Demographics of Palestine in 1947:
Total: 1,845,560, with 1,076,780 Muslims, 608,230 Christians, and 160,390 Jews.
Yet. The UN gives the Jews over 55% of the land. The Jews have got the same right to the land they illegally established a state on, as the Ukrainians have on Crimea.
Zionist leaders, particularly David Ben-Gurion, saw the plan as a tactical opportunity to establish a Jewish state and build a foundation for future territorial gains.
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