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Cashless in Gaza

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<h1>Cashless in Gaza</h1>
See related story line: <a target="_top" href="http://bl.ocks.org/5335612">Still cashless in Gaza</a>
<h4>Hover over a circle for cable information, or <a target="_top" href="http://thedod.github.com/cableweaver/#db4e669e8796e247aa2d9f17a736702b,08TELAVIV2447,08TELAVIV624,08TELAVIV1508,08TELAVIV2291,08TELAVIV1742,08STATE122043,08TELAVIV2859,09TELAVIV471,08JERUSALEM2274,08TELAVIV2713">click for interactive graph</a></h4>
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"FIL MISH-MISH": PA ISSUES TENDER FOR MOBILE OPERATOR IN PALESTINIAN TELECOM MARKET</title></circle><circle id="c06JERUSALEM4239" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="219.2900106013867" cy="186.72581815877777"><title>06JERUSALEM4239 (2006-09-20, CONFIDENTIAL):
KUWAITI COMPANY GRANTED SECOND PALESTINIAN MOBILE PHONE LICENSE</title></circle><circle id="c06JERUSALEM4713" class="node CONFIDENTIAL-NOFORN" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="224.85558594220896" cy="216.88778125450673"><title>06JERUSALEM4713 (2006-11-03, CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN):
COMPANY SHORT-LISTED FOR RADIO TRUNKING BID IN WEST BANK/GAZA WANTS TO USE MOTOROLA EQUIPMENT; OFAC LICENSE MAY BE REQUIRED</title></circle><circle id="c07JERUSALEM1453" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="316.65387308414574" cy="202.53121024750692"><title>07JERUSALEM1453 (2007-07-13, CONFIDENTIAL):
UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN MOBILE TELECOM TENDER - GOI FREQUENCY ALLOCATION WOULD BRING USD 355 M TO PA TREASURY</title></circle><circle id="c07JERUSALEM1575" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="392.717454034756" cy="90.84356715039054"><title>07JERUSALEM1575 (2007-07-30, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
OPIC-BACKED LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM LAUNCHED</title></circle><circle id="c07JERUSALEM1921" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY pinned" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="305.04261137365216" cy="172.8362417203794"><title>07JERUSALEM1921 (2007-09-12, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
POST ADVOCATES FOR MOTOROLA IN ADVANCE OF SPECTRUM ALLOCATION FOR SECOND MOBILE PHONE NETWORK</title></circle><circle id="c07JERUSALEM504" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="260.67679319480516" cy="200.93524557240417"><title>07JERUSALEM504 (2007-03-15, CONFIDENTIAL):
UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS TENDERS</title></circle><circle id="c07TELAVIV3201" class="node MISSING pinned" r="8" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 4.143608205775333px;" cx="265.54492725898035" cy="313.4877856978381"><title>07TELAVIV3201 (2007-11-02)</title></circle><circle id="c07TELAVIV3575" class="node MISSING" r="8" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="407.2340869564088" cy="118.21808155693927"><title>07TELAVIV3575 (2007-12-19)</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM1362" class="node UNCLASSIFIED" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="365.7603538609927" cy="101.5254349813338"><title>08JERUSALEM1362 (2008-07-28, UNCLASSIFIED):
UPDATE ON OPIC MORTGAGE FINANCE FACILITY</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM1372" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="361.3801217744616" cy="234.42519980232038"><title>08JERUSALEM1372 (2008-07-29, CONFIDENTIAL):
WATANIYA'S WAIT IS OVER: MOBILE TELECOM PROVIDER HAS SPECTRUM, LOOKS TO BEGIN OPERATIONS</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM1449" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="324.65740947229074" cy="233.22386233053948"><title>08JERUSALEM1449 (2008-08-07, CONFIDENTIAL):
PA BARELY MAKES JULY SALARIES THANKS TO THE UAE AND A LOAN</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM169" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="440.66668446334637" cy="299.92737782207826"><title>08JERUSALEM169 (2008-01-31, CONFIDENTIAL):
UNIONS STRIKE IN REACTION TO PM FAYYAD'S REQUIREMENT THAT WEST BANKERS PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM1795" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="346.6650784654753" cy="180.99880836463078"><title>08JERUSALEM1795 (2008-09-25, CONFIDENTIAL):
UPDATE ON WATANIYA MOBILE LAUNCH IN THE WEST BANK</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM1832" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="301.3370860069016" cy="141.55261281712964"><title>08JERUSALEM1832 (2008-10-03, CONFIDENTIAL):
PALESTINIAN TELECOM: PA WANTS WIMAX FREQUENCY</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM1840" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="320.95358296868943" cy="295.99183089584983"><title>08JERUSALEM1840 (2008-10-03, CONFIDENTIAL):
PA PAYS SEPTEMBER SALARIES EARLY; GAZA CASH REMAINS LOW</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM1849" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="251.11408650880728" cy="276.1878547920376"><title>08JERUSALEM1849 (2008-10-07, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
GAZA FOOD AND FUEL: MORE DIESEL THROUGH THE TUNNELS</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM1886" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="286.0489709599019" cy="289.05436773541805"><title>08JERUSALEM1886 (2008-10-16, CONFIDENTIAL):
HAMAS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN GAZA; SMUGGLING AND UNEMPLOYMENT NOW THE ECONOMIC NORMS</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM1943" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="337.3449433064184" cy="107.78785524023543"><title>08JERUSALEM1943 (2008-10-23, CONFIDENTIAL):
OPIC'S PLAN FOR AFFORDABLE MORTGAGES IN THE WEST BANK</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM2084" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="252.80091019241638" cy="466.64622157811635"><title>08JERUSALEM2084 (2008-11-20, CONFIDENTIAL):
FAYYAD RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CORRESPONDENT BANKING SERVICES</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM2230" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="185.7223611704259" cy="111.19047049644928"><title>08JERUSALEM2230 (2008-12-12, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
OPIC PROMOTES POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN MARKET</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM2274" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="12" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="395.4630818271788" cy="457.19233321183407"><title>08JERUSALEM2274 (2008-12-19, CONFIDENTIAL):
NEW "HAMAS BANK" TO OPEN IN GAZA DECEMBER 28</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM2359" class="node MISSING pinned" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="416.0161418230593" cy="331.596929423476"><title>08JERUSALEM2359</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM350" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="374.91594561836894" cy="138.09742631213325"><title>08JERUSALEM350 (2008-02-26, CONFIDENTIAL):
ABU MAZEN'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON OPIC, TELECOM, HOUSING AND GAS PROJECTS</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM468" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="466.9814190980021" cy="334.8535920556991"><title>08JERUSALEM468 (2008-03-14, CONFIDENTIAL):
PA REPORTS CLEARANCE REVENUES CONTINUE TO BE HELD FOR TWO MONTHS BUT TIMING OF TRANSFERS MORE PREDICTABLE</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM490" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="404.6691276594981" cy="50.0430493100353"><title>08JERUSALEM490 (2008-03-20, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
OPIC'S PROPOSED HOUSING MORTGAGE FACILITY A CRITICAL ELEMENT IN ADVANCING U.S. OBJECTIVES</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM511" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="410.2855025985341" cy="289.37254879271075"><title>08JERUSALEM511 (2008-03-25, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
PA HOLDING THE BUDGET LINE, BUT DECLINE IN DOLLAR INCREASES FISCAL GAP</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM586" class="node CONFIDENTIAL-NOFORN pinned" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="378.839192798196" cy="200.17553441569785"><title>08JERUSALEM586 (2008-04-04, CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN):
SECOND PALESTINIAN MOBILE PHONE PROVIDER STILL WAITING FOR SPECTRUM</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM588" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="581.7872552337933" cy="311.03714860725825"><title>08JERUSALEM588 (2008-04-04, CONFIDENTIAL):
FATAH-LED UNIONS INCREASE EFFORTS TO BRING DOWN FAYYAD'S GOVERNMENT</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM615" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="554.9568564812962" cy="288.72341617094753"><title>08JERUSALEM615 (2008-04-08, CONFIDENTIAL):
PA EMPLOYS REGULATIONS AND THE COURTS AGAINST PUBLIC SECTOR STRIKERS</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM628" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="516.7812538649673" cy="286.83945347617873"><title>08JERUSALEM628 (2008-04-10, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
PA STRIKES CONTINUE DESPITE COURT ORDER</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM653" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="529.6242785638066" cy="322.0350877088169"><title>08JERUSALEM653 (2008-04-15, CONFIDENTIAL):
ABBAS CHAIRS PA'S WEEKLY CABINET MEETING IN PUBLIC SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR FAYYAD</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM657" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="470.8061362676033" cy="272.387863143437"><title>08JERUSALEM657 (2008-04-16, CONFIDENTIAL):
PA STRIKE ENDS; FAYYAD PLEASED WITH OUTCOME</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM725" class="node UNCLASSIFIED" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="419.6606273810288" cy="254.97123608568208"><title>08JERUSALEM725 (2008-04-29, UNCLASSIFIED):
PA FISCAL UPDATE: WESTERN DONORS CARRYING THE LOAD, BUT PROBLEMS AHEAD</title></circle><circle id="c08JERUSALEM916" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="223.2492313108121" cy="107.86185846330609"><title>08JERUSALEM916 (2008-05-30, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETINGS WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABBAS AND PM FAYYAD</title></circle><circle id="c08SECSTATE83136" class="node MISSING pinned" r="8" style="fill: #356f15; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="42.22126267777226" cy="353.59106416642425"><title>08SECSTATE83136</title></circle><circle id="c08STATE122043" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="12" style="fill: #849ee7; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="217.53311281388" cy="464.5140958655638"><title>08STATE122043 (2008-11-17, CONFIDENTIAL):
DEMARCHE REQUEST: SEEKING HALT TO TERMINATION OF CORRESPONDENT BANKING SERVICES</title></circle><circle id="c08STATE25604" class="node MISSING" r="8" style="fill: #849ee7; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="437.8291863744111" cy="35.653012357350825"><title>08STATE25604 (2008-03-12)</title></circle><circle id="c08STATE25706" class="node MISSING" r="8" style="fill: #849ee7; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="387.0047587458051" cy="18.90681059991688"><title>08STATE25706 (2008-03-12)</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV1075" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="8" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 4.143608205775333px;" cx="144.21817617797993" cy="314.41921089634326"><title>08TELAVIV1075 (2008-05-22, CONFIDENTIAL):
GOI STILL UNCERTAIN THAT POSTAL BANK WILL MANAGE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CORRESPONDENT RELATIONSHIP</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV1508" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="12" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 4.940243900698185px;" cx="100.9904056655057" cy="332.2531160079063"><title>08TELAVIV1508 (2008-07-11, CONFIDENTIAL):
ISRAELI BANK DETERMINED TO CUT GAZA BANKING TIES</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV1742" class="node SECRET pinned" r="12" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="68.58768129122046" cy="383.50029019649077"><title>08TELAVIV1742 (2008-08-08, SECRET):
TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT AGAINST THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND INCREASES ITS FINANCIAL ISOLATION OF GAZA</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV2144" class="node MISSING pinned" r="8" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 4.365034523811223px;" cx="226.11386668622228" cy="393.44995060096915"><title>08TELAVIV2144 (2008-09-19)</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV2291" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="12" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 6px;" cx="125.05626684335749" cy="419.446978476701"><title>08TELAVIV2291 (2008-10-07, CONFIDENTIAL):
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CORRESPONDENT BANKING RELATIONSHIP AT A CROSSROADS</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV2447" class="node SECRET pinned" r="12" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="264.9015538248636" cy="351.25108621813706"><title>08TELAVIV2447 (2008-11-03, SECRET):
CASHLESS IN GAZA?</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV2452" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="8" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="189.86651612897123" cy="420.8030863566566"><title>08TELAVIV2452 (2008-11-03, CONFIDENTIAL):
NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO BE BANKING CORRESPONDENT TO THE PALESTINIANS: RELATIONSHIP REMAINS IN THE BALANCE</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV2603" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="8" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2.0413198559378527px;" cx="270.9419540666001" cy="404.81317322443965"><title>08TELAVIV2603 (2008-11-24, CONFIDENTIAL):
GAZA CASH CRISIS: CBG FISCHER CALLS FOR USG ASSISTANCE</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV2713" class="node SECRET pinned" r="12" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2.2853601054057564px;" cx="293.76201805296404" cy="446.6761538469379"><title>08TELAVIV2713 (2008-12-04, SECRET):
GOI CALLS GAZA CASH CRISIS A HAMAS PLOY</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV2859" class="node SECRET pinned" r="12" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="355.35381928809295" cy="427.8058444603421"><title>08TELAVIV2859 (2008-12-19, SECRET):
ISRAEL'S NSC SUPPORTS MINIMUM MONTHLY CASH FOR GAZA; WANTS USG HELP TO SELL THE IDEA</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV559" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="489.4244991103771" cy="367.7361378283531"><title>08TELAVIV559 (2008-03-11, CONFIDENTIAL):
ISRAEL EXPEDITING CUSTOMS REVENUE TRANSFERS TO PA</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV624" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="12" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2.3317489161792984px;" cx="209.95275102721774" cy="287.6828395206188"><title>08TELAVIV624 (2008-03-18, CONFIDENTIAL):
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CORRESPONDENT RELATIONSHIP IN STABLE BUT CRITICAL CONDITION</title></circle><circle id="c08TELAVIV661" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="8" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2.5433729556579223px;" cx="125.68537604556053" cy="270.05855209491295"><title>08TELAVIV661 (2008-03-20, CONFIDENTIAL):
BOI GOVERNOR FISCHER "FRUSTRATED" BY ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN BANKING RELATIONS</title></circle><circle id="c09DOHA31" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #cc486d; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="431.5772311282225" cy="460.44510565201665"><title>09DOHA31 (2009-01-14, CONFIDENTIAL):
QATAR ISLAMIC BANK CEO: NO TIES TO NEW HAMAS BANK</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM1265" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="545.3941819463868" cy="155.8906588753274"><title>09JERUSALEM1265 (2009-07-22, CONFIDENTIAL):
RECENT TRENDS IN WEST BANK VIOLENCE</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM1282" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="297.7273123298718" cy="87.60854439297209"><title>09JERUSALEM1282 (2009-07-27, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
WEST BANK HOUSING PROJECTS: FINANCING ON TRACK, BUT HURDLES REMAIN</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM1323" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="436.73503920760015" cy="176.60978909798249"><title>09JERUSALEM1323 (2009-07-31, CONFIDENTIAL):
WATANIYA LAUNCH IN JEOPARDY</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM1463" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="263.7962625354455" cy="106.66418838503705"><title>09JERUSALEM1463 (2009-08-18, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXPLORES POTENTIAL FOR STUDIES ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM1497" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="469.6900192078685" cy="184.91898944857394"><title>09JERUSALEM1497 (2009-08-24, CONFIDENTIAL):
WATANIYA BOARD SETS SEPT 15 DEADLINE FOR SPECTRUM ALLOCATION</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM1498" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="508.78707024131717" cy="201.3339743621246"><title>09JERUSALEM1498 (2009-08-24, CONFIDENTIAL):
SAUDI SUPPORT PROVIDES BRIEF RESPITE FROM PA BUDGET WOES</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM1623" class="node SECRET" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="546.9860112806381" cy="211.77334456514583"><title>09JERUSALEM1623 (2009-09-09, SECRET):
PM FAYYAD: SETTLEMENTS AND PALESTINIAN ECONOMIC PRIORITIES</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM1711" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="450.8152288713692" cy="224.97926816702878"><title>09JERUSALEM1711 (2009-09-22, CONFIDENTIAL):
PALTEL EXECUTIVES ON GAZA OPERATIONS, WATANIYA, AND THE TROUBLED ZAIN MERGER</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM1888" class="node CONFIDENTIAL-NOFORN" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="480.0515401795118" cy="146.71136065245295"><title>09JERUSALEM1888 (2009-10-16, CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN):
WATANIYA QUIETLY BEGINS OPERATIONS, AIMS TO CREATE "FACTS ON THE GROUND"</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM2072" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="246.31679095872911" cy="72.77172365034934"><title>09JERUSALEM2072 (2009-11-18, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOCUSES ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY SECTOR PROJECTS</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM2197" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="507.2925551803705" cy="161.48998759616077"><title>09JERUSALEM2197 (2009-12-04, CONFIDENTIAL):
WATANIYA PALESTINE: ONE MONTH POST-LAUNCH</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM259" class="node UNCLASSIFIED-FOR-OFFICIAL-USE-ONLY pinned" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="390.4059089833357" cy="397.97458908726327"><title>09JERUSALEM259 (2009-02-06, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY):
THE PA 2009 BUDGET, GAZA RECONSTRUCTION, AND CASH</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM386" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="401.1517402836147" cy="178.7776854789175"><title>09JERUSALEM386 (2009-03-06, CONFIDENTIAL):
WATANIYA MOBILE PHONE LAUNCH DELAYED INDEFINITELY</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM466" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="425.4083790140128" cy="408.7916210859902"><title>09JERUSALEM466 (2009-03-13, CONFIDENTIAL):
PA'S HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION PLAN HINGES ON THE CROSSINGS</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM618" class="node SECRET-NOFORN" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="418.3381412836016" cy="208.4695186912492"><title>09JERUSALEM618 (2009-04-06, SECRET//NOFORN):
FAYYAD INTERVENES IN TELCOM ISSUES</title></circle><circle id="c09JERUSALEM690" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="382.176159215562" cy="486.8053354486263"><title>09JERUSALEM690 (2009-04-23, CONFIDENTIAL):
HAMAS-AFFILIATED "BANK" OPENS IN GAZA; PMA DECLARES IT ILLEGAL</title></circle><circle id="c09TELAVIV2808" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="8" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="155.79811205489847" cy="451.0251040232125"><title>09TELAVIV2808 (2009-12-24, CONFIDENTIAL):
TREASURY ACTING A/S BAUKOL'S MEETING WITH BOI GOVERNOR STANLEY FISCHER</title></circle><circle id="c09TELAVIV471" class="node CONFIDENTIAL pinned" r="12" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="379.78738147262425" cy="356.1730857127017"><title>09TELAVIV471 (2009-02-27, CONFIDENTIAL):
GOI WILLING TO PASS THE BUCK BUT NOT THE SHEKEL</title></circle><circle id="c09TELAVIV600" class="node SECRET pinned" r="8" style="fill: #b8887a; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="330.81969677897916" cy="327.87526510671677"><title>09TELAVIV600 (2009-03-11, SECRET):
GOI PROPOSES INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR FUNDS TO GAZA</title></circle><circle id="c10JERUSALEM134" class="node UNCLASSIFIED" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="236.5822294921963" cy="39.47014237100993"><title>10JERUSALEM134 (2010-01-21, UNCLASSIFIED):
TDA GRANT SUPPORTS RENEWABLE ENERGY, PALESTINIAN ENTREPRENEUR</title></circle><circle id="c10JERUSALEM40" class="node CONFIDENTIAL" r="8" style="fill: #bcb266; stroke-width: 2px;" cx="524.1687349466584" cy="126.46833943309917"><title>10JERUSALEM40 (2010-01-08, CONFIDENTIAL):
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<h3 align="right"><a target="_top" href="https://github.com/thedod/cableweaver/wiki/Legend-V1">Legend</a></h3>
<h2>Summary</h2>
<em>Work in progress... forks are welcome.</em><br>
Note that this is the same graph that the
<a target="_top" href="http://codepen.io/thedod/full/dbohA">"Fil mish-mish"</a> story line comes from,
and this demonstrates that there can be several loosely-related stories in a single graph.
<h2>Story line</h2>
<dl>
<dt><h4>1) <a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/03/08TELAVIV624.html">08TELAVIV624</a> 2008-03-18 CONFIDENTIAL</dt>
<dd>
<h4>ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CORRESPONDENT RELATIONSHIP IN STABLE BUT CRITICAL CONDITION</h4>
<!-- Enter remarks for 08TELAVIV624 here. To quote from the cable use the convention: <blockquote>SOME TEXT...</blockquote> -->
<blockquote>
After Gaza was declared a
"hostile entity" by the GOI in June of 2007, <em>[Israeli banks]</em> Hapoalim and IDB
argued that it was impossible to verify with certainty that
standard banking transactions carried out on behalf of
Palestinian banks in Gaza were not <strong>benefiting a designated
terrorist organization (Hamas)</strong>.
</blockquote>
<p>The problem seems to be a legal one</p>
<blockquote>
The banks' real concern is their liability and court costs in an ongoing
<strong>civil suit against Arab Bank in U.S. courts</strong>. They hoped to
use the correspondent issue and the threat of collapsing the
Palestinian financial system to pressure the GOI and USG to
intervene and force a settlement.
</blockquote>
<p>The history of this legal case is a long chain of "designation by proxy":
<ul>
<li>Hamas [the democratically elected ruling party] gets designated as a terrorist organization</li>
<li>IDF suspects that the Ramallah branch of Arab Bank deals with Hamas, and
<a target="_top" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_bank#Israel_Defense_Forces_investigation">confiscates funds</a>
in connection with the investigation.</li>
<li>The investigation "designates" Arab Bank as a "Hamas banker" and serves as ground
to a US lawsuit against the bank by an Israeli group of hundreds of terror victims and their families. <sup>[1]</sup>
</li>
<li>Arab Bank "designates" Israeli banks Hapoalim and IDB as the processors of the
"terrorist transfers" through their correspondent accounts.
The Israeli banks don't believe such claims would stand in court, but they claim that
<blockquote> The <strong>legal fees and demands on human resources</strong> are a serious burden </blockquote>
</li>
<li>Israeli banks threatened to cut ties with Palestinian banks in order to minimize exposure to similar lawsuits in the future.
There's also another reason:
<blockquote>
Instead of fighting in court, <em>[IDB's legal advisor Amnon]</em> Lorch said that IDB
would prefer that Arab Bank settle the case. He implied that IDB's threats to cut off correspondent banking with
Palestinians <strong>were intended to force such a solution</strong>.
</blockquote>
</li>
<li>Gazan economy becomes a victim of "collateral designation"</li>
</ul>
<p>
<sup>[1]</sup> Six years after the raid, the IDF
<a target="_top" href="http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-clears-ramallah-bank-of-terror-involvement-1.284140">formally admits</a>
Arab Bank and/or its employees had no involvement in terror, but the US lawsuit is <strong>still ongoing</strong>
(<a target="_top" href="http://electronicintifada.net/content/arab-bank-mounts-legal-challenge-against-claims-aiding-terror/12598">as of July 2013</a>), running on "designation fume".
</p>
</dd>
<dt><h4>2) <a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/07/08TELAVIV1508.html">08TELAVIV1508</a> 2008-07-11 CONFIDENTIAL</dt>
<dd>
<h4>ISRAELI BANK DETERMINED TO CUT GAZA BANKING TIES</h4>
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<blockquote>
Bank Hapoalim (BH) informed the Bank of Palestine
(BOP) in a July 6 letter that it <strong>will no longer provide it
with cash transfer services</strong>. The decision was made
independent of any consultation with or approval by the GOI
or the Bank of Israel (BOI) and was triggered by a BOP
request for a NIS 25 million transfer in early July.
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dt><h4>3) <a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/08/08TELAVIV1742.html">08TELAVIV1742</a> 2008-08-08 SECRET</dt>
<dd>
<h4>TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI SAYS NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT AGAINST THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN AND INCREASES ITS FINANCIAL ISOLATION OF GAZA</h4>
<!-- Enter remarks for 08TELAVIV1742 here. To quote from the cable use the convention: <blockquote>SOME TEXT...</blockquote> -->
<blockquote>
Udi Levi <em>[from Israel's National Security Council (NSC)]</em> ...
said that the GOI maintains information to
implicate the CBI <em>[Central Bank of Iran]</em> in 1) transferring money without the use of
Swift to obfuscate the identities of the parties transmitting
and receiving money, 2) planning to purchase undesignated
banks using false names through which it could assist Iranian
enterprise in circumventing sanctions, and 3) <strong>acting on
behalf of designated Iranian banks such as Bank Melli and
Bank Saderat</strong> <sup>[2]</sup> to execute transactions that would otherwise be
prohibited. On the last point, DAS Glaser mentioned that if
any of this activity were occurring in London, such
information could be key to persuading an otherwise highly
cautious UK to take action. The Israelis said that they would
look into that question.
</blockquote>
<p>
<sup>[2]</sup> This is a good example of the "contagious" effect of designation:
Bank Saderat was one of the two Iranian banks <a target="_top" href="http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/02/07/another-iranian-bank-released-by-the-eu-wikileaks-here-as-well/">released by the EU general court</a> in 2013 (in both cases, CableGate leaked cables were
<a target="_top" href="http://wikileaks-press.org/wikileaks-documents-used-in-courts-the-case-of-the-iranian-bank/">accepted by the court as evidence</a>).
At the time, Bank Saderat was designated. This made it possible to accuse CBI of collaborating with it.
</p>
<p>Regarding liquidity in Gaza:</p>
<blockquote>
econoff learned that the BOI and Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)
were operating under a principle of not permitting any
additional liquidity into Gaza.
...
GOI intelligence agencies generally believe that PA salaries paid in Gaza
actually make their way into the hands of Hamas; <sup>[3]</sup> therefore,
the PA argument that the salaries meet the mutually
beneficial goal of bolstering Fatah does not impress the
Israelis. While Israeli officials frequently express their
doubts with regard to PA statistical assessments of the state
of the economy in Gaza, <strong>whether the PA is able to meet its
salary commitments in Gaza appears of little concern to the
GOI.</strong>
</blockquote>
<p><sup>[3]</sup> Note: since
<a target="_top"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict#West_Bank:_Fatah_wins_and_establishes_a_separate_government">2007</a>,
PA (at least in the west bank) is Fatah-led, and is considered an ally by both GOI and USG.
It's in their interest [at least officially] to strengthen it and weaken Hamas.</p>
</dd>
<dt><h4>4) <a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/10/08TELAVIV2291.html">08TELAVIV2291</a> 2008-10-07 CONFIDENTIAL</dt>
<dd>
<h4>ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CORRESPONDENT BANKING RELATIONSHIP AT A CROSSROADS</h4>
<!-- Enter remarks for 08TELAVIV2291 here. To quote from the cable use the convention: <blockquote>SOME TEXT...</blockquote> -->
<blockquote>
On Sunday, September 29, <strong>Bank
Hapoalim (BH)</strong>, one of only two Israeli commercial banks providing
correspondent services to Palestinian banks, informed the Bank of
Israel (BOI) that it <strong>would end its business relationship and cease
all services to Palestinian commercial banks</strong> on November 30. Esther
Deutch, Chief Legal Advisor at <em>[IDB &mdash; Israel]</em> Discount Bank, told econoff that while
no formal decision has yet been made, Bank Hapoalim's move is <strong>likely
to inspire Discount to follow suit within the next few weeks</strong>.
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dt><h4>5) <a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/11/08TELAVIV2447.html">08TELAVIV2447</a> 2008-11-03 SECRET</dt>
<dd>
<h4>CASHLESS IN GAZA?</h4>
<!-- Enter remarks for 08TELAVIV2447 here. To quote from the cable use the convention: <blockquote>SOME TEXT...</blockquote> -->
<blockquote>
Israeli officials reject the PA,s argument that denying banks the liquidity to pay PA
salaries in full bolsters the Hamas regime.
While some acknowledge the gains to Hamas from a weakened formal banking
sector in Gaza, they argue that such gains are small relative
to the cost of giving Hamas greater access to shekels or the
economic benefits they bring to Gazans.
</blockquote>
<p>The words "gains" and "cost" are (of course) from GOI's perspective,
but what about the impact of cash shortage on the Gazan in the street?</p>
<blockquote>
Israeli officials have confirmed to econoffs on multiple occasions
that they intend to <strong>keep the Gazan economy on the brink of
collapse without quite pushing it over the edge</strong>
</blockquote>
<p>
Another example of this approach can be found at
<a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2010/02/10TELAVIV413.html#par9">10TELAVIV413</a> (<em>not</em> on this graph):
</p>
<blockquote><em>
Given the separation between Hamas and the PMA-regulated private banks,
Shin Bet </em>[Israeli security agency]<em> assesses there to be little connection between these banks' stability and Israel's counter-terrorism goals. In
the short-term, <strong>security concerns from a decrease in confidence in these banks by average Gazans is negligible for Israel.</strong>
</em></blockquote>
<p>as in: "I can stand on your neck for quite a while without losing balance" :)</p>
</dd>
<dt><h4>6) <a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/11/08STATE122043.html">08STATE122043</a> 2008-11-17 CONFIDENTIAL</dt>
<dd>
<h4>DEMARCHE REQUEST: SEEKING HALT TO TERMINATION OF CORRESPONDENT BANKING SERVICES</h4>
<!-- Enter remarks for 08STATE122043 here. To quote from the cable use the convention: <blockquote>SOME TEXT...</blockquote> -->
<blockquote>
The Department requests that Embassy
Tel Aviv demarche Stanley Fischer, Chairman of the Bank of
Israel (BOI), as soon as possible prior to November 30 and
attempt to forestall the threatened termination of
correspondent banking services for Gazan branches of
Palestinian banks.
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dt><h4>7) <a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/12/08TELAVIV2713.html">08TELAVIV2713</a> 2008-12-04 SECRET</dt>
<dd>
<h4>GOI CALLS GAZA CASH CRISIS A HAMAS PLOY</h4>
<!-- Enter remarks for 08TELAVIV2713 here. To quote from the cable use the convention: <blockquote>SOME TEXT...</blockquote> -->
<blockquote>
<em>[Counterterrorism Finance
Bureau Director at the National Security Council (NSC) Udi]</em>
Levi did say that the GOI is considering a policy to
permit about NIS 40 million in new liquidity to enter the
Gaza Strip banks on a monthly basis.
...
However, Levi noted GOI intelligence has indications
that Gaza banks are being forced by Hamas to underreport
their true reserve holdings
...
He posited that the present
pre-Eid crisis <strong>might be an attempt by Hamas to further
consolidate its power in Gaza</strong> though he was vague on how the
crisis would forward the Hamas agenda.
...
Of greater concern is Levi's claim to have new evidence that the PA's
current Gaza salaries list is <strong>tainted by Hamas sympathizers</strong>.
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dt><h4>8) <a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/12/08JERUSALEM2274.html">08JERUSALEM2274</a> 2008-12-19 CONFIDENTIAL</dt>
<dd>
<h4>NEW &quot;HAMAS BANK&quot; TO OPEN IN GAZA DECEMBER 28</h4>
<!-- Enter remarks for 08JERUSALEM2274 here. To quote from the cable use the convention: <blockquote>SOME TEXT...</blockquote> -->
<blockquote>
<strong>Hamas has announced the "licensing" of a new
bank, the Islamic National Bank (INB), in the Gaza Strip.</strong>
Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir
considers the bank an illegal entity, and said the PMA will
launch a public campaign against it. <strong>He said Hamas is
capitalizing on GOI restrictions on cash shipments to Gaza</strong>
</blockquote>
<p>At last &mdash; GOI's efforts to choke Gaza's economy are "fruitful" :)</p>
</dd>
<dt><h4>9) <a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/12/08TELAVIV2859.html">08TELAVIV2859</a> 2008-12-19 SECRET</dt>
<dd>
<h4>ISRAEL&#39;S NSC SUPPORTS MINIMUM MONTHLY CASH FOR GAZA; WANTS USG HELP TO SELL THE IDEA</h4>
<!-- Enter remarks for 08TELAVIV2859 here. To quote from the cable use the convention: <blockquote>SOME TEXT...</blockquote> -->
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This cable was sent less than 4 hours after
<a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/12/08JERUSALEM2274.html">08JERUSALEM2274</a>.
The cable doesn't discuss the new "Hamas bank". It stands to reason that the TELAVIV post wasn't aware of its announcement at the time.
</p>
<blockquote>
Israeli NSC Counterterrorism Finance
Director Udi Levi on December 17 to discuss GOI efforts to
establish a minimum monthly cash transfer to Gaza banks. Levi
agreed that a complete collapse of the banking system would
not serve Israel's security interests, but warned that
shekels entering Gaza were being funneled to Hamas in large
quantities through various methods.
</blockquote>
<p>However</p>
<blockquote>
<em>[Foreign minister]</em>Tzipi Livni,
who opposes any cash transfers to Gaza, has asked the DG at
the MFA to <em>determine if the GOI has a legal means of revoking
its recognition of the PMA as it applies to Gaza.</em>
</blockquote>
</dd>
<!-- ==== begin timeline marker ==== -->
<dt><h4><a target="_top" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_lead">Operation "Cast Lead"</a></dt>
<dd>
<h4>2008-12-27 to 2009-01-18</h4>
</dd>
<!-- ==== end timeline marker ==== -->
<dt><h4>10) <a target="_top" href="https://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/02/09TELAVIV471.html">09TELAVIV471</a> 2009-02-27 CONFIDENTIAL</dt>
<dd>
<h4>GOI WILLING TO PASS THE BUCK BUT NOT THE SHEKEL</h4>
<!-- Enter remarks for 09TELAVIV471 here. To quote from the cable use the convention: <blockquote>SOME TEXT...</blockquote> -->
<blockquote>
econoff contacted David Zaken,
Assistant Supervisor of Banks and Head of Off-Site
Examination and Licensing at the Bank of Israel (BOI), to
lobby for GOI approval of a transfer of funds to Gaza banks
in March. Zaken told econoff on February 27 that he expects
the Prime Minister's office (PMO) to approve transfer of
approximately 50 million shekels (NIS) to Gaza in response to
the Palestinian Monetary Authority's request for an NIS 254
million transfer to cover March salary and other obligations.
</blockquote>
<p>However</p>
<blockquote>
One possible turn of events that may effect the ability
of the GOI to approve the PMA's request is a High Court
decision on whether to hear a case brought by the Land of
Israel Foundation (LIF) against the GOI after the last
transfer of cash to Gaza. The LIF case <strong>claims that the GOI
acted in a manner contrary to its own Anti-Money
Laundering/Counter Finance of Terrorism (AML/CFT)
legislation</strong>.
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