"The Jewish population of the Mandated Territory of Palestine accepted it"
With misgivings - the Arabs rejected it, as they had every right to do. giving the circumstances.
Israeli 'freedom fighters' went about clearing Arab homes with hand-grenades while the embarkation ships were leaving port.
As I said, Britain left Palestine in a state of turmoil, as they did with many of their former possessions
Their departure from Palestine was not unlike that of the Yanks scrambling for the helicopters on the roof of the Saigon embassy - the stuff epics are made of!
To attempt to accept territories gained by force of arms is to write in generations of warfare.
Israel's continuing military incursion has now reached toe proportions of ethnic cleansing and is widely recognised as the establishment of an apartheid state.
]I have no doubt that you, as a wannaba military man regard that as acceptable - the civilised world doesn't
Jim Carroll