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Jun 5, 1967:
Six-Day War begins
Israel responds to an ominous build-up of Arab forces along its
borders by launching simultaneous attacks against Egypt and
Syria. Jordan subsequently entered the fray, but the Arab
coalition was no match for Israel's proficient armed forces. In
six days of fighting, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the
Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, the Golan Heights of Syria, and the
West Bank and Arab sector of East Jerusalem, both previously
under Jordanian rule. By the time the United Nations cease-fire
took effect on June 11, Israel had more than doubled its size.
The true fruits of victory came in claiming the Old City of
Jerusalem from Jordan. Many wept while bent in prayer at the
Western Wall of the Second Temple.
The U.N. Security Council called for a withdrawal from all the
occupied regions, but Israel declined, permanently annexing East
Jerusalem and setting up military administrations in the occupied
territories. Israel let it be known that Gaza, the West Bank, the
Golan Heights, and the Sinai would be returned in exchange for
Arab recognition of the right of Israel to exist and guarantees
against future attack. Arab leaders, stinging from their defeat,
met in August to discuss the future of the Middle East. They
decided upon a policy of no peace, no negotiations, and no
recognition of Israel, and made plans to defend zealously the
rights of Palestinian Arabs in the occupied territories.
Egypt, however, would eventually negotiate and make peace with
Israel, and in 1982 the Sinai Peninsula was returned to Egypt in
exchange for full diplomatic recognition of Israel. Egypt and
Jordan later gave up their respective claims to the Gaza Strip
and the West Bank to the Palestinians, who opened "land for
peace" talks with Israel beginning in the 1990s. A permanent
Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement remains elusive, as does an
agreement with Syria to return the Golan Heights.
73, K.O. n0kfq
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