June 1967 war, Fatah under Yasser Arafat took control over the PLO, which has been granted international recognition as the sole representative of the Palestinian people ever since.
46 Like everything else that happened in the last 120 years, the June 1967 war is seen in a very different light by the two sides. According to the Israeli myth, it was a desperate war of defense, which miraculously left a lot of land in Israel's hands. According to the Palestinian myth, Israel drew the leaders of Egypt, Syria and Jordan into a war Israel was interested in, which was aimed right from the beginning at capturing what was left of Palestine.
47 Many Israelis believe that the "Six Day War" is the root of all evil and it was only then that the peace-loving and progressive Israel turned into a conqueror and an occupier. This conviction allows them to maintain the absolute purity of Zionism and the State of Israel up to that point in history, and preserve their old myths.There is no truth to this legend.
48 The war of 1967 was yet another phase of the old struggle between the two national movements. It did not change the essence; it only changed the circumstances.The essential objectives of the Zionist Movement - a Jewish state, expansion, and settlement - were furthered by the addition of yet more territory.
49 The 1947 partition plan allotted to Israel 55% of Palestine,then an additional 23% was captured in the 1948 war, and now the remaining 22%, across the "Green Line" (the pre-1967 armistice line) was also captured.The particular circumstances of this war made complete ethnic cleansing impossible, but several hundred thousand Palestinians were expelled, nevertheless. In 1967 Israel inadvertently united under its rule all the parts of the Palestinian people that remained in the country (including some of the refugees).
50 As soon as the war ended, the movement to settle the occupied territories began. Almost all the Israeli political factions participated in this