Israeli military commanders not long after the…

Israeli military commanders not long after the war make it clear that Israel had faced no serious military threat and that a quick victory had been anticipated with confidence—that the alleged threat to Israel's existence was "a bluff."

Ariel Sharon will later explain that Israel could conquer everything from Khartoum to Baghdad to Algeria within a week, if necessary. (Chomsky, Noam: Fateful Triangle; the United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (p. 28, note 57, 1983, Updated Edition 1999, South End Press, Boston MA, USA.)

The June 1967 War is a watershed event in the history of Israel and the Middle East.

Israel after only six days of fighting has radically altered the political map of the region.

In addition to the Jordanian territory known as the West Bank (known to Israelis as Judaea and Samaria), the Six-Day War has cost the Arabs the Golan Heights, the Sinai and the Gaza Strip.