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Map 1: United Nations-derived boundary map of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories (2007, updated to 2018) The modern borders of Israel exist as the result both of past wars and of diplomatic agreements between the State of Israel and its neighbours, as well as an effect of the agreements among colonial powers ruling in the region before Israel's creation.
Israel on the world map. Israel lies to the north of the equator around 31°30' north latitude and 34°45' east longitude. [1] It measures 424 km (263 mi) from north to south [dubious – discuss] and, at its widest point 114 km (71 mi), from east to west. [1] At its narrowest point, however, this is reduced to just 15 km (9 mi).
Israel, [ a] officially the State of Israel, [ b] is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, Egypt and the Red Sea to the south, and the Gaza Strip and Mediterranean Sea to the west. [ 22]
It said it had deployed tens of thousands of soldiers in the area surrounding Gaza, a narrow strip that is home to 2.3 million Palestinians, and planned to evacuate all Israelis living around the ...
International recognition of Israel. As of June 2024, the State of Israel is recognized as a sovereign state by 164 of the 192 member states of the United Nations. The State of Israel was formally established by the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, and was admitted to the United Nations (UN) as a full member state on 11 May ...
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate. On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the Plan as Resolution 181 (II). [ 1] The resolution recommended the creation of independent Arab and Jewish States ...
Israeli controlled territory from 1949. Egyptian and Jordanian controlled territory from 1948 until 1967. The Palestinian territories consist of two distinct areas: the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. Although the boundaries are commonly referred to as the "1967 borders", they are historically the armistice lines under ...
The Land of Israel ( Hebrew: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, Modern: ʾEreṣ Yīsraʾel, Tiberian: ʾEreṣ Yīsrāʾēl) is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine.