Illinois HR 213: NAKBA/PALESTINIAN REFUGEES

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HR0213LRB104 12795 ECR 24134 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The United Nations General Assembly recommended 

3on November 29, 1947 to partition Palestine into two states 

4against the wishes of Palestine's majority indigenous 

5inhabitants; and

6 WHEREAS, This partition plan nevertheless provided for the 

7"Full protection for the rights and interests of minorities, 

8including the protection of the linguistic, religious and 

9ethnic rights of the peoples and respect for their cultures, 

10and full equality of all citizens with regard to political, 

11civil and religious matters"; and

12 WHEREAS, Before the State of Israel declared its 

13independence on May 14, 1948, there were already between 

14250,000 to 300,000 Palestinian refugees who were expelled or 

15fled from their homes, often after attacks by Zionist militias 

16on major Palestinian cities and villages; and

17 WHEREAS, By the time the war ended with the signing of 

18armistice agreements between Israel and neighboring Arab 

19countries in 1949 that established Israel's sovereignty over 

2078% of Palestine and, in the process, conquered an additional 

2123% of Palestine beyond those areas allocated to the Jewish 

22state under the partition plan, there were at least 750,000 

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1Palestinian refugees, approximately 75% of the indigenous 

2population that had lived in areas that became Israel; and

3 WHEREAS, By 1949, Israel had depopulated more than 400 

4Palestinian villages and cities, often demolishing all 

5structures and planting forests or repopulating them with 

6Jewish Israelis; and

7 WHEREAS, Palestinians refer to this experience of 

8uprooting, dispossession, and refugeedom as the Nakba, meaning 

9"