By: Jeremy Last – The Jerusalem Post
Of all the Independence Days in the 59 years of the State of Israel, the 19th Yom Ha’atzma’ut is seen by many as one of the most significant, a day that carries with it the weight of history and represents the start of a period of change in the attitude and atmosphere of the country as a whole.
The weeks and months leading up to the 1967 Six Day War, when the future of the country’s existence hung by a thread, and the period that followed, had an enormous effect on the people living in what was then still a fledgling country.
That year’s Independence Day took place less than three weeks before war officially broke out, in the midst of growing tension and concern. But still, like every year before, on the fifth of Iyar the nation celebrated Israel’s statehood.
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