Download or read book Damascus, Jerusalem, and Washington written by Itamar Rabinovich and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis paper brings together three interrelated issues: 1). The Israeli-Syrian relationship (i.e., the two countries' conflict and the efforts to resolve it ; 2). Washington's bilateral relationship with Damascus ; 3). And the role played by these two issues within the larger context of U.S. policy in the MIddle East -- preface (p.xi).