The Lebanese Civil War1975 1976 and Joseph John Sisko in it
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The policy of the United States towards the Arab countries in general was political, aimed at achieving its goals in those countries and the US diplomat and politician sent to the Arab countries were the tool to achieve this, Joseph Sisko was one of the most prominent assistants to US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, he visited Lebanon more than once, and during his visit he was able to bring the two sides closer together, He worked to show his country as a defender and a seeker of peace, and his efforts continued during the Lebanese civil war that took place between the Palestinians and the Lebanese, as well as some Arab countries that intervened to put an end to that war, the intervention of the United States through Sisko, who tried to protect the Zionists, and that their interference in that war was not clear, and to show that to the Arabs, and that the war was between them, but the Arabs were able to put an end to that war away from foreign interference.
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