The Six Day War: 40 Years On Six days of war between Israel and its Arab neighbors in June 1967 re-shaped the modern Middle East. The repercussions of the conflict continue to reverberate. To some, the Six Day War, or the June '67 War, as Arabs prefer to call it, never really ended.

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The Six Day War: 40 Years On

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Six Day War: Shaping the Modern Middle East

June 4, 2007 • The Israeli victory launched a contentious, ongoing struggle over East Jerusalem and the Old City of Jerusalem — and marked the start of Israel's 40-year military occupation of the West Bank.

Six Day War: Shaping the Modern Middle East

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Six Day War: The East Jerusalem Controversy

June 5, 2007 • Shortly after the Six Day War ended in 1967, Israel annexed East Jerusalem, a highly controversial move that is still not recognized internationally. Part of the fallout — the ownership of a Palestinian home in an East Jerusalem neighborhood on the frontline between Israel and Jordan — remains in dispute.

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Six Day War: Jerusalem, United in Theory

June 6, 2007 • After Israeli paratroopers captured Jerusalem, Jews celebrated reunification of the divided city and renewed access to the Western Wall. But many longtime residents of Jewish West Jerusalem say the city is united in theory only, and question the wisdom of holding land captured by military might 40 years ago.

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Six Day War: Land Ownership Disputes Arise

June 7, 2007 • The end of the 1967 war and the beginning of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip brought dramatic changes to the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis. In the West Bank, Israel confiscated large chunks of agricultural land where settlements were eventually built.

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Six Day War: Legality of Settlements Debated

June 8, 2007 • Since 1996, Israelis have built more than 100 outposts — consisting of a few trailers or tents on a hilltop — in the West Bank that were never officially authorized by the Israeli government. But most of them were constructed with direct help from the state.

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Timeline: The Six Day War

June 4, 2007 • A war in 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors re-shaped the modern Middle East. The Six Day War, or the June '67 War as Arabs prefer, means something different to both sides. To Israelis, victory brought reunification of Jerusalem and expanded the Jewish state. For Arabs, it's a humiliating defeat that cost them the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza.