November 29, 1947
This BlogBurst piece is cross-posted by participating websites, to commemorate a milestone in Israel’s history. The list of the participating sites is appended at the end of this post.
Anniversary of the UN vote on Resolution 181
Today is the anniversary of the 1947 UN vote on Resolution 181, which approved the partition of the western part of Palestine into a predominately Jewish state and a predominately Arab state. (It is vital to recall that the UN partition plan referred to western Palestine, to underscore that in 1921 the eastern part was ripped off the Jewish National Home by the British Government and handed over to the then Emir Abdullah.)
The partition plan was approved by 33 to 13, with 10 abstentions.
The 33 countries that cast the “Yes” vote were: Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Byelorussia, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Liberia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, Union of South Africa, USSR, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela. (Among other countries, the list consists of the US, the three British Dominions, all the European countries except for Greece and the UK, but including all the Soviet-block countries.)
The 13 countries that chose the Hall of Shame and voted “No” were: Afghanistan, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen. (Ten of these are Islamic countries; Greece has the special distinction of being the only European country to have joined the Hall of Shame.)
The ten countries that abstained are: Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Mexico, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.
On November 30, 1947, the day following the vote, Palestinian Arabs murdered six Jews in a bus making its way to Jerusalem, and proceeded to murder another Jew in the Tel-Aviv - Jaffa area. This was a prelude to a war that claimed the lives of 6,000 Jews, or 1% of the total Jewish population in 1948. This toll is the per capita equivalent of today’s Canada losing 300,000 lives, or the US losing 3,000,000.
The object of the war, launched by the Arabs in the former Palestine and the armies of Egypt, Transjordan, Syria and Lebanon (with help from other Arab countries), was to “throw the Jews into the sea”. As the partition map indicates, however, rather than annihilate the Jewish population, the Arabs ended up with less territory than they would have gained by peaceful means.
In addition to the bloodshed in nascent Israel, immediately after the UN vote, Arabs attacked their Jewish neighbors in a number of Arab countries, with the murders in Syria’s Aleppo being the best known.
Bruised and bleeding, Israel prevailed nonetheless.
May our sister-democracy thrive and flourish.
(If you want to join in and copy this post for your site, PLEASE DO…just let me know or trackback so I can add you to the list that follows.)
List of participating sites, in alphabetical order of site name:
Anti Idiotarian Rottweiler
Arkansas Bushwacker
Armies Of Liberation
Bamapachyderm Better known as MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy…oh well. ;-)
Biurchametz
Blimpish
Blithered
Blog Willy
Blue Rev
Canadian Comment
Cao’s Blog
Catholic Friends of Israel
Christian Patriot
Christian Action for Israel
Clarity and Resolve
Crusader War College
Cuanas
Danegerus
Daniel Davis
Flig
God Pigeon
Harald Tribune
Hatshepsut
Heretics Almanac
Hidden Nook
History Nerd
IceVikings
I Love America
Instant Knowledge News
IsraPundit
Israel Commentary
JPundit
Jersusalem Posts
Leaning Right News
Letter from Israel
Lindasog
MCNS
Martinipundit
Mererhetoric
Motnews
Mugged By Reality
Mystery Achievement
Mystical Paths
Naebunny
NetWMD
Nice Jewish Boy
Peaktalk
Protect Our Heritage
Reaganesque
Red Tigress
Riteturnonly
Shimshon9
Solomonia
Spitball Defense
Supernatural
SWORN ENEMY
Tampa Bay Primer
Techie Vampire
Texasbug
Tex The Pontificator
The Autism homepage
The Conservative
The Homeland
The Seal Club
Wackingday
Who’s Your Rabbi
Voxfelisi
Yeah, Right, Whatever (The “other” Beth!)
Yoan Hermida
Weblog of a Wondering Jew
Special thanks and kudos to Israpundit, who organized this Blogburst!
…and I added SWORN ENEMY and Yeah, Right, Whatever because they’re participating too!
mikeatSE says:
We’re participating,and we’re not on the list.I feel like Ethiopia or Honduras or something.
Just kiddin’.
Beth says:
Hey, look at me…my “name” wasn’t right! LOL
I think that makes me something like Kyrghyzstan or something easily messed up.
Heretics' almanac says:
The dubious legacy of UN GA resolution 181
As it turned out, the resolution was nothing but an empty gesture to the Jewish people and has mostly done a disservice to Israel and indeed to the entire region. It gives the UN a dubious legacy, and it is time to reassess its actual meaning
Dom says:
As it happens Beth, I got your name right on my list (I wrote the whole lot out properly but didn’t get it done in time to have it mailed to everybody).
Joseph Alexander Norland says:
Beth,
I’m sorry that your site’s name was incorrectly recorded. Murphy’s law went into overdrive last night. But all will be fixed for the next pro-Israel BlogBurst.
Mike,
My apologies to you too, and I hope all will be corrected next time.
Joseph
Beth says:
Hey, no problem…if it were a big deal I would have spoken up! I’m just happy to participate!
Yeah, Right, Whatever says:
Happy Anniversary
This piece copied….
Tobias says:
Hello, im from Iceland. I was only surfing the web when I found your page. And I have to say I feel sorry for your ignorance. First of all, this picture og Israel is so old that must be from 1948.. Palestinias have suffered frome teh extreme aggression by Isralies, and only have the namely Gasa-STRIP, and the west-Bank. Plus, over 500 settlements have been built on land that the UN have declared palistinian!
So please, reconsider stand on this, and don’t vote for the Repuplican party in next ellection.
Your fellow human being and a member of Alliance of the “willing” nations… (over 80% in iceland are against the war in Iraq)
Beth says:
Tobias, you ignorant Islamoslut.
NO CRAP about the age of the map. That’s the INTENT. Maybe if you actually paid attention, you would have noticed that.
You can bet your sweet fuckweasel ass I’ll be voting Republican in EVERY election–all the more gleefully because of idiots like YOU.
I DON’T GIVE A RAT’S ASS WHAT YOU THINK. Get it in your head.
Paleswinian sympathizers and Islamofascists are NOT welcome here. Go piss off.
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