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Syria, Israel Exchange Fire
JERUSALEM, Mar. 20 CAP. Syrian shore gunners and an Israeli patrol boat exchanged fire briefly today at the Sea Of Galilee frontier. the focal point in an eight-hour battle Satur-. day. Two Israelis were wounded. Each side again blamed the other. Eat 1910 am. an Israeli boat approached the eastern coast of the Sea of Galilee to within 100 meters of the Syrian village of AL Kursi and opened ma chinegun and 20-mm. shell fire on the village" a Syrian army spokesman said. "The Syrian post at AL Kursi retaliated with intensive fire. scoring a direct hit on the boat and injuring two Of its soldiers. There were no casualties on our side" An Israeli army spokesman charged that the Syrians shot first. opening up with auto matte weapons and a recoilless gun. He said a police boat was on routine patrol along the eastern shores Of the Sea of Gallilee when 1t was fired on from Syrian positions north of the Nukev area-Scene of Satur- days battle, Israeli sources said. Observers reported that doz- ems of shells were seen splash ing near the police boat. A second Israeli police vessel, at the northeastern end of the sea. hurried to aid the first boat, and a third boat was sent from Liberals to take over the two wounded and rush them ashore for disqualification.
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1963 Syrian coup d'état
The 1963 Syrian coup d'état, labelled in Ba'athist historiography as the March 8 Revolution, was the seizure of power in Syria by the military committee of the Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. The planning and the unfolding conspiracy of the Syrian Ba'athist operatives were prompted by the Ba'ath party's seizure of power in Iraq in February 1963.
Wikipedia →National Water Carrier of Israel
Since its construction, the resulting diversion of water from the Jordan River has been a source of tension with Syria and Jordan. In 1964, Syria attempted construction of a Headwater Diversion Plan that would have prevented Israel from using a major portion of its water allocation, sharply reducing the capacity of the carrier. This project and Israel's subsequent physical attack on those diversion efforts in 1965 were factors which played into regional tensions culminating in the 1967 Six-Day War.
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At its first summit meeting in Cairo in 1964, the Arab League initiated the creation of an organization representing the Palestinian people. After concluding the meeting, the PLO was founded on 2 June 1964. Its stated 'complementary goals' were Arab unity and the liberation of Palestine.
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