Episode 40 - Six Days of War that Shaped the Middle East with MK Dr. Michael Oren

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

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🗓️ 31 May 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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This month we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War - a war, it seems, that shook the Middle East and reshaped Israel forever. In Israel the war is spoken of almost as a legendary tale, whereas for the Palestinians it's remembered as the event that brought upon the occupation. For that reason, and many others, it is still one of the most controversial events in Israel's short history. Deputy Minister Dr. Michael Oren has a rich biography. He was an historian teaching in Harvard, Yale and Princeton. He also taught in Israel in both Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University. He was the Israeli ambassador to the United States and today he serves as a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's office. He is also the author of several books including "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East." 2NJB had the honor to sit down with MK Oren for a special talk commemorating the war and the great victory.

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0:00.0	Live from Tel Aviv, two nice Jewish boys.
0:09.3	On the morning of June 5, 1967, exactly 50 years ago, with the Egyptian military amassed along
0:16.9	the southern border, Israel launched one of its most decisive military strikes in history.
0:22.9	Operation Moked, the preemptive air strike that ushered in the six-day war, almost entirely
0:28.3	wiped out the Egyptian Air Force. This was the first of six days of intense military action,
0:34.3	domestic political strife, and international diplomacy, the conclusion of which left the world
0:39.6	shocked. Michael Oren is best known today as a deputy minister in the prime minister's office,
0:44.8	member of Knesset and the Kulano Party, and as the former Israeli ambassador to the United States.
0:49.6	However, in a previous life, Oren taught history at the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University and was a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, and Georgetown.
0:58.5	He is the author of several books, including one which is extremely relevant to our topic of discussion today,
1:04.0	Six Days of War, June, 1967, and the Making of the Modern Middle East.
1:08.8	Deputy Minister Michael Oren joins us today for a special episode
1:12.0	commemorating the 50th anniversary
1:13.6	of the Six Day War.
1:15.7	This podcast is made in cooperation
1:17.5	with the Jewish Journal,
1:18.8	www.gouishjournal.com.
1:21.3	Also in cooperation with Secret Tel Aviv,
1:24.3	Israel's largest online social network community in English.
1:27.8	Just look for the group on Facebook or visit them at secrettelviviv.com.
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