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s_subtle_shift_on_syria> =span style=""> Nicholas Noe </=> March 30, 2012 -- After one year of doubling d=wn on their support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanon's Hezbol=ah has finally shifted its public position on the regime, albeit with great subtlety and in an extremely measured 6 EFTA_R1_0144
the anti-gove=nment protests in Syria that began in March 2011. Almost from the outset, he was especially fran= in equating the opposition and the Assad regime, urging -- even pleading =or -- a negotiated political solution where both sides first "simultaneously" lay down their weapons (a call=subse
returned to Israel only=after Netanyahu ordered the release of the antidote. The Prime Minister al=o was forced to release Hamas' spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin from an Israeli prison, dramatically boosting th= fortunes of the religious militant movement. "Bibi is traumatized from the Meshaal incident," the
seen in other North African states, such as Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. I think it is likely to happen before too long. TB: What about Syria? DP: Assad's power is steadily diminishing and I cannot see how his regime will remain long in power. TB: Should the United States get involved there? DP: No
e June 1967 borders. There is no doubt that this development is an intellectual and political shift by Hamas. More than 20 years ago, Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin proposed a long truce with Israel. But today, such a proposal is more realistic and is attributed to Hamas's current leader Khaled Meshaal. Hamas i
happen before too long. TB: What about Syria? DP: Assad's power is steadily diminishing and I cannot see
the June 1967 borders. There is no doubt that this development is an intellectual and political shift by Hamas. More than 20 years ago, Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin proposed a long truce with Israel. But today, such a proposal is more realistic and is attributed to Hamas's current leader Khaled Meshaal. Hamas in
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028738 →IGHT_028748 --- PAGE BREAK --- states, such as Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. I think it is likely to happen before too long. TB: What about Syria? DP: Assad's power is steadily diminishing and I cannot see how his regime will remain long in power. TB: Should the United States get involved there? DP: No, A
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028749 →the June 1967 borders. There is no doubt that this development is an intellectual and political shift by Hamas. More than 20 years ago, Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin proposed a long truce with Israel. But today, such a proposal is more realistic and is attributed to Hamas’s current leader Khaled Meshaal. Hamas in
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027112 →HT_027122 --- PAGE BREAK --- states, such as Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. I think it is likely to happen before too long. TB: What about Syria? DP: Assad’s power is steadily diminishing and I cannot see how his regime will remain long in power. TB: Should the United States get involved there? DP: No,
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Barack Obama
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Lebanon
LOCATION
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Tehran
LOCATION
Damascus
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Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Tunisia
LOCATION
Yemen
LOCATION
Cairo
LOCATION
Marc Rich
PERSON
Jeffrey Epstein
PERSON
Fatah
ORGANIZATION
Joe Biden
PERSON
Morocco
LOCATION
White House
ORGANIZATION
Mohamed Morsi
PERSON
al-Qaeda
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