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up Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, led a delegation to meet with Egyptian security officials in Cairo. The leader of a smaller Gaza-based faction, Islamic Jihad, also headed to Cairo. • Egypt is trying to prevent an escalation in violence between Hamas and Israel, after months of tension along the Israel-
r • U.S.-led coalition forces, with their local Kurdish-led partners, are battling the remnants of Islamic State group on the eastern banks of the Euphrates, while government troops and allied forces are now positioned on the other side after dislodging IS from there. 7. Five Abu Sayyaf Members Surrende
world as a whole, and among Palestinians in particular. Prior to 1987, there was hardly any Islamic factor in Palestinian resistance. The Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups were established after the 1987 intifada. From this we deduce that extremism on the Israeli side led to the same on the Palestinian side, an
internal tension and imperial ambition. Israeli Geography and Borderlands At its height, under King David, Israel extended from the Sinai to the Euphrates, encompassing Damascus. It occupied some, but relatively little, of the coastal region, an area beginning at what today is Haifa and running south
m world as a whole, and among Palestinians in particular. Prior to 1987, there was hardly any Islamic factor in Palestinian resistance. The Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups were established after the 1987 intifada. From this we deduce that extremism on the Israeli side led to the same on the Palestinian side, and
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Jerusalem
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Bashar al-Assad
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Barack Obama
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United States
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Fatah
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George W. Bush
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Lebanon
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Damascus
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Ramallah
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Bill Clinton
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Saddam Hussein
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Marc Rich
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Tehran
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Hosni Mubarak
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Mahmoud Abbas
PERSONSinai
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Yasser Arafat
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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West Bank
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