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War between Israel and the Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Palestinian guerrilla attacks on Israel from bases
in Syria led to increased hostility between the two countries. A series of miscalculations by both sides followed. Syria feared
that an invasion by Israel was forthcoming and appealed to Egypt for support. Egypt answered by ordering the withdrawal of
UN peacekeeping forces from the Sinai Peninsula and by moving troops into the area. Amid increasingly belligerent language
from both sides, Egypt signed a mutual defense treaty with Jordan. Israel, surrounded and fearing an Arab attack was imminent,
launched what it felt was a preemptive strike against the three Arab states on June 5, 1967. Israeli forces captured the Sinai
Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank of the Jordan River, Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The status of these occupied
territories subsequently became a major point of contention between the two sides.
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