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Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/int2004-04-29.htm
The Arab League Blocked a Palestinian State
(Atlantic Monthly) Bernard Lewis - The conflict with Israel produced a great sense of failure in the Arab world. In 1948 there was no Israel, and the Jewish population of Palestine was a little more than half a million. The UN in 1947 adopted a resolution for the partition of the former British Mandate in Palestine. The Arab League met, formally denounced this resolution, and resolved to prevent it by any means including force of arms. The Arabs were confident it would be a simple matter. It turned out that it was quite the reverse. And that was a cause of terrible humiliation. They were only half successful. They prevented the establishment of the Arab state but not the establishment of the Jewish state.