1947 U.N. Partition Resolution Memorial dedicated
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December 16, 2022
Conceived, funded, and facilitated by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, in cooperation with the World Zionist Organization and the City of Netanya, a major interpretive memorial to the U.N. 1947 Partition Resolution was dedicated. It is the visible Kesher between Galut and Israel then, today and for tomorrow.
(Boynton Beach, Florida/Netanya, Israel, JNS Wire) - Though there are numerous streets in Israel named November 29, there has never been in Israel or the world a historical memorial for the most famous event in the birthing of the modern state of Israel.
On Nov. 29, 1947, the United Nations voted, by a 71 percent majority, to partition the strife-riven British Mandate for Palestine into two entities, one Jewish and one Arab.
As the 75th anniversary of the U.N. vote neared, legitimate historical memory fades, frequently replaced by shadowy confusion and politically motivated misrepresentat...
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