Israel? The Six-Day War!

Positives:

It may be surprising to see this section, but I do honestly believe there are positives that came out of the Six-Day War.  Foremost, it eventually paved the way to peace with Egypt and Jordan by showing Israeli strength and determination for survival.  Many historians draw links between the 1967 and 1973’s Fourth Arab-Israel War (where Egypt invaded Israel to no gain) as a direct precursor to peace with Egypt in 1978.  Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in that peace accord.

Secondly, though many may disagree, the unification of Jerusalem was a direct positive to that war.  It allowed Jews to visit Judaism’s holiest site and kept religious freedoms for all religions including the Muslims and Christians.  Prior to 1967 Jordan did not allow other religions to visit their respective holy sites.

Conclusion:

I hope this article has shed some light to some little known fact and given you a greater perspective on a confusing conflict.  I know that many may disagree but it is my hope that you will stop and think perhaps in a new light.  Sometime we get a wrong picture that blinds us from understanding the conflict as it exists now, by looking back we can get a clearer picture.  I hope to show more the Israeli mindset in my series entitled ‘Israel?’.  I hope you comeback as I expand the series including my ideas to help solve the conflict.