In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War (the Nakba), fighting continued sporadically until mid-1949. Under UN auspices, Israel and each of its neighboring states (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria) signed separate armistice agreements between February and July 1949. These treaties, mediated by UN official Ralph Bunche, were meant to end hostilities but did not … Continue reading The 1949 Armistice Agreements: How the Ceasefires Created a Frozen Conflict