United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine

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United Nations General Assembly resolution diplomatic proposal partition plan

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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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine canonical	15
UN General Assembly Resolution 181	5
UN Partition Plan for Palestine	5
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181	5
1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine	1
Corpus separatum for Jerusalem	1
Partition of Mandatory Palestine	1
Partition of Palestine resolution	1
Plan of partition with economic union	1
Proposed United Nations Trusteeship Council for Jerusalem	1
Report of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, 3 September 1947	1
UN Partition Plan for Palestine (1947)	1
UN Partition Plan of 1947	1
United Nations General Assembly special session on Palestine in 1947	1
خطة التقسيم الصادرة عن الأمم المتحدة عام 1947	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T75962 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
Context triple: [creationOfStateOfIsrael, legalContext, United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ diplomatic proposal ⓘ partition plan ⓘ
abstentions	10 ⓘ
acceptedBy	Jewish Agency for Palestine ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1947-11-29 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Resolution 181 (II) ⓘ UN Partition Plan for Palestine ⓘ linked to: United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine UNGA Resolution 181 ⓘ linked to: Resolution 181 (II)
containsProvision	guarantees for minority rights ⓘ 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 ⓘ aftermath of World War II ⓘ end of British rule in Palestine ⓘ
implementedBy	State of Israel (in part) ⓘ linked to: Israel
influencedEvent	1948 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ linked to: Arab–Israeli War of 1948 Israeli Declaration of Independence ⓘ
keyOpponents	Arab states ⓘ linked to: Arab League India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
keySupporters	Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
legalCharacterization	non-binding recommendation under UN Charter Chapter IV ⓘ
legalStatusOfJerusalem	corpus separatum under international administration ⓘ
mapAnnexes	Plan of partition with economic union ⓘ linked to: United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
notImplementedBy	Arab states ⓘ
proposedCreationOf	Arab state ⓘ Jewish state ⓘ
proposedDivisionOf	British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ linked to: British Mandate for 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited