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Egypt Outside View: Jewish refugee’s reply At the start of the 1967 Six Day War, only 3,000 Jews remained in Egypt. Nasser ordered the incarceration of Jewish adult males in the notorious detention camps of Abu Zaabal and Tura. The incarcerated Jews were tortured and humiliated for up to three years, until 1970, when nearly […]
“Syria will not curtail the actions of the fedayeen (terrorists) even if these actions will lead to armed conflict between Syria and Israel.” Source: 40, p. 14.
Dance of Death Overtakes the Arab World One night in May 1967, a few weeks before the Six-Day War, I was watching the news with my father, a Holocaust survivor. “Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser had just shut the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, expelled the U.N. peacekeeping force from the Sinai and massed […]
May 14, 1967 The Six-Day War Radio Cairo, alert issued by Egyptian Field Marshal Amer: “1. The state of preparedness of the Egyptian Armed Forces will increase to the full level of preparedness for war, beginning 14.30 hours last Sunday. “2. Formations and units allocated in accordance with the operational plans will advance from their […]
On May 15, Israel’s Independence Day, Egyptian troops began moving into the Sinai and massing near the Israeli border. Source: 9
United Nations The Egyptian Chief of Staff, General Fawzy, sent a telegram to General Rikhye to withdraw U.N. Peace Keeping Force: “To your information, I gave my instructions to all UAR armed forces to be ready for action against Israel the moment it might carry out any aggressive action against any Arab country. Due to […]
May 18, 1967 The Six-Day War By May 18, Syrian troops were prepared for battle along the Golan Heights.
Cairo Radio Saut El Arab published the following Order of the Day by Abdul Muhsin Murtagi, the General then Commanding Sinai: “The Egyptian forces have taken up positions in accordance with a definite plan. “Our forces are definitely ready to carry the battle beyond the borders of Egypt. “Morale is very high among the members […]
Hafiz Asad, Minister of Defense of Syria: Liberation of Palestine “Our preparations for the aggression have been completed…Our forces are now entirely ready not only to repulse the aggression but to initiate the act of liberation itself and to explode the Zionist presence in the Arab homeland. The Syrian army, with its finger on the […]
Blockade Appearing at an air force base at 6 o’clock in the morning, President Nasser announced that he would blockade the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli ships, adding: “The Jews threaten war and we say by all means we are ready for war.” Source: 40