7 April – a minor Israeli-Syrian border incident escalates into a full-scale aerial battle over the
Golan Heights between the
Israeli Air Force and the
Syrian Air Force. Israel claimed it downed 6 Syrian
MiG-21s in three
dogfights with no plane loses. Syria claimed it downed 5 Israel
Mirages and killed at least 70 Israelis.[1]
22 May – Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nasser demands that the
UN forces evacuate the
Sinai peninsula and the
Gaza Strip (who were stationed there to prevent renewed armed conflict between Israel and Egypt).
23 May – President Nasser closes the
Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, blockading
Israel's southern port of
Eilat, and Israel's entire
Red Sea coastline.
30 May –
Jordan and
Egypt sign a defense agreement.
3 June – Egypt's Commander-in-Chief issues an order for the day to his troops in Sinai which referenced the importance of "Holy War" and the reconquest of "the plundered soil of Palestine."[2]
Six-Day War:
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10 June – The
Moroccan Quarter, an 800-year-old neighborhood in the southeast corner of the
Old City of Jerusalem, is demolished by the Israeli government, creating a plaza in front of the
Western Wall in order to make public access to the Western Wall easier.
Israeli troops examine a destroyed Egyptian
MiG-21 in the
Sinai Peninsula, June 1967
Israeli
heavy-duty vehicles clearing up the demolished Moroccan Quarter ruins to create a plaza in front of the
Western Wall, July 1967
Jewish new year cards with Six-Day War motifs
Post-war:
17 June – The Israeli government transfers day-to-day control of the
Temple Mount site to the Islamic
Waqf.
28 June – Israel declares the annexation of
East Jerusalem. Arab residents of East Jerusalem are given a permanent resident status in Israel.
29 June – Jerusalem was reunified as Israel removed all barriers separating the Old City from the Israeli sector.[4]
1 September – The
Khartoum Resolution, issued at the conclusion of an
Arab League summit in
Khartoum,
Sudan, adopts the "Three No's" – "no peace with Israel; no recognition of Israel; no negotiations with Israel."[5]
21 October – An
Egyptian surface-to-surface missile sinks the
Israeli destroyer Eilat, killing 47 Israeli sailors. Israel retaliates by shelling Egyptian refineries along the
Suez Canal.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1967 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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