Borders of Israel: Difference between revisions

On 15 May 1948, the Transjordanian [[Arab Legion]], in conjunction with other regular Arab armies, entered what had been Mandate Palestine, seizing control of what come to be called the West Bank, as well as East Jerusalem including the Old City. The war[[1948 Arab–Israeli War]] was brought to an end by the [[Lausanne Conference of 1949]] at which the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]] were concluded. The resulting armistice line is commonly referred to as the [[Green Line (Israel)|Green Line]], and which werewas expressly declared to be a temporary [[demarcation line]], rather than a permanent border, and the Armistice Agreements relegated the issue of permanent borders to future negotiations. The area to the west of the Jordan River was annexed by Jordan in 1950<ref>In the ''Act of Union'', 1950.</ref> and remained part of Jordan until Israel captured it during the [[Six-Day War]] of 1967, though Jordan continued to claim the territory as its own after that date. In 1988, Jordan renounced all claims to the West Bank;.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/01/world/hussein-surrenders-claims-west-bank-plo-us-peace-plan-jeopardy-internal-tensions.html|title=U.S. PEACE PLAN IN JEOPARDY; Internal Tensions|date=August 1, 1988|work=The New York Times}}</ref> this was made official in the [[Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace]] of 1994.

The [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty]], signed on 26 October 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 confirm its renunciation of any claim to the West Bank. Upon its signing, the [[Jordan River|Jordan]] and [[Yarmouk River]]s, the [[Dead Sea]], the [[Arabah|Emek Ha'arva/Wadi Araba]] and the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] were officially designated as the borders between Israel and Jordan and between Jordan and the territory occupied by Israel in 1967.<ref name="Jordan Treaty">{{cite web |url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/jordan_treaty.asp|title=The Avalon Project : Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan}} {{cite web |url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/jordan_treaty_annex1.asp|title=Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty Annex I|date={{date|1994-10-26}}|publisher=Yale Law School}}</ref> For the latter, the agreement requires that the demarcation use a different presentation, and that it carry the following disclaimer: <blockquote> "This line is the administrative boundary between Jordan and the territory which came under Israeli military government control in 1967. Any treatment of this line shall be without prejudice to the status of the territory."<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/annex1.html Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty, Annex I, Israel-Jordan International Boundary Delimitation and Demarcation]</ref></blockquote>