Book contents
- International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Is International Law Relevant?
- 2 The World War I
- 3 The Zionist Movement and the 1917 Balfour Declaration
- 4 Post–World War I and the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, 1920–1947
- 5 The 1947 Partition Plan
- 6 Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- 7 The 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- 8 1949 Armistice Agreements
- 9 The Arab Refugee Problem
- 10 The 1967 Six Day War
- 11 UN Security Council Resolution 242
- 12 Camp David 1978
- 13 1979 Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty
- 14 Taba Arbitration
- 15 The Legality of Israeli Exploitation of Oil from Sinai
- 16 The Oslo Accords
- 17 Israel–Jordan
- 18 Post Oslo Developments
- 19 The Status of the ‘West Bank’ (Judea and Samaria) and the Gaza Strip
- 20 Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
- 21 Controversial Elements of Military Administration
- 22 Freedom of Navigation through International Waterways in the Region
- 23 Israel–Syria
- 24 Jerusalem
- 25 Controversial Laws of War Issues
- 26 Is Palestine a State?
- 27 Water Resources
- 28 Implications for Future Negotiations
- Index
5 - The 1947 Partition Plan
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2022
Book contents
- International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Is International Law Relevant?
- 2 The World War I
- 3 The Zionist Movement and the 1917 Balfour Declaration
- 4 Post–World War I and the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, 1920–1947
- 5 The 1947 Partition Plan
- 6 Israel’s Declaration of Independence
- 7 The 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- 8 1949 Armistice Agreements
- 9 The Arab Refugee Problem
- 10 The 1967 Six Day War
- 11 UN Security Council Resolution 242
- 12 Camp David 1978
- 13 1979 Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty
- 14 Taba Arbitration
- 15 The Legality of Israeli Exploitation of Oil from Sinai
- 16 The Oslo Accords
- 17 Israel–Jordan
- 18 Post Oslo Developments
- 19 The Status of the ‘West Bank’ (Judea and Samaria) and the Gaza Strip
- 20 Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
- 21 Controversial Elements of Military Administration
- 22 Freedom of Navigation through International Waterways in the Region
- 23 Israel–Syria
- 24 Jerusalem
- 25 Controversial Laws of War Issues
- 26 Is Palestine a State?
- 27 Water Resources
- 28 Implications for Future Negotiations
- Index
Summary
In 1947, Britain decided to relinquish its Mandate over Palestine and refer the issue of the status of Palestine to the United Nations. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending partitioning Palestine into Arab and Jewish States with economic union between them and that Jerusalem be a separate area to be administered by the United Nations for an initial period of ten years. The recommendation was not legally binding. The Arab population of Palestine and the Arab States rejected the partition plan. The Jewish population of Palestine accepted the plan, although with misgivings. The partition plan was not implemented.
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- International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict , pp. 93 - 101Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022