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The United Nations Partition Plan of 1947
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Posted on 11/29/2023 2:56:09 AM PST by Jacquerie

On November 29, 1947, the United Nations approved a plan to separate the British Mandate territory of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. As part of this plan, Jerusalem would have been under international control.

United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 was not successful in creating two states; the Arab world strongly rejected it, and fighting between Jews and Arabs began almost immediately after the resolution’s passage. However, the borders it laid out have been critical to subsequent negotiations.

In favour: 33

Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Byelorussian S.S.R., Canada, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Liberia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Sweden, Ukrainian S.S.R., Union of South Africa, U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Uruguay, Venezuela.

Against: 13

Afghanistan, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen.

Abstained: 10

Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Mexico, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.

Below are excerpts from the Partition Plan.

(Excerpt) Read more at myjewishlearning.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: israel
From the beginning, Arabs rejected the Western fantasy of a two-state solution.
1 posted on 11/29/2023 2:56:09 AM PST by Jacquerie
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To: Jacquerie

Did not know this...thought it was a done deal, mostly because modern Jordan was created then.

Thanks.


2 posted on 11/29/2023 3:28:10 AM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: Jacquerie

Because the kWHOREan tells them everyone has to become one of them or be MURDERED !!!

their so called religion is not, it’s a guide to take over the World.


3 posted on 11/29/2023 3:32:06 AM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Jacquerie

By what right was this land given to the “United Nations” for division in the first place?


4 posted on 11/29/2023 3:39:36 AM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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To: Jacquerie

it’s important to remember that 1947 was not the start of the conflict. There were massacres as early as 1920 and it was the WWI decisions that really got the ball rolling. Originally the British were just trying to preoccupy the Ottoman Empire with the Arab territories so they wouldn’t be so involved in the European theatre.


5 posted on 11/29/2023 3:42:11 AM PST by ChronicMA (would label it)
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To: Jacquerie

This is the history that is conveniently forgotten. Even farther back is the history of the Palestine Mandate. Wikipedia has a good explanation under “History of Jordan”.


6 posted on 11/29/2023 3:46:47 AM PST by plangent
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To: Jacquerie

And the phrase “Never again!” apparently doesn’t mean “never” “never”. It was only 80 years ago folks. 80 ain’t much time.


7 posted on 11/29/2023 4:25:53 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Jim Noble

<>By what right was this land given to the “United Nations” for division in the first place?<>

Read the article.


8 posted on 11/29/2023 4:40:11 AM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: plangent; ChronicMA; Adder
Superb background in a page-turner historical novel:


9 posted on 11/29/2023 4:46:11 AM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Jacquerie
I am not sure if ‘partition’ has worked anywhere ... ever. Does anyone know the score on that one? (I'm thinking of Germany (with the wall), Korea, Ireland, Pakistan, etc.). Has it ever been a good solution?
10 posted on 11/29/2023 4:53:56 AM PST by SMARTY ("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
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To: Jacquerie
Also a very good movie.

The role John Derek had was not large, but it demonstrated the practically and emotionally wrenching, profound abyss forced on otherwise peace-minded Arabs. And-it was some excellent acting.

I guess it's remarkable because I'm old enough to recall that good films, by definition, showcased actors with real talent.

11 posted on 11/29/2023 5:01:19 AM PST by SMARTY ("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
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To: Jim Noble

“By what right was this land given to the “United Nations” for division in the first place?”

Perhaps the right of conquest.


12 posted on 11/29/2023 6:07:16 AM PST by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: Adder

Transjordan was separated from the rest of the Palestine Mandate already in 1922.


13 posted on 11/29/2023 8:41:37 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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