In a post on X, commentator Captain Allan noted that eight countries — Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, Turkey — voted against the 1947 UN partition plan to create a Palestinian Arab state alongside a Jewish state. Six of those countries subsequently went to war against the newly established State of Israel, he pointed out. The post argued that this history is often overlooked when Israel is cast as the aggressor.
In a post on X, commentator Captain Allan highlighted a historical fact often omitted from contemporary discussions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the 1947 UN partition vote. According to the post, eight countries — Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, and Turkey — voted against the creation of a Palestinian Arab state because it was to be established alongside a Jewish state on less than 13% of historic Palestine. Six of those countries subsequently launched a war to destroy the newly established State of Israel, Allan argued.
The post aims to reframe the narrative by reminding readers that opposition to a Palestinian state in 1947 came from Arab and Muslim states themselves, not from Israel. The Zioneer has previously published analysis of the 1947 period, including British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin's statement that the Arab goal was to prevent Jewish sovereignty, not to establish a Palestinian state. This historical context remains relevant as debates over Palestinian statehood continue.
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