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What if Israel, instead of stopping short of Cairo, Damascus, Amman, and Beirut, had continued their advance and captured or surrounded the Arab capitals? How would the Mideast look different? Would, for example, the Israelis establish a Palestinian puppet state in Jordan, and annex the West Bank without its Arab population as part of the deal? Would Lebanon collapse? How would Pan-Arabism fare in relation to socialism, Islamism or some form of western democracy? Would the Soviets have gotten more involved?
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