Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 7/22
Title
Transcript of interview, [1997] with Intissar al-Wazir, widow of PLO official Khalil al-Wazir
Date(s)
- [1997] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
26pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Intissar al-Wazir (Umm Jihad), widow of Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) a Palestine Liberation Organisation official based in Tunis, describing his role in promoting the intifada(1987-1988); the discussions within the PLO concerning the Palestinian meeting with James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State 1989-1992, in Jerusalem, (Mar 1991), and the restarting of Palestinian Israeli talks in Washington (Apr 1993), following the Israeli deportation of [415] Hammas members. Also gives and eyewitness account of the assassination of her husband Abu Jihad, by Israeli forces, Tunis, (16 Apr 1988); and description of accompanying Arafat on his return to Gaza (1993). 26pp