Introduction         In the spring of 1967 Arab forces were gathering on the borders of Israel , with the main objective of destroying the Israeli nation, and re-establishing the Palestinian state. This intense crisis had a long standing violent history. There were very few positive views of the relationship between the Arabs and the Israelis. Israel was proclaimed a state on May 14, 1948, according to the UN partition plan of 1947. Within 24 hours of declaring statehood, the armies of Egypt, …showed first 75 words of 1704 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1704 total…be vigilant, to guard against Arab aggression. The people understood the danger and believed that vigilance and service are essential for Israel's existence. The Israeli strategic objective was to deliver the first blow and take the battle deep into the enemy territory. They would let the Arabs nations know what the price of war would be, and that Israel would not surrender or give the lands captured in the war back to the Arabs. NOTES