The United plan for the Palestine

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Why did the United Nations agree to partition Palestine in 1948?

The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine (Resolution 181) was adopted by a decision of the General Assembly. The resolution was approved on 29th November 1947. The decision recommended the division of the British Mandate of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. The city of Jerusalem was administrated by United Nations as it was not clear which group own this area. The resolution was passed to help resolve both holocaust of the European Jews as well as the long-running conflict between Zionists, and the Arab majority there.

        

The presence of Jews outside the Land of Israel was a result of Jews migrating. This is commonly called ‘The Jewish Diaspora’, it is accepted that it begun in the 8th- 6th century BCE. Many Jews were scattered after losing control over Judea or were sold into slavery throughout the Roman Empire. After the 135AD revolt, the Romans expelled the Jews from Palestine, forming the Jewish Diaspora.

        

Zionism is the international Jewish political movement that supports the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in the Palestine. Zionism was established by Theodor Herzl who was a journalist. In the late 19th century “Der Judenstaat” was publicized and Herzl became famous amongst the Jews. The movement encourages Jewish migration to the “Land of Israel” which was eventually successful. In the 1890s Theodor Herzl started new ideology which led to the first                     congress at Basel in 1897 and creation of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). The WZO supported small scale settlement in Palestine and focused on building a worldwide federation.

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During WWI, an exchange of letters was going on between the Sharif Hussein of Mecca and Sir Henry McMahon, who was British High Commissioner in Egypt. Letters were concerning the future political status of the Arab lands under the Turkish Empire. The Arab side was already planning a revolt against the Ottoman Empire and all British did was encourage revolt which caused a disruption to the Ottoman Empire which was a German ally in the WWI.  

        

        In November 1917 the Balfour Declaration of 1917 was issued. The declaration was a letter from the Foreign Secretary, Lord Balfour ...

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