Tuesday, September 17, 2013

The United Nations proposed to divide Palestine into how many states and who was to inhabit the states?

In November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly
voted to divide Palestine into two states--Jewish and Arab--with the Jerusalem area
(including Bethlehem) to be controlled by an international governing body. The final
vote of the U. N. General Assembly was 33-13 (with 10 abstentions). Jewish leaders
accepted the plan, but it was denounced by virtually the entire Arab world, including
all independent Arab and Muslim nations. Civil war broke out almost immediately. Six
months later, the Jewish state declared itself the independent nation of Israel.
Meanwhile, the Arab nations of Syria, Egypt and Iraq attacked Israeli forces, primarily
in the Jerusalem area. A truce was announced a month later, during which time Israel
expanded its army and gained control of surrounding areas.

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