In Commemoration Of Six Day War, Arabs Commemorate Naksa--Just Like Israel!

Here we go again.

As a follow up to the successful Naqba, the Palestinian Arabs have created another day of commemoration: Naksa.

Naksa means day of the “setback” and is supposed to be the commemoration by the Arab world and Palestinian Arabs of the Six Day War.

But what exactly are they commemorating?


The Six Day War resulted in a military defeat--which of course raises the obvious question: who were the aggressors in 1967 who started this war?

Here is an article from May 19, 1967:

The article illustrates the fact that already in May, Egypt told the UN forces--that were acting as a buffer between Egypt and Israel--to leave. In addition, Nasser threatened to close the Gulf Aqaba, Israel's only direct access to the Red Sea. On May 23, Nasser went ahead and closed the Gulf of Aqaba to Israel.

As for Jordan, the article proves that already in May, Jordan made clear it was preparing for war.

In remarks to the Washington Institute, Michael Oren--author of Six Days of War: June 1967--noted that while reluctant to enter into the war, Jordan indeed started firing on Israel, which decided not to respond at first for obvious reasons:

One aspect of the war that the book discusses in detail is the capture of the West Bank and Jerusalem. Israel had issued a strict order that there was to be no firing against the Jordanians. Israel did not want to open up a front along its longest border. Similarly, King Hussein had no interest in a war with Israel, but he could not back out of helping Egypt, for fear of losing his throne and perhaps even his life. He absolved himself of any response by putting his army under Egyptian command. On June 5, Israel sent a message to Hussein urging him not to open fire. Despite shelling into western Jerusalem, Netanya, and the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel did nothing. Afraid that Jordan would launch a siege of western Jerusalem along the lines of the 1948 siege, Israel reacted by sending troops to retake Government House Ridge and Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. The Israeli army also moved to silence Jordanian artillery in Jenin.

So what is this setback that the Arab world is commemorating, and complaining about?

Apparently they are commemorating the setback that back in 1967 the Arabs were unable to follow through on their threat to throw Israel into the sea.

May the Arabs have many more such Naksas!

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