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Rated by Participant: 3D21CD66ED6894509A35C274CEF9B96F13B0BAAEC25470C685E46EE79EC40B48
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In 1947, all of Mandatory Palestine was controlled by Britain. https://time.com/3445003/mandatory-palestine/ The '47 map shows landowners, not population. Census data shows it was about 32% Jewish and 68% Arab. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Palestine_(region)#British_Mandate_era https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_land_purchase_in_Palestine#/media/File%3APalestine_Index_to_Villages_and_Settlements%2C_showing_Land_in_Jewish_Possession_as_at_31.12.44.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine#/media/File%3APalestine_Distribution_of_Population_1947_UN_map_no_93(b).jpeg Gaza was occupied by Egypt and the West Bank & Jerusalem were occupied by Jordan from '48 to '67. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/brief-history-gazas-centuries-war-2023-10-13/#:~:text=culminating%20in%20war,south%20of%20Ashkelon https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/10/palestine-jordan-will-not-reannex-the-west-bank/#:~:text=During%20the%201948,the%20United%20Nations
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