Item ELUSIVE PEACE 4/13 - Transcript (made in Oct 2004) of an interview conducted in Nov 2003 with General Anthony Zinni

Typescript transcript of an interview with Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to the Israel and Palestinian National Authority, 2001-2002, describing his brief to implement the Tenet Cease-Fire Plan, including meetings with Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, and attending negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian teams discussing the prospect of a cease fire, 2001; reactions to the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; attending further negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian teams, including analysis of the difficulties of establishing successful talks and the disruption caused by terrorist attacks, Jan and Mar 2002; negotiations surrounding the acceptance of Zinni’s cease fire plan, Mar 2002; reactions to the Passover bombing of the Park Hotel at Netanya, Israel, 27 Mar 2002, the first siege of compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, and the launch of Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD by the Israel Defence Force (IDF), Apr 2002; attempts to encourage Palestinian commitment to the cease fire plans, Apr-May 2002; the difficulties of providing effective monitoring and analysis of the effect of the conflict on ordinary citizens.