• Harry S Truman National Historic Site

    Harry S Truman

    National Historic Site Missouri

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President Truman with Dr. Chaim Weizmann. Credit: Truman Library.

President Truman recognized the state of Israel on 14 May 1948.  The Arab countries were not pleased.  The next day, Arab armies invaded Israel and the first Arab-Israeli war began.