The Six-Day War: Censored Voices

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains some strong language

0:00:04 > 0:00:07and some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

0:01:40 > 0:01:43INTERVIEWER SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:01:56 > 0:01:58TAPE PLAYS

0:03:57 > 0:03:59UPBEAT MUSIC

0:04:28 > 0:04:33INSTRUMENTAL

0:04:35 > 0:04:38SINGING IN HEBREW

0:05:11 > 0:05:13SONG ENDS

0:05:22 > 0:05:24AMOS SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:06:31 > 0:06:33MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:07:16 > 0:07:18AMOS SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:08:03 > 0:08:06MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

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0:09:57 > 0:09:59INTERVIEWER SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:10:18 > 0:10:19- CREW MEMBER:- I'm running.

0:10:19 > 0:10:23Israel is now living in that strange, shadowy world of disbelief

0:10:23 > 0:10:26about what's happened to her in such a brief period of time.

0:10:26 > 0:10:29But Nasser shot some holes into their confidence

0:10:29 > 0:10:33with his announced determination to blockade vital Israeli shipping

0:10:33 > 0:10:35in the Gulf of Aqaba.

0:10:35 > 0:10:38Numerically outnumbered in manpower and armament,

0:10:38 > 0:10:42they are relying on a mystical sense of invincibility.

0:10:42 > 0:10:45But there's been no showdown like this one in ten years.

0:10:45 > 0:10:48If war does come here, it could be largely in the air

0:10:48 > 0:10:49and it would be quickly over,

0:10:49 > 0:10:53with heavy, serious losses to the Israelis.

0:10:53 > 0:10:56All eyes are riveted now on the Gulf of Aqaba,

0:10:56 > 0:11:00where Nasser may try to fulfil his pledge to crush Israel.

0:11:03 > 0:11:04BUZZER

0:11:04 > 0:11:07MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:11:15 > 0:11:18ANOTHER MAN SPEAKS:

0:11:35 > 0:11:37SIREN BLARES

0:11:44 > 0:11:46MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:12:12 > 0:12:13SWING CREAKS

0:12:20 > 0:12:23ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:12:45 > 0:12:47VOICE FADES

0:13:08 > 0:13:10- CREW MEMBER:- Running.

0:13:10 > 0:13:11Oof!

0:13:11 > 0:13:13This is the result of Israel's

0:13:13 > 0:13:16call-up of its reservists - men in the field.

0:13:16 > 0:13:17And that call-up was accomplished

0:13:17 > 0:13:20in just about two days.

0:13:20 > 0:13:23You could say figuratively now that Israel is an armed camp.

0:13:25 > 0:13:26Let's cut for a moment.

0:13:26 > 0:13:29At this point, you can insert, if you wish,

0:13:29 > 0:13:32the brief interview with the soldier called Moses.

0:13:32 > 0:13:33The guy with the beard.

0:13:33 > 0:13:35MEN TALKING

0:13:37 > 0:13:39Moses, how long have you been here?

0:13:39 > 0:13:40Well...

0:13:43 > 0:13:45- ..about...- Two weeks?

0:13:46 > 0:13:48- ..six weeks? - Six weeks?

0:13:48 > 0:13:51And when do you think the orders will come?

0:13:51 > 0:13:53Well, I don't know. I am a little bored.

0:13:53 > 0:13:56- MEN LAUGH IN BACKGROUND - And we're waiting.

0:13:56 > 0:13:57How's your morale holding up?

0:13:57 > 0:13:59Wow, don't talk about that.

0:13:59 > 0:14:03Imagine at the top of Everest, you see? This is the morale.

0:14:03 > 0:14:05And we feel good here.

0:14:05 > 0:14:07- You feel good, eh?- Yeah! We play basketball.

0:14:07 > 0:14:10A riviera, see? Miami Beach.

0:14:10 > 0:14:12MEN LAUGH

0:14:12 > 0:14:15Without the swimming pool, everything's here.

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0:15:25 > 0:15:27MAN ON RADIO SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:15:36 > 0:15:37ILAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:15:42 > 0:15:44ANOTHER MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:15:47 > 0:15:49SHOUTING

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0:16:07 > 0:16:08ENGINES RUMBLE

0:16:08 > 0:16:11HELICOPTERS WHIR

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0:17:46 > 0:17:47MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:17:58 > 0:17:59SIRENS WAIL IN DISTANCE

0:18:01 > 0:18:03BOOMING

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0:18:14 > 0:18:16ANOTHER MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

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0:19:48 > 0:19:49WOMAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

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0:20:19 > 0:20:20MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:21:26 > 0:21:29BOOMING

0:21:45 > 0:21:47MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

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0:23:49 > 0:23:50ALL TALKING

0:23:51 > 0:23:53MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:24:20 > 0:24:23It's late afternoon on the second day of this war

0:24:23 > 0:24:25and we are now looking at the city of Gaza

0:24:25 > 0:24:28and the Mediterranean Sea, right over there.

0:24:28 > 0:24:30You can also see a lot of smoke,

0:24:30 > 0:24:34where the Israeli guns have pounded Gaza all day.

0:24:36 > 0:24:37What's going on?

0:24:37 > 0:24:40Well, our tanks get in in the morning.

0:24:40 > 0:24:42Early in the morning.

0:24:42 > 0:24:44And, erm...

0:24:44 > 0:24:46bomb a few houses, where there are some Arabs

0:24:46 > 0:24:48with guns and everything.

0:24:48 > 0:24:51And they shoot the tanks and the tanks shoot back.

0:24:51 > 0:24:54The tank is better than a man with a gun.

0:24:54 > 0:24:57Well, it looks like the job is pretty complete then.

0:24:57 > 0:24:58Yes, it's...

0:24:58 > 0:25:01In an hour or two, it will be cleaned already.

0:25:01 > 0:25:04Are you going to celebrate and do a little singing up here tonight?

0:25:04 > 0:25:06No, because it's not finished already.

0:25:06 > 0:25:08This town, so we've got another town.

0:25:08 > 0:25:10Where are you going to move off to next?

0:25:10 > 0:25:12I don't...I really don't know.

0:25:17 > 0:25:18MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:25:52 > 0:25:53MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:26:45 > 0:26:47DOGS HOWL

0:26:50 > 0:26:51MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:27:26 > 0:27:28MAN CLEARS HIS THROAT

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0:27:39 > 0:27:41MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:29:19 > 0:29:21UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS

0:29:25 > 0:29:29# Remember '48, a year of hope and struggle

0:29:29 > 0:29:33# We fought for our state again in '56

0:29:33 > 0:29:35# We'll have to be as brave

0:29:35 > 0:29:36# Once more in '67

0:29:36 > 0:29:38# No matter what they do

0:29:38 > 0:29:40# You'll see us passing through

0:29:40 > 0:29:44# You'll see the boats at night

0:29:44 > 0:29:49# Departing from Eilat

0:29:49 > 0:29:52# No matter what they do

0:29:52 > 0:29:57# You'll see us passing through

0:29:57 > 0:29:59# You will see (You will see)

0:29:59 > 0:30:01# The boats at night (The boats at night)

0:30:01 > 0:30:04# Departing from Eilat

0:30:04 > 0:30:08# No matter what they do

0:30:08 > 0:30:12# You'll see us passing through. #

0:30:20 > 0:30:21MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:30:26 > 0:30:28MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:30:53 > 0:30:55ANOTHER MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:32:04 > 0:32:05MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

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0:33:35 > 0:33:36MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:34:09 > 0:34:12- ANNOUNCER:- Across the deserts of Sinai, a biblical prophecy

0:34:12 > 0:34:14comes to pass, as the forces of Israel sweep on

0:34:14 > 0:34:17in an astonishing triumph of strategy.

0:34:17 > 0:34:21She took just over 50 hours to achieve her two main objectives.

0:34:23 > 0:34:26To reach the Gulf of Aqaba and lift the blockade

0:34:26 > 0:34:29and leave the Egyptians shoeless in Gaza.

0:34:29 > 0:34:31DRAMATIC NEWSREEL MUSIC

0:34:32 > 0:34:34However impartial one tries to be,

0:34:34 > 0:34:37one can only admire the efficiency of this extraordinary advance

0:34:37 > 0:34:41westwards, as well as the sword thrust to the east into Jordan.

0:34:41 > 0:34:44DRAMATIC NEWSREEL MUSIC

0:34:57 > 0:34:59WHIRRING

0:35:05 > 0:35:06COW MOOS

0:35:15 > 0:35:17MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:36:00 > 0:36:02MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:36:42 > 0:36:43MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:36:57 > 0:36:59MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:38:27 > 0:38:29MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

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0:39:28 > 0:39:30MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

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0:40:32 > 0:40:34ANOTHER MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:41:10 > 0:41:12MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:41:42 > 0:41:44SHOUTING

0:41:44 > 0:41:46MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:41:48 > 0:41:50GUNFIRE

0:41:52 > 0:41:53SHOUTING

0:41:53 > 0:41:54GUNSHOT

0:41:54 > 0:41:55EXPLOSION

0:42:00 > 0:42:02SHOUTING OVER RADIO:

0:42:05 > 0:42:07TALKING ON RADIO:

0:42:09 > 0:42:12This is Victory Day in Jewish Jerusalem,

0:42:12 > 0:42:15the day the winners of the battle for the Holy City

0:42:15 > 0:42:17return through the Mandelbaum Gate

0:42:17 > 0:42:20to the cheers and the tears of their fellow Israelis.

0:42:20 > 0:42:22CHANTING AND CHEERING

0:42:29 > 0:42:32This morning, the aeroplanes came in and the tanks came

0:42:32 > 0:42:35and they completely blasted the Old City.

0:42:35 > 0:42:37And then the finest thing we saw was

0:42:37 > 0:42:39our troops marching into the Old City.

0:42:39 > 0:42:41And all of us, although we haven't really, you know...

0:42:41 > 0:42:44We'd all been fighting, ourselves, but these were the guys

0:42:44 > 0:42:46who'd really got into the Old City after 20 years.

0:42:46 > 0:42:48This was something we'd been waiting for.

0:42:48 > 0:42:50It had been a thorn in our side. And you've got no idea.

0:42:50 > 0:42:53To be a Jew and not to have the Old City in our hands,

0:42:53 > 0:42:55it's something, which is unexpli...

0:42:55 > 0:42:57It's...not easy to explain.

0:43:00 > 0:43:02MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:43:21 > 0:43:23ANOTHER MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:43:47 > 0:43:49MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:44:02 > 0:44:04ANOTHER MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:44:21 > 0:44:22SHOUTING ON TAPE

0:45:10 > 0:45:11MAN SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE:

0:45:40 > 0:45:43ANOTHER MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:46:53 > 0:46:55INTERVIEWER SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:48:38 > 0:48:40MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:49:16 > 0:49:18MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:49:31 > 0:49:34RUBBLE CLATTERS

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0:51:56 > 0:51:57MAN SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE:

0:54:19 > 0:54:21MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:55:23 > 0:55:26PEOPLE TALKING

0:55:29 > 0:55:32MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:56:07 > 0:56:10PEOPLE TALKING

0:56:10 > 0:56:12CHILD CRIES

0:56:20 > 0:56:22PEOPLE SHOUTING

0:56:29 > 0:56:31MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:56:57 > 0:56:59CHILD CRIES

0:57:19 > 0:57:21MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:57:27 > 0:57:30SHEEP AND GOATS BLEAT

0:57:35 > 0:57:37DONKEY BRAYS

0:57:38 > 0:57:40GOATS BLEAT

0:59:18 > 0:59:21MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

0:59:31 > 0:59:34PEOPLE TALKING

1:00:03 > 1:00:06CHILD SOBS

1:00:06 > 1:00:07CHILD CRIES

1:00:18 > 1:00:21This is Israel Radio in English.

1:00:21 > 1:00:24It's eight o'clock and here are the news.

1:00:24 > 1:00:27Syria announced it accepts the ceasefire agreement,

1:00:27 > 1:00:30as declared by the United Nations,

1:00:30 > 1:00:32joining Jordan and Egypt,

1:00:32 > 1:00:35who accepted the ceasefire terms earlier this week.

1:00:36 > 1:00:39The IDF army spokesman reports that soldiers

1:00:39 > 1:00:42will be sent home in the coming days.

1:00:42 > 1:00:46CHEERING

1:00:46 > 1:00:48APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

1:01:05 > 1:01:07MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:02:15 > 1:02:17LAUGHTER

1:02:33 > 1:02:36INTERVIEWER SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:02:41 > 1:02:42MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:02:51 > 1:02:55MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:03:56 > 1:03:59HE SIGHS HEAVILY

1:04:14 > 1:04:17MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:04:43 > 1:04:46GUNSHOTS ECHO

1:04:47 > 1:04:50MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:06:01 > 1:06:03INTERVIEWER SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:06:08 > 1:06:10MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:06:17 > 1:06:19LAUGHTER

1:06:39 > 1:06:41PEOPLE TALKING

1:06:41 > 1:06:43- COMMENTATOR:- The defence walls have been taken down,

1:06:43 > 1:06:49the barrier destroyed and Jerusalem is once again one united city.

1:06:51 > 1:06:54The whole Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.

1:06:54 > 1:06:59Commerce is blossoming once again and people are smiling.

1:06:59 > 1:07:03Between puffs on the hookah, Arabs in their keffiyehs

1:07:03 > 1:07:05look curiously around them.

1:07:05 > 1:07:08The bustle of an awakening city.

1:07:08 > 1:07:11The dawn has arrived for the Jewish nation, who has,

1:07:11 > 1:07:13- for so many years, - BELLS TOLL

1:07:13 > 1:07:15been separated from its capital.

1:07:15 > 1:07:20Once again, we return to the places we have dreamt of for generations.

1:07:20 > 1:07:24This is one united, whole Jerusalem.

1:07:24 > 1:07:28The City of David returning to the glory of its biblical past.

1:07:28 > 1:07:30HORN PLAYS

1:07:30 > 1:07:33No more chilly streets, no more grey days.

1:07:33 > 1:07:38Jerusalem is happy, shining, smiling.

1:07:38 > 1:07:40A city of light and joy.

1:07:40 > 1:07:44Jerusalem of gold.

1:07:44 > 1:07:46DIGGER RUMBLES

1:07:46 > 1:07:48CREAKING

1:07:56 > 1:07:58DIGGERS RUMBLE

1:08:10 > 1:08:14MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:08:16 > 1:08:18CRASHING

1:10:07 > 1:10:10MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:10:45 > 1:10:48ANOTHER MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:10:54 > 1:10:56CREW TALKING

1:10:56 > 1:10:58The wind is whistling through?

1:11:00 > 1:11:03Most of the refugees here are women and children.

1:11:03 > 1:11:06Some of the husbands are here, too, but they're out of sight,

1:11:06 > 1:11:09nursing feelings of mixed desperation and hatred

1:11:09 > 1:11:11and not wanting to be filmed.

1:11:11 > 1:11:14Virtually all of them bring stories of Israeli brutality.

1:11:14 > 1:11:18How they were herded together at night, taken part of the way

1:11:18 > 1:11:21to the river, made to walk with their hands in the air for miles,

1:11:21 > 1:11:23as Israeli troops hurried them along

1:11:23 > 1:11:26with bursts of gunfire over their heads.

1:11:26 > 1:11:29Several of their villages were deliberately destroyed, they say,

1:11:29 > 1:11:31so that they would have to move.

1:11:31 > 1:11:35They do not believe that the Western world wants to know that story,

1:11:35 > 1:11:38and they say that Israel is the 51st state of the United States

1:11:38 > 1:11:42and American imperialism is the cause of their misery.

1:11:42 > 1:11:46This largest of the refugee camps has a population of 7,500,

1:11:46 > 1:11:48with more coming in every day.

1:11:49 > 1:11:53The only thing growing here are seeds of revenge.

1:11:54 > 1:11:57Bob Young, ABC News, Amman.

1:12:04 > 1:12:06MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:12:22 > 1:12:24PEOPLE TALKING

1:12:51 > 1:12:54UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS

1:12:54 > 1:12:58# Mahar will sail 1,000 festive boats

1:12:58 > 1:13:02# From Aqaba to distant capes

1:13:02 > 1:13:06# Mahar will load our ancient battleships

1:13:06 > 1:13:10# With oranges and mounds of grapes

1:13:10 > 1:13:14# Sing for tomorrow, it's another day

1:13:14 > 1:13:18# Free of all your trouble and your sorrow

1:13:18 > 1:13:22# Hope and horizons are so clear and gay

1:13:22 > 1:13:25# When we say mahar, we mean another day

1:13:25 > 1:13:27# We mean a blissful day

1:13:27 > 1:13:31# We mean tomorrow!

1:13:31 > 1:13:35# Mean tomorrow! #

1:13:35 > 1:13:38MILITARY STYLE DRUMBEAT

1:13:38 > 1:13:40SONG ENDS

1:13:40 > 1:13:42MAN ON TAPE SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:15:00 > 1:15:03MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:16:06 > 1:16:09MAN SPEAKS IN HEBREW:

1:16:31 > 1:16:33HE CHUCKLES

1:16:36 > 1:16:38HE CHUCKLES

1:18:57 > 1:18:59INTERVIEWER SPEAKS IN HEBREW: