Original sentence: It is noteworthy that no Muslim country holds a permanent seat on the powerful Security Council, and the vast majority of Muslim nations are poor third world countries, and this influence is disputed.Many Israelis and their supporters claim that by the end of 1948, the Soviet leadership realized that Israel had chosen the Western option, and during the course of the Cold War it unequivocally supported Arabs against Israel.Nevertheless, in terms of sheer voting strength in the largely symbolic General Assembly, this block represents about 1/4 of the delegates.Palestinian Arabs dispute this, and claim that heavy immigration in the years immediately preceding the Partition unfairly tipped the scales in many areas, and that the total territory assigned to the Jewish State exceeded proportionally the land alloted to the Arabs.Some have argued that the UN General Assembly's decision to endorse the partition of the British Mandate of Palestine did not take sufficient account of the interests of the Palestinian Arab population, however Israeli partisans claim Palestinian Jews constituted a majority in the areas designated to the Jewish state by the partition and desired self-determination
Edited sentence: By the end of 1948, the Soviet leadership realized that Israel had chosen the Western option, and during the course of the Cold War it unequivocally supported Arabs against Israel.Some have argued that the UN General Assembly's decision to endorse the partition of the British Mandate of Palestine did not take sufficient account of the interests of the Palestinian Arab population, however Palestinian Jews constituted a majority in the areas designated to the Jewish state by the partition and desired self-determination