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Thursday, 14 December 2023

The true reason Arabs rejected the UN partition proposal

The primary reason Arab leaders rejected the UN's partition proposal was their own disbelief in the Palestinian people's right to self-determination. In fact, they were opposed to it! Indeed, that's exactly as it sounds.

 
 
Oren Barsky πŸŽ—️
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One of the Arabs' best-kept secrets, skillfully obscured over the years, is the true reason behind their refusal of the 1947 UN partition plan:

For those less familiar, here's a quick summary:
After WWII, the British, looking to exit the complicated situation they found…
 
11/12/2023, 11:14 pm
 
 


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