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Iirc the Israelis were happy with this. Right or wrong, their Arab neighbors and Palestine immediately declared war on them while they were celebrating.
The Israelis were actually very unhappy with it. Both the Palestinian and Israeli sides immediately rejected the partition plan.
You're talking 1947? The wiki article differs unless I'm misunderstanding you.
It's been a while since I've read about this, so I genuinely may be misremembering. Apologies if so!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine#%3A%7E%3Atext=The+Partition+Plan%2C+a+four%2Cnumbering+twice+the+Jewish+population.
Hmm. I remember reading on it differently. It may have been that whatever account I read emphasized the hardliners. I'll have to look into it later, try to figure out if it was just a misfire in my brain or if there's some basis to what I thought.
I mean the hardliners were definitely opposed, and Ben Gurion had misgivings.