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Can anyone doubt that Arab refusal to recognize the Jewish state was the cause of the Six-Day War? Pre-war rhetoric was fill with blood-curdling chants of ""itbach al-yahud"" or ""slaughter the Jews."" This mantra was repeated over and over. Moreover, there was no ""occupation"" before the Six-Day War. Yet the Arabs, led by Egypt, still called for ""throwing the Jews into the sea."" So the question is why? why would they want to throw the Jews into the sea if there was no ""occupation."" the reason stems from the fact that the source of the conflict has nothing to do with the so-called ""occupation"" and everythingg to do the persistent Arab refusal to recognize a so-called ""foreign implant"" or Western dhimmi presence in the ""plundered soil of Palestine."" Therefore, this edit  is accurate and adds balance. In truth, I'd rather see the entire sentence that precededs it, The status of the Israeli-occupied territories and the concurrent refugee problem, are central concerns in the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict, raising issues in international law, and having far-reaching consequences in global affairs, removed per the concerns raised by Cptnono. Also, it constitutes WP:SYNTH. It is summary opinion that doesn't belong and it is not encyclopedic. So I propose that either my edit be allowed to remain or in the alternative, the entire aforementioned sentence be removed.  "