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Any sources for that claim? That's a super complicated issue and saying "because Israel strong!" seems a bit simplistic to me.
by joelbluminator 5y ago
Any sources for that claim? That's a super complicated issue and saying "because Israel strong!" seems a bit simplistic to me.
- pasabagi 5y agoWell, the CIA released a report that said very clearly Israel would win the 6 day war[1] without any real trouble, and this is largely considered the point at which the US started backing Israel seriously. Obviously, it's very complicated, but I think the basic picture of the middle east at the time is a bunch of states that were dysfunctional by design, with borders drawn up by powers like the UK who had the colonial modus operandi of creating states that were fraught with ethnic and sectarian tension, so these states would rely upon them for support. When the mandatory period ended, the Israelis had two massive advantages: they had a classic, european style 'nation', not some post-colonial territory that had literally never worked as a nation ever; and they had an army that had been fighting a civil war against the palestinians for its whole existence, with british support and training. So it's not really surprising they win the first Arab-Israeli war. Then after that, they basically can build on this to secure more support and more weapons, and build stronger military institutions, etc. [1]: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/05/30/the-cias-overlooked-intelligence-victory-in-the-1967-war/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/05/30/the-cias-ov...
- joelbluminator 5y agoI am not saying it had nothing to do with it but there were multiple factors for sure.