In June 1967, in a pre-emptive action that took all of six days, Israel wrested considerable territory from three neighboring Arab countries hellbent on its destruction. The status and subsequent history of those territories has varied greatly. Fifty-three years later, it remains front-page news. The Sinai Peninsula is part of Egypt. Israel occupied it until […]
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Eagle-meets-Bear and the Syria tug-of-war
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