Israeli security forces aim tear gas at Palestinian protesters at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem on June 2, 2019, as clashes broke out while Israelis marked Jerusalem Day, which commemorates the country's capture of the city's mainly Palestinian eastern sector in the 1967
Six-Day War. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)
Also on Tuesday, a number of far-right Israeli parliamentarians called for the permanent annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory, during a Knesset plenary session to mark the 50-year anniversary of the
Six-Day War.
Speaking Monday at a Jerusalem ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the
Six-Day War, Netanyahu stressed that Israel seeks true peace with its neighbors but must ensure its own security.
50 years ago in May, a false Soviet warning of large-scale Israeli troop concentrations along the border with Syria touched off a chain of events leading to the 1967
Six-Day War. However, another all-out Arab-Israeli war was "a foregone conclusion."
Was the
Six-Day War just a great triumph--or a triumph whose consequence is grave devastation?
The
Six-Day War: The Breaking of the Middle East is the unabridged audiobook rendition of an in-depth study of the
Six-Day War of June 1967, when Israel clashed with the military might of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, and emerged victorious in a conflict that redrew the map of the Middle East.
Israel seized 1,200 square kilometers (460 square miles) of the Golan Heights from Syria in the
Six-Day War of 1967 and later annexed it in a move never recognized by the international community.
Netanyahu's cabinet on Sunday held its first meeting in the Golan Heights, territory seized from Syria in the 1967
Six-Day War.
The long-buried voices of Israeli soldiers who fought in the so-called
Six-Day War are heard for the first time in a troubling documentary lifting the lid on the ethnic cleansing of Arabs from the occupied territories.
The grandfather's story begins in 1967 during the
Six-Day War, with three Israeli paratroopers fighting in the battle for Jerusalem.
EVENTS 1967: The United Nations Security Council rejects Soviet demands for an immediate vote to condemn Israel's aggression in the so-called
six-day war.
Who was Israel's Defence Minister during the
Six-Day War?
1967: Israel ends
six-day war Fighting in the Middle East has ended after Israel finally observed the UN ceasefire and halted her advance into Syria.
