DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
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by Jews to destroy the nation of Palestine and return it to Great Britain.
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by Arabs and Jews to rebuild the Ottoman Empire.
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by Arabs to destroy the new nation of Israel.
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by the US to take Israeli oil.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Six-Day War began with a preemptive Israeli air assault in Egypt and Syria. An Israeli ground offensive was also launched in the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank. These territories were all captured by Israel, though the Sinai Peninsula was later returned to Egypt.
Detailed explanation-2: -Six memorable days, known to Israelis as the Six-Day War and to Arabs and others as the 1967 War, redrew the region’s landscape in fundamental ways. In those six days, Israel defeated three Arab armies, gained territory four times its original size, and became the preeminent military power in the region.
Detailed explanation-3: -Six-Day War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1967, War between Israel and the Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first war (1948–49) began when Israel declared itself an independent state following the United Nations’ partition of Palestine. Protesting this move, five Arab countries-Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria-attacked Israel. The conflict ended with Israel gaining considerable territory.