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Israel humiliates syria and nasser from public dog show fighting
Israel humiliates syria and nasser from public dog show fighting -
Period: to
the lemon tree
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Thousands of egyptian troops into sinai toward Israeli border
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Egyptian President ordered UN peacekeeping troops out of sinai
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Israel begins to send thousands of troops to its own border
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Nasser closes Straits of Tiran
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Israel requests 22,000 gasmasks from the U.S,
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Israelsends Foreign Minister Abba Eban on diplomatic misssion to Paris, London and Washington
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CIA assesment
-threats made were to protect syria
-army was strong
-angry with U.S over vietnam -
Meetiong concluded that Egyptian army would not start attack
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Fequest for U.S. public statement of assurance and support for Israel
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U.S president Johnson warns Prime minister Levi Eshkol not to go to war
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Suspected surprize ttack against Egypt
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Hussein signs defense pact with Nasser
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Nasser tells former American treasury secretary that he would not begin any fight
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no intention on attacking israel
-Would not back down about the Straits if Tiran
-Pledged not to fire first shot -
Sent telegram to president Johnson
assuring the fight was about defending the rights of the people of palestine -
War was certian
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The war began
french built Israeli bombersroared out of their bases and crossed into Egyptian airspace.