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Though the Israeli-Palestinian conflict didn't start with the June 1967 war, the conflict would draw the borders which shaped history to the present day and gave us the occupied territories.
An analysis of the 1967 Six-Day War, its causes, outcomes, and ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
Key Takeaways
- The Six-Day War was pivotal in defining current Israeli-Palestinian borders and occupation status.
- Despite withdrawal from Sinai, Israel maintains control over other territories, impacting Palestinian lives.
- The war is widely viewed as defensive by Israeli historians but remains contested internationally.
- The occupation has severe humanitarian impacts on Palestinians, including economic hardship and restricted freedoms.
- The conflict's legacy continues to fuel regional tensions and political disputes.
Summary
- The 1967 Six-Day War shaped modern borders and resulted in Israel's control over the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights, and Sinai Peninsula.
- Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula by 1982 but continues to control other occupied territories despite official claims.
- The conflict is framed by Israel as defensive, launched to safeguard security against Arab states led by Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.
- The occupation has led to deteriorating living conditions for Palestinians, including home demolitions, blockades, and restricted access to resources.
- Human Rights Watch and legal experts dispute claims that Israeli occupation in Gaza has ended, emphasizing ongoing control.
- The war caused massive displacement and long-term resentment among Arab states, influencing regional alliances and conflicts.
- Israeli historians like Avi Shlaim describe the war as defensive, while some Israeli officials acknowledge the strategic nature of military actions.
- The conflict's justification by Israel is tied to the narrative of facing existential threats from neighboring Arab countries.
- The transcript highlights the complexity of the conflict, including pre-war escalations, military actions, and political rhetoric.
- The ongoing occupation is described as the world's longest, with significant humanitarian and political consequences.
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Strip the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula by 1982 Israel had pulled out of the Sinai completely even dismantling settlements in the process but as for the rest of the territories Israel remains earnestly in control despite what Israeli officials say about
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In just six days, Israel was in control of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula.
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that the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip is over is not the prevalent opinion and the present writer cannot possibly accept it Human Rights Watch puts it even more directly whether the Israeli Army is inside Gaza or redeployed around its periphery and
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By 1982, Israel had pulled out of the Sinai completely, even dismantling settlements in the process.
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the state in the area is the military commander it's hard to argue with the fact that the continuing occupation which has been called the world's longest has brought decreasing material conditions and quality of life for the Palestinians whether through home demolitions
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But as for the rest of the territories, Israel remains earnestly in control despite what Israeli officials say about Gaza.
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1967 war are a continuing issue the justification for the war has been in turn the justification for the occupation Israel holds the land today because they faced certain destruction at the hands of the Arabs so the Israeli story holds
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There already exists two states for the Palestinians: one in Gaza, a full-blown state run by Hamas.
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according to Israeli historian Avi schleim in his Mammoth history of Israel the Iron Wall The Six Day War was a defensive War it was launched by Israel to safeguard its security not to expand its territory okay so in 1967 the Arabs
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Israel's own leading expert on international law, Professor Yoram Dinstein, disagrees, writing in his International Law of Belligerent Occupation, "The proposition that the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip is over is not the prevalent opinion, and the present writer cannot possibly accept it."
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1967 the Arabs LED This Time by Egypt and joined by Syria and Jordan once again sought to destroy the Jewish State Kamal Abdel Nasser mobilized troops in the Sinai Peninsula in hopes of eliminating the country but what if that
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Human Rights Watch puts it even more directly: whether the Israeli army is inside Gaza or redeployed around its periphery and restricting entrance and exit, it remains in control.
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And despite what Israel's current Information Minister Distollidbarian says, the Israeli Supreme Court has held that the West Bank is indeed held by the state of Israel in belligerent occupation.
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The long arm of the state in the area is the military commander.
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the 1967 war needs some context just months before the conflict things had been escalating rapidly between Israel and its neighbors what was once an atmosphere of animosity descended into a road to war on November 16 1966.
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It's hard to argue with the fact that the continuing occupation, which has been called the world's longest, has brought decreasing material conditions and quality of life for the Palestinians.
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Jordanian soldiers when the first Israeli column reached Samu the soldiers started a carefully planned destruction of houses and property through shelling airstrikes and dynamite the troops destroyed 125 homes along with other buildings this marked the most serious escalation of the
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Whether through home demolitions, routine raids in the West Bank, the blockade of Gaza, which has left nearly half of its citizens unemployed and 80 percent of its water unfit for human consumption, to discrimination, to checkpoints, to settlements, the consequences of the June 1967 war are a continuing issue.
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nevertheless the outcome of the raid was favorable to Israel since its stoked resentment between the Arab states especially Egypt and Jordan Jordan felt that Egypt had failed to come to its defense the two countries would reconcile though reaching a defense pact which would have
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The justification for the war has been, in turn, the justification for the occupation.
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to attack its citizens though the attacks were according to former Israeli intelligence Chief yehoshaphat-harkabi not impressive by any standard the Israeli establishment would become outwardly hostile in its rhetoric and reportedly considered attacking or even overthrowing the Syrian government with
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Israel holds the land today because they faced certain destruction at the hands of the Arabs, so the Israeli story holds.
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and just two months before the war six Syrian fighter jets were shot down by Israeli forces it's possible that this air War II was instigated by Israel though he wouldn't admit it publicly at the time Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan would
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The conventional wisdom has held that it was only because Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser sought to destroy Israel outright that they launched their preemptive attack on the morning of June 5th, 1967.
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would send a tractor to plow someplace in the demilitarized area and knew in advance that the syrians would start to shoot if they didn't shoot we would tell the tractor to advance farther until in the end the syrians get annoyed and
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According to Israeli historian Avi Shlaim in his mammoth history of Israel, The Iron Wall, the Six-Day War was a defensive war.
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surprisingly Moshe Diane appeared to agree the nature and scale of our reprisal actions against Syria and Jordan had left Nassar with no choice but to defend His Image and Prestige throughout the Arab world thereby setting off a train of escalation in the
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It was launched by Israel to safeguard its security, not to expand its territory.
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offensive they attacked on a Monday knowing that on Wednesday the Egyptian vice president would arrive in Washington to talk about reopening the Strait of Tehran we might not have succeeded in getting Egypt to reopen the strait but it was a real possibility
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Okay, so in 1967, the Arabs mobilized for all-out war, and this includes Egypt, it includes Jordan, includes Saudi, it includes Syria.
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the strike wiped out 90 of its planes just sitting on the ground and just like that virtually the entire Egyptian Air Force was destroyed in less than two hours when Jordan and Syria joined the war their Air Forces were wiped out that
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This is going to be the big war where they finally get rid of this nascent Jewish state that is less than 20 years old.
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ceasefire the next day June 6th by Friday June 9th five days into the war Israel had defeated the ground forces of Egypt and Jordan capturing Gaza the West Bank and Arab East Jerusalem now Jordan Egypt and Syria all agreed to
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In 1967, the Arabs, led this time by Egypt and joined by Syria and Jordan, once again sought to destroy the Jewish state.
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Union did Israel invade Syria to safeguard its security interestingly enough an Israeli historian Avi schleim same book where he claims the Six-Day War was a defensive War he cites Moshe dayan's posthumous interview where he describes the Syrian so-called threat
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Kamal Abdel Nasser mobilized troops in the Sinai Peninsula in hopes of eliminating the country.
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lightning speed show of military might and the territory gained but one overlooked detail is the massive displacement that followed the Israeli offensive you see here how the war has destroyed the lives of thousands of families uprooting them from their homes
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But what if that weren't true?
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I hope they all go if we could achieve the departure of 300 000 without pressure that would be a great blessing the nakba or the major ethnic cleansing campaign of 1948 was less than 20 years earlier still fresh and Vivid memories of
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What does that mean for the conflict?
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Jeeps commanding the Arabs to leave their homes one operation in the city of calcilia forced out as many as twelve thousand people and destroyed over 800 homes the instructions were clear Evacuate the residents and destroy the place this pattern continued throughout the
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That would mean that the continuing military occupation of the occupied territories began and is still predicated on a lie.
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considerably as a result of this short but bloody and devastating conflict we've discussed the Syrian threat but the principal threat according to the Israelis underscored by their first strike was Egypt so did Israel really face imminent destruction from Egypt in 1967 the
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Let's look at the evidence.
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the time known as the United Arab Republic or uar during the evening of May 26 I met with Israel's foreign minister Abba eban who said that according to Israeli intelligence the United Arab Republic Was preparing an all-out attack I asked
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year indeed included the shocking admission that Nasser did not want war he wanted Victory without War a similarly worded summary can be found from amazingly the chief of Israel's foreign intelligence service the Mossad Egypt was not ready for a war and Nasser
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to pretend that the Egyptian forces were capable of threatening Israel's existence not only insults the intelligence of any person capable of analyzing this kind of situation but is primarily an insult to the zahal meaning the Israeli Army several other generals Then followed
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possibility observe General and Deputy Chief of Staff Hain barlev and we can't forget the chief of staff who was none other than future Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who told Le Monde in May 1972 I do not believe that Nassar wanted War
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with ourselves we decided to attack him more than half a century of military occupation while time seemed to have a somewhat civilizing effect on the Jim Crow south or apartheid in South Africa the Palestinians have not shaken their
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success for Jews and Arabs alike but whereas the Palestinians Once Upon a Time were able to say drive from Ramallah to Jerusalem in under a half hour or travel from Gaza to the West Bank new checkpoints walls and Israeli
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reside in the West Bank with no sign of slowing down bulldozing houses to pave way for new ones and with the new Israeli regime more Hardline than ever the prospect of full annexation of the West Bank seems more
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United States in 2019 the Trump Administration officially recognized the Syrian Galan Heights as being under the full sovereignty of Israel when asked by the Press if this sets a dangerous precedent Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited none other than the June 1967 war
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The 1967 war needs some context.
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Just months before the conflict, things had been escalating rapidly between Israel and its neighbors.
Topics:Six-Day WarIsraeli-Palestinian conflict1967 warIsraeli occupationGaza StripWest BankGolan HeightsSinai PeninsulaHuman Rights WatchAvi Shlaim
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