Palestine and Israel in the Records of President Harry S. Truman

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Ayman Al Sharafat

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This article analyses the Palestine Question in the documents and communications of President Harry S. Truman and aims to determine the reason behind President Truman’s positions towards Palestine and Israel in his records during his work as the US president. It seeks to answer the questions of how Palestine-Israel related references appeared in the documents of President Truman and what the reasons were behind his position. The study applies the ‘realist’ approach to the history of foreign policy and reconciles a variety of historiographies and archives. American presidential communication archives are used in order to collect materials regarding President Truman and his associations with Palestine and Israel. The study finds that Truman was brilliantly able to claim justification on humanitarian principles for having helped the Jewish people in his communications during his presidency, and as a result, sought to gain many political advantages for himself and for his party.

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Al Sharafat, Ayman. 2021. “Palestine and Israel in the Records of President Harry S. Truman”. AMERICANA E-Journal of American Studies in Hungary 17 (1). https://iskolakultura.hu/index.php/americanaejournal/article/view/45465.
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Ayman Al Sharafat

Ayman Al Sharafat was born in Jordan in 1987, he is currently a PhD candidate in American studies at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest. He is working on a project entitled: “Language policy, right and diversity issues in the communications of the United States’ presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump”. Mr. Al Sharafat received an MA in American studies from the University of Jordan in 2016. Mr. Al Sharafat has several scientific publications in American politics, history, and democracy. For example, he is the author of the article "Attitudes of the United States’ Presidents Towards Immigration: Bush, Obama, Trump" which was published in in 2019 by the Journal of AISNA (Italian Association of North American Studies). Mr. Al Sharafat also presented many papers in international conferences all over Europe. He is a fellow of Salzburg Seminar American Studies Association 17 “The Changing Role of the Media in American Life and Culture: Emerging Trends.” Which was held between 20-24 Sep 2019 in Salzburg, Austria. Email: alsharafat.ayman@gmail.com