Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect (45 page)

World War II (1939–1945),
55
,
223

key dates in,
246

Reza Shah declaring Iran neutral during,
170

US dominant power in Middle East after,
217
–
18

World Zionist Organization (WZO),
34
,
35

Xelil, Aldar,
185

Xoybun (Kurdish independence party),
170

Yabroud, Syria,
255

Yadlin, Amos,
200

Yedioth Ahronoth
(newspaper),
203

Yekiti Party,
181

Yemen, Arab Spring protests in,
82

Yezhednevny Zhurnal
(online newspaper),
229

“Yom Kippur War” (1973),
63
,
65
,
66
,
247
–
48

Yousef, Ahmed,
210

YouTube,
95
,
250

Zahle, Lebanon,
137

Zakarya, Qusai (hunger strike by),
121

Zaki, Abbas,
211

Zarif, Mohammad Javad,
164

Zawahri, Ayman al-,
99
,
254

Zaynab (granddaughter of Prophet Mohammad),
153

Zeldin, Isaiah,
192
,
212

Zelin, Aaron,
230

Ziadeh, Radwan,
213

Zionism,
33
–
34

Arab opposition to a Zionist state,
46

author seeing self as a Zionist,
191

Christian Zionists,
35

conservative Zionists,
192

and creation of State of Israel,
59
–
60

Extremist Zionists,
91

labor Zionists,
192

Weizmann-Faisal agreement,
43
–
44

Zisser, Eyal,
196
–
97
,
212

Zogby Poll,
147

Zunes, Stephen,
226

REESE ERLICH is an award-winning journalist and the author of four books on foreign policy, most recently
Conversations with Terrorists: Middle East Leaders on Politics, Violence, and Empire
. In 2012, the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California, gave Erlich an Explanatory Journalism Award for his radio documentary titled “Inside the Syrian Uprising.” In 2006 Erlich shared a prestigious Peabody Award. Currently, he works as a full-time freelance journalist and holds the position of special correspondent with GlobalPost. He also reports regularly for National Public Radio, Radio Deutsche Welle, and CBS Radio News. His articles on the Middle East have appeared in the
Christian Science Monitor
,
GlobalPost
,
Atlantic Online
, and
Vanity Fair Online
.