Catalogue question 184 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
On what legal basis was the State of Israel founded?
- a resolution of the United Nations Correct
- a decision of the Zionist Congress
- a proposal of the federal government
- a proposal of the USSR
Why — for every option
- A — Correct: on 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the partition plan for Palestine with Resolution 181, on the basis of which the State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948.
- B — The Zionist Congress (first held in 1897) formulated the political programme of Zionism but had no international-law authority to found a state.
- C — The Federal Republic of Germany did not yet exist in 1947/48 (only founded in 1949) and had no influence on the founding of the State of Israel.
- D — The USSR voted in favour of the UN resolution but did not make an independent founding proposal.
Source: www.un.org
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