My mother said: “No one expected Israel to survive.” The Straits of Tiran were closed to Israeli ships, strangling the 19-year-old country from its much-needed oil supply. Egypt and Syria had amassed troops on the borders. The United Nations conceded to Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s demand to remove the U.N. peacekeeping forces, foreshadowing a […]
Jonathan Bernstein
Jonathan Bernstein is the executive director of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces’ San Francisco Bay Area region.
