Six Days War (1967)
The roots of the modern Arab–Israeli conflict are bound in the rise of Zionism and Arab nationalism towards the end of the 19th century. There had been tension and conflict between the Arabs and the Jews ever since the 1917 Balfour Declaration and the 1920 creation of the British Mandate of Palestine. British policies dissatisfied both Arabs and Jews. These ongoing tensions erupted on 30 November 1947 into civil war between the Arab and Jewish populations in response to the UN Partition Plan to divide Palestine into three areas: an Arab state, a Jewish state and the Special International Regime for the City of Jerusalem. In the year of 1967, after an Independence Day parade without heavy weapons in the capital of Israel, the world became aware of a possible attack on their Arab neighbors. Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser had previously come under sharp criticism for his failure to aid Syria and Jordan against Israel; he had also been accused of hiding behind the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) stationed at Egypt’s border with Israel in the Sinai. Now, however, he moved to unambiguously demonstrate support for Syria: on May 14, 1967, Nasser mobilized Egyptian forces in the Sinai; on May 18 he formally requested the removal of the UNEF stationed there; and on May 22 he closed the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, thus instituting an effective blockade of the port city of Elat in southern Israel. On May 30, King Ḥussein of Jordan arrived in Cairo to sign a mutual defense pact with Egypt, placing Jordanian forces under Egyptian command; shortly thereafter, Iraq too joined the alliance.
The time freezes at June 4th, 1967.
Delegates, a war can be and should be avoided.
The time freezes at June 4th, 1967.
Delegates, a war can be and should be avoided.
Sources:
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/israel/History/1948-1967/Six-Day_War.shtml
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3611488,00.html
http://www.academia.edu/7226649/1967_Six_Day_War
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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/850855/Six-Day-War
http://www.sixdaywar.org/index.asp
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/1967toc.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/six-day-war-ends
http://www.sixdaywar.co.uk
Guiding questions:
What measures can be taken to avoid a war?
Can negotiations prevent an upcoming war?
What can the Security Council do to end the tensions in the Middle East?
What is the SC response to Egypt’s request of removal of the UNEF?
Will United Nations’ troops continue to be positioned between a probable war?
What decisions can be made to bring permanent peace to the ME?
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/israel/History/1948-1967/Six-Day_War.shtml
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3611488,00.html
http://www.academia.edu/7226649/1967_Six_Day_War
1967
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/850855/Six-Day-War
http://www.sixdaywar.org/index.asp
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/1967toc.html
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/six-day-war-ends
http://www.sixdaywar.co.uk
Guiding questions:
What measures can be taken to avoid a war?
Can negotiations prevent an upcoming war?
What can the Security Council do to end the tensions in the Middle East?
What is the SC response to Egypt’s request of removal of the UNEF?
Will United Nations’ troops continue to be positioned between a probable war?
What decisions can be made to bring permanent peace to the ME?