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st. DID THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT FINANCE THE ISRAELI NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM? In the 1960s, Israel's interests had moved past conventional arms. Ben- Gurion had entrusted Peres with a highly sensitive project: Operation Samson, named after the Biblical figure who is supposed to have lived at the time wh
lack of opportunity, and demands for a voice in their future. In less time than anyone would have expected only a year earlier, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down. The business, military, and political networks that made up his regime, however, are positioned to retain their privileges
ed only a year earlier, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down. The business, military,
Miliekowsky, as he then was, studied at Hebrew University at the same time as my father, in the early 1930s, and was an impassioned supporter of Ben- Gurion's main right-wing Zionist rival, Ze'ev Jabotinsky. My father remembered him gathering bemused groups of students during breaks from classes, standing
to doubt. Sadat's successor, Vice-President Hosni Mubarak, did make it clear he would abide by the peace tr
our neighbors. Yet for Begin and the Likud, I knew the assassination would cast the whole peace process into doubt. Sadat's successor, Vice-President Hosni Mubarak, did make it clear he would abide by the peace treaty, defusing calls on the Israeli right for us to cancel our final withdrawal from the Sinai. But
Miliekowsky, as he then was, studied at Hebrew University at the same time as my father, in the early 1930s, and was an impassioned supporter of Ben- Gurion’s main right-wing Zionist rival, Ze’ev Jabotinsky. My father remembered him gathering bemused groups of students during breaks from classes, standing
our neighbors. Yet for Begin and the Likud, I knew the assassination would cast the whole peace process into doubt. Sadat’s successor, Vice-President Hosni Mubarak, did make it clear he would abide by the peace treaty, defusing calls on the Israeli right for us to cancel our final withdrawal from the Sinai. But
to doubt. Sadat’s successor, Vice-President Hosni Mubarak, did make it clear he would abide by the peace tr
the Israeli Defense Force — also seemed to have lost the cutting edge, or perhaps the desperate motivation, of the pre-state militias. At first, Ben- Gurion relied on young recruits in the new army’s infantry brigades to counter the fedayeen attacks. Nearly 90 reprisal operations were launched in 1952 and
things are heading next is lying. Just ask Hosni Mubarak, who, despite having nearly half-a-million soldie
the Israeli Defense Force — also seemed to have lost the cutting edge, or perhaps the desperate motivation, of the pre-state militias. At first, Ben- Gurion relied on young recruits in the new army’s infantry brigades to counter the fedayeen attacks. Nearly 90 reprisal operations were launched in 1952 and
things are heading next is lying. Just ask Hosni Mubarak, who, despite having nearly half-a-million soldie
Entities connected to both Gurion and Hosni Mubarak

Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
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Cairo
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George W. Bush
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Lebanon
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United States
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Tunisia
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Yemen
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Bill Clinton
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Tehran
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Damascus
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Saddam Hussein
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Middle East
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Marc Rich
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Jerusalem
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Fatah
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West Bank
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