly in Nashville and quoted her as saying that "Now the opportunity [...]
2007-11-14 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3295ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3314ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-20 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3342USSC DAYTON BRIEFS IDF CENTRAL COMMANDER ON STEPS
[...] (S) U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton briefed IDF Central Command Commander Major General Gadi Shamni November 18 on efforts to date and future steps to strengthen the capabilities of Palestinian National Security Forces (NSF) and Presidential Guard (PG) units in the We [...]
2007-11-26 13:00:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETMOPS MASS KPAL KWBG PTER JO EG IS
07TELAVIV3367ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 12:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3376ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 11:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3411ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3441ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The release of the U.S. National Intelligence Assessment on Iran received top billing in major media. The Jerusalem Post headlined "US: Iran Stopped Its Nuclear Arms Program 4 Years Ago". [...]
2007-12-04 11:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3548ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Paris Donor's Conference 2. Gaza ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- All media reported that eleven Palestinians were killed since Monday night in four aerial strikes of IAF among them nine Islamic Jihad activists. One of the dead is a senior [...]
2007-12-18 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3606ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------ Â [...]
2007-12-27 05:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV378ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media reported that the Quartet decided on Friday to maintain the boycott of the Hamas government until it renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel and [...]
2007-02-05 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV450ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV461ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night Israel TV confirmed that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will hold a three-way meeting with Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas on February 19 as planned. Over [...]
2007-02-12 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV471ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV496ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying in Ankara today that he is prepared to talk with the Palestinians if they agree to Israel's terms. Leading media reported that, during his curr [...]
2007-02-15 10:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV502ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TO CONTINUE ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AS ONE ELEMENT OF THE ONGOING EFFORT TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON MOVEMENT AND ACCESS (AMA),ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN DELEGATIONS MET ON FEBRUARY 13 AT THE CHIEF OF MISSION'S RESIDENCE TO DISCUSS ACTIONS THAT COULD AID A REVIVAL OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE WEST [...]
2007-02-15 15:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL KWBG IS
07TELAVIV509ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will arrive in Israel on Saturday and meet with FM Tzipi Livni. The station said that on Sunday Rice will hold separate meeti [...]
2007-02-16 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
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