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Date(s)
- 1991 Jan 21 (Creation)
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Item
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50pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of interview with Yitzhak Shamir describing the visit to Israel of Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, President of Egypt 1970-1981, his address to the Knesset, and the Israeli public reaction 19 Nov 1977; response of Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister 1977-1983, to Shamir's abstention from Knesset debate on the Camp David Accord (1978); his views on Israeli involvement in the Lebanon War, and meeting with Bashir Gemayel, President-elect of Lebanon, (1982); his visit to Bucharest to meet with Nikolai Ceausescu, Romanian President 1974-1989, concerning Jewish immigration and possible talks with the PLO, 1987; secret talks between Likud members Moshe Amirav, Ehud Olmert and Dan Meridor with Sari Nusseibeh, Palestinian academic Beir Zit University (Aug 1987); the relations within Israeli Unity government (1987); his opposition to the proposed international conference, 1987; secret meeting with Hussein, King of Jordan 1952-1999, in London, July 1987 including Ben Aharon, Ephraim Halevy and Elyakim Rubinstein; Israeli response to the Iraqi SS-1 SCUD B missiles landing in Tel Aviv and Haifa, (Jan 1991); meetings with James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State 1989-1992, concerning the Israeli Arab relations in the lead up to the Madrid Conference and speeches at the Conference (Oct 1991); George Bush, US President 1989-1992, announcing linkage US loan guarantees to Israeli policy on new settlements; and comments on Zionism. 50pp