Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Full Confrontation between Iran and Israel Could Turn into Reality
... full military confrontation against Israel—was under deep pressure from the hawkish Syria regime and Arab public opinion. Nasser tried to restrain the Syrians by forming an alliance with the latter in 1966 and save his image, closing the straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba from the Israeli ships and asking the United Nations to remove its troops from the Sinai. Nasser thought that by making these moves he would both save his image and avoid a military confrontation with Israel. Israel, however,...