Why did Rabbi Hillel Silver oppose partitioning Palestine at the 22nd Zionist Congress (1946)?

Rabbi Hillel Silver opposed the partitioning of Palestine at the 22nd Zionist Congress in 1946 because he believed that the proposed partition plan would not provide a viable and secure homeland for the Jewish people. He argued that the plan would result in a small and geographically separated Jewish state that would be surrounded by hostile Arab states and unable to defend itself. Instead, Rabbi Silver advocated for the establishment of a Jewish state on both sides of the Jordan River, which would include what is now Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.