Edited sentence: ) 21:24, 1 June 2007 (UTC).A significant amount of Arab-owned land was therefore to be handed over to the new Jewish settler state.Former American president Jimmy Carter has written a book on the subject, causing considerable controversy.I kindly ask for mediation of someone who isn't emotionally involved in the subject --Teh Original Mr.In 1947, the Arab population of Palestine was around 1.2 million and the Jewish population 600,000.Orange (Orange juice.See also: West Bank, Gaza Strip.The content referenced herein is disputed by a jewish user.The control over this territories, depending on wether one considers Israel's occupation legitimate or not, could be labled as settler colonialism.[2] 92 percent to 94 percent of the land was owned by Palestinian Arabs and 6 percent to 8 percent owned by Jewish settlers.[3] In spite of this, and the population ratio of 2:1, the U.[5] Tension was predictable and war ensued, even though there are claims that this war was instigated by the arabs.[6] Therefore, on a population and land basis it could be argued that Israel is in some respects a settler society that exerts considerable control over occupied territories (if this territories were acquired legitimately or not is debatable).partition plan of that year called for a Jewish state on 56 percent of historic Palestine and a Palestinian Arab state on the remaining 44 percent