Item FIFTY YEARS WAR 7/19 - Transcript of interview, 1997, with Jamal Sourani, Secretary General of the PLO

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Jamal Sourani, Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (1991-1997), describing the circumstances of the United Nations vote for the partition of Palestine (1947); the response of the Arab army to the declaration of the State of Israel, (May 1948); reports of the Jewish attack on the Arab village of Deir Yassin (Apr 1948); the withdrawal of he Jordanian forces and retreat of the Egyptian army from Palestine (1948); the development of the fedayeen resistance movement in Gaza (1954); foundation of the PLO and the role of Ahmed Shuquairy (1964); the Arab Summit in Khartoum, Sudan, Jul 1967, and its response to events of the Six Day War; debate in the Palestine National Council (PNC) concerning Palestinian involvement in the Madrid Conference (1991); and his role in a conciliation committee involving Hammas and Fatah members in Gaza (1994). 34pp