The 1937 Peel Commission plan

Britain's Peel Commission made the first proposal to partition the land. A small Jewish state would get the Galilee and the northern coastal plain, about 20% of the territory. An Arab state, to be joined with Transjordan, would get most of the rest, including the whole Negev. Britain would keep Jerusalem, Bethlehem and a corridor to the sea at Jaffa.

The Arab Higher Committee rejected it outright. The Zionist Congress rejected the proposed borders but voted to keep negotiating on partition. Britain dropped the plan in 1938.

Roughly drawn: the real plan gave the Arab state the southern coast, too, and kept Jerusalem under British rule.

What this map gives a Palestinian state

Shown in green on the map. Each piece has its own page:

• Gaza Strip ~365 km²
• West Bank ~5,790 km²
• Negev ~14,200 km²