The Arab-Israeli Wars Roots of the Problem The Cold War Context The Six Day War (1967) The Yom Kippur War (1973) Reasons for Israeli Success Abiding Problems

Roots of the Problem Russian Pogroms 1897 Zionist Conference 1917 Balfour Declaration The Holocaust 1948 Creation of Israel Chaim Weizmann

The Six Day War of 1967 Tensions From 1956 Creation of PLO, 1964 Historical Analogies? Reasons for Israeli Success Results Gamal Abdul Nasser

Personnel Losses, 1967

Equipment Losses, 1967

Golan Heights From Syria West Bank and Gaza Strip (Occupied Territories) Sinai from Egypt (returned to Egypt in 1978)

The Yom Kippur War of 1973 Reasons for the War The Element of Surprise Israeli Recovery Results The Camp David Accords of 1978 Israeli Checkpoint, 1973

Arab Losses, 1973

Reasons for Israeli Success: “We are good at what we do because the alternative is too horrifying to contemplate.” Motivation Planning Intelligence Diplomacy US Support Moshe Dayan

Continuing Problems Division in Arab World PLO and Israeli Occupation Post-Superpower Era Intifada Religious Fundamentalism Yasir Arafat