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United Nations Special Committee on Palestine

international committee

Also known as: UNSCOP

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history of Palestine

In Palestine: The early postwar period
…Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) recommended that the region be partitioned into an Arab and a Jewish state, which, however, should retain an economic union. Jerusalem and its environs were to be international. These recommendations were substantially adopted by a two-thirds majority of the UN General Assembly in Resolution…
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