The First Middle East War (May 1948-February 1949)
The second day after the establishment of the State of Israel, a member of the Arab League, Egypt , Iraq , Lebanon, Syria , Foreign Jordan The army sent troops to the Palestinian region, and the first Middle East war broke out. The war lasted until February 1949. During this war, Israel occupied 5,731 square kilometers of Arab land that exceeded the limits stipulated in the United Nations partition resolution. Nearly 1 million Palestinians have been expelled from their homes and become refugees.
During the war, 15,000 Arab troops died and about 6,000 Israeli troops died. This war greatly intensified the conflicts between Arab countries and Israel, and Arab countries and Britain and the United States, and became an excuse for Western powers to interfere in the Middle East. The following wars have the shadow of Western powers everywhere, and the situation in the Middle East is becoming increasingly complex.
The Second Middle East War (October 29, 1956 - March 1957)
The British, French and Israeli invasion of Egypt, also known as the " Suez Canal War". After Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal in July 1956, the British and French colonialists invaded Egypt together with Israel in order to reoccupy the Suez Canal. The war of aggression between Britain, France and Israel was met with heroic resistance by the Egyptian military and civilians and strong condemnation from people around the world. On November 2, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting. Demand an immediate ceasefire from all parties involved. On the evening of November 5, Israel was forced to agree to a ceasefire. Britain and France also agreed to a ceasefire on the 6th. On December 22, all British and French troops withdrew from Egyptian territory. The Israeli army had completely withdrawn from Egyptian territory in March 1957, thus ending the war with the defeat of the invaders.
The biggest result of this war is that Egypt successfully recovered the Suez Canal, and the influence of Britain and France in the Middle East was greatly weakened. But this does not mean that there are no shadows of great powers in the Middle East. On the contrary, the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, took over and became the dominant forces in the Middle East. Egypt's victory enhanced Egypt's prestige among Arab countries and became the main force in Arab countries' resistance to Israel.
The Third Middle East War (June 5-10, 1967)
is the Six-Five-Year War, also known as the " Six-Day War". On June 5, 1967, Israel launched a large-scale surprise attack on Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The war ended on the evening of June 10. During this war, Israel occupied more than 65,700 square kilometers of Arab land, turning nearly 500,000 Arabs into homeless refugees. In this war against Israel, Egypt announced on June 6 that it would stop shipping in the Suez Canal. Under the control of the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, the United Nations Security Council passed the "ceasefire agreement" twice in June of the same year. Egypt, Syria and Jordan were forced to accept an unconditional ceasefire despite losing large areas of land.
After this war, the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, controlled the drafting and signing of the ceasefire agreement.
The Fourth Middle East War (October 6-25, 1973)
The Fourth Middle East War
That is, October War, October 6, 1973, support from Egypt and Syria in Palestine and other Arab countries Next, it launched a war against Israel to counterattack and regain lost territory. During the war, the Egyptian army crossed the Suez Canal and destroyed the Barlev Line of Defense . Due to the intervention of superpowers and other reasons, both sides finally accepted the UN ceasefire resolution. Arab countries regained some territory.
In the long war, Egypt suffered huge losses. The Egyptian people urgently hope to have a peaceful and stable development environment and improve their lives. After the war, Egyptian President Sadat adopted a peaceful approach to relations with the United States and Israel.
In November 1977, Egyptian President Sadat visited Jerusalem, which opened the prelude to the Middle East peace process. Egypt's actions aroused strong dissatisfaction among Arab countries. Subsequently, Egypt was subject to collective sanctions by Arab countries, and Sadat was assassinated.
The Fifth Middle East War (June-September 1982)
The Fifth Middle East War
is the war in which Israel invaded Lebanon. On June 6, 1982, Israel, with the support and connivance of the United States, used the pretext that its ambassador to the United Kingdom was assassinated by Palestinian guerrillas. Brazenly dispatching more than 100,000 army, navy and air forces, they launched a large-scale attack on the Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas and Syrian troops in Lebanon. In just a few days, they occupied half of Lebanon.
However, the Middle East peace process has never been on track. In recent years, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has intensified, and many large-scale bloody conflicts have occurred. It is often the case that some Palestinian radical organizations carry out a series of "terrorist activities" against Israelis, and then Israel takes retaliatory actions. Palestinian-Israeli relations fall into a vicious cycle of retaliation and counter-retaliation. The peace between Palestine and Israel has reached a stalemate, and the road to peace in the Middle East is arduous and long.
