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\"\"<\/a>Arab leaders did plan to eliminate Israel in Six-Day War<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Ben-Dror Yemini<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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During the 1967 war, Israel seized Egyptian and Jordanian operational documents with clear orders to annihilate the civil population. Nevertheless, different academics are distorting the facts in a bid to turn the Arabs into victims and Israel into an aggressor. Here\u2019s the real story.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than anything else, the Six-Day War has turned into a rewritten war. A sea of publications deal with what happened at the time. Gamal Abdel Nasser\u2019s Egypt, the revisionists assert, had no ability to fight Israel, and anyway, he had no intention to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s true that he made threats. It\u2019s true that he sent more and more divisions to Sinai. It\u2019s true that he expelled the United Nations observers. It\u2019s true that he incited the masses in Arab countries. It\u2019s true that the Arab regimes rattled their sabers and prepared for war. It\u2019s true that he closed the Straits of Tiran. It\u2019s true that Israel was besieged from its southern side. It\u2019s true that this was a serious violation of international law. It\u2019s true that it was a \u201ccasus belli\u201d (a case of war).<\/span><\/p>\n

IDF forces at the Western Wall during Six-Day War. When there is a narrative, who needs facts? (Photo: Bamahane)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

All that doesn\u2019t matter, however, because there is a mega-narrative that obligates the forces of progress to exempt the Arabs from responsibility and point the accusing finger at Israel. And when there is a narrative, who needs facts? After all, according to the mega-narrative, Israel had expansionist plans, so it seized the opportunity. Different scholars are distorting the facts in a bid to turn the Arabs into victims and Israel into an aggressor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Excuse us for winning<\/span>
\n I was a child, an elementary school student. I remember fear, a lot of fear. There were no shelters in the house I lived in. It was clear that there would be bombings, so we dug pits in the yard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Occasionally, we are reminded of the sound of thunder from Cairo to remind us of the annihilation threats. But in fact, they were much more serious. Both the Arab League and the leaders of all neighboring states announced in an unequivocal manner that the plan was annihilation. I repeat: Annihilation. Arrogant talk? Considering the fact that the Arab and Muslim world was engaged in endless self and mutual massacres, it was pretty clear that what they were doing to themselves\u2014and it\u2019s still going on\u2014they would also do to Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

We must remember one thing, therefore: The alternative to victory was annihilation. So excuse us for winning. Because an occupation without an annihilation is preferable to an annihilation without an occupation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Our goal is clear: To wipe Israel off the map\u2019<\/span>
\n The Arab states never accepted the State of Israel\u2019s existence, not for a moment. There was no occupation from 1949 to 1967, but a Palestinian state wasn\u2019t established, because the leaders of the Arab world didn\u2019t want another state. They wanted Israel. They didn\u2019t hide their intentions for a minute.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new stage began in 1964. On the backdrop of a conflict over the water sources, the Arab League convened in Cairo and announced: \u201c… collective Arab military preparations, when they are completed, will constitute the ultimate practical means for the final liquidation of Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Two years went by, and then-defense minister Hafez Assad, who went on to become Syria’s president, declared: “Strike the enemy\u2019s settlements, turn them into dust, pave the Arab roads with the skulls of Jews.\u201d And to erase any doubt, he added: “We are determined to saturate this earth with your (Israeli) blood, to throw you into the sea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Six-Day War. Those who rewrite history are winning<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Nine days before the war broke out, Nasser said: \u201cThe Arab people want to fight. Our basic aim is the destruction of the State of Israel.\u201d Two more days passed before Iraq\u2019s president, Abdul Rahman Arif, joined the threats: \u201cThis is our chance\u2026our goal is clear: To wipe Israel off the map.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Two days before the war broke out, PLO founder and leader Ahmad Shukieri said: \u201cWhoever survives will stay in Palestine, but in my opinion, no one will remain alive.\u201d Yes, that was the atmosphere. Does anyone still seriously think that those were just declarations? Does anyone think that their intention was an enlightened occupation? Does anyone think that there would not have been a mass slaughter like the one Egypt carried out in Yemen and later on in Biafra?<\/span><\/p>\n

Hussein: No annihilation orders, ‘as far as I know’<\/span>
\n In order to understand that these were not false statements, it should be noted that in a meeting held after the war between Israel\u2019s Ambassador to London Aharon Remez and British Foreign Secretary George Brown, Remez said that Israel had seized documents of the Jordanian army on operational orders, from May 25 and 26, about two weeks before the war’s outbreak, which included orders to exterminate the civil population in the communities that were planned to be occupied as well. They believed at the time that it was indeed going to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t clear, Remez said at the time, whether Hussein was aware of these orders, but they were very similar to the annihilation orders issued by the Egyptian army. This appears both in Michael Oren\u2019s book about the Six-Day war and in Miriam Joyce\u2019s book about Hussein\u2019s relations with the United States and Britain, as well as in Dr. Moshe Elad\u2019s book (\u201cCore Issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\u201d). At first, Hussein rejected the claims about the annihilation orders out of hand, but later added: \u201cAs far as I know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Clear and simple facts<\/span>
\n The days passed. The threats increased. More and more forces were sent to Sinai. More Arab countries joined the war coalition. It\u2019s unclear whether Nasser really wanted a war, Oren wrote in his book. But he and the Arab countries did everything in their power to deteriorate the situation. Nasser\u2019s appetite kept growing, and immediately after blocking the straits, he declared: \u201cIf we managed to restore the conditions that existed before 1956 (the Straits of Tiran are blocked), God will surely help us and urge us to restore the situation that existed in 1948.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The late Yitzhak Rabin, who served as IDF chief of staff at the time, told the government that \u201cit will be a difficult war\u2026 There will be many losses.\u201d He estimated that 50,000 people would be killed. And Oren, who had read almost every document that had been declassified, concluded: \u201cThe documentation shows that Israel wanted to prevent a war with all its might, and that up to the eve of the battles it tried to stop the war in every possible way\u2014even at a heavy strategic and economic cost for the state.\u201d These are the facts. But those who rewrite history are winning.<\/span><\/p>\n

The political debate over the Israeli control of the territories has led to a situation in which political opinions disrupt the factual research. The political debate is important. It\u2019s certainly legitimate. But there is no need to rewrite history to justify a political stance. It should be the other way around: Facts should influence political views. And the facts are clear and simple: The Arab states\u2019 leaders did not only settle for declarations on an expected annihilation, they even prepared operational orders.<\/span><\/p>\n

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