This was a war that had to do with the Cold War, which raged all over the world at that time. The beginnings of the war in Vietnam, the Vietnam War, this time with American involvement, as opposed to the 1950s when it was French involvement. Nasser started to make threatening speeches, calling specifically for a war against Israel — hysteria all over the Arab world. Israel agreed not to retaliate to Saddam sending 42 missiles to Israel during the Gulf War of ‘91. The balance sheet is, in this alliance, Israel benefited enormously.