Question

What was the result of the U.N. Partition Plan?

A. The British and the French divided up the Ottoman Empire without regard to ethnic or religious groups.
B. Abraham and his people were forced to leave Palestine because of a famine.
C. The Israeli army was defeated in the Arab-Israeli war and were pushed out of Palestine.
D. The Jews were given an independent state, the Arabs were given land and Jerusalem was made into an international zone.

Answer 1

The result of the U.N. Partition Plan was the creation of an independent Jewish state, Israel, with land allocated to the Arabs and Jerusalem as an international zone, which led to a civil war in Palestine and the displacement of many Palestinian Arabs.

Step-by-step explanation:

The result of the U.N. Partition Plan of 1947 was the establishment of separate Jewish and Arab states with Jerusalem designated as an international zone. However, the Arab inhabitants and neighboring Arab states did not accept this plan, leading to conflict and a civil war in Palestine.

When the British mandate ended and they withdrew in May 1948, David Ben-Gurion declared the founding of the nation of Israel, and approximately 250,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were forced from Jewish-controlled areas. The newly created state of Israel was then attacked by neighboring Arab countries, but managed to defend and even extend its territories.

Despite the UN Partition Plan intending to establish a harmonious division of territory, neither the Jews nor the Palestinian Arabs found the resolution satisfactory, leading to a long-standing conflict.

The plan resulted in the creation of Israel and the subsequent Arab-Israeli wars, with the displacement of a large number of Palestinian Arabs who became refugees in neighboring countries. Jerusalem's designation as an international city under UN administration also remained a point of contention.