Following the 1967
Six-Day War, Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Egyptian
Sinai Peninsula and Syrian
Golan Heights. After the 1973
Yom Kippur War, Israel signed
peace treaties with Egypt—returning the Sinai in 1982—
and Jordan. In 1993, Israel signed the
Oslo Accords, which established mutual recognition and limited Palestinian self-governance in parts of the West Bank and Gaza. In the 2020s it
normalised relations with several more Arab countries via the
Abraham Accords. However,
efforts to resolve the
Israeli–Palestinian conflict after the interim Oslo Accords have not succeeded, and the country has engaged in
several wars and clashes with
Palestinian militant groups. Israel established and continues to expand
settlements across the
illegally occupied territories,
contrary to international law, and has effectively
annexed East Jerusalem and the
Golan Heights in moves largely unrecognised internationally. Israel's practices in its
occupation of the Palestinian territories have drawn sustained international
criticism—along with accusations that it has
committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
genocide against the Palestinian people—from human-rights organisations and UN officials.