ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the impact of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war on Arab nationalist perceptions regarding the input that the United States had in the crisis. It examines how these perceptions influenced Arab attitudes toward the US and Soviet roles in the peace process. The chapter argues that the Six Day War had a devastating, negative impact on Arab views regarding the US role, as well as on Arab beliefs in the efficacy of the Soviet Union and its reliability as a superpower ally. Gamal 'Abd al-Nasser accepted the convening of a summit of Arab heads of state in Khartoum, Sudan, at the end of August 1967. Syria boycotted the Khartoum Summit because it refused to accept Arab reaction as a partner. The diplomatic stalemate in the Middle East was directly related to the deepening polarization of the Arab-Israeli conflict along East-West lines.
