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the right to be reckoned among the peoples who founded the United Nations.
O n the 29th November, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed a
resolution calling for the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz-Israel; the General
Assembly required the inhabitants of Eretz-Israel to take such steps as were necessary
on their part for the implementation of that resolution. This recognition by the
United Nations of the right of the Jewish people to establish their State is irrevocable.
T his right is the natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate,
like all other nations, in their own sovereign State.
ACCORDINGLY WE, MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY OF ERETZ-ISRAEL AND OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT, ARE HERE ASSEMBLED
ON THE DAY OF THE TERMINATION OF THE BRITISH MANDATE OVER ERETZ-ISRAEL AND, BY
VIRTUE OF OUR NATURAL AND HISTORIC RIGHT AND ON THE STRENGTH OF THE RESOLUTION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HEREBY DECLARE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
JEWISH STATE IN ERETZ-ISRAEL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
W E DECLARE that, with effect from the moment of the termination of the Mandate
being tonight, the eve of Sabbath, the 6th Iyar, 5708 (15th May, 1948), until the
establishment of the elected, regular authorities of the State in accordance with the
Constitution which shall be adopted by the Elected Constituent Assembly not later
than the 1st October 1948, the People's Council shall act as a Provisional Council of
State, and its executive organ, the People's Administration, shall be the Provisional
government of the Jewish State, to be called "Israel".
THE STATE OF ISRAEL is prepared to cooperate with the agencies and representatives
of the United Nations in implementing the resolution of the General Assembly of the
29th November, 1947, and will take steps to bring about the economic union of the
whole of Eretz-Israel.
W E APPEAL to the United Nations to assist the Jewish people in the building-
up of its State and to receive the State of Israel into the community of nations.
W E APPEAL - in the very midst of the onslaught launched against us now
for months - to the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to preserve peace and
participate in the upbuilding of the State on the basis of full and equal citizenship
and due representation in all its provisional and permanent institutions.
W E EXTEND our hand to all neighbouring states and their peoples in an offer
of peace and good neighbourliness, and appeal to them to establish bonds of
cooperation and mutual help with the sovereign Jewish people settled in its own land.
The State of Israel is prepared to do its share in a common effort for the advancement
of the entire Middle East.
WE APPEAL to the Jewish people throughout the Diaspora to rally round the Jews
of Eretz-Israel in the tasks of immigration and upbuilding and to stand by them in
the great struggle for the realization of the age-old dream - the redemption of Israel.
P LACING OUR TRUST IN THE "ROCK OF ISRAEL," WE AFFIX OUR SIGNATURES TO THIS
PROCLAMATION AT THIS SESSION OF THE PROVISIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE, ON THE SOIL OF
THE HOMELAND, IN THE CITY OF TEL-AVIV, ON THIS SABBATH EVE, THE 5TH DAY OF IYAR, 5708
(14TH MAY,1948).
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O n the 29th November, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed a
resolution calling for the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz-Israel; the General
Assembly required the inhabitants of Eretz-Israel to take such steps as were necessary
on their part for the implementation of that resolution. This recognition by the
United Nations of the right of the Jewish people to establish their State is irrevocable.
T his right is the natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate,
like all other nations, in their own sovereign State.
ACCORDINGLY WE, MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE'S COUNCIL, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY OF ERETZ-ISRAEL AND OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT, ARE HERE ASSEMBLED
ON THE DAY OF THE TERMINATION OF THE BRITISH MANDATE OVER ERETZ-ISRAEL AND, BY
VIRTUE OF OUR NATURAL AND HISTORIC RIGHT AND ON THE STRENGTH OF THE RESOLUTION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HEREBY DECLARE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
JEWISH STATE IN ERETZ-ISRAEL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
W E DECLARE that, with effect from the moment of the termination of the Mandate
being tonight, the eve of Sabbath, the 6th Iyar, 5708 (15th May, 1948), until the
establishment of the elected, regular authorities of the State in accordance with the
Constitution which shall be adopted by the Elected Constituent Assembly not later
than the 1st October 1948, the People's Council shall act as a Provisional Council of
State, and its executive organ, the People's Administration, shall be the Provisional
government of the Jewish State, to be called "Israel".
THE STATE OF ISRAEL is prepared to cooperate with the agencies and representatives
of the United Nations in implementing the resolution of the General Assembly of the
29th November, 1947, and will take steps to bring about the economic union of the
whole of Eretz-Israel.
W E APPEAL to the United Nations to assist the Jewish people in the building-
up of its State and to receive the State of Israel into the community of nations.
W E APPEAL - in the very midst of the onslaught launched against us now
for months - to the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to preserve peace and
participate in the upbuilding of the State on the basis of full and equal citizenship
and due representation in all its provisional and permanent institutions.
W E EXTEND our hand to all neighbouring states and their peoples in an offer
of peace and good neighbourliness, and appeal to them to establish bonds of
cooperation and mutual help with the sovereign Jewish people settled in its own land.
The State of Israel is prepared to do its share in a common effort for the advancement
of the entire Middle East.
WE APPEAL to the Jewish people throughout the Diaspora to rally round the Jews
of Eretz-Israel in the tasks of immigration and upbuilding and to stand by them in
the great struggle for the realization of the age-old dream - the redemption of Israel.
P LACING OUR TRUST IN THE "ROCK OF ISRAEL," WE AFFIX OUR SIGNATURES TO THIS
PROCLAMATION AT THIS SESSION OF THE PROVISIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE, ON THE SOIL OF
THE HOMELAND, IN THE CITY OF TEL-AVIV, ON THIS SABBATH EVE, THE 5TH DAY OF IYAR, 5708
(14TH MAY,1948).
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