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Date(s)
- 2004 Dec 2 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
38pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Brig Gen Michael Herzog of the Israel Defence Forces, describing the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; the visit of Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Mar 2002; reaction and response to the suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002, including the question of how to deal with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, and the launch of Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD in Jenin and the UN Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to investigate the Operation, Apr 2002; the assassination of Salah Shehadeh, Hamas military leader, Jul 2002; meetings with the Palestinian negotiating team regarding a cease fire (hudna), including the’90-day Plan’ of Mohammed Dahlan, Head of Security, Palestinian National Authority, 1993-2003 to deal with terrorism; the collapse of the cease fire after bombing in Jerusalem, Aug 2003; the decision to assassinate Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas leader, Mar 2004.