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How did Palestinian Arabs react to the plan proposed by the?

Palestinian Arab leaders rejected the partition plan proposed by the United Nations in 1947. They saw the plan as unfair because it gave a disproportionately large amount of land to the Jewish state, despite the fact that Jews made up only a minority of the population in Palestine at the time. Palestinian Arabs also feared that the Jewish state would eventually expand its territory and forcibly displace them from their homes.

In response to the UN partition plan, Palestinian Arab leaders launched a civil war against the Jewish community in Palestine. This civil war escalated into a full-scale war between Israel and the Arab states in 1948. The war ended with a victory for Israel, and the establishment of the State of Israel.

The Palestinian Arab rejection of the UN partition plan had a profound impact on the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs from their homes, and the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. The Palestinian refugee problem remains one of the most intractable issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and it is a major source of tension between Israel and the Palestinians today.