Context: In 1967, a war broke out between a coalition of Arab countries and Israel. Despite being outnumbered and fighting on three fronts, Israel managed to win the war in six days.

    • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Israel has admitted that that narrative is misinformation (“bluff”)

      “The thesis that the danger of genocide was hanging over us in June 1967 and that Israel was fighting for its physical existence is only a bluff, which was born and developed after the war.” Israeli General Matityahu Peled, Ha’aretz, 19 March 1972