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__1. Intro__ __2. The Holocaust__ __3. Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust__ __4. The United States, American Jews, and Palestine to 1945__ __5. Palestine After World War II__ __6. The Displaced Persons and Palestine__ __7. Postwar British and American Policy__ __8. The Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry__ __9. Palestine Before the United Nations__ __10. UNSCOP Majority Report__ __11. The United States and the Partition Proposal__ __12. UNGA Approves the Partition of Palestine__ __13. Arab and Jewish Response to the UN Partition Resolution__ __14. Partition in Doubt__
 * Historiography: What the different historians think
 * British adherence to the 1939 white paper
 * How was the holocaust different from other genocides?
 * How did Jewish resistance fit with Zionism?
 * Beliefs within the US (People and government) about Palestine
 * Biltmore Hotel Conference - Meeting between Chaim Weizman, David Ben-Gurion and other Zionist officials in 1942 in New York. At the conference, the Zionists came up with a series of resolutions, including one rejecting the 1939 White Paper and another that a Jewish Commonwealth should be formed in Palestine.
 * Why did the US and Britain seem to favor the Arabs?
 * What factors made Palestine an important place after WWII?
 * How did the DPs get help?
 * What conditions did the DPs face?
 * Britain and the situation in Palestine
 * US and British Fears
 * Ernest Bevin and his two policies
 * Committee’s findings and suggestion
 * Sources of frustration for Britain
 * Consequences of failed negotiations
 * UNSCOP’s actions and findings
 * Details of the majority report - UNSCOP (United Nation's Special Committee on Palestine) came up with two possible solutions to Palestine, the first option (supported by the majority of the 11 UNSCOP nations) was to partition Palestine, resulting in the creation of a Jewish and an Arab state. The second option (which was not the majority opinion) consisted of a form of federal state in which the Jews and Arabs would be united but have some form of separation.
 * Responses of nations and groups - The Zionists favored the partition plan, because it resulted in the creation of a Jewish state. The Arabs (through the Arab High Committee) rejected any UNSCOP plan and refused to work with them, and demanded that Palestine be granted its independence immediately. Both groups rejected the second option.
 * US position and why it arrived at this
 * The United States supported the partition of Palestine, and it's support was crucial for the creation of Israel. However during WWII this was different, President Roosevelt wanted to maintain good relations with Saudi Arabia and had promised that the US would consult the Arabs before making any policy regarding Palestine. But Roosevelt died soon after the war, and Truman became president. Truman, who was appalled by the Holocaust, felt that the Jews deserved a homeland, and this belief led to the US support of the Partition of Palestine, and therefore the creation of Israel.
 * Final tweaks to the proposal
 * Why the partition passed in B/K’s final analysis
 * Agreement between the Jewish Agency and King Abdullah
 * Military operations
 * Cycles of violence
 * Truman’s political actions