Straits of Tiran

From the great Charles Krauthammer: There has hardly been an Arab peace plan in the past 40 years — including the current Saudi version — that does not demand a return to the status quo of June 4, 1967. Why is that date so sacred? Because it was the day before the outbreak of the Six Day War in which Israel scored one of the most stunning victories of the 20th century. The Arabs have spent four decades trying to undo its consequences. The real anniversary of the war should be now, three weeks earlier. On May 16, 1967, Egyptian