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In 1967 the future of the state of Israel was far from certain. But with its swift and stunning military victory against an Arab coalition led by Egypt in the Six Day War, Israel not only preserved its existence but redrew the map of the region, with fateful consequences. Theā¦
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Oren, a historian and former Israeli ambassador to Washington, broke new ground with this account of the 1967 Six-Day War that transformed Israel, the Palestinian national movement, and the Middle East. Drawing on previously inaccessible documents in Israeli and Arab archives, Oren writes with a novelistās eye for character, a diplomatās appreciation of behind-the-scenes negotiations, and a historianās judgment of human folly. The Six-Day War transformed Israel and the Jewish people in multiple ways ā instilling self-confidence in Diaspora Jews, solidifying Israelās permanence in the Middle East, and also burdening the Jewish state with seemingly insoluble political and moral dilemmas.ā¦
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