Epstein Secrets

time of Operation Cast Lead, Iran was EFTA_R1_00464363 EFTA01977747 steadily expanding its sphere of influence, from western Afghanistan to the Mediterranean. A subsequent U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf and an intensifying U.S.-led economic warfare campaign slowed Iran down, but it was the de

incursion. By the end of the campaign, nearly 1,000 poorly guided shorter-range rockets and mortar shells hit southern Israel, reaching as far as Beersheba and Yavne. Several senior Hamas commanders and hundreds of militants were killed in the fighting. Israel Defense Forces figures showed that 10 IDF

its war against the atomized majority of its countrymen. Russia ignores European and American disapproval and does what's necessary to maintain its Mediterranean naval base at the Syrian port of Tartus, and pretends to continue as a rival to the power of the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. T

itly: "Yes, this is my first visit to the State of Israel." As I expected, the security officer objected, saying: "Your papers say you were born in Beersheba." I responded, "Yes, but I left with my parents as a child of six months and never returned, and this is my first visit back. So what's the problem

especially if initial U.S. strikes seemed devastating to the point of decisive. But their involvement would spread the conflict to the entire eastern Mediterranean and perhaps beyond, complicating both U.S. military operations and coalition diplomacy. It seems fairly clear then that a conflict with Iran is unli

ually increasing range, bringing more of central and southern Israel under threat with every upgrade. Hamas can now reach central Tel Aviv and beyond Beersheba in southern Israel. Iran will likely supplement this proxy war by exploiting “images of victory’—such as sinking a U.S. naval unit or displaying U.S