P F Tinmore, et al,
Sometimes, you just kill me.
What the Armistice Agreement says is that the UN arranged cease-fire does not IMPOSE on any party a border arrangement.
Indeed, the UN has no authority to create or change borders. The agreements specified that the armistice lines were not to be political or territorial borders. However, the agreements did reference existing international borders.
Let's analyze the armistice or green line.
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I think you meant to say "Blue Line," the reworked 2007 demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel.
I think I knew what you meant to say.
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Line of Withdrawal of Israeli Forces from Lebanon
In Lebanon, the green line followed the international border between Lebanon and Palestine. Since the green line is not a border, the international border between Lebanon and Palestine continued to exist. Remember the UN has no authority to change that border.
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Well your assumptions are wrong, but we will not go there. Without Regard to the your ascertion on who has what authority, the current ground situation looks like this.
It should be remembered that the letter from the
Letter dated 12 June 2000 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General addressed the issue of the borders. The concerns of the President don't look anything like what our friend "P F Tinmore" presents.
Excerpt from
A/54/914 S/2000/564 12 June 2000
Paragraph 13 of the report states that “the international boundary between Israel and Lebanon was established pursuant to the 1923 Agreement between France and Great Britain ...”, that “this line was reaffirmed in the Israeli-Lebanese General Armistice Agreement signed on 23 March 1949” and that “subsequently there were several modifications mutually agreed by Israel and Lebanon”.
While the Arab League does not recognize the Annexation of the Golan Heights, that is a discussion for another time.
In Syria, with some exceptions, the green line followed the international border between Syria and Palestine. Again, this made no change in the international border between Syria and Palestine.
In Egypt, except for the Gaza strip, the green line followed the international border between Egypt and Palestine. This made no change in the International border between Egypt and Palestine.
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In terms of Syria, the boundary of former Armistice Agreement has change as an unintended consequence of the of their hostile action.
Israel will never return the Golan Height to Sryia says Benjamin Netanyahu said:
"One, whatever is beyond the border, the boundary itself will not change. Two, after 50 years, the time has come for the international community to finally recognize that the Golan Heights will remain under Israel's sovereignty permanently."
Israel seized parts of the Golan Heights, a strategic, rocky plateau to its northeast, from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War.
Syria unsuccessfully attempted to retake it during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, before Israel annexed the region in 1981 by extending its laws over the territory and its occupants.
SOURCE: Jerusalem CNN: By
Oren Liebermann and Tim Hume, CNN
Updated 8:21 AM ET, Mon April 18, 2016
On a very similar note, the Border between Israel and Egypt is what it is:
Article II. The permanent boundary between Egypt and Israel is the recognized international boundary between Egypt and the
former mandated territory of Palestine, as shown on the
map at Annex II, 1 without prejudice to the issue of the status of the Gaza Strip. The Parties recognize this boundary as inviolable. Each will respect the territorial integrity of the other, including their territorial waters and airspace.
SOURCE: TREATY OF PEACE 1 BETWEEN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL
In Jordan, due to the West Bank and other military considerations, the green line did not follow the international border between Jordan and Palestine. This is irrelevant to this issue and did not change the international border.
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Jordan was concerned with a very different issue. It was that some Israelis (an ever dwindling number) still have the notion that the historical Israel incapsulated the Dead Sea and extended beyond the Jordan River. Without regard for that argument, the best answer comes from the Treaty itself.
Article 3 -
International Boundary Treaty of Peace Between The Hashemite Kingdom of JordanAnd The State of Israel October 26, 1994
1. The international boundary between Jordan and Israel is delimited with reference to the boundary definition under the Mandate as is shown in Annex I (a), on the mapping materials attached thereto and coordinates specified therein.
2. The boundary, as set out in Annex I (a), is the permanent, secure and recognized international boundary between Jordan and Israel, without prejudice to the status of any territories that came under Israeli military government control in 1967.
3. The Parties recognize the international boundary, as well as each other's territory, territorial waters and airspace, as inviolable, and will respect and comply with them.
4. The demarcation of the boundary will take place as set forth in Appendix (I) to Annex I and will be concluded not later than 9 months after the signing of the Treaty.
5. It is agreed that where the boundary follows a river, in the event of natural changes in the course of the flow of the river as described in Annex I (a), the boundary shall follow the new course of the flow. In the event of any other changes the boundary shall not be affected unless otherwise agreed.
6. Immediately upon the exchange of the instruments of ratification of this Treaty, each Party will deploy on its side of the international boundary as defined in Annex I (a).
7. The parties shall, upon the signature of the Treaty, enter into negotiations to conclude, within 9 months, an agreement on the delimitation of their maritime boundary in the Gulf of Aqaba.
8. Taking into account the special circumstances of the Baqura/Naharayim area, which is under Jordanian sovereignty, with Israeli private ownership rights, the Parties agree to apply the provisions set out in Annex I (b).
9. With respect to the Al-Ghamr/Zofar area, the provisions set out in Annex I (c) will apply.
SOURCE: The Jordan-Israel Peace Treaty was signed on October 26, 1994, at the southern border crossing of Wadi ‘Araba. The treaty guaranteed Jordan the restoration of its occupied land (approximately 380 square kilometers), as well as an equitable share of water from the Yarmouk and Jordan rivers. Moreover, the treaty defined Jordan’s western borders clearly and conclusively for the first time, putting an end to the dangerous and false Zionist claim that “Jordan is Palestine.”
As you can see by the Treaty, the Jordanians essentially default the the Mandate Map (1922), well before the Armistice Lines were ever drawn. "The boundary Line shall follow the middle of the main course of the flow of the Jordan and Yarmouk Rivers." (Annex 1a)
The green line around the West Bank and Gaza strip followed no borders. Its location was based on the location of military forces at the time of the armistice. Since it could not be a political or territorial border, it ran through Palestine. It was Palestine on both sides of the green line. The green line inside Palestine merely defined different areas occupation.
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The former "Green Line" was NOT made for the benefit of the Arab Palestinian. BOTH the Armistice Agreements for which the Armistices Lines established, have language in Article XII that stipulates that the Armistice shall remain in force until a peaceful settlement between the Parties is achieved. Essentially, the Green Lines become historical and drop its authority.
Why, because at the time of the conflict, on which the Armistice Lines were drawn, ended and the Arab Palestinians were NOT a party to either the Armistice or the Peace Treaties. And that is because they opted out to become a Self-Governing nation; because it wasn't enough. Now it looks like they are going to get considerably less territory. That would be if they fell into chaos like Egypt and Syrian did.
Most Respectfully,
R