Reply #31: As A Matter Of Record, Sir

[The Magistrate]

The war in 1948, in which the Arab states of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon engaged with the declared state of Israel, ended with an armistice, not a peace and declared cessation of hostilities. Egypt eventually signed a peace treaty after the war in '73; Jordan did so shortly before the death of King Hussein. None of the others mentioned have yet done so. With the exception of Lebanon, which has collapsed into a sort of Syrian possession, these states continue to maintain a belligerent status. Yran did not join the roster of enemies until after the overthrow of the Shah, and the creation of the Islamic Republic.