Flecco wrote:
CyrusTheVirus wrote:
I regret to inform you that the jews created the state of Israel. THe UN plan was not implemented and all the Brits did was pull out under increasing pressure from the chaos that surrounded them. Once the jews had established what seemed to be a stable state countries then began to recognise them as a legitimate nation.
Oi Cyrus, get in here and back me up on this. I don't have the sources you pointed me to anymore. Just curious, but Karbin were you around while Cyrus was posting?
The name doesn't ring any bells.
And I see where he's going with that one. Here's how.
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II) Future Government of Palestine was a plan adopted by a decision of the General Assembly on November 29, 1947. The decision recommended the division of the western portion of the Mandate of Palestine into two provisional states, one Jewish and one Arab, and provided the framework for a regional economic union. The General Assembly also recommended that the City of Jerusalem not be included in either state, but, rather, be placed under a special international regime administered by the United Nations. A transitional period under UN auspices was to begin with the adoption of the resolution and last until establishment of the two states. The resolution contemplated a gradual withdrawal of British forces and termination of the British Mandate of Palestine by August 1, 1948, and full independence of the new states by 1 October 1948.
The plan was approved by a vote of 33 to 13, with 10 abstentions. On March 5, 1948, the United Nations Security Council reached an impasse when it refused to pass a resolution which would have accepted the partition plan as a basis for Security Council action. The United States subsequently recommended a temporary UN trusteeship for Palestine "without prejudice to the character of the eventual political settlement", and the Security Council voted to send the matter back to the General Assembly for further deliberation. The General Assembly decided to appoint a Mediator, and relieved the Palestine Commission from any further exercise of responsibility under resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947.
While the plan was never implemented, Israel's Declaration of Independence of May 1948 cites the UN resolution among the items recognizing the right of the Jewish People to establish a state.
Sorry, I spend way to much time going through the UN library on-line..... Started with a debate here on the Geneva Protocols