Everybody. 50 years ago israel fought a war for its survival. By the summer of 1967, 250,000 arab troops amassed on israels borders. Forced to protect its people, israel mounted a preemptive strike. Over just six days, israel defeated the egyptian air force, retook the sinai peninsula, the Golan Heights and reunified the city of jerusalem. [ applause ] the sixday war redefined israel and americans relationship with the young jewish state so tonight we come together to discuss the war and its impact. This is six days in june. With us this evening to talk about the sixday war and impact are three incredible guests. Michael oren is former israeli ambassador [ applause ] the former israeli ambassador to the United States as some of you may know and serves as a member and a deputy minister for diplomacy in the Prime Ministers office, also the author of six days of war, one of the most highly regarded books on the sixday war. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome again ambassador michael oren
Preemptive strike. Over 60 days, israel retook the Golan Heights and reunified the city of jerusalem. The sixday war redefined israel and american juries relationship with the young jewish state. So tonight we come together to discuss the war and its impact. This is six days in june. With us this evening to talk about the sixday war and its impact are three incredible guests. Michael orrin is the former israeli ambassador, the former israeli ambassador to the United States as some of you may now and now serves as the Deputy Ministry for diplomacy. He is the author of six days of war. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome again ambassador michael orrin. And leaving an impressive career, he entered politics, he is not only a native of the city of jerusalem but currently is serving his second term as its mayor. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the mayor of jerusalem, nir barkat. And ladies and gentlemen, please welcome josi klein. Nir, lets start with you, you were the only one of the