Destabilizing the Middle East: U.S. policy toward Palestine, 1943-1949.

From: Journal of Church and State | Date: January 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Abundant literature on U.S. policy toward Palestine acknowledges the overriding influence of domestic support for a Jewish state. President Harry S. Truman's electoral concerns as well as outrage over the Holocaust naturally affected his decisions, and well-funded Zionist organizations were positioned to shape public opinion in the United States and finance the struggle of immigrants to transform the Holy Land into their biblical homeland. Historians agree on these generalities, although their interpretations span a continuum from praise to outrage, many expressing resignation to ...

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