Jordan
The 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and Jordan were signed in Rhodes with the help of UN mediation on April 3, 1949. Armistice lines were determined in November 1948. Between the lines areas were left that were defined as no-man's-land. Such areas existed along the divided city of Jerusalem, and the fort of Latrun until 1967 Six Day War.
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