middle east 3 Flashcards
what did egypt sign in october 1956
a tripartite which put nasser in command of jordan and syrias armies
what did nasser do to also increase the military strength
acquired soviet equipment and signed an arms deal with czechoslovakia
what did israels air force do the in the raid
destroyed 90 egyptian vehicles
what was signifcant about the sinai campaign
israel captured all of the sinai and controlled the gaza strip with only 231 losses
showed the strength of israel and weakness of egypt
how many egyptians were lost in the sinai campaign
7,000
when and why did israel withdraw from the sinai
pressure from the usa and in 1957
what were the key events of the suez crisis
29 oct - israel invades gaza and sinai
britain and france order israel and egypt to withdraw their troops
egypt refuses
britain and france bomb cairo whilst israelis move south
1957 - israel withdraws
UN creates a cease fire
what were the causes of the suez crisis
ministers of france and britian met with david ben gurion and agreed to work against egypt
what was the cairo conference and when was it
January 1964 with all leaders of the arab league
what were some reasons the cairo conference was significant
confirmed nasser and egypt as leaders of the arab world
showed all arab states were prepared against israel
nasser presented israels plan to divert the river jordan as a threat tp arabs which could cause war
what was the PLO and when was it created
a political and military organization that was originally formed to represent the Palestinian people
who were the fatah and what were they doing
founded in 1959 by arafat and wanted to create the palestinian state using violence
why were tensions increasing between syria and israel in 1966
syria were supporting fatah raids on israel
how were syria supporting the fatah
gave them weapons and money
helped train them
what was the egyptian syrian pact
a deal made by if one went to war the other would also
what side were jordan on
jordan was a US ally and wanted good relations with israel and did not support fatah
what happened in israels raid on samu
13th Nov 1966
israeli priminister sent 600 troops and 11 tanks to Samu
villagers were gathered in the square whilst buildings were blown up
why did israel attack samu
2 days before a landmine explosion on the border between israel and jordan killed 3 israelis and was suspected to be done by fatah
what were consequences of israels attack on samu
confirmed israel would not have good relations with jordan
hussein encouraged nasser to attack israel
what did syrians do on 7th april 1967
syrian guns fired on an israeli tractor in the golan heights which was a demilitarised zone
this caused the syrian air forfe to attack the syrian guns
