I Like History

I like that it's possible to read original documents, primary sources, whatever you want to call them.

I like that I can see what Truman read about Palestine... and what he said about it. That I can observe various commission reports on possible solutions to the Arab-Israeli problem prior to 1948. That I can see how the State Department, the CIA, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff all opposed a partition while Truman supported it. Then how Truman changed his mind and faced domestic backlash. I mean, it's a more fair way I think to observe history, and the history is important for an issue that is so polarized thanks to misleading propaganda.


Want to read? Here are some sources online:

• The United States and the Recognition of Israel: A Chronology
• Theodor Herzl, “On the Jewish State” 1896
• Balfour Declaration, Nov. 2, 1917
• Memo for President Truman on his stance on Palestine , October 17, 1945
  
• Proposal from Lessing J. Rosenwald to President Truman at their meeting in the White House, December 4, 1945
  
• Letter from Loy W. Henderson to Secretary of State Connelly, December 11, 1945
  
• “The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry,” April 20, 1946 Read the Preface, and then click on "Chapter One, Recommendations and Comments” and pay attention to the nine recommendations.
• Letter from Acting Secretary of State William L. Clayton to President Truman, September 14, 1946
  
• Map of the UN Partition Plan, Sept. 1947
• Letter from Eddie Jacobson to President Truman, October 8, 1947
  
• Correspondence between Truman and Senator Thomas, Nov. 15, 1947
• Letter from President Truman to Eddie Jacobson, February 27, 1948
  
• Letter from Senator Francis J. Myers to President Truman, March 4, 1948
  
• Correspondence between President Truman and Representative Arthur G. Klein, May 5, 1948
  
• Letter from Dean Alfange to Major General Harry H. Vaughan and a reply from President Truman, May 5, 1948
  
• Letter from Congressman Chet Holifield to President Truman, May 7, 1948.
  
• Alternatives of how to make peace between the Arabs and the Jews in Palestine , May 11, 1948 (6 pages)
• Cover page of a letter from President Truman to Representative Joseph F. Guffey, May 12, 1948
  
• Declaration of Israel's Independence