November 29: A Significant Date in Arab-Israeli History. Sixty-eight years ago, following the recommendation of a decisive majority of the 11-member United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, the UN General Assembly met to consider Resolution 181. The measure called for the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states in the land west of the Jordan River, which for decades had been governed by Great Britai http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-harris/november-29-a-significant_b_8671092.html