HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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“Jordan entered the fray . . .”
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“. . . Israel had more than doubled the territory under its control.”
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“Egypt expelled United Nations peacekeepers . . .”
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“Tensions escalated in May 1967 . . .”
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Detailed explanation-1: -After denouncing it in 1967, Syria “conditionally” accepted the resolution in March 1972. Syria formally accepted UN Security Council Resolution 338, the cease-fire at the end of the Yom Kippur War (in 1973), which embraced Resolution 242.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Six-Day War had momentous geopolitical consequences in the Middle East. Victory in the war led to a surge of national pride in Israel, which had tripled in size, but it also fanned the flames of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Detailed explanation-3: -The origins of the Six-Day War, which was fought between June 5 and June 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known then as the United Arab Republic, UAR), Jordan, and Syria, include both longstanding and immediate issues.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Six Day War had its origins in disputes between Israel and Egypt over the rights of Israeli shipping to pass through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. The State of Israel had been founded in May 1948.