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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
                                        Second Coming







                    Arabs in Palestine and the surrounding countries sought to
                change this situation, and in 1948 a bloody war broke out between
                them and Israel. Israel, which proclaimed its independence that same
                year, then violated the UN plan by occupying a large portion of
                Palestine. All that was left for the Palestinians was the west part of the

                Jordan River (the West Bank) and some land surrounding Gaza city
                (the Gaza Strip).
                    During June 1967, Israel carried out a massive invasion. Egypt,
                Syria, and Jordan had been making preparations to attack Israel for
                months when, in a sudden counter-attack, Israel launched the war on
                the morning of June 5. Israel jets flew over the Mediterranean Sea for
                a while and then suddenly turned toward Egypt. Egypt, which had
                prepared for an Israeli air attack from the east instead of from the

                north, was caught off guard and saw the majority of its air force de-
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