Six Days, Three Countries, and One Special Relationship: The Six Day War and the Effects it had on the United States and Israel

The Six Day War did not only affect Israel and Palestine, it also affected the United States and its effects can still be felt today. To begin, the Six Day War created a division between Israel and Palestine that the United States is still working to help resolve. To continue, the war was not all negative since Israel and the United States formed a special relationship. Finally, the war helped Israel to gain some respect and power.
       The Six Day War divided Palestine and Israel and has also included the United States in the predicament. The United States has gotten involved by trying to make the two countries reach an agreement for a long time, “Several U.S. presidents have tried and failed to get Israel agree on permanent peace” (Berger 20). Also, the United States have fell victim to terrorist attacks since getting involved. Due to these issues in Palestine and Israel, terrorism has grown and one of the major targets is the United States, many terrorists want to destroy the U.S. (Berger 21). The United States is affected by the Six Day War in a variety of ways.
        Due to the events leading up to the war Israel and the United States formed a special relationship. A special relationship is what two countries have a very close and trustworthy relationship. The United States and Israel were able to trust each other which seemed to be what Israel was looking for before entering the war (Stephens 18). The two countries relied on each other and Israel depended on the United States to help them in the war, but the United States was unsure of whether or not they wanted to help (Stephens 18). The Six Day War helped the United States to form a new relationship although the U.S. was not the most reliable country when concerning warfare.
        Finally, Israel and the Jewish were considered to be weaker and a minority country. Israel was considered a minority country and believed people would always protect them, Israel would always be protected, it assumed; the world would protect it” (The Six Day War 1). Israel won a few major battles, advanced forward and made rulers of other countries fear them, “Nasser did not want to face Israel alone. He was afraid deep in his heart that Israel would be able to mobilize an army sufficient enough to defend itself against his forces” (The Six Day War 2). This shows the fear that Israel and its army instilled in leaders of different countries who were believed to be more powerful. Israel relied on other countries before the war but by the time it was over they had become one of the more powerful countries.
        All in all, Israel and the United States were affected majorly by the Six Day War, as well as Palestine. Israel developed into a more important, prominent country, the United States tried to help solve a conflict and became a target of terrorist attacks. Also Israel and the United States formed a special relationship that will lead them to feel safer and have eachothers backs during combat.
   


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Berger, Joseph. “The Six-Day War, Then and Now.” The New York Times Upfront, 24 Apr. 2017, pp. 18-21.

Stephens, Elizabeth. "America, Israel & the Six Day War." History Today, vol. 57, no. 6, June 2007, p. 12. EBSCOhost.

“The Six Day War.” Jewishhistory.org, www.jewishhistory.org/the-six-day-war/. Accessed 22 May 2017.