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May 27, 2012
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Profiles of Middle Eastern Countries

Read about other countries involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict


Egypt

Egypt transitions to democracy and inspires the region

Jordan

A peace agreement between Israel and Jordan was signed on Oct. 26, 1994

Lebanon

Hezbollah gains a greater stake in the government

Syria

Israel and Syria continue to be at odds over the Golan Heights

Turkey

The May 2010 flotilla incident strained relations between Israel and Turkey


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Biographies

Key Palestinian Figures
Mahmoud Abbas
Yasir Arafat
Sala Fayyad
Ismail Haniya
Sheik Ahmed Yassin


Key Israeli Figures
Ehud Barak
Menachem Begin
David Ben-Gurion
Yizhak Ben-Zvi
Rachel Bluwstein
Moshe Dayan
Abba Eban
Levi Eshkol
Theodor Herzl
Vladimir Jabotinsky
Tzipi Livni
Golda Meir
Benjamin Netanyahu
Ehud Olmert
Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Shamir
Moshe Sharett
Ariel Sharon
Chaim Weizmann
Ezer Weizman


Key World Figures
Tony Blair
George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
King Abdullah II
King Hussein I
T. E. Lawrence
George Mitchell
Hosni Mubarak
Hassan Nasrallah
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Barack Obama
Anwar Sadat
Anthony Zinni

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