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Extraction Summary
8
People
5
Organizations
6
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Book manuscript / memoir page (likely draft or excerpt provided to house oversight)
File Size:
2.46 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a memoir or manuscript by Ehud Barak (indicated by the header), stamped with a House Oversight Committee bates number. It details secret political negotiations in 1998 between Barak and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ('Bibi'), facilitated by Yaakov Ne’eman, regarding a potential unity government and peace talks with Syria involving the Golan Heights. The text describes meetings held at the Prime Minister's residence and a Mossad villa, discussing security arrangements and the political landscape of the Oslo accords.
People (8)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Ehud Barak | Narrator (implied by '/ BARAK /' header and context) |
Labor Party leader negotiating with Netanyahu
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| David Levy | Foreign Minister |
Threatening to quit the cabinet due to stalled peace process
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| Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister (referred to as 'Bibi') |
Engaging in secret talks regarding unity government and Syria
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| Yaakov Ne’eman | Finance Minister / Lawyer |
Intermediary between Barak and Netanyahu
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| Bougie Herzog | Lawyer / Labor Party member |
Accompanied the narrator to meetings; working in the same law firm as Ne’eman
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| Shimon Peres | Former Prime Minister |
Bibi was putting out separate political feelers to him
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| Yitzhak Rabin | Former Prime Minister |
Mentioned regarding previous talks
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| Hafez al-Assad | President of Syria |
Mentioned as 'President Assad' regarding potential peace deal
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Organizations (5)
Timeline (3 events)
May 1998 (and subsequent days)
First of a half-dozen secret meetings regarding unity government and peace process
Prime Minister’s residence, Jerusalem
Narrator
Benjamin Netanyahu
Summer 1998
Secret meetings shifted to a new venue
Mossad-owned villa north of Tel Aviv
Locations (6)
Relationships (3)
prominent lawyer whom I knew and liked
Secret talks regarding unity government
I brought along Bougie Herzog, a bright young lawyer
Key Quotes (3)
"I was convinced that the result would be a second, much more deadly, intifada. Not with Molotov cocktails, but guns, and suicide bombs."Source
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Quote #1
"I said I’d talk, with one proviso: the discussions would be genuinely secret, with no leaks."Source
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Quote #2
"It was indeed the peace process. But it wasn’t the Palestinian peace process... It was an attempt to engage with Syria."Source
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Quote #3
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