Today, let's remember that In 1919, international powers began deciding the fate of Palestine without its people’s participation, laying the groundwork for later conflict.
Palestinians were never asked to consent to giving up their land. Under the British Mandate (1920–1948), Britain and later the United Nations made decisions about partition without consulting the local Arab majority.
The 1937 Peel Commission first proposed dividing Palestine, which Arab leaders rejected, and the 1947 UN Partition Plan (Resolution 181) allocated 55% of the land to a proposed Jewish state even though Jews made up about one-third of the population.
Palestinian and Arab representatives rejected the plan as unjust and imposed without their consent, leading to the 1948 war and the creation of Israel without Palestinian approval.