In 1947, the United Nations decided to create Israel in Palestine, dividing it into 8 zones. Palestinians would get 4 pieces, Israelis 3, and an international zone. Palestinians would have 48% of their state, even though Israelis legally owned only 5% of Palestine. This decision was driven by guilt over the holocaust.
Speaker 0: In 1947, the decision was made by the United Nations to create the state of Israel in Palestine. The decision is a strange decision when you look back on it, and I think it's be most people don't realize why it's a strange decision. We think it's a natural decision. It's a strange decision because of the way it was configured. The way Israel and Palestine were put together and torn apart at the same time.
What they decided to do was create 8 zones. They're gonna cut Palestine up into 8 pieces. Four pieces would go to the Palestinians, 3 pieces would go to the Israelis, and one piece would become an international zone that was neither in Palestine nor in Israel. The Palestinians would end up with 48% of their state even though the people who would become the Israelis only owned 5% of Palestine legally at the time. Time.
And the reason for this, of course, was because the world was feeling extraordinarily guilty about what had happened in the holocaust.