Forty Years after the Six-Day War

On June 5, 1967, with Egyptian troops massed in the Sinai, Israel launched what's been called a war of self-defense. The conflict began when Israeli forces launched air strikes that destroyed much of Egypt's air power while it was still on the ground. Six days later, Israel had defeated the armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria, and had captured territories that made the nation three times larger than it was when the war began. Social scientist Shibley Telhami and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi reflect on the conflict that continues to drive daily politics in the Middle East today.