292009 The 1967 War

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2/9/2009The 1967 War

• Israel 1948-1967
• The Dread of War
• The Euphoria of Victory
• The Ambivalence of Outcomes

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Al-Naqba
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Refugee Camp
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David Ben-Gurion
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The Dread of War

• The Lead-up to the War
• Economic recession
• Tensions on the Syrian border
• The growth of Arab nationalism
• Formation of the PLO
• Cold War the Middle East
• Nassers gamble

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Gamal Abdul Nasser, 1918-1970
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The Dread of War

• The Lead-up to the War
• Economic recession
• Tensions on the Syrian border
• The growth of Arab nationalism
• Formation of the PLO
• Cold War the Middle East
• Nassers gamble
• Israels trepidation

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The Euphoria of VictoryUnprecedented Military
Victory

• The air war
• Conquest of Sinai
• Battle for the Golan
• Jerusalem and the West Bank

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Eli Cohen (1924-1965)
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Paratroopers at the Western Wall, Jerusalem
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Heroes of WarYitzhak Rabin

• Announcing the end of the war in Jerusalem

• Euphoria

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The Span of Yitzhak Rabins Career
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Heroes of WarMoshe Dayan
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Ezer Weizman
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Euphoria

• Living highthe beginnings of a high consumption
  society
• Cheap labor and economic mobility
• The miraculous victory
• Deterrence regional military hegemony

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Ambivalent OutcomesRegional and International
Repercussions of the 1967 War

• The end of Arab Nationalism
• The PLO
• A refocusing of the conflict on the occupied
  territories
• Waiting for the phone call
• Khartoum and the three nos
• UN resolution 242
• US adopts Israel as a strategic partner

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Ambivalent OutcomesDomestic Repercussions of
the 1967 War

• reliance on Palestinian labor
• a weakening state not able to say noinflation
• questioning some of the old myths ethnic
  tensions
• questioning some of the old myths redemption and
  religion
• questioning some of the old myths the basis of
  identity
• questioning some of the old myths what will the
  boundaries of Israel be?
• the creation of social movementsGush Emunim,
  Peace Now, and others
• military as governors