In 1947, the United Nations adopted Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan, which sought to divide the British Mandate of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. On May 14, 1948, the State ...

The 1948 or First Arab–Israeli War, also known as the War of Survival started following United Nations Resolution 181 passed by the United Nations General Assembly on 29 November 1947.

In 1947, the UN first took on the responsibility of addressing the Palestinian question. With Resolution 181 (PDF), the UN General Assembly proposed the partition of Mandatory Palestine into two ...