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The day the Golan was annexed

In this compelling account, a former aide to Menachem Begin recalls how the Israeli prime minister dressed down U.S. ambassador Samuel Lewis after President Ronald Reagan censured Israel for its unilateral annexation of the Golan Heights in 1981.

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Mike Rosner

10/10/08 04:07 PM

Now that was a Prime Minister!

Areyeh

10/11/08 03:10 AM

didn’t the us annex texas and the southwest after several conflicts?

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