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Israel has since fought several wars with Arab countries, and since the Six-Day War in 1967 held occupied territories including the West Bank, Golan Heights and the Gaza Strip although still considered occupied after the 2005 disengagement, some legal experts dispute this claim. It extended its laws to the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, but not the West Bank. | Israel has since fought several wars with Arab countries, and since the Six-Day War in 1967 held occupied territories including the West Bank, Golan Heights and the Gaza Strip although still considered occupied after the 2005 disengagement, some legal experts dispute this claim. It extended its laws to the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, but not the West Bank. | ||
Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories is the world's longest military occupation in modern times. Efforts to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict are ongoing but frequently set back by continued hostilities. | Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories is the world's longest military occupation in modern times. Efforts to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict are ongoing but frequently set back by continued hostilities.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel] | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
1516 - Palestine was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and it remained under Turkish rule until the end of the First World War<br> | 1516 - Palestine was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and it remained under Turkish rule until the end of the First World War<br> | ||