HISTORY 103 Lecture 10: Lecture 10 - The Six-Day War
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Conflict between israel and neighboring states from june 5-10, 1967. Competed with one another on aggressive positions against israel. Egypt had little choice but to go to war. Rivalry between the u. s. and the soviet union. To enhance arab dependence on the soviet union, the soviet union pushed the arabs into war. The 6 day war was a major turning point o o. On both occasions, israel was more or less content with its existing. By attacking, the arabs gave israel an excuse to seize additional lands. Israel took another 23% of the mandate after 1949, in 1967 they occupied the last 22% of palestine o. Coming after the previous wars, the six-day war was the third clear cut israeli victory in 20 years. 1967 was the high point of israeli superiority. Israel was no longer only 9 miles wide at its widest point. Over 1,000,000 palestinians in the west bank and gaza came under.
