The New York Times. “Israelis Rout The Arabs, Approach Suez, Break Blockade, Occupy Old Jerusalem; Agree to U. N. Cease-fire; U. A. R. Rejects It”

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Thursday, June 8th

New York

1967

Broadsheet newspaper. Front-page photograph of Israeli soldiers in prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall and photographic satalite map of the embattled region taken in September 1966 during the flight of Gemini II

Below the bold headline: “Israeli troops wept and prayed today at the foot of the Wailing Wall-the last remnant of Solomon’s Second Temple and the object of pilgrimage by Jews through the centuries.....The Israelis, trembling with emotion, bowed vigorously from the waist as they chanted psalms in a lusty chorus. Most had submachine guns slung over their shoulders and several held bazookas as they prayed...”