Israeli Prime Minister Legalizes Nine West Bank Settlements Due to Recent Jerusalem Terror Attacks. The decision of Benjamin Netanyahu, which has already caused a wave of misunderstanding in Europe, reports DW.

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The European Union called on the country's government to stop the construction of settlements and urgently cancel this decision.

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Context and retrospective of the Six Day War.

Recall that Israeli settlements on the West Bank of the Jordan River and in the Gaza Strip were created after 1967 in the territories occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War, which determined the situation in the region for a decade ahead..

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The six-day war in the Middle East took place between Israel on the one hand and the Arab coalition - Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Algeria on the other. From 5 to 10 June 1967.

Jordan and Iraq joined the coalition by the end of May. The Israeli Air Force defeated the Arab Air Force a few hours later, and then within a week defeated the aforementioned number of states left without air support.

Residents of settlements in the West Bank of the Jordan are citizens of Israel, the UN has been defining these territories as occupied for years.

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Earlier, the General Assembly determined them to create the Arab state of Palestine..