Israel's moment: international support for and opposition to establishing the Jewish State,1945-1949

Introduction

Zionist momentum and the war crimes issue in the United States, 1944-1945

American liberals and leftists support Zionist aspirations, 1945-1947

Haj Amin al-Husseini and the French government : May 1945-May 1946

The "question of Palestine" at the United Nations General Assembly's first special session : April-May 1947

The Truman Doctrine, the Cold War, and Jewish Refugees, Spring 1947

The French government, Jewish immigration to Palestine, and the Exodus Affair

Zionist momentum and the US and British governments' counteroffensive : September-December 1947

The US State Department Policy Planning staff memos oppose the UN Partition Resolution : January-February 1948

The US and UN arms embargo : November 1947-May 1948

Responses in Washington, the United Nations, and in Europe to the establishment of the State of Israel : May and June 1948

International responses to the Arab-Israeli War I : May-June 1948

International responses to the Arab-Israeli War II : July-August 1948

The USA and Britain again in opposition : from the Bernadotte Plan to the end of the 1948 War

Israel's admission to the UN, and Sharett and Ben-Gurion's retrospectives

Conclusion