Key Information
Reference code
ELUSIVE PEACE 3/17
Title
Transcript of interview with financial adviser Mohammed Rashid, 2004
Date(s)
- 2004 Sept - Oct (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
5pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Mohammed Rashid, financial adviser to Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, describing negotiations between Arafat and Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2002, including the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA Jul 2000; the early relationship between Arafat and Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, 2001; the first siege of Arafat’s compound, Ramallah, West Bank, by Israeli troops, Mar-May 2002. Two versions of the full transcript, with minor differences in editing and transcription. Also re-translated extracts from the transcripts.