Learning the Lessons of Israel’s War of Attrition with Egypt
Not the last time Western powers encouraged Israel to make concessions without receiving peace in return.
June 10, 2020
Learning the Lessons of Israel’s War of Attrition with Egypt
Not the last time Western powers encouraged Israel to make concessions without receiving peace in return.
Today marks the 53rd anniversary of Israel’s much-remembered victory in the Six-Day War. Only three weeks later, Egyptian forces violated the ceasefire by attacking Israeli troops near the Suez Canal—beginning the largely forgotten War of Attrition. With help from the USSR, the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser would attempt, through repeated, small-scale attacks, to force Jerusalem to withdraw from the territory it had recently acquired. Sean Durns considers this conflict, the failed attempts to end it, and its lessons for the present:
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