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Viewing cable 07TELAVIV2522, EMBASSY TEL AVIV CONTACTS GOI TO REQUEST URGENT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07TELAVIV2522 2007-08-21 04:27 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Tel Aviv 
VZCZCXRO5240
OO RUEHTRO
DE RUEHTV #2522 2330427
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 210427Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2845
INFO RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 4739
RUEHTRO/AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI
RUEHTU/AMEMBASSY TUNIS 3813
RUEHVT/AMEMBASSY VALLETTA 0196
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0559
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS BE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/CNO WASHINGTON DC
RULSJGA/COMDT COGARD WASHDC
RUFNPGJ/COMSERVFORSIXTHFLT NAPLES IT
RHMFIUU/COMUSNAVEUR NAPLES IT
RHMFISS/CDR USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
 
UNCLAS TEL AVIV 002522 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
GENEVA FOR RMA-REIMER 
USEU BRUSSELS FOR FRANCIS 
CNO FOR N00, N09, N3IPS, N3L, N3OP AND N3NOC 
COMDT COGUARD FOR CG-3 AND CG-0941 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREF PHUM PHSA MOPS EWWT SMIG LY TS IS IT
MT, SU, ER, ET, GH 
SUBJECT: EMBASSY TEL AVIV CONTACTS GOI TO REQUEST URGENT 
ASSISTANCE WITH DISPOSITION OF 46 AFRICAN MIGRANTS RESCUED 
AT SEA BY USN 
 
REF: SECSTATE 116313 
 
ΒΆ1. (SBU) DCM Luis Moreno conveyed reftel request for 
assistance to Alon Ushpiz, head of the Foreign Ministry's 
Bureau of Coordination.  (Ushpiz is equivalent of Deputy 
Director General to Foreign Ministry Director General Aaron 
Abramovich.)  Following internal GOI discussion, Ushpiz 
informed DCM that there would likely be a "positive" response 
from the Prime Minister's Office in regard to the issue. 
Ushpiz went on to say that this "tendency to be positive" was 
dependent on USG responsibility for the final settlement of 
the migrants, and that it would be a one shot deal that would 
not be repeated.  (Comment: The "positive" remark was perhaps 
an implied counterpoint to critics of Israeli refugee policy, 
especially mounting media and NGO pressure regarding Sudanese 
asylum seekers.  End comment.)  Ushpiz also stressed that the 
migrants would be held in a military base and although 
treated humanely, would not have luxurious quarters. 
However, when Ushpiz contacted the DCM later in the day, 
after the matter had reached the Prime Minister's office, he 
apologetically informed the DCM that the GOI had turned down 
the request.  Ushpiz did not offer specific reasons why the 
GOI had, counter to his earlier optimism, decided not to 
respond positively to this request for assistance. 
MINIMIZE CONSIDERED 
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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. 
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JONES