[Publius6961]

You'll note an Arab state on the West Bank did exist on paper at least for about 2 years before Jordan, not Israel, anexed it.

No. What I do notice is that the Arabs rejected it. So it never existed. The Arabs decided to "roll their own" and failed.

Something else I notice is the dramatic difference between the British Partition of 1946 and the "final" UN partition of 1947. How the Jews could even hope to survive in that gerrymandered "country" only the participants can answer.

The most significant however, is the double whammy the Jews suffered, first by the lion's share of Palestine in the creation of Muslim Jordan, and then the abortion they were expected to turn into a country, which the Arabs rejected anyway.

[SJackson]

You'll note an Arab state on the West Bank did exist on paper at least for about 2 years before Jordan, not Israel, anexed it.
No. What I do notice is that the Arabs rejected it. So it never existed. The Arabs decided to "roll their own" and failed.

You're right, I should have emphacized "on paper"

How the Jews could even hope to survive in that gerrymandered "country" only the participants can answer.

None of the participants expected or wanted them to, including the British. The 46 map made some sense, then the UN got involved.