Middle East 665
MID#3379
Dispute Number: 3379
Date(s): February 19, 1966 to November 29, 1966
Participants: 651 Egypt/666 Israel
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: Missing
Narrative: In February 1966, the United States considered helping the United Arab
Republic and Israel build atomic reactors for water desalination. Egypt threatened
then Israel with preventive war if they were to try to produce atomic weapons.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from February 18, 1966.
MID#3412
Started in August 1966. See the narrative in the 652 Syria/666 Israel dyad dispute list.
MID#1035
Started in December 1966. See the narrative in the 652 Syria/666 Israel dyad dispute
list.
MID#1480
Dispute Number: 1480
Date(s): June 26, 1967 to August 7, 1970
Participants: 666 Israel/365 Russia, 651 Egypt
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: >999 deaths
Narrative: Following the loss in the devastating Six-Day War (MID#345), Egypt was
determined to reassert itself and reestablish control of the Sinai. Egypt maintained a
constant state of military activity on one side of the Suez Canal, and Israel matched
that activity across the new border. Low-level hostilities in the War of Attrition broke
out into active fighting between February 1969 and August 1970. The Soviet Union
supplied Egypt most of its arms and worked quickly to replace the United Arab
Republic air force’s planes and missiles that were destroyed during the war. However,
the technology significantly trailed that available to the Israelis, and Israel retaliated
on a far greater scale following each Egyptian attack. The conflict came to a head in
July 1970 when Israel shot down four Egyptian planes flown by Soviet pilots. Fearing
Soviet retaliation and unsure of American support, Israel accepted a ceasefire agree-
ment on August 7, 1970.
MID#3387
Dispute Number: 3387
Date(s): August 8, 1970 to October 14, 1971
Participants: 651 Egypt/666 Israel