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Also the diverting of water from the Jordan River, which eventually led to the six-day war. The Negev that I’ve seen is rich pasture land.

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The Egyptian remilitarization of the Sinai and joint Saudi-Egyptian blocking of the Aqaba sealane (Israel had already illegally been blocked from use of the Suez Canal) also were factors in 1967.

• Homeland for Heroes
• The Amputation of the Negev
• A Mountain Was in Travail
• Barter of Votes
• Rift in the Arab Front
• Truce of Attrition
• The Seven-Day War
• If You Prefer Arms Be Ready for Defeat

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Whoops.

• Homeland for Heroes
• The Amputation of the Negev
• A Mountain Was in Travail
• Barter of Votes
• Rift in the Arab Front
• Truce of Attrition
• The Seven-Day War
• If You Prefer Arms Be Ready for Defeat