Two major challenges faced the Mideast. The first was Zionism, which was now becoming one of the world’s major issues, following the liberation of Jews from Nazi concentration camps. According to the State Department, “The Arabs, not only in Palestine but throughout the whole [Mideast], have made no secret of their hostility to Zionism and their Governments say that it would be impossible to restrain them from rallying with arms.” On the day of his death, FDR had communicated in his letter to the Iraqi prince that “no decision affecting the basic situation in Palestine should be reached
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Truman chose right the Jews
