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Israel & Palestine: Six Days that Changed Everything (Part 4)
Israel & Palestine: Six Days that Changed Everything (Part 4)
On the morning of June 7th, 1967, Israeli paratroopers push through the narrow streets of Jerusalem's Old City and reach the Western Wall — the last remnant of the Second Temple destroyed by Rome in 70 CE. Hardened soldiers press their faces against the stone and weep. A military chaplain blows a ram's horn that echoes off the Temple Mount. A brigade commander grabs the radio and broadcasts three words: "The Temple Mount is in our hands." In six days, Israel conquers the Sinai, the Gaza Strip...