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Rated by Participant: 40FA8668471338250A1AB216F51FD98CB106EC8852CB9437BF71C2DA7451F782
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The 1947 UN Partition Plan creating Jewish and Arab states from British-controlled Mandatory Palestine was supported by the Jewish population. There were widespread public celebrations. https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-Nations-Resolution-181 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134238148 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine#:~:text=Semi%2Dhysterical%20Jewish,streets%20on%20them The plan triggered the 1947-48 civil war, ending with the independence of Israel. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/arab-israeli-war#:~:text=Israel%20declared%20its%20independence%20on%20May%2014%2C%201948
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