Israel had a series of stunning military victory's against Arab nations. This has helped establish Israel as a powerful nation. In israels infancy directly after the UN granted palestine to the Jews, they got attacked by five Arab countries Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. However the conflict ended with Israel gaining considerable territory. Proving israel as a country. Israel also set up a first strike policy and would kill two Arabs for every one Israeli killed in a terrorist attack. Next durring the 1956 Suez Crisis Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal. A French, British, and Israeli coalition attacked Egypt and occupied the canal zone but soon withdrew under international pressure. In the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel attacked Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The war ended with the Israel occupying substantial amounts of Arab territory. this despute ended with international diplomacy which also helped estabish israel as a nation. Egypt and syria attacked Israel in 1973, despite this early Arab sucees the conflict ended inconclusively moreover proving Israeli military prowess from this the Arab nation learned Israel couldn't be beat militarily. Thus Israel come out of all major conflicts a stronger country.
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