PHOTO-OP: MANDELA WITH SHIMON PEREZ [FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER] AT GENADEDAL re: Mandela's visit to Middle East to promote peace JEWISH BANQUET WITH PEREZ AT MOUNT NELSON HOTEL: SPEECH PEREZ, GIVING AWARD TO MANDELA & SPEECH

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  • Title: PHOTO-OP: MANDELA WITH SHIMON PEREZ [FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER] AT GENADEDAL re: Mandela's visit to Middle East to promote peace JEWISH BANQUET WITH PEREZ AT MOUNT NELSON HOTEL: SPEECH PEREZ, GIVING AWARD TO MANDELA & SPEECH
  • Date: 20th October 1996
  • Summary: PHOTO-OP: MANDELA WITH SHIMON PEREZ [FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER] AT GENADEDAL re: Mandela's visit to Middle East to promote peace JEWISH BANQUET WITH PEREZ AT MOUNT NELSON HOTEL: SPEECH PEREZ, GIVING AWARD TO MANDELA & SPEECH
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  • City: CAPE TOWN
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 96OCT20R02
  • Story Text:PHOTO-OP: MANDELA WITH SHIMON PEREZ [FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER] AT GENADEDAL

    00.00.02 EXTERIORS OF HOUSE
    00.00.19 MANDELA & PEREZ COMING OUT
    00.01.09 MANDELA: ...he is here for an imporatnt mission with which I am associated...my visit to Middle East & Israel has been postponed on 2 occassions, because of the events inside Israel..
    00.01.56 ...I'm recovering of this operation on my knee and my quaks have given me very strict instructions as to how I should move...
    00.02.21 I will be going to the Middle East as a peace messenger; I will not interfere in the affairs of the countries that are incolved but I will be able to tell them what we have done in our own country...
    00.02.45 ...we had a society which was spilt from top to bottom by tensions, racial conflicts even murder persecution but the advantage of being in prison, although it's targic, it's that you have one of the greatest assets for a public figure, the opportunity to sit down and to think...
    00.03.27 ...in prison you could sit downand think, stand away from yourself and be able to see yourself in perspective...
    00.04.02 CUTAWAY PRESS
    00.04.23 ...we had other forces which was not prepared to join those negotiations...
    00.04.39 ...we had to eat out pride and go to them...
    00.05.10 ...and this is the story I propose telling if I go to the Middele East and leaving it to them to decide whether they should try our own formula...
    00.05.39 PEREZ THANKING MANDELA
    00.05.42 ...Nelson Mandela represents today in the eyes of the entire world the highest call of a moral consideration, without any doubt. He didn't achieve it by writing poetry, he achieved it by struggling, fighting, by restraining his own people, by being in prison, by making difficult choices, by experiencing solitude...and the result became a promise to all of us...
    00.06.56 ...since then, we have our own rainbow...
    00.07.04 ...I think the visit...to our region will contribute the most important element, which is in my judgement, the moral choice...
    00.07.31 ...and finally wars don't solve anything...
    00.08.19 ...the only thing we can do in Jerusalem is to pray and we are going to pray for the leg of the President that he will recover as soon as possible...
    00.08.37 SHAKING HANDS
    00.09.17 PEREZ COMMENTING ON MANDELA'S ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST
    00.10.06 MANDELA: The best solution in a conflict situation, the parties in that conflict must take the lead in addressing that conflict; outsiders can only play a role of strengthening the peace forces in that situation. Unless the leaders themselves in ...undertake dialogue & discussions to address problems, outside intervention is relatively speaking quite futile and I would really hesitate to play the role of a mediator...
    00.11.28 PEREZ: ..there is no person or government in our region that can stop the march of history; you can postpone it you can delay it you cannot interrupt it...
    00.12.02 PEREZ TAKING MANDELA'S ARM HELPING HIM UP THE STEPS

    00.12.19 WIDE INTERIORS OF BANQUET HALL AT THE MOUNT NELSON HOTEL
    00.13.05 PEREZ ADDRESSING GUEST
    00.14.11 MENTIONING OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY OF AGE
    00.15.02 ...we have had to all of a sudden for 50 good years a very nice war with the Arabs; we were doing quite well and all of a sudden we had to change course and go for peace. When you are at war you are in an excellent situation because when you are at war you usually argue with yourself and when you negotiate with yourself, you're so brilliant you know; you win all the arguments...
    00.17.18 WIDE
    00.21.45 MANDELA LISTENING
    00.21.56 APPLAUSE
    00.22.12 PEREZ HANDING MANDELA AWARD
    00.22.27 MANDELA HOLDING AWARD UP HIGH
    00.22.51 MANDELA SPEECH
    00.27.10 CUTAWAYS
    00.30.02 WIDE MANDELA BEHIND ROSTRUM
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