Word: zionists
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only last November, anxious for Zionist political support, Harry Truman had plumped for partition, had ordered U.S. delegates to force it through the United Nations. Last March, anxious about Arab threats, he had startled the world by abandoning partition, plumping for trusteeship. The United Nations threw trusteeship out the window. But when the Jews took matters into their own hands, Harry Truman surprised the U.N. again...
...hours after Cunningham left the docks at Haifa, 400 Jews gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum under the watchful eyes of Haganah Bren-gunners. The 13 men who would rule the new Jewish state sat down at a long table on a raised dais. Over their heads were white Zionist flags bearing two pale blue stripes and a blue Star of David. The assemblage rose to sing the Zionist anthem Hatikvah-"The ancient longing will be fulfilled, to return to the land ... of our fathers...
Would Abdullah use his Legion merely to occupy Arab-majority parts of Palestine, or would he try to crush the Zionist state? Like all Arab leaders, he had to make warlike noises and gestures. "I am an Arab king of an Arab state," said Abdullah recently, "and my army is an Arab army. I shall do as I please...
...Most Zionists might also welcome Abdullah's occupation of Arab parts of Palestine. He has a name among Arabs of being too friendly to the Jews. In 1933-until outraged fellow Arabs forced him to renege-he leased 22½ square miles of Transjordan land to the Jews. Both Abdullah and Jewish leaders, as the two dominant contenders for Palestine, knew that in the long run they would have to agree to live side by side. To mollify his Arab allies, Abdullah would have to breathe anti-Zionist fire. But he was a reluctant dragon. While he talked...
...Zionist Organization--Judith Gordon '50, president; Arline Landy '49, vice president; Irma Lewis '49, secretary; Marjorie Krensky '49, treasurer; Ann Shapiro '51, regional delegate...