Declaration of independence (1948)

Declaration of independence (1948)

In the five months following the resolution of the UN General Assembly on 29 November 1947 on the division of Mandatory Palestine into two independent states - Jewish and Arab, carried out intensive preparations for the proclamation of the state.

Britain has refused to cooperate in the implementation of the partition plan, and announced its intention to withdraw from the mandated territories its military and civilian personnel by mid-May 1948

American diplomacy has tried to put pressure on the Jewish Agency and the Yishuv in order to achieve delay the proclamation of the Jewish state.

US doubts about the ability of the Yishuv survive in the struggle with the Arabs, and also refused to support the Palestine partition plan, proposing to pass it under the UN trusteeship to reach an agreement between Jews and Arabs.

Despite the objections of Western European governments and the US State Department pressure and overcoming differences in the People's Council (Hebrew. מועצת העם) and within Mapai, David Ben-Gurion insisted on the proclamation of an independent Jewish state on the eve of the expiration of the British Mandate period.

May 12 The National board by six votes to four decided to declare independence within two days.

declaration of independence

May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion declared the establishment of an independent Jewish state.

The proclamation was made at 16:00 May 14, 1948, for eight hours prior to the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, in the museum building, the former home of Meir Dizengoff in Tel Aviv.

The time was chosen so that the ceremony would be over before the onset of the Sabbath. The choice of location was determined by the desire to avoid religious overtones or party preference and less noticeable and pompous buildings of fears of a possible bombing.

Invitations to the ceremony of the declaration of independence were sent messengers to the morning of May 14, a request to keep the event a secret.

The final text of the Declaration of Independence was approved for an hour before the ceremony, hastily printed and delivered a passing car at 15:59.

On the road the car was stopped for speeding and not having the right drivers avoid fines, told officers that he was delaying the proclamation of the new state.

After the reading of the Declaration of Independence, it was signed by 25 members of the People's Council, and the space was left for the signature of another twelve members of the Council of the People trapped in besieged Jerusalem.

The ceremony was broadcast radio station Kol Israel.

Effects

The very next day, the troops of the five members of the Arab League (Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Transjordan) began military actions against the self-proclaimed country.

The Secretary General of the Arab League promised:

"It will be a war of extermination and a grand massacre".

For Palestinians, these events were a day "Nakba" (catastrophe), celebrated on May 15th.

The first state to recognize Israel de facto been the United States. Truman announced this at 18:11 minutes May 14 - 11 minutes after Ben-Gurion read the Declaration of Independence.

The first country to recognize the Jewish state in its entirety, de jure, was the Soviet Union - 3 days after the proclamation of independence on 17 May.

Day of Declaration of Independence of Israel is a holiday. Israel's Independence Day, like other holidays, is celebrated on the Jewish calendar, the 5th of Iyar.

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