Epstein Secrets

anti-aircraft batteries and command-and- control bases." Syrian state media "said Israeli helicopters fired at Syrian checkpoints in al- Qunaitra, on the Golan Heights, causing material losses." The Israeli military "said it was responding to an attempt by a group of four people to plant explosives on a patrolled f

der with Lebanon." The Washington Post (8/3, Eglash, Dadouch, 14.2M) reports that "overnight Sunday, Israel said it struck targets in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip to the south, following rocket fire into its territory that caused damage in the Israeli town of Sderot. " Reuters (8/2) reports an Israeli militar

10. For it was on that day in 1967 that a cease-fire in the Six-Day War was declared, leaving Israel in possession of the West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, the Golan Heights, and Jerusalem but divided over what to do with its newfound gains. Israel withdrew from the Sinai in 1982 and from Gaza in 2007, and no one is di

ly, and its link to the Arab Middle East. Syria has provided the land bridge for the transport of Iranian weapons and militants to Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Without Syria, Iran's pretensions to regional hegemony, and its ability to challenge Israel, would be crippled. It follows that, as the U.S. Centr

ade with him. The substance in any agreement, though politically difficult, was also more straightforward. We knew what Assad wanted: the recovery of the Golan Heights, in return for the absolute minimum level of political normalization with Israel. We knew what we wanted: security guarantees and assurances regardin

ther withdrawals and parallel negotiations on the “permanent status” of the territories. In this first step, Israel would transfer civil authority in Gaza Strip and the Jordan Valley town of Jericho to the Palestinians, and local security would be in the hands of a newly created Palestinian police force. My

ade with him. The substance in any agreement, though politically difficult, was also more straightforward. We knew what Assad wanted: the recovery of the Golan Heights, in return for the absolute minimum level of political normalization with Israel. We knew what we wanted: security guarantees and assurances regardin

ther withdrawals and parallel negotiations on the "permanent status" of the territories. In this first step, Israel would transfer civil authority in Gaza Strip and the Jordan Valley town of Jericho to the Palestinians, and local security would be in the hands of a newly created Palestinian police force. My p

anti-aircraft batteries and command-and- control bases." Syrian state media "said Israeli helicopters fired at Syrian checkpoints in al- Qunaitra, on the Golan Heights, causing material losses." The Israeli military "said it was responding to an attempt by a group of four people to plant explosives on a patrolled f

der with Lebanon." The Washington Post (8/3, Eglash, Dadouch, 14.2M) reports that "overnight Sunday, Israel said it struck targets in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip to the south, following rocket fire into its territory that caused damage in the Israeli town of Sderot. " Reuters (8/2) reports an Israeli militar