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All the wikileaks cables have been released and are now accessible.

Whether others prove to be as horrific as the massacre of women and children in Iraq brought to our attention this week, or as drearily predictable as PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON COORDINATION WITH ISRAEL  remains to be seen.

“One-Sided” Coordination
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¶4. (S) Atallah echoed Minister Abu Ali’s comments on the importance of continued security coordination with Israel, and underscored his own willingness to continue meeting with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) representatives regardless of the political climate. Atallah said that security coordination is not only required by Oslo-era Agreements, but also is in the Palestinians’ interest. He expressed concern about what he described as asymmetrical information sharing, with far more information flowing from the Palestinian side to Israel than is received in return. He also juxtaposed positive GOI statements on PA security efforts (such as Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak’s praise at the recent Herzilya conference) with the GOI’s unwillingness to change its rules of engagement on the ground.    RUBINSTEIN

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