President Harry Truman granted immediate recognition to the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, in the face of advice from all his senior policy appointees. The decision is examined here within the tradition of Christian Restorationism, rooted in Biblical Christianity and part of the legacy of American Puritanism. The cause of restoration of the Jews to Zion first became a political force in the US with the publication in 1981 of the Blackstone Memorial.

President Harry Truman granted immediate recognition to the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, in the face of advice from all his senior policy appointees. The decision is examined here within the tradition of Christian Restorationism, rooted in Biblical Christianity and part of the legacy of American Puritanism. The cause of restoration of the Jews to Zion first became a political force in the US with the publication in 1981 of the Blackstone Memorial.