the partition plan for palestine was the proposal that the un made after world war ii regarding jerusalem.
the partition plan for palestine was the proposal that the un made after world war ii regarding jerusalem.
what proposal did the un make after world war ii regarding jerusalem?
partition plan for palestine
part of the united nations partition plan for palestine, which the jews of mandatory palestine accepted and the arabs of mandatory palestine and neighboring states rejected, was that jerusalem would be a "corpus separatum", under united nations control and not part of either the proposed arab or jewish states. israel argued that the partition plan regarding jerusalem was "null and void" due to the un's "active relinquishing of responsibility in a critical hour" when the un did not act to protect the city. the arabs, who had been against jerusalem's internationalization all along, felt similarly. the appointment of dov yosef as "military governor of the occupied area of jerusalem" on 2 august closed the door on the possibility of jerusalem being internationalized.
battle for jerusalem
the earliest tradition regarding jerusalem states that adam, the first man, was created from the same place where in future the altar would stand in the holy temple in jerusalem. after he was ejected from the garden of eden, he returned to this spot to offer a sacrifice to god. cain and abel also brought their offerings on this altar. it is believed that adam lived in jerusalem for all of his life. the altar in jerusalem remained as a permanent shrine where all people could worship god until it was destroyed by the flood. after the flood, noah rebuilt it. the bible records that noah blessed his son shem, which indicated that jerusalem would be included in shem's inheritance. shem and his progeny lived in jerusalem and set up an academy there where the word of god was taught. when the city became large enough to require government, shem was crowned king and given the title "malchi-tzedek". "tzedek", meaning righteousness, a name used to refer to jerusalem.
jerusalem in judaism