Israel, NYC museum agree on event to mark 1947 UN vote

By iNFOTEL
August 17 2017 10:55 AM

CP439252059 — FILE - In this Nov. 29, 1947 file photo, Secretary-General Trygve Lie, left, and Andrew A. Cordier, his executive assistant, check their lists following the vote on the Palestinian partition question by the United Nations General Assembly delegates meeting at the Queens Museum in New York. Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil, president of the General Assembly, awaits their verdict on the crucial vote to set up independent Jewish and Arabic countries. The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations and the Queens Museum both say a ceremony will be held Nov. 29, 2017 on the 70th anniversary of the vote. The agreement comes after museum officials initially reneged on plans for the event. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

NEW YORK – Israel and a New York City museum have made peace after an event marking the 70th anniversary of the nation’s founding was cancelled, then reinstated.

Statements from the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations and the Queens Museum both say a ceremony will be held Nov. 29.

Prior to becoming a museum, the site was the temporary home to the United Nations General Assembly. A U.N. vote there in 1947 recommended establishing the state of Israel.

The Israelis and the museum agreed on the celebration in June. But Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the U.N., said museum officials later reneged, citing feedback from Palestinian supporters.

Following an outcry, the museum said in a statement Thursday the proposed commemoration of the 1947 vote is back on.

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