Foreign Approval

After reading the section on "The Question of Palestine" in our book, I was convinced that the United States granted itself the authority without the right. To quote the book: "After World War II, the Zionists turned for support to the United States, and in March 1948, the Truman administration approved the concept of an independent Jewish state..." The question of Palestine was answered by the United States, yet how can we decide the borders, let alone the existence of a nation. To me, this is an example of the United States flaunting its love for democracy and peace in a land where democracy is unheard of, and peace is limited. On page 835, we can see that perhaps the state of Israel is not as concrete and defined as president Truman would have liked it to be. 

Land should have been distributed to the Jews. An independent nation was called for, especially after a horrific event such as the holocaust. Uniting the Jewish population under one state sounded/s like an idea worth fighting for, and the fight prevailed, or did it? Israel is now marked by the feuding war taking place with its neighbors. Was what Truman did the right thing to do? The idea was backed by logical thinking, but strategically, the thought process of the location was controversial. This is evident when looking at the present day.

Borders laid out in the Middle East are something not to be reconfigured. The United States did such, and now the state of Israel and its Arab neighbors are fighting over the answer given.