The Six Day War was one of the most crucial moments in the history of the Arab Israeli Conflict. Nasser rallied arab nations and positioned them to remove the UNEF peacekeeping forces from the Sinai Peninsula. Nasser's idea of pan arabism was at the center of the mobilization of these arab forces in the region. You really can't blame Nasser for mobilizing these troops to reclaim land that he believed belonged to the Arabs. There had been so many contradictory attempts to divide land and keep peace that it was inevitable that this would occur. The mobilization of the troops got Israel's attention and in 6 days they inflicted a humiliating attack on the Arab forces. They were able to acquire more and more land including the West Bank and Golan Heights. I think it could be argued that if the Arabs were not ambushed by the Israeli's there might be a totally different picture in Israel. Israel might not be an official Jewish state today if the Arab forces led by Nasser were successful in this war.
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