1949 Armistice Agreements

1955 United Nations map showing the Armistice Agreements, with original map reference points ("MR") on the Palestine grid referenced in the respective agreements.
Palestine Military Situation, April 6, 1949. Truman Papers

The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt,[1] Lebanon,[2] Jordan,[3] and Syria.[4] They formally ended the hostilities of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and also demarcated the Green Line, which separated Arab-controlled territory (i.e., the Jordanian-annexed West Bank and the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip) from Israel until the latter's victory in the 1967 Arab–Israeli War.

To monitor the agreed-upon de facto border, the United Nations (UN) established supervising and reporting agencies; discussions related to the ceasefire's enforcement led to the signing of the separate Tripartite Declaration of 1950, in which the United States, the United Kingdom, and France pledged to take action within and outside of the UN in order to prevent violations of the frontiers. It also outlined their commitment to peace and stability in the area, their opposition to the use or threat of force, and reiterated their opposition to the development of an arms race between Arab countries and Israel.

  1. ^ Armistice Agreement between Egypt and Israel Archived 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine UN Doc S/1264/Corr.1 23 February 1949
  2. ^ Armistice Agreement between Lebanon and Israel UN Doc S/1296 23 March 1949
  3. ^ General Armistice Agreement between the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom and Israel Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine UN Doc S/1302/Rev.1 3 April 1949
  4. ^ Israel-Syrian General Armistice Agreement Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine UN Doc S/1353 20 July 1949