A playlist from The Jewish Story
The War of Attrition
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War of Attrition part I
December 4, 2020 · 47 min · Episode page →
Changing our conceptions is one of the hardest things in life to do, for countries as well as individuals. Israel's stunning victory in the Six Day War of...
About this playlist
The war that followed the Six-Day War along the Suez Canal, told in three parts: the fighting, the diplomatic front, and the search for an honorable peace.
Where this sits in the story
1967–1970 · 1 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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