Israel has falsely accused the Arab states of an imminent attack on Israel in 1967, justifying their assault on Arab countries. The 1967 war led to the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. According to recent scholarship, the Greater Israel Project was a part of Zionist plans and aspirations since before Israel's founding in 1948, which would suggest that the excuse was used as pretext for long-held plans.

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/a-journey-to-june-1967-and-back-on-the-fabricated-narratives-of-zionism/.Ilan Pape, Israeli scholar, is cited.

Another article quoting Ilan Pape on the 1967 war. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/ilan-pappe-on-gamal-abdul-nasser-why-we-must-revisit-the-june-1967-war/

Debunking The Myths: Ilan Pappé’s Unflinching Exposé Of Zionist Colonialism
Pappe argues that greater Israel was carefully planned and that the apparatus to control the West Bank and Gaza was prepared before the 1967 war
The Friday TimesJunaid Jahangir

Myths of the Six Day War - Ilan Pape https://www.thecairoreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cr25-pappe.pdf

Richard Becker on the myths around the Six Day War - https://liberationnews.org/fifty-years-later-myths-and-facts-about-the-six-day-war/

Miko Peled on the Fabrication Concerning the "Existential Threat" facing Israel - https://www.mintpressnews.com/six-day-war-myth-of-an-israel-david-versus-arab-goliath/268270/