HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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The plan was to divide Palestine into a socialist state and a democratic state.
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The plan was to create a single Arab state.
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The plan was to create a single Jewish state.
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The plan was to divide Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The question of Palestine was first brought before the General Assembly in 1947. By resolution 181 (II), the Assembly decided to partition Palestine into two states, one Arab and one Jewish, with Jerusalem placed under a special international regime.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Palestinian Arab leadership rejected partition as unacceptable, given the inequality in the proposed population exchange and the transfer of one-third of Palestine, including most of its best agricultural land, to recent immigrants.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 29 November 1947 the UN General Assembly voted on the partition plan, adopted by 33 votes to 13 with 10 abstentions. The Jewish side accepted the UN plan for the establishment of two states. The Arabs rejected it and launched a war of annihilation against the Jewish state.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following statements describes one effect of the partition plan for the Palestinian territories proposed by the United Nations in 1947? The plan was rejected, and civil war broke out between Arabs and Jews.