Israel's vulnerability during the war leads to…

Israel's vulnerability during the war leads to another important development: its increasing dependence on United States military, economic, and diplomatic aid.

The Arab oil boycott that accompanies the war and the subsequent quadrupling of world oil prices dramatizes the West's dependence on Arab oil production.

Evidence of this dependence is reflected, for example, in the denial of permission during the fighting for United States transport planes carrying weapons to Israel to land anywhere in Europe except Portugal. (The 1973 war has set off a spiraling regional arms race in which Israel is hard pressed to match the Arab states, which are enriched by skyrocketing world oil prices. The vastly improved Arab arsenals force Israel to spend increasingly on defense, straining its already strapped economy.)

The emergence of Arab oil as a political weapon further isolates Israel in the world community.