The Pros And Cons Of The Partition Plan Of Palestine

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The partition plan for Palestine that was adopted by the UN in 1947 was disastrous; rather than solving the conflict, it exacerbated the problem. This partition plan created a massive refugee crisis, the loss of Palestinian Arab identity, ongoing war between Israel and the Arab states, and tremendous political instability in the Middle East. Essentially, the partition plan should have never been enacted. Instead, a plan which joined both sides in a common goal and allowed all parties to maintain political power should have been implemented. A modified version of the 1947 proposal for a federal solution would have decreased the future violence in the conflict because it would have balanced the power dynamics by giving both Palestinian Arabs and the Jewish …show more content…

The minority plan that was proposed in 1947 suggested the creation of an Arab state and a Jewish state, and an overall federal government in charge of “‘national defense, foreign relations, and immigration’” (Ginat 204). In a modified version of this plan, there would be multiple states for each group in order to ensure that the power would not culminate in only one state, or with only one group. The federal system of government would guarantee local autonomy for the states, so that their respective populations could have political power over their own lives with regards to domestic affairs. Foreign policy and national defense should be shared between the Jews and the Arabs, so then the groups would have a common goal. Although there would likely be some internal conflict, the extent of the fighting would not reach that of a partition because the people would want their shared government to prosper. Additionally, in order to create stability, the government would not encourage conflict or war against the Arab nations, because it itself would be partially

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