africanspur
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I was watching an arabic documentary about the week before the 1967 war. Abdul-Nasser knew a week before the attacks that Isreal will attack on june 5th, he was told by the Yuguslavs, the Russians, the French and the British also told him. He said in a meeting with his war cabinet when they asked him why we (the Egyptians strike first), He answered, because that will be a political failure if we start the war, it will also give the Americans the excuse to to participate.
Contrary to the general beliefs, Israel was the first to strike and start the war. Sure their were tensions before that, but Nasser was never going to start.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...ce-in-73/0000017f-f77e-d460-afff-ff7e84d90000
This is the Haaretz piece about the 1967 war, Israel lied about the war
So next time anyone tells you "well, the arabs started the war, and lost", tell him to go read.
It's an interesting one. I saw a video of Maher blaming even the 56 war on the Arabs (particularly the Egyptians), which is not a viewpoint I'd heard even from the most ardent supporters before.
I guess you can just make shit up now. Probably responsible for the world wars too.