1. 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

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

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

4. Personnel Losses, 1967

5. Equipment Losses, 1967

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

7. 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

8. Arab Losses, 1973

9. 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

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