| The choice for our people, Mr. President, is between statehood and extermination.” |
| Chaim Weizmann president of Jewish Agency for Palestine to President Harry S. Truman, April 9, 1948 |
The creation of a Jewish state in Palestine was one of the most divisive issues of the Truman administration. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations agreed that Palestine, which had been a British mandate since 1922, would be divided into two new states: one Jewish, one Arab. The British would withdraw on May 14, 1948, when this partition plan would take effect.
As the deadline approached, U.S. policy on this question appeared to be in disarray. President Truman secretly assured the Jewish Agency for Palestine of U.S. support for the plan, while the State Department announced support of an alternative plan. As the violence between Jews and Arabs in Palestine escalated and as the British prepared to withdraw, President Truman, subjected to intense pressures, made his choice. On May 14, 1948, just 11 minutes after the State of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv, President Truman released a statement recognizing the new Jewish state.
The statement recognizing the State of Israel is at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.
The U.S. announces recognition of the State of Israel in a statement released, May 14, 1948.
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