Point 1 of 12 — Lesson 6: The Crossing Epic of the October 1973 War and the Recovery of National SovereigntyQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
01First: conditions after June 1967
After the June 1967 war Israel occupied Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanianterritory.
The Arab states realised that the Israeli threat menaced them all, and held the Khartoum Summit (August 1967).
The summit resolved that the Arabs must unite to repel aggressionand that thewealthy Arab states must finance the confrontation states — Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
UN Security Council Resolution 242
Issued inNovember 1967: it requires Israel'swithdrawal from Arab territory occupied in the 1967 war.
It also requiresending the state of war, respectingthe sovereignty of every state in the regionand itsright to live in peace.
The UN appointed aspecial envoy to contact the parties and reach a peaceful settlement.
Egypt accepted the resolution, but Israel worked tothwart the international effortand pressed on withsettlements in the occupied territory.
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