Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel, at midnight on May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv, just before the expiration of the British mandate in Palestine; precipitating the first Arab-Israeli war.
The UN General Assembly had adopted the resolution to partition Palestine on 29 November 1947 and Britain had announced the termination of its Mandate for Palestine, effective on 15 May 1948. Ben-Gurion became Israel’s first premier. More
