Charles de Gaulle ends the Algerian War and seeks to re-establish the previously good relations with other Arab countries. With this in mind, he ends military supplies to Israel. At the same time, Israel’s swift military victory in the Six-Day War arouses sympathy from the United States, which is mired in Vietnam. From then on, Israel will become a key American ally in the Middle East. But it hasn’t always been this way, and it may not always be.
