U.N. votes for partition of Palestine Nov 29,1947

 

The modern conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine dates back to the 1910s, when both groups laid claim to the British-controlled territory.

The Jews were Zionists, recent emigrants from Europe and Russia who came to the ancient homeland of the Jews to establish a Jewish national state.

 The native Palestinian Arabs sought to stem Jewish immigration and set up a secular Palestinian state

Beginning in 1929, Arabs and Jews openly fought in Palestine, and Britain attempted to limit Jewish immigration as a means of appeasing the Arabs

At the end of World War II, in 1945,USA took up the Zionist cause. Britain, unable to find a practical solution, referred the problem to the United Nations, which on November 29, 1947, voted to partition Palestine

Resolution 181 called for the partition of the British-ruled Palestine Mandate into a Jewish state and an Arab state — 33 countries voted in favour, 13 against and 10 abstained.

 

The Jews were to possess more than half of Palestine, though they made up less than half of Palestine's population

The Palestinian Arabs, aided by volunteers from other countries, fought the Zionist forces, but the Jews secured full control of their U.N.-allocated share of Palestine and also some Arab territory

Note
The UN General Assembly in Nov 2012 voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinians status at the United Nations from “entity” to “non- member state,” which would amount to the world body’s implicit and symbolic recognition of the Palestinian statehood.

The 193 UN member states voted 138-9, with 41 abstentions, to support a draft resolution co-sponsored by about 70 countries, including China, Algeria, Angola, Brazil, Cuba, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Qatar, Senegal, South Africa, Tajikistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Ten countries were added to the list of co- sponsors of the draft resolution.
Canada, Israel and the United States voted against the draft resolution.