Item ELUSIVE PEACE 2/7 - Transcript of interview with Head of National Security Council, Major General Giora Eiland, [2004]

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Maj Gen Giora Eiland, Head of National Security Council 2004-2006, describing the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, May 2000; the effect on politics in the Middle East of the 11 Sept 2001 World Trade Centre attacks; the decision to assassinate Raid Karmi, leading member of Al-Aqsa Brigade, Sept 2001; reaction to the Zinni ceasefire plan put forward by Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to the Israel and Palestinian National Authority, 26 Mar 2002; 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 question of how to deal with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Apr 2002; discussion of tactics used against Hamas, including targeted actions against identified individuals, 2002; negotiations surrounding the road map for peace plan and the withdrawal of the Israel Defence Force from Gaza, Jun 2003; the decision to attempt to assassinate the leadership of Hamas following a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, Aug 2003; negotiations surrounding ‘The Disengagement Plan’, issued by Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, Apr 2004; Ariel Sharon’s visit to Washington, Apr 2004.