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but there will be no such agreements with the Palestinians or with Syria in the foreseeable future. The Palestinians have taken themselves out of the game for now. We cannot turn from them to the Syrians while Assad’s troops are using howitzers and sniper rifles against his peopl...

and was about to do so had it not been for the bullets of Yigal Amir

and among Palestinians in particular. Prior to 1987

and are not expected to survive. There will soon be different styles of government in Libya

David Hale—and another official will take a crack at the quandary. But despite new momentum from Netanyahu's visit next week and Obama's speech Thursday

war was the result when Germany rose to challenge Britain economically and geopolitically 100 years ago. Moreover

the Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judah and the deportation to Babylon early in the sixth century B.C. The second manifestation began when Israel was recreated in 540 B.C. by the Persians

following (as in the other cases) an ingathering of t least some of the Jews who had been dispersed after conquests. Israel's founding takes place in the context of the decline and fall of the British Empire and must

a Mediterranean empire that wanted to control both the northern and southern littorals needed to anchor its eastern flank on the Levant. For one thing

it would move first through the Sinai and then northward along the coastal plain

an eastern power trying to dominate the space between the Hindu Kush and the Mediterranean

particularly between the herdsmen of the southern deserts and the northern hill dwellers. The coastal dwellers

nor are the pre- and post-World War II migrations of Jews

concerted action. Israel's interior lines permitted efficient deployment and redeployment of force. It was not obvious at the time

this has been impossible. There has been no great power with the appetite and the will for such an adventure. But 15 years is not even a generation