The Six-Day War also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, the Third Arab-Israeli War, Six Days' War, an‑Naksah (The Setback), or the June War, was fought between Israel and Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The nations of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria also contributed troops and arms to the Arab forces.
Israel's victory in 1967 was on the minds of many people, as supernatural events heralded the End Times. Lester Stark believed that Revelation chapter 6, which described the first of Four Horsemen as a triumphant rider on a white horse, symbolized this accomplishment.[1]
Israel's ambassador to the U.N. stated that his country was entitled to the lands Israel has occupied since the 1967 conflict, based on Biblical precedent. In his written response, Kelvin R. Throop, writing as "Beals Becker," "bestowed" the United Nations' award for "most splendidly antique irrelevance."
Becker then went on to note that the Arab claim to Palestine only went back to the 7th century, that the Greeks and the Turkish people had only been fighting over Cyprus for four hundred years, and that the Ulstermen had been in northern Ireland for three centuries. Becker described them as "pikers."
Becker concluded by asking the ambassador if he was glad that there were no Canaanites left to complain about the Hebrews' behavior.
Becker's valediction was "Awedly, Beals Becker."[2]
In one alternate visited by Crosstime Traffic, it was believed that an escalation in either the Vietnam War or the Six-Day War could have led to the Soviets launching a nuclear strike on the United States.
References
- ↑ Alpha and Omega, pgs. 68-70, hc.
- ↑ Analog: The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fact, Vol CV, No 8, August, 1985, pg. 175.
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