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Herut Broadside Map Invoking The Image of the Six Day War
Striking map illustrating the military strength of the various combatants during the 1967 War, published in Bat Yam, by the Herut Movement.
The map illustrates the relative military strength of the "enemies of Israel" at the beginning of the six-day war (June 4 - 6, 1967). The pink area represents the lands held by Israel at the start of the War, while the red displays what Israel held after the war (Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, West Bank, and Gaza Strip).
Surrounding Israel are the armies of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt, with symbolic images showing troop strength, ships, tanks, and airplanes.
A note at the bottom speaks in strong terms that the people of Israel must remember this epic battle and the strength that the Israeli army used to protect its nation. Strong vocabulary such as aggressive and suffocation is used to reiterate this point.
The map was published by the Herut party, a strong nationalist party led by future Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
Herut
Herut (Freedom) was the major right-wing nationalist political party in Israel from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism and was initially known in part for its militia actions; it became more moderate from 1951.
Herut was founded by Menacham Begin in June 1948, as a successor to the Irgun
In 1965, Herut joined with the Liberal Party to form Gahal, which operated as an alliance between the two parties.
At the start of the six day war in 1967, Gahal joined the government. The outcome of the war strengthened Herut. The principle of the indivisibility of the land had seemed as an archaic principle with little practical significance, but now it emerged from the fringe of consciousness to the core of national thought. Begin saw it as his first mission in the government to secure the fruits of the victory by preventing territorial withdrawal and promoting settlement.
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