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Cartography of Israel
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The cartography of Israel is the depiction of the historical mapping and map creation of the region known historically as Eretz Yisrael, or the Land of Israel, Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), through to modern Israel.[1]
Early Chorography
Chorographic writings about the Kingdom of Israel and the Land of Israel record the region’s historical, political, and cultural transformations and influenced later cartographic practices. The oldest remaining artifact describing the geographic and cultural region of “Israel” is the Merenptah stele,1207 BCE, from the reign of Pharaoh Merneptah. The description identifies Israel as a people within Canaan and suggests an agrarian, non-city-state community significant enough to be named alongside major centers.[2]
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Defining borders of present day Israel
Prior to the declaration of Israel in 1948, the UN proposed a United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine based on the location of land legally purchased[3] and used to create Jewish Settlements in the area.
China's attempt to erase mapping of Israel
In October 2023, internet users noticed "the name Israel no longer appears on leading local digital maps services such as Baidu or Alibaba".[4] Sources report that major cities are still defined as well as the borders that define present-day Israel and Palestinian territories, but not the name itself.[5] WION (World Is One News) reported that it is because 'Chinese internet is getting inundated with antisemitism following the Israel-Hamas war'. [6]
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