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men bowed down, and prayed to the ‘God of their Fathers’ to have the strength to die, rather than
face being captured. When they got up, they saw the Egyptian strike force engaged in retreat.
Behind these lines was a car, which the Israelis captured. Inside the car was one of Nasser’s
commanding generals, who said that they were retreating because they had been surrounded by
an army dressed in white. Israel had no such army there. The 18,000 soldiers were never heard
from again. A six-week search in Israel, the Sinai Desert, and Egypt failed to turn up any clues.
Since it was already established that Israel did not have the resources to capture such a large
number of men, what could have happened? National Geographic reported that on November 7,
1957, at 6:33 a.m. there was an earthquake of substantial proportions on the Sinai peninsula,
which lead to the speculation that the army could have been swallowed up by the earth. If this
report was true, it most certainly was a sign that the Jews were indeed God’s chosen people.
The Soviet Union began sending equipment to Iraq and Syria, while they continued to
interfere in the internal affairs of other Arab nations through military coups and political
assassinations. Only U.S. and British intervention prevented Communist takeovers in the Middle
East, as in July 1958, when the Marines landed in Lebanon; and British forces, supporting King
Hussein, landed in Jordan.
On March 16, 1965, Nasser promised the Arabs an all-out offensive effort against Israel, if
they would unite under him, as he hoped to become the President of the United States of Africa.
He said: “We must arm 5,000,000 men and overwhelm the Israelis by sheer military might.”
In 1967, Russia sent exaggerated reports to Egypt and Syria that Israel was preparing for war
against Syria. This was a move by Syria to unify the Arab bloc countries. In a book written by
Nasser, he revealed that his chief goal was to eliminate Israel as a nation, and to push them into
the sea. On May 26th he said: “The Arab people want to fight. We have been waiting for the
right time when we will be completely ready.” On May 28th he said: “We will not accept any coexistence
with Israel.” On June 4th he said, concerning Israel: “We are facing you in battle and
are burning with desire for it to start to obtain revenge.” The source of Nasser’s hatred for Israel
can be traced back to a statement he made in December, 1962: “We feel the soil of Palestine is
the soil of Egypt, and the whole Arab world. Why do we mobilize? Because we feel that the land
of Palestine is part of our land, and we are ready to sacrifice ourselves for it.”
Nasser ordered the UN to remove their troops, which they did; and he closed the crucial port
of Eliat, on the Gulf of Aquaba, and blockaded the Tiran Straits. He then taunted Israel’s Chief
of Staff Yitzhak Rabin by saying: “Let him come, I’m waiting.” The armies of Egypt, Jordan,
Syria, and Lebanon surrounded Israel on all sides. Joining them were Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait,
Sudan, and other Arab nations, which represented 25 times more manpower than Israel could
field. On the evening of June 4, 1967, Nasser moved his Russian-made tanks and artillery into
position. He knew that with America caught up in the Vietnam War, there would be no help for
Israel.
As daylight broke on June 5th, Israeli jets flew low from the north and began bombing the
Egyptian Air Force. Israeli ships traded fire with Egypt’s naval power, and Israeli tanks rolled
into the Sinai. As the events unfolded, Russia warned the major countries of the world to backoff,
so the world sat back and waited, expecting a swift Arab victory. The victory never came.
By the second day, Arab leaders watched their military being ground to bits. After six days, the
Arab alliance was in retreat as Israeli soldiers captured the Sinai peninsula up to the Suez Canal,
the Golan Heights including Mount Hermon (which would then become the “eyes and ears of
Israel,” the entire West Bank of the River Jordan, and reclaimed the city of Jerusalem. Schlomo
Goren, Ashkenazic (of Eastern European origin) Chief Rabbi of Israel, carried the Scrolls of the