1967 and the Beginning of Occupation: How the Six-Day War Created Today’s West Bank, Gaza, and Jerusalem
In June 1967, in six days of fighting, Israel occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula. Sinai was returned to Egypt in 1982. The Golan was unilaterally annexed in 1981 and is held under international protest. The West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza remain — fifty-eight […]