00TELAVIV4462 |
UNTITLED [...][...] |
2000-08-24 14:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | *NOTAGS |
01TELAVIV4047 |
HAMAS: PICKING UP THE PIECES, GAINING BY [...]C) SUMMARY: GAZA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND
LONG-TIME HAMAS WATCHER ZIAD ABU AMR TOLD POLOFF JULY 24
THAT HAMAS' INFLUENCE "HAS NE[...] |
2001-07-27 11:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1246 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]tate Department Release of 2003 Human Rights
Report
¶2. Alhurra TV Station
------------------------- [...] |
2004-03-01 11:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1259 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 1, 2004 (1400 [...]SBU) Summary: The IAF killed three militants from
Palestinian Islamic Jihad February 28 in a missile attack in
the Shaykh Radwan neigh[...] |
2004-03-01 17:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1276 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-03-02 11:22:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1288 |
NEGOTIATIONS FOR EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE CONTINUE [...]C) Summary: The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project is
approaching some of the final hurdles in the negotiations
between the many parti[...] |
2004-03-02 14:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1291 |
PEACE NOW CHIEF SKEPTICAL BUT SUPPORTIVE OF PM'S [...]) Summary: The head of Peace Now told Embassy econoff
that he welcomed the PM's initiative calling for the
unilateral dismantling of [...] |
2004-03-02 16:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS |
04TELAVIV1292 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 2, 2004 (1400 [...]SBU) Summary: Arafat advisor for human rights and media
issues Khalil al-Zaben was shot and killed March 2 by unknown
Palestinian gunm[...] |
2004-03-02 18:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1315 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Performance of Ariel Sharon
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----[...] |
2004-03-03 12:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1325 |
ISRAELI COUNTER-TERROR OFFICIAL DEFENDS RAMALLAH [...]) Summary: NSC Counterterrorism Chief BG Danny Arditi
expressed concern to the Ambassador March 1 about continuing
support from Hizba[...] |
2004-03-03 15:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1326 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 3, 2004 (1400 [...]SBU) Summary: The IDF killed three Hamas militants March
3 near Netzarim after the three had reportedly fired two
mortars at Netzarim [...] |
2004-03-03 18:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1335 |
U/S LARSON DISCUSSES "GREATER MIDDLE EAST," AN [...]C) Summary. Under Secretary Larson reviewed the
President's "Greater Middle East" vision with Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Director G[...] |
2004-03-04 09:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1336 |
ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC POLICIES GET HIGH MARKS AT THE [...]C) Summary. The U.S. delegation to the 2004
U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group meeting in
Jerusalem (JEDG), led by Under S[...] |
2004-03-04 09:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1351 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]erformance of PM Sharon's Government
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: [...] |
2004-03-04 12:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1353 |
RUSSIAN ENVOY LOOKS TO UPCOMING QUARTET MEETING TO [...]) Russian Special Middle East Envoy Kalugin, just back
from a trip to Saudi Arabia, told the Ambassador March 3 that
the Saudis "made [...] |
2004-03-04 13:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL RS XF IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1354 |
LIKUD POWER BROKER -- AND REPUTED PARTY BULLY -- [...]C) Summary and Comment: Likud's outspoken rightist
Central Committee member Uzi Cohen and some of his what could
only be described as [...] |
2004-03-04 13:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1362 |
WERTHEIMER APPARENTLY GIVING UP ON "MARSHALL PLAN" [...]BU) Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer told visiting
NSC Director Adnan Kifayat and Embassy Econoff on Feb. 24
that he will no long[...] |
2004-03-04 14:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD PREL KWBG TU JO IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1366 |
(S) ISRAELI CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL FRENCH ARMS [...]) MOD DG Amos Yaron expressed concern March 3 to
visiting Commerce U/S Kenneth Juster about signals that
France might be ready to reve[...] |
2004-03-04 15:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | MARR MASS PREL PARM IS CH FR MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1367 |
ISRAELI REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT MUTED [...]SBU) Summary: GOI and public reaction to the State
Department's 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR) has been
relatively low-key in the five[...] |
2004-03-04 15:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1368 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 4, 2004 (1400 [...]SBU) Summary: A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed
March 4 during an IDF incursion into the Zorub section of the
Rafah refugee camp t[...] |
2004-03-04 16:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1370 |
ASSASSINATION OF ARAFAT AIDE IN GAZA CITY -- LAW [...]C) Summary: The March 2 assassination of Khalil
al-Zaban, Yasir Arafat's advisor on human rights and media
issues, is but the most rec[...] |
2004-03-04 17:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL KDEM PREL PGOV GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV1375 |
ETHIOPIAN JEWRY IN ISRAEL [...]mmary: Ethiopian Jews in Israel number
approximately 90,000. Fifty percent of them are
under the age of 25. Most can trace their fa[...] |
2004-03-05 08:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL KIRF ET IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV1381 |
ISRAELI VENTURE CAPITALISTS REQUEST CLARITY ON [...]C) Summary. Senior Israeli venture capitalists outlined
to the Ambassador March 3 difficulties Israeli firms are
having selling softw[...] |
2004-03-05 09:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PTER IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV1384 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-03-05 12:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1389 |
New Mayor of Dimona Eager to Assist Embassy's [...]BU) Summary: ACS Chief, ARSO, Conspec and RSO
investigator met with newly-elected Mayor of Dimona,
Meir Cohen on March 2, 2004 to disc[...] |
2004-03-05 14:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KFRD IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV1390 |
ISRAELI READOUT OF IRAN NUCLEAR CONSULTATIONS WITH [...]) SUMMARY: In a readout of their consultations with
French officials about Iran and other IAEA issues, Gideon
Frank and Eli Levite of [...] |
2004-03-05 14:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | KNNP PARM MNUC PREL IS IR FR GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1391 |
FAST-TRACK OUTPOST REMOVAL LESS THAN ADVERTISED [...]C) Summary and comment: The long-promised GOI removal
of outposts established after March 2001 suffered another
setback on March 4 wh[...] |
2004-03-05 14:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1392 |
GOI INFO ON RAMALLAH BANK RAID [...]C) Summary: In separate meetings this week with Shin
Bet liaison officers and the head of Israel's counter
terrorist financing effort[...] |
2004-03-05 15:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
04TELAVIV1394 |
SHARON DENIES PERSONAL MOTIVATIONS IN TENNENBAUM [...]) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon and his staff have
forcefully denied the explosive March 3 "Ma'ariv" story
impugning his motives in [...] |
2004-03-05 16:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1395 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 5, 2004 (1400 [...]SBU) Summary: The IDF imposed a total closure on the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip March 5 for the Purim holiday,
preventing even Pales[...] |
2004-03-05 16:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1408 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-03-08 11:40:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1413 |
MEETING OF POST TERRORISM FINANCING WORKING GROUP [...]S//NF) On March 5, the DCM chaired a meeting of mission
officers involved in terrorist financing issues. Post
Economic, Political, FB[...] |
2004-03-08 13:30:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER SNAR KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1420 |
SPIEGEL BRIEFS ON FENCE ACTIONS, PREPS MOFAZ FOR [...]C) BG (res) Baruch Spiegel called POL/C to a
short-notice meeting March 8 to detail the latest steps in
his assigned effort to address[...] |
2004-03-08 18:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PHUM PBTS IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1451 |
MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA PULL-OUT [...]) SUMMARY: We assess that the threshold for IDF
conventional ground force action in Gaza following a complete
Israeli withdrawal, incl[...] |
2004-03-09 07:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL KPAL MOPS PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1452 |
POLITICAL/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 tur[...] |
2004-03-09 07:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL KDEM EAID ECON PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1453 |
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF GAZA PULL-OUT [...]) Summary: We assess that an Israeli pull-out from the
Gaza Strip in and of itself will not result in any major
improvements in econo[...] |
2004-03-09 07:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1455 |
VIOLENT WEEKEND IN GAZA - IS THIS THE STORM BEFORE [...]) Summary: On Saturday, March 6, four suicide bombers
who were apparently en route to Erez crossing detonated
prematurely, killing th[...] |
2004-03-09 08:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1464 |
USING THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE OUR [...]) I encourage Washington to convene a meeting of the
Joint Economic Committee (JEC) as soon as possible. Our
combined efforts to focu[...] |
2004-03-09 11:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1466 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2004-03-09 12:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1488 |
FM SHALOM REVIEWS BUSY TRAVEL ITINERARY; BELIEVES [...]) Summary: Foreign Minister Shalom told the Ambassador
on March 8 that in recent discussions in London and Dublin
the Europeans had c[...] |
2004-03-10 06:44:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER IS EG XF EU GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1493 |
LIBYA/IAEA: ISRAEL UNHAPPY WITH REVISED [...]) In response to March 10 ref (C) demarche to his
deputy, MFA Deputy DG for Strategic Affairs Jeremy
Issacharoff told polmiloff that t[...] |
2004-03-10 10:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC LY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1496 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]he requesters hope to obtain Cypriot citizenship
and a EU passport.
Yediot reported that Israel has asked the U.S. to allow &[...] |
2004-03-10 11:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1538 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Greater Middle East Initiative
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
--[...] |
2004-03-11 12:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1546 |
HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS IN WEST BANK AND [...]ummary: Overall, the humanitarian situation in
West Bank and Gaza (WB/G) has not improved. Despite
some minor improvements in mobilit[...] |
2004-03-11 14:56:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE HUMANITARIAN AID |
04TELAVIV1561 |
ISRAELI FIU LEFT OUT OF RAMALLAH BANK OPERATION [...]C) Summary: The Director of the Israeli Money
Laundering Prohibition Authority (IMPA), Yehuda Shaffer, told
econoff on March 10 that [...] |
2004-03-11 15:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG EFIN KPAL IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1568 |
COMBATING RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM; USG-GOI DISCUSS [...]C) U.S. and Israeli delegations discussed efforts to
combat radiological terrorism during February 24-25 talks
held in Israel. The pa[...] |
2004-03-12 10:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TSPL PARM IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1575 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]arch 11 Madrid Bombings
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
--------[...] |
2004-03-12 11:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1587 |
SHINUI SCIENCE MINISTER MAKES CASE AGAINST [...]C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister
of Science and Technology (and Shinui MK) Eliezer Sandberg
outlined his opposit[...] |
2004-03-12 15:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG TSPL PINR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1598 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Aftermath of Madrid Bombings
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
----[...] |
2004-03-15 12:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1611 |
UNUSUAL FACTORS IN ASHDOD BOMBINGS INVITE [...]) SUMMARY: Several atypical elements of Sunday's dual
suicide bombing at the Ashdod port have led Israelis to worry
that Hamas and Fat[...] |
2004-03-15 15:14:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KWBG ASEC PREL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
04TELAVIV1612 |
SPIEGEL BRIEFS DONORS ON SEPARATION BARRIER [...]SBU) Summary. Baruch Spiegel, Israeli coordinator on
humanitarian issues related to the separation barrier, told
donors March 11 that[...] |
2004-03-15 15:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1613 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 13-15, 2004 [...]SBU) Summary. At approximately 1630 hours March 14, two
18-year-old residents of a Gaza refugee camp blew themselves
up at the Ashdod [...] |
2004-03-15 15:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1614 |
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN WEST BANK/GAZA SETTLEMENTS [...]SBU) Summary. Newly released statistics indicate that
housing starts in West Bank and Gaza settlements increased
35% in 2003, in a ye[...] |
2004-03-15 16:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1621 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Campaign Against Terrorism
¶3. Greater Middle East Initiative
------------------[...] |
2004-03-16 11:32:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1623 |
COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND LOOKS [...]BU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of
Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the Bureau of Industry and Security [...] |
2004-03-16 12:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV1631 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 16, 2004; (1630 [...]SBU) Summary. Israeli press reports suggesting that a
"severe" military crackdown on Gaza was likely following last
week's suicide bo[...] |
2004-03-16 15:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV1632 |
FOG REMAINS FOLLOWING SHARON WIN ON VAGUE [...]C) Summary and comment: Following a vaguely-worded
speech that was supposed to be about his disengagement plan,
PM Sharon turned a Ma[...] |
2004-03-16 16:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1638 |
SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PA [...]) SUMMARY: While reaffirming his preference for the
roadmap, PM Sharon told Codel Levin on March 14 that he would
not "negotiate" with[...] |
2004-03-17 08:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1643 |
HOME DEMOLITIONS IN GAZA - HIGH HUMANITARIAN TOLL [...]C) Summary/Comment: Humanitarian conditions in Rafah
rank among the worst in the Palestinian territories. In the
past three years, ov[...] |
2004-03-17 10:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON GZ IS KWBG PHUM PREF PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV1644 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-03-17 11:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1661 |
SHARON TELLS CODEL LEVIN THAT SYRIA TRACK CAN WAIT [...]) SUMMARY: PM Sharon told Codel Levin that Israel should
"finish negotiations" with the Palestinians before turning to
the Syrian trac[...] |
2004-03-17 14:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1662 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 17, 2004 -- [...]SBU) IDF helicopter gunships fired missiles on a Gaza
City building on March 16, killing two members of Islamic
Jihad and wounding nin[...] |
2004-03-17 14:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1667 |
NEW YAHAD CHAIRMAN BEILIN SOUNDS BATTLE CRY [...]SBU) Summary: Yossi Beilin's close victory in the new
Yahad Party's chairmanship race against Meretz MK Ran Cohen
blows some new life [...] |
2004-03-17 15:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1676 |
QIZ TALKS: GETTING CLOSER, BUT ISRAELI, EGYPTIAN [...]) This is a joint cable from Embassies Tel Aviv and
Cairo.
-------
Summary
-------
¶2. ([...] |
2004-03-18 10:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV1677 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Campaign Against Terrorism
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------[...] |
2004-03-18 10:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1683 |
COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND [...]BU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under
Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the
SIPDIS
Bureau[...] |
2004-03-18 13:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR AND COMMERCE ECONOMY FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1684 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 18, 2004 -- [...]SBU) In Gaza, the IDF ended its operation to search for
tunnels at 2100 hours March 17. UNRWA reported that six
Palestinians were inj[...] |
2004-03-18 14:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1685 |
JERICHO MONITORING MISSION: STATUS REPORT AND [...]) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv-ConGen Jerusalem
message, coordinated with the British Embassy and British
ConGen.
[...] |
2004-03-18 16:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS UK ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1689 |
TRANSPORT MINISTER LIEBERMAN SLAMS SHARON IN [...]C) Summary. Transportation Minister and National Union
leader Avigdor Lieberman on March 17:
-- Called PM Sharon and his unilateral d[...] |
2004-03-19 07:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1698 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]deast
¶2. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
[...] |
2004-03-19 10:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1705 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 19, 2004 -- [...]SBU) Four IDF soldiers were injured when a bomb exploded
near their tank during an incursion into the Gaza Strip near
Netzarim. Accor[...] |
2004-03-19 13:28:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1706 |
ZEVULUN ORLEV, MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS [...]) Zevulun Orlev, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs,
is a moderate member of the rightist National Religious Party
(NRP). He has pr[...] |
2004-03-19 14:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1707 |
UN ENVOY PREVIEWS ARAFAT "ASCENSION" PROPOSAL [...]) Summary: UN Special Coordinator Terje Larsen reviewed
for the Ambassador his recent exchanges with GOI, PA,
Egyptian, and Jordanian[...] |
2004-03-19 14:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1708 |
THE COSTS OF THE INTIFADA TO THE ISRAELI ECONOMY [...]C) Summary. More than three years into the Intifada, a
lively debate has ensued about its costs to the Israeli
economy, both past and[...] |
2004-03-19 14:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1721 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ssassination of Hamas Leader Ahmed Yassin
¶2. Mideast
¶3. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak
[...] |
2004-03-22 12:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1729 |
TRADE MINISTER OLMERT PROMISES COOPERATION, ACTION [...]C) Summary. Vice Prime Minister and Minister of
Industry, Trade and Labor (MOIT) Ehud Olmert told the
Ambassador March 18 that he ta[...] |
2004-03-22 13:28:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1741 |
PM SHARON BANKING ON U.S. TO SAVE DISENGAGEMENT [...]C) Summary: Following PM Sharon's March 21 meeting with
Likud ministers to discuss his disengagement plan, it appears
that the Prime M[...] |
2004-03-22 16:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV1742 |
HAMAS 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 retaliati[...] |
2004-03-22 16:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | KWBG KPAL PREL PTER GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV1743 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 22, 2004 -- [...]SBU) Summary: The IAF assassinated Hamas leader Shaykh
Ahmad Yasin in a missile attack in Gaza City March 22; six
other Palestinians w[...] |
2004-03-22 17:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1752 |
GUSH KATIF VISA APPLICANTS EXPECT PROTESTS AGAINST [...]ummary. In February, Conoff interviewed three visa
applicants from the Gush Katif settlement bloc who shared
their views on PM Sharon[...] |
2004-03-23 07:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IS KWBG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1758 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-03-23 10:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1765 |
ISRAELIS HUNKER DOWN THE DAY AFTER YASSIN KILLING [...]) Summary: Israel's politicians wasted little time in
taking to the airwaves to defend, or in some cases take issue
with, the March 2[...] |
2004-03-23 13:10:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1772 |
ISRAELI-ARAB POLITICIANS DECLARE DAY OF MOURNING, [...]) Summary. Israeli-Arab politicians rallied some 2,000
demonstrators in Nazareth March 23 to protest the GOI's
assassination of Hamas[...] |
2004-03-23 14:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV1777 |
Canon White and Former Archbishop of [...]ummary: Lord Carey of Clifton (Former Archbishop
of Canterbury) and Canon Andrew White met with
Ambassador March 19 to seek his views[...] |
2004-03-24 06:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KMPI PHUM KPAO IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1794 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-03-24 12:18:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1830 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Campaign Against Terrorism
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------[...] |
2004-03-25 12:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1839 |
Israeli Economy Pauses following Yassin Killing [...]BU) The jury is out on the economic effect of the
Yassin killing, but it already appears that tourism is
taking a significant hit. Wh[...] |
2004-03-25 14:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1845 |
SHARON'S CABINET SECRETARY DOES THE MATH AND [...]) Summary: Cabinet Secretary Israel Maimon predicted to
Ambassador Kurtzer March 23 that the present government would
not last long. [...] |
2004-03-25 14:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1866 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Blair in Libya
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------[...] |
2004-03-26 10:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1874 |
POLICE MAY HAVE LEARNED LESSONS FROM ORR [...]) Summary: In an apparent effort to avoid a repetition
of the October 2000 police killing of 12 Israeli-Arab
demonstrators, chief of I[...] |
2004-03-26 13:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1896 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-03-29 10:36:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1906 |
SHARON INDICTMENT RECOMMENDATION NO SURPRISE; MOST [...]C) Summary: The long-anticipated word this past weekend
that State Prosecutor Edna Arbel intends to recommend
indictment of PM Sharon [...] |
2004-03-29 13:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1909 |
PALESTINIANS ANSWER "NO" TO QUESTION, "ARE YOU [...]C) Summary: Starting in October 2003, the World Bank
and Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) have
conducted a series of m[...] |
2004-03-29 14:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID SOCI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV1910 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 27-29, 2004 -- [...]SBU) Summary: A seven-year-old Palestinian boy was shot
and killed March 27 in Balata refugee camp during an exchange
of fire between [...] |
2004-03-29 15:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1911 |
UN AGENCIES FED UP WITH GAZA RESTRICTIONS; BUT NO [...]C) Summary: Following a series of terrorist attacks at
or near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, the GOI
began requiring UN [...] |
2004-03-29 16:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ECON PHUM KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1920 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Campaign Against Terrorism
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------[...] |
2004-03-30 11:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1928 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 30, 2004 -- [...]SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and injured two
Palestinian suspects in al-Fuwwar village, and eight
Palestinians were arrested by the[...] |
2004-03-30 13:30:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1934 |
ISRAELI OFFICIALS DISCUSS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT, [...]) SUMMARY: In meetings that took place in the hours
following the Sheikh Yassin assassination, USD Dov Zakheim
discussed the targeted [...] |
2004-03-30 14:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PGOV MARR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1940 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza Withdrawal Plan
¶2. Greater Middle East Initiative
-------------------------
Key stories in the medi[...] |
2004-03-31 10:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1941 |
LABOR'S ENTRY TO COALITION COULD HINGE ON [...]C) Summary: In the face of a possible bribery indictment
against PM Sharon, speculation has begun over whether Labor
will put on hold [...] |
2004-03-31 10:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1946 |
FIRST OUTPOST REMOVED UNDER NEW LEGAL PROCESS [...]) IDF forces succeeded early Wednesday March 31 in their
second attempt within 24 hours to remove the outpost of Hazon
David near Kiry[...] |
2004-03-31 11:58:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1951 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 31, 2004 -- [...]SBU) Summary: In the pre-dawn hours March 31, settlers
moved into 11 houses they claim to have purchased in the
predominantly Arab Sil[...] |
2004-03-31 14:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1952 |
ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...]) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials
between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel
Ed Djerejian, here[...] |
2004-03-31 15:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV1953 |
SHARON'S LIKUD REFERENDUM LIKELY TO STYMIE [...]) SUMMARY: PM Sharon's decision to take his unilateral
disengagement plan to a referendum of the full 200,000-strong
Likud membership[...] |
2004-03-31 15:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV1962 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-04-01 10:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV1968 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 1, 2004 -- (1400 [...]SBU) Direct deposit for all PA security forces is
scheduled to begin April 1 (see Jerusalem septel). Civilian
PA workers are schedule[...] |
2004-04-01 12:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV1970 |
BEILIN BINDS NEW YAHAD PARTY TO GENEVA ACCORD [...]C) Summary: New Yahad Party leader Yossi Beilin left no
doubt that Yahad and the Geneva Accord are joined at the hip
when accord co-au[...] |
2004-04-01 12:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV2021 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-04-02 11:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2031 |
IN PASSOVER INTERVIEWS, SHARON WARNS ARAFAT, [...]BU) Israel's three major dailies previewed April 2 the
separate Passover interviews with PM Sharon that each will
publish on April 5. [...] |
2004-04-02 11:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG PGOV IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2034 |
PERES: LABOR READY TO JOIN LIKUD COALITION [...]C) Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres told Ambassador
Kurtzer unequivocally April 2 that Labor "could not stay out"
of the coalition i[...] |
2004-04-02 11:36:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2035 |
BOI Reduces Interest by 0.2% in March [...]) On March 29, the Bank of Israel announced a 0.2
percent reduction in interest rates. This brings the Bank
of Israel interest rate t[...] |
2004-04-02 11:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV2039 |
GOI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON ISRAEL-EGYPT QIZ [...]) Summary and Action Request. Gabbi Bar, Deputy
Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
confirmed to us April [...] |
2004-04-02 13:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV2040 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 2, 2004 -- (1400 [...]SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was killed April 2 in a
heavy exchange of fire that erupted between IDF soldiers and
Palestinian militan[...] |
2004-04-02 14:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV2041 |
UNHAPPY ISRAELI TRADE MINISTER REACTS TO POSSIBLE [...]C) Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade
and Communications Ehud Olmert called the Ambassador late
April 1 to complain [...] |
2004-04-02 14:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2042 |
COGAT SAYS UNRWA-IDF CONTAINER DISPUTE MAY BE SOON [...]C) Summary: UNRWA April 1 announced the suspension of
its emergency food distribution program in the Gaza Strip.
UNRWA Deputy Director[...] |
2004-04-02 16:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KWBG PREF PREL GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
04TELAVIV2056 |
RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAJOR GAZA/WEST BANK USAID [...]) Summary/Recommendations: On January 30, Chiefs of
Mission in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and the West Bank/Gaza
USAID Mission Director [...] |
2004-04-05 09:09:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL KWBG ASEC IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID |
04TELAVIV2063 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Campaign Against Terrorism
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------[...] |
2004-04-05 11:58:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2064 |
SHARON READY TO REPLACE WAYWARD MINISTERS OVER [...]C) Summary. At the April 4 Cabinet meeting, PM Sharon
invited two right-wing ministers to leave the coalition if
they are not comforta[...] |
2004-04-05 12:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2067 |
NETANYAHU ANNOUNCES MAJOR TAX REDUCTION PROGRAM [...]) On Sunday, April 4th, Finance Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu held a press conference at which he announced the
third major tax reductio[...] |
2004-04-05 12:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2070 |
SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE GETS QUICK GOI ATTENTION [...]C) Summary: Aaron Abramovitch, Director General of
Israel's Ministry of Justice, told Econ/C April 5 that the
GOI was "surprised and[...] |
2004-04-05 13:22:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2079 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2004-04-07 12:18:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2119 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2004-04-08 12:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2123 |
DETAILS OF EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE APPROVED BY [...]C) Summary. The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project
cleared a crucial hurdle on April 4 when the GOI gave its
blessing to the Israel El[...] |
2004-04-08 13:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV2140 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aq
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2004-04-09 12:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2156 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2004-04-13 11:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2163 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #69, APRIL 10-13, [...]SBU) Summary. Four Palestinians were killed by IDF fire
over the reporting period, including a 12 year old girl who
lived near Gani Ta[...] |
2004-04-13 15:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV2164 |
OVER 200 GAZA BUSINESSMEN LAMENT DELAYS AT KARNI [...]C) Embassy sources reported that over 200 Gazan
businessmen attended a Chambers of Commerce meeting on April
13 in Gaza City. They at[...] |
2004-04-13 16:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON GZ IS PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV2167 |
While Israel's Economy Grows, Unemployment Remains [...]BU) Finance Minister Netanyahu's declaration in late
2003 that the recession has ended appears to look more
realistic today than it di[...] |
2004-04-14 07:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2189 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-04-14 12:44:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2195 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #70; APRIL 14, 1700 [...]SBU) Summary. During the reporting period one
Palestinian died of shrapnel wounds during a Fatah
demonstration. IDF teams demolished[...] |
2004-04-14 16:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV2199 |
REACTION TO BUSH-SHARON MEETING: SHARON GOT WHAT [...]C) Summary: Key Likud disengagement supporters and the
major media are declaring PM Sharon victorious after learning
of the assurances[...] |
2004-04-15 10:28:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2200 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-04-15 11:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2202 |
A DAY OF SETBACKS FOR OUTPOST SUPPORTERS [...]C) Summary: A day after PM Sharon reiterated his
commitment to removing unauthorized outposts in Washington,
outpost activists and su[...] |
2004-04-15 13:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2203 |
ISRAELI-ARAB NGO LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...]mmary: An Israeli-Arab advocacy NGO appealed to the
diplomatic community at an April 13 gathering to lobby the
GOI against renewal of [...] |
2004-04-15 13:40:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV2206 |
OMRI SHARON SEES HARD WORK AHEAD ON DISENGAGEMENT [...]C) PM Sharon's son and Likud MK, Omri Sharon, told
poloff on April 14 -- before the PM's White House meeting --
that the main problem [...] |
2004-04-15 15:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2207 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #71, APRIL 15, 1700 [...]SBU) Summary. IDF forces detained settlers during the
evacuation of Havat Maon outpost April 14. IDF forces
clashed with Palestinian[...] |
2004-04-15 16:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV2227 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-04-16 12:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2231 |
POLLS SHOW DISENGAGEMENT PLAN WINNING LIKUD [...]C) Polls conducted after the April 14 meeting between
President Bush and PM Sharon show Sharon's disengagement plan
winning a majority[...] |
2004-04-16 13:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2235 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #72; APRIL 16, 1700 [...]SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF fire killed one
Palestinian demonstrator near Ramallah and injured nine near
the Old City. The I[...] |
2004-04-16 15:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV2242 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2004-04-19 11:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2249 |
PERCEPTIONS OF U.S. "GREEN LIGHT" FUEL ANGER AT [...]C) Summary: Contacts throughout the Gaza Strip all
concurred that the April 17 assassination of Hamas leader Abd
al-Aziz al-Rantisi th[...] |
2004-04-19 15:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2250 |
SHARON SECURES KEY LIKUD MINISTERS' SUPPORT FOR [...]C) Summary. PM Sharon has lined up key Likud ministers
behind his disengagement plan and set the stage for victory
in the May 2 Likud[...] |
2004-04-19 17:40:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2256 |
LIKUD MK SA'AR OPPOSES WITHDRAWAL PLAN BUT [...]C) Summary: Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar told poloff on April
18 that he will quietly oppose PM Sharon's disengagement plan
even though he i[...] |
2004-04-20 11:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2257 |
MAKING BREAD, NOT WAR, IN JAFFA: AN ISRAELI ARAB [...]SBU) Summary: In the mixed city of Jaffa, where Jews
and Arabs buy and sell side-by-side in one of the busiest
marketplace environmen[...] |
2004-04-20 11:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV2259 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Release of Mordechai Vanunu
¶3. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stori[...] |
2004-04-20 12:26:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2261 |
PERES TELLS CODEL ISSA "NO GUARANTEE THE FUTURE [...]C) Summary: Labor leader Shimon Peres told CODEL Issa
April 16 that the United States should be promoting
modernization in the Middle [...] |
2004-04-20 13:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL GZ IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2271 |
BIBI BULLISH ON ISRAELI ECONOMY TO CODEL ISSA [...]C) Summary: An ebullient Binyamin Netanyahu told CODEL
Issa April 14 that Israel's economy is continuing to improve
now that reforms a[...] |
2004-04-20 16:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV2282 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]elease of Mordechai Vanunu
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----[...] |
2004-04-21 12:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2293 |
PEACE NOW DIRECTOR: NETANYAHU AND SHARON FINAGLE [...]C) Summary: Peace Now Director Yariv Oppenheimer told
poloff on April 20 that PM Sharon and FinMin Netanyahu both
know that prior GOI [...] |
2004-04-21 13:26:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2300 |
FM SHALOM LIKELY TO HEAD GOI DELEGATION TO OSCE [...]SBU) MFA Minister Counselor for Anti-Semitism and
Holocaust Remembrance Martin Flax told poloff on April 21
that it is the MFA's "work[...] |
2004-04-21 14:26:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI IS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2304 |
RUSSIAN ENVOY FOCUSES ON QUARTET AND DISENGAGEMENT [...]C) Russian Special Middle East Envoy Kalugin told the
Ambassador April 20 that President Bush's April 14 statement
on Sharon's Disenga[...] |
2004-04-21 15:10:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL RS XF IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2324 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-04-22 13:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2327 |
VANUNU, UPON RELEASE, CLAIMS U.S. AGENT LURED HIM [...]) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Immediately upon his April 21
release from prison, "nuclear spy" Mordechai Vanunu charged
that the woman who lu[...] |
2004-04-22 14:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PGOV PHUM PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2328 |
SHARON TELLS KNESSET NO USG ASSURANCES WITHOUT [...]C) With an April 21 poll showing only
44-percent-to-40-percent Likud majority support for his
disengagement plan, down from a week ago[...] |
2004-04-22 15:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV2335 |
KEY MINISTERS AND WEISSGLAS REVIEW POTUS-SHARON [...]) SUMMARY: In April 20 meetings with U/S Bolton and the
Ambassador, Olmert and Weissglas said there is still a chance
to keep the GOI [...] |
2004-04-22 15:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2337 |
GAZANS BREAK FROM JAIL DETAINEES IN OCTOBER 2003 [...]U) Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance
Committee (PRC) staged a prison break at the civil jail in
Gaza City April 21, fr[...] |
2004-04-22 16:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL KWBG ASEC GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2347 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iran Nuclear Program
¶3. Release of Mordechai Vanunu
------------------------- &[...] |
2004-04-23 10:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2352 |
EREZ INDUSTRIAL ESTATE: DAYS MAY BE LIMITED [...]C) Summary: On April 21, the Israeli daily Haaretz
reported that the IDF may close the Erez Industrial Estate
(EIE) in response to a [...] |
2004-04-23 13:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV2353 |
ROLE OF WORLD BANK IN GAZA DISENGAGEMENT PLAN [...]C) Summary: On Tuesday, April 20, USAID/West Bank and
Gaza Director Garber and Deputy Director Ellis, met with
Nigel Roberts, World B[...] |
2004-04-23 13:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2354 |
NATIONAL UNION MK TELLS CODEL DAVIS THAT [...]C) Knesset member Yuri Shtern of the right-wing
coalition National Union party told visiting Congressmen Tom
Davis and Jim Moran duri[...] |
2004-04-23 13:26:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2356 |
LEAKED PURPORTED FEASIBILITY STUDY ON GAZA [...]) Y-Net, the website affiliated with mass-circulation
Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth, on April 22 published a leaked
version of a repor[...] |
2004-04-23 14:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
04TELAVIV2360 |
EU ENVOY'S THOUGHTS ON WITHDRAWAL, INTERNATIONALS' [...]C) EU Special Envoy Marc Otte told Ambassador Kurtzer
April 23 that European officials are beginning efforts to
identify steps that wi[...] |
2004-04-23 14:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2376 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]srael's 56th Independence Day
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
--[...] |
2004-04-26 11:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2381 |
ISRAELI ARABS SPLIT OVER THE MERITS OF [...]SBU) Summary: The Arab League is hosting a conference
on ties between the Arab world and the Arab citizens of
Israel in Cairo April 2[...] |
2004-04-26 14:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2382 |
SHARON OPTIONS IN REFERENDUM RUN-UP [...]C) With six days to go until Likud's May 2 referendum on
his disengagement plan, inaction by three nominally
supportive but reluctant [...] |
2004-04-26 14:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2384 |
Israeli Economic News: Klein Puts Cuts on Hold; [...]) On Sunday, April 25, the Bank of Israel announced
that there would be no change in interest rates in May,
leaving the BOI rate uncha[...] |
2004-04-26 14:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV2388 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: APRIL 26, 2004 -- [...]SBU) Summary: Palestinian gunmen killed one Israeli
border policeman and wounded three others April 25 near Idna
village in the West B[...] |
2004-04-26 15:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV2412 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]pril 27 Damascus Attack
¶2. Mideast
¶3. Israel-Hizbullah Deal
¶4. Cyprus
[...] |
2004-04-28 12:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2416 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 28, 2004 -- [...]SBU) Summary: Israeli media reported that four Israelis
were injured, one seriously, in an attempted suicide car
bombing April 28 when[...] |
2004-04-28 14:10:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ |
04TELAVIV2421 |
POLLING LULL AND ANTI-WITHDRAWAL DEMONSTRATION [...]C) The brief vacuum of polling results, with private
and public polls of Likud voters not expected until April 29
and 30 respectively[...] |
2004-04-28 15:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2436 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syria
¶3. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: [...] |
2004-04-29 11:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2455 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #80, APRIL 29, 2004; [...]SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF forces killed one
suspected al Aqsa member and arrested three Fatah activists,
and house demoliti[...] |
2004-04-29 14:14:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV2457 |
AM AHAD AND LABOR MERGER LIKELY [...]C) Histadrut International Secretary Nawaf Massalha told
poloff April 22 that it is likely Amir Peretz's Am Ahad Party
will merge into[...] |
2004-04-29 15:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2458 |
SHARON'S CAMPAIGN: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? LATEST [...]C) Summary. Results published on April 29 from two
major media polls show 47-percent-to-39-percent and
45-percent-to-42-percent Liku[...] |
2004-04-29 15:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV2470 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-04-30 11:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV2471 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: SHARON FACING DEFEAT UNLESS [...]C) SUMMARY: All Israeli polls are showing defeat for
Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan at the hands of
Likud party members. [...] |
2004-04-30 12:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV2473 |
THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #81; APRIL 30, 2004 [...]SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF troops killed one
Palestinian during a clash with stone throwers, and another
Palestinian woman r[...] |
2004-04-30 13:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV6036 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iran Nuclear Program
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------[...] |
2004-12-01 11:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6039 |
GAZAN 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 [...] |
2004-12-01 12:09:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6045 |
BUDGET MAY FAIL, BUT SHRINKING SHARON GOVERNMENT [...]C) The anticipated 43-54 failure of PM Sharon's budget
late December 1, and the anticipated post-vote dismissal of
Shinui ministers, l[...] |
2004-12-01 13:22:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV6049 |
AIDS STILL AT LOW LEVELS, BUT HEPATITIS C VIRUS [...]mmary: The incidence of HIV/AIDS remains low in
Israel, with about half of new cases from sexual
transmission. Most cases of infecti[...] |
2004-12-01 14:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO SNAR SOCI ECON EAID IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV6054 |
JOINT TOURISM STATEMENT PART OF BROADER ISRAELI [...]C) Summary: On Wednesday, November 24, Israeli Minister
of Tourism Gideon Ezra and Palestinian Minister of Tourism
and Antiquities Mi[...] |
2004-12-01 15:40:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6060 |
RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS IN ISRAEL: CULTURAL AND [...]mmary: During a recent meeting with PD staff,
Professor Marina Nizhnik of Tel Aviv University
discussed the Russian immigrant communit[...] |
2004-12-02 07:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KPAO ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV6071 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2004-12-02 12:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6072 |
ISRAELI MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE U.S. [...]mmary: The Israeli media followed the U.S.
Presidential elections with great interest. From the
campaign through to the aftermath, co[...] |
2004-12-02 13:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6088 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2004-12-03 11:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6103 |
ISRAEL CONCERNED ABOUT ILLEGAL WATER WELLS ON WEST [...]) Summary: Israeli officials are concerned about water
wells on the West Bank that have not been approved by the
Israeli-Palestinian [...] |
2004-12-03 15:22:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IS KWBG PGOV PREL SENV ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6113 |
ISRAELI MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE U.S. [...]mmary: The Israeli media followed the U.S.
Presidential elections with great interest. From the
campaign through to the aftermath, co[...] |
2004-12-06 08:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6121 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. U.S.-Israel Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2004-12-06 11:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6146 |
LIKUD CENTRAL COMMITTEE EXPECTED TO APPROVE [...]C) Likud's Central Committee is expected to give Prime
Minister Sharon the green light December 9 to negotiate with
the Labor Party, U[...] |
2004-12-06 15:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6149 |
WB/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[...] |
2004-12-06 15:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
04TELAVIV6163 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2004-12-07 11:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6197 |
WB/G SITREP: ONE SOLDIER KILLED, FOUR INJURED [...]SBU) Summary: A member of the IDF canine unit and his
dog were killed near Karni Crossing December 7 when an IED
exploded as soldiers [...] |
2004-12-07 16:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6200 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iran Nuclear Program
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------[...] |
2004-12-08 11:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6209 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: EXAMINING PROGRESS AT KARNI [...]C) Summary: In their discussions of Israel's
disengagement plan, the World Bank continues to highlight the
Gaza Strip's border crossin[...] |
2004-12-08 13:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6225 |
WB/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 reporte[...] |
2004-12-08 17:32:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6232 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-12-09 11:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6238 |
WB/G SITREP: FOUR PALESTINIANS KILLED IN RAFAH: [...]SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and killed four
Palestinians in two separate incidents December 8-9 while the
men were attempting to s[...] |
2004-12-09 15:25:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6259 |
PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...]C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's
positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations
with the Labor Party, U[...] |
2004-12-10 11:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6261 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast:
------------
Summary:
--------
Jerusalem and s[...] |
2004-12-10 11:36:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6262 |
SHARON WINS LIKUD GREEN LIGHT TO NEGOTIATE WITH A [...]C) The Likud Central Committee's 62 percent majority
vote in favor of opening coalition negotiations with Labor,
United Torah Judaism [...] |
2004-12-10 12:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6276 |
WB/G SITREP: 29 PALESTINIANS ARRESTED IN THE WEST [...]SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 29 Palestinians in the
West Bank, including presidential candidate Bassam Salhi,
December 9-10. In Gaz[...] |
2004-12-10 16:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6285 |
PERES: SUCCESS OF LIKUD-LABOR COALITION [...]C) Summary: Prior to the Likud Central Committee's
positive vote on December 9 to open coalition negotiations
with the Labor Party, U[...] |
2004-12-13 11:56:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PGOV PREL KWBG IS SY GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6286 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2004-12-13 12:10:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6335 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-12-14 12:58:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6368 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-12-15 12:09:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6373 |
LIKUD-LABOR TALKS STALLED AS BOTH PLAY HARDBALL [...]C) The current snag in Likud-Labor coalition
negotiations over which cabinet seats Labor would receive is
likely the result of poker g[...] |
2004-12-15 14:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6374 |
SPIEGEL ON ELECTION OBSERVERS, FENCE, JAYYUS, AND [...]UMMARY: GOI coordinator for separation barrier issues
BG (res) Baruch Spiegel (protect) spoke to POL/C December 14
about the apparent[...] |
2004-12-15 14:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6375 |
THE LOW-DOWN ON DISENGAGEMENT LEGISLATION [...]C) Summary: Embassy economic officer on December 9 met
with Dr. Shavit Matias and Malkiel "Mike" Blass, Deputy
Attorneys General at[...] |
2004-12-15 14:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6383 |
FM SHALOM QUESTIONS ABU MAZEN'S DETERMINATION IN [...]) SUMMARY: While expressing optimism about the
opportunities presented by the PA transition, FM Shalom, in a
December 1 meeting with C[...] |
2004-12-16 09:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6384 |
PERES TO CODEL HAGEL/BIDEN: DISENGAGEMENT IS [...]C) Summary: Labor Party leader Shimon Peres told a
visiting congressional delegation led by Senators Chuck Hagel
and Joseph Biden Dece[...] |
2004-12-16 09:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREF PGOV ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6385 |
EILAND SHARES VIEWS ON THE PALESTINIAN SUCCESSION [...]) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland told
Codel Hagel/Biden that the GOI is trying to avoid repeating
the "mistakes" it m[...] |
2004-12-16 09:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6387 |
SHARON AND CODEL HAGEL/BIDEN: COMMITMENT TO [...]) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon told Codel Hagel/Biden
that he was fully committed to making peace with the
post-Arafat Palestinian [...] |
2004-12-16 10:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP PTER KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6388 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-12-16 12:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6406 |
GOI RELEASES MORE ATTACHED REVENUES TO PA [...]) Summary. Finance Ministry Senior Advisor Rani
Loebenstein informed Mission that Israeli courts will release
in December an addition[...] |
2004-12-16 15:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV6407 |
PERES TELLS CODEL BLUNT IMPORTANT FOR U.S. TO [...]C) Summary: In a December 13 meeting, Labor Party leader
Shimon Peres told Codel Blunt that he hoped Likud and Labor
would form a new [...] |
2004-12-16 15:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6416 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2004-12-17 11:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6431 |
ISRAELI ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN THIRD QUARTER [...]BU) Summary. Although the economy slowed in the third
quarter, it will grow close to 4% for the year as a whole.
The deficit is likel[...] |
2004-12-17 14:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
04TELAVIV6442 |
ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT WANTS TO REENGAGE [...]) Summary: GOI Environment Ministry officials hope that
the USG and/or UNEP can help them reengage with their
Palestinian counterpart[...] |
2004-12-20 12:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SENV ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
04TELAVIV6443 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2004-12-20 12:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6450 |
TZIPI LIVNI: NO NEW HOUSING TENDERS IN SETTLEMENTS [...]C) Summary: In her first meeting with the Ambassador as
acting Minister of Justice December 16, Likud MK Tzipi Livni
stressed that she[...] |
2004-12-20 14:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG ECON IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6453 |
WB/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 [...] |
2004-12-20 15:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6454 |
NETANYAHU AND PERES PRESENT STARKLY DIFFERENT [...]C) Summary: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told
CODEL Talent December 6 that the new Palestinian leadership
must show serious int[...] |
2004-12-20 16:14:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN KPAL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6455 |
MFA ANALYSTS TO CODEL TALENT: SYRIA IS ON A [...]C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for
Intelligence and Research Harry Kney-Tal told CODEL Talent
December 6 that Syria will not[...] |
2004-12-20 16:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6466 |
SHARON AND PERES AIM FOR UNITY GOVERNMENT WITHIN [...]C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon is well on his way to
gaining passage of an amendment to the country's Basic Laws
that will meet Lab[...] |
2004-12-21 10:32:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6470 |
WB/G SITREP: NO INJURIES IN ANTI-TANK MISSILE [...]SBU) Summary: Settlers from Zufin settlement, near
Qalqiliya, uprooted and torched trees near the West Bank
village of Jayyus December[...] |
2004-12-21 11:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6472 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Israel-European Union Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-[...] |
2004-12-21 12:14:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6489 |
ISRAELI SECURITY SERVICES TELL CODEL TALENT THAT [...]C) Summary: Israeli Police BG David Lutsky and the Head
of Shin Bet's Protection and Security Division, Doron
Bergerbest, told CODEL T[...] |
2004-12-21 15:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM |
04TELAVIV6498 |
GUSH KATIF FARMERS SHORT-HANDED FOR HIGH SEASON AS [...]C) Summary: On Saturday, December 18, the visiting Thai
Labor Minister and the Thai Ambassador to Israel met with 150
Thai agricultura[...] |
2004-12-22 09:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6500 |
TRILATERAL WATER TALKS MOVE FORWARD COOPERATION, [...]) Summary: Palestinian and Israeli water chiefs and
their staffs held a thorough exchange focusing on water
supply issues for Gaza an[...] |
2004-12-22 10:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IS KWBG PREL SENV ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6502 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. U.S.-Israel Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2004-12-22 11:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6504 |
WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI TROOPS RE-ENTER KHAN YUNIS [...]SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was killed and three
others wounded as Israeli forces re-entered the Khan Yunis
refugee camp on December[...] |
2004-12-22 15:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG 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 th[...] |
2004-12-22 17:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6525 |
PEACE NOW READY FOR DISENGAGEMENT, KEEPING AN EYE [...]C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, General Director of
Peace Now, told Embassy economic officer on December 14 that
his organization "is [...] |
2004-12-23 08:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
04TELAVIV6535 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. U.S.-Israel Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2004-12-23 11:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6546 |
ISRAELI REASSURANCES ON NONPROLIFERATION SECTION [...]) SUMMARY: Israeli officials told the Ambassador on
December 22 that the nonproliferation section of the
EU-Israel plan of action unde[...] |
2004-12-23 14:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV6547 |
ISRAELI VIEWS ON IAEA FORUM ON "EXPERIENCE OF [...]) SUMMARY: Gideon Frank and Eli Levite of the Israel
Atomic Energy Commission told the Ambassador on December 22
that the ground rules[...] |
2004-12-23 14:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL MNUC TRGY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6548 |
ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT VIEWS ON GAZA [...]) Summary: The Israeli Ministry of Environment has
begun to focus on critical environmental issues related to
disengagement from Gaza[...] |
2004-12-23 14:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SENV GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6549 |
WB/G SITREP: MILITANTS FIRE MORTAR BARRAGE AT GUSH [...]SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of a 24-hour IDF
incursion into Khan Yunis to stop rocket launches at Israeli
settlements in Gush Katif[...] |
2004-12-23 14:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
04TELAVIV6550 |
ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT WANTS TO WORK WITH [...]BU) Summary: Israeli Ministry of Environment officials
hope to work closely with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency to make pro[...] |
2004-12-23 15:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO KSCA EIND PGOV PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS |
04TELAVIV6563 |
ISRAEL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...]SBU) Post provides below additional information to be
used in preparation of the 2004 "Patterns of Global
Terrorism" report.
[...] |
2004-12-27 11:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAL KPAO KWBG GZ IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6564 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. U.S.-Israel Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2004-12-27 11:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6581 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. U.S. Foreign Policy
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-------------[...] |
2004-12-28 13:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6614 |
Consular Field Trip to Haifa [...]egin summary: On 13 December 2004, the American
officers of the Consular Section traveled to Israel's
northern port city of Haifa for [...] |
2004-12-28 13:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT SOCI PINS IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
04TELAVIV6626 |
ISRAELI OFFICIALS ON BUDGET, BACHAR COMMITTEE [...]) Summary. Treasury Desk Officer for Israel Catherine
Downard discussed the budget, privatization, and other
subjects with Israeli of[...] |
2004-12-29 06:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
04TELAVIV6630 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]sunami
¶2. Mideast
¶3. Pakistan: Nuclear Program
¶4. Iraq
------------[...] |
2004-12-29 10:32:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6632 |
NETANYAHU 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 Minist[...] |
2004-12-29 12:09:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE PEACE PROCESS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6649 |
ALFE MENASHE SETTLEMENT EXPANDING TO THE GREEN LINE [...]C) Summary. Amira Bahat, council member of the Israeli
town of Nirit, which abuts the Green Line, told Embassy
economic officer on D[...] |
2004-12-30 08:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6650 |
SHARON: OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE PROGRESS EXISTS, BUT [...]) Prime Minister Sharon told Sen. Lieberman December 27
that he is confident of forming a new coalition government
soon. He said the [...] |
2004-12-30 08:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6651 |
ISRAELI FM SHALOM OFFERS CAUTIOUS VIEW ON [...]) SUMMARY: While acknowledging that the situation had
improved since Arafat's death, Israeli Foreign Minister
Silvan Shalom told Senat[...] |
2004-12-30 08:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6655 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ear of Truth"
Columnist Ari Shavit wrote in left-leaning, independent
Ha'aretz (December 30): "The two events that best [...] |
2004-12-30 11:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
04TELAVIV6657 |
AMBASSADOR 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 [...] |
2004-12-30 11:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6658 |
SNAPSHOT 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[...] |
2004-12-30 12:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
04TELAVIV6665 |
WORLD BANK PROPOSALS SEEM AN UNLIKELY FIT AT KARNI [...]C) Summary and Comment: On December 15 Emboffs toured
the Israeli side of Karni Terminal, the site of a proposed
World Bank pilot prog[...] |
2004-12-30 14:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6669 |
SHIMON 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 situ[...] |
2004-12-30 14:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
04TELAVIV6671 |
ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER OFFERS CAUTIOUSLY [...]) SUMMARY: During a meeting on December 30, Israeli
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz gave Senator Lieberman and the
Ambassador a cautious[...] |
2004-12-30 14:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
04TELAVIV6672 |
PROBLEMS UNLIKELY TO IMPEDE EARLY JANUARY [...]C) Problems with prospective coalition partners Labor
and United Torah Judaism are delaying PM Sharon's efforts to
put together a viab[...] |
2004-12-30 15:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1013 |
ISRAELIS BRIEF U/S LEVEY ON TERROR FINANCE STEPS [...]) SUMMARY: Israeli National Security Council
Counterterrorism Director General Danny Arditi met with
Treasury U/S Stuart Levey and hi[...] |
2005-02-18 10:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1019 |
DEPUTY BUDGET DIRECTOR: GOI TO FORMULATE U.S. [...]C) Summary. Deputy Budget Director Yossi Gordon
informed Deputy Economic Counselor February 17 that the
Ministry of Finance was going[...] |
2005-02-18 14:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV102 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: WITH NEW GOVERNMENT, SHARON TO [...]C) Summary: The three-month trial period for which the
United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party has agreed to enter a
coalition with Likud and[...] |
2005-01-06 15:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV1021 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syria-Iran "Common Front"
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-------[...] |
2005-02-18 14:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1024 |
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS [...]BU) Summary: Israeli and Palestinian officials met in
Helsinki February 10 and agreed to reactivate the Joint
Environmental Experts C[...] |
2005-02-18 14:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1026 |
SENATOR ALLEN'S FEBRUARY 13 MEETING WITH MFA [...]) On February 13 Senator George Allen and Ambassador
Kurtzer met with MFA North American Deputy Yoram Ben Ze'ev
and Head of the Resea[...] |
2005-02-18 14:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL OVIP IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1027 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: CABINET POISED TO APPROVE [...]SBU) Prime Minister Sharon is poised to obtain decided
Cabinet majorities in two historic votes scheduled for
February 20: to approve [...] |
2005-02-18 15:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1028 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS SIX PALESTINIANS IN THE [...]SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was lightly injured by IDF
riot gas inhalation in the West Bank during a protest against
the separation [...] |
2005-02-18 16:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV103 |
WB/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 [...] |
2005-01-06 16:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV1058 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-02-22 11:22:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1061 |
Israel: Economy Grows 4.3% in 2004 [...]) On February 14, the Central Bureau of Statistics
(CBS) published updated 2004 figures showing growth of 4.3%
for the year, a signifi[...] |
2005-02-22 13:18:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1062 |
NIRIT'S RESIDENTS HAVE A LONG DAY IN COURT AND [...]C) Summary: Dror Ginatt, secretary general of the
Israeli town of Nirit on the west side of the Green Line,
described Nirit's hearing[...] |
2005-02-22 13:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1064 |
GAZANS TORN OVER DUBAI INVESTOR'S PROPOSED [...]sraeli media reported that Dubai businessman Mohammed
Alabbar recently visited Israel and the Palestinian
territories with an offer to[...] |
2005-02-22 15:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV1078 |
ACTING COORDINATOR POPE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM [...]) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings February 9-12,
Israeli officials told Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator
William Pope that Hizbal[...] |
2005-02-23 10:36:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1080 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-02-23 12:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1085 |
GAZANS, 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 P[...] |
2005-02-23 14:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1103 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-02-24 12:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1110 |
ICRC OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IMPROVED RELATIONS [...]C) Summary: Visiting ICRC Delegate-General for the
Middle East and North Africa Balthasar Stahelin told the DCM
February 18 that he be[...] |
2005-02-24 14:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV1117 |
MFA OFFICIAL SAYS GOI "ADAMANT" ABOUT GAINING MDA [...]) The GOI is "adamant" about bringing to closure in 2005
the issue of Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the
International Red Cross[...] |
2005-02-24 16:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV1121 |
ISRAELI TOURISM MINISTER REQUESTS CHANGE IN U.S. [...]) Summary. During a February 23 meeting with the
Ambassador, Minister of Tourism Abraham Hirchson stressed the
GOI's hope that the US[...] |
2005-02-25 07:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1124 |
BEDOUIN OF THE NEGEV'S ILLEGAL VILLAGES LIVE IN [...]SBU) Summary: Emboffs met February 17 with Bedouin
community representatives in two Negev desert Bedouin
villages not legally recogniz[...] |
2005-02-25 11:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1125 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iran: Nuclear Program
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-02-25 11:25:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1150 |
PA SECURITY REFORM -- WHERE DOES NORWAY FIT? [...]SBU) Summary: In a February 24 meeting with Embassy and
USAID officers, Norwegian police advisor Arnstein Overkil
identified reconstr[...] |
2005-02-25 16:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KWBG KPAL NO IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1170 |
WB/G SITREP: FEBRUARY 28, 2005 (1200 HOURS LOCAL) [...]SBU) Summary: A suicide bomber affiliated with
Palestinian Islamic Jihad detonated an explosive device
outside a Tel Aviv nightclub at[...] |
2005-02-28 10:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV1171 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Democratic Reform in Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
----[...] |
2005-02-28 11:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1173 |
(C) ISRAELI POLITICAL-MILITARY BRIEFING ON [...]) Ambassadors from countries on the UN Security Council
and of European Union were summoned to the Foreign Ministry
February 28 for a[...] |
2005-02-28 13:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL PTER COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV119 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-01-07 11:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1192 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-03-01 11:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1208 |
YONATAN BASSEY ON THE CHALLENGES OF DISENGAGEMENT [...]C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, head of the Disengagement
Authority (SELA), reported on February 23 that a few settlers
are beginning to [...] |
2005-03-01 15:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV1210 |
WB/G SITREP: MARCH 1, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...]SBU) Summary: Palestinian landowners and Israeli and
Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli Border Police
during a protest aga[...] |
2005-03-01 17:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV1211 |
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S MEETING WITH [...]) Summary. During their February 14 discussions, Under
Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey and GOI MFA officials
SIPDIS [...] |
2005-03-02 04:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1237 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ebanese-Syrian Track
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-03-02 12:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1243 |
WB/G SITREP: PA INTERIOR MINISTER FIRES JENIN [...]SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Interior
Minister Nasir Yusif replaced all the PA security chiefs and
deputies in Jenin durin[...] |
2005-03-02 14:18:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV1246 |
POST'S SUBMISSION SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: ISRAEL [...]BU) Summary. The attached evaluation of protection of
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Israel focuses on areas
of specific conc[...] |
2005-03-02 15:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV1267 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Lebanon
¶3. Iran: Nuclear Program
-------------------------
Key stories [...] |
2005-03-03 12:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS 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 n[...] |
2005-03-03 12:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1271 |
(C) IPR: ISRAEL TO PURSUE LEGISLATION ON PATENTS [...]C) Minister of Industry and Trade Ehud Olmert called
the Ambassador March 3 to say that the government will push
ahead with pending l[...] |
2005-03-03 13:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IS KIPR ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV1276 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF RAIDS WB QASSAM ROCKET WORKSHOP; [...]SBU) Summary: A car bomb exploded without causing
injuries March 3 near IDF
soldiers patrolling in the vicinity of Joseph,s Tomb in [...] |
2005-03-03 15:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV1277 |
LIKUD REFERENDUM DECISION STILL LEAVES SHARON [...]C) Summary: Several Likud MKs demanding that Prime
Minister Sharon call a referendum on disengagement told
poloff that the widely anti[...] |
2005-03-03 18:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1289 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-03-04 11:32:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1306 |
WB/G SITREP: THREE PALESTINIANS LIGHTLY INJURED [...]SBU) Summary: Palestinians clashed with the IDF on March
3 in areas near Jerusalem and Hebron to protest construction
of the separatio[...] |
2005-03-04 15:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV131 |
WB/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 sett[...] |
2005-01-07 15:10:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV1319 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]yrian-Lebanese Track
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-03-07 13:10:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1335 |
RAJOUB 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 Adv[...] |
2005-03-07 15:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1336 |
ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...]SBU) This cable is the first part of a three-part
message in response to reftel. Embassy point of contact is
poloff Jenifer Joyce, te[...] |
2005-03-07 15:30:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1337 |
ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...][...] |
2005-03-07 15:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1338 |
ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...]SBU) This is the third part of a three-part message
responding to reftel. Embassy point of contact is Jenifer
Joyce, telephone number[...] |
2005-03-07 15:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1340 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT WATER ISSUES: STILL MUCH WORK [...]) Summary: Although Israeli and Palestinian water
officials have generally displayed relatively close
cooperation, they have not work[...] |
2005-03-07 16:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IS KWBG PREL SENV GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
05TELAVIV1352 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Democracy in Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------[...] |
2005-03-08 11:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1361 |
DAHLAN PROMISES IMPROVEMENTS, COUNSELS GAZA [...]C) Summary: Pepsi bottler and leading Gaza businessman,
Muhammad Yazgi, told Poloff March 3 that Muhammad Dahlan had
promised Gaza bu[...] |
2005-03-08 15:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1362 |
NETANYAHU MAY CAVE TO SHAS BUDGET DEMANDS; SHINUI [...]C) As they scramble for votes ahead of the March 17
budget vote, Prime Minister Sharon and Finance Minister
Netanyahu appear ready -- [...] |
2005-03-08 15:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV1363 |
(C) OTTE SAYS HE'S PRESSING PA FOR SECURITY [...]) 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 [...] |
2005-03-08 15:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1386 |
MARCH REVENUE TRANSFER REDUCED BECAUSE OF PA [...]C) Summary. The GOI released a total of NIS 188 million
in funds to the PA in early March. This is made up of NIS
138 million from t[...] |
2005-03-09 07:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV1395 |
ICRC REP ON POST-THREAT ACTIONS [...]C) ICRC Head of Delegation Francois Bellon and Deputy
Head Carlos Batallas met March 1 with Polcouns, Legatt and
Poloff to review deta[...] |
2005-03-09 12:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1397 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-03-09 13:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1404 |
MOSSI RAZ ON THE UNOFFICIAL APPROVAL PROCESS FOR [...]C) Summary: Mossi Raz, a former Meretz MK, provided a
brief history of the growth of settlements, and outlined the
hidden support tha[...] |
2005-03-09 14:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1419 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-03-10 11:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1420 |
MFA OFFICIAL ON GOI-PA DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION [...]C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Economic
Affairs Yossi Gal told Ambassador Kurtzer that the PA should
promptly seize the o[...] |
2005-03-10 12:44:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG KPAL PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1424 |
TECHNICAL TALKS ON POSSIBLE RETURN OF U.S.-ORIGIN [...]) Summary: A joint DOE/State technical team led by Kasia
Mendelsohn from DOE's Office of Global Nuclear Material
Threat Reduction met [...] |
2005-03-10 14:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG TRGY PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
05TELAVIV1429 |
(C) GOI MOVING AHEAD WITH DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...]) This is an action request message. Please see
paragraph 8.
¶2. (C) Summary and Comment: Post has received a clear [...] |
2005-03-10 15:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV1430 |
TALIA SASSON'S "EXPLOSIVE" REPORT ON ILLEGAL [...]U) Summary and Comment: Attorney Talia Sasson on March
8 submitted a report on illegal settlement activity in the
West Bank and Gaza [...] |
2005-03-10 17:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1446 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Lebanon and Syria
¶3. Iran: Nuclear Program
-------------------------
Ke[...] |
2005-03-11 12:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1454 |
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN PRESSING ABU [...]) Russian Ambassador Gennady Tarasov and the Ambassador
reviewed Israeli-Palestinian progress in implementing the
Sharm al-Sheikh comm[...] |
2005-03-11 14:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS LE SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1455 |
(S) ISRAELI VIEWS ON PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI SECURITY [...]S) On instructions from Defense Minister Mofaz, BG
Eitan Dangott briefed the Ambassador March 11 on the status
of Israeli-Palestinian[...] |
2005-03-11 14:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | IS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1456 |
MOST KNESSET MEMBERS, PUNDITS PREDICT BUDGET WILL [...]C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon postponed the final
votes on the 2005 budget, originally scheduled for March 17,
counting on the fac[...] |
2005-03-11 14:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV1457 |
(S) ISRAELI READOUT ON MUBARAK-MOFAZ MEETING IN [...]S) BG Eitan Dangott, Military Secretary of Defense
Minister Mofaz, briefed the Ambassador March 11 on the
meeting held the previous d[...] |
2005-03-11 14:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | IS KPAL PREL XF GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV146 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-01-10 11:10:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1513 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Lebanon and Syria
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
---------------[...] |
2005-03-14 12:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1524 |
CABINET DECIDES TO REMOVE 24 OUTPOSTS BUT DOESN'T [...]C) Summary/Comment: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's
Cabinet on March 13 decided to remove the 24 post-March 2001
outposts mentioned in [...] |
2005-03-14 15:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1525 |
WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN WOUNDED BY IDF FIRE [...]SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was wounded in the West
Bank by IDF fire and, according to UNRWA, two Palestinians
were wounded in IDF-i[...] |
2005-03-14 15:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV1534 |
PERES MEETS TELLS CODEL CORZINE "WE ARE STILL [...]) Summary. In a March 13 meeting with Senator Corzine
and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said
there are three cru[...] |
2005-03-15 11:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV1535 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-03-15 12:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1538 |
WB/G SITREP:7,000 FATAH SUPORTERS RALLY IN [...]SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested two Palestinians March
14 when the men tried to infiltrate the border fence into
Israel east of Dayr a[...] |
2005-03-15 15:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
05TELAVIV1548 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-03-16 10:30:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1549 |
ISRAEL'S CONSTRUCTIVE NO-CONFIDENCE MECHANISM: [...]C) Summary: The 2003 revision of Israel's no-confidence
vote mechanism to require that all Knesset members voting
no-confidence pre-de[...] |
2005-03-16 10:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1561 |
WB/G SITREP: ONE ISRAELI SETTLER AND ONE [...]SBU) Summary: One Israeli settler was injured in a
shooting incident perpetrated by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs'
Brigades, and one Palestinian[...] |
2005-03-16 14:28:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV1580 |
MOSSAD CHIEF TO CODEL CORZINE: SOME FOREIGN [...]) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told CODEL Corzine March 13 that Israeli and U.S. thinking on Iran largely tracks, adding that he believes the EU d[...] |
2005-03-17 10:32:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PGOV PREL KWBG IR IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1585 |
WB/G SITREP: AT LEAST SIX PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN [...]SBU) Summary: Two Palestinian youths were wounded by IDF
gunfire in Tulkarm after they threw a firebomb at an IDF jeep
on March 16, an[...] |
2005-03-17 11:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV1588 |
LABOR MK SNEH TELLS SENATOR CORZINE ISRAEL CANNOT [...]C) Summary: Labor MK Ephraim Sneh told visiting Senator
Jon Corzine and the Ambassador March 14 that he sees military
action against I[...] |
2005-03-17 12:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PINR PREL KPAL MNUC IS IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1589 |
CHILD MARRIAGE IN ISRAEL [...]SBU) Available evidence indicates that child marriage is
infrequent in the general Israeli population, and is confined
almost exclusiv[...] |
2005-03-17 12:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV1593 |
C-NE4-01083: ISRAELI INTENTIONS REGARDING THE [...]) SUMMARY: Israel sees Iran as the primary threat to
its security and sees the enrichment cycle as the "point of
no return" for Tehra[...] |
2005-03-17 14:58:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EU IR IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1594 |
NSC CHIEF SAYS PASSING THE BUDGET IS GOI CHALLENGE [...]C) Summary: Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland told
CODEL Corzine March 13 that passing the budget is the GOI's
biggest disengagement-[...] |
2005-03-17 15:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV163 |
IDF CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN [...]) SUMMARY: Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff
LtG Moshe Ya'alon told CoDel Kyl January 7 that recent events
have ushered in "a[...] |
2005-01-10 13:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1631 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]he start of a new relationship"
Senior Arab Affairs op-ed writer Zvi Bar'El wrote in
independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz : "Th[...] |
2005-03-18 13:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1633 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...]U) No assets connected to the Taliban have been found in
Israel. No assets related to Usama bin Laden or the Al-Qaida
organization, an[...] |
2005-03-18 13:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN IS COUNTERTERRORISM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV1634 |
IN SHINUI, DISSENSION PERCOLATES OVER BUDGET [...]C) Divisions have widened within Shinui between those
who advocate withholding party support for the 2005 budget
and those who advocat[...] |
2005-03-18 14:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV1635 |
SENATOR CORZINE'S MARCH 14 MEETING WITH VICE PM [...]) Summary. Senator Corzine and Ambassador Kurtzer met
March 14 with Vice Prime Minister, and Minister of Industry,
Trade and Labor E[...] |
2005-03-18 15:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | OREP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1636 |
WB/G SITREP: FIVE PALESTINIANS AND ONE ISRAELI [...]SBU) Summary: West Bank settlers wounded five
Palestinian workers were wounded in an attack in Nahliel and
an Israeli woman was lightl[...] |
2005-03-18 15:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV1637 |
ISRAEL AT THE CENTER OF MAJOR MONEY LAUNDERING [...]U) Summary: Recently, Israel has been the nexus of
several high profile money laundering cases. The cases
illustrate a continuing ne[...] |
2005-03-18 15:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EFIN ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM |
05TELAVIV1679 |
TRAFFICKING NGOS WEIGH IN ON WHERE THE SYSTEM IS [...]SBU) Summary: Representatives of Israeli NGOs against
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) say that the GOI, while
inflicting stricter sentenc[...] |
2005-03-21 07:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG EG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV1682 |
IVANOV TELLS ISRAELIS THAT RUSSIAN FUEL DELIVERY [...]) According to Israeli officials, Russian National
Security Adviser Igor Ivanov and MINATOM staff told the GOI
on March 15 that Russia[...] |
2005-03-21 11:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1683 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iran: Nuclear Program
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-03-21 11:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1684 |
EMBLEM: GOI OFFICIAL REPORTS IFRC READY TO [...]) MFA Deputy Director General for International
Organizations Roni Ya'ar told poloff late March 18 that he
had just learned during a v[...] |
2005-03-21 12:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREF PREL ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV170 |
Fischer Accepts GOI Offer to Be Next Governor of [...]) On January 9, Prime Minister Sharon and Finance
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu jointly nominated
Professor Stanley Fischer as the next [...] |
2005-01-10 15:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1720 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Democracy in Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------[...] |
2005-03-22 11:30:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1729 |
APPROVAL PROCESS FOR 3,650 UNITS IN MA'ALE ADUMIM [...]U) Israeli press reported yesterday that the GOI has
launched two plans, which together are termed either E1 or
A1, to build 3,650 hou[...] |
2005-03-22 15:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1730 |
SHARON CAUTIONS CODEL REID ON PROVIDING DIRECT [...]C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon emphasized to Codel
Reid March 21 that ensuring Israel's security against
terrorism is his primary o[...] |
2005-03-22 16:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PTER KWBG MNUC IS IR SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1731 |
SHIMON PERES TELLS CODEL REID TO LOOK AHEAD [...]C) Summary: In a meeting on March 20, Codel Reid and
Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the economic
future of Israel and pos[...] |
2005-03-22 16:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS MNUC OREP PGOV PREF PTER SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV1759 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza and West Bank Disengagement Plan
¶2. Global War On Terrorism
¶3. Israel-China Arms Deals
[...] |
2005-03-23 11:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1805 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-03-24 12:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1814 |
ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER CAUTIONS ARMS INDUSTRY ON [...]) Israeli Defense Ministry Director General Amos Yaron
told the Ambassador on March 24 that Defense Minister Shaul
Mofaz had strongly [...] |
2005-03-24 14:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL MCAP MASS CH IS MILITARY RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1833 |
ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE [...]C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister
Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy
National Security[...] |
2005-03-25 08:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1840 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-03-25 11:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1842 |
REFERENDUM BILL EXPECTED TO FAIL, BUT SHARON STILL [...]C) The ongoing political machinations leading up to next
week's Knesset votes on the 2005 budget and disengagement
referendum legislat[...] |
2005-03-25 12:26:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV1844 |
(C) OTTE LAMENTS WEAK PA COORDINATION ON [...]) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, NEA
A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte
recounted that Pre[...] |
2005-03-25 12:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS EU GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1847 |
SHIMON PERES ON DISENGAGEMENT, PALESTINIAN SOCIAL [...]C) Summary: Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told NSC
director Elliott Abrams, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch,
and the Ambassado[...] |
2005-03-25 13:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL EFIN EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1853 |
SASSON: OUTPOST PICTURE "SO HORRIBLE, I DIDN'T [...]C) Summary: Talia Sasson told emboffs that she
encountered significant resistance to her information
requests from government ministr[...] |
2005-03-25 15:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1854 |
PRIME MINISTER SHARON ON PRESIDENT ABBAS' EFFORTS, [...]C) Summary: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told CoDel
Pelosi March 21 that disengagement is a "pre-roadmap" step,
and that real progress[...] |
2005-03-25 15:58:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1870 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Israel-Chad Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-03-28 13:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1888 |
(C) MOFAZ ACCUSES PA MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OF [...][...] |
2005-03-28 14:10:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV1890 |
WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS BEAT AND INJURE PALESTINIANS [...]SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF reported no security incidents in
the Gaza Strip between March 25-28. UNRWA reported that
Palestinian militants[...] |
2005-03-28 14:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
05TELAVIV1896 |
SHINUI DECISION VIRTUALLY ASSURES PASSAGE OF 2005 [...]) Summary. Prime Minister Sharon appears to have
finally secured passage of the 2005 budget. On Saturday
March 26, PM Sharon and Shi[...] |
2005-03-28 15:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1898 |
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY EILAND PRESENTS [...]C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Director of
National Security Giora Eiland presented Codel Pelosi with
his view of the future o[...] |
2005-03-29 05:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV1899 |
VICE PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES CONSIDERS "THE [...]C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Codel Pelosi and
Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the political
atmosphere surroundin[...] |
2005-03-29 05:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1910 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-03-29 11:25:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1917 |
WB/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[...] |
2005-03-29 12:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
05TELAVIV1918 |
CODEL PELOSI URGES FM SHALOM NOT TO ALLOW [...]) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with Codel Pelosi,
Foreign Minister Shalom spoke positively about the direction
of Israeli relations [...] |
2005-03-29 12:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1927 |
REFERENDUM BILL FAILS, BUT VOTE LEAVES LIKUD BADLY [...]C) The landslide defeat of the disengagement referendum
bill in a 72-39 Knesset vote March 28 was achieved mainly
with the help of opp[...] |
2005-03-29 15:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV1928 |
ISRAELI MFA OFFICIALS WILL HOLD COUNTERTERRORISM [...]) Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor, Deputy
Director General for Strategic Affairs Jeremy Issacharoff,
and Director for Arms Con[...] |
2005-03-29 16:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM CH IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1938 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-03-30 10:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV1956 |
WB/G SITREP: EIGHT PALESTINIANS AND THREE PA [...]SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested eight Palestinians and
three uniformed PA policemen in the West Bank March 29.
Palestinians shot at IDF[...] |
2005-03-30 14:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV198 |
DESPITE UNITY GOVERNMENT, SHARON STILL STRAINING [...]C) A division among the 13 Likud disengagement foes in
the Knesset may prompt several to give Prime Minister Sharon
the eight or so vo[...] |
2005-01-11 11:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV199 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-01-11 11:14:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2000 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]deast
¶2. Arab Summit
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------------------[...] |
2005-04-01 09:56:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2009 |
WB/G SITREP:GAZA QUIET; IDF INJURES THREE [...]SBU) Summary: The IDF shot and injured three
Palestinians and arrested two others March 31 in the West
Bank. Gaza remained quiet Apr[...] |
2005-04-01 12:25:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2010 |
GILAD TO CODEL PLATTS: THE SECRETARY'S MESSAGE [...]) Amos Gilad, director of the Political-Security Bureau
at the Defense Ministry, told Codel Platts that Secretary
Rice's recent statem[...] |
2005-04-01 12:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV2015 |
SHALOM TOURGEMAN ON DISENGAGEMENT, ABBAS'S [...]C) Summary: Shalom Tourgeman, foreign policy advisor to
the Prime Minister, spoke with CoDel Dreier March 29 about
Israel's preparatio[...] |
2005-04-01 13:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2030 |
CODEL DREIER'S MEETINGS WITH KNESSET MEMBERS [...]C) Summary: In a March 28 meeting immediately following
the Knesset vote against a referendum on disengagement,
Knesset Speaker Reuve[...] |
2005-04-01 14:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV KWBG PREF PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV2045 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]deast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
¶3. Pope John Paul II
-------------------------
Key s[...] |
2005-04-04 11:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2053 |
SHIMON PERES DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC [...]) SUMMARY: During a one-hour meeting in Tel Aviv on
March 31, Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told Senator Carl
Levin, accompanied b[...] |
2005-04-04 12:58:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ECON KWBG OREP IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2054 |
FM SHALOM TO CODEL DREIER ON THE PALESTINIANS, [...]C) Summary: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told CODEL
Dreier that the situation is better than 3-4 months ago
because Mahmud Abbas is[...] |
2005-04-04 13:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV2077 |
FM SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM TO CODEL SAXTON ON [...]) SUMMARY: In a March 30 meeting with Codel Saxton and
the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom expressed
dissatisfaction with what he[...] |
2005-04-05 07:30:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
05TELAVIV2087 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]deast
¶2. Pope John Paul II
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------------[...] |
2005-04-05 12:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2098 |
"REALITY BITES" ABBAS, BRIG. GEN. KUPPERWASSER [...]) Summary: In a meeting on March 31, Brigadier General
Yossi Kupperwasser described for CODEL Saxton the changing
mission of Israeli i[...] |
2005-04-05 14:28:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV2120 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-04-06 12:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2125 |
(S) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TO CODEL LEVIN: [...]) A senior defense intelligence (DMI) officer told
Senator Levin March 31 that pre-OIF Israeli intelligence
estimates of Iraqi WMD wer[...] |
2005-04-06 13:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PINR PREL PTER OREP IS IZ GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV2135 |
GWOT ASSESSMENT: FIGHTING TERROR AND BUILDING [...]) SUMMARY: Counterterrorism is central to Israel's
national security priorities and is a key component of
Embassy Tel Aviv's Mission [...] |
2005-04-06 15:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PTER PREL IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2138 |
(C) EILAND OUTLINES STEPS TO PREVENT [...]) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, A/S
Welch, and the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Eiland
sketched out "prelim[...] |
2005-04-07 05:28:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV2145 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-04-07 11:26:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2167 |
RAMON UNIT BORDER POLICE -- FIGHTING HUMAN [...]C) Summary: The Ramon Unit of the Border Police has
interdicted weapons, human beings and drugs being smuggled
across the Egyptian-Isr[...] |
2005-04-08 06:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB PTER KWMN EG IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV2169 |
UZI LANDAU TO CODEL SAXTON: DISENGAGEMENT WILL [...]) SUMMARY: Knesset member and former Minister of
Internal Security Uzi Landau told Codel Saxton that
disengagement will allow al-Qaed[...] |
2005-04-08 06:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2185 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]coming Bush-Sharon Meeting
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------[...] |
2005-04-08 10:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2194 |
FATAH ELECTION PREP IN GAZA - IS THE MESSAGE [...]C) Summary: Fatah's poor showing in Bar Association
elections in Gaza April 2 is an indication that, despite some
efforts, the party [...] |
2005-04-08 12:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2205 |
JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN AMERICANS OFFER FUND FOR [...]BU) SUMMARY: On April 1, Senator Carl Levin and Michigan
State community leaders met with several Palestinian business
leaders to disc[...] |
2005-04-08 13:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV2207 |
DETAILS OF SETTLEMENT ASSETS IN THE GAZA STRIP [...]SBU) Summary: Isaac Gurvich, Economic Advisor to Vice
Prime Minister Shimon Peres, provided Embassy with a CD-ROM
containing data on [...] |
2005-04-08 14:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG SENV IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2212 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]coming Bush-Sharon Meeting
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------[...] |
2005-04-11 10:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV222 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. U.S.-Russia Relations
¶3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination
----------[...] |
2005-01-12 11:56:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2236 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS THREE PALESTINIANS IN GAZA, [...]SBU) Summary: Israeli police on April 10 arrested 31
Israeli right-wing protesters during a demonstration in the
Old City of Jerusalem[...] |
2005-04-11 14:32:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2255 |
WB/G SITREP: NINE PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WEST [...]SBU) Summary: Palestinians in Nablus on April 11 clashed
with IDF soldiers conducting arrest operations in the city,
resulting in ligh[...] |
2005-04-12 10:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2260 |
YOSSI BEILIN DESCRIBES USG ROLE TO CODEL LEVIN: [...]C) SUMMARY: Senator Carl Levin and his delegation met
on March 31 with Yahad Party Chairman Yossi Beilin. With
polite frustration, B[...] |
2005-04-12 12:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KWBG OREP PGOV PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2262 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]sh-Sharon Meeting
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
---------------[...] |
2005-04-12 13:14:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2265 |
SUPREME COURT BROADENS ACCEPTABLE CONVERSIONS FOR [...]C) Summary: The Supreme Court further chipped away at
the Orthodox rabbinate's monopoly over conversions to Judaism
in its March 31 ru[...] |
2005-04-12 13:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV227 |
(C) SHARON TO CODELS: KEY TO PROGRESS WITH [...]C) Summary: In separate meetings with Senators Kyl,
Martinez, Murkowski, Sununu, and Biden, and Congressman Adam
Smith January 9 and[...] |
2005-01-12 14:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV2284 |
GAZAN CROSSINGS, PERMITS, AND ACCESS ISSUES: [...]C) Summary: Since the February 8 Sharm el Sheikh summit
between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ariel
Sharon, the GOI has ma[...] |
2005-04-13 07:40:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KWBG PREL ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV229 |
MINISTER 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 le[...] |
2005-01-12 15:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2294 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]sh-Sharon Meeting
¶2. U.S.-China-Israel Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: [...] |
2005-04-13 10:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV230 |
2005 Budget Passes First Reading [...]BU) The Knesset approved on January 12 the first
reading of the 2005 Budget and the 2005 Arrangements Bill by
a vote of 64 in favor to[...] |
2005-01-12 15:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV2310 |
WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIAN YOUTHS INJURED IN THE [...]SBU) Summary: One Palestinian youth was injured
critically when a stray bullet hit him in the chest in
Tulkarm in the West Bank April [...] |
2005-04-13 15:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2323 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]sh-Sharon Meeting
¶2. Mideast
¶3. U.S.-Israeli Relations
-------------------------
Ke[...] |
2005-04-14 10:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2329 |
ISRAEL-PRC STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOCUSSES ON IRAN AND [...]) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Proser
(D-equivalent) led a GOI team to China April 3-5 for a
strategic dialogue on arms c[...] |
2005-04-14 10:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP CH IS IR IN GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM |
05TELAVIV233 |
HAMAS "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 Janua[...] |
2005-01-12 16:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2338 |
GOI TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PATENT TERM EXTENSION [...]) Summary. On April 13 local research-based
pharmaceutical representatives expressed concern about GOI
intentions on the issue of pa[...] |
2005-04-14 12:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV2341 |
PEACE NOW DISCUSSES SUPPORT TO THE SETTLEMENTS, [...]C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, General Director of
Peace Now, told Embassy econoffs that there are four possible
ways for the GOI to [...] |
2005-04-14 12:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV2362 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF KILLS AL-AQSA MILITANT IN NABLUS, [...]SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on April 14 shot
and killed an al-Aqsa Martyrs, Brigades militant during an
arrest operation i[...] |
2005-04-14 15:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2367 |
EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS DEAL TO BE SIGNED IN EARLY MAY [...]C) Summary: Egypt and Israel appear to be coming closer
to signing a gas deal that has been in the negotiations for
years. The GOI s[...] |
2005-04-15 07:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE |
05TELAVIV2376 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]Bush vs. Democracy"
Extreme right-wing columnist Caroline B. Glick wrote in
conservative, independent Jerusalem Post (April 1[...] |
2005-04-15 10:56:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2420 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-04-18 10:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2421 |
WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE THREE PALESTINIANS IN [...]SBU) Summary: Four Palestinians were injured and one
Hamas activist was arrested in the West Bank April 14. In
the Gaza Strip, Pales[...] |
2005-04-18 12:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2427 |
PERES ADVISOR, NSC ADVISOR DISCUSS DAHLAN'S [...]C) Summary: Einat Wilf, foreign policy advisor to Vice
PM Shimon Peres, and Gabi Blum, NSC advisor, briefed
EconCouns on the recent As[...] |
2005-04-18 14:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL EAID ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2428 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE #2 [...]C) Summary: This is the second in a series of updates on
GOI, donor community, and Post preparations for Israeli
withdrawal and the po[...] |
2005-04-18 14:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV EAID ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2436 |
GENERAL WARD AND ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSS [...]) Summary: Lieutenant General Ward and the Charge met
with Defense Minister Mofaz in Tel Aviv on April 13, 2005, to
review the current[...] |
2005-04-18 14:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2439 |
GOI ISSUES TENDERS FOR 50 HOUSING UNITS IN ELKANA, [...]C) Summary: Press reported on April 18 that the Israel
Lands Authority issued a tender for 50 plots to build
private, single-family h[...] |
2005-04-19 14:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV2441 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-04-19 15:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV245 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]roposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal
¶2. Mideast
¶3. Iraq
-------------------------
Key s[...] |
2005-01-13 11:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2469 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-04-20 10:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2479 |
SIKSEK ON SECURITY STAFFING, PROGRESS [...]C) ConGen Jerusalem cleared this message.
-----------
Summary
-----------
¶2. (C) In conversatio[...] |
2005-04-20 12:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2486 |
LEGAL OPINION REQUESTED ON ISRAELI GARBAGE DUMPING [...]) Summary: Media reports of plans for large-scale
dumping of Israeli garbage on the West Bank have raised
questions about the legalit[...] |
2005-04-20 13:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SENV KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2506 |
NEA ADVISOR DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN [...]) Summary: Minister of Environment Shalom Simhon and
Finnish Embassy Counselor Matti Tulonen expressed their
support for Israeli-Pale[...] |
2005-04-21 08:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAID PREL PGOV KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2521 |
ISRAELI COURT RULES TO EXTRADITE ROSENSTEIN; GOI [...]) The Jerusalem District Court ruled on April 19 that
Ze'ev Rosenstein can be extradited to the United States to
stand trial on drug t[...] |
2005-04-22 04:18:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR CJAN IS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV2528 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-04-22 09:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2532 |
MEPP ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: RENEWED [...]) Summary: NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson
discussed renewed Japanese interest in leading the
Multilateral Peace Process Enviro[...] |
2005-04-22 13:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL EAID KPAL IS JA ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
05TELAVIV2533 |
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COOPERATION ON WATER ISSUES [...]) Summary: At Trilateral Water Talks in Tel Aviv April
7 Israeli and Palestinian water officials agreed to
coordinate on water-relate[...] |
2005-04-22 13:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAID PREL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2537 |
THE GOI'S ECONOMIC PLAN FOR THE NEGEV AND GALILEE [...]) SUMMARY: Vice Premier Shimon Peres is leading the GOI
effort to consolidate a series of public- and private-sector
development init[...] |
2005-04-22 14:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV2538 |
BASSEY SUGGESTS POSTPONING DISENGAGEMENT [...]C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey of the Disengagement
Authority (SELA) said on April 18 that it was his idea to
postpone disengagement unti[...] |
2005-04-22 14:09:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2540 |
ARAB-ISRAELI REACTIONS TO GOI'S NEGEV AND GALILEE [...]) SUMMARY: In April Econoff met with several
Israeli-Arab advocacy groups who expressed concern over the
GOI's economic development pl[...] |
2005-04-22 14:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV2567 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER STABBED IN WEST BANK [...]SBU) Summary: An IDF soldier sustained moderate injuries
after he was stabbed in the neck April 23 near Ganim
settlement, east of Jeni[...] |
2005-04-25 15:28:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2607 |
WB/G SITREP: ONE IDF SOLDIER KILLED IN THE WEST [...]SBU) Summary: An IDF soldier died April 25 near
Halhoul village, north of Hebron, after being run over by a
Palestinian motorist. Oth[...] |
2005-04-27 05:56:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2615 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
¶3. Iraq
¶4. Iran: Nuclear Program
--[...] |
2005-04-27 10:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2639 |
DEFMIN MOFAZ DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN [...]) Summary: In a meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary
David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams,
Lieutenant General[...] |
2005-04-28 07:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS MILITARY RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV2642 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ran: Nuclear Program
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
¶3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28
[...] |
2005-04-28 10:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2647 |
TIME TO RESTART GAZA WATER PROJECTS? [...]U) This joint message from Embassy Tel Aviv and ConGen
Jerusalem is an action message; please see paragraph 12.
-------------[...] |
2005-04-28 12:26:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SENV ASEC KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT HUMANITARIAN AID |
05TELAVIV2654 |
PLANNING FOR MA'ALE ADUMIM/E1 REPORTEDLY CONTINUES [...]S) Summary: The GOI continues its planning for the E1
region of the Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the West Bank.
Brigadier General (res[...] |
2005-04-28 14:09:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL PBTS KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV2655 |
WB/G SITREP: ONE IDF SOLDIER INJURED IN GUSH KATIF [...]SBU) Summary: IDF troops arrested two Palestinian minors
at the Jalama checkpoint, east of Jenin, April 27, whom the
troops claimed we[...] |
2005-04-28 16:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2667 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
¶3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28
--------[...] |
2005-04-29 11:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2698 |
WB/G SITREP: 28 PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING AN [...]SBU) Summary: Some 28 Palestinians were lightly to
moderately injured in the village of Bil,in, west of
Ramallah, during clashes with [...] |
2005-04-29 16:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV271 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal
¶3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination
[...] |
2005-01-14 12:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2719 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
¶3. Visit of Turkish PM Erdogan to Israel, May 1-2
-------[...] |
2005-05-02 09:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2722 |
PERES DESCRIBES POSITIVE CHANGE IN QURAYA'S [...]) SUMMARY: Vice Premier Peres told A/S Welch and Charge
April 27 that Palestinian PM Quraya', in an April 21 meeting
with Peres, showe[...] |
2005-05-02 11:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL ECON PGOV EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2729 |
SHARANSKY'S RESIGNATION OVER DISENGAGEMENT LEAVES [...]C) The long-expected May 2 resignation of
Minister-without-Porfolio Natan Sharansky was an act of
political symbolism by a disengageme[...] |
2005-05-02 13:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KNAR IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV274 |
EILAND ASSESSES THE CHALLENGES FACING SHARON AND [...]) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland
highlighted the following points in a January 9 meeting with
Codel Kerry:
[...] |
2005-01-14 13:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2749 |
LABELING SETTLEMENT GOODS: NOT ALL IS SETTLED [...]) Summary. The agreement between the EU and the GOI on
labeling requirements for goods produced outside of Green
Line Israel came in[...] |
2005-05-03 11:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV2761 |
SHARON TO CODELS: WE NEED TO BUILD IN THE [...]C) During a May 2 meeting with Senator Bill Frist and
Senator Joseph Lieberman, Prime Minister Sharon described in
familiar terms his[...] |
2005-05-03 13:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL OREP PREL XF SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV2762 |
NOF HASHARON SETTLEMENT MAY GET BUYERS: [...]C) Summary: Dror Ginatt, Secretary General of the
Israeli community of Nirit, told econoff that the town
chairman of the settlement o[...] |
2005-05-03 15:09:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS 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: [...] |
2005-01-14 14:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM |
05TELAVIV2777 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: &[...] |
2005-05-04 09:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2803 |
MFA NORTH AMERICA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...]C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for North
American Affairs Yoram Ben Zeev met with NEA DAS Liz Dibble
to discuss the future of[...] |
2005-05-05 08:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2809 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York
¶3. May 5 UK Elections
-----------------[...] |
2005-05-05 10:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2841 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-05-06 10:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV285 |
NSC'S GABI BLUM ON WORLD BANK PROCESS, PERES, [...]C) Summary: NSC strategic advisor Dr. Gabi Blum met with
EconCouns January 13 to discuss movement on the World Bank
process, Shimon Pe[...] |
2005-01-14 16:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV2855 |
MOSSAD DIRECTOR MEIR DAGAN TELLS CODEL LIEBERMAN [...]) Summary: In his meeting with CODEL Lieberman on May 2,
Meir Dagan, Director of Mossad, laid out steps that he said
the United States[...] |
2005-05-06 14:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | OREP PREL KWBG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV286 |
BASSEY UPDATES ON DISENGAGEMENT LEGISLATION, [...]C) Summary. Yonatan Bassey, director of the
Disengagement Authority (SELA), provided Economic Counselor
and Economic Officer on Janua[...] |
2005-01-14 16:25:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV2874 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Democracy in Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------[...] |
2005-05-09 11:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2899 |
WB/G SITREP: AL-AQSA MILITANTS AND PA POLICE CLASH [...]SBU) Summary: Exchanges of gunfire erupted between
al-Aqsa gunmen and PA police May 9 in Jenin, after the police
opened fire on an al-[...] |
2005-05-09 14:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV290 |
FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...]) Summary: In separate January 10 meetings with Codels
Kerry and Kyl, both joined by the Ambassador, Foreign
Minister Shalom articulat[...] |
2005-01-18 08:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV2921 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Democracy in Mideast
¶3. President Bush Visits Latvia, Russia, Netherlands,
Georgia (May [...] |
2005-05-10 11:22:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2924 |
MKS TO CODEL FRIST: SKEPTICISM ABOUNDS [...]C) Summary: Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin and Chairman
of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee Yuval Steinetz
told Senate Majori[...] |
2005-05-10 12:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2925 |
CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH VICE PM SHIMON PERES [...]) SUMMARY: On May 1, CODEL Frist met with Vice PM
Shimon Peres where discussions surrounded the Syrian
withdrawal from Lebanon, Jord[...] |
2005-05-10 12:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV293 |
NETANYAHU TO CODEL KYL ON ECONOMIC REFORMS, [...]C) Summary: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
outlined for CODEL Kyl and the Ambassador in a January 9
meeting the economic reforms[...] |
2005-01-18 11:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV2936 |
SENATOR LIEBERMAN'S MAY 2 MEETING WITH GENERAL [...]) Summary. Senator Lieberman and Ambassador Kurtzer
met on May 2 with the Israeli Defense Forces' Chief of
Military Intelligence Pro[...] |
2005-05-10 14:25:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS MILITARY RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV2938 |
WB/G SITREP: THREE MORTAR SHELLS FIRED IN GAZA; [...]SBU) Summary: A Palestinian man was killed in Yatta
village, near Hebron, on May 9, according to Palestinian
sources, but the killers [...] |
2005-05-10 14:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2939 |
CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...]) SUMMARY: On May 2, Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu outlined to CODEL Frist the economic evolution in
Israel since he bec[...] |
2005-05-10 15:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS XF ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV294 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-[...] |
2005-01-18 11:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2940 |
FINANCE MINISTRY DIRECTOR GENERAL TELLS AMBASSADOR [...]) Summary. The Ambassador met May 9 with Finance
Ministry DG Yossi Bachar to discuss a full range of bilateral
economic issues, inclu[...] |
2005-05-10 15:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2947 |
SETTLER SPOKESMAN: WE WILL FIGHT DISENGAGEMENT TO [...]C) Summary: Eran Sternberg, Gush Katif Spokesman, told
econoff on May 4 that, although some settlers are negotiating
with the GOI on [...] |
2005-05-11 08:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV2950 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-05-11 10:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2955 |
FINANCE MINISTRY CONFIRMS GOI DISENGAGEMENT LAW [...]) Finance Ministry staff informed Mission May 11 that
GOI disengagement legislation specifies a 3.4% deficit
target, including disenga[...] |
2005-05-11 12:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2967 |
WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE PALESTINIAN GIRL IN [...]SBU) Summary: Settlers in Hebron beat and lightly
injured a Palestinian girl May 10. Also on May 10, the IDF
arrested three Fatah act[...] |
2005-05-11 15:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2985 |
KNESSET FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...]) Summary. Knesset Finance Committee chair Yaakov
Litzman discussed Israeli economic and political developments
with the Ambassador [...] |
2005-05-13 10:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2988 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-05-13 12:44:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV2996 |
WB/G SITREP: THREE KATYUSHA ROCKETS LAND IN [...]SBU) Summary: Israeli settlers beat and lightly injured
an elderly Palestinian man working in fields near Salem
village on May 12, and[...] |
2005-05-13 14:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV2999 |
PERES ADVISOR AND NSC ADVISOR CITE "SLOWDOWN" IN [...]C) Vice PM Peres advisor Einat Wilf and NSC advisor Gabi
Blum told EconCouns in separate meetings that a "slowdown" is
taking place in[...] |
2005-05-16 13:40:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV3000 |
SOME GAZANS QUESTION THE NEED FOR SETTLEMENT [...]C) Summary and comment: Some elements within the Gazan
business community have questioned the importance of intact
transfer of the set[...] |
2005-05-16 13:44:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID KWBG PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV3001 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iran: Nuclear Program
¶3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon
--------------[...] |
2005-05-16 14:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3011 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Democracy in Mideast
¶3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon
---------------[...] |
2005-05-17 10:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3032 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]srael-U.S. Relations
¶2. Russia: Yukos Trial
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
[...] |
2005-05-18 10:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3041 |
Israeli Arab Town of Shefa' amr Rolls out the [...]ummary. In an effort to enhance the decision-
making process for visa adjudicators interviewing
applicants from Israel's minority Ara[...] |
2005-05-18 12:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV3057 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-05-19 11:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3080 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Global War on Terrorism
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
---------[...] |
2005-05-20 11:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3098 |
GOI OFFICIALS GIVE READOUT OF RAMON-DAHLAN [...]C) Summary: Several GOI officials shared their views on
Tuesday,s meeting between GOI Minister Without Portfolio
Haim Ramon and PA Civ[...] |
2005-05-20 14:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV3121 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-05-23 13:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3127 |
WB/G SITREP: EIGHT PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WB [...]SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, eight Palestinians
protesting against the construction of the separation barrier
were wounded by the I[...] |
2005-05-23 14:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3139 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Israel-U.S. Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-05-24 10:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3151 |
GOI MOVES AHEAD ON STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE NEGEV [...]) SUMMARY: The GOI is moving ahead to prepare a
comprehensive strategy to develop the Negev and Galilee
regions, a plan which has as o[...] |
2005-05-24 15:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV3152 |
WB/G SITREP: FATAH ACTIVISTS CLASH WITH PA [...]SBU) Summary: Approximately 300 Fatah activists the
evening of May 23 attempted to enter the Muqata'a in Ramallah
in order to visit fo[...] |
2005-05-24 15:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3167 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Newsweek Reports of Koran Desecration at Guantanamo
-------------------------
Key stories in [...] |
2005-05-25 11:44:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3172 |
WB/G SITREP: TWO WB BANK TEENS ARRESTED WITH [...]SBU) Summary: The IDF on May 24 arrested a Palestinian
teenager carrying two pipe bombs in a bag as he attempted to
pass through the H[...] |
2005-05-25 14:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3188 |
ISRAEL: MODERATING FIRST QUARTER GROWTH POSES [...]) Israeli growth moderated in the first quarter of 2005
to 2.9%, following four quarters of growth in 2004 between
3.5 to 4.4%. Busin[...] |
2005-05-26 10:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV3189 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. U.S. Nuclear Policy
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-------------[...] |
2005-05-26 10:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3204 |
WB/G SITREP: PA POLICE OFFICIAL AMBUSHED IN GAZA [...]SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, Egyptian mediators
failed to resolve the conflict between Fatah and Hamas over
municipal election res[...] |
2005-05-26 14:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3205 |
COURT RULING FAVORS FATAH IN GAZA ELECTION DISPUTE [...]C) Summary: In response to Fatah allegations of Hamas
fraud, a PA appeals court in Khan Yunis invalidated in
rulings May 18 and 20 res[...] |
2005-05-26 16:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV321 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. President Bush Inauguration
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----[...] |
2005-01-19 10:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3222 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-05-27 10:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3223 |
ISRAEL POLICE TALK POLICY AND TACTICS TO COMBAT [...]) SUMMARY: An Israel National Police (INP) official
outlined the GOI's fight against money-laundering and other
offenses during the D[...] |
2005-05-27 10:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM |
05TELAVIV3226 |
WB/G SITREP: PA SECURITY OFFICERS AND CIVIL POLICE [...]SBU) Summary: Officers from the Palestinian Authority
(PA) Preventive Security Organization (PSO) and the PA civil
police clashed in R[...] |
2005-05-27 14:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3227 |
GAZA DAIRY FARMER WANTS INTACT TRANSFER, DESCRIBE [...]C) Summary and comment: Amidst halting progress on
GOI-PA negotiations regarding the disposition of settlement
assets, some settlemen[...] |
2005-05-27 14:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG EAID ECON IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV3244 |
STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT WITH [...]) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement
process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign
affairs officials, minis[...] |
2005-05-31 06:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL 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 reaso[...] |
2005-05-31 09:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | IS KPAL OREP PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV3256 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-05-31 11:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3304 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Lebanon
¶3. European Union
-------------------------
Key stories in the [...] |
2005-06-01 11:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV331 |
WB/G SITREP: ONE ISRAELI SHIN BET OFFICER AND [...]SBU) Summary: As newly elected PA Prime Minister Mahmoud
Abbas met with leaders of several armed militant factions in
the Gaza Strip o[...] |
2005-01-19 14:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3399 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Democracy in Mideast
¶3. Russia: Yukos Verdict
-------------------------
[...] |
2005-06-02 12:22:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3415 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-06-03 13:18:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV346 |
SNAPSHOT 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. Th[...] |
2005-01-20 10:14:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | CASC SOCI KWBG IS ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV3467 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-06-06 10:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3477 |
WB/G SITREP: SENIOR FATAH OFFICIAL KILLED IN [...]SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the family of an
alleged Israeli collaborator reportedly killed a senior Fatah
official and his broth[...] |
2005-06-06 13:26:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
05TELAVIV348 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]rospect for Second Bush Administration
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: &[...] |
2005-01-20 11:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV350 |
PERES ON INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR PA [...]C) Summary: Deputy PM Shimon Peres met with the
Ambassador recently and discussed prospects for renewed peace
process negotiations wi[...] |
2005-01-20 11:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON EFIN PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV3505 |
POLITICS AND BUREAUCRACY SLOW DISENGAGEMENT [...]S) Summary: GOI contacts recently described bureaucratic
and political obstacles to disengagement planning and GOI-PA
coordination on [...] |
2005-06-07 07:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL KWBG ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV3517 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-06-07 12:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3520 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TURNING OF THE TIDE? [...]mmary: A series of interviews on the disengagement
plan conducted by feature writer Ari Shavit has
captured the attention of leading o[...] |
2005-06-07 14:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3524 |
(C) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTRY AND DEFENSE MINISTRY [...]C) BG Eitan Dangott, Defense Minister Mofaz's Military
Secretary, told the Ambassador late afternoon June 7 that the
SIPDIS [...] |
2005-06-07 14:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV3526 |
WB/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[...] |
2005-06-07 15:26:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3538 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-06-08 10:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3539 |
A Political Map of the Orthodox Movement in [...]) Summary: The Jewish Orthodox sector in Israel
today is composed of an increasingly complex fabric,
from ultra-orthodox to "modern" o[...] |
2005-06-08 12:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV355 |
WB/G SITREP: A TOTAL OF FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED [...]SBU) Summary: Two IDF soldiers were wounded January 19
southeast of the Erez Crossing, near Nissanit, when
Palestinian militants fired[...] |
2005-01-20 14:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3560 |
WB/G SITREP: MORTAR AND ROCKET FIRE CONTINUES IN [...]SBU) Summary: The IDF on June 7 clashed with
demonstrators protesting the construction of the separation
barrier near the village of a[...] |
2005-06-08 15:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3561 |
MOD DG AMOS YARON ON PASSAGES, THE BARRIER, AND [...]C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense
(MOD) Director General Amos Yaron recently to discuss the
status of the seaml[...] |
2005-06-09 04:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV3582 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-06-09 10:30:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3594 |
WB/G SITREP: TWO IDF SOLDIERS AND ONE PALESTINIAN [...]SBU) Summary: Palestinian militants fired some 17 mortar
rounds and rockets on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip
overnight June 8-[...] |
2005-06-09 14:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3620 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]Time to Cut"
Senior columnist and longtime dove Yoel Marcus wrote in
independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (June 10): "The [...] |
2005-06-10 11:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV363 |
FINANCE MINISTRY DG ON U.S. ASSISTANCE, BUDGET AND [...]C) Summary. Economic Counselor and Deputy held a
wide-ranging meeting with Finance Ministry DG Yossi Bachar on
January 18. Bachar di[...] |
2005-01-21 07:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV3672 |
CODEL KOLBE MEETINGS WITH ISRAEL'S FOREIGN [...]HIS IS A JOINT MESSAGE FROM EMBASSY TEL AVIV AND
CONGEN JERUSALEM.
¶2. (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 29-31 VISIT TO ISRAEL AN[...] |
2005-06-14 05:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PREL EAID IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV3682 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]S. Israel Security Exports Crisis
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
[...] |
2005-06-14 12:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV370 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]rospect For Second Bush Administration
¶2. Mideast
¶3. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal
----[...] |
2005-01-21 11:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3727 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...].S. Israel Security Exports Crisis
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: [...] |
2005-06-15 11:25:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3749 |
SHARON WINS NO-CONFIDENCE MOTIONS WITH NO EFFORT; [...]C) Heavy media coverage of the Knesset's three failed
no-confidence motions June 14 -- and their incorrect
depiction as "defeats" for [...] |
2005-06-15 12:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV3783 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-06-17 11:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV379 |
FM DEFENDS BREAK WITH PA, DENOUNCES IRAN AND SYRIA [...]) Summary: At a political/diplomatic briefing for
foreign ambassadors, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom defended
Prime Minister Sharon'[...] |
2005-01-21 14:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV380 |
GAZAN ECONOMY DISRUPTED BY KARNI CLOSURE [...]SBU) Summary: The closure at Karni terminal, which has
been in effect since the January 13 attack that killed six
Israeli employees, [...] |
2005-01-21 15:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG ECON ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV381 |
PA 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 Lah[...] |
2005-01-21 15:32:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV382 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF TROOPS KILL THREE PALESTINIANS, [...]SBU) Summary: Israeli troops shot and killed three
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including one 12-year-old boy
on January 21. The I[...] |
2005-01-21 15:36:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3844 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ecretary Rice to Israel, West Bank June 18-19
¶2. Mideast
¶3. Lebanon: Elections
----------[...] |
2005-06-20 10:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV389 |
2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...]rael is not a significant producer or trafficking point
for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP), however,
reports that during th[...] |
2005-01-24 08:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV3891 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: RIBBONS SHOW ISRAELIS' TRUE [...]SBU) In recent months, some Israeli motorists who oppose
Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement plan have taken to
tying orange ribbons[...] |
2005-06-21 13:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG SOCI IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV3893 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF SWEEP ARRESTS 52 PIJ MILITANTS IN [...]SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 52 PIJ activists in the
West Bank on June 20, including 25 in Bethlehem and a senior
PIJ leader, Ra'id [...] |
2005-06-21 15:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3894 |
LABOR PARTY PRIMARIES APPROACHING THE STARTING [...]C) Summary: The Labor Party's 82-year old interim
chairman, Vice Premier Shimon Peres, is currently favored to
garner the highest -- b[...] |
2005-06-21 16:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV3899 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Democracy in Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------[...] |
2005-06-22 21:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV391 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iran: Nuclear Program
¶3. Bush Inauguration
-------------------------
Ke[...] |
2005-01-24 11:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3951 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-06-23 11:10:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3955 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS AT LEAST 11 WEST BANK [...]SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested five
alleged PIJ activists June 22 in and around Jenin, and six
Palestinians and one [...] |
2005-06-23 13:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV3956 |
FM SHALOM'S BRIEFING TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...]oreign Minister Silvan Shalom summoned Chiefs of Mission
to Jerusalem June 22 to give an update on disengagement from
Gaza and related[...] |
2005-06-23 13:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV3970 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Africa: International Aid
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------[...] |
2005-06-24 10:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV3971 |
NEW BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER OPTIMISTIC ON ISRAELI [...]C) New BOI Governor Stanley Fischer expressed optimism
about the Israeli economy in a courtesy call by the
Ambassador. Referring to t[...] |
2005-06-24 11:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV3973 |
GOI VISION FOR GALILEE AND THE NEGEV, A TRIP BACK [...]BU) SUMMARY: As the GOI moves to develop its strategic
policy plans for the Negev and the Galilee a closer look at
the failures of th[...] |
2005-06-24 12:14:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV3987 |
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR, BRIGADIER GENERAL [...]) IN A 24 JUNE MEETING, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR,
BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES.) BARUCH SPIEGEL PROVIDED ECONOMIC
COUNSELOR CLARIFICATION[...] |
2005-06-24 13:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV3991 |
TAX PLAN APPROVED BY THE GOI [...]) Summary. The GOI approved a multi-year tax plan on
June 5, prepared by the tax authority and the State Revenues
Administration of [...] |
2005-06-24 14:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV3992 |
WB/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 st[...] |
2005-06-24 14:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4029 |
LABOR PARTY PRIMARIES POSTPONED, PERHAPS TO [...]C) The Labor Party Central Committee's June 26 decision
to postpone party chairmanship primaries -- originally
scheduled for June 28 -[...] |
2005-06-27 10:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4030 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...].S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis
¶2. Iran: Presidential Election
¶3. Democracy in Mideast
[...] |
2005-06-27 11:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4035 |
BASSEY UPDATE ON DISENGAGEMENT PREPARATIONS [...]C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, Director of the
Disengagement Authority (SELA), told Economic Counselor on
June 14 that although only 300[...] |
2005-06-27 11:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAGR KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4053 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]sengagement
¶2. Iran
¶3. U.S. - Israel Relations
-------------------------
Key storie[...] |
2005-06-28 09:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4059 |
AMOS GILAD ON PA POLITICS, DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING [...]C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political-Military
bureau head Maj. Gen. Amos Gilad told EconCouns that the high
level of USG and int[...] |
2005-06-28 11:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PTER EAID IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV4063 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE MIDDLE EAST [...]) Japanese Special Envoy Tatsuo Arima and Japanese
Ambassador to Israel Jun Yokota met with Ambassador Kurtzer
on June 28 to share as[...] |
2005-06-28 12:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG JA IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4066 |
THREE BEDOUIN MOSQUES IN THE NEGEV ORDERED [...]) SUMMARY: The GOI has served demolition orders for
three mosques built in Bedouin unrecognized villages in the
Negev. The regional c[...] |
2005-06-28 13:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL IS PHUM ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV4097 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iran
¶3. Guantanamo Detainees
¶4. U.S.-Israel Relations
---[...] |
2005-06-29 10:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4107 |
MOSSAD CHIEF ON WEAKNESS OF SYRIA, PREDICTS NO [...]C) Summary: Mossad Chief Meir Dagan told NEA A/S David
Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, and
the Ambassador June[...] |
2005-06-29 13:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV PTER MNUC IR SY IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4110 |
GILAD AND EILAND ON DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION AND [...]C) Summary: In separate June 17 meetings with NEA A/S
Welch, DNSA Abrams, and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director
Eiland and MoD Poli[...] |
2005-06-29 13:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV KPAL KWBG GZ EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV4112 |
MFA DEMANDS EGYPT DO MORE TO PREVENT SMUGGLING [...]C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor
stressed to visiting NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Elliott Abrams, and
the Ambassador June 1[...] |
2005-06-29 13:36:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PTER KWBG EG JO IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4118 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: KNESSET FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...]C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is to decide in the
coming weeks whether allowing the Egyptians to deploy 750
border police along t[...] |
2005-06-30 10:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4119 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Lebanese-Syrian Track
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-06-30 10:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4142 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Aftermath of U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis
-------------------------
Key stories in the[...] |
2005-07-01 11:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4145 |
U.S. TREASURY RECEIVES GOI BRIEF ON MONEY [...]) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed U.S. Treasury
advisor Szubin and Econoff on GOI efforts against money
laundering and terror fina[...] |
2005-07-01 12:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN COUNTERTERRORISM |
05TELAVIV4149 |
ISRAELI LEFT-WING LEADERS UNCERTAIN OF WHAT WILL [...]) Summary and Comment: In a June 29 dinner hosted by
the Ambassador, leaders of the Labor and Yahad-Meretz parties
could not agree on[...] |
2005-07-01 12:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4169 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Lebanese-Syrian Track
¶3. Global War on Terrorism
------------------------- [...] |
2005-07-05 11:18:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV417 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ran: Nuclear Program
¶2. Bush Inauguration
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-[...] |
2005-01-25 10:44:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4183 |
WB/G SITREP: CLASHES BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS [...]SBU) Summary: Israeli Press reported that six
Palestinians were injured July 4 in clashes between Fatah and
Hamas activists in Bani Su[...] |
2005-07-05 13:40:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4194 |
GOI OFFICIAL REAFFIRMS POLICY ON GAZA HOUSES, [...]C) Shalom Turgeman, Prime Minister Sharon's foreign
policy advisor, told the Ambassador early July 6 that the
GOI's policy with resp[...] |
2005-07-06 06:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV4198 |
GAZAN DISENGAGEMENT-RELATED AGRICULTURE [...]C) Summary and comment: A series of discussions with
GOI, PA, and Gazan private sector contacts June 27-29 has
underscored the pressin[...] |
2005-07-06 08:22:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4199 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: VOTE ON DOOMED DISENGAGEMENT [...]C) Yisrael Maimon, Cabinet Secretary, told Poloff July 4
that the Likud rebels decided late afternoon July 4 to
postpone for two weeks[...] |
2005-07-06 08:44:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4201 |
GAZA NGO LEADER DESCRIBES HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT [...]SBU) Summary: According to Jamal Safi, chairman of the
Environmental Protection and Research Institute (EPRI) and
winner of the prest[...] |
2005-07-06 09:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID EAGR TBIO SOCI KHIV PREL KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4203 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Global War on Terrorism
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
---------[...] |
2005-07-06 10:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4207 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: ATTORNEY GENERAL MAZUZ [...]C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz told Ministry of
Justice Liaison to the Knesset Paz Barnett July 5 to convey
directly to Poloff who[...] |
2005-07-06 12:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4213 |
WB/G SITREP: SETTLERS INJURE TEN PALESTINIANS IN [...]SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested two
youths July 5 on suspicion of throwing a firebomb at an
Israeli car near Nilli se[...] |
2005-07-06 14:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4238 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. G-8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: [...] |
2005-07-07 11:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4244 |
WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN [...]SBU) Summary: IDF troops shot and killed 17-year-old
al-Aqsa Brigades member Ahmad Masimi and lightly injured an
accomplice, Ahmad San[...] |
2005-07-07 13:44:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4246 |
(C) ISRAEL WILL NOT SUBMIT REVISED OFFER FOR [...]) Econoff delivered reftels to Ministry of Industry,
Trade and Labor staff. Yoram Zara (Director Multilateral
Agreements Division); Y[...] |
2005-07-07 14:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV4255 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]uly 7 London Bombings
¶2. Israel-China Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: [...] |
2005-07-08 10:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV426 |
ISRAELI ACTIONS ON GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...]mmary: Israel has a legal and institutional framework
to protect biodiversity. Although Israel does not have a
specific law that pro[...] |
2005-01-25 14:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SENV TBIO IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
05TELAVIV4264 |
ISRAELI PROFESSOR HOPES GOI DEVELOPMENT PLANS WILL [...]) SUMMARY: A Ben Gurion University professor working
closely with the Bedouin community in the Negev discussed the
GOI development in[...] |
2005-07-08 13:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI SOCIETY ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV4265 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: WAKING UP TO REALITY IN GAZA: [...]ummary: As the disengagement battle escalates on the
ground, with violent confrontations in Gaza resulting in a
temporary IDF closure[...] |
2005-07-08 14:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR GAZA DISENGAGEMENT MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4267 |
WB/G SITREP: 19 PALESTINIANS INJURED IN WEST BANK [...]SBU) Summary: A total of 19 Palestinians were lightly
injured on July 7 during stone throwing clashes that erupted
with the IDF during[...] |
2005-07-08 14:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4269 |
FINAL DECISION ON ARIEL SECURITY FENCE LIKELY NOT [...]C) Ambassador asked MOD Director General Amos Yaron
July 7 about press reports that the Israeli cabinet might
decide a new route for[...] |
2005-07-08 16:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV4277 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. London Bombings
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------------[...] |
2005-07-11 10:58:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4281 |
NGO'S HOPE GOI PLANS FOR NEGEV AND GALILEE WILL [...]) SUMMARY: Israeli and Israeli-Arab NGO's have
expressed growing concern about GOI plans for economic
development in the Galilee and [...] |
2005-07-11 12:03:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SENV PGOV PHUM EFIN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4284 |
ISRAELI HOUSING MINISTER DISCUSSES SETTLEMENTS AND [...]) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Minister of Housing
Isaac Herzog on July 6 at the Knesset to discuss Israeli
settlements in the We[...] |
2005-07-11 12:32:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV4294 |
HOUSING MINISTRY DETAILS MEASURES TO HALT [...]C) Summary: Dr. Chaim Fialkoff, Senior Deputy Director
General for Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of
Construction and Housi[...] |
2005-07-11 14:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | IS KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV43 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-01-04 12:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV430 |
JUSTICE MINISTRY DG PROVIDES DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE [...]) Looking visibly tired, Justice Ministry DG Aaron
Abramovich updated Economic Counselor and Deputy on the
"hectic" period ahead on di[...] |
2005-01-25 14:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV4304 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. London Bombings
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------------[...] |
2005-07-12 11:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4321 |
ISRAELI OFFICIALS TRAVEL TO CAIRO TO WORK ON [...]) Summary: During a July 10 trip to Cairo, two senior
MFA officials were unable to reach agreement with the
Egyptians on an MOU to est[...] |
2005-07-13 07:10:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4329 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-07-13 11:30:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4335 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: SHARON INDICATES HE WILL SEEK [...]C) Prime Minister Sharon indicated to the press July 12
that he will seek Knesset approval of an Israeli-Egyptian
agreement -- that ha[...] |
2005-07-13 13:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4367 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza Disengagement
¶2. London Bombings
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------[...] |
2005-07-14 13:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4387 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Global War on Terrorism
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
---------[...] |
2005-07-15 10:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4402 |
(C) GOI OFFICIALS ARE TALKING TO HAMAS MAYORS [...]) Summary: Israeli Defense Force officers are
communicating with Hamas mayors in the Palestinian
territories on routine matters, altho[...] |
2005-07-15 15:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV PREL ECON IS |
05TELAVIV4403 |
UNTITLED [...]) Summary: Israel suffered three attacks within the span of one hour in an effort to break the calm (“tahdiyaâ€) and derail the impending d[...] |
2005-07-15 15:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL KWBG KPAL PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV4405 |
UNTITLED [...]) Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer, Lt Gen Ward and NSC Director Mustafa met with MGen Moshe Kaplinsky, the IDF Deputy Chief of the Gener[...] |
2005-07-15 17:18:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL KWBG PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV4417 |
EIVAL GILADY'S VISION OF POST-DISENGAGEMENT GAZA [...]) Summary: Brigadier General (res) Eival Gilady, a
special advisor to PM Sharon on disengagement, met with
Assistant Secretary Welch, [...] |
2005-07-18 14:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4418 |
WB/G SITREP: MORTAR, ROCKET FIRE CONTINUE IN GAZA; [...]SBU) Summary: Intense mortar and Qassam fire from Gaza
continued through the weekend of July 16-17, easing up
somewhat on July 18. On[...] |
2005-07-18 16:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4419 |
RAMON DESCRIBES DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION [...]) Summary: In a July 14 meeting, Minister without
Portfolio Haim Ramon described disengagement coordination
priorities for Assistant S[...] |
2005-07-19 04:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAID ETRD KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV4420 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-07-19 05:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4471 |
PEACE NOW,S PETITION AGAINST AMONA OUTPOST [...]C) Summary: On July 4, the NGO Peace Now filed the first
petition to Israel,s High Court of Justice against illegal
outpost constructi[...] |
2005-07-19 09:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV4472 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza Disengagement
¶2. Global War on Terrorism
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: [...] |
2005-07-19 10:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4482 |
WB/G SITERP: PA-HAMAS CLASH IN GAZA AS [...]) This is a joint ConGen Jerusalem/Embassy Tel Aviv
cable.
¶2. (SBU) Summary: Up to twelve Palestinians were injured in &[...] |
2005-07-19 16:11:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV45 |
(C) PM'S ADVISOR ON RENEWED REPARATIONS CLAIMS [...]) Summary: A GOI working group charged with developing a
five-year plan on Holocaust-era reparations, pensions and
restitution is consid[...] |
2005-01-04 14:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL MASS PL IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4508 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-07-20 09:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV452 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-01-26 11:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4523 |
WB/G SITREP: PA-HAMAS CLASH IN GAZA CITY FOLLOWS [...]SBU) Summary: Despite an 0100 July 20 announcement from
Fatah and Hamas that they had agreed to end clashes between
their forces, Hama[...] |
2005-07-20 12:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4538 |
ISRAELI ARABS: GOI NOT AT FAULT FOR ALL PROBLEMS [...]) SUMMARY: Leaders in Israel's Bedouin and Israeli-Arab
communities acknowledge that not all of their problems can
blamed on governme[...] |
2005-07-21 07:24:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV4564 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-07-21 09:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4603 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ecretary Rice to Israel, West Bank
¶2. July 21 London Bombings
-------------------------
Key stories in [...] |
2005-07-22 11:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4613 |
WB/G SITREP: GAZA BOY KILLED BY ROCKET THAT FELL [...]SBU) Summary: A homemade rocket launched at a Gaza
settlement failed to hit its intended target on July 21,
killing instead a Palestin[...] |
2005-07-22 14:36:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4619 |
STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND [...]) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Histadrut labor
federation leader and candidate for head of the Labor Party
Amir Peretz on July 11[...] |
2005-07-25 07:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELAB ECON EAID KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4621 |
CHIEF DISENGAGEMENT AUTHORITY BASSEY DISCUSSES [...]C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Yonatan Bassey,
Director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA), on July 11 to
discuss Israel,s on[...] |
2005-07-25 07:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4653 |
ECF: SEPTEMBER COMPLETION OF JERUSALEM ENVELOPE [...]) Summary: Colonel (ret.) Shaul Arieli, consultant at
the Economic Cooperation Foundation and advisor to the High
Court on the routing[...] |
2005-07-26 13:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV4655 |
MK OMRI SHARON NEARS POSSIBLE PLEA BARGAIN AS NEW [...]C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Sharon's son Omri, a Likud MK
since 2003, is nearing a plea bargain with Attorney General
Menachem Mazuz ov[...] |
2005-07-26 15:20:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4659 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ecretary Rice to Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon
¶2. Mideast
¶3. Iraq
----------------------[...] |
2005-07-27 10:30:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV466 |
Privatization Update: GOI Sells Israel Discount [...]) The Israeli government's privatization program is
moving forward. On January 22, GOI Accountant General Yaron
Zelka concluded an ag[...] |
2005-01-26 14:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
05TELAVIV4678 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Global War on Terrorism
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
---------[...] |
2005-07-27 10:44:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4694 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: FINAL VOTES STILL TO COME ON [...]C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon still faces two GOI
votes related to his disengagement plan. The first, a
Cabinet vote authorizing [...] |
2005-07-27 15:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4709 |
HOPE FLOWERS SCHOOL NOT THREATENED BY SEPARATION [...]C) Summary: On 20 July, Hope Flowers School Co-director
Ibrahim Issa met with Ministry of Defense Advisor Brigadier
General (res.) Bar[...] |
2005-07-28 12:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV4711 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: [...] |
2005-07-28 12:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4715 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, JULY 28, 2005 [...]C) Summary: This is the first in a series of regular
reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination
between the GOI and the [...] |
2005-07-28 15:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4727 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...].S.-Israel Relations
¶2. Democracy in Mideast
¶3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism
[...] |
2005-07-29 11:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4728 |
(C) ISRAEL CONSIDERS WITHDRAWING FROM GOVERNMENT [...]) Summary. The Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor
(MOITL) is considering withdrawing from the Government
Procurement Agreement (GP[...] |
2005-07-29 13:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV4729 |
KNESSET ADOPTS BACHAR CAPITAL MARKET REFORMS [...]BU) Summary. The Bachar capital market reforms won
Knesset approval on Monday, July 25 by of vote of 62-1-1 (in
favor, opposed, absten[...] |
2005-07-29 14:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4749 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. U.S.-Israeli Relations
¶3. Iran: Nuclear Program
¶4. Global Struggle Against[...] |
2005-08-01 12:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4755 |
WB/G SITREP: EREZ CROSSING AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE [...]SBU) Summary: On July 31 the GOI opened the Erez
Crossing for Palestinian merchants and the Erez Industrial
Zone for Palestinian labor[...] |
2005-08-01 15:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4766 |
Gaza's moderate Islamists muse on "after [...]BU) SUMMARY: A trio of Islamic scholars from Al
Azhar University, like many Gazan interlocutors, on 28
July cited freedom of movement[...] |
2005-08-02 09:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | GZ PREL KPAO OEXC SCUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV4770 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza Disengagement
¶2. Saudi Arabia
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
---------[...] |
2005-08-02 11:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4775 |
GAZAN BUSINESS STRUGGLES WITH DISENGAGEMENT [...]C) Summary: Gazan private sector contacts are on edge
over current GOI-PA negotiations regarding the
post-disengagement border crossi[...] |
2005-08-02 13:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KWBG EAID PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV4780 |
WB/G SITREP: GUNMEN KILL PA POLICEMAN, WOUND THREE [...]SBU) Summary: Armed men in Gaza killed a PA police
officer August 1 during an apparent kidnapping attempt.
Gunmen also wounded three P[...] |
2005-08-02 15:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4791 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza Disengagement
¶2. Iran: Nuclear Program
¶3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism
-[...] |
2005-08-03 10:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4799 |
SHARON AND CHIRAC'S PARIS HONEYMOON: DOWNPLAYING [...]C) SUMMARY. In an August 2 meeting, French Charge
d'Affaires Christophe Bigot told the DCM that Prime Minister
Sharon and French Pres[...] |
2005-08-03 11:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC FR IR IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4800 |
REVISED ISRAELI TEXT OF UNGA HOLOCAUST RESOLUTION [...]) MFA Director for UN Political Affairs Rony Adam
discussed the GOI's draft resolution on Holocaust remembrance
with poloff on August [...] |
2005-08-03 11:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4804 |
WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN CHILD KILLED BY QASSAM IN [...]BU) Summary: One child was killed and up to eleven
other Palestinians injured when a Qassam aimed at Sderot
landed in Beit Hanoun. E[...] |
2005-08-03 14:30:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4815 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2005-08-04 10:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4819 |
DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION: THE CUSTOMS UNION [...][...] |
2005-08-04 11:00:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | ECON ETRD EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV482 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-01-27 11:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4820 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 4, 2005 [...]C) Summary: This is the second in a series of regular
reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination
between the GOI and the[...] |
2005-08-04 11:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4829 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: ISRAELI CABINET SET TO VOTE [...]C) SUMMARY: The Cabinet is scheduled to vote August 7 on
the evacuation of at least one of the four groups of
settlements slated to be[...] |
2005-08-04 14:14:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4830 |
ISRAELI HOUSING MINISTER ISSUES TENDERS FOR NEW [...]C) Summary: Israeli press reported today, August 4,
that the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH)
published notices for two te[...] |
2005-08-04 14:39:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV4831 |
WB/G SITREP: THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS RALLY IN [...]BU) Summary: The IDF reported one mortar attack and
five shooting incidents in Gaza overnight with no injuries.
Israeli police and ar[...] |
2005-08-04 16:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG KPAL PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4838 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-08-05 09:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4842 |
ISRAELI-ARAB LEADERS BLAME JEWISH EXTREMIST'S [...]C) SUMMARY: The GOI quickly spun into action to contain
a potentially volatile atmosphere in Israeli-Arab communities
after the August[...] |
2005-08-05 12:58:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV4859 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RELIGIOUS ZIONISM VS. THE STATE [...]ummary: With disengagement slated to begin less than two
weeks from now, it seems most Gaza settlers have grasped that, be
it volunta[...] |
2005-08-05 14:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4861 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF SOLDIER KILLS FIVE ISRAELI ARABS [...]SBU) Summary: A religious, right-wing IDF soldier, who
had been AWOL for a month, killed four Israeli Arabs on a bus
in the north of I[...] |
2005-08-05 15:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV4862 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 5, 2005 [...]C) This report summarizes current GOI views on the
progress of disengagement coordination between the GOI and
the PA and updates from [...] |
2005-08-05 15:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4877 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]etanyahu Resignation
¶2. Israeli Arabs
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----[...] |
2005-08-08 12:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4879 |
NETANYAHU BECOMES SPOILER WITHOUT SPOILS AS [...]C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's
dramatic August 7 resignation from government will not affect
implementation of the[...] |
2005-08-08 12:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4880 |
FINANCE MINISTER NETANYAHU RESIGNS: ECONOMIC [...]) Summary: Minister of Finance Benyamin Netanyahu
resigned on Sunday, August 7th during the Cabinet session in
which the implementatio[...] |
2005-08-08 12:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ELAB EAIR IS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV4883 |
CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH GOI SECURITY MINISTER [...]) Summary: Codel King met with Minister of Public
Security Gideon Ezra where discussions focused on
disengagement, anti-disengagement[...] |
2005-08-08 14:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4894 |
IDF CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS DISENGAGEMENT HAS NOT [...]) SUMMARY. In an August 3 meeting with Deputy National
Security Adviser Abrams, the Ambassador and Gen. Ward, the
IDF Chief of the Gen[...] |
2005-08-09 08:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV4896 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Global War on Terror
¶3. Iran: Nuclear Program
¶4. U.S.-Israel Relations [...] |
2005-08-09 11:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4930 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ran: Nuclear Program
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-08-10 10:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4946 |
NETANYAHU SUPPORTERS SEEK EARLY LIKUD PRIMARIES TO [...]C) SUMMARY: Supporters of Likud MK and party leadership
contender Binyamin Netanyahu who are moving to compel early
party primaries r[...] |
2005-08-10 14:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4948 |
ROADS LEADING TO NEGEV DEVELOPMENT [...]) SUMMARY: Public sector, NGO and academic leaders
indicate that success of the GOI's economic development
initiative for the Negev i[...] |
2005-08-11 08:36:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV4950 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza Disengagement
¶2. Iran: Nuclear Program
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
[...] |
2005-08-11 13:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV4974 |
GAZA CONTACT SEES IMPROVED SECURITY, DIMINISHED [...]C) Longtime Gaza contact and PA Interior Ministry civil
servant Abdul Samia Efrangi told DCM and POL/C August 10 that
Nasser Yusif's c[...] |
2005-08-11 14:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV4979 |
BUDGET BATTLE BEGINS [...]) Summary: At approximately 0100 on August 10, the
Israeli Cabinet approved the draft 2006 Budget by a vote of
12-8. Negotiations ove[...] |
2005-08-11 14:55:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EAIR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL |
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 relig[...] |
2005-01-28 09:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF KPAO EAID IS KPAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV499 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iran: Nuclear Program
¶3. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in [...] |
2005-01-28 10:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5002 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza Disengagement
¶2. U.S.-Israel Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
[...] |
2005-08-12 11:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5009 |
(SBU) THE ARREST OF SAADIA HERSHKOP: A [...]UMMARY: The well-publicized arrest of Saadia
Hershkop (DPOB:04-Mar-1987 NY) provides a window into
the measures the Government of Isra[...] |
2005-08-12 13:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | CASC GZ KPAL PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV501 |
SHARON BANKING ON SHAS, DISENGAGEMENT SUPPORTERS, [...]C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's travails to gain a
Knesset majority for the 2005 budget before the March 31
deadline continue to c[...] |
2005-01-28 10:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5013 |
LIKUD INTERNAL STORM POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER [...][...] |
2005-08-12 13:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5014 |
YONATAN BASSEY: "WE'VE SEEN A REGRESSION IN [...]C) Summary: Yonatan Bassey, Director of the
Disengagement Authority (SELA), told Economic Counselor on
August 9 that approximately 70[...] |
2005-08-12 14:32:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV5019 |
GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: GEN. DANGOTT UPDATES [...]) DEFMIN Mofaz's Military Adviser, General Eitan
Dangott, updated Ambassador August 12 on status of ongoing
GOI-Palestinian negotiatio[...] |
2005-08-12 16:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL MARR PTER IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5021 |
ISRAEL AND EGYPT REPORTEDLY REACH FINAL AGREEMENT [...]) Ministry of Defense Deputy Director General Amos Gilad
called the Ambassador August 15 to report that Israel and
Egypt had reached a[...] |
2005-08-15 06:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5022 |
SHARON: DISENGAGEMENT IS "COMPLICATED, PAINFUL AND [...]rime Minister Sharon met August 14 with an
AIPAC-sponsored Congressional delegation headed by
Congressman Steny Hoyer and comprised of[...] |
2005-08-15 07:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS KPAL PREL XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL PEACE PROCESS |
05TELAVIV5034 |
EXPANDED ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-08-15 11:12:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5051 |
DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 15, 2005 [...]SBU) Summary: The first day of disengagement proceeded
as planned with minimal violence well within anticipated
parameters. The mess[...] |
2005-08-15 16:09:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5054 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza and Northern West Bank Disengagement
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: [...] |
2005-08-16 10:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5055 |
SPIEGEL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON BORDER CROSSINGS AND [...]C) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel,
Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor, told the Ambassador on
August 12 that the MOD[...] |
2005-08-16 10:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5065 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza and Northern West Bank Disengagement
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media: [...] |
2005-08-16 11:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5072 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH DELIVERS MESSAGE [...]mmary. President Bush granted an exclusive interview to a
national Israeli television station on August 11. Using the
interview to c[...] |
2005-08-16 13:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR KPAO MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5077 |
SECOND MEETING OF THE EGYPT-ISRAEL QIZ COMMITTEE [...]) Summary: The second meeting of the Egypt-Israel
Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) committee met on August 14
in Jerusalem. The GOE [...] |
2005-08-16 15:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV5078 |
DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 16, 2005 [...]SBU) Summary: On the second day of disengagement, Neve
Dekalim settlement remained a stronghold of resistance to
evacuation. Settler[...] |
2005-08-16 15:06:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5082 |
NSA EILAND SAYS DISENGAGEMENT GOING WELL, BUT [...]C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with NEA A/S Welch
and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland and
Deputy Director Eran[...] |
2005-08-17 04:40:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV5091 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-08-17 11:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5093 |
KNESSET MEMBERS VISIT GAZA SETTLEMENTS, SOME [...]C) Knesset members who support disengagement as well as
those who oppose it have been visiting the Gaza settlements
since the disengag[...] |
2005-08-17 12:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV5099 |
DISENGAGEMENT 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 almo[...] |
2005-08-17 15:51:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV51 |
WB/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 attempte[...] |
2005-01-04 16:46:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV5103 |
(S) ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: GOI [...]S) Summary: Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence
Aharon Ze'evi Farkash told A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer
August 16 that he was s[...] |
2005-08-18 07:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | KPAL KWBG PREF PTER EG IR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV5104 |
A/S WELCH DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND GAZA [...]C) Summary: A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General
Ward met with Minister of Defense Mofaz and his key staff on
August 16 to review[...] |
2005-08-18 07:57:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ASEC KWBG KPAL PINS ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5105 |
EIVAL GILADY ON GAZA DISENGAGEMENT [...]) Summary: Brigadier General (res) Eival Gilady, a
special advisor to PM Sharon on disengagement, met August 16
with Assistant Secreta[...] |
2005-08-18 07:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL ETRD EG IS KBTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV511 |
NEW SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT NOF [...]C) Summary: Israel is permitting construction to
continue at the new northern West Bank settlement of Nof
HaSharon (reftel). Resident[...] |
2005-01-28 12:25:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5113 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-08-18 10:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5124 |
THE ISRAELI TOURISM SECTOR, JANUARY TO JUNE 2005 [...]) Summary: The number of tourist entries from January
to June 2005 increased 27.3 percent year-on-year. The Bank
of Israel (BOI) is [...] |
2005-08-18 14:36:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV5132 |
CORRECTED COPY: DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, [...]SBU) Summary: On the fourth day of disengagement, IDF
soldiers and police focused on evacuating Kfar Darom, Kfar
Yam, and Neve Dekali[...] |
2005-08-18 16:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5133 |
SHINUI LIKELY TO SUPPORT EGYPTIAN BORDER [...]C) A recently-finalized agreement between Israel and
Egypt allowing some 750 Egyptian border guards to secure the
Egyptian-Gaza border[...] |
2005-08-18 16:47:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5137 |
A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...]) Israeli Defense Ministry Political Security Director
Amos Gilad confirmed to visiting NEA A/S Welch and Ambassador
Kurtzer August 16[...] |
2005-08-19 11:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PARM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5138 |
NEA A/S WELCH'S AUGUST 16, 2005 MEETING WITH [...]) Israeli MOD Director General Amos Yaron updated NEA
A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward August 16 on
the status of post-G[...] |
2005-08-19 11:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5139 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-08-19 11:17:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5154 |
DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 19, 2005 [...]SBU) Summary: On the fifth day of disengagement, IDF
soldiers and police focused on evacuating the settlement of
Gadid. At the begin[...] |
2005-08-19 14:56:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5155 |
FM SHALOM TELLS A/S WELCH THAT ISRAELIS MUST SEE [...]) SUMMARY: In an August 17 meeting, FM Silvan Shalom
told Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador that
disengagement is proceedin[...] |
2005-08-21 17:16:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS UNGA GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5157 |
DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 21, 2005 [...]SBU) Summary: On the seventh day of disengagement, IDF
soldiers and police focused on evacuating the remaining
southern Gaza Strip set[...] |
2005-08-21 17:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5163 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza and Northern West Bank Disengagement
¶2. Rocket Attacks on Aqaba and Eilat
-------------------------
[...] |
2005-08-22 14:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV518 |
GOI LAWYERS ON ABSENTEE PROPERTY LAW: HA'ARETZ [...]C) Summary: GOI lawyers from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) told Deputy
Economic Counselor o[...] |
2005-01-28 13:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5186 |
DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 22, 2005 [...]SBU) Summary: On the eighth day of disengagement, the
evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlers concluded without
incident. The evacuatio[...] |
2005-08-22 15:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5197 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]aza and Northern West Bank Disengagement
¶2. Mubarak Presidential Campaign
¶3. Iraq
-------[...] |
2005-08-23 11:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5213 |
SPIEGEL AND OCHA DISCUSS LOCATIONS TO EASE [...]SBU) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel,
Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor, and David Shearer,
head of the UN O[...] |
2005-08-23 14:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5219 |
IDF DEPUTY COS KAPLINSKY UPDATES A/S WELCH ON [...]) Summary: In an August 22 meeting, IDF Deputy Chief of
Staff MG Moshe Kaplinsky told Assistant Secretary Welch, the
Ambassador, and S[...] |
2005-08-24 05:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5224 |
SHARON TO CONGRESSIONAL GROUP: ABBAS MUST ASSURE [...]rime Minister Sharon met for 45 minutes August 22 with
an AIPAC-sponsored Republican congressional delegation led by
Rep. Roy Blunt. [...] |
2005-08-24 09:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS KPAL OREP PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5227 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-08-24 13:58:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5233 |
GOI'S EFFORTS AGAINST TERROR FINANCE IN GAZA; GOI [...]) SUMMARY: MFA and NSC officials briefed econoff and
poloff August 11 on the GOI's post-disengagement efforts
against terror finance [...] |
2005-08-24 14:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN EFIN PREL COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5239 |
SHARON EMBARKS ON THE ROAD TO RE-ELECTION [...]C) Ariel Sharon's ability to hold on to the Likud
leadership and win re-election as the only prime minister
ever to evacuate settlemen[...] |
2005-08-24 14:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS KWBG GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5253 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Global War on Terror
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------[...] |
2005-08-25 10:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5257 |
PLAN FOR POLICE STATION IN E-1 IS READY FOR [...]C) Israeli press reported today, August 25, that the
plans for the new Judea and Samaria Police Headquarters,
which will be relocated [...] |
2005-08-25 14:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5258 |
DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 25, 2005 [...]SBU) Summary: Israeli disengagement is proceeding, with
demolition of remaining settlements underway. Israeli focus
has now turned to[...] |
2005-08-25 14:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5261 |
DETAILS OF CANCER LAWSUITS RELATED TO ISRAELI [...]) SUMMARY: Officials at the Israel Atomic Energy
Commission (IAEC) confirmed to emboffs on August 24 that four
former employees have f[...] |
2005-08-26 06:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MNUC TRGY IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5265 |
ISRAEL'S ARAB SECTOR [...]) SUMMARY: Israel's Arab population significantly lags
behind the Jewish population in income, level of education,
level of health ca[...] |
2005-08-26 07:38:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI PREL EFIN ELAB EIND IS ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV5275 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2005-08-26 11:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5279 |
AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS IN ISRAEL - A MAJOR [...]BU) Summary: The GOI is putting together plans for
dealing with a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) and
will share those with[...] |
2005-08-26 13:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
05TELAVIV5285 |
DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 26, 2005 [...]SBU) Summary: The Israeli cabinet is expected to
approve on August 28 an agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt
to post 750 Border Guard[...] |
2005-08-26 15:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5302 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. U.S.-Israel Relations
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-08-29 10:33:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5307 |
Through Israeli Eyes Only: Gaza journalists on the media [...]) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with EMBOFF on
25 August, three Gaza journalists gave similar reasons for what
they described as[...] |
2005-08-29 13:19:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | GZ IS KWBG KPAO OPRC GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV5308 |
MINISTER RAMON TELLS A/S WELCH USG MUST KEEP [...]C) Summary: On August 21 Minister without Portfolio
Haim Ramon updated A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer, Acting AID
Mission Director Har[...] |
2005-08-29 13:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV531 |
PALESTINIAN INVESTMENT FUND EARNINGS MAY SEED GAZA [...]C) Summary: The Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) will
vote February 10-12 on whether to cash out on over USD 300
million of capital g[...] |
2005-01-31 05:59:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5319 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Israel's Leadership
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-------------[...] |
2005-08-30 10:27:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5324 |
LIKUD PRIMARIES NOT A FAIT ACCOMPLI [...]C) SUMMARY: The August 29 decision by a Likud Party
internal "court" has kicked off a process that could result
in early party primari[...] |
2005-08-30 13:02:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV534 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...]) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with NEA Assistant
Secretary Burns and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister
SIPDIS [...] |
2005-01-31 08:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5343 |
DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 30, 2005 [...]SBU) The IDF continues to make steady progress in
implementing the GOI disengagement. Hamas and Fatah
personnel clashed near Rafah. [...] |
2005-08-30 14:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV535 |
OLMERT TELLS A/S BURNS TO TIE PALESTINIANS TO [...]) Summary: Deputy PM Ehud Olmert urged NEA A/S Burns and
the USG to use creative means of engagement such as
developing QIZs when assi[...] |
2005-01-31 08:48:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5350 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Israeli Politics
¶3. Syrian-Lebanese Track
¶4. U.S.-Israel Relations
[...] |
2005-08-31 10:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5359 |
EU HIGHREP SOLANA PRAISES DISENGAGEMENT, BUT [...]) Summary: According to the MFA and the EC delegation,
High Representative Javier Solana's discussions with Israeli
officials on Augus[...] |
2005-08-31 14:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL EU IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5360 |
DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 31, 2005 [...]C) Summary: The Knesset approved (58-23) the Israeli
agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards
on the Egypt-Gaza b[...] |
2005-08-31 16:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5363 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Syrian-Lebanese Track
¶3. Iraq
¶4. U.S.-Israel Relations
--[...] |
2005-09-01 12:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5364 |
SHARON'S POST-DISENGAGEMENT DILEMMA: POLLS SHOW [...] welter of political polling prompted by the eve-of-
disengagement resignation of cabinet minister Binyamin
Netanyahu indicates that w[...] |
2005-09-01 12:04:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5375 |
DRUZE LEADER FROM GALILEE SAYS ECONOMIC AND [...]) SUMMARY: Unemployment and education are key concerns
of the Druze community in Northern Israel according to a
Druze business and co[...] |
2005-09-01 13:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV5404 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]eeting of Israeli and Pakistani Foreign Ministers
¶2. Mideast
-------------------------
Key stories in t[...] |
2005-09-02 11:09:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5426 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]urricane Katrina
¶2. U.S.-Israel Relations
¶3. Syrian-Lebanese Track
¶4. Israeli Arabs [...] |
2005-09-06 11:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV544 |
DOE DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPORT CONTROLS WITH [...]) SUMMARY: Israeli officials briefed a visiting DOE
delegation on nuclear export-control measures during meetings
in Tel Aviv on Janua[...] |
2005-01-31 10:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ISRAEL RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV545 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2005-01-31 10:43:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5452 |
SPIEGEL: TALK OF EXPANDING ARIEL AND MA'ALE [...]C) Israeli and Palestinian media reported today,
September 6, that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz approved the
construction of 3,000 hou[...] |
2005-09-06 14:18:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS |
05TELAVIV5458 |
ASHKELON DESALINATION PLANT OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...]) Summary: The Ashkelon desalination plant began
providing
potable water for the Israeli national water grid in
mid-August, [...] |
2005-09-07 07:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
05TELAVIV5515 |
DISENGAGEMENT: GAZA BUSINESSMEN BOTH HOPEFUL AND [...]) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador,
nine businessmen from the Gaza Strip stressed that freedom of
movement for pe[...] |
2005-09-07 10:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAL EINV EAID IS PTER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5518 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Hurricane Katrina
¶3. Egypt
-------------------------
Key stories in the[...] |
2005-09-07 11:56:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5542 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-09-08 10:15:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5562 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
--[...] |
2005-09-09 10:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5575 |
ORGANIZED CRIME AND NARCOTICS TRADE IN ISRAEL [...]) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli law enforcement
official, all categories of criminal activity are on the
rise. The illegal drug t[...] |
2005-09-09 13:35:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV5581 |
PEACE NOW ANALYZES THE DISENGAGEMENT PROCESS [...]C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, Secretary General of
Peace Now, said that the disengagement from the Gaza Strip
had gone very well, an[...] |
2005-09-09 14:13:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5597 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]DF Withdrawal From Gaza
¶2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
¶3. Global War on Terror
-------[...] |
2005-09-12 11:22:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV561 |
MFA LEGAL ADVISOR REAFFIRMS GOI POLICY NOT TO [...]) Summary. Following up on a January 30 Ha'aretz
article implying that the GOI intended to utilize the amended
Absentee Property Law [...] |
2005-01-31 13:01:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5614 |
LABOR'S LEADERSHIP RACE CONTINUES TO FIZZLE AS [...]C) Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's September 11
withdrawal from the Labor Party leadership race further
consolidates support for Sh[...] |
2005-09-13 11:58:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5641 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
--[...] |
2005-09-14 09:56:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5663 |
TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY AT QALANDIYA [...]C) Summary: Embassy and Consulate General officers
visited the Qalandiya crossing on August 31 and September 7
to observe the ongoing[...] |
2005-09-14 14:42:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IS |
05TELAVIV5672 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Muslims in European Society
¶3. UN Reform
-------------------------
Key [...] |
2005-09-15 10:49:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5698 |
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS [...]/NF) Summary: Officials from the MFA, Environment
Ministry, and Coordinator of Government Activities in the
Territories (COGAT) plan t[...] |
2005-09-16 10:23:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
05TELAVIV570 |
ISRAEL'S COMMITMENTS TO THE USG AND THE WORLD BANK [...]) Summary. As of the end of January 2005, the GOI had
shown various levels of commitment to fulfilling its
"Weissglas" commitments to[...] |
2005-01-31 15:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ECON KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5703 |
MFA SEEKS WAY TO HELP LUTHERAN HOSPITAL TO STAY [...]C) MFA Director of the Division for Religious Affairs
Zvi Tal (protect) told Embassy Poloffs and visiting NEA/IPA
Poloff September 14 [...] |
2005-09-16 10:45:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRC ECON IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5705 |
IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...]) Senior Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC)
officials Gideon Frank and Eli Levite told the Ambassador
September 8 that a renewed [...] |
2005-09-16 11:09:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG PARM IR IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5706 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. UN Reform
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------------------[...] |
2005-09-16 11:14:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5708 |
ECF UPDATES ON BARRIER AND DESCRIBES MAJOR [...]S) Summary and Comment: Sounding an alarmist note
regarding GOI settlement plans in a September 1 meeting with
econoff, Economic Coop[...] |
2005-09-16 11:54:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV571 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF ARRESTS FIVE PALESTINIANS IN THE [...]SBU) Summary: Despite the absence of incursions or
demolitions in the Gaza strip, the IDF accidentally shot and
killed a 10 year-old g[...] |
2005-01-31 17:41:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS |
05TELAVIV5716 |
GAZA: SECURITY DETERIORATES, PA HESITATES BUT [...]C) Summary: A Norwegian diplomat who has covered the
Gaza Strip for the past two years sees the security situation
deteriorating even[...] |
2005-09-16 13:37:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ECON EAID KDEM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5723 |
GAZA STRIP: EUPHORIA OR ANARCHY? [...]BU) A PA Ministry of Interior contact told poloff
September 16 that the situation in Rafah remains "a big
mess," with movement of Egyp[...] |
2005-09-16 15:08:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5734 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...][...] |
2005-09-19 10:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5740 |
SHARON ENERGIZES ON NECK-AND-NECK LIKUD PRIMARIES [...]C) With polls showing him either barely winning or
barely losing the fight over whether to hold early Likud
leadership primaries, Prim[...] |
2005-09-20 14:52:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5742 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. North Korea's Announced Renouncement of Nuclear
Weapons
-------------------------
Key[...] |
2005-09-21 08:21:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV575 |
ISRAELI BUSINESS LEADER ENVISIONS A [...]C) Summary: Dov Lautman, chairman of the board of the
Israeli textile giant Delta, talked to EconCouns January 23
about economic prosp[...] |
2005-02-01 06:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV5771 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Likud Infighting
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
----------------[...] |
2005-09-21 10:34:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5779 |
FM SHALOM MEETING WITH CODEL DAVIS [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom briefed
CODEL Davis August 31 on the Government of Israel's
Disengagement Plan, and antic[...] |
2005-09-22 09:18:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID KWBG PREF IS IR LE EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5794 |
NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S [...]) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief
Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that
the Multinational For[...] |
2005-09-21 03:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5796 |
EILAND REQUESTS USG PRESSURE TO STOP RUSSIA-SYRIA [...]S) National Security Advisor Giora Eiland contacted the
Ambassador September 23 to seek USG pressure on the Russian
government to stop[...] |
2005-09-23 15:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET | PREL PARM SY IS GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV5797 |
GAZA CROSSINGS: GOI TIGHTENS INSPECTIONS OF GOODS [...]U) This cable was cleared with ConGen Jerusalem
¶2. (SBU) Summary: In response to last week's unrestricted
flow of peopl[...] |
2005-09-23 15:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELTN ETRD PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5798 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...]C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting September 25,
Foreign Minister Shalom told Ambassador Jones that the United
States remains I[...] |
2005-09-25 12:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5799 |
MOFAZ: CALM ALLOWS GOI TO HOLD OFF GAZA ACTION, [...]C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told Ambassador
Jones September 25 that the day's calm, after some than 36
hours of Qassam ro[...] |
2005-09-25 16:25:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5800 |
NSA EILAND ON POST-DISENGAGEMENT STEPS FOR MOVING [...]C) Summary: Israeli National Security Advisor Giora
Eiland briefed NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 21 on steps
Israel and the Pale[...] |
2005-09-26 05:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PINS PGOV KDEM IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5801 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2005-09-26 07:05:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5802 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Likud Infighting
¶3. Six-Party Talks
-------------------------
Key stori[...] |
2005-09-26 07:07:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5818 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ikud Infighting
¶2. Gaza Violence
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
----------[...] |
2005-09-26 10:25:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV582 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iraq
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
------------------------- [...] |
2005-02-01 10:36:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV583 |
WB/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 [...] |
2005-02-01 10:53:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL |
05TELAVIV5848 |
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY: THE OCTOBER 2000 RIOTS AND [...]he mid-September decision by the Department of Police
Investigation in the Ministry of Justice to pursue no
indictments in the police [...] |
2005-09-27 07:31:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SOCI IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5849 |
GAZA: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...]C) Gaza, the stronghold of the radical Islamist
terrorist organization HAMAS, presents exceptional challenges
for USG efforts to comba[...] |
2005-09-27 08:50:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
05TELAVIV5853 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...]ideast
¶2. Iran: Nuclear Program
-------------------------
Key stories in the media:
-----------[...] |
2005-09-27 10:22:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
05TELAVIV5863 |
SHARON PUSHES BACK CONTENDERS, KEEPING PRIMARIES [...]C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon's victory in the
September 27 Likud Central Committee vote over early party
primaries staunches for [...] |
2005-09-27 16:29:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5864 |
AMB. JONES' 9/26 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...]/NF) In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador,
Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad
indicated that his Septembe[...] |
2005-09-27 16:56:00 |
Embassy Tel Aviv |
SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5866 |
POSSIBLE POST-DISENGAGEMENT SCENARIOS [...]SBU) Summary: Predictions about the universe of
post-dise |