1946 to 2005 - Changing Maps of Palestine

[John Manning]

3 MAPS OF PALESTINIAN LAND - 1946 to 2005

PALESTINIAN LAND AREA 1946

1946 United Nations map of Palestine
http://mideastweb.org/palestine_partition_map_1947s.jpg

POPULATIONS OF JEWS AND PALESTINIANS 1946

1946 Map of distribution of populations by subdistrict, with percentages
of Jews and Palestinians [printed on Jerusalem Government printer and
published by the United Nations in 1950]
http://annainthemiddleeast.com/photos/maps_media/1410/

PALESTINIAN LOSS OF LAND 1946 TO 2005

Palestinian loss of land maps - 1946 to 2005
Illustrated Maps [see *Details below]:
http://annainthemiddleeast.com/albums/maps_media/lg_044x.jpg

PALESTINIAN LOSS OF LAND 1946 TO 2005 - *Details:

The green in these maps indicates land owned & controlled by
Palestinians, while the white areas indicate land owned & controlled by
Jews, and eventually owned &/or controlled by Israel.

In 1946, Palestinians (including Druze & Bedouins too) owned 92% of the
land, while Jews owned about 8%.

In 1947, the United Nations proposed to allot 54% of the land to the
Jews for a Jewish state, and 46% of the land to the Palestinians, who
owned about twice as much. The Palestinians rejected this offer as
unfair and resisted.

The majority of people living on the land the UN envisioned as a Jewish
state were not Jewish, and early Zionists knew they could not have a
Jewish state with the majority that Christian & Muslim Palestinians
composed.

Consequently, early Zionist forces expelled hundreds of thousands of
Palestinians from their homes & land.

After Israel declared the Jewish state in May 1948 (following about half
of the flight & expulsions of Palestinian refugees), surrounding
countries attacked Israel on behalf of the Palestinians, including
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. But Israel emerged victorious (thanks
in part to support from the U.S.) with an additional 24% of the land.

By the end of the war, Israel controlled 78% of the land, and more than
750,000 Palestinians had either fled or been expelled from their homes &
land in the Jewish state (Zionist forces destroyed more than 400
Palestinian villages).

In 1967, Israel *occupied* all remaining Palestinian lands (the West
Bank & Gaza Strip), and the process of expansion has continued with
settlements, closures, and the Wall, leaving Palestinians with the
series of islands.

Many people refer to these islands as "bantustans," like those in South
Africa where Black people were confined during Apartheid (They, too,
were allowed to call their areas "homelands" and elect officials, but
they had virtually no control over their movement or resources).

2007 MAP OF PALESTINE - WEST BANK AND GAZA UNDER ISRAELI OCCUPATION
SINCE 1967

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Palestine_Map_2007.gif