POL 388 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Yom Kippur War, East Jerusalem, Sanai
16 Oct 2018
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Hannah arendt: eichmann in jerusalem- controversial distinction between forms of evil. British crown colony while the northern part was traditional. There was a coup in the northern region and the new government allied itself with. Nasser: at one point egypt had thousands of soldiers and arms to yemen to potentially fight saudi arabia. Egypt is vulnerable because the military is not very good at making tactical adjustments quickly. Best way to deal with egypt would be through preemption: retoric is heating up in the late 1960"s. Escalation: ben-gurion"s exile, nasser being egged on by other arab states, a pact between egypt, syria, and jordan, nasser removed un peacekeepers from sinai due to pressure from other. Arab states: hamtana- the waiting period from may 23 to june 4 1967- the mood of the people of israel came as near despair as it had ever come.
