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AFP - Lot 135
AFP Soldier of the Arab Legions for Palestine, wearing a helmet and carrying a British-made Enfield rifle, throws a grenade at Israeli positions near Hebron, May 1948. A soldier of the Arab Legions for Palestine, wearing a helmet and carrying a British-made Enfield rifle, throws a grenade at Israeli positions near Hebron, May 1948. Silver print on baryta paper, from digital file (black and white lambda print). Dry AFP stamp in lower right margin. Stamp "AFP 5/11/2022 Edition Spéciale N°: 1/1" on verso. Gelatin silver print on baryta paper, from digital file (black and white lambda print). Blind stamp AFP in the lower right margin. Stamp " AFP 5/11/2022 Edition Spéciale N° : 1/1 " on verso. Image : 24 x 36 cm - 9.5 x 14.2 in Paper : 30 x 40 cm - 11.8 15.7 in On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 181 on the partition of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and the other Arab. Jerusalem was to remain under international control. The State of Israel was proclaimed on May 14 1948 by the Jewish National Council and recognized by the United States and the Soviet Union on May 15 and 17 of the same year. The Arab states of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq crossed the borders to the north, east and south with their regular armies on May 15, 1948. The agreements signed in 1949 between Israel and the Arab states put an end to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and established the armistice lines between Israel and the West Bank, also known as the Green Line, until the Six-Day War of 1967. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 181 on the partition of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. Jerusalem was to remain under international control. The State of Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948 by the Jewish National Council and was recognized by the United States and the Soviet Union on May 15 and 17 of the same year. The Arab states of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq crossed the borders from the north, east and south with their regular armies on May 15, 1948. The agreements signed in 1949 between Israel and the Arab states ended the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and established the armistice lines between Israel and the West Bank, also known as the Green Line, until the Six-Day War of 1967.
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