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In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/ib_middle_east\/1_1947\/01_UN_1947-Roleplay.doc\">this activity <\/a>students will consider the advantages and disadvantages of the schemes they put forward and decide if they settled upon the correct one. There are also some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/TEACHER_AREA\/ib\/ib_middle_east\/1_1947\/teacher\/01_notes.doc\">teacher notes<\/a> for this lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1947, UNSCOP (the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine) was given the task of working out a proposal for the future of Palestine. They considered 6 possible courses of action. 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