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Date(s)
- 1997 Jul 9 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
31pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of translated filmed interview with Shimon Peres, Israeli Prime Minister 1977, 1984-1986, 1995-1996, and Foreign Minister 1986-1988, 1992-1995, discussing relationship with Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister 1992-1995, following the 1992 election; Israeli negotiations with Jordan involving Yossi Beilin, Israeli Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 1992-1995, and Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) PLO official (1994); discussion with William Jefferson Clinton, US President 1993-2001, following Rabin's death, (Nov 1995); Israeli negotiations with Syrians at Wye Plantation, Maryland US, Dec 1995; meetings with Warren Christopher, US Secretary of State 1993-1997, Jan 1996; Hizbollah attacks from Lebanon and the Israeli response - Operation GRAPES OF WRATH (April 1996); discussions Benjamin Netanyahu, his successor as Prime Minister, July 1996; and negotiations with Yasir Arafat (Abu Ammar) regarding Israeli withdrawal from Hebron, 1995. Also comments on David Ben-Gurion's views on a Jewish state; Ben-Gurion and Sharett's views on responses to terrorism; the appointment of Pinhas Lavon as Defence Minister, 1954; and meeting with Joseph Abu Khalil, concerning Lebanese civil war, 1979. 31pp