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Date(s)
- 1997 Jan 25 (Creation)
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Item
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41pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of interview with Yair Hirschfeld, Israeli academic at Haifa University, describing his involvement in negotiations with Palestinians, including meetings involving Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala), PLO Minister of Finance, Ron Pundak, Project Director in the Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) 1992-1995, Yossi Beilin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 1992-1995, Shimon Peres, Israeli Foreign Minister 1992-1995, Faisal Husseini senior official within Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Hassan Asfour, PLO official, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), PLO official, and Maher al Kurd, Political counsellor to Yasir Arafat, Uri Savir, Director General Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1993-1996, and Joel Singer, Legal Advisor to Israeli Foreign Ministry. Also describes the development of the Declaration of Principles (DOP) and its signing by Peres and Abu Ala in Oslo, 20 August 1993; and the role of host Terje Rød Larsen, Director of the Norwegian Labour Union's applied social research institute FAFO (Fagforeningens Forskningsorganisasjon) and Johan Jorgen Holst, Norwegian Foreign Minister. 41pp