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5 - Uncle Sam

from Part II - A Pair of Godfathers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2021

John Quigley
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
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Partition of Palestine was also supported by the United States, which similarly came to a policy determination on the matter only shortly before the vote in the General Assembly on partition. The State Department opposed Jewish statehood on the basis of advocating self-determination for Palestine’s population, and because US strategic and energy interests were seen as requiring a close relationship with the wider Arab world. That position was opposed by President Harry Truman’s political advisors, who thought that his chances for being elected president in 1948 would be enhanced if he backed Jewish statehood. Through 1946 and 1947, the State Department and Truman’s political advisors vied to gain Truman’s support for their view. As the General Assembly neared its vote on recommendations, Truman instructed the US delegation to back partition. When partition did not work out, the State Department gained Truman’s assent to proposing a UN trusteeship. When a Jewish state was declared, the political advisors prevailed on Truman to give it diplomatic recognition, over the objection of Secretary of State George Marshall, who told Truman he would vote against him in the upcoming presidential election if Truman recognized the incipient Jewish state.

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The Legality of a Jewish State
A Century of Debate over Rights in Palestine
, pp. 33 - 42
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Uncle Sam
  • John Quigley, Ohio State University
  • Book: The Legality of a Jewish State
  • Online publication: 09 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009023085.006
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  • Uncle Sam
  • John Quigley, Ohio State University
  • Book: The Legality of a Jewish State
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  • Uncle Sam
  • John Quigley, Ohio State University
  • Book: The Legality of a Jewish State
  • Online publication: 09 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009023085.006
Available formats
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