Word: jordan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That estimate was reasonably accurate, even though some Arab leaders seemed somewhat inclined to begin facing the consequences of defeat. Led by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the rich oil-producing states agreed to put up $392 million to rebuild Egypt and Jordan-on condition that they be allowed to resume oil shipments to the West. But instead of pursuing destructive schemes for all-out rearmament against Israel, the summit dwelt on more sober thoughts. Nasser himself set the tone...
...deadline ran out last week for Arab refugees, and Israel officially closed the two small bridges over which they had been crossing the Jordan. But the move was only symbolic. The Israelis put up no barriers, nor did they take down the receiving tents in which returning refugees have been greeted with orangeade and light lunches before getting free transportation to their homes. Despite the official cutoff, the bridges were still open; the refugees were still coming back...
...willing to continue the return flow of legitimate farmers, shopkeepers and tradesmen who can contribute to the economy of their homeland. The applications of at least 21,000 such refugees have already been approved, but more than 7,000 of them were still on the other side of the Jordan when the time for return officially...
That first bold assault began at 11:30 on the morning of June 9. Short hours after tanks and troopers raced north from their victory on the west bank of the Jordan, an Israeli armored brigade was ready to lash out from a point just north of the kibbutz of Kfar Szold (see map) and grind up into the forbidding Syrian hills. So tortuous was the terrain that the lead battalion of 35 Sherman tanks was forced to snake up the cliffside in single file. Despite heavy Israeli air and artillery strikes on the Syrian gun emplacements, Arab...
...early evening the Golani troopers, aided by tanks, had taken their final goal, Baniyas. Located at the headwaters of the Jordan River, Baniyas is dominated by a Crusader's castle that the great Moslem commander Saladin failed to capture during another battle on the Heights...