Israel’s borders have been ever-changing since it declared itself an independent state in 1948
Rishi Sunak calls for Middle East peace process and two-state solution amid Israel-Hamas war, and with it has been entwined the fate of Gaza.
After the First World War and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Britain was granted a mandate to govern the region of Palestine and Jewish immigration increased as Nazism took hold in central Europe. As the British mandate expired, a full-scale Arab-Israeli war erupted involving Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Iraq.
and Sinai Peninsula in the south, Syria’s Golan Heights in the north, and the Jordan-controlled West Bank and East Jerusalem.In 1982, Israel reached a new agreement with Egypt and withdrew its troops from the Sinai Peninsula but continued to control Gaza.Twelve years later in 1994, a treaty with Jordan was signed to resolved border issues between the two, with Jordan giving up its claim to the West Bank.
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