Editing Six-Day War (section)

=== Israel and Zionism ===
Following the war, Israel experienced a wave of national euphoria, and the press praised the military's performance for weeks afterwards. New "victory coins" were minted to celebrate. In addition, the world's interest in Israel grew, and the country's economy, which had been in crisis before the war, flourished due to an influx of tourists and donations, as well as the extraction of oil from the Sinai's wells.{{Sfnp|Oren|2002|p=309}} The aftermath of the war also saw a [[baby boom]], which lasted for four years.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/news/hmo-data-show-lebanon-war-triggered-baby-boom-in-israel-1.214803 |title=HMO Data Show Lebanon War Triggered Baby Boom in Israel |agency=Reuters |date=6 March 2007 |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008030646/https://www.haaretz.com/news/hmo-data-show-lebanon-war-triggered-baby-boom-in-israel-1.214803 |archive-date=8 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The aftermath of the war is also of religious significance. Under [[Jordanian annexation of the West Bank|Jordanian rule]], Jews were expelled from Jerusalem and were effectively barred from visiting the [[Western Wall]], despite Article VIII of the [[1949 Armistice Agreements#With Jordan|1949 Armistice Agreement]] which required making arrangements for Israeli Jewish access to the Western Wall.{{Sfnp|Tessler|1994|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofisraeli00tess_0/page/326 326]}} Jewish holy sites were not maintained, and Jewish cemeteries had been desecrated. After the annexation to Israel, each religious group was granted administration over its holy sites. For the first time since 1948, Jews could visit the Old City of Jerusalem and pray at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray, an event celebrated every year during [[Yom Yerushalayim]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aikman |first=David |title=Great Souls: Six Who Changed a Century |publisher=Lexington Books |year=1998 |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatsouls00davi/page/349 349] |isbn=978-0-7391-0438-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/greatsouls00davi/page/349}}</ref>

Despite the [[Temple Mount]] where the [[Al-Aqsa]] compound is located being the most important holy site in Jewish tradition, it has been under sole administration of the Jordanian Muslim [[Waqf]], and Jews are barred from praying there, although they are allowed to visit.<ref>[http://jcpa.org/article/status-quo-on-temple-mount/ The "Status Quo" on the Temple Mount] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114150044/http://jcpa.org/article/status-quo-on-temple-mount/ |date=14 November 2014}} November–December 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-in-the-unholy-grip-of-religious-fervor/ Jerusalem in the unholy grip of religious fervor] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116165531/http://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-in-the-unholy-grip-of-religious-fervor/ |date=16 November 2014}}, ''[[The Times of Israel]]''. 6 November 2014</ref> In Hebron, Jews gained access to the [[Cave of the Patriarchs]] – the second-most holy site in Judaism, after the Temple Mount – for the first time since the 14th century (previously Jews were allowed to pray only at the entrance).<ref>[http://www.chabad.org/special/israel/points_of_interest_cdo/aid/588225/jewish/Cave-of-the-Patriarchs.htm Cave of the Patriarchs] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318073338/http://www.chabad.org/special/israel/points_of_interest_cdo/aid/588225/jewish/Cave-of-the-Patriarchs.htm |date=18 March 2015}} Chabad.org</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Al Tahhan |first=Zena |date=12 April 2023 |title=Who are the Jewish groups entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/12/who-are-jewish-groups-entering-al-aqsa-mosque |access-date=23 December 2023 |website=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] |archive-date=23 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223045834/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/12/who-are-jewish-groups-entering-al-aqsa-mosque |url-status=live }}</ref> Other Jewish holy sites, such as [[Rachel's Tomb]] in [[Bethlehem]] and [[Joseph's Tomb]] in [[Nablus]], also became accessible.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Tom Selwyn |title=Contested Mediterranean Spaces: The Case of Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem, Palestine |publisher=[[Berghahn Books]] |pages=276–278}}</ref>

The war inspired the [[Jewish diaspora]], which was swept up in overwhelming support for Israel. According to [[Michael Oren]], the war enabled American Jews to "walk with their backs straight and flex their political muscle as never before. American Jewish organizations which had previously kept Israel at arms length suddenly proclaimed their Zionism."{{Sfnp|Oren|2002|p=332}} Thousands of Jewish immigrants arrived from Western countries such as the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], [[France]] and [[South Africa]] after the war. Many of them returned to their countries of origin after a few years; one survey found that 58% of American Jews who immigrated to Israel between 1961 and 1972 returned to the United States. Nevertheless, immigration to Israel of Jews from Western countries, which was previously only a trickle, was a significant force for the first time.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/misc/haaretzcomsmartphoneapp/dailybrief/.premium-1.636848 The Rise – and Rise – of French Jewry's Immigration to Israel] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008030931/http://www.haaretz.com/misc/haaretzcomsmartphoneapp/dailybrief/.premium-1.636848 |date=8 October 2017}} Judy Maltz, 13 January 2015. haaretz.com</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/anglo-file/the-40th-anniversary-of-the-six-day-war-rate-of-return-1.221976 |title=The 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War / Rate of return |date=1 June 2007 |work=Haaretz |access-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110224025/http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/anglo-file/the-40th-anniversary-of-the-six-day-war-rate-of-return-1.221976 |archive-date=10 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Most notably, the war stirred Zionist passions among Jews in the [[Soviet Union]], who had by that time been forcibly assimilated. Many Soviet Jews subsequently applied for exit visas and began protesting for their right to immigrate to Israel. Following diplomatic pressure from the West, the Soviet government began granting exit visas to Jews in growing numbers. From 1970 to 1988, [[1970s Soviet Union aliyah|some 291,000 Soviet Jews were granted exit visas]], of whom 165,000 immigrated to Israel and 126,000 immigrated to the United States.<ref>Tolts, Mark. [http://bjpa.org/Publications/downloadPublication.cfm?PublicationID=11924 Post-Soviet Aliyah and Jewish Demographic Transformation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105203728/http://bjpa.org/Publications/downloadPublication.cfm?PublicationID=11924 |date=5 November 2013}}</ref> The great rise in Jewish pride in the wake of Israel's victory also fueled the beginnings of the [[baal teshuva movement]], the return of secular Jews to religious Judaism.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=www.wherewhatwhen.com |title=''The Miracle of '67: Forty Years Since the Six-Day War'' (Rabbi Moshe Goldstein) 2007 |url=http://www.wherewhatwhen.com/read_articles.asp?id=342 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212195151/http://www.wherewhatwhen.com/read_articles.asp?id=342 |archive-date=12 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/30/magazine/american-jews-rediscover-orthodoxy.html?pagewanted=all |title=American Jews rediscover orthodoxy |date=30 September 1984 |access-date=9 October 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010055724/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/30/magazine/american-jews-rediscover-orthodoxy.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=10 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Aiken |first=Lisa |title=The Baal Teshuva Survival Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Btma22BvWEoC&q=six-day+war+baal+teshuva&pg=PR7 |publisher=Rossi Publications |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-9779629-3-8 |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-date=17 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517180331/https://books.google.com/books?id=Btma22BvWEoC&q=six-day+war+baal+teshuva&pg=PR7#v=snippet&q=six-day%20war%20baal%20teshuva&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> The war gave impetus to a campaign in which the [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson|leader]] of the hasidic [[Lubavitch]] movement directed his male followers around the world to wear [[tefillin]] (small leather boxes) during morning prayers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hundert |first=Gershon David |title=Essential Papers on Hasidism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzsTCgAAQBAJ&q=Six-Day+War+tefillin+campaign&pg=PA526 |publisher=New York University Press |year=1991 |page=526 |isbn=978-0-8147-3470-4 |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-date=17 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517180333/https://books.google.com/books?id=yzsTCgAAQBAJ&q=Six-Day+War+tefillin+campaign&pg=PA526#v=snippet&q=Six-Day%20War%20tefillin%20campaign&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Heilman |first1=Samuel |last2=Friedman |first2=Menachem |title=The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWH51mqdpi8C&q=Six-Day+War+tefillin+campaign&pg=PA184 |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2012 |page=184 |isbn=978-0-691-13888-6 |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-date=17 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517180332/https://books.google.com/books?id=VWH51mqdpi8C&q=Six-Day+War+tefillin+campaign&pg=PA184#v=snippet&q=Six-Day%20War%20tefillin%20campaign&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>