Six days that changed the Middle East: The '67 Arab-Israeli War | Featured Documentary
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Published 2023-06-01
It altered the political and military landscape, expanded Israel’s territorial claims and confirmed Israel's military dominance in the region.
This war is known to Arabs as 'The War in June' and in Israel as 'The Six Day War'. It came just two decades after the 1948 'Nakba,' or catastrophe, when the state of Israel was established and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their homes and land.
‘The War in June’ looks at the roots of the 1967 War and documents the actual details of six days of battle, before considering the profound long-term consequences of this conflict.
Editor’s note: This documentary uses footage from the Israeli Army Archive at the following timecodes: 19:33, 19:53, and 20:06.
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Imagine invading a country, losing badly, invading again, losing badly, invading again, losing badly, and then you try to play victim.
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'Egypt didn't want war, so they took a bunch of aggressive actions...' doesn't make a lot of sense. They wanted to beat up Israel and they lost.
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Fun fact: While Israel jets were busy destroying the Egyptian airforce, egyptians were celebrating in the streets shouting 'death to all the jews' because their media told them that the Israelis were almost destroyed by them and that their bombers and artillery were bombing Israel cities. According to the news Israel had already lost 80% of their strength while the truth was that egypt airforce was bombed out of existence. So sad.
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Even in these very biased videos, it’s really, really hard to take the Arabs side.
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This is what happens when one side is fighting for pride and the other is fighting to exist.
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As one Egyptian Officer was quoted saying; ''We were trained to march in Cairo whilst the Israelis were trained to battle.''
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So the Arab countries just decided to abandon their territories for no reason even though their armies were superior and no fighting actually took place, and never knew war was a possibility despite Israel saying closing the strait would mean war and Nasser anticipating that with defensive maneuvers 🙄
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“’For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land"
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Why would Israel give up the territory it gained during the 6-day war especially the Golan Heights? It was a war that Israel did not want in the first place but was forced to fight because of Arab hubris and hatred.
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Arabs crying in the comments are the funniest things ever.
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This 'balanced' documentary leaves out a lot of pertinent information detrimental to the Arab cause. There is no mention made of the Arab promise to kill every Jew. Syrian interference in trying to divert the Jordan River is not mentioned. Israel's statement or promise that closing the Straits of Tiran would be seen as an act of war.
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2:01 also incorrect, Israel offered to return all military gains in exchange for recognition and peace. All Arab countries rejected this offer
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I don't know, maybe it's just me, but if a powerful adversary threatens to push you into the sea, you need to do what is necessary to prevent it.
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Why does this sound so one-sided? I truly don't know this story but the reporting tone seems to paint the entire Arab nation as docile and peaceful with Israel being the only aggressor. Sounds prejudicial. I want to hear accurate information about the unvarnished actions of both sides. Who amasses 130,000 soldiers to a war front with no intention to fight?
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I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
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Poor Arabs they don’t know hypocrisy 😢
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fascinating how the terminology is so flexible (minute 6:44): "Israel occupies Palestine" but "East Jerusalem and the West Bank are administered by Jordan" and "Gaza is administered by Egypt". Why not "West Bank occupied by Jordan" and "Gaza occupied by Egypt" ?? Bottom line - there never was a State of Palestine.
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Dayan was always smiling. Nothing could impress him!
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That was one good explanation. And I lived through the events so kudos to you
