The War of 1948

In spite of the collapse of the 1937 partition proposal, the idea of partition became the main axis around which attempts at the solution of the Jewish-Arab conflict revolved until it became the basis for the UN Resolution in November 1947 and for the creation of the state six months later. It is interesting to note, however, that the Zionist leadership underwent serious debacles and stormy debates on strategy before it finally accepted this solution. With the abandonment of the plan by the British in 1938, and the proclamation of the White Paper in 1939, the Zionist leadership pinned its hopes on a radical change as a result of events in World War II.