June 7: Return to Jerusalem: the Old City of Jerusalem, retaken by Jewish forces
Israeli paratroopers, 35th Paratrooper Brigade, penetrate the historic Old City of Jerusalem through Lion’s Gate… and capture the historic center of gravity of Judaism.
The City of David is now back in Jewish hands – 1996 years, 10 months and 11 days after the Roman Legion of Emperor Titus, after a multi–year siege, finally overwhelmed the starving Zealot–aligned Jewish fighters defending the very same gate in 70 CE…
A shudder runs down the spine of the international Jewish collective consciousness; it has been less than 25 years since probably the nadir of the Jewish historical journey – Auschwitz.
Defense Minister Dayan elects to maintain the Dome of the Rock—Al Aqsa Mosque—in the Old City under Muslim stewardship, by investing the Muslim Waqf (religious Trust) authority to manage the Temple Mount…de facto boxing–out Israeli and/or Jewish visitors, notwithstanding the mosque’s physical location literally above the buried ruins of the Jewish Temple.