T H E H I S T O RY O F I S R A E L’ S B O R D E R S
LEBANON
Mediterranean Sea
SYRIA
Haifa
Damascus
Megiddo
Sea of
Galilee
Beit She’an
Jerusalem
Dead Sea
Beersheba
EGYPT
Sa
a
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Ju
de
INTERNATIONAL
ZONE
a
Beersheba
Dead Sea
TRANSJORDAN
EGYPT
Proposed Arab State
Proposed Jewish State
LEBANON
Sam
WEST
BANK
Jerusalem
GAZA
Jud
ea
Dead Sea
Beersheba
JORDAN
SINAI
PENINSULA
Eilat
Tel Aviv
ma
ria
Jerusalem
Ju
de
a
Dead Sea
GAZA
Beersheba
TRANSJORDAN
After successfully
defending itself
in the Six-Day War,
Israel controlled
territory that
tripled its size. It
traded most of that
land in a peace
treaty with Egypt.
Tel Aviv
Sam
a r ia
LEBANON
SYRIA
GAZA
Jud
Sea of
Galilee
Dead Sea
JORDAN
EGYPT
(SINAI PENINSULA)
Eilat
Sea of
Galilee
Mediterranean Sea
Jenin
ea
Beersheba
GOLAN
HEIGHTS
Haifa
WEST
BANK
Jerusalem
The modern state
of Israel established
its initial armistice
lines after surviving
invasions by five
Arab armies during
its War of Independence in 1948.
EGYPT
GOLAN
HEIGHTS
Haifa
Sea of
Galilee
PEACE TREATY WITH EGYPT –1979
Tel Aviv
Sa
SYRIA
Mediterranean Sea
GOLAN
HEIGHTS
a r ia
Sea of
Galilee
WEST BANK
LEBANON
SYRIA
Haifa
The U.N. proposed
dividing the
British Mandate
of Palestine into
Jewish and Arab
states. Israel
accepted the plan.
The Arabs rejected
it and attacked
Israel.
Sa
As part of the 1979
treaty with Egypt,
Israel yielded
the entire Sinai
Peninsula in return
for an historic
peace treaty
sponsored by
the United States.
Tel Aviv
ma
Nazareth
ria
WEST BANK
Ramallah
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Gaza City
GAZA
Sderot
Ju
de
Beersheba
ISRAEL TODAY
Acco
The Kingdom of
Israel, during the
reigns of Kings
David and
Solomon, was
composed of a
vast territory with
Jerusalem as its
capital.
ri
ma
ISRAEL’S ARMISTICE LINES–1949
Sea of
Galilee
Mediterranean Sea
THE SIX-DAY WAR–1967
Mediterranean Sea
SYRIA
PH O E N I C I A
THE U.N. PARTITION PLAN–1947
BIBLICAL ISRAEL–circa 1020–930 B.C.E.
Mediterranean Sea
LEBANON
EGYPT
a
JORDAN
Dead Sea
Israel’s current
frontiers reflect
its historic 2005
disengagement
from Gaza, the
first time that
Israel ceded
territory outside
the context of a
peace agreement.
Eilat
This map is for illustrative purposes only and does not imply any view regarding future agreements between Israel and its neighbors.