UN PARTITION

EGYPT

LEBANON

SYRIA

TRANSJORDAN

Tiberias

Nablus

Beersheba

Hebron

Jerusalem

INTERNATIONALZONE

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Safed

Caesarea

Sea of Galilee

Dead Sea

Mediterranean Sea

The proposedJewish state

The proposedArab state

BIBLICAL ISRAEL

EGYPT

PHO

ENIC

IA

Beersheba

Shechem(Nablus)

Jerusalem

Megiddo

Damascus

Beit She’an

Sea ofGalilee

Dead Sea

ROMAN BYZANTINE

EGYPT

SYRIA

TRANSJORDAN

Tiberias

Nablus

Beersheba

Hebron

Jerusalem

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Safed

Haifa

CaesareaSea ofGalilee

Dead Sea

Mediterranean Sea

SderotSderot

LEBANON

SIX DAY WAR

SINAI

SYRIA

JORDAN

Tiberias

Nablus

Beersheba

Hebron

Jerusalem

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Gaza StripWest Bank

GolanHeights

Haifa Safed

Caesarea

Mediterranean Sea

Sea of Galilee

Dead SeaSderot

LEBANON

Haifa

PEACE TREATY

SINAI

EGYPTEGYPT

SYRIA

JORDAN

Tiberias

Nablus

Beersheba

Hebron

Jerusalem

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Haifa Safed

Caesarea

Mediterranean Sea

Sea of Galilee

Dead Sea

Gaza StripWest Bank

GolanHeights

Sderot

LEBANON

Distances

EGYPT

LEBANON

SYRIA

JORDAN

Nahariyya

Akko

Tiberias

Nazareth

Hadera

Netanya

18 km

11 km

3 km

Nablus

Ashkelon

Ashdod

Bethlehem

Gaza Hebron

Rafah Beersheba

Sea ofGalilee

Dead Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Jerusalem

Haifa

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Eilat

Safed

Caesarea

15 km

35 km

36 km

16 k

m

SderotGaza Strip

West Bank

ISRAEL TODAY

EGYPT

LEBANON

SYRIA

JORDAN

Nahariya

Akko

Tiberias

Nazareth

Hadera

NetanyaNablus

AshkelonBethlehem

Gaza

Hebron

Rafah Beersheba

Sea ofGalilee

Dead Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Jerusalem

Haifa

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Eilat

SafedGolanHeights

Caesarea

SderotGaza Strip

West Bank

Ramallah

Jericho

Jenin

Ramallah

Jericho

Jenin

Ramallah

Jericho

Jenin

Jericho

Jenin

Ramallah

Jericho

Jenin

Ramallah

Jericho

Jenin

RamallahBen GurionInt’l Airport

S ix-day war (1967)

During the 1967 Six-Day War (see Significant Dates), Israel took

over the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip from Egypt, the Golan

Heights from Syria, and the West Bank from Jordan.

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