1. Origins of the Six Day War
As Michael B. ... Arab-Israeli acrimony over the exploitation of the headwaters of the Jordan River, had been ongoing since 1950.The Jordan River ran through Lake Tiberias which was in the DMZ between Syria and Israel. ... Even though Egypt and Jordan in 1965 condemned Fatah attacks from their territories ˜it was not always possible to prevent small units from crossing the border into Israel', which consequently led Israel to believe that Egypt and Jordan's anti-guerrilla stance was a mere subterfuge. ... As a result of the attack, ˜fifteen Jordanian troops and three ci...
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