Borders of Israel: Difference between revisions

The area to the west of the Jordan River, seized by Jordan during the 1948 War, was [[Jordanian annexation of the West Bank|annexed by Jordan in 1950]],<ref>In the ''Act of Union'', 1950.</ref> with the border being the 1949 armistice line, though Jordan laid claim to all of Mandate Palestine. Jordan’s annexation was only recognised by three countries. The West Bank remained part of Jordan until Israel captured it in 1967, during the [[Six-Day War]], though Jordan continued to claim the territory as its own after that date. In July 1988, Jordan renounced all claims to the West Bank,<ref>[http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/88_july31.html Address to the Nation]</ref><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> in favour of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people".<ref name=Kassim/>

 

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 confirming 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>

 

==Border with Syria and Lebanon==

===French Mandate: Paulet–Newcombe Agreement===

The [[Paulet–Newcombe Agreement]], a series of agreements between 1920–23, contained the principles for the boundary between the [[League of Nations mandate|Mandates]] of [[British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument)|Palestine]] and [[British Mandate of Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]], attributed to Great Britain, and the Mandate of [[French Mandate of Syria|Syria]] and the [[French mandate of Lebanon|Lebanon]], attributed to France.