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Six-Day War: Build-Up to War

  • Egyptian Troop Movements into Sinai (May 15)
  • Withdrawal of the UN Emergency Force (May 20)
  • Prime Minister Eshkol Addresses Knesset (May 22)
  • Egypt Closes the Gulf of Aqaba (May 22)
    • Egypt Blockades the Straits of Tiran (May 23)
  • Prime Minister Eshkol Addresses Knesset (May 23)
  • Excerpts from UN Security Council Debates(May 24 - June 3)
  • Kosygin & Eshkol Exchange Letters (May 26)
  • National Board of Estimates War Projection(May 26)
  • Minutes of an Extended Meeting of the Israeli Ministerial Committee on Security Issues (May 26)
  • Meeting of the Israeli Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (May 26)
  • Prime Minister Eshkol Addresses Knesset (May 29)
  • Nasser Speech to Egypt National Assembly (May 29)
  • Nasser Speech on "True Objective" for War (May 26)
  • Statement by the Council of Ministers of France on the Middle East (June 2)
  • Letter From President Johnson to Prime Minister Eshkol (June 3)
  • Government of Israel Decision to Act (June 4)
  • Prime Minister Eshkol's Note to Premier Kosygin(June 5)
  • Speech by Eshkol Following Initial Actions (June 5)
  • Speech by Eshkol to Knesset on Military Situation (June 5)
  • Message from Eshkol to Jordan's King Hussein(June 5)
  • Statement to the Security Council by Foreign Minister Eban (June 6)

*All dates fall in the year 1967

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