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![UN Security Council Meeting following Israel attacking Syria- June 9 1967](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
This tape contains speeches from the UN Security Council following the Israeli invasion of Syria in 1967. Voices include the Soviet delegate, the Indian delegation who along with Ireland lost troops in the invasion, the delegation from Bulgaria, the delegate from Syria and the delegate from Israel. The last portion of the tape features the delegations from Israel and Syria, which contains Israeli justifications for the invasion and breaking news from the Syrian delegation. The tape ends with the delegation from USSR asking the delegate from Israel to explain why they have not withdrawn their forces despite a unanimous appeal for a ceasefire. The delegation from the United States and the USSR uses that to further claim that Israel is just an extension of American/Western imperialism.
![UN Security Council Debate (Ceasefire Discussion)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Reel focuses on debates concerning a cease-fire. USSR; USA; Bulgaria; India; Nigeria; France; then USSR again. USSR asks that the council meets again in two hours no matter what that its not about whether the order to cease-fire has been given, its about whether the order has been obeyed. Council adjourns.
News commentary and reports from June 9th 1967 and a speech from an unknown UN speaker questioning how can Israel be practicing self-defense if they’re on someone else’s soil?
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