https://polis.video/videos/watch/1319cab2-d470-4fba-aa74-16d1cf29af71 In a 1964 televised interview series (Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman), former U.S. President Harry S. Truman remarked about the 1947–1948 partition period: "Well, there were a lot of Jewish people against me because they wanted the whole of Palestine." Context of Truman's RemarksPolitical Pressure: Truman faced intense lobbying from various American Zionist organizations and leaders who pushed for an independent Jewish commonwealth. The Partition Plan: While the United Nations pursued a partition plan to divide Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, Truman noted that maximalist positions among some Zionist groups desired control over the entirety of the territory rather than a partitioned slice. The Full, Unedited Quote from TrumanWhen describing his interactions with Zionist factions during the 1947–1948 partition negotiations, Truman stated on camera:"We had several other people in the country, even among the Jews—the Zionists particularly—who were against anything that was to be done if they could not have the whole of Palestine, and everything handed to them on a silver plate so they wouldn't have to do anything. It couldn't be done. We had to take it in small doses. You can't move 5 or 6 million people out of a country and fill it up with 5 or 6 million more and expect both sets of them to be pleased." Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:41:48 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://polis.video https://polis.video/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://polis.video/videos/watch/1319cab2-d470-4fba-aa74-16d1cf29af71 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://polis.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.