Palestine, Part 1

Palestine, the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, was populated predominantly by Arabs for 1300 years. Then in 1947, the UN (Resolution 181) partitioned Palestine into roughly equal Jewish and Arab states, (See map p. 26, Avi Shlaim, "The Iron Wall.") Jerusalem, located in the Arab state, was to be an international city since it is holy to three religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Today, several decades and several wars later, Israel, with US support, occupies all of Palestine, and there are millions of Palestinian refugees stranded in other countries.