Daily News Article - September 12, 2007
1. What is reported to be the reason that Israeli fighter planes violated Syrian air space last week?
2. What has been the official Israeli government response to Syrian allegations?
3. What complaint did Syria make to the U.N. against Israel?
4. What charges have Israeli and U.S. officials made against Iran and Syria?
5. Does Syria have a nuclear weapons program?
6. What is Hizballah (also spelled Hezbollah)?
(For information on Hezbollah, go to the Terrorism Knowledge Base website at terrorisminfo.mipt.org/Foreign-Terrorist-Organizations-Designations.asp or
the Council on Foreign Relations website at cfr.org/publication/9155.)
7. One of Hizballah's stated goals is the destruction of the state of Israel. Do you think Israel has the right to send military aircraft into Syria in an attempt to destroy weapons that Iran was sending to Hizballah by way of Syria? Explain your answer.