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Topic 7 and Midterm

7. Post-World War II, the 1947 Partition Plan, and International Politics (June 20)

Midterm June 21

Topic 7: Readings March 17

June 20 readings from Shared Histories

Maoz, Moshe. “The UN resolution of 1948: Why wasn’t it implemented?,” 177-181.
Salem, Walid. “The Paradox of the UN 1947 Partition Plan,” 182-187.
Discussion between Moshe Ma’oz and Walid Salem, 188-204.

Shared Histories: Ch 5: The beginnings of Jewish settlement and Zionism, to World War I
Shared Histories: A Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue, edited by Paul Scham, et al., Taylor & Francis Group, 2005. ProQuest Ebook Central,

NOT INCLUDED IN SUMMER CLASS

Choose one of the three:

Krammer, Arnold. “Soviet Motives in the Partition of Palestine, 1947-48.” Journal of Palestine Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1973, pp. 102–119.
Roosevelt, Kermit. “The Partition of Palestine: A Lesson in Pressure Politics.” The Middle East journal 2, no. 1 (January 1, 1948): 1–16
Herscho, Tsilla, “France and the Partition Plan: 1947-1948.” Israel Affairs 14 (3), 2008, 486 (BAD LINK)

“UN General Assembly Resolution 181.” November 29, 1947.
Primary Source: The Avalon Project
Krammer, Arnold. “Soviet Motives in the Partition of Palestine, 1947-48.”
Journal of Palestine Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1973, pp. 102–119.
Roosevelt, Kermit. “The Partition of Palestine: A Lesson in Pressure Politics.”
The Middle East journal 2, no. 1 (January 1, 1948): 1–16
Herschco, Tsilla, “France and the Partition Plan: 1947-1948.”
Israel Affairs 14 (3), 2008, 486 (BAD LINK)

Topic 7: Gallery

United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine

United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. “United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine UNGA Resolution 181. Overdrawn UNSCOP Boundary Is from , Report to the General Assembly, 3 Sep 1947, Volume II, A/364, Add. 1.” In Wikipedia, November 27, 1947.