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The Partition of Palestine The Unholy Alliance Between Zionism and Imperialism by S. Rami
On November 29,
1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations convened for
the third time after the United States’ government failed, in
two previous sessions, to muster enough votes in the General
Assembly to bisect the land of the Palestinian Arab people,
Palestine, to two states: Jewish state and Arab state. Despite
the immense clout of the emerging American Super Power over
newly independent poor nations, nevertheless the American
Delegation to the United Nations failed to gather the two- third
votes necessary for creating an alien Jewish state in Palestine,
the heart of the Arab World. But what role did the United States play in obtaining a majority vote for partition in the General Assembly? Congressman Lawrence H. Smith declared in the U.S. Congress: “ Let’s take a look at the record, Mr. Speaker, and see what happened in the UN Assembly meeting prior to the vote on partition. A two-thirds vote was required to pass the resolution. On two occasions the Assembly was to vote and twice it was postponed. It was obvious that the delay was necessary because the proponents (the USA and the USSR) did not have the necessary votes. In the meantime, it is reliably reported that intense pressure was applied to the delegates of three small nations by the United States member and by officials ‘at the highest levels in Washington.’ Now that is a serious charge. When the matter was finally considered on the 29th, what happened? The decisive votes for partition were cast by Haiti, Liberia and the Philippines. These votes were sufficient to make the two-thirds majority. Previously, these countries opposed the move…the pressure by our delegates, by our officials, and by the private citizens of the USA constitutes reprehensible conduct against them and against us.” (US Government Record, December 18, 1947,p. 1176.)
Journalist Drew Pearson explained in his ‘Merry-Go-Round’ column
(in Chicago Daily Tribune, Feb. 9,1948) that in the end “a lot
of people used their influence to whip voters into line. Harvey
Firestone, who owns rubber plantations in Liberia, got busy with
the Liberian Government; Adolphe Berle, Advisor to the President
of Haiti, swan that vote…”
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