Former CBS Newsman Ike Pappas Dead At 75 Sep 3, 2008
He also covered the Six Day War in 1967 and the launch of Apollo 11 from Cape Kennedy in July 1969. In 1970, while reporting on the civil war in Jordan, Pappas was detained along with several other journalists and held in a hotel during some of the conflict. (CBS News)
CBS' Pappas, saw Oswald shot, dies at 75 Sep 3, 2008
Besides the Vietnam War, he covered the 1967 Six Day War in Israel, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, the Kent State shootings in 1970, and coups in Greece, Bolivia and Chile, according to records provided by CBS.. Based in Washington, he was assigned to cover the Pentagon, the CIA, labor and other beats. (CNN -- Showbiz)
* Illegal Israeli settlements increase sharply: report Aug 27, 2008
In mostly Arab east Jerusalem, occupied and annexed by Israel following the 1967 Six Day War, the number of tenders has increased by a factor of 38, the group said, from just 46 units last year to 1,761 this year. The international community considers all Israeli settlements in the occupied territories to be illegal and the Palestinians view the settlements as the main obstacle to reaching a full peace agreement. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Acute maternal stress during pregnancy linked to development of schizophrenia Aug 21, 2008
The NYU authors discovered that the offspring of women who were in their second month of pregnancy during the height of the Arab-Israeli war in June of 1967 (the "Six Day War") displayed a significantly higher incidence of schizophrenia over the following 21-33 years. The study also showed that the pattern was gender-specific, affecting females more than males. (EurekAlert!)
Mum's stress linked to schizophrenia Aug 21, 2008
They found that the children of women who were in their second month of pregnancy during the height of the Arab-Israel war in June of 1967, the so-called "Six Day War", showed a significantly higher rate of schizophrenia as they entered adulthood. Female offspring were much more likely to be affected than males. (NEWS.com.au)
Israel offers West Bank Aug 13, 2008
The Palestinians have demanded mostly Arab east Jerusalem, which Israel occupied and annexed in the 1967 Six Day War, as their capital, while Israel considers the entire Holy City its "eternal, undivided" capital a claim not recognised by the international community. The agreement would however include a complex solution to the Palestinian refugee problem, allowing some refugees from the 1948 war to return to Israel while settling most of the 4. (iAfrica.com)
Egyptian film legend Chahine dies Jul 28, 2008
But his career survived the nationalisation of the country's film industry under President Nasser, and his film The Sparrow was critical of Egypt's leadership at the time of the Six Day War in 1967. Chahine carried on producing work critical of Egypt's leaders, and made a series of films centred on his home city of Alexandria, recounting his childhood, his love of early Hollywood and his ambiguous feelings towards the United States. (BBC News)
LETTERS: NCT, July 17, 2008 Jul 18, 2008
" But extracting oil from rock is difficult, said Sen. Ken Salazar, the Colorado Democrat who, along with Udall, inserted a development ban into a spending bill last year. (Unquote)Please note which party submitted and passed the obstructionism in the spending bill. To Chris wrote on Jul 17, 2008 2:02 PM:I can hear your jackboots slapping the pavement. Your assertion that Israel was the aggressor in the Six Day War ignores the belligerent actions taken by Egypt with full knowledge that such... (North County Times)
America's next steps Jul 16, 2008
Just as the 1948 Israel war of independence triggered the collapse of the old order and the Six Day War of 1967 spurred profound shifts in both Israeli and Arab societies, the events of the past eight years have brought the region to a precipice. To grapple with the quandaries of the Middle East, America will need a president of intellectual independence, strategic flexibility and considerable political imagination. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
First Olmert-Assad Encounter Might `Capture the Show' at Sarkozy's Summit Jul 13, 2008
Updated: New York, Jul 13 03:59 London, Jul 13 08:59 Tokyo, Jul 13 16:59. Olmert-Assad Encounter May `Capture the Show' at Sarkozy Summit. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel Saturday night to give another push for the sluggish peace process between Israel and Palestinian National Authority.• Israel to build 1,300 houses for Jewish settlers Jun 15, 2008
Earlier this month, Israeli Housing Ministry also announced plans to construct 884 new houses in east Jerusalem, a part of the Holy City Israel captured during the 1967 Six Day War and later incorporated into the municipal borders of Jerusalem in an act not recognized internationally. The municipal decision went public a day before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due to arrive in Israel for a two-day visit to give another push for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which has seen... (Xinhuanet, China)
RFK's Killer: What a Difference 40 Yrs Makes Jun 11, 2008
The assassination occurred on the first anniversary of the Six Day War in which Israel had humiliated the combined armies of its Arab neighbors. Sirhan's next chance at parole is scheduled for 2011. (ABC News)
* Sarkozys unexpected rupture with the past Jun 7, 2008
Indeed, the Socialists opposed de Gaulles decision to withdraw France from NATOs unified military command, opposed the creation of an independent French nuclear arsenal (they preferred the US nuclear guarantee), and were hostile to de Gaulles rupture with Israel after the Six Day War. But the Socialists began to change their stripes in the late 1970s, rallying around the concept of nuclear dissuasion as a guarantee of national independence and beginning to distance themselves from the US.... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Turning on to J Street Jun 6, 2008
If you are a junior staff member for a member of Congress or a senator and someone hands you something and says, This is good, and it will pass, and we d like to have your support, and it s a resolution that says the Six Day War was a great thing, it will suddenly have 60 cosponsors. J Street can be the group to make the other call and say, We can reword this to honor the soldiers who died, but also the people who died on the other side as well and mention that the issues in that conflict are... (The American Conservative)
Al-Zawahri urges action on Gaza siege Jun 5, 2008
Trying to minimize the shock and pain of the defeat, Arabs have long called the Six Day War the "naksa" or "setback" in Arabic but its impact remains a deep wound. Al-Qaida deputy blames Arab regimesIn al-Zawahri's recording, entitled "In Memory of the Naksa... Break the Siege of Gaza," the al-Qaida deputy blamed Arab regimes for Arabs' 1967 debacle. (MSNBC -- International)
Photojournalist Cornell Capa Dies May 24, 2008
During the 1960s, Capa produced notable picture essays on the Russian Orthodox church, Moscow Ballet School, Israel in the 1967 Six Day War, and the political campaigns of Adlai Stevenson, John and Robert Kennedy and Nelson Rockefeller. Credited with coining the term "Concerned Photographer" to define the concept of using the craft to illuminate humanitarian issues, he also came up with the idea of business firms publishing annual reports, which opened up new work opportunities for Magnum's... (Time.com)
Israel and Syria resuming peace talks May 23, 2008
Israeli-Syrian talks were last held in 2000 but collapsed over a demand by Damascus for the full return of the Golan Heights, which were lost to Israel in the 1967 Six Day War. Assad has signaled no flexibility over the Golan; Olmert, in turn, has preconditioned peace on Syria s first disengaging from Iran and ending its support for Hamas and Hezbollah terrorism. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Israel denies withdrawal from Golan May 22, 2008
JERUSALEM, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Israeli officials on Wednesday dismissed a statement by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem that Israel has promised to withdraw from the Golan Heights to the borders drawn before the 1967 Six Day War, local daily the Jerusalem Post reported. Shortly after Israel, Syria and Turkey confirmed the existence of Ankara-mediated peace talks, Moallem said Damascus has received Israel's commitment for a withdrawal from the highland to the June 4, 1967 line. (Xinhuanet, China)
Abbas says "east Jerusalem is ours" May 22, 2008
The east Jerusalem, along with the West Bank, Gaza, Sinai and Golan Heights, were occupied by Israel after the Six Day War in 1967. The Palestinians want Arab east Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state while Israel regards all of Jerusalem as its capital. (Xinhuanet, China)
Jerusalem's Wailing Wall May 16, 2008
Then, after the Six Day War in 1967, the Wailing Wall served as the site of not only prayer, but also national jubilation. Visiting the Wailing Wall Today. (Suite101.com)
Personal painDaniel Barenboim on why conflict eats at the 'Jewish soul' May 15, 2008
In June 1967 we got married in Jerusalem, shortly after the Six Day War ... After the Six Day War, Israel "turned very much toward the US". (BBC News -- Africa)
Will Israel Survive? May 10, 2008
I heard the students at my childrens middle school sing that song last night, and it could not have been a more poignant testament to the nave generation that hoped the Six Day War had settled matters and put an end to the Arab desire to destroy Israel militarily. But navet is not a crime. (CBS News)
Israel's 60th seen in varied ways May 4, 2008
While he was in his last year of high school, the adult men of Degania fought in what Israelis call the Six Day War, a resounding defeat of neighboring Arab armies. Among the lands Israel captured: East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. (The Palm Beach Post)
There can't be Mideast peace without Syria May 3, 2008
As Mr. Peres learned when he read the files on the day of Mr. Rabin's funeral, the late prime minister had been willing to withdraw Israeli forces and civilians from the entire Golan Heights, the towering ridge and plateau captured in the 1967 Six Day War, and home to thousands of Israeli settlers. Such a move had long been Syria's sine qua non for any peace negotiations. (Globe and Mail)
On Your Mind May 2, 2008
Middle East wrote on Apr 29, 2008 9:41 AM:" The Arabs would never have lost the land they want back from Israel in the first place if they weren't trying to exterminate Israel. In 1967 during the six day war Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Algeria decided they would gang up to invade and eliminiate Israel. Not only did they lose badly, they lost land in the process which Israel took so it could have a buffer zone should this bright idea be thought of again. To this day many... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Opinions Inescapable Apr 20, 2008
Or, in the case of the Six Day War in the Middle East, states pursued military solutions with disastrous consequences that their citizens still live with today. Although he pops as many idealistic bubbles as possible, this historian is not cynical about all the characters or events he describes. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
How local heroes helped Soviet Jews Apr 10, 2008
In June 1967, after the Six Day War that saw major victories for Israel against Egypt, Syria and Jordan, Waldman and her family were expelled with the rest of Libya's Jews. She lived two years in Italy and moved to the United States in 1969. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Cow Palace area neglected for far too long Apr 3, 2008
Editor - Israel can build homes in East Jerusalem, which it controls since the Six Day War. There is no prospect for peace now, until there is some guarantee against terrorism. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Mandate to 'understand' Mar 30, 2008
Fatah was established as a national liberation movement in 1964, three years before the Six Day War. In what context are we to understand these facts. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
The next bold stroke Mar 29, 2008
The Six Day War, the Entebbe raid, secret negotiations with a series of Arab leaders, and indeed the founding of the state itself, have all served to inspire Israel's image as the "plucky country". Israeli governments are routinely expected to be audacious and inventive in the conduct of strategic policy; often as a function of necessity, given the unforgiving neighbourhood. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Arab summit conspicuous for its absentees Host Syria snubbed by leaders of... Mar 29, 2008
The plan recognizes Israel in exchange for its withdrawal from occupied territories taken during the Six Day War in 1967 and the formation of a Palestinians state with Jerusalem as its capital. Those proposals were at the center of U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace talks in Annapolis, Md. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Film festival showcases the range of the Jewish experience Mar 8, 2008
"The Impossible Spy," 2 p.m.; a "teen screen approved" docudrama about Israeli spy Elie Cohen, considered crucial to Israel s defeat of Syria in the Six Day War. Special guest will be executive producer Harvey Chertok. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Syria angles to reclaim Golan from Israel Mar 7, 2008
Al-Zaher, editor of the state-backed Golan newspaper, aims to remind readers of Syria's claim to the Golan Heights, a 690-square-mile plateau captured by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War. After years of unsuccessful negotiations, al-Zaher and other experts say Syria has decided to ratchet up the pressure on Israel by following Hezbollah's example of expanding its political and military authority in southern Lebanon. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bush Leads Condemnations After Eight Students Killed at Jerusalem School Mar 7, 2008
After the 1967 Six Day War, Mercaz HaRav became a spiritual center for the movement to settle the West Bank and Gaza. The shooting came a day after U.S. Secretary of State met with Palestinian and Israeli leaders and encouraged them to return to peace talks. (Bloomberg -- US)
Palestinians create intel apparatus to thwart property sales to Jews Jan 30, 2008
Israel recaptured eastern Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount Judaism's holiest site during the 1967 Six Day War. About 231,000 Arabs live in Jerusalem, mostly in eastern neighborhoods with tens of thousands thought to be living illegally without building permits. (WorldNetDaily)
Obituary: George Habash Jan 27, 2008
After Israel's resounding victory against Egypt, Syria and Jordan in the Six Day War in 1967, pan-Arabism appeared to have been destroyed. Soon afterwards George Habash formed the PFLP. The group's inaugural statement said that, "the only language which the enemy understands is that of revolutionary violence". (BBC News -- Africa)
Surviving Gaza Jan 27, 2008
Israel captured the territory from Egypt during the 1967 Six Day War, when it also seized the West Bank and east Jerusalem from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria. For decades the Palestinian population lived alongside 8000 Jewish settlers who enjoyed relative luxury and space on 33 percent of the land taken up by 21 settlements that needed an Israeli army division to ensure their security. (iAfrica.com)
Gaza's falling wall changes Middle East map for ever Jan 27, 2008
Occupied by Israel during the Six Day War in 1967, which seized it from Egyptian rule, the long years of direct Israeli rule ended with the Oslo peace accords that failed to see the end of Israeli settlement within the Gaza Strip. That only ended with Israeli's unilateral 'withdrawal' in September 2005 that left Israel still largely in charge of access to Gaza, its airspace and access to the sea. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Tone It Down: The Usual Mideast Mania Jan 23, 2008
See the Six Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973, both of which dragged in the entire Arab world and, to an alarming extent, the great powers, too, with their nuclear arsenals. If the goal were more modest in the Mideast, like just containing the current brush fires, it might be achievable. (Townhall.com)
Regarded as sign government plans to forfeit parts of holy city Jan 22, 2008
Israel recaptured eastern Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount Judaism's holiest site during the 1967 Six Day War. The Palestinians have claimed eastern Jerusalem as a future capital; the area has large Arab neighborhoods, a significant Jewish population and sites holy to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. (WorldNetDaily)
Canada's stance on Israeli settlements still unclear Jan 15, 2008
"The Israeli government insists it is entitled to build new dwellings in East Jerusalem on land it annexed in 1967, but this policy is opposed by most Western countries, a group that has long included Canada."The traditional Canadian policy has been, any building beyond the Green line is a violation of international law," said the Canadian expert on the region.The Green Line represents Israel's borders as they were in1949 when an armistice formally ended the war between Arabs and Jews that broke... (Toronto Star)
A tale of various nations Jan 15, 2008
One headline read that they were calling for an "end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian Land." This was mainly referring to the "West Bank" -- land that was captured by Israel from the Arab country of Jordan during the Six Day War in June of 1967 ... For 19 years after the 1948 war, Jordan occupied and ruled the entire area called the "West Bank." Several wars broke out over the ensuing years, all being won by Israel, and in the Six Day War, Israel captured and annexed the area called the West... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Bush calls for end of Palestinian occupation Jan 11, 2008
The comments made in Jerusalem just before a private dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were seen as an uncharacteristically blunt call by Mr. Bush for Israel to give up land it seized after the Six Day War. "There should be an end to the occupation that began in 1967," he said in a speech that came at the conclusion of whirlwind trip to the West Bank, the second ever by a sitting U.S. president. (Globe and Mail)
Bush arrives in Israel Jan 9, 2008
Wearing a navy suit and blue tie, the president waved as he descended on to the red carpet, welcomed by dozens of dignitaries and a military band playing Jerusalem of Gold, which was written after the 1967 Six Day War. "What a lovely day," Bush told his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as they welcomed him on the red carpet at the bottom of the stairs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Surprising lessons from Israel Jan 8, 2008
On June 5, 1967, Israel entered the Six Day War against several neighboring nations and significantly deepened its own war on terror. Just two days later, Israel opened its military courts to adjudicate alleged perpetrators (mostly Palestinians) of security offenses in the newly captured and occupied territories. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Israel's Bomb Dec 21, 2007
The Federation of American Scientists says Israel probably had two bombs by the 1967 Six Day War and up to 200 by the mid 1990s. Israel's nuclear arsenal consists of a variety of types of weapons and delivery systems, including missiles, bombers, mines, submarines and artillery. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Federation celebrates record $32.7 million campaign for ’08 Dec 21, 2007
Goldberg recalled how Leo hopped a plane to Israel as soon as the Six Day War was over, returning with a home video of himself in front of the Kotel crying and urging his family to come to Israel. I saw the video, and the next day I was on a plane. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
more » Dec 19, 2007
It goes on and on i.e. The Hundred Year War, The Six Day War. Take the present conflict. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Tense start to Middle East talks Dec 16, 2007
Since the 1967 Six Day War, Jerusalem has been a city of two halves, with the Palestinians to the East and Jewish neighbourhoods to the west ... Israel says the settlement freeze does not apply to East Jerusalem, which it annexed after its victory during the Six Day War. (The Australian)
The Firing Line: 12/5 Dec 5, 2007
Land-for-peace settlements halted with the end of the Six Day War, and only recently did another Arab country consider those negotiations with Israel. A recent Reuters article talked about how Hamas lawmakers signed a document stating their refusal to give up claims to land Palestinians were on in 1948 - yet another way of saying they refuse to recognize the right of Israel to exist. (The Daily Texan, TX)
Right of return - an unbending faith Nov 29, 2007
" U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194 and Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts the refugees' unconditional right of return to live at peace in their old homes or to receive compensation for the loss of their homes. The issue of the refugees' fate has largely been ignored in previous rounds of Middle East diplomacy, which has focused the withdrawal of Israeli troops from territories occupied after the 1967 Six Day War. Yet the question has not been forgotten in the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Knesset members blast PM's Annapolis vow to evacuate territory Nov 28, 2007
Israel liberated the West Bank in the 1967 Six Day War. "The negotiations will address all of the issues which we have thus far avoided dealing with," said Olmert. (WorldNetDaily)
Across the Shouting Valley Nov 27, 2007
Israel seized the Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War, and annexed it in 1981. More than 100,000 Golan residents fled to Syria after the Six Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and over 20,000 Israeli settlers moved in to more than 30 Jewish-only settlements in the Heights. (Aljazeera.Net)
Stepping Out Nov 27, 2007
Six Day War, and you in England then. The Six Counties, where I lived. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
--WND Exclusive-- Nov 23, 2007
The country previously occupied the West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem for almost twenty years until the area was recaptured by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War. The Jordanian monarchy continued to grant citizenship status to West Bank Palestinians until the late 1980's when the Palestinians launched their first intifada. (WorldNetDaily)
Devaluation 1967Programmes to mark the 40th anniversary of devaluation Nov 17, 2007
Israeli troops advance in southern Sinai during the Six Day War (AP). When these ships arrived in the UK, already behind schedule, they found the British ports closed due to strike action by dock workers. (BBC News -- Business)
Miles: Lords of the Land Nov 12, 2007
Between the nakba and the Six Day War in 1967, settlement and dislocation remained internal to the conquered territories within the Green Line, the armistice line between Israel and the Arab countries. Eldar and Zertals story begins in 1967 when the whole of Israel is occupied and the Westbank and Gaza strip become part of the greater Israel. (Zmag.org)
Cleveland writer guides English writers in Israel Nov 9, 2007
When she arrived for a what was intended to be a one-year stay in 1967, everything was different, thanks to the optimism following the Six Day War. Jerusalem was the city of gold, of hope and imagination, she recalls. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Miles: Israeli-Palestine Question Oct 31, 2007
The geographical situation has changed over time: from the initial Jewish immigrants; the rebellions against the British by both the Palestinians and the Jews; through the sudden and swift changes forced by the nakba and twenty years later the Six Day War (or the naksah); to the gradual and seemingly inexorable pace of settlement colonies in the occupied territories ... After the 1967 Six Day War colonial settlements became the norm again, continuing the earlier Zionist plans to split the... (Zmag.org)
The magnificent Eli Wallach Oct 15, 2007
He achieved the seemingly impossible task of uncovering Syria's most important military secrets, which helped Israel win the Six Day War in 1967. Eli Wallach stars in the film. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Scholarly diplomat's mind, with a Mideast focus Sep 30, 2007
That strategy, however, backfired and led to Nasser's humiliation at Israel's hands in the Six Day War in 1967. "I don't think Ahmadinejad's rhetoric on its own will lead to war, but to the extent that the rhetoric builds his popularity in the Arab world , it can indeed lay the groundwork for unintended consequences," Indyk said. (Las Vegas Sun)
Succot events Sep 27, 2007
In the Footsteps of the Six Day War, 2:30, Ammunition Hill (054-7837998). Wednesday:A 'Grave' Situation Yemin Moshe and Environs, 9:45 a.m., King David Hotel (054-4602253). (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Reforming Reform Sep 25, 2007
Hebrew had gained popularity; relief following the Six Day War was quickly undermined by the 1973 Yom Kippur War and concern for Soviet Jewry plus climbing rates of intermarriage fueled fears for the future of world Jewry. The next siddur, Gates of Prayer - a compilation of 10 themed services published in 1975 - sought to accommodate these trends. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
Shots in the dark over Syria's skies Sep 22, 2007
The two countries have been in dispute since Israel occupied the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six Day War. Syria's state-run daily Tishreen was quick to respond: "What is new in Olmert's proposals is the respectful tone, but the rest is only a repetition of old proposals aiming to trick and divide.". (Asia Times Online)
Neo-cons have Syria in their sights Sep 20, 2007
Israel and Syria have technically been at war since 1967, when Israel occupied the Golan Heights during the Six Day War. The air incursion follows a summer that saw heightened tension between the two countries. (Asia Times Online)
