LBJ Turned The Casual Friendship Between America And Israel Into A Strong Alliance. – The Lid

When Israel joined with France and Britain in 1956 to take over the Sinai and open up shipping lanes closed by the Egyptians, it was the U.S. .that forced Israel to get out, leading to a repeat of the blockade and the Six-Day-War eleven years later. There was no U.S. help in the Six-Day War despite the Arab nations receiving a healthy supply of arms from the USSR. It wasn’t until after the Six-Day War and a meeting with President Lyndon Baines Johnson that the U.S. began to move toward a strong friendship with the State of Israel. In fact, when LBJ was President, the United States became Israel’s chief diplomatic ally and primary arms supplier.