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Arab-Israeli War

Arab-Israeli War

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A short war in June 1967 when Israel fought nearby Arab countries and won
  • noun
  • /ˈærəb ɪzˈreɪli wɔr/
translation icon : Guerra Árabe-Israelí
  • These activities, in turn, set in motion the train of events which triggered the six-day Arab-Israeli War of June 5-10, 1967.
  • the 1967 Arab-Israeli War
  • the Arab-Israeli War of June

Examples

  • Many historians consider the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 a pivotal moment in Middle Eastern history.

  • The 1967 Arab-Israeli War and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai, and Golan Heights raised the confrontation from strategic to national importance for border states.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The turning point came with the shift toward a seller's market triggered by the Arab-Israeli War of 1967.

    Academic text (1993)

  • After the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, however, Beirut also began to decline as a press center.

    Academic text (1993)

  • This resolution was anathema to the Palestinians because it denied their claim to Palestine and acknowledged only the right of Arab states to retrieve lands lost in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The 1967 Arab-Israeli War resulted in significant territorial changes in the region.

  • Following the Arab-Israeli War, tensions between Israel and its neighbors intensified dramatically.

Synonyms

Six-Day War
vsArab-Israeli War
1 5.7

A short war in June 1967 between Israel and nearby Arab countries that changed control of land

is the same event but named differently in other sources

Surface Forms

Arab-Israeli War singular
Arab-Israeli Wars plural

Morphology

Arab-Israeli + war

The meaning is directly compositional: 'Arab-Israeli' denotes involvement of Arabs and Israelis and 'war' denotes an armed conflict, so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it refers to a conflict between Arab states and Israel. Although the label can refer to different historical conflicts, the underlying semantic relation is transparent and follows a common cross-linguistic pattern of party1-party2 + war.

Etymology

Arab-Israeli War refers to a war between Arab countries and Israel. One clear memory hook is the 1967 conflict in June that lasted only six days, so people often call that event the 'Six-Day War', and the name Arab-Israeli War simply points to the two sides in that short conflict.