The territory of israel before the war is colored royal blue on this map, while the territories captured by israel during the. On the other side of the conflict, however, israel developed into a regional superpower after the 1967 war. The lessons and consequences of the sixday war jewish. Israels lightning triumph, in the sixday war of june 1967, against the combined forces of. On 10 june 1967, the white house situation room was a scene of great concern. There are many contexts in which this story makes sense, but only michael oren, a widely published americanborn israel scholar and historian, has so far knitted the diverse strands into a cohesive fabric that remains vital and relevant today.
Our purpose is rather to outline briefly the major, and by. The brief, miraculous war brought jerusalem under full jewish control for the first time in 2,000 years. The sixday war and its impact on arab and israeli conflict 91 the palestinians remain without land and a viable state and appear to be making little progress. Yom kippur war october 1973 fought from 6 to 26 october 1973 by a coalition of arab states led by egypt and syria against israel as a way of recapturing part of the territories which they lost to the israelis back in the sixday war. Arabisraeli 1967 war, sixday war, principles of war 15. Israel and the territories israel occupied in the six day war photo. Ten additional unwra refugee camps were established to accommodate the new wave of displaced persons. The sixday war between israel and its arab neighbours was not about one particular concern or dispute.
Within the brief span of six days, the idf overran the sinai peninsula. The author paints a vivid and rich picture of the recent history. The strategic and political consequences of the june 1967 war. The sixday war june 1967 israel ministry of foreign affairs. But the project of building israeli communities on the west bank and the messianic aspects of zionism were not born in 1967. A premeditated strategy or an inexorable drift to war. The six day war was a watershed moment in middle eastern history where the balance of power shifted in the region. Not that long ago i covered the angel sightings at the battle of mons and that reminded me about this next case. Fiftytwo years ago, israel vanquished its arab opponents in the six day war, waged from june 510, 1967.
June 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the sixday war. The war began with a surprise joint attack by egypt and syria on the jewish holiday of yom kippur. Just seven months later, the world witnessed the rebirth of the state of israel. Map of the military movements and territorial changes during the sixday war. In the six day war of june 1967, israel defeated the combined armies of egypt, syria and jordan, capturing the west bank, east jerusalem, the. How the six day war changed american jews the times of. To touch the sky the history of the israeli air force. One would think that muslims might get a clue by now as to who god really is. Jerusalem, israel the 1967 sixday war pitted a relatively young israel against five. This week we commemorate the 47th anniversary of the six day war between israel and her arab neighbors, egypt, jordan, and syria in. The 1948 defeat in the arabisraeli war, the ambiguous armistice agreements that followed and the growing belief in the need for collective arab actions that characterized the second critical turning point created the conditions for the third critical turning point, which was highlighted by the 1967 arabisraeli war.
This book seeks to provide a corrective on the june 1967 war. During the 60s the three major neighbors of the state of israel, each in its own way, chose an aggressive strategy towards the jewish state. The fight was between israel and egypt, jordan, and syria, but many. The sixday war was a decisive turning point in the zionist enterprise. Pdf the sixday war an inevitable conflict efraim karsh. This year marked the 50th anniversary of this reunification. The sixday war, as it is also known, which involved israel, egypt, syria and jordan, brought many significant. During the run up to the sixday war, the americans repeatedly rebuffed israeli requests for military aid and approval for an israeli preemptive attack on egypt. The six day war was a brief but bloody conflict fought in june 1967 between israel and the arab states of egypt, syria and jordan. Yesterday, may 24th was jerusalem day, israels national holiday that commemorated the reunification of jerusalem after the sixday war in 1967.
In the 1973 war, anwar sadat, egypts president, was able to exploit israeli vulnerabilities to achieve political success through a limited war. The 1967 arabisraeli six day war provides the operational commander with an excellent opportunity to examine the importance of the application, or misapplication, of the principles of war in a conflict. New york times bestseller the first comprehensive account of the epochmaking six day war, from the author of allynow featuring a fiftiethanniversary retrospective though it lasted for only six tense days in june, the 1967 arabisraeli war never really ended. In forgotten article after six day war, amos oz warned of eternal annexation. Israels sixday war was a step backward for zionism the. Background t he six day war was the culmination of a series of crises in the middle east, mainly focused on israel, though also reflecting the struggle for geostrategic. But, although there was practically unanimous national support for the governments insistence on peace treaties with the arab states as a condition of any settlement, there was much public debate on whether israel should be prepared to barter territories for peace in the event of direct negotiations. The palestine of miniskirts and tank tops maysoon zayid, palestinianamerican comedian, writer, and disability advocate. Given the lack of evidence that it was waged by israel in anticipation of an attack by arab states, the 1967 war can no longer serve as such a precedent. Israel on the eve of the 1967 sixday war was a country of more than 2. Egyptian president gamal abdel nasser vowed to avenge arab losses and press the cause of palestinian nationalism. It is not proposed here to unfold the entire history of the arabisrael conflict. The content is accurate and based on a solid research.
In the period leading up to june 1967, tensions became dangerously heightened. The sixday war and israeli selfdefense by john quigley. On june 7, 1967 the city of jerusalem had been liberated on of the first. In 1967, israels sixday war changed religion the atlantic. This study analyzes the problems that beset israel in the aftermath of its decisive victory in the six day war over the arabs. Read israel since the sixday war tears of joy, tears of sorrow by leslie stein available from rakuten kobo. Arabisraeli 1967 war, six day war, principles of war 15. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the. The short, sharp encounter that has come to be known as the sixday war was a highly explosive but as israel is resolved to make it a last installment in the agonizing serial of arab aggression against israel since may 1948. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the yom kippur war of 1973. The sixday war, as it quickly became known, intensified american jews love for israel and imbued them with a new confidence to advocate for their interests at home and abroad. News from israel, the middle east and the jewish world. They are stages in processes that were initiated by the workers parties and the herut movement.
Michael oren, making sense of the six day war, mef wires. In israel and the west it is called the six day war. The war and its outcome had significant implications for the future of the middle east, and its repercussions echo to this day. Israeli victory led to its occupation of the west bank, gaza strip, sinai peninsula, and golan heights. The six day war, also known as the june war, 1967 arabisraeli war, or third arabisraeli war, was fought between june 5 and 10, 1967 by israel and the neighboring states of egypt known at the time as the united arab republic, jordan, and syria. The six day war and its impact on arab and israeli conflict 91 the palestinians remain without land and a viable state and appear to be making little progress. The 1967 arabisraeli sixday war provides the operational commander with an excellent opportunity to examine the importance of the application, or misapplication, of the principles of war in a conflict. New york times bestseller the first comprehensive account of the epochmaking sixday war, from the author of allynow featuring a fiftiethanniversary retrospective though it lasted for only six tense days in june, the 1967 arabisraeli war never really ended. For six tense days between june 5 and 10, 1967, war raged between israel and its neighbors, egypt, jordan, and syria. Sixday war simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pdf israels triumphant six day war victory bonnie k.
The sixday war and its impact on arab and israeli conflict. Pdf based on recently declassified us and israeli documents, and on memoirs of key. The lessons and consequences of the sixday war by david harris. Why the sixday war was a prophetic milestone and nearly armageddon. June 510, 1967 between israel and the surrounding arab countries with israels miraculous victory in defense of its homeland, the war was a pivotal event in the history.
When israel won the six day war in 1967 and their war of independence in 1948, they were outnumbered as much as 50 to 1, but they still won against many of the surrounding muslim nations. In the arab world, it is known as the june war, or simply as the setback. Then in the astonishing sixday war israel reclaimed jerusalem, the golan heights, west bank of the jordan river, gaza strip, and the sinai peninsula, all of which have totally or partially been given back to the arabs, excepting the golan heights. Impact of the sixday war on israel, 50 years later. Fifty years ago, the sixday war changed the course of palestinian history.
Never has a conflict so short, unforeseen and largely unwanted by both sides so transformed the world. Egyptian prisoners of war captured in the sinai desert. Completing his acclaimed trilogy on the history of israel, leslie stein brings readers right up to contemporary events i. Thus, it is very easy to read with great pleasure, unlike my promised land. Here we bring together its impact on israel and on the jewish communities in the arab countries. The sixday war between israel and its arab neighbors ends with a united nationsbrokered ceasefire. The sixday war and the golan heights hoover institution. Israels victory in the 1967 sixday war and its resulting military occupation of the west bank and its palestinian residents transformed the. It has even been used to justify a preemptive assault on a state expected to attack well in the future. The six day war was a momentous military victory for israel, who fought a defensive war and came out on top. The united states, bogged down in vietnam and facing domestic opposition to that war, was loathe to become embroiled in a. Sixday war, microsoft encarta online encyclopedia 2007. I heard about this a long time ago on maybe unsolved mysteries or one of those type of paranormal shows when i was a kid. To this end, he organized an alliance of arab states surrounding israel and mobilized for war.
Moshe gat introduction on the morning of 5 june 1967, the israeli air force launched a surprise attack against the air. Following years of diplomatic friction and skirmishes between. Afterwards the arab armies launch a lighting ground attack andin an exact mirror image of the actual sixday warconquer the entire territory of. In the aftermath of israels sixday war and its occupation of the west bank, israeli forces ethnically cleansed and destroyed a number of palestinian villages, including imwas and beit nuba. Its 7,200 square miles meant it roughly equaled in size the state of new jersey on the u.
After a number of smaller military strikes between the countries, soviet intelligence reports heightened tensions by claiming that israel was planning a military campaign against syria. It had been aggression military and terrorist, political and economic, propagandist and psychological. Israels triumphant sixday war victory israeli soldiers in front of the kotel after liberating the old city of jerusalem, june 7, 1967. The sixday war was a brief but bloody conflict fought in june 1967 between israel and the arab states of egypt, syria and jordan. The outnumbered israel defense forces achieved a swift and decisive victory in the brief war. The books point of divergence is the assumption that it is the arab air forces which on june 5, 1967 launch a surprise attack and destroy the israeli air force, rather than the other way around as it happened in actual history.