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In the previous Israel was forced to deal with several threats from Arab leaders. Already in 1965 Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel [[Nasser]] announced: “We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood”. On May 22, 1967 Syrian leader Nureddin al-Attasi told his troops “We want a full scale, popular war of liberation to destroy the Zionist enemy”. In the same month Nasser forced the UN Emergency Force to leave the Sinai Peninsula, where they were stationed since 1957.<ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263102/six-day-war-remembered-joseph-puder The Six Day War Remembered]. A reflection on the "what-might-have-beens." FPM, Jun 7, 2016. Joseph Puder.</ref>

In the previous Israel was forced to deal with several threats from Arab leaders. Already in 1965 Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel [[Nasser]] announced: “We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood”. On May 22, 1967 Syrian leader Nureddin al-Attasi told his troops “We want a full scale, popular war of liberation to destroy the Zionist enemy”. In the same month Nasser forced the UN Emergency Force to leave the Sinai Peninsula, where they were stationed since 1957.<ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263102/six-day-war-remembered-joseph-puder The Six Day War Remembered]. A reflection on the "what-might-have-beens." FPM, Jun 7, 2016. Joseph Puder.</ref>

[[Ahmad Shukeiri]] expressed his genocidal aims, including predicting that no one will survive.<ref>Iyunim biTkumat Israel, 11, 2001, pp. 141-132 [Merkaz le-moreshet Ben-Guryon].

[[Ahmad Shukeiri]] expressed his genocidal aims, including predicting that no one will survive.<ref>Iyunim biTkumat Israel, 11, 2001, pp. 141-132 [https://in.bgu.ac.il/bgi/iyunim/11/5.pdf] [Merkaz le-moreshet Ben-Guryon].

Moshe Shemesh - Did Shuqayri call for 'throwing the Jews into the sea'?

Moshe Shemesh - Did Shuqayri call for 'throwing the Jews into the sea'?

<blockquote>The fact that in that statement he explicitly spoke of the extermination of Jews strengthened the credibility of the claim. That he called for throwing the Jews into the sea...</blockquote>[https://in.bgu.ac.il/bgi/iyunim/11/5.pdf]</ref>

<blockquote>The fact that in that statement he explicitly spoke of the extermination of Jews strengthened the credibility of the claim. That he called for throwing the Jews into the sea...</blockquote></ref>

Shukeiri incited the Arabs into a frenzy [[Jihad]]. He ''fired up his followers with injunctions for a "sacred war," like the Koran's: "Kill them wherever you find them. Drive them out of the places from which they drove you."''<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382480217/ The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California, December 31, 1967, p. 28]:<blockquote>

Shukeiri incited the Arabs into a frenzy [[Jihad]]. He ''fired up his followers with injunctions for a "sacred war," like the Koran's: "Kill them wherever you find them. Drive them out of the places from which they drove you."''<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382480217/ The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California, December 31, 1967, p. 28]:<blockquote>

== The War ==

== The War ==

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> ''BBC'', [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/10/newsid_3047000/3047177.stm

1967: Israel ends six-day war]</ref>

This war reportedly displaced 500,000 Palestinians, and Israel offered the Palestinians in Jerusalem the opportunity to become Israeli citizens, but most declined, of the 120,000 who tried to sign up to return to Israel (after fleeing) only 14,000 were allowed back in.

This war reportedly displaced 500,000 Palestinians, and Israel offered the Palestinians in Jerusalem the opportunity to become Israeli citizens, but most declined, of the 120,000 who tried to sign up to return to Israel (after fleeing) only 14,000 were allowed back in.