The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel[2] (Hebrew: הכרזה על הקמת מדינת ישראל), was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708) by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization,[a][3] Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and soon to be first Prime Minister of Israel.[4] It declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel, which would come into effect on termination of the British Mandate at midnight that day.[5][1] The event is celebrated annually in Israel as Independence Day, a national holiday on 5 Iyar of every year according to the Hebrew calendar.

“THE STATE OF ISRAEL will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice, and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education, and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions, and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.” From the Declaration of independence.

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Plaque brass was made in honor of the establishment of the State of Israel
The plaque was awarded by the Israeli delegation in New York as a gift to American Jews who helped Israel in the 1948 War of Independence.
The plaque is made in 2 languages, Hebrew and English and is in the shape of Israel’s Declaration of Independence
Signed on the bottom right of the manufacturer’s name

Designed by the artist Sol Nodel. The declaration is surrounded by illustrated frame, depicting an Israeli soldier, an angel and the city of Tel Aviv. At the top of the plaque is the portrait of Theodor Herzl,

Framed

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