how did the Jews and Arabs respond to united nations proposal in 1947 to divide Palestine into two states
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The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on Nov. 29, 1947 calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews, allowing for the formation of the Jewish state of Israel.
The Plan was accepted by the Jewish Agency for Palestine, despite its perceived limitations.The representatives of the Palestinian Arabs and the Arab League indicated an unwillingness to accept any form of territorial division arguing that it violated the principles of national self-determination in the UN Charter which granted people the right to decide their own destiny
Immediately after adoption of the Resolution by the General Assembly, a civil war broke out and the plan was not implemented.Soon after, violence broke out and became more prevalent. Murders, reprisals, and counter-reprisals came fast upon each other, resulting in dozens of victims killed on both sidesThe 1947–49 Palestine war, known in Hebrew as the War of Independence refers to the war that occurred during the period between the United Nations vote on the partition plan on November 30, 1947.
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