Epstein Secrets

o Leon, the European Union envoy, and William J. Burns, the American deputy secretary of state, who were

sident Mohamed Morsi in July. Over the last two weeks, we have met with foreign diplomats, including Bernardino Leon, the European Union envoy, and William J. Burns, the American deputy secretary of state, who were invited by the coup's leaders to mediate. We respectfully listened, honestly communicated our ass

the 1967 Six-Day War, but tensions remained high. 2. UN Resolution 242 (1967) The 6-Day War was a major tactical victory for Israel. It captured the Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and all of Jerusalem. At this stage Israel had bargaining chips and sought to leverage them. UN Resolutio

effectively. This explains why, for example, a routine meeting at the U.S. Embassy between several opposition leaders and Deputy Secretary of State William Burns was depicted by the state-controlled media as if the United States were entering another Munich Pact — only this time not with Hitler but with lead

on leaders and Deputy Secretary of State William Burns was depicted by the state-controlled media as if

n saw Israel as a guarantor of its national security. Following the 1973 war, Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel that created a buffer zone in the Sinai Peninsula. By then, Lebanon had begun to shift its position, less because of any formal government policy and more because of the disintegration of the Leba

n Herzliya (a suburb of Tel Aviv) by US officials William Burns and David Satterfield. The idea was for the Quart

were not inter- nationally recognized borders. The Arab-Israeli conflict came to a new head with the Six Day War in June 1967, when Israel conquered the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip from Egypt, the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. In the aftermath, Arab nations unified