自从1967年在六日战争中大获全胜，击退公然叫嚣要摧毁犹太国家的埃及、叙利亚和约旦联军后，以色列就陷入到一场由征服所引起的意识和军事紊乱的痛苦磨难之中。
Ever since its great military victory in the Six-Day War of 1967, when it repelled the combined armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, which had openly proclaimed their desire to destroy the Jewish state, Israel has been in the throes of an ideological and military confusion resulting from the conquests it made during that conflict.