Partition of Palestine
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The partition of Palestine was a plan proposed by the United Nations in 1947 to divide the region into separate Arab and Jewish states, with Jerusalem as an international city. This resolution followed a period of increasing tensions between Arab and Jewish communities, exacerbated by post-World War II displacement and immigration.123
The Jewish community largely accepted the partition as a basis for establishing the state of Israel, while the Arab community rejected it. The British mandate over Palestine ended in May 1948, and immediately following the declaration of Israel's independence, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War began. This conflict resulted in the displacement of a significant portion of the Arab population, with estimates of refugees ranging from over 600,000 to 1,000,000.1234
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Israel…the United Nations plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab sectors and Israel’s ensuing declaration of statehood on May 14, 1948.
Read More…the United Nations plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab sectors and Israel’s ensuing declaration of statehood on May 14, 1948.
Read More- IsraelArmistice and refugees
…war in July 1949, the new state controlled one-fifth more territory than the original partition plan had specified and rejected a return to the original partition line. Jordan occupied the West Bank, which was much of the area assigned by the UN to the stillborn Palestinian state, and more than…
Read More…war in July 1949, the new state controlled one-fifth more territory than the original partition plan had specified and rejected a return to the original partition line. Jordan occupied the West Bank, which was much of the area assigned by the UN to the stillborn Palestinian state, and more than…
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Abdullah I…to accept the United Nations’ partitioning of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states (1947). In the war with Israel in May 1948, his armies occupied the region of Palestine due west of the Jordan River, which came to be called the West Bank, and captured east Jerusalem, including the Old…
Read More…to accept the United Nations’ partitioning of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states (1947). In the war with Israel in May 1948, his armies occupied the region of Palestine due west of the Jordan River, which came to be called the West Bank, and captured east Jerusalem, including the Old…
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JordanTransjordan, the Hashemite Kingdom, and the Palestine war…Arabs under the United Nations partition resolution of November 1947. Accordingly, he engaged his forces in the region of Palestine now popularly known as the West Bank (the area just west of the Jordan River) and expelled Jewish forces from East Jerusalem (the Old City). When the Jordan-Israel armistice was…
Read More…Arabs under the United Nations partition resolution of November 1947. Accordingly, he engaged his forces in the region of Palestine now popularly known as the West Bank (the area just west of the Jordan River) and expelled Jewish forces from East Jerusalem (the Old City). When the Jordan-Israel armistice was…
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