Between 5 June and 10 June 1967, Israel defeated the armies of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, capturing the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Golan Heights and eastern Jerusalem—including the Old City—in what would become known as the Six-Day War. It changed the face of the Middle East and Israel. The war came after years of tension between Israel and its Arab neighbors, which had escalated in the months prior to the conflict. In May 1967, Egyptian President Gamal Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran — an internationally recognized act of war — and amassed troops on its border with...