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The Israel–Jordan peace treaty, signed on October 26, 1994, resolved all outstanding territorial and border issues between the two countries that had existed since the 1948 War. The treaty specified and fully recognized the international border between Israel and Jordan, with Jordan confirming its renunciation of any claim to the West Bank.
Southern Israel is dominated by the Negev desert, covering some 16,000 square kilometres (6,178 sq mi), more than half of the country's total land area. The north of the Negev contains the Judean Desert , which, at its border with Jordan, contains the Dead Sea which, at −417 m (−1,368 ft) is the lowest point on Earth.
Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. [ 21 ]
North of Punuk: 41°02′N Iran: North of Qush, West Azerbaijan region: 39°47′N South Korea: North of Daegang-ri, Goseong, Gangwon Province: 38°36′N Afghanistan: South of Qal'Aikhum: 38°22′N Tunisia: Galite Islands Ras ben Sakka ( the northernmost point of mainland Africa) 37°31′N 37°21′N Iraq: North of Sanat: 37°23′N Syria ...
By the late 1960s, Israel had established diplomatic relations with almost all of the countries of Western Europe, North America, South America, and Sub-Saharan Africa combined. To put additional diplomatic, economic, and military pressure on Israel in the wake of the 1967 Arab–Israeli War , oil-producing Arab countries imposed an oil embargo ...
Israeli leaders have long demanded Hezbollah withdraw its forces north of the Litani River -- some 18 miles from the Israeli border -- per a 2006 United Nations Security Council resolution that ...
War planners in Israel have accelerated their goal to return over as many as 100,000 displaced Israelis to the north because ... in Israel—a country the size of New Jersey—come amid the Jewish ...
The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1] Countries or territories that are connected only by man-made structures such as bridges, causeways or tunnels are not considered to have land borders. However, borders along lakes, rivers, and other internal waters are considered land ...