“THE PEOPLE DECLARE THE STATE OF ISRAEL" From SWC Archives
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n celebration of last month’s Yom ha-Atzma’ut, here are two unique holdings from the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s archives celebrate the Jewish State’s establishment:
ABOVE: A "Happy New Year" picture postcard shows people celebrating in the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel, on November 29, 1947, the date the resolution for the partition of Palestine was passed by the UN General Assembly.
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RIGHT: On Friday, May 14, 1948 at 4PM, the last day of foreign rule, the Palestinian Hebrew newspapers published a joint edition of the country's newspapers titled Yom ha-Medinah. The headline reads: "The people declare the State of Israel... we hereby proclaim the establishment of a state in the Land of Israel, which is the State of Israel."
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