Six-Day War

The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים, Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim; Arabic: النكسة, an-Naksah, "The Setback" or حرب ۱۹٦۷, Ḥarb 1967, "War of 1967"), also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known at the time as the United Arab Republic), Jordan, and Syria. The war began on June 5 with Israel launching surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border. A period of high tension had preceded the war. Background and summary of events leading to war After the 1956 Suez Crisis, there were numerous minor border clashes between Israel and its Arab neighbors, particularly Syria. Events: Israel–Jordan Events: Israel–Syria During 1965–7, Israel's armed forces staged numerous provocations along the Israeli–Syrian border area.[47] The pattern was of action and reaction. Events: Israel–Egypt Military preparations

ON THIS DAY | 10 | 1967 Surviving the six-day war 1967: Surviving the six-day war Josephine Bacon was living in Jerusalem with her husband and two-year-old daughter when the 1967 war, also known as six-day war broke out. In the weeks preceding the war, she made what preparations she could to ready the family home for the conflict. We filled every available receptacle with water, because June is quite a hot month and Jerusalem is very dry. If we'd had our water supply cut off we would have been in difficulty, especially as I had a small child. We did the usual things that one does in war - you stick tape over the windows so a blast won't shatter them and cause damage inside. There were hardly any air raid shelters at the time. For the first couple of days there was shelling from the United Nations building [captured by the Jordanians on the first day of the war] which landed around our house. We sheltered in the corridor, which had no windows, and put up the dining room table vertically to hopefully stave off any blast. Direct hit Reunions

Six Day War - 6 Day war - Definition, History Israel: An honored dictum of the ancient Chinese work, The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, states, "When you are strong, act weak." Israeli hesitancy and American vacillation inadvertently created a military and diplomatic strategic opportunity. In the face of the seeming Israeli and American collapse, Nasser and his allies were drawn into the attack in much the same way as the Romans were drawn into the Carthaginian center at the battle of Cannae. While the victory seems to some to have been assured in retrospect, there was certainly no way of anticipating it. Israelis were certainly unwilling to go to war, and had a disproportionate fear of the possible consequences. the fear of surprise attackthe economic impossibility of prolonged mobilizationthe certain knowledge that without a military response, any solution would be a "compromise" that would gravely Israel's standing and encourage further aggression. Israel was unprepared for the swift victory and for its extent. Ami Isseroff Notes 1. 2.

What Led To The Six Day War? What led to the Six Day War in 1967? Terrorist Attacks on Israel Looking at the events that led up to the war, the main cause comes out to be increasing tensions between Israel and its neighboring Arab countries during the mid 1960s. Israel adopted a policy of diverting water from the Jordan River to the Negev Desert and this was became the cause of the tension. Naturally, this angered Arabs so much that they threatened to divert this flow into Lake Galilee. Syria was bombed by Israel in 1965 and 1966 soon after they began implementing their policy of diverting water from Israel. After the formation of the PLO and Fatah movements against Israel, the already intense relations between Israel and its neighbors took on a new extremity. Many historians also lay down that Israel wanted a war in the face of all the economic problems faced at that time, taking on the strategy that a war would distract people’s minds from these economic fiascos and will also bring in foreign aid.

Six Day War - 1967 Arab-Israeli War