>>Having taken the land they did in 1967, why didn't they then integrate it into Israel? Isn't that what most countries, democratic or not, would do? In which case those living there would become Israeli citizens.
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>My understanding is that Israel would happily have done so, but the rest of the world didn't approve.

OK. And Israel also chose to not apply its existing laws to the lands occupied in that war, with the possible exception of Jerusalem.
As a model of democracy I have trouble understanding that.

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