EU TROOPS IN ISRAEL

The Bible says there will be EU troops in Israel. Because the EU will give Security to Israel for land. Especially when it gets to the final status talks, this is where the Whole World gets involved. Here is the EU,PALESTINIAN AGREEMENT of troops in Israel at the Egyptian border. This has been going on in talks since 2003 but on Nov 16,05 the monitors and troops came in.

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Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for CFSP,welcomes appointment of Head of EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories

Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, welcomes the appointment by the EU Political and Security Committee today of Jonathan McIvor as Head of the EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories, code-named EUPOL COPPS.

Jonathan McIvor has significant police experience, notably in Northern Ireland and in the MiddleEast. He currently leads the EU Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support, within the Office of EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Marc Otte, and acts as his police adviser.

EUPOL COPPS was established by a decision of the EU Council on 14 November. Its operational phase is set to start on 1 January 2006. Until that date, Mr McIvor will act as head of the mission 'splanning team. The mission, which will have a long term reform focus, will provide enhanced support to the Palestinian Authority in establishing sustainable and effective policing arrangements. Together with the envisaged EU border control monitoring mission in Rafah, EUPOL COPPS will mark a significant increase in the EU's involvement in the Middle East in the field of security.

Background:

The mission, which will have a three-year mandate, will assist in the implementation of the Palestinian Civil Police Development Plan, advise and mentor senior members of the Palestinian Civil Police and criminal justice system and co-ordinate EU and, where requested, international assistance to the Palestinian Civil Police.

The mission will act in close co-operation with the European Community's institution building programmes as well as other international efforts in the security sector and judicial reform.It will build on the work of the EU Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EU COPPS)established in April 2005 within the office of the EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process.** *

This statement is attributable to Cristina Gallach, Spokesperson of HR Solana Enclosed: Curriculum vitae of Mr. Jonathan McIvor ASSISTANT CHIEF CONSTABLE JONATHAN McIVORBA (Hons) MSc POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND Jonathan McIvor was born and educated in Northern Ireland. After Military service as an Officer with the Royal Green Jackets he joined the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in 1982 as a graduate entrant and subsequently served in South East London in the various ranks to Inspector. After a time as an Area Planning Inspector and member of the MPS Management Consultancy Centre, he was appointed as a Divisional Chief Inspector at Plumstead.

In 1994 he transferred to the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, now the Police Service of Northern Ireland and served in North Belfast, County Fermanagh and as Commandant of the Police Training Centre. He attended the National Strategic Command Course 2000 and was subsequently appointed Commander of North Down District Command Unit. In 2002 he took up post as Commander Operational Support and Deputy Assistant Chief Constable for Rural Region, covering that part of Northern Ireland outside Greater Belfast including the 251 miles of land border with the Republic of Ireland. In this post he was faced with a wide range of challenges from Counter Terrorism and Public Order, including the annual Public Order operations at Drumcree, to the development of Community Policing.

In April 2004 he was seconded to the UK Department for International Development as a Police Adviser and began working in Gaza and the West Bank on capacity building within the Palestinian Civil Police. He was formally seconded to the team of EU Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process in January 2005 as the Police Adviser and was responsible for forming and now leading the EU Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EU COPPS) established within the office of the EU-SR and based in Ramallah. In addition to attending various courses at the National Police College, Bramshill, Jonathan has studied at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia and at the Scottish Police College, Tullyallen. Hehas been involved in joint policing initiatives in both the United States and South Africa. In 2001 he presented a paper to the South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg on “Police Transformation in Northern Ireland” and in 2003 presented to the United Arab Emirates Military Command in Dubai on joint military/police public order operations. He holds a first degree in Development Studies, a Masters Degree in Organisational Behaviour and a Diploma in Criminology and Police Studies from Cambridge University.______________

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COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Brussels, 14 November 200514402/05 (Presse 295)

Council establishes EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories

The Council adopted a joint action establishing an EU Police Mission in the PalestinianTerritories under the European Security and Defence Policy (13696/05). The mission, code-named EUPOL-COPPS, will have a long term reform focus and will provide enhanced support to the Palestinian Authority in establishing sustainable and effective policing arrangements.

The operational phase of the mission will start no later than 1 January 2006. The mission, which will have a three-year mandate, will assist in the implementation of the Palestinian Civil Police Development Plan, advise and mentor senior members of the Palestinian Civil Police and criminal justice system and co-ordinate EU and, where requested, international assistance to the Palestinian Civil Police. The mission will act in close co-operation with the European Community's institution building programmes as well as other international efforts in the security sector and judicial reform.

It will build on the work of the EU Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EUCOPPS) established in April 2005 within the office of the EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Marc Otte.

The Council also adopted a joint action amending the mandate of the EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process in order to take into account the new police mission (13526/05).

Enclosed: Factsheet on EUPOL-COPPS14402/05 (Presse 295)

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November 2005

European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories ( EUPOL-COPPS ) The European Union is preparing an "EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories "due to start on 1 January 2006. Code-named EUPOL-COPPS, this Mission will support the Palestinian Authority in establishing sustainable and effective policing arrangements.

Aims and Scope of EUPOL-COPPS EUPOL-COPPS will be a civilian mission in the framework of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). EUPOL-COPPS will aim at contributing to the establishment of sustainable and effective policing arrangements under Palestinian ownership in accordance with best international standards. More specifically the tasks of the new Mission are as follows:

• Assist the Palestinian Civil Police in implementation of the Police Development Programme by advising and closely mentoring the Palestinian Civil Police, and specifically senior officials at District, Headquarters and Ministerial level;14402/05 (Presse 295)

• Co-ordinate and facilitate EU Member State assistance, and - where requested -international assistance to the Palestinian Civil Police;

• Advise on police-related Criminal Justice elements. The new Mission will act in close co-operation with the European Community's institution building programmes as well as other international efforts in the security sector including criminal justice reform. EUPOL-COPPS will be set in the wider context of the international community’s effort to support the Palestinian Authority in taking responsibility for law and order, and in particular, in improving its civil police and law enforcement capacity. Close co-ordination between the Mission and other international actors involved in security assistance, including the US Security Coordinator, as well as those providing support to the Ministry of Interior, will be ensured. EUPOL-COPPS will build on the work of the EU Co-ordination Office for Palestinian Police Support (EU COPPS)

1.Size, Structure and Budget of the Mission

• EUPOL-COPPS will include approximately 33 unarmed personnel mainly seconded from EU Member States

2. The Mission personnel will not have executive powers.

• The operational phase of the Mission will begin on 1 January 2006. EUPOL-COPPS will have an initial duration of 3 years.

• The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the Mission until the end of 2006 will be 6.1 million euros (common costs).
Political control

• The EU's Political and Security Committee will exercise, under the responsibility of the EU Council, the political control and strategic direction of the Mission. High Representative Javier Solana will give guidance to the Head of Mission through the EU Special Representative for the MEPP.

1 EU COPPS was established in January 2005 within the office of the EU Special Representative (EUSR) to the Middle East Process, Marc Otte. It aims at assisting the Palestinian Authority in developing a modern and effective civil police service.

2 A number of third countries will also be invited to contribute to the Mission.14402/05 (Presse 295)

Background

• At the European Council of 17 and 18 June 2004, EU leaders reaffirmed the readiness of the EU to support the Palestinian Authority in taking responsibility for law and order, and in particular, in improving its civil police and law enforcement capacity.

• In July 2005, EU foreign ministers reiterated the EU's commitment to contributing to the development of Palestinian security capacity through the Palestinian Civil Police, inco-ordination with the US Security Co-ordinator. They also agreed in principle that EU support to the Palestinian Civil Police should take the form of an ESDP mission building on the work of the EU Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support in cooperation with all parties concerned.

• The EU is the largest donor to the Palestinians.

• The EU has been at the fore front of efforts for peace in the Middle East, and is an active member of the Quartet along side its partners the US, Russia and the UN. Resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict is a strategic priority for Europe

1. Accordingly, the EU is a facilitator in the Middle East Peace Process, notably through regular meetings with the main actors involved; visits to the Near East by EU leaders and the activities of the EU High Representative Javier Solana, as well as the EU Special Representative for the Peace Process, Ambassador Marc Otte.

1 See "A Secure Europe in a Better World: The European Security Strategy", approved by the European Council on 12 December 2003.