Israeli Army Retweeting 1967 War As It Happened

An anonymous reader writes "This is a new one, twitter as a form of historical reenactment: 'Israel's army is giving a "live" blow-by-blow account of the 1967 Six Day War, tweeting each air strike at the exact time it occurred 46 years ago ... @IDF1967 "is an official Israel Defence Forces account that is aimed at re-tweeting the events of the Six Day War in live time", ... The account was tweeting key events in the battle against the armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria that took place from June 5 to 10, 1967 and includes pictures and videos, the army said. The tweets are mostly in Hebrew, with some translated into English. "In response to repeated provocations by Egypt, the State of Israel and the IDF are going to war. We will not sit idly as the enemy forces tighten the noose around our necks," the opening tweet said around 8.00am (1500 AEST) on Wednesday when Israel landed its first preemptive air strike 46 years ago.'"

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I remember a joke from the time

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How many gears does an Egyptian tank have?

Seven, six in reverse, in case it's attacked from behind.

It's bad form

[OhANameWhatName]

It's bad form for such a peace loving and friendly nation to focus their attention on war, even if it is out of respect for those innocent people who died. This could provoke animosity from nationals of other middle eastern states towards the state of Israel. What if the Palestinians suddenly attacked across Israel's borders? It would be a sad day if Israel needed to use it's nuclear weapons as a threat to protect it's borders.

And it would be such a horrid day for the UN to see war in the middle east for the first time in 46 years! Imagine Israel having to stand in the UN and call for concerted action against warlike middle eastern states? Armageddon I tell you .. those Palestinians are a dangerous lot, don't provoke them!

Re:now they are nazis

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

This is a complete obfuscation and dereliction from your entire thread.

Again, you somehow evade logic and rhetorical conclusion - instead making this a canard about my level of concern and participation.

The validity of recognizing an injustice is NOT measured by the observer's resource and opportunity to assist.

This is the same false argumentation that invalidates criticism, when it is not accompanied by a solution. It is a position which pretends to stand on the high-ground. It is a pose, apparently removed from thorny ethical matters by honoring practicality - while implicating the critic of mere contrariness or outright bad faith.

Later on, you call this "flaming Israel". I suppose that's what you call examining the historical and moral circumstances.

Israel the least of Palestine's problems? It's to laugh! Hell, there's plenty of Israeli's who'll argue that one with you. They show up on mondoweiss.net, often enough.