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#GeoPol: #History of #Palestine and #Israel #WarInGaza
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That was a new spin to the (hi)story of Palestine I had not heard of. Possible, in principle, however, if this @wikipedia entry holds true, the #Kingdom of #Jordan *cannot possibly* be that #Arab nation to be carved out from Palestine:
"...In 
1946, #Jordan gained independence
and became officially known as the #Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The country...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan
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#GeoPol: #History of #Palestine and #Israel #WarInGaza
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...captured and annexed the West Bank during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War until it was occupied by Israel in 1967. "
The kingdom's independence predates the #UN resolution in question by a year. The resolution about the carve-out of an #Arab nation would not have made any sense anymore in 1947 if #Jordan really were that nation.
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