This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Arab-Israeli War of 1967. The Six-Day War reshaped the map of the Middle East. Israel captured the West Bank and east Jerusalem from Jordan, the Golan Heights from Syria and the Gaza Strip and Sinai peninsula from Egypt. Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank have lived under Israeli military occupation ever since.
Today we are going to spend the hour examining the legacy of the Six Day War. Later in the show we will be joined by the Israeli historian Tom Segev who has just published the book “1967: Israel, The War and the Year That Transformed the Middle East.” We will also be joined by the Palestinian doctor and human rights activist Mona El-Farra and the American scholar Norman Finkelstein.
