The parallels between the partitions of India and Palestine are many, beginning with their chronological coincidence. India and Pakistan emerged from a partitioned India on 14-15 August 1947 by way of an Act of the British Parliament. The partition of Palestine was effected by way of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution in November 1947.
Both partitions were followed by the divided parts going to war: India and Pakistan over Kashmir from October 1947; Israel against its Arab neighbours immediately after the British formally ended its responsibility for the administration of Palestine on 14th May 1948. Both wars ended with improvised de facto arrangements supervised by the UN: The ceasefire line in Jammu and Kashmir; “Armistice Lines” or “The Green Line” between Israel and Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, which was also in effect a ceasefire line supervised by a UN force. The Ceasefire Line in J&K was erased and converted into a Line of Control by the Simla Agreement of 1972. The Green Line disappeared following Israel’s victories in the 1967 conflict. The UN connection with both disputes has, however, remained, even if often in a purely formalistic sense.