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The Boundaries of the Holy Land—Past, Present and Future
Gideon Biger
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DOI:10.17265/2159-550X/2026.01.003
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
The boundaries of the Holy Land – Israel – Palestine, were established in a long process of more than 180 years and the process is still going on. Otomans, Britains, French, Jews, Arabs, UN, all were and are involved in the not ending process by wars, negotiations, peace agreements and unfinished discussions. Different lines were established but never for a long time, as some political changes brought with them different boundaries for that part of the world, seen by Jews, Christians and Muslims as their Holy Land.
Palestine, British Mandate, WW 1, Israel, UN Partition Plan, armistice lines, 1967 War, Egypt
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