Subject: Re: Jerusalem
Date: Mar 15, 2005 @ 21:58
Author: Martin Pratt ("Martin Pratt" <m.a.pratt@...>)
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> What kind of access is there to these Noman's lands?Despite significant physical changes to the urban landscape of
> http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/we.htmlrepresent
>
> Jesper
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: L. A. Nadybal
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 2:46 AM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Jerusalem
>
> Super details. Narrows down the Soviet map extremely well.
> Thanks
> LN
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Pratt" <m.a.pratt@d...>
> wrote:
> > The lines on the Soviet map at
> > http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/israel/50k/08-36-011-3.jpg
> > the limits of Israeli and Jordanian territorial control under theweeks after
> > General Armistice Agreement (GAA) of April 1949; these lines were
> > described as Armistice Demarcation Lines (ADLs). A couple of
> > the GAA was signed, the military commanders of the Israeli andJordanian
> > armies proposed closing the gap between the two lines in and aroundimplemented to
> > Jerusalem and establishing a single ADL. The proposal was
> > the northwest and southwest of Jerusalem, but the King of Jordanrefused
> > to authorise the establishment of a single line through Jerusalemand 25
> > itself.
> >
> > So the Soviet map shows the ADLs only as they existed between 3
> > April 1949, except between northings 15 and 22 (approx) where theADLs are
> > original double GAA lines plus no-man's land remained in place until
> > June 1967. Israel subsequently annexed East Jerusalem and the
> > virtually (but not completely) invisible on the ground today.However,
> > while they may be relict boundaries de facto, they still ofconsiderable
> > significance de jure, most notably in the context of UN SecurityCouncil
> > Resolution 242 - which many commentators believe makes Israel'sillegal
> > occupation of any territory it did not hold before 4 June 1967
> > under international law.
> >
> > For an indication of where the ADLs were located following the April
> > 1949 revision discussed above, see http://tinyurl.com/5nbzq.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > m a r t i n