Israel's Defining Wars

3. An attack against Israeli Athletes by the Black September terrorist organization in the 1972 Olympics
5. The city to which the PLO relocated following the Six-Day War. (Israel raided this base in March of 1968.)
10. Israel’s Prime Minister from 1969-1974 who resigned following the Yom Kippur War
12. Arabic for “catastrophe,” this phrase refers to the mass displacement of Palestinians during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948
13. The immediate Arab response to the Six Day War which declared no peace, no recognition, and no negotiations

1. The name 1970 Jordanian Civil War in which the PLO was expelled from Jordan
2. Nasser nationalized the ______ in 1956, resulting in a greater conflict with Britain, France, and Israel
4. An idea promoted by Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser of the unification of all Arabs as one nation
6. A belief of Israeli military invincibility, developed as a result of Israel’s dominant victory in the Six-Day War and shattered by the Yom Kippur War
7. A war essentially won in 90-minutes by an Israeli air force strike that destroyed Egypt's air force. The war lasted several more days during which Israel gained significant territory, such as the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem
8. Israel’s defining wars against Arab states acted as ______ for the Cold War
9. The territory gained by Israel from Syria during the Six-Day War
11. Egyptian leader who attacked Israel in 1973 and then later famously visited Israel in 1977 which was indicative of the Camp David Accords and peace that was to come