"In 1947, the new UN resolved a Plan of Partition to create an Arab state and a Jewish state on Palestinian territory. The Jewish state – Israel – was declared in 1948. UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (II) which proposed a Jewish and an Arab state in Palestine with Jerusalem as an international city. Yet to have a Jewish state in only Jewish majority areas would have led to a tiny, probably unsustainable, new nation. Photo / AP"The wall does not follow the 'Green Line' considered essential for preserving territory to create a viable Palestinian state," Maguire said.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 15, 2021 00:33 UTC