The relief turned to pride when Israel won the war in six days, tripling its territory and taking control of Judaism’s holiest sites. The Six-Day War, as it quickly became known, intensified ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — If you’ve been reading the opinion pages of America’s major newspapers recently, you probably know the Six-Day War broke ... vastly expanded its territory, gained control ...

The war ended in 1949 with Israel’s victory, but 750,000 Palestinians were displaced, and the territory was divided ... starting the Six-Day War. After the war, Israel gained territorial control ...

Forty years ago, Israel entered the Six-Day War, the beginning of the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Two regional experts give their perspectives on the Middle East then and now.

REPORTER: The war was over in six days. By its conclusion, Israel's armed forces had more than quadrupled the territory their country controlled. The war also provoked another exodus of ...