un palestine vote, 1947

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i'd figured no one would reply...

it's odd, tho. you look at how things have been done, and how they've gone since the brits first made this move. the euro's certainly have managed to get most of the fighting to occur away from their shores these days. it's mostly confined to the middle east. was that the plan all along? or just an unintended outcome?
why has israel been able to keep all the land for itself all these years, if all along it was supposed to be a split?

The split was proposed by the brits. At the time, they administered Palestine by a "mandate" from the UN which expired in 1948. The proposal was accepted by Israel, but rejected by the arabs. Israel declared itself a nation and was recognized by the UN. Arabs declared war and lost so many of the arabs living in Israel either fled or were forced out into Jordan, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria. Later, in the 6 day war, Israel captured Sinai, the West Bank and the Golan Heights. They eventually gave Sinai back to the Egyptians, but retained control of the Golan and the West Bank.