Epstein Secrets

entral Tel Aviv, "I am a man of action -- I never hesitate to take action." "I follow, and am very committed to, the tradition of Yitzhak Rabin and David Ben-Gurion [Israel's founding father]," he said, pointing to their portraits on his office wall, "because their approach was to always be open-eyed and wholly

and past political battles, they retain a deep and genuine bond. Barak and Netanyahu "have a high regard for themselves and each other," explained David Makovsky, a former diplomatic correspondent for Haaretz. "They both see themselves as big-picture guys. They come out of the special forces culture and are

rian monarchy that was imposed on them by the British. That the Arabs of eastern Palestine don't live under democratic rule is the fault of neither David Ben-Gurion nor Netanyahu. It is a result of a deeply ingrained, political and social structure that, across the huge swath of land from Morocco to Iraq, has b

d as influential swing votes. EFTA_R1_02034280 EFTA02691766 3 "Rarely has Europe been so courted when it comes to Middle East diplomacy," said David Makovsky, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "Europe is the prize this summer." For the Europeans, who have also taken a lead

ground. Sometimes the great powers applauded; sometimes they EFTA00586643 12 condemned, but acre by acre, Jews seized control of their fate. As David Ben-Gurion liked to say, "Our future does not depend on what gentiles say but on what Jews do." The Arabs reacted with fury, occasional violence, and in Pales

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rian monarchy that was imposed on them by the British. That the Arabs of eastern Palestine don't live under democratic rule is the fault of neither David Ben-Gurion nor Netanyahu. It is a result of a deeply ingrained, political and social structure that, across the huge swath of land from Morocco to Iraq, has b

Germany are viewed as influential swing votes. EFTA00587437 3 "Rarely has Europe been so courted when it comes to Middle East diplomacy," said David Makovsky, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "Europe is the prize this summer." For the Europeans, who have also taken a lead