Hey there, future historians! 🌟 Are you ready to dive into how the Cold War didn't just make the USA and the Soviet Union nervous, but also shook things up in Egypt and Germany? Trust me, this is like "Stranger Things" but with actual history. 😎

• Quote to Remember: "The Cold War seriously exacerbated the conflicts..." - Rashid Khalidi
• Imagine, the Cold War is like throwing fuel on a BBQ—it makes everything hotter and more dangerous.

• Nasser's Goals:
  • Form an Arab League
  • Solve the "Palestinian issue"
  • Be a headache to Israel (more like a migraine, actually)
• Non-Aligned Movement: Nasser wasn't picking sides between the USA and the Soviet Union. Think of him as the Switzerland of the Middle East.
  • 1956 Suez Crisis: Kinda showed that smaller countries can push back against big ones. Suez Crisis = Little guy 1, Superpowers 0.

• Post-Suez Crisis:
  • Eisenhower Doctrine -> U.S. gets buddy-buddy with Israel.
  • USSR -> Starts passing notes and lunch money to Arab states like Egypt.
• Fun Fact: Tension in the region got so bad, you'd think the Middle East was an angry hornet's nest. 😡

• May 1967: False intel and Egypt moves into Sinai to calm Syria down and intimidate Israel.
• Egypt and Jordan team up; Iraq joins the party.
• Israel goes "Not today" and lands a pre-emptive strike, crushing Egypt, Jordan, and Syria's air forces like a soda can.