Six-Day War: Build-Up to War

• Egyptian Troop Movements into Sinai (May 15)
• Withdrawal of the UN Emergency Force (May 20)
• Prime Minister Eshkol Addresses Knesset (May 22)
• Egypt Closes the Gulf of Aqaba (May 22)
  • Egypt Blockades the Straits of Tiran (May 23)
• Prime Minister Eshkol Addresses Knesset (May 23)
• Excerpts from UN Security Council Debates(May 24 - June 3)
• Kosygin & Eshkol Exchange Letters (May 26)
• National Board of Estimates War Projection(May 26)
• Minutes of an Extended Meeting of the Israeli Ministerial Committee on Security Issues (May 26)
• Meeting of the Israeli Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (May 26)
• Prime Minister Eshkol Addresses Knesset (May 29)
• Nasser Speech to Egypt National Assembly (May 29)
• Nasser Speech on "True Objective" for War (May 26)
• Statement by the Council of Ministers of France on the Middle East (June 2)
• Letter From President Johnson to Prime Minister Eshkol (June 3)
• Government of Israel Decision to Act (June 4)
• Prime Minister Eshkol's Note to Premier Kosygin(June 5)
• Speech by Eshkol Following Initial Actions (June 5)
• Speech by Eshkol to Knesset on Military Situation (June 5)
• Message from Eshkol to Jordan's King Hussein(June 5)
• Statement to the Security Council by Foreign Minister Eban (June 6)

*All dates fall in the year 1967