To: ggersh who wrote (115035 ) 12/26/2015 12:06:30 PM From: Pogeu Mahone Read Replies (1) | Respond to Kill or be killed. A few million Jews against 1.7 billion muslims and the muslims cannot leave Israel alone? Israel reacted to hundreds of thousands muslim troops massed on their borders in 67 and that surprised them. :O) Your not in Kansas anymore. Prelude to 67 war: Nasser wants to starve Israel in May 67: "On 23 May 1967, Nasser blockaded the Straits of Tiran from Israeli vessel passage, despite knowing it might very likely provide Israel with the trigger it needed to launch a war. [2] [3] Nasser's decisions to ask for the removal of UNEF from Sinai and to block the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, are commonly accepted as the point where war became inevitable. [3] [4] Many commentators consider the war as the classic case of anticipatory attack in self-defense In May 1967, Nasser received false reports from the Soviet Union that Israel was massing on the Syrian border. Nasser began massing his troops in two defensive lines [32] in the Sinai Peninsula on Israel's border (May 16), expelled the UNEF force from Gaza and Sinai (May 19) and took up UNEF positions at Sharm el-Sheikh , overlooking the Straits of Tiran. [33] [34] Israel reiterated declarations made in 1957 that any closure of the Straits would be considered an act of war, or justification for war , [35] [36] and Nasser declared the Straits closed to Israeli shipping on May 22–23 . [37] [38] [39] On May 30, Jordan and Egypt signed a defense pact. The following day, at Jordan's invitation, the Iraqi army began deploying troops and armored units in Jordan. [40] They were later reinforced by an Egyptian contingent. On June 1, Israel formed a National Unity Government by widening its cabinet, and on June 4 the decision was made to go to war. The next morning, Israel launched Operation Focus , a large-scale surprise air strike that was the opening of the Six-Day War.
