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Date(s)
- 1997 Jan 26 (Creation)
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Item
Extent
43pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Sari Nusseibeh, Palestinian academic Beir Zit University and Palestinian activist, describing his father's memories of the death of Abdul Kadir Husseini at Al Kastel, Jerusalem (April 1948) and his aborted Palestinian plans to request British assistance (1949-1950); initiation of the talks in between Palestinians and Israeli's including Nusseibeh and Faisal Husseini, Moshe Amirav, Likud party member, Dan Meridor, Ehud Olmert (1987), the cessation of the talks, and arrest and trial of Husseini (Sep 1987); outbreak of Intifada (Dec 1987) and the role of Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) in developing a Palestinian national consciousness; meeting of Palestinian leaders and the Unified National Command in East Jerusalem to develop a statement on intifada (Husseini Document) (1988); the role of the Palestinian National Council; his response the assassination of Abu Jihad by Israeli forces (Apr 1988). Also describes his meeting with James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State 1989-1992, in Washington, to discuss the joint Palestinian Jordan delegation to the Madrid Conference (Oct 1991) and comments on Baker's negotiating techniques. 43pp