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[[File:Driving the Jews into the sea.PNG|thumb|[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jh9CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false "Driving the Jews into the sea." Syrian cartoon. (How the phrase has, always, meant literally, in the Arab world)]]]
[[File:Driving the Jews into the sea.PNG|thumb|[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jh9CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false "Driving the Jews into the sea." Syrian cartoon. (How the phrase has, always, meant literally, in the Arab world)]]]
The June 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 political move to retain his popularity, Egyptian President Abdel Nasser announced his resignation, but later agreed to continue to lead Egypt.
The June 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 political move to retain his popularity, Egyptian President Abdel Nasser announced his resignation, but later agreed to continue to lead Egypt.
==1966==
[[Palestinian]] [[Ahmad Shukeiri]], a year before the [[Six-Day War]], had declared his support for the Viet Cong.<ref>Irving Louis Horowitz (1974) "Israeli Ecstasies/Jewish Agonies". Oxford University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cb9tAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Landowner p. 11].
<blockquote>ARAB POLICIES.
In the 1930's Arab terrorists and "guerrillas" waged a continuous war against Jewish settlements in Palestine: arson, destruction of wells and pipelines, and murder. Then as now, they were part of the apparatus of "Arab liberation."
It was with the active propaganda and financial support of the Nazis and Fascists that Haj Amin El Husseini, Mufti of Jerusalem and Nazi propagandist, advocated mass murder of the Jews. '''Ahmed Shukeiri, present head of the so-called Palestine Liberation Organization, is a large landowner, an unmistakable heir of the revanchist chauvinism of the pro-Nazi Arab, who dares to proclaim himself leader of a national liberation struggle and offer "support" to the Vietnamese Liberation Front'''.
One day the head of the reactionary Syrian delegation to the United Nations, another day leader of the Saudi Arabian delegation , on yet another day he heads "guerrilla war" against Israel, a war against individual citizens, with "guerrillas" who never dare attack a military force, a "guerrilla force" which is, in fact, not a guerrilla force at all but a band of mercenaries in the pay of a foreign power, Egypt.</blockquote></ref>
And has threatened the [[United States]] with an alliance with the Vietcong.
<ref>[https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1967.05.26.001/3 The Detroit Jewish News, May 26, 1967.]
"Fear for Israel May Avert Third World War".
By Philip Slomovitz.
''... To have permitted him to function, while he was threatening the United States with an '''alliance with the Vietcong''', was viewed by many as a grave danger.
Now Shukeiri and his PLO have come home to roost—and they could well instigate the Arab peoples who are unaware of the existing dangers to involve Israel and the entire free world in a third world conflict.''</ref>
In June, 1966, Shukairy defiantly declared that the Palestine Liberation Army was receiving military assistance as well as training from the Chinese [[Communists]]. In the same month, as a corollary, PLO announced, in programs broadcast over Radio Cairo, that it was preparing to intervene in the Vietnam war.
According to Shukairy, the PLO had decided to send its soldiers "to fight alongside the Viet Cong."
Explaining that by serving with the Viet Cong, troops of the PLO would gain valuable experience in guerilla warfare "which will be used in the inevitable war to liberate Palestine."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4zxDAQAAIAAJ&q=In+June,+1966,+Shukairy+defiantly+declared ''Facts'', Volume 16, B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League, p. 425].
<blockquote>
In June, 1966, Shukairy defiantly declared that the Palestine Liberation Army was receiving military assistance as well as training from the Chinese Communists. In the same month, as a corollary, PLO announced, in programs broadcast over Radio Cairo, that it was preparing to intervene in the Vietnam war.<br><br>
According to Shukairy, the PLO had decided to send its soldiers "to fight alongside the Viet Cong."
He said that by serving with the Viet Cong, troops of the PLO would gain valuable experience in guerilla warfare "which will be used in the inevitable war to liberate Palestine."</blockquote></ref>
In November 1966, Shukairy stated that his guerrillas would soon begin an expanded terrorist offensive in Israel modeled partly on the methods of the Vietcong.
He also let it be known that many of his men are being trained in Communist China His plan is to send these guerrillas into the two bulges. He already has some 10,000 troops under his command in the Gaza trip.<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1966/12/02/01/article/164 Behind The Scenes At The United Nations By David Horowitz], B'nai B'rith, Dec 2, 1966.
<blockquote>
THE GREAT danger for Israel, despite King Hussein's disclaimer of any involvement, lies in the Arab refugee problem in these bulges who have sworn allegiance to the modern Antiochus Ahmad Shukairy who is arming them to the teeth in preparation for an all-out offensive.
Interviewed by a New York Times corresponding in Cairo last week. Shukairy stated that his guerrillas would soon begin an expanded terrorist offensive in Israel modeled partly on the methods of the Vietcong.
He also let it be known that many of his men are being trained in Communist China His plan is to send these guerrillas into the two bulges. He already has some 10,000 troops under his command in the Gaza trip.
These facts were not unknown to the Security Council members when they voted to condemn Israel.
The question arises: should Israel wait until this happens? Should Israel remain silent and allow Shukairy's Peking and Viet-cong-trained guerrillas to organize and strengthen themselves into the two bulges in readiness for their eventual offensive?
THIS WRITER believes waiting would be suicidal...</blockquote></ref>
== Prelude ==
== Prelude ==
Palestinian leader Ahmed Shukeiry, asked about the fate of the Jews in Israel after the war, replied, ''I estimate none of them will survive.''</blockquote>
Palestinian leader Ahmed Shukeiry, asked about the fate of the Jews in Israel after the war, replied, ''I estimate none of them will survive.''</blockquote>
== The War ==
== The War ==