Item FIFTY YEARS WAR 2/26 - Transcript of interview, 1997, with President Yitzhak Navon

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FIFTY YEARS WAR 2/26

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Transcript of interview, 1997, with President Yitzhak Navon

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  • 1997 Jan 30 (Creation)

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31pp

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Typescript transcript of interview with Yitzhak Navon, member of Arab Department of the Haganah 1946-1948, Political Secretary to Foreign Minister and head of the Prime Minister's bureau 1952-1963, and President of the State of Israel 1978-1983, discussing public reaction in Jerusalem to the declaration of the State of Israel, (15 May 1948); his role in military intelligence during the War of Independence; conditions in the siege of Jerusalem; evacuation of village of Abu Ghaush; lack of military equipment in Israeli army; reaction of Moshe Sharrett, Israeli Foreign Minister 1948-1956, to IDF operation at Kinneret (1956); relations between David Ben-Gurion, Israeli Prime Minister 1948-1953, 1955-1963, and Sharrett, Israeli Prime Minister 1953-1955 and Ben-Gurion's resignation from government, 1953; the Israeli government response to the massacre of Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatilla Camps, Lebanon (16 Sep 1982); and Israeli policy on release of Palestinian prisoners;. 31pp

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