Here is a series of maps explaining why. ... One of Israel's land borders was formalised for the first time in 1979, when Egypt became the first Arab country to recognise the Jewish state.

When Israel resumed the war last month, it doubled the size of the buffer zone, pushing it as far as 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) into Gaza in some places, according to a map issued by the military.

The book includes maps showing the entire biblical Land of Israel as belonging to the modern state of Israel. Though many contemporary maps used in Israel show the same, Israel’s own government ...