CLAIM: The 1947 partition plan (UN resolution 181) was never implemented because the Arabs rejected the resolution.
RATING:
True
The Arabs rejected the plan because it was tantamount to Jews taking 56% of their country (minus the 6–7% they had legally purchased) even though they only made up roughly 30% of the population. Adopting the plan also meant the “transfer” (i.e. forced expulsion) of much of the Arab residents who had resided there for centuries on land they legitimately owned.
UN Resolution 181 was merely a recommendation that the partition plan be accepted and implemented by the concerned parties. As political journalist Jeremy Hammond described, “Naturally, to have any weight of law, the plan, like any contract, would have to have been formally agreed upon by both parties, which it was not. Nor could the General Assembly have legally partitioned Palestine or otherwise conferred legal authority for the creation of Israel to the Zionist leadership, as it simply had no such authority to confer. … The Security Council had no authority to implement such a plan except by mutual consent by concerned parties, which was absent in this case."
Note that the Zionists were the one to suggest partition to UNSCOP, initially recommending that 80% of Palestine be granted to Israel.
Source: Ten Myths about Israel (2017) by Ilan Pappe.
One reply on “Israel-Palestine Mega Fact Check!”
Keep trying to invent history. The palis didn’t exist until the mid 1960s.
One other fun fact – every group, every political organization, and every government that has ever tried to destroy the Jews has been destroyed. Fun fact #2 Israel has never been stronger.