Israel Matzav

Video: November 29, 1947

Monday will be the 63rd anniversary of the UN partition resolution that called for dividing the area of the British Mandate that was West of the Jordan River into two states - a Jewish state of Israel and an Arab state. Yes, the 'two-state solution' was around back then (and a number of times earlier as well). The Jews accepted the partition resolution, but the Arabs did not, and when the British mandate ended in May 1948, five Arab armies went to war to drive the Jews into the sea. The result was that Israel became a Jewish state, with more land than it was supposed to get under the partition resolution (including, most significantly, the airport, which was to have gone to the Arabs).

Here's a video of the UN vote and the Jews' reaction to it - sorry but everything but the vote is in Hebrew.

Let;s go to the videotape. I will have another surprise for you after the video.



The video came from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. They are also sponsoring a quiz about the partition plan, which you can find here.

Labels: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, November 29, partition plan

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:21 AM