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Syria: No Golan Anniversary

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 @ 08:15 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Israel, Syria
Topics:: History, War & Conflict
Languages:: English

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ar:: سوريا: لا دعاية للجولان...

“Remember the big PR campaign run by the Syrian government on the sad 40th anniversary of the illegal Israeli occupation of the Golan? Neither do I. To be fair, they only had 40 years to prepare and are probably saving their best efforts for an eventual 50th anniversary, so why rush them before that milestone?” writes Rime Allaf from Syria.

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