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Your grasp of the English language is poor. The Egyptians did not embargo Israel, they blockaded them by denying access into the Straits of Tiran. Ergo, all of your analysis resting on "embargo" is invalid.
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Your grasp of logic is poor. The fact that "embargo" is not synonymous with "blockade" is irrelevant.
The logic employed in both cases is precisely the same. I won't repeat it. See above.
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Glad to see that you source your quotes
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Yitazhq Rabin was quoted in Le Monde, February 28, 1968.
Menachem Begin made that statement at a speech at the National Defense College, excerpted from The New York Times, August 21, 1982, reprinted from the Jerusalem Post.
Ezer Weizman was quoted in Ha'aretz, March 20, 1972.
Avraham Sela was quoted from his book "Decline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict".
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Let's see what people were thinking prior to the initiation of hostilities. All quotes are from an article by Michael Oren, who has written a definitive book on the Six Day War.
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I've read Oren's book.
Acts of "aggression" are not defined by intentions. The fact is that Israel initiated military action on June 5, when it launched Mirage jet aircraft and virtually destroyed the Egyptian air force while it was still on the ground.
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You are not applying the correct law. The Strait of Tiran is 8 miles wide and passes between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. You can see the conflict already of what you are trying to apply as law.
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8 miles is less than 12 nautical miles, the distance which is recognized under international law as the "territorial waters" of a state. Hence, as I noted, Egypt regarded the Strait as its territorial waters.
As I also said, we may debate the legality of the blockade, but the fact is that Israel committed the first act of aggression on June 5.