HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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There was no one else living on the land at that time.
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Many felt the Jews deserved help due to their suffering in the Holocaust
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Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine.
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All national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were being given homelands at the same time.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement of the independence of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948.
Detailed explanation-2: -After looking at alternatives, the UN proposed terminating the Mandate and partitioning Palestine into two independent States, one Palestinian Arab and the other Jewish, with Jerusalem internationalized (Resolution 181 (II) of 1947).
Detailed explanation-3: -UNSCOP recommended the establishment of two separate states, Jewish and Arab, to be joined by economic union, with the Jerusalem-Bethlehem region as an enclave under international administration. On 29 November 1947 the UN General Assembly voted on the partition plan, adopted by 33 votes to 13 with 10 abstentions.
Detailed explanation-4: -United Nations membership Syria was the sole negative vote; the United States, Argentina, Colombia, the Soviet Union, and the Ukrainian SSR voted in favour; and Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, and France abstained.