Item FIFTY YEARS WAR 2/31 - Transcript of interview, [1997], with Prime Minister Shimon Peres

Typescript transcript of interview with Shimon Peres, Israeli Prime Minister 1977, 1984-1986, 1995-1996, Foreign Minister 1986-1988, 1992-1995, and Minister of Defence 1974-1977, discussing the role of David Ben-Gurion, Israeli Prime Minister 1948-1953, 1955-1963 and his relationship with Levi Eshkol, Israeli Prime Minister 1963-1969; establishment of the Israeli Defence Force (1949-1950s); Israel's relations with Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian President 1954-1970, and Unit 131, a Jewish underground operation in Egypt (Lavon Affair) (1951-1954); the Suez Crisis, 1956; appointment of Moshe Dayan as Minister of Defence, (1 Jun 1967); outbreak of Yom Kippur War, 5 Oct 1973; Israeli operations in Lebanon, including meetings with Lebanese Christian leaders including Joseph Abu Khalil, Camille Chamoun, Dany Chamoun and Bashir Gemayel, and Israeli liaison officer Benjamin ('Faoud') Ben-Eliezer (1976); discussion of proposed international peace conference with Hussein King of Jordan 1952-1999, Zaid El Rifai, Prime Minister of Jordan 1985-1989, in London, Apr 1987; expulsion of [415] Hammas members from Israel, Dec 1992; relationship with Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister, 1992-1995; secret talks with the PLO culminating in the Oslo Accord, its ceremonial signing in Washington (15 Sep 1995) by Rabin, Yasir Arafat (Abu Ammar), Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), and William Jefferson Clinton, US President 1993-2001 and ongoing negotiations involving Arafat and Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala), PLO Minister of Finance, concerning Hebron, Sep 1995; assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, 4 Nov 1995. 53pp