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President Truman's Decision to Recognize Israel
[Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs] Clark Clifford with Richard Holbrooke - The charge that domestic politics determined our policy on Palestine angered President Truman for the rest of his life. In fact, the President's policy rested on the realities of the situation in the region, on America's moral, ethical, and humanitarian values, on the costs and risks inherent in any other course, and on America's national interests.