The 67′ War, Arab Armies Planned Israel’s Destruction…….

Israeli historian, Michael Oren, has found more than enough evidence from Arab source material that thoroughly repudiates the myth that surrounds the events that lead to that monumental conflict. Oren writes:

“The biggest myth going is that somehow there was not a real and immediate Arab threat, that somehow Israel could have negotiated itself outside the crisis of 1967, and that it wasn’t facing an existential threat, or facing any threat at all,” said Oren, who is a senior fellow at the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at Jerusalem’s Shalem Center and author of Six Days of War: June 1967. He noted that this was the premise of Tom Segev’s book, 1967: Israel, the War and the Year That Transformed the Middle East. “What’s remarkable is that all the people alleging this – not one of them is working from Arabic sources. It’s quite extraordinary when you think about it. It’s almost as if Israel were living in a universe by itself. It’s a deeply solipsistic approach to Middle East history.”

As the 40th anniversary of that crisis approaches, keep in mind that the victory by Israel over the Arab armies, ensured the survival of the Jewish state, and ironically, the future of a potential Palestinian one, once they decide to end the conflict and live in peace. More here. *L* KGS

Note: For more info on the 67′ war, visit the sites:

www.sixdaywar.org and //www.sixdaywar.co.uk/

Note: TINSC left a profound statement in the comment section: “6 days of war; 40 years of griping.”