Item ELUSIVE PEACE 2/14 - Transcript of interview, 2005, with Shaul Mofaz, Chief of General Staff, Israeli Defence Force, 1998-2002

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Shaul Mofaz, Chief of General Staff, Israeli Defence Force, 1998-2002 and Minister of Defence 2002-2006, describing the assassination of Gen Rehavam Zeevi, Israeli Minister of Tourism, Oct 2001; the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; the assassination of al-Asqsa Martyrs’ Brigade member Raed Karmi, Jan 2002; negotiations with Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 2002; a proposal to exile Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, following the Hamas suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002; the UN Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to investigate Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD, Jenin, Apr 2002; the Middle East Peace Summit, Aqaba, Jordan, Jun 2003; negotiations with Mohammed Dahlan, Head of Security, Palestinian National Authority 1993-2003, Jul-Aug 2003; Hamas suicide bombing, Jerusalem, Aug 2003; the decision to assassinate Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas leader, Mar 2004. Also additional extracts from a transcript of the same filmed interview, with minor differences in text and editing.