* During the Six Day War in 1967, Israel occupied the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip from Egypt, East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria. * In 1979, Israel concluded a peace agreement with Egypt and withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula. * As a result of the Oslo agreements in 1993 and 1995, the Palestinians gained political and security control over 18 percent of the West Bank. Israeli forces nevertheless operate regularly in these areas and decide who is allowed in and out. * On 22 percent of the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority and Israel share security responsibility, while Israel has full military control in a contiguous area that makes up 61 percent. * Israel has established 132 settlements and 146 so-called outposts in violation of international law in the occupied areas of the West Bank and a further 32 settlements on the Syrian Golan Heights. * Israel also controls 80 percent of the water resources in the West Bank. * In 2005, Israel withdrew its forces from the Gaza Strip and dismantled the settlements that had been established there. The area has since been under siege, and Israel controls the airspace and coast. * After the elections in the Palestinian territories in 2006, in which Hamas emerged victorious, Israel introduced a blockade of the Gaza Strip, and the UN still considers the area to be occupied by Israel. * In repeated resolutions, the UN Security Council has demanded Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. * Israel has never complied with UN resolutions and, thanks to the US veto in the Security Council, has avoided punitive measures.
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