> I don't know how reliable the following information is from a liberal Zionist Israeli academic, Ami Isseroff, and if I had the time and sufficient interest, I would track down his primary sources and other studies to verify his account of "President Harry S. Truman and US Support for Israeli Statehood"
Thanks for this. Looks like a competent piece of scholarship to me too. However, if anyone wants to know what it says, I'd strongly encourage them to read the original rather than just Marv's summary:
http://www.mideastweb.org/us_supportforstate.htm
SA