re: #60 sliv_the_eli

I’d be interested in hearing your take on the declassified documents once you’ve had a chance to read them, if you don;t mind sharing.

Regarding the additional items:

1. Duly noted.

2. Ditto.

3. Ditto.

…Israel’s population had, only days before, been digging graves in their parks for the expected casualties in the war of annihilation which their Arab neighbors had promised.

E gad.

4. Of course I meant the latter, in the sense that the outcome proved that Israel could indeed defend herself and survive. Of course, the Israelis at the time couldn’t have known that, hence the well-founded fears, but certainly the win must have provided some measure of confidence (though certainly not complacence, which could be deadly given the ongoing, undiminished hostility).

5. Yes, the Wiki page on the Khartoum Resolution’s “Three ‘No’s” was part of what I read to get up to speed on the subject.

Trying to read about anything to do with the I-P situation is like stepping in quicksand. O_o

There were/are so many international players involved and so many external political forces that have an impact on such a tiny, concentrated area that trying to grasp all the threads and arrange them in some semblance of order that allows me to have an at least somewhat clear idea about the bigger picture is usually an exercise in confusion & frustration. All the partisan framing & advocacy doesn’t help either—it’s often difficult to find an objective sounding source that looks reliable, especially since I don’t exactly consider Wikipedia a reliable source (though the footnotes are often helpful in that regard).