In 1947, Great Britain relinquished to the UN the power to make decisions relating to thestatus of the Land of Israel.

 

The General Assembly appointed a special committee thatcollected evidence and decided unanimously that Israel should be granted independence.

 

Most of the committee members favored partitioning the land into two states, a Jewish stateand an Arab state, with Jerusalem under international supervision.

 

On November 29, 1947,the UN General Assembly accepted the partition resolution, 33 to 13.