Pre-State Israel: The Partition Plan

Reference

• Background & Overview
  • Partition Plan [Map]
• American Opinion Toward UN Partition of Palestine
• Historical Partition Plans
• CIA Daily Summaries Regarding Partition and the 1948 War
• CIA Report on Palestine Before Partition
• CIA Report on Situation in the Mediterranean and the Near East
• CIA Report on the Consequences of Partition
• CIA Report on Possible Developments in Palestine Following Partition Vote
• CIA Weekly Summary Related to Partition

United Nations

• Partition Resolution (UNGA Res. 181)
  • UN Vote [mp3]
  • UN Vote [YouTube]
• General Assembly Scorecard for Partition Vote
• Discussion on the Establishment of a Special Committee on Palestine
• The Trusteeship Proposal
• UN Paper On Control Of Immigration Under Partition
• UN Special Committee on Palestine Recommendations
  • UNSCOP’s Majority Proposal [Map]
  • UNSCOP’s Minority Proposal [Map]
• United Nations Debate on Partition

Official Positions

• Arab League Position
• The American Position
  • Harry Truman Administration
• British Government Policy Statement Against Partition (November 1938)
  • British Government Statement of Policy on the Partition of Palestine (July 1937)
• The Soviet Position