Key Information
Reference code
ELUSIVE PEACE 3/23
Title
Transcript of interview with Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, [2003]
Date(s)
- [2003] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of interview with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, leader of Hamas (assassinated Mar 2004), describing the Palestinian relationship with Jews; the relationship between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority; the willingness of Hamas to uphold the 2003 ceasefire; rejection of the ‘road map for peace’ plan; his opinion of Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2003, and Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1993-2004; the conditions that Hamas would accept in any peace settlement; his lack of fear of martyrdom.