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Viewing cable 06JERUSALEM2223, EREKAT DENOUNCES ISRAELI PLAN TO REVOKE JERUSALEM

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06JERUSALEM2223 2006-06-01 15:11 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Jerusalem
VZCZCXYZ0000
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHJM #2223 1521511
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 011511Z JUN 06
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2502
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NSC PRIORITY
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 002223 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE, NSC FOR ABRAMS/DORAN/LOGERFO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
SUBJECT: EREKAT DENOUNCES ISRAELI PLAN TO REVOKE JERUSALEM 
RESIDENCY STATUS OF HAMAS PLC MEMBERS 
 
 
1.    (SBU) PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat June 1 faxed to 
the ConGen a letter addressed to NEA A/S Welch criticizing 
statements by Israeli Interior Minister Roni Bar-On, 
published in the Israeli media on May 30, threatening to 
revoke the residency status of three Hamas PLC members from 
Jerusalem and the PA Minister for Jerusalem Affairs unless 
they publicly renounced their Hamas membership.  Israeli 
Police reportedly delivered a letter giving them two months 
to resign or face action from the GOI. 
 
2.    (SBU) Begin text. 
 
Palestine Liberation Organization 
The Palestinian Authority 
Negotiations Affairs Department 
 
His Excellency Ambassador David Welch 
Assistant Secretary of State 
Washington, D.C. 
 
Dear Excellency: 
 
I am writing in response to the Israeli Government decision 
to deport from East Jerusalem members of the elected 
Legislative Council Mr. Muhammad Abu Tir, Muhammad Totah, 
Ahmad Attun, and Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Mr. Khaled Abu 
Arafah and strip them of their identity cards (residence in 
East Jerusalem). 
 
We believe that this act constitutes not only a flagrant 
violation of the Fourth Geneva Conventions, but also of the 
agreements signed between the PLO and the Government of 
Israel, namely the agreement on elections (including East 
Jerusalem) which were held in 1996 and 2006 in cooperation 
with the Israeli Government. 
 
We urge your Government's direct intervention to stop this 
Israeli illegal action, because if it is carried out it will 
be a real threat to all 300,000 Palestinians living in East 
Jerusalem. 
 
Sincerely Yours, 
 
Dr. Sa'eb Erekat 
Chief Palestinian Negotiator 
NAD-PLO 
 
End text. 
 
Stevens