@volfanhill This is what happened:
The USSR told the Arab States that Israel was arming up for an attack, so the Arab states started bolstering their defenses. Israel said,
Look everybody, those states that have no chance against us are going to start a war with us. And then started striking them with missiles. The war lasted a week, Israel beat their ass, and Egypt and Jordan were so freaked out, they surrendered the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem just like that.
The reason it's called an
illegal occupation is because by international law, you're not allowed to move your own civilians into an occupied territory.
International law generally prohibits acquiring territory by force,
even in self-defense. So this is another reason people who understand the laws consider Israel to be war criminals carrying on their crimes now for 50 years.
We saw what Germany did, and what the rest of history held for us, and we decided that we were going to take a stand against these evils. The 4th Geneva convention in 1949 codified what we think is wrong, and Israel is violating these tenets. International law is weak. It's only as strong as the powerful nations that support it. The western states who have supported Israel are weakening rule of law. We have backed Israel all the way, enabling decades of a reign of terror over Palestinians, and when the Palestinians fight back, we help Israel commit genocide.
The almost-2 decades in between the original war and 1967 are almost undoubtedly the most peaceful time in their history. Border skirmishes ain't ****, and good diplomacy could've turned that into good neighbors over time. FWIW:
