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The War Of Israel And Israel

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In the 20th century the Middle East countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan were all powerful countries who believed the time would never arise when a young country like Israel would ever militarily defeat Egypt. To these powerful nations, such a thought was comedic, but ultimately came into existence at the conclusion of the six-day war in 1967 (June 5- June 10) where Israel defeated Egypt. This victory by Israel ultimately led to the Jewish nation multiplying in size dramatically as it was now four times larger than it was prior to the war. The main acquisitions through winning the war for Israel was the strip of Gaza along with the nearly 24,000 square miles Sinai Peninsula but also included East Jerusalem, Jordan’s West Bank, and the …show more content…

The Arab nations waited patiently for six years following the shocking loss at the six-day war to seek revenge which ultimately occurred on Yom Kippur in 1973. The Arab nations strategically planned to attack during the Jewish Yom Kippur holiday as they believed that the Israelis would be unable to tend to matters of national security (O’Ballance). Ultimately their goal was to repossess the Suez Canal, the Golan Banks, and the West Bank. Anwar Sedat, the President of Egypt at the time, had several reasons for taking this position as he was influenced by several high ranking Egyptian political figures who “viewed the War of Attrition as comprising two main areas: First there existed the Palestinian problem. Israel’s creation left territorial expense, of the Palestinians in particular, and the Arab nations, wholly. Secondly, the Israeli occupation of Arab lands in the Six-Day War, lead the Egyptian leadership to realize that an activist line aimed at attaining an immediate and total solution to both issues would end in failure. Therefore, it chose to proceed in stages: first a solution to the 1967 problem, then a solution to the 1948 one” (Shah). Although Sedat aimed to have victory over Israel, he realized that peace could come come out of this war between the two countries. In order for this to come to fruition, Sedat began tactically relocating from Egypt 20,000 Soviet advisors (Rabinovich 17) and reopened relations with the United States, who was

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