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حرب حزيران والاحتلال
Date qualified5–10 June 1967
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Between 5 and 10 June 1967 Israel defeated the armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan and occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with Sinai and the Golan Heights. The rest of historic Palestine came under Israeli military rule; the Arab world calls the war al-naksa, the setback.
On the morning of 5 June 1967 Israel launched a surprise attack on Egypt’s airfields, nearly destroying its air force. In six days it defeated the armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan, and occupied Sinai, the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Battles in the West Bank displaced much of its population, especially from the refugee camps of the Jordan Valley; Palestinians in the Gaza Strip tried to flee toward the West Bank and on to Jordan.1
Link to this chapterAll that remained of historic Palestine came under Israeli military rule. Israel annexed East Jerusalem and began, in the first days of the occupation, to build Jewish settlements there and in the Golan Heights. The defeat of the Arab armies brought a surge of fedayeen operations and the passing of the PLO’s leadership to the armed Palestinian groups; the Arab world came to call the war al-naksa, the setback.2
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Within a yearIsrael annexes East Jerusalem, UN resolution 242, The Battle of Karameh, The Maghrebi Quarter is razed
Evidence
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Highlight text (Maher Charif); related event “June War”, 5 June 1967 – 10 June 1967
Editorial paraphrase · enThe surprise attack on Egypt’s airfields on 5 June; victory over Egypt, Syria and Jordan in six days; Sinai, the Golan, Gaza and the West Bank occupied; displacement from the Jordan Valley camps.
Link to this citationPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Highlight text (Maher Charif)
Editorial paraphrase · enThe rest of historic Palestine under Israeli military rule; East Jerusalem annexed and settlements begun; fedayeen operations and armed groups’ leadership of the PLO; al-naksa, “the setback”.
Link to this citationphotograph · Wikimedia Commons
The photograph shown with this event: Refugee children at a school used as a shelter, after June 1967.
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article · United Nations
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article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
Overview by Maher Charif, Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question (Institute for Palestine Studies).
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