aris2chat, montelatici, et al,
As has been explained many times to you, the Partition Recommendation was not based solely on "Land Ownership" as the basis for sovereignty; or the allocation for a Jewish State should a Provisional Government exercise self-determination and follow the "Steps Preparatory for Independence."
It was not some Arab based real-estate deal. Nor was it contested in the ways associated with peaceful disputes.
>>Land owned by the Jews in 1948 9%
Land owned by the Arabs in 1948 10%
Land owned by the state and leased on a limited basis to people to use: 81%
80% of the land was initially given to the Palestinians and became what is Jordan today (yep, ethnically there is zero deference between the Jordanians and the so called Palestinians). The remaining 20% is what got divided up in the Mandate so that Jews ended up with a mere 10% of the land and the Palestinians 90%. This was not good enough for the Arabs so in 1948 5 Arab countries launched a war to try and wipe out the Jews- they failed. However, Egypt stole land from the palestianins (Gaza) and Jordan stole land intended for the Palestinians (the West Bank)- the Arabs gave 0% of the land intended for the Palestinians to the Palestinians!<<
Christians and Muslims owned more than 90% of the land prior to partition in 1946.
Table 2. Survey of Palestine page 566.
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While this argument has been made many time before, it never answered the UN Open Topic of the "Question of Palestine."
Just as you have often pointed-out that so many members recognize the 1988 State of Palestine, so it was the case that a majority of the UN Member Nations; including the United States the Soviet Union, France and Australia.
The decision making process was based on the anticipated future needs of the Jewish People
(including aspects not considered by the Arab to be of any consequence morally or rationally); and still allocated more than three-quarters of the original territory covered under the Mandate of Palestine to Arab Sovereignty. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
(alone) was more that 77%.
The persistent defiance presented by the Arab Nations
(Arab League and Arab Higher Committee), including Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia denounced the recommended Partition Plan and voted as a bloc against GA Resolution 181 (II) with the open threat to use force to oppose implementation. This was done prior to any of the Arab subterfuge and nonsense that their acts of aggression were justified to restore order.
Ownership has nothing to do with "sovereignty." Theoretically the Arabs could have owned 100% of the land, and still not effect sovereignty. In fact, this was the case for a 1000 years prior to the Ottoman Empire/Republic of Turkey renouncing all rights and title over the territory in question.
While your argument might be able to convince those that don't understand the way Sovereignty was obtained up through the first half of the 20th Century, but surely, they cannot roll back the clock and merely pretend they have certain rights which they declined, rejected or were ineffective in implementation.
Most Respectfully,
R