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are said by Arab Leaders to their people and so again are overtly biased and are also contradicted by the Egyptian deputy commander-in-chief in Source E. This disagreement between people of the same side clearly shows that one of them is lying and that the Arabs aren´t telling the whole truth. It is more likely that source E, which blames Israel for starting the war is more unreliable because it is a speech designed for the international community and so is biased so as to make them the Arabs look good. However source K also blames Israel for being responsible for the war as it mention show Israel was being hostile to her neighbours and had ulterior motives because going to war would improve the economy and employment. This source, although it matches what is said by E is again

unreliable because other Arab sources clearly indicate Arab aggression and also it is a biased source because it is in book to be seen by the international community. The sources C and D and K claim that the USA, USSR and are responsible for the war. They suggest that the USA and USSR were using the Middle East as a place to show off their power and support and to use the area as a battlefield for them to cause trouble. It is also claimed that the mistake made by the removal of UN troops from the buffer zone in Israeli sparked off the war. However it is impossible to say that either source is correct because both have limitations. Neither source when corroborated has another source with the same conclusion and so is unreliable. Also source C is a cartoon which is often

exaggerated whilst D, which was written several years after the war will not have how both sides felt at the actual time. Using contextual knowledge and these sources it is probably best to say what is said in source A that both sides are to blame and that the war was inevitable due to both long-term and short-term causes. We know that Israel fired the first short on the actual break out of war but before this there was Arab aggression thus forcing them to release their pre-emptive attack. We also know that there had been a history of conflict between both sides and so it is hard to blame one particular side for causing this war. This is also because the sources contradict each other and so it is best to say that there are several causes of the war including the part other

factors such as the UN and USSR played. 8. There are many reasons why there is disagreement over who caused the Six Day war. A main problem is that all the sources are problematic. They all have their merits to show who caused the war but are also unreliable and have technical limitations. The sources often contradict each other and this is because we hear the biased view of both sides. Sources A, B, F, G and J blame the Arab aggression for causing the war. This is contradicted by sources A, E, and K which blame Israeli ulterior motives and attacks on Syria whilst sources C, D and K blame other factors such as the USSR, USA and the UN thus leading to confusion on who is really to blame. Even sources from the same side (e.g. sources E, F and G) say different things making them

difficult to believe which is true and who is to blame. Each source comes down in a different direction giving a slightly different conclusion for what caused the war. With all these different views and the limitations to them it is impossible to believe which one is true thus causing problems on who caused the war. The majority of the sources are biased in favour of one country and the neutral sources are from years after the war thus giving time for facts and opinions to alter from the actual event. Clearly the unreliability in the sources makes them severely limited in showing what caused the war. Also by using contextual knowledge we know that there had been a history of violence between the sides making it hard to work out who would´ve wanted to attack most. Israel was

motivated by Arab aggression and the desire to recapture land taken back from them in the previous war whilst the Arabs believed that the land was stolen from them by the Jews and they wanted revenge for previous defeats. Also there is the view that other dimensions such as the UN, USSR and USA are to blame and so there is confusion on whether or not one factor is to blame and also which of the causes are actually true.