i'm not proposing a total rewrite just to condense the main points so you don't have to remove that one paragraph in its entirety i'm proposing ling nut lite i just don't think removing that whole paragraph is the best solution i want to condense it to just the main points leaving certain details for further discussion in the body here's what i propose so far the six day war or june war also known as the arab israeli war or the third arab israeli war was fought between june and june by israel and the neighboring states of egypt then the united arab republic uar jordan and syria at the war's end israel had seized the gaza strip and the sinai peninsula from egypt the west bank and east jerusalem from jordan and the golan heights from syria after the suez crisis egypt agreed to the stationing of a united nations emergency force unef in the sinai to ensure compliance with the armistice agreement and prevent raids across the border on november syria signed a mutual defense agreement with egypt nine days later israel attacked the city of as samu in the jordanian occupied west bank in response to raids from the fedayeen group fatah king hussein of jordan criticized president gamal abdel nasser of egypt for failing to come to jordan's aid and hiding behind unef skirts i checked oren p and there's no mention of this on that page please help double check source and find reference possible later printing is different i have first edition on may nasser began sending egyptian forces into the sinai peninsula two days later he requested and obtained the withdrawal of unef from egyptian territory israel rejected a proposal to restation unef on its side of the border egyptian forces replaced unef positions at sharm el sheikh in the southern sinai overlooking the straits of tiran between and may israel reiterated declarations made in that any closure of the straits would be considered as a cassus belli or justification for war nasser declared the straits closed to israeli shipping on may on june israel formed a national unity government by widening its cabinet and on june the decision was made to go to war the next morning israel launched operation focus a large scale surprise air strike that was the opening of the six day war i think following this since the lede really only mentions the war between israel and egypt there should be a brief discussion of the jordan and syria fronts as well with this slimmer version it should be possible to fit that in at least briefly let me know what you think