It's the 40th Aniversary of more than Sgt. Pepper. The six-day war, which resulted in the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Golan Heights and the Gaza Strip, also took place 40 years ago this week. For me, cursed with an irrational affection for Israel, the war has been a source of pride (we win) and the occupation a source of shame (we act oppressively). After the jump, info on an interesting, related, event.

There's retrospecting. See a transcript of the start of a huge NPR series here . Al Jazeera features "in the street" interviews.

Ha'aretz writers are getting an especially tough workout. Slate's article is by Shemul Rosner and features a photo slide show. Tom Segev, also of Ha'aretz, was on the op ed page of the NY Times Tuesday.
As it happens, Segev's book on the 6-day war, was the subject of a really smart, thoughtful New Yorker review by editor David Remnick. (More Segev? See The Nation's Jon Weiner) Also interesting, in my view, is a re-analysis of the events leading up to the war by Sandy Tolan in Salon.