On May 14, 1948 – 6 p.m. in Washington, D.C. President Harry S. Truman made the decision to recognize the state of Israel. President Truman faced opposition from his Secretary of State George Marshall, his closet advisers, the United Nations and allies across the globe. Nearly seventy years later another President makes a similar decision.
On December 6, 2017 President Donald J. Trump declares Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, orders moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
