Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the 1967 War, also known as the Six-Day War, in which Israel preempted an attack from four neighboring Arab states and captured the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights and the…
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Fast Forward LISTEN: Jane Eisner Tells NPR Of Six-Day War’s ‘Painful Ambiguity’
Forward editor in chief Jane Eisner discusses the “painful ambiguity” of the Six-Day War in an interview on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. In the interview, which aired on Sunday, June 4, Eisner recalls her pride as a young girl when Israel was able to score a stunning victory over its Arab enemies —…
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Opinion How Israeli Society Has Changed Since The Six-Day War
As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, Israel is still living with the legacy of those fateful days, when the future of the young Jewish State seemed to hang in the balance. While many point to 1967 as the high-water mark of “liberal Israel,” after which public sentiment hardened, the reality is…
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Israel News Where Are They Now? Four Americans Who Moved To Israel After The Six Day War
In 1967, when Israel faced off against Jordan, Egypt and Syria, American Jews were gripped by collective anxiety as the young Jewish state fought a war that many predicted would spell its defeat. Israel, of course, was victorious, and the anxiety gave way to pride and Diaspora identification with Israel. While immigration to Israel was…
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Fast Forward Secret Documents Show Israel’s Occupation Dilemmas Started Hours After Six-Day War
Within days of capturing East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war, Israel was examining options about their future ranging from Jewish settlement-building to the creation of a Palestinian state. As the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the war nears on June 5, recently unearthed documents detailing the post-war legal…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Remember The Exodus With This Beautiful New Music Video
Forward Soundtrack of Our Spirit finalist Cantor Aryeh Leib Hurwitz has released a new music video celebrating the Exodus, commemorating 50 years since the Six Day War and Israeli Independence Day. Watch: Cantor Aryeh Leib Hurwitz was a 2016 Soundtrack of Our Spirit finalist and is a soloist and performer from Brooklyn, New York.
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Opinion Peace In Israel Starts With An Apology
Imagine you have an old beater – say, a 1967 Chevy – that hasn’t really run in years. The tires are flat, it’s riddled with dents, seats are torn out, windshield’s cracked, the fuel gauge constantly malfunctions, and someone just stole your spark plugs and battery. Yet, for reasons you can no longer remember, you’re…
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Fast Forward What Christian Broadcasting Network Thinks About The Six Day War
The Christian Broadcasting Network is releasing a new documentary about Israel to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Israeli capture of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. It’s the third documentary about Israel that CBN has produced. Why is this major Christian-oriented station so interested in Israel and the Jewish people? “I like to remind…
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Opinion So Close But Yet So Far: Neighbors Remember The Battle Of Jerusalem
From 1948 until 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city, sliced through its heart by an armistice line separating West and East, Jew and Arab, Israel and Jordan. Fifty years ago, in June 1967, Israeli troops shattered the barrier and handily defeated the Jordanian army to gain control of the entire city. But united Jerusalem —…
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