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2. (SBU) Israeli Participants:
-- Brigadier General (res) Pinchas Buchris, MOD Director General
-- Major General (ret) Amos Gilad, MOD Political-Military Chief
-- Brigadier General Ronen Dan, acting Israeli Defense Attache to the United States
-- Gad Dovev, Director, MOD Mission, New York
-- Alon Bar, MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs
-- COL Shimon Arad, IDF J5
-- Rami Yungman, MOD Political-Military Bureau
-- Schmuel Royter, Assistant to the MOD Director General
U.S. Participants:
-- Andrew Shapiro, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
-- Luis Moreno, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
-- Dr. Colin Kahl, International Security Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
-- Brigadier General Jefforey Smith, Joint Staff
-- Prem Kumar, Director for Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian Affairs, NSC
-- Tom Goldberger, Director for Israel and Palestinian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
-- COL Richard Burgess, Defense Attache, U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
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The GOI described 2010 as a critical year -- if the Iranians continue to protect and harden their nuclear sites, it will be more difficult to target and damage them. Both sides then discussed the upcoming delivery of GBU-28 bunker busting bombs to Israel, noting that the transfer should be handled quietly to avoid any allegations that the USG is helping Israel prepare for a strike against Iran.
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After this past year, GOI participants said they have a bad feeling about Turkey. The GOI noted that the Israel Air Force (IAF) Commander in the past wanted to speak to the Turkish Air Force Commander, but his Turkish counterpart declined.Пока израильская часть слитого Wikileaks дипдосье читается с гораздо большим интересом, нежели унылая московская скукотень.
Впрочем, с нетерпением ждем подробного отчета о приватной беседе сотрудника посольства с крупным российским бизнесменом Германом Ханом, о котором говорится, что он пришел на встречу с американским дипломатом не только с любовницей (при том, что он женат), но и с шестью проститутками, при нем был никелированный пистолет, и он рассуждал о том, что «Крестный отец» его любимый фильм.
