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
15 - Israel’s Admission to the UN, and Sharett and Ben-Gurion’s Retrospectives
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
This chapter examines Israel’s admission to the United Nations in May 1949 with a focus on now Israeli foreign minister Moshe Sharret’s (formerly Shertok) first speech to the UN in that capacity. Sharret recalled the history of international support and opposition to the Zionist project in the previous few years, and articulated Ben-Gurion’s hopes for good relations with the both the United States and the Soviet Union. In response to American criticism of Israeli policy, now prime minister Ben-Gurion told now US ambassador to Israel James McDonald that the Jews in Palestine and then Israel would have been in dire circumstances if they had been dependent on support from the United States
Keywords
Israel’s admission to UN membershipviews of United States, Soviet Union, Poland, FranceMoshe Sharret (Shertok)’s first speech to UN as Israel’s foreign ministerDavid Ben-Gurion on principles of Israel’s foreign policyDean AchesonHarry Truman on reconsidering policy toward IsraelBen-Gurion’s critical reply to Truman; Soviet turn to antagonism to IsraelCIA on communist opposition to Arab aspirations in 1947-8origins of French alliance with Israel
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- Israel's MomentInternational Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949, pp. 437 - 451Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022