The united nations general assembly decided in 1947 on the partition of palestine into jewish and arab states, with jerusalem to be an internationalised city. There are already answers to the question but i will add a little bit. Both the jewish state and the arab state had 3 cantons each that touched each other south of. United nations information system on the question of palestine unispal. This paper details background to the recommendation of partition and the partition plans acceptance by the international community on 29 november 1947 as well as the consequences of the vote. United nations the adoption and implementation, with regard to the future government of palestine, of the plan of partition with economic union set out below. Students should have read the introduction and part i in the student text and completed.
United nations partition plan for palestine military. Pdf how the united nations intended to implement the partition. Encyclopedia of jewish and israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from antisemitism to zionism. Nov 29, 20 66 years today, on november 29 1947, the united nations voted on establishing a jewish state in palestine. United nations partition plan for palestine explained. The british requested that the recently established united nations determine the future of palestine. This was largely because jewish towns and villages were spread throughout palestine.
Ares181ii of 29 november 1947 question of palestine the. This plan had the majority backing of the unscop members, while a second plan, similar to the morrisongrady scheme see map 10, was supported by a minority. The majority recommendation for partition was subsequently adopted 33 with 10 abstentions on november 29, 1947 click here for breakdown of vote. Website of the israel ministry of foreign affairs the partition resolution was rejected by the palestinian arabs, who refused to establish a palestinian arab state alongside israel. Central intelligence agency, unless otherwise indicated. The proposal to partition palestine, based on a modified version of the unscop majority report, was put to a general assembly vote on november 29, 1947. Bolivia, czechoslovakia, denmark, panama and philippines. Lebanon syria jordan egypt arab state jewish state palestine u. The first plan called for the partition of palestine into a jewish and an arab state, with jerusalem and its environs under an international corpus separatum administration. History of the question of palestine question of palestine. Americans backed 1947 palestine partition plan by lydia saad seventy years ago today, on nov. Both the jewish state and the arab state had 3 cantons each that touched each other south of nazareth and near gaza.
The united nations partition plan for palestine was a proposal developed by the united nations, which recommended a partition with economic union of mandatory palestine to follow the termination of the british mandate. United nations partition plan in 1947, the united nations decided to divide the british mandate of palestine into jewish and arab states. There wasnt much in the way of consultation with the native palestinians, who rejected the proposal out of hand, along with every other arab state. In 1947 the british put the future of western palestine into the hands of the united nations, the successor organization to the league of nations which had established the for palestine. The plan, which was rejected by the native arabs, was never implemented. It also describes the history of the principle of partition as well as alternatives that were suggested at. The plan was described as a plan of partition with economic union which, after the termination of the british mandate, would lead to the creation of independent arab and jewish states and the special international regime for the city of jerusalem. The united nations partition plan of november 29, 1947, was shortlived. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. This paper details background to the recommendation of partition and the partition plan s acceptance by the international community on 29 november 1947 as well as the consequences of the vote. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3.
The borders of this plan are shown in the map below. Learn about key events in history and their connections to today. Regarding the argument of arabs pointing out that jews only owned 6. Hostilities commenced in 1947, and the neighbouring arab states invaded in 1948.
United nations partition plan for palestinearchive 7. Partition plan, 1948, 1967, 1973 wars, inalienable rights. The united nations general assembly decided in 1947 on the partition of palestine into jewish and arab states, with jerusalem to be an international city. The united nations partition plan for palestine was created by the united nations special committee on palestine in 1947 to replace the british mandate for palestine with independent arab and jewish states and a special international regime for the city of jerusalem administered by the united nations. United nations partition plan for palestinearchive 6. Understand the issues surrounding the partition of palestine. United nations partition plan for palestinearchive 1. The partition plan took on a checkerboard appearance. Jerusalem, and all of its religious significance to the jewish people, would remain under the control of the. Send me email alerts for new articles by ofer aderet. Design a map for the partition of palestine in 1947 based on contemporaneous data. United nations partition plan for palestine wikipedia. To clarify the foundational reasons behind the palestinian rejection of the 1947 partition plan, there are four reasons deserving of discussion paragraph. The united nations partition plan for palestine was a plan for the future government of palestine.
The jewish community in palestine accepted the plan. Reproduced by united nations from the palestine partition commission report, october 1938, cmd 5854, scale 1. Partition plan 1947 syria jordan egypt arab state jewish state palestine u. On 2 april 1947, the united kingdom delegation addressed a letter1 to the acting secretarygeneral of the united nations requesting that the question of palestine be placed on the agenda of the next regular session of the general assembly and, further, that a special session of the general assembly be summoned as soon as possible for the. The arabs rejected it and launched a war of annihilation against the jewish state. Recommends to the united kingdom, as the mandatory power for palestine, and to all other members of the united nations the adoption and implementation, with regard to the future government of palestine, of the plan of partition with economic union set out below. Israel and palestineun partition plan for palestine adopted in 1947. Shows arab state, jewish state and mandated territory. The united nations partition plan for palestine was a proposal by the united nations, which recommended a partition of mandatory palestine at the end of the british mandate. Palestine partician plan the partition of palestine objectives.
The only partition plan id accept today would probably be something like the lieberman plan which gives arab. United nations partition plan of 1947 map question of. Jewish representatives in palestine the jewish agency accepted the plan tactically though with reluctance because it implied international recognition for their aims of establishing. On november 29, 1947, the united nations voted to partition palestine into two states. What was the logic behind the uns 1947 unconventional. The palestinians did not accept it and did not prepare for the establishment of the arab state in the territories allotted to them in the plan. On 29 november 1947, the united nations general assembly approved a partition plan for palestine, three months earlier recommended by the united nations special committee on palestine unscop. Hundred and twentyeighth plenary meeting 29 november 1947 at its hundred and twentyeighth plenary meeting on 29 november 1947 the general assembly, in accordance with the terms of the above resolution 181 a, elected the following members of the united nations commission on palestine. There was the split of germany after the war as well. The united nations partition plan of 1947 my jewish learning. On 1 september 1947 the united nations special committee on palestine unscop completed its report, and a majority of its members recommended partition. The plan for partition with economic union divided the land into several cantons. Although the zionist leadership formally accepted the partition resolution, while citing the resolution in its declaration of independence, made no mention of its provision for not just a jewish state but a palestinian arab one as well.
In november of 1947, the united nations passed resolution 181. The jews reluctantly accepted the plan while the arabs rejected it, and civil war ensued. There is no such mark with this map, so it is presumed the map is pdusgov. The plan called for the partition of palestine into two states, one jewish and the other arab. On 29 november 1947, the united nations general assembly passed the.
General assembly adopted a resolution recommending the adoption and implementation of the plan as resolution 181ii. Palestine monitor analysis, state of aggression paragraph one. In 1947 the british put the future of western palestine into the hands of the. On november 29, 1947, the unga passed resolution 181, calling for the partition of historic palestine, which had been ruled by the british since the end of world war i under a mandate endorsed by the league of nations in 1923, into two states, one jewish and one arab the partition plan allocated approximately 55% of the land of historic.
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