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The Six Day War: Fifty years of occupation and uncertainty

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June 5, 2017

The Six-Day War changed everything. Israel’s swift victory turned a fledgling country into a regional superpower with control over millions of Palestinian Arabs. Fifty years later, the occupation remains a major obstacle to peace between Israel and the Palestinians.