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Israel on the world map. Israel lies to the north of the equator around 31°30' north latitude and 34°45' east longitude. [1] It measures 424 km (263 mi) from north to south [dubious – discuss] and, at its widest point 114 km (71 mi), from east to west. [1] At its narrowest point, however, this is reduced to just 15 km (9 mi).
Map 1: United Nations-derived boundary map of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories (2007, updated to 2018) The modern borders of Israel exist as the result both of past wars and of diplomatic agreements between the State of Israel and its neighbours, as well as an effect of the agreements among colonial powers ruling in the region before Israel's creation.
Prior to the declaration of Israel in 1948, the UN proposed a United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine based on the location of land legally purchased [2] and used to create Jewish Settlements in the area. Jewish Settlement in Palestine 1880-1914 This maps depicts the originally anticipated borders of Israel upon inception 1938
Map of Israel showing the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights. In 1967, as a result of the Six-Day War, Israel captured and occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. Israel also captured the Sinai Peninsula but returned it to Egypt as part of the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty. [230]
Israel's financial capital and technology center is Tel Aviv [2] and the proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although the state's sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized. [3] [4] About 43% of the world's Jews live in Israel today, the largest Jewish community in the world. [5]
Today the map is found within the Eran Laor maps collection in the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. A mosaic model of the map is installed on the fence of Safra Square at the site of Jerusalem's city hall. The map is a figurative illustration, in the manner of the medieval mappa mundi format, depicting the world via a clover leaf shape. [2]
Reverted to version as of 19:25, 14 May 2018 (UTC) The current map is simply incorrect. And I don't want to upload a new one, I'll have to edit more than a hundred wiki-articles. 20:16, 14 May 2018
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