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Annexation of Territories After the Six-Day War

WHY DID ISRAEL NOT ANNEX THE TERRITORIES IT OCCUPIED DURING THE SIXDAY WAR IN 1967?

In the examination of the question posed in the title of this research, the first thing that must be acknowledged is that Israel did, almost immediately, annex some of the territory it occupied in the SixDay War in 1967, soon thereafter annexed more of such territory, and, in the early1990s, indicates that it does not ever intend to relinquish some of the as yet unannexed territory under any conditions. During the SixDay War, Israel occupied (and remained in occupation subsequent to the end of the war) the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem (Lewis, 1990). Israel unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem immediately upon conclusion of the SixDay War (Tartter and Mason, 1990). Much later, in 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights (Tartter and Mason, 1990). As Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin traded landforpeace in negotiations with Egypt through the Camp David Accordsthe Sinai Peninsula was returned to Egypt in trade for a guarantee of peace between Israel and Egypt (Lewis, 1990). At the same time, however, Begin indicated that he considered the West Bank to be an integral part of the State of Israel (Lewis, 1990). Actions by subsequent Israeli governments have strengthened Israel's absorption of the West Bank, although actual annexation has not occurred (Benevisti, 1990). These actions cover all of the occupied territories except the Gaza Strip. Although the Gaza Strip, as is true of the West Bank, has not been formally annexed by Israel, its eventual annexation remains not only the official policy of the governing Likud Party, but also of the more liberal Labor Party, although the Labor Party has indicated a willingness to soften its position in return for a guarantee of peace (BarIllan, 1988). The governing Likud Party insists, however, that regardless of negotiations between Isr...

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