Question

background information: this is from a statement made by an israeli foreign minister to the un security council on june 6, 1967 (the second day of the six - day war). now there could be no doubt about what was intended for us. with my very ears i heard president nassers speech on 26 may. he said: we intend to open a general assault against israel. this will be total war. our basic aim will be to destroy israel. on 2 june, the egyptian commander in sinai, general mortagi, published his order of the day, calling on his troops to wage a war of destruction against israel. here, then, was a systematic, overt, proclaimed design at politicide, the murder of a state. the policy, the arms, the men had all been brought together, and the state threatened with collective assault was itself the last sanctuary of a people which had why is foreign minister eban giving this statement? to convince the members of the united nations that egypt had taken the first shot to persuade the united nations to permit israel to establish a homeland in palestine to explain why israel was justified in attacking the egyptian forces to assure the united nations that israel only intended to do battle for four more days

Explanation:

The Israeli Foreign Minister is presenting statements from Egyptian leaders about intentions to wage war against Israel. The goal is to show that Israel's attack on Egyptian forces was justified as a response to these declared aggressive intentions.

Answer:

to explain why Israel was justified in attacking the Egyptian forces