UN Resolution 181 voted in favour of the
partition of Palestine by a vote of 23 to 12, with ten abstentions. Australia voted in favour of the
resolution.
Summary - World War II provided motivation for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine. Zionists
and many Christian Europeans shared this view, the death of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust made it
crucial to find a safe haven for Jews.
The British could no longer contain the situation in Palestine with the unrest caused by the 1939
White Paper…
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