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‘A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict’, document released by the US State Department outlining the ‘roadmap’ solution towards settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Hamas member Sheikhouri, describing his service with Hamas; his motivations; involvement in the Park Hotel bombing, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002, and his relationship with the Park Hotel suicide bomber.

Typescript transcript of an interview with John Wolf, US special envoy to the Middle East, 2003-2004, describing meetings with Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, particularly regarding the issue of the Israeli security fence and disengagement in Gaza, Jun 2003; visit of Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2003, to Washington, Jul 2003; development of a system to measure Israeli and Palestinian progress to their road map for peace plan commitments, Jul-Aug 2003; the effect on the peace process of the bombing of a bus in Jerusalem, 19 Aug 2003, and the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), Sept 2003.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Gamal Helal, US Arabic interpreter. Describing the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, Jul 2000; Geneva Summit between William Jefferson ‘Bill’ Clinton, US President 1993-2001, and Hafez Asaad, Prime Minister of Syria, 1971-2000, concerning compromise with Israel, Mar 2000, and the visit of Gen Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, 2000-2005, to Israel, 2002.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Daniel ‘Danny’ Ayalon, Israeli Ambassador to USA 2002-2006, describing reaction to comments made by George W Bush, US President 2001-2009, regarding a Palestinian state, 2 Oct 2001, and the drafting of the reply by Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, the ‘Czechoslovakia Speech’, 5 Oct 2001; reaction to the Zinni ceasefire plan put forward by Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian National Authority, 26 Mar 2002; reaction of the Israeli government to the Passover bombing of the Park Hotel at Netanya, Israel, 27 Mar 2002, including the first siege of the compound 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, the UN Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to investigate Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD, Jenin, Apr 2002, and the end of the compound siege and negotiations surrounding the handing over of prisoners to British custody, Apr 2002; the difficulties of negotiating with Yasser Arafat, May 2002; problems with the publication and implementation of the road map for peace plan, 2002; visit of Condoleezza Rice, US National Security Adviser 2001-2005, to Israel, Jun 2003, including discussions regarding the security fence surrounding Gaza; the effect on negotiations of the resignation of Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, 2003, and the election of Abu Ala’a, (Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei) Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2003-2006, in Sept 2003; drafting the exchange of letters between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Bush in which Sharon outlined his disengagement plan, Apr 2004. Also additional extracts from this transcript, made by Brook Lapping during production. Please note that the transcript includes some spellings which have been rendered phonetically.

Typescript transcript of two filmed interviews with Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001, describing meeting Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, at the Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Barcelona, Spain, 1995; meeting William Jefferson ‘Bill’ Clinton, US President 1993-2001, at Camp David, 15 Jul 1999; negotiations with Hafez al-Assad President of Syria 1971-2000, Feb-Mar 2000; negotiations at the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, 11-25 Jul 2000, including debates within his own negotiation team, discussions with President Clinton and Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright, US Secretary of State 1997-2001, the difficulties of negotiating with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and the decision to offer divided sovereignty in Jerusalem; Barak’s meeting with Yasser Arafat at Kochav Yair, Israel, 25 Sept 2000; the visit of Ariel Sharon, leader of the rival Likud party 1999-2005, to the Temple Mount and al-Asqa mosque, Jerusalem, Israel, and the subsequent violent demonstrations, 28-29 Sept 2000; cease fire negotiations at the residence of the US Ambassador, Paris, France, 4 Oct 2000.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Shaul Mofaz, Chief of General Staff, Israeli Defence Force, 1998-2002 and Minister of Defence 2002-2006, describing the assassination of Gen Rehavam 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; negotiations with Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 2002; a proposal to exile Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, following the Hamas suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002; the UN Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to investigate Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD, Jenin, Apr 2002; the Middle East Peace Summit, Aqaba, Jordan, Jun 2003; negotiations with Mohammed Dahlan, Head of Security, Palestinian National Authority 1993-2003, Jul-Aug 2003; Hamas suicide bombing, Jerusalem, Aug 2003; the decision to assassinate Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Hamas leader, Mar 2004. Also additional extracts from a transcript of the same filmed interview, with minor differences in text and editing.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Danny (Dani) Yatom, Director of Mossad, 1996-1998 and Security Adviser to Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001, describing the early negotiations of the Barak administration with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, including Barak’s meeting with Arafat at the Erez Checkpoint, 11 Jul 1999; Barak’s relationship with William Jefferson ‘Bill’ Clinton, US President 1993-2001, including summit meetings, Washington, USA, 15-19 Jul 1999; attendance of the funeral of King Hassan of Morocco, 24 Jul 1999; Barak’s second meeting with Arafat at the Erez Checkpoint, 27 Jul 1999; negotiations with Syria, Dec 1999-Jan 2000, including peace talks at Washington and Shepherdstown, USA, and Geneva, Switzerland; events at the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, Jul 2000, including disagreements and discussions within the Israeli negotiating team, particularly regarding the division of Jerusalem, official and private meetings between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, Ehud Barak’s decision to leave the negotiations early and his subsequent change of mind; Barak’s meeting with Yasser Arafat at Kochav Yair, Israel, 25 Sept 2000; the visit of Ariel Sharon, leader of the rival Likud party 1999-2005, to the Temple Mount and al-Asqa mosque, Jerusalem, Israel, and the subsequent violent demonstrations, 28-29 Sept 2000; cease fire negotiations at the residence of the US Ambassador, Paris, France, 4 Oct 2000, particularly the behaviour of Jacques Chirac, President of France 1995-2007; the lynching of two Israeli reservists in Ramallah and the decision to make retaliatory attacks, Oct 2000.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Saeb Erekat, Head of PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee, 1995-2003, describing negotiations between Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, and Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001, the peace agreement signed at Sharm el-Sheikh, Sep 1999; the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, Jul 2000, and talks with Gen Anthony Charles Zinni, US Special Envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, 2002. Also additional extracts from the transcript, with minor changes of transcription and editing. Some manuscript annotations throughout.

Two copies of typescript transcript of rolls 403-404 of a filmed interview with Mohamad Abu Hamid, member of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, including accounts of the collapse of the Camp David Accord, Jul 2000; visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and al-Asqa mosque by Ariel Sharon, leader of the Israeli Likud Party 1999-2005, Sep 2000; death of Palestinian Raed Karmi, al-Asqsa Martyrs’ Brigade member, Jan 2002; Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD, the Israeli military action in the Palestinian refugee camp at Jenin, Apr 2002; the organisation and structure of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Mazen Hussein, one of the Palestinians within the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, during the Israeli siege of the church, Apr-May 2002, describing the Israeli Defence Forces raid on Bethlehem and subsequent siege.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Gilead Sher, Israeli Chief Negotiator, 1999-2001 and Israeli Chief of Staff, 1999-2001, describing the first meeting between Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001, and Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, at the Erez Crossing, Gaza, Jul 1999; the impact of the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, May 2000; meeting with Yasser Arafat to persuade him to attend the Camp David summit, Nablus, Jun 2000; the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, Jul 2000, including the American contribution to the summit, discussions within the Israeli negotiating team, particularly regarding the division of Jerusalem, official and private meetings between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, conversations with Ehud Barak; reaction to the visit to the Temple Mount and al-Asqa mosque, Jerusalem, by Ariel Sharon, leader of the Israeli Likud Party 1999-2005, Sep 2000; cease fire negotiations at the residence of the US Ambassador, Paris, France, 4 Oct 2000, particularly the behaviour of Jacques Chirac, President of France 1995-2007 ; the presentation of the Clinton Parameters (the Clinton Plan) by William Jefferson ‘Bill’ Clinton, US President 1993-2001, Dec 2000.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Gidi Grinstein, Negotiation Secretary and Assistant Chief of Negotiations, 1999-2001, describing events at the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David, Maryland, USA, Jul 2000; presentation of ‘The Clinton Parameters’, document outlining ideas for a peace settlement, prepared by William Jefferson ‘Bill’ Clinton, US President 1993-2001, Washington, Dec 2001.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with David Sangin, Senior Paediatrician, Hadassah Hospital, and medical reservist, Israeli Defence Force, describing his experiences during Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD, the Israeli military action in the Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin, Apr 2002.

Typescript transcript of rolls 150-152 of a filmed interview with Alastair Crooke, former British Security Adviser to the European Union High Representative and Head of Foreign and Security Policy, describing the Nabka Day demonstrations, Gaza, May 2000; Palestinian security measures put in place for the visit of Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, to the Temple Mount, surprise at the outbreak of violence during the visit, the evidence presented the Mitchell Committee regarding the incident and the organisation of the subsequent intifada, Sept 2000; visits to prisoners with aim of assuring the Israeli government that the Palestinian authorities were fulfilling their commitment to arrest certain individuals, including Raid Karmi, leading member of Al-Aqsa Brigade, Sept 2001; participation in negotiations to end the siege of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, and accompanying exiled Palestinians from the siege to Cyprus, Apr-May 2002; negotiations with Fatah and Tanzeem, 2002.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Richard Lee Armitage, US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-2005, describing US government reaction to the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; the decision to send Gen Colin Powell, US Secretary of State 2001-2005, on a visit to the Middle East, Apr 2002, including problems with Gen Powell’s farewell speech; the formulation of a speech given by George W Bush, US President 2001-2009, calling for new Palestinian leadership, 24 Jun 2002; reaction to the second siege of the compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, by the Israel Defence Force, Sept 2002; problems with the writing and implementation of the road map for peace plan, 2002-2003; the effect of the resignation of Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2003 , Sept 2003, and the election of Abu Ala’a (Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei), Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2003-2006, Oct 2003. Please note that the transcript includes many technical interruptions and sections which were inaudible and were not transcribed.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with William ‘Bill’ Burns, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs 2001-2005, describing US attitudes to Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, following to the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; the decision to send Gen Colin Powell, US Secretary of State 2001-2005, on a visit to the Middle East, Apr 2002; visiting the Jenin refugee camp during Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD and negotiating with the Israelis to cease the Operation, 2002; the formulation of a speech given by George W Bush, US President 2001-2009, calling for new Palestinian leadership, 24 Jun 2002; meetings between King Abdullah II of Jordan, President George W Bush and Condoleezza Rice, US National Security Advisor 2001-2005, regarding the creation of the road map for peace plan Aug 2002; reaction to the second siege of President Arafat’s compound by the IDF, Sept 2002; problems with the publication of the road map for peace plan following the collapse of the Israeli government, Nov 2002; negotiations during the summit held in Aqaba, Jordan, to implement the road map plan, Jun 2003; the US response to the disengagement plan by Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, Apr 2004. Please note that the transcript includes sections which were inaudible and were not transcribed, and that some spellings have been rendered phonetically.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 2001-2006, describing his visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Sep 2000; the capture of a weapons shipment from the Palestinian freighter KARINE A, Jan 2002; reaction to the Hamas suicide bombing of the Park Hotel, Netanya, Israel, Mar 2002; the UN Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to investigate Operation DEFENSIVE SHIELD, Jenin, Apr 2002; the second siege of the compound of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, Ramallah, West Bank, Sep 2002; his justification for the security fence; the road map for peace plan and the formulation of his disengagement plan, particularly regarding refugees, 2003; analysis of his relationship with the US administration and with Yasser Arafat.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Abu Ala’a (Ali Mohammed Qurei), Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority 2003-2006, including discussion of the Israeli invasion of the West Bank, Apr 2002; the ‘road map for peace’ plan, 2003, and Ala’a’s role as Prime Minister. Also typescript transcript of the same filmed interview with retranslation of certain passages and additional extracts from the transcript, made by Brook Lapping during production.

Typescript transcript of a filmed interview with Maia Saraf, aide to Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004, describing the second siege of Arafat’s compound, Ramallah, West Bank, Israeli troops, Sep 2002. Two versions of the full transcript with differences in translation.