Howdy there, this weekend I went home just because why not. AND I was talking about this class with my brother…well my dad being his wise, knowledgeable, and history self had to step in. I never mind talking about history with my dad its just I was tired and yes this talk went from nine pm till midnight. ANYWAYS, I told my dad that we have been talking about Islam since after fall break, and the many mechanisms, faith, and other religions which compare/contrast to Islam. He asked me, “have you ever heard about the Six-Day War?” I replied “No?… I don’t think so.” Well he went into detail to tell me how it happened in June of 1967, and was between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. Not sure if anyone else knew about this war or learned about it from school because I for sure didn’t. It was very interesting to learn about and made me think to look more into it, since I can’t remember everything that was talked about in those three hours of a history lesson. But on this site it breaks down the build up, what happened each day, as well as, the ending to the Six-Day War (even though it kind of was seven days but they took a day off). Moreover, I was very intrigued with this information and wanted to know what else has happened in Israel. To my surprise, I did find another site but this time it was a blog post by someone. Although, the comments were very believing, some information is opinionated but it still was a good read with a different perspective.
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Wow, glad this is leading to conversations with family and more generally outside of class! The Six Day War is something I’ve tended to focus on more in classes about Israel, but it is in the background when there is mention of humiliating defeat by Israel in the Cairo House and elsewhere in the readings. Thanks for blogging about this!