Mr. Friedman summed it up in saying, "The last 20 years have been nothing more than the seventh day of the six-day war."
"We feel God gave us in the six-day war, with a miracle, this country," he said gloomily.
The six-day war of 1967 seemed a heady victory for Israel.
He also became noted among Israelis for radio commentaries on military subjects before and during that six-day war.
He was referring to the day before the six-day war in which Israel seized the Golan Heights.
Israel seized the Golan Heights in the six-day war in 1967.
The war against Iraq is the biggest trauma for Arabs since the six-day war of 1967.
We don't think of ourselves as killers, except in heroic self-defense - the six-day war.
He was a young officer during the six-day war.
Since the six-day war in 1967, the Jews have had access to the old city and many excavations have revealed its past history.