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Israel's Wars & Operations: The Six-Day War

(June 5 - 10, 1967)

Reference Information

Background & Overview
- Day-by-Day Actions
Arabs' Responsibility for War, Reluctance to Make Peace (June 8, 1967)
Build-Up to War
Census of Arabs in Areas Captured by Israel in 1967
Egypt's Statement on Troop Movements into Sinai (May 15 1967)
Egypt Re-imposes a Blockade on the Straits of Tiran (May 23, 1967)
Causes & Consequences (BICOM)
Elie Wiesel on the Six-Day War
Foreign Response
The “Pre-1967 Border” - The “Green Line”
Israeli Intelligence
Interview With Yitzhak Ya'tza Ya'akov by Avner Cohen (1999)
Interview With Tzivi Tzur by Boaz Lev Tov at
the Rabin Memorial Center, Tel Aviv (August 16, 2001)
Knesset Commemoration Following Victory (June 12, 1967)
Myths & Facts
Photos of the 6-Day War
Six-Day War Project Videos
The 1967 Six-Day War — 50 Years Later
War Maps

Important Figures

U.S. Actions & Policy

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sessions
State Department Documents
- Summary of the 1967 War
- U.S. Emergency Plan for Attacking Israel
Secretary of State Concern of Impending War (Jan 16, 1967)
U.S. Supports Independence for All Nations (May 23, 1967)
CIA Estimate on Outcome of Possible War (May 26, 1967)
U.S. Declares Itself ‘Neutral’ in the War (June 6, 1967)
CIA Optimism Following the War (July 14, 1967)

Important Battles

War Aftermath

Graphics Saluting IDF Heroism
Khartoum Resolutions
Prisoner Exchanges
Remembering the Six-Day War
Israeli Envoy Meets Palestinians Following 1967 War (December 15, 1967)
Dayan Statement at the Western Wall (June 7, 1967)
Hadassah Returns to Mt. Scopus Hospital (June 13, 1967)
Jews Celebrate Shavuot at Wailing Wall (June 15, 1967)
Israeli Leaders Discuss Future of Captured Territories (June 18-19, 1967)
Johnson Address at the State Department's Foreign Policy Conference for Educators (June 19, 1967)

United Nations Actions

Draft Resolution by Soviet Union at Emergency UNGA Session (June 19, 1967)
Statement to General Assembly by Foreign Minister Eban (June 19, 1967)
Draft Resolution by United States at Emergency UNGA Session (June 20, 1967)
Draft Resolution by Yugoslavia at Emergency UNGA Session (June 28, 1967)
Draft Resolution by Albania at Emergency UNGA Session (June 29, 1967)
Draft Resolution by 18 Latin-American Nations at Emergency UNGA Session (June 30, 1967)
Resolution 233 (June 6, 1967)
Resolution 234 (June 7, 1967)
Resolution 235 (June 9, 1967)
Resolution 242 (November 22, 1967)
Report of the Secretary-General on the Withdrawal of the UN Emergency Force (June 26, 1967)
- UNEF Withdrawal from Egypt (May 1967)
- Report on UNEF Withdrawal (June 1967)

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