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The Middle East

1920: British Mandate

1947: UN Partition

1949: After the First War

1967: The Six-Day War

2013: The Region Today

Soil Quality Map adapted from “Some Geographical Elements in the Arab-Israeli Conflict,” F. Asadi, 1976

Water Resources Map recreated from UN data.

Population Distribution, 1946 The population of Palestine in 1946 was approximately 1.8 million people. Jewish immigration had increased steadily throughout the early twentieth century. The population of Jews in Palestine had increased from 8% in 1912 to about 33% in About 67% of the population was Palestinian Arab in Map recreated from UN map no. 93 (b), 1950.

Land Ownership, 1945 Map recreated from UN map no. 94 (b), 1950.

Your Partition Plan