Arab-Israeli Six-Day War

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"The Arab-Israeli War of 1967 would be known as the Six-Day War because of its brevity. The fighting began June 5, 1967, but the tensions behind this particular episode had a long history and would continue long after this one major conflict.

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"The Arab-Israeli War of 1967 would be known as the Six-Day War because of its brevity. The fighting began June 5, 1967, but the tensions behind this particular episode had a long history and would continue long after this one major conflict. The causes of the war were several, some of long standing, and some of more recent origin. The Six-Day War was started by Israel with an air attack against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Israel emerged from the war with new territory, notably that of Palestine and portions of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Syria's Golan Heights and the West Bank of Jordan. The territorial issue from this war remains unsettled today, though arguably the war produced a changed situation in the Middle East that has made compromise and settlement that much more difficult.


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