The Best Defense is a Good Offense

The year was 1967, and Israel stood alone. Egypt, Syria, and Jordan had massed their massive armies on every border, their leaders promising Israel's annihilation. Rather than wait to absorb the blow, Israel struck first on the morning of June 5th, sending nearly its entire air force in low, radar-evading waves that caught the Egyptian Air Force sitting on its runways — and destroyed it in three hours. With the sky owned completely, Israeli tanks rolled through the Sinai, paratroopers fought through the old city of Jerusalem, and infantry stormed the Golan Heights. Six days later it was over. Three armies broken, Israel's territory tripled, and Jerusalem reunified for the first time in two thousand years. It was a victory born not of luck but of Divine miracles and the willingness to act decisively when hesitation would have meant extinction.