Epstein Secrets

nior officials in Jerusalem; meeting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, and other senior officials in Ramallah; meeting President Abdel- Fattah el-Sissi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo; and meeting Jordan's King Abdullah II and Deputy Prime Minist

they would have more time" to resolve. "The Pentagon still has not determined how it will combat terrorist threats like Al Qaeda. ... Nor have top Defense Department officials secured agreement from allies about repositioning American troops in other nearby countries. And administration officials are still grappl

sts are adopting fresh tactics to win their rights. "September is a moment of truth for us," says Diana Alzeer, a 23-year- old social activist from Ramallah who cites the revolution in Egypt as inspiration. "We see that a dictatorship of over 30 years was gone in two weeks. So why not for Palestinians?"

rategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA. The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the US Army, Defense Department, or the U.S. Government. By June 2011, the Arab revolutions had evolved into a series of disconnected but increasingly violent civil wars—particula

servations." Instead, the British component of the USSC, led by a serving brigadier general, actually took up residence in the Palestinian capital Ramallah, while the Americans and Canadians lived in Jerusalem. The continuous presence of a small but dedicated team that worked directly with all sides a

n 2007, no U.S. funds were allocated to the mission. The USSC also answered to the more risk- averse and top-down State Department, rather than the Defense Department. Furthermore, falling under the State Department's control meant that the USSC was constrained by not one, but two, local "chief of mission" autho