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...June 5, 1967, war broke out between Israel and three Arab states--Egypt, Jordan and Syria--after months of threats directed at the Jewish state. At a Palestinian refugee camp named Jalazon, chiseled out of a stony hillside not far from Jerusalem in the West Bank, then under Jordanian rule, Nazmeia was expecting a child. Her brother Abu Fady, then 9, remembers his family listening to an Egyptian radio announcer describe how Arab troops were advancing on Tel Aviv. Within hours, the radio said, the Jews would be keeping company with fishes in the sea. "We were flying with happiness...
...Gaza Strip. Instead, they pinned their hopes on an Egyptian-educated former civil engineer, Yasser Arafat, whose Fatah organization began carrying out raids inside the conquered territories and later committed atrocious acts of terrorism. Like other boys in the camp, Omar would listen to TV news from Jordan and Syria about their heroes--Arafat and his Palestinian fighters. They dreamed that one day Arafat would lead them back to their lost villages...
...simply the price to be paid? To me, it is a matter of principle that I have to seek the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. This tribunal is not intended to be against any person or any state, and in particular I am speaking about Syria. Certain regimes try to find ways and means how to put an end to the situation, as [the Libyan regime] did in Lockerbie. They made an arrangement. But I have nothing to do with this. This country has suffered the assassinations of three prime ministers. I hope there will...
...would Syria threaten? To discourage the Lebanese from pursuing this process. Since day one, they have not been showing acceptance or willingness or support for the idea of an international tribunal...
What are the risks? There is the problem with Syria. They consider that it is a threat against their regime. If I want to please this, and please that, I am not going to please anybody. I tell my own people that there are certain principles that are worth [holding] fast and trying to defend them. Otherwise, everybody can dare to slap us on the face. We have to prove that this is a country, this is a sovereign state, this is an independent one, we [want the state to prevail] all over Lebanon, and... having a democratic and free...