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Where does the Green Line between Israel and the territories lie?

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Photo: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Published: 12 July 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

The ‘Green Line’ became the invisible boundary between Israel and the territories that Israel seized in the Six-Day War. It’s transparent for most Israelis but for Palestinians, it’s as impassable as a border made of concrete.

No one actually knows where Israel ends and the Palestinian territories begin
SHAKKED AUERBACH Israel has worked hard since 1967 to erase the Green Line from public consciousness, even as the invisible border became increasingly impenetrable to Palestinians (Haaretz, July 6)

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