Storia di Israele per immagini

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Testata: Informazione Corretta
Data: 28/05/2013
Pagina: 1
Autore: Redazione
Titolo: Buon 65imo anniversario, Israele. Dai pionieri ai giorni nostri, bellissime immagini storiche

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Wearing tattered clothing marked with the Star of David, these immigrants look at their new home - some with relief, some with a hint of trepidation.
The year is 1944, and they are Jewish survivors of the Nazi concentration camps in Europe, still wearing the signs of their ordeal. They have just arrived at the new immigrants' reception camp at Atlit, during the British Mandate of Palestine.
Four years later, on May 14, Zionist Leader David Ben-Gurion announced to the world that the state of Israel would come into existence at midnight after the termination of the mandate and following the 1947 UN Vote on Partition.
Israel's Independence Day - Yom Ha'Atzmaut - is celebrated in Israel according to the lunar Hebrew calendar - and this year marked the 65th anniversary of the nation's independence on April 15 and 16.
Here, Mail Online looks at the events that took place leading to the birth of the nation, the conflicts that have dominated its history and faith in the Holy Land...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2322735/Israels-65th-anniversary-From-pioneers-present-day-remarkable-pictures-struggle-celebration-Jewish-homeland.html

Jewish survivors of the Nazi concentration camps in Europe still wear the signs of their ordeal on their tattered clothing at the new immigrants' reception camp at Atlit, during the British Mandate of Palestine in 1944

In 65 years, Israel has surpassed the dreams of its founders, emerging as the Middle East’s strongest military force, a global hi-tech powerhouse and a prosperous homeland for the Jewish people.

It has weathered the global financial crisis better than most, with unemployment below 7 per cent and a growing economy.

As a 'startup nation', it has pioneered breakthroughs, including wi-fi technology, the computer firewall and instant messaging.

In the past decade, Israeli scientists have won six Nobel prizes in chemistry and economics.

1936

Members of the 2nd Battalion of the former East Kent Regiment, informally known as Buffs, keep watch from a lookout post in Acre. The town was part of the British mandate of Palestine from 1918 until 1949, when it was incorporated into the state of Israel

1938

Women of the Haganah train in one of their settlements in Palestine. The Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organisation that would form the core of the Israeli Defence Forces

British soldiers run through the old city of Jerusalem in what was then Palestine under British Mandate

British soldiers escort a group of Arab prisoners from the Old City of Jerusalem after a revolt against the British

It has absorbed immigrants from more than 100 countries to host the world’s largest Jewish population, evolving from a largely agrarian backwater to consistently rank high in measures of standard of living.

'The state of Israel is truly a fantastic success story, perhaps among the greatest success stories of the 20th century,' said Tom Segev, an Israeli author and historian.

'There’s an Israeli culture, a renewal of the Hebrew language. The most amazing thing is that we now have a third generation of Israelis for whom the country is a given. "Israeliness" has become something that we take for granted.'

THE BRITISH MANDATE OF PALESTINE EXPLAINED

British general, E H Allenby rides away from Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem, after his formal entry on foot in 1917

The Mandate system was instituted by the League of Nations in the early 20th century to administer non-self-governing territories.

The mandatory power, decided by an international body, was to consider the relevant territory a temporary trust and to see to the well-being and advancement of its population.

In July 1922, the League of Nations entrusted Britain with the Mandate for Palestine.

Recognising 'the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine', Britain was called upon to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine-Eretz Israel (Land of Israel).

Shortly afterwards, in September 1922, the League of Nations and Great Britain decided the provisions for setting up a Jewish national home would not apply to the area east of the Jordan River, which constituted three-fourths of the territory included in the Mandate.

This area would later become the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

The British Mandate authorities granted the Jewish and Arab communities the right to run their internal affairs.

The Yishuv liberation movement then established the Elected Assembly and the National Council. The economy expanded, a Hebrew education network was organised and cultural life flourished.

However, the Mandatory government failed to maintain the letter and spirit of the Mandate.

Under Arab pressure, it withdrew from its commitment, especially with respect to immigration and land acquisition. The White Papers of 1930 and 1939 restricted immigration and acquisition of land by Jews.

Later, immigration was limited by the 1930 and 1939 White Papers, and land acquisition by Jews was further restricted by the 1940 Land Transfer Regulations.

After the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution to partition Palestine on November 29, 1947, Britain announced the termination of its Mandate over Palestine, to take effect on May 15, 1948. On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was proclaimed.
Source: Jewish Virtual Library

1946

Jewish pioneering settlers erect the first hut of Kibbutz Dovrat, a co-operative farming community, on October 31

The ship Asya, which had been renamed the Tel Hai, lands in Haifa on April 3. The ship is carrying survivors from the concentration camps at Dachau, Auschwitz and Berg

1947

The crowded illegal immigration ship Exodus, carrying Jewish refugees from war-torn Europe enters Haifa port on July 18

Medical orderlies carry a sick illegal immigrant off the ship Jewish State at the harbour in Haifa. The man's wife accompanies the troops

Jubilant residents celebrate in Tel Aviv on November 29 with what would become the Israeli flag after the UN's decision to approve the partition of Palestine

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