During this Tiyul, we traveled to Ammunition Hill, the site of one of the most important strategic battles in the entirety of the Six Day War. Before the war began, Israel had one huge problem - they didn't control Jerusalem. This was the one thing that really mattered to them, after thousands of years of trying to get back to Israel they still didn't have the holiest place in the world. At the time, there was division within the country, with Jews and Jordanians fighting against each other at every corner. It was truly a divided nation. The Six Day War began with Egyptian troops moving along the border of Sinai, with Israel responding. Yitzhak Rabbin launched an offensive strike, which began the war itself. Ammunition Hill was the site of one of the most important battles during this war, being the location from which Israeli soldiers could capture Jerusalem directly. There was high intensity trench warfare fought there, with soldiers feeling the pains of the battle directly. At the end of the battle, Israel lost 36 troops, Jordan lost 71. At the end of the entire war, Israel gained Sinai, Giza, Golan Heights, the West Bank, and most importantly, Jerusalem and the Kotel.
My question to you is: why do you think that Jerusalem was such a powerful incentive for Israel to win the Six Day War?
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