Causes of Six Day War (5th – 10th June) Arab refusal to recognise Israel since 48 and rise of Arab Nationalism is important in understanding long term reason for war. Arabs suffer humiliation in ‘48 – ‘49 conflict and this leads to Nasser and Arab Nationalism in ‘52, further military humiliation in Suez Crisis but political victory for Nasser. Although long term it explains Nov ‘66 Syrian Egyptian Mutual Defence treaty which is a more short term leading to Egyptian deployment of troops on May 15 after false Russian report. Israeli confidence – arrogance makes them provocative and overreact important in understanding Israel’s role in causing the conflict; Israel had emerged from 1948 war as a fighting Jew and it was determined that its Arab neighbours should get used to the idea that even if they haven’t recognised it’s right to exist it was not worth fighting Israel, Dayan said in 1976 interview that Israel provoked 80% of conflicts like the 7th April ‘67 tractor incident which resulted shooting down 6 Migs and victory pass over Damascus. Importance evident from fly over Damascus and Dayan’s statement but Dayan had radical political views and often inconsistent.
U.S. President Harry Truman’s decision to help Israel become a sovereign country has many pros and cons. Nazis had oppressed Jews for several years, and when they were finally liberated, the U.N. felt they deserved to have a country of their own. The president’s studies of the Bible influenced him to believe that the Jews should immigrate to Palestine and divide it so that the surviving Jews can have their own sovereign country, Israel. However, this choice has advantages and disadvantages, as one might expect. One disadvantage to Truman’s decision to support Israel in becoming a sovereign country is that U.S. relations with the Arabs can be affected.
The self-interest of individual Arab states was a major role in the causing of Arab disunity. During the 1948 arab-Israeli war Egypt and Jordan used the war to gain the west bank and the Gaza strip. The Arab forces were unorganized and failed to acheive their goal of the destruction of Israel but Egypt and Jordan were successful in gaining the west bank and Gaza strip. This shows us that Egypt and Jordan wasn’t worried about defeating Israel as long as they gained land, which shows us that Egypt and Jordan were not unified with the other Arab forces. In the 1956 Suez crisis Nasser, thw leader of Egypt was only after more power and he didn't think of how his actions would affect the rest of the stab states, which shows us that the self-interest of an Arab state caused disunity amongst the Arabs.
Jorge Luna February 23, 2013 Period: 1 U.S Foreign Policy Change between 1920-1941 From 1920-1941 the United States foreign policy changed from being a strict isolation and neutrality policy to a more liberal policy because of the circumstances and tensions of the future world war two. This new change in the policy allowed America to help its allies and keep America safe from the totalitarian dictators of its time. In 1918 after the First World War ended, the United States created a foreign policy in which they stated that they weren’t going to help in any way any nation at war. Many of the reasons were because of the economic depression that was going on also, because the people of America didn’t want to go to war again. For a few years America tried to isolate itself from the rest of the world trying to ignore the fight leading up to World War Two.
Sadat would later end up earning the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for entering into peace agreements with Israel. This was significant because of the hostility both countries held for one another. Unfortunately, three years later, on October 6th, 1981, Sadat would be assassinated in the city of Cairo by Muslim extremists. Sadat was born into a family of 13 children on December of 1918. At that time, Egypt was under British control.
This could be noted with the US not joining the League of Nations. So on September 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria and renamed it Manchuko, establishing a puppet government. Even though the League of Nations is set up to take action against barefaced assault they did nothing except give Japan a slap on the wrist with passing a resolution condemning Japan for its actions. With this failure to do anything it showed this the League of Nations problem with trying to keep peace, it’s nearly impossible without the world’s super power. This showed the world that the actions of this group should not be taken seriously.
It was this point that caused much of the contention and caused his wife to continue her crusade to have her husband freed from life imprisonment on Devil’s Island. One of the main issues of contention is that the press was freed from censorship, which caused the press to exaggerate the initial story. It should also be noted that many of the news publication had anti Semitic feelings and were using the fact that Dreyfus was Jewish to bolster the anti Semitic agenda. Edouard Drumont used his publication La Libre Parole to pressure the army and hasten the trial of Dreyfus . It is clear that the press was using the Dreyfus trial to their advantage by circulating false information to get support and profit from the rapid selling of newspapers.
It is important to acknowledge that the intentions of this essay is to in no way promote the rights of either the Israelis or the Palestinians, it is an attempt to judge the unclear history of the Palestinian exodus. The position of these Arab refugees, and their right to return to their homes is the main point in the continuous Arab-Israeli conflict. The flee, the exodus, was definitely the result of the presence of the Israelis, of the rising panic amongst the Palestinians due to fears caused by the fall of Arab leadership, Israeli military action, and the Deir Yassin massacre in April 1948, when the Zionist military groups (for example Irgun) attacked the Deir Yassin Arab village. These Arabs that left to protect themselves did not get to return, because not long after their flee, there was a number of laws passed on to seizing their property, which meant the Palestinian-Arabs had nothing to return to, and remain refugees until today. As already mentioned, the issue has no final answer, because of the different versions, as many historians argue.
This was the worst of the League’s actions in the 1920s. Since this was one of the first of its challenges, maybe after this, matters were taken more seriously, which could be why they failed as badly as they did for the Vilna case. The only other notable event where the League’s members undermined the League of Nations was the Geneva Protocol in 1924. It was created by Britain and France to ensure that if two members were in dispute the Council would sort out the disagreement and the members had to accept the decision. This was meant to strengthen the League but in Britain, re-elections took place and the new government refused to sign the Protocol.
However, British policy played a part too. British reforms that failed to honour their promises resulted in Indian opinion changing, from what was once a trusting relationship, to one without trust or faith. World War one and two can also explain the changing relationship, especially World War two, where Britain’s own position in the world was changing and they were unable to afford India anymore. At midnight between the 14th and 15th of August 1947 India gained independence from Britain and the nations of India and Pakistan came into existence. This was the largest peacetime transfer of power in