57 years ago today, during the Six Day War, Israeli forces defeated the Jordanian army and reunified the Old City of Jerusalem after 2,00 years of Jewish wandering.
WATCH: Jerusalem Day – Colorized footage of the IDF recapturing Jerusalem in 1967
Israeli paratroopers put up the flag on a wall of the Temple MOunt above the Western Wall in Jerusalem, June 7, 1967. (GPO)