Secretary of Defense, James V. Forrestal: "You fellows over at the White House are just not facing up to the realities in the Middle East. There are thirty million Arabs on one side and about six hundred thousand Jews on the other. It is clear that in any contest, the Arabs are going to overwhelm the Jews."
https://jcpa.org/article/president-truman%E2%80%99s-decision-to-recognize-israel/