The Partition of Palestine (1947)
The Partition of Palestine in 1947 was a United Nations proposal to divide the British Mandate of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. The proposal was accepted by the Jewish Agency for Palestine, but rejected by the Arab League and Arab Higher Committee. The plan was never implemented,
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations to partition Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate. Drafted by the UN Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) on 3 September 1947, the Plan was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 29 November 1947 as Resolution 181 (II). The resolution recommended the creation of independent but economically linked Arab and Jewish states and an extraterritorial "Special International Regime" for the city of Jerusalem and its surroundings.