The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission (ISMAC) was the United Nations commission for observing the armistice between Israel and Syria after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as part of the Mixed Armistice Commissions (MAC). The fourth and last truce agreement, the 1949 armistice agreement, was signed between Israel and Syria on 20 July 1949 on Hill 232 near Mahanayim, ending the formal conflict in the former Mandatory Palestine. The Israeli side was represented by Lieutenant Colonel Mordechai Maklef, Yehoshua Penman and Shabtai Rosenne, while the Syrian side was represented by Colonel Fawzi Selo, Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Nasser and Captain Afif Sizri. While the armistice agreements with Syria concluded the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, they did not mark the end of the Arab–Israeli conflict.

Headlines from July 20, 1949

THE LIONS TO BUILD 'CITY' OF THEIR OWN; Land Acquired Near Chicago for Multi-Million Project to 'Take a Lifetime'

Bigger Food Output at Small Cost Seen by FAO Head on a World Trip; MORE WORLD FOOD SEEN CHEAPLY WON

ROGERS SHOWDOWN IN O'DWYER FEUD SCHEDULED TODAY; Action Is Due on Demand That Borough Head Quit Race and Tammany Post

TRUMAN SAYS SOVIET REGIME WILL EITHER DESTROY ITSELF OR ABANDON ITS AGGRESSION; SEES NO WAR AHEAD

Stuyvesant Town Negro Ban Upheld by Court of Appeals; Stuyvesant Town Ban on Negroes Upheld by State Court of Appeals

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