Ryan had the backing of the outgoing governor and the state's GOP political establishment, which wanted to extend Republican control of the governor's office to 26 years.

CNN: George Ryan

The diplomacy of Israel's outgoing Labor Party government confirmed a lesson with long roots in Zionist history: Israel is unlikely over time to retain control over pieces of territory unless its people actually live there.

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