Epstein Secrets

the Golan Heights, which could have tipped the balance of power with Israel. Rather, it only appealed to them for immediate assistance to keep the Bashar al-Assad regime in power. In Libya, the situation is almost farcical. In the year 2000, Muammar Gaddafi wanted to declare a war on Israel, yet he had no qu

em for immediate assistance to keep the Bashar al-Assad regime in power. In Libya, the situation is alm

estinian President Mahmoud Abbas? Nusseibeh: Well, let me say: I think you need to be farsighted and you need to be caring enough. SPIEGEL: Should the Palestinian Authority (PA) dissolve itself instead of continuing to administer the occupation? Nusseibeh: No, that would be too risky. On the contrary, the PA should be str

e opposition in Syria began as a largely peaceful, grass- roots, pan-Syrian movement for democratic change. But it was deliberately met by President Bashar al-Assad with murder and sectarian venom. He wanted to make the conflict about his Alawite minority versus the country's Sunni Muslim majority as a way of d

m, democracy and reform." Iran, Hamas knows, is not amused. But that appears to be a diminishing concern for the movement. Hamas' relationship with Assad, Tehran's key Arab ally, began to sour last year when the Palestinian group resisted pressure to stage pro- regime events in refugee camps in Syria.

ement with the Palestinians. But records of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations leaked to Al Jazeera last year (the so- called Palestine Papers) showed the Palestinian Authority (PA) had EFTA00686836 refused to let Israel keep Ariel, even while agreeing to Israel's annexation of three of the other "consensus blocs." MAALE AD

the Golan Heights, which could have tipped the balance of power with Israel. Rather, it only appealed to them for immediate assistance to keep the Bashar al-Assad regime in power. In Libya, the situation is almost farcical. In the year 2000, Muammar Gaddafi wanted to declare a war on Israel, yet he had no q

em for immediate assistance to keep the Bashar al-Assad regime in power. In Libya, the situation is alm

estinian President Mahmoud Abbas? Nusseibeh: Well, let me say: I think you need to be farsighted and you need to be caring enough. SPIEGEL: Should the Palestinian Authority (PA) dissolve itself instead of continuing to administer the occupation? Nusseibeh: No, that would be too risky. On the contrary, the PA should be str