During the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel occupied the West Bank, including East al-Quds (Jerusalem), the Golan Heights in Syria, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, and the Gaza Strip.
"The purpose of the talks is clear…These negotiations are intended to resolve all final status issues," said Obama in a short speech launching his ambitious initiative to forge a Middle East peace agreement within a year.
"The goal is a settlement negotiated between the parties that ends the occupation which began in 1967, and results in the emergence of an independent democratic and viable Palestinian state…" the Guardian quoted him as saying on Wednesday.'
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