 He served office when Israel occupied Gaza during the 1967 Six-Day War with Egypt.Alami maintained a policy of not entering Israel proper after Gaza was occupied, but entered on 11 January 1970 to petition the Israeli authorities to discontinue the practice of destroying Palestinian houses in retaliation for Palestinian fedayeen attacks.During his time in office, his son was imprisoned by the Israeli authorities and his car, truck, factory and citrus trees had been confiscated because he refused to make a deal with Israel on Gaza's electricity.