Indipendence Day - Yom Ha'atzmauth at The Wall - הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי ביום העצמאות
The Western Wall, the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem
Israel's Independence Day in 2022 falls on May 4-5 at sundown.
Independence Day is the national day of Israel, commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence and the establishment of the State of Israel by the Jewish leadership headed by future Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion on 14 May 1948.
It is celebrated on the 5th of Iyar, according to the Hebrew calendar.
Independence was declared eight hours before the end of the British Mandate of Palestine, which was due to finish on 15 May 1948.
The operative paragraph of the Declaration of the Establishment of State of Israel of 14 May 1948 expresses the declaration to be by virtue of "natural and historic right" and on the basis of the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. The operative paragraph concludes with the words of Ben-Gurion, where he thereby declares the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel.
The new state was quickly recognised by the United States de facto, the Soviet Union and many other countries, but not by the surrounding Arab states, which marched with their troops into the area of the former British Mandate.
Ha-tikvah, Israeli National Anthem :
Ha-tikvah means : The Hope
Indipendence Day - Yom Ha'atzmauth at The Wall - הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי ביום העצמאות
The Western Wall, the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem
Israel's Independence Day in 2022 falls on May 4-5 at sundown.
Independence Day is the national day of Israel, commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence and the establishment of the State of Israel by the Jewish leadership headed by future Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion on 14 May 1948.
It is celebrated on the 5th of Iyar, according to the Hebrew calendar.
Independence was declared eight hours before the end of the British Mandate of Palestine, which was due to finish on 15 May 1948.
The operative paragraph of the Declaration of the Establishment of State of Israel of 14 May 1948 expresses the declaration to be by virtue of "natural and historic right" and on the basis of the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. The operative paragraph concludes with the words of Ben-Gurion, where he thereby declares the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel.
The new state was quickly recognised by the United States de facto, the Soviet Union and many other countries, but not by the surrounding Arab states, which marched with their troops into the area of the former British Mandate.
Ha-tikvah, Israeli National Anthem :
Ha-tikvah means : The Hope