It Changed Everything

6 Days That Changed Everything

June 5, 1967 in HistoryEvent:6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begins.Arab demonstrators calling for war with Israel. Egypt mobilizes thousands of its troops in and around the Suez Canal. Nasser finds no Israeli buildup, but continues massing troops.

May 16, 1967Egyptian commandos dispatched to the Sinai peninsula Egypt moves into Sinai, demands U.N. peacekeepers withdraw.

May 19, 1967UNEF soldiers leave their positions in the Sinai.Tens of thousands of Egyptian troops mass in the Sinai.May 22, 1967casus belli according to international law, cuts off Israel from its only reasonable shipping route to Asia and halts the flow of oil from Israel’s primary supplier, Iran.Act of War; Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping.

May 23, 1967 U.S. President Johnson warns Israel not to attack first.

May 24 - June 4, 1967

Israeli NCOs inspecting personal arms of reservists in the field.Six Arab countries deploy more than 230,000 troops close to Israel's boundary lines.

May 27, 1967

Nasser cancels planned Egyptian attack on Israel.

May 30, 1967

King Hussein of Jordan and Pres. Nasser of Egypt sign a mutual defense pact.'Jordan and Egypt sign mutual defense pact.

May 31 - June 4, 1967

Iraqi President Abdur Rahman Aref'. "Our goal is clear - to wipe Israel off the map!

THE WAR

DAY 1, JUNE 5, 1967

Egyptian air force jets lie destroyed on the tarmac by Israeli air force bombing on the first day

8:15 am: Israel destroys Egyptian Air Force. Fearing thousands of civilian losses by the Egyptian Air Force, Israel preemptively strikes and destroys 311 Egyptian planes, most on the ground. Thirteen bases are rendered inoperable.

8:30 am: Israel sends message to Jordan, pledging no attack, if Jordan stays out of war. Israel passes message via Chief U.N. Observer Odd Bull to Jordan’s King Hussein. Israel promises not to attack if Jordan stays out of the war, but warns that Israel would respond forcefully otherwise.

10 am: Jordan attacks Israel. Nasser tells Hussein Egypt has inflicted staggering damage on Israel.

At 9:30 am, Hussein informs his people that ’the hour of revenge has come.

At 10 am, Jordan begins attack on Israel. Over 6000 shells hit Jewish Jerusalem, 900 buildings are damaged, including Hadassah Hospital. Twenty civilians die, over 1000 injured. ’Very heavy machine and mortar fire, probably cannon, continuous in Jerusalem’, reported the British consul-general at around 11:30am.

Noon: Syria and Iraqi Air Forces attack Israel.

12 noon, Motivated by Jordan’s attack, Syrian MiG’s strike Galilee settlements, including Kibbutz Degania, home to PM Eshkol. Iraqi planes fire on communities in the Jezreel Valley and Afula.

12:30pm: Israel strikes Jordanian airfields in Mafraq and Amman.In response to Jordan’s attack, Israel seeks to destroy Jordanian air capabilities.

1pm: Israel strikes Syrian air bases In response to Syrian air attack, Israel strikes Syrian air bases, destroying 2/3 of Syria’s planes, but losing ten of their own.First day of fighting. Israel destroys most of Egyptian air force. Jordan, Syria and Iraq attack Israel.

DAY TWO

JUNE 6, 19672

Massive Syrian artillery barrage on Galilee communities.Over 250 guns shoot an estimated 45 tons of ammunition per minute on the towns.

5:50 am: Massive Egyptian retreat begins Afternoon: Lebanon attacks Israel with planes in the Galilee

4:30pm: Israel and Jordan accept terms of U.N .cease-fire, but Egypt and Syria do not.

11:30pm: King Hussein of Jordan orders his troops to retreat, then reverses himself.Second day of fighting. Fighting continues on all fronts.

DAY 3

JUNE 7, 1967

10am: ’The Temple Mount is in our hands’ Israeli troops gain control over eastern Jerusalem, including the Old City, home of the Jewish Quarter and the holiest site in Judaism, the Temple Mount. Jews had been denied access to these sites during the nineteen years Jordan had occupied eastern Jerusalem despite stipulations of the 1948 Jordan-Israel armistice agreement. Israel leaves the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosque, Muslim holy sites in the Old City, under the administration of Muslim religious authorities.

12:15pm: Israel breaks Straits of Tiran blockade Israeli forces take control of Sharm al-Sheikh from Egypt. Israel opens the Straits of Tiran to all ships. Throughout the day: Syria continues shelling Israel’s northern communities.

DAY FOUR

JUNE 8, 1967

Israel Defense Forces take control of Hebron and other West Bank towns. Syria continues shelling northern Israeli communities.According to American ambassador Barbour, ’Syrian shelling of kibbutzim and settlements in Israel has been continuous and incessant...Some kibbutzim have been completely leveled above ground.

DAY FIVE

JUNE 9, 1967

Fifth day of fighting. Israel and Syria in heavy fighting on the Golan.

DAY SIX

JUNE 10, 1967

Israel gains control of the Golan Heights. Evening: Ceasefire agreed to by all parties.

The mood of our country seems to be one of anti-Israel at this moment.I am not here to lift Israel and look the other way when mistakes have been made on their part. I am here to say that the United States of America should consider the slippery slope they have started on by dissing Israel in order to curry favor with the Muslim World.We claim to be a Christian Nation and yet but the looks of things, we haven't really studies the Scripture.Israel and the Jews are God's chosen. According to Romans 9 / 10 /11, the only reason Gentiles have access to salvation and relationship with God is too make Israel jealous. We have been granted this incredible gift from God simply because the Jews rejected it.There will be a time when God will gather the Jews again.They will see Messiah.They will know that He is Jesus.We are told to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Let us do that.We should also pray for the Muslim world that the Word and Spirit of God would open their hearts also to the truth of who Jesus is.I fear that we reject one (Israel) to embrace another (Muslim) and in doing so, seal our fate in the hands of God.One only has to look at history to see what happens to those nations who have turned their back on the Jews.Dare we travel that same road.God on you..........mb