So examine who is the unprovoked attacker, and who the provoked attackee.
It's not difficult to examine.
Imposing blockades against a state's ports has LONG been considered an Act of War:
crimesofwar.org
"..the imposition of a traditional blockade was generally regarded as an act of war, whereas enforcement of United Nations sanctions is a rather different act."
Thus, when Nasser decided to blockade the Straits of Tiran, he committed an act of war against Israel:
palestinefacts.org
Blockade of the Straits of Tiran
In 1956, the United States gave Israel assurances that it recognized the Jewish State's right of access to the Straits of Tiran. In 1957, at the UN, 17 maritime powers declared that Israel had a right to transit the Strait. Moreover, any blockade violated the Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, which was adopted by the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea on April 27, 1958. Nonetheless, on on the night of May 22-23, 1967 Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to all Israeli shipping and all ships bound for Eilat. This blockade cut off Israel's only supply route with Asia and stopped the flow of oil from its main supplier, Iran.
Pretty clear and simple.. Egypt, Jordan, and Syria all banded together to eradicate Israel from the map. They clearly stated that this was their intention in previous years.
They were defeated. The Sinai, Golan, West Bank and Gaza were occupied.
What part of this don't you get?
Are you trying to tell us that were in in their place, you'd have done anything different?
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