• DOI:10.2979/ISR.2002.7.1.168
Corpus ID: 221310507

June 1967: Israel's Capture of the Golan Heights

@article{Zisser2002June1I,
  title={June 1967: Israel's Capture of the Golan Heights},
  author={Eyal Zisser},
  journal={Israel Studies},
  year={2002},
  volume={7},
  pages={168-194}
}

Eyal Zisser

Published 2002

History

Israel Studies

SYRIA NEVER RECOVERED FROM THE trauma of the Six-Day War. To this day, its defeat on the battlefield and the loss of the Golan Heights remain open wounds. A formative event in the history of the Syrian state, this chapter of Syrian history informs also the personal and political biography of its leaders. Hafiz al-Asad himself, president of Syria for the last thirty years (1970-2000), was serving at the time as Minister of Defense. Asad was thirty-seven years old and at the start of his… CONTINUE READING

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