“he date of the declaration is the proper day to celebrate as that was when the British left and we became independent. It was also a great kiddush Hashem as the British and Americans both warned BG against it.”
On the contrary it made us appear worse..
Beforehand there was a tremendous overwhelming latent sympathy for us after the holocaust.Afterwards,”the tough jews will/could take care of themselves”
(The nazi trials also started to diminish)