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The document discusses proposals for partitioning the British Mandate of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states from 1937 onwards. The first proposal in 1937 was rejected by Arab leadership but accepted by most Jewish leadership. A similar UN partition plan in 1947 proposed dividing the land into three parts but was rejected by Arab leaders. By the 1970s, some Palestinian leaders indicated a willingness to accept a two-state solution on an interim basis. Many resolutions since the 1970s have supported a two-state solution based on pre-1967 borders, though this was vetoed by the US. A 1988 Palestinian declaration referenced the 1947 UN plan and supported indirect recognition of Israel and a two-state solution. Polls in 2002 showed most Palestinians and Israelis supported a two-

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British Mandate of Palestine Peel Commission Jerusalem: C C C C C C

The document discusses proposals for partitioning the British Mandate of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states from 1937 onwards. The first proposal in 1937 was rejected by Arab leadership but accepted by most Jewish leadership. A similar UN partition plan in 1947 proposed dividing the land into three parts but was rejected by Arab leaders. By the 1970s, some Palestinian leaders indicated a willingness to accept a two-state solution on an interim basis. Many resolutions since the 1970s have supported a two-state solution based on pre-1967 borders, though this was vetoed by the US. A 1988 Palestinian declaration referenced the 1947 UN plan and supported indirect recognition of Israel and a two-state solution. Polls in 2002 showed most Palestinians and Israelis supported a two-

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The first proposal for the creation of Jewish and Arab states in the British Mandate of Palestine was

made in the Peel Commission report of 1937, with the Mandate continuing to cover only a small area containing Jerusalem. The proposal was rejected by the Arab community of Palestine; [8][9] was accepted by most of the Jewish leadership; and the British government rejected partition as impracticable [10] Partition was again proposed by the 1947 UN Partition plan for the division of Palestine. It proposed a three-way division, again with Jerusalem held separately, under international control. The partition plan was accepted by the Jewish leadership. However, the plan was rejected by the leadership of Arab nations and the Palestinian leadership at the time, which opposed any partition of Palestine and any Jewish presence in the area. The first indication that the PLO would be willing to accept a two-state solution, on at least an interim basis, was articulated by Said Hammami in the mid-1970s.[11][12] Security Council resolutions dating back to June 1976 supporting the two state solution based on the pre-1967 lines were vetoed by the United States,[13] which argued that the borders must be negotiated directly by the parties. The idea has had overwhelming support in the UN General Assembly since the mid 1970's.[14] The Palestinian Declaration of Independence of 15 November 1988, which referenced the UN Partition Plan of 1947 and "UN resolutions since 1947" in general, was interpreted as an indirect recognition of the State of Israel, and support for a two-state solution. The Partition Plan was invoked to provide legitimacy to Palestinian statehood. Subsequent clarifications were taken to amount to the first explicit Palestinian recognition of Israel. Many Palestinians and Israelis, as well as the Arab League,[15] have stated that they would accept a 2-state solution based on pre-1967 lines. According to a 2002 poll conducted by PIPA, 72% of both Palestinians and Israelis supported at that time a peace settlement based on the 1967 borders so long as each group could be reassured that the other side would be cooperative in making the necessary concessions for such a settlement.[16]

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