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Jerusalem. Second, it always contains some of the coastal plain from today's Tel Aviv north to Haifa. Third, it occupies area between Jerusalem and the Jordan River — today's West Bank. At times, it controls all or part of the Negev, including the coastal region between the Sinai to the Tel Aviv area. It may be
rael Let us then turn to the contemporary manifestation of Israel. Israel was recreated because of the interaction between a regional great power, the Ottoman Empire, and a global power, Great Britain. During its expansionary phase, the Ottoman Empire sought to dominate the eastern Mediterranean as well as both
een seen since the end of WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. • In the Middle East - within three years, the "
es the settlement blocs, a number of strategic sites on mountain ridge, a security zone east of Ben Gurion Airport and long-term military presence on the Jordan River. • The real threat to the future of the HOUSE _OVERSIGHT_028915 --- PAGE BREAK --- Zionist Project - is not the security constraints of the "two-st
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028916 →ourselves at the height of a historic earthquake, in multiple dimensions, the like of which hasn't been seen since the end of WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. • In the Middle East - within three years, the "Arab spring" turned into the "Islamic winter" - borders have vanished and centuries of conflicts bet
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029357 →es the settlement blocs, a number of strategic sites on mountain ridge, a security zone east of Ben Gurion Airport and long-term military presence on the Jordan River. • The real threat to the future of the Zionist Project - is not the security constraints of the "two-state solution" but rather a slippery slope lea
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029393 →o Jerusalem. Second, it always contains some of the coastal plain from today's Tel Aviv north to Haifa. Third, it occupies area between Jerusalem and the Jordan River — today's West Bank. At times, it controls all or part of the Negev, including the coastal region between the Sinai to the Tel Aviv area. It may be l
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031860 →stward, it would move first through the Sinai and then northward along the coastal plain, securing sea lanes to Egypt. When Asia Minor powers such as the Ottoman Empire developed, there was a natural tendency to move southward to control the eastern Mediterranean. The Levant is the crossroads of continents, and Israe
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031866 →Entities connected to both the Jordan River and the Ottoman Empire

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