We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
King Abdullah II
Question
Would the Israelis still have attacked if Egypt hadn't have expelled the peacekeeping forces and closed the straits?
The 6 Days War, 1967
•1967 Nasser expels the U.N. Peacekeeping force from the Canal zone
•Egyptians close the straits to the Israelis and mass troops on the border
•Israelis with the help of intelligence know of the attack and follow through with first-strike policy
•Destroy the Egyptian airforce, take Sinai pennisula, Golan Heights, and West Bank (Whole war lasts 6 days)
•USA needs to step in to halt attacks in fear of angering the other Arab nations
•Egyptians close the straits to the Israelis and mass troops on the border
•Israelis with the help of intelligence know of the attack and follow through with first-strike policy
•Destroy the Egyptian airforce, take Sinai pennisula, Golan Heights, and West Bank (Whole war lasts 6 days)
•USA needs to step in to halt attacks in fear of angering the other Arab nations
Summary
Egypt expelled UN peacekeeping from the Canal zone in 1967. Israelis attacked and took over lands. USA stepped in to stop this.