Details+of+the+Armistice+Agreement

On February 24, 1949, Egypt and Israel signed an armistice, to stop fighting, agreement at Rhodes, a Greek island. The United Nations decided to place Ralph Bunche as mediator, he replaced Bernadotte. As mediator Bunche handled the difficult truce very well. And because of the agreement, later the armistice agreement reached out to Lebanon, Syria, and Transjordan. Israel gained 2,500 square miles, increased land by around 20% (by the end of fighting Israel covered nearly 75% of area of, former, Palestine mandate west of Jordan. Transjordan occupied Jadea and Samaria (later called West Bank) and East Jerusalem. Egypt retained the Gaza Strip. These borders were not regarded as permanent border arrangements, yet they did remain the boundaries until the Six-Day War in 1967.