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Monday, June 4 2007The Six Day War: Forty Years OnHonestReporting takes a look at the context behind the events of June 1967. See our special report: The Six Day War: Forty Years On.
TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference The Six Day War: Forty Years On: CommentsNPR needs to see this, not that it'd do any good. Their "history of the Six-Day War" is the usual revisionist crap. You say: International Law makes a clear distinction between land "occupied" during a war of aggression and land taken as a result of a defensive war. Maybe in a Joe Q. Fallwell's school of "law" but in real law territory can ONLY be acquired by: (1) cession, (2) secession or (3) succession. EVERY other manner of territorial acquisition is I-L-L-E-G-A-L, whatever the circumstances. Lex dura, sed lex. About your report. Thanks for your wonderful article on "Forty years On" regarding Yom Yerushalayim. I am overjoyed that I can now go to the western wall, which i could not before. Gd willing, one day Bethlehem and Hebron, our ancient and hallowed towns, will be free again. Thank you for your good work! Ellen Israel demonstrated its expansionist nature when it seized and held Arab lands beyond the 1947 UN Partition boundaries in the 1948-1949 war. To this day Israel claims the 1949 Armstice lines are Israel's legitimate borders. A claim not recognized even by Israel's closest allies (That's why there are no embassies in Jerusalem). Consider the massive NATO and WARSAW Pact forces facing eachother for decades on the East/West German border during the Cold War Era. Massing armed forces and sabre rattling along one's border have never been considered a legitimate causus bellum. If Israel's pre-emptive strike against Egypt and Syria was not aggression, then how was Jordan's pre-emptive strike against Israel aggression? Earl Lee Thank you for a very timely aid from Honest Rep. since all the influential media channels, and of course Al Jazeera in English are harping on the "Illegal Occupation by Israel", the "Illegal Settlements Which are Constantly Expanding" (totally ignoring the massive building in all the Arab villages and lands in Judea and Samaria)and the complete waste of effort by Israel in waging the 6-day war. The Economist gave a very uninspiring take on this, and Sever Plocker of Ynet wrote some critique of their article - but he is also anti- "settler". Many people do not let facts get in the way of their opinions. There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Thank you for this extremely informative article on the Six Day War. I am printing it out for students at the Christian School where I teach. I'm making a copy available in the staff room as well! In todays society, and with the tensions that exist in the world, I am greatful for the accurate detailing of the events that led up to Israels successful defense of its liberty. As all the land of Israel was promised to them by Creator God, and is to NEVER be given over or back to any other people, I feel strongly that they should live peaceably with ALL men, but NEVER agree to one piece of land being given to anyone. The NATION OF ISRAEL will always prevail, AND Messiah will once again return to redeem them as He is now protecting them. I bless the nation of Israel and all of her people. You say that israel has never forced Jews to move to the territories BUT It has certainly encouraged them to do so with huge subsidies loans and reduced prices. In addition once Jews have moved to the territories they are provided with protection by the state. By not admitting this are we not simply nitpicking the meaning of the word 'transfer?' Thank you for this information. I've a feeling I'm going to be needing it since most people easily believe revisionist theories. Sadly, even many Jews have succumbed to this, one of whom I know and who is totally against any Jewish nation. It is disheartening to read advocacy based essays on this site the hope and greatness of which WAS that it kept to a clear, unassailable model -- point out biased reporting. Now, honestreporting.com has become just another voice pushing the Israel side of matters, and in this its credibility will continue to fall. To reach the great and large populations -- outside the Israel booster market -- requires a different model: real objectivity. Yaacov Thank you for a very clear and helpful statement of Israel's case. Perhaps Michael Steiner would like to provide the actual legal sources he bases his refutation of your arguments -"b'shem Omro" as it were. I am delighted to see someone STILL reports the facts as they were. Too bad non one has told about the "Liberty" and the US's role in spying on Israel during this period. Did those governments that lost their lands to Hilter ever regain the WHOLE extent of their property? Or was it divided as "spoils" to tose who conquered it? Nice, concise, and well documented summary of the pertinent facts regarding the Six-Day War. While addressing fabrications about Israel's history, I recommend Efraim Karsh's classic refutation of revisionist historians, "Fabricating Israel's History." This covers the nation's history from its inception through the Six-Day War. You fail to mention that from 1948 until 1967, while under Jordanian control, no access was provided to Israeli or Jewish citizens to the holy sites in Jerusalem. Following the 6 day war these areas were made accessible to all regardless of religion or creed. Thank you for the information and now have more facts that inforces my belief that God smiles on the people of Israel. The Arabs have no one to blame for the Palestinian refugees but themselves. Unfortunately they prefer to keep their brethen in refugee slums to be used as a training center for Arab terrorists. Lets not forget that approx. 800,000 Jews were forced to leave their Arab/Muslim homelands between 1948 and 1954 leaving behind their lands and possessions. Dealing with these Arab countries is like no other deal. When one starts a war and loses, why do they become the winers? This has never happened before in history. Yet the Arab's always claim victory. Israel has every right to the land according to law. Terror and aggression against Israel and western civilization The enterprise will be going forward while Israel and western civilization continue keeping it profitable. the facts are clear and recorded well but your piece just highlights how the course of history has been changed in the eyes of the world over so many years. Israel must always hold on to the truth. The world has looked at the Palestinians and the Arabs as the losers in a conflict they began. The reasons underpinning the legal landscape in the Middle East were created by the very people that suffer from it today. In the process the loss of Israeli and inncocent life has been immeasurable. Your attempt to rationalize Israel's violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention does not fly. The Israeli government in fact provided massive subsidies to the settlement enterprise; do you really think they wanted to build empty homes. In addition, the League of Nations Mandate did not say that all of Palestine was to be open to Jewish settlement and specifically said that the area east of the Jordan river could be excluded. The "Jewish National Home" was not given boundaries then or at any time of the future. You also fail to mention that of all the territory captured in 1967, only East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights have been annexed to Israel; the remaining land is not part of the Jewish state according to the government of Israel! This is not "honest reporting". I am a Jewish Zionist but I abhor these distortions of fact. They do our cause tremendous harm because when we lie it creates moral equivalence between us and our opponents, who lie all the time. For this we have only ourselves to blame. As someone who was there, who was IN the Six-Day War, here are my comments: most of Israel's Arab neighbours have learned some lessons, namely that brain-washing and propaganda are more effective against Israel than outright aggression. It is also a much more effective way of subjugating the poor by channeling their hatred rather than actually improving their lot, so that they might rise up against the dictatorships that are the absolute rule in the Arab world. Unfortunately, the article concerning the six day war contains quite a few mistakes, in contrast to the high standards I am used to with Honest Reporting. I AM INDEED HAPPY AT THIS VERY OBJECTIVE REPRESENTATION OF ISSUES REGARDING THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT.
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