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The Six Day War
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3. The Israelis had won each of 1956, 1967 and 1973 successfully in the wars against the Arabs. In the war of 1956, the British and the French supported the Israelis as an act of revenge against the Arabs for nationalising the Suez Canal. Nasser took over the canal after Britain and France ithdrew offers to finance the construction of the Aswan Dam. Britain believed that that if Nasser was not stopped he would continue with what they thought was 'aggression' .The British and the French had secret meetings with the Israelis leaders in Paris and discussed a decision of making a joint attack on Egypt as an excuse to occupy the Suez Canal. The Israelis were supplied with weapons, aircraft's and soldiers by the British and the French. This made the Israelis strong and when they made a surprise raid attacking the unprepared Egyptians, they easily seized the Gaza Strip...
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