Declaration of Independence of the State of israel. Independence Hall, Rechov Rothschild , Tel Aviv
| THE DECLARATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL May 14, 1948On May 14, 1948, on the day in which the British Mandate over a Palestine expired, the Jewish People’s Council gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum, and approved the following proclamation, declaring the establishment of the State of Israel. The new state was recognized that night by the United States and three days later by the USSR.
ERETZ-ISRAEL [(Hebrew) – the Land of Israel, Palestine] was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance and gave to the world the eternal Book of Books.After being forcibly exiled from their land, the people kept faith with it… |
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Stephen Darori on Zionism 