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Explain why the UNO decided to partition Palestine in 1948?
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Israel And Her Neighbours 1945 - c.1994. Assignment 1. Explain why the UNO decided to partition Palestine in 1948? The years of 1947-1948 were a turning point in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Britain, who had had up to this point the area of land, formerly known as Palestine under their mandate due to the San Remo Conference in 1920 after the defeat of the Turkish Empire in World War I, gave the area to the newly formed UNO in1948. In 1948, Palestine was at the brink of war, under British control, Palestine had several proposals for partitions but all were rejected by the Arabs as they refused to accept divisions of their land. Due to these divisions proposed by Britain, and later on final division plan by the UNO (which actually was enforced), fierce fighting broke out, with casualties on both sides. This was because 'neither side could imagine the thought of their homeland...
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