De Gaulle's presidency and Israeli relations

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De Gaulle's presidency and Israeli–French relations

Jan. 8 marked the proclamation of Gen. Charles de Gaulle as the first president of the new Fifth Republic in France in 1959. Retiring president, M. René...

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There's more to history than Jewish history. This gives information about the Suez Crisis and the 1967 war. Here's a brief excerpt.

He criticized Israel’s capture of Arab lands after the 1967 war, warning the Israelis that their continued presence as an occupying power would only breed “oppression, repression and resistance.”

For those frustrated with the stalling tactics of successive Israeli governments, France’s comprehensive withdrawal from Algeria in the early 1960s – which involved the repatriation of 1 million French settlers – made optimists hope that a putative Israeli de Gaulle might one day trade land for peace but unfortunately, to date, no courageous prime minister has really grasped the nettle on this issue.

Palestinians also draw inspiration from de Gaulle, though of an earlier incarnation as the national liberator who, despite lacking material resources and being reviled as a terrorist by his adversaries, managed against all odds to create a powerful resistance movement and embody his people’s aspirations to self-determination and sovereignty.

The warm relations

Relations between France and Israel had been especially warm in the 1950s as France was losing its colonial grip on Algeria. Although France joined Britain and the United States in 1952 in the Tripartite Declaration, banning arms sales to the Middle East, France soon began secretly supplying Israel with weapons, including tanks and warplanes and ultimately facilities for a nuclear weapons program. The two countries had signed in 1953 a modest nuclear cooperation agreement covering heavy water and uranium production.

By 1956, the France-Israel connection was so close that, with Britain, they plotted a joint war against Egypt known as the infamous Suez Crisis.

In the following years, the two countries collaborated closely on security matters. France supplied advanced weaponry to Israel when no other country was willing to do so. The relationship remained unchanged when de Gaulle regained power in 1958.

France sold Israel Mirage fighter jets, which are the most modern aircraft available to France, and the general staffs of both countries continued to work together on a variety of subjects. De Gaulle himself was considered a supporter of Israel, and David Ben Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel, regarded him as a friend.

France shifts its policy

French-Israeli relations began to cool with the accession of de Gaulle as president of France’s Fifth Republic. The breaking point for de Gaulle was when Israel began the 1967 war against Egypt, Jordan and Syria. On May 24, President de Gaulle had prophetically warned Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban and urgently implored Israel not to attack but Israel ignored him and attacked on June 5.

 

[francoHFW]

Vive la France! Vive le Grand Charles! they invented diplomacy after all....

 

[Sixties Fan]

De Gaulle's presidency and Israeli–French relations

Jan. 8 marked the proclamation of Gen. Charles de Gaulle as the first president of the new Fifth Republic in France in 1959. Retiring president, M. René...

www.dailysabah.com

There's more to history than Jewish history. This gives information about the Suez Crisis and the 1967 war. Here's a brief excerpt.

He criticized Israel’s capture of Arab lands after the 1967 war, warning the Israelis that their continued presence as an occupying power would only breed “oppression, repression and resistance.”

For those frustrated with the stalling tactics of successive Israeli governments, France’s comprehensive withdrawal from Algeria in the early 1960s – which involved the repatriation of 1 million French settlers – made optimists hope that a putative Israeli de Gaulle might one day trade land for peace but unfortunately, to date, no courageous prime minister has really grasped the nettle on this issue.

Palestinians also draw inspiration from de Gaulle, though of an earlier incarnation as the national liberator who, despite lacking material resources and being reviled as a terrorist by his adversaries, managed against all odds to create a powerful resistance movement and embody his people’s aspirations to self-determination and sovereignty.

The warm relations

Relations between France and Israel had been especially warm in the 1950s as France was losing its colonial grip on Algeria. Although France joined Britain and the United States in 1952 in the Tripartite Declaration, banning arms sales to the Middle East, France soon began secretly supplying Israel with weapons, including tanks and warplanes and ultimately facilities for a nuclear weapons program. The two countries had signed in 1953 a modest nuclear cooperation agreement covering heavy water and uranium production.

By 1956, the France-Israel connection was so close that, with Britain, they plotted a joint war against Egypt known as the infamous Suez Crisis.

In the following years, the two countries collaborated closely on security matters. France supplied advanced weaponry to Israel when no other country was willing to do so. The relationship remained unchanged when de Gaulle regained power in 1958.

France sold Israel Mirage fighter jets, which are the most modern aircraft available to France, and the general staffs of both countries continued to work together on a variety of subjects. De Gaulle himself was considered a supporter of Israel, and David Ben Gurion, the first prime minister of Israel, regarded him as a friend.

France shifts its policy

French-Israeli relations began to cool with the accession of de Gaulle as president of France’s Fifth Republic. The breaking point for de Gaulle was when Israel began the 1967 war against Egypt, Jordan and Syria. On May 24, President de Gaulle had prophetically warned Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban and urgently implored Israel not to attack but Israel ignored him and attacked on June 5.

Arab land. Via invasion and dispossessing indigenous people of their lands from Iran, to Syria, Lebanon, Land of Israel, North Africa.


Muslims do not need an excuse to resist Jews.
They have been fed resistance to Jews since Mohammad murdered the men of one Jewish Tribe in Arabia and expelled the other two and invented a "religion " superior to Judaism, where Jews would always be second hand citizens or less.

Israel did not begin the 1967 war. Arab countries were going to attack it and Israel struck first. But keep dreaming for the "poor, poor Arabs, so innocent, so pure "

Six-Day War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1967, War between Israel and the Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Palestinian guerrilla attacks on Israel from bases in Syria led to increased hostility between the two countries. A series of miscalculations by both sides followed. Syria feared that an invasion by Israel was forthcoming and appealed to Egypt for support. Egypt answered by ordering the withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces from the Sinai Peninsula and by moving troops into the area. Amid increasingly belligerent language from both sides, Egypt signed a mutual defense treaty with Jordan. Israel, surrounded and fearing an Arab attack was imminent, launched what it felt was a preemptive strike against the three Arab states on June 5, 1967. Israeli forces captured the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank of the Jordan River, Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The status of these occupied territories subsequently became a major point of contention between the two sides.

Six-Day War summary

Six-Day War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1967 , War between Israel and the Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.

www.britannica.com

It was, and continues to be an Arab/Muslim war against Israel/Jews. Not Palestinians vs Israel/Jews.

 

[surada]

Arab land. Via invasion and dispossessing indigenous people of their lands from Iran, to Syria, Lebanon, Land of Israel, North Africa.


Muslims do not need an excuse to resist Jews.
They have been fed resistance to Jews since Mohammad murdered the men of one Jewish Tribe in Arabia and expelled the other two and invented a "religion " superior to Judaism, where Jews would always be second hand citizens or less.

Israel did not begin the 1967 war. Arab countries were going to attack it and Israel struck first. But keep dreaming for the "poor, poor Arabs, so innocent, so pure "

Six-Day War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1967, War between Israel and the Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Palestinian guerrilla attacks on Israel from bases in Syria led to increased hostility between the two countries. A series of miscalculations by both sides followed. Syria feared that an invasion by Israel was forthcoming and appealed to Egypt for support. Egypt answered by ordering the withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces from the Sinai Peninsula and by moving troops into the area. Amid increasingly belligerent language from both sides, Egypt signed a mutual defense treaty with Jordan. Israel, surrounded and fearing an Arab attack was imminent, launched what it felt was a preemptive strike against the three Arab states on June 5, 1967. Israeli forces captured the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank of the Jordan River, Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The status of these occupied territories subsequently became a major point of contention between the two sides.

Six-Day War summary

Six-Day War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1967 , War between Israel and the Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.

www.britannica.com

It was, and continues to be an Arab/Muslim war against Israel/Jews. Not Palestinians vs Israel/Jews.

Tell the truth. Egypt's army was fighting the civil war n Yemen.

I wish you would read the article about DeGaulle

 

[Sixties Fan]

Tell the truth. Egypt's army was fighting the civil war n Yemen.

I wish you would read the article about DeGaulle

Yes, Yemen was Egypt's Vietnam.

And do you believe that the whole Egyptian army was fighting some civil war in Yemen and none was left which could have been sent to attack Israel?

Invent your own History all you like. History is written by Historians, not revisionists.
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Egyptian Pres. Gamal Abdel Nasser had previously come under sharp criticism for his failure to aid Syria and Jordan against Israel; he had also been accused of hiding behind the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) stationed at Egypt’s border with Israel in the Sinai. Now, however, he moved to unambiguously demonstrate support for Syria: on May 14, 1967, Nasser mobilized Egyptian forces in the Sinai; on May 18 he formally requested the removal of the UNEF stationed there; and on May 22 he closed the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, thus instituting an effective blockade of the port city of Elat in southern Israel. On May 30, King Hussein of Jordan arrived in Cairo to sign a mutual defense pact with Egypt, placing Jordanian forces under Egyptian command; shortly thereafter, Iraq too joined the alliance.

Main events of the war​

In response to the apparent mobilization of its Arab neighbours, early on the morning of June 5, Israel staged a sudden preemptive air assault that destroyed more than 90 percent Egypt’s air forceon the tarmac. A similar air assault incapacitated the Syrian air force. Without cover from the air, the Egyptian army was left vulnerable to attack. Within three days the Israelis had achieved an overwhelming victory on the ground, capturing the Gaza Strip and all of the Sinai Peninsula up to the east bank of the Suez Canal.


The UN Security Council called for a cease-fire on June 7 that was immediately accepted by Israel and Jordan. Egypt accepted the following day.

Six-Day War | Definition, Causes, History, Summary, Outcomes, & Facts

Six-Day War, brief Arab-Israeli war that took place June 5–10, 1967. After months of escalation, Israel conducted a preemptive air assault demobilizing its neighbors’ air force capabilities, allowing it a quick and decisive victory. The war had lasting impact on diplomatic engagement between...

www.britannica.com

 

[surada]

Arab land. Via invasion and dispossessing indigenous people of their lands from Iran, to Syria, Lebanon, Land of Israel, North Africa.


Muslims do not need an excuse to resist Jews.
They have been fed resistance to Jews since Mohammad murdered the men of one Jewish Tribe in Arabia and expelled the other two and invented a "religion " superior to Judaism, where Jews would always be second hand citizens or less.

Israel did not begin the 1967 war. Arab countries were going to attack it and Israel struck first. But keep dreaming for the "poor, poor Arabs, so innocent, so pure "

Six-Day War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1967, War between Israel and the Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Palestinian guerrilla attacks on Israel from bases in Syria led to increased hostility between the two countries. A series of miscalculations by both sides followed. Syria feared that an invasion by Israel was forthcoming and appealed to Egypt for support. Egypt answered by ordering the withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces from the Sinai Peninsula and by moving troops into the area. Amid increasingly belligerent language from both sides, Egypt signed a mutual defense treaty with Jordan. Israel, surrounded and fearing an Arab attack was imminent, launched what it felt was a preemptive strike against the three Arab states on June 5, 1967. Israeli forces captured the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank of the Jordan River, Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The status of these occupied territories subsequently became a major point of contention between the two sides.

Six-Day War summary

Six-Day War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1967 , War between Israel and the Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.

www.britannica.com

It was, and continues to be an Arab/Muslim war against Israel/Jews. Not Palestinians vs Israel/Jews.

Most of the Arab world simply ignores Israel.

 

[surada]

Arab land. Via invasion and dispossessing indigenous people of their lands from Iran, to Syria, Lebanon, Land of Israel, North Africa.


Muslims do not need an excuse to resist Jews.
They have been fed resistance to Jews since Mohammad murdered the men of one Jewish Tribe in Arabia and expelled the other two and invented a "religion " superior to Judaism, where Jews would always be second hand citizens or less.

Israel did not begin the 1967 war. Arab countries were going to attack it and Israel struck first. But keep dreaming for the "poor, poor Arabs, so innocent, so pure "

Six-Day War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1967, War between Israel and the Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Palestinian guerrilla attacks on Israel from bases in Syria led to increased hostility between the two countries. A series of miscalculations by both sides followed. Syria feared that an invasion by Israel was forthcoming and appealed to Egypt for support. Egypt answered by ordering the withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces from the Sinai Peninsula and by moving troops into the area. Amid increasingly belligerent language from both sides, Egypt signed a mutual defense treaty with Jordan. Israel, surrounded and fearing an Arab attack was imminent, launched what it felt was a preemptive strike against the three Arab states on June 5, 1967. Israeli forces captured the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank of the Jordan River, Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The status of these occupied territories subsequently became a major point of contention between the two sides.

Six-Day War summary

Six-Day War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1967 , War between Israel and the Arab countries of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.

www.britannica.com

It was, and continues to be an Arab/Muslim war against Israel/Jews. Not Palestinians vs Israel/Jews.

The Arabs didn't disposses anyone.

 

[DudleySmith]

The Arabs didn't disposses anyone.

lol now you're totally insane.

 

[Zebra]

who can remember de gaulle …. in his life time?

 

[francoHFW]

Most of the Arab world simply ignores Israel.

Actually, the main reason they hate us...

 

[surada]

lol now you're totally insane.

Who exactly did the Arabs disposess?

 

[francoHFW]

who can remember de gaulle …. in his life time?

A great man. Beware perfidious ANGLO-AMERICAN propaganda. Why?

 

[surada]

Actually, the main reason they hate us...

Charles DeGaulle was a friend to Israel and Ben Gurion.

He criticized Israel’s capture of Arab lands after the 1967 war, warning the Israelis that their continued presence as an occupying power would only breed “oppression, repression and resistance

 

[surada]

A great man. Beware perfidious ANGLO-AMERICAN propaganda. Why?

De Gaulle Calls Jews Domineering, Israel an Expansionist State

For more than 40 years, the Washington Report has published insightful analysis of the political, economic and historical realities of the U.S.-Middle East relationship. Our magazine is packed with special reports on the Israeli- Palestinian peace process, current Middle East issues, and...

www.wrmea.org

Opinion | When Israel and France Broke Up (Published 2010)

What the history of France and Israel’s relationship can teach us today.

www.nytimes.com

 

[francoHFW]

De Gaulle Calls Jews Domineering, Israel an Expansionist State

For more than 40 years, the Washington Report has published insightful analysis of the political, economic and historical realities of the U.S.-Middle East relationship. Our magazine is packed with special reports on the Israeli- Palestinian peace process, current Middle East issues, and...

www.wrmea.org

Opinion | When Israel and France Broke Up (Published 2010)

What the history of France and Israel’s relationship can teach us today.

www.nytimes.com

Too bad we haven't. Our blind support of Israel is why Muslims hate us....and they keep taking Palestinian land, have no real danger of doom.

 

[francoHFW]

De Gaulle Calls Jews Domineering, Israel an Expansionist State

For more than 40 years, the Washington Report has published insightful analysis of the political, economic and historical realities of the U.S.-Middle East relationship. Our magazine is packed with special reports on the Israeli- Palestinian peace process, current Middle East issues, and...

www.wrmea.org

Opinion | When Israel and France Broke Up (Published 2010)

What the history of France and Israel’s relationship can teach us today.

www.nytimes.com

He called ISRAEL DOMINATING, not Jews. Click bait....

 

[San Souci]

Yes, Yemen was Egypt's Vietnam.

And do you believe that the whole Egyptian army was fighting some civil war in Yemen and none was left which could have been sent to attack Israel?

Invent your own History all you like. History is written by Historians, not revisionists.
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Egyptian Pres. Gamal Abdel Nasser had previously come under sharp criticism for his failure to aid Syria and Jordan against Israel; he had also been accused of hiding behind the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) stationed at Egypt’s border with Israel in the Sinai. Now, however, he moved to unambiguously demonstrate support for Syria: on May 14, 1967, Nasser mobilized Egyptian forces in the Sinai; on May 18 he formally requested the removal of the UNEF stationed there; and on May 22 he closed the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, thus instituting an effective blockade of the port city of Elat in southern Israel. On May 30, King Hussein of Jordan arrived in Cairo to sign a mutual defense pact with Egypt, placing Jordanian forces under Egyptian command; shortly thereafter, Iraq too joined the alliance.

Main events of the war​

In response to the apparent mobilization of its Arab neighbours, early on the morning of June 5, Israel staged a sudden preemptive air assault that destroyed more than 90 percent Egypt’s air forceon the tarmac. A similar air assault incapacitated the Syrian air force. Without cover from the air, the Egyptian army was left vulnerable to attack. Within three days the Israelis had achieved an overwhelming victory on the ground, capturing the Gaza Strip and all of the Sinai Peninsula up to the east bank of the Suez Canal.


The UN Security Council called for a cease-fire on June 7 that was immediately accepted by Israel and Jordan. Egypt accepted the following day.

Six-Day War | Definition, Causes, History, Summary, Outcomes, & Facts

Six-Day War, brief Arab-Israeli war that took place June 5–10, 1967. After months of escalation, Israel conducted a preemptive air assault demobilizing its neighbors’ air force capabilities, allowing it a quick and decisive victory. The war had lasting impact on diplomatic engagement between...

www.britannica.com

Nasser was in league with the USSR.

 

[surada]

Nasser was in league with the USSR.

That was a result of the Lavon Affair. Egypt needed to build the Aswan dam.

Do you have any idea what I'm talking about?

 

[San Souci]

That was a result of the Lavon Affair. Egypt needed to build the Aswan dam.

Do you have any idea what I'm talking about?

I am sure it is anti Israel. Which makes it bullshit.

 

[surada]

I am sure it is anti Israel. Which makes it bullshit.

Operation Susannah was a false flag operation by Jews in Egypt to blame the Palestinians. Why do you bother? You don't know anything about the subject.