... if the Israelis gave up the land in the West Bank and Gaza Strip they would have no buffer zones for security. The Golan Heights captured in the war of 1967 is a key military site. Syria gains control of the Golan Heights it controls the Sea Galilee and can fire mortar shells on to Jewish villages at the bottom of the Golan ... Heights. When Vassar Arafat was offered land for peace he turned it away. Ehud Barak gave the Palestinians more concessions then any other previous Israeli leader. The Arab world also wants ... ...

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... surrounding Arab nations, causing the Six-Day War, breaking the blockade at the Gulf of Aqaba (Egypt), captured the West Bank and the Old City (Jordan), and took the Golan Heights (Syria). The strike was initially for defensive purposes, but Israel decided to keep the spoils of war as bargaining chips, fueling Arab fears of Israeli expansion. The UN Security Council ... into the region. In 1973, Egypt and Syria planned a surprise attack on Israel, known as the Yom Kippur War. Egypt went into the Sinai and Syrians went down the Golan Heights. The first week of fighting, Israel concentrat...

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... time, the Arabs wanted no part in Jewish immigration to a nation they viewed as their homeland. And during the next couple decades, the violence, hatred, and bloodshed escalated to unimaginable heights (Mideast 5-6). Following WWII, Great Britain decided to withdraw its troops from Palestine and disregard the responsibility given by the League of Nations for its inability to contain the endless violence ... or Palestinian Liberation Organization was established, seeking revenge and a chance to take back Palestine. During the Six Day War, Israel conquered the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip,...

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... Sea. The next move of the Zionist was to attack Egypt and Syria and in six days, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, the Golan Heights of Syria, and the West Bank and Arab sector of Jerusalem, thereby giving the conflict the name of the Six-Day War. On October 6, 1973 during the Jewish holy day ... of Yom Kippur, Egypt and Syria attacked Israeli positions in the Golan Heights. Other Arab states sent extra soldiers to aid in the attack on Israel. Egypt succeeded in sending troops in force across the Suez Canal to the east bank before being ... ...

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... to the Suez Canal routing the Egyptian army away and killing about 3,000 soldiers in just six days. After Syria and Jordan entered the war, Israel also recaptured the Golan Heights in the north of Israel, and the West Bank of the Jordan River. During this skirmish, about 600 Syrians and 700 Jordanians were also killed. Almost miraculously, throughout the entire ... on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of he Jewish calendar, and caught the Israelis completely off guard and unprepared for war. A few days later, Syrian tanks moved into the Golan Heights, the disputed area between the two. Other ...

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... Egypt had been taking down most of the areas around Israel already. The Yom Kippur war in 1973, Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a surprise attack on Israeli forces in Golan Heights and Sinai Peninsula. U.S. provided support to prevent a possible Arab victory. In 1987 riots broke out between residents and Israeli troops. This was the first "intifada" which was a palestinian ... ...

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... "if, Lebanon agreed with Syria to have 30,000 troops remaining there in order to preserve the security of the state. Israel had still occupied southern Lebanon and the Golan Heights, therefore a united military approach was necessary in order to preserve internal and external security. Overall, the Lebanese government system was set out to reform after the war and damage that ... ...

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... , the Six-Day War between Israel and the Egyptian and Syrian armies occurred. In six days, Israel defeated Egyptian, Syrian, and Jordanian forces, gaining Sinai, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, and the West Bank. After the Six-Day War, the Arab states refused to recognize Israel's existence, negotiate with Israel, or make peace with Israel. (Tessler, 335) In 1969, the ... ...

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... Organization (PLO) is established. June 5, 1967: The Six Day War begins, in which Israel destroys the Egyptian Air Force and occupies Sinai, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Golan Heights. 1968: After the Six Day War, the PLO is reorganized under the leadership of Yasser Arafat, and the Palestinian National Charter (PNC) is drafted, calling for the liquidation of Israel ... ...

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... the balance of power in the Middle East and created a new reality both politically and religiously. Israel acquired extensive territories, many considered holy such as the Sinai Desert, the Golan Heights and the West Bank. These new territories expanded Israel to several times that of its borders set back in 1948. Religion has acted as a divisive factor in the Israel/Palestine ... ...

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... to come as Israel rose to take on the personification of the indestructible West, albeit a Middle Eastern country. After the swift defeat of Egypt, the devastating damage done in Golan Heights, and the fury with which the PLO was dealt with, the Middle East saw the legitimacy that Israel was ready to establish not only as a state, but as a military super ... ...

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... are still preventing peace today. Israel took a lot of Arab territory in the war. During the six days of fighting Israel captured Sinai, the West Bank, the Gaza strip, Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. The territories gained were Arab and had been given to the Arabs by the UN as part of the divide in 1948. The newly acquired territories are ... ...

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... to an escalation of tension between the it and the USSR, the Soviets threatened intervention to unilaterally enforce the cease-fire after Israeli's continued fighting against Syrians in the Golan Heights (Tillman 251). Through aiding Arabs and Israelis alike, diplomacy, and threats of interventions, the United States successfully contained and thwarted Soviet influence in the region, at the cost however, relations ... ...

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