What year did the United Nations recognize Israel?

Answer 1

Israel was established in 1948 and the UN was established in 1946. Unless Israel possesses a very special DeLorean, Israel could not have founded the United Nations. Conversely, in 1947, the UN General Assembly passed UNGA Resolution 181 (II) which gave the legal legitimacy to the Zionist movement in Mandatory Palestine to declare independence as Israel. The Zionists followed through on this six months later by declaring the independence of the State of Israel.

Answer 2

The United Nations did not "establish" or "create" Israel. Zionist Jews created and established Israel.

The phrasing of the question misconstrues the actual history concerning the authority of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181. Most people incorrectly believe that UNGA Resolution 181 (II), passed on November 29, 1947, "created" a Jewish State (Israel) and an Arab State (Palestine) on the map. This is not the case. What the UN Resolution does provide for is the permission for the different ethno-religious groups in Mandatory Palestine to declare a state. In the case of most mandates, the understanding was that the mandate would eventually become independent as one new state, like Iraq or Syria had. The case of Palestine was therefore unique and needed the permission to deviate from the traditional path of independence. Because of there being two states, provisional borders had to be provided, which is why a map was used, but those borders would only come into play if both sides decided to remain at peace.

The Jews acted on the permission granted to them by UN Resolution 181 by declaring independence on May 14, 1948 (nearly six months after the Resolution was passed) and therefore creating the State of Israel.

Answer 3

The UN didn't establish the State of Israel. Late in 1947, the UN passed a resolution to
partition (divide) the British Mandate in Palestine into two parts, one to be administered
by the Arabs, the other to be administered by Jews, and to let the British go home.

The British and the Jewish authorities accepted the plan, the Arab authorities didn't. On
the day the partition resolution took effect, in May 1948, the Jewish authorities declared
their section to be a sovereign state, and the Armies of several of their Arab "neighbors"
invaded the Jewish section, to prevent it from becoming anything. Israel had no military
force at the time. But that was 68 years ago, and Israel is still there.

Answer 4

Israel became a member of the United Nations on March 4, 1949 according to UNSC Resolution 69.