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Lot #    15955
Auction End Date    10/24/2006 11:16:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Zionism and the Arab World, Memorandum
Title (Hebrew)    United Nations Special Committii on Palestine
Author    [Zionism - Only Ed.]
City    Jerusalem
Publisher    Jewish Agency for Palestin
Publication Date    1947
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. 36 pp., 227:153 mm., usual age staining. A very good copy bound in the original paper wrappers.
          
Detailed
Description		    A special session of the UN General Assembly, the first of its kind, was summoned in April 1947 and decided, in Resolution 106 (s-l) of May 15, to establish the UN Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP), consisting of representatives of 11 states. UNSCOP members visited Palestine, neighboring countries, and camps of displaced persons in Europe. They heard oral testimonies, received written communications from individuals and organizations, and finally submitted a report to the General Assembly. The UNSCOP report (A/364) unanimously recommended that the Mandate over Palestine be terminated and that Palestine be granted independence as soon as possible, after a brief transition period. The majority of the UNSCOP members proposed the political partition (subject to an economic union) of Palestine into a Jewish state, an Arab state, and a separate City of Jerusalem. A minority of the members urged the formation of a Federal State of Palestine. (See Palestine; Inquiry Commission). The report was discussed by the General Assembly, at its second regular session, in the Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestine Question, which, after a prolonged debate, endorsed, with modifications, the UNSCOP majority plan. Strong Arab opposition was countered by a unique alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union, supported by many smaller countries. On Nov. 29, 1947, a plenary meeting of the General Assembly adopted the Ad Hoc Committee's report (A/516) containing the scheme of the partition of Palestine, by a vote of 33 in favor, 13 against, and 10 abstentions. This is the famous Partition Resolution N. 181 (II).
          
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20th Century:    Checked
  
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Other:    Zionism
  
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Language:    English
  
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Kind of Judaica