Word: jordan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Britain and West Germany for allegedly supporting Israel during the war, 2) organize a total trade boycott of the three countries, and 3) continue their current oil embargo. Egypt, Iraq and Republican Yemen were in general support. On the right, oil-rich Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Libya-joined by Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco-insisted on maintaining all ties with the West and scrapping the oil embargo, which was costing each of them $500,000 a day in lost revenues. "It is time for the Arabs to stop blaming the United States for their failures and blame themselves, for the blame...
...Tiran but also through the locks of Suez. The Israelis undoubtedly will seek either official recognition from the Arab states or de facto recognition in the form of peace treaties before there are any major retreats from Sinai, Gaza, the Syrian Heights, and the West Bank of the Jordan. Because of her military victories the real initiative remains with Israel: she will decide whether to play humble or hard...
...attack. Vastly outnumbered and not nearly as well equipped as their Arab neighbors, the Israelis (without help from either Britain or France as they had received in the 1956 campaign) chased the bulk of Nasser's forces out of Sinai, recaptured Old Jerusalem and the lands West of the Jordan River, and drove to the suburbs of Damascus...
...block to block battle for the Old City of Jerusalem. On June 7, after having encircled the city, Israeli forces broke through the walls and started the painful "mopping up " operation which still continues today; on the same day Israelis gained control of the entire West Bank of the Jordan before King Hussein called for a cease-fire...
...interesting to note that Jordan and South Vietnam are the only two countries to which the U.S. gives direct budget aid; while pushing through Jordan, Israelis found stock piles of recoiling rifle ammunition given to the Jordanians under the Point-Four program and still bearing the "hands-clasped seal" of the U.S. It must also e remembered, however, that in Sinai the Israelis ran up against Russian tanks which are so modern that they haven't even been introduced into the Russian Army, as well as at least nine Russian Surface to Air missiles...