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### Viewing cable 06JERUSALEM4511, PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON RAFAH/KEREM SHALOM

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06JERUSALEM4511 | 2006-10-16 12:12 | 2010-12-18 12:12 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Consulate Jerusalem

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    OO RUEHWEB

    DE RUEHJM #4511/01 2891228
    ZNR UUUUU ZZH
    O 161228Z OCT 06
    FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5404
    INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
    RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
    RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY

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    UNCLAS JERUSALEM 004511

    SIPDIS

    SENSITIVE
    SIPDIS

    NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE; NEA/IPA FOR
    WILLIAMS/SHAMPAINE/STEINGER; NSC FOR ABRAMS/DORAN/WATERS;
    TREASURY FOR SZUBIN/LOEFFLER/NUGENT/HIRSON

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: ECON PREL PGOV ETRD KWBG IS
    SUBJECT: PALESTINIANS SEEK PROGRESS ON RAFAH/KEREM SHALOM
    AMA IMPLEMENTATION

    REF: JERUSALEM 4472

    ¶1. (SBU) Summary: ConGenoffs, accompanied by USSC, USAID and
    Embassy Tel Aviv representatives, met October 12 with
    Palestinian negotiators from the previous PA government who
    were involved in the negotiation of the Agreement on Access
    and Movement (AMA). The informal meeting, the second in a
    series of preliminary brainstorming discussions intended to
    reinvigorate AMA implementation efforts, focused exclusively
    on the Rafah and Kerem Shalom border crossings with Egypt.
    The Palestinian team pressed for Rafah to be open for Gazan
    exports into Egypt; GOI signature of the Customs Protocol;
    clearance of commercial cargo imports at Kerem Shalom by PA
    and Israeli customs inspectors; expansion of the categories
    of travelers able to use the Rafah passenger crossing; and
    regular access of the EU-BAM monitors to the Rafah crossing
    and of all parties to the Joint Liaison Office. End summary.

    Rafah needs to open for exports
    -------------------------------

    ¶2. (SBU) The Palestinians, led by representatives of the
    PLO's Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) and including former PA
    Planning Minister Ghassan al-Khatib, raised the need for the
    export of goods from Gaza through the Rafah crossing. Except
    for a March 14 shipment of three truckloads of Palestinian
    goods for a trade show in Cairo, commercial cargo has not
    been exported through the Rafah crossing. The Palestinians
    noted Egyptian President Mubarak's positive comments to PA
    President Abbas on the subject and stressed that the flow of
    commercial cargo exports would be a significant boost to the
    Gazan economy. They urged the USG to press Cairo to send the
    necessary instructions to the Egyptian crossing at Rafah for
    the start of commercial exports, even if only for transit
    shipments through Egypt to third country destinations, using
    the March 14 arrangement.

    Lack of signature on Customs Protocol;
    no clearance of commercial cargo imports
    ----------------------------------------

    ¶3. (SBU) The Palestinian team reminded USG representatives
    that the Kerem Shalom crossing, per the AMA, should be a
    temporary crossing for imports into Gaza from Egypt. Per the
    AMA, after 12 months of PA customs officials clearing
    incoming cargo at Kerem Shalom under the supervision of
    Israeli customs agents, a third party would review the PA's
    customs capacity and make a joint decision regarding future
    arrangements. The Palestinian team noted the GOI's refusal
    to sign the Customs Protocol or to acknowledge via letter to
    the USG its applicability at the Rafah and Kerem Shalom
    crossings. As a result, there have been no commercial
    imports to Gaza via Kerem Shalom since the AMA was concluded.
    A Palestinian contractor working for the European
    Commission-funded ASYCUDA customs database implementation
    project said the Palestinian side had submitted a proposal on
    how to work at the Kerem Shalom crossing under the
    supervision of Israeli customs agents but had not received a
    response to date from the GOI. Though some humanitarian
    cargo has been cleared at Kerem Shalom by Israeli customs,
    Palestinian customs agents are not present and have not
    received any data on the humanitarian cargo clearances,
    according to the contractor.

    Rafah -- successful passenger crossing
    but want broader use
    --------------------------------------

    ¶4. (SBU) The Palestinian team noted that the EU-BAM has
    favorably commented on the Palestinian operation of the Rafah
    passenger border crossing, the only area in which the
    Palestinians have been given the opportunity to demonstrate
    their capability. The Palestinian team raised two proposals
    to expand operations at Rafah: (1) open the crossing to all
    travelers, possibly with a 48-hour notification period for
    non-Palestinian identity card holders, or (2) expand the
    categories of travelers able to use Rafah to include
    journalists and third country nationals of Palestinian
    heritage, who do not hold a Palestinian identity card.
    (Note: Per the AMA, only Palestinian identity card holders
    and the four categories of travelers requiring 48-hour
    pre-notification (diplomats, foreign representatives of
    recognized international organizations, investors, and
    humanitarian cases) can cross at Rafah. End note.) The NSU

    advisors also highlighted the need for the GOI to provide the
    PA with complete information concerning Palestinian ID
    holders outside of the country, as called for in the AMA.
    They noted that they have examples of Palestinian ID holders
    who are not on the original list that the GOI shared with the
    PA. (Note: Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in
    the Territories (COGAT) Major General Mishlev gave PA Civil
    Affairs Minister Dahlan a digital copy of the Palestinian
    population registry on November 24, 2005. The Palestinian
    side continues to note that the registry was not complete and
    they are aware of specific names that are not included on the
    registry but should be. End note.)

    Access of EU-BAM monitors to Rafah and
    access by all to Joint Liaison Office
    --------------------------------------

    ¶5. (SBU) The Palestinian team raised again the issue of
    access to the Rafah crossing by the EU-BAM monitors, noting
    that EU-BAM monitors can only access Rafah through the Kerem
    Shalom crossing that the GOI controls. Even if the EU-BAM
    monitors accessed Rafah through the Egyptian side, the
    Palestinian team noted that Israeli control of the Kerem
    Shalom crossing could prevent operations at the Joint Liaison
    Office (JLO) at Kerem Shalom. EconChief raised the
    possibility of a back-up JLO, should there be a problem with
    the main office at Kerem Shalom. The Palestinian team noted
    that there had been no discussion to date of a back-up site
    for the JLO.
    WALLES

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