United Nations Special Committee on Palestine

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Also known as: UNSCOP

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The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) was an international committee formed by the United Nations in 1947 to investigate the issue of Palestine. Britain, exhausted by World War II, referred the matter to the UN. UNSCOP proposed partitioning Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states, with Jerusalem as an internationally governed entity. This plan, known as United Nations Resolution 181, was accepted by the Jewish community as a basis for establishing Israel but was rejected by the Arab community, leading to violence and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The resolution was passed by the UN General Assembly on November 29, 1947, despite opposition from Arab states.

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…Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) recommended that the region be partitioned into an Arab and a Jewish state, which, however, should retain an economic union. Jerusalem and its environs were to be international. These recommendations were substantially adopted by a two-thirds majority of the UN General Assembly in Resolution…
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…Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) recommended that the region be partitioned into an Arab and a Jewish state, which, however, should retain an economic union. Jerusalem and its environs were to be international. These recommendations were substantially adopted by a two-thirds majority of the UN General Assembly in Resolution…
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