On this day in 1947, the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. The Jews danced in the streets. The Arabs rejected it, declared a war of extermination against the Jewish population, and lost.
Here's how the U.N. in Geneva today marked this date:
Here's how the U.N. in Geneva today marked this date:
Arab League: “The Israeli government is an intransigent, racist government that does not believe in the two-state solution or in the right to self-determination. Their main program is expanding settlements, Judaization, and the repression of Palestinians.”
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.@OICatUN: “We celebrate Palestinian Solidarity Day in midst of continued practices of Israel, the occupying power, to perpetuate colonial occupation of the Palestinian land through aggression, forced displacement, ethnic cleansing, settlement, Judaization, land confiscation...”
Yvonne Schüpbach @worldYWCA: “We call on the international community to hold Israel accountable for continued violations of human rights & take concrete & proactive measures to end occupation & colonization of Palestine—including imposing sanctions and banning trade with Israel.”
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