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The liberation of Jerusalem wasn’t the only incredible event that happened during the June 1967 battles. The Egyptian surrender on seeing a mirage of Israeli tanks. The Jordanian army who mistook Israeli tanks for Iraqi reinforcements. And the bigger picture of the few who defeated the many.

“The ties of the Jewish people to this Holy Land are ancient and eternal. They date back thousands of years, including the reign of King David whose star now flies proudly on Israel's white and blue flag."  US President Donald J Trump 23/5/17.

This video shows the diversity of Israel’s capital city. Jewish and Arab soccer players, a Hebrew University student, a chef, a director of Mobileye, a museum director, a Bar Mitzvah boy, a Christian Aramaic architect, and Jewish and Arab paramedic “blood brothers”.

Videos of the celebratory light show on Jerusalem’s city walls. Yerushalayim Shel Zahav: (1 min 31 sec) Lach Yerushalayim: (2 min 40 sec) 6-Day War Sound and Light: (2 min 37 sec) Hi-tech - using drones? (22 min 53 sec) Full set:

The sixth of a series of (mostly serious) articles from ex-Montreal comedian Lex (Alexandra Markus).  She says they worked for her, but will depend on each person.  Includes links to the previous five articles.  Alexandra won the Hasby “Defender of Israel” award in July 2016.

The UK’s Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was joined by UK Chief Rabbi Ephaim Mirvis for prayers at the Western Wall.  Mirvis described “a unique moment in history,” as the two religious leaders toured the Old City of Jerusalem and visited Yad Vashem.

On Israel’s Independence Day, 15-year-old Sagiv Lugasi, from the ORT Sci-Tech high school in Maalot, won Israel’s annual contest - the first secular contestant to win since the 1980s. The Bible in Israel is a shared national document. Each soldier gets a copy upon joining the army.

Israel is constructing the “Sanhedrin Trail” - its first “smart” hiking trail - between Tiberias and Beit Sheʽarim National Park in the Lower Galilee.  It will feature an augmented reality-based smartphone app that will reconstruct heritage sites and bring to life historical biblical scholars.

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has brought another 240 new immigrants (62 families) from Ukraine to Israel.  The IFCJ provides the air fare plus financial assistance, in addition to that provided by the Israeli Government to all new immigrants.

Israel’s future is bright with children such as these.