Causes of the six day war for powerpoint presentation ONLY
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- Causes of the six-day war 1967
- Increased pressure on Israel
- 29th May (Egypt) - Nasser stepped up the pressure "We are now ready to confront Israel".
- 30th May - Hussein signed a treaty with Egypt.
- 5th June - Israeli Air Force took off.
- Development of Israel
- IDF (Israeli Defence force) were constantly alert.
- The 'law of return' - gave any Jew in the world the right to become a citizen of Israel.
- 700,000 new immigrants by 1949.
- Ribbutzim - Israelis lived and worked together in cooperative farms and shared property and work.
- Financial aid from the US and reparations from Germany allowed Israelis to develop large areas of empty land.
- Countdown to war April 1966-7
- February 1966: new aggressive government in power of Syria. Nasser didn't want war but wanted to remain leader of the Arab states.
- November 1966: Nasser signed an agreement with Syrian government to come to it's aid if it was attacked and for them to do the same for Egypt.
- 7th April 1967 - Israeli tractor ploughing on a demilitarised zone. Syrians opened fire, Israelis retaliated. Syrians shelled Israeli settlements, Israeli planes were called for. Both sides were aggravating each other.
- Palestine liberation organisation (PLO)
- PLO's aims were to win back the land which the Palestinians had lost in 1948-9.
- Lebanon and Jordan governments tried to restrict the PLO because they were afraid of Israeli reprisals.
- Egypt was the only side not attacking Israel.
- Crisis of May 1967
- 12th May - Israeli General threatened to occupy the capital of Syria and overthrow the government.
- 13th May - Soviet government warned Egypt that Israel was moving it's armed forces to the border of Syria and was planning to attack.
- None of this was true, and Nasser knew this.
- Increased pressure on Israel
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