KEY FEATURES QUESTION UN Partition Plan of Palestine
One key feature of the Partition Plan is the causes of it. Following the Second World War international sympathy for the Jews had increased significantly, especially within America. Naturally, there was also an increase in Jewish migration into Palestine following the Second World War as Jews who had survived the Holocaust fled to the only place they considered safe-it was as a result of this increase that the case for a Jewish home land has also strengthened. Within Palestine, Jewish terrorism began putting a strain on the British- who themselves were also struggling to govern the region following their significant losses during the Second World War. The British public no longer wanted to be associated with the Middle East, but rather to focus on issues ‘at home’. As a result Britain eventually handed the Palestine issue over to the UN who came up with the Partition plan.