Rhodes+Armistice


 * NO. 2: Israel and the Palestinians- Rhodes Armistice **

The 1949 Rhodes Armistice is a set of agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors: Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria. The aforementioned armistice was agreed upon after numerous failed peace negotiations directed at facilitating the overall well being of the Palestinian refugees and the status of Jerusalem. In an attempt to ease growing tensions, the Armistice created four demilitarized zones and temporarily redrew the boundaries between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Although the agreements were intended to cease hostilities, raids from unorganized groups of Palestinian refugees remained frequent. In large part this was due to the artificiality and uncertainty of the armistice lines and the ineffectiveness of the Mixed Armistice Commissions, which were intended to help resolve border disputes. Eventually these individual raids escalated across all borders, leading Israel to conduct retaliation from regular military units.