Examples of Ignoring Israel on Maps and in the Geographical Data
of Arab States
| A Lebanese Map |
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 Source: A Lebanese map printed in May 2002 by the Lebanese Defense Ministry . “The state” bordering Lebanon in the south is “Falastin”(Palestine) not Israel. |
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| An Egyptian
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 Source: an Egyptian map taken from the Internet web site of “Egypt State Information Service” (26 August 2003). Israel is not mentioned by name on this (partial ) map and on additional maps on the web site. The names of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Libya have been highlighted |
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| Geographical data of the Syrian Ministry of Information |
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 The details regarding Syria's frontiers indicate that it borders Turkey (in the north), Iraq (in the east and south-east), Jordan (in the south), and Lebanon (in the south-east). Israel is not on the list of states bordering Syria. |
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