Israeli Declaration of Independence

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constitutional document declaration of independence founding document

The Israeli Declaration of Independence is the 1948 founding document that proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and outlined its guiding principles and values.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional document → declaration of independence → founding document →
adoptedBy	Provisional State Council →
affirmsPrinciple	development of the country for the benefit of all inhabitants → equality of social and political rights for all inhabitants → freedom of conscience → freedom of culture → freedom of education → freedom of language → freedom of religion → protection of holy places of all religions → right of the Jewish people to national self-determination →
alternativeName	Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel → Megilat HaAtzmaut →
archivedAt	Israel State Archives →
basisIn	Balfour Declaration → Holocaust of the Jewish people in Europe → United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 → historical connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel →
callsFor	cooperation with the United Nations → participation of Arab inhabitants in building the state → peace with neighboring Arab states →
country	State of Israel →
dateProclaimed	1948-05-14 →
dateSigned	1948-05-14 →
declares	end of the British Mandate in Palestine → establishment of the State of Israel →
governs	interim constitutional framework of Israel →
hasConstitutionalRole	guiding interpretation of Israeli law →
influencedBy	Jewish historical and religious tradition → Zionist movement → liberal democratic principles →
language	Hebrew →
legalStatus	quasi-constitutional document →
mentions	Hebrew prophets → Nazi Holocaust → UN partition resolution → persecution of Jews throughout history → vision of peace and justice →
placeProclaimed	Eretz-Israel → Tel Aviv →
proclaimedAt	Tel Aviv Museum building →
proclaims	Jewish state in Eretz-Israel → ingathering of the exiles → open for Jewish immigration →
readAloudBy	David Ben-Gurion →
signedBy	David Ben-Gurion → Members of the Provisional State Council →
timeProclaimed	16:00 local time →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aharon Zisling → Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit → David Grün → Herzl Rosenblum → Meir Vilner → Mordechai Bentov → Peretz Bernstein → Rachel Cohen-Kagan → Yehuda Leib Fishman (Maimon) → Yehuda Leib Maimon → Yitzhak-Meir Levin → Zerach Warhaftig →	signatoryTo
David Ben-Gurion → Eliyahu Dobkin → Yitzhak Gruenbaum →	signed
Dizengoff House ("Proclamation of the State of Israel") → Jewish People’s Council ("Proclamation of the State of Israel") → Tel Aviv Museum of Art ("Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel") →	significantEvent
Israeli Declaration of Independence ("Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel") → Israeli Declaration of Independence ("Megilat HaAtzmaut") →	alternativeName
Day of Independence → Yom Ha’atzmaut →	commemorates
David Ben-Gurion ("Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel") → David Grün →	notableWork
Jewish People’s Council ("Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel") →	adoptedDocument
Moetzet HaAm ("Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel") →	approvedDocument
creationOfStateOfIsrael ("Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel") →	documentName
British Mandate for Palestine →	endEvent
Provisional State Council →	establishedAfter
Provisional Government of Israel →	establishedForEvent
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II) ("Declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948") →	followedBy
Israel ("Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel") →	foundingDocument
creationOfStateOfIsrael →	hasName
Israel →	independenceEvent
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine →	influencedEvent
Arab–Israeli War of 1948 →	keyEvent
Provisional State Council →	legalBasis
Zionism →	relatedEvent
Day of Independence ("Israeli Declaration of Independence of 14 May 1948") →	relatedTo
Moshe Kol →	signatoryOf