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[[Image:Soldiers Western Wall 1967.jpg|right|thumb|IDF soldiers at Jerusalem's Western Wall shortly after its capture.]]
 
[[Image:Soldiers Western Wall 1967.jpg|right|thumb|IDF soldiers at Jerusalem's Western Wall shortly after its capture.]]
The 1967 '''Six-Day War''' resulted when the [[Egypt]]ian ruler [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] closed off the Gulf of Aqaba, which was the only access [[Israel]] had to the [[Red Sea]]. Israel responded with massive [[preemptive]] air strikes against several Arab nations, including Egypt, killing many Arabs and destroying their military capabilities. Israel conquered [[Jerusalem]], the West Bank, the [[Sinai Peninsula]] and Golan Heights. In a brilliant political move to regain popularity among his people, Egyptian President Abdel Nasser announced his resignation, leading to a public appeal for him to remain in office.  
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The 1967 '''Six-Day War''' resulted when the [[Egypt]]ian ruler [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] closed off the Gulf of Aqaba, which was the only access [[Israel]] had to the [[Red Sea]]. Israel responded with massive [[preemptive]] air strikes against several Arab nations, including Egypt, killing many Arabs and destroying their military capabilities. Israel conquered [[Jerusalem]], the West Bank, the [[Sinai Peninsula]] and Golan Heights. Humiliated, Egyptian President Abdel Nasser announced his resignation, but later agreed to continue to lead Egypt.
  
 
Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol cited principles of self-defense for his approval of air-strikes on Egypt and battles with Jordanian and Syrian forces.  Eshkol told a British newspaper, "The threat of destruction that hung over Israel since its establishment and which was about to be implemented has been removed. For the first time in 19 years, Jews are again free to pray at the Wailing Wall and at other shrines sacred to Judaism in Jerusalem and Hebron."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/10/newsid_3047000/3047177.stm</ref>
 
Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol cited principles of self-defense for his approval of air-strikes on Egypt and battles with Jordanian and Syrian forces.  Eshkol told a British newspaper, "The threat of destruction that hung over Israel since its establishment and which was about to be implemented has been removed. For the first time in 19 years, Jews are again free to pray at the Wailing Wall and at other shrines sacred to Judaism in Jerusalem and Hebron."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/10/newsid_3047000/3047177.stm</ref>
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To explain their humiliating defeat, Nasser and King Hussein of Jordan together concocted a lie that US and British forces aided Israel by joining in the war.  Once they issued this claim to the Arab world, it caused immense hostility against the West.  Their lie is one of the main reasons the US and British are hated by Arabs today.<ref>http://www.fsmitha.com/review/r-oren.html</ref>
 
To explain their humiliating defeat, Nasser and King Hussein of Jordan together concocted a lie that US and British forces aided Israel by joining in the war.  Once they issued this claim to the Arab world, it caused immense hostility against the West.  Their lie is one of the main reasons the US and British are hated by Arabs today.<ref>http://www.fsmitha.com/review/r-oren.html</ref>
 
In reality, however, the reason that the Arab offensive failed was because of their inability to cooperate. As examples, Syria did not participate on a large scale in the war until the end, Saudi Arabia and Iraq refused to directly attack Israel, and several integral parts of the war effort, such as Egypt's air force and Soviet assistance, failed to come into play on a large scale.
 
  
 
Since this war Egypt and Jordan are the only Arab nations to enter into peace agreements with Israel.<ref>''Id.''</ref>
 
Since this war Egypt and Jordan are the only Arab nations to enter into peace agreements with Israel.<ref>''Id.''</ref>

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IDF soldiers at Jerusalem's Western Wall shortly after its capture.

The 1967 Six-Day War resulted when the Egyptian ruler Gamal Abdel Nasser closed off the Gulf of Aqaba, which was the only access Israel had to the Red Sea. Israel responded with massive preemptive air strikes against several Arab nations, including Egypt, killing many Arabs and destroying their military capabilities. Israel conquered Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights. Humiliated, Egyptian President Abdel Nasser announced his resignation, but later agreed to continue to lead Egypt.

Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol cited principles of self-defense for his approval of air-strikes on Egypt and battles with Jordanian and Syrian forces. Eshkol told a British newspaper, "The threat of destruction that hung over Israel since its establishment and which was about to be implemented has been removed. For the first time in 19 years, Jews are again free to pray at the Wailing Wall and at other shrines sacred to Judaism in Jerusalem and Hebron."[1]

This war reportedly displaced 500,000 Palestinians, and Israel offered the Palestinians in Jerusalem the opportunity to become Israeli citizens, but most declined.[2]

To explain their humiliating defeat, Nasser and King Hussein of Jordan together concocted a lie that US and British forces aided Israel by joining in the war. Once they issued this claim to the Arab world, it caused immense hostility against the West. Their lie is one of the main reasons the US and British are hated by Arabs today.[3]

Since this war Egypt and Jordan are the only Arab nations to enter into peace agreements with Israel.[4]

References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/10/newsid_3047000/3047177.stm
  2. Id.
  3. http://www.fsmitha.com/review/r-oren.html
  4. Id.