The 1967 Six-Day War Table of Contents

Reference Information

• Background & Overview
  • Day-by-Day Actions
• Arabs' Responsibility for War, Reluctance to Make Peace (June 8, 1967)
• Build-Up to War
• Census of Arabs in Areas Captured by Israel in 1967
• Egypt's Statement on Troop Movements into Sinai (May 15 1967)
• Egypt Re-imposes a Blockade on the Straits of Tiran (May 23, 1967)
• Causes & Consequences (BICOM)
• Elie Wiesel on the Six-Day War
• Foreign Response
• The “Pre-1967 Border” - The “Green Line”
• Israeli Intelligence
• Interview With Yitzhak Ya'tza Ya'akov by Avner Cohen (1999)
• Interview With Tzivi Tzur by Boaz Lev Tov at
  the Rabin Memorial Center, Tel Aviv (August 16, 2001)
• Knesset Commemoration Following Victory (June 12, 1967)
• Myths & Facts
• Photos of the 6-Day War
• Six-Day War Project Videos
• The 1967 Six-Day War — 50 Years Later
• War Maps

Important Figures

• Ariel Sharon
• David Ben-Gurion
• Eli Cohen
• Gamal Abdel Nasser
• Golda Meir
• King Hussein bin Talal
• Levi Eshkol
• Menachem Begin
• Moshe Dayan
• Rabbi Shlomo Goren

U.S. Actions & Policy

• Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sessions
• State Department Documents
  • Summary of the 1967 War
  • U.S. Emergency Plan for Attacking Israel
• Secretary of State Concern of Impending War (Jan 16, 1967)
• U.S. Supports Independence for All Nations (May 23, 1967)
• CIA Estimate on Outcome of Possible War (May 26, 1967)
• U.S. Declares Itself ‘Neutral’ in the War (June 6, 1967)
• CIA Optimism Following the War (July 14, 1967)

Important Battles

• Golan Heights
• Liberation of the Temple Mount
• USS Liberty

War Aftermath

• Graphics Saluting IDF Heroism
• Khartoum Resolutions
• Prisoner Exchanges
• Remembering the Six-Day War
• Israeli Envoy Meets Palestinians Following 1967 War (December 15, 1967)
• Dayan Statement at the Western Wall (June 7, 1967)
• Hadassah Returns to Mt. Scopus Hospital (June 13, 1967)
• Jews Celebrate Shavuot at Wailing Wall (June 15, 1967)
• Israeli Leaders Discuss Future of Captured Territories (June 18-19, 1967)
• Johnson Address at the State Department's Foreign Policy Conference for Educators (June 19, 1967)

United Nations Actions

• Draft Resolution by Soviet Union at Emergency UNGA Session (June 19, 1967)
• Statement to General Assembly by Foreign Minister Eban (June 19, 1967)
• Draft Resolution by United States at Emergency UNGA Session (June 20, 1967)
• Draft Resolution by Yugoslavia at Emergency UNGA Session (June 28, 1967)
• Draft Resolution by Albania at Emergency UNGA Session (June 29, 1967)
• Draft Resolution by 18 Latin-American Nations at Emergency UNGA Session (June 30, 1967)
• Resolution 233 (June 6, 1967)
• Resolution 234 (June 7, 1967)
• Resolution 235 (June 9, 1967)
• Resolution 242 (November 22, 1967)
• Report of the Secretary-General on the Withdrawal  of the UN Emergency Force (June 26, 1967)
  • UNEF Withdrawal from Egypt (May 1967)
  • Report on UNEF Withdrawal (June 1967)