Richard ~ Teribus is right. The country under the Mandate was called Palestine; it only became Israel after the declaration of May 1948. I take it that it was the Jews of the then-Palestine at the time of the UN resolution to whom he was referring. They agreed to the borders stated by the UN, but were prevented from implementing their State within them by the hostile and, as it proved, counterproductive actions of the Arab/Muslim entities all round. Admittedly, mind you, 'two-state solution' is something of a misnomer, Teribus; it was in fact a partition.

Keep digging, Richard ...

~M~