Palestine (region)

Palestine (Greek: ?????????? Palaistin?, Latin: Syria Palæstina, Hebrew: ??????? Palestina,

UN Partition

Main article: 1947 UN Partition Plan

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Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan, Palestine was to be divided into two states of approximately equal size, one for Jews and one for Arabs, as well as the city of Jerusalem, which was to be administered by the UN http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/images/israel04.jpg. The Palestinian Arabs and the Arab states rejected the partition plan, and attacked the newly declared state of Israel in 1948. An independent Arab Palestine was declared by a Palestinian National Congress meeting in Gaza in September 1948; it defined its borders as those of the British Mandate, and its capital as Jerusalemhttp://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/peace%20process/guide%20to%20the%20peace%20process/why%20was%20-independent%20palestine-%20never%20created%20in%201. A week later, the Jordan-backed rival First Palestinian Congress convened in Amman and denounced the Gaza "government".

Related Topics:
1947 UN Partition Plan - Jew - Arab - Jerusalem - Israel - Palestine - Palestinian National Congress - Gaza - 1948 - First Palestinian Congress - Amman

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