Israel During The Six-Day War
Micha Bar-Am's remarkable documentation of the 1967 Six-Day War
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Micha Bar Am | The Six-Day War In the course of the War of Independence in 1948, the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem was captured by the Jordanian "Arab Legion", and from then on Jewish worshippers were denied access (...)
to the Western Wall (also known as the Wailing Wall). The Israeli Paratroop Brigade burst into the Old City and from there descended to liberate the Western Wall. East Jerusalem, Israel. June 7, 1967. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
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Micha Bar Am | The Six-Day War The original caption by Micha Bar-Am for this image reads, "A woman hails Israeli soldiers who took part in the liberation of Eastern Jerusalem which had been occupied by Jordan since 1958." The Ge (...)
ulah Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel. June, 1967. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
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Micha Bar Am | The Six-Day War After the capture of the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in East Jerusalem, a force of Israeli paratroopers made its way to the Dung Gate where sniper fire occurred. This man was killed during th (...)
e attack on the June 7, 1967. Jerusalem, Israel. 1967. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
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Micha Bar Am | The Six-Day War On the second day of the war, an army convoy was rolling slowly through the city on its way north and east. After a night of artillery fire from the Jordanians, few Jerusalemites were venturing out (...)
of their shelters. Suddenly a voice cried out from one of the trucks "Limaal..." ("Mother..."). A young soldier jumped off the truck and raced over to a gray-haired woman standing on the sidewalk. He gave his mother a quick hug and ran to catch up with his convoy and war. Jerusalem, Israel. June 6, 1967. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
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Micha Bar Am | The Six-Day War In the course of the War of Independence in 1948, the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem was captured by the Jordanian 'Arab Legion', and from then on Jewish worshippers were denied access (...)
to the Western Wall (also known as the Wailing Wall). The Israeli Paratroop Brigade burst into the Old City and from there descended to liberate the Western Wall.
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion witnessed the reclaiming of the Wailing Wall. East Jerusalem, Israel. June 7, 1967. © Micha Bar Am | Magnum Photos
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On the morning of June 5, 1967, the Six-Day War broke out. After a period of tension and waiting, the Israeli Government decided to launch a pre-emptive attack. The war was waged against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Over the next six days the Israeli Defense Forces captured the Sinai Peninsula, Jerusalem East, the West Bank of the Jordan River, and the Golan Heights.
The captions to this story are the original captions by Micha Bar-Am, 1967.