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2024-10-16 10:31:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D0B5AC4992EEEF599C9F1856121EE947D9B63DC8A0486861163DBC0C139C134A
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Original Note:
Proposed notes are wrong. UN plan was never accepted by Arabs https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/cwr/97178.htm#:~:text=The%20Palestinian%20Arabs%20refused%20to,Jewish%20territory%20under%20the%20partition. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J5jtAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LILdBDrm-ksC&q=eugene+rogan+history+of+arabs&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=eugene%20rogan%20history%20of%20arabs&f=false Britain's mandate ended when modern Israel announced independence. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/480515israel-state-50.html https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J5jtAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y And attacked the next morning, requiring fighting (and winning) to remain a state. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/war-for-palestine/saudi-arabia-and-the-1948-palestine-war-beyond-official-history/17C7AAA874E986FB9D35D289F8CA09DE https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eSBpAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA307&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Israel has been a sovereign state since 1948 https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/press-release-announcing-us-recognition-of-israel#:~:text=UN%20General%20Assembly.-,At%20midnight%20on%20May%2014%2C%201948%2C%20the%20Provisional%20Government%20of,on%20January%2031%2C%201949).
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