The six-day war and the emergence of terrorism in the Middle East

The six-day war and the emergence of terrorism in the Middle East

In 1967, the six-day conflict between the Israelis and the Arabs neighbours occurred after the dispute and concerns escalate existing tension between the two. After r a series of smaller military strikes between the countries in the region the soviet intelligence observed an increased tension. They reported a piece of false information that the Israel military had planned a military campaign against Syria. While Egypt started to prepare for war, the Israelis launched an attack against them and Syria, and this marks the beginning of the six-day war between Israel and an alliance of Egypt, Syria and Jordan (Cooley, 2002).

To date, the motive of the war is still debated by historians, yet its impact significantly shaped the politics of the entire region. In one day, the Israelites had humiliated the Arab countries and destroyed the whole Egyptian military air force. In five days, they were occupying the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza strip, the Golan Heights and the East Jerusalem. Again, like all other military actions, a massive refugee movement arose in the region, this created a con.. political problem after the war. This lead to the disintegration of the Arab political unity in Middle East countries. Each opted to pursue individualistic strategies to counter the Israel military (Machairas, 2017).

In the aftermath of the war, the regional political power had shifted to oil-producing countries, Saudi Arabia, in particular, benefited from the rise in petroleum prices. When the Palestinian groups realized that Arab unity would not help them regain independence, they opted to fight the battle on their own (Cooley, 2002)..

a section of key opinion formers in the middle east region begun spreading the idea that weak observance of the Islamic religion resulted. In small Sections, supporters of pan-Arabism progressively aided the rise of resurgent Islamism. Several Islamic movements championed the eradication of secularism; it sounded like a genuine quest for independence and authentic Islam. A greater authenticity was and still is the seed laid by these groups(Jamal, 2017).

Of course, these groups existed even before the 1967 defeat, but it was more vocal and gained more credibility. Initially, they were tolerated as they presented hope that internal disputes would not arise. Still, the equilibrium broke in 1979; this was the crucial turning point ant the emergence of international terrorism. As the sections lacked opinions and means to steer their gender more accurately and international terror was cheap and easy, yet it did elicit more attention (Jamal, 2017).

References

Cooley, J. K. (2002). Unholy wars: Afghanistan, America and international terrorism. Pluto Press.

Machairas, D. (2017). The strategic and political consequences of the June 1967 war. Cogent Social Sciences, 3(1), 1299555.

Jamal, A. (2017). In the shadow of the 1967 war: Israel and the Palestinians. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 44(4), 529-544