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Bookmark or Share- Has Hezbollah’s Rise Come at Syria’s Expense? - Middle East ForumIt has tried to preempt the Lebanese government from placing the Shebaa Farms under U.N. jurisdiction in the event that Israel withdraws from the territory. After failing on January 23, 2007, to grind transportation to a halt in its attempt to extend authority over the entire country, Hezbollah dropped its demand that the pro-Syrian opposition ...
- Hezbollah's Strategic Threat to Israel - Middle East ForumThe Threat. The Hezbollah missile threat to Israel has expanded not only in quantity but also in quality. In recent years, the group’s operational artillery reach has grown. Experts and analysts generally put the Hezbollah rocket force somewhere between 10,000 and 12,000 missiles. [3] The heart of this arsenal remains rooted in Hezbollah’s ...
- Can the Lebanese End the Hezbollah Dystopia? - Middle East ForumThe most prominent example is the Shebaa Farms, a 22-square kilometer area at the foot of the Golan Heights. Shebaa has become a part of the liberation narrative and arena for repeated armed conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.
- Were the Arabs Indigenous to Mandatory Palestine?A train of donkeys and Arabs crosses from Transjordan into Palestine on a bridge over the Jordan River, July 3, 1936. The assertion that Palestinian Arabs are the indigenous population is central in their dispute with Israel. But waves of immigration from other Arab countries brought many to the territory. In 1936, a French high commissioner ...
- Can Saudi Arabia Feed Its People? - Middle East ForumBy the 1980s, most of the field workers were foreigners, and most farms were run by people of Egyptian, Omani, and East Asian origin. In addition, due to the gap between Saudi workers’ abilities and industry requirements, more specialized work such as the operation of irrigation systems and advanced equipment were under the control of Westerners.
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