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Jews once celebrated Jerusalem, now many apologize for it | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 1316 words · By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN
Moral Right to Jerusalem 1967 Six-Day War Jewish Identity and Sovereignty
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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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Name Calling / Labeling 80% confidence
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Black-and-White Fallacy 70% confidence
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Appeal to Anger 70% confidence
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Glittering Generalities 75% confidence
Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.

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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“In May 1967, Nasser’s Egypt massed troops in the Sinai.”
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The evidence from 'Crossing the Threshold' and Wikipedia references confirms that Egypt massed troops in the Sinai Peninsula in May 1967.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sinai Peninsula, which is a part of Egypt, has been militarily occupied by Israel twice since the beginning of the Arab–Israeli conflict: the first occupation lasted from October 1956 to March 195…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Sina…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai ( SY-ny; Arabic: سيناء, romanized: Seynāʾ or Sīnāʾ; Egyptian Arabic: سينا, romanized: Sīna), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sinai insurgency was an insurgency campaign in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt launched by Islamist militants against Egyptian security forces, which also included attacks on civilians. The insurgenc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinai_insurgency
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“The Straits of Tiran were closed.”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and CIE, confirm that President Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran prior to the Six-Day War.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israeli passage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran was restricted by Egypt, in cooperation with Saudi Arabia, for much of the time between the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the 1967 Six-Day War. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passage_through_the_Su…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Six-Day War, or the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and June 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known then as the United Arab Republic, UAR), Jordan, and Syr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_the_Six-Day_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Straits of Tiran (Arabic: مضيق تيران Maḍīq Tīrān) are the narrow sea passages between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas that connect the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. The distance between the two …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_of_Tiran
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“Two million Jews faced a hostile Arab world of nearly 100 million.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general year summaries and general conflict overviews; no specific population statistics for 1967 (2 million vs 100 million) are present in the provided search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1948 Arab–Israeli War (15 May 1948 – 10 March 1949), also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the civil war in Mandatory Palestine (29 November 1947 – 14 May 1948) as the second and fina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab–Israeli_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. The base of these communities are the Arab, non-Jewish former Palestinian citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the declaration of Israel's establishment in 1948, conflict has existed between Israel and the surrounding Arab countries, rooted in conflict over territory also claimed by Palestinian Arabs. Zi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab–Israeli_conflict
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“In six days, the Jewish state defeated the armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.”
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Both NPR and HISTORY report that Israel defeated the combined armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan during the Six-Day War.
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web search NEUTRAL — Six-Day War. Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict and the Cold War. A map of military movements during the conflict.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War
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web search NEUTRAL — In the Six Day War of June 1967, Israel defeated the combined armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan, capturing the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula. For…
https://www.npr.org/2007/06/04/10619929/six-day-war-shaping-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn how the Six-Day War between Israel and its Palestinian Arab rivals — Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq — redrew the map of the Middle East in 1967. See how Israel's preemptive military attacks decim…
https://www.history.com/articles/six-day-war
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“The Israel Air Force destroyed enemy air forces on the ground.”
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Britannica and The National Interest confirm that Israel conducted a preemptive air assault that demobilized/destroyed opposing air capabilities on the ground.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli Air Force (IAF; Hebrew: זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, romanized: Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, lit. 'Air and Space Arm', commonly known as חֵיל הָאֲוִיר‎, Kheil HaAvir, "Air Corps") operates as the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli Air Force Museum is located at Hatzerim Airbase in the Negev desert in Israel. The museum was established in 1977 and has been open to the public since 1991. The museum displays a variety …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force_Museum
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Six-Day War, or the 1967 Arab–Israeli war (5–10 June 1967), was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, in the context of the Arab–Israeli conflic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War
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“For the first time in over 2,500 years, since the destruction of the First Temple, the Jewish people once again held sovereignty over the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.”
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While the provided snippets are fragmented, the general historical consensus in the Wikipedia entries for Jerusalem and the Old City supports the restoration of Israeli control in 1967, though the specific '2,500 years' phrasing is a historical interpretation of the First Temple's destruction.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The First Jewish–Roman War (66–73/74 CE), also known as the War of Destruction, the Great Jewish Revolt, the First Jewish Revolt, or the Jewish War, was the first of three major Jewish rebellions agai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Jewish–Roman_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world and is considered holy to the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Old City of Jerusalem (Hebrew: הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה, romanized: Ha'ír Ha'atiká; Arabic: المدينة القديمة, romanized: al-Madīna al-Qadīma) is a 0.9-square-kilometre (0.35 sq mi) walled area in East Je…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_of_Jerusalem
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“General Mordechai “Motta” Gur [said]: “Har Habayit beyadeinu.””
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The search results for this claim returned only dictionary definitions of the word 'General' and did not provide any evidence of the specific quote by General Mordechai Gur.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The meaning of GENERAL is involving, applicable to, or affecting the whole. How to use general in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general
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web search NEUTRAL — GENERAL definition: of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category. See examples of general used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/general
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web search NEUTRAL — GENERAL meaning: 1. involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/gener…
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“Between 1948 and 1967, when the Old City was under Jordanian control, Jews were forbidden to visit the Western Wall.”
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Both Chabad.org and the 'Jerusalem Day' source explicitly state that Jews were banned/forbidden from visiting the Western Wall while the Old City was under Jordanian control (1948-1967).
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web search NEUTRAL — The Jordanian administration of the West Bank officially began on 24 April 1950, and ended with the decision to sever ties on 31 July 1988.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_annexation_of_the_We…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jews march to the Western Wall through the Old City as part of Jerusalem Day celebrations.The eastern part of Jerusalem was under Jordanian control between 1948 and 1967, until the Jewish State recapt…
https://unitedwithisrael.org/jerusalem-day-honors-a-holy-anc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Between 1948 and 1967, the Old City of Jerusalem was under Jordanian control and Jews were altogether banned from visiting the Wall.15 Jerusalem Facts Every Jew Should Know. The Singing Stones of the …
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/588219/jewish…
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“Jewish cemeteries on the Mount of Olives were desecrated.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the desecration of cemeteries on the Mount of Olives.
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“Synagogues in the Jewish Quarter were destroyed.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the destruction of synagogues in the Jewish Quarter.
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“Under the British Mandate, Jewish access to the Western Wall came with humiliation and restrictions. Jews were forbidden from bringing chairs or mechitzot (partitions).”
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“Blowing the shofar at the Western Wall became an act of defiance for which Jews could be arrested.”
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“the Temple Mount was effectively handed back to the Waqf administration.”
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“Even before 1948, under the British Mandate, Jewish access to the Western Wall came with humiliation and restrictions.”
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“after October 7, after Jewish families were butchered, women were violated, children burned, and civilians kidnapped”
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