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May 14 – Recognition of the State of Israel
by Darren Cole on May 14, 2011
President Truman's statement recognizing the State of Israel, May 14, 1948 (ARC ID 201133). Charles Ross Papers, 1904-1967, Alphabetical Correspondence File: "Handwriting of the President," Harry S. Truman Library, National Archives and Records Administration.
At midnight on May 14, 1948, the Provisional Government of Israel proclaimed a new State of Israel. On that same date, the United States, in the person of President Truman, recognized the provisional Jewish government as de facto authority of the Jewish state (de jure recognition was extended on January 31, 1949).
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