Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 4/8
Title
Transcript of interview, 1997, with Said Kamal, Palestinian representative to the League of Arab States
Date(s)
- 1997 Feb 26 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
35pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Said Kamal, Palestinian representative to the League of Arab States, discussing relations between the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Egyptian government including the reaction of Yasir Arafat (Abu Ammar) to the announcement of Anwar al-Sadat, Egyptian President 1970-1981, of his willingness to visit Israel (1977); decision of the PLO to pursue political rather than military avenues to seek a peace settlement; Arafat's speech in Geneva (Dec 1988); and disclosure of Oslo talks to the Egyptians (1993). Also comments on Arafat's meeting with Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian President 1954-1970, (Sep 1970). 35pp