I have done some research on this since my last post and it seems to me that regardless of the size of Israel and the number of people per square mile, Israel's borders do not reflect the borders laid out in the UN Resolution 181. It was interesting to me that none of the Arab states that voted on that resolution voted for it, but all voted against it. Also, Israel managed to form a recognized state but Palestine did not yet both were provided for in the resolution. I understand that fighting prevented many of the goals from being achieved. I know that Israel has accomplished a lot, especially with the help of many nations ESPECIALLY the U.S. and the Palestinians still do not have a fully recognized state. Israel has taken more land than was set aside for it. The Palestinians keep fighting using terrorist tactics, Israel retaliates, and it goes on and on. What I do not understand is why the Palenstinians do not create a state that is recognized in accordance with UN resolution 181. Are they really refusing to do so until all lands laid out in UN resolution 181 are returned to them or am I still missing something? Where is the benefit in that? I must still be missing some piece of valuable information...


>> Based on the information I have now (which granted may be lacking and then my opinion may change) both have equal rights to the land. In that sense, it hardly seems that passing over the control of the land to the Jews was a just action.
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>In addition to what I said before and the maps Alex found, it also should be noted that Jordan (then called TransJordan) was created at the same time the British took over Palestine and was specifically as a home for Arabs.
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>In general, you need to keep in mind that Israel, with or without the land captured in 1967, is a tiny country, occupying less than 1% of the Middle East. Just to give you some perspective, these are land areas in sq. km for some of the major players in that part of the world:
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>Egypt 995,450
>Iran 1,636,000
>Iraq 432,162
>Jordan 88,884
>Lebanon 10,230
>Saudi Arabia 1,960,582
>Syria 184,050
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>Israel 20,330
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>Tamar