Ecuador president refuses resignation in face of protests, impeachment threats News
Ecuador president refuses resignation in face of protests, impeachment threats

[JURIST] Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez [Wikipedia profile] says he is not even considering resigning, despite massive civil unrest and threats of impeachment aimed at his administration. Gutierrez has faced increasing civilian protests against his government, especially since his announcement of a state of emergency [JURIST report] Friday and his firing of the Ecuador Supreme Court [official website in Spanish]. Gutierrez said Tuesday he had no fear of a renewed attempt at impeachment [JURIST report]. He said he planned to finish his elected term, scheduled to end in January, 2007. AP has more.

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UN General Assembly approves Palestine partition plan

The UN General Assembly approved UN Resolution Resolution 181 (II) on November 29, 1947, recommending that the British Mandate for Palestine be split into a Jewish state, an Arab state, and an international zone for Jerusalem. The vote in the assembly was 33 for to 13 against, with 10 abstentions. The resolution sparked a war between Palestinian Arabs and Jews in 1947 and a wider war after Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon invaded the new State of Israel in 1948. Read Resolution 181 (II).

UN divided Palestine between Arabs and Jews

On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab territories, leading to the establishment of a Jewish state the following year. Read UN General Assembly Resolution 181.

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