November 29, 2018

These three whiteboard videos provide an overview of how and why the United Nations recommended the partition of the British Mandate of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, with a special international status for the city of Jerusalem.

Part 1

The first video addresses the first waves of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel under the modern Zionist movement, first under Ottoman rule, then under British control. The video concludes with the first official partition proposal for Palestine, the report of the British Peel Commission in 1937.

Part 2

The second video begins with the Peel Commission proposal, takes the story through continuing Jewish immigration and land purchases despite restrictions imposed by the British in 1939, and shows how the U.N. Special Committee on Palestine developed a partition map after the British lost control and sought international help.

Part 3

The third video in the series examines the partition resolution and map, the reception from Jewish and Arab leaders to the UNSCOP report, and the actual vote Nov. 29, 1947.