United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
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The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a 1947 UN proposal to divide British Mandate Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, laying a key diplomatic foundation for the later establishment of Israel.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine Context triple: [creationOfStateOfIsrael, legalContext, United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]
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A.
British Mandate for Palestine
The British Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations–sanctioned territorial administration under British control from the early 1920s to 1948, during which modern political boundaries and conditions leading to the creation of Israel and neighboring states were shaped.
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B.
Israeli Declaration of Independence
The Israeli Declaration of Independence is the 1948 founding document that proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and outlined its guiding principles and values.
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C.
Arab Higher Committee
The Arab Higher Committee was the central political body representing Palestinian Arabs during the British Mandate, leading opposition to Zionism and British policies in Palestine.
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D.
Assembly of the League of Nations
The Assembly of the League of Nations was the organization’s main deliberative body, comprising representatives of all member states who met to discuss and decide on international issues and policies.
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E.
Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration was a 1945 statement by the Allied powers demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender and outlining the terms for ending World War II in the Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine Target entity description: The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a 1947 UN proposal to divide British Mandate Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, laying a key diplomatic foundation for the later establishment of Israel.
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A.
British Mandate for Palestine
The British Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations–sanctioned territorial administration under British control from the early 1920s to 1948, during which modern political boundaries and conditions leading to the creation of Israel and neighboring states were shaped.
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B.
Israeli Declaration of Independence
The Israeli Declaration of Independence is the 1948 founding document that proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and outlined its guiding principles and values.
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C.
Arab Higher Committee
The Arab Higher Committee was the central political body representing Palestinian Arabs during the British Mandate, leading opposition to Zionism and British policies in Palestine.
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D.
Assembly of the League of Nations
The Assembly of the League of Nations was the organization’s main deliberative body, comprising representatives of all member states who met to discuss and decide on international issues and policies.
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E.
Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration was a 1945 statement by the Allied powers demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender and outlining the terms for ending World War II in the Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations General Assembly resolution
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diplomatic proposal ⓘ partition plan ⓘ |
| abstentions | 10 ⓘ |
| acceptedBy | Jewish Agency for Palestine ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1947-11-29 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Resolution 181 (II)
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine ⓘ
surface form:
UN Partition Plan for Palestine
Resolution 181 (II) ⓘ
surface form:
UNGA Resolution 181
|
| containsProvision |
guarantees for minority rights
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protection of religious and holy sites ⓘ timetable for withdrawal of British forces ⓘ |
| documentType | General Assembly resolution text with annexed maps ⓘ |
| followedBy | United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine ⓘ |
| geographicScope | territory of Mandatory Palestine excluding Transjordan ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Holocaust and Jewish refugee crisis
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aftermath of World War II ⓘ end of British rule in Palestine ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Israel
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surface form:
State of Israel (in part)
|
| influencedEvent |
Arab–Israeli War of 1948
ⓘ
surface form:
1948 Arab–Israeli War
Israeli Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| keyOpponents |
Arab League
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab states
India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ |
| keySupporters |
Canada
ⓘ
France ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalCharacterization | non-binding recommendation under UN Charter Chapter IV ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfJerusalem | corpus separatum under international administration ⓘ |
| mapAnnexes |
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Plan of partition with economic union
|
| notImplementedBy | Arab states ⓘ |
| proposedCreationOf |
Arab state
ⓘ
Jewish state ⓘ |
| proposedDivisionOf |
British Mandate for Palestine
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surface form:
British Mandate of Palestine
|
| proposedInternationalRegimeFor |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ |
| recommendedEconomicUnionBetween |
proposed Arab state
ⓘ
proposed Jewish state ⓘ |
| recommendedTerminationOf | British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ |
| regionAllocatedToArabState |
Gaza Strip and parts of the coastal plain
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central highlands of the West Bank ⓘ |
| regionAllocatedToJewishState |
coastal plain including Tel Aviv–Jaffa area
ⓘ
eastern Galilee ⓘ |
| rejectedBy |
Arab Higher Committee
ⓘ
Arab League ⓘ |
| resolutionNumber | 181 ⓘ |
| session | Second session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| subject | partition of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| votesAgainst | 13 ⓘ |
| votesFor | 33 ⓘ |
| votingOutcome | adopted ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine Description of subject: The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a 1947 UN proposal to divide British Mandate Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, laying a key diplomatic foundation for the later establishment of Israel.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
UN General Assembly Resolution 181
this entity surface form:
UN Partition Plan for Palestine
this entity surface form:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
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alsoKnownAs
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
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this entity surface form:
UN Partition Plan for Palestine
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
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mapAnnexes
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Plan of partition with economic union
this entity surface form:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181
subject surface form:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II)
this entity surface form:
UN Partition Plan for Palestine
subject surface form:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II)
this entity surface form:
Partition of Palestine resolution
subject surface form:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II)
this entity surface form:
Partition of Mandatory Palestine
subject surface form:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II)
this entity surface form:
Corpus separatum for Jerusalem
subject surface form:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II)
this entity surface form:
Proposed United Nations Trusteeship Council for Jerusalem
this entity surface form:
UN Partition Plan for Palestine
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
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influenced
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
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this entity surface form:
UN General Assembly Resolution 181
United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
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followedBy
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
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this entity surface form:
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181
United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
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contributedTo
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
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United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
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subjectOf
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
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this entity surface form:
United Nations General Assembly special session on Palestine in 1947
United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
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hasReport
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
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this entity surface form:
Report of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, 3 September 1947