Tripoli siege prisoner exchange deal

Title

Tripoli siege prisoner exchange deal

Genre

News report

TX Date

Nov 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:11

Description

Report on Israel’s deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization to exchange six Israeli troops held prisoner in beseiged Tripoli, Lebanon for some 6000 Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians held in Israeli prisons and at the Ansar camp in Lebanon, and speculation that the deal includes a safe passage out of Tripoli for PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Israel; Middle East; Jewish-Arab relations; PLO; International relations; Lebanon; Palestine; Yasser Arafat; Tripoli; Sieges; Prisoners; Soldiers; Syria

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