"Terror was used by the Arabs against the Jews in the Land of Israel since the dawn of Zionism. However, the spectacular Arab defeat in 1967 was the beginning of a major change in the nature of the both military and ideological threat against the State of Israel."

Welcome to this special edition of the Shalem Center's E-News marking the fortieth anniversary of the Six Day War. Today we are featuring the expert analyses of distinguished Adelson scholars Lt. Gen (Res.) Moshe Ya'alon and Martin Kramer from the May 28 press briefing held in Jerusalem. In deference to the Jewish Sabbath, we will not send a communiqué on Friday or Saturday - instead, dispatches three and four appear together here and dispatches five and six will be sent on Sunday.

On day three of the fortieth anniversary of the Six Day War we present Adelson Distinguished Fellow Moshe Ya'alon. Addressing the international press corps, Ya'alon describes the radical transformation in the nature of the threat - both military and ideological - facing Israel since 1967. Ya'alon concludes that the defeat of global terrorism is contingent on the defeat of terrorist regimes in the Middle East through political, economic and military means.

Adelson Senior Fellow Martin Kramer's address, entitled "Pan Arab Despair and the Rise of Radical Islam," focuses on the 1967 War's long-term effects on the Arab psyche. The Six Day War should not be held responsible for the rise in global terrorism, he emphasizes; in reality, it was Israel's swift victory in '67 that replaced the pan-Arab rhetoric of strength and power with a paralyzing fear of defeat. A fear, he believes that serve as the underpinning of regional stability.

"It's the [Arab] memory of '67 that underpins such stability and peace that we have had in this part of the Middle East. It's the fading of that memory that is undermining the region and that could eventually make these days look like the good old days."