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Historic UN Vote of November 29 Reenacted in Rishon LeTzion |
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Written by Israel National News
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Friday, 30 November 2007 10:00 |
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Historic UN Vote of November 29
Reenacted in Rishon LeTzion
“The historic United Nations vote of November 29, 1947,
which partitioned the Land of Israel into two states, Jewish and Arab, was
dramatically reenacted in the city of Rishon LeTzion on Thursday.
Ambassadors of the 33 countries that voted in favor of
the 1947 partition were invited to the unique event, as were family members of
the ambassadors to the UN from those nations. Among the guests was the grandson
of the UN General Assembly chairman who presided over the session, Dr. Oswaldo
Aranha of Brazil.
... On November 29, 1947, the United
Nations General Assembly approved, 33 to 13, Resolution 181, a partition plan
that would have created two states, one Jewish and the other Arab, in what was
then the British-controlled Palestine Mandate. According to the resolution,
Jerusalem was to be a separate, international city, under UN jurisdiction. The
November 29 decision was also a rare instance of the Soviet Union and the
United States voting on the same side of a major foreign policy issue, which
allowed their satellite nations to vote in favor of partition as well...”
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