In early 1949, the Arab-Israeli War finally comes to an uneasy end. After brutal fighting, armistice talks in Rhodes redraw borders with a green pencil line, displacing hundreds of thousands and reshaping the Middle East. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon reluctantly sign ceasefires, leaving core issues—Jerusalem, refugees, and recognition—unresolved. But can forced armistices really bring lasting peace, or is Palestine fated to endless conflict?