Date:  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 22:57:31 EST

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: Re: gapers' block



Alice Faber points out,

>In the subject of continental drift (as it were), when I was last in Israel

>(mid 70's), Israel still controlled Sinai. Reservists who were assigned

>to Sinai referred to this as being stationed in Africa. So, wherever Israel

>is, it's *not* in Africa, I guess.



For awhile there, until Israel gave the Sinai back to Egypt, it was--by this

geography--a trans-continental state, as Turkey is by everyone's definition

and Panama is by some, not to mention Russia/the USSR.  But if the Suez is

the dividing line, then Israel wasn't in Africa then but Egypt is (just

barely) in Asia (again) now.



Larry