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1948 Arab–Israeli War

I suggest you read WP:V. It's a core policy of Misplaced Pages. The threshold for inclusion of material in an article is that it was published by reliable secondary sources, not our own interpretation of primary sources. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 08:16, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

A minor correction is in order. You certainly may use any analysis or interpretations that have been reliably published in primary sources. WP:PSTS only applies to unpublished original research done by Misplaced Pages editors.

In Robert Donovan, "Conflict and crisis: the presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1945-1948, University of Missouri Press, 1996,ISBN 082621066X, page 382 the author wrote that Under Secretary Lovett was asked to provide the President's Legal Counsel, Clark Clifford, an advisory opinion from a senior legal counsel at the State Department, Ernest Gross. It was used by the President and his staff in making decisions regarding US recognition of the newly partitioned states in Palestine. It was decided that neither state would be recognized if it attempted to form a unitary state governing all of Palestine or tried to obtain more territory than had been agreed upon in the international forum. There are a number of published accounts which say that Ben Gurion and the Provisional Council had decided to leave the matter of borders "open to developments". In Simha Flapan, "The birth of Israel: myths and realities", Pantheon Books, 1987, page 35 the author wrote that Ben Gurion was very displeased when he discovered that Elihu Epstein's request for US recognition contained a stipulation that Israel had been established within the boundaries of the 29 November UN resolution. Years later Clark Clifford, wrote an account explaining that he had personally insisted upon that written clarification regarding Israel's borders.

Here is the account via the JCPA: "Epstein was ecstatic. He did not realize that the President had still not decided how to respond to the request I had just solicited. It was particu­larly important, I said, that the new state claim nothing beyond the boundaries outlined in the UN resolution of November 29, 1947, be­cause those boundaries were the only ones which had been agreed to by everyone, including the Arabs, in any international forum.

A few minutes later, Epstein called back: "We've never done this before, and we're not quite sure how to go about it. Could you give us some advice?" I told him that I would check with the experts and get back to him... ...I asked Epstein to be sure the letter explicitly referred to the November 29 UN resolu­tion. the JCPA harlan (talk) 22:49, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

In December 1948 the Security Council considered the membership of the State of Israel. During the 384th Session the representative of the USSR objected to suggestions that the application be delayed until Israel's borders could be determined. He said

My delegation cannot agree with the assertion that the territory and frontiers of the State of Israel have not been established, are undetermined and vague. It holds the view that the territory of Israel has been defined by an international document, namely, the General Assembly's resolution of 29 November 1947, which is still in force. Not only does the resolution define precisely the territory of the State of Israel, but it even includes an appended map, which can be seen at any time by any member of the Security Council. The question is therefore beyond dispute. See page 22 of 45

During the 386th Session the views of the USSR and SSR Ukraine on the subject were repeated:

In our opinion the territory of the State of Israel has been determined and delimited by an international instrument, that is, the General Assembly resolution of 29 November 1947, and which remains in force. Not only does that resolution delimit the territory and boundaries of the State of Israel, but the resolution has a map appended to it which can be consulted by any member of the Security Council or by anybody else. Thus, the question is indubitable. See page 5 of 20

There were dozens of remarks like that during the General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee meetings on the application for membership. It was stated repeatedly, without objection from the representative of the Provisional Government of Israel, that it had been created by an act of the General Assembly. harlan (talk) 23:57, 15 March 2011 (UTC)