Wikipedia's first sentence called it “border demarcation between lebanon and israel”. Today it says “demarcation line dividing lebanon from israel and the golan heights”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Israel–Lebanon border demarcated by the United Nations in 2000 The Blue Line covers the Lebanese-Israeli border. An extension covers the Lebanese-Golan Heights border. The Blue Line is a demarcation line dividing Lebanon from Israel and the Golan Heights . It was published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon. It has been described as "temporary" and "not a border, but a “line of withdrawal”. It is the subject of an ongoing border dispute between Israel, Lebanon, and Hezbollah. On 19 March 1978, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolutions 425 and 426 calling for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon following its recent invasion and to ensure that the government of Lebanon restores effective authority in the area to the border. The United Nations Security Council and NATO set up the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as a peacekeeping force to supervise the situation in Southern Lebanon. By September 2018 Israel completed 11 kilometers of a concrete Israel-Lebanon barrier on the Israeli side of the demarcation line to protect Israeli communities from infiltration by Hezbollah militants. The length of the barrier is 130 kilometres (81 mi) and was expected to be complete by 2020. The project was expected to cost $450 million. Most of the barrier is a concrete wall topped by steel mesh, sensors and surveillance cameras. Steel fencing was used instead of concrete in especially rugged areas. Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs .
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The opening as it stood in 2005
The Blue Line is a border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel , drawn by the United Nations for the purposes of determining whether Israel had withdrawn from Lebanon.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Blue Line covers the Lebanese-Israeli border; an extension covers the Lebanese-Golan Heights border.The Blue Line is a border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon.At the same time, an extension, expressly not to be called the Blue Line nor considered the legally demarcated international boundary according to the UN, identified the Israeli withdrawal line between Lebanon and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Blue Line covers the Lebanese-Israeli border; an extension covers the Lebanese-Golan Heights border. The Blue Line is a border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon. At the same time, an extension, expressly "not to be called the Blue Line" corresponds to the nominal Lebanese-Syrian border between Lebanon and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights .
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The opening as it stood in 2020 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations The Blue Line covers the Lebanese-Israeli border; an extension covers the Lebanese-Golan Heights border. The Blue Line is a border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon. By September 2018 Israel completed 11 kilometers of a concrete barrier along its border with Lebanon designed to protect Israeli communities from Hezbollah infiltrations.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 941741321.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israel–Lebanon border demarcated by the United Nations in 2000 The Blue Line covers the Lebanese-Israeli border; an extension covers the Lebanese-Golan Heights border.The Blue Line is a demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel and Lebanon and the Golan Heights published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon.It has been described as: "temporary" and "not a border, but a “line of withdrawal”.On 19 March 1978, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolutions 425 and 426 calling for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon following its recent invasion and to ensure that the government of Lebanon restores effective authority in the area to the border.The United Nations Security Council and NATO set up the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as a peacekeeping force to supervise the situation in Southern Lebanon.By September 2018 Israel completed 11 kilometers of a concrete Israel-Lebanon barrier on the Israeli side of the demarcation line to protect Israeli communities from infiltration by Hezbollah militants.The length of the barrier is to be 130 kilometres (81 mi) and was expected to be complete by 2020.The project was expected to cost $450 million.Most of the barrier is a concrete wall topped by steel mesh, sensors and surveillance cameras.Steel fencing was to be used instead of concrete in especially rugged areas.Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs .
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border demarcation between lebanon and israel
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demarcation line dividing lebanon from israel and the golan heights
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