Thread by @Uncommonsince76

Quick thread 🧵 on Harry Truman talking about the creation of Israel. 1/5 🇮🇱🇵🇸

This isn’t a post about who is right and wrong, but a historical information post. Make your own judgments.

“It is difficult to move 6 million people out of a country and 6 million people into a country, and have both groups be happy.”

-Harry Truman

“The Jews wanted to chase the Arabs into the rivers, and the Arabs wanted to chase the Jews into the Mediterranean. I was trying to find a homeland for the Jews but still be just for the Arabs.”

-Harry Truman 2/5 🧵

“I had been to Potsdam. I saw where over 6 million Jews were slaughtered. It was my hope that they would have a homeland when the time came to that. So we set up an Israeli Government in Palestine and moved the Arabs out. We compensated them for their land.”

-Harry Truman 3/5 🧵

Here is Truman discussing surveys of the rivers and water and trying to figure out where to settle people 4/5 🧵

Truman certainly saw himself as a man of biblical importance. When asked about the creation of Israel he said “I am Cyrus” referencing a previous biblical character who led the Jews back to their homeland.

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