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
