The
answer was President Harry S. Truman. He
proclaimed that he supports Zionism when he was a senator and 1943 he advocated
that Jews who survived Nazi rule should be given a homeland. However, the State Department was hesitant to
endorse a Jewish state for fear of offending the Arabs who were against the
establishment of a Jewish state. Despite
objections from Secretary of State George Marshall, on May 14, 1948, Truman
recognized the State of Israel. He
believed that the Jews deserve a home and America should not prevent them to
rebuild their lives.
