I would contend that had that vote occurred 20 years later it would have been very different. The UN of 1947 was overwhelmingly European/Western Hemisphere and overwhelmingly Christian.
Regardless of history, the facts are simple and I would like to see anyone dispute these.
The State of Israel is the political body in charge of the former British Mandate of Palestine. Though there are 'governments' in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, ultimate power resides with the Israeli state due to the power of its army, the IDF. This has been the case now for nearly 50 years.
The demographics indicate that some 14 million people live within the borders of the Israeli controlled region. roughly 6.5 million of those are Jewish, and approximately 7 million of those identify as Arabs, largely Muslim but also with a large Christian Minority. the 1.6 million or so who live as Israeli Arabs are poorer, less educated and can expect to live much shorter lives than the six million Jews who live in what is recognized as the State of Israel. In the Occupied territories, some 550,000 Jewish Settlers live in heavily armed enclaves that bisect the West Bank, creating a serious of 'Islands,' access to which is controlled by the IDF. These settlers enjoy first world access to resources, education, infrastructure, housing and healthcare, whilst the five and a half million 'Palestinians' live in execrable conditions and have their lives largely controlled by the Israeli state.
The 'Jewish state' is now controlled by a people who are not an absolute majority in population terms of the area that they occupy. They have carved up the Occupied territories into what essentially amounts into a series of statelets, movement of which, in and out, is largely controlled in much the same manner that immigration checkpoints between nations are. They have tried, and largely failed to co-opt a number of 'Arab' peoples, but have largely failed on that front, with the Druze being a notable exception and success story.
What is Israel's long term game plan here? Clearly a Palestinian state isn't part of it. Clearly enfranchising the people of the West Bank is Definitely not part of it. Even when they've negotiated with the other side they've shown their disingenuous intents by continuing to plop down settlements in the occupied territories. They're dealing with a demographic time bomb that will soon put Arab Muslims in absolute majority of the territories they occupy, the majority of whom will have no franchise but will still have their lives completely controlled by the Israeli state via the IDF.
Israel is becoming South Africa. Short of expelling large numbers of Arabs (an option actually popular amongst sections of Likud), they'll be an apartheid regime within 20 years.
And that's not even considering the hostility of the states surrounding Israel and the impact that its continued antagonism has on the Global Islamic Insurgency.
Also, I'm not condoning the actions of groups like Hamas, but I really just do not understand what kind of end game Israel envisages here.
