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Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State 1997-2001, describing mediating at negotiations between President Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria 1971-2000, Farouk al-Shara, Syrian Foreign Minister 1984-2006 and Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001, Damascus and Washington, Dec 1999; meeting with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Ramallah, Jun 2000, to persuade him to attend the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David; events and negotiations at the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, 11-25 Jul 2000; mediating at cease fire negotiations between Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat at the residence of the US Ambassador, Paris, France, 4 Oct 2000.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with William Jefferson ‘Bill’ Clinton, US President, 1993-2001, describing his impressions of Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel, 1999-2001; talks with Syria and Israel and Damascus (1999); Geneva Summit between Clinton and Hafez Asaad, Prime Minister of Syria, 1971-2000, concerning compromise with Israel, Mar 2000, and the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, Jul 2000.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel, 1984-1986 and 1995-1996; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 2001-2002, describing the funeral of King Hassan of Morocco, Jul 1999; meeting between Peres and Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan 2001; the assassination of Gen Rehavam ‘Ghandi’ Zeevi, Israeli Minister of Tourism, Oct 2001; the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; the assassination of al-Asqsa Martyrs’ Brigade member Raed Karmi, Jan 2002; the Hamas suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002; debate over how the Israeli government should deal with Yasser Arafat; the visit of Gen Colin Powell, US Secretary of State 2001-2005, to Israel, 2002; the UN Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to investigate Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD, Jenin, Apr 2002; negotiations with the US administration to end the first siege of Arafat’s compound, Ramallah, West Bank, Mar-May 2002; his opinion of Yasser Arafat.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel 1996-1999, and Foreign Minister 2002-2003, describing his opinion on how the Israeli government should deal with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004 and reduce terrorist attacks; the Israeli government’s reaction to the road map for peace plan, Nov 2002; the effectiveness of the security fence; problems with the new Abu Ala’a (Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei), Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2003-2006, Sept 2003; the decision to assassinate Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas leader, Mar 2004; the reception by the Israeli government to the disengagement plan from Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, Dec 2003.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Michael Abraham Levy, Baron of Mill Hill, British Prime Minister’s personal envoy to the Middle East, 1999-2007, describing his visit to Damascus, Syria, to encourage the resumption of negotiations between Israel and Syria, 1999, and the Palestinian decision to appoint a Prime Minister for the Palestinian Authority, Jan 2003.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Shams Badran, Egyptian Minister of Defence, 1966-1967.

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Nabil Sha’ath (Nabil Shaath), Foreign Minister, Palestinian National Authority, 2003-2005 and Prime Minister, Dec 2005, describing negotiations between Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), Prime Minister and President of the Palestinian National Authority 2003, 2005-2008, and George W Bush, US President 2001-2009; negotiations with Gen Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, 2000-2005; talks with Hamas; assassination of Hamas leader Sheik Salah Shehadeh, Jul 2002. Also re-translated extracts from the transcript.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Mohammed Rashid, financial adviser to Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, describing negotiations between Arafat and Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2002, including the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA Jul 2000; the early relationship between Arafat and Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, 2001; the first siege of Arafat’s compound, Ramallah, West Bank, by Israeli troops, Mar-May 2002. Two versions of the full transcript, with minor differences in editing and transcription. Also re-translated extracts from the transcripts.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Sir Sherard (Louis) Cowper-Coles, British Ambassador to Israel, 2001-2003, describing the visit of Tony Blair, UK Prime Minister 1997-2007, to Jerusalem, 2001; reaction to Blair’s offer of neutral observers and monitors to Israel, 2002; visit of team including Andrew Coyle, former member of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, to negotiate transfer of Palestinian prisoners from the siege of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem to Cyprus, April 2002; the difficulty of remaining in contact with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1993-2004, after the USA and Israel ceased official communication, June 2002, and the visit of Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, to the UK, July 2003.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Yasser Abed Rabbo, Culture and Arts Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2003, describing the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, Jul 2000; the visit of Gen Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, 2000-2005, to Israel, 2002; talks with Michael Abraham Levy, Baron of Mill Hill, the British Prime Minister’s personal envoy to the Middle East, 2002-2007; the death of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Nov 2004.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Col Moshe ‘Chico’ Tamir, Commander, Israeli Defence Force, describing his experiences of action during Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD, Jenin, Apr-May 2002; the IDF assault on the Tulkarem (Tulkarm) refugee camp, Apr 2002, and the first siege of the Ramallah compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Mar-May 2002, with analysis of the psychological and moral impact of the operation on the soldiers and civilians involved. 73pp

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Brig Gen Michael Herzog of the Israel Defence Forces, describing the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; the visit of Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Mar 2002; reaction and response to the suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002, including the question of how to deal with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, and the launch of Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD in Jenin and the UN Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to investigate the Operation, Apr 2002; the assassination of Salah Shehadeh, Hamas military leader, Jul 2002; meetings with the Palestinian negotiating team regarding a cease fire (hudna), including the’90-day Plan’ of Mohammed Dahlan, Head of Security, Palestinian National Authority, 1993-2003 to deal with terrorism; the collapse of the cease fire after bombing in Jerusalem, Aug 2003; the decision to assassinate Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas leader, Mar 2004.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Salam Fayad, Palestinian Finance Minister 2002-2005. Subjects include Fayad’s appointment as Finance Minister, 2002; second siege of the compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Ramallah, West Bank, Sep 2002; negotiations between Abu Mazen (also known as Mahmoud Abbas), President of the Palestinian National Authority 2005-2008, and George W Bush, US President 2001-2009, 2003; meetings between Fayad and Condoleezza Rice, US National Security Adviser 2001-2005.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Brig Gen Eival Giladi, Head of the Israel Defence Forces’ Strategic Planning Division 2001-2004, 2005, describing meetings with Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 2002, including reception of the Zinni ceasefire plan, Mar 2002; the impact of the suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002, and the complexities of selection of targets for retaliatory attacks; the conduct of Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD in Jenin and the UN Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to investigate the Operation, Apr 2002; attempts to resolve the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem by Israeli Defence Forces, Apr-May 2002; attempts to resolve the second siege of the compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Ramallah, Sept 2002; negotiations surrounding the road map for peace plan, particularly the security aspects of the plan, 2002-2003; American reaction to the building of the security fence around Israeli territory, 2003; reaction to the suicide bombing in Jerusalem, Aug 2003; the announcement of Ariel Sharon’s, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, disengagement plan, Dec 2003. 89 pp. Also transcript of the same filmed interview with minor differences in text and editing.

Typescript transcript of excerpts from interviews with Hamas co-founders Ismail Abu Shanab, (assassinated 2003), and Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (also known as Abd al-Aziz Rantisi and Abdel Ali Abdul Majid Aziz al-Rantisi) (assassinated 2004), describing the goals of Hamas, the basis of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin’s ceasefire proposals, and the reason for use of suicide bombers.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Palestinian Hassam Mohammed Abdul Hadi (Haj Kamil), guard at the al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, Nassr Korse, bodyguard to Fatah member Faisal Husseini, and a third unidentified individual, describing a visit by Ariel Sharon, leader of the Israeli Likud Party 1999-2005, to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and the al-Asqa mosque, Sep 2000.

Typescript transcript of rolls 314-315 of filmed interview with Aaron Miller, deputy to Dennis Ross, US Special Middle East Coordinator. Account of negotiations between William Jefferson ‘Bill’ Clinton, US President 1993-2001 and Syria; talks with Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 2002, and the Hamas suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002.

Typescript transcript of rolls 1-4 of filmed interview with Robert Malley, US Special Assistant for Arab-Israeli Affairs, 1998-2001, describing negotiations between William Jefferson ‘Bill’ Clinton, US President 1993-2001, and Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel, 1999-2001, including the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, Jul 2000.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Mohammed Dahlan, Head of Security, Palestinian National Authority, 1993-2003. Subjects include negotiations between Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, and Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001; the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, Jul 2000; negotiations with Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 2002; the Hamas suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002; the assassination of Hamas leader Sheik Salah Shehadeh, Jul 2002. 134 pp. Also additional extracts from this transcript, with minor changes of transcription,.

Typescript transcript of an interview with Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to the Israel and Palestinian National Authority, 2001-2002, describing his brief to implement the Tenet Cease-Fire Plan, including meetings with Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, and attending negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian teams discussing the prospect of a cease fire, 2001; reactions to the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; attending further negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian teams, including analysis of the difficulties of establishing successful talks and the disruption caused by terrorist attacks, Jan and Mar 2002; negotiations surrounding the acceptance of Zinni’s cease fire plan, Mar 2002; reactions to the Passover bombing of the Park Hotel at Netanya, Israel, 27 Mar 2002, the first siege of compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, and the launch of Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD by the Israel Defence Force (IDF), Apr 2002; attempts to encourage Palestinian commitment to the cease fire plans, Apr-May 2002; the difficulties of providing effective monitoring and analysis of the effect of the conflict on ordinary citizens.