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…showed last 75 words of 1704 total…be vigilant, to guard against Arab aggression. The people understood the danger and believed that vigilance and service are essential for Israel's existence. The Israeli strategic objective was to deliver the first blow and take the battle deep into the enemy territory. They would let the Arabs nations know what the price of war would be, and that Israel would not surrender or give the lands captured in the war back to the Arabs. NOTES