Truth Harbourers

The Evolution of the

United Nations 1947 partition of Palestine

Original map of Palestine

The map on the right is the original mandated territory the British received from the league of Nations for the purpose of facilitating a national Jewish homeland. It was only after World War I, at the Paris Peace Conference, that the name "Palestine" was applied to a clearly defined piece of territory - the area which today comprises Israel and Jordan. It was agreed that "Palestine" was to become a League of Nations Mandate, entrusted to Great Britain.

Under the terms of the Mandate, Britain's principal obligation was to facilitate the implementation of the Balfour Declaration of November 2, 1917, which pledged "the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people." No territorial restrictions whatsoever - neither east nor west of the Jordan River were placed on the Jewish National Home. In fact, the Mandate stipulated that Britain was to "facilitate Jewish immigration under suitable conditions and shall encourage close settlement by Jews on the land."

1923 partition performed by Britain according to her own interests

But before the legal Partition of Palestine in 1947 by the U.N., England and France partitioned Palestine in the early 1920s. The result is shown in the map at the right. As seen in the map, Trans Jordan was created. Later, in 1946 the British audaciously created the sovereign "Kingdom of Jordan".

1947Partition by United Nations

On November 29, 1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted with a 2/3 majority to partition western Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state.(1) The Jews were to be granted what appears on the map in blue. Over 75% of the land allocated to the Jews was desert. Desperate to find a haven for the remnants of European Jewry after the Holocaust, the Jewish population accepted the plan which accorded them a diminished state. The Arabs, intent on preventing any Jewish entity in Palestine, rejected it.(1)

As shown in the key, blue indicates the land portion set aside for the Jews to develope their country of Palestine (until that time, the world, and even Arab leaders referred to Palestine as Jewish - whether they wished it to come pass or not) while the pink was set aside for an "Arab country").

Jewish held land at the outbreak of Arab attack in 1948

Haj Amin Al Husseini "I declare a holy war, my Moslem brothers! Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Murder the Jews! Murder them all"!

The Arabs not only rejected partition, but attacked Israel from all sides. On the day that Israel declared its independence, the Arab League Secretary, General Azzam Pasha declared "jihad", a holy war. He said, "This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades". The Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin Al Husseini stated, "I declare a holy war, my Moslem brothers! Murder the Jews! Murder them all!"(3) The armies of lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq invaded the tiny new country with the declared intent of destroying it.

A sliver in the side of the "Arab Nation"