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Within six days, Israel had captured the entire Sinai Peninsula,
the Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria, and the Golan Heights. This
time, however, Israel did not withdraw to the 1949 armistice lines.
International guarantees had proved meaningless in the past, and
could not provide the security Israel's civilians needed to live
their lives free of terrorist attacks. The cease-fire lines of
1967, shown on this map, remained Israel's borders until 1973.
Terrorist raids from Egypt ended, and other raids, from Jordan
and Syria, greatly diminished. Although Israel's security forces
were able to prevent many of the terrorists' raids, the terrorists
were able to keep secure bases in Jordan and Lebanon, eventually
leading to internal conflicts in both countries. |
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