Hi Yall,
Bill,
talking about 1962/1964! You know the time when Ghadaffi, personally, assassinated the Commandant of the Officers School in Benghazi. I was Wavell Barracks Guard Commander the following day and saw the results of his handiwork, (body was in the Mortuary of BMH Benghazi, being prepped for burial the following day.)
You talk about other Arab nations joining in the fight. I don't see that happening, not on a large scale. Were it on the cards, they would already be there getting their arses kicked AGAIN! They apparently have had enough of the fanatical Muslims who are perpetuating the hatred against the Israelis. Even the Palestinians are sick of these people.
My limited understanding of the history of the region is as follows; in the late 19th and early 20th Century, on the creation of the Zionist Movement the Jews, worldwide, decided they had enough of being kicked around and decided to return to 'their' traditional homeland (pre the Diaspora in Roman times).
They started returning to now, Palestine. It was a dribble to start with, but grew. The returning Jews initially were, with Zionist money,
buying the property. Something similar is happening today, but consists of the reverse,. Muslims, ALL over the world. Palestinians realised what was going on tried to stop it,
something like what is happening currently, all over the world Being an Israeli/Palestinian quarrel it escalated.
Enter Britain, in 1917, during WW1, Arthur Balfour, signed a 'Declaration' known ever since as the Balfour Declaration. which promised the Jews a Homeland to the Jews. Trouble continued and became 'armed and desperate' during the NAZI period when even more Jews were emigrating to escape what was happening in Germany.
Britain (now Administering the country after the carve-up of the Middle East in 1918) in its usual way set a quota on the people who were to be allowed in, just when it was most desperately needed)
Brittain relinquished it's responsibilities in 1948, and on my birthday that year, David Ben Gurion declared the State of Israel!
I believe it was that day that most of the Arab nations declared war on Israel and all promptly, had their arses kicked.
A lot of the Palestinians fled and became "Refugees" in the surrounding Arab countries. Most went to Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt. As is their want the Palestinians stirred up trouble in these countries, possibly because they all were concentrated in, dare I say it, Ghettos. The first to kick them, still calling themselves "Refugees, out, was Jordan. These people went to other Refugee Camps in Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, where they continued to ferment trouble.
I was transferring into the Int Corps when the 6-Day War started 1967. Being a student at the Int Corps Depot in Ashford we all took a great Interest in this war. Initially, all the usual protagonists took part, except Jordan. Until the US and Britain (UK now) became involved, although they did not know it. The Yanks had an Electronic Warfare ship parked somewhere in the Eastern Med and the Israelis sank it.
They bombarded Jordan with bogus messages "To join the war or they would miss out on the spoils of victory. King Hussein promptly joined in the fray and as a consequence lost the West Bank.
There have been several wars since with the same result. The Arab allies seem to be getting fewer and fewer. In fact, in the current conflict, the Jordanians seem to be aiding the Israelis in allowing the RAF, USAF< and the French to use their airspace to get to Iran.
Backed by Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthi in Yemen seem to be fanatical Muslim tribes, who no matter what the Palestinians, Lebanese, or Yemenis want. I would imagine that the non-fanatical Arabs want no part of any of this conflict.
Funnily enough isn't it strange that the 'people' in Iran are fed up with the Islamic fundamentalist clerics ruling the country and are mounting protests which could escalate into a civil war.
Rant over, back to following Youtube.
Stay safe and well
