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    "ocrText": "THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PARTITION OF PALESTINE\n1. INTRODUCTION\nOn 1 September 1947, the United Nations Special Committee on\nPalestine (UNSCOP) completed its report, and a majority of its mem-\nbers recommended partition as the best solution of the Palestine prob-\nlem. In spite of violent opposition from the Arab states and the\npossibility that partition would not receive the necessary two-thirds\nmajority in the UNGA, there is no doubt that this type of solution of\nthe Palestine problem has been more seriously studied and more\ngenerally accepted than any other. It is important, therefore, to\nattempt to determine what the consequences of partition will be.\nSubcommittee 1 of the General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on\nPalestine is at present in the process of working out a settlement\nbased on the majority report of UNSCOP. Although no final decisions\nhave yet been reached on the nature of the boundaries between the\nArab and Jewish states or on provisions for implementing and en-\nforcing the eventual UN recommendation, certain basic assumptions\ncan be made. If the UNGA accepts by a two-thirds majority a parti-\ntion scheme for Palestine, the following situation will result:\na. A sovereign Jewish state, comprising a substantial part of\nthe area of Palestine, will be established.\nb. A substantial number of immigrants will be permitted to\nenter this Jewish state.\nC. The Arabs, not only of Palestine but of all the Near East, will\nstrongly oppose both a and b above, and armed hostilities between\nJews and Arabs will take place.\nd. Assistance in the form of men, arms, and supplies will be\nafforded both the Jews and the Arabs from outside Palestine.\ne. The United Nations will not immediately organize an inter-\nnational police force to keep the peace in Palestine.\nOn the basis of these assumptions, three questions must be\nanswered:\n- 3 -"
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