Ch5 the six day war of 1967

Question 1

fatah

Answer 1

a palestinian guerrilla group founded in 1959

Question 2

PLO

Answer 2

organisation set up in 1964 to lead the struggle to regain palestine, as well as providing health + care resources to those in refugee camps

Question 3

brinkmanship

Answer 3

pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety, in this case to the brink of safety

Question 4

annexed

Answer 4

took control over a territory and incorporate it into your own state (israel

Question 5

land for peace

Answer 5

the formula by which israel would give up arab land it had conquered in return for arab recognition of israels right to exist and live in peace

Question 6

incursions

Answer 6

sudden attacks

Question 7

goal of the PLO, confirmed in the cairo conference

Answer 7

unite all palestinians and win back the land they had lost in 1948-9

Question 8

conference at cairo when and what

Answer 8

1964 nasser invites all arab leader to talk about the PLO

Question 9

new govt in syria in 1966

Answer 9

a more radical one, in full support of the liberation of palestine

Question 10

soviets sticking their head where it doesnt belong

Answer 10

13th may soviets warn egypt that israel were making moved to invade syria (their ally)
This was not true
Nasser knew it wasnt true thank god - assumed soviets were wanting to stir the pot & expand their own influence

Question 11

nassers debacle

Answer 11

he wants to deter israel from war (knowing theyll lose on account of a lesser military) AND impress the arab public who are mostly believing the soviets story that israel would soon invade syria

Question 12

what does nasser chose to do

Answer 12

move 100k egyptian troops coser to the action
asks UN to remove their troops, to prove egypt doesnt need help
closed the straits of tiran to israeli shipping thus denying access to israels main port - straw that broke the camals back for the israelis

Question 13

israels response to nasser moving troops & denying them the straits of tiran

Answer 13

4th june new israeli govt decides to go to war

5th air forces attack all arab planes, they won basically there and then

Question 14

Why did israel win

Answer 14

1. Arabs lotst 15k men ; israelis lost <1k
2. Arabs had larger armies, but their air forces were swiftly destroyed
3. Arabs had modern soviet missiles & other weapons ; israelis had french fighter planes & tanks
4. Israelis had the most advanced US electronic equipment, were able to intercept arab communications
5. Israelis were highly skilled & training & highly motivated (believed they were fighting for their freedom)

Question 15

what did the israelis do with all the land they had gained

Answer 15

make them military occupied aka buffer zones from surrounding enemies

Question 16

UN resolution 242 what what

Answer 16

called for permenant peace based upon the withdrawal of israeli armed forced + respect for the right of every state to stay as it

egypt, jordan accept the resolution and therefore israels right to exist

not syria not palestine

Question 17

argument arabs are to blame for the 1967 war

Answer 17

syria had been encouraging PLO raids
nasser had been egged on by syria - 1966 defence agreement
syrian support for guerillas attacks on israelis camps
closed straits of tiran

Question 18

argument for israeli respnosibility

Answer 18

desire to teach syrians a lesson
threw the first punch with the air strikes
attack on jordanian village of samu in 1966