The issue of Arab refugees has been one of great concern. By giving the Israeli people ownership of land inhabited by Arab people, the problem of displaced people arises. However, the number of Arab refuges who left Israel in 1948 was estimated to be about 630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated to be the same. Jewish refugees were completely absorbed

The Jewish people received large amounts of financial and military support form western governments. They also benefited from their highly motivated and trained citizens who were committed to the creation of a unique nation-state.

The United Nations offered the Zionists 50% of Palestine for purchase. Despite their disappointment at the exclusion of Jerusalem from the purchase, they agreed. However, portions of the land included in the purchase were among the most fertile in all of Palestine. It included lucrative citrus groves upon which many Arabs depended for a living. Despite these concerns, the purchase was approved. This may have been a result of the sympathy many of the world's nations felt toward the Jewish people following the Holocaust. Many believe it was these feelings of sympathy that initially pressured the United Nations to establish an Israeli nation.

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