Key Information
Reference code
ELUSIVE PEACE 3/21
Title
Transcript of excerpts from interviews, [2001], with Hamas co-founders Ismail Abu Shanab and Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
Date(s)
- [2001] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of excerpts from interviews with Hamas co-founders Ismail Abu Shanab, (assassinated 2003), and Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (also known as Abd al-Aziz Rantisi and Abdel Ali Abdul Majid Aziz al-Rantisi) (assassinated 2004), describing the goals of Hamas, the basis of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin’s ceasefire proposals, and the reason for use of suicide bombers.