:GabrielF - Why? The Mandate ended May 14th 1948.  GONE!  OVER!  FINISHED!  The Armistice Agreements were signed 1949 at the END of the war, by which time Israel had been declared, recognized as requested,  accepted into the UN  and had signed the Armistice Agreements BEFORE ever claiming any territories (31st Aug 1949) beyond it's recognized Sovereign extent.  Whatever lay outside of Israel was quite simply NOT Israeli and; most importantly there was never any Mandate border between the territory of Palestine which became Israel and what remained of the territory of Palestine after Israel was declared independent.  Pre-Mandate ending and pre-Israeli declaration, were only Mandate borders between Palestine and it's neighbouring Arab States  ...