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O 221418Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5543
INFO RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 1984
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO 0165
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 6550
RUEHVEN/USMISSION USOSCE 0003
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUEHPS/USOFFICE PRISTINA 0045
UNCLAS TEL AVIV 000440
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SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV IL
SUBJECT: ISRAEL POLICY ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: STUDYING
SITUATION
REF: A. STATE 16319, B. TEL AVIV 381, C. STATE 15111, D.
STATE 13716, E. TEL AVIV 167, F. STATE 1087
1.(SBU) PolOff delivered demarche (ref A) to Zvi Rav-Ner,
Director of the MFA Central Europe Department, who said
that IsraelQs position remains unchanged from last week
(ref B). On the day Kosovo declared its independence,
February 17, the MFA issued the following statement:
QRegarding KosovoQs declaration of independence, Israel is
monitoring developments and will formulate its position in
due course. On February 19, Rav-Ner said that Deputy
Foreign Minister Majalli Whbee reiterated that position in
a statement to the Knesset, IsraelQs legislature.
MORENO