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IMAGO International History, Middle East Conflict, Chronicle, Founding of the State of Israel in 1948

May 17, 2021

The following photos have been selected for you by the IMAGO picture desk on this topic. For more pictures please use the search function.

  • FOLKE BERNADOTTE (1895-1948). Count of Wisborg and Swedish diplomat. Bernadotte (center) with his staff in Jerusalem, c1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0170286
  • DAVID BEN GURION (1886-1973). Israeli prime minister, arriving with his wife to a ceremony for the establishment of the State of Israel, May 1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0169932
  • DAVID BEN-GURION (1886-1973). Israeli (Polish-born) politician and Zionist. Proclaiming the independence of the State of Israel at the Tel Aviv Art Museum, 14 May 1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0168822
  • ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE, 1948. The signing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence at the Tel Aviv Museum, 14 May 1948. Seated in front are Golda Meir and Moshe Sharett. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0115397
  • FOLKE BERNADOTTE (1895-1948). Count of Wisborg and Swedish diplomat, appointed as the United Nations mediator in Palestine in 1948. Bernadotte (left), speaking with Sir Raphael Cilento, director of disaster relief in Palestine, 1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0107001
  • UNITED NATIONS, 1948. Count Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat appointed as the United Nations mediator in Palestine, addressing the Security Council on 13 July 1948. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0106985
  • Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949. Young warrior of the Haganah as honorary guard at a monument during the first independence memory in Israel in 1949. January 1, 1948. Israel Copyright: xpiemagsx pienatarchpart630102021-34448 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949. Speech by a soldier during the commemoration of a monument on May 15, 1949 on the occasion of the first birthday of Israel independence. January 1, 1948. Israel Copyright: xpiemagsx pienatarchpart630102021-34060 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949. At a commemoration on 15 May 1949 on the occasion of the first birthday of Israel independence in which trees will be planted. January 1, 1948. Israel Copyright: xpiemagsx pienatarchpart630102021-34059 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Jerusalem. Public during the military parade on May 15, 1949 in Jerusalem on the occasion of the first birthday of Israel independence. January 1, 1948. Israel, Jerusalem Copyright: xpiemagsx pienatarchpart630102021-34046 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Haifa. Military unit women during the military parade in Haifa on May 15, 1949 on the occasion of the first birthday of Israel independence. January 1, 1948. Haifa, Israel Copyright: xpiemagsx pienatarchpart630102021-34041 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Haifa. Ceremony at night on May 15, 1949 on a square in Haifa at the gesture of the commemoration of the first birthday of Israel independence. January 1, 1948. Haifa, Israel Copyright: xpiemagsx pienatarchpart630102021-34040 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Jerusalem. Commemoration of the first birthday of Israel independence in the Jessurun synagogue. 1949. Israel, Jerusalem Copyright: xpiemagsx pienatarchpart630102021-33411 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Audience behind barbed wire at the parade on the occasion of the first commemoration of Israels independence on May 15, 1949. On the right women, one with tambourine, from Bukhara, a city in today s Uzbekistan, in national clothing. May 15, 1949. Buchanan, Israel, Jerusalem Copyright: xpiemagsx pienatarchpart630102021-33401 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Jewish orphans arrive in Palestine. Even the hardened civilians - Jewish Agency representatives, doctors, Red Shield nurses, bus drivers and members of the press - were shocked when 500 orphaned Jewish children arrived in Palestine from Cyprus. The children were crowded into tall cages on the decks of the Empire Rest and the Empire Comfort , with the little ones in front , they arrived singing songs of hope and freedom. 16 instructors accompanied the children who will be placed in settlements if they have no homes to go to. Photo shows ; The children enjoying milk and buns are seen preparing to leave the Athlit Clearance Camp, after arriving in Palestine. 22 August 1948, Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379533
  • Jewish orphans arrive in Palestine. Even the hardened civilians - Jewish Agency representatives, doctors, Red Shield nurses, bus drivers and members of the press - were shocked when 500 orphaned Jewish children arrived in Palestine from Cyprus. The children were crowded into tall cages on the decks of the Empire Rest and the Empire Comfort , with the little ones in front , they arrived singing songs of hope and freedom. 16 instructors accompanied the children who will be placed in settlements if they have no homes to go to. Photo shows ; Children seen standing behind the wire cages when they arrived in Palestine. 22 August 1948, Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379531
  • Jewish immigrants pour into the State of Israel. Immigrants disembarking from the SS Teti at Tel Aviv. 14 May 1948, Israel Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1379415
  • May 05, 1948 - New Premier of Israel and his wife: Tel Aviv, Israel - a recent photo of the new Premier of Israel, David Ben Gurion, and his wife, as they chatted with correspondents in Tel Aviv. - ZUMAk09
  • Jewish immigrants pour into the state of Israel 20 5 1948 As the armies of five Arab nations attacked the newly formed State of Israel now battling for its existence, the first 1500 Jewish immigrants, carrying state of Israel visas, poured into crowded Tel Aviv. Photo shows A close up of immigrants disembarking from the Andria at Tel Aviv 20 May 1948 UnitedArchives01188163
  • Israel Independence 1948. Ben Gurion proclaims the new Jewish State of Israel in Tel-Aviv. UnitedArchives01012004
  • Israeli Independence. David Ben Gurion 1948 UnitedArchives01012002
  • A few hours before the British Mandate for Palestine ended at midnight on 14th May, the Jewish National Council in Tel Aviv proclaimed a new Jewish State of Israel. The National Council is to act as a provisional Government, and Mr Ben Gurion was made Prime Minister. Photo shows Mr Ben Gurion standing in centre proclaiming the new Jewish State of Israel at Tel Aviv. UnitedArchives00575109
  • Map of Israel s disputed borders November 1948 UnitedArchives00415623
  • Some of the crowds who assembled on the streets of Tel Aviv shortly after the new Jewish State of Israel had been proclaimed 20th May 1948 UnitedArchives00223617
  • David Ben Gurion reading Israel s Declaration of Independence to the Meeting of the Constituent Assembly in the Tel Aviv Museum, 14th May 1948. Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0771035