The lemon Tree

  • Israel humiliates syria and nasser from public dog show fighting

    Israel humiliates syria and nasser from public dog show fighting
  • Period: to

    the lemon tree

  • Thousands of egyptian troops into sinai toward Israeli border

  • Egyptian President ordered UN peacekeeping troops out of sinai

  • Israel begins to send thousands of troops to its own border

  • Nasser closes Straits of Tiran

  • Israel requests 22,000 gasmasks from the U.S,

  • Israelsends Foreign Minister Abba Eban on diplomatic misssion to Paris, London and Washington

  • CIA assesment

    -threats made were to protect syria
    -army was strong
    -angry with U.S over vietnam
  • Meetiong concluded that Egyptian army would not start attack

  • Fequest for U.S. public statement of assurance and support for Israel

  • U.S president Johnson warns Prime minister Levi Eshkol not to go to war

  • Suspected surprize ttack against Egypt

  • Hussein signs defense pact with Nasser

  • Nasser tells former American treasury secretary that he would not begin any fight

  • no intention on attacking israel

    -Would not back down about the Straits if Tiran
    -Pledged not to fire first shot
  • Sent telegram to president Johnson

    assuring the fight was about defending the rights of the people of palestine
  • War was certian

  • The war began

    french built Israeli bombersroared out of their bases and crossed into Egyptian airspace.