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The Green Line, or 1949 Armistice border, [1] is the demarcation line set out in the 1949 Armistice Agreements between the armies of Israel and those of its neighbors (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria) after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
The Green Line encircled Israeli Jerusalem (West Jerusalem) on the south, east and north in the form of a backwards "C". The southern side of the line crossed through the Arab village of Beit Safafa (today a neighborhood in Jerusalem), dividing it in two, separating clans, and leaving families on both sides of the border.
The territories situated between the Green Line (see paragraph 72 above) and the former eastern boundary of Palestine under the Mandate were occupied by Israel in 1967 during the armed conflict between Israel and Jordan. Under customary international law, these were therefore occupied territories in which Israel had the status of occupying Power.
In 2011, Palestine submitted an application for membership to the United Nations, using the borders for military administration that existed before 1967, [48] effectively the 1949 armistice line or Green Line. As Israel does not recognize the State of Palestine, Jordan's borders with Israel remain unclear, at least in the sector of the West Bank.
The Knesset (Israeli Parliament) passed laws to transfer this Arab land to Israeli Jewish organizations. [ 2 ] The only eastern area of the city that remained in Israeli hands throughout the 19 years of Jordanian rule was Mount Scopus , where the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is located, which formed an enclave during that period and therefore ...
The no man's land in the Latrun region (between the green lines) Closeup of central area. No man's land in the Latrun area (NML) was a strip of territory covering 46.4 square kilometres (17.9 sq mi), [a] in the area of Latrun. Israel considers the area of the NML to be a part of its state, while Palestinians regard it as a part of the West Bank ...
Green Line (Israel), the 1949 armistice line established between Israel and its neighbours City Line (Jerusalem), part of the Green Line between Israel and Jordan which divided Jerusalem from 1948 and 1967; Green Line (Lebanon), demarcation line between Christian and Muslim militias in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War
Paratroopers at the Western Wall, by David Rubinger. Paratroopers at the Western Wall is an iconic photograph taken on 7 June 1967, by David Rubinger.Shot from a low angle, the photograph depicts three Israeli paratroopers framed against the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, shortly after its capture by Israeli forces in the Six-Day War.