Israel's Moment International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949
Book contents
- Israel’s Moment
- Israel’s Moment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Style
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Zionist Momentum and the War Crimes Issue in the United States, 1944–1945
- 3 American Liberals and Leftists Support Zionist Aspirations, 1945–1947
- 4 Haj Amin al-Husseini and the French Government: May 1945–May 1946
- 5 The “Question of Palestine” at the United Nations General Assembly’s First Special Session: April–May 1947
- 6 The Truman Doctrine, the Cold War, and Jewish Refugees, Spring 1947
- 7 The French Government, Jewish Immigration to Palestine, and the Exodus Affair
- 8 Zionist Momentum and the US and British Governments’ Counteroffensive: September–December 1947
- 9 The US State Department Policy Planning Staff Memos Oppose the UN Partition Resolution: January–February 1948
- 10 The US and UN Arms Embargo: November 1947–May 1948
- 11 Responses in Washington, the United Nations, and in Europe to the Establishment of the State of Israel: May and June 1948
- 12 International Responses to the Arab-Israeli War I: May–June 1948
- 13 International Responses to the Arab-Israeli War II: July–August 1948
- 14 The USA and Britain Again in Opposition: From the Bernadotte Plan to the End of the 1948 War
- 15 Israel’s Admission to the UN, and Sharett and Ben-Gurion’s Retrospectives
- 16 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Zionist Momentum and the US and British Governments’ Counteroffensive: September–December 1947
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2022
Book contents
- Israel’s Moment
- Israel’s Moment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Style
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Zionist Momentum and the War Crimes Issue in the United States, 1944–1945
- 3 American Liberals and Leftists Support Zionist Aspirations, 1945–1947
- 4 Haj Amin al-Husseini and the French Government: May 1945–May 1946
- 5 The “Question of Palestine” at the United Nations General Assembly’s First Special Session: April–May 1947
- 6 The Truman Doctrine, the Cold War, and Jewish Refugees, Spring 1947
- 7 The French Government, Jewish Immigration to Palestine, and the Exodus Affair
- 8 Zionist Momentum and the US and British Governments’ Counteroffensive: September–December 1947
- 9 The US State Department Policy Planning Staff Memos Oppose the UN Partition Resolution: January–February 1948
- 10 The US and UN Arms Embargo: November 1947–May 1948
- 11 Responses in Washington, the United Nations, and in Europe to the Establishment of the State of Israel: May and June 1948
- 12 International Responses to the Arab-Israeli War I: May–June 1948
- 13 International Responses to the Arab-Israeli War II: July–August 1948
- 14 The USA and Britain Again in Opposition: From the Bernadotte Plan to the End of the 1948 War
- 15 Israel’s Admission to the UN, and Sharett and Ben-Gurion’s Retrospectives
- 16 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In response to events such as the Exodus affair, and to the UN Special Committee support for partition of Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish state, American and British diplomatic and military officials met at the Pentagon in early fall 1947. Organized by Loy Henderson and George Kennan in the US State Department, the participants agreed that a “cornerstone” of US policy was to support continued British presence in the Middle East, including in Palestine both to preserve access to Arab oil resources and to prevent expanded Soviet influence in the region. As the participants thought a Jewish state in Palestine would enhance Soviet prospects and harm Western access to Arab oil, they concluded that the Zionist project undermined US national security interests.
Keywords
United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)CIA on damage to U.S. due to support for UN partition planWilliam Eddy’s anti-Zionist memosLoy Henderson and State Department Division of Near Eastern AffairsJamal Husseini on “homogeneity of race”The Pentagon TalksGeorge KennanRobert LovettGeorge MarshallUN Partition Resolution 181, November 29, 1947.
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- Israel's MomentInternational Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949, pp. 223 - 262Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022