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S ome general data about the signatories:
The total of 37 included 35 men and 2 women. The signatories represented the following
parties and bodies: Mapai (10), General Zionists (6), Mapam (5), Revisionists (3),
Mizrahi (3), HaPo'el HaMizrahi (2), Agudat Yisrael (2), Po'alei Agudat Yisrael (1),
Aliya Hadasha (1), Sephardim (1), Yemenites (1), WIZO (1), Communist Party (1).
The average age of the signatories was 53.2 years.
Native countries: Czarist Russia - 27 (Poland – 11, Ukraine – 7, Belorus – 5, Lithuania
– 2, Bessarabia – 2); Austro-Hungarian Empire – 4; Germany – 2; Romania – 1;
Denmark – 1; Yemen – 1; native born (Tiberias) – 1.
A comparison of the length of time that the signatories had spent in the country
reveals the following: immigrated between the years 1900-1914 – 9; 1919-1929 – 14;
1930-1939 – 10; 1940-1948 – 3; native born – 1.
The signatures of the 37 members of the Provisional State Council on the
Scroll of Independence
44 The Friday That Changed Destiny
The total of 37 included 35 men and 2 women. The signatories represented the following
parties and bodies: Mapai (10), General Zionists (6), Mapam (5), Revisionists (3),
Mizrahi (3), HaPo'el HaMizrahi (2), Agudat Yisrael (2), Po'alei Agudat Yisrael (1),
Aliya Hadasha (1), Sephardim (1), Yemenites (1), WIZO (1), Communist Party (1).
The average age of the signatories was 53.2 years.
Native countries: Czarist Russia - 27 (Poland – 11, Ukraine – 7, Belorus – 5, Lithuania
– 2, Bessarabia – 2); Austro-Hungarian Empire – 4; Germany – 2; Romania – 1;
Denmark – 1; Yemen – 1; native born (Tiberias) – 1.
A comparison of the length of time that the signatories had spent in the country
reveals the following: immigrated between the years 1900-1914 – 9; 1919-1929 – 14;
1930-1939 – 10; 1940-1948 – 3; native born – 1.
The signatures of the 37 members of the Provisional State Council on the
Scroll of Independence
44 The Friday That Changed Destiny
