In the previous Israel was forced to deal with several threats from Arab leaders. Already in 1965 Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel [[Nasser]] announced: “We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood”. On May 22, 1967 Syrian leader Nureddin al-Attasi told his troops “We want a full scale, popular war of liberation to destroy the Zionist enemy”. In the same month Nasser forced the UN Emergency Force to leave the Sinai Peninsula, where they were stationed since 1957.<ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263102/six-day-war-remembered-joseph-puder The Six Day War Remembered]. A reflection on the "what-might-have-beens." FPM, Jun 7, 2016. Joseph Puder.</ref><ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jh9CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3 Arab Design for Israel's Annihilation, 1958-1967.]" Embassy of Israel, 1967.</ref> | In the previous Israel was forced to deal with several threats from Arab leaders. Already in 1965 Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel [[Nasser]] announced: “We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood”. On May 22, 1967 Syrian leader Nureddin al-Attasi told his troops “We want a full scale, popular war of liberation to destroy the Zionist enemy”. In the same month Nasser forced the UN Emergency Force to leave the Sinai Peninsula, where they were stationed since 1957.<ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263102/six-day-war-remembered-joseph-puder The Six Day War Remembered]. A reflection on the "what-might-have-beens." FPM, Jun 7, 2016. Joseph Puder.</ref><ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jh9CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3 Arab Design for Israel's Annihilation, 1958-1967.]" Embassy of Israel, 1967.</ref> |