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The book was written after hundreds and thousands of classified documents from the period of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 were made public. Professor Herf delved into hundreds of documents, memorandums, and meeting minutes which showed the vehement opposition of senior U.S. administration officials from both sides of the political spectrum to the establishment of the State of Israel. Senior CIA officials, the heads of the Pentagon, and the US State Department objected, as did industrialists and financiers, who built the future of the American economy on the supply of Arab oil from the Persian Gulf.
The opposition was headed by US Secretary of State George Marshall, a World War II hero and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. He was convinced that a bloody war would break out between the Jews and the Arabs, and that the Jews would be disastrously defeated. As a general, he knew that the Jews did not have soldiers, weapons, knowledge or military experience to fight a war against ten countries experienced in warfare. The Jews also did not have the necessary courage and determination. In short, they had no chance of winning.
Another cause for concern in the US administration was the Soviet Union’s very surprising support of the establishment of the Jewish State. The Americans were very concerned that the State of Israel that would be established would be a satellite state of the Soviet government, which in those days was waging a very serious cold war against the United States.
In the face of all this stood American President Harry Truman, who used all of his influence on the senior bureaucrats who opposed the establishment of the State of Israel. He instructed the US representative to the UN to support the UN partition plan, and recognized the State of Israel ten minutes after David Ben-Gurion's declaration of the State.
Harry Truman drew his strength from the Bible. His mother had taught him the Bible every day. Thanks to her, he realized that an historic process was taking place during his administration and that he should be a partner in it and not stand along the sidelines. He felt that he was the messenger of the Divine in fulfilling the prophecies of Moses and all of the prophets after him. And he did not disappoint.
What is most amazing is that Truman had not been elected President, he was elected as the Vice President to President Roosevelt, who opposed the establishment of the Jewish State. Roosevelt died suddenly during his tenure, and unexpectedly Harry Truman was inaugurated President, thus paving the way for the fulfillment of the prophecy of Moses: "the Lord your God will restore your returnees, and He will be merciful to you, and He will return and gather you from all the nations, that the Lord your God dispersed you there. Even if your banished will be at the ends of the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will take you. The Lord your God will bring you to the Land of which your fathers took possession, and you shall take possession of it; and He will do good to you, and increase you beyond your fathers" (Deuteronomy 30, 3-5).
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The Israeli State and Goverment How Can We, As Orthodox Jews Support & Celebrate a Non-Religious State?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
