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Sunday, November 29, 2009

UN divided Palestine between Arabs and Jews

On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab territories, leading to the establishment of a Jewish state the following year.



Read UN General Assembly Resolution 181. Listen to a backgrounder from NPR.



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