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Thanks for the comment, but I doubt you read the whole article. Saying that Israel started the war is akin to saying Britain and France started WW2 by declarin

Thanks for the comment, but I doubt you read the whole article. Saying that Israel started the war is akin to saying Britain and France started WW2 by declaring war on Germany. They did decrlare war and initiated the first hostile act, but virtually no one considers the UK and france as responsible for the start of WW2, there were many events that led to the declaration of war that show beyond doubt that the Nazis were delibaretely acting aggressively and left no choice for UK and France, but to continue diplomacy by "other means". Same goes in the case of the 67' war - if a country would have started a naval blockade on the US would it be considered an act of war? sure it would. Prior to the 1967 war, Eygpt closed the Straits of Tiran, effectively blocking Israel from half of the world. Just to put things in perspective - 90% of Israeli oil passed through the Straits of Tiran. So this was a really big deal as all the Israeli economy was dependent on the straits being open for commerce.

mariusor 5y ago
We probably have different views on this, but I consider who murders the first people as the instigator. That combined with lying about being attacked and the documented execution of Egyptian prisoners doesn't make me want to give credence to your point of view. Also when France and the UK declared war on Germany, it had already occupied Poland using armed forces, so I feel like your comparison is a little tenuous. My understanding of the six day war is not good, I'll admit that, it's based on some very vague memories of my history class in school and on some late night Wikipedia reading, but I am very confident that Israel doesn't have the moral high ground to the level of certainty that your original post implies. (Also I would have liked that before accusing me of not reading my source, maybe you'd considered that even though we've read the same words we might get to different conclusions, and that's fine)

mariusor 5y ago

We probably have different views on this, but I consider who murders the first people as the instigator. That combined with lying about being attacked and the documented execution of Egyptian prisoners doesn't make me want to give credence to your point of view. Also when France and the UK declared war on Germany, it had already occupied Poland using armed forces, so I feel like your comparison is a little tenuous. My understanding of the six day war is not good, I'll admit that, it's based on some very vague memories of my history class in school and on some late night Wikipedia reading, but I am very confident that Israel doesn't have the moral high ground to the level of certainty that your original post implies. (Also I would have liked that before accusing me of not reading my source, maybe you'd considered that even though we've read the same words we might get to different conclusions, and that's fine)