Introduction
Framing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Prelude to the London conferences
The London conferences
The White Paper
Appeal to the permanent mandates commission
Assessment
Enter America; formation of the Anglo-American committee
Committee hearings
Deliberations and verdict
The morrison-grady plan; Britain's attempt to undermine the verdict
Assessment
UNSCOP hearings and verdict
Ad Hoc Committee Hearings and verdict
The General Assembly and the two-state solution
Assessment
Legal consequences of the Palestinian rejection of statehood
Conclusion.