War over Water (Jordan River)

This article is about geopolitical struggle between Israel vs. Lebanon and Syria. For other water conflicts, see War over Water.
War over Water
Part of the Arab-Israeli conflict
DateNovember 1964 – May 1967
Location
Jordan River drainage basin and the Golan Heights
Result Tensions contributing to the Six-Day War
Belligerents
 Israel  Syria
 Jordan
 Lebanon
Commanders and leaders
Israel Zalman Shazar
Israel Levi Eshkol
Israel Yitzhak Rabin		 Syria Amin al-Hafiz
Syria Nureddin al-Atassi
Jordan Hussein
Lebanon Charles Helou

The War over Water, also known as the Battle over Water, was a series of confrontations between Israel and its Arab neighbors from November 1964 to May 1967 over control of water sources in the Jordan River drainage basin.