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### Viewing cable 06TELAVIV2787, HERZOG LAMENTS TIMING OF SECURITY CRISES ON

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06TELAVIV2787 | 2006-07-14 11:11 | 2011-03-15 18:06 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Tel Aviv
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    This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 TEL AVIV 002787

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/14/2016
    TAGS: ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PTER KWBG JO IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
    SUBJECT: HERZOG LAMENTS TIMING OF SECURITY CRISES ON
    TOURISM INDUSTRY

    Classified By: Ambassador Richard H. Jones for reasons 1.4(b) and (d)

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    SUMMARY
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    ¶1. (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 12, Tourism
    Minister Isaac Herzog indicated that Israel would soon
    retaliate against targets in Lebanon for Hizballah's attack
    across Israel's northern border. Herzog lamented the timing
    of the dual crises in Gaza and Lebanon, claiming the
    deteriorating security situation would ruin what had
    otherwise been a record year for tourism to Israel. He said
    that Israel remains committed to former Tourism Minister (and
    current Finance Minister) Avraham Hirchson's project for a
    Christian heritage park near Lake Kinneret. Herzog expressed
    embarrassment at hearing the Ambassador's report of an
    American visitor's detention and harassment by security
    officers at Ben Gurion Airport and promised to address the
    incident with the head of Israel's security service. Herzog
    also requested that the Ambassador re-examine language on
    organized crime in the Department's Travel Warning for
    Israel. End summary.

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    HERZOG ON CRISIS WITH LEBANON
    -----------------------------

    ¶2. (C) In a meeting on July 12, Tourism Minister Isaac Herzog
    (Labor) told the Ambassador that the Hizballah incursion
    across Israel's northern border and kidnapping of two IDF
    soldiers "required action." The Ambassador agreed, but
    cautioned that Israel's retaliatory action should be focused
    on Hizballah rather than the Lebanese government, and
    Israel's rhetoric should also concentrate on its sponsors,
    Syria and Iran. Herzog questioned what Israel would gain
    from this approach, and the Ambassador explained that
    attacking the Lebanese government and Lebanese infrastructure
    would likely elevate popular Lebanese support for Hizballah
    while diminishing Israel's support from the international
    community. Herzog confided to the Ambassador that Prime
    Minister Olmert and Defense Minister Peretz are well aware
    that "they aren't Sharon," and that they "don't want to
    appear castrated" to either the Israeli public, or Israel's
    enemies. Herzog suggested that a public statement of support
    from the USG or White House would help shore up Olmert
    politically and enable him to target his response.

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    INVESTING IN EVANGELICAL TOURISM
    --------------------------------

    ¶3. (C) Herzog lamented the timing of the dual crises in Gaza
    and Lebanon, claiming the deteriorating security situation
    would ruin what had otherwise been a record year for tourism
    to Israel. The Minister said that Evangelical Christian
    tourism from the United States was an important component of
    the 37-percent rise in 2006, and commented that his ministry
    had recently opened an office marketing to Evangelicals in
    Los Angeles. According to Herzog, former Tourism Minister
    (and current Finance Minister) Avraham Hirchson continues to
    support a commitment he had made to the Evangelical community
    to build a Christian heritage park near Lake Kinneret.
    Herzog said that Hirchson was working on legislation to
    purchase, zone, and allot 200 dunams of land to the
    non-profit National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) for
    construction of the Christian tourist attraction.

    ¶4. (C) The Ambassador asked Herzog if the ministry's plans
    for Evangelical marketing would benefit the Galilee's
    dwindling Arab Christian community. Herzog responded that he
    had employed an Arab Christian from Nazareth as his liaison
    between the Evangelical community and the Galilee Christian
    community. Herzog also remarked that Christian and Druze
    villages had recently been designated a "special priority"
    for economic development, and that the construction of new
    hotels in the region would help with local unemployment.
    (Comment: Herzog was likely referring to a recent amendment
    to the 2002 Capital Investments Encouragement Ordinance that
    will classify all minority settlements -- including
    recognized Israeli Arab towns and villages -- as Development
    Area "A" priority regions. The Law for the Encouragement of
    Capital Investments provides financial assistance to
    entrepreneurs for building factories, hotels and tourist
    attractions in Development "A" areas. End Comment.) The
    Ambassador encouraged Herzog to work with American
    universities to market Israel, including the Galilee region,
    as a safe destination for American students to learn Arabic
    from native speakers. Herzog was intrigued by the idea and
    said he would enlist an Israeli academic to help him research
    it further.

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    NEGATIVE EFFECT OF SECURITY PRECAUTIONS ON TOURISM
    --------------------------------------------- -----

    ¶5. (C) The Ambassador asked Herzog if he was aware of the
    deterrent effect on tourism of the security procedures at Ben
    Gurion Airport. Herzog said that he had heard of the
    problem, and that he was gathering evidence of abuses to
    convince security officials that a better solution must be
    found. The Ambassador recounted the recent case of a young
    American woman who was detained for several hours, rudely
    interrogated, stripped naked, and searched -- evidently
    merely because her American passport showed that she had been
    born in Egypt. Herzog said that the incident was
    "embarrassing," and asked the Ambassador to send him the
    details of this particular incident, as well as any others
    that occur. He added that he would include them as evidence
    in his argument to the head of Israel's security services.

    ¶6. (C) Herzog requested that the Ambassador re-examine
    language on organized crime in the Department's Travel
    Warning for Israel, and that it be removed if possible. The
    Ambassador assured Herzog that he would review the language
    when the warning is next revised. (Comment: Herzog was not
    aware that the Travel Warning already differentiates between
    the risks of traveling to the West Bank/Gaza and travel
    within Green Line Israel. End comment.)

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    Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website:
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    You can also access this site through the State Department's
    Classified SIPRNET website.
    ********************************************* ********************
    JONES

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