Today marks the 40th anniversary of Israel’s spectacular, come from behind, against-all-odds victory in the 1967 Six Day War. A sampling of the media coverage:

The UK Guardian has an audio interview with Vice Premier Shimon Peres:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/podcasts/2007/06/brief_encounter_shimon_peres.html

Bret Stephens has a retrospective view on some of the alternate history:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bstephens/?id=110010169

Fouad Ajami’s examination of the diplomatic overtures and discussions in May 1967 ends with a three paragraph summary of his view as to how the outcome of the war changed the Middle East for Arabs generally, for Palestinians and for Israel:

The chief chronicler of the Six Day War, Michael Oren, has this piece in the LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-oren3jun03,0,2588176.story?coll=la-opinion-center

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