michael oren's the six day war page of a never ending conflict by mordechai bar on from michael oren's article on the six day war is cited repeatedly in this article and in the lead oren traces the path to war from november starting on page and on page mentions the armed clashes along the israeli syrian border the fact that the israeli forces gained dominance over the so called demilitarized zones and the large november idf attack on the west bank village of samu he claims that nasser began looking for a means of ridding himself of unef after king husseien criticised him for failing to defend the west bank while hiding behind the skirts of unef you can't rely on a source that confirms the path to war while at the same time deleting the entire section that describes the syrian border clashes and idf activities in the demilitarized zone