UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (Partition Plan)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 (see list at end of document).
The resolution was accepted by the Jews in Palestine, yet rejected by the Arabs in Palestine and the Arab states.
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Adopted at the 128th plenary meeting:
In favour: 33
Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Byelorussian S.S.R., Canada, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Liberia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Sweden, Ukrainian S.S.R., Union of South Africa, U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Uruguay, Venezuela.
Against: 13
Afghanistan, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen.
Abstained: 10
Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Mexico, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.
"A new Mideast peace plan, which aims to establish Palestinian statehood by 2005, was presented Wednesday to the Israelis and Palestinians.
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The road map -- drawn up by the Mideast "quartet" of the United States, European Union, Russia and United Nations -- lays out conditions both sides must meet to form a Palestinian state by 2005.
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/30/mideast/index.html
Team of two British nationals carried out Tel Aviv café bombing near the US embassy Tuesday night: Hanif Mohammed, who blew himself up when security guard pushed him away from entrance to Mike’s Place, and Omar Khan Sharif, who ran away.
Shin Beit and police are searching for missing terrorist and ask Israeli public to keep an eye open for man resembling published passport photo.
Both terrorists came from Gaza Strip, are suspected of being al Qaeda or Hizballah operatives. Official sources say bomb that killed 3 Israelis and injured 60 contained “unfamiliar substances”.
/e-mail on April 30, 2003, 8:32 PM/
Déjŕ vu...
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