FACT CHECK · 1948, THE MANDATE AND PARTITION
Claim: Zionists never accepted partition
MISLEADINGTHE ANSWER
On 5 Aug 1946 the Agency Executive in Paris rejected the British plan and said it would discuss 'a viable Jewish State in an adequate area of Palestine': partition; a year before the UN vote.
SOURCE
FRUS 1946 vol. VII (US State Dept); Begin Heritage Center on the 1946 resolution
history.state.gov · db.begincenter.org.il
history.state.gov · db.begincenter.org.il
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- “Jewish agency paris”
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