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توقيع أول اتفاقية هدنة في رودس
Exact day24 February 1949
Palestine
On 24 February 1949, on the island of Rhodes, Egypt and Israel signed a General Armistice Agreement under United Nations chairmanship, in force from its signature: the first of the armistices that Israel concluded by July with Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. They ended the bloodshed of the 1948 war; no peace treaty followed.
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EventThe Nakba29 November 1947 – 1949
Why this connection? ↗Containment does not imply causation.
UN mediator: brought the delegations to Rhodes to negotiate the armistice agreements
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (article by Michael Fischbach)
Linked context in the legacy record
The United Nations Treaty Series records the Egyptian–Israeli General Armistice Agreement as signed at Rhodes on 24 February 1949 and in force from that day. Its parties made it in answer to the Security Council’s resolution of 16 November 1948, “to facilitate the transition from the present truce to permanent peace in Palestine”.
Link to this chapterUnited Nations · page: 252
Original-language quotation · enEGYPTIAN-ISRAELI GENERAL ARMISTICE AGREEMENT. SIGNED AT RHODES, ON 24 FEBRUARY 1949Link to this citationUnited Nations · page: 252
Original-language quotation · ento facilitate the transition from the present truce to permanent peace in PalestineLink to this citationThe encyclopedia of the Institute for Palestine Studies (Michael Fischbach) records that Ralph Bunche, the United Nations mediator, brought the warring sides to Rhodes and, from February to July 1949, arranged armistices between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria; Syria’s, the last, was signed on 20 July 1949. The armistices ended the bloodshed, it says, but no peace treaties came of them.
Link to this chapterPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: On the armistices
Original-language quotation · enStarting in February 1949 and lasting until July, he arranged armistices between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.Link to this citationPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: On the armistices
Original-language quotation · enAlthough the armistices ended the bloodshed, no peace treaties emerged from Rhodes.Link to this citationPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Title
Original-language quotation · enSyria–Israel General Armistice Agreement - 20 July 1949Link to this citationSources & evidence
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article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
Michael Fischbach, “IV. The Palestine War and the Nakba”, Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question (Institute for Palestine Studies).
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document · United Nations
The agreement as the United Nations Treaty Series registered it.
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document · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
The last of the armistices, as the encyclopedia’s historical texts give it.
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24 February 1949 · day
02-24 · occurrence
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EVERY RECORD IS PART OF A LARGER STORY
EventThe first armistice agreement is signed at Rhodes is connected to EventThe Nakba
Role: The armistices ended the war’s bloodshed; no peace treaty followed
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Michael Fischbach).
IV. The Palestine War and the Nakba ↗
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “Although the armistices ended the bloodshed, no peace treaties emerged from Rhodes.”
Evidence version:palquest-palestine-war-and-nakba:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonRalph Bunche participated in EventThe first armistice agreement is signed at Rhodes
Role: UN mediator: brought the delegations to Rhodes to negotiate the armistice agreements
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (article by Michael Fischbach).
IV. The Palestine War and the Nakba ↗
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “Bunche gathered delegations from the warring sides and brought them to the island of Rhodes to arrange for final armistice agreements.”
Evidence version:palquest-palestine-war-and-nakba:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.