Green Line (Israel)

Green line is the demarcation line between Israel and the territories occupied by Israel in the Six -Day War areas, including the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and Sinai Peninsula (the latter was Egypt in the peace treaty of 1979 returned) called. The name goes back to the green ink that was used during the peace negotiations, to draw the border. Simultaneously formed the armistice lines of 1949.

However, up to Israel's conquests in the 1967 Six Day War, the Green Line was effectively part of the external borders of Israel, as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank were occupied by Egypt and Jordan. The Jerusalem Act of 1980 meant the de facto annexation of East Jerusalem, but the West Bank and Gaza were not under Israeli jurisdiction ( in the West Bank expired on Oslo Accords Jordanian law). In the peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, the Green Line plays an important role, as it is seen by the Palestinian side as the basis of a future border demarcation between a Palestinian state and Israel. A bid on about 90 % of the West Bank ( or 94%, from the perspective of the Israeli government that East Jerusalem is not considered part of the occupied territories ), all of Gaza, and to build an Israeli land compensation a Palestinian state, but was rejected by Arafat and Abbas.