About 850 000 Palestinians were still living in the territories designated by the UN as a Jewish state by 1948, but only 160 000 remained on or near their homes and land by winter 1949.
divided into an Arab and a Jewish state.
There was no genocide in Palestine. This is hyperbole. To read about why what occurred in Palestine was not a genocide or to read about the actual reasons for the 1947-1949 Jewish-Arab Engagement or the general causes of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, please see the Related Questions below.
No. In 1947, the United Nations, not the United States, adopted a plan calling for the division of the British Mandate of Palestine into a Jewish and Arab States. The United States supported this Resolution but did not "adopt" it.
It's complicated.Two countries were not "created". The United Nations allowed for two states, a Jewish State and an Arab State to declare independence in Mandatory Palestine in 1947. The Jewish State jumped at the opportunity and declared independence as Israel in 1948. The Arab State did not declare independence until 1988 in exile (Tunisia) and this is Palestine.
War. The Jewish refugees in Palestine obviously accepted the resolution. However, Palestine, supported by the Arab states, protested. As the Jewish population in Palestine attacked Arab families, evicting them from newly made Jewish neighborhoods, the Arab states invaded. It could be contended that Israel knew that the war was coming and had to defend itself - and couldn't risk a fifth column.
Yes. In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 181.
They passed UN Resolution 181 which partitioned the land into two separate states: a Jewish State and an Arab State.
In 1947, the United Nations proposed a partition plan for Palestine to resolve the ongoing conflict between Jewish and Arab populations. The plan aimed to establish separate Jewish and Arab states, reflecting the growing Jewish immigration and aspirations for statehood following World War II and the Holocaust. The proposal was intended to provide a solution to the longstanding tensions and competing national claims in the region, though it was met with resistance from Arab leaders and ultimately led to further conflict.
State of Palestine's population is 4,260,636.
The Arabs wanted a unitary independent Arab State to be created called Palestine and would refuse the creation of any Jewish State in the region.
arab actions against the jewish population there
No. Israel is a considered to be the Jewish State. Palestine is considered an Arab country.