Israeli Declaration of Independence
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The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708) by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization It declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel, which would come into effect on termination of the British Mandate at midnight that day. The event is celebrated annually in Israel with a national holiday Independence Day on 5 Iyar of every year according to the Hebrew calendar.
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See also
- Balfour Declaration
- British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument)
- Mandatory Palestine
- Churchill White Paper
- 1929 Palestine riots
- Passfield white paper
- White Paper of 1939
- United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
- The Recording of the Israel Declaration of Independence
- 1948 Arab–Israeli War
- Palestinian Declaration of Independence
- Yom Ha'atzmaut
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