Contemporary era · 1967

Six-Day War

In six days in June 1967, Israel defeats Egypt, Jordan and Syria and takes control of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights.

**Map of territories before and after June 1967** · Nicolas Eynaud, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

When: 1967
Where: Middle East
Era: Contemporary

Topics

Israeli–Palestinian conflict1917 – today Iran9,000 BCE – today

People

Hosni Mubarak1928 – 2020President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011
Ariel Sharon1928 – 2014Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006 (1928-2014)
Yitzhak Rabin1922 – 1995Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)
Ayman al-Zawahiri1951 – 2022Al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon
Hafez al-Assad1930 – 2000President of Syria from 1971 to 2000
Hussein I of Jordan1935 – 1999King of Jordan from 1952 to 1999
Moshe Dayan1915 – 1981Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
Ehud Barakb. 194210th Prime Minister of Israel

Before and after

Outer Space Treaty1967 War of Attrition1967 – 1970 Show on timeline

Sources: Six-Day War, حرب 1967

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