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Israelis reasons for going to war, and the Arabs. You are told in the first paragraph that “the Arab powers were threatening her (Israel) with destruction and were ready to attack her” as well as “Egypt had already closed the Gulf of Akaba which she knew Israel would regard as an act of war”. Also, the writer states “Israel could not afford to let the Arabs strike first for she was too weak and too vulnerable”.
In the second paragraph, that for the reasons of the Arabs, you are told, “The Arabs say that Israel should not have been in existence at all”, and that “Israel had to go to war to save its economy and to ward off political instability”.
This all seems very diplomatic, but the first thing that struck me was that Israel had roughly three reasons put forward, as opposed to the Arabs two. The writer says that “it comes down to whether…” in the first paragraph, implying that you should draw your own opinion from the information that he has put forward in his book. I believe that ...

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