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A 2015 history by Roza el-Eini that [emphasize] ends in this decade contains an epigraph titled for “the force of circumstance.” A chapter titled for an ambassador’s promise in this decade to raise 25 “stephans,” or millions of dollars, appears in a book titled for “O” and a capital city by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. In this decade, the Morrison–Grady Plan prompted the anticipatory settlement of “eleven points.” As part of Operation Balak in this decade, one country (10[1])began receiving Avia S-199 fighters nicknamed (-5[1])“knives” (10[1])from Czechoslovakia. (10[1])Immigration (10[2])restrictions (10[2])set (10[3])one (-5[1])decade [emphasize] prior by a White Paper resulted in [emphasize] this decade’s (-5[1])refugees on the Exodus being (10[1])turned away. (10[1]-5[1])In this decade, nearly a million people were forcibly (-5[1])dispossessed (10[1])during the Nakba. (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, (-5[1])name this decade in which the State of Israel was created. (10[2])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: 1940s [prompt on ’40s] (“Force of circumstance” was a phrase used in the Peel Commission’s report on Palestine. Collins and Lapierre’s history is called O Jerusalem!, and the chapter is about Golda Meir.)
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