No, I didn`t forget it. Here is what I see about that war -
THE SIX DAY WAR
Speaking three weeks after the war ended, as he accepted an honorary degree from Hebrew University,
Yitzhak Rabin gave his reasoning behind the success of Israel:
Our airmen, who struck the enemies' planes so accurately that no one in the world understands how it was done and people seek technological explanations or secret weapons; our armored troops who beat the enemy even when their equipment was inferior to his; our soldiers in all other branches... who overcame our enemies everywhere, despite the latter's superior numbers and fortifications-all these revealed not only coolness and courage in the battle but...an understanding that only their personal stand against the greatest dangers would achieve victory for their country and for their families, and that if victory was not theirs the alternative was annihilation.
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Within six days, Israel had won a decisive land war. Israeli forces had taken control of the
Gaza Strip and the
Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the
West Bank and
East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the
Golan Heights from Syria.
P
salm 83.
V. 1 - 5 We see the enemies of God & Israel are conspiring together saying `Come let us wipe them out as a nation.`
In 1967 different countries around Israel took counsel together with one accord to destroy Israel from being a nation. For the first time in history these countries forgot their differences. They formed a confederacy to declare a `Jehud` - holy war to wipe the name of Israel from remembrance. These actual words were frequently broadcast over Radio Cairo & published in world newspapers. Unknowingly they were practically quoting directly from prophecy given 25 centuries ago. (Ps. 83: 4)
V. 6 - 8 Even the participants were accurately delineated - under ancient names.
ANCIENT NAME.....................MODERN NAME
Edom, Moab, Ammon................Jordan
Hagarenes, Amalek, Philistines...Egypt
Ishmaelites......................Arabia
Gebal, Tyre......................Lebanon
Assyria..........................Syria, Iraq
V. 9 - 18 And what was the outcome?
`Fill their faces with dishonour,....let them be ashamed & dismayed...let them be humiliated.....` (V. 16 & 17)
Israel AGAINST
OTHERS - Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Lebanon, (supported by Algeria, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, PLO, Sudan, & Tunisia)
Their Strength.
Israel - 264,000 troops, 300 aircraft, 800 tanks.
The Others - 547,000 troops 957 aircraft, 2,504 tanks.
With those numbers and the war over in 6 days I would say the `Others` would be very embarrassed & ashamed. (as scripture tells us)
