The UN Partition of Palestine Why did the UN recommend the plan partitioning Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state By this time the United States had emerged as the most aggressive proponent of partition...The United States got the General Assembly to delay a vote 'to gain time to bring certain Latin American republics into line with its own views.'...Some delegates charged U.S. officials ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: The Partition of Palestine: UN General Assembly Resolution 181, November 29, 1947 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 called for the partition of the British-ruled Palestine Mandate into a Jewish state and an Arab state. It was approved on November 29, 1947 with 33 votes in favor, 13 against, 10 abstentions and one absent ...