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During the Six-Day War, Arthur Goldberg served as the United States ambassador to the UN. His personal assistant at the time was a brilliant young Jewish man in his twenties named Joe Ben Eliezer.

Just days before the war broke out, Joe received an urgent call from his cousin in New York. She wanted to speak with him immediately. Their only son, Avraham, was studying in yeshiva in Israel, and he was refusing to come home. They had sent him a plane ticket at their own expense, begged him to return until the situation in Israel calmed down, but he adamantly refused, saying:
"The Lubavitcher Rebbe said not to leave the Land."

“Joe,” she pleaded, “you have connections in high places. Tell me the truth: how serious is the situation in Israel?”

Joe did not want to frighten the worried parents, but he could not lie:
“We are expecting grave danger for the State of Israel. The forecast is that the Arab armies will win the war, and millions of Jews could be at risk. Get your son out of there until the fighting ends.”

His cousin broke down in tears and begged Joe to convince the Rebbe to allow her son to return home immediately.

Given his high-level position at the UN, Joe was granted a meeting with the Rebbe within a few days. He opened the conversation by apologizing for using his public status for personal matters, and then got straight to the point:
“My cousin is pleading that the Rebbe instruct her son to return home immediately.”

The Rebbe responded that the Land of Israel is under G-d’s direct and personal supervision, as it says in the verse:
“Behold, the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.”
And therefore, it is the safest place for a Jew to be.

"That may be," said Joe, “but Avraham is their only child. He is their entire world—and they cannot bear to risk his life.”

The Rebbe’s expression turned serious, and he said:
“I have thousands of only sons in the Land of Israel. And if I tell them to stay, it is only because I am absolutely certain that no harm will come to them. Tell your cousin and her husband they can be completely at ease. The Guardian of Israel will protect the Jews who dwell in the Land.”

The Rebbe’s confidence proved to be astonishingly accurate. Within six days, a tiny, young country defeated the armies of three massive nations. The residents of the Holy Land witnessed Divine protection with their own eyes.