P F Tinmore
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Israel has borders defined in forty eight. After the declared wars and defenses it has taken land from those who have attacked it and expanded some of the borders.
That's simply reality. To be negotiated, or not.
That is a common misperception. All the maps you see show Israel inside the 1949 armistice lines. These lines are commonly called the green line or 67 borders. However, the 1949 armistice agreements specifically state that the armistice lines are not to be considered national or political borders. They merely define areas of occupation inside Palestine's borders. Egypt was to occupy the Gaza Strip, Jordan was to occupy the West Bank, and Israel was to occupy the rest. In no way did the armistice lines change Palestine's international borders that were defined by the League of Nations in 1922.
Palestine's borders are the same as they were in 1922.
Israel has no borders.
The '49 armistice agreements do not constitute permanent borders and preserved Israel's territorial claims under the terms of the binding Palestine Mandate assigning all of Palestine to the Jewish homeland.
Try to remember
Israel destroyed the mandate homeland for the Jews.