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- From: gmeltzne@jarthur.claremont.edu (Goof)
- Subject: Re: MEQ #17: Ben-Gurion on Israeli expansi
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.012543.7109@muddcs.claremont.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov17.210335.27283@trl.oz.au> <113@jcpltyo.JCPL.CO.JP> <1992Nov19.211814.15938@trl.oz.au>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:25:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.211814.15938@trl.oz.au> a.Faris@trl.oz.au writes:
- >In article <113@jcpltyo.JCPL.CO.JP>, ohayon@jcpltyo.JCPL.CO.JP (Tsiel Ohayon) writes:
- >|>
- >|> Do you have proof that Israel wanted that war badly? If Israel went to war in
- >|> 67 it did not need to wait for the Arabs to make a mistake. It would therefore
- >|> be at war every day!
- >
- >Yes, the first shot was fired by Israel. Israel had ordered a pre-emptive
- >strike against Syria and Egypt strictly on the basis that their was troop
- >movement on those countries borders. Therefore, Israel fired the first shot
- >and invaded the Golan Heights and Sinai.
-
- The first act of agression was committed by Egypt. By definition
- under international law, a blockade is both an act of aggression
- and of war. Therefore while Israel "fired the first shot" she did
- not instigate the war.
- Also, Israel didn't open up a front against Syria until Syria
- attacked. Israel probably planned on fighting against Syria
- since it was almost a given that Syria would join in, but she
- didn't attack Syria first. I find your version of history
- amusing.
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- [Theory of Israeli designs on expansion deleted since I don't know enough
- to make an effective reply]
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- Geoff
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- >A.Faris
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