Green Line
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6.8
- proper noun
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- This artificial geographical entity, which for twenty years was bounded by the Green Line and which since 1967 has been subject to Israeli military rule, has changed little in its infrastructure during that period.
Examples
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I believe that this difference stems from the fact that Muhammad Shukri's works stem from a Moroccan worldview, whereas the film reflects the worldview of Palestinian Arabs who live within the Green Line following the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
Academic text (2007) -
The Green Line was established after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War to define the borders between Israel and its neighbors.
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Should never have taken the appointment on the Green Line commission.
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- The Green Line should serve the people of this ward.
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JACK: Extending the Green Line is the best thing for the people of the 18th ward.
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The 1949 line and the Green Line are invisible divisions of territory.
Blog text (26) -
Jews in East Jerusalem now constitute 75 percent of the total Jewish population beyond the Green Line.
Academic text (1990) -
Settlements, the Green Line, and the Israeli separation barrier now nearly enclose the village.
Blog text (26) -
Israel can now tap this groundwater on either side of the Green Line, but the aquifer's main recharge zones lie under the West Bank.
Academic text (2007) -
The boundary between the two sections was the armistice line, or the Green Line, occupied by the opposing forces when hostilities ceased (Fig. 2).
Academic text (1990)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The words 'green' (a color) and 'line' (a division) would likely lead a learner to infer a boundary marked in green, so there is a clear compositional cue. However, the specific historical and political referent (the 1948 demarcation between Israel and its neighbors) is a proper-name/historical meaning that cannot be fully derived from the parts without prior exposure, so the expression is only partially transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Green Line may come from maps made after the 1948 war where officials drew the truce line in green ink. Because people kept seeing that green mark on maps, the name came to mean the real 'boundary' between Israel and its neighbors.