POLI 347 Lecture : Sept. 27th Lecture Notes
19 Dec 2012
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1967 and aftermath: in june 1967, israel launches a preemptive strike on egyptian airfeilds. June 5-7, israel continues moving full force ahead in the sinai and takes it, and defeats jordan in the west bank and east jerusalem. They also manage to break through the lines in syria, who were the strongest military opponent, and on 8-9 israel defeats the syrians in golan heights. June 10th was the ceasefire, and in total 800 israelis and 18,000 arabs were killed in the 6-day conflict. There were new borders and territories: the. Sinai, west bank, gaza strip, golan heights, and east jerusalem were taken by israel. They don"t annex these territories right away, this is when we start using the term occupation, but it is still controversial to describe it as such. Instead, it was the military presence and administration in these regions. Israel instead refer to the territories as being disputed rather than occupied.
