Six-Day War
Israel’s 1967 victory enabled Jews to return to the Western Wall, Hebron, Rachel’s Tomb, and other sites long inaccessible under Arab rule.
The 1967 Six-Day War not only redrew the map of the Middle East but also restored Jewish access to numerous sacred sites that had been barred or restricted for 19 years under Arab rule. For Israelis and Jews worldwide, this outcome represented a religious and historical reversal of exile, allowing prayer, pilgrimage, and restoration at locations central to Jewish identity and continuity. The most iconic of these was the Western Wall. Under Jordanian control from 1948 to 1967, the site had been completely off-limits to Jews…
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