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### Viewing cable 09PARIS1461, FRANCE-ISRAEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE COVERS TURKEY,

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09PARIS1461 | 2009-10-29 17:05 | SECRET//NOFORN | Embassy Paris

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    RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV PRIORITY 0297
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    S E C R E T PARIS 001461

    SIPDIS
    NOFORN

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/2019
    TAGS: PGOV PREL IS TU SY FR
    SUBJECT: FRANCE-ISRAEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE COVERS TURKEY,
    PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA

    REF: PARIS 1418

    Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Kathy Allegrone,
    Reasons 1.4(b),(d).

    ¶1.  (S/NF) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: French participants in the
    second annual Franco-Israeli Strategic Dialogue on October 28
    noted profound disquiet among the Israelis about Turkey,
    according to Frederic Bereyziat, Senior MFA Desk Officer for
    Israel and the Peace Process.  Bereyziat told poloff October
    29 that the Israelis claimed the Turks have allowed
    weapons-related material for Iran's nuclear program to
    transit Turkey, with Prime Minister Erdogan's full knowledge.
     In the lead up to this Strategic Dialogue, Bereyziat
    reported, President Sarkozy called Prime Minister Netanyahu
    directly on October 26, to urge him to establish an
    independent investigation into the actions of the Israeli
    Defense Forces in the Gaza conflict.  Sarkozy told Netanyahu
    that such a step would decrease pressure on Israel and its
    allies stemming from the Goldstone Report, but Netanyahu
    responded briskly: "No way."  Franco-Israeli discussions on
    the status of the peace process stumbled over a "profound
    difference on tactics," according to Bereyziat, who also
    reported the French intention to introduce a Resolution in
    the U.N. General Assembly designed to prevent the Goldstone
    Report from returning to the Security Council.  Finally,
    Bereyziat described a division within the Israeli delegation
    about Syria's openness to the west, with some on the
    delegation discounting benefits that might accrue to Israel
    through the re-launching of negotiations, and others
    supporting the French claim that Israel would put Syria in a
    bind by suddenly expressing openness to negotiations over the
    Golan.

    ¶2.  (S/NF) BACKGROUND: As notetaker for the Strategic
    Dialogue, Bereyziat was in a position to provide a
    description of these discussions.  When serving as the
    Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellow in the French MFA, poloff
    often met and worked with Bereyziat.  He told poloff October
    29 that the Strategic Dialogue may have been his last major
    meeting for the MFA, as he is leaving the ministry for
    personal reasons on November 10.  END SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND.

    SECOND ANNUAL FRANCO-ISRAELI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
    --------------------------------------------- --

    ¶3.  (C) Pierre Sellal, Director General of the French MFA,
    and Yossi Gal, Director General of the Israeli MFA, led their
    respective delegations in the second annual Franco-Israeli
    Strategic Dialogue on October 29 in Paris.  The "five to six
    hours" of talks covered a wide range of issues, including the
    peace process, Turkey, Syria, and Iran, according to
    Bereyziat.  The first bilateral Strategic Dialogue took place
    in May 2008, approximately a year after President Sarkozy's
    election.  No such exchanges took place under President
    Chirac, Bereyziat acknowledged, adding that the French now
    hope to make it an annual tradition.  He said the next
    dialogue will take place late next year.  (COMMENT: This new
    tradition reflects Sarkozy's avowed attempt to create a more
    balanced French approach to the Middle East by developing a
    closer rapport with Israel.  END COMMENT.)

    TURKEY
    ------

    ¶4.  (S/NF) The French participants in the Strategic Dialogue
    noted profound disquiet among the Israelis about Turkey,
    Bereyziat said.  He reported that the Israelis claimed the
    Turks have allowed weapons-related material for Iran's
    nuclear program to transit Turkey, with Prime Minister
    Erdogan's full knowledge.  The French replied that Israel
    would need to have clear and concrete proof of such activity
    before leveling accusations.  The Israelis replied that they
    are collecting evidence which they will eventually publicize.
     In the meantime, Bereyziat said, the Israelis explained that
    they will not take strong public positions condemning what
    they perceive as Turkey's recent strategic shift away from
    western positions on the peace process, Iran, and Israel's
    nuclear program.  Erdogan's public comments about Israel's
    nuclear weapons had particularly irked the Israelis,
    Bereyziat explained, describing them as unprecedented by a
    Turkish leader.  Moreover, the Israelis blamed the Europeans,
    and especially France, for this shift in Turkey's policy.
    They said that if Europe had more warmly embraced Turkey,
    then the Turks would not be taking steps to earn approval in

    the Arab and Muslim world at the expense of Israel.  The
    French, in response to this accusation, "begged to differ,"
    Bereyziat said.

    GOLDSTONE REPORT, PEACE PROCESS, UAV TECHNOLOGY
    --------------------------------------------- --

    ¶5.  (C/NF) President Sarkozy called Prime Minister Netanyahu
    directly on October 26, Bereyziat reported, to urge him to
    establish an independent investigation into the actions of
    the Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza.  Sarkozy informed
    Netanyahu that such a step would decrease pressure on Israel
    and its allies stemming from the Goldstone Report.  Netanyahu
    responded briskly: "No way."  French officials emphasized
    Sarkozy's point again during the Strategic Dialogue,
    Bereyziat said, and the Israelis continued to reject his
    advice.  (See reftel for a description of earlier French
    efforts to persuade the Israelis to take this step.)
    Separately, to prevent the Goldstone Report from further
    impeding the peace process, the French are now contemplating
    a pre-emptive approach in the U.N. General Assembly,
    according to Bereyziat.  With this aim in mind, the GOF may
    float a Resolution that would ensure the Goldstone Report
    does not return to the Security Council.  Bereyziat did not
    specify further what this draft Resolution might contain.

    ¶6.  (C/NF) Franco-Israeli discussions on the status of the
    peace process itself resembled a "conversation of the deaf,"
    Bereyziat said.  "We have a profound disagreement on tactics,
    but we obviously agree on the end goal."  France has not,
    however, taken any "punitive" measures following the Gaza
    conflict, Bereyziat explained.  He said that whereas other
    European countries stopped selling Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
    (UAV) parts to Israel after the conflict, the French have
    continued to do so.  And Bereyziat reported that the French
    and Israelis did agree on one important point related to the
    peace process: Iran continues to play a destructive role in
    the region, creating and prolonging conflicts.

    SYRIA
    -----

    ¶7.  (S/NF) Bereyziat described a division within the Israeli
    delegation about Syria's openness to the west.  Some on the
    delegation perceived Syrians as intransigent and discounted
    the possible benefits that might accrue to Israel through the
    re-launching of direct, or even indirect, negotiations.
    Others, Bereyziat said, including military representatives
    "with Ehud Barak's ear," supported the French claim that
    Israel would put Syria in a bind by suddenly expressing
    openness to negotiations over the Golan.  This group of
    Israelis believed Syrian leaders seek to free themselves from
    dependence on Iran and to re-engage fully with the west.
    RIVKIN

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