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Date(s)
- 1997 Jul 5 (Creation)
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Item
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34pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Faisal Husseini, Palestinian, founder of the Arab Studies Society, and leading Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) representative Jerusalem, describing the his meetings with Moshe Amirav, Israeli Likud party member, to discuss possible Israeli Palestinian peace agreement (1987); proposed meeting between Amirav and Yasir Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO, in Geneva and reasons for its cancellation; Husseini's arrest (1987); his role in the intifada and its methodology; preparations for meeting of Palestinian delegation with James Addison Baker III, US Secretary of State 1989-1992 in Jerusalem (Mar 1991), and discussion of PLO position during the Persian Gulf War (Aug1990-Mar 1991). 34pp