On the Border: Putting a Map on IsraelLappin, Yaakov
“infiltrators,” and opinion polls suggest that most Israelis would like to see them expelled. However, it is hard to return migrants to Eritrea and Sudan, so the Israeli government has placed primary emphasis on halting the influx by building a fence on its border with Egypt in the Sinai...
At the time, Israel did not give the civilians a specific timeline. But fleeing residents told NBC News they believed it was a matter of hours, not days. In the week since then, the thousands of Israeli troops amassing on the Gaza border have not swarmed into northern Gaza. Any timeline...
Map references: Middle East Area: total:20,770 sq km land:20,330 sq km water:440 sq km Area - comparative: slightly smaller than New Jersey Land boundaries: total:1,017 km border countries:Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 ...
electronic sensors, radars, and cameras for use along the U.S.-Mexican border. The U.S. Army is currently evaluating whether to purchase Rafael’s SPIKE Non-Line of Sight missile to be mounted on AH-64E Apache Helicopters.19 Memorandum No. 202, July 2020. ...
Lebanon's national carrier said Friday that it is cutting more than half of its flights amid changes to its insurance cover in the wake of increased tensions on its border with Israel, Reuters reported. As of next week, only eight of Middle East Airlines' 22 aircraft will operate, Chairman...
Israel informed several Arab states last year that it also wanted to carve out a buffer zone on the Palestinian side of Gaza's border. But it remains unclear how deep Israel would like it to be or how it would be enforced after the war ends. ...
Security guards check an Egyptian ambulance carrying critically injured Palestinians as they arrive at Al-Arish hospital through the Rafah border crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the city of Al-Arish, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt November 1, 20...
Changes of policy meant Egypt gradually ease its relationships with Israel, as well as Jordan and Syria, until the 2000 camp David summit that defined an “all-or-nothing” frame for peace between Israel and Palestine.As a sign of these decreasing tensions, Israel disarmed or put in reserve ...
According to the terms of the US-brokered agreement, Hizbollah is required to withdraw beyond the Litani river up to 30km north of the contested Israel-Lebanon border, known as the UN “blue line”. Israeli forces are meant to withdraw from Lebanon over a 60-day period and to be replaced...