The six-day, Arab-Israeli War of 1967, was an important event in modern Middle East history. This paper will analyze the causes of this "definitive event" which include: military and diplomatic encounters, terrorist attacks against Israel, blockades of Israel’s ports by Arabs, and most importantly the impact of Russian/Communist and Western policies and participation in the region. The Israeli’s had had a strong victory against the Arab states in 1956, and this had strengthened their …showed first 75 words of 2604 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2604 total…point where no other course, except war, was possible. Since that time, attempts have been made to prevent the crisis from escalating to that point again. Bibliography 1. Churchill, Randolph S., Winston S Churchill, The Six Day War Houghton Miffin Company, Boston, 1967. 2. Sachar, Howard M., A History Of Israel. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976. 3. Eckardt, Alice anr Roy, Encounters With Israel. Associated Press, New York, 1970. 4. Draper, Theodore, Israel and World Plitics. The Viking Press, New York, 1968.