USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The 1947 United Nations plan for the former British Mandate in Palestine called for
A
international control of Palestine
B
Jewish control of Palestine.
C
separate Arab and Jewish states.
D
a single state shared by Jews and Arabs.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The plan envisages the division of Palestine into 3 parts: a Jewish state, an Arab State (dark tint), and the City of Jerusalem (white), to be placed under an International Trusteeship system. 1947, United Nations (Lake Success), New York.

Detailed explanation-2: -What was the reaction in the 1947 to United Nations plan to divide Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states? The Jews accepted the plan, but the arabs rejected it and declared war on Israel.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan, both of which had been conceded by the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I in 1918.

Detailed explanation-4: -United Nations Resolution 181, resolution passed by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1947 that called for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states, with the city of Jerusalem as a corpus separatum (Latin: “separate entity”) to be governed by a special international regime.

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