> Israel is a small country without allies (it didn't then) This just isn't true, America was offering to ensure their safety and Israel believed that if they

> Israel is a small country without allies (it didn't then) This just isn't true, America was offering to ensure their safety and Israel believed that if they were attacked, America and other first world countries would come to their defense. They acquired nuclear weapons anyway. This is all spelled out in the correspondence you can read here: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/john-f-kennedy-administration https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/john-f-kennedy-administ... What's more, those documents reveal the Israeli government was exaggerating the military competence and ability of the UAR in PR campaigns directed at the Israeli and American publics.