num_pages: 12
description: The text of this easy-to-read Kindle edition equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 16 pages first appeared in the U.S. Department of States 2012 publication Background Note: Israel.Sample passage:In June 1967 Israeli forces struck targets in Egypt Jordan and Syria in response to Egyptian President Nassers ordered withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from the Sinai Peninsula and the buildup of Arab armies along Israels borders. After six days all parties agreed to a ceasefire under which Israel retained control of the Sinai Peninsula the Golan Heights the Gaza Strip the formerly Jordanian-controlled West Bank of the Jordan River and East Jerusalem. On November 22 1967 the Security Council adopted Resolution 242 the land for peace formula which called for the establishment of a just and lasting peace based on Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in 1967 in return for the end of all states of belligerency respect for the sovereignty of all states in the area and the right to live in peace within secure recognized boundaries.
language: English
title: A Brief Guide to the History of Israel
publisher: A. J. Cornell Publications