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Typescript transcript of interview with Meir Pail (Meir Kipelaski), Commander of Special Operations Unit of Haganah, 1948, and Israeli Defence Force, Negev District Brigade Deputy Commander, (1950), describing the attack on Deir Yassin by Irgun Zeva'i Le'umi (Etzel) and Lohamei Herut Yisrael (Lehi) members (9 April 1948), and the participation of Palmach forces, the execution of inhabitants, photographic evidence, report to David Shaltiel, Haganah Commander, and related controversy and propaganda. Also comments on the failure of Israeli retaliation against Fedayeen attacks, 1950. 27pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Marcelle Ninio, member of Jewish underground operation (Unit 131) in Egypt, recounting her recruitment by Avraham Dar; liaison responsibilities; arrest and trial (1951-1954). 9pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Maj Gen. Yisrael Tal, Israeli Defence Force (IDF) retd, Deputy Chief of Staff 1973, describing government and military discussions in the lead up to the outbreak of hostilities with Egypt, (5 Jun 1967); the IDF operation in Sinai region during the Six Day War (June 1967); his role in the IDF operation against the Palestinian base at Karameh, Jordan (March 1968); Israeli deterrent to Syrian attack on Jordan (Sep 1970); military build up in Arab states prior to the Yom Kippur war (Oct 1973); and his meeting with Egyptian Gen. Abdel Ghany al Gamassy at Kilometre 101 to discuss the ceasefire between Israel and Egypt (Oct 1973). 29pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Maj Gen Uzi Dayan, Israeli Defence Force, Director of the General Staff Planning Branch 1993-1996, and head of Israel Security Delegation negotiating with Jordan and the Palestinians, describing his talks with Walid Al-Moualem, Syrian Ambassador to the US 1990-present, and Ibrahim Omar concerning peace and security arrangements on Israel's border with Syria (1996); meeting with Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Prime Minister 1992-1995, Yasir Arafat (Abu Ammar), Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), William Jefferson Clinton, US President 1993-2001, and Secretary of State Dennis B Ross prior to the signing of the Oslo Agreement in Washington (13 Sep 1993); the negotiations and terms of the Hebron Agreement. Also mentions returning from Geneva at outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, 1973. 26pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Maj-Gen Meir Amit, Head of Military Intelligence and Head of Israeli Security Service (Mossad) (1967), describing events following the Egyptian invasion of the Sinai, 15 May 1967 and leading up to the Six Day War, 5 Jun 1967, including his meetings with Levi Eshkol, Israeli Prime Minister 1963-1969, and meetings with CIA officials including Jim Ingleton, and Dick Helms, Director of CIA 1967-1973, and also with Robert Strange McNamara, US Secretary of Defense, 1961-1968, in Washington, 31 May 1967.Also comments on the appointment of Moshe Dayan as Defence Minister, (1 Jun 1967), and the significance of capturing the Golan Heights from the Syrians. 17pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Maj Gen Ezer Weizman, Israeli Defence Force (IDF), Chief of Operations of the General Staff 1967, Deputy Chief of Staff 1967, and Minister of Defence 1977-1980, describing the visit to Jerusalem of Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, President of Egypt, 1970-1981, and his address to the Knesset, 19 Nov 1977; visits to Egypt for Israeli-Egyptian peace talks, (Dec 1977-1978), further negotiations at Camp David, Maryland, Sep 1978, significance of the Camp David Accords and the role of James Earl Carter, US President 1977-1981, during the talks; talks at Madison Hotel, Washington resulting in the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty of 26 Mar 1979. He also discusses events leading up to the Six Day War (Jun 1967), and the strategy and training of the Israeli Air Force. 26 pp

Summary of final section of transcript of interview (above) with Maj Gen Ehud Barak, Chief of General Staff, 1991-1995, Israeli Minister for the Interior 1995, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1995-1996, describing background to talks between Israel and Syria, which were brokered by Dennis B Ross Director of Policy Planning Staff, US Department of State 1989-1992, Warren Christopher, US Secretary of State 1993-1997, and involving Barak, Uri Savir, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel 1993-1996 and National Coordinator for Peace Negotiations For the State of Israel 1995-1996, and Syrian Ambassador Walid Moualim, and Hikmat Shihabi, Syrian Chief of Staff, 1973-1998, at Blair House, Washington (1994-1995). 7pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Maj Gen Ehud Barak, Chief of General Staff, 1991-1995, Israeli Minister for the Interior 1995, and Foreign Affairs 1995-1996, commenting on the planning of OPERATION PEACE FOR GALILEE, an Israeli attack on PLO operations in Lebanon (1982); Israeli government response to the intifada, and morale of Israeli soldiers on the West Bank (Dec 1987); Israeli cabinet meeting following the first Iraqi SS-1 SCUD B missile attack on Israel (18 Jan 1991) during the Persian Gulf War, and discussions concerning Israeli response involving Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli Prime Minister 1986-1992, Elyakim Rubinstein, Chairman of the Israeli delegation for negotiations with the Jordanian-Palestinian delegation 1991-1993, Yossi Ben Aharon, advisor to Israeli Prime Minister, Ephrayim Levi, Hussein, King of Jordan 1952-1999, and Sharif Zaid ibn Shaker, Prime Minister of Jordan 1989, 1991-1993, (1991); the Israeli government decision to expel [415] Hammas members to Lebanon (Dec 1992); background to talks on territory, peace and Israel Syrian relations involving Barak, Uri Savir, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel 1993-1996 and National Coordinator for Peace Negotiations For the State of Israel 1995-1996, Walid Moualim, Syrian Ambassador to the US, and Hikmat Shihabi, Syrian Chief of Staff 1973-1998, at Blair House, Washington (1994-1995). 42pp, missing pages 15-18

Transcript typescript of filmed interview with Maj Gen. Ariel Sharon, Israeli Defence Force (IDF), retd., Minister of Defence 1981-1983, Industry and Trade1984-1990, and Construction 1990-1992, describing the IDF attack on Gaza (1952) and the Kinneret operation (Dec 1955); discussions between Levi Eshkol, Israeli Prime Minister 1963-1969; and the IDF Generals in the lead up to the Six Day War, (5 Jun 1967); Eshkol's speech to the nation (28 May 1967); his role during the Yom Kippur War, commanding Israeli forces crossing the Suez Canal, (Oct 1973); advice to Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister 1977-1983, concerning Jewish settlements in Sinai (1978); meeting with Bashir Gamayel, Pierre Gamayel and Camille Chamoun, in Lebanon, Jan 1982, and the aim and planning of Israeli military operations Lebanon; Begin's meeting with Alexander Meigs Haig, US Secretary of State, Jun 1982, also with Bashir Gemayel, President elect of Lebanon (Aug 1982) concerning a peace settlement; Israeli response to assassination of Bashir Gemayel (14 Sep1982); advice to Israeli cabinet regarding response to Iraqi SS-1 SCUD B missile attack (Jan 1991); views on the Madrid Conference (Oct 1991); events of the Qibya operation and Ben-Gurion's, remarks on its success (Oct 1953). 57pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Maj Gen Amram Mitzna, Israeli Defence Force, describing meetings with Ariel Sharon, Israeli Minister of Defence 1981-1983, and Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister 1977-1983, concerning political response to Shatilla incident (1982) during Operation PEACE FOR GALILEE; events at the beginning to the intifada (Dec 1987); Rabin's visit to soldiers at Ramallah (1988); instructions to Israel soldiers facing Palestinian civilian riots, and clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians. Also recalls the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, 6 Oct 1973. 17pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Maj Gen. Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli Defence Force (IDF), Deputy Chief of Staff 1991-1995, describing his talks with Hikmat al-Shihabi, Syrian Chief of Staff, in Washington, concerning security arrangements in the Golan Heights, 1995; meeting with Arafat in Tunis following the massacre in Hebron, 25 Feb 1994 to discuss the continuation of Israeli-Palestinian talks; assessment of Palestinian feeling in the lead up to the Intifada (1987). 30pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Maj Ben Zion Cohen (Giora), describing his early military career and role in the armed Jewish underground movement Irgun Zeva'i Le'umi (Irgun), commanding an operation against the Arab village of Deir Yassin (9 April 1948) as part of the campaign to lift the siege of Jerusalem during the War of Independance.19pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Mahmoud Zaidan Abbas (Abu Mazen), senior PLO official (1980-1996) describing the response of the PLO officials in Tunis to the intifada (1987-1988); position of the PLO and contacts with Saddam Hussein during the Persian Gulf War (1990- 1991); debate amongst Palestinian leadership concerning the US peace initiative and Palestinian meetings with James Baker, US Secretary of State 1989-1992 (Mar 1991); the role of the PLO in the Madrid Conference (Oct-Nov 1991); the bilateral talks with Israelis at Washington, the Palestinian reaction to Israel's expulsion of Hammas leaders (Dec 1992) and restarting of talks (Apr 1993); Palestinian contacts with Israeli academics Yair Hirschfeld and Ron Pundak, the development of the Oslo talks, discussions of Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Jericho, and mutual recognition of PLO and State of Israel, as well as telephone negotiations between Peres and Israelis in Stockholm (17 Aug 1993); disclosure of the Oslo agreement to Palestinian delegation at Washington talks (1993); and negotiating the Hebron Agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu (Sep 1996). 48pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Walid Jumblat, Lebanese Druze Muslim clan leader, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and Lebanese National Movement (LNM) 1977, describing the policies of his father, Kamal Jumblat, member of Lebanese Parliament, Interior Minister 1961-1964, 1969-1970, and founder of the PSP, 1949, and LNM, 1975; meetings between Kamal Jumblat and Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria 1971-2000; Syrian involvement in Lebanese civil war; relations between Lebanese and Palestinians; assassination of Kamal Jumblat (1977); Israeli invasion of Lebanon (1978); and the departure of Yasir Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), from Lebanon (Aug 1982). 18pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Khaled Al Ghoul, Palestinian refugee and Fedayeen member describing the relocation of his family from Hirbiya (Karmiyya) to the Gaza strip, 1948; return visits to their home to retrieve belongings; Israeli tactics to prevent Palestinians returning to their villages; his recruitment to the Fedayeen by Mustafa Hafas, training and salary arrangements, also surveillance missions in Israeli territory and during Israeli occupation of Gaza 1955; escape to Egypt after Six Day War (Jun 1967). 16pp

Typescript transcript of interview with Karim Pakradouni, aide to Bashir Gemayel, describing his first meeting with Yasir Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), in Jordan, 1969; conflict in Lebanon between Christian, Palestinian and Muslim groups and the Lebanese Army; the funeral of Palestinian leaders Kamal Nasser and Kamal Adwan and Mohammad Youseff Najjar assassinated by Israeli forces, attended by Pierre Gemayel and Kamal Jumblat (14 Apr 1973); meeting between Bashir Gemayel and Yasir Arafat in Ashrafieh, East Beirut (April 1973); discussions between B Gemayel, Ariel Sharon, Israeli Minister of Defence 1981-1983, and Rafael Eitan, Israeli government official, concerning plans for Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Jan 1982; B Gemayel's contact with Mohammad Rahnim, Syrian Intelligence Chief, Feb-Apr 1982; changes in US Middle East policy as George Pratt Shultz, US Secretary of State 1982-1989 succeeds Alexander Meigs Haig, US Secretary of State 1981-1982, (Jul 1982); Phalange courting of Syrian support for B Gemayel's election campaign, Aug 1982; relations between Arafat and B Gemayel (Sep 1982); meeting between Gemayel's and Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister 1977-1983, concerning Lebanese Israeli peace treaty, 1 Sep 1982; B Gemayel's assassination, 14 Sep 1982; B Gemayel's political methodology and leadership. 33pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Kamel el Din Hussein, Egyptian artillery officer, describing the establishment of the Arab League Volunteers, their tactics and equipment deficiencies, in fighting against Israel following its declaration of independence in May 1948. Also comments on his role in the Egyptian revolution of 1952, which deposed King Farouk; re-arming of the Egyptian armed forces (1950s) and support for fedayeen attacks following an Israeli attack on Gaza 1955. 40pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Josef Abu Khalil, journalist and member of the Maronite Phalange party, and adviser to Bashir Gemayel, describing the atmosphere in Lebanon when Palestinians arrived from Jordan (1970); his relationship with Pierre Gemayel, leader of Christian Phalange party; visits to Israel to obtain arms for Phalange militia, including meetings with Shimon Peres, Israeli Defence Minister 1974-1977, (Mar 1976); the character of Bashir Gemayel, leader of Phalange militia and his campaign for the Lebanese Presidency; meeting with Abel Halim Hadim, Syrian government official and Lebanese Syrian relations; the meetings involving Bashir Gemayel, Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister 1977-1983, and Shimon Peres concerning Lebanon and Israel peace agreement, 12 Sep 1982. 24pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Joseph John Sisco, US Assistant Secretary of State for international organisation affairs 1965-1969, and Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East and South Asia 1969-1974, describing meeting of Abba Solomon Eban, Israeli Foreign Minister 1966-1974, with Lyndon Baines Johnson, US President 1963-1969, (26 May 1967), prior to the Six Day War; negotiations the Anatoly F Dobrynin, Soviet Ambassador to the US 1962-1986, and Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister 1957-1985, Gideon Rafael Israeli diplomat and Foreign Ministry official 1958-1978, Eban, Arthur J Goldberg, US Ambassador to the United Nations 1965-1968 (Jun 1967); US role in negotiations between Israeli and Egypt, involving meetings with, Moshe Dyan, Israeli Minister of Defence, 1967-1974 and Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister 1969-1974 (1971); US response to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacking of passenger aircraft taken to Jordan, and negotiation of Israeli operation against Syrian intervention in Jordan (Sep 1970), involving Henry Alfred Kissinger, National Security Advisor to US President 1969-1975, Richard M Nixon, US President 1969-1974; Yitzhak Rabin Israeli Ambassador to the US 1968-1973, and Yuli Vorontsov, Soviet Embassy official in the US (1966-1977).43pp

Typescript transcript of filmed interview with Joseph John Sisco, US Assistant Secretary of State for international organisation affairs 1965-1969, and Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East and South Asia 1969-1974, describing his visit with Henry Alfred Kissinger, National Security Advisor to US President 1969-1975, to Moscow to discuss the ceasefire arrangements between Israeli and Egypt, and develop the UN Security Council Resolution 338, (Oct 1973); Kissinger's meeting with Hafez al-Assad, Syrian President 1971-2000, Assad's response to invitation to the Geneva Peace Conference (5 Dec 1973). 18pp