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mpaign races to the finish, the Middle East continues to boil. Not that the world seems to notice. Last week, Palestinian terrorists operating from the Gaza Strip fired 21 rockets and mortars into Israel. That followed a three-day, 77-shell barrage, in which two civilians were seriously injured and thousands
tia groups Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza — to enter the conflict on its behalf. "All our help to you over the years," the Israeli playing Ahmadinejad (a former colonel in military intelligence) declared in a meeting with Hezbollah, "has been for the purpose of this moment." "There's no such thin
alternative safe haven, the "External Leadership" of Hamas is fast losing ground in its ongoing rivalry with the "Internal Leadership" centered in the Gaza Strip. Mashaal is no longer in EFTA_R1_00230046 EFTA01842741 sole control of the movement's purse strings, since contributions from Tehran were reduce
ffice is a conservative of one type or the other, since they have to be vetted by the regime. Is there really a difference between forces loyal to Ahmadinejad's group and those close to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's leadership? It is not really true that reformist candidates or candidates who identi
fe haven, the "External Leadership" of Hamas is fast losing ground in its ongoing rivalry with the "Internal Leadership" EFTA00686799 centered in the Gaza Strip. Mashaal is no longer in sole control of the movement's purse strings, since contributions from Tehran were reduced. He no longer enjoys the recogn
ous conservative forces which collectively identify themselves as "Principlists." The elections are also significant because as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reaches the end of his constitutionally permitted two terms in 2013, these elections will likely provide some indication about the course of the pr
West Bank grew, and grew some more. I would wait until 2017, 50 years after the Six Day War, which ended with Israel in control of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. I would go before the UN and say the following: "We, the Palestinians, no longer seek a homeland of our own. We recognize the permanence of Israeli
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023531 →energy company. And he just might rock our world. Quran is helping to coordinate a raft of Palestinian youth organizations—located in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria—all united around one goal: to create a Palestinian Tahrir Square. They organized the unity march that helped pressure Fat
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023534 →an Iranian leader who labels the country “a fake regime” that ought to “be wiped off the face of the Earth?” How should it react to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s plans for a second Holocaust, even as he denies that the first one ever happened? Millions of Israelis are descendants of those who died in the Hol
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023543 →extending the authority of a Palestinian state to the Gaza Strip will depend on effective control there by a legit
is, in turn, will make it easier to gain international approval for tough economic sanctions. With so much legitimacy lost domestically after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial election in 2009, Khamenei has even more reason to worry about the impact that sanctions could have on the survival of his regime. Th
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032184 →Entities connected to both the Gaza Strip and Ahmadinejad

Barack Obama
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Lebanon
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Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Jerusalem
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United States
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Tehran
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Fatah
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George W. Bush
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Cairo
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Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Bill Clinton
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Mahmoud Abbas
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West Bank
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Yemen
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Damascus
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Tunisia
LOCATIONthe West Bank
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Hillary Clinton
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