The Next Six Day War

by Mitchell Plitnick on May 23, 2012 • http://souciant.com/2012/05/the-next-six-day-war/

Forty-five years ago today, Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser made the fateful decision to close the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping. This was the act of provocation that convinced Israel to go to war, although it would be some days before the actual decision was taken.