"For Egypt, 1967 war marked end of pan-Arab dream" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Jun 2017 9:53 p.m. PST |
"Its vaunted air force destroyed, its army humbled -- the Six-Day War of 1967 dealt Egypt a shock it has yet to overcome and spelled the end of its pan-Arab hopes for regional dominance.
The war, which came to be known in Egypt as the Naksa, or setback in Arabic, ended with Israel occupying the Sinai Peninsula up to the Suez Canal, and Egyptian populist leader Gamal Abdel Nasser's reputation devastated.
Egypt, after fighting the 1973 war and then launching peace talks with Israel, eventually recovered Sinai to become the first Arab country with a peace treaty with its former nemesis…"
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 Legion 4  | 03 Jun 2017 6:18 a.m. PST |
Today, Jordan and Egypt, at least the leadership are basically willing to consider Israel "not the enemy". That being said, Lebanon is still considered in a "state of war" with Israel, IIRC. And Syria is … well … that is an entire other case I'd think … But certainly no "friend to Israel". Or the US it seems … |
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