... every Jewish settlement--authorized the creation of the Jewish Settlement Police, also known as Notrim - who were trained, armed, and paid by the British. In 1938 a British intelligence officer, Captain Orde Charles Wingate, organized three counter guerrilla units, called special night squads, manned by British and Jewish personnel. As both of these organizations contained a large ... and Israel's military, economic, and diplomatic dependence upon the United States grew. Nevertheless, the military industries expanded and developed maintenance and repair services to reduce the dependence ...

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... Day War's] initiation',2 as it had major implications in damaging further relations with the Arabs. Firstly, the Lavon Affair, supposedly administered by foreign minister Pinhas Lavon (1954-55) set up a spy network in Cairo and Alexandria. The purpose was to sabotage Anglo-Egyptian relations by ... their military power, Israel lost their only Arab quasi-ally, Jordan, whom they had signed a de facto peace agreement with for intelligence cooperation. Fatah had achieved its philosophy of action in establishing ˜a desirable state of tension between Israel and its Arab neighbours'.14 Smith...

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... Arabs also. Their performance showed that they could cooperate and keep their intentions a secret. Moreover they demonstrated that they were capable of sophisticated intelligence gathering and analysis and of a brilliant operational plan. However this insight into Arab intelligence was far from the only thing gained by the Yom Kippur War. On September 17th 1978 both Egyptian and Israeli leaders met at Camp ... of sovereignty. The longer the Intifada continues, the more it invites the possibility of regional war, and the greater the toll on the Israeli economy. It has already scared away...

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