On returning from Washington, Gazit took up a senior post at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem focused on Middle Eastern affairs. In February 1967, four months before the Six-Day War, Shlomo HillelA diplomat, later a minister and Speaker of the Knesset.More on Shlomo Hillel in “People and events” → took over from him.
A fork in the road
Reading the neighbours: a real threat, or noise?
Raise the alarm
The price: Spreading panic, and perhaps setting off what you meant to prevent.
Reassure
The price: Missing an early sign of war.
And what happened?
In May 1967 it became clear how thin the line was.
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Israel and the world
Before the Six-Day War
The Middle East was the central focus of Israeli foreign policy in the months before the war of June 1967.