The 1967 Six-Day War
Here’s a couple of podcasts on the 1967 Six Day-War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
Something I didn’t know or forgot is that there was a debate in the Israel cabinet about conquering the West Bank and the Gaza strip. It seems that at the stage of the Six Day-War (day three I think) when the cabinet decided to takes these territories from Jordan, they were no military reasons for doing so. Futhermore, some members of the cabinet were against such a move, understanding all the problems this move would cause to Israel. As we see today, you have to ask what the Six Day-War accomplished for Israel when they conquered the West Bank and Gaza.
On the other side, many in Egypt and Jordan saw the disaster coming, and the people that could have prevented the situation to degenerated where not listened too, or didn’t talk.
The Six-Day War, On Point (Windows Media, Real Audio)
Six Days that Changed the Middle East, BBC News, 4 parts (mp3-1, mp3-2, mp3-3, mp3-4)
