United Nations (UN) General Assembly Resolution 181, also known as the 1947 UN Partition Plan, divided the territory of British mandate Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state, with Jerusalem as an internationalized city. It was the first instance of overt international support for a Jewish state in Palestine, although previous British documents and declarations paved the way for international recognition. The plan passed on November 29, 1947 with 33 in favor, 13 against, 10 abstentions and one absent, made possible by support of both the United States and the Soviet Union, and their cold war allies. Zionist leaders actively lobbied for the plan, which they stood to gain from as the minority population striving to build a Jewish nation-state, while the Arab League and Palestinian leaders rejected it, considering the establishment of a Jewish State to be illegitimate and an injustice to the majority Arab population. After Israel’s success in the ensuing war (see War of 1948), a rump Palestinian government attempted to accept the resolution’s boundaries but Israel ignored it. See Herzog, Chaim. Arab-Israeli Wars. New York: Vintage Books, 2005; and Bickerton, Ian J and Carla L. Klausner. A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 5th ed. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. For text and analysis, see “United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181.” MidEast Web. 24 August 2011. http://www.mideastweb.org/181.htm.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/resolution-181partition-plan