Enduring Myths about the Six-Day War and Its Aftermath
There weren’t missed opportunities for peace.
June 7, 2017
Enduring Myths about the Six-Day War and Its Aftermath
There weren’t missed opportunities for peace.
Although Israel’s 1967 victory undeniably reshaped both it and the larger Middle East in fundamental ways, Aaron David Miller sees a tendency among Western observers to exaggerate and misconstrue the war’s effects. He identifies five such mistaken lessons: that 1967 was the most important of the Arab-Israeli wars, that there were missed opportunities for peace in its wake, that it was a catastrophe for the Palestinians, that it undermined the chances for peace, and that the time is now ripe for an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty. He writes:
June 7, 2017
The Associated Press’s 80-Year History of Collaborating with Anti-Semitic Tyrannies
Learning the lessons of the organization’s Nazi-era fake news.
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A photo essay.