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UN General Assembly Approves Partition Plan for Palestine

Delegates in the United Nations General Assembly chamber in 1947, with assembly seating and a raised platform; scene shows mid-20th-century suits and dresses and a formal diplomatic setting.

On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 181 recommending the partition of the British Mandate of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states with an international regime for Jerusalem, a decision that set the stage for competing claims and the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.

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