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Feb 1 06:15 UTC 2006 |
You might find this interesting to read:
The United States and the Recognition of Israel: A Chronology
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/israel/palestin.htm
I am posting some interesting reads from the chronology:
1. August 24, 1945: Loy Henderson, director of the State Department's
Near East Agency, writes to Secretary of State James Byrnes that the
United States would lose its moral prestige in the Middle East if it
supported Jewish aspirations in Palestine.
Comment: Wow!! So at one point in history, US was opposed to a Jewish
state?
2. August 24, 1945: The report of the Intergovernment Committee on
Refugees, called the Harrison Report, is presented to President Truman.
The report is very critical of the treatment by Allied forces of
refugees, particularly Jewish refugees, in Germany.
Comment: Hmmmm ..... So Nazis weren't the only ones who hated Jews.
3. April 20, 1946: The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry submits its
report, which recommends that Britain immediately authorize the
admission of 100,000 Jews into Palestine.
Comment: Move and make a nation.
4. February 14, 1947: The British government announces that it will
refer the problem of the future of Palestine to the United Nations.
Comment: What problem? The one created by migrating 100,000 Jews to
Palestine?
5. August 31, 1947: The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
issues its report, which recommends unanimously (all 11 member states
voting in favor) that Great Britain terminate their mandate for
Palestine and grant it independence at the earliest possible date; and
which also recommends by majority vote (7 of the member nations voting
in favor) that Palestine be partitioned into Jewish and Arab states.
Comment: Great!! So other countries get to decide what happens to your
nation. Did anyone ask Palestinians if they'd rather share the a single
nation with jews? Or, did anyone ask the Palestinians if they are ok
with their nation being partitioned into two and one half given away to
Jews?
6. September 17, 1947: Secretary of State George Marshall, in an address
to the United Nations, indicates that the United States is reluctant to
endorse the partition of Palestine.
Comment: US is still against the Jewish nation. I wonder why and what
caused the eventual volte face?
7. October 11, 1947: Herschel Johnson, United States deputy
representative on the United Nations Security Council, announces United
States support for the partition plan of the United Nations Special
Committee on Palestine.
Comment: Secretary of State George Marshall, Loy Henderson, director the
State Department's Near East Agency and The Joint Chiefs of Staff argue
against the creation of Israel. So who's arguing for it in the
administration?
8. October 17, 1947: President Truman writes to Senator Claude Pepper:
"I received about 35,000 pieces of mail and propaganda from the Jews in
this country while this matter [the issue of the partition of Palestine,
which was being considered by the United Nations Special Committee on
Palestine from May 13, 1947 to August 31, 1947] was pending. I put it
all in a pile and struck a match to it -- I never looked at a single one
of the letters because I felt the United Nations Committee [United
Nations Special Committee on Palestine] was acting in a judicial
capacity and should not be interfered with."
Comment: Struck a match to people's opinion? Ouch!! That ought to hurt!!
9. November 29, 1947: The United Nations General Assembly approves the
partition plan for Palestine put forward by the United Nations Special
Committee on Palestine. The 1947 UN Partition divided the area into
three entities: a Jewish state, an Arab state, and an international zone
around Jerusalem.
Comment: So why is Israel occupying Palestine land now? They did get
their own nation carved out of Palestinian land and now they go ahead
and grab more of Palestinian land. To top it all, they were moved by
Britain into Palestine without any invitation/approval by Palestinians.
10. December 2, 1947: President Truman writes to former Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., encouraging him to tell his Jewish
friends that it is time for restraint and caution. "The vote in the
U.N.," Truman wrote, "is only the beginning and the Jews must now
display tolerance and consideration for the other people in Palestine
with whom they will necessarily have to be neighbors."
Comment: tolerance and consideration == One friggin wall
11. March 21, 1948: President Truman writes to his sister Mary Jane
Truman that the "striped pants conspirators" in the State Department had
"completely balled up the Palestine situation." But, he writes, "it may
work out anyway in spite of them."
Comment: Someone is clueless. Guess who.
12. March 22, 1948: President Truman writes to his brother Vivian Truman
regarding Palestine: "I think the proper thing to do, and the thing I
have been doing, is to do what I think is right and let them all go to
hell."
Comment: Righto boss. Spoken like a true cowboy!!
13. May 14, 1948: late morning eastern standard time (late afternoon in
Palestine): David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, reads a
"Declaration of Independence," which proclaims the existence of a Jewish
state called Israel beginning on May 15, 1948, at 12:00 midnight
Palestine time (6:00 p.m., May 14, 1948,eastern standard time).
May 14, 1948, 6 p.m. eastern standard time (12:00 midnight in
Palestine): The British mandate for Palestine expires, and the state of
Israel comes into being.
May 14, 1948, 6:11 p.m. eastern standard time: The United States
recognizes Israel on a de facto basis. The White House issues the
following statement: "This Government has been informed that a Jewish
state has been proclaimed in Palestine, and recognition has been
requested by the provisional government thereof. The United States
recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the
State of Israel." To see a color copy of this document click here.
Comment: Seems like lots happened behind the scenes and its off-limits
even sixty years later.
14. May 14, 1948, shortly after 6:11 p.m. eastern standard time: United
States representative to the United Nations Warren Austin leaves his
office at the United Nations and goes home. Secretary of State Marshall
sends a State Department official to the United Nations to prevent the
entire United States delegation from resigning.
Comment: We are not happy.
15. May 15, 1948: On May 15, 1948, the Arab states issued their response
statement and Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq attack Israel.
Comment: One BIG wrong move.
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