Borders of Israel

Borders of Israel Israel's borders are the borders of the State of Israel . The borders have changed from time to time with developments in Israel's military and diplomatic situation. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt on the southwest The border with Egypt was demarcated in 1906 between Britain and the Ottoman Empire. The borders with Lebanon, Syria and Jordan are based on those drawn up by the United Kingdom and France in anticipation of the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War and the carve up of the Ottoman Empire between them. They are referred to as the 1923 borders, being those of Mandate Palestine , which were settled in 1923. Israel's borders with Egypt and Jordan have now been formally recognised as part of the peace treaties with those countries, and with Lebanon as part of the 1949 Armistice Agreement . The borders with Syria and the Palestinian territories are still in dispute and subject to final status agreements.

Borders of Israel Israel's borders are the borders of the State of Israel . The borders have changed from time to time with developments in Israel's military and diplomatic situation. According to Green Line interpretations, it borders Lebanon in the north, the Golan Heights and Syria in the northeast, the West Bank and Jordan in the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt in the southwest. The border with Egypt is the international border demarcated in 1906 between Britain and the Ottoman Empire . The borders with Lebanon, Syria and Jordan are based on those drawn up by the United Kingdom and France in anticipation of the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War and the carve up of the Ottoman Empire between them. They are referred to as the 1923 Paulet-Newcombe Agreement borders, being those of Mandate Palestine , which were settled in 1923. Israel's borders with Egypt and Jordan have now been formally recognized and confirmed as part of the peace treaties with those countries, and with Lebanon as part of the 1949 Armistice Agreements . The borders with Syria and the Palestinian territories are still in dispute.

Political borders This article is about the modern-day borders of Israel. Borders of Israel The current borders of the State of Israel are the result both of war and of diplomatic agreements among Israel , her neighbors, and colonial powers. Only two of Israel's five potential land borders are internationally recognized while the other three are disputed. Israel's borders with Egypt and Jordan have now been formally recognized and confirmed as part of the peace treaties with those countries. The borders with Syria ( Golan Heights ), Lebanon ( Shebaa farms ) and the Palestinian territories (declared as the State of Palestine ) are still in dispute. According to the Green Line of the 1949 Armistice Agreements , Israel borders Lebanon in the north, the Golan Heights and Syria in the northeast, the West Bank and Jordan in the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt in the southwest. The border with Egypt is the international border demarcated in 1906 between the United Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire , confirmed in the 1979 Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty , and the border with Jordan is based on the border defined in the 1922 Trans-Jordan memorandum , confirmed in the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty . Wilson and Hastings Donnan (ed.). A Companion to Border Studies . Unique to states in the contemporary world, only two of Israel's five potential land borders have the status of internationally recognized boundaries.

Political boundaries between Israel and neighboring states This article is about the borders of the modern State of Israel. United Nations -derived boundary map of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories (2007, updated to 2018) The modern borders of Israel exist as the result both of past wars and of diplomatic agreements between the State of Israel and its neighbours, as well as an effect of the agreements among colonial powers ruling in the region before Israel's creation. Only two of Israel's five total potential land borders are internationally recognized and uncontested, while the other three remain disputed; the majority of its border disputes are rooted in territorial changes that came about as a result of the 1967 Arab–Israeli War , which saw Israel occupy large swathes of territory from its rivals. Israel's two formally recognized and confirmed borders exist with Egypt and Jordan since the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty and the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty , while its borders with Syria (via the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights ), Lebanon (via the Blue Line ; see Shebaa Farms dispute ) and the Palestinian territories (Israeli-occupied land largely recognized as part of the de jure State of Palestine ) remain internationally recognized as contested. According to the Green Line agreed upon in the 1949 Armistice Agreements , Israel is demarcated by Lebanon to the north, the Golan Heights under Syrian sovereignty as well as the rest of Syria to the northeast, the Palestinian West Bank and Jordan to the east, and by the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest. The Israeli border with Egypt is the international border demarcated in 1906 between the United Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire , and confirmed in the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty; the Israeli border with Jordan is based on the border defined in the 1922 Trans-Jordan memorandum , and confirmed in the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty. Wilson and Hastings Donnan (ed.). A Companion to Border Studies . Unique to states in the contemporary world, only two of Israel's five potential land borders have the status of internationally recognized boundaries.