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Hurd gets frost reception in Israel

Title
Hurd gets frost reception in Israel
Genre
News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1990
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Duration
00:04:16
Description
Peter Allen-Frost reports on a frosty reception for UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, in Israel for talks on the Gulf crisis, following Britain’s key role in a UN resolution condemning Israel for killing 21 Palestinians during a riot. Hurd speaks about his visit to the Holocaust memorial site Yad Vashem and its significance; makes an announcement following talks with Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Levy; Deputy Israeli Foreign Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu denies relations between Israel and Britain are chilly; editor of the Jerusalem Post, David Bar Elan(?) view on Hurd’s stance.
Contributors
Douglas Hurd; Peter Allen-Frost; David Bar Elan(?); Benjamin Netanyahu
Keywords
Israel; Middle East; Jewish-Arab relations; UK; International relations; UN; Jews; Diplomacy; Holocaust; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Palestinian Arabs; Jerusalem Post; Yad Vashem; David Levy; Jersualem

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