The Six-Day War
Israel captures the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai, and the Golan Heights in six days, beginning a military occupation that continues to this day.
On 5 June 1967, Israel launched a surprise air strike against Egypt and, over six days of war, defeated the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian armies. When the ceasefire took hold on 10 June, Israel occupied the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank including East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.
For Palestinians, 1967 was a second catastrophe — the Naksa, or “setback.” Roughly 300,000 more Palestinians were displaced, many of them refugees for a second time. Israel began establishing settlements in the occupied territories almost immediately and effectively annexed East Jerusalem.
In November 1967, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 242, calling for the “withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict” and enshrining the principle of land for peace. The occupation begun in 1967 remains the central fact of Palestinian political life.
Cited works
2- britannica.com — Six Day War(opens in a new tab)https://www.britannica.com/event/Six-Day-War
- un.org — history(opens in a new tab)https://www.un.org/unispal/history/
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- Hala Alyan
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: Her debut novel, Salt Houses (2017) — the story of a Palestinian family scattered by the Six-Day War and every upheaval since — won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award.
- Salt Houses
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: The Six-Day War of 1967 soon scatters the family: Salma is forced from her home, Alia's brother is drawn into the armed struggle, and Alia and her husband build a life in Kuwait City, only to lose everything again when Saddam Hussein invades in 1990.
- Yaloيالو
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: In the first days of June 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israeli forces seized Latrun; the residents of Yalo, together with those of neighboring Imwas and Bayt Nuba, were ordered out and walked east toward Ramallah.
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- Naksa
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: For Palestinians, 1967 was a second catastrophe — the Naksa, or "setback." Roughly 300,000 more Palestinians were displaced, many of them refugees for a second time.
- UN Security Council Resolution 242
Evidence — Inferred from the text — read the evidence: In November 1967, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 242, calling for the "withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict" and enshrining the principle of land for peace.
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“The Six-Day War.” Timeline, FALASTEEN.AI. Accessed 22 August 2026. https://falasteen.ai/timeline/six-day-war.- MLA
“The Six-Day War.” Timeline, FALASTEEN.AI, 2026, https://falasteen.ai/timeline/six-day-war. Accessed 22 August 2026.- BibTeX
@misc{falasteen-six-day-war, title = {The Six-Day War}, howpublished = {\url{https://falasteen.ai/timeline/six-day-war}}, organization = {FALASTEEN.AI — A Living Archive for Palestine}, year = {2026}, note = {Accessed 2026-08-22} }