There was no nation of Israel in modern times prior to 1948, nor, was there a nation of Palestine. The difference being is that the global community had made a decision in 1917 to establish an Israeli State. based on the declaration of Arthur Balfour, the British foreign secretary the League of Nations permitted the British to rule the former Ottoman Southern Empire as long as there would be a National Homeland for The Jewish people established within the area. The British named the administrative districts Transjordan and Palestine which collectively was known as the "Palestinian Mandate" (for governance). In 1947 the United Nations voted for a partition of the British Mandate and the creation of Israel, as well as a yet unnamed "Arab State", and called for the International control of Jerusalem. The scheme was rejected by the Arabs and they (the Arabs) initiated a civil war in 1948 bent on the total destruction of the Jews.
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