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After the establishment of the state of Israel and the ensuing Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, the Golan Heights once again became the site of tumultuous border clashes. Syria took advantage of the area's mountainous terrain and high vantage points to shell the Israeli border below while Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golan Heights | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

Repeated attempts by Syria to regain the Golan Heights, including a disastrous war and numerous failed negotiations, have proved fruitless. The stalemate over its status has strangled Israeli-Syrian relations, pushing Syria to ally itself with other nations and groups hostile to Israel's agenda such as Hamas, Hezbollah and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golan Heights | 9/30/2008 | See Source »

Israeli newspapers ran interviews with McCartney on their front pages and featured little celebrity nuggets such as Sir Paul requesting that his Royal Suite be fitted out with a specially tuned piano and a plate of Jerusalem humus. McCartney, whose show celebrates Israel's 60th anniversary, brushed off the death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beatlemania Hits Israel, Four Decades Late | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

Beatlemania was a little late getting to the Jewish State, thanks to the cultural conservatism of its founding leaders. Indeed, Thursday's Tel Aviv gig by Sir Paul McCartney marks a long-delayed concert debut in Israel by the former Beatle, who has endeared himself to a new generation of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beatlemania Hits Israel, Four Decades Late | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

When an Israeli promoter announced in 1965 that the Fab Four were coming to town, ecstatic local teenagers took it as an affirmation that they were just as cool as the kids in London and New York who were letting their hair grow. But the concert never happened. Legend has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beatlemania Hits Israel, Four Decades Late | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

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