Item ELUSIVE PEACE 2/18 - Transcript of interview with politician Silvan Shalom, 2005

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Silvan Shalom, Finance Minister, 2001-2003 and Foreign Minister, 2003-2006, describing the Israeli government’s reaction to 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 second siege of the compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Sept 2002; the road map for peace plan and the Middle East Peace Summit, Aqaba, Jordan, Jun 2003; the necessity of building the security fence, Jul 2003; the reception by the Israeli government of the disengagement plan from Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, Jun 2004; his relationship with Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, President of Egypt 1981-2011. Also typescript transcript of the same filmed interview with retranslation of certain passages and manuscript annotations.