HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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OPEC led a boycott of oil to any nation that supported Palestine
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The Likud Bloc pushed for a separate country called Palestine
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The intifada was ended as Palestinians got their own nation.
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The 1973 Yom Kippur War occurred, where Egypt and Syria fought back to regain lost territory.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Israel’s stunning victory in the Six-Day War of 1967 left the Jewish nation in control of territory four times its previous size. Egypt lost the 23, 500-square-mile Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip, Jordan lost the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Syria lost the strategic Golan Heights.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 1973 war thus ended in an Israeli victory, but at great cost to the United States. Though the war did not scuttle détente, it nevertheless brought the United States closer to a nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union than at any point since the Cuban missile crisis.
Detailed explanation-3: -As a result of this conflict, Israel gained control over the Sinai peninsula, the Golan Heights, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem.
Detailed explanation-4: -At the time of the cessation of hostilities, Israel had seized Syria’s Golan Heights, the Jordanian-annexed West Bank (including East Jerusalem), and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as well as the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip.
Detailed explanation-5: -ISRAEL CELEBRATES VICTORY On June 10, 1967, a United Nations-brokered ceasefire took effect and the Six-Day War came to an abrupt end. It was later estimated that some 20, 000 Arabs and 800 Israelis had died in just 132 hours of fighting. The leaders of the Arab states were left shocked by the severity of their defeat.