Nasser’s speech after the 1967 war defeat

Gamal Abd El Nasser resigns from Egyptian presidency after defeat in war against Israel in 1967, millions of Egyptians poured into the streets begging for him to reconsider. ... [In 1967, lsrael’s war against three Arab states not only gave Israel possession of eastern Palestine (the West Bank), Gaza, the Sinai and the Syrian Golan Heights, but also enabled Israel to capture the headwaters of the Jordan and Manias rivers. In addition, Israel destroyed Jordan’s East Ghor Canal and its Khaled Dam on the Ya
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