Furthermore, the success in creating the state of Israel was due to the 1947 UN Partition Plan. After Britain’s failure to reconcile its conflicting obligations to both the Jews and the Arabs, the United Nation Special Committee on Palestine was created by the UN General Assembly, to create a solution for the problem in Palestine. Two proposals emerged: a federal state plan and a partition plan – the latter being passed and submitted as a report to the UN General Assembly on 3 September. The UN Partition Plan was passed on 29 November to partition Palestine into two states. Zionist politicians accepted the plan at first statehood, declaring the existence of the state of Israel on 14 May 1948. UN intervention and the passing of the plan ultimately gave the Zionists the territory they had been fighting for in order to create a Jewish homeland.
Therefore showing the vital role Western intervention played in Israel’s establishment in 1948, where prior to, it was the main factor in the success of Zionism. However after 1948, Western intervention had less importance, as now the Zionists had enough stability to defend the state on their own.
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Israel’s air superiority can be seen as the most important factor in terms of their own actions; however, the lack of Arab coordination follows close as without Arab disunity, it is arguable that the outcome of the war would have taken a different path. Lack of Arab coordination enabled Israel to deal separately with Egypt, Jordan and Syria, rather than having to fight a genuine three-frontal