Events of the Persian Gulf War
Israel agrees
Iraq attacks
Kuwait over an
oil dispute
The United
States attacks
Iraq to protect
its oil interests
Iraq bombs
Israel to
retaliate against
the United
States
not to retaliate
against Iraq in
return for US
protection
Why did Israel respond to this series of events the way it did?
A. Israel is a neutral country that maintains no permanent military
forces.
B. Not retaliating allowed Israel to maintain the appearance of
friendly relations with Iraq.
C. Not retaliating prevented a revolt among Israel's citizens, most of
whom have relatives in Iraq.
D. Israel's leaders wanted to avoid bringing more countries into the
war.