Appendix B — Maps and Tables

B.1 Maps

B.1.1 Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Figure B.1: This map, showing the area of Palestine claimed by the World Zionist Organisation, was officially presented to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919

B.1.2 Peel Commission Partition Plan, 1937

Figure B.2: The Peel Commission Partition Plan, 1937. This became the Palestine Partition Commission Plan A the following year

B.1.3 Palestine Partition Commission Plan B, 1938

Figure B.3: Palestine Partition Commission Plan B, 1938

B.1.4 Palestine Partition Commission Plan C, 1938

Figure B.4: Palestine Partition Commission Plan C, 1938

B.1.5 UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947

Figure B.5: United Nations Partition Plan, adopted as General Assembly Resolution 181 (29 November 1947)

B.1.6 1949 Armistice Agreement

Figure B.6: 1949 Armistice Agreement

B.1.7 Depopulation of Villages, 1947-1949

Figure B.7: Palestinian villages depopulated, 1947–1949

B.2 Tables

B.2.1 Palestinian and Jewish Land Ownership, 1945

Table B.1: Palestine: Palestinian and Jewish Land Ownership in Percentages by District, 19451
District Palestinian Jewish Public and Other2
Acre 87 3 10
Baysan 44 34 22
Beersheba 15 <1 85
Gaza 75 4 21
Haifa 42 35 23
Hebron 96 <1 4
Jaffa 47 39 14
Jerusalem 84 2 14
Jenin 84 <1 16
Nablus 87 <1 13
Nazareth 52 28 20
Ramla 77 14 9
Ramallah 99 <1 1
Safad 68 18 14
Tiberias 51 38 11
Tul-Karem 78 17 5

B.2.2 Palestinian and Jewish Land Ownership, 1946

Table B.2: TABLE 2: PALESTINE: DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION BY DISTRICT SHOWING PERCENTAGES OF PALESTINIANS AND JEWS, 19463
District Palestinian Jewish
Acre 96 4
Baysan 70 30
Beersheba 99 <1
Gaza 98 2
Haifa 53 47
Hebron 99 <1
Jaffa 29 71
Jerusalem 62 38
Jenin 100 0
Nablus 100 0
Nazareth 84 16
Ramla 78 22
Ramallah 100 0
Safad 87 13
Tiberias 67 33
Tul-Karem 83 17

  1. The source for this table is Village Statistics (Jerusalem: Palestine Government, 1945).↩︎

  2. The category of “public ownership” under the British Mandate derived from the Ottoman system of land tenure, which included state domain, and private and communal leasehold.↩︎

  3. The source for this table is the Supplement to a Survey of Palestine (Jerusalem: Government Printer, June 1947).↩︎