king faisel of saudi arabia also went to meet with nasa and pledge him his support. the us wanted to know what secrets about the inevitable war in the middle east, the ussr was whispering in the ears of the egyptians any cost. all these events were happening as the liberty was in the mediterranean and had reached the rota naval station in spain so... it could add three experts in russian and arabic to its crew. in the israeli camp, the situation was in crisis mode, egypt from the west, jordan from the east and syria from the north are on standby awaiting orders from abdul nasir to finish israel off. levi ashkol, the israeli prime minister thought of a surprise attack as the only way to end the crisis and informed his new defense. defense minister, moshe dayan, of his opinion, june 5th, 1967 was chosen as the day to attack the arabs. june 5th, 7 in the morning, 180 israeli fighter jets flew towards egypt, only 12 fighter jets were left behind to defend the israeli skies. 45 minutes later, egypt's military airport runways were bombed and... 280 egyptian military jets o