1947: The UN partition plan

Syria

(French mandate)

Mediterranean Sea

Jewish state

Arab state

Jordan River

Amman

Jerusalem

Dead Sea

Egypt

Transjordan

(British mandate)

80 km

Red Sea

80 miles

1949-1967: The ‘green line’

Syria

Sea of Galilee

Demilitarised

zones (DMZs)

West Bank

and East

Jerusalem

(controlled

by Jordan)

Tel Aviv

Jerusalem

Israel

Gaza

(controlled

by Egypt)

DMZ

Jordan

Egypt

Present situation

30 km

UN forces

deployment area

30 miles

Golan Heights

Haifa

DMZs

Palestinian

areas

Israeli

settlements

Jordan

Valley

buffer

zone

Tel Aviv

Jerusalem

Gaza City

Gaza

Rafah

West

Bank

Israel

Jordan

Egypt

Present situation

1947: The UN partition plan

Syria

(French mandate)

Mediterranean Sea

UN forces

deployment area

Jewish state

Golan Heights

Arab state

Jordan River

Haifa

Amman

DMZs

Jerusalem

Palestinian

areas

Dead Sea

Israeli

settlements

Jordan

Valley

buffer

zone

Egypt

Transjordan

(British mandate)

Tel Aviv

Jerusalem

80 km

Gaza City

Red Sea

80 miles

1949-1967: The ‘green line’

Gaza

Rafah

Syria

West

Bank

Sea of Galilee

Demilitarised

zones (DMZs)

Israel

West Bank

and East

Jerusalem

(controlled

by Jordan)

Tel Aviv

Jerusalem

Israel

Gaza

(controlled

by Egypt)

DMZ

Jordan

Egypt

Jordan

Egypt

30 km

30 miles