Why was palestine partitioned

By Muhsin Yusuf. PIJ Vol. This resolution was ratified by a majority of 33 members, while 13 members objected and 10 abstained.

It stated that Palestine should be divided into two states Arab and Jewish , provided that they form some kind of economic federation. Moreover, the resolution stated that the Jerusalem district should be internationally administered. The Jewish state was to cover 56 percent of the area of Mandate Palestine, with , Jewish and approximately , Arab Palestinians residents 51 percent Jews and 49 percent Arab Palestinians.

At that time, Jews owned just 10 percent of the land of the proposed Jewish state. The proposed Arab state was to occupy 43 percent of mandate Palestine with a population of , Arab Palestinians and around 11, Jews.

Jews constituted no more than one and a half percent of the population, and owned no more than km2, a tiny fraction of the whole area. The population of the Jerusalem district consisted of , Arab Palestinians and around , Jews.

The more significant fact, however, is that Britain, as the mandate power and supposedly the country most concerned with the situation, abstained from voting on the proposal. The Arab and Islamic states, including Turkey which later established diplomatic and economic relations with Israel opposed the proposal.

US support was conspicuous in terms of its absolute backing of the proposal, using effective pressure on Haiti, Liberia and the Philippines to change their opposition and ensure ratification of the proposal. Currently, many Palestinians and Arabs find a lot of positive elements in the resolution which could have led to an accord between the two nations.

This group of people believes the partition resolution could have saved 43 percent of Palestinian land from falling under Israeli control. It also means the Palestinians, like all nations of the world, would be entitled to their own state. This would have saved the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians killed during the conflict, and would have spared millions of Palestinians the humiliation, poverty and agony they had been experiencing in refugee camps and in the Diaspora.

Furthermore, the resolution included articles which would also have guaranteed a strong Palestinian presence within the proposed Jewish state. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!

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This remaining 22 percent was later occupied by Israel in Today, no Palestinian can travel between the Occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip without an Israeli permit that is almost impossible to obtain. His wife Kawkab is a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip. When their son Ihab was born, they had to decide where to register him. The Israeli security services, however, refused to issue her with a permit to travel from Gaza to the West Bank to complete this procedure.

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