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Archive - Declaration of the State of Israel 

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Following World War I, the British occupied Palestine having promised the establishment of a Jewish national home to the Zionists in 1917. On 14 May 1948, the day the British mandate ended, the Israeli state was effectively proclaimed by David Ben Gurion. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Tel-Aviv. May 14th, 1948. Founder of the state of Israel,... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Tel Aviv, 14th May 1948. CEREMONY OF THE DECLARATION OF THE STATE... 

Bar Am Collection 1948

ISRAEL. Golda MEIR signing the Bill of Independance of Israel.... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Tel Aviv, 14th May 1948. CERMONY OF THE DECLARATION OF THE STATE... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 14th May 1948. The British mandate comes to... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Haifa. 14th May 1948. The British High Commissioner General... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

European new immigrants aboard the Theodore Herzl arriving at... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Haifa Port, newly arrived immigrants descend from the Theodor... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Haifa. Newly arrived immigrants are taken to a reception... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. A newly arrived immigrant making his way from the port... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Galilee. A group of Palmach veterans celebrates the completion... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. A meeting of the Talmud Society in the Mea Shearim district... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ICP 775.
ISRAEL. West of Jerusalem. June, 1948. "Burma Road",... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. A divided sector of of an Arab/Israeli village, with... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Members of the Israeli government forces (the Haganah),... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1947

ICP 773 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ICP 780.
The Altalena burning, Tel Aviv, June 22, 1948 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Tel Aviv. June 1948. Crowds gathered along the Tel Aviv... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Fighting for territory in Jerusalem on the night before the 'cease... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 11 juin 1948. Mea Shearim district. Hardly... 

David Seymour 1951

ISRAEL. 1951. Water is scarce and has to be carried from a neighboring... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ICP 784.
ISRAEL. Jerusalem. June 9th, 1948. A member of the Israeli... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1947

icp 782 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

icp 771 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Tel Aviv. 1948. The rusting hulk of the Altalena, beached... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. The deviding line of Jerusalem. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Galilee. 1948. Refugees from Bulgaria. Community housework... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. 1948. New settlers arriving at a camp near the Hills... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Settlers in the Arab village of Tarshiha, seen here collecting... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Newly arrived immigrant at a reception center near the... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Haifa. 1948. The arrival of new immigrants at a reception... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Tel Aviv. 1948. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Newly arrived immigrants at a reception center in the Port of... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. New settlers arriving at a camp near the Hills of Canaan.... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ICP 788.
Jerusalem. Mea Sherim district. May/June 1949. A meeting... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Ground laying for the building of a University near Jerusalem.... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. 1948. Jerusalem, Sham's neighbourhood. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Galilee. The building of a water pipeline to bring water... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. 1948. Refugees arriving in the harbor of Haifa on board... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1950

ISRAEL. Haïfa. May-June 1949. The arrival of thousands of immigrants... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Tel Aviv. On the wall, a collection of portraits of the... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Haifa. 1949. Man and woman carrying their belongings... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Haifa. 1949-50. Arriving immigrants. 

David Seymour 1951

ISRAEL. 1951. First child (Miriam TRITO) born in the settlement... 
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