WILL TO FIGHT:There continued to be many problems between the Jews and Arabs.The problems became so intense in 1967 that almost every nation in the world believed the Arabs were about to attack Israel again.The Soviet Union was strongly urging Egypt to attack.Egyptian troops poured into the Sinai and ordered the UN FORCES out.War seemed imminent.Egypt,Jordan and Syria were allied to start a war.So the Jews felt compelled to strike first.Jewish war planes flew into Egypt and destroyed 300 Egyptian combat fighters in three hours.The Jews then captured all of the Sinai,the Suez Canal,East Jerusalem,the West Bank and the Golan Heights in six days.Again a series of miracles by God saved the Jewish nation.Tourists began to pour into Israel.The state became prosperous and complacent.The Jews were lulled into a false sense of security.In late 1973,the Jewish military ignored serious intelligence reports that the Arabs were again going to attack.The attack occurred on October 6--during the solemn Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.The Jews won the war in three weeks,with much aid from the Americans,Egypt was beaten,but not humiliated.Once again biblical Judah had been miraculously saved.But soon after,something dramatic changed in Israel.Menachem Begin was elected prime minister in 1977.President Carter persuaded him to give the Sinai back to Egypyt in the late 1970s.This was the beginning of the Israeli-Arabs peace process.The Jews gave up land for a piece of paper.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 01:50:03 +0000