Israel's 1967 War Of Aggression

Israel attacks the Sinai, Gaza, West Bank, and Golan Heights

 

 

 

 

 

Itzhak Rabin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel's Sneak Attack

Israel's goals were additional territory, Syria's water resources, and eliminating potential enemies. As an excuse for their attacks, they created fictional events, saying that Syria was shelling Israeli farmers, and that Egyptian military exercises were really a disguised attack.

Israel pointed to 'Incendiary Arab rhetoric', as so terrifying, they felt justified in attacking their neighbors.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Israel Attack's Syria's Air Defenses

Events Prior To War

Golan Heights Water

Israel Wanted The Golan Water Supply

  April 5 Israel claimed that Syria is shelling Israeli farms.
  April 7 Israel attacks a Syrian airfield, knocking out six jets.
  April 15 Syria turns to Egypt, the Mid-East's De Facto leader, for protection.
  May 1 Nasser signs mutual defense treaty with Syria.
  May 22 Nasser closes the Strait of Tiran to Israel.
  June 5 Israel attacks at dawn.

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Israel Conspires with President Johnson...May 26, 1967

Abba Eban, the Israeli Foreign Minister, flies to Washington to inform Johnson of Israel's plans for an attack.

 

Abba Eban

Abba tells Johnson that Egypt is poised to attack and receives Johnson's guarantee that America will stand behind the Zionist State. Eban also met with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara.
 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Egyptians Are Fed False Reports

The Soviets invented a false intelligence report which claimed the Israelis were deploying, and preparing for war. Egypt also knew Israel had attacked Syria, and had held military exercises in the Sinai.

As part of the new Syrian-Egyptian Common Defense agreement, the Egyptians agreed to deploy the 1113 Brigade along the Syrian Border.
 

 
  Israel Strikes At Dawn
 

Israelis Pull Sneak Attack

On June 5th, Israel attacked, calling it a defensive pre-emptive measure. Israel destroyed 90%, or 300, of Egypt's aircraft, on the ground.

 
   
   

Israel Destroys Syria's Air Force


During the evening of June 5th, Israeli air strikes destroyed two -thirds of the Syrian Air Force, and forced the remaining third to retreat to distant bases, without playing any further role in the ensuing warfare.

By Monday night, the end of the first day's fighting, some 400 warplanes of five Arab nations had been obliterated. Egypt alone lost 300, Syria 60, Jordan 35, Iraq 15, Lebanon at least one. The cost to Israel's 400-fighter air force: 19 planes and pilots, mostly downed by ground fire.

By day's end, IAF Commander Mordechai (Motti) Hod proudly announced that the Arab air forces had been destroyed.
   
   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Israeli Land offensive

The outcome of the war was determined during its first hours, as the result of a devastating attack against Egyptian, Syrian, and Jordanian air assets.

Day 1

Israel destroys Arab air forces.

Day 2

Israel attacks Gaza.
Day 3

Israel enters northern Sinai - Their air force devastates Egyptian brigades, captures Jerusalem, and Jordan surrenders. 

Day 4

Israel invades Haram Al-Sharif and central Sinai.
Day 5

Israel is at Suez canal, and has captured the entire Sinai, as well as the Golan heights. Jordan surrenders.

Detailed chronology of the battle
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The Battle Participants
 

Israel Egypt

Jordan

 Syria
264,000  Troops 75,000  Troops 55,000 Troops 75,000 Troops
700 Tanks 900   Tanks     100  Tanks
400 Fighter AC 340  Fighter     Air Craft 20 Fighter    Air Craft 112 Fighter    Air Craft
1,500  APC's            

Syria wasn't even part of the battle until Israel attacked their Anti-Aircraft batteries.

The devastation of the Syrian air defense system, and the decimation of the Syrian Air Force, provided the IDF with total air superiority, and left the Syrian infantry exposed to air attack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Johnson Did Anything Israel Demanded

The US provided the latest bombs - tarmac-shredding explosives, leaving any undamaged planes unable to take off, rendering them helpless targets for the next wave of attack. Meanwhile, the Egyptians didn't help themselves by turning off their air defense radars at that time.
   
   

US Navy Assisted Israel

Egypt said the US assisted Israel with communications, intelligence, and may have been involved in the attack.

Robert McNamara admits a carrier group was re-positioned towards the Israeli coast to defend Israel if the Soviets attacked.
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Israelis Execute Egyptian POW's At El Arish

The Egyptians were caught totally by surprise, mainly because they had no indication that Israel had plans of attacking. Israel destroyed Egypt's air force, and in desert battles, air power is your best defense.
 

Israel used it planes to literally massacre thousands of troops. There were no real infantry or tank battles. The Egyptians had no choice but to surrender.
 

 

   

General Authorizes Executions

Brigadier-General Binyamin Ben-Eliezer  authorized the execution of over a 1,000 Egyptian troops who had surrendered.
   

Israeli Pilots Shot Groups

Egyptian soldiers retreated in mass and IDF pilots would strafe them at will.

   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
Aftermath
Desert Graves

Equipment

Over $2 billion of Arab military hardware was destroyed.
 
 
 

The Casualties

  Dead Wounded Equipment Loss
Israel

700

3,000

Israel's losses were minor, but the Egyptian, Syrians, and Jordanians had losses close to 80%
Egypt

11,500

20,000
Syria

2,500

5,000
Jordan

7,000

19,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 
 

Begin and Rabin Admit To A Fraud

What Yitzak Rabin and Menachem Begin carried out, was nothing but total aggression by Israel. Both said publicly that Israel knew Nasser was not planning to attack, and that Israel wanted to gain more territory.

Rabin was quoted in Le Monde, on February 29, 1968, as saying, "I do not think Nasser wanted war. The two divisions he sent to the Sinai in May [1967] would not have been sufficient to launch an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it."

 On August 8, 1982, Prime Minister Begin made a speech saying, "In June, 1967, we again had a choice. the Egyptian army concentrations in the Sinai did not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him" (New York Times, August 21, 1982).

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel Is The World's Most Barbaric Country

These clowns attacked without provocation, killed 30,000, and captured the Golan Heights, Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza , and the Sinai. They occupy stolen territory. Their actions are totally despicable.
 

It is now 40 years later, and today we kill Iraqis for the Zionist goal of controlling the world's oil.

 
 

 

 

 

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