Six-Day War

[siks-dey]

noun

1. a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory.

Six Day War

noun

1. a war fought in the Middle East in June 1967, lasting six days. In it Israel defeated Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, occupying the Gaza Strip, the Sinai, Jerusalem, the West Bank of the Jordan, and the Golan Heights

Six-Day War

1. A war fought in 1967 by Israel on one side and Egypt (see also Egypt), Syria, and Jordan on the other. Israel, victorious, took over the Golan Heights, the Jordanian portion of Jerusalem (see also Jerusalem), the Jordanian West Bank of the Jordan River (see also Jordan River), and a large piece of territory in northeastern Egypt, including the Sinai Peninsula, which contains Mount Sinai. Israel still occupies all of these territories except the Sinai Peninsula, which it gave back to Egypt in 1982. Israel maintains that its security would be enormously endangered if it withdrew from the other places.

Example Sentences

Israel has occupied the West Bank - which Palestinians want as part of any future state - since the Six Day War of 1967, and is continuing to build settlements in the area.

From BBC

Aid agencies are calling it the largest forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since it was captured by Israeli forces during the 1967 Six Day War.

From BBC

Gaza was occupied by Egypt for 19 years before it was seized by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War.

From BBC

Founded by controversial Rabbi Meir Kahane, the JDL emerged in New York City in 1968 in the wake of the Six Day War between Israel and a coalition of Arab states.

From Los Angeles Times

She stayed in the country through the Six Day War, even as most Americans fled, and then moved to London in 1968, drawn by the city’s budding conceptual art scene.

From New York Times