>> guest: the chief of staff of the military was yitzhak rabin.there were some very prodigious personalities in this government. there was the national religious party, which today is, by the way, is a pretty outspoken right wing party. then it was an outspoken left wing party. there was the (unintelligible) which was the kibbutz party that was in many ways so far left wing it came around and was right wing, sort of labor hawks c-span: so let's go over them quickly. who ran jordan? >> guest: king hussein. c-span: who ran syria? >> guest: there was a triumvirate of what they called the doctor's government because they all had doctorates in psychology or philosophy but there was a ba'athist regime, a radical marxist regime that had a front of a civilian government but behind it was a military junta in which the principal figure was hafez al-assad. c-span: and his son now is in control? >> guest: right. c-span: and king hussein's son is now in control? >> guest: right. c-span: who ran saudi arabia? >> guest: saudi arabia was run by the saudi family.