Jewish People’s Council

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The Jewish People’s Council was a representative Zionist body in Mandatory Palestine that proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.


Statements (42)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist organization
political council
representative body
adoptedDocument Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
associatedWith Jewish Agency for Palestine
Provisional Government of Israel
composedOf representatives of major Zionist parties
representatives of the Yishuv
country Mandatory Palestine
date 1948
dateOfEvent 14 May 1948
declaredEntity State of Israel
declaredIndependenceFrom British Mandate for Palestine
declaredOnBehalfOf Jewish people in Eretz-Israel
Zionist movement
dissolvedAfter establishment of regular state institutions of Israel
ethnicGroupRepresented Jewish people
function adopted the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
served as a representative body of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine
historicalSignificance body that formally proclaimed Israeli independence
ideology Zionism
languageOfProceedings Hebrew
legacy recognized as the body that issued Israel’s declaration of independence
legalBasisClaimed United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181
location Tel Aviv
membership leaders of the Yishuv
representatives of Jewish political parties in Palestine
metAt Independence Hall (Tel Aviv)
Tel Aviv Museum
movement Zionism
operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
placeOfEvent Tel Aviv
politicalAlignment broad Zionist coalition
politicalContext end of the British Mandate in Palestine
implementation of the UN partition plan
precededBy institutions of the Yishuv
reasonForFormation to represent the Jewish community in the transition from Mandate to statehood
region Middle East
religiousCommunityRepresented Yishuv
roleInEvent proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel
significantEvent Proclamation of the State of Israel
timePeriod British Mandate period

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
creationOfStateOfIsrael
declaredBy
Moetzet HaAm ("People’s Council of the Yishuv")
precededBy

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