Impact Of The Six Day War Essay

The impact of the Six-Day War on the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians:

The Six-Day War was another disastrous war for the Palestinians. The West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem were conquered by Israel. After the war, all territory that was supposed to be part of a Palestinian state was now under an Israeli control. But in a sense, the Six-Day war led to a new Palestinian self-identity, something that was missing for years prior to the war. The Six-Day War for the Palestinians was what the pogroms in Russia and the Dreyfus affair were for the Zionists. At the end of war, Palestinians under Israeli occupation started to form its own national identity, something that will lead to two deadly uprisings and many attacks against

No Israeli government agreed to recognize the PLO under Yasser Arafat’s leadership as the Palestinian people representative. The PLO and other Palestinian organizations announced that the “liberation” of the territory for their state has to be done by armed struggle. The support in this ideology increased significantly after the Six-Day War. When the Arab world suffered another crippling defeat by the Israel, the Palestinian believed that in order to achieve their goal of Palestinian statehood they have to fight Israel through armed struggle that will drive away Israel from their

Most of the Palestinians entered into an era of living under Israeli occupation after losing most of the territory of their hopeful state. But the war was also the rebirth of the Palestinian identity. The PLO started an armed struggle that was supported by the majority of Palestinians. The “liberation” of their land, done legally or not, was supported by the most Palestinians and was important to help create a Palestinian national identity. Those Israelis and settlers that tried to push towards greater Israel in the expense of the Palestinians were those that helped to unite the Palestinians that threated it the