UN Partition Plan for Palestine (1947): Resolution 181

The decision to partition Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states was made by the United Nations General Assembly on November 29, 1947, via Resolution 181.

• Vote: 33 in favor, 13 against, 10 abstentions.
• Provisions: Creation of independent Jewish and Arab states, with Jerusalem under international administration (corpus separatum).
• Outcome: Jewish leadership accepted; Arab leadership rejected. The plan was never implemented as intended, leading to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the establishment of the State of Israel.

Resolution 181 remains a foundational document in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.