June 5, 1967

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6 Day War, June 5-11, 1967
June 5, 1967 14 armies from 3 Arab nations laid
siege upon Israel from every direction In 6 days
Israel won a decisive victory over all
assaults which changed the map of the middle East
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Israel borders before the 6 Day War
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Land under Israeli control after the 6 day war
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Events leading to Six Day War

• May, 1967 unprovoked actions by Nasser and
  other Arab leaders created a feeling of impending
  disaster in Israel
• On May 14 Israeli intelligence noted that Nasser
  had moved forces into the Sinai desert
• May 16 Radio Cairo broadcast states we shall
  destroy Israel.
• May 18 Egyptian President Nasser orders the
  United Nations Emergency Force to leave Sinai
• May 23 Nasser closes the straits of Tiran to
  Israeli shipping.
• May 26 President Johnson warns Israel against
  unilateral action. Subsequent UN debate proves
  fruitless.
• May 30 Jordan signs a defense pact with Egypt,
  allows Egyptian command of Jordan Legion.
• May 31 President Abdur Rahman Aref of Iraq
  states, "The existence of Israel is an error
  which must be rectified. This is our opportunity
  to wipe out the ignominy which has been with us
  since 1948. Our goal is clear - to wipe Israel
  off the map.

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April and May, 1967Israelis mobilize for war
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Timeline Six Day War 06/05/67-06/12/67

• June 5th Israeli airstrikes begin in Egyptian,
  Jordanian and Syrian fronts
• June 6th
• Egypt conquest of Gaza and Southern cities,
  Egypt retreats
• Jordan conquest of Armor Hill Jerusalem,
  Ramallah, Jordan retreats
• Syria artillery barrage at northern border/Golan
• June 7th Old City Jerusalem captured, Jericho
  conquered
• June 8th Hebron taken
• Continued Syrian barrage on Golan
• June 9th Arab armies collapse, Nassar (Egypt)
  resigns
• Offensive on Golan begins
• June 10th Massada falls to Israel
• June 12th Mt. Hermon and Majdal Chams falls to
  Israel

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Under threat of attack,Israel Strikes, June 5th,
1967
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Accurate air strikes crippled fronts in
EgyptJordanSyria
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In spite of allied opposition, air strikes set
the course for the war
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Air assaults paved the way for ground troop
advance on all fronts
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• Israels airforce made aviation history
• Air strikes eliminated the Egyptian airforce.
  Soon after it struck the Jordanian, Syrian and
  Iraqi air forces.
• In the first hours of the war Israel achieved
  total air superiority.
• A total of 393 Arab planes were destroyed on the
  ground.

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The air assaults paved the way for stunning
victory of biblical proportions.
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Israeli Air Force Leadership at Press Conference
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Leadership
Moshe Dayan
Yitzhak Rabin
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06/05-06/67Egypt launches missiles at Israel
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After successful air strikes Israel's ground
troops move into Egypt.
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IDF advances into the Sinai
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As Israel advances, Egypt retreats within 24
hours.
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Egyptian front Liberating Gaza and raising
Israeli sign
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Jordanian front After debilitating air strikes,
Israeli ground troops invade for quick victory
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Jordanian front moving towards Jerusalem
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Jordanian front Battle of Jerusalem, June 5-7,
1967
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Mobilization outside Jerusalem 06/06/67
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Refugees in Jerusalem
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06/07/67 Readying for battle for the Old City
Colonel Motta Gur on loudspeaker All company
commanders, were sitting right now on the ridge
and were seeing the Old City.
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Entering Jerusalem
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Soldiers take the Old City, 06/07/67
Col. Motta cont. Shortly were going to go in
to the Old City of Jerusalem, that all
generations have dreamed about. We will be the
first to enter the Old City.
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Israeli troops in East Jerusalem
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Breakthrough at Lions Gate
Col Motta Eitans tanks will advance on the
left and will enter the Lions Gate. The final
rendezvous will be on the open square above.
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In the Old City
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Liberation of the Western Wall, 06/07/67
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Colonel Motta Gur announces on the army wireless
The Temple Mount is in our hands! I repeat,
the Temple Mount is in our hands!
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Colonel Motta Gur (Cont.) The Temple Mount is
in our hands! I repeat, the Temple Mount is in
our hands!!!
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Chief Rabbi of Israel Defense Force, Shlomo
Goren, arrives at Western Wall
To his far left is the fellow paratrooper who
planted the Israeli flag upon the Temple Mount
declaring Jewish sovereignty over the Mount,
ending 1,897 years of exile.
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Come lets go up to the Mountain
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Baruch ata Hashem, menachem tsion u-voneh
Yerushalayim. Rabbi Shlomo Goren
Blessed are thou, who comforts Zion and builds
Jerusalem.
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Troops Celebrating Victory
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Blessed be the God of Israel
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The Three Soldiers Zion Karasenti, 64 Dr. Yitzak
Yifak, 64 Haim Oshri, 63
1967
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Guarding Temple Mount
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Rabbi Shlomo Goren carrying a Sefer Torah, leads
a spontaneous celebration at the Western Wall
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Baruch ata Hashem, elokeinu melech haolam,
she-hechianu ve-kiemanu ve-hegianu la-zman
ha-zeh Israeli soldiers at the Western Wall,
06/07/67
Blessed art Thou L-rd G-d King of the Universe
who has sustained us and kept us and has brought
us to this day
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On Temple Mount
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At the Western Wall
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This morning, the Israel Defense Forces
liberated Jerusalem. We have united Jerusalem,
the divided capital of Israel. We have returned
to the holiest of our Holy Places, never to part
from it again.  To our Arab neighbors we extend,
also at this hour - and with added emphasis at
this hour - our hand in peace. And to our
Christian and Muslim fellow citizens, we solemnly
promise full religious freedom and rights. We
did not come to Jerusalem for the sake of other
peoples' Holy Places, and not to interfere with
the adherents of other faiths, but in order to
safeguard its entirety, and to live there
together with others, in unity. Moshe Dayan,
06/07/67
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Prisoners are taken
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Syrian front View of Golan field of fire
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Advancing in difficult terrain in the Golan
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Golan In spite of challenges, the army advances
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Syria quickly loses control
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IDF Passing through newly captured Druze village
in Golan
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Sea of Galilee and Golan
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Golan was riddled with mines cleared by Israeli
ground troops
Sea of Galilee in background
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The Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab
neighbors ends with a United Nations brokered
cease fire
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Civilians cheering in Jerusalem
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All POWs were treated well and returned home
with message for peace.
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Aftermath

• Egypt lost about 11,000 troops
• Jordan lost about 6,000
• Syria lost about 1,000, and
• Israel lost about 700.
• Israel gained oversight for all of Jerusalem, The
  Golan Heights, Sinai, the Gaza Strip, and the
  West Bank.

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Within days of the Six Day War

• Chief Rabbinate Council reminded the public that
  "in view of the fact that the holiness of the
  area never ceases, it is forbidden to ascend the
  Temple Mount until the Temple is built."

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Consequences

• Israels mindset shifted from defensive to
  offensive
• Temple Mount became focus of complex rabbinical
  dispute and fell into Muslim control.
• 40 years later, Israels enemies continue to
  contest its borders and the eminence of war is
  rising.

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• "Very soon", I told my grandchildren, "the
  soldiers will come home there will be peace we
  will be able to travel to Jordan and to Egypt and
  all will be well."
• I honestly believed it, but it wasn't to be.
• Golda Meir

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• Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem
• Coming down out of heaven from God
• Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband
• And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying,
• Behold the tabernacle of God is with men,
• And He will dwell with them, and they shall be
  His people.
• God Himself will be with them and be their God.

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• And God will wipe away every tear from their
  eyes
• There shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor
  crying.
• There shall be no more pain, for the former
  things have passed away.
• Then He who sat on the throne said,
• Behold, I make all things new.
• And He said to me, Write, for these words are
  true and faithful.
• The Alpha and Omega
• Rev. 212-5

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Acknowledgements

• Photos
• www.virtualjewishlibrary.org
• www.sixdaywar.co.uk
• http//www.militaryphotos.net
• Soundtrack
• www.virtualjewishlibrary.org
• Prophetic Warrior, Vol 1, John Belt
• Hatikva by Sam Glaser
• Hatikva instrumental www.aaronalon.com/id23.htm