Many of the survivors of the Liberty remain bitter, and are convinced the attack was deliberate as they make clear on their | In other words, we aim at the destruction of the State of Israel |
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There were also some AMX-13s | The Israeli army expected to face a serious battle at the heavily defended Kusseima outpost in the Sinai, but as they drew near, they heard explosions |
In response, the Israeli government expressed its willingness to comply with UN resolutions and, subsequently, ended its offensive against Syria on the evening of 10 June 1967 | Israeli forces ordered a handful of Palestinians to move for "strategic and security reasons |
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Major General Rephael Vardi, The Beginning of Israeli Rule in Judea and Samaria, , April 16, 1989 | The national aim: the eradication of Israel |
New archival evidence from Poland sheds light on the role played by the USSR in the events leading up to the outbreak of the Six Day War and during the conflict.
The report seems apologetic in tone, with the Soviet leader attempting to avoid being held accountable for the provocation which led Arab leaders to resort to bellicose actions | Moreover, they were skeptical whether Soviet aircraft carrying supplies could safely land on Egyptian airfields which had been destroyed by the Israeli Air Force |
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After the Egyptian minister of defense, Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer, heard about the defeat at Abu-Ageila, he inexplicably ordered all his units in the Sinai to retreat to the west bank of the Suez Canal | Had Israel waited for the Arabs to strike first, as it did in 1973, and not taken preemptive action, the cost would certainly have been much higher and victory could not have been assured |
Don Peretz, a frequent writer on the situation of Arabs in Israel and a sharp critic of the Israeli government, visited the West Bank shortly after the Israeli troops had taken over.
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