What were the social and political developments among the Palestinians in the West Bank and

the Gaza strip post 1967?

Following the war, there was massive confiscation of land by the Israeli government. This was known as the 1967
Palestinian exodus which led to the displacement of around 300,000. Palestinians which also lead to the destruction
of Palestinian villages including the villages of Imwas, Yalo, and Bayt Nuba, Surit, Beit Awwa, Beit Mirsem, Shuyukh,
Al-Jiftlik, Agarith and Huseirat and the "emptying" of the refugee camps of Aqabat Jaber and Ein as-Sultan (Gerson).
Israeli created fear through this displacement so that they can alienate the Palestinians to undermine the influence
and prestige of the Palestinian landowning elites. Education of Palestinians also faced changes. After the war,
education was one of the subjects that suffered from military orders from Israel. Israeli authorities had a lot of control
over the education system which allowed them to choose what teacher to hire and fire and censored what students
can learn. Furthermore Israeli authorities strictly censored textbooks by deleting any words, paragraphs, chapters or
refusing entry of books that address the Palestinian question, roots, or cultural heritage. Furthermore, teaching under
occupation was tough and restricted, preventing teachers from enhancing their curriculum This restriction was an
important factor in demoralizing students and partly explains their lowered commitment to education and the resulting
behavioural problems (Assaf). As a result of these problems, the education system in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
has struggled. Despite this difficulty, Palestinians were able to expand the Palestinian university system which led to a
more larger, educated, and politicized Palestinian elite. Palestinians also placed secret education places in homes,
churches, and mosque to minimize education loss to their students, creating a threat to Israeli authorities. With this
growth in education, it created a growing resistance to Israeli occupation in the 1980s. This eventually led to the first
Palestinian university in 1972 and by the 1980s, at least 15,000 Palestinians were receiving a university education
annually.

Regarding the anti-Israeli sentiment in these Palestinian territories, the

proximate cause is very simple: Palestinians view themselves as an
independent people and the Israeli government and military as a foreign

occupier denying them the right to self-determination or sovereignty. Israel

contends that the territory it seized in the West Bank and Gaza in the wake
of the Six-Day War in 1967 is a rightfully obtained conquest, and that since
no independent nation has existed in these territories in the modern era,
there can be no legitimate claimant other than their