A hilly desert region of southern Israel. Assigned to Israel after the partition of Palestine in 948, it has various mineral resources.

以色列南部的山丘沙漠地区。948年巴勒斯坦被分割后划给以色列，它有无数矿产资源。

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UN-sanctioned partition of Palestine, were not prepared to live in peace with the new Jewish state.

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Their opposition to the Partition of Palestine was based on historical, legal, ethnic and other grounds.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Mideast Peace Under Arabs? Control

Some six months earlier in November 1947 the UN voted for the partition of Palestine under British Mandate into two states, one Arab and one Jewish.

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