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Why did the majority of the Muslim population living in the Palestine Mandate reject the original 1948 UN proposal for a two state solution? Did they want one multicultural state for co-existance with Jews? Did the majority of Muslims want to expel the Jews? Or is my understanding entirely off base?

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Leading up to and after the battle of Antietam(1862), why was General Mcclellan so determined to not act in a more agressive fashion against Lee's forces?

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Regarding Ukraine, why are the defensive obligations in the Budapest Memorandum (1994) so mild? Was there a pretense that US would defend Ukraine in the hypothetical case of Russian violations?

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Why did the majority of the Muslim population living in the Palestine Mandate reject the original 1948 UN proposal for a two state solution? Did they want one multicultural state for co-existance with Jews? Did the majority of Muslims want to expel the Jews? Or is my understanding entirely off base?	298
Leading up to and after the battle of Antietam(1862), why was General Mcclellan so determined to not act in a more agressive fashion against Lee's forces?	1
Regarding Ukraine, why are the defensive obligations in the Budapest Memorandum (1994) so mild? Was there a pretense that US would defend Ukraine in the hypothetical case of Russian violations?	1