Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Israel Hate is Anti-Semitism [View all]holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)In 1946 -- the term "Palestinian" applied to ALL inhabitants of the area, not only Arab Palestinians (as it has been redefined today). There were Arab, Jewish, Xtian, Ba'hai, you name it living all through that green area. The actual legal owners of that land were -- for the most part -- not Palestinians, but absentee landlords from the defunct Ottoman Empire. The area shown in white (approximately 8%) was land purchased by Jewish agencies specifically for the building of Jewish townships.
The 1947 Plan was put forward by the British Government to achieve a partition prior to their announced withdrawal. The British (with UN approval) similarly partitioned India which led to the creation of Pakistan and East Pakistan (later to become Bangladesh). The Palestine partition plan, was rejected by the Arab League -- a group made up of representatives from the neighbouring Arab states but included NO Palestinian Arab representatives. So, in fact, the Palestinian Arabs were give no voice to either accept or reject the partition by their neighbours.
The Map from 1949 to 1967 is probably the most misleading because, in fact, after the 1949 Armistice, the Palestinian Arabs were left with precisely ZERO land. Egypt annexed the Gaza Strip and Jordan annexed the West Bank and forced all the Palestinian inhabitants of that area into refugee camps -- where many remain today.
The 2000 Map is also highly misleading because it shows only Area A & B areas as Palestinian lands areas under the direct control of the Palestinian Authority. The purpose here is to IMPLY that the area contains settlements when settlements only make up 1% of the total area of the West Bank. The majority of the area in White, Area C, is administratively controlled by Israel but contains almost no people (only 4% of the total population of the West Bank). Israel makes no claims to Area C and has not annexed the territory so it cannot be shown to be Israeli land. Also, the area showing white on the Gaza side has in fact been under Palestinian control since 2005 and contains absolutely no Jewish settlements.