James mcdonald and the Jews: From abandonment to statehood
Seventy years ago this month, the same McDonald arrived in Tel Aviv as the first US envoy to the newborn State of Israel that had arisen from the ashes of the Shoah.
US Envoy James McDonald meets with prime minister David Ben-Gurion in 1949(photo credit: COURTESY MCDONALD FAMILY)BySHULI ESHEL