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The origins of the 6 day war -June 1967.
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- Tue Mar 02 2004

... ISRAEL AND THE ARAB STATES, 1967-1989 THE ORIGINS OF THE 6 DAY WAR -JUNE 1967 The origins of the 6 Day War lay in: 1 )The 1956 settlement after the SUEZ War in 1956 which ended with British-French evacuation from the Canal Zone & Israeli withdrawal from Sinai & the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces replaced by UNEF which was stationed only on Egyptian side of the border . Israel would not allow deployment of UN forces on its soil. President Nasser had emerged from Suez War with his prestige enhanced -Russia financed the building of the Aswan Dam & shipped arms & military equipment to Egypt. Israel not allowed to keep the territory taken from Egypt during the war; all that she gained was the right of passage through the Straits of Tiran linking the Gulf of Aquaba with the Red Sea. That agreement was the price of













