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| Identifier: | 05TELAVIV4118 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 05TELAVIV4118 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Tel Aviv |
| Created: | 2005-06-30 10:45:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | PGOV KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
C O N F I D E N T I A L TEL AVIV 004118 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/30/2015 TAGS: PGOV, KWBG, EG, IS, GAZA DISENGAGEMENT, GOI EXTERNAL SUBJECT: GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: KNESSET FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR WANTS KNESSET TO DECIDE IF EGYPTIAN POLICE SECURE GAZA-EGYPTIAN BORDER Classified By: Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer for reasons 1.4 (b,d). 1. (C) Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is to decide in the coming weeks whether allowing the Egyptians to deploy 750 border police along the Gaza-Egyptian border as a security measure associated with implementing the disengagement plan is a material change to the 1973 Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty, thus requiring Knesset approval. David Sharan, advisor to Likud MK Yuval Steinitz, Chairman of the Knesset's powerful Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, told Poloff June 29 that Steinitz not only opposes deployment of the Egyptian border police along the border, but insists that the Knesset must approve any agreement with Egypt to allow this deployment. Sharan said that Steinitz believes that such a deployment would end the demilitarization of the Sinai Peninsula, which, Sharan underlined, Steinitz believes is "the most important clause" of the 1973 treaty. 2. (C) According to Sharon, Mazuz has ordered for his review all documents associated with the 1973 treaty to decide if the proposed deployment is a material change to the treaty. Sharan said that even if Mazuz decides that the deployment does not require Knesset approval, there are "legal measures" Steinitz is considering to compel the matter to come before the Knesset. Asked to elaborate, Sharan said that Steinitz is still reviewing his options, but that options definitely exist. ********************************************* ******************** Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv You can also access this site through the State Department's Classified SIPRNET website. ********************************************* ******************** KURTZER
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